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HIE MENA WEEKLY STAR'"*®"1
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VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 3L_ MENA, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY AUGUST 1, 1918. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
While Sending Our Best Boys and Men to Fight for Us in France It Should Be Our Pleasurable Duty to Suppress All the Enemies in America
LINES STRONGLY
Make Hut Little Progress in Sois
sons-Kheims Sector, Hut Hold
Against Enemy and Inflict
Heavy Losses.
London, July 30—American troops
in the Soissons-Rheims sector have
ken lighting virtually without ces
sation along their whole line for the
last twenty-four hours. The German
defense had stiffened and the Ameri
cans had made very little fresh pro
gress up to noon today, according to
dispatches this afternoon.
The same was true about all the
allied armies from Soissons to
^ The situation in the American
\ sector the latest advices indicate, 13
that the Germans have retained the
town of Cierges, but that the Ameri
cans are holding Sergy very determ
inedly and are inflicting very heavy
losses on the enemy in hastily or
ganized counter attacks.
Americans Hold on Ourcq.
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Mame Front, July ^“Un
der a fire from the enemy only slight
ly less than that of yesterday, the
Americans on the front north of the
Ourcq held on to their positions this
forenoon and even advanced a little
toward the road from Seringes to
Scrgy
" Repeated efforts by the enemy to
dislodge the Americans were futile.
On the Americans’ left the French
are moving forward. To the right the
lines are holding steadily.
Guards that were brought in by
the Germans to attack the Amen
cans yesterday appeared today to
have been withdrawn by the German
command. ,
The fighting is the heaviest the
Americans have experienced. Their
conduct is winning the praise of the
French observers.
London, July 30.—The Germans
have been counter attacking very
heavily along virtually the entire bat
tle front, according to news that
reached London shortly after noon
today. Their attack was an especial
ly heavy one in the American sector
and resulted in driving the Ameri
cans out of the village of Lierges,
about S’A miles southeast of Fere
En-Tardenois. Tl.is town, however,
was recaptured from the enemy.
Some advance has been-^ffected by
the allies in the Ardre valley, along
the eastern side of the front toward
the village of Aubilly. A certain
amount of ground likewise has been
gained near the center in the neigh
borhood of Villers-Agron-Aiguihy.
The main advance on the wester
ly side of the front seems to have
been at Grand Rozy, about five
miles northwest of Fere-En-Tarde
nois. The French here are progress
ing north onto the crest of the pla
teau between the Vesle and the
Ourcq.
There has been heavy fighting
near Buzaney, five miles south of
Soissons, and also in Plessier wood,
about five miles further south. In
this latter locality 45 prisoners were
taken belonging to three divisions of
the enemy now engaged in the Marne
salient. There are 71 such divisions,
of which ten belong to the northern
army of Crown Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria.
The enemy’s withdrawal is report
ed still orderly, and military opinion
in London discounts the possibility
of any rounding up of Germans in
the salient.
Retreat Reaches Limit.
Paris. July 30.—The fierceness of
the fighting Monday, it is believed
here, is a sign that the German re
treat has reached its limit and the
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right wing on the plateau south of
the ('rise and with his left on the
hill south of the Ardre. For the de
fense of this line, it is held, the
Germans will devote all of General
von Boehm’s army and the reserve
divisions taken from Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Bavaria.
Heavy Fighting Continues.
London. July 30.—Very heavy
fighting has been in progress along
w whole battle front from Ville-En
Tardenoia to Buzaiwy, advices re
ceived up to noon to day state. It
has resulted, so far, however, in very
httle progrss for the allies.
An English Earl Shot to Death.
London, July 30.—Thomas Francis
Anson, the third earl of Lichfield, di-1
rector of the National Provincial
»»nk of England, and the Bank of
ustrnlasia, was found dead today
a he grounds of his estato at Shug
orough Park, Stafford, with a gun 1
r'?* wound in the head. Lord Lich
ne ‘ was born in Lichfield.
Lockjaw in German Army.
