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VOLUME XVIII. NO~ 103^ NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918. PRICE JIVE C3K
/4,000 Huns Are Made Prisoners
>M CUIDI
ME CAPTURED •
SOUTH SOMME
British This Afternoon Were Within
Two Miles of Bapaume and Bray
Probably Is Captured.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, 1 p. m., Aug. 24.—The
British are within two miles of Ba
paume, according to advices received
in London this afternoon. They have
gone forward at some places to a
depth of four miles on a front of
twelve miles.
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 24.—A large number of cannon,
including complete batteries of how
itzers and trench mortars, have been
captured by the British north of the
Somme river. Twelve cannon were
taken immediately south of the river.
The British have reached Bepaigies,
two and one-half miles north of Ba
paume, and are operating east of Bi
hucourt, two and one-half miles from
Bapaume. The British are also re
ported to have reached points east of
Henin on the Cojeul river, five miles
southeast of Arras. They are in the
outskirts of St. Leger, further south,
and have captured Erwil'lers, twc
miles east of Courcelles. They are
still advancing.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 24.—German motoi
boats attempting a reconnaissance in
the neighborhood of Dunkirk yester
ClSy ’were driven off, and one enemj
boat is believed to have been destroy
ed. Allied forces suffered no casu
alties.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the British Army in France
Aug. 24.—Heavy fighting on a smal
scale was reported in Flanders this
morning in the neighborhood oi
Dranoutte Ridge, which is reportec
to have been captured by the Ger
mans. The British have gainec
ground in the same region, and th<
fighting continues.
(By The Associated Press)
With the British Army in France
Aug. 24.—The British were smashing
through German positions this morn
ing all along the battle front. Biaj
|T is reported to have been captured, to
* gether with high ground to th<
southwest. Fricourt has been reach
ed.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 24.—The war offic.
announces British attacks in the A1
bert sector were resumed this morn
1 ing. Fourteen thousand prisoner;
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have been captured in the last three
days.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 24.—Artillery actions
in the region of Lassigny and be
tween the Somme and Aisne rivers
and raiding operations in Lorraine
are reported in today’s official state
ment.
(By The Associated Press.)
Rome, Aug. 24.—The war office
announces the enemy renewed at
tacks yesterday in Albany from the
lower Semeni to the heights of Mali.
The enemy made progress to the
north of the head of the Buvalica.
(Associated Press Summary.)
British troops along the extreme
northern sectors of the battle line in
Picardy and Artois are advancing at
a comparatively rapid rate, and are
reported to have reached the village
of Henin, five miles southeast of Ar
ras, and are closing in on Bapaume,
the reputed keystone to German po
sitions between Arras and the
Somme river. They have also
reached the outskirts of St. Leger
and are reported to have captured the
town of Bray.
1 The Germans are fighting desper
ately to save Bapaume, and the bat
tle is raging furiously in the vicinity
of Bihucourt and! Sapinges.
i South of the Somme river, and be
' tween the Oise and Aisne rivers, ar
tillery duels are reported. French
I patrols are operating in Lorraine and
1 have penetrated German trenches at
many points, between the Aisne and
Ailette rviers. North* of Soissons the
French are pressing close to the
j heights dominating Chemin-des
Dames.
1 Fires are reported to be raging
this afternoon behind the German
positions north of the Vesle, and it is
believed the enemy is preparing to
retire.
| American and French pressure
continues. „
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HUNS PROTEST
AGAINST MOVE
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Aug. 24.—An official
statement issued in Berlin says Ger
j many has energetically protested
against the intention of Spain to re
; place sunken Spanish tonnage by in
| terned German ships.
\ HIT 01 FLIERS
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(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 24.— General
Pershing reports another successful
bombing of raih'oad yards at Con
flans by American aviators without
• the loss of a single machine.
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Casualty List
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► (By The Associated Press.)
► Tfie following casualties are re
► ported by the commanding general of
► the American Expeditionary forces:
► ’Killed in action, 7; wounded se
► verely, 56; died of wounds, 8. Total
► 71.
► | Total number of casualties to date,
► including those reported above:
► j Killed in action, (including 291 at
► sea), 4,212.
►! Died of wounds, 1,260.
► Died of disease, 1,594.
