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The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
A DUST STORM IN KANSAS
Wheat Is Injured and Wires to the
 West Are Down.

Salina. Kas., March IA high wind has prevailed from the south through out Central Kansas all day today. All telephone communication to the west is cut off, the wires having gone down in many places. but railroad men com ing in from the west say the gale in creases westward and prevails to the state line. The Western sky has been filled with dust all day, and fears are entertained that the soil is drifting badly in wheat fields, where there Is not sufficient moisture to hold the surface intact. There is no drifting in this immediate vicinity, however.
 Abilene Kas.. March 14. Extremely high wind with duststorm that dark ened the sky swept over Central Kan sas this afternoon. Wheat fields sui fered. badly, as the plant is small and the ground dry.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
NAVY DEPARTMENT :. EASILY SCARED
Admiral Sims Says Only Bluff" by Germans Would Have Paraiyzed Transportation of Soldiers
 Methods Discarded.

Wilmington, March 16.-A little bluff" on the part of the Germans in 1918 at the crucial point of the war would have paralyzed transportation of soldiers and war materials between this country and Europe, Rear Admi- ral Sims today told the Senate naval subcommittee.
 Information from authentic sources, indicating that the Germans were building two heavily -armored modern battle cruisers for a desperate last hope raid against troopship conveys was transmitted to the Navy Depart ment, Admiral Sims said, and immedi- ately he was besieged with cablegrams from Washington outlining various plans of action, all of which, he testi- fled, were impracticable, altho such contingency had been under discussion for nearly year, and there had been ample time to prepare.
 Bluff Alone Needed"
 "If the enemy had only known" Ad- miral Sims said, "all he need have done was to make a series of bluffs, involving little risk to himself, and we would have done the rest. Ship ping would have been paralyzed."
 Admiral Sims discust at length four plans proposed by the department for defeating German on the sea. They were: A protected lane thru the dan ger zone; the blocking of German ports by sinking ships in the entrance; mine barriers of mines of a new type. All except the last were impracticable, he declared, and much time was vast ed by the insistence of the depart ment that they be tried.
 Wanted Discarded Methods.
 The department wished to land "solar plexus blow" against the sub marine campaign, the admiral said, and suggested many schemes long be- fore rejected by the Allies. Such a plan was that of sinking old battle ships and cruisers in the entrance to all German submarine base harbors, Admiral Sims asserted, and only after he had pointed out that the scheme would require 43 cruisers and six months of preparation did the depart ment agree to abandon the plan. It took seven months of effort to bring the Washington officials to the final conclusion, he said.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
REALTY EXPERTS
 SELL MANY LOTS
Make Handsome Gifts of Silver and Leave Thoughts That Encourage Boosters and Shame Winners
 Instructive and Entertaining.

