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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 155. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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ALLIED ARMIES
' STILL PUSHING
ENEMY DADD
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CERMAN LINES, HOWEVER, AJtfU
STUBBORNLY DEFENDED.
British Smashing Eastward Between
Two Importtant Points, While
French Entered One Village,
And Surrounded Other.
AMERICANS STILL MAKE GAINS
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(Associated Press Summary.)
Allied forces in Belgium and
France Continue successfully to
storm the stubbornly defended Ger
man lines.
The Italians have begun an offen
sive against the Austrians between
Brenta and the Piave river. Very im
portant heights already reported cap
tured.
The British today are smashing
their way eastward between Valen
ciennes and Lequestoy.
Further south the French are for
ing the enemy from the pocket be
tween the Oise and Serre rivers. The
French are reported to have entered
, Vlilers Lesre and surrounded Laferte.
British now are before Mormal for
est east of Lecateau, which General
Haig apparently is trying to outflank
by advancing through Lequesnoy to
Mons and Maubeuge. Meanwhile the
Americans are making gains both
■east and west of the Meuse river.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 25—General Haig an
nounces that the British have captur
“'-o"— ed Maing, southwest of Valenciennes,
and at Vendegies-Sur-Ecaillon, below
Valenciennes a counter attack was
repulsed. Fighting was resumed
earl this morning.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the Allied Armies in France
Belgium, Oct. 25.—Fighting, which
compares in fierceness to almost any
during the war, was continued all
through last night north and south
of Valenciennes. Belated reports in
dicate that the British entered Ger
man defenses, gaining considerable
ground and pressing eastward slow
' ly but surely. Since Wednesday
morning eighty-four hundred prison
ers and one hundred cannon have
been capttured.
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American Army North of Verdun,
Oct. 25.—Americans last night im
proved their positions at three im
portant points despitte strong Ger
man artillery fire. East, of the
Meuse river the Americans drove the
enemy from the eastern edge of
Bois-de-Ormont, gaining their objec
, tive. Wlest of the Me/**se, in the re
gion of Grand Pre, the Americans
straightened their line and captured
several important ridges. Between
Rappes wood and Batheville wood the
American line wras extended.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, The Italians have begun
an offensive between Bretna and
Piava river. In the Monte Grappa
sector Thursday they advanced across
the Omic river and captured Monte
Solarolo, part of Monte Prassolan
and Monte Pertfca. In the Piava ri
ver sector the tlalians have captured
the Islands of Pattadapoli and Mag
giore. The weather conditions are
very unfavorable.
\ - (By the Associated fress.)
Rome, Oct. 25.—The Italians cap
&>•: tured nearly three thousand prison
ers, after 1 itter fighting yesterday
' in the Mone Grappa region.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Oct. 25.—The war office re
< ports the capture of the villages of
'V Ambly and Fleury on the Aisne front.
SOLDIERS REVOLT
AT Fin ME
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Reports Say the Seventy-Ninth Reg
iment Seized The City And De
stroyed Railroad.
(By The Associated Press.)
Basel, Oct. 25.—It was announced
in the lower Chamber of the Hunga
rian Parliament yesterday that the
Croatian soldiers of the Seventy
ninth Regiment at Fiume, had re
volted, seized the city and destroyed
the railroads. Count Appony I,
and Count Andressy, opposition de
puties, thereupon demanded the re
signation of the ministry, according
to Budapest advices.
(By The Associated Press.)
Basel, Oct. 25.—A Havas dispatch
says that Turkey will accept peace
based upon principles of right and
justice as laid down by President Wil
son, which the new Turkish govern
ment approves. Tewfik Pasha, the
Grand Visier, is quoted in Constanti
nople dispatches as having stated the
above in parliament.
(By The Associated Press.)
Basel, Oct. 25.—Emperor Charles
accepted the resignations of the for
eign Minister Burian and the Hun
garian cabinet, according to a Bana
pe£t dispatch. Count Andrassy has
been appointed to succeed Burian.
PERSHING’S ADVICE.
It i ssaid that General Pershing
has had placed on the wall of every
Y. M. C. A. building in France these
words:
, “Hardness will be our lot, but trust
in God will give ou comfort; temp
tations will befall you but the teach
ings of our Savior will give you
strength. Let your valor as a sol
dier, and your conduct as a man, be
an inspiration to your comrades, and
an honor to your counttry.
