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The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
 PEACE PROPOSITIONS
And the Continuation of Germanic Distraction of Cities and Hospitals
 Probably Will Add to These

Covenants of peace must be reach ed in the open. Freedom of seas in peace or war.
 Elimination of economic barriers among nations associated to maintain peace.
 Guarantees of armament reduction. Adjustment of colonial claims impar- tially based on popular rights.
 Evacuation of Belgium. Evacua- tion of Russia. Evacuation of French territory and fighting of Alsaee-Lor- raine wrongs.
 Readjustment of Italian frontiers on basis of nationalities.
 Free opportunity for Austro-Hun- garian nationalities for autonomous development.
 Evacuation of Serbia, Rumania and Montenegro with guarantees for all Balkan states.
 Sovereignty for Turkish portion of Ottoman empire with autonomy for other nationalities.
 Independence of Poland with out let to sea.
 Association of nations for mutual guarantees of independence and ter ritory integrity for nations both large and small
 President Wilson's Four Principles.
 President Wilson reduced his four propositions to four general princi- ples February II, when he addressed Congress in reply to Count Czernin's peace overture as follows:
 "First-That each part of the final settlement must be based upon essen tial justice of that particular case and upon such adjustments as are most likely to bring peace that will be permanent.
 "Second-That peoples and prov inces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were mere chattels and pawns in game, now forever discredited, of the balance of power, but that,
 "Third-Every territorial settle ment involved in this war must be made in the interest and for the benefit of the population concerned and not as part of any mere adjust ihent or compromise OI claims among rival states; and,
 'Fourth--That ali well defined na- tional aspirations shall be accredited the utmost satisfaction that can be accorded them without introducing new or perpetuating old clements of discord and antagonism that will be likely in time to break the peace of Euorpe and consequently of the world"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
BUY LIBERTY BONDS NOW

Keep before your mind at this stage of the war game the pictures of fiendish atrocities the Huns commit ted against the helpless Belgian peo- pie, and the French. Picture over and over the devastation, human and otherwise, they have left in their trail. Nothing in the worlds history even compares to it for it's frightful- ness, it's brutality, it's savagery. And there is ample proof that all this was the deliberate, cold-blooded plan of the German mind to win, to conquer the world thru terrorism of the most awful type.
 Now that this nation of beasts sees itself losing; now that it knows for a certainty that 1t is only matter of weeks or months until their own land will feel the heel of an invader pos sessed with righteous wrath; now that the realization that a terrible justice is about to overtake it--now it would call an armistice, and "nego- tiate" with an outraged world in the hope that it might escape; that it might retain it's power, it's vast war equipment, it's will to rule, to destroy, to impose upon conquered world its hated kultur at some future date.
 Keep before your eyes each day how for more than forty years Ger many planned this horrible war. and then when you have viewed it all, ask yourself if this is the day or hour to quit. Your answer can but be Buy Liberty Bonds" as long as you have the power to do so.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
THIS DOUGHBOY LIKES TO
 GET LETTERS FROM GIRLS
Musician With A. E. F. in France Writes That Mail Is Most Welcome
 Glad to Serve Their Country.

q would be glad to hear from most anybody, because mail is the most welcome of anything when you're long, long way from home. If you have any friends who like to write, tell them to try writing to strange doughboy once. I'm sure to enjoy it."
 Thus writes Musician F. A. Orr, 16th U. S. Inf. Band, A. k. F., to his cousin, Miss Ina Alexander of Gran his. This soldier has been under fire, but writes from a quiet sector. "How- ever couple of heavy caliber shells woke us up in time for breakfast this morning. Our own guns send over a few German rations at intervals. We have to hear them once in a while or would De lonesome after living among steady downpour of all sizes and kinds of shells"
 Musician Orr also says: "In a way war is a great business and we like 1t, but there is terrible side to it as we'll Nevertheless, we are glad we can serve and take whatever comes, so that our loved ones at home might live in a beautiful and lasting peace. Many soldiers will get to enjoy that peace; many will not. A mans life isn't worth sou over here"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
FOUND THE STAR EVERYWHERE
J. A. Slote Met Home Paper in Many Places on Long Journey.

