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Newport Daily Independent.
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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 146. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER MUL9HL PRICE FIVE CENTS
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ALLIES SMASH
INTO NETWORK
AND CONTINUE THEIR AD
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VANCE THROUGH FLANDERS.
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Allies Are Now Two Miles From Im
portant Railway Center of Cour
trai, And Enemy Resistance
Is Now Remarkably Low.
AMERICANS FIGHTING HARD.
(Associated Press Summary.)
Allied troops contitnue their vigor
ous blows for important gains in
Flanders and from the Oise to the
Meuse are smashing through the net
work of railroads. In western Flan
ders the allies are now within two
miles of Courtrai, an important rail
way center. The allies also dominate
with guns the railroad from Lille to
the Belgian coast. Enemy resistance
appears to be only for the purpose of
delaying the allies until the evacua
tion of Belgium is completed. East
of the Oise the French have advanced
between five and six miles from Laon. j
The French now threaten Rethel, the
railway junction between Argonne
and the Meuse.
The Americans are battling
through German wire entanglements
while the French are moving forward
west of the forest.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 15.— Advices
reaching Washington indicate it was
Von Hindenburg himself who caused |
the German government to accept
the president’s peace terms and to
^_ seek an armistice.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. .51—A Dutch frontier
message to the Central News
says several German torpedo boats
recently left Zeebrugge filled to ca
pacity with soldiers and proceeded to
Germany.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Oct. 15.—The war office re
porta the French made an important
advance toward the important town
of Bethel. The town of Nanteuil-Sur
Aisne, two and a half miles east of
Bethel, has been Raptured. In the
Argonne the French have progressed
beyond the Aisne. The west ground
of Previlla-Olisy and Ternes have
been captured. South of Serre the
French have made marked progress,
the towns of Remies Cel and Mon
seau Lewast being taken.
(By The Associated P^ess.)
Iondon, Oct. 15.— Belgian troops
are on the outskirts of Menin and
are within two miles of Courtrai.
(By The Associated Press.)
tir.u. 'Pv.ificjVi Ai'mv in RfilP’illTTl.
Oct 15-—Enemy resistance in Flan
ders is reported broken after the al
lied advance of yesterday. Today
there are indications that the enemy
is withdrawing the remainder of his
material fom the coast of Belgium.
*Ffie British have passed through
Haulers and are still advancing.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 15.— The Evening
News says it understands that the al
lied forces in their new drive against
German positions in Belgium have
captured Roulers.
MEETING OF HEALTH
OFFICERS ABANDONED
Special to the Independent.
' Little Rock, Oct. 15.—Dr. C. W.
Garrison, state health officer, an^
nuances that the annual meeting of
local health officers, which had been
ealkd for October 17-18, has been
abandoned, because of the imperative
need of all physicians at home to
. cope with the influenza epidemic.
SAMMIES HAVE' *
CROSSED RIVER
And Are Breaking Through Wire En
tanglements With The Use Of
Tanks West Of Itoniagne.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 15.—American troops
on the Paleso have crossed the Selle
river south of Lecateau, taking pris
oners. Haig reports today that in
raiding operations at several por
tions of the British front the British
are reported to have taken prisoners.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 15.—Tanks
were brought into action by the
Americans to break the way through
enemy wire entanglements west of
Romangne today.
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the Americans was satisfactory de
spite German resistance.
Casualty List
The following is the daily summary
of the casualty list of the American
Expeditionary Forces now fighting
in France, as given by the command
ing general:
Killed in action-47
Missing in action-49
Wounded severely -187
Died of disease-34
Led of accident and other causes 4
Died from wounds -25
Wounded slightly -15
Wounded, degree undetermined__136
Total _494
From the list of names comprising
the above total we find the follow
ing Arkansas boys: Died of disease,
Abe O. Frost, Clarksville; Richard
L. Kitchens, Helena. Wounded se
verely, David V. Nichols, Little
Rock; Frederick S. Eden, Fayette
ville; Tracy L. Foltz, Hamlin.
Wounded, degree undetermined, Jas.
F. Fish, Star City.
CANDIDATES SELECTED
BY COMMITTEEMEN.
The nominating committee appoint
ed to select candidates to serve on the
board of the Jackson County Chap
ter, American Red Cross, for the
year October 23rd, 1918, to October
23rd, 1919, which was composed of
the following: Mr. S. R. Philips, Mr.
