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The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
GERMANS CHECKED
NORTH OF SONME
GERMANS HAVE ALSO LAUNCH
ED NEW ATTACKS AROUND
CHAULNES.
AMERICANS ENTER BATTLE
Movement of Hostile Troops ana
Transports Has Been Observed in
Battle Area and These Have Beer
Engaged BY Artillery.

London. = The battle continues on
the whole front south of the Somme
river, Field Marshal Haig reports
from the war zone in France. The
Germans have also launched new at
tacks around Chaulnes.
North of the Somme, local fighting
has taken place at different points.
Much movement of hostile troops
and transports has been observed il
the battle area and these have been
engaged by our artillery and air
planes.
South of the Somme the hostile
attacks reported have been pressed
vigorously with fresh German divi-
sions against Noyan and Roye.
New hostile attacks commenced IN
the neighborhood of Chaulnes and be
tween Cleanliness and the Somme, 10
the north of it. The battle is con-
tinuing on the whole front south of
the Somme.
''In the last six days of constant
lighting, our troops on all parts of the
battle front have shown the utmost
courage. In addition to those British
divisions which have already been
mentioned, exceptional gallantry was
shown by the following: Eighth,
Eighteenth, Thirty-irst, Forty-frst,
Sixty-frst, Sixty third and Sixty
Sixty-first, Sixty-third and Sixty.
The War Office said the Germans
took Roye.
The enemy has been checked west
of Roye and Noyon, the announce
ment adds. Z
In the Roye area, British. French
and American troops are fighting
shoulder to shoulder, the official an
nouncement states. French reinforce
ments are rapidly coming up.
The enemy made no further attacks
during the night of March 1926 on
our front north of the Somme, the
announcement says.
During the afternoon there was
local engagements on this part of tbs
battle front in which the enemy has
been repulsed, but he has attempted
no serious attacks"
The line north of the Somme now
runs:
Bray, Albert, Beaumont, Hamel
Puissieux, Ayett, Boiry. Henin. Wan
court, just west of Monchy to tht
Scarpe and thence along the origina
front.
THE Germans have been attacking
| hoo vilV roufb cF tho coporoa and tooh
| Roye
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
PLAN RED CROSS DRIVE.

More than ESQ delegates from all
over Arkansas arrived to attend the
state conference of Red Cross work
ers at the Hotel Marion. Plans for
the cc-sng Red Cross drive was made
at the ret days meeting which clos
ed WITH u mass meeting at the Hotel
ers at the Hotel Marion. Plans for
Marion at Little Rock.
The session was occupied with reg
istering the delegates. Mayor Taylor
welcomed the delegates. Horace M.
Swope. acting manager of the South
western division; Louis LaBeaume,
director of publicity, and Mrs. E. R.
Kroeger, director of the Junior Red
Cross membership campaign, made
addresses.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
UNITED PRESS SAYS 1T WA,
MERELY AIR COMMANDMENT
SHELLS FALL REGULARLY
10 KILLED AND is HURT
Pieces of Shells on Examination We.
Found to Bear Rifle Marks, Which
Proved They Had Been Fired
From Gun, Not Dropped.

Paris.--Germans have been firm,
on Paris with long range guns.
Since o'clock shells of 240 milf
meters have been reaching the can
ital and suburbs at intervals Of :,
quarter of an hour, killing about ID
persons and wounding about fifteen
The shortest distance from Paris IN
the front is 100 kilometers (62 milesl
The announcement that Paris was
being bombarded was made Officially
Saturday afternoon.
Measures for counter attacking tha
enemy's cannon are under execution.
The first daylight air raid on Paris
came today, which was one of perfect
sunshine. The people of Paris refused
to immune themselves in cellars and
other subterranean shelters, and, al.
though the subway stations were
crowded, the streets always had
great number of people in them,
watching for an aerial battle or some
other stirring incident.
SA0 b4C 0cy PtooC0 dlQ lllC OH ElHAI
signal was given, the feeling grew
that something new in the way of
raid was expected, and this was not
explained until an official statement
was issued, saying that the delay was
due to the bombardment by long dis
lance cannon.
The ''all clear" was then sounded
and the normal life was resumed
The cable office reopened to take up
accumulated piles of dispatches
Pieces of the shells, on examination
were found to bear rifle marks, which
proved they had not been dropped
but had been fired from gun. This
apparently left greatest mystery than
ever as to where the gun in question
was located. the nature of 1t and by
what method it was being operated.
Another thing which turned the
thought of the officials at the munc
ipal laboratory to the possibility that
cannon was being used was the reg.
ularity with which the bombs fell, one
every 20 minutes.
The caliber of the shells reaching
Paris, 240 millimeters, is equivalent
to about nine and one-half inches.
The heavy German siege pieces fire
17-incb shells.
The United Press carries a story
discrediting the report that Paris has
been bombarded by long range gun
It's cable related that the city merely
was subjected to raid by German
airplanes.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
HUNS SAY BRITISH
RETIRING on SONME
DECLARES STUBBORN RESIST.
ANcE OF REAR GUARD OVER
cOME-cLAlM LINES BROKEN.
FIGHTING is MOST BITTER
Berlin says South Of somme Germans
Advanced BY Way of chaulnes and
Lihons-Noyan Cleared After
Bloody Fighting.

