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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 105. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
HINDENBURG LINE HAS SEEN PENETRATED
_ i----1 ' As
i BRITISH REACH
KEYSTONE OF
ENEMY LINES
French Have Repulsed German Coun
ter Attacks and Advanced Line
Three Quarters of Mile East
Of Bagneux.
(Associated Press Summary.
-Smashing through the German
lines in Northern Picardy the British
have reached the outskirts of Ba
paume, which is considered the key
stone of the enemy lines in that sec
tor. The official statement issued in
London today shows slow but con
tinued progress. The French are
once more advancing near Roye ac
cording to an official statement from
Paris telling of successes near St.
Mard about a mile southwest of Roye.
Between Ailette and Aisne the
French have repulsed German coun
ter-attacks and have advanced their
line about three quarters of a mile
east of Bagneux. There is little indi
cation that Germans are demoralized
in the battle raging from Arras to
Soissons. At every point they seem
to be fightting savagely and to be
compelling the British and French to
extend themselves to the limit.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 27.—Associated Press advices
say the Hindenburg line has been
penetrated by the British at a point
east of Hcninel.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 27.—British forces
are established in northern outskirts
•f Bapaume, according to the war of
fice official statement today.
(By The Associated Press.)
Vienna, onday, Aug. 27.—In Alba
nia Austrian troops have recaptured
Berat and Fieri, near the mouth of
Semeni, says the official statement
from Austro-Hungarian headquar
. ters today. The Italians lost heavily
in men and material.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 27.—In their advance
in the Monchy-Le-Preuxregion Mon
day the British captured more than
two thousand prisoners, newspapers
here announce today.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 27.— The French ad
vanced this morning in the region of
St. Mard, southwest of Roye, after
having repulsed a number of enemy
^ counter attacks in that sector, the
war office announces. They have
captured eleven hundred prisoners
the statement says. East of Bagneux
and north of the Aisne the Fiench
have advanced their line about three
quarters of a mile.
(By The Associated Press.)
"" London, Aug. 27.—The British in
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CHASER SENT
TOBOTTH
Mistaken for Enemy Submarine and
Sent to Bottom Before Mistake
Was Discovered.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 27.—The Ameri
can submarine chaser, Number 209,!
j I
I mistaken for a submarine by a mer-1
j chant steamer off of Fire Island,
I New York, early this morning, was
| sent to the bottom. Seventeen mem
| bers of the crew, including the com
I mander and executive officer are
: missing. Nine survivors, some of
I them wounded, have been landed.
The merchant ship was the Ameri
} can steamer, Felix Tssix. In dark
| ness her armed guard mistook the
i chaser for a submarine and opened
! fire, destroying the little craft be
! fore the mistake was discovered.
, Northern Picardy are making pro
| gress toward the village of Beugna
I tre, northeast of Bapaume, accord
i ing to the official statement issued
I today. There is hard fighting
i around Croiselles, the statement says.
' Since last Wednesday the British
; have taken twenty-one thousand
I prisoners. The British have pushed
through Notauban and reached
Longue Val. Australian forces have
made substantial progress toward
Dompierre, south of Somme and east
of Suzanne, north of the river, the
statement adds.
-.
MAN WHO SANK THE
LUSITANIA IS CAPTURED.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 27.—Lieut. Schweiger,
the man who sank the Lusitania, has
been captured by a French Patrol
boat in the Mediterranean sea, ac
cording to the La Journal.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.
Thursday and Sunday afternoons
were productive of rains which fell in
varying degrees of intensity all over
Jackson county. The drought is
broken, but the rains are too late to
do much good to com and hay.
Cotton was suffering badly before
the rain, but it remains to be seen
whether the crop will shed more than
ever or stop shedding. The rain i
would seem to assure us of some sort
of a top crop.
We cannot help its effect on the
crops already planted, but it is up to
every JacKson county tanner to taxe
advantage of the rain to plant new
crops to supplement the crops so
badly damaged by the severe drought.
With the cry of food coming from
every government agency, every ef
fort should be made to plant crops
that will be available during the fall
and winter.
1 Feed will undoubtedly be scarce,
) and a pasture for the winter should
be provided. Rye should be sown at
j once, either in cotton or corn middles.
The moisture is sufficient to assure
t quick germination. Besides rye, bur
1 and crimson clover are good legumes
, for winter pasture.
