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The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
INFLUENZA HAS GRIP ON
 ARKANSAS STATE CAPITAL Banks Are Short Handed. Street Cars Lack Operatives and Business
 Houses Close.

Special to fhe Star.
 Little Rock, Oct. 9.--All Arkansas is in the grip of the Spanish influenza.
 There is not a moving picture house in Little Rock open, and the same Is true of every community in the state if the orders of the State Board of Health are complied with.
 The banks, the business houses and the industries are crippled by reason of the great number of employees that are sick.
 The street railway reports 65 of it's 1S0 conductors and motormen as ill, and oH some lines only one car is run ming instead of four, and the service is short on all lines.
 Large numbers of telephone oper- ators are of duty, and the service is in a bad condition.
 Thirty-two teachers reported sick the day the schools were closed.
 Thirty-seven employees in the post office are sick, and the mail is aecum- ulating-
 All the banks are short handed, and those who are able to work are kept busy far into the night.
 Public gatherings of all sorts have been abandoned.
 Children are not permitted to ride on the street cars, and the conductors have orders not to permit passengers to board cars that are already full.
 Several small suburban stores in the city are closed.
 There are very few fatalities from the disease, in fact none from the dis ease itself, as it is fatal only when complicated with pneumonia.
 It is spreading over the state, and out into the country districts rapidly
 The Monticello fair was closed yes terday. No fairs are to be permitted in the state, and circuses are all pro- hibited from giving performances.
 It will pass soon, but just new the quarantine is strict.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
AIIies Endorse wilson,s stand.

Paris, Oct. 15.-A straight blow is the caption of an article by Jean Herbette, foreign editor of the Temps today, dealing with President Will sons reply to Germany, which he finds not only satisfactory in every sense, but says will be received in France with gratitude for the man. ner in which it stigmatizes Ger many's crimes.
 Winston Spencer Churchill, British minister of munitions, in speech here today said that President Will sons stern and formidable answer tc Germany is whole-heartedly endorsed by all the allied countries. The an- swer, Mir. Churchill declared, has tended to prolong the conflict, but there would be no relaxation of the allied war office.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
Public Sale

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The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
HUNS BEST HELP
 ABOUT 10 QUIT
Rumors of Surrender Flying Thick and Fast--Austria and Turkey said to Have Told Germany
 They Have Had Enough.

London, Oct. 11.-Austria-H Hungary and Turkey have informed Germany that they will accept President Will sons peace terms, according to dis patch to the Central News from Am sterdam.
 Reuters limited says it learns that Turkey has approached the United States with a view to peace.
 Turkey has made a definite propos- al to President Wilson, according to reports in circulation here.
 Hungarian Minister Resigns.
 Budapest, Oct. 11.-Dr. Alexander Wekerle, the Hungarian prime min ister, announced his resignation after an audience with King Charles.
 Vienna newspapers received here say that ministerial crisis in Hun gary is imminent and that coalition cabinet is probable.
 Show Bitter Disappointment Over
 Failure of German Diplomacy.
 Paris, Oct. 11.-Dispatches from German sources show the Kreutz-Zei- tung of Berlin, organ of the Prussian junkers, as expressing bitter disap- pointment that German diplomacy did not succeed in disrupting the en- tente coalition.
 "Instead of asking for an armis- tice, 1t says, i've should have offered separate peace with advantageous conditions to one or two of the Allies. Unfortunately it is too late now to take up again this idea which should have remained the chief governing idea of any government truly Ger man."
 The Baden Presse, the semi-official organ of Prince Max of Baden, the imperial chancellor, says:
 "H Germany is ready for sacrifices 1t must be understood that she is not ready to give back Alsace-Lorraine or a single meter of German commercial territory in the Orient. Neither ques- tion can be submitted to any discus sion whatever
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
BELGIAN BATTLES
 ROUT HUN ARMIES
Great Offensive. Started in Flanders by Allied Forces May Be the Finishing Blow to Teu-
 ton Hopes.

