SMALL FEDERAL TROOPVICTORS

With Less Than Five Hundred "Men the Rebel Leader Takes Naco

Afler Hard Fighting—An American Wounded.

Naco, Ariz., March 16.—Instead of waiting to be attacked by nearly 1,000 insurgent state troops, Gen- eral Ojeda, with less than 500 fed- eral soldiers, went out from Naco yesterday and defeated the enemy in three hours of aggressive light- ing, peppering the enemy’s line with rifle and machine gun bullets and spraying lead from shrapnel shells over the hills adopted as fortifica- tions. The Huerta federals drove the state troops five miles to the southwest.

Late yesterday the government forces returned victorious to the Mexican border town opposite this place. Even the victors did not be- lieve the fighting had ended, how- ever, now that Naco is secure from assault.

The slate forces reassembled in greater numbers last night to wrest the only remaining port on the So- nora bolder from the hands of the Huerta government.

With the development of unex-

pected aggressiveness and five piec- es of arLillery, the little brown, barefooted soldiers defending the military honor of the New Huerta regime fought like wild men against seemingly overwhelming odds. Pro- tected by artillery fire, the federals scramuieu over iiiuucks ana Degan rifle fire at the enemy. They first attacked the state troops under Elias Galles. Expecting to attack, rather than he attacked, the state troops quickly fell back. The other half of the constitutional forces rushed to the rescue and the bat- tle began with a roar of artillery and continued rille fire.

The lighting was desperate for more than an hour; then little by little the state troops fell back be- fore a terrific fire. Bodies of dead and wounded state troops last night lay deserted on the field. General Ojeda abandoned his fortifications and set out after the enemy because of the request of Amercians that there be no shooting across the border.

Five troops of United Stales cav-

alry kept back non-combatants along the border during the battle. One American on the international line was wounded. He was a depu- ty United States marshal who was shot in the knee.

American volunteers in automo- biles risked the fire to rescue, the wounded under the protection of the Bed Cross flag. Dr. Randall of Douglas is missing.

Enforce Neutrality Law. El Base, Tex., March 10.—The

strictest enforcement of neutrality went into effect here yesterday. Or- ders were issued that all Mexican soldiers, federal or insurgents, armed and unarmed, in uniform or civilian dress, may be arrested if they step on United Slates soil. Heretofore rebels and federals alike have been entering American border towns to make their pur- chases and have been unrestrained unless they were armed.

NO MORE MILITIA FORARKANSAS

Equipment Will Re Sent .Rack (•

Government, After Which This Will Re Only Slate in the

t'liiou So Situated.

Little Rock, March 14.— Under in- structions which a're being sent out

today by W. B. Green, adjutant gen- eral of flu* Arkansas National Guard Wat was, tue at companies are

ordered to disband at once. At the same time, General Green has sent notice to Washington to have an

officer of the war department de- tailed to Arkansas to check in all supplies. The regimental hands were also requested to make their settlements fftr supplies issued. Under these orders Arkansas will bo (he only state in the union, in

less than a week, which has no mi- litia.

Tt is reported that objection to an

appropriation to the maintenance of the state guard was made in cer-

tain sources, to prevent the use of state troops in Ut<‘ present contro- versy over the office of governor, and bring about a repetition of the Brooks-Haxter war. Both claim- ants to Jho office d^ny that they would use force, however, and both state they would have supported an appropriation for the guard, had it been made possible by the House passing the bill.

The Forty Year Test. An articlo must have exceptional

merit to survive Tor a period of 40 :

years. Chamberlain’s Cough Reme- dy was first offered to the public in 1872. From a small beginning it has grown in favor and popularity until it has attained a world wide

| reputation. You will And nothing belter for a cough or cold. Try it and you will understand why it is_ a favorite after a period of more than 40 years. It not only gives re- lief—it cures. For sale by all dealers.

