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VOLUME XVIII NO 135 NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1918 PRICE, HIVE CBN
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GERMAN'S ill
SOON HAVE 10
CO SOCK HOME
ALLIES OVERRUN HINDENBURG
LINE FOR FIFTY MILES.
In the North Network Of Railroads Is
Becoming Useless to Germans
and In South French Are
Forcing Them Out.
FRENCH ENTER ST. QUENTIN.
BULLETIN.
5 o’Clock.
With the French Army Near St.
Quentin, Oct. 2.—The entire sec
tion of St. Quentin has been
outflanked. Explosions are
heard in the city continually.
Fighting continues north of town
where the French have made
progress. The French army
has gained the tunnel of the St.
Quentin canal at Tronquoy and
continue to advance eastward.
Bhitish Army, France, 10:30 a.
m., Oct. 2.— British forctes
breaking through German lines
on the Beaurevoir-Waincourt
front have created a salient
which will aid materially in the
capture of St. Quentin by the
French.
(Associated Press Summary.)
Germany’s defenses between Cam
bbai and St. Quentin are crumbling,
and the time expected for the Ger
_p man withdrawal from France and
Belgium apparently is drawing ap
preciably nearer. From the Scarpe
to the Oise, for a distance of fifty
miles the allies are overrunning the
Hindenburg defense system. In the
north the valuable network of rail
roads in Flanders is fast becoming
useless, while in the south the French
are vigorously pressing their ad
vance v est and north of Rheims.
Noj&'.east of St. Quentin the British
rhave advanced more than five miles
eastward from the front line Hinden
burg positions.
Cambrai has not yet been occupied,
but the British hold the important
heights south of the town. The
French have entered St. Quentin in
Flanders.
□ The Germans are reported to have
set fire to the Roulers & Menin rail
road junctions in the Champagne.
The Americans are moving forward
north and west of Mont Foucon.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Oct. 2.—The Germans are
moving their heavy artillery fiom
the Belgian coast, according to re
ports. The Belgian army is co-oper
ating with the British and French
today in renewed attacks, on the
Flanders front.
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VOLUNTEER WEEK !
STORSmiDir
Organized Committees Will Then
Start Out to Put The County
Over the Top.
The active campaign in behalf of
the Fourth Liberty Loan will start
promptly in Jackson county Monday
next, when an organized effort will
be launched to put the county and the
town of Newport over the top in re
cord breaking time. Judging by the
way volunteer subscriptions are be
ing received by the several authorized
agencies throughout the county, the
task will not prove a difficult one.
It was erroneously reported that
Bateman’s volunteer loan subscrip
tions amounted to $3,000. The cor
rect amount is $4,000, $1,000 more
than reported.
Swifton has reported an additional
subscription of $2,400, which witth
Bateman townships extra $1,000,
brings the county’s total to $229,
750. The county’s quota is $396,000.
NO TROUBLE TO GET ’EM.
Howard Lee Jones, a mechanical
engineer of New York City, is being
held over the coals by the courts of
that city for having five wives. Jones
says it is no trouble to get ’em.
TY COBB IN DRAFT.
Ty Cobb, the great baseball artist,
has been drafted and ordered to ap
pear at Camp Humphries, Va., for in
duction into the service in the gas
and flame service division, at once.
estinistFdh
COTTON COOP
Season’s Crop Will Amount To 11,*
818,1*00, According To Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 2.—The depart
ment of agriculture today estimated
the cotton crop at 11,818,000 equival
ent 500-pound bales, basing the esti
mate on the condition of the crop
September 25, which was 54.4 per
cent.
UNCLE SAM’S HONOR ROLL.
A recapitulation of the casualty
list as reported by the commanding
general of the American Expedition
ary Forces operating in France is as
follows:
Killed in action-93
Missing in action-42
Wounded severely --347
Died of disease-21
Died of accident and other
causes - ®
Died from wounds-38
Wounded slightly - 5
Prisoners - ^
Total
From the above list we gather the
following names of boys from Ark
ansas. Robert Reeder, R. F. D. 1,
Box 79. Blackton, Ark., died of dis
ease; Earle E. Boone, Paragould,
Ark., severely wounded; Oscar L.
Martin, Solgohachia, Ark., severely
wounded; James G. Martin, Boone
ville, Ark., severely wounded; Thos.
W. Duncan, Rushing, Ark., missing
in action.
Wounded severely— Fred Bryant,
New Edinburg, Ark.; Clarence Chap
lin, Imboden, Ark.; George Hall,
Hemp Wallace, Don Landagin, Gen
try, Ark; Wm. " eed, Swifton;
Jas. H. Armstrong, McCrom, Ark.;
Walter B. Freeman, Owley, Ark.;
Died from wounds—Bugler Thos.
M Cochran, Pitman, Ark.
1 Missing in action—Ernest R. Car
mile, Heber Springs, Ark.
THE DRAFT LOTTERY FINISHED.