With Allied Armies in Flanders. Oct. 14.-British, Belgian and French forces attacked at dawn this morning on wide front in Flanders. The AL lied troops are driving in the general direction of Ghent and Courtrai.
 The attack seems to be generally from Confines to the northward. The troops of three nations went over the top with "crash" bombardment only. There was no preliminary lombard ment- It undoubtedly tactically sur prised the enemy.
 In the British formations were some of Great Britain's best organi- zations. The Germans appear DOT haps best prepared to retire to fife Ghent line.
 By the fury with which the attack was launched, it is evident that tbe nghting armies are not paving the slightest attention to the peace talk
 They smashed forward with all the dash characterizing the recent opera. tions. VPNA e
 May Be Foch's Master Stroke
 The blow in Flanders may prove to be Marshal Foch's master stroke If the Allied progress is continued. the 1ermans turnout a wide stretch Inf territory, taking in the most impor. tant part of the Belgian coast. incI1d. ing possibly the important German submarine bases, as well as the force, m the entire Lille salient, either viii dan. ss
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
The Hun Untamed.

We have not yet civilized or tanned the German. Each days news demon strates that in retreat in 1918 he is doing precisely the same things he did when advancing in 1914. If we dc not break this barbarian spirit we shall have to fight this war over again at no distant date, but we can break this spirit now if we are permitted, if we permit our army and the allied ar mics to continue in the logical exploi- tation of victories already won.
 Germany does not now want peace, she wants immunity. Her army is not conquered, it only needs respite.- Frank A. Simonds in the Kansas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
American Soldier Captures Father,

Paris. -- American soldiers were rounding up a pocket of stray Ger mans when big private from the middle-west recognized one of their prisoners as his own father. Tine fath- CT had been back in Germany on a visit when the war broke out and had been drafted. The father explained with frantic gestures to the son that he was fighting for the Hun against his will and they marched off arm in arna--the father to be delivered a prisoner behind the lines.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
HOW WE CAN LOSE THE WAR,

"We can still lose the war;" says Frank A. Simonds, the great war cor respondent, "but we can only lose it as a result of successful peace of- fensive of the enemy. Paris is no longer in danger, but Prussianism is not yet routed. Until the German ar my surrenders on Bulgarian terms, we shall not have won the war. Not having won it, we shall have lost it, if we permit the army to escape. To compromise now is to betray our dead, desert our principles, abandon our faith, and to negotiate is to compro- mise
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
Snsnenders and lYar

The German soldiers wear suspend CTS. This fact comes in handy for the French when they capture bunch of Fritzes. After taking their guns away from them they cut off their suspender buttons in order that the prisoners will be so busy holding their clothes on that they will not have ti1le to run away. Then, with their arms full of pants. the captives trudge tc the rear.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
CLOSE NATIONS FILM SHOWS.
Picture Producers Vote to Discontinue
 Releases After October 15.

New York. Oct. 10.-The National Association of Motion Picture Indus tries decided at a meeting here last night to discontinue all motion pie ture releases after October 15 be- cause of the epidemic of Spanish in- huenza. The embargo will remain in force until further notice, it was an- nounced by William A. Brady, presi- dent of the association.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
BULGARIA. TO FIGHT TURKS.
An Expedition Planned by Entente to
 Include the Newest Ally.

London, Oct. 10.-The Porte has been advised that Bulgaria is expect ed to send troops against Turkey in an expedition planned by the Entente Allies. according to Q dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Amsterdam, quoting advices from Constantinople The dispatch adds:
 Tt is thought probable the Bulgar- ian minister to Turkey will be handed his passports within twenty-four hours.n
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

"Give me liberty or give me death" was all right as a slogan in Patrick Henry's day, but Americans have gone past that now. They now say, "Give us liberty or we'll go and take s4U
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

Trying to paint a Ford into some other kind of car is passe, so they tell us on Motor Row. The popular effort now is directed toward getting new parts and trying to make an old Ford look like new one.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

