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Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME XVIII. NO. 2. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 19. 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
EXHAUSTED BY
HEAVY ATTACKS
* GERMANS STOP
MADE NO FURTHER ATTEMPTS
IN FLANLERS AREA.
Enemy Is Repulsed Around Givenchy,
After Having Gained Limited
Footing In One or Two Ad
vanced Positions.
BRITISH LINE IS UNCHANGED
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Associated Press Dispatch.
London, April 19.—The war office
announces the Germans were com
pletely repulsed in attacks launched
yesterday around Givenchy, when
the assaults ceased after heavy loss
es. The enemy was only able to se
cure a limited footing in one or two
advanced positions.
Six German divisions were engaged
4 in the attack in the Givenchy and
SL Venant sectors. Attacks on the
northern part of the Lys battle area
yesterday morning and evening and
south of Kemmel also were repulsed.
The statement says there was no
change in the situation on the entire
British front during the night,
which is comparatively quiet except
for activity of artillery.
Associated Press Dispatch.
With the British Army in France,
April 19.—Exhausted by heavy at
tacks yesterday on the Givenchy and
La Basse canal front, the Germans
made no further moves last night,
and quiet prevailed on a greater part
of the Flanders battlefront this
morning.
The British have re-established
their line west of Robecq by recap
turing ground at the Riex Du Vinage
s farm. Kemmel Hill was heavily
bombarded this morning.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, April 19.—The French last
night reduced German machine gun
nests on the front southeast of
Amiens, the war office announces.
There is heavy artillery fighting in
this region.
WILL INCREASE
MARINE CORPS
Naval Affairs Committee Agrees to
Increase Corps to 75,()00 Men In
Conference Today.
Associated Press Dispatch.
'£ Washington, April 19.— An in
crease of marine corps to 75,500 men
was agreer to by the house naval af
fairs committee today.
PROVISIONS OF ES
PIONAGE BILL IS
EXTENDED WOMEN.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 19.—The presi
dent today signed the bill extending
the provisions of the espionage act
to women.
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Germans Use Ten Divisions On Elev
en Mile Front In Region of Giv
enchy and Morville.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 19.—The Britisl
are standing firm before strong ene
my attacks on the front north of Ar
ras, while southeast of Amiens the
French drove back the Germans ir
the region of Castle.
The heaviest fighting on the
northern front is occurring on the
southern side of the salient from St
Venant west of Morville to Givenchy
where the Germans are using ten di
visions, or about 137,000 men on this
eleven-mile front. The capture oi
most of Messines-Wytschaete ridge
by the Germans will not seriously
weaken the British position, as Gen.
Haig outwitted the enemy by with
drawing his lines to the northeast
and east of Ypres, In this region the
Germans are now floundering in mud,
while efforts to turn the British line
south of Ypres by taking Kemmel
Hill failed with severe losses. East
of St. Venant and near Givenchy the
enemy was cheeked with heavy casu
alties.
Berlin, for the first time since
northern operatiaons began, announc
es the situation is unchanged.
The stoppage of all work in Aus
tria on May 1st to hold demonstra
tions for peace has been ordered by
the German socialist party in Aus
tria, according to Amsterdam re
ports.
It is reported that Premier Orlando
announces in the chamber of deputies
that Italian troops will be dispatched
to the battle front in France.
MANY STUDENT OF
FICERS WILL NOT BE
GIVEN COMMISSIONS.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 19.—Ten thous
and or more student officers, who to
lay have completed their course of
training at national army canton
ments and national guard camps, will
aot be graduated and given commis
sions, but will be placed on an eligi
aility list, from which in order of
:heir ratings they will be commis
sioned and called to service as the
army needs them.
The men are exclusively non-com
missioned officers and privates of the
National army, National Guard, and
regular army or students from col
eges having military courses in the
mrriculum.
Until called to duty as officers,
diese men will wear white brassards
an their arms as an insignia of their
status. They will be called to the
ip.rvice in small erouns. Consequent
y it is impossible to present today
iny list of “graduates” as was done
svhen the two previous scries of
amps closed.
Any man who has remained In the
amps until today is assured of a
alace on the eligible list.
Late reports to the War Depart
nent bear out the estimate that sixty
aer cent of the men admitted will
;omplete the course.
Elimination of unfit students has
aeen proceeding practically since the
apening- of the camps. Physical ex
aminations of those who passed all
ather tests began on April 9.
In each division school, students
drawn from the division organiza
tions will be placed in an “eligible
list for Infantry, or eligible list for
Field Artillery,” according to a war
department memorandum. Students
from other sources will be placed on
separate lists for the same arms. It
is the purpose of the War Depart
ment to return the new officers, so
far as practicable to the units from
which they were taken.
