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ffiljr prescott PaUn Sews ^JJmE XII—NO. 165. PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS EAST OF MEUSE | GERMANS APPEAR IN FULL RETREAT American Vrmv is Steadily , Advancing. With t1 • merican Forces North west of Vc'-'iun. 7:SO p. m., Nov. American a tors late today reported tot the t0 tho east of the Meuse : C > to be in full retreat. The avia11 - messages said all roads "running v .'-.'■ward were packed with \ [ 1roops. iu". d’oi y and trucks. The \.11 1 1 an aviators went as fai a5 Remoiv They reported that the roads it Invest of Remoivillc ; are choked with triftic. rp^e rt. German troops and onvoysai i enemy ammunition dump! i gnd various ages within the Teu- , ion liiv .i attacked today by; Americ; ; big airplanes. Great lamage i ted to have been done ! I *;J prop i consternation caused 1 k among ;l <■ r i eating troops. Tho \ n bombing machines | i n,ade m in ks, the first in tho ^ d mornine I the other in the after- | 10on. re:. as far as Stenay and Beaumon' s arc reported in both places. Eight 'jUioirons participated in the air raids today. There were vari jj ous combats in the air. Two German ! machines were reported brought down. Three American planes are j missing. With ' ' Aiv.ericun forces north west of Vc ’dun, 2 p. m., Nov. 3.— General i'< shing's forces continued :o make - i’ -factory progress during he nig! t •! ibis morning, but they •Ytwiti - ,t> ! opposition here and ! ‘here, i.i . ting that the German re treat had s'tehtly slowed up. Virtu;.: .•very American division had not reached its objectives this mot .nig but was far ahead of i ’hem. Prisoners, guns and material were reported to be increasing in number of quantity. The enemy opposition took the form of intermittent artillery fire, and at a few points with the use of ; ras and infantry. This resistance, however. ■ orally vanished when the American- < verted themselves. FOR Nice rod land, 80 acres, 2 i from town, good 5 room frame la .- barn and tenant house; about 00 : os open and in cultivation, i; Rood . mnunity, near school and church on public road. At bargain price of .v ,00.00, $1,000.00 cash, bal ance ease •• mis. Moore & Martin, tf Banking Department HE modern bank is planned to give different kinds of financial ser vice to its patrons. You should get acquainted with the different depart ments. To give you a full all around banking service is our aim. When you get acquainted with our banking facilities maybe you’ll decide on opening both a checking and a sav ings account. Perhaps you have some idle money. Why not get a Certifi cate of Deposit and let it earn inter est for you. Tiring your financial problems to us. Advice on your business affairs cheer fully given. BanK of Prescott Capital . $75,000.00 Surplus.$75,000.00 PRESCOTT. ARKANSAS Congress of Allied Women on War Service Hotel Petrograd, Y. W. C. A. Hostess House, Paris Ip A i^usi. lv*l&. a conference of workers representing 12S women's organizations was held in Pari*, at Ho tel Fetrograd. for coordination of women's work in o'.unectiou with winning the war. France Aim-rh < Great Britain Belgium, Italy, Russia, Rounianla, Poland. Bet b!a. Montenegro, and the republic* o! South Amcv | lea, Asia and Africa Music hy the band of the 369th United States Infantry Band (negro) opened the program. Lord Darby British Ambassador to France, read a message from Lloyd George. British premier Messages were also real from Prerideut Wilson and Colonel Roosevelt. •--— :___ CHIEF INTEREST IS IN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Little Rock, Nov. 4.—The chief in terest tomorrow in the result of the election in Arkansas is in the three proposed amendments to the constitu tion. There is no opposition to the state ticket with the exception of governor, the Socialists having nomi nated Clay Fulks as a candidate against Gov. Brough. This is under stood, of course, to be only a nominal opposition, as he will receive only the small, negligible vote. There are three proposed amendments to be voted on, but there has been no cam paign either for or against any of them and their fate is largely a mat ter of conjecture. The only campaign that has been conducted has been the publication of the proposed measures in the newspapers of the state for the last few months Hew many have read and carefully studied all of them? Hands up! Full stock of Butterlck Patterns. Careful attention in helping you select your style. Fashion book free. Gentry-Buchanan & Co. Id2wl HOSTILITIES END WITH AUSTRIA AT 3 O’CLOCK TODAY Conditions of Armistice Not to He Announced Until Tomor row—Furnish Index to Terms For Huns. Paris, Nov. 3, 0:50 p. m.—Official announcement was made this evening that an armistice has been signed with Austria. Hostilities will cease at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon. The conditions of the armistice will be published on Tuesday. Vienna, via London, Nov. 3.