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BATESVILLE DAILY GUARD. VOLUME XII. HUNS STICKING TO OLDTACTICS (■ on iinur to Drive in Maus Formation and Ar* Paying Dearly for Every Foot of Ground Captured. AMERICANS ARE TAKING PART Special to the Guard. Ixmdon, April 25.—A great double battle, in which American troops are taking part, is raging on the Picardy and Flanders fronts today. Having moved up masses of fresh troop* and artillery, the Germans are atriking toward Amiens and alone the Franco-Belgian frontier. Powerful blows are being delivered east of Amiens and against the Brit ish positions lying along the battle line in both Picardy and the Flanders plains. The tiermans, at a heavy sacrifict of men. were able to take Villars and Hangard last night, but the French are still holding strategic ground around this sector. The German pressure still centers around Villers-Brettoneaux and the Billeul sector. American forces in large numbers are on the vital part of the front south of the Somme and in the region of Avr*. The Germane arc continuing the use of their old tactics of driving on in massed force, and are suffering aw ful losses. After three weeks of prepartion in the Somme, dunng which time the Germans launched an unsuccessful offensive in Flanders, Wednesday the Germans resumed their hammering at the front door of Amiens. For days there had l<een heavy ar tillery firing along the northern sec tors of the Somme salient, and finally the German infantry legan their at tempts to advance on the line, pass ing Villers - Brotanneux, Hangard, Wailte and ('astel The first attacks were repulsed but subsequent attacks centered about Villers Bratonneux caused a British withdrawal from this village This marke.l a German gain of one mile The Germans Wednesday night were *l>out 11 miles directly east of Amiens, on the northern end of the latest fighting front. They are located between th* fiomme and Luce rivers, flanked on the south by low lying ground, backed by rolling hills to the west and northwest The fighting on the nest of the front wher* the Germans resumed their drive toward the allied base of sup plies in northern France, yielded them Victory First! The citizen'* first duty is to zAck his Government. If he is a good and worthy citisen he is sure to do this, without any hems and haws or ifs and ends. Th* Third Liberty Loen is now ready. Every man. woman and child who can should buy some of these bonds They bear 4 1-4 per cent interest compounded twke a year. This beats any savings bank on earth. Get ready for the BIG DRIVE next Saturday. The Bonds will only be for sal* a few day*. We ar* ready Jo take your subscription. Tell us, phone us oi write us how much you want to invest First National Bank BATESVILLE, ARK J F Os i“a%Zi A^XCaahJar. no gains the first day. An attack on the line in the Somme region hail been expected nnd it is probable that preparations to meet it have been made. The British Trnes held firm in this region during the last days of the first drive while the Germans were able to forge ahead further south until they reached the village of ('astel, about three miles ! from the railroad running to Paris from A meins. Recently a French : counter attack at Castel won back considerable ground. The Somme drive has been made' at the same time that another blow , is being struck at the British and I Fronch line northwest of Ypres. Sav ' age fighting is reported at various 1 points along the line from Ballieul to Merville and Berlin claims that the heights north of Railleul have been stormed Coincident with these attacks, there I is a drive near Bethune, along the: Lawe river, but no gains have been ) made here Along the Somme center the Ger- : mans had tanks in action. MAKES HEAVY HAUL OF BOOTLEG WHISHEY Night Marshal Frank McCloud and Edgar George last night made a heavy haul on two negroes and took from them one hundred and forty-two pints and two quarts of liquor. The negroes were Will Earls and John Woods. The whiskev came from Joplin last night in grips well loaded with whiskey, enough to start a young saloon in Batesville. The negroes met the train and took the whiskey from the rear and were making way with it when they were overtaken by the night marshal and Mr George. A hearing is to be given the negroes this afternoon at 3 o’clock before Justice J. A. Holmes. COUNTIES WITHOUT DENTISTS. The effort of the adjutant general to secure a dental examiner in each county of the state, has developed the peculiar fact that there are at least six counie* of the sate that have no dentist*. They *re Baxter, Montgom ery, Stone, < JW 'i;n. Sharp and Lin coln. THE GOVERNOR HERE. Gov. Brough, accompanied by a military band, arrived in the city about noon today. At press time the speaking was in progress. The governor had a splen did and very attentive audience. Rev M. W. 1-ockhart left last night for Little Rock, where he will take up his new duties as chaplain in the na tional guard at Fort Ix>|t*n H. Roots. BATESVILLE. ARK ANSAS. