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The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23

Believing that when man offers Tor puDlc office especially for the exalted position ot governor of our great state, the people are entitled to Know what manner of man he IS. Believing that no man should be considered in connection with the gov ernorshp of our state unless his private character is unimpeachabe and his reputation stainless, we deem our duty to call the attention of the cltzen ship of our state to the facts hereinafter set out concerning L. c. Smith, candidate for governor III the coming primary election
 Tn the first place. we beg to remind the voters that this man Smith is the same man who III the campaign two years ago for the same office based his candidacy almost solely upon his support ot the whiskey interest, and who advocated the repeal ot the state wide prohibition law as his principal clam for support This question having been overWhelm- ingly decided against him in that election, he IS now contendng that the whskey question has no place in the present contest We submit that Ii he should be elected it would furnish tremendous en- couragement to the hangers on and supporters or the infamous liquor traffic, and in all probability would result in another contest upon that question:
 We now believe it our duty to say to the people that this man Smith has three living wives. His first wife, whom he married on November 18th 1875, bore him several children Secured a divorce from him upon complaint the 18th day of February, 1910, in which she alleges his cruelty and infdelity. Copy of the decree can be found on pages 157 and 15S Chan cery Record M of the Records of Arkansas County. In the suit for divorce brought by his first wife, in the complaint plaintiff made the following alega tions as to her conduct and the conduct of the de- fendant:
 Tt is with of pardonabe pride that she
 does point 34 years her married life and
 sociation with the defendant her family and that
 during all that time she lived every day and hour of it
 life of consecrated devotion to her husband and children
 enduring with patient forbearance perfect meekness and
 silence all of the to strfes hardships and incl
 dent the hcmefe, bearing with Christian fortude
 best she could many indgnes and experiences of deep
 humiliation brought into her life and into her heart and
 home by the needless unnecessary, unprovoked and
 called for acts and conduct of the defendant"
 And again she alleges that defendant was guilty of:
 "Practcng in deliberately and pur-
 posey systematic Of immortality, publicly and
 privately and many occasions recently, before bring
 of this suit abusing and insulting the plaintiff gross
 y humlating her and causing her to feel keeny
 of humiliation and shame rendering her life and her
 dion unbearable and intoerable in the extreme"
 She further alleges as follows:
 During the past several months before the filing
 of this complaint the defendant has grown o be abso-
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
NO STATE OF WAR.
1ermany Seeks to Cajole Uruguay
 Into Remaining Friendly.

Montevido, May 16.-Germany has Informed Uruguay, in response to a request for a definition of the rela- tons between the two countries. that Y ooes not consider that state of war exists.
 A German submarine commander recently held up steamship from Uru- guay, bound for France, saying Ger many considered a state of war exist ca between Uruguay and Germany
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
FLouTs THE KAISER.
New Russian Ambassador 1e's "
 German Nerves.

Geneva, May 17--Adolpn 'V1
 Bolsheviki ambassador to Oern''. continues to defy the German emp, |, and government, according to D. dispatch received here. In spl's V {. cry warning the red flag of ha',' ,,n. still flying over the embassy any n z. lomatic etiquette is still ignored v .... fusal to pay the usual visits 0i V 'mony. .yst
 The newspapers are irri'a'eu s.s. the fact that the ambassador oOa 0;aIist: his attention to the minority so''s seg. and deputies and revolutionls''.. dap- eral demand his expulsion as s.nt N gerous and undesirable resiusd sad tban Joffee is said to be more anusss s,,apsf affected by the German ns"'f
 comment. .,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23

sallow complexion is due .s.s tO spi liver. HERBINE puilies and strengthens the liver and powslth os"slth Q restores the rosy bloom oi pss ss Iass- the cheeks. Price eOe Sold O' 'Adp Drug Go.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
Tho tlunIns That Does Not arfect the Bed

Because of its tonic and laxative effect. I.AxA- TIVE PROMO 0UININE is better than ordinary Quiniue and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for sae signature of l.. ". GROVE. soc.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
WENT AWAY OVER THE TOP.
Third Liberty Loan Probably Will
 Total s4.250. .000, ,eaa.

