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The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-12-27

rest City spent Christmas here with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. McClintock.
Pat Benthall, who was in the army,
was discharged at Camp Pike sew
eral days ago and has returned home.
Miss Minnie Mays, teacher in the
public schools at Jonesboro, is spend
ing the holidays with home folks
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w Campbell OF
Forrest City, spent the holidays here
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. w. b.
Mann
James russell, wife and two chill
dren, of Forrest City, spent Christ
mas here with Mr.. and Mrs. M II.
Ford.
Rev. Walter X. Johnston and wife
left stoday for Memphis to spend sew
eral days visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Mrs. w. S. Atkins left Wednesday
for Memphis to spend the week end
with her niece Mrs. Caruthers
Ewing.
Miss Annie Mai Cahill, employed
in the Bank of Mariana, spent the
holidays with her mother at Senate
bia, Miss
j. p. Hampton, who is in the
Great Lakes Training School, Great
Lakes, Ill, spent Christmas here with
home folks.
Edward Wild is here from Hendrix
College, Conway. spending the holi-
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
E. d. Wild
Miss Lula Mae Williams, who went
to Jackson, Tenn, last week with the
remains Of Jeff Fitzgerald, has re-
turned home.
Mrs r. l.. Derrick and little dau-
ghter are visiting Mrs. Derrfck's par
ents, Judge and Mrs. Mayfield, at
Amory, Miss.
Byron Futrell, son of Senator j..
M Futrell of Paragould, is spending
the holidays here, the guest of Her
bert Jackson.
j. p Hughes, who has been at
Camp Macarthur, Waco, Texas, has
been mustered out of the service and
returned home.
Miss Wilma Beazley. who is attend
ing Columbia Institute, Columbia,
Tenn, is here to spend the holidays
with home folks.
Will Beatty Word, who has been at
Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas,
has been mustered out of the service
and returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. FELTON, are hav-
ing a house party at their home at
Clifton, complimentary to their dau-
ghter, Miss Ruth FELTON,.
Hoshal Dupuy of the naval hospital
at Great Lakes, ILL.,, is spending the
Christmas holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. C., Dupuy.
Grit McSwine, who has been in
the aviation service at Eberts Field,
near Lonoke, spent the holidays here,
the guest of Chas. Mckee.
An entertainment viii be given In
the school auditorium Monday night,
Dec. 80, at 8 O'Clock. for the school
library. Admission Is and rs cents.
*28
Miss Willie Whitsitt, stenographer
in the law office of ]. T. Costen al
Osceola. is spending the holidays
with friends and relatives in Marian
ma.
Chas. Govan, who has been one of
the clerks of the local military board,
has been mustered out of the service
and resumed his work with Harris d
Burke
Miss Bertha Conner. who is at
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-12-27
Garry On!

'Of those immortal dead who live aga
In minds made better by their presen'
In pulses stirred by generosity,
In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable aims that end with self
In thoughts sublime that pierce the r
And with their mild persistence urge l
To vaSter issues"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
FURIOUS BATTLES ARE RAGING
Hun Lines Are Being Pierced and Heretofore I'M
pregnable Defenses Battered Down All the
Way From Ypres to Rheims

The German armies Western front are facing the
greatest crisis since the beginning of the war.
simultaneously allied pressure four offensive fronts
mas created situation where retirement imminent
Unofficial dispatches report enemy is preparing
Tor falling back OF the wings of the battle Flanders
around Arsonne and the movement already way
St Quentin and Cambria virtually in the possession
OF the French and British The former entered by the
French cavalry yesterday
The British troops have been cnsins to the outskirts
of Cambria for several days.
With the evacuation of cities it is believed
that the German forces fall Immediately to the
lines OF Vaencennes from ten to twelve miles eastward
In Flanders Roulers within grasp of the BELGIUM
and unofficial reports state that the German
already have ordered the evacuation greater
pied portion of Belgium.
The civil population it i. said fleeing in great numb
ers from the industrial center of Lille
On the southern flank Of the battle front where the
American forces have been held stands several
days they have resumed their slow the
Meuse and the Argonne forest despite huge number of
German reserves flung against them.
Operations by the American forces have made sub
stantial progress west of Argonne.
Between the Vese and the Asne the French have
wiped out the small salient which west of Rheims
pocket,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
Killed in Action.

