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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 143. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 14,
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LTNE RUNS FROM OISE TO CHE
MIN DES DAMES.
With The Exception Of Area North
Of Douai The Allied Advance
Appears To Have Been Slow
ing Down Elsewhere.
AMERICAN PROGRESS IS SLOW.
(By The Associated Press.)
The Germans have abandoned
Daon and the whole St. Gobain region.
The French, after reoccupying Laon,
pressed on until the line now runs
from the Oise river above La Fere to
the eastern end of Chemin Des
Dames, while the Italian troops which
participated in the advance are now
engaged on the hills north of the Ai
lette. With the exception of the
area north of Douai there appears to
.have been a slowing down of the al
lied advance elsewhere. This may
indicate that the Germans have
reached the Hunding or Brunhold
line. In the region of Douai the Bri
ttish are fighting their way forward
against desperate resistance.
On the Champagne front the
French are less than five miles from
the Rethel railway junction.
The Americans in Argonne are
through the Kriempild line, but their
progress is slow.
(By The Associated Press.)
__With the Allied Armies in Flan
ders, Oct. 14.—British, Belgian and
French forces attacked on a wide
front in Flanders this morning. Al
lied toops are driving in the general
direction of Ghent and Courtrai.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the Allied Armies in Flan
ders, Oct. 14— Reports this morning
indicated three groups of allied
troops are making excellent progress
S- in the Belgian coast salient from
which the Germans have been remov
ing w*ar material for two weeks.
* (By The Associated Press.)
With American Forces Northeasl
of Verdun, Oct. 14.—Violent artillerj
actions were in progress on a great
er part of the American front today
f German counter attacks last night
^ were repulsed.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Oct. 14.—French troops
continued last night to keep in con
with the retiring Germans, th«
■war office announces. The remain
ing German troops are showing re
sistance on the north bank of th<
^ Aisne canal, and south of Chateai
^ JPorcen they have been repulsed.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 14.—After capturing
Nish Saturday Serbian foces tool
possession of the enemy’s positior
north of the town, says the Serbiar
official statement. French cavalrj
has occupied Bela Halanka.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 14.—The British ar<
pressing in on both sides of Douai
Haig reports gains of ground botl
>%on the north and south of the city.
YANKEE INGENUITY DID IT.
During the great drive of th.
American soldiers recently whei
they were cleaning the Germans ou
of the St. Mihiel salient they ran ou
of cigarettes and were too busy b
supply themselves with more fron
V'- thTrear. Yankee ingenuity howeve
\ came to their rescue. Airplanes wer
’ . loaded with 20,000 packages whicl
+* were dropped onto the boys as the,
marched along.
J. E. PARROTT IS
SERIOUSLY HURT
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Sustans Fractured Skull And Other
Injuries As Result Of Runaway,
And He May Not Live.
—
| A most deplorable accident oc
curred at 11:30 o’clock this morning
when J. E. Parrott, aged 67 years, of
j Tuckerman, was thrown from his wa
| gon when the team he was driving
took fright and ran away. The acci
rent took place at the Iron Mountain
crossing near the cotton compress in
the northern part of Newport. Mr.
I Parrott sustained a fractured skull,
his right leg was broken, and other
‘ injuries added to the seriousness of
I his condition. He was immediately
I taken to the office of Dr. L. E. Wil
l lis, wherp. medical aid is being admin
istered. It is feared that he cannot
live.
( Mr. Parrott came to Newport this
morning after a load of lumber and
when he started home, crossing the
__A 4-«nn1r Viic* faorvi VlOPQmP
i frightened when the lumber slipped
down onto the animals. They be
gan running and Mr. Parrott was
thrown from the wagon against a
fire plug near the street.
The injured man is one of the best
citizens of Jackson county. He has
lived all his life in this section, and
his friends are limited only by the
number of his acquaintances, who will
be deeply shocked to hear of his con
dition. „
A son of Mr. Parrott, Bryan Par
rott, resides in Newport, and is
deputy circuit clerk. Three other
sons, Alfred and Joe and Jesse are at
their father’s side at the sanitarium.
Another son, Lieut. Edgar Parrott,
is in France.
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NEW SEED PRICES
j EFFECTIVE iOfllY
Important Changes In The Cotton
Seed Market Were Made By Ad
ministrator Sunday Night.
: The following telegram was re
ceived by the Independent this morn
ing from the federal food administra
tor’s office at Little Rock.
“After receiving analysis of cotton
seed selected by county food adminis
trators in 85 counties of the state, an
important change in the cotton seed
market was announced Sunday night
by State Food Administrator Hamp
Williams, which becomes effective on
Monday, October 14, as follows.
“Authorized prices for cotton seed
in zone 1 $70 per ton, zones 2 and 3
$69, zones 4 and 5 $67. In wagon
lots $3 less in each instance.
