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The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
ARKANSAS GOING OVER.

Red Cross Drive Easiest Proposition
 for People of State. Special to The Star
 Little Rock, May 23. 3.-Arkansas is going over the top--and then some.
 The Red Cross drive is the easiest proposition ever put up to the people of the state
 Last night Pulaski county had re- ported $65 ,000 of it's s75,000 quota, and it is believed that if ali the re- ports had been in, the quota would have been exceeded
 The state was only s50, ,000 short of it's $500,000 quota with only three days of the campaign gone, and it is predicted that it will go to $750,000. Citizens are doubling and trebling their quotas, and there are fewer re- fusals than were ever known before in any sort of campaign in the state,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
WARNS WARNS YOUTHS YOUTHS iU iU
 REGISTER JUNE ,
War Department Says No Excuse Will Re ToIerated-Affects All Attaining Age of Twenty-One Since
 June 5, 1917.

Washington, May 25.-The War Department today issued warning to all youths attaining the age of 2l on or before June 5 that they must present themselves for registration on that day. No excuse will be toler- ated, the department said, except when the person is actually in the military of naval service.
 The departments warning says:
 Draft officials wish it clearly un- derstood that no person who has at tained the age of 21 since June D, 1917, or who will attain that age on or before June 5, is excused from regis tration June 5, unless on that date he is an actual and active member of the military or naval service. Persons not subject to registration on account of being in the military or naval service become subject to registration and are required to register immediately upon such military or naval service. Any such person discharged after June 3 must register immediately after their 
 Provost Marshal General Crowder urging young men to study the draft today issued the follow ing statement: :.
 Tt should be clearly understood that registration is a public duty It is distinct from selective service, n that it is merely preliminary to the alter process of selection. For fail are to perform their duty Congress ,as provided a penalty of imprison- nent for one year. Furthermore, such allure may result in the loss of valu- ,ble rights and privileges and imme- Hate induction into military service.
 ''No delinquent can be excused for lot registering on the ground that le forgot or did not realize his duty. The burden is on him and on him lone. to perform that duty and he lone is responsible"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
NEW SUPERINTENDENT HERE.
Henry Brack Leaves to Take Up Work
 on Other Postofices.

Henry Brack, U. s. Superintendent of construction on the new post office building in this city, has been re- lieved from duty at this point, to take effect on the 24th instant, and has been detailed to supervise the erection of the postoffice buildings at Marion, H., and Evansville, Ind. He left for his new field of duty last Friday
 Mir. W. H. Horstman, who, for the United States government, recently completed the postoffice at Hiawatha, Kas, has been assigned to take charge of tho work at Mena and arrived on No. 3 Thursday afternoon. MT. Horst man will remain until the completion of the building.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30

According to London dispatch, May 13, German prisoners captured in France, declared that Field Marshal von Hindenburg was dead. This rum or gained some support by the fact that Field Marshal von Mackenson, conqueror of Rumania, was either to be shifted to the western front or had already arrived there to take part in the renewed offensive against the al- lies.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
ARKANSAS IS ADVERTISED.
New Orleans Man Tells Chicago of
 It's AIuminm Ore.

Chicago, May 23.--The South, inn poverished by the Civil war, is pros pering during the world conflict and a great boom future is ahead, L. K. Putnam, president of the New Or leans Advertising Club, yesterday told members of the local advertising as sociation in an address. He called at tention to the salt, sugar, syrup, ba- mana and pine industries and declared that "9O per cent or aluminium ore comes from little town in Arkansas, the name of which is unknown ex- cept to those connected with the busi- ness
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
RUMOR OF DEATH OF GEN.
 yON HTNDENBURG STICKS

With the British Army in France, May 23-The rumor that Field Mar shal von Hindenburg died recently has become current very generally among the enemy in the back areas, as well as among civilians. What basis. if any, there is for this rumor is not known here.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
BOMB HOSPITALS
 OF ALLIED FORCES
Huns Kin Sisters and Other Women Nurses ard Many Wounded in Air Attack Behind the
 Lines.