Amsterdam, Juiy 30—Tetanus had
Germ0 °Ut 10 a aerious extent in the
army. according to the Tele
panv , ^ ‘e Netherlands Export com
coiKio.haS agreed 40 *end a large
tp German*1* °* ant'_tetanus serum
'Vorn,,‘ In a healthy Child
h«*lthy cSi', worm‘ have a‘iu“
htl«, there u n llM*icate* poor Wood, sod us a
OOVeTTirnS’JS ■**» stomach disturbance,
far chill TONIC #lve» regularly
Wove the dlseMiT*^® >v‘1 enrich the blood, tin
mfcg TonfcSTJh wad act as a Ceneral Strength
Jhrow off or dismTrfc*10^ a3f,tem. Nature will then
fa perfect ' o,* an<-* the Child will be
^th 60c per bectl*.
HUNS TRAINED TO KEEP QUIET
Use Formula of Words as Go Under
Anesthetic.
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front, July 30.—
Brought to an American dressing on
the banks of the Ourcq, a wounded j i
German captain kept repeating “one,!
two, three,” monotonously, but with |
an earnestness indicative of his con
centration. An inquiry to a nurse
elicited this explanation:
‘Oh. all those German officers do
that ”
“You see,” said the nurse, who
was administering ether preliminary j
to an operation upon the German j
officer, “an average person talks j
when under the anesthetic. It is
like talking in your sleep. The Ger
mans know this and every officer
we get goes under the ether while
counting. The result is that, instead
of talking and giving information,
they keep right on counting.”
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SEVER RELATIONS
i News Comes Straight From Constan- j
tinople—Germans Check Speed
of Allies but Retreat
Keeps Up.
London, July 29.—“The relations
I between Turkey and Germany have
I been severed, according to direct in
formation from Constantinople.”
This announcement is made by the;
| Copenhagen correspondent of Ex- j
: change Telegraph company.
—
London, July 29.—The German re
treat is continuing along the whole
line, the allies closely in pursuit, ac
cording to news from the fighting
area in the Soissons-Rheims salient
j received up to noon.
1 The Germans have Succeeded hi
cnecKing to a certain extent, cut not
I in stopping the French advance.
The French arc on the north bank
of the Ourcq, and to the east they
have secured the whole road between
Rheims and Dormans. The Germans
are stubbornly resisting and bum
! ing villages.
Heavy fighting is still in progress
to the south of Soissons, ir. the neigh
; borhood of Buzancy. The French
! have made no progress there.
The villages between Soissons and
Buzancy. about fourteen miles to the
east, however, are on fire, leading
to the belief that the Germans may
intend a further retreat.
Since yesterday the allies have ad
vanced between two and three miles
on a twenty-mile front. The enemy
has definitely abandoned the line of
the Ourcq, and there is little doubt
I now that he will move back beyond
the Vesle to the line thirty miles
long between Soissons and Rheims,
which is probably well entrenched
and has good lines of communication.
The German retiremen has been
quite orderly and deliberate. So far
the taking of only four guns has
been reported.
The Americans, particularly in the
Fere-En-Tordenois sector, are pres
sing the Germans very vigorously.
DISLOYALTY CHARGE LODGED
AGAINST RESIDENT OF MENA
Sevenfy-Year-Old Man Is Made the
Defendant in a Federal
Prosecution.
I' rum The Port Smith Times Itecorrt
An echo to the visit of a vigilance
committee to the home of W. M. Pat
rick, aged 70, at Mena, on July 8,
was heard in Commissioner Dun
blaizer’s court Friday when Patrick
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>raa auai^uru uu a i.uaigc vt wtiig i
disloyal. The case was continued un
til Saturday when more witnesses
will be introduced. Mrs. J. C. Evans
of Mena testified she heard Patrick
say the national food administration
was a swindle and that there was no
reason for a flour shortage. She
also swore he declared the govern
ment’s war activities had bankrupted
the nation and that it would not be
able to redeem its war bonds.
Patrick indignantly denied the
statements.
On the night of July 8 he said two
automobiles carrying Mena citizens
came to his home, drove him off a dis
tance and told him he was disloyal
and had to leave Polk county that
night. Patrick said he compromised
by agreeing to leave in a week. How
ever he never left. He called the com
mittee a mob and said at the time
they visited him his wife was ill with
a broken ankle. The defendant testi
fied he had applied three times to the
prosecuting attorney of Polk coun
ty for warrants for the men and had
also attempted to institute prosecu
tion in the Federal courts.
Public Sales.
Mathis, August 6, 9:30 a. m., 6
miles west of Mena.
Futch, August 6, 2:00 p. m., 511
Reine street.
