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All Business in Jackson County Suspended From 12 Noon to 6 P. M. Saturday
Newport Daily Independent.
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VOLUME XVII. NO 303. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
; INS MASS MEN
ALBERT SECTOR
THISJORNING
THEY ARE UNDER FIRE OF THE
BRITISH ARTILLERY.
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British Have Been Pressed Back a
Short Distance On Front East of
Amiens and German Losses
Ahe Reported Heavy.
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LARGE BODIES TROOPS USED.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, April 5.—The Germans this
morning concentrated troops near Al
bert. They are under fire of British
artillery. There was active fighting
& last night in the neighborhood of
® Bucquoy and the Scarpe valley.
The war office announces the Brit
ish have been pressed back a short
distance on the front east of Amiens
to positions west of Villers Bretton
neaux.
The Germans hurled large bodies of
troops against the British between
the Luce and Somme rivers, but for
the most part the enemy was thrown
back with losses.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, April 5.—The Germans con
tinued their attacks during the night,
the war office reports.
Despite the superiority of German
effectives, which the statement says
were spent recklessly, the Teutons
were unable to reach their objective,
which was a railway from Amiens to
Clearmont.
The French maintained tJheir line
in its entire territory. The French
conquered a greater part of Epinette
wood north of the town of Orvillers
Sorrell and captured the Staignan
farm. Southeast of Grievesnes they
tiirew back Germans from Arrie Court
wood west of Mailly Rameval. In the
north the French withdrew their po
sitions to the west of Castel.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, April 5.—According to a
statement published by the Evening
Standard today the Germans this
morning attacked the British on a
wide front from Lernacourt, a few
miles south of Albert, to Moyenne
ville, north of the Somme. The Ger
mans were repulsed with heavy losses
except at Dernacourt, where they
made slight gains.
*TO CONDUCT
AN INQUIRY
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 5.— The Inter
state Commerce Commission will or
der an investigation of the physical
valuation and financial conditions of
forty-five telegraph and cable com
panies. The inquiry, it is understood
is intended to assist the commission
in deciding rate questions. The order
includes the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, and a number of subsidaries
The order does not include Western
Union. _
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£ A good five reel drama of a
^ dream that came true, feat
^ uring Lillian Walker.
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SUMMARY OF
MPES
Enemy Hurls 100,000 Men Against
Allies In New Offensive, But
Make Only Minor Gains.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 5.— Striking at
positions south of the Somme and
nearest Amiens, the Germans have
renewed their offensive with heavy
forces and in desperate fighting with
the British and French, the enemy
was able to make only slight gains
at isolated points. He was repulsed
with great loss everywhere else.
The Germans used more than one
hundred thousand men in attacks on
a front of nine miles north of Mont
didier. The British in the center and
to the right, held firmly against the
onslaught, while to the left they fell
back somewhat around Hamel, twelve
miles east of Amiens.
Between Avre and Luce, where the
Germans used masses of infantry in
ten reckless assaults, the enemy was
mowed down by French artillery fire
and on either side of Moreuil the
French retired several hundred yards.
South of Avre the French held
stubbornly to ttheir positions and by
counter-attacking advanced their
lines into enemy positions.
Between Montdidier and Lassigny,
artillery bombardment continues vio
lently.
North of the Somme the Germans
made fruitless attempts to advance
from Albert Thursday.
The Americans have taken over an
other sector of the fighting front and
are holding positions on the heights
of the Meuse, south of Verdun.
Government troops of Finland are
reported to have occupied the eastern
part of Tammerfors, north of Hel
singfors. A thousand rebels were
taken prisoners.
Use the columns of the Independ
ent. They will carry your business
talk into nearly every home in New
port.
Miss Kearney of Mississippi Will De
liver Lecture At Methodist
Church At 8 o’Clock.
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It is announced that a union ser
vice, in which all the churches of the
city will take part, will be held Sun
day evening at 8 o’clock at the Meth
odist church, wihen Miss Belle Kear
ney, a noted lecturer of Mississippi,
will appear on the program.
No services will be held at the
other churches at the evening hour.
