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The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
FEW AVOIDED THE DRAFT.
Total Desertions Less Than 1 Per
 Cent of Registration.

Cent or Re9iSrrdtton.
 Washington, Aug. 15.-The war de- partment disclosed today that only 173,911 of the 24 million American cit izens who registered under the selec- tive draft for military service during the war could be classified as willful deserters. This is less than l per cent.
 This announcement was made to- gether with the publication of plan to punish the names of these 173,911 men with view to their apprehen- sion. To apprehend them the war de- partment asks the cooperation of va rious state and local officials, patriot ic citizens and other ageHcies, includ- ing the department of justice.
 But even the men whom the gov ernment seeks to apprehend are to be given chance to right themselves. if possible, before the lists are public, the war department presenting this alternative:
 Pending publication of the list of .deserters, any man charged with draft desertion who wishes to avoid the hu- initiation of arrest may voluntarily surrender at the nearest army post, camp or station, in order that his case may be investigated and his. status de finitely determined. In the event that such a mans case shall have been finally disposed of prior to the publi- cation of the list of deserters, his name will be omitted from that list. Any draft registrant who is in doubt as to his draft status may write to the adjutant general of the army, Wash ington, D. C., and find out how he is classified notwithstanding the fact that ignorance of such status is the registrant's own fault, because of his lack of interet in keeping track of his obligations to the government"
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
POLES HOLD OWN
 IN GREAT BATTLE
In the Valley of the Bug Fighting Gees On Uninterrupted--BOlshe- vik Forces Thrown Back and
 All Attacks Repelled.

Warsaw, Aug. 17.-Uninterrupted fighting is going on in the valley of the Bug, from it's source to it's con- fiuence with the Narew river. The great battle just begun along the river has been marked by appreciable advantages for the Poles They have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and won back important positions.
 In Galica the Poles, without pres sure from the Bolsheviki, kANe with drawn to the line of the
 The forces defending Warsaw are now grouped as follows: The left wing, resting on the forts of Modiin (Novo Georgivak) holds the line of the lower Narew and Bug; the center, protected behind by the outer forts of Warsaw, occupies positions situated at distances varying from IS to 30 miles from the capital; the right wing commands the valley of the upper Bug. Both on the right and left wings the Poles have taken the initi- ative in the operations.
 The Bolshevik forces have been thrown back on the right bank. On the left wing the Poles have made a successful attack in the direction of Mlawa. Thanks to this operation, the position the Poles occupy in the fork of the Narew and Bug rivers, which constitute the key defenses of War saw, are now better protected from a flank attack threatened by the Bolshe- vik forces on the northwest.
 In the center, on the Lower Bug, all attacks delivered by the enemy to en- able him to approach nearer the War saw forts, were repelled with heavy losses. It is considered that the Pol ish troops occupying Thorn and Gran denz and distributed along the Vistu- la are ample to protect the Danzig communication from any danger.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
STATE PLANT BOARD MEET.
Will Consider Quarantine Against
 Pink Boil WeevH.

Little Rock, Aug. 17.-A meeting of the State Plant Board has been called for August 19 at Fayetteville. This is special meeting called for the pur- pose of considering the abandonment of the state quarantine against the pink boil worm of Texas. The regula- tion of the quarantine has been taken over by the Federal Horticultural Board and 1t is probable that all of the individual states will withdraw their auarantines and turn it over to the Federal authorities.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
WOMEN IN DIFFICULTY. Miss Chloe Matteson Beaten a Bog Springs, the Report.

report comes to Mena that Miss Chloe Matteson of Bog Springs, who has been more or less active in politi cal affairs in recent months, being a delegate to the Republican state con. yention. was severely beaten Monday morning by neighbor, Mrs. ]. H Shorter. The latter is said to have ap peared before local justice of peace pleaded guilty and paid fine. Mrs Shorter is the wife of J. H Shorter, a cattle man and former deputy sheriff. For some time. it is
 reported, there were differences be tween the Shorters and Mattesons who are neighhors
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
WAS DANGEROUS PLAYTHINe
Dynamite Cap Exploded, Painful,
 lniurina a Boy.