Hayes, August 7, 2:00 p. m., 910
Renine street.
Spencer. August 8, 9:30 a. m., 8
miles west of Mena.
Sale on the street Saturday.
Col. Latimer,
Licensed Auctioneer.
Adv. 181-tf. 31-1
Red Cross Sale at Hatfield. Aug. 3.
On Saturday, Aug. 3, the Hatfield
Red cross will hold an auction sale. I i
Any donations appreciated. i <
POSTPONE ACTION
ON ROAD PROJECT
—
rhe Estimate of Engineers Shows
Probable Cost of More Than $85,
000—More State and Federal
Aid Is Possible.
The Road Commissioners of the
Polk County Road Improvement Dis
trict No. 1 met in the office of W. E.
Watkins, chairman, Thursday after
noon at 2 o’clock to receive the plans,
estimates, etc.,- of Engineers Winters
& Dove, who were employed to make
the survey and push the project to
completion. W. L. Winters of said;
firm read his report and laid before
the board plans, estimates, etc., for
the road, showing it to be ten and a
fraction miles in length, extending
from the comer of Janssen avenue
and Reine street, along Reine street
to West Port Arthur, thence on Port
Arthur to Mena street, thence on
Mena to Pickering avenue, thence
along that avenue to Eagle Gap, and
on out to the Thacker school house,
and on to Acorn to the forest reserve,
two miles beyond Acorn, for the main
line, and a fork on the Foran Gap
road as far as the home of J. A.
Gass. The total estimated cost of the
project is a fraction over $85,000.
This estimate was quite a surprise
to the board, inasmuch as Engineer
Dove, when he made the survey in
April last, stated that he was of the
opinion that its total cost would not
go above $45,000. and possibly not
over $52,000. Engineer Winters stat
ed that he thought the district would
be nble to get another appropriation
of something like $19,000 from state
aid for 1918 and the board decided
to postpone any further action until
the matter of obtaining such addition
al aid could be ascertained definitely.
If this sum is received it would make
a total assistance of $34,000.
The board adjourned subject to the
call of the chairman.
THE PRESIDENT SIGNS
STOCKYARDS REGULATIONS}
Provide Againat Extortionate j
Charges, Require Adequate Facil
ities—Dealers Licensed.
Washington, D. C.. July 28.—Gen
eral regulations under which stock-'
yards will operate were signed by!
the President Friday. They provide |
against extortionate or excessive (
charges for yardage and commission; •
require stockyards to maintain ade-!
quate facilities for handling live}
stock offered by stockmen, including
labor, feed, and water; and prohibit
unfair dealing, combination, or de
ceptive practices in buying and sell
ing live stock. The circulating of
misleading market information tend
ing to affect prices is also covered
by the regulations.
Stockyards, commission men, trad
ers, order buyers and others hand
ling stock in, or in connection with
stockyards are required to secure
licenses, in accordance with the Pres
ident’s proclamation of June 18, and
to operate under the rules and regu
lations issued today, which will be
administered by the Secretary of
Agriculture thru the Bureau of
Markets. Country stock buyers an£
shippers who are not engaged in
the business of buying and selling
at licensed stockyards are not sub
ject to license.
TROOP TRAIN "HITS FREIGHT.
One Dead, Trainman Seriously Hurt j
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uiiu » v ui trviuirio iiijium.
Sedalia, Mo., July 28.—A. W. Bris
tow of Franklin, Mo., engineer of a
troop train, was killed; fireman J.
Crenshaw of Mokane, Mo., suffered
internal injuries, and a score of sol
diers were injured, some seriously,
when a troop train collided head-on
with a frieight train on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad near Clif
ton, Mo., late this afternoon.
Three coashes of the troop train
were derailed.
Among the soldiers injured were
Corporals K. T. Bielas and J. P.
Hutchinson, the latter with frac
tured shoulder; Privates M. F. Hos
kins, A. H. Andre, both injured in
ternally; Samuel Stanley, A. J. Har
rill, H. F. Mayers, T. H. Cooper of
Ht. Louis; George De Chaune, L. W.
Morris, A. H. Meredith, Ernest Long
tine, J. L. Fitzgerald, L. C. Emery
md F. M. Ross.
The same troop train earlier in the
lay had been in a slight collision
with a switch engine at Dennison,
rex.
A discrepancy in train orders is
iaid to have been the cause of the
wreck.
