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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-08

When Foch was secretly preparing
for his great strategic attack he called
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-08
GENERAL PERSHING GIVEN
CROSS LEGION OF HoNOn

Paris. General ]. Pershing con~
mander in chief Of the American ca
peditfonary forces in France, w
awarded the gaand cross Of the LesiO4
OF Honor by the French goVernmenr'
Premier Clemenceau sent the tolio"
ing telegram to General Persnlne.
81 take pleasure in informing you -
dear general, that the government "
the French republic has decided ~ ~
confer upon you the dignity OIL
Grand Cross Of the Legion OF Hono''
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-08

Girls are helping in Airplane produc-
ton by splicing cables and in other
ways, according to III. e. Miles, chair
man OF the section for industrial
training for war emergency OF the
council OF national defense.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-08

The army needs straw, says the bu-
reau Of markets, department OF agri-
culture. Farmers are urged to bale
the straw Immediately after thrash
Ing, and the bureau of markets will
help to market It If asked.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-08

In Flanders the British carried out
an important operation that resulted.
In the capture OF Meteren. They have
been devoting themselves to preparing
for the new offensive which, according
to the logic Of the situation, Luden-
dorf must undertake and which, ac-
cording to military experts, probably
will be directed against some part OF
the line held by the British. Such IN
Offensive would be largely to influence
public opinion in Germany and direct
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-08

Finally authentic word OF the death
OF the former car came out of Rus
sia. BE was ordered shot by local
DolsheVtk Official because OF counter
revolutionary plots, and his s6n7is said
to have died OF exposure few daye
lateF.
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14

Cairo. Illinois. and went M the river
paSt the Illinois state prison at chester
where we were chccrcd by the guards
and inmates. Leaving East 81. Louis
about sun down We stopped the next
day at NinccnncS. Indiana where the
writer was entertained by a charming
uoo,irr belle. am forced 10 acknowl-
edge that NJ romance resulted from
my visit al NinccnncS. our next lay
overs were at tincinatti ONO, nhh
parkcrSburg. West Virginia Crossing
the mountains We passed through the
stale of Maryland and again crossed
the mountains where We viewed som"
beautiful Pennsylvania scenery aftrr
going down the valley for about s'v-
ruty.livr miles We camc IL the GcltyS'
lnrr battle field and went into camp
for the night near Seminary Ridge
General Lees old battle line. viii
have something to say about my stay
ut ,;rttyShurg next week.
ROBERT OFT.
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14
ROBERT OFT CONTINUES
HIS SOLDIER EXPERIENVE VES


Editor Clovis News.
While III Paso Is Il city that Is rraS-
oBahly free from vice, across the river
in Mexico Is the city of ,luarcz where
vice Of every kind runs wide open
4 chain uf hills runs around south "i
Juarez. An American who had been
to Mexico city told me as the traveller
ycts south of those hills out nf sight
of the United States soil, he should
hid the Lord good bye um May 18Th
wc were marched to the railroad yards
and placed in pullmanS. After being
served supper the train crcpl olll over
the Texas \ Pacific Take hold and
puShl railroad for Gettysburg, Penn
Sylyanin. by great ccort We reached
Toyah the next day about noon whcr"
we changed engines. | have always
wondered for what purpoS" the desert
between T"yah and FL PaSo was
created
At Rig Springs, Texas, We were AT
lowed about two hours to walk around
TOWN. arriving at Fort Worth the next
morning 1T nine o'clock We were I'M
loaded. and proceeded by our rcgi-
mental band We parudcd Main street
to the cheering Of several Thousand
people. Leaving TT. Worth We ilcW
through the city of Dallas and arrived
at the city Of TrNarkana at daylight
After a change ot engines We entered
The state Of Arkansas, | have always
wondered what the reason was for
moving our train at such fast speed
ncrosS Arkansas AZ Little Rock, Ar
kansas We mustered and gave Il par
AIDE in which we were reviewed hy
Governor Trough Al our first stop
north of Little Rock, about one hun
drcd and fifty pretty girls met the
train. would urge that any of my
bachelor friends who fail tu catch on"
of Curry County'S young queens care
fully investigate the possibilities of
lhc state uf Arkansas The next day
We crossed the Mississippi river near
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14
PLEASANT HILL


