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Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-16

Dr.. Caerry has reopened his
office heter an absence of three
months t. special course in dis
eases of eye, ear, nose ana
throat, os
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-16

Mrs. N Salters returned Mon
day nigm five weeks visit
TO relatind friends AT TeXar-
kama, Lfock and Searcy.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-16

, Mrs. nidges and son, James.
returned last night from Il
visit to ridges mother at Ar
kadelphhey were met at
Iepesber}ey. Bridges.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-16

Leo CLOCK of Little Rock is
visiting mother. Mrs. Jennie
Glasscock
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
K. C. s. RAILROAD NOT
 AFFECTED BY HARD TIMES
North and South Road Makes Report Showing Big Increase in Income
 Over Last Year.

According to a New York report the Kansas City Southern railroad is one road that is not likely to cry hard times, as it's June showing is one of considerable increase over the same month of last year The report given below is from Bryan D. Dorr, editor of the Bankers Forecasting service, pub lished weekly in New York City. In the issue of July 27 appears the fol- lowing:
 ''The first railroad to render re- port for June was the Kansas City Southern. The net income for the month of June amounted to $351, ,597, as compared with $121 ,429 during June, 1920. The comparison for the first six months is even more favor able in that during 1921 the net earnings thus far amount to $2,406,- 556 against $835,909 during the first six months of 1920.
 "The Kansas City Southern is one of the so called granger roads and is located in the heart of the corn belt. The corn crop is bumper and wheth- CT it is hauled out in the form of grain or of hogs the Kansas City Southern may be counted upon to do a record breaking traffic during the last half of the year"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
POSTMISTRESS HAD|
 LED DOUBLE L|FE|
Church Worker at West Palm Beach Says She Killed Former Employe Because He Would Not Take
 Blame for $32,O0O Theft.

West Palm Beach, Fla, Aguust 5.- Coming fast on the heels of her con- fession of the $32,000 postoffice rob bery. the announcement of Chief of Police Vestal in Orlando that Lena Clarke, postmistress here, had con- fessed the murder of F. A. Miltimore, has stunned the quiet little commun- ity where the self-confessed murder ess and robber has been one of the most highly esteemed young woman.
 Publication of the robbery cdhfes- sion left the home folks clinging to their faith in the woman, and with the one thought of finding the "man in the case" The murder confession has forced a reluctant admission of an astonishing tale of double life; the leader in church activities, the daugh- ter of retired clergyman on the one hand, and the woman who has sudden ly been revealed as a figure. in the night life,' who spent money lavlshly and who had many dubious relations.
 Postal inspectors seeking the man in the case" offered her leniency, but she countered with the statement that she had master mind"
 She is known as expert Tn card tricks and fortune telling with which, for many years, she amused her friends here. She was the local poet, and told inspectors that she wrote her poetry in the dark on a type writer by the touch system.
 Her father, the Rev. R. T. Clarke, is 82, and her mother leader in the w. c. T. U., is nearly as old. The daughter had contributed literally to their support and also brought up. a niece in Jacksonville almost as if she were her own daughter.
 According to a statement which Chief of Police Vestel said was made to him lest Monday night and given out by him to newspaper men, Miss Lena Clarke confessed that she shot w. H. Miltimore, restaurant owner, "after trying to obtain a signed state ment from him that he had committed tn robbery of s32,000 from the Palm Beach postoffice."
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
ELAINE BLACKS AGAIN. Governor Requested to Set Date, but
 He Awaits Courts.

Little Rock, August 9.--A ietter was received yesterday from a Hell ena correspondent, by the attorney general, suggesting that the govern or should be requested to fix another date of execution for the Elaine ne- groes, since the recent action of the supreme court of the United States Tn denying writ of error. The letter was turned over by General Utley to Governor McRae, who made no com. ment upon it. The governor has said
 at all times that he would not act further until the courts had finished with the case. Attorneys for the condemned negros have not yet aban- .doned hope of securing relief thru the Federal courts. The state, however, calls attention to the fact that the Elaine cases are now in precisely the same status as was the Leo Frank ease from Georgia when that case was taken to the supreme court of the United States. Attorneys for the
 state insist that there is no federal
 quesion involved which has not al- ready been settled in the Frank case.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
.SNITHV|LLE HAS BIC CELEBRATION
Picnic and Barbecue We're Features Travellers Win and Lose-FuIsom Training School Is Fine Iustitu-
 tion--Good Order the Rule.