Official notice comes to his cousin,
Thomas A. Jones, of the death of
Charlie Marks, who was killed in &C
ton somewhere in France, on July rs.
Charlie was a member of Co. F Of the
1GSth Regiment of the Rainbow Di-
vision. Before his enlistment young
Marks had for sevefal years been
employed by Joe Hanna of Adams
township. He was young man of
the very best Of habits and sterling
qualities. He was an orphan boy
left with four sisters and younger
brother, after whose welfare he al
ways looked with the care of father
The Injury to Greenway.
The injury to Ray Greenway, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. ALI Greenway, of
North A street, announced in today's
dispatches as severely wounded and
so reported to the parents by the
government, occurred some time be-
fore Lieutenant Pete Hoar left for
the States. Ray was shot through
the left side a little above the heart.
II was not bad wound but it affect
ed his arm and has caused trouble
with his eyes. He is in base hos.
pital at Paris. In letter TO his par.
ents some time ago Ray states that
he is up and walking around but is
having trouble with his eyes, one oil
which is particularly bad.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
GREEK DEMANDS ON BULGARIA
All Damages Must Be Made Good and
Bulgaria Give Up Her Dreams
of Conquest.

Washington, Oct. 2.-Serbia and
Greece today announced their peace
demands on Bulgaria. They are:
Preparation for all damages in
occupied territory.
Abandonment of all plans for
domination of the Balkans.
3-Guarantees that Greeks remain
ing on Bulgarian territory shall not
be eXterminated.
Serbians Continue Successes.
London, Oct. SERBIAN troops en-
tered Kumanovo, twelve miles north
east of Uskub, Monday evening. il
was officially announced in the Serb
ian war Office statement received
here today.
Turkey Seeing Things.
Amsterdam. Oct. 2.-"Bulgaria will
derive the greatest harm from a sep
arate peace" declared the CONSTANT
nople newspaper Tannin. A dispatch
from Sofia said that the Bulgarian
parliament met Monday and will con
, tinue in session until Friday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
A MID EUROPEAN
CONFEDERATION
NEW UNION OF STATES TO RALK
HUN AMBITIONS.
TO LIBERATE ALL OPPRESSED
Movement To Have Headquarters For
the Time Being in Washington
-countrymen in America To
Aid in Movement.
(By Raymond Clapper.)


Washington, Oct. reformation of
a mid European confederation to con-
sist of a chain of smaller states be-
tween the Baltic and the Black seas
is underway here today, it was Off.
cially learned.
The United States officials will
sponsor the movement.
Headquarters for the commission
of the Mid European Confederation
are to, be opened here this week.
To Block Germany.
The confederation is expected to
block Germany's ambition in the east
during the war and will be incorpor-
ated in the worlds league of nations
at the peace table according to the
present program.
This federation is to fight on a re-
constructed eastern front and is be-
ing organized as step in the fulfill
ment of President Wilson's program
of liberation for all oppressed ueOple.
All Nations To Unite. \
go-Slavs, Czecko-Slovaks, Ital-
ians, Poles, UkraineS and Roumanians
in America will unite in this move.
They hope to induce their countrymen
in Europe 10 join them.
Later, Firms, Lusotanians, Esthoni,
ans, Greeks, and even the Bulgar PEG.
pie may join in the movement, the
leaders said.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
British NOW
Hold The Citu
OF Damascus

London, Oct. 2.-Damascus was
captured by British forces at six
o'clock Tuesday morning it was
officially announced in the Pales-
tine communique received here
this afternoon.
There were no particulars.
An earlier dispatch said that
the Turkish commander at Damas
Gus had asked for terms Of sur
render.
With Damascus in the hands Of
the British forces and the French
troops approaching BEIRUT the
way is practically open toward
the region of AIeppo two hundred
miles north of Damascus where
the railroad from Damascus to
Bagdad and constantinople con-
verge. AIeppo is about five hun
dred and fifty miles southeast Of
ConstantinopIe.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
THE TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL
DR.. A. e. Kepford, State Lecturer, to
Engage in Speaking Tour in
Mahaska County.

