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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
IN ROLL CALL Is MILLION.
Reports Indicate 1917 Red Cross En-
reIlment viii Be Reached.

Washington, Dec. %. Scattering
returns received up to noon today at
national headquarters showed an en-
rollment Of 13 million persons in the
Christmas roll call of the American
Red Cross. This represented reports
in twelve divisions, with no reports
from any chapters in one division.
When the campaign ends at mid
night tomorrow night Red Cross Of
ficias believe that the total enroll
ment viii equal the % million Of last
year. The roll call has been handi-
capped by influenza and bad weather
in many parts of the country, and the
final day tomorrow viii be devoted
to rounding up all persons who are
not wearing the 1919 Red Cross but
ton. The central division ,wsas still in
the lead today, with approximately 4
million members. Other division to-
tails reported were: Southwestern, l.
22s,415; New England. about | mil
lion; Pennsylvania Delaware, mill
lion; Lakes, 100000.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
FIRST WOUNDED YANK HOME
Mena Welcomes Young Hero Who
Has Returned From Overseas. =.

When a young man in khaki with
two gold stripes on his overcoat
sleeves, used a pair of crutches in
getting off No. a Wednesday after
noon the big holiday crowd that
glimpsed the visitor seemed to ask
who is he?" Those of crowd that
saw the stripes knew that he was a
wounded Yank returning home from
overseas, and when r. l.. Pannell
stepped forward and grasped the
wounded man by the hand the home
folks knew that he was William l..
Pannell, the hero son of the Mena
man. Soldier Pannell has secured a
twenty-day furlough to spend the
holidays with the homefoks. He
has been at the base hospital at Fort
Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex, and
will return there until his wounded
foot is entirely healed, He says the
doctors believe that he will eventual
iy regain use of the foot. The young
man has crowded the experience of a
life in brief space of time. He was
only overseas about 60 days before
ne suffered wound from a German
machine gun bullet and was returned
home. But in that length of time he
experienced thrills that come to only
few men. Soldier Pannell is the first
wounded soldier to come to Mena and
patriotic people will doubtless make
tne home on Refine street shrine of
hoerty during the young mans stay.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
MRS. JAMES S. STEEL.
Much Loved Woman Died at Her
Home in Ashdown.
From The Little River News.

IOiit lft Littlc hlNCE 4tCWS.
Mrs. James S. Steel, wife Of Cir
cult Judge James S. Steel, died at
her home in this city Sunday morning
at 1890. She had been i'll for sew
eral months, and last week had taken
a turn for the worse so that her death
was not unexpected.
The funeral was conducted Sunday
morning at IL from the Methodist
church, after which the body was car
ried to Lockesburg by way of the
Kansas City Southern to De Queen,
thence to Lockesburg on a De Queen
& Eastern special. The burial was at
the family burial ground in the lat
ter city Monday.
Mrs. Steele is survived by her hus-
band and one son, Addison Harris, of
Texarkana. The following sons and
daughters of Judge Steel were here
to attend the funeral, A. P. Steel. and
Geo. r. Steel of this city, J. K. Steel
OF Tulsa, Ok, Mrs. j. w. Everett Of
Mena and Mrs. E. E. White Of Lock-
esburg. Addison Harris, her son, had
been at her bedside for several days.
Her only sister, Miss Leggett, was
here from Mena.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
GERMANS MURDER 1907.
Aviators Killed 1,211 Parisians and
And Long Range Guns 1876.

Paris, Dec. 18.--Figures are now
made public for the first time re-
garding the number Of persons killed
during German air raids and by the
longe rang cannon. These statistics
relate to the city of Paris only and
not to the suburbs.
In 1914 total of 45 bombs were
dropped. In 1915 total of 20
bombs, 81 of them fell on the city.
In 1916 the enemy employed 61
bombs against Paris and IL during
1917. During the last 10 months Of
the war there were 1,211 casualties
from 396 bombs.
Airplanes and Zeppelins dropped
228 bombs on August 6, killing two
persons and injuring 81. The long
range cannon fired 168 shells in
Paris, killing 1876 and wounding AIT.
On last Good Friday more than 100
persons were killed.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
TROOPS CLASH IN BERLIN.
Sailors Resent Replacement as
Guards BY Soldiers.

