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The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
300 OFFICERS WILL
Be COMMISSIONED
ACCORDING TO ORDER RECEIVED
EVERY GRADUATE WILL BE
UNASSIGNED.
ONLY A FEW LEFT AT CAMP
Fifteen Thousand Selectmen Will Be-
gin Arriving at Camp Pike June
"a, According to Order Received
at Divisional Headquarters.

According to orders received at
Camp Pike, every graduate of the
third officers training camp will be
commissioned at once There are APP
proximately 500 men who will receive
their commissions
There are but few of these men left
at Camp Pike, practically all having
been sent to the artillery replacement
camp at Jackson Cantonment, Column
bia, S. c., and Camp Lee, Va.
According to a new military regula-
ton. no man when physically unfit fer
service will be kept in the army. lie
will be discharged and sent back 10
his local board for reclassification.
One dental and five medical reserve
corps officers have been assigned by
the War Department to report to
Camp Pike. The dental officers, MAJ.
Henry w. Rich, has been relieved
from duty at the medical officers
training school at Camp Greenleaf.
Medical officers have been relieved
from duty at Fort Riley and will COM
pose board at the base hospital al
the base hospital at Camp Pike FOR
examining the command for tubercu-
losis," according to a War Depart
ment order. These officers are as fol-
lows:
Capt Henry c. Caldwell, First
Lieuts. William o. Finney, Lewellyn
H. Ledbetter, Robert Sheetz and Nolie
Mumey.
Advices were received at divisional
headquarters Camp Pike that $4,000
selectmen will begin arriving at Camp
Pike June "a, and will be assigned 10
the replacement camp.
Camp Pike has been preparing for
the replacement camp for several
weeks, and already has received two
score officers. These men have been
assigned to the led depot brigade
With instructions to await the forma-
ton of the replacement camp.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
HUNS DRIVE WEDGE
INTO ALLIED LINES
"
GERMANS START MOVEMENT
WITH PARIS AS THEIR GOAL
ALLIES HOLD BRAVEEY.

New Yefk.-Plunging southwark,
with its momentum still unspent, The
German war machine has driven is
wedge into the allied lines along the
front until its apex has reached the
Marine river, south of -en-Tarde
nois. The desperate efforts of the
French and British TO stem the tide
against the invaders have served on
ly TO slow down the rate of speed; the
defenders of the heights north of the
Marine seem TO have been swept aside
in the rush toward the road TO Paris.
The occupation of Chateau Thierfy
marks the beginning of the expected
turning movement toward Pari
which the Germans were believed tc
have planned. If the entire town has
been taken in, the Germans may be
expected to move down the Marine. Be
fore they can go far in this direction,
however. il will be necessary for them
to break the French lines south of
scissors, for as long as the French
stand firm along the Soissons-Har
tennes road, the German advance is
in jeopardy. The Germans, however.
claim already to have crossed the line.
The attack along the Ailette may be
the beginning of movement that will
seek to prevent the French from max
ing heavy attack in the neighbor-
hood of scissors.
General Foch, commander in chief
of the allied forces, has not yet
brought his reserves into action all
reports from the field of battle tell OF
the allied forces being vastly outnum-
bered
The German official report says that
more than $4,000 prisoners and 400
guns have been taken by the Teutons
since the beginning of the battle, not
counting large numbers of machine
guns. This may be compared with
the German claims of more than go,
600 prisoners and 1900 guns captured
from March 81 to April in the Pr
cardy battle.
American soldiers are in action en-
the Picardy and Toul sectors. At Can
tigny they again have repulsed re-
peated German attacks to GUST them
from the positions which they captur-
ed early in the week. while in the
Toul sector they have attacked Ger
man positions, penetrated them TO
depth of almost half mile and de-
stroyed the German defenses.
German airmen have been adding to
the fighting horrors by their delibe-
rate attacks on hospitals back of the
allied lines. One large receiving sta
ton behind the American positions
in Picardy has been bombed. A Ca
partly burned by another German air
raiding party.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

