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The Washington times., 1920-12-15
REVOLVER A FATAL TOY.

HAZLETON, Pa, Dec. 15.-Thomss
Kistler, aged fifteen, OF Westherly.
died early yesterday from a wound in
a temple received through tho scci-
dental discharge OF a revolver that
he and his brother found in . side
board drawer at their home.
The Washington times., 1920-12-15

THE beautiful Princess
Helene. eldest daughter of
cx-king Constantine OF Greece.
who is TO wed Crown Prince
Charles OF kumania. The
royal engagement was Official
ly announced recently.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION
 TO CONFIRM TITLE.

Notice Is hereby given. that there has been filed in my office as clerk of the Polk Chancery Court. a petition for the confirmation of the title to the follow ing described lands: Commencing eight rods east of the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, running in a northwesterly di- rection fifty-two rods. thence due west forty-eight rods. more or less, to the intersection of John Cummings land thence south to land line thirty eight rods west of the southeast corner Of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, thence east fortysix rods to place of beginning, containing three acres. more or less, in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter. and twelve acres, more or less. in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Two South. Range Thirty-one West in Polk County. Arkansas and the ouiet- ing of the title to the same in C. F. Chamblin, petitioner herein
 All persons claiming said lands, or any interest therein. are warned and called upon to appear in the Polk Cham cery Court on the first day of its next October term. and show cause why said title to said lands should not be con firmed in said c. F. Chamblin
 Witness my hand as clerk of the Chancery Court of Polk County. Arkan- sas, and the seal thereof. on this 26th day of July, 1920.
 w L. PARKER, Clerk. Prickett & Pipkin. Solicitors for Petit
 tioner.
 Adv. 1st pub. Sept. ?, 1920.
 Last pub. Oct. T. 1920.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
OKLAHOMA CITY MO1 TOOK
 NEGRO FROM JAIL, HUNG
Black Accused of Killing Officers in
 Raid on Moonshine

Oklahoma City, Aug. 30.-The body of Claude Chandler, negro, who last night was taken from the jail here by a group of 30 masked men, was early today found hanging from tree near Council Grove, about eight miles west of Oklahoma City, according to tele- phone message from a farmer near the scene, to the sheriff's office here.
 Chandler was arrested Saturday in a raid upon an alleged moonshine still near Arcadia, Ok, in which Stanley Weiss, a federal prohibition enforce ment officer, and Homer Adrean, a deputy sheriff, and Charles Chandler, father of Claude Chandler, were killed.
 Tine two men who took the prisoner away, obtained admission to the jail, officials said, on the pretext that they were an officer and his prisoner. Once inside, they produced revolvers, those in charge of the jail said, and forcibly took possession of the negro.
 The lynching of Chandler is sup posed to be in revenge for the killing of the prohibition enforcement officers. The story follows:
 How Homer Adrian, Stanley Weiss, and Charlie Chandler, alleged moon sinner, were killed, and himself wounded in the raid, was told by Claude Tyler in a doctors office at Edmond, ten miles south of Arcadia, where ks had been taken to have his wounds dressed. According to Tyler's story, the three officers and Reed Mil Ter, prohibition enforcement agent, succeeded in entering the house in which the still was believed to be To- cated, without resistence. Chandler was found in the house and immedi- ately arrested Miller took up his po- sition as guard on the outside of the house, while Tyler, leaving Chandler in the custody of Adrian and Weiss, went up stairs to search for the all legged still. At the time of Chandler's arrest there apparently was no one else on the lower floor Tyler says that while searching a room at the head of the stairs he heard a slight noise at his rear, and turning, saw Chandler with an automatic pistol leveled at him. He grappled with the negro. and in the melee that followed was shot thru the shoulder and suf- fered scalp wound.
 He fell to the floor stunned while Chandler rushed down the stairs. A number of pistol shots followed, Tyler says, and when he had recovered sui ficiently to make the stairs he found Adrian, Weiss and Chandler all dead on the floor, shot thru the head.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
MARRIED MEN MOST CARELESS
Interesting Data Gathered at Big
 Akron. O., Factory.

