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■ALLIES TAKE 12,000 PRISONERS
IN TWO DAYS.
Allies Are Now Eleven Miles From
Bruges And Twenty-Five From
Ghent—Americans Overcome
Hun Resistance.
| FRENCH ARE NEARING RETHEL
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I (Associated Press Summary.)
Sweeping steadily over the low
lands of Belgium and Flanders the
allied armies are rapidly wearing
| away the extreme right flank of the
German battle front. The allied
forces have captured Menin and Wer
vicq and are across the Lysle river in
the neighborhood of Vervicq. Twelve
thousand prisoners have been taken
In the past two days. The allies are
low about eleven miles from Bruges
ind twenty-five miles from Ghent.
Vest of the Meuse river the Ameri
ans are fighting their way through
, maze of barbed wire and tangled
rire trenches and are combing their j
iray through the Kriempild line. They [
lave carried Hill No. 299, which |
lominates much of the country west:
f Romagne, and have penetrated the.
econd line of defense in the vicinity j
f Laudres-Et-St. Georges. The bat- J
tie in this area is of a savage nature.
Meanwhile the French and Italians
are moving slowly along the line
from the Oise to the Aisne. In the
l.- ^Champagne the French are within a
mile of Rethel. Duaseso, an impor-1
tant city of Albania, has been en
tered by the Italians.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 16.—The Belgian ar
my under King Albert is advancing
rapidly along the Cortomarick-Tho
rout roal. The fall of the Belgian
town of Thorout, whose capture was
jgikprematurely officially announced yes
HBerday, is confirmed today.
(By The Associated Press.)
| Paris, Oct. 16.—The French last
tight captured the village of Acy Ro
tnance and are within one mile of
the important railway junction of
Rethel, in the Champagne. The war
©ffice announces the French also
(jkiade further progress north of Sis
jB^one. North of Sossone and Rethel
;■ en enemy counter-attack was re
pulsed.
(By The Associated Press.)
j British Headquarters in Flanders,
October 16.—Belgian cavalry this
morning are reported within one mile
TPiok an important railroad cen
. ter.
(By The Associated Press.)
‘4 With the1 American Forces North
'll vest of Verdun, Oct. 16.—German re
| sistance against the American ad
| vance is continuing, the strength of
j| the opposition fully equalling that of
■|fj| yesterday.
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London, Oct. 16.—Haig reports
7 gains of ground by British patrols in
;* Douai-Lille sector last night.
boy stabbel to death.
Fort Smith, Oct. 15.—In a fight
U saldjp have been prompted by jeal
jji ousv. Krthur Card, aged 18, stabbed
Jptewart, aged 19, to death at
• Auburn, this county, and escaped.
According to stories told to the au
Pthorities, Stewart and his friends be
came angry with Card because the
latter took Stewart’s favorite gn
home from church. Stewart and his
friends, it is alleged, waylaid Card,
■fcwho defended himself with his knife,
‘'our boys who accompanied Stewart
did not participate in the fight, the
authorities say.
Community Labor Board Furnishes
List Of Occupations That Are
Pronounced Unnecessary.
Joseph M. Stayton, chairman of the
council of defense for Jackson county,
has received1 from the community la
bor board at Jonesboro a classifica
tion list of non-essential occupations,
which is published below.
It is urged that men now employed
in non-essential work be released and
employed in essential work. P. H.
Van Dyke of Newport is chairman of
labor for Jackson county and every
citizen should give him united co-op
eration in fulfilling the mission of his
office. There is much labor employ
ed throughout the county in non-es
sential occupations that should be re
leased for work that has to be car
ried on.
The community labor board has
submitted the following to Mr. May
ton:
Our Community Labor Board met
and declared the followng non-essen
tial:
1. Idle persons and persons who
cannot show evidence of steady em
ployment in essential industries.
2. Bowling, billiards, pool halls
and domino halls.
3. Private chauffeurs, porters and
similar occupations.
4. Shoe shining parlors.
5. Able bodied attendants in bar
ber shops.