The Farmers Institute vas Il grand
success. Everybody is loud in its
praise. Mr.. Peterson deserves great
credit for prorul ing such able ,pcu,;cr,
aud for preparing II program Of such
vital interest. II is difficult 10 tell
which Of the speakers We liked best to
hear. The women were not behind
the men in their ability to entertain
aud instruct their auditors The home
demonstration work was u very inter
c>ting part of the program. l.ct us
say again that If you did not attend
the institute you missed II very rare
intellectual treat.
We want to express our apprccia
ion of the Pleasant IIill Glcc club
The part it took in the evening ser
vices added very materially 10 the
entertainment part of the program.
Pleasant Ilill now has male quar-
tct Of some musical ability. McssrS
McKanc. iiazzli, llartzog. and Shcr
wood are the members.
Practically every pupil IN school has
joined the Junior Red Cross and each
is enthusiastic To get busy.
Emery Colwcll was the first Of our
number to purchase II War Savings
Stamp. lie now holds n government
baby Bond" worth $500 in 1873.
Zona and Viola Goodman, who re
Gently moved from Hollis. Okla into
the lakrvirw district, entered the
Pleasant Hill school Tuesday
'Our school will give an entertain
mcnt and pie supper the evening of
February 22nd, the proceeds of the
supper To 20 toward purchasing up
plies for the school. The entertain
mcnt is free, If you are particularly
fond Of pie, come. Mr. Tate. of Clovis,
has very generously consented to he
our auctionccr on that occasion.
Mr.. Hunter. our postmaster AT Tex
leo is to he with Us the evening Of the
18th to discuss War Savings Stamps.
.Rcy Day and Rev. Thurs'on both
filled their regular appointments At
Pleasant Hill Sunday.
Miss Vivian DrloZicr is now Sccrc-
tary Of the Il. \. l.. /.
READER.
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14
lPPEIL 10 llOl ,EWiYES.


Na'.Al '"H.i' 'I I'..'H-r Ili. 'H.'
is url au appeal 'n .hr housewives of
th. country where" .U. Hru ..i i0
co.opu.In with jw Wu.'oJ BOO '0r
mU.Imu of d.'.uu.n. n n
home mU.I p.H. s. l.
.oi ru consul. with .h. merchants
u uu m.'"r uNl. with H u.W 90
arranging 20 rurp l... H.. r.n
in order tu economics 300 expense and
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14

Those who wish to subscribe for the
Mutual Messenger and Industrial Mag
milne may leave their subscription
either at the Clovis News office or ut
Baker Bros. office, the home Office OF
thr New Mexico Mutual Life ana Ala
Association and you will be receipted
for the same.
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14

The law requires that your property
must hr listed 10y February 18th or
vour taxes will he onciourth higher
Ambrose Ivy, TaN Assessor curry
County.
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14

For first rla. Broom Corn Seed 80
Curln. rWpm Corn GO. Better boy
vu'r Huu hr sure NJ % muc, crop am
YEN. 80 q.
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14

For first class Broom Corn Seed see
,;urry Broom Corn Co, Better buy
.rurly and hr sure of II money crop TINS
,,.r 3i.tfc
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14

Every patriotic citizen Is asking
How Can Help Win the War: ami
is trying 10 discover ways of helping
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14

Cleaning and Pressing Sanitary
Cleaning Shop. Phone 80 tie
The Clovis news., 1918-02-14

bin or useless effort must bc climiu
alrd'
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11

Oscar Bray, who lives near Viola, passed through that town recently driving 260 turkeys The turkeys were driven to West Plains, Mo-, where they were sold.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
SHIP BUILDING UP
 10 ECTATIONS
STATEMENT OF CHIEF CON- STRUCToR THEODORE r. FER
 BIS OF SHIPPING BOARD.

