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Malvern daily record., 1918-02-09
START CAMPAIGN FOR WAR
 CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE.

The following proclamation has been issued by Gov. Brough, setting aside the week of Feb. Il and 18th, to raise funds for providing enter tainment for the soldiers in the diff ferent camps.
 To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come-Greeting
 Whereas, The War and Navy De- partment of the United States have directed that a campaign be started throughout the nation for much need ed fund of four million dollars for the Fosdick Commission, which is more commonly known as the War Camp Community Service, and has ro do with providing entertainment and surrounding our army boys with help ful influences when they are outside the camps, and,
 Whereas, This work does in no way overlap any other activity, sucr as Y. M. c. A., and Red Cross work, which is confined to camp, and,
 Whereas, A Call has been issued by the War and Navy, Departments for a fund of four million dollars for this laudable work, which will contribute much to the physical and moral we'll being of our soldier boys and sailor boys in the various cities of Arkansas and throughout the Union, of which Arkansas quota is $150,000.0O, $100,- 100000 of which is to be raised out side the city of Little Rock,
 Now, Therefore, I, Charles H. Trough, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, and laws of said State, and acting is my official capacity, do hereby designate and set apart the week beginning Monday, February 11th, 1918, and end ing February 18th, 1918, as War Camp Community Service Week. I contribute to this fund which will be used for providing clean entertain ment for the 26,000 Arkansas men in service. having received assurances from the War and Navy Departments that the quota raised in Arkansas will be used for reereational facilities for Arkansas troops.
 In testimony Whereof, have here unto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of State, in the Executive Chamber, Little Rock, Ark ansas., this the fifth day of February
Malvern daily record., 1918-02-09

Twenty-Five years ago the vast ma jority of people in this country would have thought socialism was about to reign supreme if anyone had fore told that the government would be running the railroads before spring of 1918. Now the whole country gave sigh of relief when their control was handed over to Secretary McAdoo, and in the city of Washington great many people are asking that he take over the street railways also. It looks as if the telephone system of the Capital City would be annexed next for the good of the service.
Malvern daily record., 1918-02-09
GAS LINE BREAK
 IS REPAIRED

The break in the gas main of the lines of the Arkansas Natural Gas Company, near the louisiana line, has been completed, according to A. J. Gilbert, manager for the Gas Com pany at this place.
 The gas pressure in Malvern was not effected by the break, and the break caused no inconvenience at any point in this section of the state. The pressure was normal at Little Rock, all days, but industrial plants were cut off all along the line.
Malvern daily record., 1918-02-09
ALL-HoME PRINT TO-DAY.

The Record is all home print today. Read all four of the pages, as there is something of interest to you in each of them.
Malvern daily record., 1918-02-09
No. 666

This is prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHiLLS & FEVER.
 Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then SC tonic the Fever will not seturn. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not eripe or sicken. 25c
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
JAWS OF
FOCH TRAP
.. .. CLOSING:
ThiI|ois, West Of Rheims, Taken
simultaneously With Cap
ture of Scissors; Armies
in Death Grapple.
By Associated Press.

Washington, Aug 2.--!ne
collapse Of the German defen-
sive positions just north of the
Ourcq was forced by the dash
of American troops in the CEN
ter and the brilliant French
and British flank operations is
sweeping the enemy out of the
Aisne-Marne salient. The rush
came so quickly it was difficult
for army officials here to ap-
praise the extent of the victory.
There was a strong possibility
the Germans would be unable
10 hold the Vesle line toward
which they are Fastening and
would be driven to the heights
north of the Aisne.
Tonight's official report from Paris
carried the most startling message in
several days. scissors, the key OF
the German right flank in the whole
-Marne position, was again in
French hands. At the same time the
brief announcement that Ihlllois,
west of Rheims, had been taken
shows that the jaws of the great trap
created by General Foch at last had
begun to close.
Two Jaws Advancing.
The re-entry of Scissors is note
worthy. The French were forced out
of the city, the largest on that sector
of the front, in the first German as
sault on the Chemin Des Danes last
May. Its capture by the enemy was
long stride on the road to Paris, a
stride that was in fact definitely
checked only when the Germans met
American troops northwest Of Cha
teau Thierry weeks later and were
halted in their tracks and hurled
back. To many officials here the lit
tie stretch of line, where the first two
American divisions came into action
CONTINUED on Page Four, Column Two)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
GUNNER DEpEW
TELLS AUDIENCE
. OF HUN HORRORS
American Boy Who Has Been
in Five German Prisons
Declares Atrocities Not
Half Told.