The draft lottery is finished, and
lists will e mailed out immediately
to the one hundrd and fifty-six draft
boards now in existence. Each one of
these local boards will make the lists
public at once.
William F. Hammond, Wounded In
Action, Arrives In New York—
Stinson Verdell' Located.
Supporters of democracy and jus
tice, and the admirers of the brave
soldiers of Jackson county who have ^
answered the call will rejoice to learn ■
that Wm. F. Hammond of Eight Mile,1
who was severely wounded in action j
in France July 18, has recovered from
his wounds sufficiently to return to
the states.
Mrs. Hammond, who became his
wife a short time before he entered j
the service this week received a letter j
from Mr. Hammond stating that he
had arrived in New York. He has
not fully recovered from his wounds
and probably will stay in the east for
a time before coming to Eight Mile.
The reunion at home will be a happy
one for the Hammonds, for this
brave soldier lad will find a lusty j
son waiting for him, the baby having J
been born a short time after Mr.
Hammond arrived in France.
Great interest will also attach to
the good news that Stinson Verdell
of Jacksonport, who was reported as
missing' in action, has been located
tn a hospital, where he was placed
after having been picked up wounded
on the battlefield. He will recover
soon, according to a letter which he
has written home.
Today’s casualty list carried the
name of Wm. F. Sneed of Swifton,
who was severely wounded in action.
Sneed is a member of one of Swif
ton section’s best families, and
his many friends will regret to learn
of his injuries. The Independent
printed a letter from Sneed a few
weeks ago.
LATE WIRE BRIEFS
(By The Associated Press.)
Madrid, Oct. 2.—Several cases of
Asiatic cholera have been discovered
in Vienna and Deathshaven, accord
ing to official news from the Aus
trian capital.
(By The Associated Press.)
Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 2.—Major'
Whitten J. East, commander of the j
Mitchell field, was killed this mom- j
ing when his automobile overturned. ;
East was one of the most expert fly
ers in the army. He was a native of
Mississippi.
ARKANSAS IS LEADING.
—
Of seventy-four men found physi- j
cally unfit at Camp Pike recently,
sixty-five are reported to be from
this state. This is a large proportion
of physically unfit to be credited, or
or maybe debited to us, and we do
not think the per centage will hold j
good all the time.
NO MORE WHITE
WAT DURING WAH
Is Considred Non-Essential And New
port Must Do Without This Form
Of Illumination.
Beginning toniglit Newport’s white
way will remain dark until after the
war, according to the following let
ter which has been addressed to the
Arkansas Light & Power Company:
Newport, Ark., Oct. 1, 1918.
Arkansas Light & Power Co.,
City of Newport, Ark.
Gentlemen:
The U. S. Fuel Administration, has
issued an order restricting all non
essential lighting, for the purpose of
conserving Fuel, and as the cluster
lights, known as the White Way, is
classed as non-essential, as the city
of Newport is lighted by Recular
street crossing lights, therefore no
need for the Whit Way lights from a
standpoint of danger, you are there
fore directed to discontinue furnish
ing current to the White Way in the
City of Newport until further orders.
Yours very respectfully,
W. D. McLain,
Chairman, U. S. Fuel Administration,
for Jackson County, Arkansas.
HICKORY GROVE.
Squire John F. Smith of Hickory
Grove attended the Fourth Liberty
Lone services at Campbll Sunday ev
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sorrells were
visiting among relatives near the
Yellow School House Sunday.
The stork visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Williamson Thursday
night and left a fine boy.
Mrs. and Mrs. Walter Coe and
baby and other relatives of Tucker
man spent Sunday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Williamson.
Jim and Lockard Terrell of Tuek
erman, Misses Trella and Lacey Sor
rels and Jim Smith of Hickory Grove
motored to Alicia Sunday afternoon.
Henry Williamson moved to Tuck
erman Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Barley are the
happy parents of a little daughter.
Lee Tims of Swifton spent Sdnday
with Mr. and Mrs. John Skyrmes.
Mrs. Lizzie Templeton is very low
at this writing.
John Skyrmes and J. F. Smith at
tended the Fourth Lierty Loan ser
vics at Hickory Grove Sunday morn
ing.
KEEP THEM GOING.
The Germans are falling back in
the face of the combined allied forces
all along the line. Buy Liberty Bonds
and keep them going.
“Dash, determination and daring—
also efficiency”—That’s what our
boys at the front are doing. Keep ’em
go’ng! War Savings is a message tc
the kaiser that will “get over.”
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Man Held In County Jail Admits His
Proper Place Of Residence Is At
Camp Pike.
Late this afternoon it developed
that “Karl Koenig,” who was arrest
ed at Algoa this week and brought
to Newport and placed in the coun
ty jail, is no longer a German, but a
I
deserter from the American army.
He admitted this much after being
put through a questioning by local
authorities.
