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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
AGRICULTURAL BILL
PASSES SENATE
Carries appropriations of $4,000, 600
No Effort to Reinstate Repeal of
Daylight Saving Law-To House
With Minor Amendment.

Washington, July 23.---The senate
late today passed the $34,000,000 agri-
cultural appropriation bill, which re-
Gently was vetoed by President Will
son because Of the rider for the repeal
Of the daylight saving law No effort
TO restore the rider was made in the
senate.
Senators made no criticism of the
presidents veto, and the only refer
ence to the daylight saving question
was an announcement by Chairman
Gronna of the agriculture committee
of the veto. and the reiterated refusal
of the house to override it.
The bill will be returned to the
house tomorrow with single minor
committee amendment, providing re-
lief for western drouth sufferers by
suspending their homestead residence
requirements. The house may concur
Immediately in this amendment OF
send the bill to conference, but the
measures enactment before adjourn
ment tomorrow is believed assured.
Because Of universal desire to pro
vide funds in the bill for the depart
ment of agriculture's many activities
and the salaries held up since July l
senate discussion of the bill was brief
Western senators particularly urged
all possible haste to provide the funds
for the forestry service in fightinl
forest fires.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
KANSAS HAS 4 MYSTERY DRINK
'Choctaw Beer" Shows No Alcohol
but Has a Mighty 'Kick."

From the Kansas City Star.
"Choctaw beer" is innocence abroad,
but regular war dance when it gets
well under the belt Such is the PROV
ess of the new drink, it's fame having
spread thru arid Kansas from Wichita
to the Kansas side Office of Fred Rob-
ertson, United States attorney for
Kansas. The new drink is said to
pass all tests as to being nonalcoholic.
But once downed, it demonstrates to
a previously sober stomach it is not
what it seems.
M. f. Jolliffe, chief of police of the
Empire Oil and Gas Company, Wichi-
ia, Kas., is one of the discoveries. He
saw the effects Of the drink and spread
the alarm.
Chemical tests seem to show the
beverage we'll within the law-even
the most rigid of the Kansas laws. In
vestigations are promised by district
attorneys. In the meantime the new
drink is waxing popular, and, it seems,
will continue to do so, until the secret
of its success is discovered or some
new law gives the right to search
stomachs.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
RADIO CURRENTS MAY HAVE
CAUSED CHICAGO DISASTER

Chicago, July 23.-As a result Of
the newest theory that the naval radio
currents produced the spark that ig-
nited the Goodyear dirigible airship
which plunged in flames thru the roof
Of a bank building, resulting in death
for ID persons, one OF whom succumb-
ed today, and injury to q others,
Monday afternoon, naval communiea-
ton officers will aid the authorities in
fixing responsibility for the disaster.
1t was asserted today that technical
experts had suggested the theory, be-
cause the big ship sailed over or near
the Transportation building, from
the roof Of which are projected the an
tennae Of the naval radio station.
Lieut.. f. H. Mason, Of Great Lakes
Naval Training Station, district COM
munication service officer, while re-
framing from agreeing with the theo-
ry, said he would cooperate with the
investigating officials.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
vILLADlSBANDS HIS
ARMY UNTIL FALL
Rebel Leader Going to Japan for Mu-
nitions of War, According to Report
-Rumored Breaking Up of Ban
dit Forces Taken With Salt.

Ell Paso, Tex, July 23.-Francisco
Villa and General Felipe Angeles have
disbanded their forces until Septem-
Der and announced to their troops they
would go to Japan in an effort to OBJ
tain ammunition for the Villa revo-
luton, Americans who arrived here
last night from Chihuahua City re-
ported
They said Villa issued an order to
his men ordering them to return to
their homes until fall when he woulc
call them together again.
This report was also given out in
Juarez by General IISarde Cardona,
who arrived on the same train. He
said this was announced in an official
military bulletin in Chihuahua City
by General Manuel Dieuguez.
The Americans were inclined to
doubt the report that Villa and An
geles intended going to Japan, saying
this was probably given out by Villa
to explain his reason for disbanding
his forces. They said Villa would
probably retire to the Durango noun
tains until ready to resume the cam
paign in the fall.
Villa partisans here deny the re-
ports that Villa was disbanding his
men and claimed rebels under Nicolas
Fernandez captured wagon train of
ammunition from the Carranza troops
recently.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
coNvIcTs PLAN TO FIcHT7
Win Resist Efforts to Force Them to
Work. q Belief.

