| FIGHTING LINE
Numbered 251,u00 July 1st, Accord
p * ing to Statement of General
i March ToPay.
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! Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 6.—American
^troops actively on the fighting lines
f^n Europe July 1st numbered two
hundred and fifty-one thousand, ac
’ cording to an announcement by Gen.
March, chief of the staff, today. As
to the participation of the United
States in the war General March
had nothing to announce, except that
the first million have already em
barked for France and the move
ment of the second million is being
pressed.
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WILL CALL NEW
CUSS AUGUST
M —•
h New Class One Men After Examina
tion Must Be Ready For Service
In August.
Associated Press Dispatch.
! Washington, July 6.—Orders were
| issued today for calling up for physi
cal examination immediately all new
draft registrants who have been
placed in Class One. Local boards will
be instructed to have the new class
*»ne men available for call to colors in
August.
-BUY W. S. S.
/ FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
IRBY NOW HAS OFFICE
AT THE HAZEL HOTEL.
Food Administrator G. B. Irby has
••established new office quarters in the
sample room of the Hazel hotel, hav
ing moved there from the Arkansas
Bank & Trust Company building for
the transaction of business incident
to the food problems in Jackson coun
' -'fcy. Mr. Irby can be found at the ho
tel office from 10 to 12 o’clock in the
morning and from 4 to 6 in the after
noon.
-BUY W. S. S.
DISCUSS RUSSIAN
PROBLEM TODAY
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 6.—The presi
dent today called Secretaries Baker,
Lansing and Daniels into conference
and reports were spread that the
Dnocian oifna+inn will Kn rlicfiidcwl
It is known the representatives of the
allies are urging American and al
lied military intervention in Siberia.
-BUY W. S. S.
MODIFICATION OF
RECENT BEEF ORDER.
Effective at once public eating
house may serve beef, either roast,
stewed, boiled or steaks, once each
day of the week. The noonday meal
—from 11:30 to 2:3o p. m., has been
fixed for this state by Mr. Williams,
as the only meal at which beef can
' be served. This must be strictly car
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HAMP WILLIAMS PROBABLE
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
Special to Independent,
j Little Rock, July 6.—It is current
ly reported in political circles that
Hamp Williams of Hot Springs, food
administrator for the state of Arkan
sas, will be a candidate for governor
to succeed Governor Brough. His
; friends at Hot Springs arj calling
i him “governor.”
I -BUY W. S. S.
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Excursion Steamer Hits Rock and
Many Meet Death When They
Jump Into Illionois River.
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i Associated Press Dispatch.
[ Peoria, 111., July 6.—Approximate
ly one hundred and fifty persons
! were drowned or trampled to death
; at midnight last night when the ex
i cursion steamer, Columbia, carry
ing five hundred persons, struck an
obstruction in the Illinois river and
sunk. The boat was on its way back
to the town of Pekin, near here, from
an amusement park when it struck a
log or rock, which smashed a big
hole in her bow. The vessel sunk
quickly. Many leaped overboard
without life preservers and a number
i of these were drowned. Others were
crushed to death in a panic.
-BUY W. S. S.
URGES CONTROL
! OF COMPANIES
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, July 6.— President
Wilson today informed the chairman
of the congressional commerce com
mittee that it is critically important
that the senate pass a resolution au
thorizing him to take over the tele
graph and telephone lines before the
midsummer recess of congress, which
is planned for tonight. The house
passed the resolution yesterday, but
indications were action in the senate
will be deferred.
-BUY W. S. S.
GOVERNOR BROUGH
VISITS PENITENTIARY
—
Special to Independent
Little Rock, July 6— Gov. Brough
I visited the penitentiary walls yester
day, and reports that he found condi
tions at the walls very satisfactory.
There are 45 prisoners now at the
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the farms soon.
The governor visited the death cell
and talked with two white men under
sentence of death, whose days of exe
cution have already been fixed. One
of the men, convicted of crime in
connection with the draft in Polk
county, said he got into his trouble
by listening to radical socialists who
are traveling about the country in
flaming the people’s minds as to the
righteousness of America’s entrance
into the war. He said several of
these orators had represented to the
people that it is a war of capitalists
against the toiling masses of the
world, and said that if he had not
listened to this propaganda he would
never have Committed the heinous
crime and would be a free man today.
He asked the governor to warn the
people of the state against listening
to speakers opposed to the war, and
against reading incendiary literature
calculated to cause a feeling of un
rest in the minds of the people.
ried out.
