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The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
DEPORTING ARMENIANS
 SENDS THEM TO DEATH
Turks Murder Woman and Children Because They Are in Way"
 Effort to Save Others.


 Washington, Dec. 19.-The murder at Constantinople in September of IT Armenian women and children who came to the United States seeking safety but who were ordered deported by immigration authorities was re- ported to the House immigration committee today by c. V. Knightly, counsel for welfare organization at Boston.
 Details of the killing were obtained. Knightly said, from an American stu dent at Roberts college, Constantin- ople, in letter to an Armenian stu dent at Boston, whose mother and sister were among those killed. From the best information obtainable, he declared, the women and children were murdered because there was no means for their upkeep and "they were considered in the way"
 Knightly told the committee that 28 Armenians, women and children, were at Ellis Island and 50 at East Boston awaiting deportation, probably today or tomorrow. After he had offered to give personal bond for each, Chair man Johnson communicated with the department of labor in their behalf
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
WHAT THE A. E. A. WANTS.
Governor McRae Scores Those Who
 Haggle Over School Taxes.

Governor McRae Scores Those Who
 Haggle Over School Taxes. Special to The Star.
 The Arkansas Educational Associa- tion is asking some very pertinent question of the people of the state.
 Have you enrolled in the Citizens Section?p
 Have you enrolled other good citi- gems ?"
 The Association has endeavored to enroll 25,000 citizens but up to the present time little more than half of this number has been reached. All friends of education ars asked to en- roll and pay $l fee to assist in the work being carried on by the Asso- ciation. The fund thus raised is be- ing used to:
 1. Help lift Arkansas out of it's educational rut.
 2. Help wipe out illiteracy.
 5. Help teachers secure a $l00 pro- fessional library.
 4. Help finance the survey of our school system.
 Governor McRae sounds a clarion note of challenge to the citizenship of Arkansas when he says:
 'I do not see how people can hesi- tate and haggle over the question of the expenses of schools It is a strange phase of human nature that people complain and grumble more about taxes assessed by government for all purposes, including schools, than they do about the very much greater burden of taxation for luxur- ies, which is self-imposed, voluntary and willingly accepted"
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
ARKANSAS COTTON
 POOL CLOSE TO TOP
On December 19, 175.D0O Bales Signed and Coming in 10000 Daily Confident of Reaching Full
 100000 Quota.

Little Rock, Dec. 19.- With two weeks remaining for the drive, the Arkansas cotton pool was only 35,000 bales short of it's quota last Saturday night as estimated from reports from nearly all the field men in the state, it was announced at the headquarters of the Arkansas Farm Bureau.
 A total of 100000 bales must bo signed before the association can be organized and this must be done be- fore January 1 or the contracts are not valid. Contracts are being re- ceived at the rate of 10000 bales daily.
 In issuing an appeal to all the field workers to remain in the field over the Christmas holidays. campaign manager F. K. Shanks declares. Victory is certain if the forces are kept intact. The only way we can lose now is for the workers to be- come over-confdent and let down in their efforts Let every field worker stay on the job every day until Janu- ary 1, even at personal sacrifice"
 The total sign-up Saturday night was 174,250 bales, according to the best available estimate Six countries were reported to have exceeded their quotas in the drive, Pulaski, Lee, Ash ley, Clark, Hampstead and Little River. Twenty other counties have signed up more than half their quota. The quotas were all made on a basis of double what is necessary to put the drive over the top. Pulaski coun- ty, whose record is the most startling, has signed up 17,100 bales against quota of 8,474 or more than 70 per cent of it's production.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
c. c. BECKER ASKS QUARANTINE
 AGAINST PINK BOIL WORM
Head of State Plant Board Makes Recommendations Which Are
 Approved.
Special to The Star.

Speclal 10 ne SldT.
 Little Rock, Dec 15.-At a meeting of the State Plant Board yesterday, Chief Inspector Becker made a report on the work that has been done in in- vestigating reports of pink boil worm infestation Concluding his reports, he made the following recommenda- tions which were unanimously adopt ed and ordered put into effect:
 l. Declare a state wide quarantine against the state of New Mexico and quarantine against those areas in Louisiana and Texas which are in- fested or are likely to be infested with the pink boil worm.
 2. That all cotton products from the safe areas of Texas and Louisiana, as well as such cotton products from all Southern states, be admitted only under special permits granted by the chief inspector after he has received affidavits and such other information as he may need to determine the point of origin of the cotton products to be shipped and had assured himself that the cotton products did not originate in an infested or suspicious area.
 3. That cotton, cottonseed, seed cotton, cottonseed hulis, cotton lint, cotton linters, cotton waste, cotton sweepings, cotton samples, cotton mill waste and damaged and redried cotton be covered by these regula- tions.
 The quarantine has been issued anl common carriers in Texas and Louisi- ana have been notified and furnished with copies of the regulations. Mir. Becker says the success of the quar- antine is contingent on raising nec- essary funds, the cooperation of the University Farm Bureau. Farmers Union and similar organizations, lib- eral publicity from the press and full cooperation of the common carriers.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
WATSON'S WITNESSES DO NOT
 HAVE FIRST HAND STORIES