With the British Army in France, May 23.-German airmen again bombed heavily British hospitals in the area behind the lines and this time have killed and wounded some hundreds among the personel and pa tients of many different hospitals in the group.
 Recorded in the casualty list are the names of several Sisters, who, with other women nurses, stood bravely by their posts turnout a terrific deluge of explosives.
 There is in the neighborhood one large American hospital and another in which there are American workers but neither of these appears to have suffered. Last summer a number of American doctors and nurses were killed and wounded when these same hospitals were raided by the Germans.
 The Latest Horror.
 This latest horror was perpetrated Sunday night, apparently by four squadrons of enemy planes which ap- pear to have comprised more than a score of machines. A great number of bombs were dropped, about thirty per cent of them huge affairs which dug vast craters in the hospital grounds and the rest high explosive shrapnel which sent their death-deal- ing bullets tearing in every direction thru the crowded hospital tents and buildings.
 Three Savages Brought Down.
 A three-seated airplane which was flying at low altitude was brought down by gunfire and the occupants were made prisoner. The enemy cap tain and the pilot sustained compar- atively slight shrapnel wounds, while the observer was not hurt.
 The captain spoke excellent Eng fish. Asked where he had learned it, he replied that he had been in the diplomatic service before the war.
 Twice Made Attack
 Sunday nights raid was divided in- to two phases, the first of which be- EAH HUuttit a3tCt AV VI NttNh oNN a%~SN~@l until II o'clock. Not setisfied with this the enemy returned at i1:40 and heavily bombarded hospitals filled ! with wounded men.
 Red Cross Fidelity.
 In one building which was damaged most seriously, all the patients were suffering from compound fractures, which made it necessary to strap limbs in the air Not woman desert ad her ward, but turnout the terrible each one kept going her rounds and quieting the unfortunate men who might easily have done themselves lasting harm by spring ing from their beds.
 Killed at Their Posts.
 One sister was killed while admin istering to the soldiers wants and an- other was so seriously hurt that she died shortly afterwards. Still an- other was dying today.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30

When the baby takes too much food the stomach turns; the result IS indigestion, sourness and vomiting. Frequently the bowels are involved and there are coiic pains and diar- rhoea. McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR IS a grand corrective remedy for the sLon'
 ach and bowel disorders of babies. 1t is pure, wholesome and pleasant to take. Price 25c and soc per b tile Sold by Jackson Drug Co. Ac
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
Killea at Their Posts
SCORE KILLED BY STORM.
About One Hundred Other Persons in
 s Iowa Were Injured.

Des Moines, May 23.-Nearly score of persons are dead, and about 100 injured, as the result of tornadoes which swept the central portion of iowa late Tuesday, according to re- ports received here yesterday.
 In Wisconsin, the village of Lone Rock was practically destroyed, and -n unconfrmed report says that three persons were killed there.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30

A torpid liver is heavy handicap to working man. It robs him of strength, energy and mental alertness. To remove the burden the proper rem edy is Prickly Ash Bitters It is a fine liver, stomach and bowel medi- cine. Jackson Drug & Furniture Go, and Gunnels Drug Store, special ag- ents. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
NAVY PLANE IS FAST.
New U. s. Machine Makes Fast Time
 in Trial Flights.

Washington, May 23.-A navy sea- plane recently completed at the naval aircraft factory, Philadelphia, has made a flight from Philadelphia to Hampton Roads, Va, in three hours and fifteen minutes. The plane is equipped with two Liberty motors and carries five passengers, including the nilot
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
ARMY OF 2 MILLION BY JUNE l.
Representative Caldwell Predicts
 Force of 5 Million in Year.