Washington. - Germany at last has
brought her submarine warfare to the
shores of the United States, apparent
ly in a forlorn hope of striking telling
blows on this side of the Atlantic and
of dra wing home some of the Ameri-
can navel forces from the war zones,
where the U-boat menace is being
slowly but. surely strangled TO death
In the attacks upon coastwise yes
sells. almost in sight of the New Jer-
sey shore, reported, navy officials see
a frantic admission from Berlin that
the submarine has failed American
armed power is rolling overseas in
ever-increasing force despite the ut
must exertions of the undersea pi-
rates off the coasts of Europe.
Now the raiders have crossed the
seas and lurked for days near Ameri-
cas- greatest ports. Undoubtedly they
were sent to sink transports. but here
again they have failed. Blocked off
the troop ships by convoy craft, they
have turned in fury against defense
less coasters. Only ships that could
not hit back have been attacked The
only one of half score of vessels
probably sent to the bottom that had
any real military value in ship or
cargo was an oil tanker.
The destruction OF five sailing craft
and the tanker Herbert l.. Pratt was
the record of losses officially reported
to the Navy Department. The fate OF
the coastwfse liner Carolina, which
reported by wireless she was being
shelled, was still unknown. The crews
of some of the destroyed craft have
been brought back into port with a
story of IL days Imprisonment aboard
an enemy submarine.
During that period scores of troop
and supply ships have passed in and
out. The U-boat found no weak lux
in the chain of armed craft that guard
ed them.
Secretary Daniels went TO the cap.-
tol during the day TO tell members oe
the House Naval Committee that the
raid was designed to brighten the
American people into demanding the
return of war vessels from the other
side. He said that Congress need
have no apprehension as to protection
of the American coast, and that there
will be no recall of forces from the
war zone.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
FIND POTASH IN COLORAR0
Richest Vein Ever Discovered IN
United States Uncovered by
Trapper.

Longmont, Colo.-What biologists
say is the richest vein of potash ever
uncovered IN the United States has
Just been found in the foothills few
miles from this city. The strata was
discovered by trapper. II crops out
Of a rocky fault In the hills. is four
feet thick at the surface and can be
traced for almost half mile. The
depth of the vein has not ben deter>
mined. An assay shows the substance
to run 95-l0o of one per cent potash
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
PRESIDENT ASKS
PEOPLE TO SAVE
Requested TO Buy Only Things
Necessary TO Health
and Efficiency.
THRIFT PLEDGE ALSO ASKED
All Citizens Must Be Economically
Adjusted 20 War Conditions II
Nation Is to Play Its
Part In Conflict.

Washington, y. C.-Ta save mate
rails and labor for necessary war pur-
poses, President Wilson appealed TO
Americans TO buy only those things
which are essential 10 the individual
health and efficiency" and to volun-
teer on or before June 2S, National
Thrift day, to invest Systematically In
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, or
other government securities.
This war is one of nations-not of
armies" said the president, "and all
of our 100000.0o0 people must be
economically and industrially adjusted
to war conditions If this nation is to
play Its full part In the conflict.
Pledge Is Sought.
'"The problem before us is not pri-
marily financial problem. but rather
a problem of increased production Of
war essentials and the saving of the
materials and the labor necessary for
the support and equipment of our
army and navy. Thoughtless expendi-
ture of money for nonessentials uses
up the labor Ct men. the products Of
the farm, mines. and factories. and
overbardens transportation. all OF
which must be used to the utmost and
at their best for war purposes.
'The great results which we seek
can be obtained only by the partieipa-
ton of young and old in a national
thrift movement. | therefore urge
that our people everywhere pledge
themselves, as suggested by the secre-
tary of the treasury, to the practice Of
thrift; to serve the government TO
their utmost in increasing production
In all fields necessary To the winning
of the war; to conserve food and fuel
and useful materials of every kind; TO
devote their labor only to the most
necessary tasks. and to buy only those
things which nre essential to individ-
ual health and efficiency.
BUY More U. S. Securities"
1.-The securities issued by the treas
ury department are, so many of them.
within the reach of every one that the
door of opportunity In this matter is
wide open to all of us.
II appeal to all who now own either
Liberty bonds or War Savings stamps
to continue to practice economy and
thrift and to appeal TO all who do not
own government securities to do like
wise and purchase them to the extent
of their means. The man who buys
government securities transfers the
purchasing power of mis- money to the
United States government until after
this war, and to that same degree does
not buy In competition with the gov
eminent.
II earnestly appeal to every man,
woman and child to pledge themselves
on or before June rs to save constant
ly and to buy as regularly as possible
the securities of the government.
THE 2Sth OF June ends this special
period of enlistment in the great vol
unteer army of production and saving
here at home. May there be none I'M
enlisted On that day."
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Must Be Buried Abroad.

