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k Extend Your Energetic Support to the Chamber of Commerce and Help Your Town, Your County and >ourself Grow Newport Daily Independent. VOLUME XVIII. NO. 107. ' NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS ———!■■■ — ■mi ■— ■■ ■■ . AFTER BITTER FIGHTING IOYDN ‘ ISJIPTURED Allies Continue Threir Advance At All Points and 'Germans Have Lost Control of Their Own Manner of Retreat. OOOOClOOOOOOOOOOOO © © © BULLETIN. © © (4 o’clock.) © © O © By The Associated Press. © © London, Aug. 29.— British © O troops captured Bapaume to- © © day. © O © OOSOQOOOCOOOOOOOO (Associated Press Summary.) Noyon, the southern anchor post of the German armies in the Somme battle field, has been occupied by the French- The capture of the city has been expected several days, and its effect on the great battle field of Picardy therefore is largely discount ed. Along the front north of Noyon apparently there was little change during last night. The British south of the Somme are said to be advanc ing, but details of the progress do toot appear in official statements. The development of an allied advance would seem to indicate that the pock et on the southern end of the battik line is being emptied and that there is little hope of the allies being' able to catch any large number of the en emy troops there. Paris, Aug. 29.—The French are at the gates of Ham, according to dis patches from the front. The Ger mans lost three complete munition trains at Breuill, five miles west of Ham, in their retreat. ,_JWith the French Army in the Field, Aug. 29.—Noyon was occupied this morning by General Humbert. Gen eral Mangin’s men crossed the Oise river and took Morlincourt. The French first army took Quesnoy wood just west of Canal Du Nord. The wood was a strongly fortified posi tion and from it the Germans endeav ored to check the French pursuit. '(By The Associated Press.) Paris, Aug. 29.—Violent artillery engagements along the Somme front are reported in the official statement today. (By the Associated Press.) ^ London, Aug. 29.—German counter attacks east and southeast of Vis-en Artois and in the vicinity of Gavrelle east of Arras, have been repulsed, it g" was officially announced this morn v ing. South of the Somme, the Brit ish are keeping up the pressurt against the enemy and are advancin' I eastward. Since August 21st the British have taken 26,000 prisoners and one hundred guns. (By The Associated Press.) French Headquarters in France Aug. 29.—The Germans are putting MADELINE THEATRE 2, LASKY X Presents Famous Cecil B. De Mille in J OLD WIVES FOR NEW Some of the most exquisite X and beautiful gowns ever ^ shown in the films will be t shown in this feature. . The dore Roberts, Tlly Marshall, ^ Wanda Hawley and an all I ▲ star cast. b ^y Five Reels—ARTCRAFT ♦ I # - ^ PINK PAJAMAS ▲ A good comedy. ^ NESTOR. ♦ _ ^ ^ Admission 10 and 15 Cents. . ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ up a bitter fight for the possession of Noyon and hav* a strongly entrench ed machine gun position on the soutliern and western outskirts of the city. The French have success fully outflanked Porquericourt moun tain west of Noyon. General Hum ber’s army has crossed the Roye Noyon road near Sermaze, two miles north of Noyon, but the Germans are energetically defending the hills to the east. (By The Associated Press.) Paris, Aug. 29.—The allies have now won back more than two-thirds of the ground lost since the beginning of the German offensive in March. (By The Associated Press.) With the French Army in the Field, Aug. 29.—Rapidly succeeding mili j tary events do not only confirm the . belief that the Germans have lost control of their operations in the Somme, Avre and Oise river regions, j but they indicate that the enemy’s ! own retreat is getting out of their hands. GETS ANOTHER SPANISH SHIP Newest Sinking May Bring About a Crisis In Relations Between Spain and Hunland. (By The Associated Press.) Paris, Aug. 29.— The Spanish steamer, Crusa, has been sunk by a German submarine, it is reported here. Newspapers consider the 1 event will bring about a crisis in the relations between Spain and Germa ny, as these relations have already become strained owing to continued | destruction of Spanish shipping by | German U-boats. KORNILOFF, OFTEN REPORTED DEAD, IS ALIVE, NOW REPORTED. (By the Associated Press.) Paris, Aug. 29.