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▼•LUME XVIL NO. 310. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918. PRICE FIVE CF
BRITISH ADVANCE'
< LINE AND FRENCH
REPULSE ATTACKS
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AMERICANS WORK IN CONJUNC
TION WITH FRENCH.
Strang Attack East of Locon Was
Repulsed and Another Beaten
Off. Renew Attacks On
French Positions.
HANGARL VILLAGE REGAINED.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, April 13.—The war office
announces a German attack west of
Merville last night was repulsed.
The British advanced their line
slightly in the neighborhood of Fes
tubert and took a few prisoners.
Heavy fighting occurred last evening
near Neueve Eglise and Wulverghem.
The battle was still in progress late |
last night and strong enemy forces I
launched an attack last night east of '
Locon, the Germans succeeding in
entering the British lines at certain :
points, but later being ejected. A
second attack was beaten off.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, April 13.—The Germans last
night renewed their attacks on |
French positions in Brule wood and
the forest of Apremont. The Ameri-;
cans in this sector, in conjunction
with the French, says the official
statement, combatted with great vi
gor and a majority of the enemy at- J
tacks were broken. At one point
where the enemy obtained footing
he was thrown out by counter-attack.
On the Somme front the entire vil
lage of Hangard and an adjoining
\ cemetery was regained from the
Germans.
Associated Press Dispatch.
With the British Army in Fiance,
British right wing between Given
chy and Robecq yesterday failed
and two attempts to capture Locon
were repulsed. The British counter
attacked around Givenchy, and cap
tured an important enemy post.
36 PERSONS
LOSE LIVES
Associated Press Dispatch.
Norman, Okla., April 13.—Thirty
six inmates of the state hospital for
f • the insane here burned to death this
^ morning in a fire which destroyed j
three wards of the institution. A j
number of victims were children.
DRAFT QUOTA
ON NEW BASIS
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 13.—The senate'
, resolution putting the draft quota on 1
a basis of the number of men in
class one instead of the state popula
tion was adopted by the house today.
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GREAT STRUGGLE
OFTHEjlRin
Sanguinary and Gigantic Fight Will
Probably Be Enacted In Lowlands
Near Lille and St. Omer.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 13.—Pressing
their attack against the British west
and southwest of Armentieres, the
Germans have also extended their ef
forts on other fronts. In the north
the Germans are adancing toward
Brailleul.
On the Picardy battlefront the ene
my entered the village of Hangard
after heavy fighting, and east of St.
Mihiel the Americans and French;
troops repulsed an enemy attack in
Apremont forrest.
Repulsed in their efforts to gain
Messines and Wytsheate ridge, the
Germans are putting most of their
strength toward widening the salient
south of Armentieres in an evident
attempt to outflank hill positions and
rain important railroad centers.
General Haig has called upon his
soldiers to stand firm and die rather
than give up a position to the enemy.
British military observers agree that
a crisis has been reached.
French forces are rapidly coming
to the aid of the British, and a gigan
tic and sanguinary struggle probably
will be enacted in the lowlands be
tween Lille and St. Omer.
The British and Germans are now
riotly engaged around St. Venant,
near the center of the British line,
which marks an approximate Ger
man advance of ten miles since Tues
day.
Tn A nromnnf forest the enemv
gained advanced elements, but Amer
icans and French, in a spirited coun
ter attack, drove out the Germans,
rwenty-two prisoners were left in ■
the hands of the Americans.
German airplanes raided Paris and
the east coast of England last night.
CONDITION OF
STONE^WORSE
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 13.— Senator
Stone, of Missouri, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis Wednesday, be
came worse today. His condition is
serious, according to physicians.
SIX FULL COMPANIES
READY AS A NUCLEUS
OF FIFTH REGIMENT
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 13.—There are
already six full companies, of one
hundred men or more, ready as a nu
cleus of the Fifth Regiment. These
companies are as follows, with the
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ganizations: Waldron, W. E. Baker;
Sheridan, E. T. Teter; Arkadelphia,
Dale McGee; Clarksville, Lieut.
Brown Moore; Bentonville, Lieut.
Jeff R. Riee; Warren, Lieut. Joe B.
Owens. In addition to these full com
panies, there are partial companies,
or platoons, are being organized at
Waldron, Stamps, Texarkana, Jasper,
Eureka Springs, DeWitt, Nashville,
Rison, Hot Springs, Hope, Harrison,
Dumas, Malvern, Hindsville and
Hartford.
The inspection of the full companies
will begin next week, and when those
are concluded it is hoped there will
be enough other companies completed
for the regiment. They will be fully
equipped with guns and uniforms.
As soon thereafter as possible, ar
rangements will be made for holding
a training school, probably in the
I state capitol grounds, for the com
missioned and non-commissioned of
ficers.
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!“BUY a bond and
• SPREAD LIBERTY.’
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 13.— This is £
day of slogans. Among other agen
cies that aife being employed, th<
war is to be won with slogans. Om
of the latest is devised by Secretary
of State Tom J. Terral, and stampe<
on his envelopes:
“Buy a BOND and Spread LIBERTY'
Sec. McAdoo and Herbert
Hoover Coming to Newport
The greatest “stunt” ever put over
for Arkansas was accomplished when
the 1918 meeting of the National Ed
itorial Association was secured for
Little Rock and Hot Springs. The
meeting will commence on the third
of June and terminate with a week’s
tour by about four hundred of the
visitors of the state in a special train
of Pullman cars.
The ablest writers of the United
States will be in Arkansas at that
time—newspaper editors, magazine
writers, staff correspondents and
many other persons of note whose
coming to Arkansas will mean vol
umes for this great state.
