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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30

Il believe "a this war has drawn
nations temporarily together IN a
combination Of physical force. we
should now be- drawn together in
combination OF moral force that is
Irresistible II il moral fore as
much as physical force tina, has de
fcated the effort To Hubdue tho
world. Words have cut an deep as
swords.
The knowledge that wrong has
been attempted has aroused the ma.
tons They have gone out like men
for crusade. No other cause could
have drawn 30 many Of the nations
together They knew an outlaw was
abroad and that outlaw purposed un.
speakablc things.
1T IL from quiet places like this
all over the world that the forces
are accumulated that presently Will
overpowcr any attempt to accomplish
evil on n great scale. IL II Ike the
rivulet that gathers into tho river
and the river that goes 90 tho ssa.
SO there come out OF communities
like these streams that fertiilxr the
conscience OF men and II u the con.
science OF the world We now mean
TO place upon the throne which
others tried to usurp"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
u. s. WILL join
NO COMBINATION
EXCEPT LEAGUE
Continued From Page one

workmon. who cheered ~ the prcsi
dent WAS presented tho highest hon
or In the power OF the city The
prcsidents reply was applhuded
In welcoming President Wilson.
the lord mayor said the presidents
actions In peace ana war command
the undying gratitude ~ the world g"
History alone can comprehend
the ntupendoua effort Of America. /"
ho said
The crowd showed what u thought
81 the president by singing Fur
He's a jolly Good Fellow" The
workmen then gave Mrs, Wilson "a
special cheer.
The president had run the Ramut
from the royalty OF London to the
homely picty Of Carlisle. and the
humming activity Of Manchester
The quality OF his welcome was un.
changed in any ~ these widely al.
vrrEent atmosphere.
From early morning the streets
were thronged In anticipation of the
presidents appearance lie and his
immediate party arrived here from
Carlisle late yesterday. and spent III.
night as the guests Of the lord
mayor.
he rose early. and started for the
hall az $50. Accompanied by Mrs
Wilson, the lord mayor. The latter'r
wife and the town clerk. he went 20
the canal where they boarded the
White Star liner Majestic. on which
they rod. To the doelta
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
Little Boy Killed
in Auto Accident

Run over by an auto at 18Th ave.
and Jackson ~. Sunday night. Mike
Roth. 7. son OF Mr. and Mrs. Void
Roth. 1903 Washington st. was In
stantly killed.
The machine was driven by Harry
r. woollcy. II. OF all s7th place.
who. in his statement to the police.
said the boy darted from behind n
truck. directly Into the path Of his
car. wooiley's statements were sub
Htantiated by Miss Viola kcllum. OF
s303 Dearborn IT.. who was riding
with him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
Frank McDermott
Arrives in London

Frank McDermott. president OF tho
Bon Marche. has arrived In London.
on his way to France to serve IA "A
knights OF Columbus worker lie
left Seattle three weeks ago end will
remain overseas indeflnitclyA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
Farewell Dinner
to Be Given by
King to Wilson

LONDON. Dec. 30-A farewell din
ner for President and Mrs. Wilson
will be given by King George and
Queen Mary Monday night instead Of
a private dinner. as prearranged II
viii be given In the state dining room
at Buckingham palace. Thirty guests
have been invited
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
0IlER DIES OF BURNS

Severely burned Saturday night.
when his oilsoaked clothes became
ignited at the Seattle Electric Co.'s
Western ave. steam station. Frcder
lex Elphick. oiler. died Sunday. 8. l..
Gaedeckc. engineer in charge of the
plant sustained severe burns on the
hands In futile effort to tear the
blazing clothes Off Elphick.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-30
Honorary Citizen

Leaving the canal. the party pro
cecdea 10 N. town hail. where VII
son was made an honorary citizen
OF Manchester
From there he went 10 Free Trade
hall. and delivered hts second and
final public address Ia England. lie
was given a great ovation.
The president appeared 90 enjoy
the freedom from the semi restraint
~ the regal atmosphere Ia London
His adaptabiliiy was never more ap
parent than today.
President Wilson's visit 10 his
mothers former home IN Carlisle
brought him into contact with the
inner spirit Of tho British people
Picture church tn a small town.
with It's ordinary congregation. most
~ old people. picture the front Iews
occupied by tho president. his wifc.
tho kings secretary and other dig.
nitariea. who Joined In singing the
usual hymn and kueelinE on the
wooden floor IN prayer. and finally
picture the presidsnt. In response TO
the pastors appeal. paying tribute
To his mother and grandfather. with
many Of the congresa ton In tears
From this humble scene. after a
Visit TO the cathedral. the president
returned 60 the kings train. with It's
ma gnlflc.nt white enafneiicn wood
work and gorgeous fittings. each
ear regal suite
Apparently the route and time Of
the trains passing were known TO
all the country people. as the track
was lined at every station with sncn
women and children. who waved and
checred. Upon his arrival in Man.
chester. the president was greeted
with a cheering hrong. which made
his progress TO the Mansion house a
vcritahle march Of triumph.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEEMAN FOR
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL DRIVE
Chairman Eugene Cox Selects Men for Each Township in Polk
 County.