Washington.-A SLOW starr made by the American International Corpora tion in construction of one of the gov ernment's fabricating steel ship yards at Hog Island, Pa, will make it almost impossible for the yard to deliver yes sels on schedule time, Theodore k. Ferris, chief constructor for the ship ping board, told the Senate commerce. committee Investigating the progress of ship building.
 Two other fabricating plans-one at Newark Bay and the other at Chester, Pa.-should be able to produce ships as fast as their contracts call for, MT Ferris said The ship bu>lding pro gTamme generally, he said, is proceed ing about as well as might have been expected Delays in wooden construc- tion he blamed on shortage of the proper timber and on transportation.
 Ferris told of changes made in the design of the wooden ships which, it is charged, have caused delay, and de- clared they were made with his ap- proval but not at his suggestion. He did not think they were necessary, he said, but he approved because of the demand from many quarters.
 The American International Corpo- ration's contracts call for the first de- liveries in September, 1918. The com pany will do well, Mir Ferris said, if it delivers any ships at all during the year. Once it has got a start, how ever, ships will be produced rapidly
 Ferris criticized the shipping boards decision to let contracts for fitting out wooden ships to a large number of concerns and declared that all should be fitted out with engines and other equipment at one or two places, each on the west coast, in the east and in the south. That, he said, would speed up the work.
 Protlteering house builders seeking high rentals for homes in the neigh borhoOd of ship yards were denounced by Meyer Bloomfield, head of the ship ping boards industrial service section, another witness. MT Bloomfield said that ship yard labor shortage could be traced in large measure to poor housing facilities and lack of transpor- tatiOn for workmen. He advised leg islation empowering the shipping board to commandeer housing and tC enforce better train service.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
Many Companies Admitted.

According to bulletin issued by the state insurance department, 20 in- surance companies were organized or admitted into Arkansas in 1917. The list follows:
 Norwegian Assurance Union, Limit ed, Christiania, Norway.
 National Insurance Company, Cop enhagen, Denmark.
 Conservative Life Insurance Com. pany, Wheeling, w. Va.
 Farmers Mutual Benefit Association, Prarie Grove, Ark.
 United Life & Accident Insurance Company. Concord, N, H.
 Mississippi Beneficial Life Insur- ance Company (negro), Indianola, Miss
 Farmers & Bankers Life Insurance Company, Wichita, Kan.
 Manhattan Life Insurance Company, New York, N. Y.
 Mutual Protective Unit (negro), Lit tile Rock, Ark. Bankers Life Insurance Company, lJonesboro, Ark,
 London Guarantee & Accident Com pany, Limited, London, England.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
MINERS OBJECT ID
 SENATE GOAL BILL
UNION HEAD SAYS MEASURE WILL PERMIT OKLAHOMA TO
 OPERATE MINES.
SAYS BILL DETRIMENTAL
Continuation of the Strike at McAIes- ter-EdWards Coal Company's Two Mines At Pittsburgh, OkIa.,
 Is Urged.
Fort Smith.

Fort Smith
 Fear that bill now pending ill the United States Senate providing for the disposition of the segregated coal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Oklahoma is designed for the purpose of permitting the State of Oklahoma to engage in the mining of coal with convict labor, was express ed in the report President John Will linson rendered to the biennial con vention of the United Mine Workers of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, which was fl session at Fort Smith. A section of the bill which has passed the national House and which is now pending before the Senate Military Affairs Committee provides that the State of Oklahoma may purchase cer- tain segregated lands and especially land which is said to lie within easy reach of the Oklahoma penitentiary at McAlester. The bill will be desri- mental to organized coal miners, de- clared President Wilkinson.
 Removal of the district headquar- ters from McAlester\ to Muskogee, Okla, with the creation of a sub-dis- trict office at Fort Smith, was recom- mended. Muskogee is favored be- cause of it's more central location to the field. One additional board mem Der for Arkansas and Oklahoma, d new national policy, and an increase in the assessment for old age pensions was also recommended. Continuation of the strike at the McAlester-E Edwards Coal Company's two mines at Pitts burgh, Okla, is urged.
 The report of SeeretaryTreasurer l.. A. Ross will show balance of $S4.- 5507S on hand December 22 last This report recommends an increase in the per capita tax. Strike aid at James, town, Alix and Pittsburgh has amount ed to $19,625.42, the report will say, while the cost of conducting the Jamestown strike, which has been set tied, was $3,S25, and the Pittsburgh strike, $15, ,72S.42.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
HEAVY FIGHTING IS
 ANTICIPATED SOON
BATTLES. ARE IMPENDING IN FLANDERS. FRANCE AND
 ITALY.
INTENSIVE ARTILLERY DUELS
West of Ypres, in Flanders, Germans Made An Attempt To Enter Brit ish Positions, But Were Repuls-
 ed With Heavy Losses.

