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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 99. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918. PRICE FIVE <?ENTS
FRENCH ATTACK
GERMANS AGAIN
k Push Enemy Back On Ten Mile
f Front, and Positions At Soissons
and On Aisne Endangered.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 20.—The French
tenth army attacked again this morn
ing on a front of ten miles between
the Oise annd Aisne rivers and reach
ed a maximum depth of two miles,
according to a dispatch fom the bat
tle front received at noon. The
French advance endangers whole
-German positions at Soissons and on
the Aisne. It is possible the Ger
mans will withdraw to Chemin-des
Dames. Noth of Roye the French
captured Bracquemont and 'Fendu
woods and occupied a greater part of
Beuvaigness, besides . making pro
gress to the southeast of Beuvraig
ness, according to advices.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 20.—The war office
reports the repluse of four German
attacks last night against British po
sitions at Chilly, six miles north of
Roye. British lines were advanced
In the neighborhood of Vieux Berguin
and Gutterstein, in the Lys salient.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 20.—The French last
night occupied the village of Vassens,
northwest of Morsain, between the
Oise and Aisne, says the war office
announcement. Reciprocal artillery
fire is reported in the region of Las
signy and Deslincourt, west of the
Oise. A German aerial bombardment
at Nancy resulted in the death of
six civilians, and a score were in
jured.
(Associated Press Summary.)
German forces holding a vital sec
tor between the Oise and Aisne rivers
were hurled back over a ten mile
front this morning by the French, ac
cording to reports received in Lon
■*"don, which stated that the French
toops penetrated enemy positions to
a depth of two miles. The attack
was a continuation of the assault
made northwest of Soissons Sunday
night. Whole German positions at
Soissons and along the Aisne river
are said to be endangered. No details
of the fighting are yet available. Un
official dispatches also report signif
icant local successes were achieved
hy the French from the Oise north
ward to past Roye. The line now
appears to be close to the important
town of Lassigny. Roye apparently
is now enveloped on three sides.
Meanwhile allied pressure in Flan
ders continues. The old Lys salient
is being rapidly flattened out. Allied
forces in Vladivstok have been rein
~~ forced by—the—arrival—of a second
American transport. Czecho-Slovaks
have engaged in heavy fighting with
Bolshevik forces north of Vladivstok.
AMERICAN STEAMER
PROBABLY RAMMED
AND SUNK U-BOAT
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 20.— The navy
department announced today that the
captain of an American steamer re
ported having rammed and probably
sunk a submarine on the night of
August 17 off Winter Quarters
shoals on the northern coast of Vir
ginia.
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'ONE HUNDRED
. PERSONS DIE
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 19.—One hundred
persons were killed in a veritable bat
tle between Lettish Guards and riot
ers during food disorders in Petro
grad, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph.
The dispatch, which quotes Petrograd
advices by way of Berlin, says after
the city had been without food for
two days a procession of workmen
marched through the streets shouting
“down with tide Germans,” “down
with Krenlin.” The battle occurre<
before the Smolney institute. Mar
tial law wras proclaimed in Petrograd.
LABOR OPPOSES
WORK-OR-FIGHT
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 20.—The house
military committee today closed hear
ings on the man-ower bill after hear
ing Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American federation of labor,
who presented a protest against the
proposed work-or-fight amendment.
Morrison declared the amen4ment
was an attack upon the loyalty of
American workmen and the conscrip
tion of labor in a covert way.
WRITES FROM FRANCE.
# -
James G. Royer, who has arrived
safely in France, writes the following
to his friend, Miss Ruth Dunham, of
Newport:
“Somewhere in France,
“Miss Ruth Dunham,
Dear Friend: I got here without
any bad luck and like it fine, having
a fine. trip. I enjoyed the trip from
Camp Beauregard to Camp Merrit,
but the trip across the pond I didn’t
like very much because I couldn’t see
anything but water. I have heard
Jhere are whales and sharks in the
ocean, but I didn’t see any. This is
a very beautiful country, but the peo
ple are queer, but I guess they think
;we are the same way. It is odd to see
jf,he people wearing wooden shoes.
They certainly make a racket when
they walk on the sidewalks—sounds
like a bunch of horses on the paved
streets back there in the states. I
will have to quiut now and get some
supper and get to work. Some of us
have worked every night since we
tame here.
“Always your friend,
“Jas. G. Royer,
“5th Co., Camp Beauregard, Auto
Troop, Infantry,
Cr. Adjt. General Dept., A. E. F.
