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The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
HOOVER THEATs FEM ROUGH.
ew Works Are Wasted on Job Seek by Secretary.

NThe president, importuned as he is N delegations and representatives Nd senators in the great patronage 9elee which is inaugurated with a
 Nv administration, must sigh wher " learns of the manner in which Mir 4oover not only can but is treating |pplicants. There are no strings on Lr. Hoover.
 IA man who wanted the job of direc- 0r of the census was ushered into Ir Hoover's office. There was nc Sng talk. There was no delegations 6 say that Jones was a good worker br the party, and that his appoint hent would strengthen Mir. Hoover \ Podunk. Only the candidate and &r. Hoover were there. There was
 hick action. Ten Seconds after his btrance his mission was known. Are you Q good statistician ?' kked Mir. Hoover.
 MI am not, but" began the candi- N "Then you are not the man for the lace. Good day." cut in Mir. Hoover kThat was all. The man was outside ke office, with the refusal, before he nuld catch his breath.
 Small wonder the senators and con-
 ressmen are worried at the sudden kstrictions placed upon their recom- aendations and the growing import
 nce of cabinet heads in dispensing bbs !"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
MANY RAILROADS
 PLAN WAGE CUT
Nearly 100 Lines Ready to Begin Drive for Reductions of Wages of Employes-Are Individ-
 ual Cases.

Chicago, April 18.-Railway man agements of nearly 100 lines were prepared tonight to launch their first big drive tomorrow for reduction of wages.
 A consolidated hearing at which disputes will be presented from every section of the country will begin to- morrow before the United States Railway Labor Board. All the roads ask reduction for unskilled labor, and several ask blanket reductions for all employees.
 The question of the legality of the board conducting the hearing with three vacancies and only six members present, may be brought up at the opening of the session. The nomina- tions for the three vacancies were sent to the Senate for confirmation by President Harding Saturday, but some of the parties to the present dispute are understood to be seeking delay until the new members actually are present.
 By recent ruling the board all wage disputes presented for decision up to date, will be included in the hearing. Sixty roads had been dock eted yesterday, and at least half of that number remained on hand to be added tomorrow morning.
 Are Individual Cases.
 According to railway officials, each carrier is expected to present it's own testimony in connection with it's re- quest for wage cuts. Representative of the roads will appear first. The board recently announced that eight hours would be allowed each side for oral testimony and argument. It is expected, however, that this time lim- it will be extended if circumstances warrant.
 The employees, whose committee will be headed by B. M. Jewell, pres ident of the Railway Department of the American Federation of Labor, will handle their case thru the union representatives. Heads of the four big brotherhoods will be present to conduct the defense in disputes brought by the roads, which desire to cut the wages of train service em- ployes.
 The committee for the employees has prepared about 35 exhibits show ing cost of living and comparative wages in other industries for simi- lar labor. These exhibits will be filed with the board in addition to oral testimony.
 Under the transportation act con- ferences must be held between the carrier and its employees on any ques- tion of revised wages or working con- ditions. The disputes to be heard to- all have resulted from failure to agree in such conferences.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
LOST SHOES AND MONEY.
William Monteville Victim of New
 found Friend.

A 17-year-old lad who gave his name as William Montevilie and his home where his hat might be, related a sad story to Sheriff J. A. Thornton and Probation Officer Miss Leonora Rector Monday. The lad reported that he was at Rich Mountain, being enroute to an uncle's home near Oak dale, La, when he met pleasant sort of stranger, who invited him to spend the night with him in side car Pull man. Monteville asserts that he was possessed of $30 in real money and a good pair of shoes when he enteed the box car with his new found friend, but upon awakening next morning was minus all three, money, shoes and friend. The supposition is the friend made way during the night with cash and footwear The lad was furnished with food and permitted to travel onward to Louisiana after sup plying description of the man sus- pected of robbing him.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
WARMER WEATHER DUE.
Slowly Rising Temperatures Sched-
 uled for Tuesday.