New York.-Although infantry ope- rations in the major war theaters are of minor character, it is probaL e that big battles are impending in Flanders, France and Italy,
 At various points in these three war zones, intensive artillery duels are going on day and night. They are particularly severe in the region of Ypres and the Cambrai sector, where the British are facing the Ger mans, along the Aisne, on the Verdun sector and along the Moselle river and in the Italian highlands from the region of Lake Garda eastward to the Piava river.
 West of Ypres in Flanders, the Ger mans made an attempt to enter Brit ish positions, but were repulsed with heavy losses. An attempted raid against the French positions on Hill BOA in the Ver6un sector was stopped with heavy losses to the Germans. These two maneuVers constitute the only activity by infantry forces at any points, except that small British patrols at several places forced cross ings of the Piave river against the Teutonic allies.
 The British War Office has issued summary of the British captures and losses in the war during 1917. The total captures on all fronts numbered 114,544 prisoners and 781 guns. The losses numbered 2S,379 prisoners and 166 guns. The items include:
 "Western theater 73,131 prisoners; i; 531 guns captured, and 27,200 prison CTS and 166 guns lost. Palestine, IT, 646 prisoners and 108 guns captured. Mesopotamia, 15,944 prisoners and 124 guns captured. No guns were lost in any theater except the Western" The official statement from Ger man great headquarters reads:
 "Western theater. Violent artil lery duels developed during the after noon east of Ypres and on isolated sectors between the roads leading from Arras and Peronne to Cambrai Between the Miette and the Aisne and on both sides of the Ornes and the west bank of the Moselle artil lery and mine firing increased. The infantry activity was limited to fore field reconnoissances.
 Conditions in the Eastern theatel and on the Macedonian and Italian fronts are unchanged"
 "A raid attempted southeast oi Ypres," says the report from British headquarters in France, was repuls ed with loss by our rife and machine gun fire.
 "The hostile artillery is active ir the neighborhood of Passchendaele.'
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
BERLIN POSTPONES
 PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
DISSATISFIED WITH PROPOSALS FOR PEACE MADE BY THE
 TEUTONlC ALLIES.
FEAR ALLIED DIPLOMATS
Socialists Organ in Berlin Character. izes the Situations as Extraordinar- fly Serious-Considerab Un-
 rest Is Prevalent.

New York.-The peace negotiations between the central powers and the Bolsheviki government in Russia have been temporarily suspended' by tho Germans.
 From the meager adyices received, it appears the rock upon which con- tinuation of the pourparlers split was the demand of the Russians that the conference be resumed at Stockholnl instead of at BrestLitovsk. Dissat- 1 isfed with the proposals for peace made by the Teutonic allies, before the recess of the Bre3t-Litoysk con- ference, Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheyiki foreign minister, has been insistent on the deliberations being held on neutral soil instead of at the German headquarters. The Germans had been equally as firm in their deter imitation not to treat with the Rus sians at any other place than Brest- Litovsk.
 German advices were that the Bol- sheviki delegates on finding that the representatives of the Teutonic allies were at Brest-Iitovsk awaiting them, had started for this town, but nothing has come through to show that these had any foundation in fact. The de- cision of the Germans to discontinue the sittings were arrived at during crown council held in Berlin, which was attended by Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General von Luden- dorff, first quartermaster general.
 A belated dispatch from Berlin gives as the reason for the refusal of the Germans to consider Stockholm D place where peace might be advan- tageously discussed the fear that Brit in the Swedish capital would by in- trigue render all endeavors futile.
 Dispatches from Berlin indicate that although the Reichstag parties in the main are supporting the gov ernment considerable political unrest is prevalent and that strong efforts are being made to hold the Socialists in line The Socialists organ in Der lin characterizes the situation as ex- traordinarily serious.
 Although the weather continues cold and much snow lies on the gronud in northern France there has been considerable activity by the infantry in the Arras sector in Flanders and on the eastern part of the front along the Moselle river Near Bullecourt the British have recaptured in cour- ter-attack the sap taken from them by the Germans. There were inter- mittent artillery duels along the en- tire battle front.
 In the Italian theater the big guns of both sides are hammering away at opposing positions in the hills and on the lower reaches of the Piave river. Several attempts by the Austro-Ger- mans to make headway with small de- tachments between the Brenta and the Piave rivers were repulsed.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
Years Deaths 15.oOo.

