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The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
LOSES VALUED EMPLoYE.
' 5. Smith Purchases Interest in Ozark Printing Company.

Fgar B. Smith, foreman of the posing room of The Star since his Fn from service with the A. F. F. Fanee in September, 1919, has re- Fd from his place and will here be associated with E. B. Wallace
 Rhe Ozark Printing House, in
 |n he has bought an interest.
 \ smith is a young man of fine peter, a good workman and ann .us to get ahead, and with Mir.
 |ace will establish and maintain a Iess that wlll be credit to this
 ny other city.
 Re Star expects within month or
 |o secure the services of George
 nent, formerly for eight years an 'ent member of The Star force. te meantime The Star is forum |n securing he services of Thomas
 neredlth, formerly of DeQueen, ,,ls a workman fully competent to l,e the duties of the responsible
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
WILL H. HAYS NAMED FOR
 POSTMASTER GENERAL.
President-elect Harding Makes Detin- ite Announcement of Appoint
 ment of Indiana Man.

Marion, O., March 1.-President- elect Harding late today definitely an- nounced the appointment of Will H. Hays of Indiana to be postmaster general in his cabinet, Andrew Mellon of Pennsylvania, to be secretary of the treasury, and Senator A. B. Fall, New Mexico, to be secretary of the interior This leaves oniy the post of secretary of labor not definitely filed
 James R. Davis. of Pittsburg, has been mentioned for the labor port folio, but his appointment has not yet been announced. In response to re- ports that Colonel George W. Harvey had been offered and had accepted the post of ambassador to Great Britain, Mir Harding reiterated that no defin- ite diplomatic appointments would be announced until weeks after his in- auguration
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
. AVING COSTS ESTIMATED. Haley Gives Detailed Figures on
 Districts and 4.

r, Haley, engineer for paving Eets Nos. 3 and 4 in Mena, has pleted the engineers final esti- Es of the cost of the proposed im- Iements. In district No. 8, which .aces Port Arthur avenue and a 'on of Reine street, the estimated N N Sl,072.50, the principal part of e' IS Tor surfacIng, which is figured P.4Vo. In district No. 4. which in- Es portions of Ninth, Tenth, .eh and Re;ne streets and Mag }, avenue, the estimated total cost .s50. TO, divided as follows: grad
 4i'esb.5o; snrfacing, s11.S50; en- eef and inspection, $500; filling. hpes for cuiverts. q ,29e. 60
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
Are Bound Over.

Columbus. Kas., March 1.--Alexan- der Howat, president of the Kansas miners union, and August Dorchy, vice president, were bound over to the next term of the district court of Cherokee county here this afternoon at their hearing on charges of violating the criminal section of the Kansas indus trial court law.
 Bonds were fixed at $4,000 each and the two mine union officials prepared to give them.
 Attorney General R. J. Hopkins was hooted by some of the court aud- fence while he was delivering the ar gument for the state. The court threatened to clear the court room, but Mir. Hopkins asked Judge Carter not to do so.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
Young Mena Couple Married.

Mena relatives of the young couple have been notified by wire of the mar riage at New Orleans of Miss Pauline Filming and Walter B. Hauert, two we'll known young residents of Mena. The bride is the niece and adopted daughter of Mrs. John Pfnning. The groom is a brother of Mrs. Phil T. Stevenson, with whom he has made his home since nie return from service in the U. s. navy during the world war He is now completing a period of re-enlistment and when this is end- ed, will with Mrs. Hauert visit in Ok lahoma and then come to Mena to make their home
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
WILL TELL or MENA.
A, E. Stilwell Preparing an AutObiog-
 raphy and Asks for Mena Data. .

A. E. Stilwell Preparing an Autobiog-
 raphy and Asks for Mena Data .
 A. E. Stilwell, promoter and builder of the Kansas Ciy Southern railway and one of the founders of the city of Mena, it letter under dates of Feb ruary 21, written to Mayor Ira o. Smith, conveys the information that he plans writing an autobiography during this year in which will be em- bodied some historical matter relat- ing to Mena. The Commercial Club will cooperate with Mir. Stilwell in furnishing him up-to-date data and photos of some of the public buildings and homes in the city. Community publications such as the special edi- tion of the Mena Evening Star and the Commercial Club folder have already been forwarded to Mir. Stilwel that he may make selection of some of the views which will suit his purpose. He is now at home at 576 Fifth ave- nue, New York City.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
GAIN GATHERINGS.