Berlin, Dec. 23.-The German for
eign office and the chancellory adj
joining it, which is at present the seat
of government, were blockaded for an
hour and half this afternoon by a
squad of sailors which had been do
ing guard duty there for the past
month.
The navy men, who were about to
be replaced by a republican soldier
guard and sent back to Kiel, objected
to the new ruling. AS a protest
the action of the military command
er, small squads of sailors attempt
ed demonstrations in the various
parts of the downtown districts.
At guardhouse in the Unter den
Linden the sailors clashel with mem
bers of the new republican guard.
Shots were exchanged and it is re-
ported there were number of cas-
ualties.
The presence of the sailors in Ber-
lin has been a source of disatisfac-
tion among the troops returning from
the front and friction frequently has
been apparent. Suspicion also is gem
eral that the bluejackets have lean
ings toward the Sparticus group.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
NEW YORK CHILDREN sTARvE
Parents Unable to Pay High Food
Prices-"Flu" Fatal to Many


New York, Dec. 25.-Children are
starving to death in New York. Pa
rents are unable to pay the high
prices for food.
Flu" is attacking dozens of the
starving children on the East Side.
Few Get WE'LL
Joseph S. Markus heads relief
committee and promises to ''feed first
and investigate afterwards"
East Side school teachers report
dozens Of hungry, ragged children
fainting every day in crowded school
rooms.
In one small district investigators
found 150 babies iii or dying Of hum
ger, "flu' or pneumonia. No doctors,
medicines or nurses.
In one school room % children
were found without cents worth Of
clothing among them Only worthless
filthy rags.
So Banker Markus and his commit
tee report.
These are not the only underfed
children in the schools of New York.
Startling revelations made by DR..
Henry Dwight Chaplin show that 216-
600 New York school children are
semi-starved because of the high cost
of foods.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26

SHIPS PURE BRED PIGS.
Golden Rule Farm Sends Blue Blood
ed Porcines Into Ten States.

This weeks shipment of register
ed 0. |. C. pigs from Golden Rule
farm ought to convince those croak-
ers who say there is no demand for
pure bred stock. Before the week
end comes the farm win have ship
ped out 81 head of blue -blooded
porkers of various sizes and ages,
The shipments go to ten different
states, Oklahoma, Missouri, Alabama,
Arkansas. Texas, Louisiana, Kansas,
Georgia, New Mexico and West Vir.
ginia. F. j. Greiner, owner Of Gold
en- Rule farm attributes his success
to two things, high class stock and
advertising. He is one Of the farm
ers who know that it pays to use
printers ink, that it pays to use
papers in many sections are familiar
with Golden Rule farm and what it
has to offer.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
GRANNIS LAD HEARD
THE BIG GUNS ROAR.
Sergt. Andrew Higgins Was Right at
the Front and Was in Real Fight
ing When Peace Came.

After writing a realistic descrip-
tion of his experiences while on the
front just previous to the coming Of
peace, Sergt. Andrew Higgins, tells
his father A. B. Higgins of Grannis,
that he "will finish my story when
come home"
Sergt Higgins is one of the few
Polk county fighting men fortunate
enough to get into the front line and
oppose the boches. He experienced
some Of the thrills that never come
to many men and it is evident that
he and his comrades were in some
tight places, judging from copy of
the official orders he encloses.
The official document in the Ser
geant's letter states that the Goth
Division captured 2,100 prisoners and
200 machine guns in addition to Z
cannon and thereby won the praise of
the commanding general. Among
other things the Grannis man writes
as follows:
"The boche airplanes would come
over and shoot all around us with ma
chine guns and every day and night
the big shells were whizzing about
our heads. They killed bunch Of
boys just across the read from us.
"On October a, we were at Verdun.
Our boys were in the trenches. They
were in the Argonne forest too.
They stayed in the trenches until the
10th, when we moved back to the rear
for rest. We got orders on Nov. 10
to fill in the trenches in the Toul
sector but before we could get off
Germany signed the armistice. We
were at Bardeluc during this time.
"Of course / didn't tell you what
we experienced at Verdun. We saw
the real thing up there We laid a
barrage over that lasted ~ hours.
You couldn't sleep or do anything
while the cannons were roaring. Be-
sides this we had 20-inch setting on
the railroad by our camp, shooting
every ten minutes for one day and
night. Every time this gun snot it
would knock you out of bed.
zone day we saw the boche 6 ir-
planes bring down three of ours i, nd
one of our men was shot all to
pieces. We are still working on cars
and trucks, but l think in few
weeks We will sail for America"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
WILL USE PLANES
TO SURVEY POLE
Cant. Robert Bartlett Plans to Leave
America in June Equipped to
Photograph the Arctic Regions
Admiral Peary's Plan.