Berlin. = The British began to re-
treat on a wide front on both sides of
the Somme. army headquarters an
nouneed. The stubborn resistance of
the hostile rear guard was overcome
in the sharp pursuit
British and French divisions which
were defeated on March 25 endeav-
ored again in the painless crater
fields of the Somme battle, the an
nouneement adds, to arrest the Ger
man advance.
The German attack, it is declared
broke through the enemy's lines.
To the north and south of Albert
the Germans won crossings of the An
ere. Albert was captured.
To the south of the Somme after
violent fighting, German forces drove
the enemy back by way of Chaulnes
and Lihons.
Roye was taken by storm and Noy-
an was cleared of hostile forces after
bloody street fighting, the report
states.
The text of the communication fol-
lows:
THE British began retreat on a
wide front on both sides of the
somme. The stubborn resistance or
the hostile rear guard was overcome
i'll the sharp pursuit.
British and French divisions
which were defeated on March 25
tried again in the painless crater
fields of the Somme battle area to ar
rest our advances. Our attacks broke
through the enemy's lines.
ITO the north and south of Albert
we wen a passage across the Ancre.
Albert fell in the evening.
ITO the south of the Somme after
violent fighting we drove back the
enemy by way of Chaulnes and Lii
hons Roye was taken by storm and
Noyon was cleared of the enemy af.
ter bloody street fighting
AT many poins we have crossed
our old position, held before the
Somme battle of 1916 toward the
west The number of prisoners grows
and the booty increases.
There were artillery battles in
Flanders, before Verdun and in Lor.
raine.
capt. Baron Won Richthofen has
achieved his sixty-ninth and seven.
tieth aerial victories.
In the other theaters there is moth
ing new"
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
NAV Lake Decorations.

Washington. - Upon recommends
ton of the War Department Senator
Chamberlain of the Senate Military
Committee introduced a resolution to-
permit American artillery and naval
forces to accept decorations from al
lied governments. The recommends
ton, made at the request of General
Pershing, suggested that the United
States might bestow honors on Brit
ish and French soldiers.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
DECLARES LEVEE BOARDS HAVE
POWER TO ASSESS BENEFITS
IN LEVEE DISTRICTS.
DECISION SUPREME COURT
Opinion said the Court Would Not
Review Cases Because of Mistakes
of Judgment On the PART of
the Levee Boards.
Little Rock

1llliS NUN.
The Supreme Court denied a re-
hearing in the case of R. E. Allen,
collector of Chicot County, VS.. the
Bliss Cook Oak Company, holding
that levee boards had the power to
assess benefits in levee districts and
also constructed taxes without spe-
cial notice to the land owners. and
lands are liable for full penalty.
In appealing the case the Bliss
Cook Oak Company contended that
the act empowering boards did not
give the land owners their day in
court. The court ruled, however, that
the statute could not be declared in
valid because of assessments made
on land owners, as notice was given
of the regular meetings of the boards.
The opinoin said that the court would
not review cases because of mistakes
of judgment on the part of the levee
boards.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
KAISER SEEKS LlMELIGHT


London.-Today's German Official
announcement received here states
that Emperor William is in command
on the western front.
This announcement is regarded al
further evidence that the emperor mas
staked all on an offensive, hoping 70
win and go down in history as tnS
victor in this great and decisive
world conflict.
Dispatches from Amsterdam picture
the emperor at Spa, Belgium, WHICH
is being kept isolated for radius o.
is kilometers. The German crown
prince, Field Marshal Won Hinder
burg, Gen. Won Ludendorff and otne,
prominent Germans also are repor'e0
there with him.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Are Hostile To U. S.