His real name is Wilson Gregory
Lanier. His home town is Des
Moines, New Mexico. He was draft
ed by the local board for Union coun-‘
ty at Clayton, N. M., and was sent
to Camp Pike August 2(5, 1918. He
is 26 yeas of age, has reached the
9th grade in school and was a mem
ber of Casual Co., 86, 162 Depot Bri
gade, Camp Pike. He deserted about
the second day he was released from
quarantine. His excuse for quitting
the army is that he has an injury
to his hip and cannot stand to drill.
Lanier when captured said he was
a full-blooded German, having been
born in Kiel, Germany, and escaped
to this country three years ago. To
one person he said that Von Hertling
was the captain of his company.
When captured Lanier was wear
ing civilian clothes, but his uniform
was found yesterday in a suit case
near Auvergne.
1. S. TROOPS
GOJMRD
Make Advance Through Hotly Con
tested Sector, Moving Forward
North Of Mont Faucon.
(By The Associated Press)
With the American Army in France,
Oct. 2.—It was reported late last
night that the Americans on the
fornt between the Meuse and Argonne
moved forward over one of the most
hotly contested sectors. They ad
vanced north and west of Mont I* au
con.
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For the benefit of those oi our suu
scribers who did not read the an
nouncement printed in the Independ
ent a few days ago, we will make an
additional explanation with regard
to the new government requirement
that subscriptions to daily newspa
pers be paid in advance.
First, there is a great scarcity of
news print paper. The paper that
we have been allotted each month is
costing much more than formerly,
and we feel lucky to have been able
to escure the supply. The govern
ment has taken over the print
paper industry, and has ordered
that all delinquent subscribers be
stricken from the lists, and that all
complimentary papers be stopped or
put on the paid-in-advance list.
The Independent, in order to obey
the government order, is asking read
ers of the daily to not only pay for
September this month, but also to
pay for the month of October. It is
going to be difficult for the collector
to see everybody this month, so we
are asking that those who were
away from home or away from their
places of business when the collector
called, to come to the office and make
payment.
This paper has been 100 per cent
loyal and patriotic since it was first
established and has tom its shirt for
the government every day since the
war started, and we intend to obey
every request that is made, ?nid the
newspapers that fail to strive in ev
ery way to conserve the news print
supply are not only doing the govern
I ment an injustice, but are working a
I hardship on j other publishers who
'would suffer/from wilful waste.
MMDS HAS
SEEN OCCUPIED
Of THE ALLIES
TCCITPATION FOLLOWS TURK’S
REQUEST FOR TERMS.
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Terraans Are Reported to I>e Moving
Their Heavy Artillery From Bel
gian Coast—Important Gains
Everywhere.
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FIGHT IN FLANDERS GOES ON.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 2.—It is officially an
nounced that Allenby’s forces have
occupied Damascus, capital of Syria.
Damascus has a population of 225,
)00, of whom perhaps 25,000 are
Christians. m
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 2.—The Manchester
Guardan reports the Turksh comman
der at Damascus has asked for terras
for the surrender of that city. The
British are expected to enter the city
tonight.
(By The Associated Press.)
Poris, Oct. 2.—Heavy fighting took
place in the St. Quentin region last
night. Resisting stubbornly the Ger
mans were driven back to the east
bank of the canal, says the war office
announcement today. West and north
of Rheims the French made impor
tant gains on the entire massif of St.
Thierry, which is now in French
hands. Northwest of Rheims the
French took Poullon and Thil and
reached the southern outskirts of
Villers Franquex. North of Rheims
the French was pushed forward to
the outskirts of Betheny. There was
no change in the Champagne last
night.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 2.—The Belgian offi
cial statement issued last night re
ported fresh progress of French and
Belgian troops in the direction of
Hooglede and Rouleers. The British
have seized the Ledghemon-Roulers
Menin railway. A British detach
ment crossed th Lys river between
Wervicq and Comines.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 2.—Field Marshal
Haig’s forces have torn wide gaps in
the German line between St. Quentin
and I^ecatelet. The British com
mander reports the breaking of the
German line on the Fonsommes-Beau
revoir front. Beaurevoir is two and
a half miles east of Lecatelet. Fon
sommes is five miles northeast of St.
Quentin. Sequehart, four and one
half miles southeast of Bellicourty
and the hamlet of Preselles, just to
the north, has been captured. Creve
four and Cumill, south of Cambrai,
have been occupied. Australians
have finished the work of clearing
out the German defense south of Le
catelet and Gouy. Joncourt, just to
the south, has been freed of enemy
troops.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 2.—The German line
of defense between Cambrai and St.
Quentin has broken, and the British,
advance is threatening the German
line of retreat in the Oise valley and
from the massif of St. Gobain. Be
tween the Aisne and Vesle rivers the
French during the last three days
have advanced on a front of ten
miles to a depth of three to four
miles. The Germans this afternoon,
were retreating toward the line held
last year.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the British Army in Flanders,
0ct. 2.—Haig’s forces today cap
tured Rolleghem Capelle and ad
vanced three thousand yards south
*• -f Roulers.
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