New York, Dec. 22.-An expedition
"a be led by Capt. Robert A. Bartlett,
,oted expolrer, viii be sent to the
xolar regions next June to survey the
North Pole by airplane, according to
announcement here tonight by the
Aero Club of America The plan, 1T
Was said. was conceived by Rear Ad-
,,iral Robert e. Peary, discoverer of
the pole.
The purpose of this expedition
which it was said, would be the most
completely equipped ever sent out
will be to explore, survey and pho
tograph the unexplored parts of the
Arctic regions and establish the exis-
tenee or non-existence of land or
lands in that region"
Il is also contended, according to the
announcement, "to explore the upper
air and the bottom of the Polar ba-
sin" The announcement added that
the ciQD WOutu AuAoC pASVIS~S "
finance the trip.
Asserting that with the co-opera-
ton of the leading geographical and
scientific bodies assured" it is plan
ned to have the expedition leave the
United States next June, the an
nouncement continued. The plans are
TO have a ship toEtah about six
hundred miles from the North Pole,
in June, when the ice is sufficiently
broken to permit the ship to cross
Melville Bay. The ship would carry a
large seaplane, or land airplane, for
the final flight across the top of the
earth and for exploration Of the un-
explored polar regions, as well as
smaller planes for the scouting
flights.
Immediately upon arrival at Etah
a base would be established, and the
small seaplanes would fly to Cape
Columbia and establish base there
for the large plane, which is to be
used for the flight across the top of
the world, from Cape Columbia on
the American side, over the pole to
Cape Shelyuskin on the Siberian
side and for exploration over long
distances.
"For six weeks after the middle Of
July the large plane as well as the
small planes would be put into SER
vice.
Officials Of the club stated that
by use Of airplanes it would be poss-
lille to 10 in twenty years what
would hage required two hundred
years by usual methods.
Captain Bartlett, who will lead the
new expedition, commanded the
Roosevelt ON the Peary expeditions.
He was also commander of the Mac
MILAN relief expedition, and last
winter was commended by Secretary
Daniels for his extraordinary
achievement in taking the ship Favs
orite out Of the ice from Halifax.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
OPPOSED TO SINKING
THE ENEMY WARSHIPS.
Wilson win Work Against Such an
Act in the Most Direct Fahsion--
New Crisis in Germany.

Washington, Dec. 23.--It may be
stated authoritatively that President
Wilson will oppose, in most direct
fashion, proposals from any source to
sink the warships surrendered by
Germany under the terms of the ar
mistice.
The officials here have professed
to know nothing about the attitude of
the president until today, when It
was learned that he viewed the plan
as altogether undesirable.
Consider Airplanes.
Paris, Dec. Representative of
several allied powers and the United
tates will hold a conference in Paris
in the new year to consider the fu-
ture of the international aerial nav
igation, the Echo de Paris announces
today.
Great Britain, Italy, Belgium,
France and the United States will he
represented at the conference, which
will study questions of how to pre-
vent airplanes of the different nation
alities from crossing the customs bar
riers and how to prevent postal or
commercial airplanes from being
transformed into bombing machines.
Within a few minutes the result of
the deliberations Of the conference,
the newspaper says, will have to be
accepted by Germany and her former
allies in the peace treaty.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
DEATH ENDS YOUNG LIFE.
Archie, Only Son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. A. Zachary, Passes Away.

Death, the grim reaper, cut short
a young life when on Friday morn
ing, he ended the earthly career of
Archie Zachary, only son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Zachary. The end came
at the family home, 81 Refine street,
and was caused by pneumonia.
Archie was born September 8, 1907
at GilIner, Tex, and came to Mena
some years ago with his parents
Besides father and mother he is sur
vived by three sisters. Funeral
services will be held Saturday morn
ing at 1890 o'clock at the family
home, the Rev. F. F. Harrell, pastor
the First M. E. church, south, Off
ciating. Interment will be at Odd
Fellows cemetery. Pail bearers will
be M. P. Olney, R. Goff, w. A. Will
son, Porter Allen, w. w. Moore and
w E. Holt.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
FOR ROADS. SO MILLION.
Federation win Urge Adoption al
Coming Legislature.