“State Chemist Manglesdorff, un
j der whose personal supervision three
analysis were made, certified the re
sult to Mr. Williams, who has issued
the following statement:
“I desire the producers to clearly
understand that if they are not sat
isfied with these new values which
were determined by careful analysis
of seed selected by county food ad
:' ministrators from the different zones
ora rmt. comnelled to sell
! their seed at those prices, but may
: hold their seed two weeks w'hen re
sult of new analysis to be made will
' be announced. The basis for the
price is that proposed by a delega
tion of prominent famers and agricul
1 ‘ tural experts in conference with of
ficials of the U. S. foor administra
tion, who, after studying the situa
j tion, recommended that prices on cot
1 ton seed be figured on a silding scale
1 according to the oil content, with $71
■! per ton in car lots for seed containing
I 41 gallons of oil.”
A CORRECTION.
In a communication to the editor
: | of the Independent, E. L. Maris, a
II local groceryma| says:
: I “Referring to the article in your
: j issue of the 12th inst. relative to the
> retail grocers discontinuing the de
1 i livery service, will say I wish you
'1 would correct the statement so far as
* ’ I am concerned, as I have given no
1 one authority to make such an ar
i rangement and I have no intention of
discontinuing my delivery service.”
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Thousands lose
LIVESJI FIRES
And Property Loss Will Run Intc
Millions As Result Of Forest
Fires In Minnesota.
(By The Associated Press.)
Duluth, Mnn., Oct. 14.—Latest es
, timates place the death list as the re
sult of forest fires in northwesterr
j (Minnesota Saturday and Sunday
j close to one thousand. At least i
] dozen towns and cities were destroy
; ed. The worst blazes were at Moost
Lake, Kettle river and Cloquet. Hun
I dreds of persons were injured
Property losses will run into the mil
; lions.
POEM FROM H. A. BROWN.
The Independent has received i
letter from H. A. Brown, son of H
i D. Brown of Shoffner, who is nov
; “over there” doing his bit in the U
S. Training Barracks. The young
1 man incloses two poems, which h«
1 says expresses the sentiment of al
I the sailors and soldiers. One of then
I we publish, but the other will havt
! to be omitted for lack of space
Young Brown says he received tht
! Independent while he was at Greal
; Lakes, Illinois, and only wished h<
’ could receive it weekly over there
Ho savs further:
DELIVERY WILL
COME HERE
Grocerymen Fail To Reach An Agree
ment Whereby Local Deliveries
Would Be Stopped.
That the delivery of groceries in
Newport will be continued as here
tofore was made plain Sunday at a
meeting of local grocerymen at the
county court house. The meeting
was not attended by all the grocery
merchants of the city.
The Independent had been informed
that it was practically certain that
the grocerymen of Newport would
reach an agreement this week where
j by the delivery of purchases would
be stopped, thereby releasing the
men engaged in making deliveries
for work at the compresses and mills,
and announcement to that effect was
made in Saturday’s paper.
However, it has since developed
that this agreement will not be
. reached and that delivery of grocer
ies will be continued as usual.
STATE OF SIEGE
IN PORTUGESE
COUNTRY DECLARED.
(By The Associated Press.)
' Lisbon, Oct. 14.— The Portugese
government has declared a state of
siege for all Portugese territory.
Tranquility reigns in the country. A
small show of insubordination at
Penafiel, nineteen miles northeast of
. Oportto, was quickly suppressed.
| battlefield,
And blood and bones, brains of men,
Should cover him, smother him, and
then
His pillows should cling with the
rotten clay,
Clay from the grave of a soldier boy.
And while God’s stars their vigils
keep,
And while the waves the white sand
sweeps,
He should never, never sleep.
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And through all the days and through
all the years,
There should be an anthem in his
I ears,
Ringing and singing and never done
From the edge of light to setting
sun;
Moaning and moaning and moaning
wild,
i A ravaged French girl’s bastard
| child.
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And I would build him a castle by
, the sea,
As lovely a castle as ever could be;
Then I’d show him a ship from over
the sea,
As fine a ship as ever could be;
Ladened with water, cold and sweet,
' 'Ladened with everything good to eat.
Yet scarce does she touch the silvered
sands,
Scarce may he reach his eager hands
Than a hot and hellish molten shell
Should change his heaven into hell;
j' “I hope it won’t be long till the al
'lies will succeed in teaching the
kaiser his final lesson, which thej
I have been so patiently preparing foi
! him. The boys here all seem to be ir
\ good spirits and are well cared for. 1
wish to enclose my heartiest regards
to all my fridnes, relatives and the
Independent, and hoping to see then
after we have won the victory, wher
I can tell them more than I dare
write.”
The poem follows:
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“LET HIM LIVE.”
As long as flowers their perfume
give,
So long I’d let the kaiser live,
i Live, and live for a million years,
j Wiith nothing to drink but Begliar
tears,
With nothing to quench his awfu
thirst,
: But the salted brine of a Scotchman’s
curse.