Leavenworth, Kas., July 23.--Tfoops
began arriving from Fort Riley late
today to re-enforce the guard at the
Disciplinary Barracks, where the
army prisoners have been on strike
demanding general amnesty, for two
days. With the arrival of these
troops, there were reports that the
prisoners were prepared to resist all
efforts to force them to work.
While it is difficult to obtain infor-
nation as to what is going on behind
the closed gates of the penal institu-
tion at the fort, there have been per-
sistent stories to the effect that the
prisoners have hidden caches of guns
knives and dynamite and some Of the
guards are frankly expressing their
belief tonight that battle will fol
low attempts to enforce the dictum OF
Colonel Rice, commandant, that the
conyicts will be made to resume work
tomorrow morning.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
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ATROCITIES IN KOREA.
Japanese Minister Tells of Cruelties
Practices by His People.

Toxic, July 5.--The people of Korea
and the officials recognize that the
Korean disturbances were in no sense
religious uprisings ard that they were
not at all melted by the missionaries,
according to the report of the Rev. K
Ishizaka of the japanese Methodist
church, who with two other delegates
representing the Federation Of Japan
csc Churches, recently made a study Of
the Korean situation
Mr. Ishizaka emphasizes the discon.
tent Of Koreans over the discrimina-
ton against them, especially in mat.
tiers Of education
lie said he received complaints that
the Japanese people as well as the
government officials seemed to regard
the Koreans as beasts and not human
beings.
1.-THE postofiice officials" he went on
do not give attention to Koreans il
occupied with something, but let q
japanese come in and the officials are
at once attentive. In crowded cars
the Japanese order the Koreans to
make room for them.
In our journeys in Korea we heard
of women being striped of their cloth.
ing; of aged women being kicked by
men with boots on, and other barbar-
Gus eruelties, everywhere. Many
Koreans spoke to us japanese Chris
tians Of their uncomfortable sufEerings
We saw men who had been fogged
whose wounds remained and were very
serious"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
Rebel Operations in Mexico

Washington, July 23.-Twenty-five
distinct bands of rebels with force
approximately of $4,000 now are OPP
Grating in Mexico, according to tab
ulation published in Mexico City, OPP
posing them Carranza has force Of
about $4,000, which, however, is able
to control little more than the rail.
way lines, narrow strip along the
Pacific coast from Guayamas to Sar
Bias and the territory around Tam.
pico.
The report asserts there is Ger.
tain degree of cooperation between
the various rebel forces in the north
as well as in the south. Villa and An.
geles are shown in the tabulation t.
have 800 men; Felix Diaz, 800
Manuel Pelaez 5000, and Genera
Rantan, 1, 900.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
KEEP FLYERS IN TRAINING.
Government to Sell Machines to Dis
charged Aviators.

Washington, July 24.-Flying Off
GERS, holding reserve commissions in
the Aviation Corps, shortly will be
given the opportunity to purchase air
planes from the government at great
ly reduced costs in order that they
may have opportunity to fly around
home and keep in training, should the
government need their services again
as aviators. This developed out of
the House military affairs hearing to-
day when Secretary Baker was before
the commission on a number of minor
bills.
Representative Anthony read to
Secretary Baker telegram he had re-
ceived from an aviator just discharged
from the army. This officer had at
tempted to purchase his own machine
so that he could keep in training. He
was told he would have to buy an air
plane from the Curtis Company. They
asked $500 for machine they had
got from the government for $3.50. The
Kansas congressman said discharged
aviators couldn't afford to pay such
prices for machines and it was to the
governments interests for them to get
machines cheap so they could keep in
training and fly at least once a week.
Secretary Baker agreed with him and
said he would order that machines be
sold to licensed pilots at about the
price paid by the Curtis Company to
the government. Anthony then asked
the secretary if he regarded officers
holding reserve commissions as IL
censed pilots, and the secretary said
he would so regard them.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
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OIL EXCITEMENT AT OZARK.
Showing Made in Well at 400 Feet
Sets Town Wild.