Washington, April 1S.-The cold snap moving eastward from the plains states had extended today to the At lantic seaboard from Maine to Flor, ida. but the weather bureau forecast slowly rising temperature tomorrow and Wednesday east of the Missls- sippi river.
 Freezing temperatures were re- ported this morning as far south as Ashville, N. C., with light frost to the Atlantic coast, central Louisiana and central Texas. Slightly lower tenn peratures were predicted for tonight along the middle Atlantic coast and southern and central Florida. The bureau said light frost was probably as far south as the interior of cen tral Florida.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
FIFTH ATTEMPT MADE TO DESTROY SCHOOL
dre Bug Started Blaze in Basement While Special Guard Is Patr0ll- ing His Beat.

New Orleans, April 13.--For the Eth time within the past ten days an Unidentified party late yesterday att empted to set fire to the local school pilding at McDonoghviile, near here, spite of the fact that the building pas being watched by special guard Rhich was placed on duty following prmer attempts to burn the building. Following four attempts to fire the |pilding last week, the school sus- Rnded operations last Thursday, but Vas resumed yesterday, when spec ~ policeman was placed on guard. 'he fire today was discovered by one ' the teachers in a rarely used as-
 fmbly room in the basement and was
 pon extinguished by volunteer pcket brigade of teachers and pupils. The fire marshals' office was im- 7ediateiy notified of the fifth attempt P burn the building and an official nrried to the scene. He stated later pat he found a clew which he be- 'eves will lead to the discovery of the Fould-be fire bug, but refused to dis
 lose what it was.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
AMUEL GOMPERS IS
 SECRETLY MARRIED
Feteran Labor Leader Deftly Con-
 ducts Romance; Slips Of to Canada.

New York, April 1s.-Samuel sompers and Mrs. Gertrude Ainslee Fleaves Neuchieser Gompers, his Fide, left this city Sunday for a trip to Toronto.
 They also left well, we'll" senti- nent among the groups here-her Flends and his, who are whiling way the evening in trying to find out For this romance between an aged saoer of labor and beautiful young pusician was so deftly conducted be- Eeen walkouts, recitals, picketing de- psions, strike threats, music lessons 'nd so on that 1t was suspected only
 lter It had gone the matrimonial Fay of all good romances.
 Robert Wagner, judge of the gsu- .eme court, who performed the we'd nnR ceremony in the Hotel Wood kard, had this to say: q have known pr;; Gompers for many years, but I |ad no idea that he planned to marry.
 nad never met his wife until he Nieu me to the hotel to marry them.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
ASHER KILLS 1
 AND SHOOTS TWO
;.a0o Banker Polls Robbery When bours Deadly Volley Into Bandits Of Six in Band but One Escapes
 Scoop Up Money.

Chicago, April 15.--S. B. Witowski uhier of the State bank of Cicero '.burb. shot up and defeated a gang < six automobile bandits today. He |slled one robber, wounded two, cap Fred two and only the driver of the 1. who remained outside the bank, Raped.
 =Tbe six men drove up to the bank at &<5 o'clock this morning and five of &em entered with drawn revolvers. EThe leader approached the cage oc- 4pjed by Witowski, and ordered him ii the rear of the bank. The other Andits compelled ten other persons 1bo were in the bank, including c. o. Hoffel, vice president, to follow Wit ~ski. The bandits then opened the sult and forced their captives into it.
 Scoop Up Money. While two of the bandits stood |hard, the other three scooped $40,- 00 from the cashiers cage into a 1ack bag. As they turned to escape 4itowski pushed the door of the vault sar and fired thru the aperture. Lone bandit fell with a bullet thru is heart and two more staggered to he floor seriously injured. Running Fight. Meanwhile the Cicero police had re- bonded to the banks burglar alarm, kriving just in time to fire upon the Being bandit who had been waiting ntside in the automobile. IThe other two robbers were captured fter a running fight of two blocks. sThe slain bandit has been identified Julian Norwell, 30 years old, Chi 4vo
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

prices paid for household goods, farm implements and livestock at the ]. S Goldwood sale recently. Horses, he said, are leading the way back to more equitable prices, after a decided slump, all since the close of the war
 Uncle Jack Robbins and daughter, Mrs. D. w. Allen, came up from Old Potter Tuesday for a day with Mena friends. Uncle Jack is S6 years of age, but goes about over the country with more ease than many a younger person and gets much enjoyment out of life.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
FIND FIFTY PER CENT
 OF FRENCH BOYS UNFIT
(By International News service.)

tBy International News ServIce.)
 Paris, April 14.-Nearly 50 per cent of the French youths called up for service in the class of 1921-that is, those born in 1900-have been found to be medically unfit and have been rejected entirely or left over until next year. Since 1915 this proportion has been constant. No cause is of ficially assigned for this state of things, but it is pointed out that a large part of the present recruits are the sons of parents born immediately after the war of 1870,71.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
GERMANY BIGGEST
 BUYER OF COTTON
Central Power is Heaviest Purchaser of Staple During March, Bu- reau Announces.