Buenos Aires.-The German news
papers, German citizens and such
German officials as are left here are
protesting vigorously to the Argen-
tine government against permitting
an American supply ship to remain
here or load meats for tie American
fleet. President Irigoyen, however,
has informed Ambassador Stimson
that the vessel may remain in port
as long as necessary
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Sheriff Roy Golden OF Clark county
publishes notice in the Arkadelphla
papers that he has been instructed to
cooperate with the United States
marshals in the enforcement of the
federal law against bringing liquor IN
to this state. He publishes the no.
tice so that those who think they
have this privilege because of the re
cent decision of the Supreme Court of
Arkansas in the bone dry case may
be warned.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
prisonera For Americans.

With the American Army in France.
"A patrol of four Americans crawleG
nearly a mile, approached a German
listening post from the rear and
jumped on the German, throttling
him before he had chance to make
an cutlery. They returned to their
line as quietly as they went, bringing
their prisoner with them He was
put through an examination by the in
telligence officers.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Steel Prices To Stand.

Washin gton.-Prices on ore, coke
and steel and steel products recon-
mended previously by the 'price-fxing
committee of the War Industries
Board, subject to revision on April l,
were ordered by President Wilson to
be continued in effect until July /.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Ratification Fails

Albany, N. Y-Defeat of the ratif-
cation by the New York legislature of
the prohibitory amendment to the fed
eral constitution was practically ac-
complished when the dry forces in the
Senate, on a test vote in which all
their power was displayed, lacked a
majority. The vote was "a for ratifi,
cation and Is opposed
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The hearing for the purpose of
creating Improvement District No. IN
Washington county has been set for
April at Fayetteville. Thirty miles
of macadam road will be built at an
estimated cost of $15O,OOO. The road
will be link in the Fort Smith-Eu-
reka Springs highway.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

James Hewitt of Sloan Springs
was killed near Gravette last week
when his horse ran away and threw
him from his wagon. He was found
with a deep wound in his head and
died a few minutes after he was
found.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Headlines Aronses Ire.

Minot N. D.-Because they were
dissatisfied with the headlines OF the
Minot Daily News, denying that the
British were holding the Germans, a
large crowd Of persons, painted the
News office in yellow paint, with the
words Kaiser" and Stacker writ.
ten on the doors and windows.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Ask censor,s Reasons.

Washington.-A resolution intro
duced by Senator New of Indian, ask
ing the War Department to advise the
Senate as to its reasons for not max.
ing public the addresses of American
soldiers killed and wounded abroad
was adopted by the Senate without a
record vote.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
HaInoland Is Attacked

London-Ostend was bombarded
by British monitors and Helgoland
was attacked by seaplanes, according
to the official announcements.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Fund Is oversubseribed.

New York.-The Knights of Column
bus obtained sS,12S.5S9 at the close of
their campaign to raise S2,50O,OOO in
the archdiocese of New York to sup
port the welfare work among Ameri-
can troops.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
NILSSON Commentaries.

Washington.- President Wilson ca
b1ed Field Marshal Haig, congratulate
ing him on the British stand against
the German offensive and predicting
a final allied victory.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Montgomery, Ala. = All records
since Civil war times were broken
here when 80 cents per pound was
paid for round lot of 700 bales of
cotton.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

A silk service nag of % stars has
been unfurled with appropriate eere-
money at the M. E. Church, South, at
Piggott in honor of men who have
gone from that church into the mill
tary service of the United States
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Sha Nav Net.

A woman whose hands are occuplss.
IN homework becomes such an auer,
in holding things in her mouth IL y ..
wonder she never tried to hoio '.
baby that way.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

It Is queer they allow an expression
like 1.-THE four corners Of the earth" to
survive after all the pains our "Jog-
gerry" teachers take to make US think
the earth Is round.-Exchange.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Yellow.

The United States produces one.fifth
Of the worlds gold. Excepting the
Transvaal, this country far outranks
all other countries in turning out the
yellow metal.-New York Telegram.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Americans Fly Fast.

Rome. Two American aviators
accomplished fast flight from Fog
gia. to this city, flying the ZIP miles
| in 158 minutes.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Can Send Mo Presents.