Washington, May 17.-The third Liberty loan probably has gone over the four billion dollar mark, and may reach total of $4,250, ,000, ,O00.
 The exact total will not be known before some time next week.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23

Lost-Dark brown heifer, with white
 spots; coming 3-years old; small Nj on left hip, may be pretty dim. s10 reward for return to John Myatt, Route 2, Mena. Adv. 17tf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Bill
Presented at Albany

A bill providing for the training of
teachers to teach English and civics to
adult illiterate citizens has been intro
duced by the Americanization commit
tee of the Woman Suffrage party in
Albany.
The bill is approved by the State
Department of Education, which has
been cooperating with the suffrage or
ganization in drawing it up.
Miss Mary E. Dreler. chairman OF the
Amcricanization committee. said last
cat Yaphank alone there are 1000
men who do not speak or understand
English. AS Secretary Lane pointed
out the other day, these men cannot
read the manual Of arms, cannot even
understand orders. At the camps, of
course, an effort is being made to teach
the men English, but in later drafts
they should be taught before they leave
for the camp.
"There is a second reason for the
Immediate passage of this bill. BY the
granting of the franchise to New York
women there have been added to the
electorate at least 100000 who cannot
speak English, and 225,000 of these are
illiterate in any language
MANY of these women may vote next
fall. We cannot teach them in a few
months to vote intelligently and indie
Dendently but working knowledge of
English will be great step toward
teaching them citizenship"
Fifty thousand dollars is asked to
support the trainino of teachers. If
passed the bill will be put into opera
ton this spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
May Lose Her Children

In a little tailor shop two years ago
young Charley F. spent his days clean
ing and pressing and making clothes
and dreaming of future when he
would have shop of his own, but
tuberculosis ended the plans and hopes
for his family's welfare.
After bitter struggle of two years
he was beaten in his race for life, and
died when only thirty-two. Just two
months before he died little Charley,
.jr., was born, making the fifth child in
the family
With their savings long used up and
the insurance money more than spent
by debts during his illness, Mrs. f.
was left wit hno means of support and
nothing to provide for the hard days
following his death. BY making candy
boxes all day long she managed, with
the help of her brother, to make ends
meet for time, but the struggle was
too much, and finally she realized that
she must part with the children or ask
for help.
To build up their strength and to
supplement Mrs. F.'s income. while she
learns to be both mother and father
to her children, the Charity Organiza-
ton Society appeals for $24O. Gifts
may be sent to 105 East Twenty second
Street. They will be promptly &C.
knowledged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Creel Assailed for
Sending Speakers
To Townley League
TStaf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Protests
have beer. lodged with President Will
son and Attorney General Thomas w.
Gregory against the Committee on
Pubic Information sending speakers to
Minnesota to appear at Non-Partisan
League meetings, arranged by league
leaders who have been indicted for
alleged seditious utterances.
E. H. Nicholas, County Attorney Of
Jackson County, sent a telegram to the
President about a meeting scheduled
for Lakefeld next Wednesday. A copy
of the message was transmitted to the
Department of Justice to-day, and it
is understood that a ruling by the
Attorney General is expected Monday.
Mr.. Nicholas has protested that the
Creel committee has no business fur
nishing speakers for any kind of
political meeting He holds the Non
Partisan League meetings to be poiiti-
cal in character.
When the protest was carried to the
speakers division of the Creel commit
tee, the director, Arthur Bester, said
he knew nothing about the arrange
ments and referred the inquirer to
George Creel, chairman of the commit
tee, who was instrumental in sending
Tariff Commission, to address the re-
cent Non Partisan Convention in st.
Paul.
Letter it was said in Mr. Besters
office that Dixon c. Williams, of Chi
cago, is to appear under the auspices
of the Committee on Public Informa-
ton and is working in way with the
Partisan League.
The committee has received a num-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Vital Force Weakened