Further, the serving of Hamburger
will Be permitted at all times, pro
vided it is made in the usual way,
that is from by-products and parts of
beef that cannot be utilized for ex
port, but never from choice steaks or
cuts of beef, except at (fre noon meal
each day in lieu of beef served in
other forms.
E. R. WILES,
Chairman Hotel and Restaurant
Committee.
Geo. B. Ihby, Food Adm. of Jackson
County.
P. S.—Remember any public eat
ing place, hospital, or public institu
tion of any kind feeding as many as
25 persons, or 75 meals per day, must
file their Statement C by July 15, if
they wish to get any more sugar for
> he rest of this year.
TROOP SHIP IS
RUINED AT SEA
Canadian Transport Is Brought
Ashore, But All the Men and
Crew Are Saved,
Ottawa, July 6.—It is officially an
nounced the Canadian troop ship, City
iof Vienna, has gone ashore at an
Atlantic port. All the troops and
crew were rescued, but it is believed
the ship is a total loss.
-BUY W. S. S.
The Independent works for you.
Use it as your salesman. It carries
news of the store into hundreds ol
homes.
MITCHELL DIES
IS PUNE FILLS
Former Mayor of New York Meets
Death At Grestner Field In
Louisiana Today.
Associated Presfe Dispatch.
Lake Charles, La., July 6.—Major
iJohn Purroy Mitchell, former mayor
of New York, was instantly killed
when an airplane in which he was
flying fell at Gerstner Field here this
morning. Mitchell enlisted in the 1
aviation corps of the army after be- ]
ing defeated for re-election for mayor i
last fall. He was thirty-nine years 1
old. ' i
BRITISH CASUALTIES
FOR THE WEEK ENDING
TODAY NUMBERED 17,336.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, July 6.—British casualties
reported for the week ending today
were 17,336.
-BUY W. S. S.
The philosophy of the W. S, S. is
save, save, save.
-BUY W. S. S.
A Total of 1,231 Knitted Articles
Have Beon Sent to' Headquarters
ers By Local Red Cross.
The knitting unit of the Newport
Red Cross Chapter made its ninth
shipment to St. Louis June 29, 1918,
containing the following knitted gar
ments.
Grubbs—Mrs. Mike Denton, chair
man .16 sweaters.
Auvergne—Mrs. Forrest Bleakley,
chairman; 8 sweaters, 2 pairs socks,
L pair wristlets.
Newport—Mrs. 0. W. Scarborough,
•hairman, 59 sweaters, 44 pairs socks,
7 pairs writslets, 137 garments in
;his shipment, making a total of 1231
mitted garments sent forward from
;his chapter.
Mrs. 0. W. Scarborough, Chm.
Mrs. T. J. Watson, Instructor.
-BUY W. S. S.
WHEAT PRICE IS
$2.# BUSHEL
Washington, July 6.—In an effort
o break the deadlock over the senate
iroposal to increase the minimum
guaranteed wheat price to $2.50 the
louse today adopted a resolution to
nake the price $2.40.
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HUNS REPULSED 1
Bf U. S. TROOPS 1
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Also Raids Attempted Against.
French Were Thrown Back, , | ml
Says War Office.
Associated Press Dispatch. «
Paris, July 6.—The war office rt-» '
ports the repulse of German at
temps last night to raid the Ameti- -
can sector of Lorraine and raids p|f|
against French positions were alio ■
(Associated Press Summary.) .VI |j|
Successful allied thrusts in kCal
actions have not yet drawn from th» "*
enemy a resumption of his offensive^
Every indication points to anoht»g‘5|||
German blow in the making.■ but
the moment a lull in infaht^;.dii^^H
ations prevails on the western front..
Except north of Albert, where thd,
Germans regained some ground,
enemy’s attempted counter ***^TMnm f
were unsoccessful.
During the week American, BritiMi
and French troops have improved- *
their positions at various |
the battle front, gaining vah»S£d£| J
ground besides taking more than.’'3
five' thousand prisoners. % §
British airmen during the I
pnimfpH -fnr 1 QK Harmon ^
vcrely, seventeen; missing, 4*t r jg
Associated Press Dispatetl. |
Washington, July 6—Marine'; -1
casualties show killed in actk^*4|p|S 1
died of wounds, fifteen; woa|^ii '1
severely, twenty-three; degt4r%te£i; J
determined, fifty-two; missing,
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