Something decidedly new and inter- esting in the selling of land was off, fered Mena residents Tuesday at the opening of the Gerth's Realty Experts campaign. It was the most unique ef- fort to dispose of local realty known in history, and some of those in at tendance are yet in daze from their novel experiences.
 Auctioneers and helpers clad in evening dress and making presents of handsome silverware with rare liber- ality, are two features of the sale that made decided impression.
 That the Gerth plan sells lots there can be no question. A compilation of the first days business showed that almost hundred lots formerly owned by II. w. Cardwell had passed to the ownership of Mena residents.
 A Master of His Audience,
 Charles E. Gerth acts as auctioneer, and close observer of his methods finds his work not only instructive but entertaining. Mir. Gerth is evidently student of physchology, but in addi= tion to his knowledge of that little known science, he is likewise keen observer, a clever talker and possessed of oratorical and dramatic ability of much merit. From the time he starts until the close of the business session, there is not dull moment Mir Gerth simply doesn't let things get dull. He is master of the audience at all times, and with the aid of keen, gentleman ly bunch of assistants, keeps the entire proeeedings at white heat.
 That he is an optimist regarding the world in general and Mena in partic- ular there is no doubt. What Mir Gerth has had to say about the pros poets of Mena ought to make some local winners slip away and hide. He called attention to one particular ad- vantage that Mena will soon have in the Jefferson Highway, thru auto traffic.
 From wide experience in the busi- ness of tourists, Mir. Gerth estimates that an average of 25O0 autos will reach Mena daily on the Jefferson Highway. Supposing that each car vziiiy has one occupant and that single one makes purchases in the city of an s=sss>e<age . of S1, the total yearly gain in business will be nearly S2,O00, 900.
 Something for Nothing.
 Preceding the auction Mir. Gerth calls attention to various historical examples of America's rich families who attained first wealth thru the ownership of land. He then provides what most of us are looking for, some thing for nothing, and gives away presents of silverware. Naturally and quietly the auction begins and before long the sale has all the enthusiasm and vigor of Billy Sunday revival.
 A number of Mena residents who bought lots Tuesday were given $1 each for their bargain. Others were lucky enough to get prizes of silver ware with their purchases. Many homes in the city will be enriched by the gifts left by the Gerth Experts.
 At the close of the sale brand new Chevrolet car is to become the proper ty of some one-that holds the lucky number. Every man or woman who attends the daily sales receives a cou- pon that has a chance to participate in the awarding of the new auto.
 The sale will end Saturday night.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
WANT TURKS DRIVEN OUT.
Armenians Still Hope America Will
 Intervene for Them.

London, March 15.-Armenians, faced by starvation and greatly re- duced in numbers by massacres, have not abandoned hope that the United States will aid in relieving them from Turkish oppression, the patriarch of Armenia declared in an interview here today.
 Subjugated minorities in Asia Min or want to see the Turks driven out of Europe into their original provinces, and they are praying that President Wilson will intervene in this case the same as in the Adriatic question, the patriarch said.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
HOT SPRINGS POLICE FIRED"
City Commissioners Promise Clean U p
 Will Be Thorouuh.

Hot Springs. March 15.-The most drastic change ever made in the Po- lice Department of Hot Springs took place this morning when, on orders from the city commissioners. the res ignation of every officer on the police force was requested by City Manager George R. Bedding. The request was immediately compiled with.
 The officers affected are: H. R. Wheeler, chief of police; Oscar Suili- van, city detective, and Patrolmen Charles Trammel, Henry Houpt, A. J. billiard, John Young and Tom Ellison.
 The resignation are to take effect as soon as the Police Department is reorganized, and until that time the men will continue to serve.
 The change was brought about from the discovery by commissioners that al sorts of gambling games were going on in the city, and that pickpockets and other crooks were active and ap- parently unmolested
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
FARM FEVER HITS THE ARMY. Soldiers May Be Agriculturists Under
 New Order of Things.

Washington, March 15.-That now musty melody, "How You Going to Keep Elm Down on the Farm" can be forgotten forever, for the United States Army has begun to instruct it's soldiers of the line in agriculture and animal husbandry.
 The new vocational courses will be offered at once, first at Charleston. S. C., and later at Camp Bragg, N. C.; Camp Jackson, s. C.; Camp Gordon, Ga; Camp Pike, Ark; Camp Benning, Ga, and Camp Lee, Va.
 Taking care of mule used to be animal husbandry enough to keep an army worried. but cows, pigs, and chickens will now be added. The in- tention is to turn out soldiers who can become professional farmers.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
Hard to interpret.

Private Washington Lee Yassa.
 I knows most all about desc insig-
 niums De cross guns Is for de infan-
 try, and de cross figs Is for de signal Hers
 Private Stonewall Grant-Yas, and .de pineapple is for de ordnance, and 'de corkscrew is for the medicasl, but swhat can't figure out is does dat .here pen-i-ten-shry stand for de M. .P.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
sAPTIsTs TO COMBAT REDS.
Community Houses Will Be Built to
 Put Down RadicaIism.