On returning from an extended trip including several states, J. A. Slote of Hatfield, known to many Star readers under his pen name of "Hat- tie," writes as follows:
 One of the pleasures of long auto trip was the appearance of the Mena Star en route. Leaving Central Ne braska, where The Star was a regu- lar visitor, we made a 200-mile run to Omaha. Here on Saturday our host, Elgin Ayres, handed us The Star, which he has just received. Leaving here we crossed the Mis- souri river into Iowa, going we'll towards the north part of the state. Here we made brief visit with our good friend and former citizen of Polk county, Roe Tunnell. He has fine bunch of farm stock and plenty to feed them. The boys, Floyd, Gary and Spencer, are becoming strapping fellows and can fill mans place in the field or at the table. From here we went a few miles and made short visit with Travis Miller, Polk county bey, son of R. R Miller. Travis showed the natives there how to raise corn this year. He planted two to three stalks to the hill and has fine, sound corn, while some others who always plant five or six to the hill have, owning to lack of moisture, only fodder. There is little Travis here now, only his name is Francis Wayne, and he is a chip off the old block. Here we found our next issue of The Star. Then again in Omaha, next in Heavener, Ok. then home. We heard of The Star in little out of-the-way town in North Arkansas. Here, while changing tires after pick ing up one of those lucky horse shoes with long nails in it, we were accost- ed by very genial man who placed at our disposal anything he might have in the way of repairs or tools. Upon learning our destination, he asked if we were acquainted with the Star force, saying he and Fred J. Smith had attended college together. We couldn't get away from The Star, which has become considerably more than county newspaper.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
WANT GAS MASK MATERIALS.
Peach and Other Varieties of Seeds Make Best Carbon for Purpose.

Ed Raburn from near Vandervoort, while in Mena one day last week, sug- gested that good way to help the government secure nut shells and fruit pits for use in making carbon for gas masks, would be for the schools to appoint a day on which all the pupils would go to the woods and gather hickory nuts, which are Sd abundant.
 The shells and pits are to be car bonized for use in the gas masks. and It is suggested that excellent carbon can be made from materials that are daily going into the garbage pail and waste heaps.
 The materials best suited for this purpose are peach seeds, apricot prune, plum, cherry and olive pits. date seeds and shells of hickory nuts Brazil, walnuts and butternuts. The government states 200 peach pits or pounds of nut shells will make enough carbon for one gas mask which may save the life of a soldier
 The Home Service department of the Red Cross has appointed Mrs. Anna Randolph as the head of the Conservation Committee which will be in charge of gathering the mater ials, and teachers and pupils who de- sire to cooperate in this work should , communicate with her.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
GARRISON TAKEN
 WITHOUT 4 LOSS
Amazing Performance by American Detachment in Capturing Machine Gun trOnghOld-British Advance
 and Push Take More Towns

American Headquarters in France, Oct. 7.-Americans fighting under the command e General Gouraud' are credited with an amazing perform ance in the fighting of Friday in the Champagne sector.
 A detachment, assisted by French volunteers, under an American cap tain, attacked a very strong machine gun nest on the slopes of Blanc Mont which had long held up the Allied ad- vance. With the utmost skill the nest was enveloped and captured and the entire garrison of 4 officers and 2669 men was made prisoner. Seventy-five machine guns, many trench mortars and several tractors were taken The Americans did not suffer single cas- ualty
 With the British Forces in France, Oct. 7-British troops in the Lille sector and in the Beaurevoir district were reported today to have made further slight advances but these were mainly in the nature of line strengthening operations Generally it appears that the British armies for the moment have paused, but at the same time are taking advantage of tie Hull to improve their positions.
 In the fighting around Aubencheul 400 prisoners were taken by Haig's men. At Oppy a successful minor op- eration gave the British ground, 34 prisoners and four machine guns. The enemy is holding the Masnieres-Beau- revoir line in as much strength as he can muster.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABoUTT7

The German wolf has now put or the clothing of lamb and is bieat ing Peace and Good Will" says tho Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 It is a startling paradox that the German blood and iron group now find peace propaganda as theii strongest ally in their efforts to en- slave the world under military re- gime.
 So beware of the king or the prime minister or the nation today preach ing peacel
 THERE IS NOT NOW A PLACE IN ANY OF THE ALLIED C0UN- TRIES FOR A PEACE ADVOCATE. Such a man is a enemy to real peace. This peace can only come when the cannon of the Allies have crushed the German army, have smashed Ger man property and broken the skulls of German junkers.
 We are warned this week, then, to beware of peace proposals and of compromise settlements.
 THERE CAN BE NO SETTLE MENT UNTIL GERMANY IS THOR OLY BEATEN.
 There can be no safety until Ger many is brought to a realization that her kultur was merely the outgrowth of abnormal egotism and a savagery unrefined by any principle of com mon justice based upon the equality of men.
 A fool notion crept into the hearts of some of our people that the war was already won, and that we could reap victory and keep our money.
 The war is not yet won.
 Victory is in sight, but it can only be reached by the supreme effort of the Allies in money, in men and in labor.
 The victory will never be assured until the Germans will to win is broken, and the sign of this will be a declaration on the part of the kaiser, or his people, that he and they are willing to surrender internationally.
 N. B.--This was written before  news of Prince Max's offer reached America. There must be no peace for Germany until Germany surren- ders
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
oyER THERE AND HERE.

