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The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
". GARDNER RESIGNS FROM HIGHWAY COMMISSION
'ean Ii. Hamilton Named by County Judge A. E. Wear to Fill
 Yancancy.

me commissioners of Polk County A0ad Improvement District No. met
 ' the court house Saturday to re-
 ss ass the report of Secretary J. w. faiuher' who had visited the State |,s ssIway Department at Little Rock 'ss lafdner stated that w. B. Owens
 'he State Highway Commission
 .lvuheed that the commission was s,r ruy oo 10 pay over to Polk county the snoS o,Vov promised as work progressed sbar on the improved road, but that AZ was some question of selling s,.rns oOlds, as the United States gov S'oa .''ene had informed him that no .,.a sle ponds might be sold for the .be e'slit' The commission considered <ola matter matte of Clark county, which sr ~ a pohqs to the amount of S10O, ,O00 sn;r,a as toth inst, and were of the Zsn pion .' that Polk county might also brnnaa ,.s bonds and go ahead with the seroa ra'iasi.iissloner U. Gardner then ten- sIne ssu ms resignation, stating that his sloveaS Sas s not his own, he being en- zs eu oy company which needed all <entas .,s 'ilne. His resignation was ac- Soiptsa ana Judge A. E. Wear ap- sseasA u John H. Hamilton to fill the
 aeaney thus created. m ''e
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

London, Aug. 19.-The British forces on the Lys salient have ad vanced on front of 10000 yards, en. tering the town of Merville and reach ing the road running from Paradis tc Les Puresbecques thru Merville, ac cording to Field Marshal Haig's com munication issued tonight.
 Northwest of Chaulnes the Ger mans this morning in an attack over mile front, between Herleville anc Lihons penetrated the British line al two points but were immediately aft erwards driven out in counter at tack and the line restored, according to Field Marshal Haig's communica. tion from British headquarters ir France tonight.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Trouble for Ludendorff

Paris, Aug. 20.-Apart from the tactical results obtained the objects of which will be seen more clearer in the future, the allied attacks between the Somme and the Aisne in the last two days have the important effect of keeping the enemy on the alert and preventing him from preparing a counter offensive.
 The attacks have made it impossible for General LudendorF to re-group his troops. They have obliged him to maintain more than 140 divisions in the first line which have to be re- lieved constantly, At several points it has been necessary for him to increase the density of the first line.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
FIERCE FOOD RIOTS
 SHAKE PETROCRAD
After Day of Battle Martial Law Is Declared = Workmer Shouted Down With the Germans"-
 Big Job Ahead.

London, Aug. Hundreds of per sons were killed and wounded in a veritable battle between Lettish guards and rioters during food dis orders in Petrograd. according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company.
 The dispatch, which quotes Petro- grad advices by way of Berlin, say that after the city had been without food for two days a procession of workmen marched thru the streets shouting:
 Down with the Germansl Down with Kremlinw
 The battle between the rioters and Lettish guards occurred before the Smolney Institute. Martial law was proclaimed in Petrograd the same evening.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
DEMAND FOR INTERURBAN
 ELECTRIC LINE ENERAL
Col Knight and Secretary Eastin Find Inland Towns Ready to Help
 Enterprise.

Col. H. w Knight and Secretary Eastin of the Commercial Club have returned from a circuit of the inland towns in the interest of the Mena-Hot Springs interurban railroad, and re- port the people much interested in the proposition and in the mood to assist financially and otherwise in promul- gating the preliminary work. each To- cality asking for few days notice in which to get their people together in general meeting.
 The points covered were Nunley, Board Camp and Big Fork in Polk county; Womble. Mount Ida, Oden and Waters in Montgomery county, then back in Polk, taking in Egger, Yocana and Ink, where arrangements for fu- ture meetings were made.
 At Mount Ida financial committee and custodian were elected and the work of soliciting the quota for that point begun. At Oden an audience of 50 of 60 was quickly gathered and having the proposition explained to them, asked for an early date at which a general meeting could be held, giv- ing it as their opinion that not only could She finances be raised, but that they believed every foot of the right of way would be gladly donated.
 At Waters, Egger and Yocana and Ink the same spirit was manifested, W. L. Lunsford of Yocana coming in to Mena later to offer three miles of right of way thru his holding; Ii. E. Chambers of Ink making similar offer
 At Big Fork J. NJ. Edwards took charge of the work and called a special meeting of his neighborhood to be held Wednesday, night, August 2i. Board Camp and Nunley also will set time in which to get their people together
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
AssAYED GOLD AND SILVER.
Values of SlO Per Ton Shown From
 Blowout Mountain.

