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II LUXEMBURG
Pershing’s Men Are Received As De
liverers In Streets Which Were
Flag Decked.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 22.—Pershing’s
communique for Thursday says:
“Continuing their advance the third
army this evening reached the line of
Vichifen- Mqrsqh-Schultrane-Rantgen
Kattenhofen. During the afternoon
*^ur troops passed through Luxem
* burg where they were welcomed as
dliverers by the civilians, who show
ered them with flowers and accom
panied them in the march through
flag-decked streets.
SOLDIERS MUST BE
PROTECTED AGAINST
WHISKEY AND VICE.
Secretary of War Baker yesterday
telegraphed Gov. Brough as follows:
“The signing of the armistice is in
no way lessening the responsibility
of the civil communities for the pro
tection of soldiers from prostitution
and the sale of liquor. All states and
•cities ought never to leave the control
which has been established or stop
so vital a work. The government
proposes to leave no measure unused
in continued suppression of postitu
tion and sale of liquor from now uh
til such time as the demobilization
is fully accomplished. The war de
partment is fully determined to re
turn the soldiers to their families
and to civil life uncontaminated by
disease. Reports of laxity from your
state after so much has been done
would be a disaster to our soldiers
and their families. I am telegraph
ing the larger cities of your state
according to above. You are request
ed to telegraph this message verba
tim to all cities and towns in your
state.”
~ "The United States Public Health
Service has also telegraphed on the
basis of Secretary Baker’s telegram,
advising each State Health Officer to
consult immediately with the -govern-'
or. W'e recommend that you confer
with your local health officers and
support in every way the mayor’s
and local health and law enfocement
athorities in preventing a relaxation
' of efforts. The gains of the last 18
- , months will be lost unless vigilance
is now increased.
Lloyd England, Ch’m,
Wallace Townsend,
Director.
INFLUENZA REAPED FAR
MORE VICTIMS THAN WAR
' ./Washington, D. C.,—Nov. 21.—In
■ fluenza has already reaped more
deaths during the epidemic in the
United States than those from all
causes among the American expedi
tionary forces, according to an
announcement by the census bureau.
It reports that of 46 cities, with a
combined population of 23,000,000,
over 82,000 died of influenza and
pneumonia, while the loss of life in
the army abroad will not exceed 50,
000.
Besides the deaths reported from
the cities of the country, there has
been many fatalities fro mthe dis
ease in the smaller towns and rural
districts not included by the estimate
of the census bureau.
ANOTHER DRIVE FOR
SLACKERS COMING SOON
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 22.—-Citizens of
Arkansas of draft age are warned
not to venture forth without their
registration cards in an order which
1 has been issued by Adjutant General
Lloyd England. Another drive for
slackers is coming, and as all who are
caught without their cards have to
endure a short term of imprisonment
at least, it will pay those who have
no particular relish for incarceratior
in a city or county bastile to go aboul
| _ with the proper credentials in theii
l pockets.
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IOWA DO^S GOOD ROAD WORK
Lincoln Highway Official Is Pleased
With Progress—Each County Pre
paring to Aid.
That good work is being done in
the improvement of the Lincoln liigh
j way through Iowa Is the assertion 01
H. C. Ostermann, field secretary of the
Lincoln Highway association. Mr.
Ostermann recently made a trip of in
spection through the JHawkeye state
and the results were more than satis
factory to him.
On his journey across the state the
Lincoln highway official was accom
panied by D. E. Goodell of Tama, la.,
state consul of the Lincoln Highway
association, and Thomas II. MacDon
ald, J. IV. Holden and H. C. Beard of
the Iowa state highway commission.
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I coin highway meetings were held at
numerous points across the state; a
splendid program of Lincoln highway
improvement was revealed by the re
ports submitted at these meetings.