' With winter pastures so vital to
the farmer, the crops of wheat and
winter oats should be more impor
tant than ever before. Besides the
| food for man and beast these crops
' will furnish next June, they can, by
! proper handling, furnish lots of
grazing this winter.,
. And don’t forget the fall garden
and turnip patch. Radishes, shallots,
lettuce and other early vegetables,
^ planted1 now, will be a valuable addi
■ | tion to the table fare before the se
, vere freezes stop their growth. The
1 turnips are also a fine stock food.
G. H. Banks,
County Agent, Newport, Ark.
WILL SPEAK ON “Y” WORK.
- Dr. D. E. Johnson, Sr., represent
• ing the Arkansas War Work Council,
► Y. M. C. A.’s, will speak at the
► j First Baptist church on Second
► at 8:30 tonight. No collection taken.
► Everybody is invited.
CAPTURED BY AMERICANS AT SEICHEPREY
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These doughboys are wearing German hats and are displaying otner
souvenirs captured by the Americans when they routed the Germans at the
battle of Seicheprey. Among the other trophies in the picture may be seen a
gun, gas mask, wire cutter and canteen.
CREW OF SUNKEN VESSEL
ARRIVED SAFELY TODAY.
(By The Associated Press.)
Canadian-Atlantic Port, Aug. 27.—
The crew of the new American fish
ing schooner, Russ, of Boston, which
was sunk yesterday off the coast by
an enemy submarine, arrived safely
in port today.
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SENATE ACCEPTS
AMENDMENT
Where -Strikers Submit Troubles to
War Labor Board, “Work or Fight
Amendment Will Not Apply.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 27.— The sen
ate today tentatively accepted the
Cummins amendment to the man
power bill, the '“work or fight”
amendment providing that the pro
vision shall not apply in cases of la
bor strikes, where strikers submit
grievances to the war labor board
and return to work pending the
board’s decision.
Casualty List
(By the Associated Press.)
Killed in action, 41; missing in
action, 3; wounded severely, 83;
died of wounds, 18; died from acci
dent and other causes, 3; died of
disease, 1; wounded, degree undeter
mined, 7. Total, 156.
Summary of Casualties to Date: Of
ficers—Deaths, 34; wounded, 60;
missing, 1. Enlisted Men—Deaths,
852; wounded, 1,862; in hands of
enemy, 6; missing, 118.
Total casualties among officers and
enlisted men, 2,933.
In asking the people to Invest in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, the
government is not asking them to
Ion a paying basis.
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EXPERTSTRYilG
TO Era
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Present Situation on Western Front
By Announcing Victorious Re
pulses. But Map Shows Them . As
Hopelessly At Odds.
Amsterdam, Aug. 27.—German war
experts are hopelessly at odds trying }
to explain the present situation on
the western front. Twice daily Lu
dendorff’s Communique announce 3
victorious repulses, but a glance at i
the map shows each successive local
ity mentioned as the scene of the
fighting lines, a few miles farther : A
astward
RESIGNS POSITION AS PAGE. *
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 27.— Walter
Hines, page to the American ambas
sador of Great Britain, has submitted
his resignation to President Wilson
on account of ill health. His resig- :
nation has been accepted. Jt|
NEW REGISTRATION
TO BE EXPEDITED. |
Washington, Aug. 25.—No man
in the United States within the new
draft ages will be permitted to es
cape notice of his need, to register on |
the day to be fixed for that
The provost marshal general's
is planning to have registration
within ten days after passage of the
new man-power bill. If it goes
through as recommended with the
ages 18 to 45 there will be approxi
mately 13,000,000 men to register.
General Crowder is now planning 11 m
with the committee on public infor- Si
mation and the council of national
defense to use every known medium ^
of publicity to notify the men in
cluded in its terms of their duty. .•
The newspapers will of course, y
carry daily news stories during the
ten days asked them to devote adver- ||
tising space to the copy which it will
supply. Department stores will use M
their regular space in advertising,
the registration.
The 55,000 postoffices and 56,000
railroad stations will be placarded
These posters will be placed in all
factories. They will be in the shape
of four page newspapers,, the first
page carrying appeals from the •
president, the secretary of war and
the secretary of the navy and other
high officials of the government; the.'
last page instructions for registr*- 'mM
tion, and across the two inside pages ,, |
a poster display of the dates and the