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VOLUME XVIII NO. 58. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY,
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(Associated Press Summary.)
A mighty enemy blow is apparent
ly imminent. Tension is increasing,
especially along the British front in
ranee, where German artillery fire
is growing in intensity, while infan
try operation has been resumed along
the Italian mountain front. The
Germans are reported to be concen
trating troops and 'supples /north
west of Chateau-Thierry, where the
Americans are holding a sector. Ae
rial fighting is severe near the Amer
ican lines.
Meanwhile the French continue to
perfect defensive positions ^between
the Aisne and the Marne rivers. The
French lines were advanced in the re
gions of Villers-Cotterets and St.
Pierre Aigle. Three hundred and
sixty-five prisoners were taken.
The Italians, while preparing for
eventualities west of Brenta, reoc- j
cupied the height of Monte Di Val- i
hella and gained a forfitied point on
Sasto Rooso. The Italians captuured
eight hundred prisoners in the Monte
Di Valbella operation. Vienna claims j
the advance was checked.
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The Germans attempted an air
raid on Paris again Sunday night.
The property damage was slight and
casualties few.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 1.— The Navy
department is advised that the crew
■of the American steamer, California,
sunk by a mine off the French coast,
has been landed.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jul^ 1.— Pehshingf’s
■communication today said there is
nothing to report from the American
fronts except increased artillery ac
tivity in the Chateau-Thierry region.
-BUY W. S. S.
NEW RULES CONCERNING
THE DISPOSITION OF WHEAT
The following letter from Hamp
Williams, Federal Food Administra
tor, to Hon. Geo. B. Irby, the local
administrator, has been received and
is published for the information of
the public:
“A circular letter covering your
questions about the regulations <i^i
regard to the disposition of wheat is
mailed you today. To expedite mat
ters I will attach, one to this sheet.
“We cannot as yet give you any in
formation about the new rules for
the disposal of surplus wheat in a
big way. So far, the price has not
been set, but we are promised that
this information will reach us within
a short time. When this is done, we
will pass a circular letter on it, and
you will receive one.”
The circular letter first mention
ed follows:
Little Rock, Ark., June 27, ’18.
June 27, 1918.
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T To All County Food Administrators:
The following telegram was receiv
ed in this office today from the Fed
eral Food Administrator, Herbert C.
Hoover at Washington:
“It appears that at many points
in the south, farmers have grown a
. certain amount of wheat in a patriot
ic attempts to make heinselves self
supporing in localities where there
had been hitherto no wheat grown
and where the milling capacity is
either non-existent or very limited
£ It seems that in many cases the far
mer is afraid o keep the wheat on ac
count of weevils. Therefore, we
would be glad if you would have ev
ery County Food Administrator make
his own rule so as to allow the far-!
mer is afraid to keep the wheat on ac
supply to meet this case. He may.
draw his flour at the rate of twelve j
pounds per month per dependent. It:
may also be desirable to encourage j
the creation of some flour milling ca-1
pacity in centers to serve these com
munities by the conversion of corn
mill or otherwise for this purpose.” i
(Signed) Hoover.
The above simply means that if the
farmer wishes, he may draw 144
pounds of flour for each member of
his family at milling time. The rule
of limiting his consumption to twelve
pounds per person per month still
applies.
| It means further that each county
j administrator should interest himself
: in seeing that there is flour. milling
'capacity not too remote from his poo
i pie to take care of their milling
! needs. If necessary,, it will be well to
; convert corn mill capacity in some
| places to flour mill capacity, A cau
! tion should be taken that if this is
| done, and the miller becomes a flour
! manufacturer, he should apply for a
license. •'*: * *l!JfP|l5]
i As we see it, this is a very sweep
I ing modification of the flour rules in
favor of the wheat growing farmers
in Arkansas. The spirit of this
telegram further guarantees to the
wheat producers that the Food Ad
minisration will take ample care of
the farmers who for patriotic reasons
add materially to the wheat produc
tion of his state.
Very truly yours,
Hamp Williams,
Federal Food Administrator for Ar
kansas.
The above rulings are effective as
indicated.
Geo. B. Irby,
Food Administrator for Jackson Co.
-BUY W. S. S.
Ed M. Heermans, manager of the
Chamber of Commerce, was called to
Morgantown, West Virginia, yester
day by message stating that his
father was ill and near death.