MANY GERMAN PHYSI
CIANS WITH COLORS.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, April 18.— More than
two-thirds of all German physicians
are with the colors and about 3,000
of them after their return will have
to start jail over again, said Dr. Lis
bar, in the Prussian House of Depu
ties recently, according to German
newspapers received here.
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Biggest Musical Treat in
History of Jackson County
Sousa's band, which will reach the
city this afternoon at 5:50 o’clock,
is coming highly recommended. G.
A. Hillhouse, chairman of the Liber
ty Loan campaign in Jackson .coun
ty, at noon received the following
telegram from J. D. Bubard of
Marked Tree, chairman for Poinsett
county:
j “You cannot recommend too high
! ly Sousa’s naval marine band, whicl
| played here this morning. It wa:
the greatest treat in the history o
Poinsett county.”
At 7:30 the band will give a con
cert from a platform on the higl
I school campus. Senator J. T. Robin
J son will deliver a brief address in th<
j interest of the Liberty Loan.
ITALIAN REGIMENTS
ABE NOWIN TRANCE
Italian Embassy In Washington An
nounces Italians Form Right
W'ing of Allied Armies.
—
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 19.— Italian
regiments already are in France and
form the right wing of the allied ar
mies, the Italian embassy announces.
WHEAT PRICE FIXING
BILL IS SENT BACK
TO BE RECONSIDERED
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, April 19.— As a re
! suit of the action of the house last
j night rejecting the senate’s amend
: ment to the agriculture appropria
tion bill fixing a guaranteed price
, for wheat at $2.50 a bushel, the
i measure went back for conference
| today.
To advertise your business in the
! Independent is to put your business
| on a paying basis.
IRISH RESOLVE TO
RESIST M DRAFT
Parties Hold Conference and Follow
Example Set By Irish Bishops
Earlier In the Day.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, April 19.—At a conference
the Irish Nationalist Sinn Feiners,
O’Brienetes and Laborites, held in
Dublin yesterday, adopted a resolu
tion declaring their deturmination to
resist conscription. A similar reso
lution was adopted by Irish bishops
at Maynooth earlier in the day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. McDonald, of Wel
don and' little Miss Mary Beth Ten-y
of Batesville, are guests of Mrs. Geo.
L. Robinson
Don’t be a dead one. Advertise.
THE CURFEW BELL
flINGS UIJEWPOR]
Enforcement of Curfew Forces A1
Children to Be Off Streets After
9:30 o'CIock.
For the first time in a long time
the curfew bell rang in Newport last
night at 9:30 o’clock. The ringing
came as a surprise, owing to the fact
that notice was not given yesterday
in the Independent, and many of the
lads who are under the age of six
teen were found on the streets after
j the appointed hour.
I The curfew ordinance is mi old one,
and a good one, and means that par
ents and guardians shall see to the
matter of having children under 16
jears of age at home by 9:30 every
night.
Mayor Watson, his councilmen and
other officers are to be heartily
congratulated for the splendid
start they have made toward
making Newport a better town and
by bringing about of a more strin
gent enforcement of the laws.
CITY OF RHEIMS
YET £ FLIES
City Is Nothing But a Pile of Ruins
and Flames Can Be Seen Sixty
Miles Away.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, April 19,— Rheims, which
has been on fire for a week, is now
nothing but a pile of ruins and is
still burning. During the week the
Germans have fired more than a
hundred thousand shells into the
heart of the city, according to a
correspondent to the Lemati. The
flames of the burning city can be
seen by aviators sixty miles away.
Miss Mabel Padgett and little
niece, Katherine Padgett, of Bates
ville, are guests of Mrs. Ira J. Mack
during the school contest.
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PREACH LIBERTY
' SERMONS SUNDAY
i
j All Ministers Thrughout Jackson
County Are Urged to Deliver
Liberty Loan Sermons.
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Mrs. Chas. G. Henry, director of
the woman’s department of the Lib
erty Loan campaign in Jackson coun
ty, today received a letter from Mrs.
Chas. H. Brough, state vice chair
man, urging that all ministers in
Newport and throughout Jackson
county be requested to preach Liberty
Loan sermons Sunday.
This movement to urge the over
subscribing of the Liberty Loan
from the pulpit is a splendid one, in
that we are fighting for all that
Christianity and democracy hold dear,
and it is hoped that the ministers
will meet this request with well pre
pared sermons.
Late Wire Briefs
Associated Press Dispatch.
Wasington, April 19.— Senator
Smith, of South Carolina, Issued a
statement today denying that the
war industries board contemplates
fixing cotton prices.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Mexico, Mo., April 19.—The prin
cipal business block of Mexico was
destroyed this morning by fire,
which started in the Ringo hotel.