Washington, April 15.-More cot- ton was exported to Germany than to any other country during March. Cen sus bureau reports today show 105,- 788 bales were sent from the United States to Germany during the month, while the United Kingdom, the Unit ed States best customer for raw cot ton, took only 64,490 bales. Japan's imports totalled 87,030 bales, the sec- ond largest amount taken by any country during the nine months end- ing March 31 amounted to 830,19O bales, valued at about SS5 ,0O0, ,O0O. Prior to the war Germany took an average of 2,250,000 bales of Ameri- can cotton annually.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
REDS HATE AMERICANS.
Yankees in Russia Not Permitted to
 Leave, Woman Declares.

Constantinople, April 13.-Russian bolsheviks are bitter toward Americans and are not permitting them to leave Russia, said Anna Keiser, of Phila- delphia, upon arriving here yester- day. She came to this city on board the steamer Rechid Pasha, which landed at Odessa a number of officers and soldiers who had formerly served in South Russia under General Wrangel, anti-boIsheviki leader. She declared French, Italian and British citizens were allowed to depart from
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
Knights Templar in Conclavs

A special conclaye Of MaIta Coni, mandery, Knights Templar was held at Masonic hall Monday night at which time degrees were conferred upon a class of seven candidates. All were Mena residents save one, J. C. Allen being the only out-of-town resi- dent present. The officers were as- sisted in the ceremonials by William Weir and E. McCutcheon of Heav- ener. An appetizing luncheon was served at 6 o'clock by members of
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
HENRY FORD PAYS BIG DEBT
Of $24.5Oo, ,O0O, Some Notes Taken Uu
 Before Due.

New York, April 15.-Recent re- ports that Henry Ford contemplated extensive financing in Wall Street in connection with his automobile busi- ness were discredited today by bank CTS who announced that the Detroit manufactures, instead of being in the market for money, had liquidated his loans here aggregating $24, ,00O, ,0O0. Several of the notes, it was said had been taken up before maturity one large banking institution report ing that Ford note due April f8 had been paid two weeks ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
Antimony Very YaluabIe.

J. D. Budd. who is also interested Tn the development of the Mena min ing field, contradicts a statement rec ently made in The Star by c. R. Montgomery, regarding the comJaer- eiai value of antimony Mir. Budd states that antimony. instead of hav- ing little worth in the market. is quoted at $100 a ton.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
TRAIN FALLS INTO CkELk. One Killed, Several Injured When
 Cars Plunge From Track.

Flora, Miss. April Southern Railway passenger train No. Al, south bound, plunged into Rocky creek, nine miles south of here, early today. One unidentified passenger, apparently about 45 years old, were killed in- stantly. Several others were injured Engineer Frank Hawkes. of Meridian was throw from his cab into the stream, but managed to swim ashore, altho he suffered a fractured shoulder
 Doctors and nurses were rushed to the scene. The wreck was said to have been result of the heavy rains which have been falling here continuously since yesterday afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
WELCOME HOME FOR
 NEW U. s. CARDINAL
Philadelphia Ready to Give Great Ovation to Prelate Back From
 Vatican.

