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The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
2,34O,OOO GERMANS
 ON WESTERN FRONT
ALLIES WILL MEET TEUToNS WITH MOST STUBBORN
 RESISTANCE.

New York.-Although under the good weather the ground in France and Belgium is fast drying out and the Teutonic allies are continuing to pour thousands of troops to positions behind the battle line, there still has been no indication that the enemy is ready to begin his much advertised attack. Bombardments and patrol CT counters along the entire front are still taking place, as for many days past, but the roar of the guns no- where has reached u t volume of drumtire which in the past always has heralded great infantry attacks.
 While the German endorsements have been coming up the entente com manders everywhere have strengthen ed their positions and optimism is ex- pressed both from British and French that should the Germans strike-no matter how early-they will meet with most stubborn resistance.
 The Associated Press correspond ent, with the French headquarters, says the French authorities consider that the total number of the enemy now facing the French, British. American and Belgian troops or held in reserve aggregates 2,340,000 men. Military authorities in Great Britain have said recently that preponder- ance of weight in both man and gun power still is with the entente armies
 Several additional successful raids by the British, in which German off, cers and men were captured and oth- CTS killed, and heavy artillery fight ing between the French and the Ger mans on various sectors sums up the activities on the western front
 The American sharpshooters and artillerymen are keeping up their good work against the Germans, hay ing with their shrapnel fire compeIl- ed the enemy to almost abandon first line trenches and with their sharp shooters and rapid-fre guns forced snipers to quit their posts and seek safety. German airships are still fly ing over the American positions, seeking information as to the num- Der of men there.
 While the Austrians still are try ing out the Italian line on the Sette Communi and at other points ant meeting with bloody defeat, behint the fighting line they and the Gel mans are playing the role of vandals
 using violence against the native.
 sending back to their own countrie
 foodstuffs and other spells. Wome and children are being brutally treat ed by the troops.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
CRIMINAL.

Two criminals, Ammunition" Wheed and Harry Lindrum, were hanged from the same gallows in Chi cago last Friday.
 Senator La Toilette has sued the Madison (Wis.) Democrat for S1O0,0 900 for criminal libel. The case comes up Feb. 20.
 Twenty-eight persons were arrested when the Clan-Na-Gael headquarters were raided at Dublin.
 The South Side bank of Kansas City was robbed of $3,000 by a lone bandit who locked the employees in and fled.
 Herbert Hicks is held at Henderson, Ky, charged with the murder of a young widow who he said was wreck ing his mothers life.
 Tamen Levy, 21, former cashier of bank at Valle- Park, Mo, is under arrest charged with grand larceny.
 Certain St. Louis politicians, street inspectors and the like, are in trouble over detected pay roll padding for la borers.
 Grady Parrish. 23, telegraph op- orator at Birmingham, Ala, went sud denly insane and killed two friends.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
POLES ON STRIKE;
 GERMANY ALONE
GERMANY INVOLVED IN A MAZE OF DIFFICULTIES ON THE
 EASTERN FRONT.
GERMANS AIDING UKRAINE
Austria-Hungary Involved Because of Leading Part Which 1t Was Expect ed She Would Play in Future Gov
 ernment Of Poland.

New York.-German has suddenly found herself involved in a maze of difficulties on the Eastern front and in danger of losing all the large bene- fits she was calmly preparing to real ize from her peace with the Ukraine and the Bolshevik withdrawal of Rus sia from the war.
 Poland, that land which so fre- | quently in the course of history has | proved a thorn in the side of military | conquerors, is threatening to consti- ute herself the rock on which the German hope of peace and gainful ex- pansion in the East may be shattered. Embittered by the tearing off of a strip of their territory to be given the Ukraine for breaking away from the Bolsheviki and signing a peace with the Central powers, the Poles are in what appears to be practically a state of revolt.
 Even the very weapon which Ger many and Austria were at such pains to forge in the hope of deriving mili tary beneft-the Polish army-bids fair to be turned against them. Re- ports in the German newspapers which express dismay and alarm over the Polish situation, indicate that the Polish legions, now an effective mili- tary force, are on the side of the prev alent Polish sentiment of bitterness against the imperial powers. The sit uation has grown so serious that the military are patrolling the streets in Warsaw.
 Austria-Hungary is particularly in volved because of the leading part which it was expected she would play in the future government of Poland. The Polish elements and those sym pathizing with them in Austria-Hun- gary are up in ar1as9 ay CT the situation and further internal troubles are threatened.
 It already has been reported that Germany purposes resuming military operations against Northern Russia and this report gains color by the announcement that the commission representing the Central powers at Petrograd has left the Russian capital and passed within the German mili- tary lines. The probable German pur- pose to attack the Bolsheviki is also indicated in a Vienna dispatch declar- ing that if Germany decides to re- sume military operations against Rus sia "the attitude of Austria would not be influenced thereby. This would seem to mean that Austria intends to leave Germany to fight the battle alone in North Russia. Whether she hopes to keep up connections with the PetrCgrad government meanwhile is not clear, but Sofia dispatch de- clares that Bulgaria is doing that very thing, having resumed diplomatic re- lations with Russia" However, all the Central powers are in agreement over the situation, it is declared.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
RUSSIA HAS QUIT
 DECLARES TROTZKY
5OLSHEVIk GOVERNMENTS WITH DRAWAL FROM WAR HAS
 BEEN REPEATED.