New York. March 13.-Community houses for use of Americas IS million foreign born people and their children, las means of combating the spread of radicalism and solving economic and social problems, is an important part of the new world movement to be put under way by Northern Baptists. It was announced today that plans are being made for the erection of com munity houses in states of the North ern Baptist convention, where the percentage of foreign born is greatest. More than 2 million dollars is to be expended for structures and equip ment alone.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18

Berlin. March 16.-The Imperial fi- nance ministry today refused to turn over ten million marks for current ex- penditure in payment of troops, as de- manded by Chancellor Kapp. Presi- dent Ebert has notified all financisl departments that the honoring of kapp's demands for money will be re- garded as treason Deputy Finance Minister Moesl has left Berlin.
 Reliable information indicates that the Kapp government is beginning to find it's tenure of office very insecure. It is confirmed that negotiations are proceeding between Kapp and Ebert governments It Is said the new gov ernment officials seem mainly con cerned about the prospects of amnesty.
 It is reported that large number of Reichswehr officers at a meeting in Berlin today reaffirmed their ale glance to the old government.
 The association of German officials resolved at a meeting yesterday to strike unless the new government re- tires.
 Advices from Munich say that Hein- rich Ernest Mueller of Meiningen, a democrat. was entrusted today with the task of forming a new government. Maxilian Harden, editor of Die Zuk- unfit was arrested today.
 The removal of the Ebert govern ment headquarters from Dresden to Stuttgart and the calling of the nation al assembly to meet at Stuttgart in. stead of at Dresden were said here to. day to have been caused by the failure of the troops at Dresden to rally around President Ebert and Minister of Defense Noske.
 A number of persons were arrested today for distributing anti-government leaflets and communist pamphlets urging a general strike and world revolution"
 There were fusillades during the day and evening in various parts of Greater Berlin, particularly at Scheen. berg aid Halensee, at the Hallegate and before the Alexander barracks
 
 and wounded were available.
 The strike was spreading rapidly to- day and threatened to extend to the bank clerks and clerical forces gener- ally. Not wheel was turning in the the city and not a drop of water was running. All lights were out, even in the hotels and other buildings which had private plants.
 No trains were moving during the greater part of the day, but it was understood that the railroad men had agreed to permit the operation of a limited number of food trains for the relief of the capital.
 Lacking newspapers and unaware of the general strike order, thousands of workers trudged miles this morning to their places of employment When they learned the situation they wan dered restlessly about the streets until it began to rain, when they re- turned home.
 The maids in the hotels joined the strike today adding to the discomfort of the guests, who were without water or facilities for cooking what bits of food they were able to buy.
 Chancellor Kapp today ordered the release of the Bauer cabinet ministers and other individuals who had been detained
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
AMERICA IN THE LEAD.
Doing Much to Make Prohibition
 Worldwide, Says Dr. Banks.

America's part in the worldwide prohibition movement was portrayed in the lecture given Monday night by Dr. Louis Albert Banks. The audi torium at First M. E. Church, South, was filled to capacity by Mena resi- dents who were interested in the great dry movement. Dr. Banks is most interesting talker and he kept his au- dience interest turnout by telling of the foreward part our nation is taking in Ehe work to prohibit the sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquors in foreign countries, particularly Europe.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
JOHN D., JR., QUITS A POST.
Has Retired as Director of Colorado
 Fuel and Iron Company.

Denver, March 15.-John D. Rocke- feller, Jr, retired as a member of the board of directors of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company here today when the annual stockholders meet ing chose John c. Mitchell, Denver banker, to succeed him on the board
 Mir Rockefeller had served on the board for seventeen years.
 An official of the company said it was understood that Mir. Rockefeller had retired fin line with his general desire to be relieved of responsibility connected with board memberships"
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
WANT CONGRESS IN STRIKE.
International Longshoremen Would
 Have Freight Increased.