6. Male employees in restaurants.
7. Candy manufacturers.
8. Cigars and tobaccos, where
men are engaged between 18 to 37
years.
9. Cleaners and dyers where men
are engaged between 18 to 37 years.
10. Confectionaries and delecates
sens.
11. Fruit stores.
12. Livery and sales stables not
angaged in war work.
13. Doormen, footmen and able
bodied male attendants at clubs and
hotels.
14. Persons, including ushers and
ather attendants engaged and occu
pied in and in connection with games,
sports and amusements, excepting
actual performances in legitimate
concerts and theatrical perform
ances.
15. Able bodied men engaged in
any store or manufacturing estab
lishment where women are capable of
same work.
BOHEMIA SCENE
OF REIOLUTIOI
And In The Ukraine Rebellion Has
Developed In Which German
Troops Are Taking Part.
(By The Associated Press)
Paris, Oct, 16.—Meetings called by
the Czecho-Slovak council at Prague
;o protest against the export ot iooa
stuffs from Bohemia resulted in a
general strike being called and which
is developing into a revolt, according
;o Zeurich dispatches to Paris news
papers. Martial law was proclaimed
throughout the country and German
and Hungarian troops are occupying
Prague, Pilsen, Pisek and Taborud.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 16.—A general politi
cal strike has been called in Moravia
and Bohemia and great demonstra
tions in favor of an independent state
have taken place at Prague, accord
ing to a Zeurich dispatch.
(By The Associated Press.)
Stockholm, Oct. 16.—Insurrection
is spreading in the Ukraine and re
cently has extended throughout the
entire government of Podolia, accord
ing to dispatches received here. At
several places German troops are re
ported siding with the rebels. Five
thousand well armed peasants are
moving on Poltava.
Subscribe for the Independent.
SAVE AMERICANS
! FROM HUN CAS
Public Is Asked to Save Nut Stones
And P*ts For Red Cross For
Manufacture Of Gas Masks.
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Mrs. G. A. Hillhouse, representing
the local chapter of Red Cross, has
started a campaign in Newport for
the collection of nut pits and stones,
Which are needed badly by the gov
; ernment for the manufacture of gas
masks. You are asked to save the
seeds and pits and turn them over to
the Rea' Cross, which will ship them
to the proper authorities. In so do
ing you will help save a soldier’s life.
Save the following:
Peach stones, plum pits, apricot
pits, olive pits, prune pits, date seed1,
cherry pits (native), brazil nut shells,
walnut shells (English or native),
hickory nut shells, butternut shells.
Don’t throw these away, but save
them and notify Mrs. G. A. Hillhouse,
who will arrange to get them into the
hands of the government.
CONDITIONS AT CAMP
PIKE MUCH IMPROVED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 16.—Medical au
thorities announc# that at no time
during the epidemic of influenza at
Camp Pike has there been inadequate
nursing or medical treatment. At
the height of the epidemic, of course, ■
the doctors were hard pressed, but j
there was no suffering on account of j
a lack of attention. The epidemic is
practically over at the camp, and the
conditions are about those which ex
isted before the epidemic occurred.
WOHIBED HUG.
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Son Of Mr. And Mrs. George Foushee
Was Injured In Battle In France,
Degree Undetermined.
George Foushee, a good citizen re
siding east of Newport, this morning
received a telegram from the war
department which stated:
“Deeply regret to inform you that
it is officially reported that Private
Claude A. Foushee, infantry, was
wounded in action, degree undeter
mined, about August 11. The de
partment has no further informa
tion.” '
Claude, who is about 21 years of
age was a member of Company E, and :
has been in France several months.
His many friends trust that he has (
fully recovered from his wounds by
now, and also will extend the deepest
sympathy to his father and mother |
and the hope that they will receive (
the news from across the sea that t
their son’s injury was of a minor na- <
ture and that he has since been able <
to return to his regiment. ,
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GOVERNOR DONAGHEY ILL. i
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 16.—Ex-Gov. Geo. *
Donaghey is seriously ill at his home 1
:n this city With an attack of influ- 1
enza.