Philadelphia, April 14.-Arrange- ments were completed today for the welcome home" celebration in honor of Dennis Cardinal Dougherty who arrives here tonight after trip abroad to receive the red hat from Pope Benedict.
 The cardinal. who passed last night m New York, will be escorted to Philadelphia by hundreds of church. men and former psrishoners. He will leave his train at North Philadelphia and a procession of automobiles will escort him to city hall and then to his residence.
 Streets along which he will pass will be lined with men and boys from more than 175 parishes and five bish- ops of the archdiocese will attend mass Tuesday in his honor.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
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NOTICE Fogg Fogg PUUBBEE UUBBEEEEc4s Ec 4 sg'iiGGNs TiGGs Department of the Interior, U. s. Land Office at Camden, Arkansas, April 9, 1921
 NOTICE is hereby given. that
 ROBERT D. RITCHIE, of Mena, Arkansas, who, on March 25, 1916, made a homestead entry, No. 06972, for the N1k N1z Fr1 SWH NWA and the Fr1. NWA NWA, Section 30, Township 1 S., Range 31 W, 5th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Circuit Clerk of Polk County, at Mena, Arkansas, on the 21st day of May, 1921.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 Ode Turner, Johnie Brown, William Vibbard, Pate Ernest, all of Mena. Arkansas.
 B. M. TREBLE, Register. Adv. First pub. April 14, 1921. Last pub. May 12, 1921.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
Confession That Came Hard.

Four men caught one fish, accord ing to the official report made at Wal lace Brothers store Tuesday morning. The quartet of fisherman were Cap Cannon, Jasper Middleton, Bud and Tom Wallace, and they spent cool night on Irons Fork. When asked for a statement Cap declared he hated to do it, but the truth compelled him to admit they caught just "one little ole fish,
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
Former Mena Girl Dies.

The Osceola (Sibley, Iowa. Trib- ne' carries the notice of the death of
 rs; J; J. Shoemaker, which occurred E oibley on March 24th, following Rn operation. Mrs. Shoemaker will
 remembered by many Mena peo- le as Miss Gladys Cochran, having
 sloed here for several years and Hugnt In the Mena high school for Iwo terms. The deceased leaves a .usoand, little daughter, and brother, <poert Cochran. The Cochran family -lso lived in the vicinity of Acorn for ,Sme ume. Mrs. Shoemaker was one 'ne most popular teacher ever in
 e Mena schools. and many will re- ffet to learn of her death.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
SLEW WOMAN TO END
 SLAVE CASE. CHARGED
Dallas Girl Slain by Georgia Grocer Was His Affinity, Federal
 Agents Declare.

Atlanta, Ga, April 15.-Miss Mar tha Henderson. 2s, of Dallas, Texas, who was shot and killed in Russell vile, Ala, Tuesday, by Fred R. Hall, 50 year old grocer of Russellville, was to have been the governments chief witness against Hall at his trial here in June on charges of violation of the Mann act, agents of the depart ment of justice announced.
 Hall and the young woman toured the country last fall, visiting Nash vile, Washington, Baltimore, Cincin- natl and other cities, and finally were arrested here, the agents said They declared Hall told them he had spent all his money $30,000, on the woman. Hall had gone back home to his wife and children, the agents said, and the woman was killed when she visited him in his state.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
SERMONS BY WIRELESS PHONE.
Plan Is Advocated for Kansas
 Churches Without Pastors

Wichita, Kas.. April IT, Kansas church witout ministers may be sup piled with Sunday service from Wich- lta by wireless telephone If plan pro- posed by the Rev. Theodore Beesworth of Kiowa is carried out. Mir. Bees worth, pastor of the Kiowa Congrega- tional church, advocated the plan at a meeting of the board of Congrega- tional churches here.
 Approximately fifteen Congrega- tional churches in Kansas are without pastors, he said, and recent improve ments in wireless telephony make the plan feasabie. he said.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
PRETENDING" WAS EXTENSIVE
And "Mr. and Mrs. James Frazier
 Paid S70 fer the Experiment.

Pretending to be married cost q young couple a total of $70 in Mena Monday night. The pair registered at a local hotel under the name of Mir. and Mrs. James Frazier, but Chief of Police Willis Hungate, who did not be- lieve this to be true, made an inves- tigation which resulted in their arr rest. Justice s. H. Smith was called downtown at night after Prosecuting Attorney George Steel had filed infor- nation charging the pair with illegal cohabitation. A trial was held at the Antlers hotel, and after the couple had pleaded guilty the court fined each $20 and costs, which they paid and de- parted from the city. The woman gave her name to the officers as Mat tie Wimberly and claimed to live at Vivian, La.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

