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The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
ARKANSAS FIRE
 RECORDS BROKEN
For the First Time in Years Good Showing Is Made-Newspapers Given Credit for Blow to the
 Fire Fiend.

Little Rock, Jan. 9.--The fire rec ords of years have been broken. Ar kansas has had change of Iuckl And so. at last, have the men who pay the fire insurance losses. For the first time in fl years-since 1907 when the fire insurance companies re-entered the state the fire in surance companies have had a years business showing profit. The annual figures, for 1917, will show that the companies have taken in more money than they have paid out. In other words the fire losses may thus ba said to have decreased to record-breaking degree. This will be shown when official figures for the years business be- come available, according to ]. s. Speed. manager of the Arkansas Acturiai Bureau. The detailed sta- tistics will not become available for some weeks and will show bare profit for the underwriters, he be- lieves.
 Naturally, this change from a heavy and continuous loss to a profit, however slight, is most grati- lying to all concerned, particularly to the Arkansas Acturial Bureau, which has been an important fac tor in the flre-loss-reduction," said Mir. Speed.
 This has been brought about by widespread response on the part of the public and of owners of hnildings to the efforts of the bu- reau to make buildings more flre- reslstive and the public more alert against ever-present fire hazards and dangers. For fl years the un- derwriters have been taking a part Of the premiums collected in other states and applying them to the pay ment of fire losses in Arkansas. This year the fire loss ration in other parts Of the country has greatly exceeded the record of preceding years and 1t is most gratifying to know that Arkansas is an exception to this rule.
 T believe the newspapers of Ar kansas are doing more than those of any other state to awaken the public to the importance of fire-pre- vention and these and other agencies co-operating have accomplished a great thing for the people of the state. benefiting the public far more than the underwriters have been benefited" n
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
BURY f3 YOUTHFUL FIRE
 VICTIMS IN ONE CASKET

Marble City, Ok, Jan. ii.--In one casket the charred bones of the i3 Indian boys who lost their lives Sat- urday morning when the hoys' dormitory of the Dwight Indian Mission school was destroyed by fire, will be carried to the little school yard cemetery for interment in small grave. So little remains of the bodies of the victims that Identification is impossible and the lone casket will be sufficient.
 The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the school chapel with the Rev. AL bion T. Robertson. of Welling. in eharge.r assisted by the ministers from nearby towns. Services will also be conducted at the grave.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
SNOW sHovELERs N CHICAGO.
Rich and Poor Foil Side bx Side and
 Eat at same Free Lunch.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-After nearly three days, during which thousands of men, women and children, rich and poor alike. shnveIed from raar., ing till night to clear the streets of snow Chicago today still is strug- silng to free itself of the great drift lefi l'N Sundays blizzard, which tied up traffic to such an extent that the rltv practically was without milk for two days and faced a serious fuel famine.
 Today. although many side streets still are ifnpassahie. the situation appears brighter.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
THIRTEEN DIE IN INDIAN SCHOOL FIRE
Dormitory of Dwight Indian Mission Burns With Shocking Loss of Life Survivors Out in i5 Below
 Zero Temperature.

