■ VOLUME XVII. NO. 311. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONLAY, APRIL 13, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ^
AMERICANS WHIP
GERMANS SUNDAY
ENEMY LOSES NEARLY ONE
HUNDRED MEN.
Heavy Engagement Occurs South of
Verdun and Germans Are Whip
ped Back By Americans Who
Take Prisoners.
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GERMAN MACHINES ARE TAKEN
London, April 15.—German storm
ing troops were hurled against the
Americans in the sector south of
Verdun Sunday. American infantry
men beat then! in hot fighting, and
the enemy withdrew with the loss of
nearly a hundred men.
Northwest of Toul the enemy has
not repeated his attacks which cost
them four thousand casualties last
week, ✓
Sunday’s attack in the American
sector between Verdun and St. Mihiel
came after a violent bombardment.
The Americans with hand grenades
and bayonets went out to meet the
Germans, and after the engagement
thirty-four Germans were dead and
ten wounded, all being found in the
American trenches, while just beyond
the trenches were thirty more enemy
dead. The Americans also captured
prisoners. American aviators also
brought down two German machines.
HUN PURPOSE
HAS FAILED
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 15.—“The turn
ing point of the battle on the west
ern front is being reached with the
German purpose having failed,” says
the war department in a review of
the situation today.
PLENTY OF
SHIPS SOON
Associated Press Dispatch.
Hoboken, N. J., April 15— Elbert
Gary, chairman of the United States
Steel Corporation, announced this af
ternoou4.that the first ship construct
ed at the request of the government
will be launched about the middle of
May and said the corporation’s two
yards will be prepared to turn out i
completed ship every ten dayo.
A Bible School Institute is being
held at the Baptist church all this
week, with services each afternoon
t 4 o’clock and evening at 8 o’clock.
j. is. Mosely ot tne state sunaay
school board, has charge of the after
noon study hour and Rev. J. S. Com
pere, assistant state secretary of the
mission board, preaches at the even
ing hour. A general invitation is
extended to everybody to attend, es
pecially the members of the church.
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FIGHT HAND TO
HAND IN NORTH
!
Heroic British Seem to Have Stopped
German Drive In the Region of
Armentieres.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 16—Fighting he
roically in hand-to-hand engage
ments, the British have checked the
German drive in the region west of
Armentieres. This enemy effort,
like the one in Picardy, seems almost
definitely stopped. The Germans
spent thousands of lives in reckless
efforts to break the British lines
without success.
Haig’s battered divisions are offer
ing desperate resistance to the Ger
mans above Neuve Eglise and Baill
eul. Neuve Eglise has changed hands
several times, and is now held by the
Germans. It is an important strat
egic point, as it is one of the outposts
of Messines Ridge. On the remain
der of the front the situation is un
changed.
German attempts to attack the
apex of the salient, Merville, were dis
persed by artillery fire. In Flanders
and Messines Ridge no further ac
tions have taken place. There is no
activity in Picardy.
WILL ANNUL
HUN CHARTER
Committee Orders Favorable Report
On Bill to Annul German-Ameri
can Alliance Charter.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 15.— The sen
eel a favorable report on the bill pro
viding for the annulment of the Fed
eral charter of the National German
American alliance.
WILL INTERN
ENEMY WOMEN
As Soon As President Signs Bill In
cluding Women In Class of Ene
my Aliens.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 15.—It is under
stood that more than a hundred
Greman and Austrian women under
surveillance will be arrested and in
terned as soon as President Wilson
signs the bill including women in the
class of enemy aliens.
TOURISTS RATES TO
THE “VAPOR CITY”
WILL REMAIN SAME
Snecial to Independent.
Little Rock, April 15.—The gov
ernment control of the railroads has
not changed the tourist rates on the
railroads to Hot Springs. The dele
gates who attend the war work con
vention of the General Federation of
Women’s Clubs, April 30, and others
going to Hot Springs, will be among
the only travelers in the United
States that will have the advantage
of reduced rates on the railroads.
Hot Springs is the property of the
United States—or a large part of it
—and being a government reservation
and international health resort, re
duced round-trip rates are on sale
every day in the year.
Ten thousand delegates, coming
from every state in the union, are ex
pected to attend the convention,
which will be addressed by govern
ment experts from every department,
and from educators from every sec
tion of the country.
While some conventions are dis
couraged by the government, the bi
ennial is to be held with the fullest
approval of the government, because
of its great educational value.
TUPELO “OVER THE TOP.’’
A letter to the Independent from
W. S. Morgan of Tupelo, gives a
splendid Liberty Loan report for that
place. The patriotic citizens of that
thriving community up to last Tues
day hejjl subscribed a total of $10,250,
with a considerable amount raised
since then.
Set Yerself Fer Something
Fine—Sousa’s Coming Friday
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If it’s music you like, you’ll have
it. All of you who haven’t heard
Sousa close-up, have heard him on the
funnygraff, and you know he’s no
barnstormer.