Several from this place attended preaching at Two Mile Sunday. Mrs. Hall and family attended prayer meeting at Two Mile Sunday night.
 Everyone remember our school is preparing another program March 10. Mir. and Mrs. McAllister attended preaching at Two Mile Sunday.
 Someone
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW.
Telegraph Operators Have Established
 Rule of Convenience.

Telegraph operators at the Kansas City Southern passenger station are to have a daylight saving law of their own this sumer. By advancing the time for beginning their tricks the workers will get more leisure hours during daylight. Instead of starting at 8 am. Manager Youkey of the Western Union beginning at 7:30 and quits at 3:30 pm. Joe Forsythe then starts the second trick and quits at 11:30 when Miss Ferne Wylie begins the third trick
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
Cotton Acreage Will Be Less.

Carlisle Rector of Ashdown spent Sunday with the home folks in Mena. The young man is still finding plenty of cotton buying to do in his territory. tho he finds that many do not care to sell at the present low values. In his travels he states he finds there IS a general determination among planters to reduce the cotton acreage of 1921.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
TAX OIL E C TO R S
 NOTICE!

will be at the following points for the collection of taxes for the year 1920:
 NUNLEY. SATURDAY MARCH ,. SHADY, MONDAY MARCH ii. HARTLEY SCH00LH0USE, TUES DAY, MARCH Is. Bring your old tax receipt, so we can easily locate your land.
 J. A. THORNTON, Sheriff and Ex-Oficio Collector Polk County, Arkansas.
 --Adv.-12
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
less Weddings in February.

The first marriage license for March was issued by County Clerk w E. Anderson Tuesda.' morning to Monroe Miller and Miss Arnettia s. Rowe, both residents of Egser. Marriage licenses during February showed q big decrease over tnc preceding year. In February 1921 there were 15 licenses issued, as compared with g the same month last year.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
Brady-Grant.

J. T. Grant and Mrs. F. E. Brady, two we'll known residents of the south side, were married Thursday after noon at the home If the bride on Sec ond street. Rev w. J. Dunman was called in to tie the nuptial knot, this being the second time he has ofiiciated in similar ceremony for the groom. Mir. Grant is 73 years of age and his bride 48, according to statements made when the marriage license was issued by County Clerk Anderson.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
ANOTHER FIsTIc GO TOR MENA.
Johnny Campbell of Camp Pike to
 Meet Dummy Harrington Friday.

Weet DuInmy barfIngIOn FfIudy-
 A telegram received by the Legion
 nnounced that Johnny Campbell, of Camp Pike, would meet Dummy Bar rington next Friday night in a ten round go. Campbell is sturdy sol dier mixer, and is rated as one of the best in his weight. The Arkansas Gazette sport editor wrote up a recent bout in which Campbell was the win ner. describing him as "a boy with a good head and a good arm to back his judgment" Campbell announces he will be in Mena one day before the fight. Campbell is undoubtedly the best fighter ever brought to Mena to meet Harrington, and a good bout is assumed Good preliminaries will be arranged.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
waxahachie, Tex, Feb, 26, 1921.

MP0a oIdff NtfIH, Kfks
 Dear Sir:-Please find enclosed 50 cents. Please send me the Weekly Star for another 90 days. At the ex- piration of that time I expect to be q resident of your community. It is the best weekly I ever read. Your citizens should be proud of such paper. I read every item from Grannis to Eagleton and from Board Camp to the Oklahoma line. I am convinced that you have the climate. soil and. above all, the right type of citizens.
 Yours truly,
 J. l. Summers. Hox s23.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
Abbie sorreIl Funeral.

Funeral Services for Abbie Sorrell, daughter of J. A. Sorrell, were held Saturday afternoon at the family home on South Second street. Rev. s. J. Oslin officiated. Burial was at Odd Fellows cemetery.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
Have to Wait on Legislature.