Covering the most important develop
ments, Mr. Ostermann states:
“Seventeen miles of the Lincoln
highway in Clinton county have al
ready been graveled with federal aid
J funds; applications for federal aid
I funds have also been made by Cedar
, and Pottawattamie counties, and sim
ilar applications will be filed in the
! immediate future by Linn, Tama, Ben
son and probably Crawford counties.”
A Lincoln highway seedling mile is
now under way in Linn county, and
existing arrangements call for the>
complete* graveling of all the rest of
| the Lincoln highway in the county.
' In a similar fashion the plans in Mar
! shall county call for the graveling of
| every foot of the Lincoln highway
from county line to county line. Story,
I Boone and Greene counties are prac
I tically all graveled at the present time
and an all-weather road is reported.
The visiting officials found that
| Crawford county had spent more
' money than any other county In the
! state In grading the Lincoln highway.
| Field Secretary Ostermann and
I State Consul Goodell expect that by
Good Stretch of Road in Iowa.
the end of 1918 there will be 1,000 sus
taining members of the Lincoln High
| way association in Iowa.
I Plans for the permanent marking of
| rhe route across the state were dis
cussed with the various local ofticials,
I and consuls of the national associa
; (ion, and each county in the state is
i preparing to aid in financing this proj
ect to the extent of $300. A start has
been made in this direction, following
the action of Pottawattamie county in
voting $200 for this purpose, to which
the city of Council Bluffs has added
$100.
The importance of the Lincoln
highway improvement in Iowa was at
tested by ihe presence and Interest of
State Engineer MacDonald and his as
sociates at the various meetings.
SOLDIERS TO REMAIN
ON LEVEE WORK.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 22.—Through the
request of Gov. C. H. Brough, and
indorsed by Col. Miller of Camp Pike:
the war department will permit the
negro soldiers working on the gov
ernment levees in Chicot county to
remain their 30 days instead of 1C
days. About a week ago 100 negroes
were sent to Chicot county to pro
tect the levee from the rising waters
after an effort to secure laborers hac
failed.
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SURRENDER OF GER
MANY’S FLEET HAS
BEEN MADE COMPLETE.
(By The Associated Press.)
Edinburg, Nov. 22.—Germany as a
naval power ceased to exist*- today.
The heart of her mighty fleet, four
teen ships of the line, seven light
cruisers and fifty destroyers, has
surrendered to American, British and
French vessels, marking the passing
of the greatest fighting force that
ever stood out at sea. The surrender
was carried out strictly according to
plan. The German warships strung
out in a single column were almost
twenty miles long, being led to the
Firth of Forth between twin columns
of allied ships.
The surrender was on such a gigan
tic scale it has no piecedent in naval
history. The event automatically
raises the United States to second po
sition among the world’s naval pow
ers.
Admiral Beatty’s historical signal
after the German fleet moored at the
appointed place was “The German
flag is to be hauled down at 3:57 and
not hoisted again without permis
sion.”
ENTENTE TROOPS
' II STRIKE KIEV
The Ukranian Dictator Has Surren
dered and Leader Of Bolshe
vik Forces Takes Command.
(By The Associated Press.)
Basel, Nov. 22.—Entente troops
are marching on Kiev, according to
advices to newspapers in Switzerland.
Gen. Skoripadski, the Ukranian dicta
tor, has surrendered, and General
Denikine, leader of the anti-Bolshe?ik
forces, has been named as his suc
cessor with the consent of the entente
nations, it is said.
WILL ATTEMPT TO
BRING BILL HOHEN
ZOLLERN TO TRIAL.
Paris, Nov. 21.— Premier Clemin
' ceau has asked Charles Lyon-Caen.
dean of the faculty of law at the Uni
■ versity of Paris, to give an opinion or
' the question whether the extradition
’ of William Hohenzollern, the formei
| German emperor, can be demanded
Owing to the complexity of the ques
tion M. Lyon-Caen has asked that he
be given time to prepare a reply, La
Libert'e says.
