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The Third Division Of The America?
Occupation Army was The First
To Reach Germany.
(By The Associated Press.)
With American Army of Occupa
tion, Sunday—The American forces
are standing on the west side of the
Moselle river tonight, on the extreme
left line at the frontier village of
Vallendorf on the Sauer river. From
this point it follows the Sauer to a
confluence with the Moselle and ex
tends along the latter as far south as
Garsch. The Third, Division was the
first to reach the German frontier.
(By The Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, Nov. 26.—Gen. Lud
endorff has quit German soil, ac
cording to the Frankfort Gazette.
It says he has left Sassnitz, Prussia,
for Sweden. Ludendorff’s titular po
sition at first was quartermaster
general, but he was repulsed and his
been long the actual directing head
of German military affairs.
FIERCE RIOTING
TAKES PLACE IN
NEW YORK CITY.
New York, Nov. 25.—Hundreds of
soldiers, sailors and marines broke
through a cordon of police surround
ing Madison Square Garden tonight
and attacked International Socialists,
who had attended a mass meeting at
which Bolshevik doctrines were ex
pounded. The men and women leav
ing the hall broke and fled as the
men in uniform charged past the po
lice, but were pursued into the side
Streets in all directions.
The attack came at the close of a
meeting which threatened from the
moment it began to break into a riot.
It was called ostensibly to protest
against the execution of Thomas J.
Mooney, but Scott Nearing, who pre
p*. sided, and the other speakers devoted
most of their attention to pleas for
the release of “political” offenders.
Several men and women were ar
rested for displaying red flags,
smuggled into the garden in defiance
of an edict of Mayor Hylan. Large
numbers of men in uniform entered
the building with the avowed deter
mination of preventing attacks upon
the government. They were restrain
ed with difficulty by police and de
tectives from making an assault on
the stage. Scores of fist fights were
interrupted by officers.
Soldiers and sailors who were un
able to get into the meeting sent out
patrols to round up men in uniform
who would aid in the charge on the
Socialists, which had been planned to
take place when the oratory was end
ed and the Internationalists started
A. for their homes.
. OVER TWO MILLION ACRES
OF CUT-OVER LAND LISTED.
gs Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 26.— Eighty-six
owners in 35 counties of the state
have listed over two million acres of
cut-over and other lands, with full le
gal descriptions of the same, with
the committee that is engaged in the
listing the lands. This is prepara
tory to advancing the interests of the
state when the proposed bill has been
passed by congress providing for the
utilization of these lands as farms
for returned soldiers and sailors. The
plan is being sponsored by Secretary
Lane for the Reclamation Service, and
is supported in Arkansas by the State
Council of Defense.
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GERMAld WOULD
lELAYJETBEflT
Are Incensed Because Allies Refuse
To Grant More Time To Leave
Portions Of Territory.
(By TEie Associated Press.)
Paris, Havas, Nov. 26.— German
delegates at the mixed conference at
Spa have protested against the re
jection of their request for a delay of
two weeks in evacuating Luxemburg
and Lorraine, and the Saar region.
General Nudant, one of the French
conferees, stated he considered the
protest groundless.
FRENCH VILLAGERS
HAD A HARD TIME
PLEASING GERMANS.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the British-American Armies
in France, Oct. 30.—Poultry ov/ners
in the little French villages from
which the Germans were driven in
the big allied offensive that ended the
war have been having a hard time of
it to supply the exacting demands of
the Germans. Two eggs a week from
every hen was one German requisi
tion. If the owner failed to deliver
the eggs he was fined one mark. He
was forbidden to sell or kill his
hickens and if one of them died he
was fined 100 marks.
Their homes were stripped of ev
erything that contained metal or rub
ber.
Inhabitants in all the villages re
taken by the Allied troops were al
lowed only the most meagre quanti
ties of food by the German army of
cers. Hundreds of them declared to
The Associated Press correspondent
that if it were not for the help given
y the United States through the
Spanish-American Relief Committee,
they would have starved. There were
times when even some of this food
did not reach them, they said, because
it was taken by the Germans and used
in the army.
One resident in the town of Hohain
said that 14,000 pounds of lard sent
to the Spanish-American Relief
Committee from the United States
and intended for the population, was
‘ taken by the Germans before they
left the place.