Washington. Shipment of any ar
ticles to troops in France, unless they
have been requested by the soldier,
was forbidden by Maj. General March.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Jassy, Rumania.-The newspapers
announce that the Rumanian Parlia-
ment is to be dissolved, and that new
elections have been ordered.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
To Abolish cabarets.

Chieago.-All cabarets in Chicago
will be abolished after May 1 under
the terms of an ordinance passed by
the City Council.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Prohibition Is Ratified.

Boston.-The House ratified the
prohibition amendment to the federal
constitution, by vote of 145 to 81.
The resolution now goes to the Sem
ate.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Haia,s Morning Report.

London.-Powerful enemy attacks.
delivered with great weight of infan-
try and artillery, have broken through
the British defensive system west OF
ST. Quentin, the war office announces.
The British troops on the northern
portion of the battle field are hold
ing their positions.
The British west of st. Quentin are
falling back in good order to positions
farther west. Very heavy fighting
with fresh enemy forces is in prog
ress.
The war office states that there
are prepared positions behind the
British, to which they are falling
back
The statement follows:
Heavy fighting continued until
late hours last night on the whole
battle front. During the afternoon
powerful hostile attacks delivered
with great weight of infantry and
artillery, broke through our defensive
system west of st. Quentin. Our
troops on this part of the battle front
the devastated area to prepared posi-
tions farther west.
"Our troops on the northern por.
ton of the battle front are holding
their positions.
Every heavy fighting with fresh
hostile forces is in progress"
With the British Armies in the
Field-Fighting is steadily growing
in intensity as the worlds greatest
battle developed.
The regions Of Nurlu, Morg, Merca~
tel, Melville and vitasse have been
the scenes of colossal struggles, Brit
ish rear guards performing miracles
in the face of far superior numbers.
It was reported this morning that
enemy infantry had pushed down
across the Canal de la Somme and
had driven forward against the POSI-
lions to which the British had re-
tired. German cavalry was seen adj
vancing behind the infantry.
There was small doubt but that the
attacking forces intended to make
supreme effort to rupture the British
line in this sector.
The Germans this afternoon were
pressing the attack hard on the Brit
fish right flank near Ham, while on
the northern end of the battlefield
there has been desperate fighting
since yesterday about Mory, which
changed hands several times.
All night, under the stars and a
sprinkling sun-Hindenburg' 1egions
hurled themselves against the valiant
British, whose withdrawal continues
/ in perfect order, despite the most
frenzied eoffrts to break their line.
German and Bavarian stormtruppen
(storm troops), sandwiched between
divisions of Prussian Guard and
grenadiers, were flung with Hohen-
zollern fury along roads and across
open, sunlit fields, regardless of
losses.
The slopes of the hills from Arras
to Lafere are groy with dead.
Call after call was sent to the Brit
ish artillery to train all guns on the
German masses moving over the open
country.
Airplanes, Swimming low, machine
gunned huge marching bodies of men,
| loo big to miss.
The hardest fighting continues
agains the British right, though the
battle rattles ceaselessly throughout
59-mile line
Huge Austrian high velocity guns
are constantly attempting a harrass-
ing fire, far behind the lines.
/
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

optimIsm That Fades. -
It is easy to be an optimist W.
everything is lovely and no ciouos
In your sky-but that kind OF opp
becomes bnghted when the nrss :
comes.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

