DO YOUR UTMOST TO PUT JACKSON COUNTY OVER THIS WEEK
CAMBRAI FREED
OF HUNTROOPS
WHO FALL RACK
ARE BEING DRIVEN TOWARD
THE FRENCH FRONTIER.
Enemy Has Lost the Hindenburg
Line From Cambrai To St. Quen
tin, And All Railway Com
munication Endangered.
TURK CABINET REPORTED QUIT
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(Associated Press Summary)
Forced from Cambrai, one of the
strongest pillars of the Hindenburg
system, the Germans today are being
driven back toward the French fron
tier under the onslaughts of the
third and fourth British armies,
aided by American troops. Appar
ently the Germans now have lost the
Hindenburg line from Cambrai to St.
Quentin.
Haig resumed his attack this
. morning and reports rapid progress
along a thirty-mile front.
Meanwhile the French and Ameri
cans on the south from Rheims to
east of the Meuse are smashing their
way northward, threatening impor
tant junctions of railways running
eastward from the broken Cambrai
St. Quentin line. Before the advanc
ing Angle-American troops lie the
important railway junctions of Le
chateau, Bohain, Cuise and Caudry.
If the rorth and south railways are
cut, German communication between
the Laon massif and the Lille salient
will be lost. German resistance east
of Rheims is stiffening, but not suf
ficient to stop the allied advance.
Dispatches from Berne state the
Turkish cabinet has resigned.
(By The Associated Press.)
Stockholm, Oct.. 9.— Alexandei
Feedorovich, former Russian pre
mier, has been shot, according to Pe
^trograd advices.
, > , (By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Oct. 9.—French troops at
tacking last night south and east oi
St. Quentin captured German de
fenses between Harty and Neuville
Stamand and drove past the lattei
town on the north, the war office an
nounces.
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' WILSON'S REPLY
WELLJECEie
Is Regarded In London Diplomats
Circles As Clever And Logical,
Says Dispatch.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 9.— President Wilson’;
fc. reply to Prince Maximilian is re
* garded in diplomatic circles here a
clever and logical.
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l © ly at 7:45. You are needed
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RECEIVES ORDER
FOR QOARANTINE
Dr. E. L. Watson, City Health Offi
cer, Publishes Proclamation Of
State Board Of Health.
This morning Dr. E. L. Watson,
city health officer, received the fol
lowing proclamation from C. W. Har
rison, secretary of the state board-of
health. In compliance with the quar
antine order, Dr. Watson caused the
schools, theatre, courts to close yes
terday, and has forbidden public
gatherings of any kind in the city, as
well as forbidding children under 18
years of age, unless employed, from
appearing on the streets.
The proclamation is:
Whereas, a very severe epidemic of
influenza is sweeping rapidly over
the entire country, and
i Whereas, it is interfering with the
selective draft and mobilization of
troops, and
Whereas, the Surgeon General of
i the United States Public Health Ser
vice has sent the following telegram
to all State Health Officers:
j Washington, L. C., Oct. 6, 1918.
To Garrison,
State Health Officer,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Reports received by this Bureau
i state that epidemic influenza con
I tinues to extend. Am suggesting
! therefore to all state health authori
I ties, advisability discontinuing all
public meetings, closing all schools
'and places of amusements as done
in other states on appearance local
t outbreaks. Also if not already done,
please make disease reportable. Re
| quest that you communicate this
suggestion to local health authori
ties in your state. Please inform me
action taken. Blue.”
| Therefore, by virtue of the author
ity vested in the Arkansas State
' Board of Health under Sections 5 and
| 6, Act. 96, 1913, the following regu
lations are promulgated and declar
ed to be immediately effective:
j Sec. 1. All schools, public and pri
, vate, churches, places of amusements,
, public gatherings, fairs, etc. shall be
I closed whenever influenza appears
in the community and remain closed
until authorized to open by the pro
per health authorities having juris
diction, provided, that state and pri
vate institutions and colleges shall
! not dismiss or permit any teacher,
! pupil or employe to leave a boarding
| house or dormitory on the premises
! of the institution or college after the
I disease occurs in said boarding
house or dormitory.
Sec. 2. Whenever this order be
J comes effective in any community
no child under eighteen years of age,
shall be permitted to board a street
car or public conveyance or be on the
■ streets except it be absolutely neces
sary and provided that this ordei
shall not apply to children over four
teen years of age who are regularly
employed.
j Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful foi
j individuals to congregate in groups
. 1 . 1 * cforoc
on wit? aticciis, in ---
or other places of business, lodges oi
residences, provided that this sectioi
shall not apply to meetings of regu
: larly constituted boards and execu
tive committees.
Sec. 4. Companies or individual:
operating public conveyances shal
not accept for transportation mori
s passengers than the seating capacity
■ will accommodate, and shall providi
5 adequate ventilation.
STATE ARK. BOARD OF HEALTH
By C. W. Garrison,
> Sec’y and State Health Officer,
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9 WILL VISIT LITTLE ROCK.
