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The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
PRUSSIANISM AND PEACE
 WILL NEVER HARMONIZE,
Compromise Is Impossible, Secretary Lansing Tells Union College Stu
 dents in Address Today.

Schenectady, June 10.--"Prussian- ism and the idea of an enduring peace can never be brought into harmony, and compromise is impossible" Secre- tary of State Robert Lansing declared in an address today at Union College.
 The secretary gives instances of ex- periences as secretary to prove his point.
 Even the intellectually equipped Americans have but vague idea of the attitude which made Prussianism possible" Secretary Lansing said. While Germany was promising her submarine warfare, Bernstorff was asking Berlin when to instruct the German merchantmen commanders in American ports to destroy their ma- chinery, anticipating the breaking of promises.
 "The war must not be left to pos- terity. We will meet disappointments and temporary reverses, but we must push on until it Is won"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
A HUSBAND FOR SOME GIRL.
Marine Wants Wife to Inherit Estate
 if Huns Should Kill Him.

Atlanta, Ga, June 10.-Girls, here's a chance to become a real honest-to. goodness war bride, and weIl-to-do one, tool
 Ii any of you want to wed United States marine who is a blonde, 33 years of age and who owns an estate valued at sl5,0OO, step forward, pleasel
 Mayor Chandler is in receipt of a letter from Private R. K. Ridgeway, stationed at the United States marine camp at Paris Island, s. C., in which he beseeches the mayor to find him u wife.
 'I'm going to France soon," wrote Ridgway, land I have no one to whom to leave my estate or my sl0,000 worth of insurance. All my people are dead. If you can help me to find a good girl to leave my property and in- surance to, please write me"
 Hurry up, girlsl
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
REGISTER FOR SAVING.
Gov. Brough Issues precl=a. ten Des
 ignating Hour for Step-

iKudLIHE Hour Tor SteD-
 Little June 10.--Gov. Brough has issued a proclamation setting aside June 2S, between the hours of noon and 10 p. m., as time when all adult citizens, primarily the heads of house holds, shall pledge themselves to save and economize to help win the war, and as minimum fulfillment of such pledge to invest in a specified amount of War Savings Certificates during the remaining months of 1918.
 This is in pursuance of plan for the more intensive organization of the state for the sale of War Savings Stamps, under the direction of Moore head Wright, State manager. who is desirous that Arkansas shall reach it's 1919. Y
 Governor Brough says: sThis war m which America is destined to play the deciding part and in which our troops in France have already upheld the high traditions of our Nation for patriotism, vaIor and initiative, as one of natlonspot of axmies--and onr
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
HATFIELD NEWS NOTES.

Lonnie McCook left Saturday on d business trip to Texas.
 Cedric lobe left Sunday for Black wei. Ok. to work. in the. harvest. :.
 Eric Hulsev and wife left on No. l Saturday for Union county. to yisit
 Mrs. II. K. Bates visited her daugh- ter. Mrs. Levi Pigg. at Mena the first of the week
 Drs. Johnson. Connallv and Hilton attended the Medical society meeting at Mena last Friday.
 Henry Howard came from Camp Beauregard Thursday on a short fur tough. returning Tuesday.
 Mrs. Bennie Peel arrived Saturday from Pittsburg. kas.. to visit reia- lives for few davs.
 Some twelve or fifteen boy swent to Cove Saturday night to see show but # failed to materlallzes s,,aasv from Oklahoma City. where he has been travelling for a packing house.
 ]. r Averitt and wife came down from Mena and spent Sunday at the bedside of Mir. Averitt's father. l..
 Ed Mershon and wife went to Spiro Dnnkiin n,, iIn'fs Bros. Me dealers " in general
 NIT. and Mrs. Will Daniels and daughter. Miss Daisy Daniels. of Cove. dayed at the home of Mir. and Mrs. w. H Stevens at this place.
 c. V. O'Neill made business trlD to Grannis Saturday morning
 Charley Mertle is very sick at the home of A. c. Crosby.
 After spending a short furlough with his parents. Mir. and Mrs. J. k. Mas~aw. Ilayd Morrow returned t'rl- .dav to Camp Sevier. s. c.
 Homer Johnson came in from King ling. Ok. Friday to visit homefolks and see his brother. K. H. Johnson. before he is called to the army.
 Mir. and Mrs. Dug Walker and son. Eugene. Samp Pigg. A. M. Woodell. and Fred Gray and wife were motor ing in Hatfield Sunday afternoon.
 D. D. Cook and wife of Ciarksviile, Tex. and Mrs. Ed Sharp and children of Prescott were called to Hatfield last week to the bedside of l.. " Averitt. who is suffering from. blood poison.
 The Red Cross play. Claim Al.- lowed" /" was put on at the school house last Friday night to packed house Everyone in the cast handled his part well There receipts were about S70 This. with the sale two weeks ago. makes $40 raised bv the local auxiliary in two weeks.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
BIG FORK BITS.

