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VOLUME XVII. NO. 290. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MANY TOWNS
HEAR FIRING
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Bombardment Along the Western
Front Began This Morning At 3
O’Clock and Lasted Until 7—
Fifty Mile Front.
DOORS AND WINDOWS SHAKEN
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 21.—Artillery action
I .on the Western front this morning
Uas distinctly heard at Dover and
other towns east along the coast of
England. Loors and windows at Dover
*> %e continuously shaken. The firing
'* wS^F heaviest ever heard in this dis
trict from such a distance. It began
at three o’clock and lasted until
sev^n.
The official statement says the
bombardment occurred along the
whole front from the neighborhood of
Vendeuil, South of St. Quentin, to the
River Scarp.
From Vendeuil to the Scarp the dis
tance is nearly fifty miles. Begin
ning of German artillery bombard
ment may mean preparation for the
German offensive to begin.
GERMS BEGIN •
KENT ATTACK
Start Bombardment In a Wide Sec
tion On the British Front, Says
Official Statement.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 21.—It is officially
announced that the Germans this
morning began a heavy bombard
ment in a wide section on the British
front.
RED CROSS MISSION
WHICH LEFT JASSY AR
RIVES SAFELY AT MOSCOW
Washington, March 21.—The Amer
ican Red Cross mission to Rumania,
which fled to Jassy to escape the ad
vancing Germans, have arrived safely
at*Moscow, according to advices to
Rttd Cross headquarters.
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Several thousand yards of new laces
at 25 per cent discount.
40c lingerie cloth-26c
25c bleached domestic-21c
25c lawhs a special at.-19c
10$)00 yards new spring ginghams at
one-fourth off.
Children’s gingham dresses from
49c to $1.98. -
Rit soap, washes and dyes__—-10c i
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STAMP SALESMEN
The committee of war savings
stamps salesmen spent last night at
Johnstown, where they succeeded in
selling only about $300 worth.
The committee tonight go to Balch,
Friday night to Hickory Grove, Sat
urday afternoon to Battle Axe and
Saturday night at Diaz. Monday
night the committee will appear at
Shoffner at the Mt. Zion colored
hurch, and on Tuesday night at Cow
Lake.
/In many places the committee has
met with splendid success, while
there has been a lack of intreest in
other places. Just why the people
in some places, and they are few, will
not take hold of this plan of carrying
on the war is hardly plain. Our fight
is one in which we all should be in
terested, for it is for freedom that we
are asked to wage our fight with
dollars. The most that we can do
here at home is nothing compared
with the sacrifices being made by the
boys who are on the firing line and
those who will soon be over there to
offer their blood for you.
THREE IMPORTANT RULINGS.
The following important rulings
have been received by Hamp Williams,
Federal food administrator for Ark
ansas, from Herbert C. Hoover, and
are transmitted to the county food
administi’ator for publication. All
concerned will hereafter be governed
by these rulings.
E. L. Boyce,
Food Administrator for Jackson
County.
Retail dealers must buy substitutes
w'ith every lot of wheat flour. They
must buy substitutes at same time as
flour from seller of flour or present
written statement showing purchases
elsewhere of requisite substitutes not
balanced by other purchases of wheat
flour. If wholesaler has sold both
flour and substitute, and has ot nsub
stitute on hand, let him refrain from
hipping the flour until he receives
substitutes. By so doing we will
keep down wheat flour sales, which is
what we want to do.
Herbert Hoover.
BAKERS, ATTENTION!
Although bakers who use less than
three barrels of flour and meal per
month are not required to secure a
food administration license, a recent
rule gives them the right to come un
der license. This applies to not only
commercial bakers, but to all hotels,
restaurants and boarding houses.
Those who procure licenses will be en
titled to procure wheat flour for mak
ing bread or rolls on the basis of one
pound or substitutes for every four
pounds of wheat flour. Those who do
not secure licenses and thus subject
shipping the flour until he receives
administration’s rules and regulations
must purchase the usual one pound
substitutes for each pound of wheat
flour.
Herbert Roover.
MERCHANT’S, ATTENTION.
The food administration after in
vestigation of cost of manufacturing
blackstrap molasses has determined
that any sale of imported blackstrap
molasses or blackstrap molasses pro
duced in the United States from sugar
cane imported into United States, at
a price of more than 18 cents a gal
lon, will Return holder unjust and un
reasonable profit. Every such sale will
be scrutenized carefully with view to
revocation of license of offending
seller. Blackstrap molasses is a bi
product of manufacture of sugar and
is used in manufacture of over one
^nillion, seven hundred thousand tons
of feeding stuffs annually in the
Unite.l States. This announcement
will prevent profiteering in this es
sential commodity and will insure a
supply of food ingredient at a reas
onable price. Kindly give wide pub
licity to this announcement.
Herbert Hoover.
Big Red Cross Shipment
is Made to Headquarters
Ihe following is the report of the
sixth shipment of knitted garments
sent to St. Louis from the Newport
Red Cross Chapter, March 21, 1918:
Newark, Mrs. Ida Hogue, chair
—10 pairs socks, 3 sweaters, 1
pair wristlets, 6 helmets.
Auvergne, Mrs. Forrest Bleakley,
chairman—9 pairs socks, 3 sweaters,
3 pairs wristlets.
Shoffner, Mrs. D. L. Shoffner,
chairman—5 pairs socks, 9 sweaters.
Swifton, Mrs. F. Tonney, chairman
—15 pairs socks, 3 sweaters, 1 pair
wristlets.
Tuckerman, Mrs. J. S. Graham,
chairman—13 pairs socks, 1 sweater,
2 pairs wristlets.
Weldon, Mrs. D. L. Kimbrough,
chairman—8 sweaters.