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1918 THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN BONDS will be delivered sooner than expected some having been sent forward already and we would suggest that all subscribers who agreed to call and arrange payment through this bank do so at once to avoid the delay and rush during the last days of of the cam paign which doses Nay 4th.. when arrange ments for all the subscriptions must lie completed. N — - - . -i । -[_ ■ .. UNION BANK & TRUST CO. ; IGOVERNMENT BADLEY 1 NEEDS TRAINED NEN s _ How many of as realize what would become of our forces in France if i . organization at home for ’ ■duel . | the matww! There can be no goii >■ ' r re top. lino paralyzing broadsD' - **. to i sustain the blow, there 'al in e abundance to back up the human es t fort. J Right now the civilian branches of ■ the army and navy are in urgent need -of thousands of trained workers, and before this year passes these branches must be increased by nt least 20.000. The ordnance department of the army needs great mimlier* of men who are ! trained as mechanical engineers, me r chaniral and other kinds of draftsmen, chemists, metallurgists, and the like. Literally thousands of inspectors are also wanted for the work of passms upon the quality of everything con ceirable in the way of ordnance, am munition and other munitions. Fol office work the department wants s great many statisticians, accountants experts and assistants in businesl administration, and clerks trained in special lines, such as clerks qualified in business administration, index and catalogue clerks, and clerks qualified in statistics or accounting Practically all branches of the ser vice are in need of stenographer*, typist*, bookkeeper*, statistical clerk* and multigraph and calculating ma chine operators. The United States civil service com mission, whose duty it is to fill these civilian positions, urges, as a patriotic duty, that qualified persons offer their services for this work, work vital to pushing the war. Good sal aries arc offered, and the work is at in the United States. Representatives of the civil ser vice commission at the postoffice in al! cities are prepared to furnish definite information and application blanks RED CROSS REPORT. Report of hospital garment depart ment for Wednesday. April 24: There were sixty present and forty four garment* finished. We were glad to have Mrs IN alter llenison of Cushman with us Mrs. D. D. Adams, Chairman. Mrs. John McCormack. Secretary CH AMP ( LARK FOR SENATOR. ( Gov. Gardner of Missouri has ten-, derexi to Champ Clark, speaker of house of representatives, the appoint | ment •• senator, to succeed the lute William J. Sone. It was fir»t planned by Gov. Gard ner to name David R. Francia, min ister to Raaaia. senator, but Uis plan was abandoned wh*n Secretary Lan ■me objected, an the grMnd that Mr. Francis could serv* th* coaMry bat ter in hia present position. T 9 USE DODD FUND TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS I । David O. Dodd, one of Arkansas' Ueroes during the civil war, gave his fe for the cause he believed to be (i Thursday funds collected to erect a • lyilable monument to his memory are tc lie used for another great cause, that of the civilized world against German autocracy and kultur. A meeting of the David O. Dodd memorial committee was called for Wednesday by M. E Dunaway, chair man, to consider the proposal of in vesting $1,500 held by the committee in Liberty bonds. Members of the ■ committee did not believe there would be a dissenting vote when the matter was taken up for final consideration. The meeting will be held in Judge Wade’s office at the court house at 4 j o’clock Thursday afternoon. All over the country there are funds which have been collected for build ing monuments, endowing schools and colleges, and other philanthropic causes, which if they were turned loose and put into United States Lib erty bonds would be a great help to our government today, and would do much to help win the war You may notice that everywhere the members of the Confederate organizations of the south are putting their best ef forts forth to aid in this great war. It will stir the patriotism of thous ands of soul* in Arkansas when they learn of the action taken by the David O. Dodd memorial committee, for per haps there is not a Son of the Confed eracy nor a Daughter of the Confed eracy within the state who has not contributed something to the David O. Dodd memorial fund, and there is no doubt but that every one who aided in raising the fund will fee] justly proud that it is now to be used for universal liberty FOOD ADMINISTRATOR IN SEVEN COUNTIES L. McDougald, the genial manager of the Hazel hotel, ha* been appoint ed hotel food administrator for the following seven counties: Jackson, In dependence, Izard. Sharp, Fulton Baxter and Marion. Mr. McDougal say* so far as he has been able to ascertain all the hotels in these counties are observing the food rules, with not a single one of them serving wheat at any meal.