FRENCH COll TOWN
' LISSICNFJITERRITORY
(By The Associated Press.)
London, 4:47 p. m.— The French have gained control of
the entire Massif of Lassigny, according to advices this after
* noon. This gives them comman d of the town of Lassigny and
the valley of Dnieite, as well as the entire district to the north.
• (By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 13.—The French launched an attack this morning on
the southern part of the Picardy bat tie field, and according to reports re
ceived at noon are making progress in the valley of the Oise river. The
' Cermans are evacuating trenches at the bend of the river west of Bailly,
and the French are occupying them to the northwest. The French are
almost entirely on the crest of Lass igny-Hassif, where heavy fighting is
in progress. The enemy is reported to be destroying villages in his rear.
Peronne is reported burning.
Heavy local fighting is reported at Fismette on the north bank
of the Vesle, where Franco-America ns are holding the line. The allies
were to retire to the south bank of the river. Counter attacks were
launched immediately and the allies are reported to have restored their
old positions on the north bank.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 13.—The Germans
intend to occupy Petrograd, accord-;
ing to a Helsingfors dispatch to the
■Copenhagen Politiken, says the Co
penhagen correspondent to the Ex
change Telegraph. Troops are re
ported being brought forward for
this purpose.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 13.—Last night was
without important developments on
the main battle front, says the war
office anpouncement this morning.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 13.—The Germans
are evacuating trenches in the river
bed of the Oise just west of Bailly,'
according to news received here early
this afternoon.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 13.—The British
gained additional ground north of
Roye and on the north bank of the
P Somme river, says General Haig’s
' statement today. A German attack
last night in the Merris sector in
Flanders was repulsed. A local Ger-!
man attack near Fouquescourt, be
tween Chaulnes and Roye, was also
repulsed.
JACKSON COUNTY
TO SECURE NURSE
After years of work and many ef
forts made, Jackson county is to se
cure a public health service nurse,
furnished by the American Red Cross
whose duties extend over the whole
county, going from house to house,
and especially in the rural districts
in the effort of aiding in better
health and the nursing back to health
of those diseases that need special
nursing, care and advice. For sever
al years it had been hoped that
through the sale of Red Cross Christ
mas Seals that such a nurse would be
realized, but not until this year was it
successful. A long felt need will be
realized when such a person can go
throughout the town and county
teaching the people not only to nurse
their suck, but how to live that much
of their sickness can be avoided.
Mrs. Elizabeth Spitzer of Chicago,
who has spent much of her time in
special study of public health nurs
ing, will arrive the first of Septem
ber and will begin her work as soon
as she arrives and can get an office
fixed up. In this office will have to
be a number of pieces nf furniture
with many other things which the
people are asked to donate, among
them being one desk, three chairs
one table, one couch, one typewriter
■j-Cnsnn/tp List_j
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 13.—Army cas- j
ualties show killed in action, Private
Henry C. Mosell of Harrisburg, Ark.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 13.—Army cas
ualties show killed in action, 14; died
of wounds, three; accident and oth
er causes, one; wounded severely,
fifty-two; degree undetermined,
nineteen; missing, one.
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MAillAHNA FIRE
is urn
(By The Associated Press.)
Marianna, Ark., Aug. 13.—The
mercantile establishment of Griffis
Newbern Company and eleven othei
buildings in the business district o
Marianna were destroyed by fire this
morning. The loss is estimated a
$720,000.
T. P. Umsted has returned' fron
Hot Springs, where he accompaniee
his son, Virgil. Ht reports the youn;
man to be improving slowly.
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WIRING A TREE BLOCKADE ACROSS A CANAL
British wiring trees which they have felled across a canal to hold up tne enemy.
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ALLIES MAKE GREAT
STRIDES ALONG LINE
(Associated Press War Summary.)
The allied forces this morning began a general attack on a front
of about twenty-five miles from Chaulnes south to the Oise river. Noon
advices to London reported important gains at various points, especially
in the vital sector south of Lassigny. Unofficial advices report the nat
ural fortress of Lassigny-Hassig is almost within the grasp of
Leconvillon annd are virtually on the crest of Silts overlooking the long
reaches of the Ois§. If the allies succeed in carrying the heights south
of Lassigny the enemy will be forced to retire from the Roye district, as
the allies will dominate the entire re'gion with artillery. From Chaulnes
northward to the Ancre river the desperate defense of the Germans ap
pears to be holding up the allies. Only local engagements were reported
today on the Flanders front. Hard fighting is reported on the north
bank of the Vesle between Soissons and Rheims. Allied airmen are re
ported to be harassing the rear enemy lines unceasingly.