To The Mena Star. Mena, Ark. Gentlemen:--I haven't seen any thing in your paper yet when the hog law is going to take effect. I've got some fencing to do and if you know anything about it I wish you would let me know for want that hog law. Fraternally yours,
 J. A. Kern. Wickes. Ark. Feb. 25.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
MINERS LOAF WHILE
 HOWAT TRIAL IS ON

kansas I0aI Fieids Idle Because Iead-
 CT Is Called to Court in Col
 umhus--Hundred Attend.
 Pittsburg, Kas March 1.-Complete idleness prevails in the Kansas cal fields today. The miners are refrain ing from work because of the pre- liminary hearing of Alex Howat, pres ident, and August Dorchy, vice presi- dent of the Kansas miners union, at Columbia, where they face criminal charges in connection with the call ing of the strike at the H mine of the George K. Mackie Fuel company at Scammon, in Cherokee county, several weeks ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03

In 1919 it was estimated that the total expenditure on tobacco in Eng land was 181 .169. 900 pounds.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03

fake LAXATIVE hROk0 QUINikE (Tsbiets.l H
 stops the Cou1k and Headache and works od the Cold E V. GROVES signature vn each box 5oc-
The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-03
To cure . Cold Ia One Day

wickes. Ark. Feb. 25.
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
PROSECUTOR MALOY
HURT IN MOTOR CRASH
District Attorney and Arthur
Thompson, Jr., Difched.

Joseph f. Maloy, District Attorney Of
Richmond county, continued last night
to preserve silence about an automobile
accident early yesterday morning in
which he, Arthur Thompson, Jr., of Sta
pleton and two other men whose names
could not be learned were injured. The
District Attorney is said to have scalp
wounds and injuries to his right arm
and to be suffering from shock.
Thompson. who is said to have been
driving. was taken from the District At
torney's home during the day to st. Vim
cents Hospital in an ambulance. His
injuries. at first considered slight, may
prove serious. it was learned. 1t is
thought one of his lungs is punctured
and he may have other internal injuries.
From what could be learned about the
accident, 1t happened shortly after 2
o'clock, when Thompson was driving on
the Willowbrook road and started TO
turn into the Richmond road, losing con-
troll of his car and going through fence
and into a ditch. All four men in the
car were thrown out
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
MRS. CHARLES B. ELLIS
ASKS ALIMONY AWARD
Says Her Husband Gets $I2,.
900 a Year; He Denies 1t.

Mrs. Bertha 3. Ellis applied to Su-
preme Court Justice MacCrate in Brook
lyn yesterday for an award of alimony
pending trial of her suit against Charles
b. Ellis, formrely sales manager of the
Colorado Nanadium Company, for
separation.
According 10 Mrs. Ellis. her husband
who Is we'll konwn in steel industry,
has Ill treated her when he was in
toxicated. Lately, she added, he had
been associating with another woman.
She placed his income at $4,000 n year
Ellis denied his wife's charges. and
said he had not been working since
January /, owing to the depression In
the steel business. He could not, there
fore, pay alimony. he said
''The defendant Will find means TO
pay if you grant this application re-
turned counsel for the wife. 1T is
notable how impecunious men pretend
TO be when they are asked to pay
alimony and how easily they usually
pay after an order compelling them to
DO so has been entered"
Decision was reserved
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
GRAND OLD MAN
OF WALL ST. IS SO
John A. Stewart Fails to See
Anything Remarkable in His
Business Activities.

John A. Stewart, Wall Streets grand
old man." seemed surprised yesterday at
the no.ion that his ninety-ninth birth
day was an occasion city editors con-
slider worthy OF chronicle
Did you really come all the way out
here just to see me?" he asked a re-
porter who found him sitting on the
porch Of his summer home at Norris
town. II suppose John Rockefeller is to
blame for that. Ever since he told the
newspaper men that he has a friend al
most 100 years old who goes to work
twice a week you boys won't let me
alone. Two photographers got me at my
office last week. / don't understand why
they should want my photograph. There
Is nothing remarkable about the fact
that / motor into the city occasionally
that's my exercise"
The man whose century year begins
to-day was born on the corner OF Fulton
and Front streets, New York August
26, 1922, the year after the death OF
Napoleon at st. Helena and six years
before the construction OF the first
steam railroad in the United States.
Il haven't used tobacco in any form
since / was 20 years DID," he said. Il
believe that is one of the reasons / have
kept my health. The only rule / have
is moderation In everything. Eating
too much is just as bad as drinking too
much. do not live differently from
other people, but ] eat and drink care
fully.
MY first job?" said Mr.. Stewart in
reply to a question. Il had graduated
from Columbia in Al and / went to
work for S1.25 day as a civil en-
gineer on the Erie railroad, which was
then being built. was 49,"
Mr.. Stewart is Columbia's oldest
alumnus. He Is also the Oldest trustee
OF Princeton, having been a member Of
the board since 1868. When Mr.. Wilson
resigned as president Of Princeton to
become candidate for Governor of New
Jersey, Mr.. Stewart served as interim
president. He sat with Mr. Wilson on
the board and knew him when Wilson
was a student at Princeton in the class
Of 1879. He admires the former Presi-
dents mind, but. like others who have
known him well, found Mr.. Wilson
sometimes hard TO get on with.
IF you disagreed with him you were
wrong and he was right and that ended
It." Mr.. Stewart said.
At the close or the interview he
ordered his ear to take the reporter TO
the railroad station and courteously es-
corted him 10 the front steps.
please don't say too much about me
in your paper" he said. 1T really
isn't important, you know"
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
SON FINDS FATHER DEAD
IN BED FROM BULLET
Believes He Was Murdered
by a Burglar.

