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The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
ONCE MILK MAID
 H[LD AS THIEF
Texas Girl Wife Helps Husband in Crimes When Hard Times Come Captured in Chicago After
 Robbing Fifty Men.

Chicago, Jan. 18-Mrs. Cleopatra Hurtzman, 23 years old, who until two months ago had spent her life in milking cows, feeding chickens and helping run farm near Wichita Falls, Tex, today was quoted by the police as confessing that she was the woman bandit who had played the leading part in 50 holdups in sixty days, many of them in the daytime, and who had been sought by the police for several weeks.
 "A smile or tear on pretty face were my chief weapons" she was quoted as saaying, but also carried little pearl handled revolver for emergencies"
 Mrs. Hurtzman said she was mar ried to Kurt Hurtzman two months and then left the farm to come to Chicago with him.
 His health failed, he lost his job, became too fond of whiskey and then fell in with thieves" she added.
 "We decided to become bandits"
 q acted as a lure. Kurt and 1 would rent room in fashionable residence district. strolled along the street and when 1 met a prosper ous looking person managed to force tear. told him 1 was lost and wanted to find a certain address-the number of the room we had taken. When he explained that it was only few doors distant 1 brought forth the smile and generally he would volun- teer to accompany me.
 "When the number was reached, l either persuaded him to enter with me-or brought forth the pistol. In either easel took him in the room, where Kurt took his money. It was very simple. Sometimes we held up five or six persons a day It made me wonder why I spent 23 years on 8 farm, it was so easy"
 The Hurtzmans were trailed by the police several weeks, but always evaded arrest until four detectives waited for them at room they had rented. Hurtzman was held in the jail and Mrs. Hurtzman was in de- tention home.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
OMAN JUROR roo
 NERVOUS TO SERVE

BY International News Service.l Inarrisburg, Pa., Jan. ."Too |rVous was given as the excuse for | non-appearance at the Dauphin |pnty Criminal court of Mrs. Marian .ng Deatrick, of Middletown, the e' woman drawn for jury duty, in \ county. The plea for her excuse
 m Jury duty was made by an at rney', who presented an affidavit Ened Dy the woman's physician stat
 'hat she was too nervous for jury evidently the doctor struggled sety hard to reach these conciu- Rns, remarked Judge Largest to rwoman's lawyer.
 iou mean that she does not want come to court" commented Judge Eckersham.
 women wanted to take their part s'he administration of the affairs of Llhs.rnment \. and now they have the
 ~ and with that right comes the fponslbility to assume the full share
 sucn matters, continued Judge fr4Eest. Jury duty is one of them." I ne court then ordered the woman's
 ushey to have her physician in
 Y Tor examination as to her fitness Jury duty.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
JAP SENTRY SHOT
 J. s. NAVY LIEUT..
Officer of American Cruiser Albany Dead at Vladivostok, and Two Governments Probe for Facts
 of Incident

Washington, Jan 3.-Lieutenant w. H. Langdon of the American cruiser Albany, was shot by Jap anese sentry at Vladivostok when he failed to understand or heed a com mand to halt, said an official version of the incident received today by the Japanese embassy from it's govern ment.
 Another message to the embassy said the Japanese government and people were greatly concerned over the incident and that both the minister of war at Tokio and the Japanese commandant at Vladivostok have ex- pressed regret to the commander of the Albany, of which Lieutenant Lang don was chief engineer.
 Admiral Gleaves, commander-in- chief of the Asiatic fleet, on entering upon an investigation reported that Lieutenant Langdon was returning to his ship and was in front of Japanese division headquarters, near the arch on Peter the Great square, when shot, his death occurring few hours later.
 The admiral in second report, re- ceived last night, said:
 Japanese officer reports as fol- lows:
 Sentry claims his suspicious were aroused by seeing foreigner flashing hand lamp, that re ran across the street and called him to halt, and that as he came nearer the foreigner fired one revolver shot at him; that he gred his rifle and then the foreigner fired two more shots and sentry fired ore more shot. Sentry claims that the foreigner had gone when sentry and guard returned
 "Langdon's statement is as follows:
 Shot in Back
 That he was returning to ship, us- ing a hand lamp, and when he was on the sidewalk on the side opposite to the Japanese division headquarters the sentry ran across the street, talk ing the position charge bayonets,' to the left and about six feet in front of him; that he halted until the sentry said: 'Amerikanski,' to which he re- piled that he was and walked on past the sentry; that when he was about six feet beyond the sentry, sentry fired at him, the ball striking him in the back, at which he turned and fired two revolver shots. The sentry then permitted him to proceed to the ship
 "Langdon was in full uniform and both the clothes and the wounds show that he was shot in the back, the ball passing out a left side of chest.
 "All Japanese officials much con cerned and call frequently offering every assistance in their power The result of the investigation will be re ported to you"
 Lieutenants Langdon's home is at Jamaica Plains, near Boston, Mass.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
WILL MAKE MENA DETER.
League of Civic Righteousness Organ
 ized at First NJ. E. Church.