The premature explosion of dyna. mite cap in the hand of a youth nam ed Miller Tuesday morning. caused the lad painful injury The boy. who is the son of W. c. Miller, living in the west part of Mena, was handling the cap when t exploded. The accident occurred at the Miller home and the bey was hurried to the Pegram drug sore, where Dr. " c. vandiyer dress. cd the wounds.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
 CHOSEN BY PRIMARY

Following township officers were chosen by the recent Democratic pri mary:
 Center township-Justice of the peace, s. Fl. Smith; constable, D A Hazel; overseer, R. D. Harrison, 50; w. J. Robison. 16.
 Ozark. Wickes-Overseer. L. NJ Darwin.
 Grannis -Overseer, c. M. Taylor 30 E. B. Lloyd, 24. Cove township, Hatfield -Overseer J. w. Howard.
 Delegates to State Convention. Delegates-Minor Pipkin, G. H Johnson, J. D. Combs, John Jett, Jr. E. P. Twiford. Alternates-L. H. Johnson, Dar Nations, J. c. Terrell, W. l.. Smith, J ". Middleton, J. w. Cunningham Alex Carper.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
YOUR HOME MAY BE NEXT.

The germs of tuberculosis are found in the consumptive's sputum. Care less spitting, the use of public eating and drinking vessels. public towels. etc, spread tuberculosis.
 A CARELESS CONSULTATIVE IS DANGEROUS,
 Arkansas Public Health Association
 Little Rock, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
PALESTINE IS CALL
 FORN|A OF EAST
Bernard RosenbIatt, Founder of Zion C0mmcnwealth, Tells of Possibili- ties of New Jewish Homeland
 As He Saw Them.

Rerhaps the greatest romance fof the nations today is to be found in the struggles of the Jew ish race to rebuild the ancient nation of Palestine. The founda- fion stones have been laid by the recent Zionist conference in Lon don. The International News Ser vico covers several striking an- eles of the battle of these nation builders in a series of articles by two American girls. This is the first of the series.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19

Good appetite, vigor and cheerful spirits follow the use of Prickly Ash Bitters, the remedy for working men. It purifies the stomach, liver and bowels, and makes work pleasure. Price $1.25 per bottle. Jackson Drug & F. Go. and Gunnels & Mccoy, Spe- cial Agents.--Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19

Apply cotton cloth wet with BAIL LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT to all wounds. cuts, burns, sores or blisters, and note its wonderful healing power 1t is prompt and very effective. Price 25c. soc and s1.00 per bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug Go. .Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
New Altitude Record.

Denver, Aug. 12.-Altitude records for United States Weather Bureau observation balloons were shattered here when one of the miniature gas bags attained height of 61,O23 feet
 -more than eleven miles. The bal loon was said by observers to have been travelling at the rate of 25S miles per hour at it's maximum height.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
Delegates to State Convention.
JUDGE FINGER SECURES
 MORE ROAD EQUIPMENT
While in Little Rock Loaded a Quad
 2-Ton Truck and 2 Wagons

Judge II. w Finger has returned from business trip to Little Rock and while there secured for his coun- ty, for road use, another 2-ton Quad
 truck, making three he has been ablc
 to land for Polk county. He also was granted and loaded on car two gov ernment wagons and two sets of har- ness. This equipment will be used ex- clusively on Polk county roads.
 The trucks formerly secured are in service. one at Cove and the other at Vandervoort. Those using them say each does as much work as could be handled by 10 mules and drivers.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19

Constipation is the starting point TOT many serious diseases. To be healthy, keep the bowels active and regular. HERBINE will remove all ac. cumulations in the bowels and put the system in prime condition. Price 60 cents. Sold by Jackson Drug Co.-Adv
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
Or Float n I,oap,

From Cartoons Magazine You can lead cork to water, but
 you cannot make~it sink, But If socialists incorporated --sniid
 they make Rcd. Incl?
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
ONE MORE ISSUE!