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Government Control Is Recommended
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EXPRESS COMPANIES
ARE CONSOLIDATED.
With the consolidation and govern
ment control of all railroads, the four j
express companies of the United
States, the Wells-Fargo, American,
Southern and Adams, have consoli- j
dated into one company to be known
is the American Railroad Express
Company. The new allied company
will have its office for the present at
:he old Wells-Fargo office, with C. C.
Copeland, manager. It is probable
that an up-town office will be ar
ranged later. With the new service
ill express packages will be received
it and distributed from the Missouri
Pacific station.
Eugene V. Debs, four times so
! cialist candidate for president, was
i arrested Sunday at Cleveland, Ohio.
The arrest was made on a federal
(warrant and he will face espionage
charges, it being alleged he delivered
a disloyal speech. It is said he stated
that the allies are fighting for com
mercial gain.
A telegram to the Independent .
this afternoon frcm Little Rock stat
ed the supreme court has upheld as (
valid the assessment against the, ^
Iron Mountain railroad by Road Im-;
provement District, No. 1 of Jackson 1
county.
--BUY W. S. S- i
The government needs your money; ]
ou need the stamps. 1
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 1.—Government
ontrol and operation of the nation’s
elegraph and telephone systems was
•ecommended to congress today by
he president. Efforts will be made
o pass legislation empowering the
resident to take over the systems
jefore the recess of congress this
veek in the face of the impending
strike >cf union operators employed
>y the Western Union. The strike was *
:alled, effective July 8, after the re
’usal of the Western Union to abide
>y the rulings of the war labor board
•egarding the discharge of union op
jrators.
-BUY W. S. S.
TURKEY IS ASKED
FOR EXPLATATIOH
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jate in their reading. The man ! M
s interested in reading has Uf «
-ead all the old magazines when Jffl
•ome out and the one who d
are how old they are, is the onj 1
icldom looks at more than tl *
;ures. Send books and
;he camp library or to Y.
]amp Pike. That will be
Iress necessary.
Thirty movie picture
jjiven each week in Camp Pi
;he auspices of the Y. M. C.
various buildings, and the
lictures shown is fully as
;hat to be seen at any standard
;heatre. There are also free
shown reels furnished by
irnment for instruction
:ary lines. These latter i
)ften accompanied by
nany officers.
-BUY W. S.
The philosophy of the W. S
save, save, save.
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Says He Will Restore
the Russian People
London, July 1.—The Szecho-Slou
ak forces have dissoluted the Bolshe
viki council of workmen and soldiers
delegates at Vladivostok, accoiding
to a Shanghai dispatch to the Reu
ters limited.
London, July 1.—The Germans
have occuped Tiflis, the capital of
the Caucasus government, says a
delayed Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Moscow. Organization
of Austro-German war prisoners in
that region has been started by the
Germans.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Portsmouth, Va., July 1.—The cap
ture iof a German submarine, which
sank the American transport, Presi
dent Lincoln, is announced in a tele
gram from Lieut. Isaacs of the Unit
ed States navy, who was taken pris
oner by Germans when the transport j
sank. Lieut. Isaacs telegraphed he'
is safe in England.
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NOTICE.
All retail grocermen hereafter
must issue duplicate receipts to pur
chasers of sugar and flour and re
quire purchasers to present their last
receipts which they must take up and
file before making another sale to
the same purchaser.
Geo. B. Irby,
County Food Administrator.
-BUY W. S. S.
DESTROYERS TO BE
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washngton, July 1.—Announce
ment is made that fourteen destroy
ers will be launched in American
ship yards on July 4th.
--BUY W. S. S.
NOTICE.
The county food administrator will
willingly assist any hotel proprietor
or boarding house proprietor in the
work of filling out statement mailed
them today and which is to be re
turned to Hamp Williams, federal
food administrator, at Little Rock.
Geo. B. Irby,
County Food Administrator.
-BUY W. S. S.
Protect your soldiers with your
savings.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, July 1.—Five were killed
and fourteen injured and severe
property damage resulted from an
allied air raid at Mannheim, Ger
'many, Saturday, according to a Ha
lvas dispatch from Basel.
-BUY W. S. S.
THE COAL SITUATION.
From the present estimates of the
1 country’s coal requirements, it seems
evident that sufficient coal will not
be transported to all parts of the
country to satisfy the needs of all
consumers.