Washington, Dec. 20.-None of the six witnesses appearing today before a Senate committee was able to give iiirst hand evidence to support charge by Senator Watson, Democrat, Geor- gia, that American soldiers had been hanged without trial in France.
 George H. Taylor, of Philadelphia. thin and frail and under treatment, as he himself explained, for epilepsy declared that he had seen twelve soldiers hanged, or one more than the number officially listed by the war de- partment as executed in accordance 66y General Pershing. Taylor, con- fused as to the number of victims, testified at first that he had seen three, and then under direct question. ing increased his figures to four, Jumping finally to twelve. All of these, he declared, were put to death Tn and around Is-sur- Tile in the per- iod from April to June, 1919.
 In no instance could the witness say he knew whether any or all of the twelve had been tried by mili- tary court.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
sP0ILED MORE CHRISTMAS.
Monroo and Dave Miller Taken With
 SfiII and Whiskey.

W c. Faulkner, deputy sheriff, Egg ger, and R. D Lee, deputy at at Wat CTS, with few neighbors, captured a i1,ooushine still in full operation un- der the supervision of Monroe and Davo Mi1t4r, and the young men, with Q<1alt of Whiskey and the outfit Hof6 bf6uo{f to Mena by Deputy F10l kueEz I1e men are in jail pending eo<1<f 1<fIcl4 They freely confess khoit ma md even told the officers w11ef6 61 gallons of whiskey is s<ofed. m fkfs will be gotten as soon as xhey t4u 10 to the place. The p14nt W14 lotAted about a mile north eask ol Ehc Springdale school house if1 tt ';z.> ' end of Polk county.
 WhjI6 in Mena, Deputy Sheriff Faulkner referred to the fact that the published reports had located the Fain shooting and robbery as in the Cherry HiII netehbozhood, and requests The S4k tQ co1rect this by placing the aIiajr W6erS he says it belongs, at Hi&hlnnd x1c facts are that officers aI1d eitIzena kenerally include good poxt tiof 9f the northeast part of Polk county az fhe Cherry Hill district, hence the error.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
POLK COUNTY HAS
 NEW COUNTY AGENT
c. H. Alspaugh, Who Is Said to Have Done Good Work in Sevier County, Assigned to Work Here
 Coming January l.

Judge H. W. Finger is in receipt ot a letter from H. K. Thatcher, district agent, informing him of the appoint ment of c. H. Alspaugh as county farm agent for Polk county for the coming year. MT. Alspaugh will be here ready for work January 1.
 Mir. Alspaugh has been in the same work in Sevier county, and it was on what was learned of his success there that caused movement to be started to secure him for Polk county when it was learned that our present agent, c. w. Broyles, had resigned.
 It is believed with such team as Mrs. Mary Austin and MT. Alspaugh in the field much good work will be done and helpful progress made in Polk county.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
TEXAS OIL MEN INDICTED Charged With Using Mails to Defraud
 in Selling Worthless Stock.

Wichita Falls, Tex, Dec. 17.-Eu- gene T. Shannon, manager of the Fort Worth chamber of commerce and for merly postmaster of Nashville, Tenn, and Porter Oakes, promoter of num- Der of oil companies during the Burk- burnett oil boom, were indicted by a federal grand jury here today, accord ing to announcement of Grady Niblo, assistant federal district attorney. Warrants have been issued for their arrest, he said.
 The indictments charged using the mails to defraud in selling stock in al- legged worthless oil schemes promoted by them.
 Principal among them was the Jeff ersonian Oil Company, originally called the Postmasters' Oil Company, until the Postoffice Department ob- jected, organized in May, 1919. D. A.. Cornell also was indicted on these charges, but has not yet been arrested. Others indicted are James Childs. H. T. Mccarthy of Los Angeles and H. T. Harris. Bond was made in the sum of Sf0.000 in each case.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
'DRY" CONGRESSMAN LOSES
 CHRISTMAS WHISKEY STORES