League of Civic Righteousness Organ
 ized at First NJ. E. Church.
 First steps towards the organiza- ton If 2 I.eagne of Civic Righteous ness in Mena were taken at meeting held Monday night at the First M. E. church. A number of Mena men who are interested in the upbuilding ot Mena were present at the initial meet ing and many more are expected to join at the next session of the organ ization to be held next Monday night in the same church.
 The object of the league was an nounced as the development of high CT moral sentiment in the city ana the enforcement of law. Representatives from five churches of the city were present at the meeting.
 Officers elected were: w. 5, Mac I,afferty, president; w. E. Holt vice president; w. E. Anderson, secretary and treasurer.
 A committee was named to pre- pare q declaration of principles for the league and report at the next meet ing The committee named consists of John Gibson, J. c. Mckee, E. E- AIiv. A Mitchell and Mark F. Olney-
 TO Rev. c. w. Green, the new pastor of the First M. E. church, IS due most of the credit for the organization o1 the league and his enterprise and ac- tiyity are largely instrumental TOT the successful beginning of the ne" hod,.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
NOTICE TO coNTRAcToRs.

Sealed bids will be recelved py lhe undersigned for the hauling and piac- ing along the Jefferson highway, m winrows, of stone suitable for crush ing for a road subbase.
 Bids may be submitted for from 100000 cubic yards or any even mui- a,' tiple of thousands of yards. dne ane total yardage to be bid on IS 4z'ooo cubic yards. - The right is reserved to reject any A certified check for $25 for each 1.l 900 cubic yards submitted m pld must accompany each bid.
 A copy of the specifications may De had at the engineers office on pay ment of one dollar. o, Bids will be opened on January Zf' 1921. at II a. m, at the office or the Southwestern Engineering Company at Mena, Arkansas. e, Address all bids to Ira C. smith, secretary. Mena, Arkansas. Polk County Road Improvement District No. One
 I. 0. Smith, Secretary: :
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
AERoPLANE PASSED OVER.
Thought to Be Going From Oklahoma
 to Fl Dorado.

An aeroplane passed over the east ern part of Polk county Sunday morn ing and gave those who happened to be out in the open an opportunity to view the latest and fastest method of travelling. The machine was travel ing in a southeasterly direction and was believed to be headed for the new oil fields at Fl Dorado The aeroplane was seen near Union Grove and also at 0paly according to reports that came to Mena Monday. Reports from Fl Dorado are that several oil men from Oklahoma have used the aerial route in reaching the new field.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
MILLIONS IN
 BOND BOOZE STOLEN
Prohibition Commissioner States That Prosecutions Will Follow
 Wholesale Thefts.

Chicago, Jan, 14.-Check of liquors seized by dry enforcement operatives in the past year and held at a govern ment warehouse here disclosed that more than $300,OOO,O0O worth of whiskey is missing, Frank D. Rich ardson, prohibition commissioner, an- nounced today.
 The whiskey evidently was stolen several months before he took office, Mir. Richardson said He added that he hopes to have number of former prohibition officials indicted and pros ecuted as a result of his investigation.
 MT. Richardson says he has learned that at one time 800 barrels of whis- key were removed from the ware house in broad daylight and that the day before he took office 13 truck loads were hauled out. On that night he asserts, there was a driving rain and the prohibition agents supposed to be on guard were in the warehouse playing cards.
 The missing whiskey totals more than 100000 gallons.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
PLAN LESSCOTTON
 ACREAGE FOR 1921

