VOLUME XVIII. NO. 89. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 191?. • PRICE FIVE CENTS
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{Associated Press War Summary.)
Artillery duels and patrol actions
continue on the Vesle front while the
■opposing armies make ready for fu
ture operations. Indications point to j
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a resumption of fighting within a few J
hours. It seems apparent that the ;
Crown Prince is preparing for a fur
ther effort to check the allied ad
vance, but it is not clear whether fie
will make a definite stand between
the Vesle and the Aisne. Bad weath
er is hampering the movement of
guns and reinforcements, and it is
expected that several days will elapse
before the allies are ready to renew
their offensive. The Americans at
-y Fjsmes are being subjected to a
j heavy bombardment, but are holding
their positions. American machine
guns wiped out a German battalion
■which was preparing to attack
American bridge buyers west of
Fismes Tuesday. The Americans
repulsed two attacks in the Woevre
sector.
(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 7.—The French con
tinue to repuluse German attacks
along the Vesle, especially between
Braisne and Soissons, the war office
reports. One hundred prisoners were
captured east of Braisne. The French
have occupied the station city of Sal
sogne, just west of the bend of the
Vesle, where it turns northward to
join the Aisne. Local attacks this
morning against the French south of
Auberive in the Champagne were re
w pulsed. The French last night made
further gains in the Montdidier re
gion.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 7.—In an attack this
morning southwest of Morlancourt
the British regained ground taken
from them yesterday along the Bray
Cordie road north of the Somme. The
British line astride the Clarence riv
er in Flanders was advanced a short
f J distance and a few prisoners were
taken, says the war office announce
ment.
Casualty List
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 6.—Army casu
alties show killed in action Corporal
Homer L. Berkeley of Ursula, Ark.,
wounded severely, Private Isaac C.
Jeffery of Mount Olive, Ark.;
wounded, degree undetermined, Ser
geant Andy C. Ramsey of Mountain
View, Ark.; Corporal Ben J. De Vere
of Gillers, Ark., Claude R. Robinson
of Madison, Ark., Private Oscar N.
Marshal of Parkin, Ark.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 7.—Army casu
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U-BOAT COMES
NEAR TO SRORE
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 7.—A Diamond
shoals lightship off Cape Hatteras,
N. C., was shelled and sunk by a Ger
man submarine late yesterday, the
navy department has been informed.
The crew reached the shore safely.
The subumarine camb within half a
mile of shore.
The crew reported the vessel which
was a seven thousand tons steamer,
was sunk without warning.
At a Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug.
7—An American schooner arrived
today with sixty-five of the crew of
a Japanese freighter, which was tor
pedoed off the Nova Scotia coast.
alties show severely wounded Private
Moses B. Hayes of Williford, Ark.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 7.—Five army
casualty lists issued this morning
show killed in action sixty-three;
died of wounds, seven; airplane ac
cident, one; accident and other
causes, one; disease, one; missing,
15; wounded severely, 338; degree
undetermined, sixty-three.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 7.—Marine corps
casualties show killed in action, fif
ty-one; died of wounds, two; wound
ed severely, thirty-three;
undetermined, 206.
William I.. Edison, the second son of
Thomas A. Edison, who is following in
his father’s footsteps as far as me
•hanical genius is concerned, has en
listed in the United States Tank corps
I after declining an officer’s commission.
>Ie reported at Fort Slocum to tie in
iculated, and after a five-day rest lie
vas sent to Gettysburg, Pa., where the
tank corps is trained. This is the sec
ond time that he has served in the
irmy of the United States. At the age
lge of nineteen he enlisted in the First
regiment, U. S. volunteer engineers,
with a corporal’s rating, during the
Spanish-Ameriean wai. He is now
thirty-eight years old.
Superiority.
“Mr. Blobster has been a rich man
for yeurs, yet he still stands in awe
jf his butler.”
“And how can you account for
that?”
“I can’t explain it unless it's be
cause the butler Ik a much better
grammarian than Mr. Blobster.”—Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
American troops, headed by their band, parading through the town of
Masevaux, provisional capital of the recaptured Alsatian territory, in celebra
tion of Memorial day.
MAY KEEP YOUNGER
DRAFr MEN IN U. S.|
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(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 7.— Urging
enactment of the administration man
power bill extending the draft ages,
General March told the senate mili
tary committee today that the < war
department plans the raising of an
army of five million men as soon as
possible. From Gen. March’s testi
mony and other information the
committee gained the impression that
the plan is to keep men between 18
and 20 years in this country until
the last. General March said the |
shipment of men overseas for the .
present is continuing along plans *
now in effect.
FARMERS IN NEED
OF LABOR SHOULD
WRITE DEPARTMENT.
Jackson county farmers who are
in need of farm labor should address
M. F. Dickinson, examiner in charge
of Farm Labor Service, U. S. Em
ployment Service, Little Rock, who is
making an effort to solve the labor
problem in Arkansas.
The Independent works for you.
Use it as your salesman. It carries
news of the store into hundreds ol
homes.
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STAGE A REVOLT
Said to Have Been Incited to Attack
Officers—Mere Than 50 Subs
Said to Have Disappeared.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 7.—Rumors are in
circulation of a revolt of German
sailors at Wilhelmshaven in protest
against a continuation of the subma
rine war, says an Amsterdam dis
patch to the Express. It is reported
that propagandists among the men
incited the sailors, who were about
to leave the submarine cruiser, to
attack the officers and surrender the
ships or seek an opportunity to sink
them and get themselves interned in
a neutral harbor. More than fifty
submarines are said to have disap
peared. - i j |£r jg]
Did you read that America is the
deciding factor? Coming from Lord
Milner this statement is momntuous
and America is not coming in—she
has come in—America is in.
