I Allies Progress On Whole Front
B (Associated Press War Summary)
Today’s dispatches indicate the allied troops are forging
lead along virtually the entire Marne battlefront, while the
ermans apparently are continuing preparations for a retreat
„orth of the Marne. Large fires are reported burning behind
the German lines
The Franoo-Americanjs have crossed the Marne over a
twelve mile front between Jaulgonne, seven miles east of Cha
teau-Thierry and Reuil. On the western Flanders German sa
lient the allies have advanced to just west of Nanteuil Notre
Dame, the dominating point of the German line of communi
cations.
The French also have launched an attack in the Mont
didier sector, on the Somme battlefield. Artillery activity and
raids, are the only activity on other fronts in France and
Italy. ' i >
’L Homme Libre, Premier Clemenceau’s newspaper,
says the German losses since March twenty-first are approach
ing one million.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Londtrh, July 23.—The French
have restored all ground lost yester
day in the region of Grisolles and
have crossed the Marne at Pont Abin
son, just east of Reuill. The Ameri
cans have captured Aulgonne, a town
-on the Marne, and Buzancy, south of
.Soissons, while the British operating
between the Marne and Rheims, took
Petitchamp wood, near Marfaux,
with two hundred prisoners and four
teen machine guns, according to to
day’s advices. The Americans took
three hundred prisoners at Jaul
gonne. The French stormed the
jjk heights north of Courelles yesterday
B^*_J_gfternoe>n and now hold the bend in
Y , the neighborhood of Chassins as far
as Telroup, just east of Jaulgonne.
Treloup, however, is still in the
hands of the nemy. The French al
so captured >ulchy Le Chateau. The
French reported they experienced
great dificulty in making a passage
over the river at some points. Ger
man infantry and artillery are offer
P ing stubborn resistance.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, July 23.—The war office re
ports only artillery activity along the
battlefront during the course of the
night. Brilliant local operations have
enabled the French to occupy the vil
rlages of Maily Rainvuvalk, Souvillers
and Aubvillers north of Montdidier.
In the Somme sector three hundred
and fifty prisoners were taken.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, July 23— The British
pushed their lines forward slightly
last night in local operations south of
Hebuterne between Arras and Albert
and south of Merris and Meteren on
the Flanders front, says the war of
fe fice announcement. Positions alsc
J were improved in the Hamel sector
and north of Albert.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Army en the
'Aisne-Marne Front, July 23.—Over
; night information shows the situa
j tion is virtually unchanged, with the
1 American and French holding al
most every inch of ground gained if!
! the counter-offensive. The Franco
1 Americans are now holding Epieds
I and nearby villages north of Cha
| teau Thierry and further east the
| enemy is continuing to counter-at
^ tack unsuccessfully.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, July 23.—The French this
morning began a new attack in the
region northeast of Montdidier and
at 11 o’clock had advanced one mile
on a four-mile front, according to a
dispatch received here at noon.
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OE ALL WIRES
President Will Take Over Telephone
an|d Telegraph Systems, Effec
tive July 31.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, July 23.— President
Wilson today issued a proclamation
taking over control of the telegraph,
telephones, cables and radio systems
for the duration of the war, effec
tive July 31.
Authority to operate the wire
system is vested in the postmaster
general.
CANNOT LOCATE
DISABLED SNIP
(By the Associated Press.)
Nantucket, July 23.—A complete
mystery shrouds the report of a ves
sel in distress off the Island Nan
tucket, brought here yesterday by an
unidentified aviator. A search failed
to locate the disabled craft.
Hardin Maxmillian, writing in
a German newspaper, says '“interna
tional law forbids Germany to retain
even one pebble of Belgian streets
and commands Germany to restore
Belgium to the conditions before the
invasion.”
I -
A German prisoner taken last week
said the Germans had accepted the
statement that 1,000,000 soldiers had
landed in France as false. Now he
| said, however, that the Germans be
'lieved thei c are ten million Ameri
cans over thex.'
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Members of Defense
Counsel are Accused
(By The Associated Press.)
New York, July 23.—Agencies of
the Council of National Defense were
involved today in a nation-wide con
spiracy of alleged bribery and graft, |
in the manufacture of soldieds’ rub- !
ber raincoats through the arrest of i
Harry E. Lazarus, a member of the
| defense council’s sub-committee su- j
pervising the raincoat production.!
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PROCLAMATION.
