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The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
HELP FOR ARKANSAS
 COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Gov. Brough Issues Proclamation Authorizing Deficiency of $25,- 900 To Be Withheld From Ma
 tional Guard Appropriation.
Special to The Star.

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, Feb. i2.-Gov. Brough yesterday afternoon issued proc lamation authorizing a deficiency of $25,000 for the use of the State Council of Defense, provided that it be and is now understood that Hon. Hogan Oliver, State Auditor, will withhold similar amount un- expended of the appropriation made by the list General Assembly for the National Guard and the Military Department of the State of Arkansas.
 The Governors proclamation states that this fund of S25,ooo is te be available for the State Council of Defense for the purpose of pro- noting field activities, along pa Iriotic lines, the coordination of its patriotic activities, and the dissem- ination among the people of Ar kansas of information vital in con- nection with the prosecution of the present war"
 The State Council of Defense is of inestimable value to the govern ment in cooperation with the Ma tional Council of Defense and in the coordination of the patriotic en- tieavors of the state, says Gov. Brough, "and the issuance of this proclamation will assure definite methods of financing the work of the Council and the various county councils, and will enable them to carry out some very far-reaching plans of war work. Practically ev- cry state in the Union whose Gen. eral Assembly has convened has made a liberal appropriation for this work, varying from Si,000000 in Pennsylvania. to S500,000 in New Mexico, and in number of states whose Legislatures have not met large sums have been raised by vol- untary subscription, notably in In- diana where Si00.000 was raised"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14

are more or less permanent in character; nor the cost of medical or other professional books, nor the improvements or betterments of any kind whatsoever allowable as deductions.
 Returns must be in the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue at Little Rock, by April l. 1918, and the tax must be paid by June i5, 1918.
 Failure to file a return within the time prescribed, renders one li- able to a specific penalty of not less than 5000 nor more than Si,0o0O0 and an additional tax of 90 per cent.
 For rendering a false or fraudu- lent return, a penalty of not ex- ceeding S2,00000 one year impris- onment, and an additional tax of 100 per cent.
 The Revenue Officer is not re- quired to look you up to get your return. You must seek him if you desire his assistance in making up your return. Statements made to him are absolutely confidential, and will be revealed to no one except the proper treasury official"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
TWO SANITY HEARINGS.
W. \. Rowland of Grannis and Mrs.
 Tom stockton Examined.

County Judge A. K. Wear had two hearings Tuesday on charges of in sanity, the persons examined being W. N. Rowland, who was brought from Grannis and had been held in the county jail for several days, and Mrs. Tom Stockton who was brot to Mena Tuesday by her husband. Both patients were examined by a commission composed of Dr. J. c. Hilton and Dr. F. c. Mullins, and on report on both the County Judge ordered that they be committed to the State Hospital for Nervous treatment. They were conveyed to Little Rock Tuesday night by Dep uty Sheriff J. II. Bratcher and Mr. Stockton, who left with the patients on belated train No. 3.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
PRESIDENT WILSON
 MAKES HOT REPLY
Again Tells German Chancellor, Hungarian Minister and Other
 TeutOns on What Basis
 Peace May Re Discussed.