ARKANSAS LEADING
MANY STATES.
Little Rock, Oct. 25.—In the “pro
gressive chart” of the Selective Ser
vice, Arkansas stands in the second
column, which means that the regis
trants of September 12 are 60 per
cent classified. Nineteen of the lo
cal boards have completed not only i
their classifications, but their physi-1
cal examinations. Arkansas county
was the first to finish the work.
Arkansas as a whole, is in the class
of those having 50,000 to 200,000 reg
istrants and is ahead of Alabama,
California, District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia and several other
states.
6,790,003 BALES GINNED.
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^r>y ±I1<3 AbSULltUCU a
Washington, Oct. 25— Cotton gin
ned prior to October the eighteenth
amounted to 6,790,003 running bales,
the census Bureau announces.
Casualty List
The following is this afternoon’s
summary of the day’s casualties .as
given by the commanding general of
the American Expeditionary forces
now facing the enemy in France.
Killed in action- 4
Died of wounds- 1
Died of accident and other
causes- 2 j
Died of disease - 2
Wounded severely-14
Wounded (degree undetermined) 137
Missing in action- 8
Total - 249
From the above list we gather the
names of the following Arkansas
boys; Wounded severely, Winfield S.
Mills, Milton; Wounded, degree un
known, John F. Fulbright, Anderson;
Edward L. Harp, Van Buren and Roy
Mattheys, Atkins.
fBy The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 25.—The Serbians
have defeated the army of the enemy
in the valley of the Great Morava
RivT, says the Serbian official an
nouncement. The enemy is retreat
ing in disorder.
WILL IENESEIT
UNITED STATES
Colonel House and Admiral Benson
Have Arrived In France To Rep
sent Navy and States.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 25.—Colonel E.
M. House, the personal representative
of President Wilson and spokesman
for the state department, and Admir
al Benson, chief of the naval opera
tions, have arrived in France to rep
resent the United States in a consid
eration of German’s plea for an ar
mistice and peace negotiations.
WHAT THE BOYS BUY.
Paris, Oct. 9.— ::Keep in line—
Trade fast—Snap it up—Pick out
your stuff—Have your money ready;
You can’t trade through the window
—Snap it up—Tradle fast—Don’t
bunch up—These men are here to
serve you—Keep in line—Trade
fast’—’.
■ This is a song, sung without music
- u n L ! r»l- AVini V. 1TAI/I _ 1 \ T V O PQIV
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geant of the U. S. Army just in front
of a canteen counter in a Y. M. C. A.
hut built almost in the exact center
of a big debarkation camp up on the
Brittany coast. The counter is just
thirty feet long. Behind it are six
Y. M. C. A. men handing out stuff
just as fast as six lines of soldiers
can make known their various wants.
And to give you some idea of the
number of men who keep in that line
and trade fast, it may be worth men
tioning taht there are approximately
70,000 men inside the camp limits and
still another 70,000 outside the camp
limits in tents which cover fields for
miles around.
“Gimme three chocolates; a cake
of soap; some razor blades and ail
the ’baccy’ a man’s allowed.”
“Gimme six packs of gum; three
Bull Durhams; a bottle of pickles
and all the chocolate I’m allowed.”
“Lemme have a scrubbing brush;
some shaving soap, and what’s this
B hear about the transports bringing
in candy? Hully Gee! sure I want
some, all I can get.”
“Gimme an armful of them cook
ies you had yesterday, and candy.
Only half a pound! Holy mackerel,
I could put that much in my eye!”
The demand keeps up from nine in
the morning until nine at night—the
six lines of incessant wants.
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MORE GERMAN KULTUR.
Washington, Oct. 25—The famous
belfry of Bruges was used by the
Germans as a garage and workshop
during their occupation of the city.
Allied troops on entering the city,
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lUUIlCi Lilt? lllLCllui wcma v»x mow*.
ic structure broken down and chim
neys added to meet the needs of the
workmen. Th'e principal damage to
the city was inflicted in the neigh
borhood of the station and the Porte
Marechale.
THESE HEROES OF
AMERICAN ARMY
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Cited For Bravery And Presented
With Distinguished Service
Crosses.