Marble City, Ok. Jan. i3.--Eleven bodies were recovered last night from the smoldering ruins of the boys dormitory of the Dwight In- dian Mission school, located three miles southwest of Marble City, which was destroyed by fire early yesterday. Authorities of the school place the death list at t3. This is looqos eql Jo Hosqo 8 uodn peseq rolls which show that number of students missing. All of them are known to have been in the building.
 The bodies of the victims that have been recovered are burned be- yond recognition and because inden- tification is impossible, tho charred remains will be buried with one simple service in the little school yard cemetery next Tuesday.
 The victims range in age from 9 to i7 years. Thirty-two other boy students, and two men escaped. Three boys were injured, none seri- ously, in jumping to safety. It is believed the fire started from an open fireplace. All were Indians.
 The death list:
 Gilbert Grant, aged 9, orphan, Ne braska Indian, Omaha, Neb.
 George Wickett, aged 10, Chero- kee, Marble City. Ok.
 Phillip Correll, aged 1T, Cherokee, Mickey, Ok.
 Rufus Young, aged i4, Cherokee, Vian, Ok.
 J. P. Chandler, Jr., aged i2, SiIoam Springs, Ark.
 Kenneth Crutchileld, aged i3, Cherokee, Claremore, Ok.
 Delbert Barnes, aged IA, Cherokee, Westville. Ok.
 George Tiger, aged 10, Creek, Ok mulgee, Ok.
 Robert Daniels, aged 10, Creek, 0kmulgee, Ok.
 Newton Goings, aged i2, Choctaw. Smithyille, Ok.
 Solomon Brunner, aged 8, orphan, Creek, Checotah, Ok.
 Nighthawk McIemore, aged i2, Cherokee, Marble City.
 Trapped While Asleep.
 Students on the second floor. where the greatest loss of life oc- cured. were trapped by the flames. The second floor was big screened porch, divided into four sections. The only stairway leading from it| was a sheet of roaring flame when the fire was discovered. Those who escaped had to jump.
 Temperature f5 Below Zero.
 The fire occurred with the tenn perature i5 degrees below zero and the ground covered with six inches of snow. The discomfiture of the students who escaped and those who assisted in the work of rescue added to the excitement.
 The fire was discovered about 2:3O o'clock simultaneously by several students. At the time of it's discov- cry 1t appeared that the entire building was wrapped in flames and It Is considered miracle that all of the 45 students did not perish.
 Three years ago this month, the girls dormitory was destroyed by fire at night. There was no loss of life. Dwight Indian Mission is the oldest Indian school in the former Indian Territory It was founded by the Presbyterian church and is still maintained by that denomina- ton.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
Therefore Gov. Brough Issues Par
 don to Charles Brier.

special to The Star
 Little Rock, Jan. i0.-The Govern or has pardoned Charles Brier, who was convicted at the last October term of Greene Circuit court. of re- ceiying stolen property. Circuit Judge L. II. Dudley and Prosecuting Attorney T. W. Davis, and all the jurors who tried the case. declare that there has evidently been mis- carriage of justice.
 After the trial and before sen- tence was passed one Slim" Wilson who was convicted with Brier. con- fessed in open court that Brier was ignorant of the fact that the trunk in question was stolen, but that he believed 1t to be the property of one Army ' ~hn is a fugitive from jus tice, and who had shipped it from paragould to Poplar Bluff. The jurors now state that in view of this confession they are convinced of Brier's innocence. N
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
HOSPITAL SHIP IS SUNK.
Germans Ignore Their Piedae--All Wounded and Others Aboard Saved.

London, Jan. Notwithstanding their pledge the Germans have sunk another hospital ship, the Daily Mail says.
 All wounded and others aboard were saved.
 An official announcement says the lost hospital ship was the Rewa, and that she was sunk in the Brit lsh channel, January I.
 Three members of the crew were killed.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
WOMEN P0sTMEN \ FAILURE.
sst. Louis Postmaster Declares Work
 Is Too Heavy for Them.

St. Louis, Jan. 9.-After a fifteen day trial, Postmaster selph says women letter carriers are net a suc- cess The work is too heavy, he de- clares.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
AMERICANS ARE PRISONERS.
Germans Capture Men From the, De- stroyer Jacob Jones. Submarined.

Washington. Jan. 9-Two men from the destroyer Jacob Jones, submarined December 6, now are held prisoners in Germany, accord ing to an official announcement to- day. H sl
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
SECURE SECRETS OF
 GERMAN DYE TRADE

hondon. Jan. i0--A group of men in the British textile trade has cap- tured the secret recipes of the great German dye industry. The recipes, numbering 257, belonged i3 the Breat Badlshche works and are now In the keeping of a Lonlon bank.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
RUSSIAN EMBASSY THANKFUL. Issues Statement of Appreciation for
 Reference to Russians.

Washington, Jan. 9.--The Russian embassy here today issued state- ment of appreciation of President Wilson's reference to the Russian people in his address to Congress.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
TO EXTEND THE U-B0AT ZONE
Germans Announce Further Waters
 sBarrcdr to Ships.

London. Jan s-~Further exten- sion of the submarine barred zone is announced in a wireless statement sent out by the German government. IL becomes operative January If.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic GROVES TASTELESs chill TONIC. drives or,s Malntia. .erriehes the blood nd but Is up the svs Fer. tf-< setie- Fer ad.-lts and children. 60c
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17

Do you know sanoI chlIl Tonic knocks the chills and malaria leversY Get 35 cent trial bottle at the drug store.--Ad,.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
TELEPHONE WEDDING BEAT
 ARMY CAMP QUARANTINE
Miss Lorraine Smith of Wickes Was the Bride in Romantic
 Affair.