KANSAS CITY
HAS BIG FIRE
Associated Press Dispatch.
Kansas City, April 5.—Three blocks
in the heart of the wholesale district
were swept by fire last night and
eighteen buildings were destroyed
and nearly a score damaged. The
loss is estimated at three million or
more.
The district swept by fire was
known as the west bottoms at Con
fluence Kaw and Missouri rivers.
► Miss Belle Kearney, of Mississippi,
» one of the foremost women lecturers
► of the south, will arrive in our city
► Saturday morning and will be the
► guest over Sunday of Mrs. M. A
► Dorsey. Miss Kearney will probablj
► have a place on the program oi
► speakers at the big Liberty Loan ral
► ly at the court house Saturday after
► noon. She is a woman of much trav
► el and has recently made a trip to the
y great battlefields of Europe and wil
y be able to tell our people some first
y hand news. Miss Kearney will have
y charge of the Sunday evening service
y at the Methodist church at 8 o’clock
y Her subject will be “War Endurance.’
j Get Busy and Bring An
! Honor Flag to Newport
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Help Newport win the right to
| fly the Liberty Loan Honor Flag.
That the proper spirit of patriotic
competition may be developed be
tween towns and cities throughout
the nation, the Liberty Loan Organ
ization has adopted an Honor Flag
and Honor Roll system, which has
been endorsed by Secretary McAdoo.
It is to be used as an additional in
centive for every town, county and
city to “go over the top” with their
quota and thus gain the right to un
furl an Honor Flag when the Nation
al Honor Flag is unfurled over the
White House in Washington, D. C.
The greatest honor that can come
to any town, county or state in the
United States in this campaign will
be the right to unfurl the first Honor
Flag in the United States. This right
\ 'ill come when the quota of that par
ticular locality is reached.
All the insignia and equipment for
use in connection with the plan will
be supplies by the treasury depart
ment and distributed through the
Liberty Loan Organiziation.
It consists of a specially designed
Honor Flag for communities, a win
d w sign bearing a reproduction of
the Honor Flag, a large Honor Roll to
which is to be awarded to states, and
a national Honor Flag to be unfurled
in Washington.
The Honor Flag to be awarded to
communities is 36 by 54 inches and
constructed from good quality mater
ial like that used in the navy. It has
of the Honor Roll for attaching lists
of names of subscribers. Local com
mittees may substitute the names of
their own communities or other de
signation for the words “our town” if
they so desire.
Next in importance to winning the
right to fly the first Honor Flag in
the United States is to have the priv
ilege of unfurling the first Honor
Flag in your state. Even if you do
not win Ifhis second honor all hope is
not lost, for you still can be the first
unit in your section of your state to
win the right to fly the flag; failing
again, you can strive to gain unit
honors in your county. Lastly, you
should try to win this right before the
local unit that is your keenest rival
for honors of all kinds.
Every subscriber to the loan, re
gardless of the amount of his sub
scription, is entitled to a window sign.
Liberty Loan Organizations
throughout the country are planning
drives tfhat will “paper” every home
in the nation with Honor Cards and
will send Honor Flags following from
the flag poles of every community.
In most sections house-to-house
canvasses to detect the slacker who
has no card in his window, will be
conducted.
Are you, Mr. Citizen, going to be
one of the slackers?
Of course not.
We know it. You are going to see
if you cannot be the first man m your
community to place one of those small
cards in your front window and then
have the satisfaction of watching
your neighbor race for tiheirs.
And that will be quite some satis
faction, will it not? But it would be
not very satisfactory if you saw the
card in your neighbor’s window first,
and had to race to beat your other
neighbor’s for your card, would it?
And that is only one very small
reason why you are going to be the
first in your community to place an
Honor Card in your window.
The one Big real reason that you
are going to have that Honor Card in
your window right away—if you
haven’t it there already—is because
you have put your w<hole heart and
soul into the thought that you are
not going to leave a single thing un
done until the United States of Amer
ica wins this war.
Of course you are going to take
pride in what you have done. Bui
you would do it anyway; you woule]
do it as a small part of your war bit;
i you would do it because you love
, your country and because your hearl
bleeds every time you look at a cas
; ualty list from “over there.”