R. B. Hooker of Newport and Mr.
James Graham of Tuckerman, met
and on the evening of the 10th inst
submitted the following names which
will be voted upon in the regular
election, October 23rd, which is the
date of the annual meeting of na
tional as well as all local Red Cross
organizations.
Mr. J. D. Carvell, Grubbs; L. D.
Smith, Tuckerman; R. P. Sharp,
Swifton; J. F. Gardner, Tupelo;
G. A. Hillhouse, T. J. Gregg, R. J.
Huguley, P. H. Van Dyke, W. N.
Dunaway, W. A. Bllingsley, J. L.
Bevens, all of Newport.
The annual meeting will be held at
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rne court nuu»c vn ~ ~.&
October 23rd, to which all membeis
of the Jackson County Chapter are
elligible and it is hoped there will be
a large attendance, not only from
Newport, but representatives from
every part of the county. Ihere is
no work of tVje war so important
or so dear to the people as is the
Red Cross. It is truly said that
it is the one organization that “puts
the Soul in soldier.” It is an organ
ization that ministers to all alike
and has nothing to do with race, col
or, age or creed. It is the universal
mother of mankind and as such it
appeals to the highest and the low
est, for it stands for all that is no
blest and most unselfish in mankind.
The recent purchasers of the Kan
sas City and Memphis railroad have
concluded to abandon it on account
of their inability to induce the. gov
ernment to take over its operation.
The Kansas City and Memphis rail
road is about 55 miles long, and runs
through one of the finest fr it sec
tions of the state, from Fayetteville
to Siloam Springs via Rogers.
Subscribe for the Independent.
GERMANY MAKES
PLEA TO FRANCE
Asks Her To Refrain From Bombard
ing Towns And Permit Popula
tion Into French Lines.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Oct .15.—The Germar
government has proposed to Franc*
that in common with her allies Franc*
undertake to refrain from bombard
ing large towns in northern France
and enter into an agreement witl
Germany to permit at any rate a por
tion of the population of Valencien
nes to pass into French lines, says a
Berlin official statement.
ARKANSAS HOLDING THIRD.
Arkansas continues to hold thirc
place in the Fourth Liberty Loar
campaign of the eighth district, al
though the number of dollars sub
scribed is a little more than Indiana’s
total. Her total per cent is only 7£
whereas that of Indiana is 99.
Officials of the Missouri-Pacific
railroad state that 25 per cent of the
roads’ operating force in Arkansas
Louisiana and Oklahoma are incapac
itated on account of influenza.
Baxter county is the banner coun
of the state in regard to Fourth Lib
erty Loan subscriptions. It has ta
ken already 61 per cent more than its
quota.
A negro boy name Ernest Conway
died thirty minutes after being hit
on the head with a bottle by a negro
in Little Rock yesterday.
AVOID SHAME I
AND DISGRACE!
I German Propaganda Must Not Cause
People of Jackson To Slacken ;
f Efforts To' Raise Loan.
■
‘ G. A. Hillhouse, chairman of the I
t
Jackson County Liberty Loan Organ- .
ization, today received the following,
telegram from Chairman Compton of
■ • St. Louis:
i i “Say to the people of your county, 1
| “Will you raise your quota? Unless
■ you do world-wide disgrace and
| shame will come.” None else can
| correct your share of the load. Your
part must be done or state and na
tional disgrace will surely come, i
Will your people let insidious Ger
man popaganda and peace proposals,
which any clear thinking man knows :
must be rejected, break down your
efforts? No peace can come except
ing from victory of arms, and no
armistice until Germany is broken
in spirit, humiliated, acknowledges j
her wrong-doing, evacuates territory, j
recalls her submarines, stacks her I
arms and unconditionally surrenders, j
! No peace will come through parley |
with German monsters who have out-'
raged civilization, murdered our
' wounded soldiers and innocent by- ,
' standers. Influenza is no doubt an
other form of German atrocity. Ev
ery one must be aroused to the neces
sity of overcoming all obstacles. If
j your workers are ill, you are author
I jzed to commandeer the services of
others. We shall not fail. We must
fight every hour of the present week.
From every county in this district a
message of reassurance is requested.” ,
ROSS MATHS
WRITES ROUE
Was Taken Prisoner And Is Now
Held In German Hospital 160
Miles East Of Berlin.