Washington, May 22.--In state ment inserted in the House record to- day, Representative Caldwell of New York, member of the military com- mittee, said that in the first ten days of May, ninety thousand American soldiers were sent abroad.
 Mir, Caldwell quoted official figures showing that the army by June 1 will have i,S89, 1894 men and 14S, 1928 officers iii the service, or totG of z,O5S, ,zZz
 These are divided as follows:
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30

Strayed or Stolep-F From Eagleton,
 Ark, on April i5, one bay horse. 2 years old, about 1411 hands high, weight 800 pounds. Branded "C. H." on right shoulder. Liberal reward will be paid for return or information as to whereabouts. B. B. Mahar, Eagle ton, Ark. Adv. 20-tf
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
WHITE HOUSE WOOL CAMPAIGN
Gov. Trough Receives Notice From
 President and Mrs. Wilson.

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, May 23.--Gov. Trough has received the following telegram from H P Davidson of the American Red Cross:
 "The successful bidder in each state for the wool donated to the American Red Cross from the shearings of the White House Sheep will receive let ter signed by President and Mrs. Wilson and sent direct from the White House.
 The wool has not been received by the governor but it is expected this week
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
Whenever You Need a 0eneral Tonic
 Take 0rOye'g.

The old Standard Crove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because 1t contains the weilknown tonic properties cf QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
56 AMERICANS BELIEVED
 LOST ON BRITISH shir

Missing From Torpedoed Merenah'
 Cruiser MoIdavia-Came With
 out warning-No Panic.
 London, May 24.-The British arm ed merchant troop ship Moldavia, with American troops on board, has been torpedoed and sunk, according to an official bulletin issued by the Ad'hir- atty this evening.
 There were no casualties among the crew, but of the American troops on board 56 up to the present nave not been accounted for. It IS feared they were killed in one compartment by the explosion There was no pan ic when the torpedo struck.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
THE FRENCH HARVEST.
Prospects Are Better Than in Any
 Year Since 1898, Says Boret.

Paris, May 23.-The prospects, for the coming harvest in France are bet ter than in any year since 1898, Vic ter Boret informed the Associated Press yesterday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
M 'ADOO D|SPLACES
 RAILWAY HEADS
Presidents Are to Be Succeeded by Federal Directors, But Many Exc cutives Many Continue in Active
 Charge of Lines, However.

Washington, May 22.-Every rail
 road president in the United States
 was relieved from active duty as ex- ecutive manager of his road yesterday by Director General McAdoo, who will appoint federal director for each railroad. This director will be respon- sible only to the Railroad Admlnis- tration In many cases the president of the road may be federal director
 To safeguard the interests of stock holders and maintain the individual ity of each railway, federal directors, whenever possible, will be appointed from among the operating officers of the property. This will avoid disrupt ing any roads working organization unnecessarily.
 New Operating Districts.
 Another reorganization step Mir. McAdoo ordered the creation of two new operating districts-the Ale gheny region, consisting of the prin- cipal trunk lines east of Pittsburgh, excluding the New York Central, man. aged by c. Ii. Markham, now region al director for the South, and the Poe ahontas district, consisting of the East and West trunk lines terminat- ing at Hampton Roads.
 Regional directofs for the Pocahon- tas district and for the Southern dis trict to succeed Mir. Markham will be- appointed soon. A. H. Smith of New York will continue to act as regional director for that part of the East, not included in the new Allegheny district, and district directors will be named to serve under him as supervisors of roads in New England, and for the section between Pittsburgh and the river and north of the Ohio river.
 Other smaller operating districts will be created from time to time in the Southern and Western regions now operated as units by regional di- rectors of the Railroad Administra- ton.
 Announcement Surprises.
 The first act of the director gener- al yesterday m executing thiS new policy, was the removal of c. W. Huntington, president of the Virginia railway, as chief operating officer, on the charge that he failed to carry out the Railroad Administra- tion's instructions regarding the re- pair and maintenance of this line.
 It is believed this is the forerunner of the fate of other railroad presi- dents.
 It is said a large proportion of present presidents will be named to manage their own properties, particu- larly whenever he is the most active operating officer, but in all these cases the presidents will be required to re- sign their positions with their com panies and to become executive rep of the United States Railroad Administration.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
Totals. .14S,3 1928

lOtdiS. ss. 1fc,oSo A,ooVSoST
 Mir Caldwell predicted that the United States will have between 4 mil- lion and 5 million men under arms be- fore July, 1919.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-30
TANKS" IN < SILENT RAID.