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> Little Rock, Oct. 8.—Ben Good
> heart, State Manager of the Moder
9 Woodmen, has been notified that Di
3 R. H. Gerard, Supreme Chief of th
3 Tribe of Ben Hur, and Vice-presi
3 dent of the National Fraternal Cor
3 gress, will visit Little Rock on Octc
3 ber 19th. He is a cousin of Forme
3 Ambassador Gerard, our last repre
3 sentative to Germany. A luncheo
3 will be given him at the Hotel Me
0 rion, at which plans for the forms
3 tion of an Arkansas Fraternal cor
3 gress will be discussed. All th
3 prominent fratemalists of the stat
3 will be present.
Executive Committee of
the Red Cross Meets
The executive committee of the
Jackson County Red Cross met Mon
day evening, Oct. 7th and in accord
ance with instructions made the fol
lowing provisions for the annual elec-!
tion of officers, which will take place
at the court house, on the evening of
October 23rd. S. R. Phillips, J. W.
Graham and Tom Johnson were
named as a nominating committee,
who will select candidates and make
their report to the chapter commit
tee on the 10th, after which the
names will be published. Arrange
ments will be made to have a big
county meeting, at which members
and representatives from all the
branches and auxiliaries as well as
fill locally interested in Red Cross
work are expected. T. J. Gregg, R.
J. Huguley and P. H. Van Dyke have
the committee work of this in charge
and it is confidently hoped that they
j will have every co-operation and as
! sistance that they should meet with.
I An invitation will be extended to
! Mr. Caraway of Jonesboro to make
! an address. The meeting will be a
| sort of clearing house of information
] of the chapter’s activity and accom
plishments.
Your Red Cross needs you. If you
can serve, this is your big opportun
ity.
Casualty List
The following casualties are im
ported by the commanding general oi
the American Expeditionary Forces;
Killed in action-!)1
Missing in action-31
Wounded severely-17(
Died from wounds-61
Died from accident and other
causes - *■
Died of disease-21
Wounded slightly-- 1
Prisoners _ 1
Total _39r
Following are Arkansans contain
ed in the list:
Killed in action—Alfred Autra
Bradford; Bryan E. Raney, Rogers
Missing in action—Euland Burris
Atkins; Carlos Cole, Piggott; Roj
Lynn, Van Buren.
Wounded severely—Harlan R. Jef
fers, Ozark; John F. Houser, Coy.
Died of disease—Ernest E. Hay
wood, Magnolia.
Wounded, degree undetermined —
Otto Sloat, Heber Springs,
i Sick in the hospital— Everett C
Smith, Hawes.
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THE B. P. O. E. DOING PA
TRIOTIC WORK FOR U. S
* . . i • _ _ * a. 1_ _ /"i __3 T
Mrs. Spitzer will conduct a two
days’ Emergency Clhss of instruc
tion in Care of Influenza from 2 to 4
o’clock in her office at the court
house. She calls for women and
girls who will volunteer to help with
our local and county cases of this
disease. She is also ready to enroll
for her Classes in Elementary Hy
giene and Home Care of the Sick.
There will be no charge for the Emer
gency Class, but the National Red
Cross asks an enrolling fee of 50
cents for each student in the last
named class, to which there will be
an additional charge, small, to cover
[text books. This is actual cost of
material and none of it is kept by
either Mrs. Spitzer or the local chap
ter. This is a splendid opportunity
for young women and girls of our
community to fit themselves for ser
vice in the home or outside of it,
and is open to all ages, married or
single.
The county nurse, Mrs. Spitzer,
has no phone in her office yet, but
all who wish to enroll for the Emer
gency Class, which is to take care of
influenza right here at home, and
wherever she and the doctors who are
working so faithfully and tirelessly
may have need of assistance, or who
would like to take the Red Cross
Course in Elementary Hygiene and
Home Care of the Sick, which she is
enrolling, may telephone 87, Mrs. W.
A. Billingsley, who, as chairman of
the Instruction Committee, will glad
ly give information and accept names
for enrollment. Twenty is the limit
of each class and a certificate will
open the way to wider and broader
usefulness, and will, in some cases,
prove an opportunity for service in
our army and civilian hospitals in
this country, and perhaps in France.
L tue acsswu v/i wit v«*»*“'*
at Boston in July, 1917, an appropria
tion of One Million Dollars was mad<
for the purpose of War Relief to b<
raised by small assessments agains
the Subordinate Lodges and mem
bers, the work is being conducted by
the Elks War Relief Commission
which is composed of six of the pas
Grand Exalted Rulers of the Elks
1 for and in connection with the Unitei
States government,
j The War Relief Commission mad
a splendid report of its activities th
past year. The Elks Base Hospita
j Units Nos. 41 and 46, manned by
I the students of the Universities o
Virginia and Oregon, and with 100
beds each, are now in France en
' gaged in active service. The Elks
Reconstruction Hospital, for disable
soldiers* at Boston, will be dedicate
and turned over to the government i
October for the duration of the wa
and for such period of time thereafte
! as may be required by it. Anothe
similar permanent hospital at Ne^
Orleans has practically been accepte
by the government.
