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Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
MlSLAY A MILLION

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Eight mail sacks containing money and jewelry valued at close to s1,O00,00o which were supposed to have been stolen from a mail truck during ferry boat trip from Communipaw, N. J., to this city Jan uary z, were found tonight in the post office building
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
PNEUMONIA SERIOUS

WACO, Tex, Jan. 2O.-Nine deaths from pneumonia or peritonitis were reported at the base hospital at Camp McArthur today. The dead include Arthur N. Mooney, 18th aero squadron of San Martin, Cal, pneumonia; Perry A. Luttrell, 18th aero squadron, Broad bent, Ore, pneumonia.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
Around the World With The
 Associated Press

George T. Cooper aged 60 years, prin- cipal of the Union school, died today of wounds alleged to have. been inflicted by 13-year Told pupil whom he at tempted to punish. The boy is under surveillance under the juvenile deten- ton law
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
SOME RUSSIANS FIcHT

PETROGRAD, Jan. Establishments of Workmen's and Soldiers troops who were sent from Kharkov to Poltava, have met the troops of rhe Kievrada in battle and utterly defeated them. Poltava now is in the hands of the workmen's and soldiers forces.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
FOOD FOR FRANCE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-This an- nouncement by the state department gave further evidence of the inter- allied agreement that the provisioning of France should not be hampered by troop movements from America.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
STRIKE CALLED OFF

BEAUMONT, Tex, Jan.. 22.-The shipyard strike in Beaumont has been called off and the men returned to work today.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
WISH IT ON WEEGHMAN

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-Charles H. Weeghman was reelected president of the Chicago National league baseball club at the annual meeting of the stock holders today.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
EUR SALE NOTABIE

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22.-Bidding during the second day of the January fur sale which was continued far into the night, resulted in sales totalling more than $500 900 with Siberian sales command ing the highest prices for the skins of fered
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
SWEEPS SKY OF THREE STATES;
 STRIKES ST. JOSEPH

from all parts of the city and the nearby surrunding country flooded newspaper offices early tonight de- scribing a large meteor which passed through the heavens. It was described as travelling with great rapidity from the southwestern horizon to the gen. ith and passing from view to the northeast. No noise accompanied the phenomenon but observers said it re- sembled a gigantic skyrocket in ap- pearance. leaving a luminous trail that soon vanished.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
Sweeps Over Peoria

PEORIA, H., Jan. 22.-A brilliant meteor swept over the skies here at 6 o'clock tonight from a northwesterly direction. According to the local weather observer there perhaps has not been as brilliant a meteor in the Mississippi valley in twenty years. Ac- cording to reports of those who saw it, it exploded at an altitude of from fifteen to twenty degrees above the horizon
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
ROOSEVELT
 WILL MAKE
 STATEMENT
Campaign for War Cabinet
 to Be Vigorous Though It is Almost Certain
 House Will Kill Plan
Republican A. p. Leased WlreJ

IRepublican A. p. Leased Wirel
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Before he leaves town later in the week, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who came to Washington today, will make a state ment on the conduct of the war. To- night he called in republican con- gressional leaders for conference which began with a dinner at the home of Representative Longworth and lasted until far into the night
 Colonel Roosevelt is here chiefly, he made plain, to urge passage of a universal military service law. He saw Senator Chamberlain, author of bill now before the senate. during the day and will see him again to- morrow
 CAMPAIGN FOR WAR
 OooiNGl IS STILL ON
 Neither the aggressive opposition of President Wilson nor the apparent certainty that their measures would have no chance in the house even if passed by the senate is halting the campaign of advocates in congress of l bills to establish a war cabinet and a director of munitions.
 When the senate re-convenes Thursday, according to plans made today by Chairman Chamberlain and his associates on the military com mittee behind the legislation, the contest will be opened. They pro- pose. with a motion to refer the war cabinet bill to the military commit tee as the vehicle of debate, to open discussion of the merits of their war machinery reorganization program, and Senator Chamberlain expects to reply to the statement issued by President Wilson last night criticiz- ing him for his New York speech, in which the Oregon senator said the military establishment had broken down.
 Administration leaders also were in conference and planned to fight the Chamberlain bills and answer attacks upon the governments conduct of the war. In preparation, a number of democratic senators saw the presi- dent last night It is understood the president told them he believed the country would support him in his op- position to legislation which would (Continued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23
SECRETLY WARNED
 ID AVOID VESSEL
Republican A. p. Leased WireJ

