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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-26
The =. S. Germany is at
as Inter peace with the
mediary., Allied nations
and technically

at war with the United
States. She has every means
for directing her diplomatic
communications to the sew
eraltAllied countries indivld-
uaily and to them collec-
lively. through the lnteral-
lied Council. She has no dip
lolnatic relations with tt,.
United States. And yet she
insists upon making. the
United States an informed
larry between herself and the
Allied powers in the matter
Of PREPARATIONS.
! Evidently German diplo-
macy is just as treacherous
and stupid as it was in the
days when 1t was. trying 10
ally Mexico against us while
at the same time protesting
the endless and undying
friendship of the German
people for the United States.
i There may be a difference
Of opinion as to the exact
motive or motives which
prompt Germany to do hoi
haggling with the Allie;
through the United States
1t is suggested in some quar-
ters that it is pride, that she
does not like to be placed If
the position Of begging The
Allies for concessions a..
though she Is willing tr
treat" with them throuoF
q third party, preferably tn
United States. 1t is suggest
ed in others that it Is pul1
business. that Germany h2:
reason to believe that biz
business in America i
against heavy reparatIon>
and that by using the United
States as q channel Of com
munication pressure Of som
kind for a modification Ct
the reDarations demand q
the Allies will be eXerted.
Make sure that, fror
whatever motive, the pu"~
pose behind Gernlany's per
sistert effort to iisassociat'
us from the Allies is chi
from the same cloth as TIE
rest of her diplomatic treach
cry to us and to the world
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-26

She has now come forward
with another proposition to
pay nearly the. entire
amount asked by the Allies,
but with a very important
string 60 1T; one'sfrom 32'to
40 years long.
It is to be regretted that
this Government did not IN.
form the German G Govern,
ment definitely that we
would refuse to be, a4party
to its PREPARATIONS dispute
with s;the Allies when the
first German note came, to
be regretted .. that ! Mr..
Hughes and MR. Harding
did not Slam .th'e,sdoor in the
face of the invitation to act
as a neutral judge and UNI
pire in the matter SO hard
and SO heatedly that it could
never have come back a sec
ond time.
!: It is not too late now. The
!. German government should
be told in plain but unmls
taxable terms that there are
regular diplomatic chan
nels through which it may
communicate its proposition
to the Allied powers ard
that the United States OF
America would be much OBJ
liged if it would use them.
The modest sum OF $780,
100000 is proposed for the
development Of the inland
waterways of the country III
y bill introduced Yesterday
in the National House ct
Representatives.
The transportation sys-
tenn and situation is such
that undoubtedly the open
ing up Of new waterways
and the Improvement Of pl!{a
ones is something greatly
to be desired. A half billion
dollars is entirely too much.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-26

the relatively. iaeas--..a-..r.,'s-7v-,. ,
DR.. EinsteiE is to address the
Academy tomorrow duriag its an.
nuiAl session. 4 i, /
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-26
This Corn Remover is Guaranteed.

Relief from corn suffering follows the
application OF "almostaS quickly
as pain follows the thru.t OF u pin or knife
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
BIC DAYS IN MENA
 SEPTEMBER 2S-24
Best of Cowboys of Oklahoma, With Herds of Wild Steers and Outlaw Horses Will Conduct Roundup and
 Rodeo-ReckIess Briggs Here.

No entertainment ever proposed for Mena in recent months is attracting the widespread attention that the Cowboys roundup and rodeo is receiv- ing. From present indications it is estimated at least 5000 visitors will be in Mena for the two-days' sports on September 23 and "A. The pro- gram of sports is one that appeals to all, and judging from reports that have come in from different points in Arkansas and Oklahoma there will be a wide scope of territory represented at Menafield. Some of the best known riders and ropers of Oklahoma have announced their willingness to come and try for the liberal prizes. Cow boys living in the section north of Mena have arranged to load their best horses in car and ship them to Mena by rail. Riders living to the westward and across the state line will mainly travel overland for the rodeo. Plans are being made to bring Reckless Briggs, the famous cowboy clown, to Mena for the roundup.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
WHO KNOWS FRED BALL" ROUTE
Stranger Gives Information on Un-
 known Highway Thru County.