Port Gibson, Miss, April 15. Jesse Watts, murderer of Dr. D. s. Alverson, prominent Vicksburg physician, was hanged here in the county jail It the noon hour today.
 Watt went to his death little more than fifteen months after he had lured his victim to lonely spot in the Vicksburg National Military park and took his life.
 The execution was prie te, only a small company of spectators being al lowed to witness it, and the program carefully planned by tho authorities was carried out with smoothness and precision.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

Train No. 3 is now running thru Mena with one coach less than usual. The thru chair car is missing, due it is believed to lessened travel.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
AMERICAN SEAL IS
 SEIZED BY SOVIET

Reds Search Abandoned Embassy and
 Force Stenographer to Turn
 Over Official Instrument.
 Terioki. Finland. April 1S.-One of the seals of the American embassy at Petrograd is in the hands of the bolsheviki government, according to Mrs. Kennedy, an English woman employed by Ambassador Francis as stenographer at the embassy who has been repatiated from Russia after long imprisonment.
 When the embassy was abandoned, Mrs. Kennedy, who was born in Rus sia, decided to remain behind, and was left in charge of some of the em- bassy property, among which, by ac- cident, was one of the seals. Under threat of death, she was forced to give up the seal when the embassy was searched by the red guard June, 1919.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

Robert Taylor, Jr., of DeQueen vis- ited Mena friends Monday and was initiated into the Elks before return ing home.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
URGES BUSINESS
 AND AND LABOR COURT
Ebert H. Gary, Head of U. S. Steel Corporation Favors Semi-C Control by Government Is Against Union
 Generous Treatment.

New York, April 18.- Ebert H Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, said at the annual stockholders meeting today he was in favor of publicity, regulation and reasonable control of business thru government agencies, as a possible solution of, or antidote to the labor union problems"
 Declaring he did not believe in so- |cialism, governmental management or operation, he suggested that non-par- tisan, non-sectarian commissions or departments render decision, subject to review by the highest courts. Continuing his suggestions he said: Would Control Both. Laws clear, we'll defined, practic- able and easy of comprehension covering these matters, might be passed, and if so they should apply to all economic organizations, groups or bodies exceeding certain specified numbers or amounts. Both organized capital and organized labor should be placed under these laws.
 twill labor union consent to this :? They have heretofore objected. There would be a test. Labor union re- ceived discriminatory exemptions. This is wrong and it would be just as bad if the situation were reversed. Employers generally desire only the same treatment that is accorded to labor unions. The large majority of workmen also would be satisfied with this standard"
 "The natural and certain effects of labor unionism are expressed by three words "Inefficiency, high costs" he added.
 Generous Treatment.
 Admitting that unions "may have been justified in the long past" be- cause workmen were not treated just ly, he declared there is now no neces- sity for them.
 Reduction of working hours for em- ployes of the steel corporation was contemplated, Mir Gary said.
 He said the steel corporation had been very successful in cultivating the feeling of annuity among the employ CTS.
 The employees, on the average, he said" have received as high, if not the Highest compensation, and as gen erous. if not the most generous treat ment accorded by any basic industry. .'
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

H. w. Storey and Joe Wolf have re- turned from Joplin, Mo, where they directed the loading of machinery to be used in the Mena mining field.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

John Bratcher is assisting at J. G Lawrence's store during the sale now in progress.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21
NOTE s

Miss Evaiera Hill came down from Poteau Monday for a visit with Mena friends.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

George P. A. Kirschke of Fort Smith was a guest at Hotel Mena on Tuesday. He was in Mena to see about organizing Community Ser vice Church.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

Livestock, farm machinery, feed stuff and household goods-Ellis sale next Tuesday. See the bills. pl.-17
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

Miss Ethel Massey of DeQueeI spent Sunday with her parents, Mir and Mrs. ]. H. Massey.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

Waynesboro, Miss, April 15.-Les- ter Candy, aged 24, white, convicted of robbing and murdering his boy hood companion, Cleveland Rowe, was hanged here in the county jail short ly before the noon hour today. Sher- if L. A. Crosby pulled off the execu- tion without hitch, and Candy bore up bravely to the last. The con- demned man was visited by his wife, child, father, mother and brother be- fore he went to the gallows.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-21

The heaviest rainfall in the world on the southern shores of the Hima- Aya mountains.