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K VOLUME XVIII. NO. 92. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, |j|j
I Total Number of Enemy Taken in the
Two Somme Offensives Has Been
Increased to 75,000.
(By The Asssociated Press.)
London, August 12, 4.43 p. m.,—American troops in the
suburbs of Bray today are fighting a continuous battle for the
outskirts of the city.
Only slight changes as a whole are reported in this af
5 ternoon’s dispatches. A ding dong battle is raging all along the
* northern sector of the battleline.
i
- , (Associated Press Summary.)
Mighty efforts are being made by
the enemy to check the allied ad
vance through Picardy toward Pe
ronne, Roye and Noyon on the north
ern end of the battle line, and the
British were not able to progress
rapidly during last night, although
liondon reports unofficially that the
Village of Bray has been entered
In the center strong counter attacks
seem to have held up the advance.
There is an unconfirmed report, how
iever, that Roye was abandoned by
the enemy. On the right the French
still are gaining ground steadily.
The battle is still confined within
the limits fixed when the French ex
tended the fighting area to the
Oise. It is expected that the combat
will extend northward, but this de
velopment has not yet been reported.
The coming day or probably two days,
will be marked by savage fighting.
The front today runs generally on a
/ straight line from the Somme river
*'\sonthward to Tilliloy, where it begins
■■ to-cur ve eastward until it reaches
the Oise. Paris reports forty thous
and prisoners have been captured
since Thursday, bringing the total
captured during General Foch’s two
geat drives to seventy-five thousand.
The number of guns taken in the two
offensives number almost a thous
and.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 12.—The French are
'^itontinuing their advance between the
"*Avre and Oise rivers and have cap
; tured the town of Lechellest Aurin, 3
miles west of Roye, according to
advices received in London, which al
so reports the capture of the western
edge of the town of Bra yby the Bri
_iish. Main interest is centering in
the sector around Lassigny-Massif.
s believed the French are close to
crest, upon possession of which
hh whole position of the southern
■ line depends.
I (By The Associated Press.)
M Paris, Aug. 12.—The war office
8 reports artillery fighting southwest
■ of Roye, but there was no marked
1 change in the situation on the French
front during last night.
I s*tThe Germans are offering bitter
1 resistance along the Chaulnes-Roye
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Noyon line. The enemy is bringing
up strong reinforcements, while the
allies are preparing for a further ad
vance.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 12.— General Haig
reports the French advance has been
made nearer to the important town
of Roye from the southwest by the
capture of the villages of Arman
court annd Tilloloy. British positions
south of the Somme river have been
linked with those north of the river
at Etinepen. A German attack
against British positions south of
Lihon was repulsed.
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AND TROTSKY GO
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 12.—Premier Lenine
and Leon Trotsky have fled to Kron
stadt, according to a dispatch sent
by the semi-official Wolff bureau of
Berlin, says a Havas report from Pa
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MANPOWER ACT
—TUMIIM
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 12.— Senate
leaders today ordered a telegram
sent to absentee senators asking
them to return to Washington before
Thursday, when the man-power bill
extending the draft ages will be re
ported to the senate.
Casualty List
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 12.—Army casu
alties show killed in action, Private
Wm. G. Bridges of Magness, Inde
pendence county, Ark.; wounded,
degree undetermined, Private Homer
Stout, of Key, Ark.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 12.—Army cas
ualties show killed in action, 50; died
of wounds, ten; disease, two; acci
dent and other causes, four; wound
ed severely, 67; degree undeter
mined, 158; missing, seven.
Frank Allen came in Saturday
from a two weeks’ vacation visit with
his parents at Baton Rouge, La. He
has just receiveS a letter from his
Cousin, Curtis Allen, who writes in
terestingly of his trip overseas to
France and of the battlefields, where
th' preparations for whipping the
Hun are going on on a magnanimous
scale. Mr. Allen is in the hospital
corps.
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BRITISH GUNNERS WORK STRIPPED TO THE WAIST
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Tliis British official picture taken somewhere on tlie western front shows a British gun -row stripped to the
watst loading and firing one of the big guns.
BUSHEL CAMPAIGN
HIS BOOB START
Despite the unpatriotic attitude of
the weather man Sunday the meeting
of school directors at the county
court house for the purpose of start
ing the Give-A-Bushel campaign in
Jackson county was a splendid suc
cess. Chairman George Sink issued
a call through the Independent last
week for the meeting, and as a result
there were thirty-two school districts
of the county well represented, be
sides a number of other citizens be
ing present.
Chairman Sink explained the pur
pose of the meeting to those present
and completed plans for the work to
be carried forward in every school
district. The directors in their re
spective districts will have charge of
the work.
This campaign, which has the en
dorsement of the president and all his
official assistants, is one that should
enlist the interest of every patriot
ic citizen. To assist in bringing it
to a success, no individual is asked
to make a sacrifice. One must
pledge a bushel of wheat, or some
product, or donate the price of a
bushel of such to a fund that will be
turned over to a committee repre
senting the boys “over there.” This
movement is directly for the benefit
of the soldier boys.
Call on your school directors and
sign a pledge card, which is to be re
deemed on December 1, this year.
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VICTIMS OF SUB
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(By The Associated Press.)
Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 12.—The
British steamer, Penistone, is re
ported to have been sunk by a Ger
ma submarine off Georges Bank. The
Penistons, a vessel of 4,000 tons, ap
parently was the victim of the same
submarine which destroyed nine fish
ing schooners Saturday.
Washington, Aug. 12.—The de
struction of the British steamer, Pen
istone, and the Swedish steamer,
Sydland, by a German submarine off
the New England coast has been re
ported to the navy department. The
crew of the Sydland was rescued.
The American schooner, Herman
Winter, is also rc .ted to have been
sunk.
(By The Associated Press.)
El Paso, Texas, Aug. 12.—Twenty
six passengers and forty soldiers of
a train guard were killed and sev
enty—soldiers—and—civilians—were
wounded when a northbound Mexican
Central train was held up fifty miles
south of Chihuahua City, Mexico, Sat
ui'day. The bandits were Villa fol
lowers.
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A concerted campaign having for
j its purpose to complete the sales of
I war savings stamps in counties com
prising Group No. 2 was started in
earnest today. A meeting Sunday
; night was held at the Arkansas Bank
& Trust Company, at which the fol
lowing persons were present: Chas.
G. Henry of Newport, chairman of
the group, George R. Wyman, Bru<!e
Ramsey and H. F. H. Eberts of State
Director Wright’s « regular field
force, and R. S. Granger of Harrison;
F. O. Cogbill of Wynne annd J. Wal
ker Morrow of Forrest City.
Chairman Henry assigned these
men to duty in the following coun
ties:
Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Inde
pendence, Izard, Lawrence, Marion,
Randolph, Sharp, Stone, White and
Woodruff. The men began work
Monday morning and hope to com
plete the “mopping up” campaign by
Wednesday of next week. Many of
the counties have fallen far short of
the quota of sales of War Savings
stamps. These counties range from
twenty to eighty per cent in sub
scribing their quotas. Probably
Jackson county has attained the bet
ter record, having subscribed to
eighty per cent of its quota. Chair
man Billingsley believes he will be
"able to bring Jackson county ovor the
top within a week.
Group Chairman Henry has ex
perienced some difficulty in carrying
forward the work in several counties
by reason of the fact that the matter
of keeping county chairmen on the
job has not been an easy one. In In
dependence county there have been
three different chairmen since the
drive started. In other counties
chairmen are members of the con
stitutional convention, now in session
in Little Rock.
Success in several counties of the
district, Chairman Henry states, has
been greatly due to the efforts of H.
F. II. Eberts of Little Rock, Claude
M. Erwin and Fred R. Suits of New
port, who comprise his official staff.
kirbyIbjects
TO AGE LIMITS
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 12.— An effort
by Senator Kirby of Arkansas tc
amend the man-power bill to make
the ages from twenty-one to forty
five, inclusive, was defeated today ir
the senate military committee by ar
overwhelming vote. Senator Kirbj
announced he would continue his ef
fort on the floor of the senate.
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BREAK JAIL IN
OPEN OIYIISHT
Wholesale Escape of Prisoners Is
Prevented By the Plucky Inter- ^
ference of Young Lady.
A good deal of nerve and luck is at
tached to a daylight jail delivery, but
two men succeeded in putting such a
thing over in Newport Sunday after
noon at one o’clock. The men who did
this were Lee Bell, age 34, and Win
ford Laird, aged 25.
Bell and Laird must have had
Sunday afternoon engagements at
different points, for as soon as they
emerged from prison they took to
different directions. They are still
at large.
The men succeeded in breaking
through a door and into a room which
had no ceiling. After making a long
rope from the remnants of torn blan
kets they forced their way through
the slate roofing, tied the improvis
ed rope fast and dropped to the
ground. None of the county officials
were about at the time, but Bell was
OAnn f a rvA A A^nn Woltuif of roof wViiIa.
Laird took to an alley. Officers were
notified, but up to Monday no trace
of the men had been found, though it
is hoped to bring about their capture
within a few hours.
Bell was in jail to wait the action
of the grand jury on a charge of
grand larceny. A few weeks ago he
stole considerable merchandise at El
gin, also stealing a team of mules
and a buggy. Laird was awaiting
the action of the grand jury upon a
charge of having stolen some cotton
on Denton Island in 1916.
Both Sheriff Ivy and Jailor Hogan
were absent from the city on busi
ness when the delivery occurred.
The handling of a .45 calibre pistol
holds no terrors for Miss Lillian How- /.;
ard, we have found since the above
report of the jail delivery yesterday
was written. When Bell and Laird
made good their escape from the hole
in the jail roof, Miss Howard, who
boards at the jail building with her
aunt, Mrs. Chas. Hogan, wife of/"
Jailor Hogan, was attracted by the
noise made by other prisoners who
were ready to take the same method
of sudden departure as followed by
Bell and Laird. She immediately
armed herself witl* a .45 pistol, ran
to the jail yard, leveled the artillery
at the men on the roof and com
manded them to fall back. They fell
back. About that time Marshal Gua
Martin appeared on the scene, went
upstairs and locked the men in cells.
-When nsked if she would have Used ‘
the pistol, Miss Howard simply said
yes. And the way her large, attrac
tive black eyes snapped made the
answer unnecessary. She is indeed
deserving of much credit for having
thwarted plans for a wholesale de
livery of prisoners. ~ , jg
Miss Howard, who is yet in her
teens, is employed as saleslady at
the store of H. G. Brandenburg.
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