John Woolley. a fisherman OF Spring
Lake, y. j., was found dead In his bed
room early yesterday morning by his
son. Alvah, when he returned from a
trip TO Asbury Park. Woolley had a
bullet wound in his chest, and his son
said that the house apparently had been
entered by burglar, as SO which he had
left in the pockets OF pair Of trousers
was missing In his fathers pockets.
however. Alvah Woolley found 5000 in
cash and a gold watch.
The fisherman's son told the police
that he believed his father surprised the
burglar at work and was killed, the thief
becoming frightened and escaping with
out rifiing the old mans pockets. Wool
ley had recently expressed anxiety over
the operations of sneak thieves in the
vicinity OF his home, and had obtained
permission to carry a revolver.
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
ELWOOD COX ADAMS
SENT TO BELLEVUE
Jean Cunningham Also There
With Baby.

Elwood Cox Adams, who was indicted
for burglary in the third degree in corr
nection with the robbery of the apart-
ment OF Miss Myrtle Tannehill, actress.
at 245 West Seventy-fifth street. was
ordered 20 Bellevue Hospital for obser-
vation by Judge Mott In General Ses-
sions yesterday Counsel for Adams
presented statements to the court 10
show that his client was mentally un-
sound.
A statement from the defendants
stepfather. Dr. Charles u. Adams OF AZ
Irving place, was read, IN which DR..
Adams said that observation over n
period OF fourteen years made him be-
lieve his stepson to be mentally incom-
petent.
Adams viii be In the same hospital
with Jean Cunningham. his girl COM
panion, formerly a maid in the Adams
home, who says he Is the father OF her
baby, born in the hospital Wednesday.
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
COP IS SUSPECTED
In CAR THEFT CASE
Said to Be Partner of Stealing
and Selling Gang in
Brooklyn.
INSPECTOR QUIZZES HIM
Belongs to Williamsburg Pre-
cinct, but Identity Is Not
Made Public.
INSPECTOR QUIzzES HIM

A policeman attached to a Williams
burg precinct Is under suspicion, 1t was
learned yesterday, of partnership with
Brooklyn automobile thieves. who are
said to have admitted extensive dealings
in stolen cars. When William Perkins,
negro, OF 272 Pulaski street. Brooklyn
John Gerbe OF 675 Park avenue. Brook
lyn; Charles Wilson of 20 East Fourth
street Manhattan. and George Walter
OF 109 Eckford street, Brooklyn, were
held for the Grand Jury in $4,000 bail
each by Magistrate Folwell in Gates
avenue court, the accusation came out.
The policeman was not named, but
Louis Goldsteln, Assistant District At
torney, told the court that one of the
prisoners accused the policeman of try
ing TO force him to sell him a stolen car
for 500, and when he refused. arrested
him. The policeman's case broke down
III court, however, and the prisoner was
discharged.
The four men under arrest, Mr.. Gold
stein said, were connected with stealing
between forty and fifty automobiles in
Brooklyn. At least twenty, he said, had
been disposed of in Albany. Perkins
and Wilson, he said. stole the cars, while
the other two men attended to disguis-
ing and selling them. He said state
ments had been obtained from two of
the men.
The four were specifically accused OF
the theft OF two cars in the cases yes
terday. One was that of DR.. Leo Linnet
a dentist, OF 164 Sumner avenue, stolen
on June TO- and the other that OF Will
lam Boon of 25 Hoyt street, stolen on
July 12. Both cars have been recov-
tered, 1t was said. and the transactions
traced.
Mr.. Goldstein refused to discuss the
case out of court, but 1t was learned
last night that an Inspector in Brook
lyn had questioned the policeman named
by the alleged thieves, but that no
further action had been taken as yet
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
POLICE STOP SOLICITORS
OUTSIDE CITY HALL
Men Seeking Funds to Aid Ex.
Service Men.

