The Mena weekly star., December 29, 1910, Page 2, Image 2

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TO eon CANAL
PRESENT CONGRESS WILL BE
ASKED TO PASS
RULES.
TO GUARD AGAINST MONOPOLIES
Fortification*, Question of Tolls and
All the Various Point* of Interests
to Be Covered—Senator Flint Con
sult**!—Stiff Fight Looked For.
Washington. Dec. 24.—President
Taft has decided on a determined
effort to secure from congress before
Its final adjournment the legislation
necessary to meet the conditions that
will arise upon the completltlon of
the Panama canal. To this end Sena
tor Flint chairman of the senate com
mlttee on lnteroceanlc canals has
been called Into conference and during
the holidays a comprehensive plane
will be arranged that later will be
put Into the form of a bill and pressed
to passage
In addition to the matter of fortl
fylng the canal, it is desired to ar
range In advance the question of tolls
for the canal, the plan of government
of the canal zone and to forestall cor
poration efforts which may negative
the commercial benefits which it is
hoped to secure from the opening of
the great waterway.
With regard to the latter Senator
Flint has already Introduced a bill
making It unlawful for any railroad
or other common carrier subject to
the Interstate commerce law to own
or control or have any interest what
ever In any steamship line passing
through the canal. This Is In accord
with a suggestion in the president's
annual message and it is intended to
prevent the railroads from securing
a manapoly of the carrying trade
through the canal that would enable
them to maintain rate* at a high level
satisfactory to the transcontinental
railroads.
Da af ..-_1 ik.i L..
an absorption of the control of the
coastwise steamers plying between
Atlantic and Pacific ports and the
isthmus the railroads have been able
to prevent shippers from enjoying the
economy of transportation that was
afforded by the Panama canal rail
road.
A stiff fight Is expected from the
railroad to any measure looking to a
cheapening of transportation rates
when the canal is finally opened and
opposition to this particular bill of
Senator Flint is already being or
ganised.
READY TO LEAVE OKLAHOMA
Waat “Ad” Proves Industries Are in
Reach for Arkansas.
Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 20.—Is Ok
lahoma losing its popularity tor invest
ments? This is a question which is
bothering local officials of the Com
mercial League. A classified ad was
inserted last Sunday in several papers
in the Southwest solicting industries
for this city. More than three-fourths
of the inquiries came from the new
state and four came from big industries
in Oklahoma City.
Miu Emma Cecil Married.
Mrs. E. A. Garrett returned Friday
night from Vandervoort, where she at
tended the wedding of Miss Emma
Cecil and Mr. John Scoggins which
took place at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Cecil,
Thursday evening at 8:30 o’clock.
The wedding was attended by a
number of friends of the young couple
and the pretty decorated home, the
wedding supper and all made it an
e/ent of great pleasure and happiness
for all.
The bride is the daughter of one of the
most prominent families of the south
enrn portion of Polk county and her
husband is a prominent business man
of Ashdown.
Mr. and Mrs. Scoggins left Saturday
for a trip through the south before re
turning to their home at Ashdown.
Newspaper Plant Is Destroyed by Fire.
Stillwell, Ok., Dec. 22.—Fire here j
early this morning caused a loss of
about $5,000, destroyed the records of
the district clerk, the township justice
of the peace and police judge. The
fire started in the office of the Stand
ard Sentinal Printing company, a
newspaper office, from a defective
stove and destroyed the newspaper
plant. The building was owned by
Arnold and Johnson. The grocery
store of Wilson Bros, was destroyed
with its contents.
Cold Storage Plant Bnrns.
Siioam Springs Ark. Dec. 22 — The
cold storage and ice plant at this place
was destroyed by fire this morning,
entailing a loss that will exceed $100.
000. The cause of the fire is not
known. The plant was insured for
$55,000. It contained a consignment
of apples valued at $12,000 which were
destroyed. The plant was one of the
most modern in northwest Arkansas.