Washington.-Repr Moore
of Pennsylvania told the House that
conditions beyond the control of the
American military authorities made il
impracticable for the War Depart
ment to grant the request of relatives
of fallen American soldiers that the
bodies be returned to the Unitei
States for burial.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Army Health Good.

Washington. General health con-
ditions throughout home camps con-
tinue very good. the surgeon-general
OF the army stated IN his health re-
port for the week ending May "a
Pneumonia prevails extensively at
Camps Gordon, Ga. Travis, Texas.
and Dodge. Iowa. with measles gener-
ally prevalent at all environments.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Lusitania's Dead.

Queenstown. = Memorial Day was
observed here by decoration of the
graves of the victims of the Lusitania
buried in this vicinity A detach-
ment of American troops and mem
bers of the American consular staff
participated in the ceremony. The
detachment, numbering 100 men and
officers, marched to the Queenstown
cemetery, where the impressive ser
vices were held.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
IS LATEST FAD WITH GIRLS
Sweetheart Monument at Camp Dew
ems Is Rising by Leaps and
Bounds.

Camp Devens. Mass.-The sweet
heart monument" at this environment
is rising by leaps and bounds. Every
girl who has sweetheart among the
troops here Is supposed TO add Rock
of Love" to the monument. As the
girls pass the cantonment they select
a good-sized stone and carry Ii to the
monument site. where they heave it
onto the pile. 1t is expected that be-
fore the war ends tremendous monu-
ment of Love" will be raised here.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

The adjutant generals Office has
been gifted by the National Board
for the Promotion of Rifle Practice
that the secretary of war has approx
ed the renewal of the free issue If
the model 1898 U. S. rife (Krag) and
ammunition for the same in limited
quantities to rifle clubs. Under the
rules the issue of rifles and ammuni-
ton will only be made TO those rifle
clubs in good standing with the Ma
tional Rife Association of america.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

Pneumonia In Army.

Washington. - A board of medical
experts has been named by the War
Department to investigate the nature,
causes, prevention and treatment of
pneumonia and its complications in
the military camps in the United
States
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Ask For Information.

Geneva. The German Socialists
have given notice that they intend to
interpellate the Reichstag Naval Com
mittee why 100000 enemy troops EN-
barked for France without the slight
est apparent attention from subma-
rines, according to Munich dispatch.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
STATE HAPPENINGS.

Several days ago an airplane from
Fberts Field was forced to descend
for gasoline near Cabot. The pilot
had lost his way and young soldier,
who was visiting at home, volunteered
TO show the pilot the way back to
Eberts Field. After the machine arose
the engine went dead and the machine
fell in the Jacks bayou bottoms, seven
miles south Of Cabot. The plane was
only short distance above the tree
tops when the engine failed and the
timber broke the fall so that neither
of the occupants was badly hurt. The
plane was badly damaged
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Army Trucks Ordered.