Before September, l. 1920. Look at the date on your paper, and if marked 1sept1920 it is time to renew. don't delay, but send in your su5- scription now to
 THE MENA STAR
 niena. Arkansas
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
CHOLERA DEATHS.
Many Succumb to Plague in Korea,
 the Report.

Seoul, Korea, Aug. 10.-Six hundred deaths have resulted from the epi- demic of cholera in Korea, and 3,145 cases have been reported.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-19
Eastern Singing Convention

The Eastern Singing Convention Will be held at Ink on Saturday night before tho 1st Sunday ia SS<f,ts.t.,:,e.s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14

the Bohemian revel. She had seen too much of drink when she was young, in the shabby Limehouse sec ton of London and she was not prone to take stock in protestations of affection when alcoholic. It was like Sally, that was because she had the heart of child, though she had seen both sides of life-the smooth and the seamy. Nazimova, the great
 est of the worlds actresses, comes to
 the screen again as this cockney haraina. in tha eoaapAuipzlz human
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
PARK.


 TShnEse 1rTiser7Hiev,ous fellows the 'KatzsnjaInHner Kids Hans and Fritz, whose funny ant1cs in the comic section of the Sunday news papers have made millions laugh, have been made the central figures in a hilarious cartoon musical comedy in which they are surrounded by all the other characters of inc cartoons and a big chorus of beautiful girls
 There is singing, dancing and fun galore in the stage version of the ''Katzen 5an1rner Kids When it is placed on view at inc Park theatre for week starting Monday, May IT, with na1inees every day but Monday, the thsaTegoing public are going to see what has been ca14ed the worlds greatest fun Eh1w
 The nHsfead comedy made from the original @KatzEnjaInmer K1dS' car toons were constructed for entertain 1nent on9y- The h1EarIously funny sftuafiGEs in which Hans and F'ritz inv0fw'e Ma. Katzenja janmer, Der Cap- tain and the other characters cause no end of rnarin1snt and when the audience is not enjoying a. good laugh they are listening to the tuneful musical numbers, or watching a pretty dance
 Parttcu+ar care mas been taken with inc staging and eostuming of the Katzenjannmer Kids The fashion plate chorus is gowned in various fetching and stunning spwns all of which match harmonioas1y with the beautiful stage p8ct1res and novel eIectTicaI effectS-
 The original @Ka47en5annmer Kids cartoon nns5ca1 comedy is an enter tainnhenlt for E4e azidd5es and grown ups. Its fun is clean and wholesome and there are so many good things in the performance that it is bound to please everyone It is produced under the direction of The Mutual Play Company.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14

Being exhorted to cultivate some girls take long look at their mirrors and proceed to the drug store to re- new sunDHes.s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
EMPIRE

Sally was in love with him. Yes, but she felt rising within her an in ward repulsion to Lord Kiddermin- ster's manner of Wooing that night of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
In The TheaterS
POII'S. (R aUfaWl

''RHbevil4e;'' at Polls with its quaint bueolie characters gathered about the village store with talk with song and with Instrumental offering creates an atmosphere of laughter.
 Glen White as Tex an elucidator of mysteries; appearing with an an- star east of players in an unusual de- tective story entitled "Cireumstantial Evidence" offers something extremely new in the study of criIninology. This photop4ay is in reality a deep study of cases that actually have appeared in the courts where circumstantia1 evil dence has been relied upon to secure convictions.
 Mel KEee stood alone before his audiences and kept them in roars of laughter. At yesterdays perform $znces he sprung somewhat of a sur- 5rise at the conclusion of his act and introduced Harry Williams, author of Peggy" who sang that composition from a box in the balcony.
 f'Jast Suppose" a new and 1Rtqae juvenile act where older people are iTnperseRa&ed is very good. Carroll and S1urgis, two girls with the plano and violin scored and Conboy and GHnsen in conversational and vocal novelties were well aPplauded. Pathe News and Review were changed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14

play, sThe Heart of a Child" See is today at the Empire theatre.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
PLAZA.