New York, March 16.-The interna- tional longshoremen's union and coast wise steamship operators here today jointly petitioned congress to increase freight rates so that coastwise long shoremen could be granted wage in creases for which they went on strike Saturday. They demand an increase from 65 to 80 cents an hour with $1 an hour for overtime.
 Coastwise shipping here was virtu- ally at standstill today with only three of 103 vessels engaged in the trade in operation. Seven thousand men are on strike.
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 Hiltebrand, the leading Photograph
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18

A Coed Farm to Rent--Good barn,
 small house, hen house, 150 peach trees, 75 or so apple trees, about 20 acres in cultivation. Inquire of Geo. B. Anthony at Golf Wholesale Gro Co.,, Mena, Ark.-Adv. 66-6t
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
Mathematical RraInatorm.

Have you any excuse for being be- hind with your income tax return" Biggest excuse possible"
 Physical incapacity?"
 rWorse'n that Mental incompet- ence."
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
DRAFT DODGERS MUST PAY

Supreme Court Refuses to Review
 Cases of Six okahomans.
 Washington, March 15.-By the re- fusal of the Supreme Court today to teview the cases, convictions in Okla homa of six men under the selective service and the espionage acts will stand. The defendants were Walter M. Reeder, B. F. Bryant, J.. T. Cumbia, T. A. Harris, Mack F. Clark and M. E. stuart.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18
CHANCELLOR KAPP
 IN SAD PLIGHT
RevOlutionists Appear to Be Losing Hold in Germany-Unable to Se- cure Control of the Govern
 ment Funds.

Cologne, March 16.-The resignation of Dr. Kapp, chancellor of the new gov ernment in Berlin, is considered immi- nent, 1t was declared today in reports received here. Field Marshal yon H n d enb burg has written to Dr. Kapp advising him to withdraw. The field marshal also advised Presi- dent Ebert to hold elections.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-03-18

Hiltebrand, the leading Photograph er.--Adv. s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-24
STATE OF TRADE

General business conditions continue
good and prices of many articles appear
to be moving into even higher figures,
according to the weekly reports of Dun's
and Bradstrcet's. However, the de-
moralizaton of tho foreign exchange
market, making it increasingly difficult
TO finance exports, is becoming n factor
in the situation, and there is noticed
some slight concern as to the probable
influence this will have on prices later
in the year. Commenting on the out
box. Dun's Review says:
Contrasting with recent declines in
certain foodstuffs, prices of variouS raw
materials and manufactured products.
Notwithstanding their already abnormal
position, have risen further, and the
competitive bidding that has developed
in some quarters may conceivably cause
additional increases. While specula-
tive purchasing in anticipation of even
higher levels to follow has been n factor
in the current movement, yet the main
force behind the upward swing of prices
is the pressing call for supplies with
which to meet actual domestic and
foreign requirements. With the re-
ncwcd decentralization in international
exchange the difficulties of financing
overseas trade are likely to be accentu o.
ated; but American exports remain
heavy, and the wants of consumers here
are so extensive as to stimulate de-
mand for goods beyond the ability of
manufacturers to satisfy.
Bradstreet's says:
A speeding up of manufacturing out =
put, increased buying from jobbers, and
sanguine views as to the future at lead =
ing western and southern centers, some
slight quieting down, particularly in
textile purchases at few primary
points, and an increasing projection of
the discussion of money market and OK
change conditions into general business
are among the salient features in the
weeks reports. 1t is significant that
while spring trade is esteemed secure,
and scarcity talk as to current supplies
continues in nearly every line, there
is more disposition to discuss the fur
ther future with an eye to possible price
revisions. The large majority of re-
ports as to retail trade Indicate full buy
ing for this usually quiet season, stimu
lated by clearance sales,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-24
BUYING AND COVERING
STRENGTHEN CORN PIT
Weather UnfavorabIe for Move
ment-Modification of Rail-
road Embargo !

