VOLUME XVIII. NO. 8. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY. APRIL 2i 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
GERMANS HAMMER DEFENDING POSITIONS
ENEMY INFANTRY
PAUSES TO PLAN
ANOTHER ATTACK
GERMANS TRY TO ENLARGE 0>
CAPTURE OF KEMMEL
Allies With Continuation of Countei
Attacks Have Made Gains In the
Hangard Sector and French
Gain Positions.
GERMAN LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Associated Press Dispatch.
TVith the British Army in France,
April 27.—German artillery contin
ues to hammer defending positions
in the Ypres sector, but no fresh of
fensive was recorded during the ear
ly hours today. The enemy has
paused presumably to enable the re
organization of his forces for a fresh
attack.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
I London, April 27.— Continuing
their counter-attacks east of Amiens
the allies have gained further ad
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vances m tne tiangara-v liters isret
tonneaux stector, it is announced offi
cially. The French have recaptured
positions from Loci’e to Laclyte west
of Mount Kemmel. Fighting on the
Flanders front north of the Lys
river is very severe. The enemy ad
vance has been held at all points.
' Heavy losses were inflicted on the
Germans.
The Germans made a heavy attack
south of Ypres and the British took
hundreds of prisoners in the battle
for possession of Yoormesseel, two
miles south of Ypres, which the Bri
tish retained.
I Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, April 27.—The war office
announces an enemy attack near
Thennes, southeast of Amiens, was
broken up last night.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 27.—Fighting of
a. most desperate character attends
the German attempt to enlarge on
the capture of Mont Kemmel. On
the Flanders front the Franco-Brit
ish still hold the enemy in check.
The fall of Mont Kemmel is a se
rious blow to the security of the sa
lient about Ypres, but to gain a com
plete victory the Germans must
strike quickly. This they are trviij;
to do while the allied troops resist
strenously.
In the Villa sector of the Picardy
front east of Amiens the Germans
have been driven from high ground
they gained earlier in the week.
Southwest of Ypres the Germans
are now on a line running from
northwest of Bailleul, through Locre,
to Laclyte, and eastward to the
IYpres-Comines canal. General Haig
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WORLD'S BIGGEST
GUN IS FINISHED
Uncle Sam’s Builders Are Confident
Monster Weapon Has Range of
114 Miles.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 26.—Uncle
j Sam’s biggest gun, designed to throw
| shells a distance of 114 miles, has
I just been completed. It passed
through Philadelphia on its way to
a point on the Atlantic seaboard,
where it will be given the final tests.
It was made at the Midvale Steel
Works, mounted at the Eddystone
plant of the Baldwin Locomotive
works, and weighs 500,000 pounds, or
i more than 200 tons,
j Ten shots are to be fired in the
i tests to ascertain the extreme range
of the weapon, but its designers are
confident it will shoot 114 miles.
Nine others are being built and all
will be on the battle front before
cold weather sets in. The cannon is
so constructed that it is called a mo
bile gun, despite its huge size and
weight.
It wras mounted on a specially con
structed carriage and car. It can be
used for coast defense or aboard
ship, once it is riveted tight, but it
is primarily intended for land de
fense.
BMIRISTtR
ST HSGUE
Dutch Legation Denies Report That
Netherlands and German Minis
ters Have Returned Home.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 27.—The Neth
erlands legation here denies the re
port that the German minister to the
Netherlands has left the Hague.
The Dutch minister to Berlin re
turned to the Hague, it is said,
to discuss with his governm nt the
progress of negotiations with Ger
many.
The legation declared no ultimatum
was sent to Holland by Germany, and
also denied that an embargo was
placed on tin, cinchona and kapok
from the Dutch East Indies. The on
ly action taken was the requirement
that exports be licensed.