c. H. Keesee of Hugo, who has some claims near Blowout mountain, and sent some samples of surface ore to the American Consolidated Retort Company of Denver, Colo, has re- ceived report showing that the ore yielded silver and gold to the amount of $10 per ton. As mining claims usu- ally get richer. at deeper levels, aver aging seven dollars for each seven feet of depth, this claim may prove a very valuable one.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Nd Wool for Civilian Clothes.

San Francisco, Aug. 20.--The army navy and Red Cross require 900 mil lion pounds of wool and the country $ production of wool this year will be 280,000.000 pounds, consequently no wool will go into clothing for civilians this year, said Lewis Penwell, United States wool administrator. wh6 ar- rived here today from Oregon.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Americans Use Big Guns.

With the American Army on the Vesle Front, Aug. 20.-The French and Americans Sunday began operat- ing the biggest guns they have used since they reached the Vesle. These heavy guns are blazing away at the Aisne river region and beyond it. where aerial observers have reported that the Germans are concentrating suplies.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Homo Gpard for Wickes.

The citizens of Wickes and commu- nity have done all the preliminary work for the organization of a Home Guard, starting out with seventy-two applications. At the meeting held for the purpose of organization, E. W. Hamby was selected as captain, L R. Mcdonald as first lieutenant and J. F. Joplin as second lieutenant. The appli- cation for organization and recogni- tion has been forwarded to the adiu- tant general, and commissions will be issued
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

UNCLE JACK DAVIS STRICKEN
Suffered Stroke of Paralysis Saturday
 and Is But Little Improved.

Saturday morning Uncle Jack Davis had light stroke of paralysis, at his home on Bethesda avenue just as he was getting back from the dipping vat, where he had taken his COW. His entire right side is affected to some extent, but it does not affect his power of speech. and he is yet able to move about with some difficulty. He is now S1 years of age and has been quite ac- tive for a man of his age. There seems but little improvement in his condition.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Another Hun Retreat.

Paris, Aug. 20--Military observers in their comment today lay stress on the importance of the operations car ried out Monday east and west of the Disc. They believe Lassingy is about to fall and the Echo De Paris eonsid- CTS that the town virtually is in the power of the French.
 L'Homme Libre says that notwith- standing the stubborn German re- sistance, the enemy is being forced to give up territory and declares that before the operations are completed the Germans win be compelled to make another retreat.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
PLEASED WITH RESULTS.
Mena Men Saw Manganese Ores
 Milled at Joplin.

w. E. Watkins, Clyde Cunningham, C. l.. Graham, and c. J. Colp have returned from Joplin, where they went with samples of manganese from the holdings of the Man ganese Mining and Development Com pany. They saw the ore milled, and so far as reported seem much pleased with the showing made It will be the last of the week before the final as says and results are completed
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Strong Company at Board Camp.

Capt w. Nj. Tomlinson of the Board Camp Home Guards. came in Tuesday to look after business. He reports the guards as fourishing, having membership of sfxty-seven. He also states that good rains fell around Board Camp Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which will greatly help feed crops and pastures.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
some Wind Damage With Rain

A severe wind storm near Yocana Sunday about noon blew the roof off the barn of l.. H. Martin, razed lot of fencing, and a cow belonging to Burl Hilton was killed by falling tree. No person was injured 4 heavy rain accompanied the wind storm.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Four Polk County Boys Entrain.

lour Polk county volunteers, who tendered their services to their coun- try in July, left on No. Wednesday for Camp Mabry, near Austin, Tex. to enter special mechanical service as follows:
 Thomas B. McBridge, Mena.
 Willie V. Cottman, Ink,
 Vel Pool Wagner, Nunley
 William A. Holland, Ink.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
A Big Job Ahead.