Casualty List
The following casualties are re
ported by the commanding general
of the American Expeditionary
Forces:
| Killed in action-457
Died of wounds-61
' Died of accident and other causes..23
! Died of disease-344
Wounded severely-86
Wounded (degree undetermined) 147
Wounded slightly-116
Total_1,408
Arkansas boys in the list today
include the following:
Killed in action, Richard Ivy, Alma;
; Lewis M. Dowell, Dalark; John Es
cue, Fort Smith; Thurman Harris,
| Parkin; John L. Klein, De Vail’s
! Bluff; Frank Alexander, Mount Ida;
Herman Hodges, Guion; Sidney Hop
I kinson, Bonar; John M. Kaucher,
' Little Rock.
| Died of disease, Jack Hammons,
Leslie; Albert Harris, Pine Bluff,
Henry Harrison, Enola; Samuel A.
Gibson, Blytheville; Ernest Brume
low, Fenter; Roland J. Lassater,
McLouglass; Walter M. Miller,
Driggs; John B. Phillips, Grand
View; Walter Williams, Panama;
John C. McNairy, Pocahontas; Levie
T. Mahan, Alicia; John T. Moore,
Sparkman.
Wounded severely, Eddie Johnson,
De Queen; Dale; Petros, Rogers;
William C. Jackson, Lone Elm; Os
car 0. Karnes, Smithville; Proctor
l L. Wasson, Smithville; Lewis Smith,
Buswkell; Lewis Smith, Henderson;
Frank Coston, Marked Tree; George
W. Fielding, Henrietta.
Missing in action, Ben Q. Williams,
Western Grove; Henry R. Hollo well,
Anderson, Frank Birch, Morrilton;
Roscoe C. Jones, Wrightsvil'e; Wil
lie Jarvis, Buckner; Elmer Jones,
! Clarksville.
Subscribe for the Independent,
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Thursday, November 28th, 1918,
has been proclaimed, a National Holi
day by the president of the United
States. The Governor of Arkansas
has also issued a proclamation de
claring that day a holiday to be ob
served by the citizens of Arkansas as
a day on which every loyal citizen
should be glad of the opportunity to
close their business doors, and repair
to their homes and their respective
places of worship, and there give
thanks unto the God of the Universe
for the many blessings bestowed upon
us as a nation and as a people.
The business men of Newport, al
ways keeping step with the progress
of the times, and feeling that espec
ially this Thanksgiving day they have
so much for which they can render
thanks, and desiring that their em
ployees may have the same opportun
ity as themselves, have requested
through their representative proper
notice be given that they expect to
observe said day in keeping with the
proclamations of our beloved presi
dent and governor.
Therefore, I, as mayor of the City
of Newport request in behalf of the
employees and said business men that
all places of business close upon said
day, and that the day be observed by
all as a sacred holiday, and in keep
ing with the spirit and meaning of
the words, THANKSGIVING.
This November 26th, 1918.
C. M. ERWIN, Mayor.
The above closing order is endorsed
by the directors of the Chamber of
Commerce. Cards announcing that
stores will be closed w'ill be given all
the merchants in the city who are
asked to display them in their win
dows. There will be a community
meeting at the county court house
during the afternoon of Thursday,
further announcement of which will
appear in tomorrow's paper.
EIGHT COUNTIES ARE
TARDY IN MAKING
ELECTION REPORTS.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 26.—There are 8
counties that have not yet made
their official returns of the election
of Nov. 5, notwithstanding the fact
that it was the lightest general elec
tion ever held in the state. The
counties not yet reported are Conway,
Craighead, Cross, Desha, Jackson,
Lawrence, Randolph and St. Francis.
TO INDEPENDENT READERS.
Owing to wire trouble not all the
usual daily filings from the Associat
ed Press were received today.
HOME GUARDS TO ATTEND
THANKSGIVING SERVICES
IN BODY AND IN UNIFORM
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 26.—By direction
of the Governor, all officers and men
of the Home Guard will attend
Thanksgiving services on Nov. 28, in
f their respective communities. The
; organizations, if practicable, will at
I tend in a body and in uniform. The
governor’s Thanksgiving proclama
tion is directed to be read at the next
meeting of the companies.
A “wildcat” still was captured this
week near Morrilton. Together with
the illicit outfit, 350 p-allons of mash
were found.
RUSSIAN FRONT
IS BITTER COLS
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American And Allied Troops Are
Forced To Withdraw To Escape
Grip Of Severe Winter.
(By The Associated Press.)
Archangel, Monday, Nov. 25.—
Winter has begun in earnest on the
whole Northern Russian front. All
rivers are ice bound. Bolshevik gun
boats, which menaced the American
and allied forces on the Dvina, were
forced to withdraw to escape being
frozen in.
Operations are limited to spasmod
ic exchanges. The freeze-up, while
bringing relief on the Dvina front, in
creases the dangers to others, as the
once impassible swamps are now fro
zen, making possible bush-whacking
attacks by the enemy.