Washington, Feb. if. President Wilson at i2.30 today addressed congress on the attitude of the Unit ed States to the recent speeches of Chancellor Hertling and Count Czernin
 President Wilson, apearing un- expectediy before congress, replied to recent speeches of the German chancellor, von Hertling, and the Austro- Hungarian minister, Czernin. by reminding the Teuton statesmen that peace can be discussed only on a basis of permancy and essential justice, and broadly warning the central powers that the participa- tion of the United States for the emancipation of humanity has only just begun. He warned them that there was no pausing in the mebiliz- atiOn of Americas vast military re- sources, now steadily on the way to the battle fronts, and that if peace were to be discussed it would have to be on a basis of sincerity.
 The president regarded Czernins speech sympathetically, but he con sidered the Austrian foreign minis ter as restrained by the embarrass- ment of Austria's alliance and her dependence on Germany.
 Hertling's speech the president characterized as very vague and confusing, and full of equivocal phrases, leading nowhere clearly. The president thought the chancel- l0r's aim was to secure a peace ad- vantageous to the aims of German military auteeracy and then sub scribe to an international covenant to make it secure. Hertling, the president declared, evidently was seeking such peace as was made at the congress of Vienna. World Peace is at stake now he said We are striving for broad and uni yersal peace, on principles of right and justice TIT no mere peace Of shreds and patches"
 The test as to whether it is possi ble for beligerents to go on compar- ing views, the president said, was simple and obvious. and the prin- ciples to be applied, he said were as follows:
 First. Each part of the final set tlement must be based upon the es- sentials of justice to bring about a permanent peace.
 Second. The peoples and prov inces are not to be bartered about like ehattels to establish a balance of power.
 Third. Territorial settlements must be for the benefit of the peo- pie, and not merely for the adjust ment of rival states claims.
 Fourth. Well defined national as pirations must be accorded all pos sibIe satisfaction.
 "A general peace upon such foun- dations can be discussed. and until such peace can be secured we have no choice but to go on" The presi- dent said these general principles have been accepted by everyone ex- cept Germany.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14

held open to the entente powers the opportunity of joining in the nego- tiations.
 No favor was found for this prop osition among the allied nations however the good faith of the Ger mans in particular making this offer being doubted. This doubt was later found by the Russians them selves to be well founded and Ger many was charged by Trotsky with masking territorial ambitions under her spacious interpretation of the doctrine of self-determination.
 Russia Splitting Up
 Notwithstanding this, however. negotiations were continued. Mean while, Russia was fast splitting up. District after district declared it's independence, Finland and Ukraine being the notable examples. The Ukraine opened separate negotia- tions with the central powers and these eliminated in the peace agreement signed Sunday. The Bol- sheviki have not recognized the au- thority of the Ukraine to treat for itself through representatives of the rada, but apparently Germany and her allies saw an opening for fore ing a peace through insertion of the Ukraine wedge.
 Whether the elimination of the Ukrainian negotiations in peace treaty was the determining factor in inducing the Bolsheviki to de- clare the state of war at an end is not at all clear as yet.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
MORE TIME FOR INCOME TAXES
Commissioner Roper Extends Limit
 From March to April 1.

Washington, Feb. fl. TIT Extension of time for filing income and excess profits returns from March to April was announced today by In ternaI Revenue Commissioner Rop- CT. This ruling applies also to re- ports on payments of more than $500 during the year to be made by employers and business enterprises and covers incomes both above and below s3,000 and corporation in comes.
 Delay in the preparation of blank forms and regulations was the prin- cipaI cause for the postponement.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
p . pefeflsh Loses Mother

R. s. Peteflsh of Acorn was ah- vised bv telegram Monday of the death of his mother which had oc- cured on that day at her home in Virginia. III. She had reached the are If as years. and for some lime had been in feeble health. Mir. Pete flsh visited her in December of last wear at which time she was quite ill He came to Mena T0esday and arranged to leave in the afternoon to attend the funeral.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
Now for Third Liberty Loan.

Walter Nance of the Farmers and Merchants bank, recently appointed county chairman to conduct the campaign in the sale of the Third Liberty Loan, went to Little Rock "wednesday to attend meeting of the county chairmen to be held Thursday for the purpose of plan ming the campaign.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
Want 36 From Polk County

Of the 2,500 workmen asked of Arkansas, Polk county is given 36 as it's part.
 The following men have been ae- pointed as enrolling agents in Poils comfy:
 Mcna-John II Hamilton.
 Hatfleld-Dr. D. w. Connally
 Grailnis-AIex Coyle.
 These agents have supply ot enrolment cards and full particll- idFs.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
ToIliyer Punctnre-Proof Inner Tube

Guaranteed 5000 miles Without a puncture-if you do get a puneture you get new tube free investigate. Proctor Smith Garage-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-14
Teutons (.Ioatina Now

Amsterdam, Feb. IT, German newspapers are gloating over the psychological effect" which they expect the sinking of the Tuscania must must ii,f f=t,fiiitffTf iiitffTf uif lasiisscrlca.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
Yeast Keeps Influenza AWay

