AMERICANS AND
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GERMANS ARE RETREATING ON
150 MILE FRONT.
Ham Has been Surrounded and Town
of Laon Is In Sight, While Troops
Have Reached the Aisne Qn
Large Front.
ULLE MAY BE THREATENED.
(Associated Press Summary.)
Continuing their pressure along the
front from Rheims to Ypres, the al
lied forces are pushing back the Ger
Fiia-us uu virtually tuc wuuit: ui «
150-mile front. Telling progress has
been made in particular by the French
and Americans along the southern
part of the-Tront. Further north the
enemy is still in retreat before the
.French and British. Debney’s army
v has completely encircled Ham, accord
"mg to advices from Paris this after
noon, and Mangin’s troops are now
in sight of Laon, having reached po
sitions ten miles from the city.
Troops have reached the Aisne on a
large front. Chuny is seriously
threatened.
On the Flanders front British pres
sure seems likely to drive the Ger
mans further than they apparently in
tended going in their retreat. The
British are pressing upon Armen
tieres, and the thrust seems likely
soon to be considered as threatening
to Lille.
A confidential message received ir
Washington this afternoon from Gen
eral Pershing indicates the Ameri
can army is now supplied with suffi
cient airplanes of all kinds to protect
its men in battle, General March an
nounces.
FROM LIEUT. SPRIGG.
The following letter has been re
ceived by Mrs. Mildred Dorsey fron
Lieut. Chas. Sprigg:
“Somewhere on the Atlantic.”
August 17, 1918.
Am pretty near across, but I hav<
not gone so far (and don’t think i
■ever will) that I don’t think abou'
dear old Mimmie and all the other:
at home every day. Fact is, the fur
ther away I get, the more I think o:
you all. <
Mimmie, it is great—the trip, I an
speaking of. It took us a long tirm
to find this old boat to take us “ovei
there.” But we are all on her at las
and she’s a dandy—was worth waiting
for.
As the regulations, etc., are so stric.
and so new to me, I can’t tell yoi
very much about our trip. But wil
tell you all I can no\y, annd save th<
rest till it is all over and then
guess I will have lots of interesting
things to talk about.
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Tiie DOai we aie uii is ci uanu,y
I feel as safe as if I was at home, a:
far as subs are concern d, and if on<
•does get us it will break up a might;
nice party, for that is what it hai
seemed like all the way. I never ha<
any idea the water is as pretty as i
is. The bluest blue you ever saw am
at night the phosporus in the water i:
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A THE KAISER, THE BEAST 4
Z 4
OF BERLIN. 4
^ The beast who seeks to make 4
^ the whole world German— 4
^ who seeks to destroy all that 4
A blocks his insane purposes. 4
^ Go see “The Kaiser”—It will 4
make you a real American— 4
A ’twill make you blood boil. 4
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v ^ Admission 23 and 50 Cents. 4
• a mighty pretty sight.
We had about two or three days of
pretty rough weather and most of the
fellows got seasick, for which I know
the fish were more than thankful, be
cause the boys fed them all they had.
I laughed and laughed at them till
about the second day of our rough
sea and then I thought it all over
and decided that there was no use be
ing stingy and turned over my din
ner to the fish, and believe me I
handed it to them, but that was my
only spell. Have felt fine ever since.
But some of them still look pretty
bad. Poor old Capt. Beeson has had
a tough time of it, but is about 0. K.
now.
Our eating on the boat is as good
as I ever saw any where and is cook
ed fine, so with very little to do and
lots to eat you will know that I am
having the time of my life. Then
every night we have a picture show.
Music and all—a regular show, ex
/Inn*4- Vin triA f a vaa tlia nr)p
tween the pictures, which makes it
that much better.
This is about all I can tell you now
of the trip. I want this to go back on ■
1 the first boat and then as soon as we
land and are fixed I will write again.
Charlie Boy.
Address me First Lieut. Chas. W.
Sprigg, 154th Infantry, A. E. F., via
New York.
