AMERICANS HOLD
IMPORTANT AREA
Pershing's Men Now Face Germans
am Battle Line M Miles Long—
( -Boats Mill Net Check
Movement.
Washington, Jane 21.—American
soldiers are now holding the fighting
line for a distance of 38 miles on the
western front, according to infor
mation given members of the House
military committee today at the week
ly conference with Secretary Baker
and General March, chief of staff.
This mileage is held by all Ameri
can forces under command of Ameri
can officers, located at six different
places along the fighting line. Other
Americans are at the front with Brit
ish and French units.
Members of the committee were
told again that there was no thought
of diminishing the rr.cvsir.ent of
troops across the Atlantic because of
the operation of U-boats off the Amer
ican coast.
After the conference Representative
Caldwell of New York said as far *s
America is concerned the war will
begin next September. By that time
materials now being manufactured
will be ready in great abundance for
making the presence of American
troops felt by the enemy and the fight
planned for the United States soldiers
will have begun.
Fighting on the Italian front was
discussed and military authorities de
clared it had not reached a stage to
be considered serious to the allies.
Members of the committee said a suf
ficient amount of rapid-fire guns now
is being manufactured here to supply
the needs of the American troops and
that the output would be increased
as needed.
AMERICAN ARTILLERYMEN
ADOPT STARVING FRENCH BOY
When They Were Ordered to Front
Lines They Made Up a Purse for
His Care and Education.
With the American Army in France,
June 20.—Though the American
troops have repeatedly made them
selves extremely popular by their
open-handed generosity to the natives
among whom . they happen to be
quartered, it has remained for an ar
tillery regiment to distinguish itself
especially in this respect.
The unit was quartered for some
time in a little French town behind
the front, and on the first evening
found, almost dying ftom hunger, an
eight-year-old boy whose mother had
been killed at Verdun. The boy had
wandered aimlessly about until he
reached this town.
He was unanimously adopted by
the regiment, fed to satiety and made
the mascot and idol of the men. The
time came, however, very recently,
When the artillerymen had to leave
for front service. To take the boy
with them was out of the question |
He had been given the nickname of
“Pat" and they had grown so attached
to him that they felt something must
be done to assure his future.
So the men raised 2,000 francs with |
which “Pat” is to be cared for in a
home and given at least a rudiment
ary education. They have gone on to
the front, possibly never will see the
little town again; but the town, and
Pat, will not soon forget them.
Slavic Legion to be Formed.
Washington, June 21.—President
Wilson gave his approval to the or
ganisation and training under the
war department of a “Slavic legion,”
to be composed of Slavs, Jugo-Slavs,
Ctecho-Rlovenes and Poles in this
country who are not subject to the
draft, and who volunteer for service. |
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! BRIDE STOLEN BY GERMANS
POILI7 SEEKS HIS REVENGE
('oases Out the Way the War Is Reis*
Ron When He’s Not Fighting and
Can't Be Held Bark in Trenches.
Guyon’* a regular fire-eater. He
| has been cited six times. He wears a
! croix de guerre and a medaille d’ hon
! near He captured a German mitrail
\ ueuse single-handed. He went out
alone in no man’s land to bring back
a wounded comrade. He’s been
i wounded himself four times.
When he is back of the lines, off
duty, he helps a Y. M. C. A. secretary
hand out writing paper to bis com
rades in a foyer du soldat. But it not
active enough for him. Since August,
1914, he does not seem to need rest.
When he is not in the trenches he
works off his surplus energy cussing
out the way the war is run, because
he isrft in active service every min
ute.
There are a lot of poilus like Gyon.
Get them ten kilometers back of the
front and they growl and roar all
day. Put them in the trenches and
you simply can’t hold them in. Prob
ably a story lies back of most of them
just as one explains Guyon.
When the war broke out, Guyon
had just married. He and his wife
were living in a little town up near
the Belgian border. Of course, he was
called and left for the front. For
more than a year he did not hear
from his wife—not a word.
At last he received a letter from
her, mailed in Paris. She had been
taken prisoner at the time of the in
vask-n and deported into Germany.
After a year of horrible suffering and
abuse she escaped into Holland and
got back to France by way of London.
At last she reached Paris and went
to work in a munition factory where
she is still working.
Guyon told his story to the Ameri
can "Y” secretary with typical French
calmness. His fury against the
boches he puts into action in the
front line.
HEAVY HUMOR OF HUN SHOWN
IN SLANG HE USES IN WAR.
German levity Is Crude When Com
pared W’ith the Lingo of the
Allies.
London, June 20.—The Hr.n has his
slang, too.
Fritzie’s blood ties have had an in
fluence on his wartime lingo of the
trenches.