The quicker a cold is gotten rid of
the less the danger from pneumonia
and other serious diseases. Mr. B.
W. L. Hall of Waverly, Va., says:!
I firmly believe Chamberlain’s Cough j
Remedy to be absolutely the best pre
Earation on the market for colds. I
ave recommended U to my friends I
and they all agree with me.” For
sale by all dealers.
Another Car of Flour
Fresh from the mill to swap for
corafed eggs or any other farm pro
ducts. A little cash mixed in won't
hurt. If. K, JPeninger, Nunley. fc45-t/
CONVICTED MAN TRIES SUICIDE
Was Sentenced to 18 Years in Missouri
Penitentiary—Cut Throat With
Pocket Knife.
Jefferson City, Dec. 24.—Herman A.
Kretschmnr, whose sentence of 18
years in the penitentiary was affirmed
last week by the supreme court, came
here with bis uncle and brother and
surrendered to Marshal Finks of the
supreme court. While the marshal
was waiting outside of his room at
the Madison bouse for him, he jerked
a knife from his pocket and slashed
his throat, inflicting a dangerous
wound.
The marshal took charge of the
bleeding man. placed him In an auto
mobile and rushed him to the prison
The physician reports that while the
the man is in a serious condition he
will recover.
HE HUNTED DUCKS
—
IN AN AEROPLANE HERBERT
LATHAM. FRENCHMAN
WENT SHOOTING.
MADE MANY BRILLIANT SHOTS
Invited Guests Watched the Aviator
Chase the Terror Stricken Birds—
Was in Air for Haif an Hour-—Pur
aued Flock to the Ocean.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 24.—Hubert
Lutharn, the French aviator, w'ent
duck hunting at. the Blosa Chico Gun
club In his fast Antoinette monaplane.
He circled over the feeding grounds
of the wild fowls, driving his machine
at a high rate of speed and frightened
the birds into the air in thousands.
With a double barreled shotgun,
Latham tired ten times at the ducks,
killing a few and crippling others.
After pursuing the sport for more
than half an hour Latham landed suc
cessfully at the clubhouse.
The sight, of the aviator circling
over tne marsnes ami driving swarms
of birds into the air, now and then
rt I aslng control of his machine to
grasp his gun and fire at them, was
witnessed by a group of invited
guests of the gun club, who stood
on a knoll overlooking the shoot
ing grounds.
Carrying his loaded shotgun across
his lap, the aviator sat quietly in his
machine as he approached the shoot
ing grounds. Once in the vicinity of
the marshes, thousands of water
fowls of all descriptions arose quack
ing and squawking, frightened by the
machine. As the first flock left the
water, l^athara fired at the ducks near
est him, a few dropped to the water
and thousands more arose in all direc
tions.
The aviator veered bis machine and
pursued a flock of big duck* that
made for safety toward the ocean
Flying directly over the clubhouse.
Latham chased them out to sea, pur
suing them more than three miles. In
his swift machine he overtook and
passed many of the slow denizens of
ibe air.
The w hole kingdom of water Jowl
seemed terrorized by the appearance
af the btg black monoplane with its
broad extended white wings and
"hugging motor.
INSURRECTOS SE D
PORTION OF M ARMY
Gen. Navarro ia About Defeated—Hia
Troops Suffer From Hunger—la
Threatened With Death If Cap
tured—Expects Reinforcements.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 24.—That Gen
Navarro, commanding the Mexican
federal troops in Western Chihuahua,
is entirely surrounded by insurrectos
near Pedernales and is starving, was
the word that reached El Paso.
Navarro's supplies have been cut
off and his men are reported to be
subsisting on horse flesh. The rebel
leaders have sent word to Navarro,
telling him that should they capture
him, he will be immediately hanged
because he shot Insurgent wounded
after the recent engagement at Cerro
Prieto. His force Is now reduced to
less than 200, many of whom are
wuunueu, ana ms conaiuon is des
perate.