The Star thisi afternoon received the following telegram from V. W. St John, who is one of Polk County's del egates to the conference of bankers business men and farmers at Little Rock
 Little RoclS Jan. la.--The Memphis plan whereby farmers eff Arkansas will be obligated to plant not to exceed one-third of cultivated acreage to cotton was adopted by the conference of bankers, business men and farm CTS with almost no opposition, after lcng discussion. Half of the delegates to meeting were farm CTS. Meeting adjourned sine die.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
IS SPEED KING OF THE SKY. A Nebulac Is Dashing Thru Space at
 2,00O KiIometers Second.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 17.--The Dryer No. 584, in the constel- lation of Cetus has broken all known speed records of the heavens. It is flashing thru space away from the earth at a velocity of almost 2,009 kil- ometers a second, the highest speed ever attained by celestial object. This was the word received at Har- yard college observatory today from Dr. V. M. Slipper of the Lowell obser- vatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., in announc- ing the result of spectographic obser- vations there.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
FARMERS & MERCHANTS ELECT. No Change in 0fficers-Dividend of 20
 Per Cent.

The annual stock holders meeting of the Farmers & Merchants bank was held Saturday. M. A. Stratton, Clyde Cunningham, J. F. Hood, Dr. J. c. Hilton and E H. Sapp were re- elected as directors and T. k. Jones, Jr., was added to the board. A dividend of 20 per cent was declared. Following the stockholders meeting
 he directors met and reelected the old officers who are M. A. Stratton, presi- dent; Clyde Cunningham, active vice president; j. F. Hood, vice president;
 [. H. Sapp, cashier and M. M. Martin, assistant cashier.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
READY TO COLLECT TAXES.
Sheriff Thornton to Collect S215, 5,OS1 80
 This Year--County Dates.


 Sheriff J. A. Thornton is now ready to collect taxes, having received the last of the collection books Wednesday from County Ciark w. F. Anderson. Sheriff Thornton has now arranged his itinerary over the county which will be found elsewhere in The Star. This year Sheriff Thornton will be asked to collect the largest amount of taxes ever assessed in the county. The total is $215,081.S0. Ex- elusive of assessment for highway purposes the total tax is between 5000 and $10,000 larger than last year. The assessments in four road districts total $50,353.90. The school tax totals $63, ,825.43. The next larg- est sum is the $28,089.90 for county purposes.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
APPROVES DANCING
 AND THEATRE ALSO

Muskogee, Jan. 17.-Play cards, dance, attend the theatre with clean minds and no harm will come thereof, the Reverend Hugh J. Lloyd, rector of Grace Episcopal church of this city, told his congregation tonight in condemning fanatical demands for Sunday blue laws.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
IS LESS UNEMPLOYMENT
Survey Shows There Are Only 9O.OOa
 Idle Men in Chicago-

Chicago. Jan. 17.-A survey of Chi eago industries, made public { iay by the Department of Labor, pls aes the number of unemployed in Chicago al 90,000. Previous unofficial es mates indicated that there were 2DD,0eD per- sons without work in the city,
 George H. Burns, Department of Labor agent, who had charge of tir survey, said there is every indication that the number of unemployment will decrease.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
: The Highland Sunday Schpol

Highland Sunday school is 41s miles northeast of Egger, Ark. The school was organized twenty eight years ago under bush arbor. later log house was built, still later this was replaced with a better house This school has an enrolment of about one hundred, and is very much alive and energetic. Among other good work done, we adopted the reading of the Bible and reporting by classes the numbers of chapters read each .=sesik. Beginning with the first Sunday in January, 1920, classes have reported as follows:
 Class 1, S85 chapters; class ?. 2721 chapters; class 3, 2313 chapters; class 4, 1887 chapter; class 5, 433 chapters; class 6, 1910 chapters, the total being 9599 The school having read the Bible thru eight times with little to spare.
 With best wishes for the success of the Sunday schools of the country. Hoping they will take new courage with the beginning of the new year and push onward and upward to higher and better things.
 ETERAA N or or ii93 YEARS
 VICITC IN VnC ANEEI E&
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
{. .'II T ii..iRslsHS i.iR 4 N Dul' 6. i9933 i993 YEARS
 VISITS IN LOS ANGELES
fBy International News Service