[From Syracuse New York Herald
The use of yeast as a preventive
against and cure for Spanish influ-
enza is suggested by DR.. Frederick
H. knott, a leading specialist of
disease of the lungs and physician
to the Tuberculosis clinic.
Yeast. DR.. knott said, has been
used with success for many years
in the treatment of acute bronchitis,
diseases of the skin. and CASTRO
intestinal diseases. He advises
people to eat three yeast cakes, one
with each meal.
The free use of yeast, the doctor
claims, will ward off possible attack
of influenza. The product increases
the white blood corpuscles, which
attack the disease, and thereby adds
to the power of resistance in the
body, DIR. Knoff explained.
Many doctors here and elsewhere
are administering yeast in treating
various infectious diseases" DR..
Knoff said, "and report exceptional
results.
= There are many physicians who
eat yeast with each meal while treat
ing infectious diseases. Some, whose
duties bring them in contact with
infectious diseases at intervals, re-
main on the yeast diet throughout
the year. The number of doctors
who do this is greater than the pub
lie appreciates.
Records show that yeast has
been used with success in previous
epidemics of influenza here and
abroad and it seems that IL it were
to be administered freely in the
present epidemic conditions would
soon be femedied.
Spanish influenza, which is ordi-
narily prevalent in young adults,
makes its appearance almost an
nually in Germany during June and
July. Spain experiences an epidemic
of the disease practically each year
during the months of July and Au-
gust, at which times about thirty
per cent. of the population - af-
fected." Dr. Knoff said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
Preach Liberty

Ernest Poole, in the Red Cross
magazine, quotes a Russian school
master as saying:
I'VE must do all we can to help de-
feat the Germans. All over Russia
we must teach, War or slavery we
must say. in every village, every hut
until at last the peasants rise. You
Americans have years of blood be-
fore you, and whether you win or
lose will depend on whether Ger
many can recruit her armies here in
Russia. We have twelve million
fighting men. Two million may de-
eide this war. Who shall get them?
America or Germany?
IF l. were an American I would
say, BY the love of Christ and Lib
Ferty, these Russians shall be made
our friends! BY our deeds we VIII
make them understand
Every school should teach Eng
lish, every library should have Eng
lish and American books to offset the
ones thatsthe Germans are giving us.
If you believe in liberty as the Ger
mans believe in their devils kultur,
you Americans will come over here
and prove your belief by the things
you do. You had great man, Lin
coin. Each time that German
speaks of his kaiser one of your peo-
pie should be on the Spot to say:
Now let me tell you of great
American peasant. Abraham Lincoln
was his name
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
LIBERTY

At first we wuz gay as the ship
slipped away.
From the land where we'd lived
all our lives,
An we laughed an we sang till the
whole harbor rang,
And threw kisses to mothers and
wives.
But after while, as we stood there
in file,
An the people wuz a blur,
Things sort o. Gained down. an we
JUS watched the town
Till we couldn't see nothin' o. her.
Say, then we felt blue, an you
couldn't tell who
Felt the worst, fer we all darn
near cried;
Twas JUS like when night is
a-comin' in sight,
An you've been where somebody S
died.
First thing we knew came roar, an
1t grew
TILL I'll bet that the kaiser could
hear;
Fer there off one side, lookin' at US
with pride,
Wuz Liberty! Who wouldn't
cheer?
I s'pose she's still there with the
crown In her hair
An her lamp givin' light to the
land;
That may all be SO, but there's lots
of us know
How we still feel the touch of her
hand.
Sometimes in the night when there
amt any fight,
An we're standin' on guard all
alone,
Like an angel o. grace she comes
near, an her face
Cheers our hearts which wuz
colder'n stone.
In the thick of scrap, with sweat
oozin' like sap,
She puts her cool hand into ours;
An like that everywhere, we en- feel
that she's there
With her help, and her smile like
the flowers.
-Sergt. Frederick W. Kurth in the
Stars and Stripes, France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31