Des Moines, Iowa, October AR
A. Z. Kepford, state lecturer on tu-
berculosis to make a speaking cam
paign throughout Mahaska county on
the behalf of the proposed tuberculo-
sis annex to the county public hospit-
al. The emergencies of the hour have
made it necessary to increase hospital
facilities for the care and treatment
of persons suffering from pulmonary
tuberculosis.
While Mahaska county does not
have a larger amount of tuberculosis
than in other counties of similar pop
ulation, yet all centers of population
have presented serious problems ris.
ing out of the war.
The proposed campaign is to pre-
sent to the people OF Mahaska coun-
ty the ACCESSIBILITY of voting 100000
to build an annex on the grounds OF
the county public hospital. where ade,
quate provision will be made for the
tuberculous population of the county
DR.. Kepford has conducted many OF
these campaigns throughout Iowa and
hospitals now exist in number OF
counties throughout the state. Scott
county has hospital for tuberculosis
which has been in operation for -four
years and Dubuque has built large
institution. When seen today, DR.. KEEP
he 20,
Mahaska county as the people are in
telligent and enthusiastic in tn,
matter.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
YANKEES CLEARING
ARCDNNE FOREST
He EToFoRE IMPROBABLE
NEST TAKEN BY ooUeHsoYs.
AMERICANS IN TIGHT PLACE
Surrounded by Superior Force They
Are Fighting Desperately While
Australians Are Trying To Res
cue Them-ResuIts Unknown.
(By Fred S. Ferguson.)

With the American Armies to the
west of Verdun, Oct. while activ-
tiles in the remainder of the front are
confined to repulsing strong counter
attacks and consolidating their newly
won positions. the American forces in
the depth of the Argonne forest are
showing forward today.
Overcoming heretofore insurmount-
able obstacles. they are advancing
their lines steadily.
The density of the forests makes ii
difficult for the Laisons to move about
but the cars are going forward as
rapidly as possible. maintaining com.
munication with the aid of runners.
German Reserves at Bay.
The American forces continue to
modest the German reserves. The fact
that they have made no great drive
forward in the past few days does
not indicate that the American forces
are through.
On the contrary they have just be
gun and from now on the first armie:
can be counted on TO make stead,
progress though no spectacular ad
vance.
! Evidences are accommodating tina
the Germans are preparing to with
draw from the advanced positions OF
posite the American troops.
Americans In Tight Place.
With the American Army on the S
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
% IOWA BOYS ARE
MENTIONED TODAY
ON THE CASUALTY LISTS GIVEN
OUT AT WASHINGTON.
RAY GREENWAY AMONG Them
Private Messages However Had Told
of oskaloosa Boys injury Some
Time Ago-Total On List To-
day Was 1880.

Washington, Oct. 2.-Twenty.eight
lowans were listed among General
pershing's overseas casualties which
numbered one thousand and eighty as
issued by the war department today.
The lists included 1877 killed in &C.
ton; 70 missing in action; 693 wound.
ed severely; SO died of disease; 10
died of accident and other causes; 76
died of wounds; 5 wounded slightly;
prisoners s; died of aeroplane acct
dent, /: wounded degree undeter.
mined, l. The Iowans were:
Died OF Wounds.
Private Dan +. Kaufman, DayCn.
port
Private Garcie IL. Gilmore, Red
field.
Wounded Severely.
Lieut.. Daniel c. Newquist, Des
Moines.
Sergeant Fred Fl. Bushby, Fair
banks.
Corporal Cyrus X. Underwood. VII
lisca.
Corporal Albert A. Deal. Ames.
Private Friedrich II. Black. Norway.
Private william. F. Cotton, Fort
Dodge.
Private Edward w. Hilgers, Sioux
City.
Private Glen NJ Tracy Bedford.
Private Carl +. Robinson. Atlantic.
Sergeant Harry NJ. Greene, Avoca.
Corporal Abel G. Greenway, Clar.
irda.
Corporal Herman T. Spohn. Brigh-
ton.
Private Roscoe +. Holden, Scran-
ton.
Private Victor |. Parker, Dexter.
Private Ariel Paul, Dayton.
Private Newell E. Golf, Clarinda.
Private Fay " Goodsell, Dumont.
Private Lee A. Green, Clarinda.
Private Ray Greenway, Oskaloosa.
Private Calvin L. Robbins, Girls
VOID.
Private Frank Lindstrom, Council
Bluffs
Private William NJ. Gibson, Hull,
Private Henry F. Gruenwald, Ma
quoketa.
Private Alfred Hedum, Soldier.
Private Fred l.. Yock, Crushing.
Private Bert L. York, Clarinda.
Marine Corps Casualties.
No Iowans were mentioned on the
Marine casualties list which carried
a total of twenty.eight. The list in
cluded: Killed in action, z; died of
wounds, 2: wounded severely, II;
wounded slightly, /; missing in &C.
ton. !.
Total Marine Corps casualties to
date, including those named above,
total 1887, divided as follows:
Deaths, 1,O7S; wounded, 2.O76; miss
ing, 1853; in hands of the enemy, 20.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
AUTO GOES OVER EMBANKMENT
Plunges Into Cedar River and Milton
l. Heath, Department Store
Manager, browns.