Before you say "No" to the Liberty bond salesman read what Kansas City Star correspondent writes from Somewhere in France:
 q spent four hours today in the big woods and saw some of the things our boys are up against Coated with mud, wet to the skin and cold, they had dispositions little ragged in places, but generally they bore up well. One big lad said:
 Well, l guess he is as wet as ] am, and that helps some"
 Taking up of supplies is a heart rending problem here and much has to be carried on the backs of soldiers, because the supply trains cannot get thru the boche-infested jungle"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
LOSS BY GREAT EXPLOSION
 MAY REACH 20 MILLIONS
More Than 300 Employees of New Jer- sey Munitions Plant Are Miss
 ing After Terrific Blast

Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct. 5.-Presi- dent Gillespie of the Gillespie Load ing Company, estimates the property loss of Fridays explosion and fire at 12 million dollars This is exclusive of million dollars worth of explo- sives which belonged to the govern ment.
 Between 300 and 400 employees who were in the plant at the time of the first explosion last night are still un- accounted for, but as most of them are of foreign birth they may have gone to their homes without report ing.
 The territory surrounding the plant is under heavy military guard Unit ed States troops are patrolling as close to the blazing buildings as they dare approach.
 Several thousand families in Nor gan and here have had to flee their homes.
 Explosion-torn, debris Uttered, de- populated Perth-Amboy turned to- night to the labor of caring for it's neighbors of South Amboy-practi- cally wrecked little town near where the enormous loading plant of the Gillespie Loading Company stood be- fore a series of explosions started leveling it.
 Weeping, wailing, stupefled, cold and weary inhabitants of South Am boy gathered here or wandered aim lessly about the country while Red Cross workers, United States sol diers, Boy Scouts and civilian work CTS struggled laboriously to find a place to stop for the refugees from the shell-swept district.
 Forced from their homes by the first terrific crash of thunders of ex- ploding trinitrotuloul last night, these people were still without homes to- night. Two huge magazines, which it was estimated held 200 tons of the high explosive, were near the fire The flames were creeping closer and closer and it was confidently believed this would be touched off
 Early this afternoon Capt. Watson, a United States aviator, mounted in his airplane over the remains of the factory to see how near the flames were approaching the huge store of explosives. It was the only method by which an approach to the plant could be made. His report was that the situation was decidedly danger ous.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

"In this sense, Foch has won his Leipsic. but after Leipsic Napoleon took his beaten army behind the Rhine, fought on, almost escaped ul- innate defeat. Can Ludendorff do the same? This is the present problem. We shall have an answer now in time relatively brief. We are on the threshold of one of the greatest mili- tary events in all human history" so writes Frank H. Simonds, the great est military critic of them all.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. aa they cahnot rehch the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure catarrhal deafness and that Is by constitutional remedy Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in- famed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube When thls tube is fnfamed you have rumbling souad or imperfect hearing. and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result Unless the Inflammation can be reduced and this tubt restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Many cases Of deafness caused by catarrh. which is an infiamed condition of the mucous sur faces. Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the sys- tenn
 any case of catsrrhal Deafness that cannot be cured ty halls Catnrrh Cure. Circulars tree. All Druggists. 76c.
 E. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo. C.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

On the surface, at least, Germany does not seem to revel in that self satisfied contempt for America and President Wilson that she evinced but a few months ago. Just another con crete bit of proof that force is the one thing she respects. And Uncle Sam is using force where it counts most, and should keep it up until the Huns def initely lay down and quit.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
For Quick Telegraph seryice.

All parties having relatives in ar my, navy CT training camps please call at Western Union office and leave your address; also how we can reach you by phone. This in order that we may reach you the earliest possible moment in case we have telegrams TOT you. A. ". Youkey,
 Manager Western Union Telegraph
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
Mena Man Dies in Camp piEa

Word has been received of the death of Frank Ward, IT,, at Camp Pike. The young soldiers father lives near Holly Springs. Death was the result of pneumonia The remains will be brought to Mena for burial. but 1t IS not known just when thev will arrive. ~ '"ss
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Aman's idea of moving is to call up the moving van and tell it to come and carry the stuff off to the new ad- dress. A woman's idea is to begin packing up things week or ten days ahead of time. Both are half right.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

The new German chancellor says his country is now ready to "negoti- ate" with President Wilson's declara- tion of principles as basis. Lest we forget, go back and look up some of the declarations made by the Kaiser and his advisers when the Huns were winning. BuY Bondsl
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
Soldier Dies of Spanish Influenza