New York.-Although reports of the conference at the imperial Ger man headquarters between Emperor William and the military and political leaders have indicated the probability of further fighting between the Teu- tonic allies and the Russians, the Bol- shevik governments withdrawal from the war has been repeated by Leon Trotzky, the BolsheVik foreign minis ter. A wireless communication from Petrograd says Trotzky informed the All-Russian Workmen's and Soldiers Councils that Russia's withdrawal was real one, and that all agreements with her former allies had been vit- lated. The councils approved Trotz- ky's policy.
 However, dispatch from Amster- dam said: That Germany and Aus tria were still at war with Russia was the belief expressed by Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann, the German. foreign secretary, at the concluding session of the recent peace conference at Brest- Litovsk after Leon TrotZky, the Bol- shevik foreign minister, had made his final statement that Russia was out of the war and her armies would be de- mobilized, but that she would desisU from signing a formal peace treaty.
 By virtue of the treaty with the Ukraine by which the status quo ante of the frontiers between AustriaHun- gary and Russia were established, Austro- Hungarian troops entered Brody and took peaceful possession of the town, says a dispatch from Vien- na. Thus the last big town in East Galicia was returned to Austria Hun gary.
 Late German newspapers say that there are indications that peace ne gotiations between the Central pow CTS and Rumania are in prospect. It is assumed by some of these newspa- pers that Rumanian delegates have reached a point where they will dis cuss with representatives of the Gen. tral powers details for the confer ence.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
DOMESTIC

President Wilson has approved the war price of F cents per pound placed on zinc by the war board.
 A federal decree forbids the export or import of any article of merchan- disc except under special permit of the government.
 Secretary Baker has urged Texas to enact laws which will prevent soldiers at camps from securing whisky.
 The time for filing tax returns on the income law has been extended to April l.
 Maryland legislature ratified the dry amendment This is the sixth state.
 Two New England aviators were given prizes of $100 each for bringing down three German planes.
 President Wilson has ordered an in- Quiry into operations at Hog Island as the contractors are mak- ing too much money.
 Electric lights were used for the first time in Illuminating the Sistine chapel at the Vatican, in celebration or the anniversary of the pope's coro- nation.
 Railroad Controller McAdoo has au- thorized rate of 1 cent per mile for old soldiers to their annual reunions.
 Chicago clergymen are to take les sons in bed-making as part of the campaign.
 Vlce-President Marshall insists that no elections should be held during. the continuation of the war.
 D. A. Reed, member of the United | States food commission, reports that the work of the commission is being hampered by agents of the kaiser in 1
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
NEWS OF WEEK Told Herewith in Tabloid
 Form Condensed Items of Interest for Every Member of
 the Household
MISCELLANEOUS.

Bolo Pasha, charged with high trea- son, was found guilty by Paris court martial and sentenced to death.
 Canada has decided not to draft men from civil life to work on farms, but Is taking an inventory of the man. power of the dominion.
 The Turkish parliament has ap- proved a bill for bridging the Bos- phorus and has let the contract to a Budapest firm.
 In order to carry out the idea of ef- dciency, dead German soldiers are buried in paper clothing to save the uniforms.
 The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers has been asked to furnish 5 men to run tanks on the westerl front
 Waco, Tex, is planning to erect monument in memory of the soldier. and sailors who died when the Tus aicn was torpedoed.
 All public works in Kansas are to be held in abeyance until after the war, as the men are needed on the farms.
 Dr. Anna Howard Shaw has received a letter bidding good luck to the wom- ans cause in America from Queen Elena of Italy
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
FOREIGN.

Marshal Joffre of France has been l elected member of the French aead-
 emy, the highest civil honor France
 can bestow.
 Germany announces that peace par
 Ieys with Roumania are to be held in
 tue Immediate future, the place of
 meeting having been agreed upon. German submarine landed at m. or the Canaries and held the mayor as a hostage for two alleged interned Germans.
 The cabinet of Rumania has n. signed, being unable to comply with Germany's demand for an immediate peace.
 German paper warns the govern. ment 1t is deceiving itself concernins the inability of Americans to land and fight in France.
 London dispatches announce thai peace with Austria is much nearer than is anticipated.
 Russian demobiIization will have no effect on the west front, accordIns to experts, as most of the German troops were transferred several months ago
 Canada has abolished her food con, trollef and substituted war board which will have charge of practically everything.
 Switzerland is in mortal terror tha, the Germans are so anxious to get into France they may invade the mountain republic in spite of treaties and promises.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
RIVER BAR TITLE
 FIGHT |S DECIDED
BOARD HELD TO BE VALID BY JUDGE TRlEBER.
INVOLVES 5000 ACRES LAND
Land in Controversy Is On What Is Known as Musgrave Bar, Near lytheviIle-Nunber of Cases
 Pending in Same Court.
Little Rock