Uncle Sam, meaning you and me, is
losing enough money through q big
hole in his pocket to pay the inter
est upon a ix-billion-dollar loan,
and that this hole can be sewed up
if he will practice care and study
fire prevention.
1t seems worth while, doesn't it?
Perhaps you will say that this is
good as far as it goes, but that 1t
takes care only of the interest; we
must. also provide a sinking fund to
repay the original loan. We must
save all of five hundred millions a
year, If we are to do that.
Well, that is really what we shall
be doing, for the hole is much big
ger than it appears at first sight. Fire
causes more loss than that of the
amount of property destroyed. There
is tremendous incidental expense
such as that of fire departments.
When risks are great insurance rates
must also be high. Perhaps more
than all, there is the demoralization
of business, the interruption of in
dustry, and the general lost motion
that comes from hundreds OF thou
sands of fires each year.
What can we do about it?
We can do many things, but two
are the most mportant-clean up
our premises and cultivate habits of
carefulness. Rubbish and litter are
signs of fire hazard; clean yards,
Easements and attics are always
found in safe towns. And remember
that careful people rarely have fires.
Uncle Sam would rapidly grow
richer. safer and happier If he would
give up the expensive habit of pre-
ventable fire, and that is really up
to you and me.
Saturday, November 2, is National
Fire Prevention Day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
FLYING WITH SHAFFER"

m HOUsANDs of the people of
Pennsylvania who, through the
columns of this newspaper, have
been "Flying With Shaffer," read
with regret last evening that mis-
fortune has overtaken the gallant
young Dauphin aviator. But they
will rejoice in the thought that the
guardian angel" of whom the young
adjutant so often spoke in his letters,
took care of him and enabled him to
land safely, although behind the Hun
lines.
Congressman Kreider and the Red
Cross authorities have undertaken
to get into communication with the
German government through Switz-
erland to learn of the flyers fate, and
it is confidently expected that 1t will
be found he is safe and sound in a
German prison camp. The fact that
aviators are usually given better
treatment by the Germans than men
of other branches will be consolation
to his friends in their period of anx-
iety. The Telegraph joins in the hope
that he will be delivered safely at the
end of the war and that his expert
ences in the air will be supplemented
for the benefit of readers of this
newspaper by recitals of his exper-
fences in wartorn Germany.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
Germdpy'S Great War Prize
[From the New York Tribune1

ltrOm the New 1ork IrlDuneI
With all her defeats and check
| mates, the melting of the dream of
Mitteleuropa, of an empire through
to the Indian Ocean, the larger &C.
onomic conquest of the empire to
the north is all but within the grasp
of Germany. Is this why she is
precipitately seeking peace? 1t is
something to consider. Reflect a
little upon tht pawns. Belgium has
six or seven millions. How much
would 1t profit Germany to have
economic control of this little coun-
try? The coal fields of Lorraine are
of great value, but they may appear
insignificant when the great wealth
of Eastern and Southeastern Russia
is developed to the same degree.
The coal mines of France are of
no great moment compared with Ger
many's own. But to have free run
of the largest empire in the western
world, to control the products and
the trade of a nation of 100000 200
this would be a prize beyond the
fondest dreams of the pan-German-
lists of four years ago.
From sundry reports which have
come back from that distracted
land we know that the Germans
have been making prodigious efforts
to fasten their tentacles upon Russia
so wide and deep that they can
never be shaken loose. They have
bought up the factories, the banks,
the lines of transportation-eve
thing that they could lay their hands
on, and, of course, not at bargain
prices, but at panic prices. 1t was a
marvellous opportunity to sack a
nation under the full protection of
commercial law! Why does Ger
many seek the peace table now?
Is it merely fright, the threat of
retribution to come, or is it a shrewd
perception that perhaps now is the
ideal moment to bargain PROSTATE
Russia for the peace of Europe ?
What else is behind the furtive talk
of opening negotiations?
And note the cunning with which
the German leaders now seize upon
the Presidents peace terms precise
ly to grasp and hold this splendid
! prize-"complete autonomy for the
! different races and peoples" 1.-THE
removal of all economic barriers
no bar, in brief, to the hordes OF
German hucksters who have bought
up everything in Russia worth buy
ing save the land! What an ideal
opportunity for Germany to clinch
her possessions!
Here, as we see it, is one of tn
greatest of the Allies problems. II
Germany can gain at the peace table
only an innocent hands off" in the
north, "self-determination," mo
economic BARRIERS" she will have
carried off the great prize.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
Hun CdptiDeS Are Or-like