c, w. Heath of Heath valley at tended to business at Big Fork Satur- day.
 Homer Bates and sister. Miss Katie attended to business at the Caddo on Saturday. Ollie Lawrence of Waters was in Big Fork one day and bought the j. B. Lilies auto.
 MT. and Mrs. Melvin Hilton of Nun lev visited Saturday night with rela- tives at Big Fork.
 K. A. Lewis was here Saturday buying cattle. He bo--ght two cows and calves from Mrs. Jane Shocklev. giving $50 each for the cows.
 A letter from Daniel M. Heath last week at Camp Beauregard.. La... re- ported there were 5000 bows left there for France and he didn't know when he would have the pleasure of going, Prof. R. L.. Thompson of Big Fork has bought the Ollie Lawrence farm near Waters. They are expecting. to move in month. as the professor has a crop on the J. B. Lilies farm. He will teach a nine months school al Waters.
 Papa's Helper.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
TEN BRITISH KILL 100 GERMANS
Sergeant Mountain Awarded Victoria Cross for Checking 500 Huns.

London, June 8.--Announcement of the award of Victoria cross to Ser geant Albert Mountain, West Yorks, is made in the Official Gazette. Noun tain's command was compelled to fall back before the advancing enemy mass. Volunteers for counter at- tack were being called when Noun tain and ten men stepped forward. He advanced on the flank with a Lewis machine gun and enfiladed an enemy patrol, of which about 100 were killed. Mountain rallied and organized the party for defense and covered the retirement of the rest of the company. With one non-commissioned officer and four men he successfully held at bay 600 Germans for half an hour.
 Later he took command of flank post and held on twenty-seven hours, until finally surrounded. Mountain was one of the few who managed to | fight their way back.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
wICkEs WAVES

Garnet Cole is visiting his sister in Kansas
 J. A Lewev and son. Leslie. went to Mena Monday.
 Henry May of Cove was in Wickes Sunday visiting relatives.
 Cat harvesting is being done bv some farmers here this week
 Mir and Mrs. J. A. isswev are the proud parents of a 12-pound bov
 Photo work. films developed. All work well done. D. J.. Hobaugh.
 Royal Seals and wife returned to Vivian. La. after visiting relatives 7 a few days last week
 W Nj Dagssss-;:::.. left lss last last Wednesday working in the oil fields.
 Mir. and Mrs. s. I. Stout. the rail- road auditor are spending 8 few days with Mrs Compton,
 Born. to MT. and Mrs. Gene Comp ton. last week. a fine baby girl. They named her Mabel Marie.
 Miss Anna Woods met with the club girls Tuesday morning st the nome of Mrs. l. '. Forsee.
 J. E Joplin. A. c. Higginbottom and ". R. Watkins went to Mena on Tuesday morning in Mir. joplln's car.
 John Jett and family from Texar- kama came un last week and are spending few days at Baker
 Mrs. L. W. Daniel left Thursday fer <,r sssiees,si. sas4ssiieets,si Ok. to visit i,er daugl- ter and look after some real estate business.
 Had another fine rain Saturday. also one Sunday. Certainly have a fine season in the ground at present and everything is growing fast.
 Another cream social at Bunch school house Saturday night. Pro reeds for Red Cross purposes. The members of the Red Cross here are working all the time.
 The Home guard will meet next Saturday at 3 D. m.. at the BaDtist church to organize. All who are ln- 'terested should come out. Prof, D. w. Hamby Will address them. Already several have joined.
 " R. Watkins little boy met with a painful accident one dav last week at the grist mill. He got his hand badly bruised and crushed. Dr. B. K. DDssssarsfsssssss took several stitches and saved the member from amputation. He is retting along nicely.
 Erbin Smith. while playing with q young colt at the home of c. c. Tun- nei. was badly hurt bv the mare knocking him down and paving him. She struck his leg and cut the muscle from the bone and it took seven stitch es to hold it He is at his gradfath- alone nicely ak present. ".
 The ice creaxsl social held aere last
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
BOARD CAMP BITS.