P. S. I think I will be allowed to
give you the name of the town we are
in later on, but I am not sure about it.
LIGHT wTd ITER
AUDIT BEER MADE
Action On Question Probably Be Made
At the Next Meeting Of the
City Council.
V
That the question of granting the
Arkansas Light & Power Company
an increase in rates to be charged for
light, power and water in Newport
will be finally disposed of at the next
meeting of the city council is indi
cated now by the fact that an audit
of the company’s . books has been
made, the auditors’ reports having
been received in Newport several days
ago.
This audit was conducted by H. W.
Hennigen & Co., of Little Rock, cer
tified expert accountants, Their work
was performed at the main office in
Pine Bluff.
It is said that H. C. Couch, presi
( dent of the Arkansas Light & Pow
er Company believes the report will
show that his concern is entitled to
the increase he asks here. While the
Independent has not viewed the fig
ures brought out as a result of the
| audit, from what we can learn it is
J hardly probable that the city council
, can see its way clear to grant these
. increases, the growing opinion being
. that the report of the accountants will
. show the company’s ability to con
tinue operations under the terms of
. the present franchise.
, The light and water question is one
s i • i. .4.1.- _ ..I_U
| Ull VYlllUt l/lic Litiocuo (J11VM4U pwuw
, themselves, and interested persons
[ should be present at the meeting of
, the couscil, the members of which,
we are sure, may well be depended
I upon to protect the interests of their
. constituency.
' STEPS TAKEN TO
. PREVENT RUMORS
j IN HUN PROVINCE.
I (By The Associated Press.)
, Amsterdam, Sept 6.—Berlin and
Brandenburg province has been placed
under “the law relating to a state of
► siege which provides for a fine or im
• prisonment for a person inventing or
, circulating untrue rumors calculated
^ to disquiet the populace,” according
y to a Cologne newspaper.
J CLASS ONE MEN IN
THE WAR DEPARTMENT
MUST BE REPLACED.
* (By The Associated Press.)
^ Washington, Sept. 6.—Secretary
k Baker has ordered all men in the war
^ department or its bureaus of draft
age who would be placed in class one
^ to be replaced by December 31.
k "
Mr. annd Mrs. P. H. Van Dyke
left for Memphis this afternoon and
will drive two new Buick cars through
either Saturday or Sunday.
OPENING OF BOYS’ COLLEGES
DEFERRED UNTIL OCTOBER 1.
Fayetteville, Sept. 5.—On account
of the establishment of a unit of the
Students’ Army Training Corps at
the University of Arkansas, Hendrix,
at Conway and Ouachita and Hender
son-Brown at Aikadelphia, all col
leges for boys, has been postponed
until October 1. The Students’ Army
Training Corps offers to all young
men who have had a high school edu
cation opportunity by giving them
the advantages of obtaining a college
education at the expense of the gov
ernment, at the same time preparing
them for serving their country in the
best possible manner, either by becom
ing army officers or for fitting them
selves for some form of special work.
Members of the students’ Army
Training Corps will receive from th§
government their board, lodging, and
uniforms, and pay at the rate of $30
per month. High school graduates
under 18 years of age cannot become
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I ARREST IS MADE
, IN BOMB AFFAIR
phn W. Wilson Is Arrested And
I Identified As Having Connection
I With Chicago Explosion.
I (By The Associated Pi’ess.)
■ Chicago, Sept. 6.—In a statement
Iday, Assistant Unite 1 States Atton
ly Sullivan declared John W. Wilson,
|ho was arrested last night, has been
psitively identified as implicated in
ne planting of the bomb in the Chi
ago federal building explosion, which
I killed four persons and injured scores
| of others.
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GET READY FOR THE LOAN.
