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AUSTRIAN BATTLE ]
SHIPS TORPEDOED
Italian Heroes in Motor Boats Slip
Thru Cordon of Destroyers and
Blow Irp Enemy Vessels—'
Great Victory.
Venice, Wednesday, June 12.—(De
layed.—Commander Rizzo tells a
graphic story of the encounter in
which he sank an Austrian battleship,
and another Austrian battleship was
either badly damaged or destroyed j
by a motor boat in charge of Com-j
mander Millazo, It it jwvssible that
2,000 saiiors were lost,
“I was on patrol scout duty as usu- j
al off the Dalmatian coast near Pass ,
Selve, between the Islands of Asinello j I
and Premuda,” he said. “I had just
finished my patrol, and, as it would
soon be daylight, had turned for my
base when about ten miles away 1 j
saw a great enveloping cloud of i
smoke. I thought at first it was some
boat which had discovered me and
was giving chase. I determined that
the safest course was to turn back
and get it before it got me. After
turning back I said to my two crews
of ten men to each boat:
Every Man a Hero.
“ ‘Fellows, the Italian scout boats
have been waiting for two years, and
the whole Italian navy has been try
ing to destroy Austrian ships for
three years. Are you willing to risk
all on a chance of obtaining glory,'
and the country’s gratitude?’
“To a man they answered ’Yes.’ r
“We were speeding back with our
motors muffled when to my amaze
ment, I discovered two battleships
surrounded by a number of destroy- '
«rs, which later I counted as ten. I
assigned the second battleship to the
other motorboat while I took the first. |
The Daring Attack. ,
“I slipped inside the line of de- :
stroyers between the third and fourth
of these crafts. I was not noticed in
the light fog. The water was smooth 1
and my torpedoes got off nicely. My
first, with a 500-pound charge,- struck
•he first dreadnought between the
two funnels, while the second struck
just behind the second funnel. Ai\ the 1
torpedo exploded I saw the mighty 1
ship tremble, two great fountains of
water rose high in the air and black
•moke welled up from the rents in
her side. |1
’ “Then I ran for it, escaping be- 1
tween the second and third destroy
ers in the line. I was discovered by '
the fourth destroyer, which gave chase
•t 160 yards and fired on me. I was 1
too close, however, to be, hit. Then 1
I dropped a depth charge bomb such
as is generally used against subma- 1
vines. Fortunately for us it exploded
under the destroyer. I saw her leap f
into the air, turn sharply and then
stop, giving up the chase and permit
ing us to escape. The other destroy- <
ere were busy trying to save the lives <
of the sailors on the dreadnought,”
Equal to a Great Victory. j
Rome, June 18.—“The splendid ex- t
ploit on the Dalmatian coast is equiv- 1
©lent to a great naval battle won,” *
says the Idea Nazionale, commenting <
on the achievement of Commander ,
Rizz. The newspaper believes that
the two Austrian battleships torpe- r
doed by the two torpedo boats under j
bis command were lost. (
Commander Rizzo is the same ofli
w who entered the port of Triest j
ar.d torpedoed the Austrian battlship t
Wien on December 9, 1917.
THE COTTON CONSUMPTION. ! ’
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Total of 577,228 Bales Were Cob
sumed During Month of May.
Washington, June 14.—The cotton '
consumed during the month of May
amounted to 677,288 bales, and for
the ten months, 5,522,080 bales. (
Strayed or Stolen—From Eagleton, 1
Ark., on April 15, one bay horse. J
7 years old, about 14 % hands high, ’
weight 800 pounds. Branded “C. H.” •,
on right shoulder. Liberal rewrard will
be paid for return or information as «
to whereabouts. B. B. Mahar, Eagle- <
ton, Ark. Adv. 20-tf J
FORCE!) TO QUIT MEXICAN MINE
Villa Leader Orders American Con
cern to Cease Operations.
Juare*, Mex., June 12.—Epifanio
Holguin, the Villa leader who has
been robbing trains and looting
ranches in Northern Chihuahua, has
ordered the Erupcion Mining Com
pany, an American company operat
ing mines eight-five miles south of
here, to stop all operations, according
:.o owners of the mine.
Freight wagons, lumber and other
■naterials at the mine have been
>urned and the workmen warned not
,0 approach the property. The rea
lon given for the order was the re
fusal of the company to pay Holguin
» ransom.