Nineteen cars of troops have ar
rived in Chihuahua and will be
hurried to Pedernales to relieve
Navarro.
Col. A. C. Sharpe, commandant at
Fort Bliss, Thomas Edwards, Ameri
can consul at Juarez, and Herbert
Cole, representing the United States
department of Justice, held a confer
ence here to consider means of main
taining strict neutrality along the
Mexican horder.
FRAUDS IN SUGAR CUSTOMS
United States Treasury May Get
Many Millions—Swindlers Develop
New Methods—Prosecution Possible
New York, liec. 24.—Immense su
gar customs frauds, said to equal in
extent the underweighing frauds, are
being investigated by federal authori
ties here with ultimate prosecutions
and civil suite probable. If proof can
be secured. The latest alleged frauds
are in the ‘drawbacks" allowed to su-1
gar companies, and the federal au- >
thorities are said to be convinced that
suits if filed, will return to the United
States treasury several million dol
lars.
W. W. Townsend wants your cow
peas. Will pay $1.20 per bushel for
Whippoorwill peas up to January 15,
1911. 48-4t
For Sale—One good work horse
weight 1300, also 20>0 egg Victor incu
bator and brooder. Address B. H.
Korte, Egger, Ark. 244 49-2t,
W. W. Townsend wants your cow- j
peas. Will pay $1.20 per bushel for,
Whippoorwill peas up to Januray 15, i
1911. 48-4tl
HAD VOTESTO SELL
THRIFTY PEOPLE OF ADAM3
COUNTY, OHIO, WERE
GRAFTERS.
833 INDICTED FOR BRIBE TAKING
Republican! and Democrat* Equally
Guilty—Campaign* in County Coet
940.000—Fine* $10 to 920 Assessed
—Deprived of Vote for Five Year*.
West Union, 0„ Dec. 26.—The grand
jury returned 100 additional indict
ments against people in this county,
who are charged with having either
sold their votes at the recent con
gressional election or having aided
those who were buying them. This
makes a total of 833 indictments in
Adams county for this crime, all of
which have been returned within a
very few hours. The clerks and Judge
A. Z Blair have been busy in receiv
ing the pleas of guilty, from those
who were indicted and with collect
ing their fines. These have run from
$10 to $20 a vote.
Republicans and Democrats are
equally guilty, and as many men said
to the court that they were guilty of
accepting bribes to vote the Republi
can ticket as those who confessed to
criminal charges on the Democratic
side. These Indictments which were
from a special grand jury, covered
the two cities of Manchester and
Peebles. Judge Blair has said that
he will cover every nook and corner
of the county, and more than 1,000
indictmenta are looked to come from
the jury before its sessions are over.
It has been known for the last 30
or 35 years that Adams county has
been purchasable by the party which
would put up the money necessary
for this. Incidentally, each party has
spent large sums of money every
election In this county, the last one
costing more than $30,000. This in
cludes only the money that has been
told of before this special grand jury.
It is said by reliably informed poll
ticians tnat runy *4l),uoo baa been
used In this county In every cam
paign for the Ohio governorship,
l-iach one of the 300 men who already
have pleaded guilty , to accepting
money for their votes or giving
money for votes either has been fined
or released on bond for trial. The
sentence of the court has been a fine
of $25 and costs, with a jail sentence
of six months' imprisonment and a
loss of the right to vote for five years.
In almost all the cases the jail sen
tences were suspended.
DR. COOK HAS SOME FRIENDS
Battled for Him on Steamship
George Waehlngton With Defamere
—Were His Fellow Paeeengers.
New York, Dec. 24.—By far the
most interesting part of the arrival
of Dr. Frederick A. Cook on the
steamer George Washington was the
attitude of the ship’s passengers to
ward their fellow voyager and near
polar hero. The doctor was calm and
said very little. But the passengers
almost fought among themselves to
make excuses or denunciations for
Peary’s rival. An argument which
evidently had been growing on the
way over, broke as the reporters
came on board. And there tvas noth
ing listless about that argument,
either.
