British Capture 1,300 Huns
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l.Wt Associated Press Dispatch.
London, July 5.— The war office
announces the repulse last night of
German attempts to recapture posi
tions gained by the British to the
east of the village of Hamel on the
Amiens front. The British captured
thirteen hundred pi’isoners yesterday
in operations on the Somme area and
also one hundred machine guns and a
number of trench mortars.
Associated Press Dispatch,
jk Stockholm, July 5.— At the edito
rial offices here a declaration of war
by Finland against the entente is
expected any hour.
(Associated Press Summary.)
The allies continue to gain ground
and capture prisoners in local attacks
along the western front. During the
past week 6,000 prisoners were
w taken and the enemy is not attempt
ing counter-attacks but is bombard
ing new allied positions heavily.
South of the Somme the Austra
lians, aided by Americans, advanced
one mile and a half on a four-mile
front, while the French gained con
siderable ground and took a thous
and prisoners between the Oise and
xne somme.
The Germans have abandoned their
counter attacks against new Ameri
can positions west of Chateau-Thier
ry, but artillery continues active.
On the Italian front the Austrians
are being driven back to the line of
the old bed of the Piave river.
American Independence Day passed
with only normal activity in Ameri
can sectors.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 5.—Twenty Nor
wegian vessels were sunk by subma
rines during June, according to re
l ports to Norwegian legations. Thir
is -one men • were lost. Norway’s to
tal of losses now is 842 vessels and
1,747 men.
-BUY W. S. S.
ARMENIANS DA
THE OFFENSIVE
Have Well Established Themselves In
What Was Formerly Russian
Territory.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, July 5.— Armenian
-forces are on the aggressive in
Trans-Caucasia. In Caucasia they
have established themselves well
|||,. within former Russian territory, ac
mg[j cording to Kiev advices. Latest re
ports through this source, quoted by
the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, state the
Armenians have occupied the city of
Erivan, 115 miles south of Tifilis.
-BUY W. S. S.
Casualty List
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington,' July 5.—Army casual
ly ties show killed in action, five; died
of wounds, seven; accident and
other causes, one; disease, two;
wounded severely, three; missing,
five.
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American Officers and Men are Honored
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Practically All of
Class 1 Exhausted
Arkansas is joining the armed
camp of the world. A few years ago,
a prediction that there would be so
many Arkansas men wearing the
military and naval uniforms of the
government would have been ridi
culed as visionary. But at that time,
the possibility of a world war was so
remote that it dwelt only in the mind
of imaginary writers of fiction, and
the war-mad brain of the Mad-man
of Potsdam.
But now it is accomplished. There
are no figures available showing the
actual number of Arkansas men un
der arms in all branches of the ser
vice, since many have enlisted out
side the state, but it is a safe esti
mate that not less than 50,000 of the
men of Arkansas will be under arms
by the last of July. 1
Practically all of Class 1, it is pre
dicted, will be exhausted in filling
calls already issued for the month of
July. This means that many farm
ers who have not completed the cul
tivation of their crops will be sent 'to
camp. It is important, however, to
the agricultural interests of the state,
that camp commanders have author
ity to grant short farm furloughs to
such men as may be actuary needted
to lay by the crops. I| is suggested
by Adjutant-General Lloyd England
that claims for such furloughs should
be endorsed by the county farm dem
onstration agent, “when the claim is
found to be meritorious, in language
sufficiently emphatic to insure fav
orable action thereon by camp com
manders.”
Beginning today, the local boards
will reclassify their reistrants in ac
cordance with the “work or fight”
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UtaViVliO «nu WHO oiivuiu liiWrrtw
available through local boards and
government employment agencies an
abundance of farm labor.
General England and other milita
ry authorities are desirous of aiding
as much as possible in the farm pro
duction as essential to wi<^he war.
Gen. England says, “Boards are re
quested to act as he intermediary
between the registrant whose reclas
sification is pending and the planter
needing help, and thereby cause much
shortage of farm labor to be re
lieved.’*
-BUY W. S. S.