The remains of Private Will Dan ials, son of MT. and Mrs. D. A. Dan- iels of Two-Mile, were brought to Mena Sunday from near New Or leans, where he had succumbed to pneumonia, following influenza. The remains were taken to Wickes Mon- day and burial took place in the fam fly cemetery on Tuesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

one in. The odds are on the Turk, who had Judged somewhat in having his shoes already united and his shirt unbuttoned. The Austrian is also un- der a handicap, his stepmother hav- ing sewed his shirt to his union suit that morning before she let him leave
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
Moving the Younee sawmiu

Ford Younce is moving his sawmill rom Rock Creek neighborhood west of town to a new set, three miles west of Cove. He has purchased the timper on 267-acre tract, which will keep the mill busy for some time
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

The onion is an excellent disinfect- ant If germs can't stand onions, then how do you expect your neigh bors at the picture show to put up with lem 2
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Of course, Germany cannot be ex- pected to think much of the Allied triumph over Bulgaria. It was ac- complished without treachery or ly- ing propaganda.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Germans who used to take de- light in maligning Americans for their money making qualities are now learning that the dollar isn't the only thing the Tank chases successfully.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

An awful lot of good sugar is vast ed in sweetening hotel coffee, when a little lemon or sarsaparilla fiavoring would help it more.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
Interest in Giye-a- Bushel Campaign

J. H. Hamilton, Polk county chair man of the Give-a-Bushel campaign, returned from DeQueen this morning, where a conference was held to furth- CT the movement. He reports very good attendance and much interested manifest in the cause.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

But isn't fixing a maximum price of SIP on shoes going to work great injustice on the dear ladies who 'just can't find thing under SIS that looks like anything?"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
Gasoline Dealers Licensed.

Little Rock, Oct 3.-Under the new regulation requiring the licensing of gasoline dealers, the licenses will come direct from Washington, and not from the state or local fuel ad- ministrator.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Let's hit the Hun as hard over here as our boys are hitting him over there, by smashing all speed records in reaching our maximum Liberty bond quota.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Keep your stomach, liver and bow els in good condition if you would have health. Prickly Ash Bitters cieanses and strengthens these organs and helps the system to resist disease germs. Price SIPS per bottle. Gun nel's Drug Store.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

At Potsdam the Hohenzollern boys probably are referring to the Bulgar- ian decision to make separate peace as "the blow that almost killed fath- a,. u
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Don't stop in the middle of your Liberty bond negotiations to talk over the new developments in the Balkans. Marshal Foch isn't.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

One thing that particularly jars Germany is that, having studied over carefully all the hands held at the ta- ble, Bulgaria has now picked the win nor
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

The darkest days of the war may be past, but we should keep on saw ing and serving as if the worst were yet to come.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Talking around among the new draft registrants, one finds many are fair, fit and forty, and few who are faint, fat and iabby.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

The boys in France are moving up. A Kansas boy writes home dating his letter not Somewhere in France" but At Fritz's Front Door,"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Bulgaria having stepped in and pronounced the water fine, it is an in- teresting race just now to see wheth- CT Turkey or Austria will be the next
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

In summer heat, says the Balti- more American, every horse is pro- foundiy sad that he was not born an auto truck.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

In Berlin they're probably ascrib- ing the recent turn of affairs to the Bulgars taking the kaiser's peace talk too darned seriously.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

It is all right to hope for quick victory, but continue to help as if we were just on the threshold of a iong war.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

When the chest feels on fire and the throat burns, you have indigestion, and you need HERBINE to get rid of the disagreeable feeling. It drives out badly digested food, strengthens the stomach and purifies the bowels. Sold by Jackson DrEg Co.--Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

How it must worry the kaiser to feel that his own people are begin ming to size him up correctly.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Keep your home fires burning this winter by getting in your supply of wood before cold weather comes.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Tone of the German press indicates that the handwriting on the wall is rapidly becoming legible.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
FINK WANTED

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The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

The Allies want victory. The Ger mans want peace. Both wishes shall be fulfilled.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Save furnace coal Spring and Fall by using Coles Air Tight Wood Stove. It holds the fire all night.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10
For Indigestion, Constipation or
 BiliOuSuess

JuSI ny one 5U-Cent UUttI5 Ol LT%A-FOS WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medi- cine Co. manufacturers ofLaxative Promo Quinine and Groves Tasteless ehiii Ionic.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

Soldier Schell is survived by his mother, Mrs. M. F. Lutes of Mena; four sisters, Mrs. H. D. Pullen, Fort Smith; Mrs. J. M. Craig, Hutchins, Tex, Mrs. M. T. Craig, Poteau, Ok; Miss Bessie Schell, Fort Smith; two brothers, Harry Schell, Mena, and Leo Schell, with the A. E. F. in France.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-10

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