The doctor's sympathizers wished
it understood that he was received
with no shadow of discrimination by
the other passengers. His enemies
wished it made clear that he had
been shunned. The minute the re
porters who had gone down the
harbor on a revenue cutter stepped
into the saloon, representatives of
both sides assailed them. Persons,
who in ordinary circumstances dodge
publicity as they would the plague,
button holed the reporters in their
eagerness to present their case first.
Hyde Hearing Set Back.
Jefferson City, Dec. 24.—The B.
Clark Hyde murder case, from Kan
sas City, which is docketed for hear
ing in th© supreme court on January
3, will be reset for bearing after Jan
uary 20. Attorneys have filed with
the supreme court a stipulation for
resetting the case.
That the coining New Year,
1911, will be a most happy
one to our many old friends
and patrons and to the many
new ones which we expect
to make by giving satisfac
tion to all with whom we do
business, is the sincere wish
of
NALL’S
BOOK STORE
Phone 182 i 620 Mena St.
“
ARE AFTER TULSA BOOTLEGGERS
$124,000 Damage* Claimed From Own
er of a Building—Civic League
Behind the Suit.
Tulsa, Ok., Dec. 24— H W. Ran
dolph, an attorney for the Civic
League, has Bled a penalty suit In the
district court for $124,000 against J. C.
Kennedy, who owns the building oc
cupied by the Oil Exchange. Kennedy
la charged with allowing his place of
business to be used for illegal pur
poses after he had received due no
tice through the courts that gambling
and the sale of liquor had been car
ried on in his building. Five minute*
after Randolph had filed the suit he
filed a lien upon the property owned
by Kennedy and used by the Oil Ex
change. One thousand dollars a day
for 124 days was the way in which
damages were computed. Randolph
says he will proceed with the penalty
suits and tie up $1,000,000 worth of
property if necessary.
m eoss ISLANDS
ARMY OFFICERS TALK OF CONDI
TIONS IN PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS.
JAPANESE OFFICE SANK DRY DOCK
-—
Knowing One's Say Orientals Could
Take Our Eastern Island* at Any
Time—Maintain Navy Nearer to Our
Shores Than Law Permit*.
New York, Dec. 26.—Army officers
recently returned from the Philippines
of whom there are many in this city,
are deeply concerned over conditions
in the islands and maintain that it
was on information furnished by
them and contained in letters recent
ly received in this country from men
in close touch with affairs in the East
that Secretary of War Dickinson and
Gen. Leonard Wood based much in
their recent reports to congress on the
unpreparedness of the country for
war.
M unh tsrViof tVioco nfflpArfl h9VA
been saying among themselves and
friends who can be depended upon not
to betray them is borne out by letterB
recently received from the Philip
pines and which have been quietly
circulated in quarters where it was
felt the news they contain might re
sult in some effective measures to
check the evils which it is alleged
the United States authorities have
been cognizant of but which they
have not taken steps to prevent.
In brief the charges are that the
Japanese are in absolute control of
the Philippines and that they will
have little or no difficulty in taking
over the islands whenever they are
ready to move.
Officers of the army who are con
cerned over this situation make no
pretense that a Japanese war ever
could result in a successful invasion
of this country. They do maintain,
however, that the Japanese can take
over our possessions in the West
whenever they want to; that right
under the noses of American officials
they have perfected ftieir prepara
tions and that it is time the American
people were informed of the situation.
It is declared by responsible offi
cers of the United States army both
in person and by letter that Japan de
liberately sunk the great dry dock
Dewey in Subig bay and that this
fact is known in official circles. It is
also said that government officials in
Philippines know the name of the
Japanese officer w'ho did this job and
are dared any action.