Washington. Orders for 5000
three to five ton motor trucks have
been placed with Is automobile manu-
facturers, the War Department an
nounced Tnis Is in addition to TO-
600 similar trucks low being deliy-
cred.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

The adjutant generals department
received a telegram from the War De-
partment announcing that federal
recognition had been extended TO the
First Battalion, Arkansas Engineers.
to date from May Is. c. S. jackson
battalion.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Germans Withdraw,

With the American Army in France.
German troops which faced the
Americans along the Tuol sector for
several weeks have been withdrawn
and sent to the battle area of north
ern France. They have been replac-
ed by the Eighth Bavarian reserves.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

Veterinarians Aid.

London. = Skilled veterinary work
in the British army was responsible
last year for returning to the front
wounded and worn horses. valued at
over S125.000,000, according to an CT
fetal report submitted to the House
of Commons.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
u. s. Doctors CAPTURED.

Amsterdam. = A Wolff Bureau tele-
gram filed in Berlin, in giving an ae-
count of the fighting along the Che
min des Danes, briefly mentions that
among the prisoners taken from the
British we number of American
doctors.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

Italian Steamer Sunk.

New York Word was received
here that the Italian steamship We
roma, vessel OF S,261 tons gross reg
lister. had been sunk by German sub
marine.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Must Conserve Wheat.

Washington. The nation was
warned again by the Food Administra-
ton that there must be no relaxing III
necessary If shipments are to be made
to the American fighters overseas and
the allied people.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Prohibitjon Is Ratified.

Phoenix, Ariz. = The Lower House
OF the legislature passed the Joint re-
solution ratifying the prohibition
amendment to the federal constitution
by a vote of 80 to 8. The resolution
passed the Senate unanimously
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Protest Hospital Raids.

Geneva, Switzerland. The mem
bers of the international Red Cross
Committee are preparing a strong pro-
test against the bombing by German
airmen of hospitals behind the British
and American fronts.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Mus Eat Less Meat

New York. - Reduction of the CON
sumption of meats to two pounds IA
week for each person and economy in
the use of sugar and wheat were urg-
ed by Federal Food Administrator
Hoover, in an appeal issued through
the churches.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Draft Ohiectors Few.

Washington. Only 600 protested
conscientious DIRECTORS have been re-
ported among the 100000 men called
for military service under the draft,
Secretary Baker said.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

The Chicot County Spectator says
45 Germans who We're interned as
alien enemies have arrived at Sunny
side plantation and are now employed
there as farm laborers. The Germans
were not arrested, but went to the in
ternment camp voluntarily All of
them speak English and many Of thea
resided in this country before the out
break OF the war. One of them was
foreman of 25,000-acre plantation in
East Africa for several years.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

Seyenty-fve men from the neighbor-
hood of Flint Creek, 10 miles west Of
Sloan Springs joined with the com
mittee from the AID Club of that city
and in one day surveyed, cut the tim
Der and graded the road up this side
of Flint Greek to five per cent
grade.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Children Leave Paris

Paris. The removal OF children
from Paris was begun this morning,
when 1000 were placed on special
train, bound for vacation colony in
central France, to avoid the POSSIBLE
ity of harm from a long-range gun
shell
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
The Universal Excuse.

"How did you come TO put anything
so compromising as that down in black
and winter"
II didn't. My mother-in-law wrote
It in my letter when / wasn't look
Ing"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Prisoners in Germany.

Washington. - The War Depart
ment reported the following privates
as prisoners in Germany: Edward :.
Doherty, Newton Center, Mass; Carl
Holste, Boston. and James N Mu!-
doom, Brighton, Mass.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
His Habit.

"That barber is surly old fellow.
Often he won't speak TO me when l
meet him on the street"
That's only the force of habit.
He's so used to cutting old acquaint-
ances."
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
MANY BROWNING Guns.

Washington. = Enough Browning
machine guns to equip complete di-
vision have been manufactured, the
War Department announced.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
S,uer kraut Is Dutch.