J. M. Looney made a business trip to Mena Tuesday.
 A refreshing shower fell at Board Camp Satuprdav.
 Aunt Kate Hilton is reported to have typhoid fever.
 Pearl and Floncie Watt returned home Saturday from school.
 Enlistment in the home guard at this place is making rapid headwav.
 Edgar Peters returned Saturday to the naval training station at Newport. R. l.
 Miss Lola Cole and Emmett Tenn pleton of Ink were at Board Camp on Sunday
 Grady Embrv. Tom Rials and Cal vim Patrick left Saturday for Fort Smith.
 Gaylord Elliott from the navy and Ode McMillan from the army re-
 There was s32.50 raised for the Red Cross at the pie supper at the school house Friday night
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
captiyes Capture Captors.

London, June 10.-The captors = '. three Americans unwittingly led them back to the allied lines, and them selves became captives, the Times cor respondent says. of
 The Americans said the German u., Vi ficers asked them where they ianu.a q and were trained, but they refusea Y answer.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

great people must be economical and thrifty and show a greater saving than $50 per capita, as heretofore, if our civilian population is to play its full part in making the world safe for Democracy, and Democracy safe tor the world, devoting their labor only to the most necessary tasks, buying only those things which are essential to in- dividual health and efficiency, and practicing thrift as a matter not merely of economy, but of transcend ant patriotism, thereby obeying the
 order of our great Commander-m- Chief, Woodrow Wilson, issued May 29, 1918." .Ss
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
GERMANS SEIZE MATERIAL.
Much Sent From U. s. to Aid French
 Taken in Offensive.

Paris, June 8.-Millions of dollars of building materials imported from America by Miss Ann Morgan's com mittee to rebuild French villages was engulfed in the last German offensive according to the Paris edition of tns New York Herald Some of the ma terial had been hurriedly removed 70 the south, but the bulk is now III ,lls hands of the Germans, as are ais0 most of the villages for which 1t was intended.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
MOUNTAIN FORK FoIBLEs.

B. F. Johnson went to Potter Satur- day.
 Lloyd Fields was in Mena on busi- ness Wednesday.
 Luther Sellers was a business visi- tor Thursday and Friday
 The Literary at Mountainfork. Sat urdav night. was we'll attended.
 The Rev. Isaac Bates failed to fill his appointment at Mountain Fork Sunday night.
 Ed Bali has his store building al- most completed. He is being assisted by s. 0. Robinson.
 Mrs. Ella Ellsworth returned last week from Big Cedar. Ok. where she had been for the past ten days with her daughter. Mrs. Jim Tavior. who has been quite sick.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

Saturday netted s60 There would have been q much larger attendance if it had not been such a rainy even ing. Miss Ruth Hamhy certainly de serves a lot of praise for she is shouldering q lot of the Red Cross work here Mrs. Compton and Mrs; Cross workers. Everyone is doing good work here for our bows.
 MadRe.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
WEST VALLEY

F. R. TayIor shopped in Hatfield on Saturday.
 J. B. Worsham visited in 0klaho- ma last Sunday. W. r. Upton and family of Oklaho- ma attended Children's Day at Alder Springs Sunday John Green and family of near Potter .spent last Saturday at the home of J H. Wyatt.
 Uncle Pat.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
THIS IS GERMAN KULTUR.
British Prisoners Are CrueIIy Ms.
 treated at Each Air Raid.

Geneva, June 10.-The German treatment of prisoners, especially the British. is growing more severe, es- caped French captives report.
 After each air raid on the Rhine towns, the prisoners are treated more severely, the Germans hoping thus to obtain cessation of the air raids.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
OLD COVE CoMMUNIoUE.

We had another nice rain Saturday
 There was singing at the church Sunday night.
 Melvin Givins. who has been sick for quite while. is improving slow Iy
 Mir. and Mrs. R, H. Stockton visit ed Mir. and Mrs. Henry Bingham Sun day.
 Mfr. and Mrs. Wiley Turner went tc Mena last week to get some dental work done.
 ?. Cureton and familv visited his daughter at Potter Mrs. Pearl Gala. han. Saturdnv and Sunday.
 Theodore Cureton writes that be is getting plenty of eats and having a
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
BETHESDA SPRINGS sPRNKLEs

Mrs. J. D. Kavlor is sick this week.
 J. H. Cunningham was a Potter visitor Friday.
 Cotton chopping is in full swing. but hands are scarce.
 Mrs. J. H. Cunningham came in the first of the week from Atchison, Kas.
 Mir. Mathis has sold his crop and moved down on the Ouachita river to work.
 made crops look fine and we bid fair to have q good yield.
 Mrs Jack Nichols came in from Mountain Fork Saturday. where she had been visiting with the family of VIII Nirhole
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