=. Chicago, Jan. 24.-On buying by a
leading eastern house aud covering by
shorts the corn market was tirmcr this
morning.
The weather was unfavorable for the
movement the arrivals here today
amounting to only 1915 cars. but it was
announced some notifications had been
made in the railroad embargoes against
shipments of export grain and that un-
expired permits would be good ard that
expired permits probably would be re-
newcd next week.
January opened a,c higher, at $145.
May started at S1.@5l2 TO $1.36, but
reacted to yesterdays last price Of
81 .353s. July opened at 81 1874 TO
81 333s. touched Sl.33% and then re-
acted to Yesterdays final Of 81 SO.
Oats were frmer. with shorts. the
scaboard and a local professional lead .
ing the buying. Offerings were slight
and scattered. The market was helped
by the improved outlook for moving
grain to the scaboard, Receipts were
81 cars.
May opened at S31i to S3asc, against
S3c at the end yesterday. and later sold
at S31ac. July started at 7J% to 76c
against 1850 at the close yesterday
and later sold at T6isC.
Receipts of wheat here today were 81
cars, against 61 cars last year; at
Minneapolis $50 cars, against 101 cars :
at Duluth 3 cars, against 1873 cars, and
at Winnipeg 237 cars, against 2J2 cars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-24

New York. Jan. 24.--Busiuess in the
stock market all through the first tif
teen minutes was probably the smallest
that has been noticed since the begin
ming of the dealings after declara-
tion of war. In the first fifteen minutes
only 800 shares of United States Steel
were traded in. but the two transac-
tions made were enough to lift the price
Il to 1047s.
Baldwin Locomotive opened up - at
I 1914 and was inactive during the re-
mainder of the first quarter of an hour.
1t was some time before the first sale
was made in Republic Iron and Steel,
which then opened with a gain of u
to 95ll Crucible Steel was one of the
fairly active issues, advancing . points
to 214la.
General Motors also was fairly
active. opening 2M to 200 and then
rcacting to 2061a. Studebaker yielded
y to 1005s, Mexican Petroleum ranged
from 1o4A to 195h. a sale of Pan
American was made at 919s, unchanged
from yesterday.
Cuba Cane Sugar declined I point
to 501a' and rallied to 81. Southern
Pacific sold down q to 009s.
If precedents can be accepted as a
reliable guide the current stock mar
kct is apparently approaching that un
interesting stage known in parlauCe of
the street as between season." n
.luucture in which it starts nowhere and
gets nowhere. Yet familiar condition
usually found in the aftermath of every
abnormal swing of the market pendu
lum. or just on the eve of a possible
radical change in fundamental or eco
nomic conditions.
In this period the market is usually
left to care for itself in the tender
mercies of the trading contingent. The
duration of these rest periods depends
entirely upon existing conditions or the
outlook measured from an economic or
financial viewpoint. No one who has
made careful study of the market
gyrationS the last three weeks can deny
the absolute domination of the profess
sionals. Day by day changes of the
market complexion were entirely indu
enced bv the mercurial whims and fan
cies of the professional traders-that is,
the ones who make their living. good or
bad, out of tuctuation in stock prices
The public. still smarting under the
severe laShing they received in the ter
rife slaughter of securities values fol-
lowing the collapse of the unbridled bull
ish speculation in November. are dis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-24

LOCAL MARKET DEALINGS
OF LIMITED DIMENSIONS
Ready absorption This Week of the Two Large Note
Regarded Encouraging Development '"''

Opening dealings in the local market
were of insignificant dimensions and
price fluctuations meaningless. Less
than q dozen stocks were traded In
during the first thirty minutes of the
trading and in only two did the transac-
tions total 100 shares.
Small buying orders kept Pennsyl-
vania Railroad steady at 42A. The
Alliance Insurance Co. warrants were
again well taken at 6. Lake Superior,
after opening higher at 2Oas, shaded to
20H. Philadelphia Electric was N
high at 25A while Union Traction
yielded n to SO. Small dealings were
made in United Gas Improvement at
545s.
The readiness with which the note
issues of the United Gas Improvement
Co. and the Philadelphia Electric 60.
were absorbed this week was one of the
most encouraging developments expe-
rienced in local banking and market cir
cles in some time. 1t served to nut
a much more hopeful. aspect on the in :
vestment situation, particularly the
bond market. 1t disclosed healthy
Investment demand, in fact, much
wider one than was generally believed to
prevail. 1t went to show the invest