Peoria, H., Dec. 20.-Acting on an anonymous tip received at police headquarters, detective surrounded the residence of Congressman Git. ford Ireland and prevented the carry ing away of 45 gallons of domestic wines and five cases of French im- ported wines. They captured Joseph Ripper and Richard Voris after letting them pile the liquor outside the house near their automobile.
 Keg by keg and case by case the men brought the liquor out of the cellar and deposited it in the rear of the house.
 When the last case was put in place ready to be put into the wait ing machine the police closed in on them.
 Congressman Ireland voted dry on the 18th amendment.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
WERE TOO ELABORATE IN
 PROVISIONS TO START FIRE
Heads of St. Louis Garment Company Provided Electricity, Gasoline
 and Gunpowder in Effort.

St. Louis. Mo, Dec. 14.-Isidor Doischman, 50 years old, president of the Doischman Garment Company, and Jacob Friedman, vice president of of the Fashion Waist Company, today were arrested following the secon0 tire this week in the establishment.
 Bremen found in the middle of the Dioschman establishment five gallon jar partly filled with gasoline and connected by long wire with an el- ectric light socket. In the gasoline was a quantity of what is believed to be .gunpowder. Small copper cleo trodes, connected with the wire were Tn the gasoline, and it is supposed that these were intended to form an arc and to ignite the gasoline by means of a spark.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
ULSTER REJECTS IRISH TREATY Stands for Practical Work in Agri-
 culture, Markets. Etc.

Belfast, Dec. 14.-The Ulster cabi. nets reply to Prime Minister Lloyd Georges letter of December 5, which will be made public officially tomor- row, definitely rejects the invitation tc enter the Irish Free State.
 1t protests against Listers inter- ests being involved in the Irish set. tiement without practical and scien- the investigation thru state and na- uonai departments of agricultural colleges directed toward reducing the hazards of climate and weather con- oitions and of plant and animal dis eases and of insect pests.
 More adequate wholesale terminal facilities, particularly for handling of rerishable foods.
 Development of better roads to To- cal markets.
 Direction of greater efforts in the improvement of community life.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
POLES FLEEING FROM
 RUSSIA DIE OF COLD
Scores Perish. Including Many Yemen and Children. Travelling in Un-
 heated Railroad Cars.

Warsaw, Dec. f5.--Reports have reached the Polish government that Polish refugees from Russia are dy- ing by scores from exposure to the ex- tremely cold weather. Among the victims are said to be many women and children who were frozen to death on their way from Russia in unheated cars.
 The number of refugees arriving at Baranowicz, near the frontier is said to average 5000 a day. Since last Sunday, when the cold spell began. of fcials estimate that thirty persons have died every day at Baranowicz alone, either on the trains or soon af- ter their arrival at the refugees camp.
 One instance was reported of 14 be- ing found frozen in one freight car.
 Polish officials accuse the soyies government of neglect.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
MAY DEPoRT DEPORTEEs
Sent From U. s. to Russia. Letvia
 Grows Tired of Them.

Riga, Letvia, Dec. 14.-Six de- portees from America are in Riea temporarily with no place to 20 and all of them face deportation from Let via within few days.
 Mollie Steiner. Jacob Abrams, Fly man Lachowskv and Samuel Lipman. pardoned for alleged seditious activi- ties by the American government on the condition that they go 10 soyie. Russia are in 2 concentration canan al Riga awaiting permission of the soviet government to enter Russia They are hopeful of obtaining this permission before December IS. which Is the last day they can re- main in Letyia.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
BOLD BANDITS TAP
 AN ILLINOIS BANK
Make Getaway With Sl5,OO0 But Are Being Chased by Posses in Autoes--Gore, Ok, Bank
 Loses $500.

Centralia, H., Dec. 20.-Four un- masked men, each carrying two re- volvers held up and robbed the State Bank of Iuka, northeast of here, late this afternoon of $15,000 in cash and negotiable paper.
 inc fifth bandit sat in an automo- bile and drove his companions to free dom toward Terre Haute, Ind, dis tanee of 100 miles from here.
 Two hours after the robbery here 1t was reported that two posses fol- lowing the bandits had practically en- tered into a race with the fleeing gum men with the outcome of the race de- pending upon the automobiles being able to stand the strain to which they were being put.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
DEBs OUT BY CHRISTMAS?
Will Be Included in Group of "Polit-
 ical" Pardons Is Belief.

