GREAT CAINS
IRE MADE BY
ALLIES TODAY
ON FRONT FROM AISNE RIVER
TO NEAR CAMBRAI.
Continued Pressure Of the Allied Ar
mies Have Served to Practically
Cancel Great German Stroke
Of March 21.
GERMANS ON THE DEFENSIVE.
(Associated Press Summary.)
The British, American and French
armies gained importtantt and new i
ground last night and today along
the entire front from the Aisne riv
er to west of Cambrai. As a whole
through the campaign inaugurated
by Foch July 18, and in particular
wwicvVt PranpA-Rrilish iHHvp dill*
ing August, the German stroke of
March 21 is now virtually cancelled.
The Germans have been pushed from
all the territory they conquered by the
great offensive they opened on that
date except for a narrow strip be
tween La Fere and Cambrai. Along
his old line the enemy is now facing
an allied force that, instead of being
anxiously in wait for a powerful Ger
man stroke, is completely on the ag
gressive. The formation of a new all
American army in France would seem
to indicate that Pershing will have
much to do with bringing about the
repulse of the German forces com
pletely across the Hindenburg line and
probably to the frontier.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 7.—The British, ad
vancing last night on the front south
east and northeast of Peronne, cap
tured several towns, it was officially
announced today.
Tefgnier, three miles west of La
Fere, was captured by the French
this morning.
The French have advanced on a
twenty mile front to an average
depth' of two miles and' at some places
four miles. The French have also
reached Coucy forest and now are on
a big stretch of entirely new ground.
The British are progressing on prac
tically the whole battle front from
Havrincourt wood to the Aisne. This
progress continued this morning with
rather a greater rapidity than was
expected.
Paris, Sept. 7.—On the front be
tween the Somme and Oise river the
French continued to press foward last
night and this morning, overcoming
the resistance of the German rear
guard. It was officially announced to
day that the French have occupied
Dury and Ollsey, more than three
miles east of Ham.
With the American Army in France,
Sept. 7.—Additional forces and sup
plies were brought up by the French
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4tnu AflJcIivalia uuimg *»&**«»
this morning the line was again ad
vancing. Allies artillery is being
used to tear holesin the enemy lines.
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ROSS MATHIS IS
BADLYJVOUHDED
According to Telephone Message
Reaching Newport From Mem
phis Last Night.
According to a telephone message
last night from Mrs. P. H. Van Dyke,'
who is in Memphis, First Lieutenant
Ross Mathis of Cotton Plant has been
seriously wounded in action in France.
Lieut, Mathis is a brother of Harry
Mathis, a traveling salesman in this
territory, and married a sister of
Mrs. Chas. Hipolite of Newport. Mrs.
Mathis resides at Cotton Plant.
Archie Head, a young man who re
sides at Balch, was in the city today
and reported that his brother, Har
vey M. Head, whose home was at Flo
ral Independence county, had died
from wounds received in action in
i lanccj av-vwAUiiig i/v a
ceived by his uncle at Floral.
CIRCUIT COURT
0KEI0II1I
Light Docket For The Fall Term Con
sists of 65 Criminal and 55 Civil
Cases.
The fall term of circuit court for
Jackson county’ convenes in Newport
Monday morning. The docket for this
term is an unusually light one, con
sisting of 65 criminal cases and 55
civil cases.
There is one murder case on the
docket for trial during the term, that
of Mabel Sherman, who is charged
with having had connection with the
killing of Herman Harmon at a resort
in Newport about a year ago. For
this crime Chess Kelly was convicted
in circuit court here and sentenced to
the electric chair, but his sentence
was commuted to life imprisonment by
Gov. Brough.
fiiw joins
wiTyun
Reported Alliance Would Place Man
power of Country at Disposal
Of Germany.
(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 7.—A treaty of alliance
has been concluded between Geimany
and Finland, under which the entire
manpower of Finland is put at the
disposal of Germany, according to a
Copenhagen dispatch to The Matin, a
newspaper here.
The DODulation of Finland is 2,500,
000 and the country covers 114,355
square miles.
Casualty List
The following casualties are re
ported by the commanding general or
the American expeditionary forces:
ARKANSAS.
Missing in action—Odie Penning
ton, Bradford.
Wounded severely—Bert A. An
drews, Walnut Ridge.
Killed in Action—Roscoe Jordan,
Green Forest; John T. Davis, Grape
vine.
Wounded severely—Virgil L. Stev
ens, North Little Rock; James Pet
ers, Midland.
Wounded, degree undertermined—
Henry C. Billingsley, Piggott.