Yes, Sousa’s world-famed band of
musicians will be in Newport Friday
night, all night too. They will arrive
on No. 3 Friday afternoon, and won’t
leave us till next morning.
This information was contained in
a letter received yesterday by Ira J.
Mack, publicity director for the Lib
erty Loan. Mr. Mack says he will
have further details to give out in a
day or two, after complete arrange
ments for the concert to be staged on
Friday night have been made.
The coming of Sousa’s band means
the conferring of a great honor upon
Newport and Jackson county, and
doubtless one of the largest crowds
ever assembled in the city will be
here next Friday night.
MAY PAY TAXES
UNTIL JULY 1ST.
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Patriotic Duty of Arkansas Women to
Exercise the Right of Primary
Suffrage.
Among other obligations that have J
come to the women of Arkansas since
our entrance into the Great War, that
of suffrage is the most important.
For it IS an obligation, no less than
a right and a privilege, and every
woman in the state is urged by the
State Suffrage Central Committee to
consider it from that viewpoint.
There are a few easily bnderstood
facts that should appeal to these
thousands of new voters in Arkansas:
According to the ruling of Attor
ney-General Arbuckle, women other
wise qualified may pay their poll
taxes, without penalty, up to the day
of election, to vote in the primary
election of May 28.
Poll-taxes for this year may be
paid without penalty up to July 1,
which will qualify for subsequent
primaries, including the municipal1
primaries, which usually begirt with I
Little Kock in December.
It has been held by the attorney
general that Arkansas soldiers out
side the state cannot vote in Arkan
sas elections, as the non-resident
voters’ act applies only to electors
away from home but inside the con
fines of the state. This will deprive
the state of thousands of voters.
Arkansas is one of the seven
states where aliens are permitted to
vote—it is expected this will be rem
edied by the next legislature, as it
has been done recently by the Texas
legislature.
These two facts are further reas
ons why every woman of Arkansas
should esteem it her patriotic duty to
pay her poll-tax and cast her vote
in the ensuing primaries, that loyal
Americanism may have a strong and
dependable ally in maintaining the
balance of power.
Finis MAssey, of Jacksonport, one
of our Company E boys, who is home
on a furlough and visiting his mother
and brothers at Jacksonport, is
spending the day here with his sister,
Mrs. A. Bullard. He is looking fine,
as all the boys are, and is enthusias
tic about army life.
H. V. POWELL TO
SERVE5ENTENCE
Supreme Court Affirms Conviction
of Man for Conspiracy to Extort
Money in Legislature.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Little Rock, April 15.—The supreme
court today affirmed the conviction
of Walker V. Powell of conspiracy
with Former State Senator Burgess
to extort money on alleged “hold up”
legislation in the last legislature.
He must serve one day in jail and
pay a $100 fine.
“PROBLEMS OF FOOD”
IS NEW TEXT-BOOK
ENDORSED BY BROUGH
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 15.—Gov. Brough
has endorsed a little text-book that
has been born out of the conditions
brought on by the war. It is “Prob
lems of Food”, a compilation of arith
metical problems in which the con
servation of food is taught by exam
ple so that the school children may
grasp the ti-uths of this great cam
paign in which the government is in
terested.
Gov. Brough says that “if the book
is put into the hands of the school
children of Arkansas it will not only
result in greatly facilitating the con
servation of our food resources for
the successful prosecution of the war,
but it will teach lessons of thrift and
economy which will be of inestimable
value in the years of peace to follow.”
It has been endorsed by the State
Council of Defense “as a means of
patriotic instruction upon the great
need of saving food in the homes of
Arkansas.”
The book is designed for use in the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
The government recognized its value
and offered to print it and furnish
one copy to each school in the United
States, but the authors desired a
more extensive distribution.
In asking the people to invest in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, the
government is not asking them to
contribute money.
Don’t be a dead one. Advertise.
1 ARKANSAS
iBANK Q
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jCOMPANY
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!| Gen. Haig Orders Men to |l
|| Hold Line at Any Cost! ||
j I! UNCLE) SAM asks us to buy LIBERTY g j
j §§ BONDS. One deals with Human Life,
i M the other with Dollars and Cents,
i Should we be more tender with our i
!|§ dollars than Haig is with his men, many -
IH of whom are American boys? j
Do your utmost! Buy Bonds today •
| J and help strengthen that line. 1 j
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According to a Report From Vienna,
Which Says Emperor Has Ac
cepted the Resignation.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, April 15.—Count Czer
nin, the Austro-Hungarian minister,
has resigned, according to a Vienna
dispatch. The emperor has accepted
his resignation and entrusted Czernin
with the conduct of foreign affairs
until his successor is appoointed.
STONE FUNERAL
IN WASHINGTON
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Officials Quit War Work to Attend
Funeral of Missouri Senator Who
Died Yesterday.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 15.— Official
Washington turned from its war du
ties today to attend the funeral of
Senator Stone of Missouri, who died
yesterday as a result of a paralytic
stroke suffered Wednesday. Ser
vices were conducted by the chaplain
of the senate this afternoon. The
body will lie in state at the Missouri
capitol Wednesday. Burial will take
place at Nevada, Missouri.
