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The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
FIRST FIRST GREAT STEP
 | IN DISARMAMENT
Presiden: Harding Takes Lead by Asking Powers if They Favor Peace Conference and Will
 Meet iii Washington.

Washington, July 11.-President Harding has made an armament re- duction proposal to the great powers so broad in it's scope that it consh- tutes move toward new order of world affairs.
 The. State Department has an- nounced that the president has pro- posed to Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan a conference in Washing ton not only on ! he limitation of ar mament but on a settlement of the Pa cific and far eastern problems
 If the proposal is accepted Washing ton will be the scene of new world Congress, rivaling in importanees that of Paris in 1919.
 The conference, as proposed by the president, would consider not only a settlement of the issues which might precipitate, war between the United States and Japan, but feshaping of the policies and relations of all the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, upon which Mir. Harding deems per manent reduction of armament largely dependent.
 Out of this conference, if held, may come a new international understand l. ing on affairs in the Pacific and Tar East which will obviate any neces- sity of a renewal of the Anglo-Japan- ese alliance, question now embar- rassing the British government. So prominent is this possibility that the question is raised whether the British government has not already ap- proved. if it did not originate, the Suggestion that the far eastern and Pacific problems be considered by the conference on reduction of armament.
 China has been invited to partici- pate in the discussion of the far east ern question, which involves tho whole program of Japanese aggrandize- ment on the Asiatic mainland.
 Out of the conference also may come President Harding's plan for an association of nations to preserve world peace and promote the Pacific adiudication of international disputes.
 Also the step taken by the presi- dent is not only the most important since he assumed office, but one of the most important moves in the realm of foreign relations in the hitory of the republic.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
GINNERs IN FAVOR
 OF N0-CREDIT PLAN
Cotton Men at Fort Smith Session De- clare for Lower Ginning Charges
 but Want Cash.

Fort Smith, July 2.-Recommenda- tions for all customers to pay within thirty days after ginning, and not to allow any credit, regardless of cir cumstances, were made by the Vest ern Arkansas Ginners, in session in the Sebastian courthouse today.
 Six recommendations unanimously voted made by the more than 50 mem bers of the association present were:
 To charge 25 cents for each one hundred pounds of cotton ginned;
 To give 62 pounds of cotton seed for every hundred pounds baled;
 To do no rebates on ginning;
 To notify customers that the gin- ner will not be responsible for cotton when any bale is out of press;
 To take the seed from the gin, pro- vided sale is not affected by the GUS toner at once.
 The price of ginning last year, &C., cording to statements made at the meeting yesterday afternoon, was 40 cents for 100 pounds. A reduction of 20 for the coming season. which be- gins in September is to be general. it was announced. The reduction was caused. it was said, by the slump in the market, and the exceptionally small crop for 1921.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
ELKS PLAN GREAT HOME. To Build Headquarters in Chicago at
 Cost of s2,5O0,000.

Los Angeles, Calf, July 12.-Chi- cago will be recommended as the loca- tion Of the permanent national head quarters of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks at the 57th Grand Lodge of the order, by com mittee named to report on the sub iect, according to a statement issued by grand lodge headquarters. The building will cost approximately S2,- 5OO,000. The annual report of Grand Secretary Fred c. Robinson also was made public. There are 1,421 lodges of Elks, with a membership of 767,- 661 and total assets 50,463, ,156.99, and there has been dispensed in char ity S1,566, ,234.63. Twenty-one new lodges were added in the past year, with a net increase of 1883 in membership. A letter of greeting from President Harding to his broth CT Elks was read today.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14