—Vaidier Bourtzeff, the Russian revolutionist, says he has received advices from Russia that General Korniloff, who often has been reported dead, is living, accord ing to Temps. Casualty List The following casualties are re ported by the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action, 52; missing in action, 10; wounded severely, 24; died from accident and other causes, 2; died of disease, 5; wounded, de gree undetermined, 15$ died of wounds, 5. Total, 113. SEASON'S 1ST ^ BILE OF COTTON — | Is Grown By William Vance and J Bought By Wolff-Goldman Mer cantile Company At 40 Cents ; Per Pound. i - | The season’s first bale of cotton /for Jackson county was brought to •Newport today by William Vance, who grew the staple on his farm at the old experimental station, which place is the property of the | Wolff-Goldman Realty Company. ' The cotton was bought by Robert IB. Hooker for the Wolff-Goldman I Company, who paid forty cents per ’ pound for the staple. The bale, ’ which was ginned by the Southern ' Cotton Oil Company, weighed 463 ■pounds. The staple measured one ’|and one-eighth inch, being of the ’, Webber variety. ► I _____ ’ H. A. Langton of Van Nuys, Calif., ’ who has large contracts with the gov ’ eminent for gunstocks, is looking ’ over this locality for walnut timber. * two. ► Mrs. J. R. Rittenhouse and daugh ► ter, Miss Jennie Belle, of Augusta, ► are guests of Mrs. W. D. McLain ► and Miss Audrey McLain. Mrs. Rit ► tenhouse will return home Friday, ► but her daughter enters a business ► school at Jonesboro. MOTHER W IS PREIIENTED United States May Cause Settlement of Dispute Between Honduras And Nicaragua. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 29.—Nicaragua and Honduras have averted their threatened armed clash over a long standing boundary dispute by agree ing at the request of the United States to the withdrawal of all troops from their borders and submit the' controversy to the United States. ELKS CLUB DANCING PARTY. An unusually delightful dancing party featuring society thi* week, was at the Elks Club Wednesday evening and was attended by a large part of the dancing rcowd of the city. A number of the school girls and boys are leaving soon and this dance in a large measure was a special com pliment to them. Mrs. Reartiey’s six piece orchestra was never heard to a better advantage, which made danc ing all the more a pleasure. The chaperones were Mrs. Charles G. Henry and Mrs. A. S. Madding. ! Major Schoen'orun, formerly of Newport but the past year at Pine Bluff, left there today for Camp Dodge, Iowa, to enter military train ing. Little Miss Hazel Porter left yes terday for Alicia to visit relatives, and Mike Porter left for Walnut Ridge to make an extended visit with his uncle and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Tom i Fife. LANDING PUCE FOR AIRPLANES ' Chamber of Commerce Is Taking Steps to Have Field Established In Vicinity of Newport. ' ; . • . . " • ,t .> . ' C. L. Mariner, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, is in corres pondence with proper authorities con cerning the location and establish ment of a landing field for airplanes in the vicinity of Newport. Corres pondence thus far has been favorable to the project, and Newport can be assured that planes will land here frequently if a landing place and gas , filling station can be made available. It is probable that East Newport af fords the most advantageous location for this. As soon as it is learned what re quirements would be made of New port to secure a landing field, the In dependent will make them public. At Wynne, Forrest City and other towns of the state landing fields for I planes from Memphis and Lonoke have been established, together with gas stations, and at these places the canteen workers have rendered valu able service for aviators. TOO BAp HE COULDN’T MARCH. United States Senator Howard ; Sutherland of West Virginia tells a story of a mountain youth who visit ed a recruiting office in the senator’s state for the purpose of enlisting in th!e regular army. The examining physician found the young man as sound as a dollar, but that he had flat feet. “I’m sorry,” said the physician, “but I’ll have to turn you down. -1.. 