Eugene Cox, chairman of the cam paign to raise the fund of $1,000 as : Polk county's' share of the $100,000 to be raised in the state of Arkansas for the establishment of Girls h. dustrial school and Woman's Reform atory, has appointed the following named persons as committeeman for the towns and townships outside of the city of Mena:
 Mountain township--Levi Wimber- ly and R. B. Harmon, Egper
 Mill Creek township-s. ]. Cotton and J. F. Standridge, Opal
 Big Fork township-J. H. Lilies and M B. Fried, Big Fork.
 Fulton township-L. P Purvis and D. E. Little, Board Camp.
 Center township--J. D. Kaylor and L. O. Cooper, Route No. i.
 Gap Springs township-J. S. Law renee and J. L. Arnold, Shady.
 Faulkner township-J. M. L. Thom- as and B. R. Carter, Hartley.
 Ozark township-W E. Hungate and Tom J. Wilbanks, Grannis.
 Hatfield,-J. o. Gates and Lewis H. Johnson, Hatfield.
 Cove-O. B. Witherspoon and Mrs. ". A. Worthington, Cove.
 Vandervoort-J E. Campbell and F. M. Cecil, Vandervoort.
 Eagle township-Tutt Harris, Pot ter. and T. W. Anderson, Route Nc. 1.
 Potter township-J. II. Pigg, Mena Route 2, and J. N. Brogan, Mena Rout 1
 Wickes-W. B, Thomas and John Joplin, Wickes.
 Acorn township-Peter McWilliam and T. c. Garland, Mena Route 4.
 Rich Mountain township-F. L. Worrell and s. s. Little, Rich Moun- tain.
 Eagleton Leo Crutchfeld and R. ?. Harris. Eagleton.
 Freedom township-J, s. Pollard and Dr. c. A. Campbell, Mena Route 2.
 0uaehita township-I. L. Reed, Mena Route 8, and Ira Eddleman, Ink
 Cedar township-J. T. Winton and " V. Daniels, Mena Route Q
 Hotton--J. A. Harkey, Hatton
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
CALLS
 FOR lS6,773 MEN
Arkansas to Furnish 5000 Whites and 500 for Limited Seryice-AH to for Limited Service--All to
 Camp Pike.

Washington, Aug. 26-Four separ- ate selective draft calls, constituting the first of the September calls and requiring 186,773 men to entrain for training camps between August 30 and September 6, were issued tonight by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
 Every state and the District of Col umbia is called to furnish men for training to augment the forces abroad. For general military service, 125,000 white men and 21 ,270 negroes are called, for limited serwce 400,503 white men are called.
 Arkansas and Oklahoma men are called as follows:
 General service, white. entrainment September to 6--Arkansas, 5000 to Camp Pike; Oklahoma 294 to Camp Dodge.
 General service, colored, entrain- ment September 1-Arkansas, 800, to Camp Pike; Oklahoma, 4,000, to Camp Logan.
 Limited Service, white, entrainment September to 6-Arkansas, 500, to Camp Bowie; Oklahoma, 500, to Camp Bowie.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
26 ASSISTANTS
 IN POLK COUNTY
Have Reached Age of 21 Since June }. 1918-Fourteen at Mena. Ten at Hatfield, One Each at Gran
 his and Wickes.

