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FRENCH CAPTURE
FOE SPYGLASSES
(German Observation Points Are
1 Methodically Taken in Dar
ing Attacks.
HEROIC WORK OF BLUE DEVILS
First Spyglass Seizure Is Credited to
i Chasseurs Who, in Sensational At
(tack, Wipe Out Powerfully
Fortified Salient by Surprise.
! With the French Armies in the Field.
‘—French troops are methodically tak
ing away the German spyglasses.
One by one, enemy observation
points or advantageous positions have
been carefully spotted by the French
command and effectively eliminated.
Though French official communiques
issued have registered merely local ac
tions, these have had for the main ob
jective that of snatching the binocu
lars from the Teuton eyes.
A brief artillery preparation, a
shrill whistle in the first-line trench,
and the Poilus have bounded “over
the top” in actions of signal impor
tance in Alsace, north of the Chemin
Des Dames and north of Verdun at
Hill 344. Nearly 1,400 prisoners and
valuable war material is the “by-prod
tict” of these local, strategical drives.
won Dy Blue uevns.
The first .'“spyglass” seizure was
that of the “Schonholz,” a powerful
fortified German salient jutting into
the French lines in Alsace, serving the
double purpose of German observation
of the French organizations and pre
r venting the French seeing in the direc
L ^ tlon of Altkirch. On the afternoon of
y* November 7, after a brief but violent
artillery preparation, three companies
of the French Chasseurs—Blue Devils
—attacked the Schonholz, completely
wiping out the salient in a fierce fight
lasting into the night.
The enemy ^iesperately counter-at
tacked, but failed, leaving in all 120
prisoners, including six officers, in the
hands of the Blue Devils. Complete
German losses, high because of their
fierce effort to retain a position which
they knew to be of extreme value, were
estimated at at least 600 men.
The following day a French general
pinned military medals on the blue
tunics of two adjutants and a cor
poral for exceptional valor. Though
there were no such medals in the dis
trict the general sent a fast automo
bile to find them, wherever possible,
and the little presentation ceremony.
In an Alsacian village was a happy
aftermath of a victory that took from
the Germans priceless observations
which had bothered the French for
$ two years.
The French command next decided
that the Germans were seeing too
much north of the Chemin Des Dames.
Consequently following a brief artil
lery deluge, four companies of Poilus
passed to the attack against the enemy
lines forming a salient between the
6mall River Misotte and the route of
the German-held village of Jouvln
court as far as the village of Ville-au
Bois. Here the enemy held valuable
observation posts overlooking Jouvin
court and ground each of the Mi
ette.
Under low-lying clouds and in a
“pea-soup” fog, the former prevent
ing all aerinl work and the latter pre
venting enemy observation of the ad
vance, the French infantrymen, in less
than an nour swept over po&muun ™
e front of 1,500 yards and penetrated
to a depth of over half a mile. They
wiped out the salient, took all the ob
fservatories and captured 475 prison
ers—a number almost equal to half of
the entire attacking force. Six Ger
man officers and 45 under officers fell
into the net.
BThe third and most important
French action of November was in a
region where constant hellish fighting
has been the daily routlne^-Hill 344,
on the right bank of the Meuse, north
of Verdun. Here a drumlike artillery
roar has never ceased, night and day,
for nearly three months. German at
tacks and French counter-attacks, al
most daily since the latter part of
August, have had small place in the
communique because of their routine
nature. The enemy’s positions permit
ted him to make constant Infantry
“nibbles” into the French lines on the
.northern flank of Hill 344, and to dis
turb French organisation which he
could see in the rear.
A ^Surprise Attack Succaaaful.
French strategy in eliminating the
enemy’s advantageous position* In the
region of Hill 344 has m-obably never
been employed before inrhi* war. Tak
ing advantage of the conditions pecu
liar to the region, French guns of many
calibers at 6:30 Sunday, morning, No
vember 25, concentrated thalr deluge
of steel on a three and one-half kilo
meter front opposite Hill S44. The
thunder of this artillery preparation,
though violent was unnoticed amid the
constant medley of air vibrations
which had become a habit to German
ears for almost three mentha.
Just four houra after the begin
ning of the concentration of fine,
screened by Its own habltnal noise, at
10:80 a. m. the French gaps lengthened
their range, and bar raged the German
rear while the Poilus went ever the
top. The surprise was complete. The
advantageous positions which it had
tfto pvorryn r>WM' eight week* te
gaVuwort* v*'; ed out in not Mth
than eight minutes.
State Departments and
Institutions Are Audited
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 18.—W. T. Rey
nolds, state comptroller, has just
completed a most thorough audit of
all the state departments and insti
tutions, showing in detail every cent
of expense and the source of every
cent of revenue.
The total amount available in ap
propriations for all purposes for the
biennial period of 1917-18, is $7,237,
258.93. This represents a cost of
$1,608 for each $100 of assessed val
uation, and a per capita cost of $4.13.