► Died of accident and other causes
► I 715.
► j Wounded in acttion, 10,476.
► S Missing in action (including pris
► oners), 2,187.
► | Total to date, 20,444.
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y Most of the squandering is done bj
y the grown-ups.
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® French 5ugarlills Desired®
France must import sugar today,
most of it from this side of the ocean,
because the largest portion of French
sugar beet land iS^ in German hands.
As a result, the French people have
been placed on a sugar ration of about
18 pounds a year for domestic use;
a pound and a half a month. This
photograph shows how the German
troops destroyed French sugar mills.
Thanks to the French rationing sys
tem the annual consumption has been
cut to 000,000 tons, according to re
ports reaching the United States Food
Administration. Before the war France
had an average sugar crop of about
750,000 tons of sugar and had some
left over for export.
SENATOR LODGE IS
MADE REPUBLICAN
I U vDER IN SENATE.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 24.— Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts was today
unanimously elected republican floor
leader of the senate.
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ATTEMPT TO EXEMPT
GOVERNMENT WORKERS
MEETS WITH FAILURE.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, August 24. — An
amendment to the man-power
bill to bar government employes
froom deferred draft classification
was defeated in the house today.
MILLION UNO
H HIM IM
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 24.—General
I March, chief of staff, announced this
I afternoon that the number of soldiers
| that have embarked for Europe has
i passed the million and one-half mark.
General March told the senate mili
| tary committee at his weekly con
I ference today that the report that’
there is a great unpublished list of
American casualties overseas is
wholly false. All casualties are giv
en the public promptly, he said.
oniteoIms
UNO K AGREE
(By The Associated Press.) 1
Washington, Aug. 24.— An agree
ment has been signed extending the
arbitration of a treaty between the
United States and Japan another five
years.
Ben Carter of Mammoth Spring
was lodged in jail at Salem last week,
where he has been many times be
fore. He is charged with living with
a woman who is not his lawful wife
and with c rr .ing a pistol.
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| of August 31st our entire line of Manhattan
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NEWPORT BOY
RURTIN ACTION
Mrs. J. F. Hoofman, who resides on
Second street, has received a letter
from her nephew, James O. (Buddy)
Holt, in which he stated he had been
been wounded twice since arriving in
France. He stated in his letter
which was written last month that
j he was in a Red Cross hospital where
everythng was being done for his well
being. He said his wounds are not
; serious, though he did not .describe
them. He did not write any particu
lars, except that he was fighting at
Chatcau-Thierry when wounded.
Buddy Holt was a member of Com
pany E, and that his wounds have not
proved serious will be a source of sat
isfaction to his many friends in New
port, where he resided until he en
listed.
SAYS GERMANY
IN HOI SHAPE
Stockholm, Aug. 24.—Germany is
still far from starvation or from the
limit of its endurance, so far as the
civilian population is concerned. This
is the substance of a report made to
the Associated Press by a Swedish
’journalist, who has just returned af
ter an extended stay in Germany.
ETTER FROM EARL MACK.
H. E. L. McCollom has received the
following letter from Earl Mack, who
is at Vancouver, Wash.:
Vancouver Cantonment, Wash.,
August 18, 1918.
Dear Mr. McCollum:
Maybe you are wondering how' the
boys from Newport are gettng along
in the Spruce Production Division,
Aviation Section of Signal corps. We
| were only a little more than five days
on the road, reaching here Friday
August 2nd in the afternoon. The
way we were routed out here the
scenery was great. From here we
can see Mt. Hood about one hundred
miles to the east, which is now cov
ered with snow and can be seen very
distinctly. One being here can
scarcely realize that it is so warm
there for the temperature seldom
goes above sixty degrees and the
nights are real cool. It has rained
daily since we have been here, though
it seldom rains hard.
Some of the boys from Newport
are already in spruce camps several
miles from here. It seems they are
all anxious to get to the woods.
If one comes here without an ap
petite he will soon have one if he
(stays for the air is certainly invig
orating.
I guess there are boys here from
! every state n the United States, and
all seem contented. I would be glad
to hear from any one caring to write.
1 E. R. Mack, • -
S. P. D. A. S. S. C.,
Vancouver Cantonment,
Washington.
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