Saturday and Sunday. starting back Monday
 J. H. Wyatt went to Mena last Sun day.
 Childrens. Day at Alder Springs last Sunday was well enjoyed for what program thev had The rain knocked out part of the program There was a large crowd
 Mammals Pet.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

good time. He is located at Camp Pike.
 Some of the young folks attended the all-day singing at the McCaulev school house Sunday. and report q nice time
 The people in this. neighborhood have been very busy cutting wheat and oats. also chopping cotton and doing other farm work.
 Early Riser.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
Notice to the Public

To Whom It May concern. ,,;fe.
 Mrs. Fronia Mcdonald, my ston left me and my home near na',s mi Ark, about March 1, 1913. an, .-srt M responsible for any debt or con.,s an.a she may make from the above ds'@
 Hatton, Ark, June 8, lslS. LA Adv. 24-2t J. w. Mcpol'a
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
BIG PUBLIC SALE

Monday, June IT, 1918, at I O'Clock
 F. NJ.
 Three miles east of Mena, on the Holly Springs road-Horses, Cattle Hogs, Sheep, Poultry and Household Goods. Crop in the field. Everything to the highest bidder without reserve No pestponement. See bills.
 R. s. Wilson, Owner Col. Latimer, Austioneer. w. A. Finks, Clerk Adv. l41-s 24-l
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
Plum Butter.

For a tart butter that IS gooa snps meats use cup of sorghum Io ,,sn ndsr, of pulp, after rubbing thru ,s., e0.a, from cook until thick, stirring to keeP P'.ssriI. h. sticking. Seal boiling hot !" ized iarx
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
CEDAR CHAPTERS.

1t was a nice latle rain we had and the crops are sure looking fine and the gardens look good. too.
 NIT. Riggs. of Weatherford. Ok. visited Mr Harrelson and family on
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13
PERSONAL NOTES

EEN9VNAA A NJ %S
 Henry Davis of Hartley traded in Mena Wednesday.
 J. P. Johnson of Watson, Ok, was in Mena Wednesday.
 Dy. P. M. Price was up from Yan- dervoort Wednesday.
 w II. Terry of Hatfield attended court in Mena Wednesday,
 M. D. Winton and H. E Campbell were in from Rocky Wednesday.
 ". A. Sandefur, Vandervoort mer- chant, was in Mena Wednesday.
 Ellis Goss and family are visiting Big Fork relatives this week.
 B. ". Teeters was up from Cove Wednesday to look after business.
 Dr. R. c. Mccoy went to Hatfield on professional business Wednesday.
 Alex Coyle tnd J. J. Wilbanks came up from Grannis today to look after business matters.
 John c. Hoheimer of Hatfield was in attendance at court and meeting Mena friends Wednesday.
 Mrs. James Bales of DeQueen, after visiting Mrs. Ford Younce and friends left for her home Tuesday.
 The Kelly-Stratton Company on Monday sold an 80-aere farm near Eagleton to c. L. Crutchfield.
 Mrs. Lyman Fogel and children left Sunday to spend the remainder of the summer with Mir Fogel at Fogel, Ok.
 o. c. Kirby of Grannis and J. A. Watkins of Vandervoort metored to Mena to attend to business Wednes- day.
 J. H. Wyatt, who conducts a saw mill and store on the state line west of Potter, was in Mena on business today
 Evan c. Roberts came up from Smithville Wednesday and expects that Mrs. Roberts will join him in few days.
 E. W. St. John came up Sunday morning from Shreveport to look aft CT business matters and visit a day or two with homefolks.
 J. E. Joplin and two little sons came up from Wickes to attend to business and to visit friends Wednes- day, returning that afternoon.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Pardue are here from Camp Beauregard, the former on a short furlough to visit his mother, Mrs K. J. Pardue at Hat ton.
 Cashier J. c. Allen of the Bank of Cove, together with Messrs. Bob Mill CT, Ed Hutson, Ober Rowe and James Averitt motored up from Cove Mon-  day.
 A mare and colt that has been held in the city pound for some time, was sold Monday to G. ". Petty for $51, Col. c. M. Latimer being the auction eer.
 Clyde Whisenant, brother of Mrs. J. A. Thornton, has been transferred from Camp Pike to Chickamauga, Ga., and has been advanced to the medical corps.
 E. E. Smith of Dierks is in Mena seeking to find house into which he can move his family for a couple of of weeks. Mir. Smith states he hopes to locate here.
 w. W. Townsend and two sons, Wallace and Raymond, left Wednes- day for visit to relatives at Grav- cite and Hiwasse in Benton county. They will be gone week or ten days.
 Dr. C. L. Baker has returned from the Fred Salyers ranch in Montgom- cry county, where he took Miss Maude Board last Saturday, who ex- poets to spend the summer at the Salyers home.
 w. M Mathews, who has been visiting his sick mother at Tokio, Ark, returned home on Wednesday. He found the weather extremely hot at Tokio, but there was plenty of rain and crops are in fine shape.
 s. B. Wallace of Holly Springs was in Mena Monday to get repairs for his hay-making machinery He re- ports that his son, Rufus, with the National army at Camp Travis. Tex,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