Twenty-six Polk county boys regis. tered last Saturday under the provis. ions af the salcctiye draft act as hay. ing attained the age of 21 years since June 5, 1918 Fourteen of these reg istered in Mena, ten in Hatfield and one each in Wickes and Grannis. The registrants are;
 Herbert Eugene Campbell. Mena, Route 2.
 Chester Arthur Philpot, Egger. Ezra Brumbelow, Mena, Route 4. Orville Clifford Winton, Mena, Route 2.
 Bardie Jackson Medford, Board Camp.
 John Pinkney Smith, Egger. John Stout Jones, Mena.
 Otis Mack Coogan, Board Camp. Fletcher Evans Harrell, Mena. Ellsworth Dewitt Gardner, Mena, Route 1.
 Corbit Francis Randall, Shady. Ode Cornelius Milham, Mena Route 1.
 Jesse Jefferson Green, Mena. Eddie Graydon Head, Mena. Lee Duggan, Grannis.
 Ray Lee Rose, Wickes.
 Paul Jean Hiaumet, Vandervoort Arley Anderson Nichols, Hatfield. Sam Beasley. Cove
 Francis M Reynolds, Hatfield. Daniel FrizelI. Cove, Route i Earl Warner, Hatfield.
 Lester McNeal Dover, Hatfield Montie Mathew Presley, Hatfield. Floyd Owen Earl Smith, Cove Molly Hays, Cove.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
MRS. CLIO HARPER OF LITTLE
 ROCK SPOKE TO MENAITES
Here to Organize Drive for Girls In- dustrial School and Woman's
 RefOrmatOry.

Mrs. Clio Harper of Little Rock was here Wednesday to address meeting in the Star Hall in the interest of the drive" for the Girls Industrial School and Woman's Reformatory, which is to be made in Polk county during the week of September 1. Mrs. Harper came in place of Miss Mercella Arthur, advertised for this point. In her address she pointed out the need of a girls industrial School in Arkansas, stressing the point that Ar kansas was the 46th in the list of states in the care of girls and fallen women. Her main object, however, was to- assist in the perfection of a local organization which, to her grati- fication, she found had already been done. NJ Martiny, who had been ap- pointed executive secretary for Mena, within an hour after the meeting had all committees appointed ready for the drive" Mrs. Harper left this afternoon for DeQueen to assist in the organization of Sevier county. The work of organization turnout the state is being carried on by Mrs. Harper, Mrs Jennie Erickson and Miss Marcella Arthur. whose expenses are being paid by the men of Little Rock.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
6 GERMAN ARMIES
 ARE DENORALIzED
Allies Are Taking Them as They Come. Prepared or Unprepared, 0utfghting and 0utgeneraling-
 Now Eating on the Seventh.

Paris, Aug. 22-The allies have damaged six German armies since July 15 and the British armies are now eating into the seventh, with the spread of the battle northward and over a front of 70 miles. Whether the enemy is prepared or unprepared, allied efforts have had the same re- suits and the Germans have been out generated and outfought. The armies attacked and damaged in the past six weeks have been those of Generals von Einem, von Mudra, von Boehn, von Eben, von Hutier and won der Marwitz.
 It is believed that Marshal Foch's aim is not, as the Germans claim, to pierce their line, but to strike a suc- cession of blows to cause the enemy irreplaceable losses in men and ma- terial and to force him to make more or less disastrous retreats. If that is the marshai's plan he is pursuing it with skill and unvarying success. Gen. eral Ludendorff is being forced to ex- pend his effectives out of all propor- tion to his resources on given sector of the front, after which another blow is struck home on another sector. < no place have the Germans, apparent ly. been strong enough to check the attack entirely.
 Wednesday the German resistance was most desperate on the right of General Mangin's army in the neigh borhood of Bieuxy. If the French are able to reach the neighboring village of Guvigny the salient marked by the village of Guyigny, 0sly and Pasly would become untenable for General von Eben, who would be obliged to re- treat beyond the Coucy-le- Chateau road. The German situation there is unenviable enough at pres ent. but would become still worse as the French progressed. The Germans also would have to abandon the Vesle Aisne line and go back to the Chennin des Danes.
 Military observers that are of an optimistic turn of mind are convinced that the Germans will end their de- fence by falling back to the old Hin- denburg line, all along the front at no very distant date While that may be SO. the enemy shows no signs at present of doing SO voluntarily and is dghting stubbornly and skillfully, yielding only when outmaneuvered and outfought.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29

U. s. SEAPLANE LOST
 WITH CREW OF THREE.

Washington, Aug 26-Loss of a naval seaplane, with her crew of three, including Ensign Donald c. Pero, in collision with another seaplane. off Fire Island Saturday evening, was announced today by the navy depart ment.
 Pero's machine is believed to have sunk immediately after falling into the water Mine sweepers searched the vicinity but could find no trace, either of the crew or of the plane
 Ensign II. Stephens, piloting the other plane, landed safely on the water with his mechanic and assistant and aided in the unsuccessful search. The accident occurred about 2 o'clock in the evening.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
HUN RAIDER STILL ACTIVE.
Steamer Eric Is Sunk and Five of Her
 Crew Wounded