4. B. Wise of Flippin, who recently
organized a company to drill for gas,
oil and minerals in this section, and
who has leases on more than 5000
acres, arrived a few days ago to make
preparations to start work.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Otis Wood was fatally hurt near
Blevins when wire, which had been
passed across a load of barrels on a
wagon, gave way while Wood was on
top of the load. He was thrown to
the ground and in falling became en-
tangled in the wire The team ran
away and he was caught between d
wheel of the wagon and a tree. He
was taken to Prescott, where he died
Commissioners for Road District
No 1 at Clarksville sold to Edgar
Hahn of Little Rock $3.50, 900 in bonds
at 95 cents. The plan is to build an
asphalt road east and west across
johnson county, 35 miles in length.
This is to be link in the proposed
highway from Little Rock to Fort
Smith.
The Supreme Coart at last will be
given the opportunity to pass upon
the validity of the order of the State
Board of Health requiring school chill
sdren to be vaccinated which order
has been contested in several coun-
ties.
The Piggott Civic Club in an effort
to make the city more healthful has
issued statement to school children
stating that during the next few
weeks 10 cents per 100 will be paid
for all house flies killed and delivered
to the committee,
Ernest Adams, nephew Of J. @. Adj
ans, cashier of the Bank of Dalark,
has been twice decorated for bravery
by the French government. Adams,
who is about % years of. age, had
difficulty in getting into the army.
S. e. Hollabaugh of the Hollabaugn
department store at Marshall recent.
Iy sold S21 bales of cotton which
brought approximately $4,000.
O. E. Piety. manager for the Boil
finger Oil Company of Terre Haute,
Ind, has resumed drilling in the well
brought in last year on the Denton
farm, IL miles west of Waldron
The Executive Committee of the
Farmers Union of Arkansas selected
Little Rock for the next annual meet
ing of the union, August 90,
The Merkle-Hines Machinery Com
pany of Kansas City, Mo-, filed Ger.
tificate announcing that it had ceased
to do business in Arkansas.
Seventy five negro convicts arrived
recently from Little Rock and were
put to work on the Eureka Springs
and Salesman highway.
The high school debates between
Rogers, Fayetteville and Bentonvills
have been postponed because of small
pox at Fayetteville.
The Swastina Club of McCrory gave
a box supper recently which nettet
$50. The proceeds will go to suppor
q French orphan.
The Warren High School building
burned with loss estimated at $500,
600 The property was. insured fo
$4,000.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The State Highway Commission
and the Penitentiary Commission
reached an agreement by which 70
conviets from the state farm at Cum
minis will be sent to Carroll county to
be employed on road work.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The Supreme Coart at last will be
given the opportunity to pass upon
the validity of the order of the State
Board of Health requiring school chill
dren to be yaccinated which order
has been contested in several coun-
ties.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The Liberty Lead and Zinc Com
pany, operating the Willett mine on
Hall mountain, six miles west of Cot
ter, put a 150-ton concentrating plant
into operation last week. The frs
run was a success.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Governor Brough appointed John H.
Whorton of Ell Doado as lieutenant
colonel of the Fourth Regiment. Lieu
tenant Colonel Whorton was about 60
days ago commissioned as major in
the new regiment.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The Junior Red Cross of the Searcy
High School made its first shipment
to division headquarters Last week.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The Red Cross benefit at Pea Ridge
netted over SAL.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
the. president, viii sing at the Army
Y. M. c. A. auditorium at Camp Pike
Monday, April s, it was announced.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The Piggott Civic Club in an effort
to make the city more healthful has
issued a statement to school children
stating that during the next few
weeks 10 cents per 100 will be paid
for all house flies killed and delivered
to the committee.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The Clear Creek Gas and Oil Co1n-
pany of Fort Smith brought in s.
100000 gasser on the KILLER farm, a
quarter of a mile north of KILLER.
This is the company's sixteenth well.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Mariana and Lee county will be
unpopular places for loafers and other
undesirables if the notice served on
them in a circular issued by Sheriff
Arthur Cotter, a copy of which was
received at the governors office, is
carried into effect.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Ernest Adams, nephew of J. @. Adj
ans, cashier of the Bank of Dalark,
has been twice decorated for bravery
by the French government. Adams,
who is about % years of age, had
difficulty in getting into the army.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

A franchise for an electric light
plant at Delight has been granted to
B. f. Ryon of Texarkana, who will
begin the erection of the plant with
in a few Gays.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

More than $4,000 was recommend
ed by the State Advisory Board and
approved by the State Highway De-
partment for state aid to Arkansas
highways.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

DIR. c. w. Garrison, state health Of
ficer, announced on his return from
Bigelow, that a campaign for control
of malaria will be conducted in that
vicinity this summer
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Two cars of eggs are shipped out
+ of Searcy every week by Goodwin &
Jean, and the supply for local use is
quite sufficient and the price down to
25 cents.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The Liberty Loan organization in
south Franklin county is being COM
pleted. County Chairman J. S. Smith
has made all of his appointments and
his helpers are organizing the county.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

H. IS. Lyle of Subiaco has forward
ed to the Red Cross chapter at Fort
Smith an ear of white corn that has
II red grains formed in a perfect
cross.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

Engineers of the State Highway De
partment began survey across Mul-
berry township in Crawford county
for the proposed Bankhead Highway
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

S. e. Hollabaugh of the Hollabaugn
department store at Marshall recent
ly sold 921 bales of cotton which
brought approximately $4,000.