Akron, O., Aug. 28.-Married fac tory workers are more careless than those who are single.
 According to statistics compiled by the Safety First department of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 154 married men were injured last month compared to 123 single men who met with accidents.
 Experts failed to state whether or not there is physiological reason for this condition. Facetious bachelors, who compose 65 per cent of the per- sonnel declare that the married men have greater responsibilities and more things to think about-thus dividing attention and destroying concentra- tion on their work. They assert that matrimony is distracting and natural ly causes absent mindedness-the cause of many accidents.
 Another interesting fact established by safety first experts is that the per- centage of accidents is greater among foreign-born workers. Approximately 10 per cent of Goodyear employees were born abroad, yet in one month they. furnished 20 per cent of the total number that met with accidents.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
COMMIssIoNER,s SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That in pursuance of the authority and direc- lions contained in the decretal order Of the Chancery Court of Polk County, made and entered on the 2Sth day of August, <. D. 1920 in a certain cause (No. S02) then pending therein between J. $. Stockton, complainant. and Mary A. Stockton ct al. defendants the un- dersigned as Commissioner of said Court, will offer for sale at public ven- due to the highest bidder. at the SE, door or entrance of the County Court house, in which Said Court is held in the County of Polk, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales. on Saturday, the 25th day of September 4. D. 1920, the following described real es- tate. to wit
 SWA NWA Sec. 5 and the sis SEA- lses sql xo s9IoB stgt sql ss5U 9 9sS side), and the NEA NWA and NwA NEA Sec. :, Tp S. R. sl w, contain z ing ls73 3s acres, in Polk County. Arkan- sas
 TERMS OF SALE: On a credit of three months. the purchaser being re- quired to execute q bond as required by law and the order and decree of said Court In said cause, with approved se- curtty, bearing interest at the rate of ID per cent Der aunum from date of sale until paid, and q Hen being re- tained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase moneY
 Given under my hand this 3fst day of August A. D. 1920.
 w. l.. PARKER
 Commissioner in Chancery Adv. lst pub. Sept. 9 1920 Last pub. Sept Is. 1920
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
Owner of US. Diamond Mines Tells of Hard Life
5p4rntornotional News service. i

(By International News Service)
 Chicago, Aug. 29.--0wnership of a diamond mine does not necessarily mean short cut to riches. s. w. Reyburn, one of the owners of the on- ly diamond mine in the United States, in Pike county, Arkansas, recently gave some disillusioning figures.
 The Arkansas mine was discovered in 1906. About 5000 diamonds have becn taken from it, including one that weighed 1894 carats. Despite this output, the mine has never paid. A mill to treat the diamond-bearing earth or rock recently was installed and in few months it will be known whether the mine is a second Kimber- ley or false alarm.
 "Our smallest unit of work" said Mr. Reyburn, lis to wash 100000 tons of earth. It costs $1 ton to wash it. Many tons may be washed without the recovery of a single diamond. We sold our 1894 diamond in the rough for $100 carat, but the expense of finding it left us profit of only $375.
 "The average person who knows the beauty and value of the polished gem rarely is aware Of the enormous expense of mining it. We now have at the mine 150,000 loads equal to 2 2,40OO00 cubic feet From the mass 37,500 carats of diamonds would be extracted if the yield were only IA of a carat per load.
 "Diamonds detailing 37,500 carats would weigh 1612 pounds and would fill two quarts. The quantity of earth from which this small quantity of gems would be extracted would fill 2,400 railroad coal cars or forty eight trains. It would form mass equal to that of a skyseraper.
 Mills treating l per cent copper ere extract 20 pounds of copper from 2.000 pounds, or one pound from l0O po-a,,a of o-c. A gold mill treating one-ounce gold ore handles 24,,000 unds of ore for one pound of gold. 5et figuring A of a carat of dia- aonds to "a load, our Arkansas aiant must treat l4,500,000 pounds of earth to extract one pound of dia- monds.
 "So diamond mining may or not be profitable. However, it must always remain fascinating. There is con- stantly a chance that the miner may turn up a Kohinoof or a Cullinan."
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
FRENCH LOSING HEAVILY.
Their Rule in Asia Minor Costs Lives
 of Many Men.