The first day of Smithvilles big picnic and barbecue went into history Friday, and the entire day was a credit to the town, and to those who had the work in hand
 The picnic was held on the grounds of the FuIsom Training School, a new educational institution which will mean much to Smithville and adjacent country. The first sign of picnic to greet the visitors was an "Informa- tion Booth," where visitors were given information about entries. camping grounds, and programs giving Of all events. This feature other picnics should do well to follow, as it gives the information desired, accurately and readily. A big barbecue was prepared at noon, ample being pro- vided for the big crowd that had as-
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
nrAnlIInTlarHITIIITn
 MAUJUNImENIHHN POSTOFF|CE DEPT.
Post-War Extravaganza Ordered Cur tailed Without Impairing Service Plans for Reductions Totaling
 S5,OOO,0O0 Under Way.
cay International News Service. ,

Washington, August 5.-Post-war readjustment at the larger postofices thruout the country is to begin at once, according to detailed instruc- tions that have been sent to about 10000 postmasters by the Postofflce Department. These instructions called attention to the acute financial condi- ton of the country and to the urgency of meeting the desire of the president for economy in public expenditures as far as possible in the postal service.
 While aiming at extravagant and expensive methods which crept in during and immediately after the war, positive instructions have been given to postmasters to keep constantly in mind that the service must not be curtailed or impaired.
 Plans for the reduction in expendi- lures at post offices, which will amount to approximately s5,O00,0 ,00O out of the $15,000,000 to be saved in postal expenditures for the current fiscal year, have been under way for several months. Careful comparisons of expenditures with the receipts and business transacted have been made. Business and receipts at many offices doubled and trebled, incident to the war, and clerical and carrier forces were increased accordingly, including extraordinary expenditures for auxil- iary and substitute service, as we'll as for overtime. The general survey of postal conditions shows that, while this emergency has long since passed, and with population and business greatly lessened at many of these larger offices, there are few that have made any appreciable curtailment in expenditures or voluntarily surren- ed any clerks or carriers. On the other hand, the general survey shows, expenditures for auxiliary help have continued unstinted, overtime has ap- parently been unnecessarily employed, and repeated requests have been made for additional clerks and carriers.
 Postmasters are asked to consider the revision of schedules to clerks and carriers, the shifting of forces from one section to another, according to the volume of work, and to arrange the work of the office so as to avoid the necessity for, overtime work, as we'll as to carefully scrutinize all mis- cellaneous expenses of their offices.
 Public participation in tEis effort to save at postoffices is suggested by use of mail receptacles at residences and business houses. Early mailing, facing of mail, use of precanceled stamps and simple routing of mail by heavy users of the mail arc urged as an aid to economy. as well as in the quick dispatch of mail.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
MEN AsTREET PAVING
 HAS STARTED ANEW
Commissioners Have Arranged New Contract and Work of Putting on
 Asphalt Will Start Soon.

2topHhit V Ill 1tdft CUCn-
 After having remained in a dormant stage for several months, work has started anew on the Mena street paw ing. It is expected the pavement will be carried on to completion without further delays. The work started on Wednesday morning includes the spreading of additional crushed rock to fill in hollows on the subgrade.
 The commissioners of the improve ment district have arranged to give a contract to George M. Monroe for the finishing of the street pavement. An asphalt surface, the first ever spread in this section of the state, VI be used. The contract price for cemplet- ing the work is $14,000.
 The .surfacing is what is known as the asphalt penetration class and is different from sheet asphalt, being less costly and more easily repaired. It consists of successive layers of crushed rock and asphalt. On each side of the street next to the side walks will be built concrete gutter varying in width from two to four feet. The asphalt surface will ex- tend from gutter to gutter, clear across the thorofare.
 In letting new contract the com ;siiss;oncrs arc not only getting bet ter class of paving, but are also get ting it considerably cheaper than the original one called for.
 Contractor Monroe has been in Kan sas City the past week getting needed equipment for the work and expects to rush it to completion.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
DOUBTS AMERICANS
 RELEASED IN RUSSIA
Relief Officials in London Suspect Re- port Prisoners Are Leaving May
 Be propapauda.