1,000,000 UNDER
ORMS AUGUST 1919
n» Get Them, Age Limits May Be
Changed to 18 to 45 Year*—All
Men in Claaa 1 Will Be Ex
hausted After January 1.
Washington, June 16.—Three mil
ion Americans will be under arms by
lext August 1, the Senate Military
Committee was told yesterday byPro
?ost Marshal General Crowder.
Extension of the age limits in the
irmy draft will be necessary. General
Browder said, if the present rate of
Iraft calls is continued. He estimated
ill the men in Class 1 would be ex
hausted soon after next January 1.
Requisitions from the draft to com
pete the 3,000,000 total by August 1,
General Crowder said, have been
nade. Of these 2,000,000 will be draf
-egistrants and the others volunteers
ind National Guardsmen.
"Everybody thinkB there will be
leavy calls during the first six months
>f 1919,” was a significant statement
nade by General Crowder.
Favors 18 to 45 Age Limit.
General Crowder approved the gen
;ral principal of the bill introduced by
senator France of Marylad, extending
he registration ages to from 18 to
15 years, thereby providing addition
il men for military and industrial
lervice. He did not, however, approve
t. . . la. .. /I 1 •_ a» _ t!|l
•lie iiiuivo itAcu m uic uui.
After outlining the plans of the
rVar Department for additional calls,
Jeneral Crowder said that at the
•resent rate Class 1 would be exhaust
'd by the end of the present year and
hat unless the age limits are extend
'd and another registration held, it
vill be necessary next year to call
nen in Class 2 and probably soon
hereafter in Class 3.
Final figures of classification of the
Irat registration totaling 8,689,447
ve regiven. The registrants were
hown to have been divided as follows:
Registrants by Classes.
Class 1, 2,428,729; Class 2, 509,326;
"lass 3, 427,870; Class 4,3483,326;
"lass 6, 1,839,856.
General Crowder submitted figures
bowing the progress of the draft
his year. A total of 1,347,512 men,
11 from Class 1, will have been called
y the end of July, divided by months
s follows:
January, 23,288; February, 83,779,
larch, 132,484; April, 174,377; May,
60,230; June 83,354; July,290,000.
General Crowder said that 1,347,000
f the 2,428,000 men placed in Class
already have been called to the coi
rs. He estimated that about 400,000
dditional men for the first class will
* secured from the men who regis
ered June 5, and then another 200,
00 will be added by the reclassifica
ion of men in the re-examination of
he questionnaires now being made.
PUT THEM ON SALARIES.
)ne Dollar a Year Men Have Sub
stantial Wages Soon.
Washington, June 14.—A survey is
•eing undertaken by the government
ooking to the putting of the $1 a year
nen on substantial salaries in the
nterest of efficiency.
he Quinine That Doss Not Mlact the Hoad
Ikmk of hi tonic and laxative effect. I. AXA
IVK BROMOQCININK is heller than ordinary
•'. mine and doea not cium nervouaneaa nor
mains in bead. Reroemixr Hie lull name and
aoi toe tie signature ol K. 'V. GROVE. 10c.
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PRESIDENT FAVORS
WOMEN SUFFRAGE
Hopes Senate Will Adopt Submission
Resolution — Without Services of
Women W ar Could Not He Suc
cessfully Fought. He Says
Washington. June 13.—President
Wilson again has thrown the weight
of his influence into the balance for
the federal woman suffrage amend
ment. He expressed today the hope
that the Senate would act favorably
at this sesion on the resolution for
submission of the amendment to the
states, passed by the House last Jan
uary, after he had given his en
dorsement.
When a delegation, headed by Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt, president of
the National Woman Suffrage Asso
ciation, and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw,
honorary president, called at the
White House today, the President
read to them a reply to a memorial
presented to him from the French
Union for Woman Suffrage. The
French suffragistB asked Mr. Wilson
to proclaim the principal of woman
suffrage one of the fundamental
rights of the future. His reply fol
lows:
“I have read your message with the
deepest interest and I welcome the
opportunity to say that I agree with
out reservation that the full and sin
cere democratic reconstruction of the
world for which we are striving, and
which we are determined to bring
about at any cost, will not have been
completely or adequately attained un
til women are admitted to the suf
frage, and than only by that action
can the nations of the world realize
for the benefit of future generations
the full humane force of opinion or
the full humane forces of action.