The Stars and Stripes at the head of an American army marching Unter der Linden will make the greatest peace film the world ever saw.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

We hear less about food shortages in Germany these days. The food probably is as scarce as ever, but the Teuts have not the appetite they used to have.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

If it ever becomes necessary to reg ister women for the draft, ages fixed at IS to 24, we believe, will about cov- CT the entire population.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

We shall never have done with the German military menace until we have won a decisive victory over the German army; until we have achieved q Waterloo or Sedan. German mili- tary tradition and authority will sur viye all else.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

marine was of the cruiser type and had the largest guns he ever had seen on submarine.
 Half Thousand Lives Lost.
 Belfast, Oct. H. Hundreds of lives were lost when the mail steamer Lein- ster was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish sea yesterday morning. Two torpedoes were fired at the steamer. One struck near the bow. The steamer sank in fifteen minutes.
 The passengers, including many women and some children, numbered $50 and the boat carried crew of sev- enty. Only 150 have been reported saved.
 An incoming mail steamer reports that she passed thru the wreckage but was net permitted to stop to do any rescue work, in accordance with the orders of the British admiralty. Her passengers counted forty bodies floating in the water
 Of the 21 mail clerks on board the Leinster, 20 were killed outright by the explosion.
 No Lifeb0ats Lowered.
 London, Oct. 1.-The mail steam CT Leinster foundered so quickly aft CT she was torpedoed that there was no chance to launch the lifeboats, &C., cording to tn Dublin correspondent of the Daily Mail. A number of the survivors landed at Kingston had been badly injured and are in the hos pital there.
 No Americans Aboard.
 London, Oct. 11.-So far as report ed there were no Americans aboard the mail steamer Leipster when she was torpedoed. Among the missing Is Lady Alexandra Phyllis, daughter of the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn
 Marks New U-Beat Campaign.
 London, Oct. 1.-The sinking of the Ticonderoga, the Japanese steam ship Hirano Maru and the Dublin mail boat Leinstear mark incidents o1 new submarine campaign which the Germans launched about ten days ago, according to the Mail It adds that at the time, renewed submarine activity became apparent in various directions, notably along the routes followed by steamers carrying Ameri- can troops.
 It is reported that the new U-boats are much larger and more heavily armed fhaT, of.xt xrbtrh hnxo hoo,. oax,. out previously by Germany.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

If the Central Powers don't get peace collectively it will soon be up to Turkey and Austra- Hungary to get t singly.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
Here to Investirate Mang,nes.

r. " Sadler of Muskogee, Ok: " '. ' Hawkins of Momence, I'll, and E E Reynolds of Little Rock are anong the recent arrivals in Mena who viii investigate manganese mining hers.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

Has anything finer come out of the war than this epitaph in soldiers graveyard Somewhere in France: 'For Your Tomorrow They Gave Their Today"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

The Hun, who started this war to conquer the whole world, is now try ing to get out of it with a whole hide.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

It is we'll that the men in the army are taught to wash their own dishes. There will be dishes to wash after the war, and the girls now earning $35 in mems jobs won't want to do the wash sno
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

A safe prediction, says the St. Lou is Post-Dispatch, is that the kaiser will get caught trying to steal home
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

Think of Cambrai and remember; ''Torch in hand the enemy comes offer ing peace.n
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

paradoxical as it may seem, in or der to have our soldiers go ahead we must back them up.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

America has felt confident that our boys wouldn't be in the Champagne country long before something would begin to pop.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
.FE|ND|SH HUNS .REAPPEAR ON SEAS
More Marine Murders Are Charged Against U-Boats When Hapless Vic tims Are Shelled in Open Boats
 Marks New U-Boat Campaign.