dor vs. Bowen, 80 l.. K. < (N. S.) oO4; 67 $. E. 1915; 152 N. c. Ali.
 1t IS negligence per SC to attempt to crank defective automobile which make terrible noise when starting, Tn close proximity to horses without giving their driver notice to remove them to safe place. Id
 One is guilty of homicide who with reckless driving disregards the safety of others, so negligently drives an au- tomobile in public stree6 or highway as to strike and kill a pedestrian. State vs. Goetz, 33 l.. R. A. (N. s. 458; 76 Att, 1000; S9 Neb. 34; B l.. R. A. (N. S.) 403; 130 N. W. 973.
 Use of Lights.
 Running an automobile at night on the streets or highway without lights in violation of the statuatory require ments, is evidence of negligence, Holtovski vs. Gzella, 26 L. R. A. (S. s. 435; 124 N. W. 527; 159 Mich. 620
 A person lawfully in public high way may rely upon the exercise of reasonable care of the driver of an automobile to avoid injury to him. the law requires greater degree of diligence on the part of the driver of an automobile than it does of the pedestrian, the pedestrian is not bound as matter of law when lawfully us- ing the public highway to be continu- ally looking and listening to ascertain if auto cars are approaching, under penalty that upon his failure to do SO if he is injured his own negligence must not be conclusively presumed 51 |. R. A. (N. s. 489; 20 Id. 232; 80 s. W. 73; 119 N. W. 904; 150 Mich SIS.
 I believe the. foregoing Supreme court decisions make the duty of the users of the streets of our towns ano public highways of the country very plain, and if observed there will moi be any damage suits resulting from the negligent use thereof.
 Right to Half the Road.
 Every user of the public highway has an equal right to half of the roaC whether in a meeting or overtaking 6 car, vehicle, pedestrian, or horseback rider, and if you do not give it anc get on your own side of the road, if 6 car, two feet from the center of the road approaches, you are guilty o1 negligence and liable to damages ii an accident should occur, and to crim. inal prosecution if any one is hurt oi killed.
 Some people have an idea that ar overriding car has no right to pass them on the highway. It is their duty to stop for few moments if neces. sary to let the overriding car pass tC the left as it is their duty to turn tc right and let an approaching car pass the same law applies to all horse drawn vehicles, log wagons and motoi trucks.
 Some automobile drivers, from tn, way they drive their ears, evidently believe that all wagons, horseback rid CTS, footmen, horses, cows, chickens dogs and hogs must clear the tracl and let them pass. They don't know that the law imposes a greater degree of diligence on them than persons us ing the ordinary and less dangerou: modes of travel, and they must pay for all damages resulting from suct negligence if an accident occurs. This is why I have written this article anc brief, with the hope that the laws o1 the highway will be observed anC obeyed.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
Another Selection for Magnolia.

Magnolia, July 1l.-C. A. Over- street, for the past five years county agent of Columbus county, with head quarters here, today was elected pres ident of the Third District Agricul- tural school at meeting of the board selection is the latest move in con- troversy between the school faculty and the board of trustees which re- suited in the dismissal of one presi- dent and the appointment of almost an entire new board by the governor.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
Modern Rip Loves Chewin'

Fort Smith, July 12.-Food does not appeal to Jim Eshlinger, the man who has recently awakened from three years sleep, but a chew of tobacco is his delight.
 Since his awakening about 70 days ago Jim has not talked much, and rarely talks coherently-most qres- tions asked him.
 He has a dreamy, far-away expres- sion, and swhen food is offered him does not show much desire to accept. But the minute a plug of tobacco is brandished by some friend the sparkle comes to his eyes and he is ready to participate in his favorite pastime.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
MINISTER DENIES
 MURDER CHARGE
The Reverend Hughes, Held for Mont gomery County Crime, Offers $1,O00 an Ounce for Silver Found
 on Victims Land.