London, August 5.--The American relief officials in London are placing little faith in the reports that the American prisoners in Russia have been released and are now leaving that country.
 "The word we received yesterday was merely a Letvian newspaper re- port forwarded by our representative in Riga said the secretary to Walter l.. Brown, European director of the relief administration. "We are keep ing a vigilant watch over every pos sible exit the Americans might take from Russia, and none save Mrs. Mar guerite Harrison has as yet come thru"
 This leads us to believe" he added, "that the Letvian report of their re- lease must be product of the bol- shevik propaganda organization"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
TAL|H|NA HIGHWAY
 BUILDING SOON.
Contracts Let for Work, Expected to Begin Before September 1, Totaling About $40,000-Property Own
 CTS Favorable.

The contract for the first work in the construction of the Talihina High way westward out of Mena, was for mally signed Tuesday. The commis- sioners of the district, known locally as No. 3, met at the office of Attorney Minor Pipkin and put their signatures on the dotted line, which permits the Western Construction company of Little Rock to start work on a much neeoed road improvement project.
 Under the terms of the contract the actual construction work is expected to start before September l. IF. N. Shelton, president of the company, states that if it is found the work can not be started before that time, it is likely it never will be. The terms of the contract call for the beginning of construction within 15 days after the approval of the bond issue. The bond matter is now in the hands of Judge Rose of Little Rock for final approval, and unless some unforeseen complications arise, it is expected the jurist will give his final o. K. within short time. Judge Rose has been looking into the organization of the district and the proceedings for the building of the road, and to date is said to have found everything legally sound and correct.
 pany calls for the clearing and grub ping of such portions of the right of way as need such work; the building and shaping of the road bed, the changing of fences, the placing of the culverts needed, and such concrete work as will be needed at this time. The work is contracted to be done on yardage and acreage basis, and at the prices accepted will be the most economical good road ever started in Polk county. According to the pres ident estimates of the engineers, which may be changed, the work to be done will total in the neighborhood of $40,000.
 The contractors take bonds of the district in payment for their work. The commissioners will later contract for the purchase of the cement pipe to be used in the culverts, and will also contract for the hard surfacing and the bridges. It is not considered advisable to make these contracts now because it is believed that bond
  values will increase within the next few months, and for that reason the commissioners do not believe 1t is wise to contract for the sale of more bonds than necessary at the present values. The agreement made with the Western company, however, permits the district to get every cent of rise in bond values that can be had by the time the bonds contracted for are de- livered.
 Property owners thruout the dis trict, are in the main. insistent that the work be started this year rather than wait longer. The road building will furnish employment to many home laborers and will provide high way thru section of Polk county that not only needs one, but which is be- lieved will show a wonderful develop ment after the road is assured. The section benefited contains some of the best fruit soils to be found in the
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
HOwAT eMNNNLs HIs TUNE.
Says Now He'll Have to Go to Jail
 Because Courts are All Unfair.

Wichita, August 9.--Declaring that every court in the country is con- trolled by capital, Alexander Howat in an interview today chagned his as. sertion made before an audience here yesterday that he would never go to jail. He said today that he would have to go to jail, because the courss "all go hand in glove"
 He denounced John Crawford as a disgrace to a labor union, saying he was looking at the money to be ob- tained from his job and not at the rights of the laboring man.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11

BUY CHEAPER CLOTHES.
Fancy Silk Shirts and Sox and Loud
 Ties for Men are Doomed.