New York, Aug. 24.-Ferris E. Balderson of St. Paul, Minn., who has just returned from service overseas with the Near East Relief Mission, today said that the French losses in enforcing authority over their man. datory areas in Asia Minor are much larger than they admit.
 He said less than 200 members of a French garrison of 5000 in Bozanti survived an encounter with the Turk ish Nationalist troops last June. The French forces, under orders not to fire on the Turks, were cut to pieces when they tried to withdraw to the hills. he said.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
FORT SMITH WOMAN FIRST
 DEPUTY CLERK IN STATE
County Clerk Luther Hopkins of Se- bastian Quickly Takes Advantage
 of Suffrage Amendment.

From the Southwest Americah.
 Fort Smith has the distinction of claiming the first woman in the state to be commissioned under the new equal suffrage law.
 Mrs. Leota c. Pettigrew was given commission as deputy county clerk this morning within a few minutes after the Associated Press announced that the federal suffrage amendment had been promulgated by the procla- nation issued by Secretary of State Colby.
 Mrs. Pettiggrew had been a clerk in the county clerks office for wears. and has virtually performed the work of a deputy, but until the new law was ratified she could not be legally commissioned. County Clerk Luther Hopkins has had the necessary papers prepared for weeks waiting for the Issuance of the proclamation. When informed by the Times Record this morning at 9:30 o'clock that Colbv's proclamation had been issued Mrs rettigrew was at once sworn in.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
SALVATION ARMY TO
 EXPAND IN ARKANSAS
Now Has. an Advisory Board in Vir- tualIy Every COunty-May Be
 Convention.


 The Salvation Army has an Advis- ory Board in virtually every county in Arkansas, it was announced at Sal vation Army Headquarters in the A. To. U. W. Bldg, Little Rock, yesterday. John B. Lewis, State Program Dlrec- tor for the Salvation Army in Arkan- sas. in making the announcement, said that the completion of the Boards had made it possible for the Army to offer it's services to every resident of the state.
 "The various Boards have been giv- en confidential study blanks on which to make reports of social conditions and as soon as all of these are re- ceived the Army will know exactly how to proceed" said Mir. Lewis. "A majority of the counties have turned in this study but the failure of oth- CTS to do so has hampered our work. These tardy reports, however, should be in this office by the end of the week"
 Lewis said that the enthusiasm shown thruout the state insured the success of the extension program of the Salvation Army and that in few days he hoped to be able to indicate the scope of the work that the Army will undertake as a result of the new program.
 Among other things he said 1t was possible that a convention of County Advisory Boards may be held in Lit tie Rock to discuss ways and means of relieving distress turnout the state. He said the confidential studies re- ceived had shown startling social con- ditions in various sections of the state and action should be taken immediate ly to remedy the condition.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
ll---- DEATH DREAM COMES TRUE.

The dream of Robert Abney aged 35, employe of the Fort Smith Steel Mills at Arizona and living at 1415 South Ninth street, that he was to suffer death at the plant came true when Abney died in Sparks Memorial hospital at 6:45 o'clock Tuesday night from injuries he sustained at the nlaut Tuesday morning.
 Before Abney went to work on Tuesday morning he told his wife he was feeling blue. He dreamed the night before, he said that he had been injured in the mill and had died at ? o'clock at night. Abney also told his mother of the dream
 Abney was caughgt in a power belt at the plant and before the engine -csiG 5e stopped his body was wrap ped about the belt in a tangled mass. His arms. nose and left leg were broken. Six ribs were also fractured and he sustained contusions about the head and chest.
 Besides his widow and mother he leaves q child of I3 months and a xister.--Fort Smith Daily News.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
sPURN PHONOGRAPH
 TALK BY HARDING
Ohio State Fair Tells Candidate to Come Himself or Keep His
 Records.

Columbus, Ohio Aug. 25.-Phono- graph records as proxy for Senator Harding at the state fair Aug. sl, Presidential Day were tabooed today by the fair management.
 Request was made for space for a tent. seating 2,000 persons, it was said. The plan was to have repuoll- can records present the republican cause daily. .,. o
 "Senator Harding lives within 4O miles of Columbus and if he wants his speeches delivered at the state fair he ought to come and deliver them himself" E. " Walbron, fair manager, declared. ,.. :,
 If we give space to one political group, we would have to do the same thing to all candidates, and that would be impossible" he said.
 Senator Harding, in two tele- grams has asserted he cannot arrange his schedule to permit him to attend the fair Presidential Day.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02