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Business Building) for Sale, Th’ Racket store, brick building

nnd goods, or goods alone. Might trade for a farm.. Call and see me

or write for particulars. John A. York.

Box 64, Mena. Ark.

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FIND STUDENTS ARE GUILTY. •

Hazers Who Caused Death Must Serve Term in Jail.

Hillsboro, N. C., March 16.—Es- tablishing a precedent in the an- nals of the state, a verdict of guilty of manslaughter was returned in the trial of Ralph W. Oldham of Raleigh, William L. Merriam of Wilmington and Aubrey C. Hatch of Mount Olive, the three Univer- sity of North Carolina students in- dicted in connection with the death of Isaac William Rand in a hazing escapade at Chapel Hill, N. C., Sep- tember 12, 1912. There is no record of a hazing controversy being threshed out previously in the courts of this state.

The verdict of the jury was re- turned at 3:10 o’clock after t ,ree hours' deliberation. Judge Peebles sentenced each of the prisoners to four months in the Orange ouuty jail, beginning April 8, next. E; eh of the defendants were ordered to give $100 bonds for his appearance before the county commissioners, ‘who shall in their discretion hire them out to whomsoever they please in this stale.”

As a result of the tragedy, which preceded the trial, 26 students in the University of North Carolina were suspended or expelled af a

sweeping investigation into the practice of hazing at the institution. -o-

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snowbound Passengers Chop Car Furnishings for Fuel—Food and

Water Supplies and Rations on Trains Run Low.

Omaha, Marc*i 16.—With a blind- ng snow storm extending over this stale, train traffic is suspended. No rains are moving west of the Mis- souri river and it is reported that ■>0 are snowbound on the bleak irairies.

How some of the sLorm delayed passenger* are faring is told in a

iispatch from Sidney, Neb., where a Union Pacific train has been stalled. Ml last night the train moved slow- y while the snow piled higher and Higher. Finally, within a mile of ■Sidney, further passage became im- possible.

North Platte is the junction point where the trains renew supplies of fuel and eatables for the dining jars. Therefore, supplies, both fuel mil edibles, have run low. With the temperature below zero, it was

mpossible to beat the coaches from :lie engine. Finally the passengers were confronted with the serious problem of keeping warm. Axes were ripped from the emergency poxes and card tables were smashed into kindling wood and stuffed into :he stoves.

Then another situation arose. The Heavy going through the drifts not Hilly had exhausted the fuel supply nf the locomotive, hut also the water. There was some food left, the cook in the diner explained. Hut there was no water for the ■ook, so several men. muffled in ul- sters. made an assault on the near-

Py snowdrifts with pans. The snow i\a* turned to water and the sem- blance of a meal was served. Then he passengers settled down to await the corning of the snow plows ind a possible relidf train.

!>. M. ELROD’S BROODER BURNED

lit) (thickens limned—Loss Esti- mated at $200.

About 1:30•o'clock Sunday morn-

ing Night Officer Tom Jones dis- covered a fire raging in the front *nd of the O. M. Elrod undertaking •slablislnnent, and the lire depart- ment was immediately summoned. Upon arrival of the fire boys the windows were broken in and the fire was soon extinguished.

It is believed that the lire origi- ...4 .1 :.LE.l ... LnAA/iAX nirVii.il.

,vas in tlie show window, in which 100 little chickens were confined. L’lie chickens were all killed and a

emon tree, which was also in the .vindow, was destroyed—in fact, iverything in the window was

jurn%d hut a big white rabbit, vhicli, by some means, escaped .vithout. a scorched hair.

Another fire broke out at the •esidence of Mr. Elrod about 9:30 I'clock Saturday night and burned io more chickens and the brooder n which they were confined. The otal loss is estimated at about $200.