A year ago the war still was far
• away. We were interested in it—
vitally interested—but the interest
! then was as nothing compared to the
1 interest now. Nearly all of us now
1 have sons or brothers or near rela
' tives in France or in army camps on
this side or in readiness to answer the
' government’s call. But in spite of all
| this, most of us have felt the hand of
i war but lightly thus far. The weight
| of the hand will be heavier during the
i coming winter and next year maybe j
we shall have to undergo at least a
part of the strain the French and the
British have undergone for so many
long and dreary months.
The first strain in a financial way
now is in sight. Compared with what
the British and the French have with
st<>od it is trivial, but it is well for us
to make ready for it. The government
has announced tentative plans for
three additional Liberty loans of $5,
000,000,000 each. Within a month we
must do our part in the first of these
loans, and we must do it knowing that
about four months later we must do
our part in another and then after
j about the same length of time, anoth
! er.
Many men in Little Rock, and
throughout the country, borrowed
money to buy their quotas of the last
loan. Many no doubt have decided
they cannot take as much of the next
I loan. It will be necessary for them to
j revise the decision. The time for
sacrifice has come. To help the gov
ernment rigid houshold and personal
j economies may be necessary. If you
make a personal sacrifice to help so
much more your honor and your sat
isfaction.
i The people must be ready to do
J their part, and those in charge of the
j loans should do their part also. They
| should revise the quotas carefully,
! taking into consideration the finan
cial conditions of the various com
munities. It will not suffice, because
the next loan is to be two-thirds
greater than the last time. Some
communities that have had unusual
prosperity owing to the war could
stand a quota more than twice as
large as last time. Some not so
prosperous should be given quotas
even le3s than that of last time.
Where crops are good quotas should
be fixed accordingly and bad crops
should be taken into consideration
uiuiiiucio v/a me vwijjoj uun mwjr me* jr
participate fully in the instructions
at their own expense. As soon as
they reach the age of 18 they may be
come members. To be qualified to
enlist in the corps, a student must be
admitted unconditionally to the fresh
man class of the university. Students
enrolled in the University Training
High School may also receive military
instructions but they cannot enlist in
the Students’ Army Training Corps
until they are qualified to enter the
university. No student can enlist in
the Students’ Army Training Corps
before October 1. In order to save
expenses on the part of the student
and fall in line with the plan of the
war department, all the schools in Ar
kansas will not open until October 1.
All students are urged ot be on hand
by that date.
There will be a meeting at the
high school auditorium tomorrow af
ternoon at 3:30 for the purpose ol
aiding the work of establishing an in
dustrial school in Arkansas. Jacksor
county is asked to contribuute to this
worthy cause, and it is the hope ol
those who have investigated the mat
ter and understand the purpose of the
project that none will fail to rally tc
its support. All the ladies of New
port are asked to attend the meeting
tomorrow afternoon, and it is also
urged that business men who woulc
take an interest be there also.
i
when the fixing is done.
It is important that new fields for
the Liberty bond salesmen be found.
One of the most promising and one
that should be worked with energy
and care is the labor which is now re
ceiving very high wages in govern
ment plants or plants doing govern
ment work. It is not likely that the
salesmen will have difficulty in plac
ing obnds with these men. Those of
the well paid laborers who refuse to
do their part at this time will be sub
jected by their more patriotic fellows
to a treatment that will bring about
a change of view. This field should
be worked.
The sum of all this is that every
man, woman and child should have a
part in the next loans. Every one
should do his duty, capital and labor
and the man between as well.—Ga
zette.
Charles R. Hite, Jr., who has re
cently finished the officers’ training
camp at'Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands,
with a large number of men from that
camp will be sent to Camp Pike this
month. The many friends of this
former Newport boy are glad to know
he is to come so near his old home
for assignment, which means he will
probably come home for a visit soon
after arriving.
Charles R. Hite went to Swifton
this afttemoon on business.
new ifno
ARMYOCTDBER
Provost Marshal Crowder Urges
Members of Local Boards To
Speed Up Operations.
Washington, Sept. 5.—Provost Mar
shal General Crowder said tojiay that
the national selective service machin
ery must speed up operations imme
diately to make it possible to get men
frorii the new 18 to 45 registration on
the way to cantonments by the end of
October.