The more you help the men at the
front the quicker the end will come.
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BRITISH ARRIVE
AT VLADIVSTOK
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(By The Associated Press.)
Shanghai, Saturday, Aug. 3. —
British troops landed at Vladivostok
this morning, says a dispatch from
that city. They received a friendly
reception.
CHAPTER MAKES TENTH
SHIPMENT, JULY 31, 1918.
A total 1,554 knitted articles
have been sent to headquarters by
the local Red Cross.
Weldon, Mrs. D. L. Kimbrough,
Chairman—12 pairs socks, 6 sweat
ers.
Tuckerman, Mrs. J. S. Graham,
Chairman—33 pairs socks, 17 sweat
ers.
Shoffner, Mrs. D. L. Shoffner,
Chairman—17 pairs socks, 1 sweater.
Swifton, Mrs. F. Tonney, Chair
man—8 nairs soeks. 7 sweaters.
Tupelo, Mrs. McDonald, Chairman
—19 pairs socks, 4 sweaters.
Auvergne, Mrs. Forrest Bleakley,
Chairman—3 pairs socks, 4 sweaters.
Grubbs, Mrs. Mike Denton, Chair
man—1 pair socks, 11 sweaters.
Newport, Mrs. O. W. Scarborough,
Chairman—77 pairs socks, 64 sweat
ers. ,
Mrs. 0. W. Scarborough,
Chairman.
Mrs. T. J. Watson, Instructor.
FIRING FROM HIGH >OINTS
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So as to be used to firing from a
height, either from aircraft, hillsides or
mountains, tliese American soldiers,
mounted in a lower at the ground
school, Austin, Tex., are firing at clay
pigeons to attain accuracy of firing on
a moving target.
Sonny Was Safe.
An exceptionally voluble golfer was
vainly trying to hit his ball with the
driver. After each unsuccessful effort
he expressed his contempt for the ball,
and the game in lurid phraseology.
Pausing In his remarks for want of
breath, he noticed a small girl watch
ing him and holding by the hand a
very small boy. Immediately visions
of flying golf balls flashed across his
nuna.
"You ought not to bring your little
brother here,” he cautioned the girl,
“Oh, it’s all right, sir,” she replied
calmly. “He’s deaf.”
Advice.
“I want to know how to succeed in
the world,” said the young man to the
older one.
“Young fellow,” said the gray-halred
individual, “right now you’ve got no
business worrying about your own suc
cess. All you’ve got to do is to get a
Job In the array or navy and help to
win the war.
give you a tij
or famous.”
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(By The Associated Press.)
Lafayette, La., Aug. 7.—Great ha
voc was wrought in Lake Charles and
vicinity by a tropical storm, which
hit the southwestern Louisiana coast
late yesterday, according to advices
received today. Property damaged is
estimated at a million dollars. Ten
persons are reported killed and more
than one hundred buildings at Lake
Charles were demolished, and a num
ber damaged. One negro is report
ed killed at Lake Charles, six per
sons at De Quency and three at Sul
phur. Several fires followed in the
wake of the storm at Lake Charles. 'Mf
A large ship building plant was re- ,';4r
ported burning this morning.
The Independent takes pleasure ill 4^
printing below a letter from Price: 'yjs
Nance of Grubbs, which was; written
to his sister, and which tells of the
narrow escape this young Jackson 4:|
county citizen had from the attack . ".yjl
of a German submarine. Young -r ll
Nance enlisted in the U. S. navy on
the 15th of last April, and has made J|
one trip to France. He> has been
promoted three times during his short 'illM
term of enlistment, and now is the
front man on his ship. In taking tar* '|||
get practice he makes nine hits out v';
of ten shots, a record considered up*-'" "'M
usually splendid. He is a son of J.' vi|| ;
N. Nance of Grubbs.
The letter follows:
“Brooklyn, N. Y., July 31, *18. j
“Dear Sister:
“I will answer your letter whi&||||| <
was glad to receive a few days ag©,. fg
This leaves me well, and I hope a!t;';“
of you are well.
“I was transferred from the Albany ll =
to the San Diego, which was sunk on.':-|
the 29th, forty miles from Fire Is-Vv ,
land, while coming from Halifax. J|l}^g 3
the crew were saved except eight ?£
firemen. We got the snbma|%M^| .yl
while our ship was going doW^ji'-^W : "i
was found by the divers about ..onp?;||
mile from our ship after ,it werit-.p i?
“They sent us back to the barradln|fe|| '
1 think they will put us back on;^jp|l| 1
U. S. S. Albany. I hope so, any ;
for if they do we will try our trip
over again. <
“We got seven days’ relief, but I
(hat was not enough time to allow US;-®jj
to come home. We lost everything, Tflj
we had on the San Diego. I had ‘ |
some pictures and also had my girl's
ring and locket, all of which I lost ArajfpS
sea, but she said that was all right 'Jt ’
and that she was glad that was all I f ^
lost. We will soon get a new supply j |
of clothes. The people in New York i
heard the firing and thought we were
taking target practice again. 'JjS
“How are all the boys and girls
getting along ? I hope to write again v-j
soon. Tell everybody hello for me. :
Address City Park Barracks, New
York, N. Y. ,
“Price Nance.
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