Alexandria, La, Jan. i0.--A cere- mony performed over the telephone was the means employed here to overcome the barrier to their mar riage imposed by the quarantine for spinal meningitis at Camp Beaure- gard by Private Jno. B. Caldwell, whose home is in Little Rock, Ark, and Miss Lorene Smith, of Kansas City, Mo. The ceremony was per- formed by Judge w. F. Blackman, the judge the bride, her mother and witnesses being gathered around a telephone in the courthouse here, while Caldwell and his witnesses were gathered around a telephone at Camp Beauregard.
 In an opinion requested by Judge Blackman and announced last night, Attorney General Coco stated that marriages by telephone were against the declared policy of the state" and should be discouraged, altho they might in some cases be legal"
 While the above item gives Miss smiths address as Kansas City, Mo-. the following item in the corre- spondence of The Star from Wickes, seems to identify the bride as a Polk county girl, tho the spelling of the given name is different:
 Miss Lorraine Smith, accompanied by her mother, and Mrs. W. Sumner, started to Camp Beauregard. La, last Wednesday morning to meet John Caldwell Miss Lorraine and MT. Caldwell were to be married, but when they got there the town and camp were under quarantine against spinal meningitis"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
INNOCENT MAN CONVICTED.

The school has about 100 students
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13
arbarIann," pecIares vorNNaerts.

On the following day, August "a,
1914, the vorwaerts returned to the
attack in an editorial Against Bar
barism."
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

design. One framed picture he has
donated to be ratified off at the picnic
on the grounds of Mr.. Charles Rhein-
auer next Thursday.
The Burket family of nine persons
left for Pennsylvania today, after
spending two months at Idlewild, Mr..
D. E. McIver's residence. They are
delighted with the lake and especially
the fishing, having had splendid luck
during the two months of their stay
here.
I Mrs. w. J. Frink is spending few
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13
LAKE WEIR

Lake Weir, April 1.-THE Lake
Weir Club met in beautiful grove of
oaks on Silver Lake last Saturday
morning for a picnic dinner, on the
invitation of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Schroeder. After bountiful dinner,
every one was taken over Mr.. Schro-
der's chicken farm and coy little
home, fronting on Silver Lake. Mr..
Schroeder has some beautiful pieces of
wood carving of his own work and
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

days with Mrs. Ell. w. Henry before
leaving for her home near Barlow.
Mrs. Briggs is trying to complete
her bungalow before leaving for her
northern home in May. Mr.. Briggs
will accompany her next winter and
they will perhaps spend the entire
year here in future.
Mrs. e. P. Moody of Leesburg is
spending a few days with DR.. and
Mrs. F. p. Herr.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

Buy Thrift Stamps Of us and keep
your skin nice and soft with Rexan
Skin Soap. Gerig's Drug Store. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

German soldier on the eastern front:
Russian Poland. December Is, IA.
In the name Of Christianity / send
you these words.
Wounded Russians are killed with
the bayonet according TO orders.
"And Russians who have surrender
ed are often shot down in masses &C
eording to orders, in spite of their
heart-rending prayers.
I'm the hope that you, as the repre-
sentative of a Christian state, will
protest against this. I sign myself,
"a GERMAN SOLDIER AND CHRIS
The third letter, from the western
front, shows the same horror of the
system of which the writer was a wit
ness.
ITO the American Government,
Washington, o. S. A.
'Englishmen who have surrendered
are shot down in small groups. With
the French one is more eonsiderate. /
ask whether men LET themselves be
taken prisoner in order to be dis
armed and shot down afterward? Is
that chivalry in battle? 1t is no longer
a secret among the people; one hears
everywhere that few prisoners are
taken; they are shot down in small
groups. They say naively: We don't
want any unnecessary mouths to feed.
Where there is no one to enter COM
plant. there is no judge Is there
then no power in the world which can
put an end to these murders and res
cue the victims? Where is Chris
tianity2 Where is right? Might is
right.
"a SOLDIER AND A MAN WHO is
NO BARBARIAN"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

BUY THRIFT STAMPS
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13
vorwaerts in Protest.