St Pierre, Miquelon, Aug 26.-The steamer Eric of six hundred tons, has been sunk by shell fire, presumably by the same submarine which sent foul fishing schooners to the bottom on Sunday off this island. Five of the crew of the Eric, which sailed from St Johns, Newfoundland, were wound ed.
 1he crews of all the sunken vessels, numbering about ninety men, have been laI.ded here.
 According to the information given by members of the crews, the fishing schooners sunk were the ]. J. Fla herty of Gloucester, Mass; the c. M. Walters, the k. B, Walters and the verna A. Adams, all of Lunenburg, s. c
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
GRIT THAT BEATS THE HUNS
One American Hit Sixteen Times but
 Fought On.

With the American Army-Ameri- can courage and grit again were ex- emplified Saturday night when units on the Woevre front repulsed Ger man raid without serious loss.
 One American sustained sixteen machine gun bullet wounds-three in the calf of the leg. ten between the knee and wrist and three in the arm but fought oH. He will recover and be able to return to the fray. This sol dier probably holds the American rec ord for simultaneous wounds Anoth- CT American was badly wounded in the stomach from fragments of gren- ade and his nose was blown off and his face torn He continued to fight the Germans and had almost to be forced to so t5 a dressing station.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
LABOR CONSCRIPTIoN.
It May Yet Come but Not for Any
 Employers Profit.

Chicago, Aug. 27.-The administra- tion's attitude toward conscription of labor was outlined before the Associa- tion of Commerce yesterday by Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of labor.
 The time may come," he said. when we will have to conscript work CTS in mines, forests and factories, but in the name of the democracy these men shall not be conscripted until we have first conscripted the places where they shall work. This democracy will not stand for the conscription of men to work for the profit of other men. The conscripted man must work for Uncle Sam and no one else.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
sUGAR ENOUGH To LIST.
Two Pounds Per Capita Per Month
 Ration Will Stay.

Washington, Aug 26--No addition al restrictions Of the use of sugar by householders and the public general ly will be announced oday,ft emf shr W will be necessary, Food Adminis- trator Hoover has announced, because there is plenty of sugar to care for domestic and allied wants, provided the present conservation measures of two pounds a person monthly are con- tinued
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
Should Join Home Guard Company.

Adiutant General Lloyd England in Circular No. 8, addressed to Home Guard divisions, urges young men of draft age to join the Home Guard, and cites as a benefit to be derived the experience of eight young men of the Clarendon Company. He says these young men were recently drafted, and a few days after they were inducted they were made non-commissioned off, ficers, seven as sergeants and one as corporal. They had never drilled a day before they joined the Home Guard company.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
TEXAS CATTLFNEN
 FLEE FOR LIVES
Three Years of Drouth Driving Them From Plains in Droves Young est Have Never Seen
 Rain.

The following pitiful story of hu- man distress that has overwhelmed the people of Western Texas, is from the Texarkanian of August 22:
 Three years of drouth has placed a crown of thorns upon the men, women and children of West Texas, and without money, without the very necessities of life. without food fir their animals who are drawing them toward greener fields and richer har- vests, the caravans of desolation and sorrow are dragging their way into the cities of Fort Worth and Waco, and the men who held high their heads in title and ownership are offer- ing themselves for sale" that they might sustain the broken-spirited women and the little ones sheltered from the fiaking sun by tarpaulins which have not felt the moisture of skies for so long that the youngest of the caravan know not rain
 Piteous, pathetic, heart-rending is the word that has come to Adminis- trator Peden from the drouth strick- en area Last year the farmers and the cattlemen braved it out Surely, nature herself could not be so cruel as to infict upon them another year the scourge of intense heat and shriveling up of the plains; but this year there is nothing left to challenge ravage of nature as relentless as the great guns in their devastating of the northern plains of France.
 The situation is without the prov ince of man and dollars. Rain has for gotten the plains; no clouds break the intensity of the blue; or refreshment comes in dew; no relief advances in kindly mist or fog. The ranches cannot be saved with money; nor the farms; nor the homes. All that can be done is to help the men and women and the children when they come into eastern Texas.
 E. B. Spiller, secretary of the Cat tie Raisers' Association, for Texas, reported Tuesday morning that Fort Worth is crowded with wagons of "expatriates" of the plains and the same said intelligence comes from Waco. On one day alone of last week l25 families passed thru Brownwood; and on another day no families passed thru Goldthwaite.
 On August IT, Administrator Peden wired Governor Hobby as fol lows:
 'itr0uthi conditions nov prevailing in Western Texas most serious in his- tory of the country. Oldest inhabi- tants have no recollections of any thing approaching it. Ten counties in the Brownwood district will not make an average of 30 bales of cotton per county, as against normal produc- tior of 15,000 bales Thousands of farmers and farm hands necessarily seeking other employment, and an average of 250 farmers a day are leaving the district.
 "There is no grain crop If we can get rains in the next SO days with proper state and federal aid, farmers would be able to plant wheat and oats, but they must have this aid"
 Similar conditions to that in the Brownwood section are reported to Administrator Peden from the dis trict of San Angelo and Amarillo, and a recitation of these conditions wired to Governor Hobby by the three Administrators of Brownwood, San Angelo and Amarillo.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
ALABAMANs LOST HEAVILY.
Only 75 of Company Survived Fight
 in Soissons- Rheims Salient.