There are many big moments in 'rF1eot4ghts and Shadows, the fea- ture drama in which Olive Thomas is now appearing at the Plaza It is by far the best action picture Miss ThoaHzs has had, and she does not depend alone on her remarkable beauty to win admirers, for there is some real acting in the role she DOT trays. She Is also without doubt the most beautiful screen star at the present time. As an added attraction Harold LIoyd's twe-ree1 comedy scream "EHs Royal Sryness," is great. He is surely a, winner at comedy.
 Adams and Grffith were a riot last night. They look like a couple of old timers and the3r fErnny antics kept the audience i'm roaTs aad sent them away to a big hand. The singing by one of the men is exceptionally good. .Jacoue1fine Tallnaan, William Craig and Go. presented Number Please" a funny sfc1t with sing gng and dancing. CarsoEia, billed as @9The Big Voice." uncovered quite a surprise when she appeared after singing off stage in a deep znann4sh voice. Her numbers are we'll chosen and equally well sESag and she received good app1a1se. Jester and King, a clever man and woman with a noHe1 list of hand balancing stunts went big. International News, Topics of the Day completed the bill
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
LYRIC,

'The Lady of the Scarlet Poppy at the IzyIie theatre this week has scored a genmIne success, and IS dEs for a long 4dfe on the American stage
 One of those hMrnoIvoHsIy quaint characteristic comedies, ~+Cappy RiGES,T is the biH tor next week. The play WAS wrItfen from real life on the coast of San Francisco and a1I Of inc characters represent a real person age The ro4e of ~Cappy Kicks" will be portrayed by Arthur Griffen, the PoIi Players versatile comedian who is pIaymng it fais week in New Haven Grfffsn is am exact type of the cha-ac- ter referred tp and has a personality fitting :to inc rnla-
 For Sunday night as tho feature Charles Ray wi11 be seen m 1.-The Egg Crate Wsal1op;" with a. tVOo-reel West ern GiraIra next in a:poImt of excellence Then thHre is the Rathe News and tho comedy scream by the Sennett corne- diams with the 'cDncert by the Lyric orchestra not the least of the enter tainmfHHt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-07

Yes, that's why we want the revo-
lution!" shouts one.
Immediately the whole left wing
takes up the shout, and "revolution!"
is demanded with much vigor.
Ladies All Excited.
The lady stewards get excited. Aft
er loud whispered conversation they
all line up alongside the turbulent rev.
olutionists. The men grin sheepishly
at each other and settle back in their
seats, demonstrating what some poll
tlci-ns have always claimed, that wom-
en- are the host potent agent against
Rolshevism.
Subdued mutterings still come from
the left wing and a pale little man
with mustache shouts out something
about capitalism. A lady steward goes
"sh-sh' at him and he shuts up at
once. He is evidently taken off his
guard and thinks she is his wife.
The speaker has to deviate a little
and answer the revolutionists, which
he does in roundabout way by talk
ing to the women and telling them
what is happening in Russia. In an
unguarded moment he invites anybody
present to tell him what Bolshevism
is.
All Want to Say 1t.
The whole left wing rises to it's feet
in unison and makes for the platform,
bat is told to sit down until the speak
er has finished, and does so, mutter-
ing. After that it seems to lose heart
and things tame down.
The next speaker is a lady who
| takes it upon herself to explain why
the liberals want local option. 1t is
not prohibition, she says soothingly,
in fact it has nothing to do with pro-
hibtion.
1t is just to give everybody a chance
to say what he does want.
England believes in self-government
she catches herself in time and adds
hurridly, except, of course, this
| dreadful Irish question" When she
finishes, there is a general impression
that local option will give everybody
| an opportunity to drink more than he
| does now. and there is an expression
of serenity on brows that had been
| furrowed by worry over the predicted
"draught."
Mr.. and Mrs. Jiggs.
The last speaker is the chairman's
husband, and is evidently nervous
! about making a speech under the SUI
! pervision of his wife. He detects in
| the left wing members of the hide
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-07

