f Extend Your Energetic Support to the Chamber of Commerce and Help Your Town, Your Countp and It ourself Grow
■gsrar'rrw -—~~ — ____ —--——--—•——.......-■ 1 :' - jSftysddiiH
VOLUME XVIII. NO. 97. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
1 ____ - "" ■ ' —__!_=_ -J-..” ...'JL-gS* §1
TOWN OF ROYE
ABOUT TO FILL
■* •—•
Surrender of Important Place Would
Force Withdrawal of Southern
End of German Line.
(Associated Press War Summary.)
Roye, the central position of the
German defense line from Peronne to
Noyon, is now menaced seriously by
allied troops. Its fall within the
next few hours is considered proba
ble. With Roye in allied hands, the
southern end of the Germaii line at
least will have to retire. French and
British troops are now within a scant
' -,spile and a quarter of the town.
' North of Goyencourt the British re
pulsed an enemy attack on Damery
ad aptured 250 prisoners. Artillery
activity continues on the remain
ing sector of the battle front between
the Ancre and Oise.
American and French troops along
the Vesle have undergone an attack
in which the Germans used gas, ar
. anrt Vinmhintr aviators. ThrSe
| German airplanes were brought down
by American airmen Thursday. The
British and French put 32 out of com
mission. Berlin claims 24 allied
planes were destroyed. Spain is re
ported to have notified Berlin that
“hereafter Spain will make up her
losses sustained through submarines
by seizing German shipping in Span
ish harbors.
(By The Associated Press.)
Tokio, Aug. 17.—The government
announces that under an agreement
with China and in view of the danger
"threatening the border of Manchuria,
Japan is dispatching troops thence
front Manchuria.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 17.—A belated
dispath to the state department re
ports the capture of Irkutak, an im
portant Lake Baikal port by Czecha
Slavoks Jtily seventh.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 17.—The war in
dustries board declined to grant prior
ity to manufacturers of cotton gins
for the use of iron, steel and fuel
for the manufacture of new gins.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 17.—South of Roye the
French made further progress in the
Loges wood, reaching the outskirts of
the woods on the east, says the
war office statement. There was
i heavy artillery fighting west of
" Roye during the night and northwest
of Ribecourt the French repulsed two
strong German attacks.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 17.—The British have
gained further ground in the neigh
borhood of Vieux Berquin the apex
of the Lys salient. Field Marshall
If March reports. In Picardy the Bri
tish made additional progress. The
British lines pushed eastward and
north of Amiens on the Roye road,
and north of Ancre.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 17.—The Germans are
jC preparing to evacuate Roye in the
Lassigny-Noyon salient, says the
Echo de Paris.*
MADELINE THEATRE
4 ♦
4 GOLDWYN 4
4 —Presents— 4
A SMILING BILLY PARSON 4
4 ^ in 4
4 BILLY’S PREDICAMENT 4
4 A good two-reel comedy 4
A GOLDWYN 4
14 ♦
4 PATHE WEEKLY NEWS. 4
4 The latest war news and 4
4 current events. 4
A 1 Reel—PATHE. 4
4 ♦
)4 LONESOME LUKE 4
4 in 4
4 A Good 2-Reel Comedy. Al- 4
4 ways good. Don’t miss see- 4
4 ing him. 4
A 2Reels—PATHE 4
5 —_ ^ 4
4 A Admission 10 and 15 Cents. 4
Z «
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«
ANOTHER SHIP
SUNK BY SUB
t . . : ......
Beaufort, N. C., Aug. 17.—Nine
members of the crew of the British
tank steamship, Mirlo, were drowned
when the ship was topedoed and
sunk off Cape Hatteras last night,
according to survivors who were res
ued by coast guards.
SUBMARINE SINK
FRENCH CRUISER
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 17.—It is officially an
nounced that the old French cruiser,
Dupetit, has been sunk by a German
submarine. Thirteen of the crew are
missing. American destroyers res
cued the remainder.
UIITED SHIES
SEHATOfi DEAD
(By The Associated Press.)
Franklin, N. H., Aug. 17.—United
States senator, Jacob H. Gallinger,
,1;^«-» Virionitol Vioro this morninp’.
his death being attributed to arerio
sclerosis.
!gdal dealers
MUSI REGISTER
Registration Will Facilitate and Make
More Uniform the Distribu
tion of Fuel.
To All Retail Coal Dealers,
To All County Fuel Administrators,
. State of Arkansas:
Continued Co-operation on the
J part of producers, dealers and con
sumers will avert the fuel shortage
and industrial difficulties of last
winter during the ensuing season.
But there must be co-operation, and
there must be more or less stringent
regulations prescribed for the hand
' ling of fuel. The acceptance of
these regulations prescribed for the
handling of fuel. The acceptance of
these regulations however as hereto
fore, with the same patriotic willing
ness and sacrifice on the part of th
citizens of Arkansas, it will be found
that the burdens will not be heavy
upon any one and we will also ren
der a valuable assistance to the big
! gest and best government in the
| world.
Onp of the regulations to be put in
to effect at once to facilitate and
make more uniform the distribution
of fuel, is that every retail coal and
coke dealer in the state, of whom
there are about one thousand, must
be registered by September 1st, 1918.