LONDON. Jan. 23.-A dispatch to the Daily Mail from The Hague says it is reported that some of the passen- gers on board the Holland American liner Nieuw Amsterdam have received anonymous warnings not to sail for the United States on her. The correspond ent adds that the warnings are simi- lar to those issued before the Cunard line steamer Lusitania was sunk.
 The steamer has been lying in the harbor at Rotterdam since January 16 with 2000 passengers on board, among them thirty Americans. Augustus Phyllips, the new Netherlands minis ter to the United States, intended to make the trip on the liner.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-23

SHOOTS PRINCIPAL WEATHERFORD, Tex. Jan. 22.-
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
SAFE FARMING FOR THE SOUTH
Department of Agriculture Urges
 Production of Food Crops.

Washington, D. C., March i8. = "The only safe course for the farm CTS of the South, says Bradford Knapp, chief of the office of Ex- tsnsion Work in the South, United States Department of Agriculture, lis to pursue safe farming and pro- duce the food of the South upon the farms of the South this year"
 The department asks the cooper ation of every patriotic man and woman to see that it's message of increasing southern food production goes to every farmer of the South before the planting season is over
 Tt is folly, the department says, to imperil our safety, especially when the exchange value of cotton shows that the prosperity of the South is not founded upon cotton alone, but last year grew out of the fact that we did grow a large por- tion of the needed food and feed. Food for the South produced in the South is a vital item of national de- fense."
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
LESS STRINGENT
 ON USE OF MEAT
Hamp Williams, Federal Food Ad- ministrat0r, Makes New Ruie for Arkansas = Only Tuesdays
 Are MeatIess Now.

Hamp Williams, federal food ad- ministrator for Arkansas, has sent the following communication to The Star:
 The United States Food Admin istration announced today to all state food administrators that they could officially notify all retail food dealers that until further notice to the contrary the only special re- striction as to the sale and use of meat is that beef, beef products, pork and pork products shall not be sold or used on Tuesday.
 Beef, beef products, pork and pork products may be sold on any day in the week except Tuesday. This means that beef, beef products, pork and pork products may not be sold from 6 p. m. Monday. to mid night Tuesday. Pork and pork products may be sold and used on Saturday. Mutton and lamb may be sold on any day in the week.
 Restaurants and consumers need not observe a meatless meal each day, except that on Tuesday all meals shall be meatless.
 This ruling has been made to give the United States an opportun- ity to reduce the amount of bread stuffs used, said Mfr. Hoover. Mr Hoover has made a special request of all state food administrators to encourage the people of their states to still further reduce the consump- ton of bread and breadstuffs gener- ally so that we can meet our ex- port necessities without any hard ship to the American people, while at the same time supplying the allies with the food they need the most to help them win the war"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
UNCLE SAM'S TROOPS N
 FRANCE FED BEST MEAT.
Finest Beef From Selected Steers Is Furnished to Sammies-Ship-
 ped Direct.

Washington, March i5.--Ameri- can fighting men are receiving the finest, the freshest, and the purest meats that America can supply.
 Sammies can sink their teeth into every good red chunk with assur- ance it's as good-and 'better-than the folks back home are getting. It reaches him the ten-fold inspected and "certain-teed" by the most di- rect and perfect national meat in- spection service in the world.
 Only selected meat from healthy steers--not bulls or heifers-is al- lowed to go to the troops.
 It is shipped by the most direct routes that it may arrive fresh.
 From the steer on the hoof, to the time the meat drops into the mess pot at the front, it is subject to a constant inspection by trained U. S meat experts.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
MAY lSET FOR WAR
 ON CATTLE TICKS
Systematic Work Will Be Carried Forward in Mena Thru the Sea son-PenOlty for Failure To
 Conform to Regulations.