Fifteen Hun Fliers in Fifteen Days.
Paris, July 26.—Second Lieutenant
Ceoford of the French army has
jroken all records in aerial fighting,
iceording to the newspapers. He has
won fifteen aerial victories in fifteen
lays.
■■ ■■ ■. ———O'- - ■■ ■ .. '
When your brain is dull and you
■annot hold your own in a test of wit
imong your fellows, it means your
iveT is torpid and your stomach and:
v>we1s full of bilious impurities. To
jrighten up your mental faculties
ind make you feel right, Prickly Ash
Hitters is the remedy you need. It
■lears the brain and- braces the body.
Hrice $1.25 per bottle. Gunnels Drug
3tore and Jackson Drug & Furniture.
Co., special agents. AA®
AUSTRIA’S CRIME AGAINST
MANKIND MUST ME PUNISHED
Ho Say Czechs, Declaring Against
Germany's Ally—A
Victory.
Amsterdam, July 26.—The Czechs
declare they will hate and fight Aus-;
tria forever and, God willing, they
will ir> the end destroy her complete
ly, because Austria embodies, a cen
tury-old crime against the liberty of
mankind, said Deputy Stransky, a
Czech Socialist, in moving in the!
Austrian lower house an indictment
of the 'ministers for their decree or- ]
dering the partition of Bohemia.
'The highest national duty of the
Czechs is to harm Austria wherever,1
whenever possible,” continued Stran
sky. “This we owe to the Czech peo-1
pie and to our loyalty to the Bohem-1
ian crown, which loyalty can only be
put in practice by betraying Austria.
Therefore, we are determined to be
tray her whenever we can.
Czecho-Slovak Victory.
Amsterdam, July 26.—With the
capture of Simbirsk, on the Volga,
the Czech-Slovak troops now control
not only the left bank of the river,
but part of the territory on the right
bank.
The fall of Simbirsk, which is an-1
nounced in a telegram from Moscow
by way of Berlin, occurred after the
Soviet troops had made a strong de- j
fense. The Pravada, the official Sov-j
iet organ, commenting on the ad-]
vance of the Czechos, says:
“The rising is spreading like a
patch of oil on water. May the cap
ture of Simbirsk awaken the sleep
ers.”
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THIRD OF GERMAN
ARMY ON BIC TOR
Making Great Effort to Keep Outlet
Open for Escape—Afraid to Push
More Troops Into Crowded
Salient.
London, July 25.—Nine divisions of
reserves from the army of Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and a
division from the eastern end of the
line have been rushed to the aid of
the German crown prince between
Soissons and Rheims, but, says Reut
er’s correspondent with the American
troops in France, the Germans may
hesitate to push more troops into the
already crowded salient, seeing the
difficulty they have of feeding those
already there.
German resistance on the southern
sectors of the salient has been re
duced to a mere shell it is added, and
the enemy doubtless is concentrating
efforts on keeping open the northern
outlets of the salient.
WE MUST SACRIFICE MORE.
Representative Kahn Warns Nation
That War Burden Will Grow.
Cleveland, 0., July 28.—An 18 bil-j
lion dollar army bill for 1919-20 to
meet the vast increase in the mili
tary establishment proposed by the
War Department was forecasted by
Representative Kahn of California,
ranking minority member of the
House military committee, in an ad
dress here yesterday before the
League of Republican Clubs.
“This means additional Liberty
bonds ” Representative Kahn said.
“It means additional taxation; it
means, if it means anything, that
me American people muse oe pre-1
pared to give their all, if need be. I
Perhaps the time will come when ev
ery individual in the United States
will have to content himself with the
barest necssities of life, and sur-!
render everything he possessses or j
earns beyond the bare ncasities, to'
aid his government.
“We have not begun to make sac
rifices in the United States; we do
not yet know the pinch of hunger—1
hope and pray we may never know it
—but we will be the better prepared
for possible eventualities if we be
gin now the practice of seif denial.”
SUGAR TO BE MORE
COSTLY TO CONSUMER
New York, July 30.—An increase
to the consumer of one cent a pound ^
in the price of sugar is indicated in
a statement issued today by George
M Rolph, chairman of the interna
tional sugar committee, after a con-,
ference with representatives of the
Cuban government. Sugar authori-j
ties of the Cuban and United States!
governments will meet in Washing
ton next week to decide on the 1919
price.