He nicknamed the British common
heavy shell after his cousin, the
"ehwarze sau,” or black sow. Frit
zie’s odoriferous step-brother provided
a slang name for the French .75 high
explosive shell, which he affectionate
ly calls “stinkweisel,” or skunk.
He calls the French .76 shrapnel
shell the “windhund” or grayhound,
and the low velocity missle is a
"blindschlieche,” or slow-worm. Shells
flying overhead are “hochbanen,”
elevated railways, "luftomnibusse,”
aerial omnibuses or “rollwagon,”
which means pushcart.
The British high velocity shell is
called after the granddaddv of Ger
many, “schwarzer aeufel,” black devil,
and the Lewis gun is known as the
hackfleisch-machine,’ or mincemeat
machine. Machine-guns of other
coffeemill, "steinklopfer,” stonebreak
er, and "mahmaschine,” meaning
mowing machine. They also call them
by a word meaning “stuttering aun
tie,” which comes nearest to being
regular white man’s slang.
Machine-gun companies are especi
ally noted for their devotion to the
kaiser, and it’s no wonder when you
learn that they are called the ’’Mur
derer’s Club” thruout the German
army.
A M ERIC AN ACE MISSING.
Lieutenant Frank L. Ray lias Has 12
Victories to Hia Credit.
Paris, June 21.—Lieutenant Frank
L. Bayliss, the leading American ace,
still is missing.
He disappeared behind the German
lines after a battle with four German
planes.
He has twelve aerial victories to
his credit.
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BILLIONS FOR BIG
GUNS IS PLANNED
House Bill Provides $5,(35.096.224 for
Fortifications Program—Plant on
Neville Island to Equal Fam
ous Krupp Works.
Washington. June 23.—Plans of the
, war department for carrying the war
i fare on the western front beyond
| the trench stage by a vast produc
! tion of heavy mountain, seige and
■ field guns were made known yester
i day by the approval of the House ap
i propriations committee of the largest
I fortifications program submitted by
! any government. The bill carries a
| total of $5,435,096,224, the principal
expenditure being for heavy artillery.
Of the entire sum, $2,000,000,000 is
asked as a cash appropriation and the
j remainder for contract authoriza
I tions.
Army of Three Million.
Based on an American army of
three million men, the plans which
the measure supports have been ap
proved by Representative Borland of
Missouri, chairman of the subcom
mittee which framed the bill. While
the program provides for home de
fenses from possible German air raids
and for coast defense, the chief con
cern is for the production of field ar
tillery. The total appropriation for
heavy guns is $1,229,731,295.
The report of the committee shows
that the new government plant for
production of heavy artillery at Ne
vine isiana in me umo Kiver, near
Pittsburgh, is to equal the famous
Krupp plant in. Germany. For the
Neville Island plant $40,000,000 is ap
propriated. Manufacture of heavy
pieces will be carried on also at plants
of the Bethlehem and Midvale Steel
companies, the report disclosed. Be
cause of the length of time required
i for the building of large guns, it is
shown, the government is not yet giv
! ing extensive concern to the manu
i facture of the projectiles, altho ma
chinery has been or is being estab
j lished by which the munitions can he
supplied in short order.
Rail or Motor Traction.
All the new heavy guns, provided
for in the bill will be mounted on
railway cars or motorised for rapid
transportation showing the war de
partment, as was recently intimated,
is expecting a change from the
trench to the open style of warfare.
The committee gives facts obtained
from the war department showing that
General Pershing has been buying
field artillery in large quantities from
French manufacturers. A portion of
the total appropriation will be to pay
these concerns.
Need of artillery in France is shown
by the statement of the report that
spare guns from the American coast
defenses are being shipped abroad. It
is made clear, however, that none of
the important coast defenses has been
dismantled. The navy has supplied
the army in France with 159 pieces,
ranging from 8 inch to 14 inch.
MARCH GIVES TROOP FIGURES.
In Last Two Weeks, 200.00# Ameri
can Soldiers Have Sailed.
Washington, June 23.—The an
nouncement by General March, chief
of staff, that American troop move
ments France had now exceeded 900,
-000, added yesterday to the growing
cheerfulness apparent at the War De-!
partment recently. Thus the United
States is five months in advance of its
schedule for troop movement. When :
the first blow was struck on the Cam
bria-St.Quentin line March 21, troop
shipments were behind schedule.