"The services of women during
this supreme crisis of the world’s
history have been of the most signal
usefulness and distinction. The war
could not have been fought without
them, or its sacrifices endured. It is
high time that some part of our debt
of gratitude to them should be ac
knowledged and paid, and the only ac
knowledgement they ask is their ad
mission to the suffrage. Can we justly
refuse it? As for America, it is my
earnest hope that the Senate of the
United States will give an unmistak
able answer to this question by pass
ing the suffrage amendment to our
federal constitution before the end of
this session.”
YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION IN WAR WORK
Housing and Caring for Women and
Girls in Industrial Centers One
of the Tasks.
New York, June 13.—Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., is the first woman
in this country to attempt to solve
the problem of housing girls and
women who are working for the gov
ernment.
Every town and city making gov
ernment supplies is facing the prob
lem of how to provide living accom
modations for its employees.
Armies of girls and women have
gone into industrial centers where no
increase whatever has been made in
living quarters. In more than one
place a bed is the only spot that a
girl can call her own outside working
hours. Even the bed is often hers on
ly at a prescribed bed time because
it is occupied by day and night shifts.
Under the leadership of Mrs. Rock
efeller the War Work Council of the
National Y. W. C. A has issued a
pamphlet written by experts which
is full of practical suggestions for
housing girls and women workers.
The pamphlet is already accepted as
an authority by manufacturers in all
parts of the United States,
In addiiton to this the Y. C. A. is
building two houses—one for em
ployees in the government uniform
factory at Charleston, S. C., and the
other for office workers in Washing
ton, D. C. These houses are to serve
as models for manufacturers.
All these houses are to be self
supporting, thus reducing living ex
penses to the lowest possible cost.
The houses will be provided not only
win an necessaries, sucn as comiorx
able single rooms and good board, but
they will also have recreation rooms
and small parlors where women and
men friends may be received. In the
most quiet part of the houses an in
firmary for the sick has been pro
vided and a rest room is there, too,
for the girls when they are tired and
want quiet more than anything else.
FRENCH “MERRY WIDOW” IS
SENTENCED TO DEATH AS SPY
After Her Husband Was Killed in Ac
tion, Madam M. Started Life Which
Won Her the Sobriquet.
Paris, June 12.—A court martial
has sentenced to death as a spy Mad
ame M, and her son, Noel, 16, ac
cused as her accomplice, has been or
dered sent to the penitentiary until he
is of age.
She furnished information to enemy
agents in Spain, according to the
charge against her. Her son was
about to enlist as an aviator when he
was arrested.
The woman’s husband was killed
at the front. She soon started a life
which earned for her the sobriquet of
“Merry Widow.” She quickly ran thru
with the money her husband left her,
and, to obtain more, communicated
with the Greek in Spain as an agent
of the German spy bureau at Barce
lona.
She passed information to her son,
who wrote it to her daughters, one of
them aged 11, in Barcelona, who in
turn transmitted it to the German
agents.
Fine Stock and Auto for Sale.
I have a 400-lb. Poland China sow
and 6 pigs, team good farm mares
and Dort 6-passenger auto for sale.
See or write Charles Burnett, Board
Camp, Ark. Adv. 129-8 28 tf.
SAYS U. 8. NOT A FACTOR YET.
Must Have at Least 2 Million Men in
Franre, Declares Dunmore.
St. Louis, June 13.—Col. Alexan
der Edward Murry, the eighth Earl
of Dunmore, bearing the honors of V.
C., M. V. O. and D. S. 0., and who has
been in this country since January re
| covering from wounds, in an address
! here yesterday declared the United
1 States will not be a factor in the war
until it has an army of 2 million men
! in France. He said the big question
j was whether the French and British
1 could hold the line until the Ameri
| can army comes in sufficient force.
To transport 2 million men, he
^ said, it would require 12 million tons
! of shipping, and to maintain them
| would require another 8 million tons i
AUSTRIAN BLOW AT
ITALY IS FAILURE
—
| Launched an Attack Along a Front
of One Hundred Miles After Ter
rific Blast of Artillery Fire—
Failed to Shake Italians.
New York, June 16.—The long
awaited Austrian offensive against
the Italians began Saturday morning
along a front of one hundred miles,
and apparently the first attack has
been a failure, says a report.
Simultaneously there have come
reports of revolutionary outbreaks in
Austria, and there may be some con
nection between the failure of the of
fensive and the revolutionary feel
ing thruout the dual monarchy.
Especially significant are reports
from Spain that “grave events” are
expected in Austria, Madrid being
very close to Vienna because of the
near relationship between the respec
tive royal houses.