Sedalia, Mo-, Dec. PA so million
dollar state bond issue for the inn
provement Of public roads of Missou-
ri is project which the good roads
committee of the Federation of Mis-
souri, Commercial Clubs will urge
upon the coming legislature for con-
sideration. This action was deter
mined upon a meeting Of the commit
tee here this afternoon.
The committee is J. S. Scarborough
chairman, Warrensburg; S. a. Welt
mer, Nevada; Thomas j Rice, Shell
bina; Frank Chapman, Jefferson
City, and M. v Carroll, secretary of
th@ Chamber of Commerce. The
committee believes such a bond is
sue, If of long time serials type. can
be sustained, principal and interest,
from the motor license tax.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
Politics Stewing

Berlin, Dec. 23.--Burgeoise parties
in Germany are striving to erect a
solid front against the majority So
cialists in the coming election to the
national assembly.
The election is only four weeks
away and the former right and CEN
ter parties are still much disorgan-
lied.
The Ebert Haasa government has
been strengthened in its position by
the action of the revolutionary con-
gress, which not only widened the
jurisdiction of the cabinet, but placed
at its disposal the services of the
central committee of the soldiers and
workmen's council.
This has been interpreted as mark
ing the defeat of the poletarian ex-
tremists.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
STARVATION TOLL
IS TWENTY MILLION
Hunger Death Roll Far Greater Than
War Casualties-U. S. to To
Furnis Surplus Food to The
Starving Millions.

Washington, Dec. 19.-Twenty
million human beings will die of
starvation the first four months Of
1919l Five millions of men, women
and children, principally children,
will die each month"; AS many human
beings will perish of hunger in each
of those months as were killed or
died of wounds in four years Of war
Death toll of war was five millions.
Famine death toll in four years of
war was twenty millions. Four died
at home of starvation to every one
who died in battle or hospital,
Ten Millions Doomed to Starve in
Russia.
Wars famine horror was as moth
ing compared to the death roll Of the
next four months famine, predicts
United States food administration.
Despite all we can do officially
announces the food administration.
'it is expected 100000 human be-
ings in the north half of Russia will
starve to death. Food cannot be got
ten to them.
Terrible famine conditions are
sure in Poland, Serbia, Bohemia and
Finland. Next to northern Russia,
Armenia will experience the worst
conditions"
Some food will be sent into Poland,
Bohemia, Finland and Serbia and
the starvation death roll will be kept
down, but it is estimated that in
these countries and Armenia more
than 100000 will starve.
England, France and Italy Are Safe.
Half of Serbia's pre-war popula-
tion, already has died Of starvation,
asserts the food administration, and
a fourth of Poland has died Of fam
inc. Superhuman efforts will be
made to get food to them now to
save those left alive.
Arrangements long ago were made
to feed England, France and Italy
this winter. They can be more easily
reached.
The food administration has we'll
laid plans for feeding Belgium, Ru-
mania and Greece, and will exert
itself to get food to the Czechs, Jugo-
Slavs and people Of the disrupted
dual monarchy.
Hungary will not feel hunger, for
Hungary, with Denmark, Scandina-
via, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey and
southern Russia, are fairly well
equipped for the winter. No Ameri-
can food will go to them.
Germany is better supplied with
food than its neighbors in Austria.
Russian famine conditions will pre-
vail unless America aids.
The food administration has about
given up hope of saving the 20,0OO,-
600 from hunger deaths, and will
concentrate efforts in keeping star
walton out of countries which can be
reached with shipping facilities.
"But to keep more millions from
starving" warns the food admins
tration, "it is absolutely necessary
that the United States increase food
exports from 100000 tons of last
year to 20,000,000 tons this year.
Already, hundreds of food-carry-
ing ships are headed toward the
United States to get supplies from
our food surplus. And we hold so
of the food surplus of the world
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
YOUNG BOY PASSES OVER.
Influenza Fatal to Glenn, Son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. ]. Smith.

Glenn Carl, youngest son OF Mr.,
and Mrs. Fred j. Smith, aged years,
6 months and days, passed away
Monday afternoon at the home on
Grandview Heights after an illness of
little more than a day Influenza
with meningitis complications is Civ
en- as the cause Of his death.
The funeral, conducted by the Rev,
T. A. Park of the Presbyterian church
was held at the residence Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock. interrnent
following at the Odd Fellows ceme-
terry.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
DIR. e. e. Holt Returns.