And you would do it because—
You’ve set your heart on seeing
this Third Liberty Loan go over the
' top.
; Will it? Of course it will.
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i To advertise your goods i to gel
: the attention of the man or womai
j who might otherwise never have
known it at all. __
a red border and a wmte center witn
three vertical blue stripes indicative
of the Third Liberty Loan campaign.
This flag will be awarded to each
community that subscribes the sales
quota set for it by its Federal Re
serve District Liberty Loan commit
tee. As an additional honor emblem,
a blue star, to be sewed into the
white field of the flag, will be award
increase their quotas by a hundred
per cent.
In other words, if a town’s quota is
$100,000, it will be entitled to an
Honor Flag, when its subscriptions
reach this amount; when its sub
scriptions reach $200,000 it will be
entitled to one blue star and for each
additional $100,000 it will receive an
other star.
The window card will be 7 by 9
inches and will bear a reproduction of
the Honor Flag and a space for the
t subscriber’s name. When a bond is
| sold the name of the purchaser should
' be written in by the bond salesma^,
or it can be written in by the sub
scriber himself. The subscriber then
will be expected to place this card in
the window of his residence or place
of business.
The Honor Roll will be 25 by 38
inches and bear a large reproduction
of the Honor Flag and these words:
“Help Our Town Win the Right to
Fly this Flag,” and “These are the
People of our Town who are helping
to win the war by investing in United
States Government Bonds of the
Third Liberty Loan.”
A space is preserved at the bottom
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iARKANSAS
I BANK Q
1 TRUST
|COMPANY
j E NEWPORT, ARK,.
I Over the Top With the | j
II Third Liberty Bond Issue | j
should be every American’s slogan.•
!|| The drive begins April 6th, America’s g j
| §§ anniversary in the world war. ]
jp In honor of this event and to lend | •
Ip every assistance to make this event
• |§ one of the greatest in American his- g |
• p tory, this bank will close at 12 o’clock = |
• p noon. = •
Jackson County’s quota is $264,600.
Let’s all pull together and double our
] p apportionment. p j
j p We will be at your service as usual. g j
jli Safety-Satisfactory Service.|gJ
SOME PATRIOTIC
WINDOWJISPLAYS
Progressive Newport Business Firms
Aid Greatly In Liberty Drive
With Unique Showings.
Great impetus has been given the
Liberty Loan drive in Newport by the
patriotic efforts of some of Newport’s
progressive merchants, whose window
d:splays present a unique showing of
impressive and timely suggestions.
The largest and most elaborate
display is in one of the windows at
the store of Wolff-Goldman Mercan
tile Company, which has been made
gieatly attractive by Aaron Rosen
thal, the store’s decorator. The dis
play contains Liberty Bonds, Thirft
Cards, Flags, hand painted pleas for
the purchase of Liberty Bonds, and
many other articles of suggestions
well arranged.
The Star Clothing Company also
has a very attractive window with a
complete showing of timely decora
tions, which bespeaks the progres
siveness of the Messis. Lockard, who
are always at the front of all patriot
ic undertakings.
Rushton Dry Goods Company pre
sents to the public view a window of
no ljftle merit. Besides Thirft Cards,
Liberty Bonds and flags, the decora
tions consist of protographs of the
leaders of our allies, and this display
has attracted much attention today.
! The drug stores of W. E. Bevens
j and H. O. Walker have been attrac
tively arranged with patriotic decora
tions urging success in the present
Liberty Loan drive, and among the
| ther stores that have given care and
attention to window arrangements is
that of S. Heinemann
All the merchants of Newport will
be on hand to send the third drive for
Liberty all the way over the top.
Since the above was written early
| this morning practically every mer
chant of the city has beautifully and,
patriotically decorated his windows,
which have attested the true spirit
prevailing here.
NEW PLiiSE
TO BEJPENED
W. E. Yost Has Leased the Opera
House and Will Conduct Moving
Picture Show Here.