The State Board of Health will soon have completed it's report on the vital statistics of the state. The report, so far as compiled, places the number of deaths in Arkansas during 1917 at approximately 15,000, the causes of which Dr. C. w. Garrison, state health officer, gives as follows: Tuberculo- sis, 2,500; pneumonia, 2,400; malaria, 2,3O0. The causes of the remainder of the deaths the health officer will not be able to report until additional vital statistics are received from the registrars throughout the state.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
Jefferson Constable Named.

Governor Brough appointed c. c. Brewster constable of Pine Bluff to succeed Clint C. Green, who was suspended following his indictment by a special Grand Jury on charge of selling liquor or charges of being connected with the sale of liquor MT. Brewster, former sheriff of Jefferson county.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
J. M. Smith Resiqns.

After 5 years in the service of Union county and the State of Ark ansas, J. Monroe Smith of Fl Dorado, former state senator, retired from of ficial life when his resignation as an oil and gas inspector was accepted by lieved because of poor health. He is 72 years old and a Confederate veter- an. John B. M,cDaniel of Arkadel- phia, brother of State Treasurer Rufus Mcdaniel, was appointed by Governor Brough to fill the vacancy.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11

State Superintendent J. L. Bond or Little Rock made public considerable interesting data concerning the schools of Arkansas. The school pop ulation is given at 658,750 and the number of pupils enolled in the schools 59,1S9. The number of pu- pills enrolled in private and denomina- tional schools is 5,244.
 MT. Bonds summary follows:
 Average daily attendance in public schools, 404, ,230. Number of visits made by school directors during the year, 20,744.
 Number of school buildings erected during the year 1S3. (Of these 3t were either brick, stone or concrete, while 155 were frame buildings).
 Cost of new buildings, $440,704.
 Number of school buildings in the state, 6,436.
 Number of teachers employed in public schools: White teachers, S. G64; negro teachers, 2,1O5; total, 1O,- 7G9
 Number teachers institutes held:
 White, 76; negro, 31; total, 107.
 Number schools taught (rooms):
 White, 1899; negroes, 1,7S0; total 9,679.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
His Plan Is a Failure.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-William Eas- ley, Osage county rancher, was held in $20,000 bond for the federal Grand Jury here after he testified he hired a stranger to plant 153 quarts of nitro glyeerin along a stretch of his land the Santa Fe wished to use to com plete line of new road, in hope the road would pay him $30,000 as dam ages
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
Rules On Draft.

Attorney General Arbuckle has handed down another opinion relative to draft exemptions. This time he holds that heads of departments in city, county and state governments, their deputies, heads of state charita- ble, penal and educational institutions and their assistants, as well as con- stables. justices of the peace, trustees of educational institutions, chief depu ey sheriffs, chief deputy prosecuting attorneys and numerous other county and state officials are exempt from military service.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
Major Dobyns On Duty.

Mai. A. Webster Dobyns, recently appointed assistant adjutant general, has entered upon his duties. lie has charge of the work of the organization of the Home Guards and the Fourth Regiment Major Fredeman, whom Major Dobyns succeeds, will have charge of the second selective draft and will act as chief disbursing off cer of the government.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
Restored To Citizenship.

Governor Brough issued proclama- ton restoring citizenship to Lon Straughter, convicted in January, 1917, in Nevada county of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. The defend ant has been under parole, the time for which has expired.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
Draft Law Upheld.

Kansas City-The right of the gov ernment to send drafted men for mili- tary service wherever needed was up- held in federal court in Kansas City, Kan, when Judge John c. Pollock de- nied the application for a writ Of habeas corpus releasing Robert Cox, q years old, of Richmond, Mo, from. the National Army Attorneys for Cox gave notice of an appeal and said they would carry the case to the Su- preme Court of the United States.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
To Defy u. S, Laws.

Milw&kee, Wis.-Mayor Daniel A. Hoan, Socialist, issued statement in which he declared he could not com ply with the St. Louis platform adopt ed by the Socialist party and obey the constitution and laws of the United States. He further states that the Milwaukee County Central Commit tee, the highest local Socialist govern ing body, held the same view
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
U. S. Officer Dismissed.

Washington - Second Lieutenant Charles W. Ferguson, Quartermaster Corps, National Army, attached to the sand Division at Camp Gordon, near Atlanta, has been dismissed om the service and sentenced to the Fort Leavenworth penitenUary for year for the theft of an overcoat from q fellow officer.