From the facts here set forth and
from many minor items in the German
press | have derived the strong con-
viction that the vital forces of the
people have already been seriously
weakened. Many persons have UNI
doubtedy already died of hunger,
though this is nowhere admitted in so
many words. for death is camouflaged
by assigning some disease as its direct
cause. But slow starvation is evident
ly sweeping off thousands people
whose physical and mental powers of
resistance have become so weakened
that they succumb easily to the attack
Of some ordinary sickness.
Now, what of the future? Will the
pinch of hunger continue to grow
lzeencr?
In looking for answers to those
questions one general consideration
deserves attention. Germany has had
hard luck, almost without parallel in
years of bad harvests. According to
the Old law of probabilities alone. it
can hardly be expected that equally
hard luck will be repeated this year.
and if the country has survived
through three bad crop years. it is at
least probable that it will continue to
survive, even if the crops of 1918
should turn out as poorly as hitherto.
The prospects for food production at
home this year are by no means reas-
surlng for the German people. They
are confronted by a trinity Of short
ages farm labor, draft animals and
fertilizers. There are fewer aborer, to
cultivate the fields than in 1917. Fur
Their calls for troops have been made;
many vigorous Young men have now
reached the reduced military age and
have been taken away from farm work,
and not few older men, hitherto cx-
cmpt for physical defects, have now
been caught by the more rigid combing
process to get recruits.
There will also be fewer Russian
prisoners, more than 100000 Of whom
have hitherto helped in working the
German fields. Many of these, yielding
70 compulsion or the inducement of
high wages, will doubtless stay in Ger
many, but many will return to Russia.
Industrial and other calIings also have
continued to bid sharply for whatever
labor was left in the country, and thus
ne labor expense Of crop production
has increased
3 1t IL significant fact that the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Women Defeat ''Wets"
Court Upholds Signatures on
No-License Petitions

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. March 30
The first inning in the battle of the
"wets" of Mount Vernon to prevent a
special election to decide whether there
shall be no license in that city, ended
to-day in favor of the "drys" whe1f Su-
preme Court Justice Arthur S. Tomp-
kns, at Nyack. handed down decision
UNFOLDING the constitutionality of the
local option law.
This means victory for the women,
Vernon signed the petition in favor of
no license.
The hotel and saloon keepers brought
proceedings to throw out petitions
signed by the suffragists, upon the
ground that they were not qualified
electors and had no right to sign.
Justice Tompkns holds that the wo-
men are qualified electors and that they
have a right to vote at the special cleo
ton, which will be held April 16.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

foreign. By blood and sympathies I
am about as American as anybody can
he. have offered myself several
times to the army, and I have never
spoken a word in my life that was anti
American.
Members Exonerate Him
81 was suspended from the club be-
cause got into a row with another
member. The bylaws of the club com.
pei the board of governors to suspend
a man when charges have been made
against him in writing, so was sus-
pended. will come up for trial on
Monday, l understand, and l know how
it will come out. I'll be exonerated and
reinstated."
Other members Of the club felt
greatly embarrassed over the fact that
Mr.. Ruysdael's name had beer
given to the newspapers in connection
with the pro-German episode They
said he had been one of the prosecutors
of the proGermans and that he was
and always had been thoroughly loyal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Investigation Spreads Be-
yond Official Activities of
Board Of Governors
Ruysdael Not Disloyal
Metropolitan Basso Exoner.
ated by Fellows Of Enemy
Sympathies