Ozark, July 23.-The Cache Oil and
Gas Company was the first company
to penetrate an oil bearing sand in
this state, at 800 feet, liz their test,
one mile northwest of Ozark, on Hug
gins and Danbar land in section 35-
1927.
They got nice showing of oil in
what is known as Bartlesville sand.
The well is down 400 feet and ten
inch casing set and drilling day and
night, and no one who has kept up
with the log Of the well doubts that
oil in paying quantity will be found in
the next sand which is expected be-
tween l400 and 1000 feet. Excitement
is running high and leases cannot be
had at any price. There is not va
cant house in Ozark, and 20 residences
have from two to three families liv-
ing in them.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
WILLARD BUYS ANOTHER FARM.
His 100000 for Toledo Fight Goes for
Kaw Valley Land.

Topeka, July 23.-The 100000
which Jess Willard received for his
fight with Jack Dempsey, July 4
passed out of his possession here to-
day when he handed it to w. A. L.
Thompson as first payment on TOO
acre Kaw Valley ranch just across the
line in jefferson county. The deal
which involved $175.000. is said to be
the largest of it's kind ever made in
Topeka. Willard drove to Topeka
from Lawrence today and returned
Immediately after closing the deal
The ranch is only half hours drive
from Wizards home in Lawrence.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
50 j. S. CITIZENS
KILLED IN MEXICO
And Not Single Arrest Has Followed
Says Ambassador Fletcher-At-
tacks Are Would
Not Withdraw Recognition.

Washington, July 22.-Altho about
80 American citizens have been killed
in Mexico since 1917, not single ar
rest or conviction is known to have re-
suited, Henry j. Fletcher, United
States ambassador to Mexico, today
told the House Rules Committee in a
hearing on the Gould resolution, which
proposes the appointment of a con-
gressional committee 20 investigate
relations between the two countries.
The ambassador laid before the
committee a report complied by the
State Department in response to a
Senate resolution, showing that since
the close Of the Diaz regime, about
$50 serious attacks have been made on
American citizens in Mexico.
Relations between the two countries,
however, Mr.. Fletcher said, have inn
proved during the last three years. He
added that there was a wonderful
submission" to the Carranza rule in
all sections which the government con-
trolls.
Would Not Withdraw Recognition.
Altho declining to express an opin-
ion as to the policy either past or fu-
ture Of this country toward Mexico,
the ambassador, in effect, opposed
suggestions advanced by members of
the committee looking to withdrawal
by the United States of recognition
Of the Carranza government. Such a
step, he said, would only increase the
existing unfriendly feeling of Mexi-
cans toward Americans and would not,
unless accompanied by other action in
the way of assistance, bring about the
establishment of more stable gov
eminent in Mexico, but would add to
the difficulties of that country.
At present, Mr.. Fletcher said, there
are no revolutionary leaders in Mexico
with sufficient following to overthrow
the existing government and set up a
stable one.
Would the permission of this gov
eminent to all Mexicans to secure
arms and ammunition furnish these
anti-Carranza leaders aid?" asked
Chairman Campbell
"That would have the effect of in
creasing the turmoil in general in
that country" replied Mr.. Fletcher
Whether it would ultimately result
in government more stable than this
one, more able to discharge its inter
national obligations or not, | am moi
prepared to say"
Ambassador Fletcher said he hac
noticed no special anti-American sen
timent or discrimination against
Americans in favor of those of other
nations. Mexican newspapers, how
ever, during the war, he said, were
very hostile toward the United States
Another hearing will be held by
the committee tomorrow, at which
Mrs, John w. Correll of Oklahoma
whose husband was recently murdered
near Tampico, and a number of for,
mer American residents of Mexico
viii appear.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31

When you feel lazy, out of sorts and
yawn a good deal in the daytime, you
can charge it to a torpid liver which
has allowed the system to get full of
impurities. HERBINE cures all dis
orders produced by an inactive liver.
1t strengthens that organ, cleanses
the bowels and puts the system in
good healthy condition. Price Coo.
Sold by Jackson Drug Co.-Adv. Z
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
MONEY no Loan.