Systematic tick eradication is to be begun in Polk county on May fl and will be continued until Dccem- Der and the requirement will be that all persons owning or having cattle in charge must dip the same every two weeks under the super vision of the persons placed in charge by the State Board of Con trol of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Communities that have not yet constructed dipping yats or made arrangements to dip the cattle should do so at once so that they may be able to comply with the reg ulations.
 The regulation of the State Board of Control of the Agricultural Ex- pertinent Station under Section 2, Act 39 of the Acts of 1917, provides that tick eradication shall be con- ducted under the regulations of the board. and that it shall be the duty of all persons owning or having in charge any cattle to dip them every fourteen days under the supervi- sion of a duly authorized inspector Of the board, unless they receive a written notice that they are not re- quired to dip their cattle. The pen alty for failure to comply with the regulation is fixed by the act as fol- lows: Any person, firm or corpora tion violating any of the provisions of this act, or any of the rules and regulations of the board, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not tess than Sl nor more than $50 and shall be liable to any person injured for any and all dam ages. resulting from said violation.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
AMERICANS ARE COMINCr
 CRIED GERMANS AT MULHEIM
Didn't I Tell You the Americans Would Come Sooner or Later?1
 Dutchman Asked His Friend.

London, March t9.-Fifty persons were killed and great damage was done by bombs dropped by allied airmen in raid on Cobems. Ger many, on March i2, according to a neutral traveller at The Hague.
 The people believed that the raiders were Americans" the trav- elers said.
 Al Mulheim, when the allied air planes appeared recently, all fac tory whistles were blown and the sirens sounded. The people rushed to their bomb shelters.
 Presently, one of the Germans exclaimed that the raiders were Americans" said the traveller An other screamed, The Americans are coming.
 "A Dutchman that I knew said to me, Didn't I tell you that the Amer jeans would come sooner or later?' :"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
POLK COUNTY JURORS

The list of grand and petit jurors for the April. 1918. term of Circuit court prepared by J. G. Jackson, w. J. Barton and Phillip Abernathy was opened on Monday by Circuit Clerk W l.. Parker. The April ses- sion of the court will open on Mon day, April i5. The jurors for the term are as follows:
 Grand Jurors - Il. J. Abernathy Big Fork: J. B. Watkins, Board Camp; Peter McWilIiam, Mena; Cal- win Lawrence, Shady; C. E. Reyes, Board Camp; Jack Connally, Cedar Township; A. l.. Durham, Mena, John Lofts, Mena: A. J. Robbins Mena, Route No. 2; Alex Coyle Grannis; Will Carr, Old Potter; T p. Davis, Hatfield; w. A. Butler Potter: B. H. Barton, Jr., Cove, anc J. w. Gardner. Mena.
 Alternate Grand Jurors Frank Ward, 0uachita Township; ]. II Welter, Rich Mountain; ]. D. Hen derson, Hatfield; Grant Robinson Ozark Township; Will Meek, White Township; John Chambers. Mena; J F. Hood, and w. H. Starr, Mena, anC Rube Tunnell, Wickes.
 Petit Jurors-J. A. Lewey, Wickes James Swigger, Mena, Route No. 3 J. W. Leeper, Mena, Route No. 2 Francis Standridge, Opal; E. w Rivers, Mena, Route No. 2; J. c Goodman, Cove; Charles Wilson yandervoort; Bob. Groves, Egger J. F. Gotham, Ink; A. J. Reeder, Rich Mountain; W. B. Hilton, Board Camp; w. NJ. Little, Cedar Town ship; J. H. Roger, Mena; Tom Jones Big Fork, and Henry Faulkner Hartley.
 Alternate Petit Jurors-Ben Bar ron, Acorn; Sim Lawrence, Shady Wesley Nichols, Hatfield; l.. w Hall, Hatfield; Russell Price, White Township; Lee Cole, Wickes; Wesley Philpot, Egger; Barney Harmon Egger, and Hiram Cecil, Wander vOort.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
SPY Is WORKING IN AMERICAN LINE
sentry Saw Signal Flash, Then Im- portant Telephone Wires Within the Lines were Seyered--IIun
 Gas Projectors Wrecked.

American Army Headquarters in France, March i8.-The American officers believe that German spy is working within the American lines southwest of Foul.
 A sentry saw flashes of signal light from window facing the ene- my lines but search failed to find anyone there.
 Four hours later, important tele- phone wires within the American lines were cut.
 An American patrol entered the enemy trenches at one end of the Foul sector yesterday, penetrating them for some distance without dif- flculty, but the returning Americans encountered the enemy, who was si- fenced by hand grenades.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
l,54l ARKANSAS
 MEN TO CAMP PIKE
Of this Number To Be Called Dur ing Five Days Following March g, 53f Are White, 1,O10 Me-
 grOes-Farmers Deferred.