June 25.-Jeffry came to pose for
me this morning. He was in high
spirit and told me that "Cecile" would
join us later. l painted without inter
ruption for two hours and then he
gave long yawn, which conveyed to
me the fact that he was getting tired.
We stopped.
I think I said before that jeff is
extremely magnetic. Well, he is all
of that, as we'll as fascinating. Aunt
Cecilia is doing we'll for herself, He
is beautifully lean, graceful as a
panther, and SO we'll groomed and
clean always. l am sure that dozens
Of women have been in love with him,
and yet he came back to get his Ce-
cile! So much for the modern theory
that men are Impossible where their
feelings are concerned. jeff certainly
knew what he wanted and stuck to
the idea through all the years. Which
indicates to me that he has a strong
character
We sat and talked while we waited
for Aunty and he was so interesting,
Finally he brought the conversation
round to Aunt Cecilia, very cleverly,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-07
Heart Problems

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am IS years
old and have been going with a young
man %, who has been divorced from
his wife. He says he loves me and
has asked me to marry him. | have
not given him an answer because there
is young man Of twenty whom
love more. He also wants me to
marry him, but wants me to wait two
and half years longer. | don't want
to wait that long, and SO which should
l marry.
DARK CURLS.
If you marry for the sake of being
married and not for love, you will re-
greet it. Two and a half years is not
too long to wait, because you are very
young now.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: | have been
married two years. My husband was
a soldier boy at the time we were mar
ried and SO l kept on with my work
until the war was over. At that time
we did not have enough money saved
to buy furniture. Anyway it seemed
foolish to do SO because his mother
had given up housekeeping and had
everything we could possibly want,
and more too.
We rented a little house and every
thing went fine. His mother was room
ing and so we had only each other to
consider After a few months, though,
his mother became dissatisfied and
was SO unhappy that we said she
might come into our home. She did
this gladly.
Now cant do anything right. She
is afraid I will make spot on the
dining room table from hot dishes. |
am really very careful and there is no
danger She watches everything and
If put laundry in her old stocking bag
she makes remarks about it. | am
made to feel all the time that the
furniture is hers and ought to show
unceasing gratitude for the privilege OF
using it.
l am not grateful and l wish a
thousand times a day that We did not
have one piece of the furniture. Aside
from this l like her and I know we
would get along if I only had chance
to feel I was in my own home. What
can we do? HELEN H.
There is nothing you can do except
to buy the furniture from your mother
in-law or buy new furniture of your
own. Doubtless this is out of the
question. Expenses have been so high
ever since the war that very few mar
ried couples find it possible to save.
You will have to learn to control
your feelings and nerves. Accept your
mother-in-law's remarks as you would
g rainy day or a puncture when you
are out automobile riding. 1t is use
less to rebel against the inevitable.
Without a doubt you will find it easier
to change yourself than to change her.
You can be happy if you regard her
criticism as something unpleasant to
he ovnrlooked and forgotten.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-07

pendent Labor party and reminds
them that what they are they owe to
liberalism. He is a member of the
House of Commons and takes the
rest of the time telling why he voted
against the second reading of the
Home Rule bill.
In order not to leave the wrong i'm
preston he says he will vote for it
if he thinks the Irish want it, but as
nothing is surer than that the Irish
don't, he is quite safe there.
He condemns the Austrian peace
treaty as impossible and there he has
the unqualified endorsement of the
left wing. The rest Of the time he
takes about fusion.
This question of fusion is the mon
ster against which the ST. Georges of
, the "old" parties are turning their
lances. Coalition continues to win
the by-elections in spite of all the hard
things said against it, and taking it
all round, these are nervous times for
the "standpatter" who is trying to
break up the forces of the great little
Welchman.
Ladies Certain of Victory.
The meeting closes with a sensation
Of victory for the lady stewards, who
have showed their ability to hold the
lawless element of the audience under
such effective control The revolution
lists sneak out quietly to avoid the re-
proving gaze of the female part of the
audience
The speakers rush back to their
duties in the House and the chairman
receives the congratulations Of the
stern ladies on the platform. 1t has
been quite a triumph for her, even
if it was an ignominous failure for the
rayOlutiOnjStS