No; se7-In the chaneery Court of Polk
 County, Arkansas W. A. Worthington and Macy A. Worth
 lnton. Plaintiffs. vs w A. Vogt. Geo.
 fendants.
 The Defendants W. A. yogt. Geo Friekel and Christiana Frickel are warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the Plaintiffs. W. A. Worthington and Macy A Worthington.
 Witness my hand and the seal of sal! court this Sist day or August. 1920. w. L. PARKER. Clerk. Norwood and Alley. Attorneys for pftf "; N. Martin, Atty. ad Item. Adv. 1st pub. Sept. 9 1920 Last pub. Sept 23 1920.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
TULSA ANTHRAX IS
 REPORTED CHECKED
Under Control Says Oflicial-Four Hundred Cattle Die of
 Disease.

Tulsa, Ok, Aug. 26.-"With dep- uty sheriff enforcing quarantine rule around Collinsville. where more than 400 head of cattle have died from an- thrax to my knowledge. we have about got the disease under control in Tulsa county c. R. Walter, veterinarian in charge of the suppression of the epi- demic in this county, declared at noon Scday.
 No great number of new cases has developed since Tuesday and yester- day infected serum into six hundred cattle in territory adjacent to where the epidemic has been felt the heavi- eest."
 The two patients, George Bussey, AR, youth of Collinsville. and c. M. 32iley, farmer living north of Tulsa, who contracted anthrax from skinning cattle, will recover. Serum to treat the men arrived yesterday from Chi rago.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
GOVERNOR SCORES PEACE OFFICERS
Oklahoma Executive Charges Sheriffs Were in Collusion With Lynchers or Lacked Physical Courage to
 Do Their Duty.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 30.-Charging that the sheriffs of Tulsa and Oklaho- ma counties, where lynchings occurred Saturday and Sunday nights, respec- lively. were "in collision with the leaders of the mob or else were wholly unfit by lack of physical courage to discharge the duties of their oifices' Governor J. B. A. Robertson sent a letter to the attorney generals de- partment today directing that immedl- ate steps be taken to remove the two sheriffs from office.
 Excuses offered by the jailers were characterized by the governor as be- ing '.too fiimsy" and as stock ex- cuses."
 "They should be made to suffer the consequences" wrote the governor, .They should be summarily removed from office."
 The governor requested instant ac- ton in the matter, saying Tn his let ter:
 "You cannot move too quickly in this matter. All persons engaged in lynching the two prisoners, in the eyes of the law arc guilty of murder. 1t is an easy matter to ascertain who the guilty parties are"
 Offers Reward.
 The governor declared that had he had the power he would have removed the sheriff from office immediately upon receipt of the information that they had permitted the mob to take the prisoners from them in the man. ner in which it was done." He de- clared that had he received request, he would have ordered guard to pro- tect the jail here, and in Tulsa from which the prisoners were taken.
 He also issued proclamations offer ing rewards of $500 for the arrest and conviction of any person implicated in the mobs. It was indicated that grand jury investigations would be held both in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
CUNDOAT ORDERED
 TOLATIN AMERICA
United States Watching Growing Rebellion In the Banana States -Reyol.s Thought To Be
 Near.

Washington, Aug. 25.-Announce- ment today that the gunboat Sacra- mento has been ordered to La Ceiba, Honduras, ready to protect American interests if necessary, revealed that officials here have been watching with growing concern developing revolu- tionary movements in several Central American countries.
 While the situation in each repub- lie is local, political unrest in Guate- mala as well as Honduras is viewed here as serious. it seems to be inter woven in each country with the so- called unionist movement in all Cen trai American republics, said to have had it's origin m Mexico during the presidency of Carranza, which contemplated federation of all Lat in-American republics.
 Advices from Central American cities have indicated this unrest for several weeks. No comment was made by state department officials who ordered Sacramento to La Ceiba as precautionary measure to pro tect Americans and their interests in the event of revolutionary outbreaks. The vessel was due at her new station today, having sailed from Costa Rican waters.
 Is Much Discomfort.
 A strong opposition party has risen in Honduras since Gen. Lopez Cult errez overthrow the government year ago and was elected president. Charges were made then that his el- ection had been forced by the army in controlling the polls. An agent of the opposing party was in Washing ton recently to learn the attitude of the United States He said it would be impossible to avert for many months a revolution against Gutter reg.
 The situation in Guatemala is said to be almost as serious. The church party which controls the government under President Herrera, faces powerful opposition in the Liberal party. At the time of the overthrow of Estrada Cabrera arms and muni- tions were secretly distributed among the peons and workmen, and are still in their hands
 In Guatemala the Church party is accused of using the unionist move ment as blind while the Liberals openly favor it. In Honduras Presi- dent Gutierrez is charged with oppos- aing the movement although the coun- try is a stronghold of unionist senti- ment. In Nicaragua where election trouble is reported to have broken soug, the government is said to be hos tile to the unionist movement, which has strong popular support. Salva- dor and Costa Rica are adherents of the movement.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
HIS FISH TOO SHORT.
 MINISTER GETS FINE
(By International News servlce.l

