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VOLUME XVIII. NO.50. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSLAY, JUNE 20, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Peace Demonstrations Reported in Berlin
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Associated Press Dispatch.
London, June 20.—News reached
London this afternoon that the Ial
ians have regained the town of Capo
Sile, near the mouth of the Piave,
and all territory beween Seenson and
the Fossetta Canal.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, June 20.— Austrian
! pressure on the frortt of Lake Garda
to the Adriatic is growing weaker,
although fighting is still strenuous
along the Piave *from Montello to the
sea. Since Sunday the enemy has
been held almost completely in
W check on the Piave line and were un
able to make gains on the mountain
front. Repeated Austrian efforts to
debouch from the western bank of
the Piave were repulsed sanguinarily.
The only Austrian progress made
was around Capo Sile, where the ene
my advanced to the Fossette Canal,
wmcn parallels me lowiana along me
seaeoast to Mestre, a suburb of Ven
ice. Vienna claims the canal was
crossed. Rome reports the enemy ad
vances were repulsed.
Meanwhile internal conditions in
Austria are causing trouble. The city
council of Vienna has protested
against the reduction of bhe bread
ration. The labor organizations of
Vienna have adopted resolutions call
ing for peace.
The Germans have not renewed
n their attack before Rheims, which
was repulsed Tuesday with heavy en- J
> emy losses.
Elsewhere there is only minor
raiding activity.
Baker Not Opposed
to Age Limit Change
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, June 19.—Withdrawal
by Secretary Baker of his opposition
gave fresh imetus today to consider
ation for the proposal before congress
to extend the draft age limits so the
war department will have available,
at no distant date, ample man power
a to carry out President Wilson’s pro
gram of an army of unlimited size.
Officials in the office of ’Provost
Marshal General Crowder immediate
ly began preparations of statistics
showing results which might be ex
pected if the draft is extended to va
rious ages between 18 and 45 years,
the limits fixed in a bill by Senator
France of Maryland, republican.
Early reports of the reclassifica
tion of men by local boards indicate
more than 250,000 men will be added
to Class 1 by this means, as against
the original 200,000. Operation of
General Crowder’s work or fight reg
ulations, which become effective next
July 1, also is expected to add to the
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total. Each district is expected to
have near the national average of
28.7 per cent of its 1^>tal registration
in Class 1 when the reclassification
has been compleed.
The contention that there is no im
mediate necessity for changing the
age limits is not shared by General
Crowder, who recently told the senate
military committee that extension of
the age limits was necessary because
the planned rate of calls Class 1
would be exhausted early next year.
Announcement of different rulings
on what are to be termed useful em
ployments under the work-or-fight
regulations will prrobably be made
before the end of the week. It is un
derstood baseball will be classed as a
sport, but that the opinion has provis- •
ions to guard against interference
with professional league schedules
this season.
Draft officials found it difficult to
decide whether a chauffeur was en
gaged in useful occupation. They
probably will come under the same
regulations as domestics.
The government’s ultimatum that
loafing would not be tolerated during
the war already has caused improve
ment in the labor market and a de
crease in the number of vagrants and
other idlers.
Mr. Baker said today that the only
reason for his having hesitated to
submit a recommendation to congress
as to the extension of the draft ages
was a desire to learn the resulting ef
fect upon vital industries of the coun
try.
The war secretary indicated any
recommendation he makes on the sub
ject will include a reiteration of his
original proposal that 19 years be
made the minimum limit. Mr. Bake?:
i has never voiced an opinion as tb |
! the proper maximum limit since hia
first suggestion fcf 26 years was re-l
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Twenty-Four Selected
Men Leave Monday
Another contingent of selected men
from Jackson county will leave New
port Monday evening for Camp Pike,
where they enter training for duty in
the national army. There are twen
ty-four of the men. There remain in
Class No., 1 in this county 117 white
men and 126 negroes.
Followng are those who will leave
Monday evening:
David Williams, Newport, Ark.
Marion E. Rogers, Beedeville, Ark.
General Frank Clark, Elmo, Ark.
Fred Lampton, Russellville, Ark.
Almas Craig Vance, Grubbs, Ark.
Harold Guy Yates, Newark, Aik.
Hugh U. Williamson, Mountain
view, Ark.
Elmer A. Hicks, Pangburn, Ark.
William A. Satterfield, Copan, Okla.
James E. Johnson, Searcy, Ark.
Roscoe Malone, Tuckerman, Ark.
Roman Alvin Alby, Remmel, Ark.
Z. T. Calhoun, Jr., Olyphant, Ark.
Harrison Fuller, Swifton, Ark.
Irving R. Gretzinger, Newport,
Ark.
Leroy Oliver Umsted, Newport, Ark.
Samuel Moore, Bradford, Ark.
Walter Chandler, Memphis, Tenn.
Willie Maxwell, Tuckerman, Ark.
Bryon Stites, Newport, Ark.
Victor Lester Kinard, Grubbs, Ark.
Elmer Clifton King, Swifton, Ark.
Curtis C. Manning. Fisher, Ark.
Emmitt H. Jordan, Newport, Ark.
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and Increased Wages.
Associated Press Dispatch.
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augurated at the main plant of the
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Carpo
rt tion this morning. Union leaders
ieclare two hundred men have quit
,vork and the machinists in other
plants will be called out later. The
nen demanded an eight-hour day and
ncreased wages.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
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spectors today arrested a number of
traveling agents of the Western Un
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ITALIANS HAVE "
CONTROL OF AIR
Not a Single Austrian Machine Was
Visible On the Piave Front Yes
terday Afternoon.
Italian Headquarters, Wednesday—
The Italians have won complete con
trol of the air along the Piave, where
the most determined fighting of the
present Austrian offensive is in pro
gress. Not a single Austrian ma
chine was aloft on this front this af- ■
ternoon
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