The Mother's Favorite. A cough medicine for children

diould be harmless. It should be deasant to take. It should be ef- fectual. Chamberlain’s Cough Iiunedv is all of-this and is the nother’s favoite evrerywhere. For sale by. all dealers.

iooo rnlmm AND $12.50 CASH

We are offering for the best acre

field of cotton grown will) our Fer- ilizer 1.000 pounds of Fertilizer mil $12.50 in cash. Croj s judged mdor direction of county govern- nent agent, and nobody barred. We id 1 the Double Eagle Fertilizer, nadtv by the Virginia-Carolina Iheniical Co.

W. W. Townsend. t-Jt Phone 200, Mena, Ark. * --o-*-

Notice. Polk county fruit growers will

mill a mealing Saturday. March 22, it 2 p. m. All interested please at- end. Iwl C. II. Webster, Sec.

\ Good Jack I’o sell, trade or lease. John G. lunter, 1303 Hamilton, avenue.

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Marion Capps, the Miner Who Tied Children (o Oil-Soaked Bed and

•ST II Afire, Found Guilty of Murder.

Ft. Smith, March 13.—Marion Capps, coal miner and minister, de- liberately burned to death his two children, Rosa, aged eight, and Priscella, aged two, by setting fire to the Capps home near Bonanza, this county, on the morning of De- cember 18, last, according to a jury in the Circuit court, which last night at 9:15 o'clock returned a ver- dict declaring him guilty as charged in the indictment. Without the least bit of emotion and retaining the same indifferent demeanor he displayed throughout the trial, Capps heard. the verdict which, if affirmed by the Supreme court, means he will pay the death penal- ty. He was led back to his cell without a statement coming from his lips. The verdict was reached after three ballots had been taken. If is understood the jury stood 9 to 3 for conviction on the first ballot, which was taken before the jury retired for supper. The second bal- lot was an open one, according to reports, and stood 11 to 1. The third sealed his fate. Capps' coun-

sel was not present when the ver-

dict was returned, but an appeal will be taken immediately.

The story told by Capps’ children, Bertha, 15, and Ellis, aged 14, both of whom escaped from the ilames after Ellis had been horribly burned, remained unshaken with tin* iiirnrs in most resoecls. desnite the heavy assaults the defense made upon the reputation of the chil- dren. The fact that there was an

utter lack of motive for the crime was expected to prove a handicap to the prosecution. Capps’ failure to deny statements attributed to him by his children, namely that he' told them they would go to sleep some night and never wake up; the story of the boy who said his father threatened to bind him and throw him in the llames if he^did not re-

turn to the house and rescue the dying children, and the fact that the children not-only corroborated each other, but related on many oc-

casions the story they told a half hour after the (ire, no doubt stuck in a majority of instances with the men who decided Capps’ fate.

The indictment charging Capps with murder did not mention the death of a third child, Mack, aged ti, who died several weeks after the fire.

Of the six children who were in the house at the time of the tire, two perished in the flames, three escaped through a window and one

of their number. Mack, aged 14, died in January at the county hos- pital after the indictment was re-

turned. Capps'rescued the remain- ing child, Stella May. aged six. The indictment charged Capps with ty- ing his children to an oil-soaked bed and applying the match. Bertha and Ellis both, testified that they found themselves tied and that they were forced to wait until the fire burned the rope before they could arise from the bed. which they said was saturated with oil.

ARKANSASMAY NOT BE DRY NEXT YEAR

Best Lawyers in Little Bock Are Looking for Flaws in the Prohi-

bition Bill—Test Case to Be Made Soon.

Little Hock, March 15.—Sentiment is now much in favor of' Arkansas being dry after December 31, through the passage of the Senate Kill nlnninn nn IV.o .T 1 :

tlio burden of petition, but ntfone expects Arkansas to be dry when that time rolls around. It is learned that the best lawyers in Little Hock are now wording upon possible flaws in the act, and that a jest case will soon be Hied in the Fed- eral court. It is probable that an application will be Hied in town of a wet county, where there is now

no licensed saloon, and after the county judge has refused the li- cense, to take the matter into the United States court. This is the last hope of the liquor men, and they will tight it to a finish, for other- wise they will be out of business, for two years, at least. -o-

Be Wise in Time. You cannot keep well unless the

bowels are regular. Neglect of this rule of health invites half the sick- nesses from which we suffer. Keep Lhe bowels right; otherwise waste mailer and poisons wljieh should pass-out of (lie body find their way into (he blood and sicken lhe whole system. Don't wait until the bow- els are constipated; take Bloodine Liver Pills.