Gunner DePew thrillea a Council
Bluffs audience last night and made
it realize some of the things American
boys and their allies are undergoing
at the hands OF the Hun. He told
such a tale of atrocities that not to
hate a Hun would stamp the person
hearing it as an abnormal creature.
Pm not going to tell what have
heard others say or what ] have read
about a few, very few. for it would
take long time to tell all Of the
things that ! have seen md some
that / have suffered" said the Amer
lean boy. Then followed recital
that made people lean forward and
half rise.
Unspeakable Truths.
Believe everything you have heard
and all you have read and then null
tiply it by 100 and you will still be
short of the hellish truth" he said.
"Stories of unspeakabie mutilations
of men, women and children, cruel
torturing of wounded soldiers and
starved and helpless prisoners came
in perfect torrent Of words. for the
gunner in verbal action can only be
likened to rapid fire gun operated
by Americans eager to get revenge.
This is the foe your boys are fight
ing tonight and must continue to
fight, for there is no improvement pos
sble in the moral makeup of the Hun.
I want you to get it out of your sys-
tenn that we are fighting the kaiser
and the war lords.
"I've been in five German prisons,
dragged from one end of the sin
blistered country to the other and !
tell you that all are Huns and all
alike guilty of cruelties that would
shame a savage.
You have always heard OF the cru,
cities of the unsteakable Turk, but
we met the Turk in the Dardanelles
and he is so much superior to the
Hun in every way that there can be
no comparison. He's a fair fighter
and we never heard of one case oi
cruelty to the wounded, but Oil the
other hand there were hundreds o.
real kindnesses. They brought oul
wounded close to the barbed wire sc
the stretcher bearers could get them
and when we were suffering for water
they threw hundreds of bottles into
our trenches, and not one drop wa.
poisoned or fouled."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03

The day was one of contin-
ued success for the armies of
Generals Mangin, De Goutte
and Berthelot. All along the
line the Germans have been
forced to hurry their retreat,
especially on the west and CEN
ter of the salient.
Entire Country Devastated.
The enemy is completely de-
vastating the country as he re.
tires, carrying out the settled
German policy.
The Germans are in retreat
on all sides of the salient be.
tween the Aisne and The
Marne. On the west the
French and British troops, con-
tinuing their push of Thursday,
have reached the valley of the
Crise, a little river which joins
the Aisne at Scissors.
The Germans, therefore, have aban-
doned the whole Of the Chaudun pla-
teau between the Coeuvres and Crise
valleys.
This ground has been desperately
disputed battle field for weeks. 1t
had been swept by the German heavy
guns from the north of the line and
from the cast and probably was fhc
hottest sector of the whole battle
front.
Cavalry Reaches Nesles Forest.
In the center the French cavalry
are in the big woods called the Foret
De Nesles, a mile northeast of Fere-
en-Tardenois. On the allied left the
troops are in touch with the forests
of the Ardre, two miles north of Vii
lers Agron.
The Germans, disregardng the mil
'itary considerations which counseled
frank acceptance of defeat and rapid
retreat many days ago in order to
spare their men for a new attempt,
have been obliged to accept the in
evitable and are falling back, proba-
bly, to the Vesle river.
The German crown princes often
sive on the Marine has failed as Sig
nally as that of Won Kluck in 1914,
and the last word is with the allies.
Victory Or Destruction.
A copy of the Berlin Tageblatt re-
ceived behind the French line con-
tains the following article written re-
Gently by Herr Hegeler. its war cor
respondent:
From the strategicll point of
view, the seven days battle has been
a complete failure. Nevertheless Sue
cess has been gained which | can reg
ister today. A new part of France
has been laid waste. Everywhere are
ruined towns, villages and farms.
Fires light up the nights and all day
thick clouds OF smoke, caused by vio-
lent explosions, float over the ravaged
corn fields and destroyed forests"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03