The loss was $200,000.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Chicago, April 19.—The charge of
disorderly conduct against Prof. Wil
liam Isaac Thomas, a prominent so
ciologist, and Mrs. R. M. Granger,
wife of an army officer, who were
arrested in a hotel there together,
was dismissed in the morals court
this morning.
Rev. M. S. Smith and Dr. W. S.
Lacy of Batesville, were here yester
day, returning from attending the
Presbytery at Marianna.
SWIFTON.
Tipton Hall and family of Seattle,
Washington, left here several days
ago for Winthrop, Ark., where they
will visit relatives before returning
to their western home. Mr. Hall is a
brother of Hubert Hall and Mrs. C.
K. Coe, of this place.
Engineer W. A. Bowman, of Road
District No. 4, which embraces this
section of Jackson county, was here
last Saturday looking after his work
in that capacity.
Rev. B. L. Wilford, presiding elder
of the Batesville district, preached at
the Methodist church here last Sun
day evening.
G. E. Land, of Denmark, candidate
for county superintendent of schools,
was here last Saturday, looking after
his political interests.
Rev. M. B. Umsted and wife were
called to Little Rock last Saturday
to be at the bedside of their daughter,
Mrs. Allen, who was very ill. The
former returned home in the after
noon of the same day. The latter re
mained with the daughter until Mon
day before returning home.
H. M. Williamson and family of the
Hickory Grove neighborhood visited
Tuckerman relatives last Sunday.
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| IV. I. UIUUIRMIO \JL V,
date for representative, was here last
Saturday looking after his political
interests.
Rev. O. L. Hays, a minister of the
Christian church and whose home is
at Ada, Oklahoma, was here several
days ago visiting at the homes of
Huber Hall and Charles K. Coe, who
are his brothers-in-law. He left
Saturday morning for Tupelo, where
l e has been conducting a series of
meetings.
Hood Churchman was a Tuckerman
visitor last Saturday and Sunday.
He is diligently engaged in farming
near Tupelo at the present time.
E. E. Herndon, a prosperous farm
er of the Elgin neighborhood, was
looking after business matters here
last Saturday.
The new town officials were re
cently installed in their respective of
fices. At their regular meeting last
Monday night the council elected Dar
Hogan as marshal. Other routr
business was also transacted.
PROGRAM IS
BEGUN TODAY
WITH A RUSH
SIX SCHOOLS ARE REPRESENT
ED IN THE CITY.
Contest Began This Afternoon At
the High School Auditorium
With Reading, Voice and Vio
lin Before Large Crowd.
ATHELETICS TOMORROW at 2:33.
•
Newport is filled with boys and
girls of the Northeast Arkansas
School Contest Association at its
Fourth annual meeting. The pupils
are accompanied by a large number
of the various school faculties and
many visitors whom Newport is glad
and feels honored to entertain. Wj b ’
their school colors floating
breeze and their care free spirit thejr
compose a happy set. They never
pass the show window, where the
silver loving cups are displayed, but
what they stop and admire them.
One boy was heard to say, “there are
the two I’m going to carry home with
me, the one’s in declamation and ath
letics.’’
The schools of Searcy, Cotton
Plant, McCrory, Newark, Walnut
Ridge and Higginson are represent
U
The two days program opened at
the school auditorium at 2:30, includ
ing reading, voice and violin. Pre
ceding each number, the various • - ;
schools gave their round of yells and \>J
songs, which was enjoyed by every
one. Saturday is given over to i
the (spelling, composition and map
drawing and in the afternoon the 1
athletic contests will be held at the
fair ground, with A. T. Hubly, offi
cial starter.
The program for this evening be
ginning at 8:30 is as follows:
PIANO.
All contestants play Contest Piece:
“Ballade in G Minor” (Joseph Rhein
berger.)
1. Searcy—Ruby Caldwell:
b. Impromptu, (Rheinboldt.) t:|
2. Cotton Plant—Estelle Barnette:
b. To Spring.
3. McCrory—Esther Arnof:
b. Venetienne, (Godard.)
4. Newport—Eleanor Sink:
b. Impromptu, (Shubert.)
5. Newark—Ruby Hawthorne:
b. Second Mazurka, (Porter.)
0. Walnut Ridge—Frances Andrews:
b. Rapsodie MJjgnonne, (Koel
ling.
DECLAMATION.
1 Batesville—Carter Cantrell:
Why Are We Fighting Germany?
2. McCrory—Joe Roddy:
Wilson’s War Message.
3. Newark—Holman Brown:
America First.
4. Searcy—Edward Brundidge:
America’s Future At Stake. t
5. Walnut Ridge—Brucite BranUom
Why We Are Fighting German#.
| G. Newport—Freeman Irby:
A Picture of War.
7. Higginson—Robert Campbell:
America, A World Republic.
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