1 You’ve got flat feet.” The mountaineer looked sorrowful. “No way for me to get in it, then?” he inquired. “I guess not, with those flat feet of yours you wouldn’t be able to march even five miles.” The youth from the mountains studied for a moment. Finally he said: “I’ll tell you why I hate this so darned bad. You see, I walked nigh onto one hundred and fifteen miles over the mountains to git here, and gosh, how I hlte to walk back!” — Everybody’s Magazine. Miss Eva Graham left last evening for Memphis called by the death of her brother-in-law, Walter Blanch ard of that city. Mr. Blanchard was an engineer, having a run from Mem phis to Paducah, Ky., and on his run yesterday afternoon late, his train was wrecked, killing both himself and his fireman. No other partic ulars were learned. Mrs. Blanchard lias made many visits to our city and her friends are grieved to leam of this terrible sorrow that has befallen her and her only child, a son fifteen years old. Miss Graham was joined at Hoxie by her sister, Mrs. Ira J. Pickens. Wesley Shaver was down from Tuckerman this morning and reports his family, who are at Heber Springs, to be getting along very nicely. They are there for several weeks for the benefit of Mrs. Shaver’s health which has been bad for a year or Batesville has marketed her first bale of cotton, which was grown by J. V. Wilson, living on the Jobljn farm near that city. The bale weighed 738 pounds and was sold to Frank Brewer of that city who paid 33 cents a pound for it. Mrs. A. P. Redmon, with Pfeifers at Little iRock, arrived at noon to day to visit Mrs. J. F. Rice. Clapp, Reynolds and Regal Oxfords At reduced prices for the remainder of the season. In view of present conditions it is to your advantage to consider the following prices on Oxfords. $6.00and$6.50 Regals $4.85 $6.00 and $7.50 Regals $5.35 $8.00 and$8.50Regals $6.35 $9.00 Reynolds . . $7.35 $10.00 Reynolds . . $8.35 $11.50 Clapp . ... . 9.35 Good dependable footwear is ever increasing in price. Now is an opportune time to get a pair at a substantial saving. Star Clothing Company ADAMLCCKARD, Manager 'THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN!' K IMPRESSION IS MISTAKEN ONE First and Second Issue of Liberty Bonds Are Not Convertible Into Subsequent Issues. The following letter has been mailed to all banks and trust com panies in the Eighth District from the federal reserve bank at St. Louie: The opinion is current that First Liberty Loan Converted 4 per cent Bonds, and Second Liberty Loan 4 per cent Bonds are convertible into any subsequent issue of Liberty Bondi bearing a higher rate of interest than 4 Vi per cent. This impression is d mistaken one and, in this connection, S we respectfully refer you to Depart- ' ment Circular No. 114 (page 6, para* graphs 8 and 9) which very clearly states that First 3^ per cent bondi are the only ones that bear the re current conversion privilege, and that First Liberty Loan Converted 4’s and Second Liberty Loan 4’s must* be converted, if at all, to 4T4 per cent bonds prior to November 9, 1918. ; You are requested to give this in- : | formation as much publicity as pos- ? sible, and forward bonds for conver sion at your earliest convenience id order that oonversion operations will not be congested at the closing period1 of conversion, which is No* S vember 9th. NEW RULING EON COTTONJEILE Some Changes Have Been Made Re garding Handling and Shipping Of Cotton In Arkansas. ^ At the meeting of the Arkansas Cotton Trade Association, held in Pine Bluff in May, some changes re garding the handling and shipping of ■; cotton were made, and the following may be of interest to handlers of cot ton in general: “All drafts for f. o. b. cotton for shipment to a concentrating point, shall be payable at said concentrating point, and may be drawn with origi nal bill of lading or warehouse re ceipts attached, and all local chargea on such payments shall be paid by | the seller, up to date of delivery. It is understood the seller pays the ex change. “Billing reference, to include car number and initials must accompany each bill of lading, either as an insert in the bill of lading or such docu ments as will clearly indicate loading and forwarding. Yv | “Invoice for cotton must be mailed j I by purchaser at a date not later than the date of draft covering the ship ment.’’