tBy International News Servsce.l
 BrattIeboro. Vt, Aug. 25.-The lure of trout stream, which caused the Rev. Edward W. Wild of Westmin- ster, to absent himself from the ses- sions of the Northfield, Mass, Confer ence, brought him fine of $35 and costs in court here. He was fishing in brook at Vernon when the sheriff stopped to ask how they were biting.
 The fisherman showed catch of twenty-seven trout in his basket, but the sheriff picked out several and say ing they lacked the necessary length, summoned Mir. Wild to court on q charge of catching short trout. The minister said he had measured the fish with his hand and thought them long enough, but the court imposed a fine.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
ASK PERMANENT HOSPITAL
American Legion Would Have Fort
 Logan H. Roots Rescued.

Little Rock, Aug 25.-There are several thousand ex-service men and women of Arkansas who are in pri- vate and public hospitals and sani- tariums turnout the state and in ad- joining states. At the recent conven- ton of the American Legion in Hell ena, the following resolution was adopted:
 "We recommend that the Depart ment of Arkansas put forth every ef- fort to secure at once F. Logan H. Roots as a permanent hospital to be devoted to the use of ex-service men and women"
 This recommendation was yesterday forwarded to the Director of the War Risk Insurance Burean in Washing ton to be taken up with the proper au- thorities. The hospital facilities at Ft. Roots are not being utilized at all and would provide for the care of at least 2,000 men. If all who are under treatment in other institutions could be concentrated here, they could be given uniform treatment under con- ditions that would be far more satis- factory than their present treatment,
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
AND NOW WE'LL HAVE
 LOTS OF MINCE PARTIES
(By International News servlce.)


 Washington, Aug. "Mince pie parties" are likely to grow in style and popularity under ruling of the Prohibition Enforcement Commission CT that mincemeat may be seasoned with Intoxicating liquor"
 This is expected to allay somewhat the fears of prohibition entertained by New England congressman when the subject was before Congress. The ruling of the Commissioner does not restrict the percentage of alcohol to be used, but simply re- quires the manufacturer of mincemeat to obey the orders of the commission CT from time to time.
 The Prohibition Commissioner ap- parently entertains no apprehension about the ruling. having been advised by chemists that properly made mince pies are not intoxicating.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
WHY PAVING DELAY.
Cannot Secure Delivery of Gravel
 and Cement.

Paving work on Mena street has been delayed because of the inability of the contractor to secure gravel and cement. Gravel promised to be delivered two weeks ago has failed to reach Mena and cement necessary for the completion of culverts seems 70 be just as hard to get.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02
PRICE FOR RICE IS FIXED
Southern Growers Agree on ss For
 Nos. l and 2.

Beaumont, Tex, Aug. 24.-The Board of Directors of the Southern Rice Growers Association, market lng association of farmers of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, today fixed the seiiirlg price of rice at $8 bag for Nos. and 2. Last year the price fixed was $10, but on account of de- nland most of the crop brought SIP to BIB.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02

Rub-My Tism is a powerful anti septic; 1t kills the poison caused from infected cuts. cures old sores. letter. ete.--Adv. ~s'e'
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02

Many old-time Polk county people will remember Luther Hopkins who was, the Star believes, born and rais- ed near Old Dallas.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02

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The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02

Wood Wanted-Supply for winter Phone 10. J. " Gardner.--Adv 35-2t fNus
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02

We are proud of the confidence doe tors. druggists and the public have in 666 Chill and Fever Tcnie.-Ady.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-02

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