W. E. Yost of Memphis, who has
been in Newport for the past two
weeks superintending the remodeling
of the opera house for J. W. Grubbs,
wishes to announce through the col
umns of the Independent that the
work is progressing rapidly, and that
, in the near future he will have the
- U/Min/v nnn/lir fov Ananin The
interior of the playhouse will be mod
ern and strictly sanitary in every
respect, having undergone a thorough
course of cleaning as well as being
repainted throughout. Arrange
ments to keep the building cool and
well ventilalSed have been completed.
The opera house in the future will
be known as The Grand, under the
management of Mr. and Mrs. \ost,
who are experienced amusement ca
terers, and who, after careful inves
tigation, decided to come to Newport.
They have secured an option on the
opera house,
Mr. Yost says he will install the
highest type equipment for the prop
er projection of thigh class feature
photo-plays, accompanied by a spec
ially arranged musical program for
each performance.
The announcement for the opening
date will appear in this paper soon.
PHOTO MEN
ARE WANTED
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 5.—Orders have
been issued for the mobilization oi
four hundred protographers regis
tered in the draft from fifteen states
NEWPORT WIEE
HAVEJI6 BUT
Everything Is In Readiness For Cele
bration of Liberty Drive Every
where Tomorrow. /
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The committeemen whose business
it has been to see that nothing is
left undone that will tend to make to- -'
morrow’s big Liberty program a huge
success report they have fulfilled
their obligation, which means that
at 12 o’clock tomorrow Newport and
Jackson county will have suspended
business for a period of six hours, or
that is, from noon until six in the af
ternoon.
The town this afternoon has taken
on a patriotic hue and effect, but this
will be meagre compared with the ap
pearance that will meet the eye
when you walk down town tomorrow
morning. And also, there remain a
few unheard of and unique, as well
as enjoyable surprises in store for
you which will develop tomorrow
morning as the day progresses. So
be surprised at nothing. J
The big parade will be the com
manding feature of the day. Get in it
and follow it. Stay with it and stop
with it. It will lead you to the place
iirUnvn fko Kin* A ri I/O thfi i M
county court house at 1 o’clock.
Eustace C. Wheeler of St Louis
will be there bo tell you a whole lot
of things you probably don't know
but should learn. There will be other
features, and you must not count
yourself among those not resent.
This sort of thing will take place
all over Jackson county too. Be a
patriot or leave the country.
RESTRICTIONS ON MAILING
PARCELS TO AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.
The following order has been issued
by the postoffice department:
On and after April 1, 1918, parcels
for members and individuals connect
ed with the American Expeditionary
F’orces in Europe shall not be accept
ed for mailing or dispatched unless
they contain such articles as are be
ing sent at the written request of the
addressee, approved by his regimental
or higher commander or an executive
officer of the organization with which
he is connected.
A. S. Burleson,
Postmaster General.
Postmasters must secure the as
surance of the sender in each caso :
that all the articles contained in the
parcel are sent at the addressee’s ap
proved written request, and that
such request is enclosed in the parcel,
by requiring the sender to place on the
wrapper of the parcel under his name
(and address the following end en
dorsement:
“This parcel contains only articles
sent at approved request of addressee,
which is enclosed.”
Geo. R. Hays, P. M.
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ANNOUNCES FOR REELECTION.
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The Independent tanes pieusuie »«
announcing George T. Humphreys of
Salem, Fulton county, as a candidate
for re-election to the office of chan
cellor in this district.
Few men in this section of the state
are better known than Judge Hum
phreys, and his friends are legion.
He has held the office to which he
seeks re-election for several years,
and in his characteristic manner has
demonstrated his unusual ability to
handle the affairs incident to the po
sition.
Mr. Humphreys is an authority on
law and during his tenure in office
j has always been fair and impartial
! in his proceedings, thereby com
Imanding the respect and admiration
of the public. Mr. Humphreys has a
large following of friends in Jackson
county who will be strong in support
of his candidacy.
NOTICE TO SINGERS AND
WHISTLERS.
If you can’t sing, whistle. If you
can do neither, try—tonight at the
county court house at 9 o’clock. At
that hour rehearsal will be held at the
court house, and all singers and
I whistlers are commanded to be on
hand to rehearse music for the bi«
parade tomorrow.
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