To All to Whom These Presents Shall
Come—GREETINGS:
Whereas, the Honorable Herbert
Hoover, our able National Food Ad- !
ministrator, who conducted the ini
tial relief for the oppresed, heroic
Belgians in the early stages of the
great European war, has made an
appeal that every state in the union
have commission for Belgian relief,
and has urged that the patriotic citi
zens of the Commonwealths of our
Union should contribute generously
of shoes and clothing to protect the
Belgian soldiers and civilian popula
tion during the winter months, and
Whereas, the sacred treaty recog
nizing the neutrality of Belgium, by
the great signatary powers of Eu
rope was ruthlessly broken on Au
gust 2nd, 1914, when the potsdam dy
nasty referred to this treaty as “A
scrap of paper” and in violation of
the well recognized principle of na
tional law, invaded Belgium, razed
her fortresses and villages to the
ground, committed wanton outrages
on civilian women and children and
subjected the heroic Belgian to every
possible humiliation known to scien
tific savagery in retaliation for their
keeping their plighted word of inter
national honor, and
Whereas, King Albert and his
brave people have for the past four
years rendered signal service to the
allies and still hold a sector of the
line, in addition to maintaining the
autonomy of over forty square miles
of territory, and
Whereas, of Belgium it may be
said, as Lord Byron said of ancient
Greece, “The Niobe nations, therfe
she stands,
Childless and crownless in her voice
less woe,
An empty urn within her withered
hand
Whose holy dust was scattered long
ago.”
Therefore, It Charles H. Brough,
governor of the state of Arkansas, by
virtue of the authority vested in m«
by the constitution and laws of the
v-- -—
State of Arkansas, and acting in my
official capacity, do hereby proclaim
Friday, August 2nd, 1918, as “Bel
gium Relief Day” in the State of Ar
kansas, on which clay I earnestly ap
peal to the patriotic cittizenship of
our great commonwealth to contrib
ute and collect shoes and winter gar
ments for the relief of oppressed Bel
gians. I earnestly appeal to every
minister of every denomination in
the state to refer to the necessity for
such contributions in his sermons
preached both morning and evening
on Sunday, July 28th. I also appeal
to the patriotic women’s organiza
tions in each community in the state
to solicit contributions on August 2,
and the week preceeding, and I direct
that the supplies so collected shall be
forwarded to the Belgian Relief Com
mission, 113 W. 4th, Little Rock,
with the assurance that it will be
properly forwarded to Europe in time
to alleviate the sufferings of these
'brave people before the severest part
of the winter overtages them.
Since our brave boys have been
baptized in fire and have signally
distinguished themselves in resisting
the Hun offensive, I deem it an ap
propriate time and an appopriate
manner to show our gratitude to a
God-fearing and liberty-loving peo
ple and to Almighty God who holdeth
within the hollow of His divine hand
the destiny of nations as well as the
lives of individuals. *
In Testimony Whereof, I have
hereunto set hand, and caused to be
affixed the Great Seal of State on
this the 17th day of July, 1918.
Charles H. Brough,
Governor.
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MEETING HELD BT
DEFENSE COUNCIL
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Charges of “Hogging Down” Wheat
1 Against A. J. Goetz of Bird’
Township Were Investigated.
There was a meeting of the County
Council of Defense at the Court
House Monday afternoon called to in
vestigate charges of food wasting.
John Hawkins, a farmer living
east of Tuckerman, reported to the
State Food Administrator, Hamp
Williams, that A. J. Goetz was “hog
ging down” several acres of wheat.
A committee consisting of County
Food Administrator G. B. Irby, Coun
ty Demonstrator Geo. H. Banks and
George R. Hays was appointed to in
vestigate the charge. The committee
found that Mr. Goetz had turned the
hogs in on one small field of wheat,
but that by so doing he was best
serving the interests of the food sit
uation, as it enabled him to save the
wheat as feed for the hogs that
! would otherwise have gone to waste,
j The investigation developed the fact
' that there was a very poor stand on
most of this particular field and that
the yield would not have paid for
: harvesting it under norn^al condi
tions, and that he could not secure
the necessary labor when needed.
The council unanimously passed a
resolution expressing confidence in
Mr. Goetz’s loyalty, thanking him for *1
the active part he was taking in pro- •
ducing food and feed crops and as
suring him of the protection of the
Council of Defense and the loyal cit
izens of the county. A committee,
consisting of Fred R. Suits, C. G.
Henry and T. J. Gregg, was appoint
ed by the chairman and instructed to V
reduce this resolution to writing and
mail copy to Mr. Goetz.
Several prominent citizens from
Bird township were present at the
meeting.
The council adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman.
Casualty List |
(By The Associated Press.) j
Washington, July 23— The army
casualty list contains the name of
Private Homer Crumb, of Knobel, •'
Arkansas, who was killed in action. -
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, July 23.—Army cas-» '
ualties show killed in action, twenty
five; died of wounds, three; dis
ease, five; accident and other causes,
five; wounded severely, sixty ■'seven;
missing, one.
_
(By The Associated Presr
Washington, Juluy 23.—M
corps casualties show killed in
tion, four; wounded severely
teen; died of woundi
ing, one. .
Gustave Jones returned to Littlo
i Rock this morning to take up his
] work in the Constitutional Conven
tion.
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