Los Angeles, Jan. IS. Among thp thousands of tourists who have ar rived here recently to escape the rig ors of winter in their home states is Jonathan Foulk, one hundred and three year old Civil war veteran, and the oldest surviving member of the famous Thirty-sixth regiment of H. linois.
 Mr. Foulk, whose home is at Mar ion, Iowa, possesses the appearance of man in the early eighties He is erect, greets his friends with q warm handshake and broad smile and is brimming over with wit and good hu- nor.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
Hinson-HilI Wedding

Mena friends and. relatives of Miss Eva Hinson have received word of her to J. J. Hill at Alpine. Tex, on January (. Miss Hinson had been making her home with an uncle at Alpine. She is the dauehter of Mir and Mrs. J s. Hinson of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
TO OPPOSE BLUE LAWS.
Seventh Day Adyentists Resist "En-
 croachmenf of Civil Power

Washington, Jan. 17.-Sunday blur laws are described as encroachment of civil power into the spiritual realm Conference Committee of Seventh Day Adventists made public today its headquarters here. Opposition to ail sunday laws is declared. particularly to proposed federal enartmenfs
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
BOOM JUST BEGINNING.
Dr. H. c. Rushing Returns from new
 Oil Field.

Dr. H. c. Rushing returned Sunday afternoon from Fl Dorado, where he has been watching the developments in the new oil field. He states that the boom is Union county is only just beginning and that the reports of the feverish activity about Fl Dorado are not at all exaggerated. The Mena man has some promising interests in the vicinity of the Busey well and while he expected to be at home for awhile, was called back to Fl Dorado Monday.
 Persistency is a jewel, until it is overdone. Then we call it brass
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
BIG FORK MEN FOUND GUILTY.
Federal Court Fixes Penalties at Two
 Years Each in Peaitentiary.

"A message rom Fort Smlth Wednesday afternoon reported that r. z. Davis, Ora Cox, Steve Edwards and Tom Heath, the four Big Fork men charged with illicit manufacture of liquor, had been found guilty and that Judge Youmans had sentenced each to serve two years in federal prison The young son of Davis. who had been indicted was freed by the court
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

Miss Juanita Holt, who has been visiting relatives at Siloam Springs, returned to Mena Tuesday afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

T. w. Hays left Tuesday afternoon for Fl Dorado, where he expects to participate in the activity to the oil boom.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
----t t--~--------- urove's TasteIess chill Tonic

''ss ' vitality and energy by purifying and en- " tHe sod. You can soon Its strengt'
 'F -esisis fzt.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

Ross Bradley stopped over in Mena Tuesday to visit local friends while en route from Heavener to Texar- kama.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

George Steel, prosecuting attorney for this district, made record in Lit tie River county during circuit court last week. The ending of the criminal docket saw IA men convicted and sen- tenced to the penitentiary. Sheriff Bob Pierce conveyed the lot to the prison gates in one bunch.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

MT. and Mrs. J. c. Jackson left Wednesday morning for visit at Lin den, Tex.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
NOTES

MT. and Mrs. George Cypert left Wednesday morning for Bates, Ark.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. c. Jackson left Wednesday morning for visit at Lin den, Tex.
 Miss Juanita Holt, who has been visiting relatives at Siloam Springs, returned to Mena Tuesday afternoon.
 T. w. Hays left Tuesday afternoon for Fl Dorado, where he expects to participate in the activity to the oil boom.
 Ross Bradley stopped over in Mena Tuesday to visit local friends while en route from Heavener to Texar- kama.
 County Clerk w. E. Anderson has issued a marriage license to Miiliard Vaught and Miss Fannie Conn, both residents of Ink.
 w. F. Simpson of Waco, Mo, was in Mena Wednesday to look at farm west of the city, which he planned to buy for his son, who lives in Texas.
 Mrs. Fred Gray and Mrs. w. H. Mize of Cove came to Mena Tuesday to see the baby of MT. and Mrs. c. J. Branstetter, who is seriously i'll at the home on Reine street.
 Cotton prices are slightly higher in Mena this week. A number of bales were sold Wednesday at prices rang ing from 2 to 121s cents, but good mid ding would have brought better values.
 w. A. Seitzler, who recently re- turned to Mena from Grannis, has bought from J. w. Higdon, a suburb an home near the old fair grounds in Wagonerf addition. The deal was ar ranged by the Fair company.
 J. c. Brooks, who spends each win tel in Mena, returned Tuesday after noon, and is again at Hotel Mena. Mir. Brooks has been in Nebraska looking after business interests and stopped at Little Rock and Hot Springs en route to Mena.
 George Steel, prosecuting attorney for this district, made q record in Lit
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