Just how far the retreat Of the Ger,
mans will continue cannot at present
be forecast, but with the southern line
swinging northward In conjunction
with that on the east towards the Ves-
lie, and with the French dominating
the Aisne eastward from Scissors, il
is not improbable that the Germans
may be compelled to take refuge north
Of the Aisne.
Ford Crise River.
Numerous towns and hanilets hav.
been captured by the allied troop:
during the latest fighting. and at some
points they have advanced from two
to three miles. South of scissors the
entire Crise river has been fordeo
by allied troops; northeast of Fere-
n-Tardenois the allied line has beer
pushed we'll to the west OF the region
of Grand Rozoy and the town of Sa-
ponay has been taken. In the center
the Nesles wood is being swept clear
of Germans by the French cavalry
and American and French troops are
pressing the Germans hard north Of
Sergy and the hamlet of Nesles.
Further eastward almost to TIL
gates Of Rheims, combined forces Of
British and French everywhere are
sorely harassing the enemy. In this
latter region, in addition to Thillois
the village of Ville-en- -Tardenois is
in allied hands and the French now
are ON the heels of the Germans two
and a half miles north Of the Dor
mans-Rheims. high road>over front
of nearly four miles.
Complete Success in Sigfh.
Altogether, viewed from the var
maps, the situation for the allied
troops at present is most promising
one for complete success in Riding
the .Soissons-Rheims salient of the
enemy.
Throughout the latter phases of the
battles the Germans have not shown
their stamina of previous days and at
some points the allied troops, parti-
cularly the Americans, were enabled
to make their way into German po-
sitions with virtually no opposition.
All behind the battle lines the smoke
of burning towns is visible. which
seemingly would give weight to the
prevailing belief in the allied capitals
that the Germans at the present are
nowhere near the end of their re-
treat. 'r
Aside from the Soissons-R Rheims
salient there has been little fighting
in any of the war theaters. The Brit
ish are continuing their raids and
the Germans at last accounts were
heavily bombarding the British sout
of the Somme and near Ypres.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
'Desultory Fighting"
German Description
OF Day. S Operations

Berlin, via London, Aug. 2.-"On
the battle front there has been desul-
tory fighting" says the official state
ment from general headquarters this
evening.
The days communication dealing
with the fighting of Thursday. said
that the allies between scissors and
Fere en- Tardenois suffered complete
repulse and failed to gain territory.
British and French ranks which
crossed the front German lines and
reached the heights north of Beue-
neux were shot to pieces, according
to the report,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
HUNS IN
PER|L0US
POSITION
Germans Facing West and Al.
lies Shooting at Enemy's
- Back and Enfi|ad!ng Line
in Crise Valley.
BY Associated Press.

London, Aug. 2.-The cap
ture of the Plessier Huleu ridge
by the allies Thursday was ex-
pected to result, as it did, in
the rolling up of the enemy line
north of Scissors and get rid
of the Plessier wood, which
had been a great obstacle to
the allied advance.
The situation now is that the
Germans are facing west and
the allies are shooting at the
enemy's back and enfilading
him down the northern part of
the Crise valley.
1t is believed that the enemy's re-
treat will be continued and that he
cannot avoid an eventual retrograde
movement behind the Aisne or the
Vesle, which would mean the COL
lapse OF the crown princes offensive,
at least until September, when the
1920 class will be put in the field.
This class will yield 100000 men and
possibly might help to bolster the at
present defeated Germans.
Allied Front Strengthened.
"The advance on the front Of Gen
eral Mangin's army continues" says
dispatch from Reuters correspond
ent at French headquarters.
"In the main battle sector, between
Hartennes -et-Taux, on the Soissons-
Chateau Thierry road and Fere-en-
Tardenois, we pushed forward along
the whole line of 10 miles. We oc-
cupied Hartennes itself and the wood
to the south and brought the line up
to Cramaille and Saponay, making an
almost straight front from Hartennes
to Fere-en- Tardenois.
an the center we have passed the
road running east and west from
Vile EN- -Tardenois to Coulonges
north Of the Ourcq valley, and are a
couple of miles beyond Sergy," the
dispatch says. an the central sector
as is usual when the enemy is re-
treating, his resistance is feebler than
on the hanks. On the eastern flank
of the salient Our troops have taken
the wood a mile east of Romigny and
are within pistol shot of Villers-
Agron, on the Vile-en-T -Tardenois-
Coulonges road. Our patrols were
able to advance a thousand yards
north Of Ville-en-T ardenois this
morning.
! Pressed On All Sides.
"The effects of the French victory
at the Marne and in Champagne, and
General Foch's counter offensive be.
tween the Aisne and the Marine are
now being felt. The enemy. pressed
on all sides and with his communica
tions swept by our guns has again
been forced to give ground
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
FOE DRIVEN BACK
ALONG 36 MILES OF
RAGING BATTLELINE
Allies Splendid Gains Foreshadow Necessity Of Retire
ment of Crown Princes Forces Beyond the Aisne; i.
Guns So Placed Enemy Will Suffer Severely
In Seeking Haven of Refuge. EEK
Bv Associated Press.