The police stopped two young men
yesterday who described themselves n !
Daniel a. Sweeney OF 222 East Seventh
third street and Joseph Hamilla. 70.
Gently in the merchant marine. from,
asking contributions from passersbv
outside OF City Hall for the Amerlcan =
Land Service. They said their ob,eo,
was 70 collect money TO aid ex-serylce
men to obtain work on farms and else
where.
They attracted attention by a banner.
on one side OF which was printed Please
don't say we won't work; give us \
chance On the other side we're The
words, we sleep In the park" Each
had certificate that he was authorized
TO represent the American Land Service.
with offices at $50 Lexington avenue.
The certificates had typed upon them;
we have police permit Aug. 23.
1921" Neither or them, however. had
permit which conferred the right to so
lioit funds publicly. When this fact waa
called 20 their attention hy a policeman
they readily agreed q discontinue their
enterprise
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
TIGHE SOBER IN RAID;
WITNESSES TESTIFY
Also Declare They Never Saw
Detective Use Blackjack
on Women.

Witnesses at the Police Department
trial or Detective Sergeant Charles
Tighe before Deputy Police Commis-
sioner Leach testified yesterday that
Tighe was not drunk, that he did not
use a blackjack. and that his conduct
in the raid on July %, which resulted
in several accusations of assault against
tim, was not unbecoming an officer.
The only witness who charged Tighe
with brutal methods was called a liar
and told to get off the Witness stand by
Commissioner Leach. because. he said,
he did not know bets were made at the
ticker in saloon at 600 Ninth avenue
where the raid was made.
The hearing was resumed after un-
successful attempts by Samuel Fursten-
berg, counsel for the defendant. to post
pone police action until after the GRIM
dnal trial in General Sessions.
Michael Durkin of 4O3 West Forty
sixth street, called by the defence, said
that while he was drinking at the bar
he saw Detectives Tighe and Kaufman
enter and place under arrest several
men who were placing bets at the ticker
While THghe went out to get q patrol
wagon, the witness said, some or the
prisoners escaped through a back room.
Then he said fe saw Tighe interfered
with in his effort to recover these men
by several women who tried to get the
prisoners away from him. Durkln said
he saw no blackjack. Harry Wright.
whose homa is in Nassau county. told
the same story. James Reid. clerk in
Newark. who was drawn by the crowd
about the salocn, said he saw one OF
the prisoners escape and was certain
Tighe did not use a blackjack.
The detectives sobriety at the time OF
the raid was attested by Hugh Lavery. a
pawnbroker at 594 Ninth avenue, and
the Rev. Terence F. McNulty of the
Church Of the Resurrection at 151st
street and Eighth avenue. Father Nc
Nulty testified that on the evening OF
July rs he went to Tighe's house. which
Is In his parish, to meet another priest
and that Tighe showed no signs Of in
toXication.
Alfonso Dei2rosse, n cook employed at
the lunch counter in the saloon. testified
Tighe struck him over the knees with a
blackjack. He said he knew OF no bet
ting in the place.
DO you mean to say that you worked
only two feet from the news ticker and
did not know what was going on there?"
asked Commissioner Leach.
mo. did not know what was going
on" the witness replied.
Get off the stand" the Commissioner
ordered. You are a liar"
Charles p. Green of 219 East Seventy
third street admitted that after he had
oeen pushed into back room by Tighe
he escaped and aided five others to get
away. motion to dismiss the case was
denied. The trial was adjourned until
September a.
The New York herald., 1921-08-26
RETURN HERE
ON CENTENNIAL STATE
Educators Also Voyagers on
u. S. Mail Liner.

The steamship Centennial State or the
United States Mail line, after what her
officers described as the smoothest
ocean trip In their memories, arrived
here yesterday with forty-two first
class and twenty-six steerage pas
sengers.
In the first cabin was Miss Helen
Moller instructor in classic dancing.
who has been in France with ten OF
her pupils TO get the proper "atmos-
phere."
Misses Leila and Edna White returned
after a summer in Europe studying ed
ucational systems. Miss Leila White is
In charge OF the halls and commons OF
the University OF Wisconsin. Her sis
ter Is head Of the Merrill-Palmcr chill
dren's school in Detroit They said they
were impressed by the bad effect which
the war had wrought upon the appear
ance and intelligence OF the children OF
Central European countries.