DIR. E. L. Holt, who enlisted in the
Army Medical Corps last April, and
was commissioned as Captain, has
received his honorable discharge and
arrived home this morning. He was
at Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. c.,
during his service, except for six
weeks, which he spent at Hospital
NO. l6, New Haven, Conn, when the
influenza epidemic called for extra
Doctors at that point. The doctor
states that prior to signing of the
arnlstlce, November IL, he had been
notified he was to so to France on
special work within few weeks. The
uoetor will not reopen his office un-
III after the first of the year feeling
lew days rest are due him.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
ROAD TAX FAVORED
BY BIG MAJORITY
Official Canvass of Returns From
Election of December Ia, Shows
Polk County Voters Want
Better Highways.

The officials canvas of votes cast
in the election Of December ID shows
county voters approved the collection
road taxes by decisive majority. A
total of 794 votes were recorded for
road tax and only 239 against.
Walter Nance and w. w. Townsend
comprising a majority of the election
commissioners, made the official can
vass of returns from the special
election on Monday afternoon. The
final count made but little change
from the unofficial returns. The new
constitution was badly beaten and the
stock law was smothered under by a
still larger vote.
There were three propositions sub
mitted at the election and the road
tax was the only one that escaped
defeat.
The official vote on the defeated
measures was as follows.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
ESTHONIAN GOVERNMENT
UNDER PROTECTION OF ALLIES
Premier Calls Attention to the Diffi-
Guilty of Withstanding the At
tacking Bolsheyiki Forces.

London, Dec. 19-The Esthonian
provisional government. controlling
the territory covered by the former
Russian Baltic province of Esthonia,
has placed the republic under the
protection of the entente powers
pending the decision Of the peace con-
ference
The Esthonian premier announced
this action in a telegram which
reached London tonight, in which he
called attention to the difficulty the
Esthonian troops were experiencing
in withstanding the bolsheviki, who
are attacking the territory of the re-
public from the east.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
---@s-777-77--77777--
Son Dies in Colorado.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Whitaker, re-
siding on the Bethesda Springs road
received word Thursday that their
son, Frank Whitaker had died
Christmas day at his home in Denver,
Colo The deceased was aged At
years. The remains will be sent to
Mena for burial and are expected
this week. Funeral arrangements win
be announced later
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
FEBRUARY TINE
OF MINING FAIR
Promoters of Exhibition for Showing
the Minerals of Polk County
Plan to Have Big Display
Early Next Year
(By Robert M. Berry,

February is the time selected for
the holding of the big mineral fair
and exhibition in Mena.
At a meeting of the directors Of
the Mena-Polk County Mining asso-
citation it was agreed that the display
of mineral wealth of this field should
be made known to the world and that
the show would be held the first week
in the shortest lncnth.
While no definite plans have been
agreed upon, It is generally under
stood that the fair will be advertised
thruout the entire nation and will
last at least week. The displays
will consist only Of minerals or prod
ucts that have come from the Mena
field.
The place for housing the display
will be selected at once. Announce
ment will be made later as to where
the specimens of ore minerals and
other exhibits can be left. An invi-
tation is extended to every claim
owner, prospector, operator or other
persons who have exhibits for the
fair to bring them in.
Chairman A. ]. Parent of the min
ing district association has been EN-
powered to name committees to ar
range the details of the big show,
and will doubtless select his aids
within few DAYS.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
Machinery Reaches Mena.

A portion of the machinery
bought for use at the Federal COM
pany's holdings reached Mena Wed
nesday and will be unloaded at once.
The steam boiler is expected in a day
or two, and drilling will be started,
Manager Dickinson stated. just as
soon as possible.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
SMALL FARM WANTED.

| want to buy a small improved
farm somewhere south of Mena with
in s miles Of the Kansas City South
ern railway. In writing please state
full description and lowest~cash price.
Address John d. Baker, DeQueen, Ar
kansas. -Adv.5itf
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1918-12-26
FERGUSON SELECTS DEPUTY.
John e. Casey Will Assist Commis-
siener Of NJ, NJ. and A.

Little Rock, Dec. 24.-Jim Fergu-
son, who becomes Commissioner Of
Mines, Manufactures and Agricul-
ture in January. announces the APP
pointment of John E. Casey of Box
ley, Newton county, as Deputy. He is
twenty-eight years old, and is son
Of former State Senator Casey of
Newton county He was recently dis
charged from the military service at
Camp Tyler, Tenn. He is a graduate
of the Agricultural College at Fay
etteviile, and practical farmer.