An Atlantic Port Oct. 11.-Scores of American sailors and soldiers were killed or wounded by shrapnel fired by German submarine after it had tor pedoed the steamship Ticonderoga, 1,700 miles off the Atlantic coast, ac- cording to the story told by 20 sur vivors who arrived here today aboard British freighter.
 There were 250 men aboard the Iii conderoga, an American steamship of 5,130 tons, and all but the 20 who ar rived here today are believed to have perished. The survivors got away in the only boat which was not demol- ished by the shell fire from the sub marine, they said
 The Ticonderoga was attacked when she fell behind her convoy because of engine trouble.
 Guns Are Shot Away.
 According to survivors, the subma- rine was not sighted until she had sent a torpedo crashing into the side of the ship. The torpedo did not strike vital spot. however, and the captain crowded on full steam in an effort to escape, at the same time ordering the gun crews into action against the sub- marine, which appeared about a mile away.
 Our gun crews did not fire more than five or six shots," one of the sur vivors said. 'The forward gun was shot away almost at once. The after gun and it's crew were done for almost as quickly"
 Another survivor said that all oi the Ticonderoga's eight lifeboats witt the exception of one were riddled with shrapnel before they could be launch ed. Several men who tried to get into tho eight boats were killed by shrap- nel as they elanlbered over the side of the vessel, he said.
 One of the survivors said the sub
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

While waiting for the "fiu" to get you. why not get in the winters wood7
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

The kaiser is beginning to realize that it is one thing to start a war but quite another thing to stop it.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

The Tanks will soon have chance to wind up the waeht on the Rhine.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
| Am
 Public Opinion
All men fear me!

EdecIare Uncle Sam shall not go his knees to beg you to buy his bonds That is position for fighting man. But if you have the money to buy and do not buy will make this No Mans Land for you
 will judge you not by allegiance expressed in mere words
 will judge you not by your mad cheers as our boys march away to whatever Fate may have in store for them
 will judge you not by the warmth of the tears you shed the lists of the dead and the injured that come to us from time to time.
 will judge you not by your uncovered head and solemn mein mamed in battle return to shores for lov ing
 But wise as am just will judge you by the material aid you give the fighting who are facing death that you may live and and have your being in world made safe
 warn you-dont talk patriotism here unless your money is talking victory Over There. 4 dm Public Opinion As judge, dH men stand or fall!
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17

On to Berlinl
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
Our County Is s1OO, 900 short of it's quota in

Uur County IS $IUU,UU short Of It's quota Tn the Fourth Liberty Loan Nothing short of this amount will represent duty to country and the obligation to our boys at the front
 None of us have yet made any real sacrifice The respo sbity of citizen in this campaign until every dollar of the Fourth Liberty Loan has been subscribed Why cry Peace when there no Peace Let every cit be alive his privilege and his duty and hur defiance to the Hun
 every patriotic citizen do his full duty this week Let not talk patriotism here until our money talks Over There!
 Buy U s. Govt Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan ertsem is cOnrHu o Our Country by The
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
No Lifeboats Lowered.
No Americans Aboard.

London, Oct. 11.-So far as report cd there were no Americans aboard the mail steamer Leinster when she was torpedoed Among the missing Is Lady Alexandra Phyllis, daughter of the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-09
PUT ON THEIR HONOR
Troops at Doniphan Not To Drink
During Trip to Front.

Camp Doniphan, Ok, April 9.-Ac-
cording to general orders issued from
headquarters of the Thirty-ffth di-
vision, drinking of liquor or having
liquor in the personal possession of
any officer or enlisted man of this
division while in the movement
abroad, including any stops in Eng
land and France, is strictly prohibited.
Every man of the division will have
the honor and reputation of the serv-
ice and of the country in his keep
ing, the order reads, and the division
commander has confidence that by
their neatness. uniformity of dress and
soldierly conduct at all times the
present excellent reputation of the
Thirty-fifth will be maintained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-09
is in LAWRENCE JAIL
Harrison SatterfieId, Charged With
Parsons Murder. Caught in Illinois.