Little Rock, March i3.-The call was received yesterday for Arkan- sas' quota of the 90000 call that has been made by the president. These troops are to move to Camp Pike during the flve-day period from March 29.
 Arkansas quota is i,5ai of which f,0i0 are colored and 53i are white. The increment of white men will complete Arkansas quota of 10000, and the negro troops will be cred tied to the second draft.
 The boards are advised that these men are so be selected from Class | in order of their liability, except that farm hands are to be deferred. The boards are further advised that they must not send any men ex- cept those physically qualified for general service.
 Any white men due on the first quota should 1e sent forward imme- diately.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
BLOW UP GERMAN
 MINE THROWERS
American Artillery Successful in De troying a Troubie-Maker- Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
 Send Back Four for One.

With the American Army in France, March iS.- -Delayed Ut is now permissible to announce that American artillery in the Luneville sector has located and blown up a battery of mine throwers, one of which, a few days ago, obtained a direct hit on a dugout in which were a number of American sol diers.
 The battery has been causing a great deal of trouble for several days, and the Americans were de- termined to put it out of action. It was located after considerable trou- ble and the artillery concentrated high explosives on it.
 A patrol of 2l men, half American and half French, last night, went into the German lines from an iso- lated portion of the sector. It com pleted it's mission of reconnaissance, bringing hack the desired informa- tion. The patrol had short skir- mish, but obtained no prisoners.
 Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
 Yesterday. St. Patriek's Day, Irish men of a certain regiment serving in the Lunevile sector held an ap- propriate celebration. The men had entertained hopes that something would enable them to lay low or capture some Germans, by way of celebration, but nothing out of the ordinary happened Last year on St. Patrick's Day, these men held their celebration in --, and yester- day the remark most frequently heard was something like this: Well, this day last year was strolling down . Now I am strolling down the narrow way of duckboards, in the mud"
 Reply Four for One
 Yesterday extraordinary artillery activity developed in the Chemin des Danes sector, where some troops from New England are in training. The enemy began gas bombardment, late Saturday night, and continued it until yesterday. A Vigorous reply was made by both American and French batteries, which gave the Germans about four times as much as they sent over.
 Six thousand shells were fired yesterday from the sector in which the Americans are stationed, large proportion of them being gas shells.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
Moe Trouble Develops

Picking, March H. Delayed - The mysterious movement of troops by Governor Chang Soulin of Muk- den. coupled with the reported de-. sire of President Feng Kwo Chang to resign, is causing speculation in the capital.
 General Chang Soulin recently intercepted large shipment of arms from Japan, which were in- tended for use by the Chinese gov- ernment.
 The seizure was made on the all legation that there was danger of the arms falling into the hands of the enemy.
 Shortly thereafter, General Sou lin began to move his troops south ward, ostensibly to aid the northern leaders against the rebels.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
SAYS LABOR IS LOYAL
Gonpers Vigorously Defends Amer
 ican Union Men in Speech.

New York, March i8. = Samuel Gompers vigorously defended the loyalty of American organized labor in the war against Germany in an address at meeting recently call ed by the National Civic Federation to discuss after-war problems.
 Asserting that the Bolsheviki and other radical elements have been and are trying to misrepresent American organized labor, Mir. Com pers said:
 There are conditions of indus trial politics and law altogether diff ferent in the United States than in any other country There is some- thing about the labor movement in America in which you may be as- sured-it must be altogether Amer iean.
 Further, the labor movement of America will not be represented at any conference in any country where the representatives of an enemy nation are present"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
CHINESE FACING
 DOUBLE TROUBLE
Thibetans Take Advantage of Dis orders in Szechuan Province to Stage Rebellion and Capture
 Number of Towns.

Picking, March fl. Delayed = Taking advantage of the disorders in the province of Szechuan, the Thibetans have rebelIed and now are marching into Szschuan, where they already have captured sever al towns.
 The force is estimated at ten thousand and is armed with mod efn rifles. according to information received here.
 Thibet is controlled virtually by the natives. China looking after the foreign relations and maintaining smal garrisons of Chinese troops there.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
HUN PROPAGANDA IN
 AMERICA IS SERIOUS
General Pershing Sends an Earnest Warming from the Front to the
 People at Home.