Approximately 200,000 men have,
been embarked in the last two weeks. I
The total movement in May was not,
more than 240,000. Only two weeks
ago Secretary Baker announced more ,
than 700.000 had been shipped; a week
later, at the last of his conferences
with the newspapermen. General i
March said the 800,000 mark had been
passed. On this showing the million
mary should be passed by July 1. The
problem of transportation forbids a
General March made it clear that:
definite nrediciton
time gained in getting abroad enough 1
American troops to give General
Foch. supreme commander, a master- j
ing superiority over the enemy, is the
vital factor.
“WE LEANED ON A BARRAGE.”
Returned Soldiers Tell Curious Worn-!
an How They Were Wounded.
An Atlantic Port, June 23.—Two
wounded soldiers who arrived yestei -!
day from France were worried at the
pier when they landed by a benove
lent woman who wanted to know all
about the war and would not be dis
couraged. Wrhile the soldiers were
having their kit hags examined by the
customs officials, she said:
“Tell me how you got wounded ? ”
One of the soldiers, wearied by the
continual Questioning, replied:
“Well, you see, madam, it was like
this: Bill and I were leaning against
a barrage, having a smoke, when it
suddenly stopped and we fell over the
parapet.”
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7 years old, about 14 H hands high,
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RAY LEGATE WRITES HOME.
Mena Boy in England Tell* of Beauty
and of War.
Ray Legate, son of M. B. Legate
of this city, writes interestingly of
England of the war. He is a Y.
M. C. A. secretary, and probably by |
i now is in France. Following is his j
letter:
“May 20. 1918.
“Dear Homefolks: Were I a paint
er my little self cou.d desire nothing
more fascinating than some of the pic
tures that were painted for me by na-1
ture. These I would copy and send |
you. I wish that you might have gone j
with me on a recent weekend.
“A friend and I found ourselves in |
! a beautiful village on the sea late
j Saturday night. The hotel was a pop
i ular resort before the war days. It i
, still has enough patronage to keep
j going but* ail the froth and foam is j
! absent. It is a delightful, restful spot. I
1 hedged about by the beautiful flowers
' of England. A spacious lawn and;
then the sea.
“Friend—a typical westerner from
California—and I spent the morning
on the beach. You would hardly call
the spot a typical beach altho it has
many of the ear marks. Rather than
lack it abounds in beauty. The famil
iar sand is missing. Instead are
small stones—pebbles—about the sire
of marbles. They are clean and pol
ished. It was my first day off in
months and also my first bake in
England's sun. For hours we lolled
and basked. The great English Chan
nel was full of boats and vessels of
all sizes and descriptions. In the
surf a hundred yards away the W. A.
A. C.’s were sunning or reading, wad
ing or writing. At 6:30 we attended
the village church We would call it
a typical Episcopalian service. There
was more chanting of long Psalms
than I had observed in America and
the prayers for the king and for the
Royal family were of course unique
features. A company of young sailor
lads—12 to 18 in years—added a touch
of the patriotic. We closed by sing
ing four verses of “God Save the
King.”
“And that reminds me. All our I
Americans are amazed by absence of
flags. I have talked to several Brit
ishers and have gotten this reaction.
The Emblem, or symbol, or embodi
ment of Empire, is not the flag as it
is with us, but is the king. Therefore
as we ate loyal to the flag they are ;
loyal to the king. One thing I have!
not come fully to understand is how i
far they mean empire when they sing!
“God Save the King.” SnfBce it to I
say that these good people are not!
wedded to, or do not idolize the king!
as an individual as my American
training would lead me to Infer.
“Back to my story: We were quiet
ly settled in a eosy corner for the last
chat of the day when, bang—bang—
boom! and we were sauntering out to :
see what was happening. It was no
body, just Frit*. He is causing a lot
of disturbance over here and last night
was no exception. The fireworksi
broke loose before the first Gotha I
had crossed the channel. You would *
have thought it was the Fourth of
July, Xmas and earthquake all
vieing with one another for your at
tention. The channel was a blaze of
fire. I pity the Fritz who tries to
play hide and seek in the channel'
these days. Then there was the bar-1
rage fire on the coast of England and
all the way to London. As tho this
were not sufficient to gratify the ro
mance of any man the boys over in
France added their wee bit. It was!
like a distant thunderstorm on a dark
night, the play of searchlights and
the blaze from heavy guns and the1
bursting shrapnel like the bursting of,
a great skyrocket. The stage was set1
and even my poor eyes and dull ears 1
were bringing home to my heart and
mind that the most awful battle in
history is being staged and the first'
skirmishes are already distracting our 1
attention. You will probably know
the outcome before this letter reaches i
you. We are yet to pay a heavy price.1
We must wade thru blood and over'
death. The Hun will probably know
still more temporary successes but
we will surely win. We must, we can,1
we will. I
“I have been in England four
rriumns uwiay. i Know somnnmg oi
the price these good and heroic peo
ple are paying.