M D. Winton and H. E. Campbell were in from Rocky Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

". A. Sandefur, Vandervoort mer- chant, was in Mena Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

Ellis Goss and family are visiting Big Fork relatives this week.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

w II. Terry of Hatfield attended court in Mena Wednesday,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

Dr. R. c. Mccoy went to Hatfield on professional business Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

B. " Teeters was up from Cove Wednesday to look after business.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

Alex Coyle tnd J. J. Wilbanks came up from Grannis today to look after business matters.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

John c. Hoheimer of Hatfield was in attendance at court and meeting Mena friends Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

Mrs. James Bales of DeQueen, after visiting Mrs. Ford Younce and friends left for her home Tuesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

The Kelly-Stratton Company on Monday sold an 80-aere farm near Eagleton to c. l.. Crutchfield.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-13

Dg. P. M. Price was up from Van dervoort Wednesday,.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
HUNS HURI MASSES
AGAINST FRENCH
SCENE OF VERY HEAVY
FIGHTING.

With the French Army in France
The Germans advanced against the
French lines again, throwing further
masses of troops into the battle. Both
tanks OF the battle line were the
scene of very heavy fighting by IN
ferior numbers against superior, with
the result that the allies were again
obliged TO cede ground at several
points.
Besides Won Boehmn's and Won Be
lows armies, many divisions of shock
troops were engaged. These special
ly trained units had participated in
the first rush on March q and since
then had been reconstructed.
An enormous number of light ma
chine guns were employed by the Ger
mans, as well as large fleet or
tanks and much heavy and light ar
tillery, while the German ayiators
were extremely active.
From the plain toward Juvineourt
Vile Aux Bots, Pontayert and Berry
auB ac, numerous tanks came into &C
ton. For considerable time the
thin allied line held, but as the enemy
debauehed wave after wave the
French and British, almost submerged,
fell back slowly, getting across the
river. Several British officers after
ward sacrificed their lives in destroy
ing bridges.
Almost simultaneously, overpower-
ing enemy forces made their way 10
the top of the Chemin-des-Dames ridge
and also to the western end of this
road, in the neighborhood of Chavis-
non and Malmaison and the troops
holding these points were obliged 20
recede.
The allied movement to the rear
was executed with the greatest pre-
c,sion; there was no disorder and all
the units kept in constant liaison.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
.FOCH'S RESERVES
60 INTO ACTION
GERMANS ARE TURNED BACK
AND SOME OF LOST GROUND
is RECOVERED
HUNS MAKE SMALL GAINS
Seventh Day of New Battle Found AL
lied Lines From SCISSORS to Rheims
More Capable of Resisting the
Enemy's Onslaught.

New York. - The strength of Gen
eral Foch's reserves has been felt by
the armies of the German Crown
Prince in the battle for Paris. .
East of the line running from Sois-
sons to Chateau Thierry. where the
Germans. in a continuation of their
mighty strokes, gained several addi-
tional villages and then attempted to
proceed further westward, magnificen,
opposition was imposed by the newly
strengthened lines and with terrific
smashes the French forces recaptured
Longpoint, Corey, Faveroles and
Troesnes, vantage points in the center
of the line leading 10 the forest Of
Villers Cotterets, which seems to be
the present objective here of the
enemy.
The Germans. however. still have IN
their possession the village of Vaur-
eZis, lying to the west of scissors and
further south, Saeonin-et- Breuii,
Chaudun, Licy and Bouresches, the
last named directly west of Chateau
DlClIS. "a lltllt " tHt SouNHNtSl VI
Chateau Thierry the enemy has reach
ed the Marine.
Nowhere has there been any at
tempt by the invaders to cross the
river and at all points east of Cha
teau Thierry they are hugging the
northern bank of the stream. 1t is
not improbable, however, that the tao
tics OF the Germans have in view the
fording of the river when the time
is more propitious, for in the center
of the line between Chateau Thierry
and Rheims they have pushed back
the allied front across the Rheims
Dormans road between Olizy-Violaine
and Ville-en-Tardenois and are press
ing onward toward the Marine. This Ia
the only point on their left wing.
however, where the enemy has been
able to make fresh gains, notwith-
standing the fact that he has thrown
new divisions into the battle, some of
them the best trained troops in the
Germany army.