Wrote Against Bonds; Arrested.
Kansas City, Mo., July 30.—
Charged with being responsible for
the printing of an editorial in the;
Weekly Budget of Sugar Creek, Ohio,
urging Mennonites not to buy Liber
ty bonds, M. E. Bontrager, a Men
nonite, is in custody of federal offi
cers and will be taken to Cleveland,
Ohio, to answer an indictment un
tier the espionage act.
Lundy Visits Scott County.
E. J. Lundy, former state senator'
of this district, but now of Tulsa, Ok.,j
spent a few hours in Waldron Satur
lay, motoring up from Cauthron,
where he and family had been visiting
his parents.—Scott Coasty Record j
i
At First Were Eager, Raw and Ex
pectant, Now Grave and Bronzed
Veterans—Full of Fight as
Ever.
London, July 28.—The German re
treat is being conducted skillfully,
the ground has favored thtm and
the dense woods has enabled them I
to hold up many thousands of ad-;
vancing troops with a few small
groups of Germans, says the Reuter
correspondent with tho American
forces in France. The enemy losses
have been very small, he adds, com-;
pared to the advantage gained for
time is of more value to the Ger-1
mans than many soldiers.
The Germans have lost a good deal
besides ground but have carried off
almost all the guns, tho doubtless i
being compelled to destroy much am-1
munition. The enemy has suffered j
a great moral defeat and severe j
losses in men, but the retirement has
cost him nothing compared to the!
damage suffered by his vain assaults
east of Rheims. When the allirs
come up against his prepared posi
tion they will doubtless find him in
great strength.
The correspondent describes the j
change effected by active service on
an American division which he last
saw a few months ago. He writes:
“It was then eager, raw, young
ana expectant, since tnen it nas.
been tried by the ordeal of fire and
in a great battle which crushed part
of the German effort. The change
in the faces of these boys is very j
striking. ■ They look grave and
bronzed, quite like veterans. They
are just as full of fight as ever and j
at the present moment are impress- j
ing that fact on the enemy, but the. |
have been thru the va'lev <<( ' • I
shadow and have not come out un
changed,”
“AMERICAN SOLDIERS TOO
BRAVE, TOO RECKLESS."
Paris, July 30.—American soldiers
fighting on the Marne shewed them
selves equal to the best !■ rench troops
; declared £.ndre Tardieu, French high
\ commissioner to the United States
at a dinner in his honor last night
at the American University union.
“The first great battle In which
1 your own troops have participated
extensively was a great victory,”
Captain Tardieu said. “The soldiers
of the American divisions which on
the morning of July 18 gained six
kilometres, have shown themselves
to be the equal of the best French
troops. Your rank and file, officers
and staff jBre deserving of the same
praise.
“Everyone of the front, including
the enemy knows well what the
American army is worth and what i
new power will he let loose in the
course of the next few weeks under
the folds of the Star Spangled Ban
ner.
“The war is not yet over, hard j
months are ahead of us, but we have
already taken the initiative. As far
as numbers go, the critical times are;
over with us. Under the strong lead-;
ership of a chief who is worthy of
France, M. Clemenceau, we have held
our ground. Today, after some time
on the defensive, the time has come
and the dark days are over."
William G. Slnrp, the American
ambassador, in response said:
“American soldiers could not help
being brave after such examples of
magnificent courage as displayed by
the French troops. Only the other
day Premier Clemenceau, the grand,
.1 •_ - M T* _ _: J . MT l,« n
reproach to make to you. Your sol- j
diers are too brave, too reckless with
their lives.’ I replied this was the
best reproach I could exepet to hear.”
W. M. PATRICK DISCHARGED.
I—.
Witnesses Are Said Not to Have Had ■
Material Evidence.
U. S. Deputy Marshnl J. A. Thorn-1
ton returned on Saturday from Fort!
Smith and states that W. M. Patrick, i
whom he had arrested and taken be
fore Commissioner Dunblaxier on
charges of disloyalty, was, after ex
amination, discharged.
Two importnat witnesses, he furth
ersaid, Mrs. J. C. Evans and M.H.
Proft, upon whose affidavits the ar-,
rest had been made, repudiated the
wording of the affidavits, claiming
they were signed without their know
ing or understanding the contents.