Investigation of pro-Germanism in
the New York Athletic Club spread be-
yond the official activities of the board
of governors yesterday following the
public announcement that one enemy
alien had been expelled and several
other members suspended, to be tried
later.
That there is strong movement in
the club to force action against several
prominent members, Americans, who
are charged with trying to shield the
enemy aliens and pro- Germans in the
organization, was indicated. 1t was
charged that an enemy alien had served
as a member of the clubs library COM
mttee after the United States declared
war on Germany, and that he has been
in position to flood the library with
German propaganda material 1t was
stated that as late as last August
ly entertained there men whose pro-
Germanism has caused the United
States government to investigate tneIr
activities.
Ruysdael Not Pro-German
Fred r. Fortmeyer, secretary OF the
club, stated that neither Basil Rugs
dael, the basso of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, nor H. Lampe, former
ly in the employ of a German steam
ship company, who were suspended
last week, were under charges of utter
ing pro- German sentiments. He said
they we're not in the group of proGer-
mans who were fou I'd celebrating the
Kaiser's victory last Saturday.
Mr.. Ruysdael was especially indig-
nant over the mistake whereby his
name was confused with the proGer-
mans because he happened to be sus-
pended when Paul E. Schnable, an i'm
porter and an enemy alien, was ex-
PEELED.
81 have been among the foremost in
eradicating pro-German sentiment from
the New York Athletic Club" said Mr.
Ruysdael, "and it is an outrage to mix
me up with these spies and traitors
cheering for the Kaiser"
care you an American citizen 2" Mr.
Ruysdael was asked.
"Am l? Well, come pretty near be-
ing an American. My ancestors came
to this country between three and four
hundred years ago, and the family has
been here ever since. l don't know of
a drop of foreign blood in me, unless
you call old Dutch and English stock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Lack of God and Adulterated
Substitutes Increase
Death Rate
Crop Prospects
Not Reassuring
Empire Looks to Ukraine
and Dutch-Plans No
Hunger Peace
NOTE-Until the outbreak of

NOTE-Untl the outbreak of
acar betaoeen the United States and
Germany Mr.. Dreher had been for
years The Associated Press cor
respondent at Berlin, specializing
IN financial, economic and political
subjects. He has, there fore, u very
acide knowledge of the sources and
nature of Germany's Industrial
poaoer, and also an unusual under-
standing of Ge1many's emotions.
In this and succeeding articles he
aoiN digest all available euidence
as to the conditions no1O existing
IN the land Of the enemy and dra1u
such conclusions as seem to him to
be warranted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
To Seize German Wool
Will Be Searched Out
in United States

Francis Caravan, representative herr
of the Federal custodian of ens n.u
alien property, said yesterday that tbs
taking over of German wooden mil inv
terests in New Jersey was only a start ar
toward searching out and seising hid.
den stocks of wool. A'0'
The responsibility lies with tboss
who fail to report, or who cover 'I IN
several large blocks of stocks in y.r;.
GUS sections Of the country" said M
Garvan. The trading with the enemy my,
act provides adequate punishment for
them" I AVA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Enemy Alien Walters
Arrested at Beach Hotel

Four enemy aliens who have been
working as walters in the Nassau
uotel Long Beach, were arraigned be-
fore William Wallace, director of the
New York Port Enemy Alien Bureau,
yesterday for examination.
After long Interrogation of the
quartet Mr.. Wallace recommended that
Karl Werth, twenty three. be interned
for the duration of the war. Charles
Mangner who gave his address as 1872
West SiXty-iirst Street, was ordered
detained for fifteen days for not notify
ing the authorities that he had changed
his address.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

pc per Of kilograms condemnins III.
league for its activities against t ths
war mr.. Bester's assistant voluntsor.aaas
ana added that Mr.. Williams's misa ,su,
is to arouse those TO ks out thers s'. "
hearty support Of the government "
~ Greet IS an ardent defender Of ~.
Non-Partisan League. 1t was he w she
last Ia arranged an interview w wtS
the PRESIDENT for A. C. Townley pres u
dent OF the league, and tried to arrs ns
one with Mr.. Hoover, but the Foes
Administrator refused to see Towni. vu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Infants Health Guarded