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The commander in chief of the
; American Expeditionary forces in
France has awarded the distinguish
ed service cross to the following of
ficers and soldiers for acts of extra
ordinary heroism. Lieutenant Theo
dore E. Boyd, 7th Field Artillery;
Corporal Robert S. Storrie, Co. E.,
325th Infantry; Corporal Frank
Sadtowski, Co. E. 325th Infantry;
| Sergeant Harry J. Adams, Co. K. 353
Infantry; Private Milton C. Sundin,
Co. L. 353rd Infantry. Sergeant Je
rome Buchanan, Co. G, 9th Infantry;
First Lieutenant Charles Raymond
Blake, Aviation section signal corps;
Second Lieutenant Dogan H. Arthur,
pilot, U. S. A. S., 12th Aero squad
ron; Second Lieutenant Howard T.
: Fleeson, observer ,S. C., 12th Aero
'Squadron; First Lieutenant Phil A.
Rpnderson. U. S. A. S.. 12th Aero
Squadron; First Lieutenant Edward
On- (deceased), pilot U. S. A. S., 12th
Aero Squadron; Second Lieutenant
Byrne E. Baucom, S. C., Observer 1st
Aero Squadron.
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GARRISON urges precaution.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 24.—Dr. C. W.
Garrison, state health officer, an- j
nounces that he has received reports j
of four deaths in various parts of i
the state from meningitis. These are j
the first deaths from the disease that j
have been reported since the outbreak
of the influenza epidemic.
Dr. Garrison says that this weath
er is peculiarly favorable to the
spread of meningitis as well as pneu
monia, and he especially urges all
physicians to report promptly all
new cases. He also urges the public
to take all precautions to ward off
the disease and prevent its gaining a
foothold.
The influenza situation shows lit- ;
, tie change, some communities re-j
■ porting an increase and more of them
a decrease in the number of cases, j
In Little Rock and many other locali- j
ties the crest has passed, but in oth- j
ers, particularly the rural districts,
the worst is probably yet to come.
ONE HUNDRED
DRAFTEES COMING.
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! UHL* 11 UIlUi CU uiaitcto aiv^ |
to pass through the city this evening |
en route to Camp Travis, where they
will be trained in all the modern me
thods of warfare, that they may be
able to take good care of themselves
when later they confront the Hun
“over there” on the fifing line.
These embryo veterans are expected
to arrive over the Batesville branch.
The government needs your money;
ou need the stamps.
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WILSON APPEALS
111 THE PEOPLE
Wilson Says If People Approve Of
His Course Now, He Wants Them
To Remain Democratic.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 25.—President
Wilson today issued an appeal to the
people to return to a democratic
congress in the November elections if
hey approve his course in this criti
period.
EXCHANGED PRISON
ERS PRESENT PITI
FUL APPEARANCE.
Paris, Sept. 28. (By Mail)—Ex
changed prisoners of war come back
to Italy by way of Lake Como, and
of all the sights of this war, that of
an arrival of exchanged Italian pris
oners is the most pitiful.
In Italy Austrian prisoners are
well cared for, well treated, well fed.
They go home well and strong. In
return for them, Austria sends back
human wrecks, horrible to see. It
sends back men mutilated, men wast
ed by starvation and disease, men
who have suffered the most horrible
cruelties. As each arriving tram
comes in, half the returned prisoners
have to be carried off in litters, not
because they are wounded or ill, bui,
because they have been starved.
Each train is met bythe American
Y. M. C. A. with cigarettes and such
things as the soldiers want. Y. M .0
A. secretaries pass among the poor
fellows giving them what comfort
they can and what assistance is pos
sible. Secretaries representing the
“Y”, Knights of Columbus, Y. W. C.
A., Salvation Army and Jewish Wel
fare Board are doing wonderful
work among the prisoners. _
MISS MARJORIE
PILK1NGTON DEAD.!
Friday night, October 18, 1918, at
10:30 o’clock the'death Angel invaded
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Pil
kington and claimed for his own,
their eldest daughter, Miss Marjorie.
She was just budding into young wo
manhood, having attained her 18th
birthday the 30th of last April. Her
life cast a ray of sunshine wherever
she went. Always bright and happy,
infusing joy and good cheer into all
circles, into which she was thrown.