Who knows anything about the Red Ball" route, supposed to be a portion of a transcontinental high way? Any information will be thank fully received by J. L. Hagan and others who have been told such a project is in existence.
 Tuesday stranger appeared at the Hagan store and in conversation with the owners let it be known he was one of party of government engineers who were surveying new highway route that was to cross Arkansas, starting near Memphis, and passing thru Polk county. According to in- formation given to Mir. Hagan and others, the proposed highway is to be known as the Red Ball" route. It will touch Little Rock, thence run westward to Mt. Ida and on to Nena. The original intention was to 20 westward from Mena into Oklahoma, but recent change in plans had routed the proposed highway north ward towards Fort Smith and thence to Muskogee. The visitor in Mena did nos know more about the route than that. The party is said to have been surveying between Mena and Big Fork the past week.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
CITY AND COUNTY
 FOLKS WORK ROAD
Splendid Cooperative Effort Put Forth and Old Line Road Southwest of Mena Was Greatly Improved
 Social Features Worth While.

A fine demonstration of commun- ity activity and cooperation between country and town folks was given ou Tuesday in the road working of the Old Line road from the York crossing south to the home of Rev. w. l.. Smith. The good work will be car- ried on Wednesday, when it is hoped the stretch from the Smith home to Potter will be completed.
 This movement had its inception among the farmers along the Old Line load, but when Rev. w. l.. Smith and others appeared before the city coun- eil recently to ask for the loan of road working tools, not only was their re- quest granted, but they were given the assurance of the help of experi- enced men to handle the tractors and graders. Judge Finger was also back of the move, agreeing to defray some of the expenses out of the auto tax fund.
 Thirty-five men were on the job on Tuesday, which represented not only every home along the line of the road, but included eight or ten from Mena. Hard work was done with graders, tractors, slips, blows, picks, sledges and shovels, yet all on the job enjoyed the day. The big event, of a social nature, came at the noon hour. A few men brought their dinners, oth- CTS went home, but bunch of seven or eight hungry men were fed on the lawn at the home of Mir. and Mrs. w. l.. Smith, Mrs. Smith being assisted ln the preparation of the meal by Mrs. w. J. Tucker. Four men with equally good appetites were fed at the home of MT. and Mrs. A. A. Dawson, and an equal number or more were cared for at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Dyass.
 The machinery used on the job con- sisted of the Rumley tractor and big grader, government truck and new grader recently bought by Judge Finger; a Fordson tractor and rooter blows, six teams and scrapers and the necessary hand tools.
 Among those on the work were the Rev. w. l.. Smith, l.. J. Bradley and three sons; c. J. Pirtle, Carl Pirtle, Irwin White, M. Evans, w. ]. Tucker. Will Hines, Ernest Wood, Thos Rain water, Ben Hawkins, J. B. Dyess, A. D. York, W. G. Phillips, w. R. Hart, W. M. Ford, Hamp Cunningham, Carl Fairchild, Will Carr, Mack Tay- Tor, w. A. Grise, and A. A. Dawson. Among the Mena folks on the job were Judge Finger, w. A. Wilson, George Smitherman, Frank Atwood, Lemuel Eubanks, Street Commission CT Cannon, Russ Randolph, Cicero Turner, J. H. Ewing, H. H. Bair, and Secretary Smith of the Commercial Club. w. l. Green and Willis Hun gate rendered auto service in taking Menaites to and from the work. This movement not only brought about some much-needed road work, but it forcibly demonstrated how much can be done by "team work" and how easily hard work can be done when there is goodfellowship and community pride and spirit.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
ARKANSAS SWEET
 POTATO CROP BIG
Expected That 1,300 Cars Will Be Shipped, This Being About 35qo of Crop-State Located FavOrably
 to Market.
Special to The star.