The crisis in the allied offensive the Soissons-Rhem
salient apparently has been reached.
French troops have entered the town of Sossons the west
anchor point what remains of the famous salient and
all along the So miles of curvng battle line from scissors to-
hos which lies about three miles west of Rheims French
American and British troops have pushed in the entire
front and the Germans backward everywhere in retreat
Over the battle front the allies by quick and forcbe
methods of onslaught have deeply ndened the German de-
tense line for splendid gains which seemingly foresadow the
necessity the eventual retirement of the forces of the Ger
crown prince. Hi
Country Dominated by Guns
The plains behind the northwestern portion of the battle
front are dominated by the allied guns the south the French
and Americans have negotiated almost all of the hill and forest
country and encroachng percepby toward the Fsmes
railway while in the east the British and French almost
asrde the railway and have their
placed that the enemy is to be sorey tried as he
deav to back and gain haven OF refuge along the
Vesle river.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03

..-
Saponay for the first time in two
: months.
". Hard Blows Planned.
Plans had been made to strike hard
blows against the resisting German
rear, but the, German war council evil
IDENTIFY had decided that the time was
inappropriate to fight, for when the
allies moved forward it was only to
follow upon the trail Of the retreat
ing enemy.
AT few places there were sharp
encounters, but they were nothing as
compared with the terrible engage
ments that previously had been
fought or what was expected.
The French cavalry operated near
Dravegny, about two and half miles
north of Coulonges. with the Amer
ican infantry close behind, while an
other detachment of mounted French
troops opened the way a short dis
tance to the west with French i'll
fantry and American foot troops close
up.
The penetration by the French and
\ Americans to the region of Dravegny,
would place them only a scant eight
miles southeast of Fismes, on the
railroad line between Soissons and
Rheims.
To the westward the French
reached the southern borders of the
Loupeigne, Mareuil and Aiguizy
woods, and the French cavalry to
the southern borders OF the Moines
wood.
Americans Move Cautiously.
Occasional bursts of machine gun
fire challenged the advancing line,
but it was apparent early in the move
ment that the Germans had gone. The
stifest fighting encountered by the
Americans was in a little piece of
ground southeast of Chamery, where,
according to the German newspapers,
the body of 1t. Quentin Roosevelt
was buried after his airplane had
been brought down early in the pres
ent operations.
Through wheat fields and over
wooded trails soaked with the rain
that fell almost all day, the Americans
moved slowly and cautiously, but al
most continuously, over farms and
past villages, among them Coulonges
and Cohan. To the westward an
ether force of Americans also was
moving steadily through and around
the Nesles woods and the rolling
country east Of the woods. To both
the east and west of that part of
the line held by the Americans the
, French were meeting with similar
success.
Few prisoners were taken during
the day. One, a captain. admitted
the German artillery had been with
drawn. His story confirmed tales
of other prisoners that the Germans
were determined to make their next
big stand OIL the Vesle, ,and not the
Ardre, and that their movements I'M
Ger way indicated the fortifying of
Fismes as the center of the next fixed
line of battle.
With only a slight advance in ad-
dition to that of today the heavy
guns of the allies will be in position
to shell Fismes and any part of the
line the Germans may determine to
stand on could be made uncomfort-
able. I
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
GERMANS SEEK
TO AvENCE DEATH
OF Won E|CAH0RN
Stern Measures in Search for
Guilty Persons Demanded
in Note to Minister
Trotzky.
BULLETIN.