BOY’S COLLEGE RECORD
WILL DECIDE WHETHER
OR NOT HE BE CALLED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 20.—In answer
to the question, “If the draft age is
lowered, will a boy be called out of
college when he is 18?” the Arkan
sas Emergency Council on Education
says:
“The answer to this question will
depend largely on the record the boy
has made in his college and military
work. When a boy’s draft number is
reached, the war department, acting
upon the advice of the college author
ities, will decide whether he should
be called at once into service, or
should be detailed to Remain in col
lege and finish his coffrse.”
GOOD REPORT BY STATE BANKS.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, Aug. 20.—The aggre
gate reports of 389 3tate banks for
the close of business June 29, as
shown by the report compiled by the
Bank Commissioner, shows total re
sources of $118,3H8,016.05. The total
deposits of all kinds are $90,194,070.
55, which includes individual deposits
amounting to $53,681,712.05.
666 cures Headaches, Biliousness,
loss of Appetite, foul breath, or that
tired aching feeling due to Malaria
or Colds. It removes the cause.
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GASSED MEN ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT
Soldiers who have been gassed by (he Germans are shown arriving at a hospital in France for treatment.
JAP DISORDERS
IRE SUBSIDING
♦
(By The Associated Fress.)
Tokio, Saturday. — Disturbances
over the high price of rice are re
ported to be subsiding except in
north Japan, where they apparently
are spreading. Mobs burned several
houses at Sendai. The rice exchange
announces thirty houses were burning
at Tsumiyz Thursday.
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TOTAL OF 2,824 OF
ARKANSAS YOUTHS
ARE TO REGISTER.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 20.—Revised es
timates show 158,000 men who be
came twenty-one since June 5th
should register for military duty Sat
urday. The estimates include Arkan
sas, 2,824.
PRES I I)EN TRET URNS.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 20.— President
Wilson returned to Washington this
morning after a brief vacation on the
Massachusetts coast as the guest of
Col. E. M. House.
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WHEAT INTENDED
FOR RUNS TAKEN
(By The Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 20.—A. Mitchell
Palmer, alien property custodian, an
nounces 1,507,000 pounds of devital
ized wheat discovered in a warehouse
here ready for shipment to Germans
through Switzerland, have been
seized and will be sold at public auc
tion.
Sale of
_MANHATTAN
SHIRTS
Beginning August 15th up to and inclusive
of August 31st our entire line of Manhattan
Shirts will be on sale at the following prices:
$2.00 Manhattan’s $1.65
$2.50 Manhattan’s $1.85
$3.00 Manhattan’s $2.15
$3.50 Manhattan’s $2.85
$4.00 Manhattan’s $3.15
In view of the present advancing prices it is
to your advantage to come early and look
them over.
Star Clothing Company
ADAM LOCKARD, Manager 17HE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN ”
STRONGER LAW \i
a saw mill where they earned
lars per day to opeate this
/levice. The miesh of
small that it would
(Food sized game out of
the length of it it was
draw of the seine would
entire lake. These men
a negro ten dollars per day
his team for them at night
the fish away. They would be
in barrels and represented to
press company not to be gai
and an examination of seveJ§|§
barrels would lead an express
to believe that such was the casa.
seine was confiscated and sh
the ‘Arkansas Game & Fish
sion at Little Rock.
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Killed ir
tion, 80;
of wounds,
other caus
determined
tal, 176.
CONVENTION ACCOM- '3| *1
PUSHES VERY UT$|8| %
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Special to Independent. y|fja:
Little Rock, Aug. 20.—Fo& |jB|i '.fjj
faithful minority attempted tOjjHH |j
in the constitutional convention* M fffl
finally had to adjourn until .'lljp »j|
morning when it became fa
that they would not be able to a*cbtti| :i|
plish anything. Last FridiJ], -5
members agreed to stay here tHHII -
week and a service call was sent ‘timM :
twenty-three absentees, but there
just a quorum prsent—58—when th<jjf«|
roll was called at 2 p. U.
suggested that they might
with questions over which
should be no dispute, but this 4fct,'ip|fl
seem to help matters much, fort1&|jp|
got in a tangle on fixing the salarfiA||
of state officers. Judge Moore <l4-|
Phillips insisted that the taxation aj^|||H
tide be taken up, but Judge Petti- £ jS
grew objected because of the smajj|||iB
number present. Mr. Psrtaitt
wanted the taxation article to
over today, and said that if it
not deferred he would break a quo-flB
rum. President Mehaffy pleade^^B
with the delegates to get togeth^^^H
and work and not act like childrea&i
but Ot 3:45 the question of “no
rum” was insisted upon, and the
vention adjourned until this '
ing.
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