COTTON TAKES
DECIDED DROP
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 15.—The rush pf
selling orders, largely due to the
hedging of operations as a result o..’
improved crop prospects, caused a
drop in contracts in the cotton mar
ket this morning to 29, 45 a decline
of 130 points from the high point of
this morning. October broke one
hundred and twenty points.
LITTLE ROCK HOTELS
TAXED TO CAPACITY
ENTERTAINING GUESTS.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 15.—This is a
great week in Little Rock, and hotels,
normally filled to capacity, are taxed
to their utmost to take care of the
people. t
The United States Good Roads As
sociation is bringing thousands to
Little Rock from many states. It is
probably the largest convention that
has assembled here in years.
This will be followed later in the
week by the Bankhead National
Highway Association, which has the
important task of determining from
contesting routes, the route for the
great highway West of Memphis.
Besides all that, the committees of
the Constitutional Convention will
nnnA*v>l\]^ n it unnm /mil Dw/tni
dent Tom M. Mehaffy, to organize
and determine upon their course of
procedure. This will include all of
the members.
The committees will assemble at 2
o’clock this afternoon at the state
capitol, and at that time will decide
upon that procedure. This will in
clude all of the members.
It is known that some of the com
mittees have already done consider
able work, through the individual
members, and that tentative proposi
tions have been referred to the re
spective chairman. Further than this,
it is not possible to predict just what
will be done.
The resolution of adjournment pro
vided that the committees should meet
at the call of the president. This call
has been issued, and the committees
are here. The next step must be tak
en by the committees themselves, and
each one acting for itself. They can
not meet as a convention.
In addition to these conventions, a
meeting of the Central Southern
States Food, Milk and Meat Inspec
tors and officials is being held here
today, with a good attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Hinkle and
little daughter spent Sunday .t
Batesville with his mother.
To advertise it in the IndepenMM
is to sell it—if it is something foe
which live people find a need.
BATTLE ABOUT
AEIIVE EGLISE
IS STILL RAGING
USUAL INTENSITY MARKS THE
STRUGGLE TODAY.
Another Assault Against Baillenl Jm
! Expected. Seven German At*
Tacks In the North Are Re
pulsed By British.
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FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS.
Associated Press Dispatch. :
With the British An«v in France^ 1
April 15.—The battle ..bout Neuve Jj
Eglise continued to rage this mom- Jm
ing with the same intensity that haa fl|
marked it for days. The British are V|
pounding the Germans hard. Another V
assault against Bailleul is expected
momentarily.
Reports show that the British line
as a whole was strongly held thia fi
morning.
Assieiated Press Dispatch.
London, April 15.—It is officially
announced that seven German at*
in uiic luerviue sector on uni
northern battle front were repulsed,
with heavy losses for the enemy. The
British have lost Neuvre Eglise.
Southwest of Bailleul, the Germans
temporarily penetrated British posi
tions, but were driven out by counter
attacks.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, April 16.—The French last
night made a successful local attack
above Montdidier, taking prisoners,
the war office announces.
GERMANS ARE
DENOUNCED
Associated Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, April 16.—One thous
and persons gathered ,on the streets
of Prague, the capital of Bohemia,
Saturday and denounced the Ger
mans. They cheered the entente and
Wilson, according to a Prague dis
patch to the Lokal Anzeiger of Ber
lin.
NOT A WORD
FROM COLLIER
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 16.—It wa»
stated today that the navy depart
ment is still without word of the Col
lier Cyclops, which is more than at
month overdue at the Atlantic port.
Three hundred persons, including the
crew and passengers, are aboard tho
vessel.
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IS PROUD OF JACKSON COUNTY.
T. J. Gregg, local manager of the
Lesser-Goldman Cotton Company, is
in receipt of a letter from A. D. Gold
man of St. Louis, a member of the
firm, in which he expresses great
satisfaction with the manner in
which the people from Newport and
Jackson county have rallied to the
support of the Third Liberty Loan.
Mr. Goldman has lirged all his cus
tomers throughout this section
of the state to give their individual
and collective support to the over
subscription of the present issue.
Mrs. P. II. Van Dyke, Mrs. John W.
Wallace and Mrs .W. A. Billingsley
arrived home Sunday evening from
Little Rock, reaching home about 11
o’clock. They made the return trip
in Mrs. Van Dyke’s new four-passen
ger Hudson-Super Six, which is the
very latest model of the speedster
type and of a bluish gray color.
While in Little Rock they made a
visit to Camp Pike, also made a trip
to Pine Bluff, returning home by the
way of Lonoke, where they visited
the aviation field. They had a most
delightful trip all the way there and 4
back.
Mrs. M. E. Motley is at Little Rock
visiting relatives. _ —• ■'*§