GOVERNOR BROUGH
REGRETS RESIGNA
TION OF M’ADOO.
Little Rock, Nov. 26.—The governor
yesterday sent the following tele
gram to President Woodrow Wilson:
“I regret very much to note the re
signation of Hon. Win. McAdoo, whom
1 consider the greatest financier in
America today. All Arkansas would
| greatly appreciate the appointment of
the Hon. Carl Groy, division director
j of railroads, of Washington, to suc
ceed Mr. McAdoo as director general
of railroads. Mr. Groy is a former
; resident of Fayetteville, Arkansas,
and is eminently qualified to fill this
i very important position. He was for
j merly vice president of the Frisco
[ System.”
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nA CLOTHES LESSON—
FROM THE WAR
The war taught us to economize.
Waste and extravagance was
tabooed. In clothes, economy meant
better quality. Good clothes last
longer, look better—and, in the long
run, are most economical.
Are we going to forget this lesson?
Economy in peace time is as
- worth-while as in war-time.
Let’s keep on practicing econo- I
my. Let’s continue to de
mand the best. Buying
i KUPPENHEIMER
J CLOTHES
' is practicing true clothes econ
y omy—before the war, during
\ the war and after the war.
J Suits $20.00 to $45.CO
Overcoats $22.50 to $50.00
, Star Clothing Co.
“The Apparel Store for Men.”
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Important Matters Will Be Discussed ^
At Smoker Given For Chamber” ~ ^
Of Commerce Members.
It is the desire of the Chamber of
Commerce directors and officials that
a big attendance of members be given
the smoker at the Hazel hotel this
evening at 7:30 o’clock. Important
matters dealing with the future wel
fare of Newport and community are
to be discussed, and every member is
asked to come and have a voice. |g
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GERMAN TREACHERY ^
PREVAILED TO THE
LAST DAYS OF WAR.
With the British-A erican Annies,
Nov. 1.—Correspondence of The As
sociated Press—German deviltry
seemed to know no bounds in the last |j
days of the fighting on the British
front after the Hindenburg line had
been shattered. They attached gren- ,;.|§
ades to the bodies of dead Huns left ' *'
behind in the German retreat, s
that when the bodies were lifted f
grenades exploded, killing or wo_.:
ing the bearers.
Near the town of Le Cateau, M
number of Australian stretcher-bea:
ers were killed by these grenades in
attempting to remove some German
dead from the field in front of an
American machine-gun position.
Thereafter no Australian would put
hand on a dead German. In some
cases the bodies were dragged to
their burial places by means of a
long rope which allowed the stretcher
bearers to keep out of range of any
exploding hand-grenades. --
The Americans, on the other hand, |
hit upon the plan of making the Ger
man prisoners bury their own dead. fj
In one instance a Boche prisoner was..
summarily shot because he refused to - j
remove the body of one of his dead |
companions. An examination of the .
body later led to the discovery that it
was mined. The German was aware
of this fact and refused to touch it.
In one small town evacuated by
the Germans, many of the beds were
found to be mined. An American of
ficer, tired and worn by a long and
hard fighting, sought rest on a lounge
in a room previously occupied by a
| German officer. The lounge blew up
! and he was instantly killed.
Another officer picked up a pair of
field glasses left by the Germans and
was adjusting the focus when the
glasses exploded in his hands and
blew away a part of his face.
The Hun's had become adept in the
nefarious business of marking infer- ^
nal machines, mines and time fuses,
j and there was scarcely an area where
the electrical and enginering experts
of the allies did not find some new
form of their fiendish ingenuity.
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COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
MODIFIES STATEMENT
REGARDING MERCHANTS
The Council of National Defense
! has voted that the language of its
j statement of August 29th, which said *
that merchants “are not to increase
their working force by reason of the
i holiday business over the average
force employed by them throughout
the j ear,” is defined more definitely
as follows:
It was agreed that the pronounce
ment be changed to the extent of al
lowing the merchants to employ a
force during November and Decem
ber not in excess of the number em
ployed at any time during November,
1917, in case that number is in ex
cess of the average force employed
throughout the year.
POPULATION OF
JAPAN INCREAS
ING RAPID RATE.
(By The Associated Press.)
Tokio, Nov. 26.— Japan’s popuVsr— -
tion is increasing at the rate of 800,
000 a year according to official statis
tics. Until a few years ago the rate
of increase was a little over half a
million yearly.
The population on November 31,
1917, was estimated at 57,998,373.
This did not include Korea, Formosa
or Saghalian.
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