They are the* finest natural laxa- tive in the world—gentle, safe and prompt and thorough. They strengthen lhe stomach muscles and will not injure the delicate mu- cous lining of the bowels. Bloodine Liver Pills have a constitutional ac- tion, that is. the longer you lak*> them tjie less frequently you need them. They help Nature to help herself and keep the bowels healthy, bile active and stomach well. They never sicken, weaken ir gripe.

Mail orders filled by the Bloodine Corporation, Boston, Mass. 25r a box.

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from combings. Work guaranteed. Mrs. Paris. 608 Seventh St.8-4

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INSANE IS SAVED FROM NOOSE.

Death Sentence of A. T. McVay Is Commuted by Governor.

Little Rock, March 13.—The third white man in whom Jefferson coun-

ty is interested, in the shadow of the gallows on conviction of mur-

der, has just been saved from death by the mercy of the governor.

Governor Oldham on Wednesday afternoon commuted to life Im- prisonment the death sentence of John T. McVay, who had been con- victed of the murder of J. T. Eth- ridge at Pine Bluff. He was brought in from Pine Bluff by Sheriff Brew- stear, and will be transferred today to the state insane asylum. The commutation, as in the case of W. <». Alexander, who had been con-

victed of the murder of J. P. Kelley, is based upon the undisputed fact that he has become incurably in- sane since his conviction. Both of these men had been granted sev- eral respites, and finally it was de- cided that the ends of justice would be better subserved by con-

fining them for the rest of their naturay lives in the asylum.

The other man saved from the gallows is W. S. Ultra, whose sen- tence was commuted to life imprisonment. His friends are con-

fident that in a few years they will he able to secure his full pardon.

UNDERWOOD TALKS OF TARIFF MAHERS Confers With President, and Then

Says Caucus Will Decide Meth- od of Procedure—Injunc-

tion Is Granted.

Washington, March Vi. -Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Oscar W. Underwood, in a confer- ence today with President Wilson, suggested the assembling of the ex-

traftession of congress be postponed one week, because the Ways and Means committee will need more

time in which to prepare the new tariff bills.

Mr. Underwood was among the iirst to suggest April 1 as the date on which to call the extra session of congress to enact the new tariff lawr making a reduction along all lines.

After having held the conference, Mr. Underwood said that the Demo- cratic caucus will decide whether the present tariff legislation will be presented in one bill or in a number of separate bills. II seems as if a

number of the Democrats in the1 House -prefer to have tariff legisla- tion enacted in separate bills, so as

to despatch the business. When sep- arate bills are presented, should a

lengthy light be put up by the mi- nority. the hill on which the fight is being made can be tabled tem- porarily and another bill taken up; should all tariff legislation be put in one hill, the fight could he pro- longed for an indefinite time and thereby thwart tlnv Democratic [tar- ty in carrying out its pledges made in the last campaign.

Injunction Is Granted. Washington, March I.. The

Commerce court today granted pre- liminary injunctions restraining the interstate commerce commission j from enforcing its recent order in I he pipe line cases. The constitu- tionality of the interstate e%unerce law as applied to pipe Hups is the* question involved in the ease.

No date has been set as yet for the hearing of the temporary in- junction cases.