Chicago, August 9.--The fancy silk shirts and sox, and loud, expensive eiavate of the war prosperity period arc doomed 10 give way to cotton, lisle and plain r..ttc6 goods, becausa men are slashing their clothing bills haberdashers today told the hoard of review when questions about their pers nal rropcity taNes.
 "Moss of the eeaiers say that ths value of their stocks is decreasing because tie ra lie is demanding q cheaper grade of goods," said mem Der of the hoard.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
SOLDER INVENTOR
 TO GET MILLIONS
Walter Bunton, World War Veteran, Insured Big Fortune by Stumbling
 on Process to Temper Copper
 Lost Since Days of Early Romans.

Laporte, Ind, Aug. 9.-One million dollars and two cents per pound roy alty will be paid to Walter Bunton, COP Home street, this city, for his Patent on temperlng copper. The re- port was confirmed by Bunton yester- day afternoon following a recent in- terview with Judge Gary and other steel company officials.
 Bunton is an overseas veteran with a wound stripe, and since returning from war has been skilled employee at~the New York Blower Company of this city. Bunton's discovery is one for tempering copper, an art lost since the days of ancient Romans. Bunton chanced to find few pages torn from an old encyclopedia lying on an ash pile ready for match. A picture caught his eye and he picked up the few sheets. It contained an account of an old Roman metallurgist, incidentally a murderer of renown, who knew how to temper copper. The secret died with him.
 The Hardest Metal.
 Bunton knew what tempered copper would mean to the world, and he dis CONtIGu lbs dAtilO UC ID utttl atiiC0 AAs universities or large laboratories. Tempered copper, as Bunton has made it, means perhaps, the hardest metal known, unless it is Elwood Haynes's "steelite." 1t means cutting tools in machinery that will not strike sparks; it means automobile, marine engines, locomotive and motor bearings that will not burn out or crack, as others do.
 Bunton has received many letters from middle Western industrial heads. One came from a Japanese in Chica- go, who offered to put him in touch with Japanese government officials. He will receive his money as soon as the discovery has gone the rounds of foreign patent offices. Not until then, by order of the steel company, is he at liberty to divulge the process.
 It is known, however, that there are three stages to the process. The first treatment of pure copper makes it harder than copper has been made before when not alloyed, but keeps it still ductile and pliable. The second treatment makes it as hard as steel, and the third so hard it cannot be cut by the best steel saws, files or chisels.
 Concluded His Sale.
 Last Tuesday young Bunton went to Gary, Ind, to see men who would be in position to talk on real busi- ness terms, men who would analyze the processed metal and could tell in short time it's real worth. It did not take them long. Judge Gary was one of the officials present. as was Carl Miller of the United States Railway Supply, United States steel subsid- iary at St. Louis.
 Name your terms,' said Judge Gary.
 "0ne million dollars and two cents pound as long as the patent holds out" was Bunton's reply.
 We will let you know. Good day. the judge concluded.
 Friday letter came completing the agreement United States patents are granted for seventeen years. The rights are released to Carl Miller.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
Loses Money on Chickens.

Tn addition to being one of our most prominent attorneys at law, Hal Nor wood is seeking further fame as a fancier of poultry. but is having hard Trek at the outset. He tells this on himself: sI had an old rooster wanted to get rid of and promised boy 25 cents to take it down to mar
 ket and sell t. The rooster weighed three pounds and sold for five cents a pound I'm trying to get the rest of fhe money to pay the boy"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
MORE OPPOSITION
 TOPROPOSED
Despite Treasury Warning RepubIi- can Leader Thinks Levy Can Be Cut S500,0O0, ,00O-Drop Profits, Trans
 pOrtation, Soda Water. Surtax.