Three years later, August %, 1917,
the Vorwaerts quoted the following
passage from the Deutsche Tageszei-
tung:
"We have a ring of politicians who
hold that might makes right (Macht-
politiker), who despise the forces Of
the inner life and believe that they
must eliminate all ethical points Of
view from foreign and social
politics. For them, Germany Of the
present and Of the future is the coun-
try Of the Krupps and Borsigs, of the
Zeppelins and the U-boats. Any idea
OF a connection between politics and
morals is rejected and any reference
to the right OF a moral method Of con-
sideration In ridiculed as delusion and
sentimentality."
The German officers were provided
with the forms to be used In terror
Izing the conquered people. The COM
mon soldiers were provided with
phrase books which would enable them
to impose their viii upon the terrified
people. Minister Brand Whitlock In
his report to the state department on
September II, 1917. writes:
@The German soldiers were proyid-
ed with phrase books giving alternate
translation in German and French Of
such sentences as:
"sHands up Ut is the very first
sentence in the book.)
"'Carry out all the furniture.
az am thirsty. Bring me some beer,
gin, rum.
"sYou have to supply barrel Of
wine and keg Of beer.
LEAD me to the wealthiest inhabi-
tants of this village. have orders to
requisitfon several barrels of wine.
"'Show us the way TO -. If you
lead us astray, you win be shot"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

Buy war savings stamps to help
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13
"a SOLDIER AND A MAN WHO Is
NO BARBARIAN"
soeIaIlsts oppose system

Many of the Germans, as has been
already indicated, do not believe the
reports of the atrocities committed by
the Belgian civilians and refuse to ac-
cept the system of frightfulness. The
Vorwaerts, the leading socialist paper,
which has a very wide circle of read
ers, has opposed the policy of fright
fitness. All honor to its editors who
have so courageously opposed the pow
erfuI military authority It's editorial,
entitled sour Foes" published August
%, 1914, reads as follows:
"what should one say when even
such an organ as the Deutsches Off,
zier-Blatt expresses its sympathy with
a demand that the beasts who are
taken as francs-tireurs should not be
killed. but only wounded so that they
may then be left to fate (which makes
any help IMPOSSIBLE? Or what should
we say when the Deutsches Offlzier-
Blatt states that "a punitive destruc-
tion even of whole regions cannot 'af-
ford full recompense for the bones OF a
single murdered Pomeranian grena-
dier2' Those are the desires Of blood
thirsty fanatics and we are thoroughly
ashamed of ourselves because It Il
possible that there are people among
us who urge such things"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

"One might. IN the first
place, possibly believe that such a de-
mand for a bloody vengeance against
alleged Belgian outrages1 emanates
from a single disease-racked brain !;
but 1t appears that whole groups
among certain classes who represent
German kultur want to indulge in or
gies of barbarism and to devise a
whole system for the purpose Of or
ganizing "a war of revenge
"What of law and custom! Such
thoughts do not stir a great nation
Thus in leading article of the Ber-
liner Neueste Nachrichten, the de-
mand is made that all the authorities
in Brussels-one, the second burgomas-
ter, is generously excepted-sh should be
Immediately seized and subjected to
trial in order to expfate the wrongs
which, according to fragmentary and
highly uncertain reports, were said to
have been committed by the people.
They demand that the captured city
should Immediately pay fine Of 500,-
100000 marks; that all stores Of the
conquered territory be requisitioned
without paying the inhabitants single
penny'for them"
Courier Democrat., 1918-03-14
Ylddish.

Yiddish Is term used to designate
a language which is spoken at the pres
ent moment by some millions Of peo-
pie. Strictly speaking. Yiddish is not
q language, nor dialect. but jargon
the jargon used by Judeo-German
communities dwelling chiefly in Ger
many and Russia, and by the inHf-
grants coming from those countries to
the United States. Yiddish owes its
existence to the persecution to which
the Jews were subjected in Germany
at the time Of the Reformation. its esq
sential basis is high German. with an
admixture of Hebraic and Slavic eaa-
nents.
Since the advent Of woman suffrage
In California the marriage rate has
steadily declined; too many women
prefer espousing cause to hus.
band.
Courier Democrat., 1918-03-14
CHAPTER XIV.
The Hand of Fate.