in Picardy Sector.
 With the American Army in France, May l6.-American troops carried out silent raid in the Picardy sector on Friday, inflicted number of losses on the enemy in killed and brought back prisoners, according to an official statement issued by the American headquarters last night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-04
WAR SUMMARY.

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-04

the Department Of Commerce that re-
ports of Germany's food supply being
exhausted are greatly exaggerated and
.hat the Allies suffer much more in
tt9t regard than their enemies. If
you want to help win this war while
Old Mother Earth is temporarily de-
serted plant garden and you viii
help.
1T is not possible to eXaggerate the
gravity of the crisis that we as people
and a world power face" says Carl
Vrooman, Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture This is the most
momentous hour in our history.
if not the most fateful hour in all
history. 1t is not merely war that
concerns us-and war on scale
transcending anything that the world
has seen hitherto in the way OF mill
tary operations-but we are face to
face also with Wars most dreadful
handmaiden, Famine. Not as a peo-
pie, OF course, for we can always hope
to feed ourselves but as one OF a SIS
terhood of ma tons, we are face to face
with Famine. We may not be starv-
ing. but millions Of our fellow men
are. From now on the supreme busi-
ness OF life for those Of us who stay
at home must be to mobilize our ma
tional resources so as to give to tie
men in the trenches the kind Of back
o. that will multiply 10 the utmost
their efficiency and minimize their
suffering and danger"
Couple that with what Mr Howe
says then look at the tenement house
records Of New York City which show
that $4,000 people are living in
flats. This is but typical OF the crowd
ed conditions that confront every mu.
nicipality today. What is Uncle Sam
going to do about it? This question
No. 4 of DR.. Fishers and the high
cost Of living trterlock The people
must be directed back TO the land and
Secretary McAdoo can do nothing bot-
ter right now than to start an in
vestigation looking to the easy trans
formation Of the thousands OF wa.
workers into food producers in other
words park the people to the best ad-
VantaGN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-04
Start Tomorrow
and Keep 1t Up
Every Morning
Get In the habit Of drinklnu 4
glass of hot water before
breakfast.

We're not here long, so let's make
our stay agreeable Let us live well,
eat we'll digest well, work well, sleep
well, and look we'll What glorious
condition to attain, and vet how very
easy it is if one will only adopt the
morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
ddll and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from cold, foul
tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach.
can, instead, feel as rresh as a daisy
by opening the sluices of the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous stag
Hant matter
Everyone, whether aiing, sick or well.
should each morning, before breakfast
rink a glass of real hot water with a
teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in
il to wash from the stomach, liver and
bowels the previous days indigestible
waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins.
mus cleansing, sweetening and purify.
irg 'he entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
The action of hot water and limestone
phosphate on an empty stomach is won.
derfully invigorating. 1t cleans ont All
me sour lamentations, gases, waste and
ocidity and gives one a splendid an.
petite for breakfast While you are en-
ioying your breakfast the water and
Phosphate is quietly extracting a large
volume of water from the blood and
getting ready for Il thorough flushing
OF all the inside organs.
The millions of people who are both.
cred with constipation, bilious spells.
stomach trouble; others who have sal.
low skins, blood disorders and sicklv
!omplexions, are urged to get a quarter.
pound of limestone phosphate from the
tug store. This viii cost very little.
but is sufficient to make anyone a pro.
nounced crank on the subject of in.
,idebathing before breakfast.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-04
the somerssults Of the great wAx god.
Rush To Cities.