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i War News Causes Decline of Six Dol
lars Per Bale In New York
This Morning.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 27.— Oveniight
the war news caused a decline of six
dollars per bale in July cotton, dur
ing the first half hour of trading
this morning. October declined five
dollars, but later the market rallied
over two dollars a bale.
Renewed heavings developed at
the last hour of trading on rumors
that southern banks were calling in
loans. The market closed weak, with
a net loss of six to seven dollars a
bale. »
admits retirement along the canal.
Berlin claims the occupation of St.
Elci, two and one-half miles south of
Ypres, and an increase in the number
of prisoners in the present battle to
6,500.
Kemmel hill did not fall without
a struggle and remains a monument
to the bravery of the French regi
ment, which held out until surround
ed by Germans. The fate of the reg
iment is unknown.
South of the Somme river from
Villers Brettoneaux to the south of
Hangard the Germans were driven
back all along the line. The French
also gained enemy positions south
of Luce. Furious fighting continues.
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ternoon from a business trip to Po- j
cahontas.
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ISALES YESTERDAY
RAISE LOAN TOTAI
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I Mississippi Has Been Added to State:
Where Liberty Loan Quotas
Are Exceeded.
I Associated Press Dispatch.
| Washington, April 27.—Partial re
! ports of Liberty day sales raised th<
! total subscriptions to the Liberty
I Loan to approximately $2,114,000,000
1 Mississippi has been added to the lis
of states exceeding their quota.
EASTMAN JURY
CANNOT AGREE
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| Jury Trying Case of Writers of Se
I ditious Articles Was Discharged
This Morning.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 27.—The jury'in
I the case of Eastman and others as
j sociated with him in the publication
! of alleged seditious articles in the
j socialist publication, The Masses,
reported this morning they were un
able to agree. The jury was dis
charged.
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NEWPORT DID HER
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! Stages Grand Celebration With Clos
ing of Business, Parade, Speak
ing and Singing.
Newport did not only “go over the
tv,p” with her money, but in her cele
bration of Liberty Day she was again
equal to the occasion and showed
her patriotism in various ways on
Friday afternoon. Front street was
deserted as far as business was con
cerned and a half holiday was gen
erally observed from the schools to
all business houses. County Chair
man George A. Hillhouse, with his
efficient body of helpers, report the
ccunty’s quota to be $264,600 and so
far have raised $322,250, which is
one of the biggest and most success
ful drives ever made in the county
and one of which every citizen
should feel proud. Let the good
work go on, and it will, and the big
demonstration on Friday, was in a
small measure to prove to our boys
who are “over there” that we are
with them heart and soul and dollars
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The big parade formed at the court
house at 1:30 and with H. C. Patton,
grand marshal and Harry Grimes,
assistant, riding white horses and
looking like real generals, the line of
march started. Following these
were the home guards, boy scouts,
civilian footmen, a big delegation of
patriotic colored citizens and twenty
automobiles, everything being decor
ated with the national colors.
After passing through the streets
designated for the parade, the people
gathered at the school auditorium,
where a big community chorus of fif
ty voices, under the direction of Mrs.
Reamey, sang a number of patriotic
songs. Hon. Jos. M. Stayton, of our
own city and Judge Dene TI. Coleman
of Batesville, delivered patriotic ad
dresses that the people were fortun
ate in hearing. Mi*. Stayton was
never heard to better advantage and
it was a source of prid^ to his
friends.
.Judge Coleman is also a popular
speaker on public occasions, and his
talk on Friday came up to his usual
high standard. Judge Coleman has
been very active all over his judicial
, district in the Liberty Bond drive.
ELEVEN KILLED
WHILE IN ACTION
Two Died of Disease, Four From Ac
cident, 47 Were Severely Injured,
and 37 Slightly
Associated Tress Dispatch.
Washington, April 27.—Today’s
casualty list shows eleven killed in
action, four died in action, four died
from accident, two died of disease,
forty-seven severely wounded, thirty
seven slightly wounded and two miss
ing in action.
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