Made No Preliminary Gain.
Kome, June 10,— me Austrians De
Kan a great offensive at 7 o’clock this
morning on the front of the Asiago
Plateau to the sea.
This announcement was made in
the Chamber of Deputies today by
Premier Orlando, who added:
“Our troops are everywhere resist
ing maniflcently.”
Premier Orlando declared that the
Austrians had failed to achieve ev§n
the preliminary results which usually
follow a crushing offensive. Describ
ing the operation, the premier said:
A very violent bombardment be
gan at 3 o’clock and at 7 o’clock an
infantry attack was launched along
the whole line. The latest news which
has reached me summarizing the situ
ation at 1 o’clock is that our troops
have offered magnificant resistance.”
Did Not Shake the Front Line.
A message sent from the front to
the premier concludes as follows:
“A comparison of all reports re
ceived shows that the offensive was
pressed only in the first zone of re
sistance, and not even a few points
has it obtained the effect which the
enemy must have hoped for from his
powerful bombardment and the
enormous effectives launched—an at
tack against which our troops are re
sisting magnificently.
Nearly the Whole Front Engaged.
“Nearly the whole of our front is
engaged, as the offensive extends
with extreme violence from Astico
j to the Brenta, from the Brenta to the
Piave, and along the Piave every
where, involving the Astico Plateau,
the Mount Grappa sector and the
plain.”
London, June 16.—The war office
tonight issued the following statement
concerning the operations of the Brit
ish army in Italy:
“A heavy bombardment by Aus
trian guns opened along the entire
front from the sea to the Adige at
3 o’clock this morning followed by in
fantry assault* thruout the day. Four
Austrian divisions attacked the Brit
ish forces.”
GERMANY’S UBOAT^VARN’ING
IS NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.
Washington Not Disturbed by Latest
Threat—No Change in Plans
Necessary.
Washington, June 14.—Intention of
the German government to declare the
eastern coast of the United States a
danger zone for neutral shipping, as
intimated in advices received last
night from Berlin via Amsterdam, oc
casioned no alarm whatever "in offi
cial circles here today. Most officials
considered the matter unworthy of
comment. Those expressing their
views declared the Amsterdam dis
patch meant little, as Germany, by
the sinking of eighteen vessels, some
of them which flew neutral flags on
this side of the Atlantic, practically
issued a warning to neutrals that
their flags would no more be respect
ed in waters off the American coast
than in the barred zone around Eu
rope.
Should the “intimated warning”
prove to be a formal announcement of
the policy of German ruthlessness in
American waters, officials declared the
navy was prepared to cope with Ger
many’s undersea craft and no change
of the present plans would be neces
sary
Officials also pointed out that the
European neutrals are dependent up
on America for food to such an ex
tent that issuance of a warning by
Germany probably would in no wise
affect trade conditions.
SEIZES GERMAN VESSELS.
Peru Takes Action Following Break
ing Off of Relations.
Lima. June 14.—Peru has seized the
German vessels interned at Callao.
This action follows the breaking off
of diplomatic relations with Germany
in October.
The military authorities are in
charge at Callao because of the dif
ferences between the laborers and
ship companies have caused a sus
pension of business.
CLAMPING THE LID
ON SUGAR USING
Only 3 Pounds Per Capita Per Month
for Families, Purchase 2 Pounds
at a Time—Limit on Use for
Canning.
Following is information received
Monday by County Food Administra
tor W. I. Green, who passes it on for
the guidance of the public.
“The slogan of the United States
Food Administration, ‘Food Will Win
the War!’ was most emphatically
brought home to the people of the
country in new orders issued by Her
bert C. Hoover, food administrator
for the United States, and transmit
ted from the office of the state food
administrator to all county officials of
this organization in Arkansas.
“The new orders pertain to the sale
of sugar, which is limited to two
pounds in the city and five pounds in
the country.
“The maximum quantity a family is
permitted to buy is three pounds per
capita per month.
“In other words, if there are four
in a family, that family is entitled to
twelve pounds of sugar. That amount
may only be purchased two pounds
at a time. Grocers should give re
ceipts for each sale, showing date of
purchase. Sellers and buyers of sug
ar are cautioned to observe this new
ruling.
“Sugar for commercial canning is
to to be allowed as needed. Sugar for
home canning is limited to sales of
fifteen pounds. When that is all used
arm inure sugar neeucu iwi nuiuc
ning, the County Food Administrator
may issue the necessary permit to
get additional sugar for that purpose
only.