Hot Springs, July 12.--Making his first statement since his capture, the Rev. Hardin Nj. Hughes, who has been in the Garland county jail, charged with the murder of Mrs. Anna Me- Kennon, who was killed May ', at her home in Montgomery county, has sent an unsolicited communication to a To- cal newspaper, which he terms "Rev. Hughes Challenge to the State," in which he offers to pay $l 900 an ounce for all silver found on the land owned by Mrs. McKennon.
 Hughes is of the belief the states contention will be that Mrs. McKen- non was murdered to get possession of her land, which, according to rumor in that neighborhood, contains rich deposits of silver. In his communica- ton he denies that he hired Raymond Cole, young man of Montgomery county, who lived near Mrs. McKen- non, to murder the woman. Hughes was arrested week after the murder was discovered. He escaped from a hotel at Mt. Ida, but was captured a few days later.
 The most forceful circumstance in connection with his arrest was the es- tablishing by the state that Mrs. Me- kennon was killed with a 44-caliher rife ball, and that Hughes was the only person in that vicinity who pos sessed that kind of a weapon. The rife is missing, and the state has never been able to prove what be- came of it. The state has also de- veloped the fact that Hughes was a prospector as well as a minister of the gospel, and that he was about to file claim on the land Mrs. McKennon said she homesteaded,
 "Now I challenge the prosecution to prove that native silver exists at on the homestead mentioned" reads Hughes communication, "by em- ploying a geologist of state or nation, of good repute, to locate silver, or lead mine thereon. I will give $1,000 an ounce for all silver produced from native ore taken from the above named homestead"
 The trial of the minister is sched- uled to be held at Mt. Ida next month. It was intimated that a change of venue to this city may be requested to exist against the defendant in Montgomery county.
 Raymond Cole also indicted for the murder of Mrs. McKennon, and who, according to Hughes, killed the old woman, has never been captured.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
GET REAL OIL IN
 BONNEVILLE WELL
First Showing Is Estimated at Se Barrels, and Proves There Is Real Oil Field Just North of Mena
 Lenses Soar.

Bonneville, Ark, July 12.-There iz a new oil field here, and the first showing in the Pitts-Stykes well, $ miles Southwest, is estimated at 50 barrel daily.
 The presence of new Arkansas oil field was assured by 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon when steady showing of oil was found in bailing out the we'll after drilling only few feet in the sand. The oil sand continued to depth of 22 feet and often when the bailer was raised it was about one third full of crude oil
 There was break in the sand sf- ter 22 feet of drilling. but after scv- eral feet of shale the drill again broke into the sand. This sand was only two feet deep. Another shale formation was found but late tonight it had given away to a white lime formation. This is very similar to the lime stone which preceded the first sand and i. is thought that the deeper sand will be found l'st below the white lime.
 J. E. Pitts, one of the principal stockholders of the Red River Oil Company, said today that drilling would be continued to a depth of B. 900 or $500 feet in an effort to bring in a larger producer. In the event the deeper sand is not found the we'll will be shot at the first sand and it is thought this will increase the flow to 75 or 100 barrels daily.
 All oil men on the ground are con- fident that the we'll as it now stands will produce q minimum of fifty oar rels and are also profound in the be- lief that larger flow will be found at from 2,600 to 2,S00 feet. The first oil was found at depth of 2285 feet.
 A crowd of nearly thousand peo- pie was present at the well when drilling was resumed at 12:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon. More than three hundred automobiles brought people from Fort Smith, Little Rock, Wal dron, Mansfield and other towns in Arkansas and Oklahoma Men, women and children all eagerly wait ed several hours for the drilling to begin, some of them having been at the well since early morning Wild rumors of monstrous oil flows kept them in q constant turmoil Hunger and light showers of rain had no ef- feet on the size of the crowd which continued to grow turnout the day and until late hour last night When the second bailing showed the pres- ence of oil plainly the excited crowd became a wild mob. There was a sampede for the slush pit to feel of the oil and sand samples. Hands. faces and clothes became black with the crude oil which flowed freely from the pit.
 From that minute Bonneville be- gan to resemble an oil metropolis. The excitement created two weeks ago when the first showing of oil was found was quite in comparison to the demonstrations of yesterday and to- day. Visitors continue to pour into the city and there is continuous stream from Bonneville to The well. Oil men from nearby states are already on the ground and plans are on foot to begin drilling on several new wells in the near future.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
Asks for Divorce.

Mrs. Fife J. Sanford has filed suit for divorce from Dr. Charles Sanford of Board Camp. The suit will be heard at the October term of chancefy court. h her complaint the plaintiff charges the defendant with cruel treatment. They were married in 1901 in Missis- sippi.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
Champion Rat Killer.