Cedar Rapids, Oct. Milton L.
Heath, a local department store man.
ager, was drowned early today when
the automobile which he was driving
plunged over an embankment into the
Cedar river.
Heath tried to make turn in the
road and apparently misjudged the
width of the highway.
After hanging over the embank.
ment for a minute or more the brakes
gave way and the car plunged down
ward. A companion leaped just be-
fore the car plunged.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
In The Wake
OF The War

Picardy Front: Allied forces AT.
ter driving sharp wedge deep in
to the German defenses between
cambrai and ST. Quentin opened
breach in the lines of the battle
front between Beaurevoir and
Fonsomme and are progressing to
the east of both Cambria and st.
Quentin. This line has been
broken according to the latest
battle front dispatches which
threatens the enemy's lines Of re-
tirement from the Disc to the St.
Gobain forest il the enemy is
forced to withdraw from that re-
gion.
French troops hold about four.
fifths of st. Quentin which they
entered yesterday. The Germans
are resisting on the southern
banks of the canal which cuts off
the southern edge of the city.
Flanders Front: The AngIo-seI-
GUM drive is responsible for the
haste in the German plans for a
withdrawal from the greater part
Of Belgium. Civilians are fleeing
from Lille.
Rheims-Verdun Front: The
American forces after several
days Of comparative immobiIity,
are pushing ahead again between
the Mouse and the Argonne for
est.
The French forces operating on
the left have made additional
gains and have increased their
pressure against the Germans in
the forest. The enemy is con-
stantIy throwing reinforcements
into the line.
General Berthelot's armies
have entirely wiped out the small
salient remaining west of Rheims
after the Franco-American drive
had eliminated the Marine pocket.
On the left General Mangin's
forces are pushing eastward along
the Lady's Highway and are
steadily closing in on Laon and
Craonne.
Palestine Front: According to
dispatches this afternoon Damas-
Gus has been occupied by British
forces. The Turkish commander
had previously asked for terms Of
surrender and it is not known
whether the Turks surrendered
or whether the British forces cap
tured the town in a fight.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
THE PRICE OF SHOES
Cannot Exceed $1,000 After the 18th
OF October.

Washington, Oct. 2.-The maximum
price of shoes has been fixed at
$1L by Chairman Baruch of the War
Industries board. All shoes will be
divided into three classes.
Class A will have shoes which will
sell from $500 to $1,000; Glass b will
include those from sc to $3.50 and
Glass c those from $500 $3.50.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
Lille Evacuated ST. Quentin Captured the
Advancing Allies Argonne Out Americans
CAM BRAl is FALLING.
This and st. Quentin Capture Por.
tend Great Evens.

London, Oct 2, 40 p. m.-Cambrai
was practically occupied this after
room it was stated in battle front
dispatches received this evening. The
city is falling.
With the capture Of st. Quentin an
enemy retirement on a large scale
was contemplated The same dispatch
said g.. s.., 80. .s4..
Military authorities hint that there
are new developments about to hap
pen"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
HUN DEFENSES ARE
TORN To SHREDS
BRITISH TROOPS SMASH LINES
IN TWO MILE ADVANCE.
MANY TOWNS ARE CAPTURED
creVe-couer, RumilIy and Preselles
Taken-oominatins Heights Also
Fall Before Fierce onslsushts
Of the Advancing Allies.

London, Oct. 2, 1850 p. m.-The
German line through Beaurevoir and
Fonsomme, northeast of st. Quentin.
has been broken, according to battle
front dispatches received here this
afternoon.
This threatens the enemy's line of
retirement between the Disc valley
and the st. Gobain forest if he is
forced to withdraw from that region.
Two Mile Line Shattered.
London. Oct. .. - British troops
smashing forward on a twenty mile
front between Cambria and st. Quen-
tin tore the German defenses to
shreds at some portions of the line,
and penetrated TO a maximum depth
of about two miles, it was indicated
by Field Marshal Haig's report today.
The communique said that the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lines well to
the eastward are both cut and that the
ST. Quentin lines have been preached.
Big Breaches in Lines.
"The Fonsomme and Beaurevoir
lines have been preached. The enc
my has been cleared out OF the north
OF Joncourt. The Australian forces
have completed the capture OF the de-
lenses to the south of Catelet and
Gouey.
"Fonsomme is five miles to the
northeast of st. Quentin and Beaure-
voir is two miles east OF Cambria
/ creve-couer and RumiiIy Taken. s
in the sector OF Cambria fierce
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
TWO AMERICAN
RED CROSS GIRLS
BECOME HONORARY MEMBERS
OF THE sERsAGLlERl.
RECEIVE THE GOLD MEDAL
Solemn Ceremony is Performed When
Girls Were Taken ln-"Ayantp
Is the Battle Cry-They Wear
Picturesque Headgear.