Exit the Beef.
"Beefsteak and roast beef will be
allowed on menus in hotels, restau
rants and public eating places during
one meal a week only. Boiled beef
may be served but two meals a week.
In place of beef, the use of pork and
its byproducts, ham, bacon and sau
sage, is urged.
“The people of Arkansas should
understand that these orders come di
rect from Mr. Hoover and are made
necessary because of the increasing
numbers in the American army in
France. This country must not only
feed its soldiers, but also the soldiers
of the nations associated with the
United States in this war, as well
as the people of the allied countries.
“We have a war to win, as has
been stated, 'Food Will Win the
War!’ ”
AUSTRIANS CRY FOlT~PEACE.
According to Reports Revolt la Grow
ing in Dual Monarchy.
Amsterdam, June 16.—A revolu
tion has broken out in Austria, ac
cording to reports received here yes
terday from the German frontier.
Serious rioting is said to have oc
curred in Vienna. No details have
been received.
“Stop fighting” meetings are said
to have been held in various parts
of Hungary.
On the Amsterdam Bourse, the
journey of Rnron Burlan, the Austro
Hungarian foreign minister to Berlin,
is connected with the tension in Aus
tro-German affairs. It is believed the
tension now has become more criti
cal.
Austrian exchange receded a full
point on the Bourse Friday.
Rioting in Vienna.
London, June 16.—Reports of a
serious crisis in Austria are curreni
today. They come from various out
side sources but there is no direct
confirmatory news.
A news message yesterday from the
semi-official Fabra agency of Madrid
says private information from re
liable sources states that grave events
are about to occur in Austria, where
the population is demanding peace at
any price.
Amsterdam messages say a rumor
was circulating on the Bourse Fri
day that rioting had begun in iVenna.
CHINA BARS uTs. TOBACCO.
Present Shipment Amounts to $30
Million Dollars Annually.
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MnoiiMi^bvu, u uuc I Ve—-lllVCSU^a*
tion by the State Department of re
ports that China is about to close her
doors to American tobacco shipments
was asked of Secretary Lansing yes
terday by Southern senators.
The senators told the secretary
that they had heard control of the
Chinese tobacco market was to be
turned over to Japan thru negotiation
in Japan of a Chinese loan. If in
quiry develops that the reports are
true the senators asked that a pro
test be made.
American tobacco interests, the
senators say, do a 30 million dollar
tobacco business annually with China
Sec. Lansing arranged to make
inquiries regarding the reported loan
negotiations and was said to be pre
pared to make representations if they
are deemed necessary.
Boy Takes Brother’s Place in Battle.
London, June 13.—After fighting
in sixteen days of the bloodiest battle
of the war, the kaiser battle, Albert
Stevens, 15 years old was arrested
for impersonating his brother, a de
serter. The lad’s big brother was
home on leave when he decided not
to be a soldier any more, and the
little fellow jumped at the chance of
taking his place. Wearing his broth
er’s uniform, he went back to his
brother’s unit at the end of the lat
ter’s leave, arriving just in time to be
in the big battle.
The authorities since have decided
that Albert’s fighting spirit makes
up for the years he lacks, and he has
been allowed to join a battery in the
royal field artillery.
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Okl Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIc7d"«Sotf
Malaria.ennchea the hlood.andhuilda uptheava
'*• A true tonic. Ko. .dull, and children.
—OFFICERS—
W. I. Green, Pres. M. A. Stratton, V-Pres. Walter Nance, cashi
CONDENSED STATEMENT OK THE
Farmers & Merchants
Mena, Ark.
M THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
MAY 10. 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts.$279,521.99
Overdrafts . 2,214.22
Ronds & Other Securities.. 18.531.86
U. S. Treasury Certificates,
of Indebtedness, War
Savings Certificates and
Thrift Stamps.8,732.37
Banking House, Furniture
mul Fixtures . 17,000.00
Cash and Sight Exchange. 151,409.64
Total.$477,410.08
LIABILITIES
Capital .$ 50.000.00
Surplus . 10,000.00
Undivided Profits. 6,676.19
Deposits . 411,733.89
Total.$477,410.08
—DIRECTORS—
W. I. Green J. F. Hood M. A. Stratton Jno. C Garda..
Walter Nance John Pfinning Clyde Cunningham
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