Washington, Dec. 15.-A number of political prisoners will be pardoned before Christmas it was stated offi- cially at the department of justice to- day.
 Eugene V. Debs, former Socialist candidate for President is expected to be in this group. although there was no official statement regarding him.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
War The Man Hit the Least Nearly Supply
Chr 5tar'a GhrtHtntas Orrrttttg..
 AH CT m PER YEAR Q>1 Errr s eS O .uA POSTAL Q JUL eSS

taking this step The Star acting def 
 eand m what thevha oacceo of the shp me en going to hreade t o sand wilpa the best a yetw not tonaket better We believe o hcmp remarkable fidelity And have the eary product ~
 
 
 
 and do nomssan price of the Prosper New Year wea Sincerely
  sFOr Christmas in the or frnd
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
Former Call Boy Visits Mena.

A. Beauchamp, in Mena's early days Bill Beauchamp, call boy for tho kax1sas City Southern, is in Mena for | visit with Bill Pannell and other ixiends. While a good deal of the z41Ile Bill as of old, W. A. is now on a 4klon from his position as assist 4lIE dlstrict freight agent with the tziEzIlsas < Louisiana division of the
 QQrl Pacific railroad. He is. l1%<x6x, soon to return to his old 1ot " Yordmaster for the company 4ex1rkaua, place he prefers be-
 he can be at home. He is driv- m thru with an auto.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
Tklnk Came From Wickes.

9. H AlIen, who lives 21a miles 2ozt1Vest of Egger, was in Mena Aondsy and brought a cabinet sized Rl4e<efxeph of family group, fath- ek mother, three boys and a baby. N11ch h9 recently found near his ploce Ho also found a belt from a
 1x14 dxo91 and piece of towel, and 5elley>n uLI were carried from Wickes bx tAe tok1ado that devastated sev- 4znl don1>o and caused eight deaths
 1lze rho1@xraph is held at The Star qIlee ma VIII gladly be turned over
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
SUSTAINS CUT ON GRAIN
 AND PRODUCT RATES
Interstate Commerce Commission De. nies Railroads Petition for Sus-
 pension Effective Dec. 27.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Reduceo rates on grain, grain products and hay in trans-Mississippi territory which the carriers recently sought to have suspended for six months, were sustained by the interstate commerce commission today and will go into effect December 27.
 The reductions average about 161& per cent of the 1920 grain rates and are further decreased by the com missions order today which requires that corn and other coarse grains be carried for ten per cent less than wheat and other breadstuff grains.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
ANTI-ALIEN LAND LAW VALID.
California Statute Is Upheld b
 Three Federal Judges.

San Francisco, Dec. 20.-The con- stitutionality of the California anti alien land law forbidding aliens ineli- gible to citizenship from leasng agri- cultural lands, was upheld late today by court of three federal judges.
 Several other states have enacted laws patterned on the California act.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
Used Horses in Oklahoma.

Gore, Ok, Dec. 20.-Two bandits entered the Garmers' Bank at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and rob- bed the vaults of $500, afterwards making their escape on horseback. But three persons were in the bank at the time of the robbery, the assistant cashier, his mother and customer. One of the bandits kept them covered with pistol while the other rifled the tills and vault.
 Immediately after the men had backed out of the bank and mounted their horses, the alarm was given and posses comprised of citizens started in pursuit, but they were still at large at a late hour last night, according to reports received here.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
SUGAR IS SELLING AT
 20 YEAR AGO PRICE
Houston. Tex. Merchants Offer Com modity at Poe Pound for sl. Be-
 low Wholesale Cost.

Houston, Tex, Dec. 15.-Sugar can be bought for the same price that it was selling at twenty years ago. While the wholesale quotation it S5 5.l5 a hundred. number of merchants are using sugar for a special and selling it at % pounds for q.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
SOLDIER BONUS IS
 NEXT MATTER UP
House Ways and Means Committee Begins Work on Measure Right After Christmas Recess, Says
 Chairman Fordney.