Special to The Star
 Little Rock, Sept. 8.-The Arkan- sas crop reporting service has ac- counted for total of 18,412 acres of sweet potatoes for the year 1921, with an expected shipment of 1900 cars. There were several points from which reports were not received and it is believed the total commercial acre. age will reach 10000. About 35 per cent of the crop is grown for selling purposes. It is also indicated that 73 per cent of the commercial crop of nearly 6,000,000 bushels will be cured. The capacity of the curing houses is. practically 973,00O bushels. This is a large increase over last year when the storage capacity was estimated at little more than half million bush els. During the year a number of cur ing houses have been built and in Northwest Arkansas number of the large apple storage houses are this year being used for curing and stor- ing sweet potatoes.
 Arkansas is especially favorably SlJudteu IOT tue StlIuuldJlOn OI IIlS lD- dustry,' says c. s. Bouton of the Re- porting Service; "the future market is to the northwest and there the de- mand is increasing rapidly. Arkansas and Oklahoma are the nearest states to this market and in this respect they have large advantage in freight rates over the heavier producing states to the east.
 "A study of the carloads expected shows that not all points reporting acreage will ship carloads. This in- dicates that cases it means that there is no data on which to base estimates. The total figures indicate that it takes about six and one-half commercial acres to produce a carload of shipping potatoes. The average yield in this state is not far from 105 bushels, tho in the commercial plantings it is doubtless larger. Usually something like 20 per cent of the total yield is culled out or lost, so that of first ship ping potatoes there is much nearer an average of 80 to 85 bushels per acre, than more and this indicates practically 6h acres to carload of $50 bushels"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
SAN ANTONIO CAR
 INC FOR REFUGEES
Estimated Deaths Still Around One Hundred-Property Damage Not to Exceed $8,OOO, ,00O-Do Not Need
 Outside Help.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 13.-Relief funds totaling STATS had been sub scribed today by citizens of San Am tonic toward goal of S25,000 for re- lieving the distress of those who lost possessions in the torrent of Satur- day morning which swept over the lower section of the city.
 Property damage was fixed at not more than $S.000.000 in statement by c. B. Yandell, general manager of the chamber of commerce, while the death list still was uncertain, some estimates running as high as one hundred dead, including the AT bodies recovered.
 Buckhorn Is Damaged.
 In the cathedral San Fernando which has been used 100 years in saying mass for Mexicans killed by floods, solemn high mass will be held next Monday for those drowned.
 Four refugee camps were caring for the refugees today under the di- rection of the Red Cross.
 Yandell's statement said that 'it appears we will be able to handle the relief situation satisfactorily without outside help"
 One of the unique places of the city, the famous Buckhorn saloon, with it's collection of horns of Texas longhorn cattlo, ws badly damaged by the flood. The city zoo lost several of it's animals, but the protection of a natural dike saved the greater part of that park from inundation. The mum icipal golf course near Breckinridge park was considerably damaged.
 Many Funerals Held.
 Business outside the inundated dis tricts and sections where the water was not deep and where work of cleaning was practically completed yesterday was almost normal today. Removal of debris, mud and oil con- tinued in other districts.
 Many funerals were held yesterday and more took place today. Early re- ports today from along the San An tonic river south of here failed to in- dicate loss of life. The river widens within 20 miles of San Antonio and is said to be capable of carrying more water than flooded San Antonio with out causing more than property dam age.
 Night reports from Falls City and Goliad, both on the San Antonio river, were that the water was high but no loss of life heard of and none expect ed
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
WAREHOUSE COMPANY WILL
 BUY COTTON IN MENA MARKET
Ode McMillan. Local Manager, Repre-. sents Strong Concern in This
 Territory.

Following the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers Bonded Warehouse of Mena, Ode Me Milan, local manager, has arranged with a strong concern to handle all the cotton he buys in the Mena mar ket
 As announced by an officer of the warehouse company this step has been taken for the express purpose of see- ing that the cotton growers get the full market price for their product.
 The plan, as outlined, is that farm CTS, when coming in with cotton, take it to the warehouse, where it will be weighed and tested and price ten dered, this price, it is understood, to be the full market price of the cotton. If this is not satisfactory to the farm CT he may take his cotton to any other buyer, or may leave the cotton in the warehouse to be sold on ahy succeed ing day, either by personal order at the warehouse or by phone order, the seller receiving check by mail
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
TEXAS HARD HIT BY
 DEADLY FLOODS
Death and Destruction Reported in Many Parts of State-San Antonio Toll Placed at 250-4O Bodies
 Are Recovered.