Outlining changes in methods, Gen
eral Crowder said questionnaires
would go out to registrants before the
drawing has been conducted to de
I termine their order of call and that
j local boards would be urged to com
i mence classification immediately.
| “The necessity of filling the Octo
ber requisitions either in part or in
whole out of the effectives to be ob
tained under the new classification,”
General Crowder said, after explain
ing that a few class one men from the
Aug. 24 registration would be avail
able to fill early October calls “makes
it necessary to look forward to sub
stantial speeding up in the work of
the local board at that stage of the
operation and indeed from the very
beginning of the task.”
To accomplish this, General Crow
der said, local boards are asked to
see that the return of the cards from
registration is as prompt as possible
| and thereafter that the process of as
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hastened. Accomplishment of this
work inside of 10 days now is advo
cated, though in 1917, it took nearly
30 days. It may be possible to hold
the drawing on October 2, General
Crowder explained, but it cannot be
started until the lists of serial num
bers have been completed by all
boards.
ITCH PROTEST
AGAINST U-BOAT
Sinking Of Vessels In Barred Zone
and Destruction of Fishing
Boats Are Cited.
(By the Associated Press.)
The Hague, Sept. 6.—The Dutch
minister in Berlin has been instructed
to protest against the destruction by
German submarines of vessels within
I what is designated as the barred
zone and against the sinking of
seven Dutch fishing vessels August
24.
Dr. John H. Dye of Searcy spent
the afternoon here yesterday on his
return from a visit with his sister at
WOTAN LINE IS
DRAWING NEAR
IT ALL POINTS
— m
AMERICANS ARE ADVANCING $
FROM VESLE.
vtwl
■
Fench and British Continue Their On
ward Rush, and Splendid Progress
Is Reported From All Points
:.V TWpT'.Tfyfe-.
In Today’s News.
AUSTRALIANS ARE GOING
(By The Associated Press.) ; i:|^
London, 1, p. m., Sept. 6.—The
British today captured Neuve Cha
pelle and Bushy. Haig’s forces
crossed the Canal du Nord on
whole front, except from
court north to the Scarpe. ■ WB&
Astral ian troops have crossed
Somme on a wide front south of
ronne.
Between the Somme and the
the French have captured Block HaAsi^
three miles from Chuny. The French
have secured a good hold on the:
era bank of the Ailette river aJMl
the terrain between that river
the Oise. They are approaching,
not actually on the Hindenburg line ;
St. Gobain massif. J
(By The Associated Press.) . |
With the American Army in Franssfajj
Sept. 6—Fran^o-American trooj|fj|
reach the south bank of the AianS a
river late last night between Condsr^
and Viel-Archy on an eight-mils
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 6.—The French lasj^
night continued to push forward on |
the entire front between the Se^jp|il
and Vesle, says today’s official ttgllpf
ment. South of Peronne the Frond^»|
made further crossings of the Somm#
in the Epenancourt region. FurtjMtf’J
south the Ham-Peronne road was- ■
reached at several points. "JJ
The Americans, advancing from thi‘ i
Vesle, have captured Glemies, south
east of Revillon, and have advancsrf ,
their line as far as the outskirts odf
Villers-En-Prayeres on the Aisne.
General Humbert’s army is makhtg ^
steady progress today in the region fliT
Guiscard, and Ham advices from thitfp
front say Ham has virtually bew.liMpp
en by the French, . J*
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Cooksey aiSe
receipt of a message announcing thS$
death of two of their grandsons,/ChfliSS
dren of their daughter, Mrs. John
Scott of Arden, Montana, who dktil)
this week of spinal meningitis.
mother visited their parents, Mr. aa^
Mrs. Cooksey, here last fall and th».'
two boys, who were fine little
are well remembered by many fric^|||Jf
of the family who regret to learn «t
their death and sympathize
with the parents.