Washington August 5.--To realize their expressed hope of reducing the nations tax bill by half a billion dol lars, Republican leaders of the House of Representatives appear on the basis of treasury estimates to be faced with the task of cutting three quarters of a billion dollars from es- timated government expenditures for this fiscal year or else risking huge federal deficit next July l.
 Secretary Mellon, in a statement to the committee dealing with tax re- vision, has warned that even if more than $250, 100000 should be topped off 550,000,000, the tax yield could not safely be permitted to fall below S3,- 570,000,0 ,000, the estimated return un- der the existing law.
 Can Reduce s5OO,OO0, 900.
 Coupled with this warning is the declaration that it would be folly to reduce revenues without the assur- ance of substantial additional reduc- tions in expenditure. MT. Mellon add ed that in seeking to arrive at an es- innate of the cash outgo for the year, the treasury could not take in- to account paper savings or hoped for reductions in expenditures which cannot reasonably be expected to ma terialize.'
 In a statement published today, however, Representative MondeiI, Wyoming, the Republian leader, de- clared that in his judgment it is en- tirely practical to reduce the total tax levy by $500,000,000 and still take care of the essential needs of the government.
 "I realize he added, "that if all the bureaus, departments and agen- cies of the government expended the sums the have heretofore anticipated spending, and in addition to that we were called upon in variety of ways to make large expenditures in the actual reduction of the sum total of the public debt, over and above sink ing fund expenditures, we could not reduce revenues. But neither of these things should happen"
 Opposed to New Taxes.
 Opposition to the new taxes sug- gested by treasury officers continues to grow Wltn hepfeScnCablVe MOndeil coming out flatly against any in- creased postage and bank check tax. The Republican leader also has said he doubted either the necessity of the advisability of the automobile levy. He declares for repeal of the trans portation and soda water the higher income surtaxes with additional rev enue provided thru five per cent in- crease in the corporation income. tax.
 According to Charles A. Lyman, secretary-treasurer of the national board of farm organizations, the as- sociation of farmers over the country are preparing to launch determined fight against repeal of the excess profits tax. These organizations sal- ready have given their views on this question to the Ways and Means Com- mittee and MT. Lyman says if the committee reports bill with re- peal provision, the farmers will ap- peal to the agricultural ssbloc" and all other friends in Congress to work for it's defeat.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
TRAIN IS DERA|LED,
 l5 BURN TO DEATH
Victims Were Stealing Rides on Freight Train on Gulf Coast Line Cars Go in Creek-Accident Oc-
 CUTS Near De Quincy, La.

Houston, Tex. August 9.-Fast freight train No. 32, east bound, of the Gulf Coast lines was derailed near DeQuincy, La, shortly before noon to- day. Fifteen men were burned to death in the flames that started inn mediately after the derailment.
 It was reported at the general of- fees in Houston that the derailment occurred just as the train was cross ing S00-foot bridge over Clear creek. It was said that one of the cars was derailed just as it started over the bridge and that it pulled 50 other cars into the creek with it. A fire of unknown origin started immediately afterward, destroying the cars that plunged into the creek. Four of the cars contained gasoline, with one crude oil, one hay and the others lum- Der.
 The men who are supposed to have lost their lives were unauthorized per sons riding the train, officials here said. It was reported that one man escaped and said that seven others who were riding the train went down when the cars plunged into the creek and were burned. Two of the crew, Brakeman A. Mason of DeQuincy and Dan Valley, were slightly injured.
 Five crews of wreckers were sent to the scene of the derailment and be- gan working to clear the tracks.
 Reports from the dispatcher's office are that passenger trains will proba- bly, detour from Beaumont via Lake Charles over the Missouri Pacific to Kinder, La, thence on the Gulf Coast tracks.
 Work of clearing the debris is pro- gressing, and articles found substan- tiate the belief that many were killed, altho the bodies are burned beyond recognition.
 Efforts to identify any of the 15 men practically have been abandoned.
 The bodies of the men were burned so badly that even their color is in doubt. Many of the cars were de- stroyed.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-08-11
Contradictory Reports.

Lake Charles La, August 9.-Con- tradictory reports were received here today in connection with the number of unauthorized passengers killed in a freight wreck at Clear creek, 13 miles west of Kinder, La, yesterday when fast train No 32, plunged into the creek.
 M. Reeves, of telephone company, at Kinder, stated from information given him that from four to sixteen persons were buried in the debris. The wreckage is reported still burn ing and an effort to recover the bodies or determine the number kaled is pending.