I would let him live on a dinner eacl
f day
Served from silver on a golden tray;
Served with things both dainty anc
sweet,
Sterved with everything but things
to eat. _
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And I’d make him a bed of silker
j ** sheen,
With costly linens to lie between,
j With covers of down and fillets oJ
I lace,
| And downy pillows piled in place,
j Yet, when to it’s comforts he woulc
yield,
| It would stink with the rots of th«
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Our Bank will gladly assist you, in i
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don’t hesitate. DO IT NOW.
jli Safety-Satisfactory Service
ABOUT $59,000
IS NEEDED NOW
And Patriotic Citizens Of Newport
i And Union Township Are Urged
To Buy More Bonds.
| In a page advertisement today ap
pears the names of residents of New
port and Union township who have
voluntarily purchased Fourth Liberty
Bonds. Our readers are asked to
peruse this advertisement thoroughly.
Tomorrow the big drive for some
thing like $50,000 will start. A fly
ing squadron of salesmen will comb
i the town and township for more sub
! scriptions. Those who have not
! bought bonds will be asked to do so
' this week, and others will be asked
j to buy more than their volunteer
subscriptions have amounted to.
Help to put the township over the
| top. Remember that peace is a dis
tant matter, and that to brine about
| peace, we must buy bonds. Should
j peace come tomorrow, there still
would be the need of an over-sub
scription to the Fourth loan. The
troops would have to be brought
home and many other matters dis
posed of that require money. The
government has been spending money
in advance of raising it, and if you
are a patriot, you will arise to your
full height and do your full share.
Casualty List
The following is the daily sum
mary of the casualty list of the
Amercan Expeditionary Forces fight
ing in France as given out by the
commanding general:
Killed in action - 186.
Missing in action- 49
Wounded severely-267
Died from wounds - 73
Died from accident and other
causes - 4
Died of disease- 95
Died from aeroplane accident— 1
Wounded, degree undetemined 94
Total_769
From this total we find the follow
ing names of Arkansas boys:
Edward L. Allen, Milo, killed in
action; Luther L. Hobbs, Green
'ridge, wounded in action; Joseph B.
Tredwell, Marshall, died of wounds;
Judge McGough, Urbana, died of
disease; Henry D. Moore, Lavaca,
died of disease; Louis W. Smith, Lit
tle Rock, died of disease; Don F.
Turner, Ellsworth, died of disease.
And though he’d watch on the wave
swept shore,
Our Lusitania would rise no more.
In “No Man’s Land” where the Irish
fell,
I’d start the kaiser a private hell;
■I’d jab him stab him, give him gas,
In everything I’d pour ground glass,
j I’d march him out where the brave
boys died,
Out past the lads they crucified,
In the fearful gloom of his living
tomb.
There is one thing I’d do before I was
through,
i I’d make him sing, in a stirring
manner,
The wonderful words of “Star Span
gled Banner.”
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OFFICIAL TEXT
OF HUH REPLY
REACHES WILSON
CONFERENCE OF CABINET OF
FICERS IS HELD.
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It Is Said That Wilson Will Act
Promptly, And Was Left Alone In
His Study, Where Notes And
Utterances Are Drafted.
SENATOR LODGE TAKES HAND.
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A telegram from Washington to
the Independent says announce
ment of the president’s action
on the German peace note will be
made about 6 o’clock. The an
nouncement will be posted at R.
D. Brown’s drug store, and those
unable to see it there may tele
phone either 40 or 381 and the
information will be gladly given.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 14.— German’ys
reply to President Wilson reached
Switzerland this morning in official
form. It is in the German text,
translation of which is identical with
that received by wireless Saturday
night.
The Swiss charge delivered the
note to the state department without
comment. Earlier in the day Secre
taries Baker, Lansing and Daniels
held a conference with the president
'at the White House. Colonel E. M.
House, who accompanied the presi
dent from New York, joined in the
'conference. After the cabinet offi
cers left, the president remained
alone in his study, where nearly all
his notes and utterances have been
drafted.
The only intimation that has come
so far regarding the probable course
of the president is that he is sure
to act quickly and positively.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 14.—Republican
Leader Lodge introduced a resolution
in the senate this afternoon to declare
it the sense of the senate that no fur
ther communication be had with the
German government except on the
question of unconditional surrender.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 14.—The Central
News Agency says it learns that it
can be said that the British govern
any armistice to Germany unless ab- *
solute guarantees, both military and ^,a
naval^ are forthcoming.
(By The Associated Press.) '
Berne, Oct. 14.— The Wolff News
Agency of Berlin has issued an offi
cial denial of the report that is cur
rent in Germany that the kaiser in
tends to abdicate.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 14.—There can be no
temporary armistice nor any armis
tice at all unless accompanied by
Germany’s unconditional surrender,
is the dominant note in most of the
comment made by morning papera
here.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 14.—The resignation
of Prince Maximilian as imperial
chancellor is probable, according to
reports from Holland. They quote
j the Berlin National Zeitung as say
ing that the chancellor's retirement
is regarded in certain circles as inev
itable.
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