vladivostok, Friday, Aug. 16.-(De- laycd) General Dietrichs, the com mander of the Czecho-Slovak forces in pointing out today the great odds his troops are facing, estimated the en- emy strength at 10000 men with sev- enty guns and 20 machine guns The status of the Czech -Slovaks in Trans Baikalia, is unknown, he said, but it certainly must be desperate. To at tain the object sought by the entente allied government, substantial force must be sent to the Manchurian front
 Opinion on all sides appears to be that the allied governments are un- derestimating the magnitude of the task of liberating the Czecho- -Slovaks.
 A second U. s. Transport carrying American forces has docked. A third is expected shortly.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

her 'l.s s;. are plentiful in the the sum ate I,,' rn we breathe them every min .o tbaa bn health they do no harm. but uraeras snose who have a bad liver. dis Ihsv ~ stomach or constipated bowels best aa san spell of sickness. The hks p,';, .y 70 insure your health is to I6S l.rlekly Ash Bitters. 1t purifes E 25 sasngthens s the system. Price
 beciapl psr a, bottle. Gunnels Drug Store. agents.-(Advt).
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

When the body is suffering the double afFliction of hot weather and bowel disorders, the remedy needed is MeGEE'S BABY ELIXkR. It re- sluees the feverfsh condition, eorrects the stomach and checks ieoseness of the bowels. Price 25c and 50e per bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
For Sale.R Re

For Sale Registered Poland China
 Sow, also five fine pigs ten weeks old, pedigrees furnished See George Sauter. Route 3. Mena. Adv. s4-2
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
loo L.W.WW.S ARE ARE
 FOUND GUILTY
;.l for Sabotage and Sedition One Iongcst of Kind on Record Sentences May Be 20
 Years Each.

Chicago. Aug. 18.-The 100 l. W. uy aefendants on trial here on charge sabotage and sedition were found u,iltv last night on all couts. All de- ardants were ordered into custody.
 o trial came to a udden end after raoving along since April 1. The :,,ry was under key only a few hours hefore reporting it's verdict.
 The 100 defendants were indicted ast fall on five counts charging con- <piraey to prevent enforcement of war .aeasures; injury and oppression of s.unition makers; obstruction of en- kstment by I. W. W. members, ob- struction of recruiting and a scheme defraud- sabotage.
 rhe trial came to sudden end after [r;minal cases on record in this coun- srv The record contains 30,0OO type s,yitten pages of 7,500,000 words.
 The fifth count was withdrawn to- say by Judge Landis in charging the sury The four remaining counts, deal sng with seditious practices, would lay .be defendants open to sentences of Twenty years Imprisonment each.
 Broke Up Horse Thief Gang.
 Attorney George F. Vandeveer, for Inc defense. moved a new trial, but fudge Landis did not set date for the hearing
 Frank K. Nebeker was called from Salt Lake City almost one year ago to Investigate the I. w W. Department ef Justice officials recalled a record Established by him years ago in clean sng up a horse thief gang in Utah and srafted him for what it believed was sn important work. Nebeker's chief assistant was Claud B. Porter, Des Noines, who also spent almost an en- re year in the work.
 Beyond stating that Judge Landis Influence has been eminently fair, at sorneys for the defense made no com nent. Together with Big Bill" Hay rood. secretary of the I. w. w., and one of the defendants, they slapped ome glum looking defendants on the back. "Buck up" they advised the 6owncast ones. Ut will come out all Eight"
 Arguments Are Brief.
 The end of the trial in sight with a .olt that awoke drowsing court soom. There was a stir among the 100 soatless, collarless and some times to- bacco chewing crowd of defendants. They almost capered to their "lodg- ngs' when the jury had been instruct ed to find the entire list of defendants guilty, or not guilty together.
 Attorney Nebeker summed his evil aence in an hour. Soft handed and bard faced" was his characterization pf the defendants. They grinned back st him, evidently unhurt.
 Most of the 100 defendants were arr Fested last fall, held here during the Hinter and placed on trial April |. They were indicted on five counts Fhieh summarized, charged sedition hnd sabotage Thousands of letters and books were offered as evidence the men had opposed conscription and in aerferred with the prosecution of the var Stray bits of machinery were offered to prove they had practiced Haootage by destroying tools when gther means failed. The jury tonight Prowsed thru this collection in the big kourt rocm.
 The defense was largely oral, mem pers swearing to the high moral tone T the l. W. w.. defending industrial zctlon and protesting loyalty to the Government.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