“I close with a passing word on the
Y. M. C. A. It is a wonderful or
ganization and we are doing some |
things for the hoys tho not as much
as should be done. We need men j
Thank God a few are coming to Eng- ;
land and now we need more men. In
proportion our troops are coming
much faster than Y secretaries.
When someone tells you the kinds of
men and the approximate numbers
you will have a new thrill for the
work in the little island.
"Good night,
“Ray.”
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Five thousand American Indians
are in Uncle Sam’s army. Their an
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mighty unsafe for civilization, and
here are the decendents helping to
make the world safe for democracy.
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AMERICA SOON
INTO BIC EIGHT
—
Now Has 900 000 Men in France and
Fighters Are Being Tried Out
—Are Now 5 Months Ahead
of Schedule.
Washington, June 23.—Nine hun-,
dred thousand men have been shipped
across the seas, General March told
newspaper correspondents at the
weekly conference yesterday. These
include the troops shipped from all
American ports of embarkation.
American troops have done well j
wherever thclest of battle has come,!
thus far. General March said, regard-J
ing the character of the troops,
whether regulars, national guard, na
tional army or marines.
The fight at Cantigny, the most im
portant engagement in which the
American have participated because
it gave opportunity to judge of the
full measure of their training, he said,
had beer, fought by the first division,
commanded by Major General Robert
L. Bulard. This division is now, he
said, a thoroly trained, high-grade
unit and was the first American divi
sion to reach France.
Complete Cooperation.
At Cantigny, General March said,
infantry and artillery operated in
close cooperation to achieve the vic
tory, showing the successful work of
the staff officers upon whom that co
operation depended. The fight dearly
showed, he said, that the training of
the American general staff officers
has reached the point where the sys
tem would work under battle strain.
One of the most striking things on
the western front, the chief of staff
declared, was the supreme importance
of a unified command.
This was first advovated, he added,
by President Wilson and carried thru
under the President’s constant pres
sure, until unity of command was real
iacu in tin; Hjipujiiimem. oi uenerai
Foch.
Five Months Ahead of Time.
The United States is today five |
months ahead of its program for plac-!
ing an army in France, General March 1
said.
The figures on American troop!
shipments are significant since Gen
eral March, at his last conference, last
week fixed the number shipped at
more than 800,000, the addition of
100,000 during the week showing the
rate of progress that is being made.
While the general battle situation
looks good today, General March said,
the present lull on the western front
means only that German combat di
visions are being reformed for anoth
er drive. Viewing the whole situation,
including the Italian front, the chief
of staff said that the central powers
were again held on all fronts.
GERMANS WORK IN MEXICO.
Use Hearst Newspaper Editorials As
a Basis for Propaganda.
New York, June 20.—Details of
German press propaganda in Mexico
were related by members of the party
if twenty Mexican editors now in
Mew York, who are making a tour of
:his country under the auspices of
:he committee on public information,
rhat the Germans have an under
ground news bureau was the opin
on of Leo D. Walker, general man
ager and editor of El Progresso of
Monterey!
“One of the factors used by the
German press propagandists are the
anti-Mexican editorials in the Hearst
newspapers to influence the ignorant
against the United States,” said Mr.
Walker. “Whenever Mr. Hearst’s
newspapers publish an editorial
agaist Mexico, the pro-German news
papers make a careful translation
which they publish. They attempt to
onvey the impression that the great
nasses of the people in America
;hink and feel the way the Hearst
editorials read and the other jingo
newspaper uttrances misinterpret
hem. As soon as these Anti-Mexican
Klitorials from the Hearst newspa
pers and others are published the
nro-ally press gets busy and demon
itrates the falsity of the proposition
tssumed by the attacking parties.
Conditions as far as press propagan
ia are concerned in the rest of Mex
co are similar to those in Monterey "
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mr troops abroad. The families and
friends have enough anxiety to bear
without being made the victims of ir-1
responsible sensation mongers.
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Mena, Ark.
AT THE CLOSE OF Bl S|\ESS,
MAY 10, 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts..... .1279.521.99
Overdrafts . 251452
Bonds & Other Securities.. 18,53154
U. S. Treasury Certificates,
of Indebtedness, War
Savings Certificates and
Thrift SUmps.8,72257
Ranking House, Furniture
and Fixtures . 17,000.00
Cash and Sight Exchange. 151,449.44
Total. 1477,410.08
LIABILITIES
Capital .$ 50,000.00
Surplus . 10,060.00
Undivided Profiu. 5,676.19
Deposits . 411,73359
ToUl.3477,410.08
—DIRECTORS—
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