Washington, Dec. 14.--The House ways and means committed, now that the tariff and tax revision are off it's hands for the present at least, will take up the, soldier bonus question immediately after the Christmas re- cess. Chairman Fordney announced today that the committees first order of business for the new year would be consideration of adjusted compensa- tion Legislation. Its primary concern, he added, would be to determine how funds with which to pay bonus can be raised.
 The House membership, according to present indications, will be divided in it's views as to how bonus payments should be financed. The opinion ap- pears to be general, however, that such bill must provide a means of raising the funds it intends to dis tribute--a feature which was lacking in the adjusted compensation measure which received the approval of the House during the last session but which was placed indefinitely in com mittee in the Senate.
 Pressure on House Members.
 Among the proposals now being put forward as means of raising bonus funds is either manufactur- CTS tax or general business sales tax. It is also contended by some that if bonus is voted, it should in some way be linked up with settle ments by foreign nations of the debt owed the United States.
 House leaders said today there was a growing demand among members, most of whom will stand for re-elec- tion next fall, for disposal of the bonus question at an early date. Mir. Fordney said he had informed Amer ican Legion officials only recently that substantial progress would be made within 90 days toward enactment of such measure, altho he made it plain that he could not state definitely when the bill would become a law.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
sInaling in Belfast.

Belfast. Dec. le.-There was CO., siderable shooting and two bombs were thrown Thursday evening in which three persons were wounded. The firing became 50 intense at ore time that the soldiers and police re- piled to it
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
NO KERRY CHRISTMAS IN THIS.
koaamastex Spyres Receives Orders
 <Q Lay Of 200 Railroad Workers.

Koadmaster w. L. Spyres of the kanSas City Southern has received 0rders to reduce the roadworkers 1oree on his division between De Qzzeen and Heavener. About 200 men will be affected, and they will receive notices the last of the week. Between 20 and 30 men who make Mena their home will be affected by tle shutdown, which is believed to be sfAIy temporary.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
CARD OF THANKS.

We take this method of f-oifering our heartfelt thanks to the people of Cove and surrounding country for their kindness and help ali during the sick ness and death of our beloved wife and mother.
 Warrior Hounsel.
 And Children.
 GHw@rsfs~<sn<f
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
 Hkklo 19E>6l in Star Hall Saturday

ar study of the Bible k ee 1 the Star hall on Satur- 9-y 1ecn's at 2:30 p. m. Bro. R 8z1r.e has charge. The les ecl1r 4z4 W the Book of St John. Sey- 1. 41<@rrz who assist in these
 - the absence of Elders E. z' zl!!a ma Wilhelm. The public
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
HERoIsM MAY COST HIS LIFE
Corduetor Loses Both Legs Saving
 Child at Hutchinson, Kas.

Hutchinson, Kas., Dec. 19.--Tom Ball. conductor on the Orient, who lives at Haxness lost both legs today, when he saved the life of a little girl. The child was in front of an approach ifaG passenger train, and Ball, seeing her danger, seized her. He stepped o11 side track just as his own train. 6 local, backed upon him. He was fl44ed to hospital, but is not ex-
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22

&'ra4 &41 opened an official naun <NeR o1yance loans on reasonable e@lE-1 v Ucrking men. 's
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
it is thought probable

0 Mena 1t is thought probable t the hero named is Tom Ball, a NFIl known brakeman on the Kansas City Southern, who lived in Mena un- til the removal of the division, going from here to Heavener at that time "A daughter of Ball married Holly Christy, now at Cushing. Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22

.lIs.- t,1s Irslks at Home i55 <eu lo<e them ;''s.s road about theml
 <1frs{:1IBE FOR YOUR H<1TlE TOWN PAPER'
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22

And Children.
 -Adverfisement.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-08
PUEBLO MANUFACTURERS ASSN
INDUSTRIAL WEEK MAY 9Th TO l4TH

ury. Tho Secretary of tho Treasury
that vc needed in war time was 4 dash
ing man of action. intent upon quick
results. regardless OF cost The man
VIC needed was one who should feel
confidence that the United States could
never go broke. When IL became
matter OF borrowing money thru tho
Salc OF bonds. when prudent people
said let us ISSUE a billion dollars in
Victory bonds - and when McAdoo
said. no. lc, us mak~ II three billions"
and by his dashing energy succeeded in
floating them. that was the ideal char
actcr OF war time secretary OF the
treasury.
But the necessary result OF this war
tmc haste and these improviscd cncr-
gsncy situations on huge scale has
been 10 leave to Mr.. Mellon a heritage
OF huge sprawlinE mess.
Not merely is the treasury. As Mr..
Mellon comes to II, job Of more than
FIVE times tho magnitude than any
other secretary of the treasury ever
had. in addition to that. necessarily
much OF tho personnel that he finds
under him is new. Many OF tho busi-
ness men who came to help in tho
treasury department while tho war was
on left as soon as the armisticc came.