Farm loans made five to ten years
with privilege of repayment after
two years. Reasonable rate of in
terest, and quick service. Security
examined and loans approved by w
a. Worthington. Mena, Ark.-Adv
2S-4t
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31

If hot weather saps your energy
and you can't work well, it is a sign
that your system is full Of bilious in;-
purities. You will be sick if you do
not do something. Take Prickly Ash
Bitters, it cleanses the blood liver
and bowels, restores strength, vim
and cheerful spirits. Price $125 per
Bottle. Jackson Drug & Furniture
Co. and Gunnels Drug Store, Special
Agents
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31

The summer lull in business , MAJ se-
affected the Mena Studio. ..ork Is
velopment Of fiims, and good wOfA' "
keeping them busy.--Adv'
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31

one Lot For Sale--For particulars.
II, address Mrs. Flora Hoblitzell, 1917
W. Ninth St., Texarkana. Tex.--Adv.
l49-1t 26-4t
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31
piles Cured In 8 to I4 DAYS

Dr,aaists refund money IL PAZ0 OINTMENT fails
10 cure Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
Instantly relieves Itching Piles and you can get
restful sleep after the first application Price 6uc
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-31

I'M sp 2, rs TONIC and laxative es, IAxA
~ v s,, EsosQ ouININE abets) can be i ,sssr
u the head EW fRaoyvslns nervousness or rinens
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11
HOUSTON IN FAVOR
OF CREDIT UNIONS

sThere should be provided a
system of personal-credit unions.
especially for the benent Of In
dividuals whose financial cir
cumstances and scale Of opera
lions make It difficult for them
to secure accommodations
through the ordinary channels.
Organized commercial banks
make short-term loans Of a great
aggregate volume to the farmers
of the nation possessing the
requisite individual credit. but
there are many farmers who, be-
cause Of their circumstances.
are prevented from securing the
accommodations they need.
The men I have especial
" In mind are those whose oper-
atoms are on q small scale and
who are not in most cases init
mately in touch with banking
machinery. who know too little
about financial operations. and
whose cases usually do not re-
ceive the Affirmative attention
and sympathy Of the banker.
Such farmers would be much
benefited by membership in Co
operative credit associations or
unions."-David #. Houston.
Secretary Of Agriculture.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11

Carolina branch Of the state govern
ment, known as the Division Of Mar
kets, has been charged with the work
of encouraging the organization Of
credit unions among the farmers. and
q special official, known as Superinten-
dent of Credit Unions, gives practical
assistance in their organization and
supervision Of their activities.
@ North Carolina Dian.
In North Carolina Il or more per-
sons in the community may organize a
credit union, the first step being to
sign an application for assistance,
which is addressed to the Superinten-
dent Of Credit Unions of the State. On
der his direction meeting is called
for the purpose of arousing further in
terest and spreading information con-
corning the plans and purposes OF the
proposed organization. II the COM
munity is sufficiently interested, Sec
ond meeting is called, and an organixa-
ton committee appointed. This COM
Euittee II furnished with . suggested
1T Of bylaws By the superintendent
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11
WIRELESS THROUGH EARTH
Naval OFFICER Makes Discoveries Which
viii Revoiutionixs
Photography.

San Diego. Cal.,-Radiography will
be revolutiOnlzed by transmission
through the earth and water. -insteud
of the air as the result of discoveries
made at little experiment station To-
Gated on a barge in San Diego bay. it
Is predicted by Lieut.. A. A. Morton Of
the navy radio laboratory at Mare Is
land, who conducted the experiments.
First proof Of the success of the new
method Of radio transmission through
the earth. 1t was revealed. was made
when the United States navy depart
ment sent a message from the Annapo-
lis station to the British admiralty
that the dirigible R-34 had been sight
ed off the American coast.
Lieutenant Morton was at his instru-
ments, heard the message and copied
1t In Its entirety. he said.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11
Yank
Given $125,OOO
of her offer Of about s125O0O the pro
ceedings will he dropped.
Had Never Qualified,

Nr. Quinn's report states that Lieu
tenant Dechert's mother, Lillian F.
Dechert. died In Connecticut In 1898.
and named Flanagan, her brother. ~
executor under her will and guardian
Of her sOn. The referee states that
he never qualified as the guardian Of
his nephew In New York and had 70
authority to receive property here as
his guardian.
The accounting Of the executors to
which Lieutenant Dechert objected
was filed in 1915. and stated that the
entire residuary estate Of Mrs. Flana-
gan hid been distributed in 1906 among
four beneficiaries. each Of whom was
entitled to $4,000. The share allot-
ted to Lieutenant Dechert consisted Of
mortgages for $54. 900, $4,000 and &c.,
600 respectively. Mrs. Shannon Joined
In tits accounting.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11
huge Sums are Expended by
:; Bolshevists to Promote
Their Propaganda.
SEE WEIRD EFFECTS IN ART
oemoeratized Paintings are spIashes
Of Color That Guido the Work Of
cubists-Newspapers and
H Books are Scarce.