Birmingham. Ala, Aug 20.-Casu- alties of the most severe nature were sustained by Company D, of the Bes- semer, Ala, unit of the 167th Infan- try, Rainbow Division, in the fighting in sthe Soissons-Rheims salient, ac- cording to a letter received from Cap tain Lacy Edmonspn by his wife. Twenty-Five members of the company were killed, about 100 were wounded and several, including Captain Ed mondson, were gassed, the letter states. Only about seventy-five men were left in the company.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
Fast Time on Homeward Trip.

J. T. Magruder, president of the First National Bank, who, with his family left here five weeks ago in his Hudson car for the Pike's peak region, came in Saturday after noon. He was expected back Friday, but a broken spring caused him to spend last night at Poteau, from which point he telephoned the bank. The trip homeward was quick one, averaging nearly 300 miles day be- tween Denver and Neosho, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
Take Strong Defenses.

Paris, Aug. 27.-Fighting in water to their waists in marshes along the Avre river, charging crews of ma- chine gunners who served their weap- ons until they were killed, the third French army today captured two of the strongest defenses of Rove.
 Six hundred prisoners and much im- portant booty, including machine guns, were taken by the victorious French.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29

With the British Army in Northern France, Aug. 27.-The famous Hin denburg line now has been penetrated by the British troops at a point east of Heninel.
 The new section of the battle front south of the Scarpe river offers great possibilities. l.
 The striking forces here are driv- ing eastward astride the Arras- Cam brai road, and are now beyond Mon chy-Le-Preux and Wancourt.
 These positions are virtually on the Hindenburg line.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29

London, Aug. 27-Roye is now in- vested from the west, north and south, the Germans having but a very feeble hold on it.
 The success of the French in break ing thru the old entrenchments and with the growing British advance in the north, increases the threat to en- ter the Chaulnes- Rove line.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
Capture 21 .OOO Germans.

London, Aug. 27.-The British forces in the great battle in northern Picardy are making progress toward Beugnatre.
 There was some hard fighting around Groise Illes, further north.
 Since Wednesday, the British have taken q 900 prisoners.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
Have Reached LongeuYal.

London, Aug. 27.--The British now have pushed thru the town of Montau- ban and have reached Lougeuval.
 The Astralian forces made substan- tial gains toward Domierra, south of the Somme
 There has been some heavy fighting at Longeuval and the adjacent ground, where the Germans launched heavy countr attacks with frensh troops brought up for that purpose from Sedan.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
Germans Soldiers From Russia.

With the French Army in Northern France, Aug. 27-German soldiers, recently released from captivity in Russia, have begun to arrive on the western front, it was learned today from prisoners taken by the French.
 One hundred of these men have been sent to a reserve division.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
FRENCH FORCES
 HOLD ROVE TIGHT
Is Invested on Three Sides and Ger. man Hold Weak-Hun Machine Gunners Fight Until Killed
 at Guns.

Rove, one of the bastions of the German lines in the Southern Sec tor of the Picardy battlefield, has been captured by the French. Starting early this morning, the French moved ahead from the re- zion of St. Mard where they had been holding their lines against violent and repeated counter at- tacks for the last few days.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
HOO Men Captured.

Paris, Aug. 27.--After repulsing a number of enemy counter attacks in the St. Mard sector, the French have advanced their lines.
 Eleven hundred prisoners, including two battalion commanders, were cap- tured.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-29
Fighting in Streets.

London, Aug. 27-During last night, New Zealand troops swept around Bapaume to the north, reach ing the railway station north of the Bapaume- -Cambrai road.
 There was stiff fighting in the streets of Bapaume, the Germans there putting up strong resistance.