MT. and Mrs. George Cypert left Wednesday morning for Bates, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

County Clerk w. E. Anderson has issued marriage license to MiiiiaTd Vaught and Miss Fannie Conn, both residents of Ink.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

I lt :. IVY VFttE . IHLTUUuNEN n VIII the Senate Monday afternoon which Ph leave it up to the people of all Peelal improvement districts wheth- or not work is to be continued. No Thds may be sold in the district. if kne have been sold, without an cleo
 Pn ana the voters approve of it. If [nas have been sold no additional
 Ends may be sold with out a special
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20
Penitentiary.

You should acqualnt yOufseIVes with the seriousness of our peniten- iary problem. The state comptroller's report shows that the current indebt- edness of the state penitentiary will be approximately $300,000 on February I. 1a2f. that it tells it will require more than s150.000 to operate the peniten- tiary to July 1, 1921. This amazing indebtedness of more than $450,00 makes prompt action imperative. This institution is operated upon a credit basis at present. With no desire to make war upon persons, l must insist that confirmation of a recently ap-
 fcontiuGed on Page Ter.s
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

Lieutenants Langdon's home is at Jamaica Plains, near Boston, Mass.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

w. F. Simpson of Waco, Mo, was in Mena Wednesday to look at farm west of the city, which he planned to buy for his son, who lives in Texas.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-14
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Office, s241 w. H. PECK Residence 2442
Residence 2A42

Either II was staged with an eye TO
oil and railroad concessions or Il
was through the personal influence
and az personal favor to the
lovely Maria.
For instance; a splendid motor
hospital, equipped with cvery mod
ern device that modern science made
possible for the alienation % sick
and wounded fighting men, was sent
INTO Rumania as loan from the
American army 20 be used by the
Rumanian army In It's campaign
against the Hungarian bolshevists
Its value was probably a half mil
npn dollars and 1t Nas loan pure
md simple. But as soon as IL ar
rived there was big parade in
which the queen rode iu her peasant
coetume and large banners bearing
the inscription to the effect that the
motor hospital which had been given
by The American army To the Re
gina Maria -pcrson-all was being do
mated by the queen TO her dear army,
Since ono Of the most prevalent dis
eases Of the Rumaninns. outrankinE
even typhus and smallpox. Is the dis
ease Of gimme" one can readily APP
preciate the effect upon the hot pol
loi.
Rumania, tupOgrdphtcallN, lS
LAND Of great beauty Its fertile val
leys and snow tipped mountain
peaks, its beautiful women and
splendid Arabian horses, all make
OF It a land which cnchants the eye,
but morally and spiritually It Is a
land Of prostitution. one hires n
lawyer TO look after his affairs and
another lawyer TO watch the first.
But third lawyer would not be
able TO check the first two and tho
chances are he would collide with
them both.
The extent of .is oil development
is greatly over estimated by the av-
erage man and its potential produc-
tion is an extremely visionary affair.
In its pulmy days 1t had a total daily
output OF $4,000 barrels and at the
present time it, production Is about
twenty. thousand barrels. This has
stationary since the evncu-
alton by the Germans, NJ. Nj.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-14
Clint Moore and Others
Getting Another Good Well

Clint Moore and others have shot
their No. is, located In the north
east of the southwest of the nurthcas,
of 5-26-8, Burbank pool, with 100
quarts, and the well after cleaning
Itself. put o. barrels into the tank
In 80 minutes.
The top OF the sand was found M
e,S72 feet, ana drilled 10 u total
depth of 2,025 feet, giving them 80
feet OF good sand To start off with.
This lease i mile and n half from
The very lively burg of Whit Bang.
where IL Is said there is much rcycI-
rs nc night, but, ON the other hand,
not much In the way OF hiincking,
which helps "A lot these days. The
chances are, with plenty OF "Corn
IiCkcr," said hIjWhcr7s nrr COntcntpd
to absorb the fruits of other pco-
plcs' toll. and simply Join ia the