Apply a cotton cloth wet with BILLIARDS SNOW LINIMENT to all wounds, cuts, burns, sores or blisters, and notice it's wonderful healing power. It is prompt and very effective. Price 25c, 50e and $1 co per bottle Sold by Jackson Drug Co. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Groves Tasteless chill Tonic

destroys the malarfal germs which are transmitted 10 the blood hy the Malaria Mosquito. Price COG
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

Wanted to Buy Several Cords of 1S-
 and 36-inch wood. J W Faust, at Star office. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

K. E. McCann will be in his Studio all day Friday. the 23rd. McCann's Photos Please. Adv 200&34-1
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22

Big Grain Crop in Great Britain. < London, Aug. 20 England's grain crop this year will be the biggest since 1868. Sir Charles Filding, director general of food production, informs the Daily Mail.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-06
LACKEYS FOR THE RICH AND
THE NEAR-RICH REVIVE OLD
CLASS DISTINCTION SQUALL
TO DRIVE OFF SHOCK SQUAD

T HAT cry that has up locally that because
Chairman Bryan Fourth Liberty
committee are insisting upon the rich and near-rch
buying their share Of Liberty bonds they arous-
ing distinctions araying class against class etc.
one Is the propaganda OF the plutOeracy-
the autocracy Of money,-spread usual by its
Iackeys.-and the process is old the hills
It is propaganda that has been spreading good
and freely since the shock" squads Of the Liberty
Loan committee began its work Monday. The purpose
plain. wall OF those in fear Of being shook
perhaps by proxy, but their wall
The rich and the near-rich who have bought their
share OF Liberty bonds worrying. They
bewailng these alleged class distinctions class
rays might be added that these perhaps
the majority. the big the few like
small boy who wept loudly in fear OF being whipped
wept before he hurt
But speaking distinctions They have ever
creation Of the upper-cass nther than the
lower. Employers Of workingmen have compunc-
tions against going through their plants and telling
employees buy bonds literally laying
TO them their quotas
They have no objections to preachments declaring
that workingmen should buy bonds buy till hurts
on.-but take % upon
vestments from the capitalist!
They say-and many times void Of intelligence as to
what it means-tha such distinctions make anarchists
tinctions element OF existence.
That minority the near-rich who
have not bought their quotas OF bonds might have
that best way avoid making anarchists
and socialists out Of not buying bonds. would be
buy the Some Of the responsibility upon
shoulders Let them wipe out the distinction them
selves
II has been just through the ages; grind down
the under-dog until the last drop of blood gone if
you can but If he resists then whine talk about
class distinctions!
It is much the same process employed by vice
regents their Iackeys. who pirate "defaming
the town."-when they asked to cleanup and
get
No the Liberty Loan committee is not creating class
distinctions, arraying class against class by
insisting that the rich and near-rich who have not
bought their o Liberty bonds shall
on the contrary it is putting everybody in the
class-insisting that all do their share
Had they all done in the first place, South Bend
St Joseph county would gone the top
their volunteer days-a week ago yesterday and
today. those who didn't, and they in the main
among rich and the near-rich; who made the
class distinction-which might perhaps better
nominated the 'sap-sucking money autocracy;" but
whatever the name there you have it, Here is hoping
that they will be duly listed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-06
GOOD WAY TO GET SOME FAIR HOMES
FOR THOSE COMING WAR-WORKERS