Newport, Mrs. O. W. Scarborough,
ers, 46 pairs wristlets, 3 helmets.
This shipment consists of 226 gar
ments, the largest we have sent out
from Jackson county, which makes a
total of 771 knitted garments made
by this chapter. There are twelve
knitting units in the county.
Mrs. 0. W. Scarborough,
Chairman.
Mrs. T. J. Watson, Instructor.
ONE OFFICER,
3 MEN KILLED
And Many Are Injured When Ameri
can Destroyer Collides With
British Ship.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 21.—The navy
department announces one officer
and three men were killed aboard an
American destroyer which collided
with a British ship on March 19. A
number of American sailors were in
jured.
To place an advertisement in the
Independent is to carry your message
to the attention of the wise house
To advertise it in the Independent
is to sell it—if it is something for,
which live people find a need.
ENEMY CRAFT
IS DESTROYED
—
French and British Destroyers Sink
Two Torpedo Boats, Says
Dispatch.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 21.—Two enemy de
stroyers and two enemy torpedo boats
have been sunk by a force of five
British and French destroyers, the
admiralty announces. One British de
stroyer was damaged.
The engagement occurred off Dun
kirk this morning.' British casualties
were slight and there were no French
casualties.
You command the immediate inter
est and attention of local customers
when you patronize the Independent’s
advertising facilities.
AMERICANS EIGHT HAND
TO HAND WITH HUNS
WILHELM ADMITS
DECISIliyyiDMENT
Kaiser Says This Is a Decisive Mo
ment and the Greatest Moment in
German History.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 21.—Emperor Wil
liam, in a telegram to the Rheinisch
provincial council, today declared “we
are at the decisive moment and one
of the greatest moments in German
history” according to an Amsterdam
despatch to the Central News.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Ernest Freeman, colored, of New
port to Ada Shaw, West Plains, Mo.
J. W. Bunon to Miss Dela Riley,
both of Tuckerman.
Golden McCartney to Miss Helen
Lodie, both of Bradford.
Ira Kenard to Miss Nora Prisock,
both of Grubbs.
James Teaue, colored, to Adella
Shaw, both of Newport.
W. A. Jeffery, colored, to Anna
Canada, both of Newport.
Will Finley to Miss Dora Coleman,
both of Grand Glaize.
Ernest Jeffery, colored, to Anna
Maize, both of Newport.
John L. Brown, colored, to Anna
Robinson, both of Newport.
I Copyright 1918
fj Tho House of Kuppenheimer
Bp THE HOUSE of KUPPENHEIMER
The Spring styles for your sturdy young American
are distinctly military in spirit—he wouldn’t have
anything else in these stirring times. But it’s a sea
son to look beyond style. Everyone knows that
good fabrics are scarce.
Your best assurance of getting what you pay for is to depend on the
integrity of The House of Kuppenheimer, long known by the clothes
I wise as headquarters for honest fabrics and exceptionally fine tail
ing. Go to your Kuppenheimer store and see the range of styles—
and remember, every Kuppenheimer suit is right,
Prices $25 and Up
Star Clothing Company
ADAM LOCKARD, Manager. “THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN"
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ENEMY LINES
ARE REACHED
Make Raid On German Trenches Last
Night and Engage Huns In a
Fierce Hand to Hand t
Battle.
BATTLE LASTS FORTY "MINUTES
i Associated Press Dispatch.
American Army in France, March
21.—American troops in the sector
east of Luneville participated last
night in a raid on German trenches,
penetrating the enemy lines for some
distance. Hand to hand fighting en
sued.
( The raiders returned to the Amer
ican lines after about forty minutes.
' Details are unavailable at this hour.
The raid was in conjunction with ,
French troops. The Germans retali
ated with a heavy fire of gas, and
high explosive shells.
i Mrs. Eliza Mohlke, aged 77 years,
of Jamestown, a woman of German
descent, has knit this past winter tea
pairs of socks for the soldier boys.
She furnished the wool, spun it and
knit the socks without aid.
SUMMARY OF
ALLIED LOSSES
Seizure of Dutch Shipping Is to Off
set Allied Losses Suffered By
Submarines.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 21.—Seizure of
Dutch vessels by the United States
and Great Britain was ordered last
night to reduce materially the net al
lied loss due to German subnariies
and mines since the beginning of the
war. A British government state
ment gives the gross loss up to Jan
uary first 11,827,572 tons and a net
loss of 2,632,297 tons.
Dutch shipping taken over aggre
gates one million tons and approx
mately six and one-half million tons
of new ships have been built by al
lied and neutral countries since the
beginning of the war. Two and one
half million tons of German and Aus
trian ships have been seized by the
allies.
Under the British-American ship
ping agreement owners of Dutch ships
derive revenue from their use. Hol
land also will be allowed to obta’n
foodstuffs from abroad, and her col
onial trade will be prodtected.
The situation of the western front
is virtually unchanged. Artillery
continues active and small raids have
occurred. Secretary Baker has com
pleted his inspection of the American
army in the zones of France.
BENGEL.
“Danny” has been busy in our neck
of the woods again this week, the re
sult being a quiet wedding Sunday
afternoon at the Weldon parsonage,
when Mr. J. B. Walls and Miss Iris
Brown were made one. Both of theso
young people were of this place an<*
highly esteemed by everyone in the
community. A host of friends join
us in wishing the happy couple a long
and prosperous life.
Mrs. P. A. Hall and little daughter,
Lola, of Alexandria, La., came in
Saturday to spend a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ray, the parents
of Mrs. Hall.
Use the columns of the Independ
ent. They will carry your business
talk into nearly every home in New
port* ,i a , ■a.i.-ws <