Lieutenant Ross Mathis of Cotton
Plant, who is well known to many
people of this section of the state,
and who was reported severely
wounded several weeks ago, and later
reported captured, has written to
his wife at Cotton Plant from Stral
kowo, Germany, where he is con
fined in an officers’ hospital, a pris
oner of Germany. He was shot in the
hand and shoulder, but writes that he
is getting along nicely.
The hospital in which Lieut. Ma
this is being kept is 160 miles east
of Berlin.
H. P. Mathis, a brother of Lieut.
Mathis, who travels in this territory
for a wholesale concern, was in New
port today and told of his sister-in
law receiving the letter from her
husband yesterday.
WHALES AS MILK COWS.
News reports originating from Sa
lem, Ore., say that there is a move
ment on foot there to domesticate
the whales of the Arctic ocean and
make milk cows of them. It is stated
the milk of the whale has that of the
cow skinned a city block, and one
whale gives a barrel of milk at a
time.
A most successful Red Cross linen
shower has just been held in White
county. A total of 550 articles were
asked for and 690 were given.
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The Boys Have “Come Through”
—Have You?
The bops have “come
through,” as Ameri
cans alwaps do, at
the Marne, Chauteau
Thierrp, Seicheprep
and St. Mihiel.
Thep are doing their
part--and now again
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we have the privilege
of doing ours, punp in
comparison, bp sub
scribing to the Fourth
Libertp Loan.
Make every dollar you
can possibly spare a
fighting dollar—lend
your money to the
i; Government to wage
j| humanity's greatest
crusade.
The more tanks, artillery, airplanes and munitions we have, the
less will be the toll of American blood—your money will help
supply these. Knowing this, can you conscientiously hold back
from subscribing for Liberty Bonds to your fullest capacity? It's
| your turn to “come through."
Star Clothing Company
A DAM L OCKARD, Manager “ THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN."
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UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER OF
HUD NECESSARY
IS VERDICT OF AMERICAN AND
ALLIED OFFICIALS.
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Germany Must Be Compelled To Ac
cept Uncompromising Terms—
Being Founded to Death and
Must Come to Her Knees.
HINDENBURG ASKS ARMISTICE.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 15.—An uncon
ditional surrender by Germany was
the interpretation that was today put
on President Wilson’s answer to the
German peace plea by both American
and allied military officials here.
There is no doubt among officers that
sooner or later the enemy will bt~
compelled to accept these uncompro
mising terms. The German army is
Deing pounueu w ueatn in me neru,
they declare, and the only thing Ger
many can hope to save from the
wreckage is to prevent the war from
being carried across her border,
which will be accomplished only at
the price of putting herself utterly
at the mercy of the victors.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 14.—President
Wilson has answered Germany's
peace proposal with a decision which
fulfills the expectations of support
ers of his diplomacy and dispels the
fears of those who predicted he would
substitute victories at arms with de
feats at diplomacy.
No peace with kaiserism. Auto
cracy must go. No armistice can
even be thought of while Germany
continues her atrocities on land and
sea. One cannot be considered unless
it fully is dictated by the allied com
manders in the field in such terms
as absolutely provides safeguards
and guarantees that Germany’s part
will not be a scrap of paper.
This in a few words is the presi
dent’s answer.
If it does not bring a capitulation
which may be more than an uncon
ditional surrender, allied diplomats«
and American officials believe it may
cause a revolution in Germany.
It speaks for the entente allies as
well as the United States.
The dispatch of the president’s re
ply was followed by the issue of this
formal statement at the White House
by Secretary Tumulty:
“The government will continue to
send over 250,000 men with their
supplies every month, and there will
be no relaxation of any kind.”
Quite outside the formal phrases
of diplomatic document, that was
President Wilson’s word to the world
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MORE THAN FIVE
HUNDRED BODIES
ARE RECOVERED.
(By The Associated Press.)
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 15.—More than
five hundred bodies have been recov
ered from the section of northwest
ern Minnsota, which has been swept
by forest fires.
(By The Associated Press.)
Chicago, Oct. 15.— An insurance
man’s estimate today of the property
damage from forest fires in Minne
sota is $75,000,000. This did not in
clude timber and other uninsured
property.
COTTON REPORT.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 11.—The census
bureau announces cotton consumed
in September amounted to 490,779
running bales and 96,112 bales lint
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