Eduard Cluenet, the leading French
authority on international law, has
given it as his opinion that it is im
possible to demand the former empe
ror’s extradition.
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i DIRECTORS FOR RED
CROSS CHAPTER, JACK
SON COUNTY, ELECTED
At a meeting of the Jackson Coun
ty Chapter of Red Cross, held at the
county court house here Wednesday
night, the following directors were
: elected:
G. A. Hillhouse, T. J. Gregg, R. J.
Huguley, W. M. Dunaway, W. A. Bil
lingsley and J. L. Bevens of Newport
j and J. D. Carvell of Grubbs, R. P.
| Sharp of Swifton, Jno. W. Gardner
' of Tupelo and L. D. Smith of Tuck
erman.
The latter four were elected to suc
ceed C. R. Pate, N. C. Wolff, Gustave
' Jones and A. T. Hubly.
Another meeting probably will be
held Sunday for the purpose of se
lecting officers from the board of
! directors to serve the chapter during
■ the ensuing year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Campbell of
Mountain Home, Mrs. Will Jones and
Mrs. W. J. Patterson of Yellville and
, Judge J. B. Baker of Melbourne'were
. through here* yesterday, returning
from Little Rock, where they
had been for two or three days, Judge
j Baker attending the Grand Lodge.
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Will Quit Germany, Says Dispatch,
And Their Destination Is Said
To Be Unknown.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Nov. 22.—All members
of the Hohenzollern dynasty • will
leave Germany in the neear future,
according to a Frankfort dispatch to
the Rotterdam Courant. The dis
patch adds their destination is un
known.
(By The Associated Press.)
Basel, Nov. 22.—Phillip Scheide
mann has resigned as minister of
finance of the new German govern
ment, and his place has been taken
by Herr Landsberg, secretary of pub
licity, art and literature, according to
a Berlin dispatch.
FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER
AS BELGIAN RELIEF WEEK.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 22.—A proclama
tion will be issued soon by Gov. C. H.
Brough proclaiming the first week of
December as Belgian Relief week. A
campaign will be conducted through
out the state at that time for the re
j ’ief of the stricken Belgian people.
Contributions of old clothing will be
^asked for. There will be depositor
ies in every county of the state and
Arkansas is expected to give at least
| 25 cars of cast-off clothing. A simi
lar campaign last year, with little or
ganization, yielded five cars.
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WELL WORTH SMALL OUTLAY
Cultivation of Hedges and Fences
Along Railroads’ Right of Way
Is of Real Practical Value.
A number of railroad companies
have already made considerable effort
; to beautify their rights of way and
station grounds. In some places the
roads are paralleled for many miles
by hedges, and the land on either side
of the tracks is covered by beautiful
turf. About, the stations, hedges, shrub
bery, and ilov- er beds are common. If
this planting could be aimed iu part,
at least, toward attracting birds it
would be very effective nad great good
would be done. If the clumps of
shrubs were formed of kinds furnish
ing bird food, if more of them were
placed along the rights of way, if the
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if the fence poles or possibly even
some of the telegraph poles bore bird
houses, thousands of birds could live
where very few do now.
The suggestions made are by no
means without practical value to the
right of way itself. For instance, sup
plying bird boxes is the best method
of preventing damage to poles by
woodpeckers, which come anyway un
der present conditions and make their
own homes. Hedges or fences densely
covered with vines would decrease, it
not entirely obviate, expenditures for
the movable snow fences now exten
sively used.
TRAINED TO RESEMBLE BELL
How Church Tower in Western State
Was Effectively Clothed With
Heavy Mantle of Ivy.
Travelers rarely fail to be impressed
by the novelty and natural beauty of
the ivy-covered tower and belfry of a
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Some Ten Years Ago a Few Scraggy
Slips of Ivy Were Planted About
the Base of the Tower, Which To
day Is Burdened by a Dense Growth
of Greenery That Completely Con
ceals It.
small frame chapel that stands on a
hillside at Tacoma, Wash. Planted
some ten years ago, the vines have
grown luxuriantly and now completely
conceal the four sides of the tower,
which rises to a height of about
50 feet. At the top the foliage lias
been so trained and trimmed that it
has the appearance of a massive bell.
—Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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REGULATIONS LIM
ITING STORAGE OF
COAL LIFTED TODAY.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 22.— Regula
tions limiting the amount-of bitumin
ous coal that can be stored by con
sumers was lifted today by Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield in conformity
with the cancellation by the war in
dustries board of its priority list.
GERMAN MINE SWEEP
ERS REACH HOLLAND
AND ARE INTERNED.
(By The Associated Press.)
L-ondon, Nov. 22.— Twhnty-seven
mine sweeping vessels arrived at the
Dutch border Monday and were in
terned, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to the Central News.
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Already 150 Of The Dead Have Been
Recovered Frem Ruins Of Ex
plosion In Belgium. ^
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 22.— Th% explosion
of munition trains in Belgium Thurs
day caused casualties estimated be
tween 1,500 and 2,000, an Amsterdan
dispatch to the Central News says.
Already 150 of tKe dead have been
counted. The injured were taken to
Budel, Holland. -
It is reported the disaster was
paused by a bonfire started by chil
dren spreading to munition trains.
The dispatch says the destruction was
enormous.
WILL INVESTIGATE
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
DURING NEXT MONTH.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 22.—The senate
committee investigating the brewers’
propaganda decided today to take up
December 3 a general inquiry into
German propaganda.
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Casualty List
The following casualties are re
ported by the commanding general of
the American Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action_70
Died of wounds_88
Died of accident and other causes. _ 11
Died from airplane accident_1
Died of disease_.106
Wounded severely_87
Wounded (degree undetermined) 138
Wounded slightly _164
Missing in action -60
Prisoners __13
Total _ .736
i Among the Arkansans in the casual-.
ties today are:
Killed in action, Henry F. Miles,
Collins; Nicholas Brown, Arlinda;
James A. Ingle , Fort Smith; Coy E.
Baker, Ingleside; Isaac T. Judy,
Mansfield,
Wounded, degree undetermined,
Harrison T. Bennett, Tuckerman;
Alex T. Goodman, Pocahontas; Fred
McClish, Jonesboro; James W. Hen
son, Cave Creek; Ulysses Coe, Warm
Springs, Thomas L. Smith, Carlisle.
Wounded slightly, George H.
Wynne; Arkana.
Died from wounds, Paul A. Roy,
Newark; Clarence Thornburg, Thom
buig, Arkansas.
Missing in action, Curtis A. Rains,
De Queen; Robert E. Wilkins, Hob
berton, Lon F. Malone, Dirks.
FROM FRENCH ORPHAN.
The following letter has been re
ceived by St. Paul’s Sunday school,
Newport, Arkansas: >
Monsieur and Dear Benefactor:
I have the pleasure of acknowledg
ing the receipt of the draft, which
you have in generosity made to me in
favor of my son, Yoes Colleau.
I am sending you the picture of
my child, who is your protege. In
my mother’s heart and for France, I
am indeed grateful for your benefi
cence and I shall never forget the
generosity of your country to ours.
With my thanks, my dear bene
factor, and sweet kisses from my
little son, Yoes.
Yoe Colleau ,
Lampaul-Plouarzel, France.
There will' be a free-will offering-»
at Sunday school, November 24th to
make happy the Christmas season of
our little French orphan.
A Teacher.
HOGS WEIGHING LESS
THAN 150 POUNDS ARE
TO BE “THROW OUTS.’*
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 22.—All hogs
weighing under 150 pounds are to be
included in the “throw outs” from
! packers’ droves by order of the food
administration. The order is design
ed to keep from the market hogs that
are considered too light for export
trade and also to maintain the price
of hogs heavier than “throw outs” at
$17.50 per hundred. J