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NEWSPAPERS HIT HARD. 1
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Chcago, October 15.—The war’s of- c
nr>nn nowcnonpro wflQ fnU tfiH/lV ^
at a meeting of the Inland Daily
Press Association. It was said that
labor conditions have forced the con
solidation of 250 daily papers in the
United States and the suspension of
850 daily papers since the war began. (
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Casualty List
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The following is the daily summa- t
ry of the afternoon casualty list of f
ft hie American expeditionary forced t
now fighting in France as reported' by T
the commanding general. t
Killed in action- 52 1
Missing in action- 35 I
Wounded severely-182
Died from wounds - 31 s
Died from accident and other \
causes- 4 £
Died of disease- 26 c
Wounded, degree undetermined— 106 s
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Total_ 436 s
No Arkansas boys appear in this s
list.
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Governor Brough, who is in Wash- t
ington, has notified the people of \
Texarkana they must wait until the e
war is over for their contemplated \
new school building, as the govern
ment won’t stand for any new con- f
struction work now. c
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me numoer oi pneumonia cases is,
greatly reduced, and the conditions
are much improved.
MESSAGE FROM GEN
ERAL LLOYD ENGLAND.1
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 16.—The follow
ing message was wired by Gen. Lloyd
England to the chairmen of all Coun
ty Councils of Defense:
“Washington lays special stress on
importance of not slowing down our
war activities at present time, partic
ularly in support of Liberty Loan
campaign. Urge upon your Liberty
Loan chairman the importance of.
filling his quota as soon as possible
and give him active support of your
organization in completing it. There
must be no let up until the Hun sur
renders.”
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MARRIES SECRETARY AT ;
MIDNIGHT, CONGRESSMAN
DIES OF INFLUENZA.!
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(By The Associated Press.)
St. Louis, Oct. 16.—Congressman
Meeker died this morning from in-1
fluenza, after his marriage at mid-,
night to his private secretary. I
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THE GOOD WORK j
MUST NOT STOP;
Every Man And Woman Has A Share
Of The Responsibility To Carry
During Liberty Loan Drive.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 16.—A military
deficiency bi(l carrying more than
M>,000,000,000 for an enlarged war
jrogram was reported to the house
;oday.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 16.— With four
lays to go, the nation today has
massed the three-billion or haly-way
)ost in the race toward the six-bil
ion Liberty Loan goal before Satur
lay night.
Tomorrow the Independent hopes
to be able to publish a much more en
couraging report with reference to
Jackson county’s part in subscribing
to the Fourth Liberty Loan than it
could today if a report were given
publicity. But on tomorrow we know
that the paper will be unable to an
nounce that Jackson county has gone
over the top. Committees are work
ing hard today, and it is believed
that the county can send in a full re
port before the beginning of next
week if the good work is kept up.
Every man and woman in the,
county has a responsibility. Talk
Liberty Bonds, encourage others to
buy—let nothing keep you from being
a 100 per cent American. Jackson
county cannot afford to fall down.
SUPREME COURT ON LIQUOR.
On the 14th the State Supreme
Court rendered the following decision
cerning liquor transportation:
The supreme Court held that it
was no violation of the bone dry law
of this state for a person to check as
baggage a trunk filled with whiskey
for himself, but that the carrier would
be responsible for the shipment; that
he would not be guilty of violating
the law unless the liquor was being
brought into the state for another
person.
Harry Burton was convicted of
shipping liquor into the state. He
went to Poplar Bluff, Mo., and filled
a trunk with whiskey, which he check
ed as baggage. The whiskey was
seized at the depot at Kensett, and
Burton proposed to divide with the
sheriff if he would release the trunK
and its contents.