It Is charged that within a year a
fully equipped wireless station ope
rated by Japanese and commanded
by a Japanese colonel was discover
ed by accident in northern Luzon and
that there is reason to believe that
other stations have been established
by the Japanese, in this connection
it is charged that the greatest efforts
were made to prevent this discovery
from becoming public and the few
army officers who knew it all the time
were fearful of what would happen
to them if they revealed the news.
An army officer of standing made a
statement that there was even now a
Japanese fleet nearer to the Philip
nine /rnnoi __
mitted, without notice.
When your feet are wet andcold,and
your body chilled through and through
from exposure, take a big dose of
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, bathe
vour feet in hot water before going to
bed, and you are almost certain to
ward off a severe cold. For sale by
all dealers.
An Opportunity.
The best twenty acres in Polk coun
ty only 1 mile from business center ol
Mena. Set to fine apple trees just
coming in bearing. New well built
three-room cottage, bam, two springs,
fine well, new fence. If you want
a bargain in an ideal fruit farm call
on or address ‘‘Orchard” care of Star
office, Mena, Ark.
Wanted—A carload of WHip
poorwill peas. Top prices.
Roaach Wholesale Grocery Com
pany, Mena, Ark. 48-tf
01840—In Forest.
NOTICE FOR publication.
department of the Interior, U. S. Laud Of
fice at Camden, Arkansas, dec. 14,1910.
Notice Is hereby given that
d- N1 EL L. LAWRENCE
of Shady. Arkansas, who on May 14. 1904,
made homestead Entry (Serial No.01810).No.
17837. for SE* SW*. Section 29. Township 9
South. Range'29 West, 5th Principal Meridi
an, has tiled notice of intention to make dnsl
five year proof, to estahllsh claim to the land
above described, before County Clerk of Folk
County, at Mena, Arkansas, on the 2Bth day
of January. 1911.
Claimant names a* witnesses: Jesse L. Ar
nold. Calvin A. Lawrence. Taudy A. Ilatfleld
and Ep T. Avant*. all of Shady, Arkansas.
Dec. '22Jit H. U. Krtedhelin, Register,,
Take no other insist on
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.. IMPLEMENTS..
Our car of Implements for Spring Farm work
has arrived and we are ready to supply all
wants in the way of Farming Tools, such as
Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, Stalk Cutters
and all shapes and styles of Double Shovel and
Georgia Stock Shovels. It is well to buy be
fore the stock is broken, so you will be ready
for the season
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springs and a living stream on farm.
Price $450 for a Quick Cash Sale
SHAFER & HAMMOND
Hatfield, Arkansas.
I
HATFIELD ON THE MAP
WITH A NEW STORE
I am rapidly getting together a splendid line of General
merchandise -not an old, shelf-worn, out of date article in
the store, I propose to do business on a
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My constant effort will be to please every customer. Come
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Hatfield Mercantile Co’s. Old Stand. HATFIELD, ARK.
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Look'over the assortment
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you to choose from. R,,gg
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in deep colors and Oriental
effects for Library or Din
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different qualities, all very
attractive, offered at a
wide range of prices.
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because the prDe is low. But
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ROAD NOTICE. ■
To the Hon. W. N. Murtm, ;I J
County Court, Polk County, A H
We, the undersigned citizens of H
County. Arkansas, Road 1 ■
do hereby ask and petition th
hie County Court that the H|
public road leading west from*
Wlckes and Granniss nuhlie r V
the tie yard, at or near se<-t on »
between sections 29 and 3—
5 south range 31 west, about ' E; {
south of W takes, be changed^™
lows: To leave present ]<>'-‘ti«
the northeast corner of th«
quarter of section 32, toansh 1 B|,
range 32 west, to run south on W -
line a distance of *b° ',road k^Hfl
more or less, intersecting a ,h| p
as Hunters road, then*' westi to HI
sect the New Cine ' llbl! o^M
point near the northwest corner
southwest quarter of south 1
of section 32, township 5JWUW
32 west W. K. Seders, *
Dec. 22-41.