TEH VOITRTEER
THEIR SERVICES
The enrollment of the Student
Nurses, in the campaign which has
been going on all over the state since
the first of August, has closed. How
ever, any young woman may enlist
in Jackson county any time hereaf
ter, by applying to Mrs. Claude M.
Erwin. The ladies in charge of the
Jackson county work are very much
pleased at the enrollment of young
ladies, as our county’s quota has
been passed. Each student will be
given from now until the first of
April to enter training, either in ar
my or civilian schools. They can
take their choice, but will be required
to remain in either of these schools
for nursing from one to three years.
The young ladies of Jackson county
who have enrolled in the Student
Nurses Reserve Service, as it is call
ed, are Misses Carolyn Harris, Jessie
Kidd, Maude Littleton and Blanche
Sink of Newport, Mildred Harris of
Auvergne, Lois Gardner and Minnie j
Belle Collier of Tupelo, Lucile Tay- j
lor of Elgin and Alma and Anna Me-1
Auley of Weldon.
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18 TO 45 FAVORED
BY COMMITTEE
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 13.—The senate
military committee voted this afterr
noon to report favorably at once on
the bill extending draft ages to from
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eighteen to forty-five years, with
the amendment providing two years’
free education for boys under twenty,
one to be given after the war. This
probably will be reported Monday.
Miss Effie Sisk of Little Rock,
who has been,, visiting homefolks at
Newark during her two weeks’ vaca
tion, was the guest ot Mrs. Marion
Dickens last night on her return to
St. Vincent’s, at Little Rock, where
she is in training for a nurse.
unrsDnnG—
SUT BELGIANS
The Red Cross sewing rooms have
just turned out its ■ quota of sixty
suits for little Belgian boys, which
' will be shipped to France and Bel
gium to make glad sixty little boys
of that war stricken country. The
ladies were very enthusiastic over
making them and many put a tie and
a handkerchief into the pockets, as
1 an extra gift, and which will make
| them all the more appreciated by the
little boys. On account of school
opening the middle of September the
sewing rooms will have to be moved
again. The location has not been
definitely decided, but the Stayton
brothers have offered a room in their
building for use as the surgical
dressing room and Mr. H. C. Sanders
has tendered the use of a room on
l Walnut street, adjoining the Mada
line theatre, for a sewing room. The
ladies expect to be in their new quar
ters by September 10th.
Weldon has organized a sewing
unit and has an attractive work
j room, with Mrs. t D. Kimbrough as
superintendent.
| -
Mrs. Hogue of Newark spent Mon
day in the city with her son, C. R.
Hogue, and left today for Augusta to
visit her daughter.
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BITE QUESTION >
YET UNSETTLED ,,
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Another Audit of the Books of the
Arkansas Light & Power Com
pany Has Been Ordered.
At r. meeting of the city council
last night the question of granting
the Arkansas Light & Power Com
pany the right to raise the rate on
electric current 25 per cent and wa
ter 30 per cent came in for a spirited
debate. A few days ago a commit
tee investigating the company’s books
for the period of July rendered a re
port showing the company was oper
ating its plant here at a loss, indicat
ing that the increases asked for '
would be necessary to allow the com- ,
pany a legitimate income. At the;
meeting last night, however, it was«.
decided that a more detailed investi- * ft}
gation should be made, covering a, '! ‘§|
greater period of time than that rep- M
resente by the business of the one
month, July.
This work of a more detailed and
extensive audit will be started at
once, and the report will be published
in the Independent as the figures are
made available.
GERMAN U-BOATS '
SINK MORE
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(By The Associated Press.)
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 13.—The
Norwegian steamship, Sommerstad,. :
one of the vessels taken over by the
United States, was sunk by a Ger
man submarine off Fire Island- yes
terday. The crew was rescued.
(By The Associated Press.) M
Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 13.— The
auxiliary schooner, Earland Nettie, ft«
a fishing vessel, was sunk by a Ger
man submarine off Georges Banka
Saturday. The crew was brought
here. The boat, it is reported, was
looted and sunk by gunfire. i4|i||
(By The Associated Press.) 'M
London, Aug. 13.— The admiralty
announces a British torpedo boat
destroyer was sunk by an enemy sub
marine in the Mediterranean Aug
ust 6th. Seven of the crew were lost.
(By The Associated Press.)
An Atlantic Port, Aug, 13.—A
Brazilian freighter is reported ashore
off the New England coast, and
vessel is believed to be in a danger
ous position. One report said the
steamer was evading a submarine.
Mrs. Jeff Avera came in from Fay