Hope, July 12.--William Hutchens, 10-year-old boy, is the champion rat killer in Hope. Saturday young Hutchens earned more than $3 killing rats at 5 cents each. The Chamber of Commerce is paying cents for each rat tail brought to that office. and Hutchens killed 16 rats during the af- ternoon. He was aided by his small dog, which enjoys the fun just as much as the lad does. Approximately i 900 rats were killed in Hope last week as q result of this campaign.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
Pound Part of Sill.

z B. Dixon of Vandervoort was in Mena Tuesday afternoon to turn over to Sheriff Thornton q coil of copper pipe which is believed to have been used as the worm of small still. The coil was found, Mir Dixon stated, in possession of highway worker near Nauderyoort. Arrests of suspected parties will likely be made soon.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-14
HeaYener CoupIe Wed in Mena.

A. J. Wheat and Miss Lottie James, both residents of Heavener. came to Mem Wednesday morning and after securing a marriage license from County Clerk finders on, were married at his office by the Rev. r. F. Harrell.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17

be that religious institutions are as conservative,
Y not reactonary, as the forms of legal procedure.
In practical things must be up to date in spir
itual things we lag behind woefully in exag-
gerated reverence for tradition. True. the great
principles of the New Testament have not been
superseded, but unless they continually re-
stated in terms of the age are in, they tend to
lose their vitality in Journalism like that of the
scribes and pharisees.
"The emphasis of all dynamic religion today
seems to lie in the belief that God does not dwell
in the distant heavens or in the dim naves Of GER
tain buildings but in the world here and now,
most of all in us. Only through man is He per-
fectly revealed to men. We look not toward the
historical Christ but toward the immediate Christ
as shown in the highest moments of the finest
spirits today. 1t is this new conception that
tain poets trying to embody Others with
more sensuous bias find the present world won
derful that they dismiss the idea of Immortality as
a vague dream, they find mankind so inspiring
that they the transcendental effort to reach
anything beyond
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
A Renaissance.
osG w0r promo

rs the modern style in poesy applicable to
lgious subjects1 E, $50
''Yes," answers editoriaiy Contemporary Verse,
that little magazine OF poetry which fails in no is
sue to add something zestful to lyric lore. And it
goes on to furnish proof by example. On this
page will be found several selections from the
dozen more religious poems in the Twentieth
Century printed in the current issue Of the
publication cited. rs
Nothing is more anathcma with certain critics.
of the day than religions poetry; the very phrase
is to them contradiction in TERMS" it is stated.
And yet all poetry began with religion: the Vedic
hymns the Greek odes and dramatic choruses,
everything indeed from the psalms to the elder
Edda. 1t was mans life it approached through
the heroic to the divine that inspired all epic poe
try. The motive OF patriotism, at first always
closely related to religion, is inseparaby fused with
it in the Song of Roland the Aeneid,' the Fall
of the Nibelungs,' etc. Have really changed all
that must religious poetry today be cant, and pa
triotic poetry humbug1
"The man in the street knows that these two
inspiring motives in his life, but il he inclines to
look deeper into such things he will probably find
that the hymns he sings in church and the patriotic
songs in which he joins the Fourth OF July are
a very blank and inadequate expression of what
he really feels. He longs though perhaps un-
consciously, to have someone put his emotions in
terms of today But, turning to the modern poets,
he finds them infinitely concerned with their pri-
yate reactions toward life and nature but very little
occupied with the collective passions which he,
the typical unit, could share with them. yst S.,
where lies the trouble? The fact seems to
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
EDITORIALS AND COMMENT
His Peace.