At a meeting of the Grand Lodg
recently at Atlantic City it was ar
nounced that other distinctive plan
are well under way. The goverr
ment has, with every evidence o
keen appreciation, accepted the offe
of the Order’s patriotic generosity
and much good is expected to be don
for our brave soldiers in this countr
j and in France.
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LIBERTY LOAN
MEET TONIGHT
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Sales Committees Of Third Liberty
Loan Will Meet At Hazel Hotel
Tonight At 7:45.
In order to enable Newport and
Jackson county to make a better
showing toward making subscrip
tions to the Fourth Liberty Loan,
Chairman G. A. Hillhouse has issued
a call for a meeting at the Hazel ho
tel at 7:45 o’clock, at which time all
the sales committees who worked in
the interest of the Third Liberty
Loan are urged' to be present. The
time has come when quick action is
; necessary. Not only is this commun
1 ity far behind its quota, but the en
| tire county has made a poor showing.
, This renders it necessary for every
l town and county of the United
! States to take quick action. Realiz
’ ing this fact, no member of the Third
', Loan organization should allow any
' pre-engagement to keep him from the
meeting tonight.
TURK PREMIER
UASJESIGNEO
Is Succeeded By Farmer Premier,
While Minister Of War Is Also
> Reported to Have Quit.
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(By The Associated Press.)
: London, Oct. 9.—Talaat Pasha, the
Turkish premier, has resigned and
has been succeeded by Tewfik Pa
J Sha, the former premier, according
to advices, which add that Envoy Pa
j sha, minister of war, has also re
signed.
! PRESIDENT WILSON ASKS
SOME POINTED QUESTIONS.
' (By The Associated Press.)
) Washington, Oct. 8.—The text of
the communication handed by Secre
. tary Lansing to the charge of S'wit
1 zerland here follows:
I “Sir—I have the honor to acknowl
1 edge, on behalf of the president, your
r 1 note of Oct. 6, enclosing the commun
r ication from the German government
r to the president; and I am instruct
or ed by the president to request you to
i make the following communication to
the imperial German chancellor:
“ ‘Before making reply to the re
3 quest of the imperial German gov
ernment, and in order that that re
5 I ply shall be as candid and straight
forward as the momentous interests
f i involved require, the president of the
r | United States deems it necessary to
’! assure himself of the exact meaning
6 1 of the note of the imperial chancellor.
^ Does the imperial chancellor mean
that the imperial German government
= accepts the terms laid down by the
president in his address to the con
gress of the United States on the 8th
of January last and in subsequent
addresses, and that its object in en
tering into discussions would be on
ly to agree upon the practical details
of their application?’
Part 2.
“ ‘The president feels bound to say
with regard to the suggestion of an
armistice that he would not feel at
liberty to propose a cessation of
arms to the governments with which
i a,. States
is associated against the central
powers as long as the armies of
those powers are upon their soi .
The good faith of any discussion
would manifestly depend upon the
consent of the central powers imme
diately to widhdraw their forces
everywhere from invaded territory.
« ‘The president also feels that he
is justified in asking whether the
imperial chancellor is speaking mere
ly for the constituted authorities of
the empire who have so far conduct
ed the war. He deems the answer
to these questions vital from every
point of view.’
“‘Accept, sir, the renewed assur
ances of my highest consideration.
“Robert Lansing.”
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MORE THA110.000
PRISONERS TAKEN
And thc American Army Is Sharing
Gloriously In The Work Of ,
* Whipping The Germans.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Forces in
France, Oct. 9.—It is now permissa
ble to say that the second American
division bore the brunt of the recent
hard fighting in the Champagne.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Oct. 9.—Nearly 10,000 Ger
mans were taken prisoner by allied K'
forces in yesterday’s fighting along ^
the various fronts of the battlefield,
says lviarsnai nutm in wo cuuv wo ^
Paris. The Germans are hurriedly
evacuating the Argonne forest, Hutin
says. The battle continues.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 9.—Field Marshal |
Haig reports the city of Cambrai has
been captured by the British, to*
gether with 8,OOo prisoners. Haig
also reported the Anglo-American
attack was resumed this morning on
the entire front south of Cambrai.
Rapid progress is being made south
of Cambrai. The British have cap
tured Ferenville and reached the
western outskirts of Walincourt. Ad
ditional progress was made last
night east of Sequehart and toward
Bohain and Maretz.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the Anglo-American Armies
Near St. Quentin, Oct. 9.—Heavy
fighting continued throughout the
night on the Cambrai-St. Quentin
front, and the British and Americana
continued their progress under
heavy protection of fire. The de
bated enemy was almost smothered
under the great deluge of steel and
explosives. A large number of guns
and great batches of prisoners were
captured. The Americans alone cap
tured two complete field batteries and
a battery of heavy artillery. Ger
man reinforcements arrived, but
their presence merely has added to
the confusion of the enemy ranks.
The Germans started burning
towns far east of the line on which
they are now fighting. Maretz is in
flames.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 9.—The Ameri
cans drove forward today on the
east side of the Meuse and occupied
Charny. With the French they cap
tured the villages of Consevoye, Bra
bant, Haumont and Beaumont.
They are pushing the enemy north in
a desperate fight. More than 3,000
prisoners were taken today. Ameri