—“In the Italian theater of the war our troops have ceased hostilities on the basis of an armistice which has been concluded,” says the war office com munication issued today. “The conditions of the armistice will be announced in a later com munication.” Washington, Nov. 3.— Armistice terms which the Austrians ha\e ac cepted are expected here to furnish a clear index to those which the su preme war council at Versailles is preparing for Germany. Consequent ly their publication will carry greater significance than otherwise would at tach, since the Austrian surrender has been discontinued in advance by the internal disintegration of the dual monarchy and the collapse of the Austro*Hungarian forces on the Italian front. Official announcement that the ar mistice had been signed reached the state department today. In making this known, officials gave no indica tion of the terms imposed, nor was there any explanation of why cessa tion of hostilities had l*een delayed 24 hours or more after the actual sign ing of the articles of surrender. The generally accepted view, however, seemed to be that it was desired to have virtually all Italian soil freed of enemy troops before the Italian ar mies were committed to end their attacks upon the routed Austrian forces. Military men here said the terms which the supreme war council had prepared would make it impossible for the Austrians to renew hostilities, probably including the disarming of the enemy troops and occupation of strategic points as well. Some of I these, namely Trent and Trieste, al ready have been occupied by Italian and allied forces. Free movement of the allied forces through Austria to attack Germany from the south, should the supreme war command decide such a stroke necessary ni the future, also is said tc he stipulated. Unofficial reports from Vienna today said the Germans ; were preparing for such an attack by ! feverishly digging trenches on and fortifying the Bavarian frontier. i __ i Al TO M ANUK Al'TURKKS GRANTED PRIORITY Little Rock, Nov. 1.—F. W. A. Ves per of St. Louis, president of the Na tional Automobile Dealers Associa tion, has wired the Arkansas Auto mobile Dealers Association that the Wav Industries Board has agreed to | make an important concession. It ; has been decided that the board will grant automobile manufacturers pri j ority for all material needed for the | manufacture of accessories and parts. __ j NEWSPAPERS ( AN DISPLAY ELECTION RETURNS j Little Itock, Nov. 4.—The fuel ad ministration yesterday received the following telegram from the adminis tration at Washington: “Tuesday night will be lightless so i far as general illumination is con I corned, but to further the prompt dis | semination of election news each newspaper is authorized to display election returns.” FOR SALE—Good milk cow.— Mrs. i W. N. Akers. d3-24 pd I AUSTRIANS FLEE BEFORE ADVANCE OF ALLIED ARMY Retreat so Rapid No Time is Taken to Destroy War Mater ials— Their Wounded Are Abandoned. W ith Italian Forces in Northern Italy, Saturday, 3 p. m., Nov. 2.— The battle continues with the Italians and their allies completing the des truction of Austria’s mighty army. It is estimated that 3..000 Austrian can non will he the total taken by the Italians in addition to vast quantities of other war mate iat. The allied forces arc ever pressing on toward the frontier n the moun tains. They already have reached the Valmugana where the Italian line was a year ago. The word “strategy" cannot be used in Austria’s retreat, which is a pell mell etfort on tl * part of the various ho lies to save thems-dves. The Aus trians are fleeing helter-skelter, fight ing in the mountains when obliged to do so. On the plains they are merely putting up rear guard local fifhts. blowing up bridges as they go along. The long lines cf enemy troops on the roads are being pelted with the machine guns of allied airplanes. The retreat of the Austrians also is being hindered by the condition of the roads. For the same re; son the Italian ad vance in some regions is slow. The Austrians are leaving their wounded by the roadside or in houses. Two thousand Austrian wounded were deserted in Feltre without attention or medicine. Udine has been evacu ated. The civil population everywhere complains that they were stripped of everything of value by the enemy in the invaded provinces. Thousands of cannon are being captured by the Italians in addition to great quantities of war material. At Vittorio, a big petroleum deposit was found, the Austrians not taking the trouble to burn it. Great quanti ties of telegraph wire also were left undestroyed. At Belluno a large depot of food and material was found by the Ital ians ; .e allies frequently captured long trains •>» artillery, one train be ing taken at Razi, near Feltre, it having been abandoned by the re treating Austrians in their haste. I Alladin Dye Soap, nil colors, 10c at Guthrie's, FORD CAR FOR SALE—As good as new, with 1010 model body. $400 if bought quick. E. M. Frisby. tf Klenzo Dental ('ream leaves that cook clean feeling. 25e at Guthrie’s. Our $1. Waists Wirthmor? Why? 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