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I VOLUME XVIII. NO. 132. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS
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FOGH SMASHES
HUN ILL OVER
WESTERN FRONT
AN]D CAMBRAI IS DESTINED TO
FALL SHORTLY.
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the North British and Belgians
Are Fighting, Which Operation
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Is Directed Toward German
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Submarine Bases.
r 27,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED.
L (Associated Press Summary.)
Foch is putting the Germans to the
most severe test of the war on the
western front. Smashing attacks
are being delivered on four impor
tant fronts from Verdun to the North
Sea. The allies are meeting with
success on all these fronts. Cam
brai, it appears, is about to fall. The
British having progressed more than
three miles, they now are reported
beyond Fontaine Norte Lame, within
one and three-quarters miles of Cam
brai. <i -I
On the north the British and Bel
Igians are fighting along a ten-mile
front between Ypres and Dixmunde.
This operation apparently is direct
ed toward German submarine bases
and the outflanking of the bastion
of Lil>.
The Franco-American drive east
and west of Argonne continues suc
cessful. In the last three days the
French, British and Americans have
taken more than 27,000 prisoners.
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(By The Associated Press.)
British Headquarters in France,
Sept. 28.—The British today captur
ed the town of Arlaux, five miles
southeast of Douai.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 28.—In Eastern Si
beria Japanese cavalry is marching
eastward from Chita, northwest
from Blagiovestchensk, and effected
a junction at Rufulov, 305 miles
I' northwest of Blagiovestchensk, ac*
cording to the Japanese official
statement.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Spt. 28.—The Serbian war
office statement announces the Ser
bians have captured the city and for
tress of Veles one of the important
M Bulgarian ases on the Vardar river
S ’ in southern Serbia. The Serbians
are pushing on toward Uskub. The
I - troops defending Veles were taken
prisoners. , .
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 28.—Haig reports
the capture of ten thousand prison
ers by the British in the offensive in
the Cambrai area. Two hundred
guns were taken. The towns of Epi
noy and Oizy-Le-Verger were cap
tured. The Canadians pushed
through Paynecourt and have reach
ed the Douai-Cambrai road. British
forces have started operations in
Flanders, in conjunction with the
Belgians.
The governme ; needs your money;
f ou need the stamps.
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IIJI OAKS
Is The Record Made By The Allied
Forces On The Russian Front—
Americans Taking Part.
(By The Associated Press.)
Archangel, Sept. 28.—The Ameri
cans who are taking part in opera
tions in virtually all the sectors on
the Northern ^Russian front have
captured several villages. The net
result of allied operations in ten days
is an advance of fifty miles.
LIBERTY DAY PROGRAM.
Liberty Sunday will be observed at
the Methodist Sunday school Sunday
morning, September' 29th. The pro
gram, which has been dedicated to
those who have left our Sunday
school for the cause of Liberty, will
begin promptly at 9:45. Let every
member be in his place and on time.
The parents, relatives and friends
of our soldier boys are cordially in
vited to be present.
LIBERTY LOAN CHORUS.
(Composed especially for the Fourth
Liberty Loan Drive by Miss Dove
Erwin.)
Keep Old Glory Flying,
With the Bonds you’re buying;
Tho’ you’ve bought some once before,
You must buy some more.
There’s some silver shining,
Thro’ your pocket lining—
Turn your pockets IN-SIDE-OUT
Till the boys come home.
(Tune: “Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing.’’)
HAVE YOU DONE
YOURJJTY YET?
Do Not Put It Off, But Visit Your
Respective Station and Become
A Volunteer Bond Buyer.
The old adage “never put off until
tomorrow that which you should do
today” has never found a more fit
ting time and place for lodgment
than here and now. No Ameriear
should delay the matter of buying his
Liberty Bonds. He now, today
has an opportunity to get on the
honor roll of volunteers. If he does
not buy today, he still has “tomor
row” left at his disposal. “Better
late than never,” so take advantage
of tomorrow and accept your last
chance to get on the honor roll. In
the event of failure to come forward
on either today or tomorrow, you
will be solicited to do your duty.
Reports from all the volunteer sta
tions in Newport today indicate a
large number of persons have bought
and encouraging
I reports are coming’ in from othei
sections of the grand old county of
Jackson.
All the banks of Newport will be
open tomorrow, and officers of th«
organization are anxious that every
citizen voluntarily do his duty in or
der that Jackson county may send in
a splendid report Monday.
Casualty List
The commanding general of the
American Expeditionary Forces re
ports the following Arkansas casu
alties :
Killed in action—B.- Carpenter
Barber; Garrett Campbell, Vendor
Geo. W. Looney, Augusta.
Died from wounds—James Roberl
Scarborough, Fort Smith; Roy J
Ingram, Hamburg.
Wounded severely—William N
Wilson, Shawmut.
Died of disease—Will W. Cann
Prairie Grove.
In asking the people to Invest ii
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, th<
government is not asking them t<
on a paying basis.
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LEM ALBANIA
According to "Information Reaching
Amsterdam Through Well In
formed Sources.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 28.—Austria is with
drawing her troops from Albania,
according to reports received in Am
sterdam from well informed circles,
according to the Central News cor
respondent at Amsterdam.