Missing in action—Adam Jackson,
Paragould; Joe G. Schultz, Scott;
Lawrence Lloyd, Reyno.
Odie Pennington, who is listed in
the above casualties as missing in ac
tion, was a member of a contingent of
selected men to leave Newport sever
al months ago. His father and moth
er, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pennington, re
side at Grand Glaize, in this county.
Odie is 21 years of age.
“WRITING HOME”
When the soldier is off duty he may employ and amuse himself in manj
ways, but one of the first things he is sure to do is to write to home folks
Writing paper, envelopes, ink and pens are furnished free to the men by th(
Army Y. M. C. A.
This is a picture of a “rush hour” of letter writing and magazine read
ing in a “Y”-,building in a large camp of the Southern Department.
REPORTS PERSIST
THAT PREMIER LE
NINE DIED OF WOUND.
(By The Associated Press.)
Stockholm, Friday.—Contrtary to
reports received from official Bolshe
vik sources, travelers, who have ar
rived at Haparanda, Sweden, from
Moscow, assert Premier Lenine, who
was shot by a Russian revolutionist,
is dead.
“Dash, determination and daring—
also efficiency”—That’s what our
boys at the front are doing. Keep ’em
going! War Savings is a message to
the kaiser that will “get over.”
Subscribe for the Independent.
| ALL THE REGISTRANTS
OF AUGUST 24 MUST BE
DISPOSED OF BY SEPT. 12
Special to Independent
j Little Rock, Sept. 7—Adjt. Gen,
■ Lloyd England announces that to
| fill thle calls for limited service tim
! bermen, there are needed one section
boss, six buchers and four hod load
ers.
All local boards are advised that
prompt action is expected of them in
disposal of all cases of registrants of
Aug. 24. This must be completed be
fore September 12.
The more you help the men at the
front the quicker the end will come.
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STATION HERE
Officials At Lonoke Approve Cham
ber of Commerce Plan To Es
tablish Field Here.
That it is n6w practically certain
that a landing field for airplanes will
| be established in Newport was the
j good news which C. L. Mariner, bus
i iness manager of the Chamber of
j Commerce, brought home Friday
; night. Mr. Mariner spent Thursday
I at Lonoke conferring with aviation
! officials concerning the chamber’s
plan to establish such a field here.
Mr. Mariner says the officials there
j approved the plan, and assured him
[ that they would take the matter up |
with officials at Washington, where J
the project is expected to receive fi- j
nal approval.
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BRITISH LOSSES
FOR PAST WEEK
Totalled 20,640 As Compared With
14,500 Past Week—4,000 Killed
and Died of Wounds.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 7.—British casual
ties reported during the week ending
today totalled 20.640, compared with <
14,500 for the previous week. Four [
thousand were killed and died of i
wounds. The remainder are wounded :
and missing. 1
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FORMING OF 1
FIELD ARMY
PROGRESSES
BRIGADED AMERICANS ARB
ABOUT WITHDRAWN.
Organization of All-American Army
Accounts For Small Number of
Sammies Now Engaged In the
Big Allied Push. '
URPLANE PROGRAM IMPROVES.
(By The Associated Press.) ; A
Washington, Sept. 7.—Organization] ,/
of an American field army in Franco
is progressing so rapidly, General
March, chief of staff, told members *
of the senate milittary committee to- |
lay, that nearly ninety-five per emit
of the American troops brigaded with V’
the British and French havte been
withdrawn. This accounts for tkn.
small number of Americans engaged!
n the present forward movement of
thte allies.
General Pershing has sent the Whr
iepartment a report on minor casuel
;ies unreported because of their jtrhM- t l|
al character. They total 20,000 ffl
ap to August 20, most of them
nen so slightly wounded that
returned to the ranks within a
General March said twelve huti
lirplanes had been delivered i
’ac tones so far. Latest advices
:ate, he said, that eight
American fighting planes are
HIT § coni
Another Dastardly Action Is
The Long List of German
Atrocities. >
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Army ip
Wept. 7.—German aviators sc
lirect hits Wednesday night
arge “red cross’’ between the
>f a Franco-American hospital
west of Soissons. There were
laities, as the patients had been
noved to a nearby cavern wl
jombing began shortly after -
WORK OR FIGHT ORDER
TO BE ENFORCED AGAINST *
ALL MEN BETWEEN 18
special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 7.—The Ns
Council yesterday wired the
Council of Defense that “the work
Light regulations will be enfor
igainst all men between the ages of
18 and forty-five.’’ All registrants
who are given deferred classification,
lecause of dependants will have to E
work continuously at occupations not '
field to be non-productive, otherwise . '3jja
be inducted into the arm;. y '
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