Rome, Oct. 1.-Two American Red
Cross girls have been made honorary
members of the famous fighting troops
of Italy, the Berraglieri.. They are
Misses Sylvia Coney of New York and
Sarah Fleming Mcintosh of Boston.
They were given this most unusual
honor because of the heroic work
they have done for the Italian sol
diers.
Great Honor to Become BersaaIieri
1t is no slight honor to be made a
Bersaglieri. The word means sharp.
also for speed and victory. Bersag
lieri always move at a trot-the
double quick" of other troops. Even
their general, though his hair be
white, runs with his men
Picturesque Headgear.
Americans who have seen them can
newer forget the picturesque head
gear, with its blue-black plumeS that
droOp over the right cheek, and the
purple flames that flash along the col
lar.
"Avanti!" Battle Cry.
"Avanti! AvanIi! forward! For
wardD" is the battle cry of the Bar
saglieri. The words are also the re-
frain of the Bersaglieri song which
says that the plumes kiss their cheeks
instead of the lips of absent sweet
hearts. thus making the glory of bat
tie their best beloved.
Solemn Ceremony.
There was solemn ceremony when
the American Red Cross girls were
taken into the Bersaglieri. An army
corps commander had come from the
| fighting front on purpose for the Oc,
casion, and right among the guns
that were firing on the Austrians was
held a review, and the general pinned
on the girls breasts the gold medal
with the ribbon of purple which shows
that they are members of the famous
fighting organization. You are now
American sisters of our regiments
said the officers. The men drank tC
the health of their general and he
though wearing FIVE wound-stripes
leaped to the table and proposed &
toast to America, which set the as
sembly wild with enthusiasm.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
MORE PRUssIANs QUITTING
Berlin Evidently Preparing for Liber
al Fake.

Amsterdam, Oct. All the imper.
ial German secretaries of state have
resigned and the Prussian ministers
intend to resign, according to the Der.
lin Tageblatt, copy of which has
been received here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
SECOND BOMB VICTIM DIES
c. L. coffey suecumbs to Injuries at
Saddlery Plant.

Des MONIES, Oct. 2.-After living for
more than eight hours with the top Of
mis- head blown off and portion of
his brain blown away, c. l.. Coffey,
1903 East Ninth street, died at o..
clock yesterday afternoon at Mercy
hospital, from wounds received from
the explosion Of hand grenade which
he and some companions were eyamin-
ing in the shops of the Boyt Saddlery
company yesterday morning.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
FIGHTING IN CITY
Of ST. QUENTIN
FRENCH FORCES HOLD FOUR.
FlFTHs OF STRONGHOLD.
LILLE IS BEING EVACUATED
One of the Biggest German concen-
traton Positions in France Un-
able to Withstand the On
saught Of Allied Forces.

Paris, 6 p. M, Oct 2.-Official dis
evening say that the French forces
hold four-fifths of the great German
stronghold of St. Quentin.
Entered City Yesterday.
Paris, Oct. 2.-Noon.-According
to official dispatches. fighting is going
on in the city of st. Quentin. The Ger.
man forces continue TO hold the
southern banks of the canal.
French Forces Enter City.
French troops entered st. Quentin
yesterday afternoon.
Violent explosions were observed in
fortified portions of the city.
General Debeney's forces, operating
with the British TO the north of the
town, advanced beyond st. Quentin
Cambrai road.
Fighting All About City
! Paris. Oct. 2, 1850 p. m. - Violent
, fighting is continued north and south
of st. Quentin battle front dispatches
reported this afternoon.
French troops have passed above
the canal tunnel at Frenquoy and are
progressing TO the eastward.
An attack Is developing on omissy
one and one-half miles northeast OF
St. Quentin.
Other French Victories.
AT st, Quentin there were shar
attacks during the night the con
munique said The enemy was driN
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-03
Congressman Mckinley in France.

Champaign, ILL.,. Oct. 2.-Word was
received here today of the safe ar
rival of Congressman William d. Nc
Kinley nd Newton Harris. in France.
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