Champ Clark Admitted. Washington, March 12.—Speaker

Champ Clark today w as admitted to j practice before the United States Supreme court. He is not expected to practice before the court in tlie

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--o- Chronic Stomach Trouble Cured. There is nothing more discourag-

ing than a chrome disorder of the stomach. Is it not surprising that, many suffer for years with such an

airmen! when a permanent cure is Within their reach and may be had for a tntle? "Alxiut one year ago.” says P. H. Beck, of Wakeloe, Mich., "I bought a ..package of Chamberlain’s Tablets, and since using them I have felt perfectly well. I had previously used any number of different medicines, but none of them were of any lasting benefit.” For sale by all dealers.

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Another Good Recipe. When, as an outsider, you are

forced into the distressing position of confidant of both husband and | wife, place two hatpins through your chapeau, your arms in your L'oat, and beat ill -o-

A gray or baldheaded man is con-

sidered passe, and when he applies for a position in an interprising •oncern he is turned down and a

younger looking man secures the job. Mildrodina Hair Remedy pre- vents the hair falling, restores gray hair to its natural color. Free mail 1

sample 10 cents. MildriMlina Specialty Co.,

Boston, Mass.

Now Is the Time to buy Alfalfa, Red. Sweet and Japan Clover; all kinds of

Grass Seed fane, Kallir, Millet, Milo Maize and Seed f orn We have com-

plete stocks. If your local deal- er does not sell our Seed, write ns for samples and prises.

Arthur G. LEE, SFED MERCHANT

Fort Smith, Arkansas.

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STRAWBERRY PLANTS $1.00 PER 1000 Less than you can buy same grade for elsewhere. Guaranteed to reach you in good condition and to give satisfaction. Every plant strictly THOROUGHBRED. Illustrated catalogue mailed on request, fully describing Townsend’s 20tb Century Ideas.

1000 5000 Excelsior_$1.75 $ 7.50 Klondyke_ 1.75 7.50 Missionary_2.50 10.00 Lady Thompson_2.1X1 8.75 Hoffman_ 1.50 6.25 Oakes Early_ 2.00 8.75 Climax_2.50 10.00 Sen. Dunlap_ 2.00 8.75 Gandy_ 2.00 8.75 Stevens Late_2.50 10.00 Mascot_2.50 10.00 Longfellow_ 2.50 10.00

and over 100 others at reasonably low prices. To every reader of this paper who sends their order direct to me. I will send FREE twelve Uncle Sam Plants, worth 81. Best extra early

3 variety ever iutrodut e 1.

j E. W. Townsend Salisbury, Md. The Fair Dealing Nurseryman

When ordering? mention Mena Weekly star 10-4 "

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EASTER SOUVENIRS Send Your Friends an Easter

Remembrance.

We have a full line of Easter Booklets, Easter Cards, etc. For the Children wf* have Eggs, Egg Dyes, Chickens, Rab- bits, Etc., Etc.

_“WE HAVE IT”_ ..NALL’S BOOK STORE^j

■ u^ptakep 1 ; 416 Pickering Ave. 2 Doors Eas of Petty's S

Hay Phone 257 Night Phone 465

You are cordially invited to call and / inspect goods and equipment.

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How A bout It? Do you need a good

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Choice Breeders for Sale

Eggs for Hatching, $1.00 per 11

Eggs for Incubation, $5.00 per 100.

Let me book your order for Day- lid Chicks at 12c each.

O. M. ELROD Torn beck Ave. Uptown Office, 416 1‘lcker

lng Ave. Jay Phone. 247 Night Phono, 464

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DR. W. B. CRAWFORD OSTEOPATH and ELECTROPATH

Office ,'Hours: !l.a. m. to 3 p. ra. .614 Mena St. Mena, Ark. «

W. A. RAGLAND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW

Examination of Land Titles and Perfect- ing Titles a specialty. Will also obtain loans for clients.

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MENA, ARK.

DR. F. B. ELLIOT Physician and Surgeon

Office Over FTrst National Hank

CHIROPRACTIC Offers You HEALTH, no matter what Your Trouble is.

DEE A. HILTON, Chiropractor OFFICE—Oor. Mena Ht. and Maple Are.

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