Dallas. Tex. Sept. 10.-The ''Lone Star" state tonight was recovering from the most widespread floods in its history.
 Raging, murky waters that swept away bridges, crops and farmhouses did terrific toll of damage in the outlying lowlands. Whole farms were buried beneath water, resulting in terrible loss of livestock and dam age to property.
 The flood loss turnout the state, outside San Antonio, was conserva- lively estimated tonight at from 5 to 12 million dollars. Estimates varied continually as further reports of the damage poured into the city.
 Heavy Losses in Milan County.
 The greatest damage, outside San Antonio, seemed to have been infiict- ed upon Milan county, where the loss was reported at 1 million dollars. Crops were wiped out and rescue par ties are now searching for survivors, fearing heavy death toll among farmers.
 Great damage was also done in La- redo, Texas. Flood waters buried the business sections under tons of rub bish. The loss could not be estimated. It was believed all inhabitants, fully warned of the impending disaster were able to flee to safety.
 San Marcos Under Water. -un osIe s! sooIsW ueS 10 uMol sqL der water. Several houses were de- stroyed, but meager reports gave no estimate of the damage. Railroad tracks running into the town were washed away while the flood drowned out the power plant, leaving the city in darkness tonight The city is also without drinking water, and peseti- lence is feared.
 At Cameron, south of Waco, re- ports from the surrounding country side showed great damage to crops. More than eleven inches of rain food ed that section. There was no loss of life.
 Authorities here declared it might take three or four days to make a definite estimate of the damage.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
A TASTE OF OLD TIMES.

Mena IS getting taste of old times without some of the old time facilities.
 When the big fly wheel of the Corliss engine at the elecric light plant went to pieces Wednesday, the click and whir of machines and motors in the office of The Star ceased. With the silence. ef- forts of the hustling. hurrying workmen to get the best county weekly paper in Arkansas ready for the mails, became as naught. All was ready for the big press. but the energy to turn it's wheels had failed. and no other power was available.
 And. here let it be noted. proud record of more than 25 years was broken The Mena Weekly Star failed for the first time to 10 to its readers as scheduled.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
CoIe-Reeyes Weddine

Mir. and Mrs. L. c. Cole of Grannis and Wickes announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Lucy Catherine Cole, to Mir. William Terrell Reeves of Grannis. The young people were married at the clerks office at the DeQueen court house on August q. this year, but the marriage was kept secret until last week. DeQueen must be a sort of Gretna Green for Poll county young people, AS Miss Luc1 is the second daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Cole to elope to DeQueen Parental forgiveness quickly followed the announcement.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
PERJURY CHARGE MAY ISSUE FROM ARBUCKLE PROBE
District Attorney Declares Fey Pre- vest Completely Changed Her Tes-
 timOny-Pressure Exerted.

DASNAANt <AtbUHucy DCCAaIeS Lcy Ire
 vest Completely Changed Her Tes-
 timony-Pressure Exerted.
 San Francisco, Sept. 13.-A state ment expressing the conviction that perjury had been committed by one of the chief witnesses for the prose cution at the grand jury investigation last night of the death of Miss Vir- ginia Rappe, film actress, for whose murder Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, is under arrest, was issued here early today by District Attorney Mathew Brady.
 The statement came shortly after the grand jury had concluded a five hour consideration of the case and adjourned without voting an indict- ment.
 District Attorney Brady, in the statement, also charged that he be- lieved undue influence and pressure of sinister character has been brought to bear" upon certain wit nesses. Whether or not an arrest will be made in connection with his charge of perjury, he said, would depend on further developments.
 Changes Her Testimony.
 In his statement, District Attorney Brady charged that Miss Fey Provost, also known as Fey Pyvron, had changed her testimony before the grand jury from that she had given previously to the police and officials of the district attorney's office, that Miss Rappe had told her Arbuckle had caused her injuries. Earlier last night 1t was reported Miss Pyvron refused to sign a statement that Miss Rappe had told her this and later, it was said. she denied that she had ever made the assertion concerning Miss Rappe. Brady said
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
VAUDEVILLE MADE HIT.
Mir. and Mrs Joe Dusenbury Pleased
 in Park Benefit