T LOVE to think of them at dawn
Beneath the frail pink sky
Casting their nets in Galilee
And hsh-hawks circling by.
Casting their nets in Gallee
Just off the hills of brown, ~. !. "a
Such happy, simple hsherfoJk -
Before the Lord walked down.
Contented. peaceful fishermen,
Before they ever knew
The peace of God that filed their hearts
Brim-full, and broke them too.
Young John who trimmed the tapping sail
Homeless, in Patmos died.
Peter who hauled the teeming net.
Head-down, was crucihed.
The peace of God, it is no peace
But strife closed in the sod
Yet, brothers, pray for but one thing,
The marvellous peace Of God.
William Alexander Percy.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
The Holy Women.

have seen Mary at the cross
And Mary at the tomb
And Mary weeping as she spread her ~
In a leper's room.
But it was not in Bethany
Or cropping up Calvarys hill
learned how women break their hearts 30
Another's i'll.
Compassionate and wise in pain,
Most faithful in defeat, ~, .s's.
The holy Marys I have watched and loved 81
. 1--we on our street. .tH rssst %, Ta~nF bl
a....N. William Alexander Percv.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
Lullaby.

If, my dear, you seek TO slumber,
Count of stars an infinite number;
If you still continue wakeful,
Count the drops that make a lakeful;
Then, IL vigilance yet above you
Hover. count the times ! love you;
And If slumber still rebel ,you. SER 80
Count the times ! do not tell you. = %'.sl'
Franklin p. Adams. in Harper's Magazine
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17

CPOKE the Voice Of Creation:-,
"Jabal shall keep the herdsl
He shall be the lord of the reaping
And warden o. beasts and birdsl
"Tubal shall mind the metals
Undergirdling the grass!
He shall upbuild Ny temples
And bring the cities to pass!
"Jabal shall rule the meadows;
Tubal shall plant the town!
Yet foresee them toiling
With body and soul weighed down!
'"Sick of the country's silencel
Tired of traffic and throng!
So for their strength and solace,
Jubal shall lift his songl"
Fourth went Jubal, the minstrel,
Making his timbreps tune
Like to well in the desert;
Like to tree at nooni
Building out of the Babel;
Over its woe and care,
Up to the calm Of heaven,
Tones ethereal stair!
Forth went Jubal, the dreamer,
Soothing the pain of Saul!
Sounding a march for Caesarl
Pealing the chimes Of Gaull
Hark! Whose heartcning music
Stills our turbulent street?
Who goes over the pastures
To sing to the thresh of wheatf
Who but wandering Jubal,
Come to us sout of the oldi
Lifting our spirits, shackled
By herds and houses and goldi
Daniel Henderson.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
JubaE.

Jabal: a'the father pf such as dwell in tents,
and Of such as have cattle"
Tubai-cain; ian instructor Of every arti6cer in
brass and iron" AI Iy,ss
Juba: "the father of all such as handle the
harp and organ" ''ys
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
A Secret.

At the right hour
To understand,
Cod says Keep STILL" =.
We take His hand, 4
Shut our eyes,
Hold our breath
If people only would not interrupt.
Whispering "Death!"
katherine Wisner McCluskey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-14
LIKELY TO START
YACHT CONTESTS
FROM BALTIMORE
Capital Club to Compete in
Chesapeake Bay Associa-
ton Regatta.

Baltimore probably will be the scene
Of the Chesapeake Bay Regatta Asso,
Citations headquarters this year. II
plans discussed at the meeting Of the
Yacht Club meet with the approval OF
all the members of the association. In
previous years 1t has been the custom
to hold these events from one of the
lower Chesapeake bay ports, but, as
facilities in Baltimore are so much
better than in the smaller towns of the
Eastern Shore. II is probable that the
Maryland metropolis will be the rem
devious for yachtmen this year.
The week of July to 20 has been
selected as the time for the races this
year, and representatives from the
following clubs will compete: Balti-
more Yacht Club, Capital Yacht Club
of Washington, Sherwood Forrest
Club, Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, and
Maryland Yacht Club. An invitation
has also been extended to and accept
ed by the Riverton Yacht Club of
Philadelphia to enter both power and
sail yachts.
Officers of the association elected
for the coming year are: Fletcher w.
Moore, president; @. Porter Houston,
vice president; Raymond Thompson,
secretary-treasurer. The board of gov
ernors will consist OF DIR. w. Williams
Baltimore Yacht Club: A. A. Hatha-
way, Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club. and
Commodore D. H. Fowler, Capital
Yacht Club.