The court, in passing on the ques
tion, reaffirmed its former holding
that a conviction could result only
where the liquor was being transport
ed for another, and that the statute
was directed against the carrier un
der such circumstances. The court
further said; “Conceding, without
deciding, that the act of the carrier
in checking a trunk for a passenger
as baggage constitutes a shipment of
liquor within the meaning of the
statute, the carrier only is liable, and
not the consignor.”
The consignor parted with posses
sion of the property when he deliver
ed it to the carrier and thereafter the
transportation was the act of the car
rier.
The court further held that if the
transportation be treated as the car
riage of baggage by the traveler, he
would still not be guilty of violating
the bone dry law unless he was bring
ing the liquor into the state for an
other person. Under the circum
stances the court found that no viola
tion of the law had been committed
by Burton, and reversed the judg
ment of conviction and fine of $400
which had been assessed against him.
A. H. Clever & Co., a cotton firm
of Dallas, Texas, have opened offices
in Little Rock in the Skllern building,
and T. Smith, a well known Arkansas
cotton man, has been appointed their
state agent.
Supt. J. L. Bond and High School
Inspector A. B. Hill of Little Rock
were in conference yesterday with
Lewis H. Carris, assistant director
of the Federal Vocational Board, over
Vocational education.
HDflS PREPARE
FOR ENLARGED
FIGHTING ARAAT
WILL MOBILIZE STRENGTH AND
RAISE MILITARY AGE.
President Wilson’s Note Creates A
Most Unfavorable Impression In k
Berlin And Panic In Finan
cial Circles Follows.
WILL MAKE DECISION TODAY.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 16.— President Wil
son’s reply to the German note pro
duced a “most unfavorable imprea-.—
sion” in Berlin, says a Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam. Publica
tion of the reply, it adds, was follow
ed by a panic in Berlin banking cir
cles and stock exchange.
The German supreme command,
advices state, will come to Berlin by
the end of the week to deliberate on
the mobilization and concentration
sf the national strength and raising
the German military age.
It is expected that the German
chancellor will make a decision today
sn matters contained in President
Wilson’s latest note, says a Copen
lagen dispatch to the Exchange Tel
egraph Company. German newspa
pers point out that the president's
lote had the effect of a cold d!ouche
3n German hopes for peace.
BUMPED INTO A
PASSENGER TRAIN.
J. D. Minnick of McRae and a com
sanion, in attempting to cross the
cracks of the Missouri-Pacific yes
cerday while on their way to thiB city
n a truck loaded with household
?oods, were bumped into by a passing
train which wrecked the truck and
3adly bruised its occupants. Al
:hough badly skinned up neither Mr.
Minnick nor his companion are
chought to have received very serious
njuries. Mr. Minnick stated he was
saying the city his first visit since
1880, and although it had always held
a, warm place in his heart, he did not
care to visit again under similar cir
cumstances.
JOHN E. PARROTT DEAD.
John E. Parrott, aged 67, died at a
ocal infirmary this morning at 5:30
and the body was carried to his home
iear Tuckerman this afternoon,
.vhere burial will take place tomorrow
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will be remembered that the deceas
;d was seriously injured in this city
Monday at noon when his team be
came frightened and ran away,
;hrowing Mr. Parrott from the wa
ron, his head striking a fire plug
just across the Missouri-Pacific
,rack. Mr. Parrott had come to this
>ity and had purchased a load of lum
ber which slipped from the wagon,
’lightening the animals and causing
:hem to run, which resulted in the
leath of Mr. Parrott. He was one of
Bird township’s best ctiizens and his
leath will be keenly felt by his large
’amily circle and' friends. He is sur
/ived by six sons, Joe, Albert, Jesse,
Dewey, Byron and Edgar Parrott,
;he last named being in France.
Edgar A. Walden, a widely known
real estate man of Little Rock, died
n that city yesterday of pneumonia.
The influenza situation in Fort
Smith is reported improved today,
although there has been 941 cases
reported to date. /
Woodruff county is reported today
as being over the top in her Fourth
Liberty Loan quota with 101 per cent
subscription, and eight other counties
of the state are reported as having
made substantial gains.
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