VOLUME XVIII. NO. 73. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
May Cut Off German Supplies
AMERICANS HAVE ADDED
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(By The Associated Press.)
A brilliant French and American stroke between the
Aisne and Marne rivers, in the first offensive in which the
Americans have taken part, continues to roll eastward. Ger
s man reserves, which were hurried up to meet the threat
against the enemy’s right flank in the Soisson-Chateau-Thier
ry-Rheims salient, are now engaged in the battle, which is rag
ing with great violence on the whole front.
South of the Marne the French have retaken the town
of Mont Voison, while north of the Marne the Franco-Italians
f are striking back at the Germans, and have forced their line
westward in the Roi and Courlon woods. The capture of four
hundred prisoners in these operations is reported.
No mention in official reports is made of fighting along
the Marne, east of Chateau Thierry, or east of Rheims fn the
Champagne sector. »•
oo iar as is ueiinueiy Known me amea piunge soutn 01
the Aisne has advanced to the extreme depths of nearly six
miles, the deepest penetration being at Buzancy, on the west
bank of the Oise, southeast of Soissons. The railroad leading
south from Soissojis to Chateau-Theirry thus is under the di
rect fire of allied atrillery, while the railroad leading from
-Courlon to Longpont has been cut. Further south the allies
reached Chouy, which is within seven miles of the only other
railroads the Germans can rely on to get supplies for their
forces along the Marne. {
Unofficial reports estimate the allies already have cap
/ tured thirteen thousand prisoners and one hundred cannon.
American and French forces at 2 p. m. were continuing
to advance and are midway between Soissons and Chateau
Thierry- The Americans took several towns in the course of
the night. )
Early this morning the Americans made further pro
gress. k
During the night German reinforcements were coming
^ from the region in the north, but the expected counter-attack
had not appeared up to early this afternoon.
# The Americans continue to hold the plateau south of
Soissons. |
According to advices today the French again are ad
vancing and it is probable the Germans will have to make a
readjustment of their line unless they immediately throw back
the French.
Gen_ March, chief of staff at Washington, announced
today that he believed eight divisions, or 240,000 troops, of
Americans were represented in the fighting on the Aisne
Marnl ront. Announcement was also made that the present
drive will not replace nor hinder preparations for a great allied
..offensive planned for later in th e year.
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Wallace Davis, fof-mer attorney
general, and son of the late Jeff Da
vis, has been reclassified from class
three and placed in class one by the
local exemption board of Little Rock,
The case of Davis has attracted con
siderable attention. He was origi
nally placed in class three becauuse
it was claimed the Davis family is
dependent upon him for support
Later affidavits proved that he is en
titled to be in 1-a, subject to imme
diate call.
Four thousand Chicago men of
draft age will be inducted into the
United States army immediately as
a result of the recent slacker drive,
The American steamer, Westover,
; an army supply ship manned by navy
| men, was torpedoed and sunk in the
! war zone July 11. Ten officers and
j men are missing,
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NEWPORT POWER
Journal Suggests That Matter of Se
curing Power From Newport Be
Taken Up With Officials.
Since it has been announced that
the Arkansas Light & Power Com
1 pany of Newport will supply Tucker
man with electric current from the
! local operating plant, the town of
'Newark would also contract for the
same service.
! The Newark Journal said this
week: “The Arkansas Light & Pow
j er Company of Newport has taken
over the business of the Tuckerman
Light Company and will furnish
| Tuckerman with a twenty-four hour
service. Newark people should take
| up this matter with the Arkansas
j Light and Power Company for New
ark. This is a convenience that is
‘ greatly needed in this town.”
No steps, however, have yet been
taken by Newark to negotiate for the
service, it is stated.
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J. M. IVY
TURNS IN FUNDS
Jackson County Collector Turns
Amount of $67,563.86 Into the
State Treasury Wednesday.
Sheriff and Collector J. M. Ivy
went to Little Rock Wednesday
morning, where he made his annual
settlement with the state treasurer.
He turned in $67,563.86, credited to
the following funds.
General revenue, $8,888.68; com
mon school, $24,572; confederate
pension, $16,380.68; state capitol,
67 cents; sinking fund and interest
sinking fund, $1,022.08 each; Uni
versity of Arkansas, $3,629.75; Medi
cal department and Branch Normal,
State Normal, the four district agri
cultural colleges, $907.27 each; au
tomobile license, $5,840.50; tick
eradication, $763.90.
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Archie Lohens, engineer and John
Rowden, fireman, both of Thayer,
Mo., and W. P. Ansler, mail clerk, of
Springfield, Mo., J. R. Richardson of
Selma, Mo., a draftee en route to
Camp Pike, and two unidentified
white men were killed, and 30 or 35
persons were injured Wednesday
morning at 4:30 o’clock when the
Kansas City-Florida “Special” on
the Frisco was derailed nine miles
south of Mammoth Spring. The
I cause cf the wreck has not been de
! termined.
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HEAVY SEIITEIICE
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Batesville Boy Who Objected to War
For Religious Reasons Neglect
ed to Join A Church.
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Camp Pike, July 19.—A considera
’ ble number of professed “conscien
! tious objectors” have passed through
1 the mill at Camp Pike, but Albert Du
ane Swift of Batesville is the first to
! make his objections stick when con
j fronted by the liability of a prison
sentence.