Civil Sundry Bill
Signed By Wilson
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Personnel of Navy’s Enlisted Men
Will Be Increased to 131,000 As
Result of Bill.
Washington, July 5,—President
Wilson has signed the three billion
dollar sundry civil appropriation bill
providing for government expenses,
including the ship building program
for the coming year and naval ap
propriation bill carrying $1,609,323,
000 and authorizing a permanent in
crease of the navy’s enlisted person
nel to 131,000 with fifty thousand ad
ditional for war.
-BUY W. S. S.
Unrest Reported
In South Africa
Strong Police and Military Action Is
Taken to Cope With the Situation
Says Dispatch.
Pretecria, July 5.—Premier Botha
of the Union of South Africa has is
sued a statement showing serious un
rest exists in South Africa, and that
strong police and military measures
are being takep to cope with the sit
NEGRO SOLDIERS
EXECUTED TODAY
I i
j Convicted of Assaulting White Girl
In Iowa Town and Hanged In
Presence of Many.
—
! Associated Pi’ess Dispatch,
i Camp Dodge, Iowa, July 5.—Three
j negro soldiers, all Alabama select
I men, were convicted of having as
saulted a white girl and hanged here
today. Virtually an entire division
of troops witnessed the execution.
-BUY W. S. S.
NEWPORT GIVEN
AIRPLANE THRILL
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Flyers Pass This Way Twice Thurs
j day En Route to Jonesboro and
Return to Lonoke.
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The war, and an implement with
j which it will be more quickly won,:
was brought closer to Newport Tues- J
day morning and afternoon when an j
! airplane passed over the city. The
j machine contained Lieutenant Keene j
and Mechanic Burke of Eberts Field, j
Lonoke, who flew over Newport
Thursday morning at 7 o’clock en ;
route to Jonesboro and came back j
I about 7 o’clock in the afternoon, re- j
: turning to Lonoke. The birdmen j
'spent the day at Jonesboro assisting!
| in a patriotic celebra'tion. They fol- j
i lowed the Missouri Pacific tracks
from Little Rock to Hoxie, and thence
I to Jonesboro by the direction of the
: Frisco tracks. The trip one way rep- ;
! resented a distance of more than 150 !
i miles, and it is presumed the flyers
made the flight without a stop,
i The plane did not slacken its ■
speed either time while passing over j
I Newport and made a direct flight
i over the center of the city, at a '
| height probably of 2,500 feet, or
j about one-half a mile.
In several towns of the state- land- j
j ing places for airplanes have been ;
j established, and there’s no reason)
j why Newport should not afford one,:
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Distinguished Honor
is Given Local Lad
The following letter from Wiley Mc
Minn will be interesting to his many
friends in Newport:
Dorr Field, Arcadia, Florida,
June 26th, 1918.
My Dearest Mother:
The shirt came this morning and it
sure is a dandy. Got the papers from
Mr. Avera this morning and a letter a
few days ago. A few of us spent last
week-end at Bartow. I’ve told you
what a good time we have up there
with the Super-Six. They had a dance
for us Saturday night.
I am looking for your letter telling
about your trip to the Lakes. I know
you must have had a peach of a time.
I’m an assistant stage commander
in the Instructors’ school now, quite
a rise from dual instructor and all our
students are officers that are train
ing for instructors and my work is to
go with them on figure eights and
Spirals and grade their landings and
do some formation flying.
I only get about two hours a day in
the air now' but I am going up for
stunts in the afternoons, beginning
tomorrow, so I will get in more time.
I took up a doctor a few days ago,
and sick, Oh! but he was sick. I gave
him everything the ship would do:
loops, wingovers. stalls, whip stalls
and tail spins. He was afraid to go
nn Vint, the Medical Maine ordered him
to take the flight and he had to do it.