(Arthur Conan Doyle in the Le7-
don Times)
Once through Templeux and c=
the main road for Peronne things
became less exciting and we drew Iz&,
to see a column of nine hundrez
prisoners pass us. Each side of the
causeway was lined by Australians,
with their keen, clear cut. falcon
faces, and between lurches these
heavy jaWed, beetle browed, uncouth
louts, new caught and staring round
with bewildered eyes at their deb
onnaire captors. l saw none of that
relief at getting out of it which 1
have read of; nor did see any signs
of fear but the prevailing impression
was an ox-like stolidity and dullness.
It was a herd of beasts, not pro-
cession of men. 1t was indeed farcical
to think that these uniformed bump
kins represented the great military
nation, while the gallant figures who
lined the road belonged to the race
which they had despised as being
unwarlike. Time and Fate between
them have pretty sense of humor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
THE ANALOGY FAILS

~ EMOCRATIC newspapers have
been defending President Will
sons plea for a Democratic
Congress to help him win the war
on the score that President Mckin-
ley made a similar appeal during the
Spanish-American war period, But
the comparison fails vitality in at
least two particulars.
In the first place, the 1898 appeal
was made by Republican party lead
ers. President Mckinley had Moth
ing whatsoever to do with it. Sec
ondly, President Wilson has at his
elbow a Republican delegation in
Congress that has stood by him in
all his win-the-war policies even
more staunchly than the men of his
own party, many of whom failed him
at critical moments. whereas Presi-
dent Mckinley was opposed by an
antagonistic Senate.
When the Republican leaders ask
ed for the return of a Republican
Congress they did so that Mr.. Nc
Kinley might have the support he
Needed in the upper house to nego-
tiate q peace treaty that would res
cue the Philippines from Spanish
misrule. The war was over and the
peace negotiations were under way.
The Democrats in the Senate re-
fused to stand by the President. 1t
was urgent, If the United States Sem
ate was not to lose all its newly
gained prestige in Europe, that a
Republican Congress be elected.
But beset as he was, President Nc
Kinley made no appeal. That was
done by the Republican leaders, and
it was entirely within those bounds
of good taste which President Will
son in this instance admits he has
violated.
The Democrats In 1898 were de-
manding an inconclusive peace.
The Republicans to-day want moth
ing less than unconditional surren-
der. The analogy fails completely.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-31
TT is one thing to borrow money,
and it is another thing to pay it
- back again.

TT IS one thing to borrow money,
and it is another thing to pay it
- back again.
Uncle Sam has just carried on the
biggest money borrowing campaign
ever known. He has succeeded be-
cause the need was urgent and his
credit was good; everybody knew
that he would pay the interest and
return the principal, but we are all
concerned in shelping him to do 1t,
for Uncle Sam" after all, means
nothing more nor less than all of US
put together.
Let us study the problem. Four
and one-quarter per cent. interest
upon six billion dollars is S255,000,-
600 a year. This is a vast sum in it
self.
Suppose, however, that somebody
should discover a wonderful treas
urehouse of wealth sufficient to pay
this huge interest charge without
adding a single cent of taxation to
anybody. That sounds like a dream,
doesn't it?
Last year, the fires of the United
States destroyed about $3.50, 100000
worth of property. This year the
amount probably will be more un-
less something is done. If this
amount could be saved, it would al
most exactly take care of the inter-
est charge upon six billion dollars.
But can it be saved? Those who give
the subject most study believe that
in a large measure it can. They say
that it is foolishness to have fires;
that fires are due to careless habits
of the American people; that almost
every fire is result of conditions
that would not have existed if peo-
pie had taken the proper precau-
tions. They say, in other words, that