Swift was ordered to report here
for duty May 25, but because of the
' fact that he was under indictment by
;the Federal grand jury at Texarkana
j for a violation of the espionage act
i the order was temporarily waived by
! his local board. Later the board de
! cided that the indictment would not
i operate as a waiver, and ordered
i Swift to report June 24. Swift failed
i to do so and was arrested and
i brought here as a deserter by E. G.
Hinkle, deputy United States mar
shal.
When arrested Swift wais living
' about eight miles north of Guion,
I where he was teaching school and
preaching. When he was brought to
Camp Pike he admitted that he was
a member of no organized church
whose tenets forbade participation in
war, but declared that he objected to
war personally and intended to have
no part in it. Upon his refusal to
drill oi- take any other part in th«
life of a soldier, he was placed in the
| guard house and tried by court mar
tial ea,rly this week.
The result of the court martial has
not yet been made public, but per
sistence in conscientious objections on
the part of a drafted man whose
church does not embody such objec
tions in its creed renders the objector
liable to a sentence of 20 years’ im
prisonment in a Federal prison.
-BUY W. S. S.
Casualty List
(By The Associated Press).
Washington, Juuly 19.— The ma
rine corps casualties list today con
tains the name of Corporal Oscar J.
Moore, of Rector, Ark., who died of
wounds.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, July 19.— The army
casualties show killed in action, five;
| died of wounds, one; disease, seven;
'accident and other causes, one;
1 woundd severely, fifty-eight; miss
■ ing, cne.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, July 19.—The marine
corps casualties sow killed in action,
sixteen; died of wounds, eleven.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, July 19.—The Frenih in a counter-of- j
fensive in the battle zones between the Aisne and
Marne captured sixteen thousand prisoners yester
day, according to news reaching London this after
noon.
(By The Asssociated Press.) •
With the French Army in France, July 19, 2 p. m.—The bat
tle along the front of the Franco-A merican counter-offensive is becom
ing fiercer. The Germans are bringing up reserves.
\ (By The Asssociated Press.)
Washington, July 19.— While no announcement of the capture of
the city of Soissons has reached the war department, Secretary Baker
said this afternoon that the fall of the city is indicated by dispatches.
makes Die mui;
LANDED IN Jill
Lee Bell Is Charged With Stealing A
Pair of Mules and Harness, Etc.
In Elgin Section.
Lee Bell, aged about 35 years, was
brought to Newport Friday at noon
and placed in the county jail by Con
stable W. G. Cook of Tuckerman.
Bell, who is charged with grand lar
ceny, was capttured near Des Arc by
Constable Cook, after a chase of sev
eral days.
Bell, it is alleged on last Sunday
night stole a pair of mules from a
man named Wilson in the Elgin
neighborhood, a hack from a lady
named Mitchell, and a saddle from a
citizen residing in the same neigh
borhood. It is said the stolen prop
erty was recovered near Augusta.
' Bell’s home is at Russell. He
spent much of his time around New- i
port and in the Elgin section. He |
appeared at the store of O. M. Bow- I
en several days ago and attempted I
to cash a check drawn on the First;
National Bank of Newport signed by
j C. B. Wooly and made to J. T. Hem
j brey. While Mr. Bowen was inves-1
Ligating tne cnecx rseu disappeared.
Jt later developed the check had been
stolen from a store at Elgin, into
which, it is alleged, Bell had forced
his way a few weeks ago.
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Contracts for 63 more ships have
I been let by the United States ship
i ping board.
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Tom Hull and Roy Thornton, white
boys aged 14 years, were arrested
near Texarkana this week charged
with assaulting two eight-year-old
girls. Owing to their youth the
charges against the boys were dis
missed.
There are now 50,000 soldiers at
Camp Pike, a greater number than'
has been in camp there since the |
construction of the cantonment.
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“By this time next year we ought
to have overseas an army as great
as the combined armies of France and
England, an army of between three
and four million fighting soldiers, on
the various fighting fronts, and this
considering replacements and non
combatants, means at least six mil
lion men,” said Colonel Roosevelt
during an address at Saratoga
Springs Thursday. “There must be
no peace until Germany is beaten to
her knees,” he said.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, July 19.—The war office an
nounces the battle is continuing with
violence along the whole froi^ be
tween the Aisne and Marne rivers,
with the allies making sensible pro
gress in spite of the arrival of Ger
man reinforcements. A large num
ber of prisoners were captured.
On the front between Rheims and
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the Marne, the French recaptured
Mont Voison and made progress on
the Roi and Courlon woods. South
of the Marne the enemy has been
ejected from the outskirts of Oeuilly.
The Italians, operating between
Rheims and the Marne, have taken
Moulin Dandre, south of Mamaux.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, July 19.—The Herald says
more than one hundred guns were
captured in the allied advance on the
Aisne-Marne front.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, July 19.— Field Marshall
Haig reports the repulse last night
of German raids in the Villers Bre
tonneaux and Morlancouurt sectors
on the Somme.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, July 19—Rotterdamche
Courant reports a zeppelin fell in
flames at the German frontier, near
Dalheim, Monday.
(By The Associated Press.)
Vienna, July 19.—An Austrian of- §
ficial communication adoiits the
Italian airmen have bombe( * Pola, * 1
naval base on the Adriatic.
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