Chicago, March i5. "A promise from General Pershing to smash the German line in France if you will smash the Hun propaganda at home" was made public by Charles w. Whitehair, I. Nj. C. A. worker just returned from overseas.
 The general rose from his chair on the occasion of my last inter- view, Mrs. Whitehair said, land .gritting his teeth said: Smash that damnable Hun propaganda and we will smash the German line"
 Stories of impending economic collapse in Germany, mutiny in the army and navy and serious internal labor disputes were characterized by MT. Whitehair as propaganda disseminated for the purpose of slowing up Americas war prepara- tion
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
Alleged Deserter Arrested

Marvin Smith of Montgomery county was arrested in Mena Mon day night by Special Officer D. 4, Hazel on the charge of being a de- serter from the army at Camp Beauregard, La, sile report being that he had absented himself from camp since December 20. He was placed in the county pail and held until the arrival on Monday night of Deputy Sheriff Raymond F. Lee, who took him to Mt. Ida.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21

MENAs FIRE TRUCK SHIPPED
Fine observation-disclosures Outfit Is
 Coming From New York.

Mayor Ira o. Smilh has received word of the shipment from Elmyra, N. l., of the Ameriean-LaFrance fire truck ordered some time ago for Mena.
 When this equipment arrives, and the Mena Fire Department is train ed to successfully use it, there is no doubt that the fire hazard of the community will De very greatly re- iuced, and with this it is expected that the Insurance rates in force here will he lowered.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
AMERICAN ARMY
 IN MANY FIGHTS
Accuracy of Artillery Fire Makes Untenable the Germans First Line Trenches-Allied Airmen
 Drive or Enemy Planes.

With the American Army in France, Monday, March IS Delayed American artillery on the Toul front today bombarded towns with in the enemy lines. On several oc- casions a considerable number of gas shells were used. The gunners also dropped projectiles on German trenches. Some shells hit in the town of Essey and others Tn Mont sec.
 An American army patrol be- tween Rennieres wood and Jury wood (between Seichepray and Fiji rew) encountered an enemy patrol early this morning For an hour and a hkalf the American patrol tried to make some of the enemy prisoners but without results, al- though a number of fights with pis- tols and rifles occurred as the Ger mans retired, jumping from tree to tree. American snipers made number of lucky shots today and Germans were seen to fall
 Wires Again Tapped.
 The American telephone wires within the American lines were tapped again last night, not far from where the enemy patrol en- counter occurred. The. enemy arr tillery fired a number of gas shells at our lines.
 Airman Are Active.
 The weather last night and today was well-suited for aerial work and much was accomplished. Ameri- can anti-aircraft guns drove of at least six enemy planes, while oth- CTS crossed the line at such height that they were out of range.
 Last night airpianes from the rear of the American lines crossed over to the German zone. Soon aft CT many explosions and flashes were heard and seen in the direction of Metz.
 German First Line Abandoned
 American planes discovered dur ing the night that the Germans are strengthening their second line 1t is known that the first line in many places virtually has been abandoned. It is believed that the accurate American artillery fire has had something to do with this.
 U. S. Patrol Under Fire
 An American petrol composed of
 - troops (name deleted) in the sector east of Luneville, early this morning were discovered by Ger mans who put down heavy bar rage, the shells striking among the party. Intermittent artillery fire proceeded on this front all day.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-21
WORK ON NEW P. 0. PROGRESSES
Walks, Drives and Curbing Being
 Built-Grading for Lawns.

During the past few weeks of good weather the work on the post office building has progressed to the stage where all the brick work has been completed and the construc- tion of the roof has reached the point where it is ready for the roofing, which is being delayed in transit. The plastering will not be begun until the roof is completed. Pending the arrival of the roofing, Supt. Robt. P. Brown has his men at work grading the ground for the walks, drives and curbing and get ting the grass plots ready for the seeding and the planting of shrub bery. It will interest readers to know that the specifications cover in detail the preparation of the soil and the mixture of seeds to be used on the lawn.