The section of the law requiring
this registration follows:
■ “All persons, firms, associations and
corporations —
tion of coal or coke in the State ol
Arkansas as retail dealers, i. e., whc
physically receive, handle and deliv
er coal or coke to consumers from
' docks, yards, trestles, vehicles,
barges, or vessels, owned, hired, oi
; chartered by them, or from cars con
| signed to them, including employers
who sell and distribute coal or coke
' to employees, shall on or before the
first of September, 1918, or if thej
begin business after that day, then
before beginning business, register
with the county fuel committee o!
each county in which a dock, yard 01
trestle owned or hired by such retai:
dealer is located, and of each countj
in which such retail dealer delivers or
distributes coal or c^ke to consum
! ers.”
; All retail dealers should secure ap
plication blanks from the county fue
committee.
! Certificates will be issued to al
registrants, and no dealer without s
certificate will be permitted to re
ceive or sell coal or coke. There wil
be no fee for registration.
| H. C. COUCH.
I u. S. Fuel Administrator for Ark
■, The government needs your money
I qu need the stamps.
- .* ’• ■ K-' • j .-:V',
_ * • 'v v . • I
j MARINES BURYING GERMANS THEY HAVE KILLED
United States marines in France burying the bodies of some of the Germans they killed in the fighting near
Chateau Thierry.
ONE OF ESCAPED
MEN IS CAPTURED
Sheriff J. M. Ivy Returned Satur
day from Augusta, having in custody
Lee Bell, who broke jail here last
Sunday afternoon by punching a hole
through the slate roofing. The sher
iff and his deputy, Robert Ivy, to
gether with Woodruff county officers
captured Bell on the streets of Au
gusta Saturday morning. Bell is
tharged with grand larceny, and
when he broke joil was accompanied
by Winfred Laird, who has not yet
been apprehended.
During the latter part of the week
sheriff Ivy received information
that Bell had been seen near Russell
and Bald Knob. He went to those
places and traced his man to Augus
ta.. At the time of his capture Bell
was carrying a shotgun but offered
no resistance.
/
Did you read that America is the
leciding factor? Coming from Lord
Milner this statement is momntuous
and America is not coming in—she
has come in—America is in.
. .
ARCHDUKE MAY BE
KINGOF POLAND
(By The Associated Press.)
The Hague, Aug. 17.—Germany has
approved the suggestion made by
Austria that the Austrian archduke
may be made King of Poland. The
Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says it un
derstands that Archduke Karl Steph
en will probably be named.
Subscribe for the Independent.
I*
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 $1.0d
$2.50 Manhattan’s $1.85
$3.00 Manhattan’s $2.15
$3.50 Manhattan’s $2.85
$4.00 Manhattan’s $3.15
1
In view of the present advancing prices it is
1 to your advantage to come early and look
i them over.
Ml — ,■—,-■1.
1 Star Clothing Company
ADAM LOCKARD, Manager ‘ 7HE APPAREL STOLE FORMEh\’
' i {
\ ;
i . / \ ....
ME MILLION
Of This Number One Million and
Four Hundred Thousand Men Are 4|
Overseas or On Their Way.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 17.— General f
March, chief of staff, told the senate
military committee today that the
American army now under arms num- P
bars slightly more than three mil
lion men, of whom 1,450,000 are now
overseas or on their way. Senators A,
were informed that the Russian sit- ?P
uation is very had because of the gen- |
eral complexity of affairs there. v
They were given to understand that
there is not much chance of estab- P
iishing an offensive on the eastern ;
front because of the great number of ■ j;
men that would be reuired.
GERMANS SEIZE
1 POUT ML
e ■Nil
—
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 17.—“Havas” reports a
in circulation in Finland are to be
effect that Germans have seized the
Russian naval port of Kronstadt, ac
cording to a Stockholm dispatch to
the L’Matin.
ALL PRISONERS — I
TREATED EQUALLY.
(By The Associated Press.) 1
Washington, Aug. 17.—General
March said today that official re- X
ports through the Spanish embassy ||
give no evidence that American pris
oners of Germany are singled out for
the question of the treatment of pri»
onlers is largely standardised.
March said that the Eighty Second
Division, including ten troops atfe
the battle line north of Toul.
Casualty List |
(By The Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 17.—Army castl- \ >;
alties show killed in action, Privat* X
Luke Cooperider of Pea Ridge, Ark.;
wounded severely, Corporal Georgo ,r,4j
Koseh of Taylor, Ark., and Private ,
Albert L. Hart of Humphrey, A&0M
missing in action, Private Eddie J.
Chandler of Levesue, Ark.
(By The Associated Press.) 4l^
Washington, Aug. 17—The Army, Jfj
casualties show killed in action Sev
enteen; died of wounds, one; of ac- j
cident and other causes, two; woundwJ||
ed severely, thirty-one; wounded, d*- d
grec undetermined, twenty; miss- s
ing, nineteen.
DEPARTMENT OF COM- f 4
MERCE TRYING TO LO
CATE HARRY M. BEACHY
The department of Commerce is .||
endeavoring to locate Harry M. 'fS
Beachy, an American seaman who
has been awarded by the British gov
ernment a silver medal in recognition
of the part which he had in saving ,„ >|
the crew of the British schooner, g
Busy Bee. Mr. Beachy was born De
cember 22, 1894, either at Balti
more or at Grantsvme, Maryiano. ...
Every effort to locate Beachy has !'t
been made but so far without success.
The medal is now being held in the
Department of Commerce in the hope -
that some trace of Beachy may he
found.
Subscribe for the Independent. J ;
__ -f
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ -J,
GRAND _
* ♦
▲ Tonight +
PERSHING’S CRU- 4 ; I
+ SADERS. +
This is your last chance to ^
▲ see this patriotic picture. ^
♦ — Wm
Lower Floor, 50c to every
j * one. $
& Gallery 25c to very- #
one. ♦ '"'-S
*