To secure these results, the popula
tion is estimated at 1,753,033, and
the assessed valuation of the state at
$450,091,234. The appropriations for
the various purposes are as follows:
Agricultural _$ 523,697.00
Boards and Commis
sions _1^097,321.11
Charitable _ 2,054,379.69
Departmental _ 659,709.00
Educational _ 3,103,552.13
Penal _ 506,600.00
Miscellaneous _ 293,000.00
Thus it appears that the largest
amount, 29.1 per cent of the whole,
spent for educational purposes, and
the next largest amount, 28.4 per
cent of the whole, is spent for the
maintenance of educational institu
tions.
It casts each citizen of the state 60
cents a year to maintain the schools,
and 58 cents to maintain the charit
able institutions, and he contributes
only 17 cents a year to the support of
the various state departments, 15
cents to agricultural projects, 31
cents to the support of boards and
commissions, and 14.5 cents bo the
penitentiary. The penitentiary > how
ever, being self-sustaining, the money
for its support does not come from
the people.
Expenses for the nine-months pe
riod beginning April 1 and ending
December 31, 1917, are as follows:
Salaries and fees-$ 581,956.51
Per diem and traveling
expenses - 11,994.98
j Contingent and general_ 398.900.40
Printing - 33,623.20
Postage, Telephone, Freight,
etc. _ 14,211.04
Interest _ 65,853.33
Miscellaneous _ 2,599,415.86
Repairs, Improvements,
Etc. _ 187,939.09
Total _$3,893,895.21
The total cost of government for
this period is therefore 86.5 cents for
each $100 of assessed valuation, and
$2.23 per capita, being somewhat
higher than the average because it
was legislative year.
The income for the biennial period
shows a total of $5,049,032.60, derived
from the following sources: Commis
sions and fees $89,797.34, commis
sioners’ fees, land sales and redemp
tmns $38,552.99, interest $73,855.37,
licenses $31,248.25, miscellaneous $1,
106,839.97, taxes $3,708,738.68.
The larest amount, or 73.4 per cent
of the whole, comes from taxes,
which are subdivided as follows:
Property taxes 91 per cent of total
taxes and 66.8 per cent of total in
come; franchise taxes 7.5 per cent
of total taxes and 5.5 per cent of to
tal income; inheritance taxes, 1.4
per cent of total income, and 1.1 per
cent of toal income; insurance taxes
.1 per cent of total taxes.
The total property taxes paid by
the people of the state amount to on
ly 82.4 cents per 0100 valuation, or
$2.12 per capita. This, of course,
does not include county and munici
pal taxes.
When thus reduced to terms per
capita, it appears that the cost of
maintaining the state government
does not fall heavily upon any one.
This analysis of state revenue and
expense, upon which Mr. Reynolds
has been employed for the last two
months, will be of invaluable assist
ance to the legislature in making its
budget, and in determining just
where economies may best be prac
ticed.
Tuckerman Department
Deputy Sheriff Chas. Hogan of
Newport was looking after official
business in this section early in the
week.
I. N. Greenhaw arrived last Sunday
from Conway and is looking after
personal business matters in this sec
tion this week.
Dr. J. S. Graham was an early
morning passenger to Hot Springs
last Monday.
Mrs. J. F. Wiles and children of
Swifton visited Tuckerman relatives
during the latter part of last week.
Hub James left Sunday night for
St. Louis, where he went to look af
ter the sale of some stock which he
shipped to that market.
Mrs. G. L. Smith and children, of
Newport, visited Tuckerman rela
tives last Sunday afternoon.
Candidate Chas. K. Coe was bush
whacking in the lower part of the
county during the latter part of last
week.
Mrs. I. N. Greenhaw and son, John,
of Conway, arrived one day last week
and spent several days visiting among
Tuckerman relatives and friends.
Mrs. M. F. Hurley, of Newport,
visited at the home of her son, R. L.
Hurley, last Sunday.
Dan Hogan, candidate for coroner,
was interviewing the citizens of
Breckenridge township last week and
trying to convince them that he was
the most suitable person for the of
fice.
The weather during the past week
has continued very favorable for all
kinds of farm and garden work. Peo
pie in this section have taken advan
tage of it and have made great pro
gress towards making another crop.
Practically no cotton remains un
gathered and the farmers have turned
their attention to plowing and mak
ing other preparations towards plant
ing another crop. All low ground has
dried out and most of it has been
plowed which will greatly aid the far
mers later in the season if much wet
weather prevails then. Everything
taken into consideration the agricul
tural outlook just now is about as
favorable as ever known before at
this time of the year.
The latest word from Dr. O. A.
Jamison, who recently was called in
to the service of the government and
who has been stationed at San An
tonio, Texas, was that he would leave
in a very few days for parts unknown.
He thinks he is to go to France im
mediately. He has a great many
friends here who are interested
enough in him to wis hhim well and
hope for his safe return when the
war shall have ended.
E. L. Gardner and wife, who re
side in the western part of Glass
township, visited among their many
relatives and friends here several
days during the past week.
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