Washington. - Sauer krau. may be
eaten without disloyalty. The Food
Administration said that the dish is
of Dutch rather than German origin
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

The NorthWang family of Faulkner
county is patriotic, having three sons
in the service. Fred is now boat
swain in the navy. his brother Carl
is a iacky aboard the cruiser Des
Moines aid his brother Dave is
soldier in the trenches in France.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Earnings Are Larger.

Washington. - Railroad earnings in
April improved considerably. amount
ing to about ss0.o00.0O0, Interstate
Commerce Commission reports indi-
Gated.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

German Soldiers Revolt.

Moscow Two divisions of Ger
man troops in the Dvinsk region re-
fused to obey orders to proceed 20
the French front.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Lieutenant Kiss Killed.

London. = Lieutenant Kiss, repute1
to be the leading Austrian aviator, has
been killed in an aerial battle, accord
ing to a dispatch from Berne.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Gift of So 600. 600.

New York. = A contribution of ST.
10000 to the Red Cross fund by the
Rockefeller Foundation was an
nounced.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

w. Edward Spencer of Monticello.
who for the past two years has been
attending the New Mexico Military
Institute, has written song which is
creating a stir in the West II is en-
titled. "a Military Sport" Words
and music are by young Spencer.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
To Head Off |. w. w.

Washington A naval patrol of
the Alaskan coast has been establish
ed 10 forestall agitation by leaders OF
the Industrial Workers of the World.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

At a sale held by the Murfreesboro
Red Cross Chapter, s205 was realized
from the sale of articles donated. One
ear of corn brought $3.50 and a pint
jar of jelly brought $3.50.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

During the heavy rains of last week
Payton Creek, in Searcy county, went
on rampage and reached a stage
higher than ever before reached in the
memory of the oldest inhabitants
Manv farms We're totally ruined by
the high water it is said.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

THONGS Mckee. who recently re-
turned from France, is visiting his
mother, Mrs Wisdom. at Mulberry
He served four vears in the navy
and recentlv re-eplisted but was per-
mitted a furlough to allow him to
visit his mother.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

Whitaker & Co. of Chicago were
the successful bidders on $4,000 Of
siy per cent bonds issued for the pur-
pose of building 14.5 miles of highway
from the Fort Smith district limits to
the Greenwood city limits.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

Mrs II. C. Collins of Mineral
Springs has Just received comml-
nication from her mother stating that
her brother, Earl Long. was on the
Inflated steamer Cyelops. which has
been missing since March 10 AMI
which is believed to have been lost
with all hands.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

All records for high priced straw
berries were broken at Decatur recent
", when four cars were sold through
the Ozark Fruit Growers Association
for S. crate on track, bringing thu
growers $2,240 per car.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

When something went wrong with
the steering gear of an automobile
which was being driven along a street
IN Dardanelle. the car dashed upon
the sidewalk and pushed Will Linzey
of Russellville against the big plate
glass of show window The glass
was broken and Mr.. Linzey sustained
a number of cuts and bruised ankle.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

The Greenwood Coal Company has
commenced work on levec prepare
tory to pumping out its No. l and No
mines. which were badly flooded by
an overflow from Vache Grasse two
weeks ago.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

Work has been abandoned on the
test oil well near Nashville and the
casing has been pulled. It requires
four months to sink the we'll 1t Is
said another we'll will be sunk near
Nashville
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07
Hun SUBMARINES
OFF i. s. COAST
GERMANY HAS BROUGHT HER u
BOAT WARFARE TO SHORES
OF UNITED STATES.
FIVE U-B0ATS OPERATING
Secretary Daniels Tells House Naval
Committee Raid Was Designed To
Brighten Americans Into Demand
ing Return of War Ships.

FIVE U=BoATs OPERATING. !.
Norfolk, Va Naval officers =
here said their reports indicated
five German submarines had been
operating along the Atlantic coast
and that two had been sighted off
the Virginia Capes
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-07

The district meeting Of the Epwor.h
League and Sunday school of the Ark
adelphia district of the Methodist
church. which was to have been held
at Malvern the first week in June, has
been postponed until June IA.