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
(By The Associated Press.)
St. Louis, Sept. 28.— The Bureau
of Supplies of the Southwestern Di
vision of the American Red Cross re
ceived a total of 8,652,052 articles
during the month of August, and
shipped twenty carloads of supplies
for foreign destinations. The arti
cles received from the Red Cross
chapters in Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa, Texas and Arkansas included
7,894,803 surgical dressings, 326,917
hospital garments, 97,062 hospital
supplies, 97,998 refugee garments,
178,859 knit articles, 9,559 miscella
neous articles and 46,854 miscella
neous articles which were purchased.
WILL STAY HERE.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 28.—The govern
or has refused to honor the requisi
tion of the governor of Pennsylvania
for the return of Louis Dozsi, wanted
on a charge of wife desertion. He
has been in Arkansas five years, and
was granted an absolute divorce in
Hot Springs last June.
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REPLY ALREADY
HAD REED MADE
! —
Commander's Reply to Bulgaria Suf
fices—Must Sever Relations
With Her Allies First.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 28.— Great Britain
has replied to the Bulgarian request
for an armistice. The reply, it is
! stated, was fully covered by the an
1 swer given Bulgarian representatives
by the commander of the allied army
j on the Macedonian front. By this
! reply it is well defined that no mili
j tary operations can be suspended.
At the same time, regarding the
proposal for a conference on the
question of peace, it was made clear
to the Sofia government that such a
peace necessarily involved the rup
ture of the Bulgarian government
with Turkey, Germany and Austria
Hungary.
LATE WIRE BRIEFS
Washington, Sept. 28.—The house
this afternoon passed a resolution
appropriating a million dollars to be
used in combatting Spanish influen
za.
(By The Associated Press.)
Murphyrsboro, 111., Stept. 28.—
Twenty-five men are reported to
have been killed in an explosion at
the mine of the Franklin Coal & Coke
Company at Royalson today.
The Independent works for you.
Uso it as your salesman. It carriei
news of the store into hundreds ol
homes.
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VON HERTLING i
REPORTER OUT
German Imperial Chancellor Has Re
signed His Post, According To
Hague Advices.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 28.—Count Von
Hertling, the German imperial chan
cellor, has resigned, according to a
Central News dispatch from The
Hague.
GIVING.
(By Mary Carolyn Davies.)
Just Money! That is all we’re asked
to give.
He gave his life, Jim. He’d have
liked to live
For Betsy—bless her shy young
heart had only
The week before he left, put on his
ring.
How long her life will be for her,
how lonely .
With nothing of him but remember
ing!
She never flinched, nor he, my son,
they gave;
She working still and Jimmie in his
grave.
And now today we’re asked again to
save,
And give, give, give the country
what we’ve sweat
And toiled to earn. It’s hard to all—
and yet,
We safe, we calm, we fortunate, yre
living,
I wonder, dare we, dare we call this
giving ?
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The Season Signals
Fell Clothes
Cooler evenings and
shorter days are the
advance signals of
Autumn and general
reminders of Fall
Clothes.
Think-well, about
. your clothes needs this
| season. In order to
< save materials vital to
the prosecution of the
war, buy quality
clothes which will
thereby enable you to
get along with less.
This is the inspiration
back of
Kuppenheimer
Clothes
for Fall. It is express
ed in maintained quality stand
ards of fabric, tailoring and de
signing. The service and value
giving for which this store is noted
is more strongly evident in our
Fall stocks than ever before.
We welcome you to inspect the
new Fall styles. Our Suits are
$20.00 and up
The House of liuppouheimer
Star Clothing Company
ADAM LOCKARD, Manager “ 7HE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN.”
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KINS ITTEMPT
TO STEM WO |
ENEMY HAS INCREASED THB
VOLUME OF HIS FIRE.
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Determination To Resist to Utmost
Is Indicated, With Germans
Are Massed In Cierges And
Around Emont Woods.
FIGHTING ON ALL FRO
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Army North of .
miles, the war office announce*. ", i
The heights north of Fontaine-En
Dormoise were taken, and an addi
tional number of prisoners were
captured, and the fighting continues.
(By The Associated Press.) j
Paris, Sept. 29.—The
today began another attack
Ypres. At some
vance has
one-half
> made by
the large point of
from the North Sea.
POLK COUNTY IN LEAR ’
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 22.—Polk county
; again leads the state. It was ths
first county to complete its registry -
tion, having reported in full at 9:40
p. m. on Sept. 12, Registration Day.
It was more than a week before soma
of the counties reported. Yesterday '
Polk county reported that all its
questionnaires had been returned, all
the registrants had been classified,
and the physical examinations had
commenced. This is far ahead of
any other county in the state. Thera
were 1731 men in the last registrar ,
tion, and there are many counties in
the state with a simaller number. ^
H. W. Finger, sheriff of the county, ,/*>
is chairman of the board.
“Dash, determination and daring—
also efficiency”—That’s what our
boys at the front are doing. Keep ’em
going! War Savings is a message tc
the kaiser that will “get over."
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