This has made it necessary to es
I tablish Preference List designed to
j insure coal supply to industries con
. sidered most essential to the govern
j ment’s war policies. A comprehen
sive Distribution program has also
I been formulated, through which the
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coal JJJLUUUCL1UII Ui 1/I1C
be regulated and directed. This pro
gram is to be carried out by the Fuel
Administration, co-operating with
the War Industries Board.
All consumers of coal, except do
mestic, are to be classified under the
following heads, in the order named:
Railroads, Army and Navy, and oth
er Federal Departments, State and
County Departments and Insitutions,
Public utilties, Retail Dealers,
Manufacturing Plants, Jobbers, Lake
and Tidewater Trade.
This program provides that the
State Fuel Administrator shall have
entire responsibility and authority
for the distribution of coal alloted to
his state.
The regulations must necessarily
be much more stringent during the
coming winter than ever before
I which makes all the more imperative
the placing of orders Now for next
winter’s supply. The public has been
co-operating effectively, but there is
much yet to be done.
Orders must be placed in sufficient
I volume to insure the mines l*dng
i kept in operation constantly. How
jever, it cannot be expected that all
orders for storage for next winter’s
use can be filled at once, but will be
taken care of to the extent, and as
rapidly as the production will per
mit, and in order classified, domestic
consumers and industries must, as
far as possible, continue to place
their orders for coal supply in ad
vance, so hat they may not be forced
to go without next winter.
Cars must be kept moving prompt
ly as production is only limited to the
available supply of empties and
transportation facilities to move it. | \
The necessity of conservation was 1
never greater than now.
A patriotic compliance by the peo
ple wth all the requrements of the
government will do much to help win
the war.
Coal alone will not win the war, but
cannot be won without it.
H. C. Couch,
U. S. Fuel Administrator for Arkan
sas.
-BUY W. S. S.
THE MENS :
HOT SUITABLE;
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Associated Press Dispatch. i
WasTington, July 1.—An unfavor- i
able report on the “Garabed,” the <
mysterious engine which its inventor i
claimed would take power out of the
air, was submitted to the interior de- i
partment today by a committee of <
scientists which tested the invention j
in Boston Saturday. The committee :
reported it did not believe the de
vice operative or the principles of
the inventor sound.
--BUY W. S. S.
THREE ARKANSANS
IN TODAY’S LIST
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 1.—The army
casualty list today contains the
names of Private Ellic Jackson, of |
Clarksville, Johnson county, who diea
of wounds, Private Louis Williams, of |
Lexa, Phillips county, who died of I
accident, and Private Glenn H.
Counts, of Mulberry, Crawford coun- ,
tv, who died of disease
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 1.— The army 4
casualty list today shows killed in
action, five; died of wounds, four; t
accident and other causes, five; dis- j
ease, seven; airplane accident, one; j
wounded severely, 26; missing, one.
-BUY W. S. S.
STRIKE OF WESTERN
UNION TELEGRAPHERS
CALLED FOR MONDAY
The president of the Commercial j
Telegraphers Union of America has |
announced he has issued a call for a f
strike of members of the union em- '
ployed by the Western Union Tele- j
graph Company, effective next Mon
day morning.
-BUY W. S. S.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
One good horse, one buggy and
harness practically new. Also about
15 bales of old alfalfa hay. Will sell
cheap for cash. See J. S. Fike. Tel
ephone 68. I 583dt
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I BANK 5
TRUST
!COMPANY _
| E NEWPORT, ARK..
j| The Systematic
!| Home
| = It is surprising how far a dollar
: can be made to go when it is spent
} systematically.
, J §s The careful housewife, with the as
{j|| sistance of a Checking Account in
• H this bank for everyday expenses, and
! EE a Savings Account for surplus funds,
r §| will be able to add materially to the
j |H results obtained from the family in
i = come.
j == We especially invite the accounts of
f == women and provide every facility as
| == well as prompt and courteous atten-'
• j|| tion.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
London, July 1.— Grand Duke
Michaelas is reported to have issued
a manifesto stating he considers it
his duty to restore and to regenerate
the Russian people, says a Moscow ,
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph, j
He calls upon the people to overthrow '
the present government.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Mosrow, July 1.—A state of war '
has been proclaimed in the province
of Archangel,
Allies Make Raid
On German City