with the government pleading with the citizens of
w South Bend for every available room. and empty
apartment, to house employees government work in
local factories supplement the houses that Uncle
sam is to build why Of those premises
being used for gambling and other purposes
and put them shape for these more legitimate
cupants?
May be that a respectable workingman would
care to move family into rooms. a house apart
ments given bad reputation by legiti-
mate employment and blame them.
the suggestion better utility just
the same. Besides, Of such premises, would
well to begin early repair possible the repua-
that the megitimate Of such premises has given
them.
There are so apartments in the city that could
respectable patriotic usage
after this manner is assuming the war work
would submit it-and the big point the
city administration made good its campaign promises
with reference the elimination things ancient
regulations would by this time be sufficiently well
cured that they would scarcely need be considered
Thus. as always. having sown the wind, we must
reap the whirl-wind. However. improvement can stn
made. since the new employees are yet TO arrive
some time hence by beginning the cleanup at once
Gambling houses. and for prostitution numbers
Of them. be put tip top shape enough Of the
old ear-marks removed, TO make them least semi
respectfully nhab iahIe or course maybe this is de
flaming the town." but 1t is also suggestion which
carried would eventually have tendency to make
the town famous
why not do something OF that sort for once: some
thing to make the town famous, rather than worry
about exposure Of loose activities bringing it into
bad fame IL would pc splendid recommendation
the Carson administration TO begin now and do
something that sort. besides being able TO do
under disguise patriotism using that disguise
as shield against those TO whom he made his secret
campaign promises that been so covertIy full
hing IL would render the process much easier per-
haps. even on his own mind
IL would be no particular credit to Mayor Carson
TO employ such shield for doing what he should do
anyhow. 10 do it because driven by necessity
bat never mind the credit. What south Bend wants
results what the government wants is results.
and II guess good. among the things both
viii eventually get-one way or another.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-06
DEFENDING GERMANY.
thOroughness

plans ready for early evacuation of Belgium.
# necessary Baron Falkenhausen. military
Of Belgium. The German army can return to
its frontier in order show the world really
want defend Germany"
The world does not doubt that the really want
to defend Germany"-now. But the demonstration OF
sincerity four years and three months late
The world knows that if Germany had merely wanted
to defend itself. it would have Belgium
and France at the beginning OF the war And then
there would have no war.
Now, indeed. the Germans viii have a chance to de-
fend their fatherand will matters merely
to get out Of the territory they have overrun.
vastaed and polluted will they reach their
than the victorious allies will be pounding
relentlessly at their gates
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-06
CCTy7E5 READ NENS T7A67C GUJD1v EDyTOR1A phCE
OOO44I -
WAR SERVICE FOR CONvICTs.

\ such one may dislike the principle OF requiring
vi socially economically politically. and otherwise
circumstantially made natural born criminals
have been DISTINGUISHED their citizenship
away-to fight for the country that outawed them,
the possibility that military training might be good
for them is great.
And incident that possibility agitation in favor
OF anording Of jas reformatores prisons
a chance help win the continues to grow.
Burdette G. Lewis commissioner charities and
rectons of New Jersey. has worked a plan which
has been submitted to the department and which
is to be tried rapidly possible in New Jersey
before being put into general operation throughout
the country.
Mr.. Lewis plan would apply to prisoners the
work fight principle applied the rest Of the
nations man-power 1t calls for steps
First, provides the classification of the esti-
100000 of corrective institutions &C
cording their mental. physical. moral and indus
trial fitness.
Second, it calls for their organization into military
and industrial units
Third. it asks tor training camp for those deemed
fit for military service and the formation division
of soldiers from the so trained.
The fourth point outlines essential Wort
could be by industrial units; such work as
road and railroad building. digging
drainage and agricultural work both in this country
and behind the lines in France
Fifth the plan suggests that citizenship
after the to those men who have made good who
have been honorably discharged from the army
have received awards for distinguished service.
There advantages and disadvantages this plan
There many details that would TO be worked
out by experts The classification the would
a colossal task itself and their subsequent training
would have divided the military author-
ties and the institutional authorities according
service the were in. Some, too. Would probably
have to work under guard within the correctional
stitutons Military discipline. prison government
and prison discipline would have be harmonized
In it is a big job for experts But everybody
who believes convicted of a felony may
still have it within himself make good repair
the ne has done society, who believes
such man has a right to chance afresh
Will watch the movement with interest and good will