On examination by the commission
er, in reply to a question, Mrs. Evans
stated that Patrick’s alleged conver
sation was with Brick York and Dep
uty J. A. Thornton was instruct
ed to produce him at once. York was
in court Saturday and testified
that Patrick made no disloyal re
marks to him, but had contended only
that the war would be a long one and
Germany hard to whip.
The commiss'oner therefore dis
i‘barged Patrick
When you yawn a good deal in the
daytime, feel dull, achey snd want to
stretch frequently it Is an unmistak
able symptom of malaria, and unless
you do something at once you are
hooked for a spell of chills. 1IER
IIINK is * dlSB medicine that will!
prevent or <■«#*'the disease. It drives I
out <be impurities on which the ma-j
tar.sl porm thrives, strengthens thej
liver «nd cleanses the bowel* Pm*
a*. *4g kas’Jb
CAUGHT A GERMAN SPY.
“f'rman With Wireless Outfit Gave '
Aid to U-Boats Off New Jersey.
New York, July 29.—Bruce Oper
mann, a German, was arrested on ■
farm near Englishton, N. J., and
brought here today by agents of the
Department of Justice, as a danger
ous enemy alien. A wireless outfit
:md a high flag pole which could
have been used for aerials was said
to have been found on his place.
Several weeks ago, when U-boats
were operating off the New Jersey
coast, the authorities made an ef
fort to locate a wireless plant be
lieved to be in communication with
the submarines. Oppermann’s farm,
where the owner lived alone, is well
secluded.
Federal agents found in his home
a German military pass made out
to “Henrieh Bruno Oppermann,”
which the suspect admitted was is
sued to him.
OUTNUMBERED BUT;
DRIVE THE ENEMY
Americans Forced by Picked German
Guards to Give Ground. Come
Hack and Beat Enemy in
Bloody Struggle.
London, July 30.—Desc&ribing the,
attack of the Prussian Fourth Guard
division on the Americans who are
organizing their line after their vic
tory, Reuter's correspondent with
the American army, telegraphing on
Monday, says the Americans were at
a considerable disadvantage in num
bers in this fighting.
“There was no holding the crack,
picked divisions of guards as they
came down the hill,” he continues.
“The Americans had to give ground
to weight of numbers and fought
back step by step thru Sergy down
to the Ourcq, They were very far
from done, however, and before the
ueiumus realized it tney naa Deen
forced to yield ground and were
pushed clear thru the village.
“That was the beginning of a des
perate struggle which continued all
day. Each side, in turn, has pos
session of the village until the even
ing, when the Americans, with a
final fury of determination, swept the
Germans from the ruins and then up
the hill, broke another counter at
tack of the Prussian Guards and re
mained victorious on a field where
the enemy dead actually lay in
heaps.”
“The piles of German dead were
all the more noticeable," the corre
spondent adds, “since the guards
came into the fight with complete
brand new equipment, as if they had
turned out for parade before the em
peror."
STEEL NOW IS “WORLD’S
MOST PRECIOUS METAL.”
War Industries Board to Cut Off Sup
ply to all Nonessential
Industries.
Washington, July 28.—Production
of American steel mills will be ap
plied only to essential uses under a
general policy as to the use of iron
and steel during the war, was an
nounced today by the war industries
board. Manufacturers, jobbers and
retailers of iron and steel, described
by the board as “now the world’s j
most precious metal,” are asked to
guard distribution so that there mayj
not be any violations of the spirit
of the policy.
Curtailment of industries using
iron and steel will be made effective.
the board said, with as little disturb
ance to industries as war require-,
ments will permit.
The present and constantly increas
ing steel requirements, the board
says, of American government and
its allies for direct and indirect war
needs are so enormous as to absorb
virtually all of the constantly ex
panding capacity of the country.
The demands must always be met
100 per cent and promptly.
“The result is obvious,” the an
nouncement adds, “that there is
"omparatively little iron and steel
left to distribute to those industries
engaged in non-war work and to
consumers for application to non
war uses.”
• - - —.
HERE’S H1NDENBURG AGAIN.
German Headquarters Report* Him
in Excellent Health.
Amsterdam, July 29.—An official,
communication received from Ger-!
man main headquarters denies recent'
rumors concerning Field Marshal
Hindenburg's health. The communi
cation says Hindenburg’s health is
excellent.