London-"Proletari Russian
culture" Is one of the tasks attended
to by the bolshevik government Of Lee
line and Trotzky. What this process
consists of is told by the Copenhagen
correspondent of the London Morning
Post. He says:
'If the bolshevik system. ma seems
likely, disappears altogether from Rms.
sia during the present summer a cnr,.
ous experiment in .culture, tberehv
will be brought to an end. Beyond
doubt nine-tenths of bo,sbev,sm ia
common murder and plunder-tbe bo,.
shevik dictator. ZInoyiliefY in n sneecb
Of May 10, admitted that .tbree.ouar.
ters of the 100000 soviet off,cials care
only for their own pockets but the
other tenth is honest fanntic,sm with
the customary foundation Of defusions.
zone delusion ia that tbere c.n hs a
specific .proletarian cuIture, I.st
month the Moscow provincial soviet
Tin the intervals of shooting old men
and boys whose kinsmen of service ACE
refused to fight) set about organizing
biograph and graphophone entertain
ments in the villages, at which. saws
the Krasnaya Gaxetta. in addition to
showing pictorially and screaming
stridently the infamies of our former
foes, we are providing real proletarian
education, art, science. philosophy. his
tory 1t Is culture stamped with the
Irresistible .proletkult mark. This
'proletkult.' word concocted nv
Lunatcharsky, Is the ohicial name of a
state department with hea rters In
Catherine street, Petrograd. and in the
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11
New Culture Is
Dream of Reds

the Morosof palace were held weekly
competitive soirees, which NJ. Lunatch-
arsky and even our mighty Hitch
Il. e.. Lenine) did not shrink from at
tending. though the ordeal for Lenine.
who is cultivated man, must have
been hard. BOlshevik poets read aloud
their verses. and bolshevik painters
showed how hopelessly they had left
post-impressionists. cubists and ex-
pressionists behind. Two OF their
paintings shown to me at Stockholm
were mere splashes of color. framed in
zigzags of common tar.
Many Papers Suspended.
1.-THE plight Of proletarian culture
has grown markedly worse during the
last few months. mainly owing to lack
Of paper. In Petrograd, instead of
nine newspapers, there have appeared
since April 1 only five. The bOlshevik
propaganda Is still turning out many
thin political pamphlets. some Of which
1 have seen; but book publishing has
almost entirely ceased and the best
known Russian novelists. Andreyeff.
Kurpin and Merexhkovsky. are begin
ming the publication of their writings
with BONNER Of Stockholm. The in
ability to produce books at home will
certainly continue for years."
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11
PIGEON EGGS ARE FERTILE
Especially True Where otrds Have
Free Range, Are Healthy and
Given Proper Feed.

prepared by the United States DepsAt-
ment OF Agriculture.)
Pigeon eggs are usually fertile II the
pigeons are healthy and properly fed,
especially when they have free range.
One SQUAD CASUALLY the male) frequent
ly matches first, and where there are
several cases where one SQUAD out
grows its nest mate. 1t may be advisa-
BILE to sort the squads in the nests.
making the pairs as uniform as posi-
BILE in size and age. Ii the parent birds
die. the squads may sometimes be re-
moved to a nest where there is only
one SQUAD. or they may be fed arti6-
cially, although this process takes con-
siderable time.
The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11
GAMBLERS SET UP REPUBLIC
for RseoenltioW 70 the
King Of Italy. r

Geneva.-An interesting situation
has arisen at CampiOne. the Italian
Monte Carlo, near LuganO.
At the instance OF the Swiss author
tiles the Italian government closed the
gambling place recently, whereupon
the residents. consisting Of several
hundred male voters. declared Cam
phone an independent republic. with
the object of reopening the Casino,
which. during the few months of its
existence. made profit reported to
be more than a million dollars. The
chief shareholders were Austrians. e.
A delegation. headed by the mayor.
with n petition and proclamation. was
on the way to Rome to interview the
king when stopped at the Italian from
tier. The delegation was sent home !;
the papers were seized and the dele
gates were threatened with arrest.