1t seemed an age l stood there, bend
Ing to the narrow crack, hearing no
further sound, and unable to guess
what had occurred in the semidarkness
of the apparently deserted cabin.
could distinguish no movement, not
even the sound of breathing. Then a
soft whisper spoke almost in my ear
causing me to start back as though
stabbed by a gun.
"RObert!'; y;
There was agony in the utterance
sufficient to disguise the low voice, yet
| could not doubt the identity of the
speaker.
"Yes; l am here; what has hap
pened?'
"Oh, don't ask that. hardly know
myself. 1t was all impulse, despera-
ton. Listen they are going to desert
the ship within an hour. McCann told
with him to save my own life. IL
didn't know what to do. All that was
left ma was to pray and watch
eyes, dear heart-but what hap
pened? you. must speak quickly. They
all left the cabin, and went on dack."
eyes; to provision the boats; they
are lowering the two forward ones
now. Twas told to get my own things
ready"
"No guard was left here below?"
"Only Dade; they knew you could
not possibly get out, and they had no
fear of me because I was so fright
ened.'
"And what became of DadeY
She caught her breath, the answer q
sob almost inaudible.
II struck him; DEAR there was no
other way. Maybe killed him, but
but never meant to do that. ] used
the only weapon I had-an iron leg
from my washstand,"
Don't worry; it was either his life,
or ours. There Is no one else then
below?"
"Not-nOt now."
"Is there any way of loosening this
bar? I cannot even determine how it
Is fastened; there were no cleats."
could see her outline as she stood
there, feeling with her hands; then
realized that length Of iron was in
serted between the wooden bar and the
jamb Of the door; there was crunch
ing sound, not loud enough to be alarm
Ing, and the bar fell. but was caught
before 1t struck the deck. Instantly
was in the cabin, and had grasped her
hands still clinging to the leg Of the
washstand.
"You brave, dear girl !"
"Oh, don't. not now!" she pleaded,
drawing back. "What shall we dor"
"What do you known" I asked. "Tell
Courier Democrat., 1918-03-14

What had happened? There was
Cam succeeded in inducing her to &C.
company him on deck? Had he taken
her there by force? or, had the girl
finally yielded to his insistence, after
exhausting every form of delay, her
last faith in my return having van
ished? Nothing remained but to follow
them, and find out what had occurred,
and, if not already too late, attempt q
rescue.
'"Theres no one here" I said in q
whisper. "Well try the deck; quiet
both of you"
We reached the head Of the stairs on
our hands and knees. I had my re-
volver gripped in my fingers, Leayord
his iron bar, while Olson had found
hatchet somewhere in the darkness,
The companion door was but half
closed, and I squeezed my body
through the opening, assured no one
occupied that immediate portion of
| deck. The other two followed noiseless-
| ly and we huddled close together in
| the black shadow of the cabin. SO still
it was l could hear their breathing,
and my eyes, trained by long service in
the darkness below, We're able to dis
tinguish objects forward beyond the
mainmast. There was nothing living
visible; to all appearances the ship
was totally deserted; the last strag-
glers had taken to the boats. Olson,
who lay next me on the deck jerked my
sleeve, his uplifted hand pointing to-
ward the starboard rail amidships.
There's two Of 'em," he whispered.
My eyes caught the indistinct out
lines, unable for the instant to make
them appear human. Indeed I was
still in doubt when McCann's voice,
with the old hateful sound in it, called
into the darkness:
"Below there; are you still fast?"
"Aye, fast enough, an blamed tired
O. holdin' on" grumbled someone below
testify. "Why don't yer come along
DOWN.
"In minute. Is everyone in the
boats?"
81 don't know nuthin' bout the
steward; nobody ain't seen him yet,
less he got in somewhar else: nor
Tom Dugan. Tony sez he's in the
cabin"
"Well, he isn't; just come up from
there. We won't wait for the blame
fool. You flooded the engineroom,
Tony?7
"Sure I did, with both cocks wide
open; there's five feet O. water in her
by now" !
"Good; then it's time we're off. Send
hand up here to help me, Liverpool
the girl won't go along"
Courier Democrat., 1918-03-14
(Continued Next Week)
The Opium Habit.

There are three different forms Of
taking opium. Some people, for exam
pie the Turks, eat it.; others, like the
Chinese, smoke it, while the inhabi-
tants of more civilized countries usual
ly drink it as laudanum. The drug Is
obtained from the unripe fruit of the
common white poppy. 1ncisions are
made in the heads Of the plant, from
which a creamy juice exudes, harden
ing on it's exposure to the air. This Is
scraped off and made up into small
cakes, in which form it is sold. The
confirmed opium eater or smoker re-
duces himself to an 1ndescribably
wretched state Of mind and body, and
very seldom lives to be forty If the
practice has been acquired at an early
period in life.