By her multitude of girl frinds she
was a general favorite. She was a
member of the the Searcy Symphony
Orchstra and her future as a violin
is was most promising. She was also
just completing a business course in
short hand. During the Culpepper
meeting she was converted and unit
ed with the Baptist church, being
baptised after the meeting closed.
Her illness was of short duration,
having contracted influenza a week
ago last Tuesday, from which pneu
monia developed, which lasted for
ty-eight hours, resulting in her death.
All that human skill could do, to save
her was done and many, many earn
est prayers ascended to the throne
of an all-wise Father, that if it was
His will, this precious life might be
spared. Yet we know that He doeth
all things well, and may we each and
all try to say, “Not my will, oh Lord,
but thine be done.”
Funeral services will be conducted
by her pastor, Rev. Wm. Cooksey.
Among the relattives who are here
to attend the last sad rites, are her
grandfather, T. S. Neylon, and broth
er, Robert, of Texas, grandmother
Pilkington of Fulton, Ky., George
and Dan Pilkington of Marianna,
Mrs. Joe Hall of Campbell, Mo., Mrs.
John Gray of Batesville and Mrs.
J. P. Wood of Sidon, Ark.—Searcy
Citizen.
A $30 MELON.
Swifton is selling water melons
for thirty dollars each, accordng to
information gained through the In
dependent’s correspondent there. At
least one was sold in that patriotic
and thriving little city for that
amount of money one day this week,
for the benefit of the local Red Cross
organization. The melon was a
whopper, weighing 42 pounds, and
was donated by John Jenkins.
PEOPLE OF I
CEIIHT III
RIOTOUS MOOD
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I THE ABDICATION OF WILHELM
IS WHAT THEY CALLED FOR.
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They Also Ask For The Formation
Of A Republic—The Noted So
cialist Leader, Released From
Jail, Makes Speech. |
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“TIME OF PEOPLE AT HAND.*
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(By The Associated P, jj
Paris, Oct. 25.—
crowd assembled
stag building in« wlWw
calling for the
William and 4 Mil'.fifjijH
public, accor“..,H -**«j
patcji to the L’ Information. Dr. 1
Karl Liedknech, the socialist leader,
just released from prison, was ap
plauded frantically. He made a
speech declaring that the time of the
people had arrived.
RETURNING TO CAMP. J
I v.
I Eugene May of Auvergne, who was
recently called home on account of
serious illness of several members of
the family, passed through the city*
this morning on his way back to
Camp Bowie, where he has been in
training for some time. Mr. May
| was accompanied this far on his ^re
turn trip by his father, FoT
and two uncles, Ben May
: May. The young man was I
fine, and showed in a pronounce^
manner the benefits of the training
he has been undergoing at Camp
Bowie.
While talking to an Independent
representative Forrest May stated
that Thursday was the first timei
in many weeks that he had had hia
whole family at the dinner table at
one time. Several members of Mr.
May’s family have been undergoing
tussels with influenza,' fortuntately
however, all of them are up again.
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BUSIEST PLACE IN
THE CAPITAL CITY.
Special to Independent,
i Little Rock, Oct. 25.—One of the
busiest places in the city is the U.;'
S. Employment Service offices atj
Main and Markham streets, where
men are being enrolled for war-work.
More than 2,500 men have been
placer this week, and yesterday alone
there were -100 who reported for duty,
! and were assigned to various war
work. They are coming from all
'parts of the state. The campaign
being conducted by the Federal em
' ployment agencies is most effective.
The “work or fight” doctrine is be
ing thoroughly inculcated in the
minds of the people. Essential war |
work must be given the preferenct
over everything else. Non-esseptlal
employment is being rapidly weeded
out. Cooks and janitors, and chauf
feurs, and elevator boys, and soda
dispensers especially are included in ■.
the class that must do work that is
worth while.
AN EIGHT POUND POTATO. <(
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The Farmers National Bank is er
hibiting an eight pound sweet pota
1 to, raised by Mrs. T. W. Collier of
Tupelo. Arkansas raises many
sweet potatoes, but not near as many
; as she should. There is no tuber mor®
healthful than the Southern Yam,
made famous the world over by th®
old negro slaves’ great fondness for
it in ante-bellum days, and it has at
i ways been a puzzling question why
the people of the south will imports
hundreds of thousands of bushels of
Irish potatoes from the north in- <
stead of raising at home and, using
in their place, the great Southern
iYam. . d,