Before | came out of Germany. the
statistics of infant mortalty-which,
by the way, have always been shame
fully high there-had been steadily
lowered during the war period. These
figures covered the larger cities and,
if they were correct. they certainly
showed that babies less than one year
old were being well cared for. 1t may
be assumed that conditions were even
better in the country regions, which
were not embraced in the published
figures.
But there was special reason why
the youngest infants gave comfort to
the vital statistician. The authorities
took pains, from the very beginning Of
the war, to see that not only the babies
got normal allotments of milk, but
that nursing mothers and women dur
ing expectancy should receive fairly
adequate nourishment. And the babies
are still being cared for; even special
coal allotment, in times of fuel famine.
is made for houses where there is an
infant.
But the statistics Of infant mortality
already referred to came down only
to November, 1916 There arc reasons,
however, for believing that conditions
have changed since then. The Berlin
Statistical Office has published figures
for Berlin for the first half of 1917
showing a mortality Of 1874 per 100
births, as against only 1O7 for a COM
parative period in 1915 The Socialis,
"Norwarts,' which reproduced these
hgures, added that there had been a
further striking increase in infant
deaths in July and August, 1917.
Another Socialist paper, the "Volk,
stimme," Of Chemnitz. has recently
published some striking statistic.
evidently oftcial--illustrating how the
health Of school children has deterior.
ated- On January 4. this paper said
mat inyestigations OF the health oil
these children, made up to the end Of
1915: had shown uniformly favorable
results; hence it could be said that
tine war generally speaking. hac
pa 'see By our youth without leaving
any trace But more recent iuyesti
Pations. the paper vent on. indicated =
en&nge, The latest statistics showed
that children upon leaving school. e.
at the aZe Of about fourteen-wert
o o.. or per cent an@rnic, as agains'
2l,lA per cent IN the year 1913; also
that nearly per cent of them were
tuheTeple rs, as compared with La DC,
cent for 1913 w
Last September the chief health Of.
fcer o. Dresden published conclusions
that he had reached after STUDYING
health conditions there. It should he
mentioned, however, before giving MS
results, that Dresden is good com
petitor with Berlin for the palm ir
neagre feeding; the figures, therefore
must be taken as rejecting condition,
at their worst in the larger towns
This Or. Dienemann showed that the
food card allotment at Dresden, in
tire case IT children between the age
III eight and eighteen, ranged bctwces
only nne-haif and thrce-fourthg % their
normal requirements. He added that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
(Fifth Articie)
By William c. Dreher

To-day shall try to answer two
questions: How has the hunger of
fensive affected the vitality of the Ger
man people, and what are Germany.s
prospects to continue feeding her peo-
pie?
The visible effects of malnutrition
were everywhere apparent before
quit the country, in February, 1917.
Haggard faces were more frequently
seen, and children in the poorer quar-
ters of Berlin BETRAYED more frequent
ly signs of i'll feeding.
Reduction in weight was a common
experience among ones acquaintance.
The first question then usually put TO
ones friend, after an absence of a few
weeks, was: "Well, how many pounds
have you lost by this time?" 1t was
by no means unusual to hear of per-
sons who had lost from thirty to forty
pounds.
The Mayor of Halle got up in the
city council several months ago and
admitted that he had lost fifty pounds.
This was to exonerate himself from
the charge that burglars had broken
into his cellar and stolen large stocks
OF hoarGed PROVISIONS. HIS plea was
that thieves could see by looking at
him that his cellar was empty. and the
councilmen regarded that line of de-
fence as perfect.
But it was generally said to me by
persons OF shrunken girth that they
suffered in no way from the change
Most OF them even claimed that they
felt better for having stripped off so
much .of their mortal coil. The Mayor
of Berlin told me that this was his
own experience. and he had extracted
the same comforting admission from
many of his friends. Ny own expert
ence. however, did not confirm this pa
triotic German view After losing thir-
ty pounds l grew nervous and slept
badly, but | never realized fully how
run down | was until came out of
Germany and began again to feed nor
mally. And | have a strong conviction
that those Germans who were so cheer
full a year ago over their shortened
belts would now tell a different story.
But their story has not been told.
There are no statistics on mortality
or general health to show how the
vital forces of the people have been
affected. Only in the case of infants
have statistics been published; and
some interesting figures for school
children are also accessible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

ssew = me fifae - own y15r ava hdns4,
Turn ~ the Eeoi Eefate C1niu.DH OF ta-
cal's ffitDDf Perhaps nan find there
1rst sGuy oGDe!tunity.--A4sL