Food Administrator Herbert Hoov
er and Secretary McAdoo will also be
in the party, they having consented
to leave their work for a week in or
der to get better acquainted with
what Arkansas has to offer the
world.
The special train will tour fifty
one counties of Arkansas and will
carry Mr. McAdoo, Mr. Hoover and
many of the country’s leading writ
ers, together with real Arkansas
boosters, who will go along to con
stantly pound into the visitors the
big idea that Arkansas is the great
est state in the union and that she i
awaits only the interest of the out-!
side world to become even greater'.
Very fortunately Newport has been
selected as one of the towns where
these travelers will stop and wonder.
Frank N. Henderson, who has devot
ed his time for the past five months
to arranging for this special train,
was in Newport yesterday, and while
here was persuaded to route his train
over the White River branch of the
Missouri Pacific instead of another
route previously selected, and in
bringing about a change in this rout
ing those of Newport who are inter
ested Mr. Henderson sufficiently to
alter his course, it might be said, put'
over a great scoop for this section of
of the state. Mr. Henderson was
driven through Oil Trough bottom |
yesterday afternoon, and he was sur
prised to find that Jackson county
presented such a splendid farming
section, an equal of which, he declar
ed, he had not yet found in Arkansas.
He said he was glad to change his
mind.
The special train will arrive in
Newport on Thursday morning, June
13, and the party will be given break
fast here. Following this will be an
automobile trip over the city and
surrounding community. The cars
will then cross the river and view
the rich and beautiful farm lands of
Oil Trough and Big Bottom. They
will end the automobile drive at New
ark, where they will again take their
train, going to Batesville for a short
stay, then continuing their trip up
the scenic White river.
Full announcement of the program
for Newport and Jackson county will
be announced later. The coming of
these big fellows who will carry the
gospel of Arkansas truth back home
and into every state of the union is
something for which the people of
Newport should make elaborate pre
parations. It will mean thousands
and thousands of dollars worth of
publicity at a cost of nothing except
enthusiasm.
Hon. John W. Stayton returned
last night from a business trip to
Washington City.
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CONTEST DRAWS
LARGE CROWD
The preliminary contest at the
school auditorium Friday evening was
unusually largely attended by friends
and relatives of the student contest
ants. It is a beautiful spirit New
port people are developing, that
of increased interest in the school
life of our city with each year, and
besides having a wide-awake and pro
gressive school in our own midst, the
annual meeting every April of the
Northeast Arkansas School Contest
Association, is a stimulus to even
greater interest. The class of con
testants for honors was smaller this
year than usual, but the interest was
just as keen.
Contesting in piano were Misses
Helen McDonald, Viian Ladd, Eleanor
Sink and Nobe Edgar. Miss Eleanor
Sink won the honor and will repre
sent the school in the big contest
next week. All four of the contest
ants are pupils in piano of Miss Ida
Parish. The judges were Miss Rowe
na Campbell, Mrs. Maude Reamey
and Mrs. Frank Goodman.
In the reading contest in which
Miss Helen McDonald and Miss Grace
Graham were entered, Miss McDonald
was the winner, and will be matched
against a dozen others in the final
contest. The judges in reading were
Mrs. Edgar "Williams, Misses*Leah
Jones and Dove Erwin.
Miss Clyde Wood, the representa
tive in voice, sang the contest piece,
“I Hear You Calling Me.” Her
voice was much admired.
The contestants in map drawing,
composition and spelling will be an
nounced later.
Don’t be a dead one. Advertise.
Quality, Economy and
Conservation—
In Clothes
It’s as patriotic to
conserve wool as it is wheat,
sugar or anything else.
Conservation ap
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mands quality and when you buy
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CLOTHES
you are practicing true econ
omy-getting the utmost value for
your money as expressed in fabric,
style, service and satisfaction. Con
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ELEVEN KILLED
FIFTYJOUNDED
In Raid On Paris. Switzerland Re
ports Indicate Germans Will Make
Naval Raid Soon.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, April 13.—Eleven are re
ported killed and fifty wounded in
last night’s raid on Paris. Allied
airmen are busy bombing military
targets behind the German lines. The
British brought down thirty-five
German machines in aerial fighting.
Reports received from Switzerland $
indicate a German naval raid will be
attempted soon. The German battle- i
ship, Rheinland, is reported to have j
been struck by a mine and sunk in |
the Baltic sea. Another report saya
the vessel was grounded.
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It is officially announced that f||
twenty-four were killed and sixty- SI
two wounded in last night’s aif raid ■/,
on Paris.
The city of Rheims is in flamea. i
The French, attempting to limit the
burning area, are working under , '$
heavy bombardment.
Rheims is 100 miles north of Paris,
and has a population of 110.000. m
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REPORT OF COTTON
CONSUMED IN MARCH
AND IN EIGHT MONTHS j
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 13.—Cotton con
sumed during March was 571,202
running bales, exclusive of linters,
the census bureau announces. For
the eight month period a total of
4,400,233 bales were consumed.
C. E. TOOL PROMOTED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 13.—C. E. Tool,
o* Drew county, who has been a
book-keeper in the state treasury for
several years, has been promoted by
State Treasurer McDaniel to the po
sition of deputy State treasurer, suc
ceeding Ernest Tipton, resigned. M.
A. Roddy, of Augusta, who has been
with the treasurers or auditors of
fice for a number of years, has been
appointed bookkeeper.
The Independent works for you.
Use it as your salesman. It carries .
' news of the store into hundreds of
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