The major told me to give him every
thing and the poor fellow offered me
everything but money to take him
down after the first wop: he was a
Jew, but he didn’t get down until h^j
had everything a ship will do—I felt
sorry for him but “orders is orders,”
the major said he should have it all.
Raining down here all the time and
our roof leaks. Can you beat it?
Write real soon and many thanks
for the shirt.
With all my love,
Wiley.
P. S. I think will get our scout
work down here before very long and
the colonel says we’re going across as
soon as we finish it—so things look a
little brighter than hey did.
and the project should receive the
consideration of the Chamber of Com
merce.
• -BUY W. S. S.
Do not forget that War Savings
Stamps are not for children only.
Most of the squandering is done by
the grown-ups.
TREATY PASSES
THE REICHSTAG
Independent Socialists Cast Their
Votes Against the Peace Agree
ment In Berlin.
Associated Press Dispatch
Amsterdam, July 5.—The Reich
stag has passed a peace treaty and a
supplementary treaty with Roumania,
says a Berlin dispatch. Independent
sociatlists voted against all the
treaties.
-BUY W. S. S.
RED CROSS MEET'
HERE WEDNESDAY
Miss M°nroe, Field Worker For Or
ing Meeting At Walnut Street
School Hopse.
At the school house Wednesday
morning the Home Service committee
of the Red Cross, and some others in
terested in this kind of work, met
Miss Monroe, a field worker of the
American Red Cross, who is field
secretary of the Home Service divis
ion in the southwest and helping these
forces to get organized for all kinds
of local relief.
| The outline of work to be under
taken in Home Service as given by
Miss Monroe was too extensive to be
quoted here, but she uurged the com
mittee to get in touch with drafted
men in order that a full understand
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mg jjc uau wan i/iicin anu umt piupci
aid might be given their families or
those dependent upon them before the
soldier enters active service. She
stated that the government does net
answer personal letters, and that the
inquiries about allotments, insurance
and so on should be made to the lo
cal Home Service, and that they
should be prepared to give full infor
mation in regard to the Civil Rights
bill or whatever questions might
arise in the experience of a soldier or
his family.
Mr. John W. Stayton is the secre
tary of the local Home Service and
will give any help he can to our peo
ple w need such assistance if they
will call upon him.
Miss Monroe gave the committee
these suggestions which should have
wide publicity:
That wives and families of soldiers
avoid cantonment towns, but if a
visit is necessary, they should make
such visit short.
That people who are not self-sup
porting avoid changes, and that each
town through its Home Service de
partment, take care of any depend
ent population, and help them to
qualify for some useful employment.
That the colored population, espec
ially those receiving allotments from ;
the government, be urged to work, as
this is absolutely necessary if the |
war is won.
That all information secured in this
department as to families needing
help, be kept entirely confidential and |
that full sympathy and confidence be |
established between Home Service |'
workers and those whom they would
serve.
Miss Monroe is a very capable
worker, with broad vision and a full
understanding of this work, and made
a favorable impression upon those
who listened to her.
While in the city she was a guest
Associated Press Dispatch.
With the American Army in France, ||
Thursday— General Pershing today
awarded the distinguished service''
cross to thirty-two officers and men 4J
of the marine corps, for acts of
Ian try at Bouresches and in Belleau
Associated Press Dispatch. | 'iiSSi
Italian Army Headquarters, July 5, ms| !
—Five American aviators attached^
to the Italian army have been decor^fp®
ated with the Italian war cross by,., jit >4
King Victor Emmanuel. , , ofjil :
With the American Forces' on the
Marne, July 5.— American aviator*
are reported to have broughjt doWA./’? ;
two German airplanes in flames,
-BUY W. S. S.-- Ipj |
1918 Class
To Be Given j
Their Places %
The Class of A18, whose dr»$tv; 1
numbers were drawn a week i
will now be given a medical examina
tion, and classified, as have bees'||j§| j
the men who were registered A year WSj
ago. They will be put at the bottom^! «
of their classes, and will not be calledll m
until all the first registrants aboVA | If
them have been exhausted. This
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