Mena lovers of vaudeville had a taste Tuesday night of the real Broad way kind and the only fault that could be found was that it was not enough. That the home folks were given chance to see and hear the latest from the great white way is due to the kindness of the celebrated big time team of Berri 6 Bonni, who to the Mena folks are better known as Mir. and Mrs. Joe Dusenbury. The young folks, during the stay in Mena with relatives, consented to go on at the Airdome as park benefit, and both the park fund and the syncops- tion were benefited. That the home folks appreciated. the efforts of Berri x Bonni is shown by their unwilling ness to leave at the conclusion of the sketch. They applauded their ap- preciation of the tuneful music, the lively dancing, the radiant costuming. and then voted that the efforts of the classy, smiling pair of young Ar kansans might be short, but were mighty sweet.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
TEXAS FLOOD TOLL
 MOUNTS HIGHER
More Than 150 Lives Are Lost--Many uosweIIIIM U! psIsAoosH ss!poH and Milan Counties-San
 Antonio Dead 49

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. Floods claimed from 100 to 150 victims in South Central Texas Friday night and Saturday, exclusive of the 49 known to be dead in San Antonio, &C., cording to special dispatches from correspondents of the San Antonio Lights received today. Virtually all the messages told the same story, that the majority of the drowned and missing were Mexicans, many of them farm laborers, living in the low lands along the San Gabriel, Brazos, Colorado and Little Rivers and their tributaries. Property loss, principal ly to crops, was estimated at S6,000,- 900 to S10,000,00O.
 The situation in San Antonio was approaching normal altho it will be considerable time before all traces of the flood are removed from the busi- ness district. One large pile of de- bris near a railroad trestle remains to be cleared away It is possible bod ies may be lodged in it. Fourteen persons still are missing here.
 Report 20 Families Lost.
 The San Antonio Express corres- pendent at Taylor last night tele- phoned that 109 bodies had been re- covered from the flooded lowlands along the San Gabriel river in Will liamson and Milan counties, as a re- suit of a rise in the stream of more than 40 feet, following a twenty-inch rainfall.
 Another dispatch to the Express from Rockdale. Milan county, says:
 More than twenty families in the Brazos bottoms between Cause and Valley Junction are reported lost. Five persons are known to have drowned on the Ed Green farm in the San Gabriel bottoms.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
BAD ROADS BLOCK
 MARCH OF MINERS
Heavy Rains Remove Immediate Dan- ger of Attack on Elizabethtown and Rosiclare, H., Many Men Re-
 turning Home.

Elizabethtown, H., Sept. S.-Witl roads into the hills to the north ren- dered impossible by a heavy rain storm all immediate danger of a march on Elizabethtown and Rosi- clare by miners from the Saline, Will Hanson and Franklin county coal fields had passed in the opinion of county officials. Reports from Kar- ber's ridge, 12 miles north, where a body of armed men variously esti- mated to number from 300 to 800 was reported yesterday, indicate the majority of men are returning home.
 Several automobile loads started north last night shortly after 15 of the men had brush with score of deputy sheriffs, and private detectives at the Hog creek ford on the Harris burg road, in which the officers took four prisoners and captured three au- toes. The heavy rain this afternoon is reported to have flooded lords on the Harrisburg road and made all at- tacks fom that quarter virtually ini- possible.
 The road crosses and recrosses Big creek a score of times, and at one point follows the bottom of the creek bed for nearly quarter of a mile. Big creek here was a raging torrent within two hours after the rain started.
 Sheriff D. N. Cox, who today tele- graphed requisition for 250 army rifles and necessary munitions to Ad- jutant General Frank Dickson is maintaining guards, however, on the road and hills north of town Four machine guns mounted on motor trucks and manned by war veterans are in the hills north of Rosiclare.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-09-15
PLUNGED 24 TO DEATH.
Bridge Collapse at Chester, Pa, Hurls
 Crowd Into Waters of River..s

Chester, Pa, Sept. 10.-Twenty- four persons are known to be dead, nearly as many more injured, and a number of bodies are believed to be at tho bottom of Chester river here as the result of the collapse of part of a footway on the Third street bridge over that stream tonight.
 No one knows the number of unre- covered dead and estimates run as high as fifteen.
 The dead and injured were part of a crowd that gathered on the structure to watch the efforts of police in grap- bling for the body of 5-year-old boy. who was drowned half hour before.
 An hour and half after the coll lapse more than twenty bodies had been removed to the morgue. At that time there were seven badly injured persons in the Chester hospital.