Warrants for Vigilance Committee. j
Vicksburg, Miss., July 26.—War
rants charging disorderly conduct
are out for the arrest of seven mem
bers of the Vigilance committee who
tarred and feathered two negro wom
en, said to have refused to work.1
The warrants followed an indignation
meeting held in the Board of Trade,1
attended by Mayor Hay*, who eon-j
demned the action. It was brought
»ut during the meeting that the hus
band of one of the women is on the
American fighting front to Krmas*. I
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Peaches for SkV.
“— 'arm H mile north of
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CITY w m
PUMP LANT
DESTR( IY FIRE
INVESTIGATION OF GASOLINB
TANK BY MAN IN CHARGK
BROUGHT RESULTS.
ESCAPED A BURST OF FLAMB
BUT THE HOUSE BURNED AND
MACHINERY WAS RUINED.
MAYOR, COUNCIL AND
COMMISSIONERS ACT
Hope to Get Pump to Going in a Few
Day*—City Out of Water and
Ire and Light Plant* Munt
Shut Down.
The pumping station of the Mena
water works plant was, so far as
inflammable, burned to the ground
Wednesday morning and the engine
and pumping machinery put out of
business.
The immediate result is that the
city is out of water, and the ice and
electric light plants will be forced
to shut down almost immediately.
The superintendent, George Du
ganne, and the chairman of the
water commission, F. H. Daniels,
stated this morning, while investi
gating the loss at the plant, that
they believed they could have the
pump in operation by Sunday or
Monday.
In the meantime Mayor Ira 0.
Smith telephoned to a Fort Smith
machinery house and ascertained
that a new gasoline engine could be
had at once, and that the house would
arrange if so instructed, to ship this
and other material by express that
night.. Messrs. Daniels and Du
ganne went to Fort Smith Wednes
day afternoon to look L._o the mat
ter.
In the meantime Mayor Smith
called a special meeting of the coun
cil and discussed the situation. Tom
Allen, proprietor of the Mena Flour
Mills, tendered the immediate use of
a 16-horsepower engine, and C. A.
fhroctor stated that he believed he
could have the pumping rig ready
by daylight Thursday morning. Com-«
missioner Daniels declined the offer
of the Allen engine. The council took
no further action, but left the matter
wih the commission, merely in
sisting that prompt steps be taken
to secure water.
It is understood that timbers to
rebuild the derrick will be put on
the ground at once and Mayor Smith
and others tendered their entire
time and service to put the plant in
order.
Mayor Smith, during the water
shortage, has urged to have a man
constantly at the fire station, so that
immediate response to any fire
alarm will be assured, and thus is
important, as he fire truck is equip
ped with a first-class chemical plant
Special night men have also been ap
pointed to patrol the city and every
citizen is warned against burning
any trash and against any variety of
carelessness with fire.
John James, an extra pumper, was
in charge at the time of the fire. He
had been on duty thru the night,
and at 6 o’clock this morning, ac
cording to his statement, he un
scrawed the toD in the trasoline su»
ply tank, half buried in the ground a
few feet from the engine in the shel
ter house, and inserted a stick to
measure the gasoline, thinking it
was getting low. His lantern was seP
on the ground two or three feet
away. There was a flash of fire, ami
he dashed for the open, escaping any
injury. The structure and all in
flammable contents were quickly de
stroyed. Three gasoline barrels, con
taining more or less fuel were on the
premises. Two of these showed ef
fects of a bursting force from with
in, while a third was said to still con
tain a quantity of gasoline.
When the spot was visited about
9 o’clock this morning a small flame
still issued from the engine feud
tank.
George Raney, a regular pumper,
was employed today in getting up
remnants and clearing the ground.
Strong for This Arkansas Boy.
Ozark, Ark., July 25.—Private Wil
liam Blancette of Altus, now serving
in a camp near New York, while
walking along a New York city street,
knocked down a fat foreign-bom man
when he say the man clean his nose
on a handkerchief made of the Ameri
can colors. The police arrested Blan
cette, but he was released when the
facts became known and a prominent
New Yorker who saw the affair urged
Blancette to enjoy a big dinner as
his guest.
Several Epidemics in Berlin.
Washington, July 26.—Several epi
demics are sweeping Germ any. in ad
dition to inftucrzH. according' to an
official dispatch from Suritaeriand
Typhus •« said in