London, Aug. 5.--The terrorist
campaign against the Germans Of
the Russian social reyolutionists OF
the left includes an explosion at
Kiev which resulted in the deaths
of 700 German soldiers, in addition
to the murder of Field Marshal Won
Eichhorn, the Copenhagen CORE
spondent Of the Daily Mail quotes
a leading member of the party as
saying.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
Heavy Tax on Tobacco.

Washington, Aug. 2.-Heavy in
creases in the present war tax on to-
bacco, cigars and cigarettes were
agreed to today by the house ways
and means committee as part of the
new $8,000,000,0O0 revenue bill. The
tax imposes three times the existing
rates on some items of the schedule
and is planned to raise approximately
$340,000,000
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
Railroad Ticket SCaIpers
Ordered to Quit Business

Washington, Aug. 2.-Notice was
served today on ticket scalpcrs by
the railroad administration to quit
business at once under penalty Of
prosecution, through charges of con-
spiracy: A special division of the
railroad administration has been Gre
ated to direct this work, headed by
Fl. A. Roach of Chicago, forwerly
connected with the railway ticket
protective bureau.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
TEUTONS HUSTLED IN RETREAT
BY THREE VICTORIOUS ARMIES
Whole Chaudun Plateau Abandoned to Allies
Who Have Crossed Valley of Crise; Enemy
Completely Destroys Country Evacuated.
By the Associated Press.

With the American Army France Aug 2Sosson has been retaken and
the valley of the Cnise has been crossed.
The allied line this evening from Pomme Sssons thence BEL
eau the valley the Cse Chcse and A Rue through the
the forest Of Ness the village the and through the Of
the forest Rheims agey Lhed and mey North Of the named
three places French cavalry has advanced another the Bos LIE Mone
and Teson Brouit still the enemys hands Am and further east
near Rheims ThIos has been reaken.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
By Associated Press.


With the American Army the Aisne Marne Front Aug.
2The French and American troops north of
nos advanced simultaneously early Friday the French
pyng Cramae and Cramoisele before o'clock and French
infantrymen entering Saponay at o'clock.
The Americans meantime kept pace with the French
through the forest of Nesles
Several locomotives and 40 railroad taken at Sa-
ponay.
The allies advanced under barrage the Germans withdraw
ing norhward through the valley stretching from Saponay
feebly replying at intervals with artillery.
There many fires behind the ne the Germans having
destroyed munon dumps before starting norhward The al
lies in this district encountered virtually resistance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-08-03
BY Associated Press.

London, Aug. 2.-Dr. Kari Helf-
ferich, German ambassador to Russia,
has sent a note to Foreign Minister
Trotzky demanding stern measures in
the search for and punishment Of the
persons guilty of the murder of Field
Marshal Won Eichhorn, the German
military commander in the Ukraine,
according to advices from the Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent at
Zurich.
DR.. Helferich demanded likewise,
it is stated, the destruction of the
kotbeds of anti-German intrigue in
Moscow Sqd Petrograd."
Guerilla Warfare Incessant.
Stockholm, Aug. 2-Conditons in
the Ukraine before the assassination
OF Field Marshal Won Eichhorn might
have been expected to lead to some
such outbreak, judging from the de-
scription given of them by Zeta
Hoeglund, leader Of the Swedish So
cialist left, in an interview i'll the
Politiken Of Copenhagen.
Hoeglund had just returend from
Russia and his account is largely a
report of conversations which he had
with Russians from the Ukraine. They
declared, he says, that the Germans
there were living in little hades.
that guerilla. warfare was constantly
in-progress, while occasional battles
took place, lasting several days
Filled With Hatred.
The peasants in one section Of the
Ukraine have an army estimated at
$4,000. These men he described as
filled with hatred for the Germans.
The peasants otherwheres are burn
ing their grain and destroying their
property rather than have them fall
into the hands Of the Germans.
The Austrian troops are declared to
be at daggers point with the Germans
and to have supplied the peasants with
arms, including artillery.
Hoeglund's informants considered
those disturbances only foretaste oi
what might be expected at harvest
time, when the peasants, it was pre-.
dicted, would do everything possible
to prevent the Germans from secur'
ing the crops