Lawrence, Kan, April 9.-Harrison
Satterfield, charged with murder of
the Wick family near Parsons last
November, was brought here Monday
after being apprehended in Harvey,
Ill The accused was held here long
enough for Lige Patchen of the Law
renee police to identify him as the
same man who had made damag-
ing statements to him three weeks
ago in the Union Pacific station here,
where he had found him fOafing- 1t
was the first clew to the where
abouts of the man suspected of hav
ing committed the Parsons murder.
Patchen says Satterfield told him
of the murder in Parsons and added
some details that had not appeared
in print as to the positions of the
bodies of Mrs. Harry Wicks and her
children as they lay in the bed at
the time of the murder. Patchen
failed to report this conversation to
police headquarters until the next
morning and by that time Satter-
field had disappeared Detectives
from Kansas City and Parsons
brought photographs of Satterfield
and Patchen identified them as being
of the man he had talked with
Patchen learned from his talk with
Satterfield he registered in the
draft at Harvey, Ill. From then on
the trail of the accused was easy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-09
START FIGHT EARLY
That Is Only Way To Get the Best
of Spud Bugs.

Manhattan. Kan, April Start
the fight against the Colorado potato
beetle early, suggests George A. Dean,
professor of entomology in the Kansas
State Agricultural college. This
beetle is the most serious pest with
which the Kansas potato grower has
to contend.
THE potato grower should be
especially watchful when the potato
plant is SMALL said Professor Dean.
The potato beetle spends the winter
in the ground, and energies in the
spring when the potato plant first
comes up. They feed upon the young
plants. and the female deposits her
eggs in clusters on the under surface
of the leaves.
These eggs are yellow in color and
eat an amount of food out of all pro-
portion to their size. In from two
and one-half to three weeks the larvae
become full grown, enter the soil to
pupate, and emerge adults within a
week or two to lay eggs for the
second generation.
The best way to combat the pest
attack the potatoes as they come thru
the ground, the adults should be
picked off by hand. The plants
should later be sprayed with q mix
ture of four pounds of lead arsenate
paste, or two pounds of lead arSenate
powder to fifty gallons of water
Paris green may also be used a. the
rate of one pound to fifty gallons of
water. In case Paris green l. used,
two pounds of freshly Stacked lime
should be used with every pound of
Paris green
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-09
BeZdek Was Glad To Tackle
Pittsburg Problem.
Gets Chance To Show His
Ability This Year.
BY JACK VEIOCK

New York, April 9.--There was a
time when nearly any baseball man
would have been glad to accept the
managership of the Pirates
That was some years ago, when
Pittsburgh had club that could all
ways be figured to make a fight for
the pennant But the Pirates were
permitted to deteriorate. and finally
Fred Clarke, after years in the sad
die, tossed his mitts into the all and
yelped Enough
Then along came Jimmy Callahan
and in due time he and Barney Drey-
fus came to the parting of the ways
Honus Wagner was offered the man
agership. but refused to take 1t per-
manently. and in searching for
leader Dreyfus called in Hugo Bez-
dek, who had been scouting for the
cub.
No Job Too Hard for Him.
Bezdek, who was one of the great
est football stars ever turned out py
Chicago University. was glad of the
chance to tackle the job of building
up the team. No job looks too big
for Hugo to buck up against. for the
confidence that came to him IN ms
years as a line smasher on the grid
him today.
Souare-shouldered, rather squat
with a hard jaw and a steely blue eye,
Bezdek impresses you as the sort OF
q bird who will never turn back he
has had valuable experience IN base
ball as a player. a coach and Z scout
and he is keen student of the game.
His experience as an athlete mas
Taught him the value of perfect
physical condition, and he is stick
Ter for it. He has trained many atm
letes in various branches of sports,
and he believes ball players should
be studied individually and put
thru sprouts to suit their individual
cases.
Big Chance This Year
As a manager Bezdek will get ms
first real opportunity to show what
he can do this year. He finished out
the III season with club that mad
no hope of CHASING with the upper
new life and fighting spirit in dls-
encouraged team. ~,
Trades made during the Winter Will
greatly aid the Pirates of 1918: bez-
dek has club with posslblllties
sticking out all over 1t ana ne mas
the determination to make the pest
of every opportunity