Needing some figures and knowing
man who could give them to me
quickly ! hunted up Scott Ferris,
member OF Congress from oklahoma.
Turning to the Congressional Record
without moments hesitation: Here
is just what you want" II was and
this is it: The population of the
cities increased by 100 per cent. be
tween 1890 and 1910. on the other
hand population on the farms in
creased only 20 per cent. This means
that for every five headed for the city
only one heard the call Of the farm.
knowing congressman are mighty busy
men these days because OF the call
upon them to get men they never
heard OF out OF the army, l started
TO back out but Mr.. Ferris had an
other jolt for me. He asked me to sit
down.
Since you want little inside in
formation on the High Cost OF Living
let me call your attention 10 a fact
l discovered in arguing for the pas
sage OF what is known as the $40
Acre Homestead Bill" said Mr.. Ferris.
Here it is, In twenty years the farm
mortgages have increased S64O,257,-
OOl. That figure is beyond my com
prehension and al l could possibly
digest mentally was to wonder who
got the odd dollar, a dollar being
something | could talk about with
some show OF hrilliancv mot In com
pany perhaps, but at least between
man and man in the privacy OF the
other mans ofllce.
This rush to the cities" continued
Mr.. Ferris. must be stopped and that
is the one big aim OF this bill which
MIR. Wilson has signed. | believe it
one OF the big things, the last Con.
gress did. Just how important It is.
is shown bv the fact that there have
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-04
LAST INCREMENTS
Of FIRST DRAFT To
CO OFORWARDFE FEB. e

Washington, Feb. 4-Proyost Marshal
General Crowder today announced
that the movement of the last incre
ments of the men selected in the first
draft will begin Feb. % and continue
for a period Of five days.
This will complete the operation Of the
first draft, as all states have furnished
tneir full quotas
The movement will bring the strength
OF the National army up to the $4,000
men contemplated in the first draft The
numbers of men which will be started
to the following cantonments on Feb
- are
Taylor Kentucky. G,2S4; Funston.
Kansas 1882; Travis, Texas. 755S;
Pike, Arkansas, 1000 megroes).
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-04

mat result Is the constant uptrend OF
the cost OF living. Secretary McAdoo
is the new traffic cop" and as the
head OF a first class traftic commis-
sion he will have TO begin studying
ways and means OF getting the people
back to the land from whence they
came after this war is over without
having them get back via the bread
line and soup kitchen. Let us not wait
on this Job but go and meet it. on
This point John ellsworth has this
TO say: This question OF land is the
question OF the future. no matter what
happens in the war. To put men on
the land we must have the land ready.
We have the chance OF our life to
scotch the food danger and to restore
a healthier balance between town and
country stocks In care free America
the thing seems to be to wait for "a
supreme moment in history and then
go to it as best we may.
Piled Tier Upon Tier.
That moment has arrived. The facts
are that in answer to certain economic
demands the people are rushing from
the health giving open air and the
centers OF food production to engage
occupation in overcrowded cities
where they pile themselves tier upon
tier in order to pay double prices for
the very food which was in abundance
IN the places they left Now the Con
sress Of the United States is consider
ing plans to give each soldier farm
after the war. Can you imagine any
thing more pathetic than having per-
fectly behaved cyclone-broke farm on
your hands II you know nothing about
farming? All well and good for the
man who left the farm to 60 to the
front. But what are we going to give
the thousands OF war workers after
the war? A careful estimate shows
there are 10000 war workers" in
Washington In excess of the regular
population. other cities, especially
those near the cantonments and muni-
ton factories are crowded II all
forces up the cost of living to which.
ns with all questions, we get tho same
answer; ITS all on account OF the
war" But is it? Let US see. Old
Mother Earth has been deserted. This
iesertion has been going on for years
John heard ~ that "hfteen a week.
n Grand Rapids and he went to get n
Bessie heard OF that six week" In |
Oes Moines with two evenings or and |
he went to get that There was but
me answer. In 1900 about GR na- !