-- Newport Independent. BOY SCOUTS .ATTENTION! Troop No.. 1, Boy Scouts of Amer ica, will have troo pmeeting Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Under croft of St. Paul'* church. Busine** o' much importance to com* before t • 'meeting. All member* of th* Boy 8 note who expect to be active atem bikn are fieqnired to be present. Dene H. Cel*m*n, Scent Muter. | OF INTEREST TO ARKANSAS. A conference will be held in Mem phis May b, under *..ie auspices of the food administration, at which time a hearing will be given on the rules und regulations governing the sale and distribution of cotton seed and cotton seed products. This conference vitally affects the cotton industry of Arkansas as well as the entire south, and the state should be well represented. The hearing will be preliminary to a revision of the rules that were in force during the past season. The present rules were put into force in the middle of the season, and as a re sult they have not worked to the best advantage. The food administra tion is therefore anxious that the farmers and cotton growers, as well |as representatives of oil mill* and ginners and seed buyers, be present. The oil basis of thirty gallons con tent to the ton of seed for points west of the Mississippi, as now provided, works a great injustice to the cotton seed producers of Arkansas. INDEPENDENCE COUNTY GOES OVER THE TOP The official figures of the total sub scription to the Liberty loan of the third issue for Independence county was given to the Guard today by Judge Charles F. Cole. Up to date this county has actually subscribed 1231,250, this lieing only a partial re port from the township* heard from, with three townships yet to be heard from. This puts lnu<p*nd*nc* county over the top by approximated »” 'KM). । The committees are sti»| f ° r J i more subscription*. WOMEN ORGANIZE SUFFRAGE b. »Li | The women of Evening . .sharP county, recently organ! equal suffrage society, whe- ' lowing offi."*!-' WV? elected: Mr*. Owen C. Shaver, ch Mr*. J H. Kirkley, vice chairm™ I Mr*. C. D. Evan*, secretary, and Mrs । T. J. Woods, treasurer. The women who were present al ; the organization and who had not paid their poll tax. immediately se cured tax receipts, and a report frorr the county showed that many women had previously paid poll tax. ADVERTISED LETTER LIST. The following letter* remained un called for at the Batesville postoffice April 24: Dr. D. J Adams. Raymond Albert Mis* Mollie Aulton, Elmer Carter, Al bert Goodwin, R D Howard. Mrs Orpha Magness, Mr*. M. F. McNab. Saul Patterson. Miss M. E. Moung. SAVES MANY STEPS! The Napanee Dutch Kitchenet enables you to save from one to two hours a day of the daily work in the kitchen. It places within your easy reach every cooking utensil and ail ingredients used in cooking and baking. The extra time saved can be devoted to work that will help Uncle Sam. CONE IN AND SEE THE The Napanee Dutch Kitchenet is sold by first class dealers everywhere. You should have one in your kitchen, because it con serves food, time and energy. A»k the v x Napanee Dutch Kitchenet dealer to tel! you about the superior features of this desirable kitchen cabinet. FORM A PARTNERSHIP WITH UNCLE SAM To enable the housewife to get a better undemanding of what Uncle Sam asks of her, we have published a booklet entitled “Form a Partnership with Uncle Sam" Booklet is absolutely free to anyone who writes for it. C. W. MAXFIELD CO. . • - V’ % ‘j NUMBER 102. KEEP ON BUYING LIBERTY BONDS The More Money Put Into Govern ment'h Treasury the Harder Will the Blow Hit Kaiser Bill. FIVE BILLION NOW THE GOAL. Washington, April 24.—Another plea for local campaign committees not to stop working after communi ties reach their Liberty’ loan subscrip tion quotas went forth today from Secretary McAdoo as a resul of the repeated report* that workers in some tow'ns are satisfied with 100 per cent records. "If we stop fighting when we have reached the minimum of the Liberty loan,” said the secretary, “we are not comparably sustaining our sons in France who are fighting, not for the minimum, but for the maximum of America's right* and world liberty.” At the rate the counry is subscrib ing this week the loan will be slight ly oversubscribed, but treasury of ficials hope for a total of at least five billion. The aggregate of report* up to the opening of business Wednes day was $1,790,478,150, which in $132,000,000 more than the total an nounced last night. The average daily subscription* necessary until the end of the campaign are $120,000,000 to make the $3,000,000,000 and $320,000.- 000 to make the $5.000.000,00*. This r shows why the treasury is anxious for more speeding up. The St. Louis district, of which Arkansas is a part, was the first die ’ 'trict to raise its quota. tl^kl <’ASI ALTIES * Special to the Guard. Washington. April L casualties of United St. since this nation's sea sola in France, are 2774, the na ment announced this afterno Os this number, 34 enlist were killed in action. ACCIDENT TO AMERICAN LINER IS A MYSTER Special to the Guard. An Atlantic Port. April 25.—The ten thousand ton American liner St. Paul, which has been in dry dock here, turned on her side and sank after be ing backed into her pier this after noon. The cause of the sinking haa not been determined. It is believed a few live* were loet.