L1ttle ROcK.-
 The case of J. H. Brigance against L. D. Overhardt and others, involving 5000 acres of land in Mississippi coun- ty, on trial in federal court at Little Rock was decided in favor of the plaintiff, by Judge Trieber. A num- Der of similar cases are pending in the same court The land in contro- versy is on what is known as Mus grave Bar, near Blytheville. Accord ing to Brigance's contentious, Mus grave Bar was formed as an island in the bed of the Mississippi River near the west bank of Arkansas when it was admitted into the Union in 1886, and that it belongs to this state. La ter the bar was enlarged by secretion and finally united itself to the main land prior to 1893, when the St. Fran cis Levee District was formed, and the state conveyed all it's land with in the district to the levee board of the St. Francis Levee District. The plaintiff claimed title through pur- chase from the levee board.
 Later the defendants, 19 in number, settled on the land and applied to the government for patent under the homestead laws. It was said that the government refused to survey the land on the ground that it belonged to the state and was not open to settle ment under the homestead laws. The settlers then appropriated the land, claiming that it was made" land, be- longing neither to the government nor the state, and claimed by possession.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
GENERAL

The business of Schulte &s Koertirg. at Philadelphia, large makers of auto- matic valves, has been taken over by the alien property custodian.
 A U-boat destroyer has been launched at the Mare Island navy yard just four months after the keel was laid.
 An American steamer arriving at an Atlantic port reports that she sank a German submarine in Che Mediter- ranean on Jan. IS.
 W. F. Coan, cashier of the Clinton (la) National bank, shot and killed himself in fit of despondency over ill health.
 Survivors of the torpedoed liner An dania say that the ship was struck while the passengers were preparing for religious service.
 Wool authorities claim that there is only enough wool produced in the United States to give every man a suit once in four years.
 James McIlherroA, negro, was t1e CA4C oGdhC dl GSlllI SDIllSS, Tenn, for the alleged murder of two white men,
 The food administration has closed the business places of three New York egg dealers for alleged profiteering.
 George Lewis, a former banker of Coweta, Ok, committed suicide in Jail, after his arrest on a charge of mlsappropriating funds of the bank.
 New Workers are expecting a beer famine in the near future as supplies are running short. i
 It has been decided by the army board that miners should not bs placed in the deferred classification list.
 Safe and sane Fourth is promised this year, as fireworks manufacturers Will not be permitted to make and sell their product.
 Capt. Edgar Bulls of the medical reserve, is in jail at Augusta, Ga. charged with accepting a bribe to se- cure private's release from the army.
 Mrs. Jeannette Wall, 25, shot and killed her husband in Chicago when De cursed for demonstrating with him for his prolonged absence.
 Rev J. F. Seibert, at meeting of the national Lutheran commission to plan a $2,5o0,000 war and church drive, said that the Lutherans of thu United States had 1so,000 men in the l fighting ranks.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
WAR BREVlTIE9

The prospective German offensive Is to be intensified with new poison gas, said to have been manufactured to surprise Americans.
 The latest estimate of United States troops lost on the Tuscania is ITO, though the list of rescued has not been completed
 Premier Orlando of Italy is out in warning that the long line of Italian coast may be attacked by Austrian Uboats
 In the first artillery duel on the American sector the Tanks forced the Germans to back up a mile or so.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
BRIEF NEWS AND NOTES.

In a can of tomatoes, purchased at a store in McGehee particles of a substance resembling ground glass were found. After the discovery was were selected at random from the stock in the store and opened. No one of them contained the foreign matter However, to be on the safe side, the grocer withdrew the whole shipment from sale.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
Should Gall On Japan.

New York.-Japan should be called upon by the entente allies to help the Russian people in their present dis tracted state, in the opinion of Oscar s. Straus, former ambassador to Fur key, who spoke on America and Ja- pan-Their Past and Future Relation ship" at a meeting of the Civic Forum.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
May Enter West Point.

Washington. = General Pershing informed the War Department that 90 enlisted men of the American ex- peditionary forces are candidates for entrance to the West Point Military Academy. The president has author ity lay law to appoint and keep filled a roster of 1S0 enlisted men at the academy.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
10 increase French Taxes-

Paris.-Faced with a probable def. cit of 239,0OO,0O0 francs for the frs three months of 1913, including inter- est on the public debt, Finance Minis fer KIotz has addressed proposal to the budget commission urging the tax increase. on incomes, marriage con tracts, wines. sugar and vinegar.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

The Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany of Batesville has placed an or der for number of pigs to be sold to the boys of the county who arc members of pig clubs. More orders will be placed soon.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Red Cross officials won a lawsuit when lodge subscribed $400 to the cause and then refused to pay. The courts forced payment.
 Paul Chapman, 16, a choirboy of New York, was sentenced to death for murder and robbery by the supreme court.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
Hioh Prices For Wheat.

Washington - A bul to fix the price of wheat for the 1918 crop at not less than s275 a bushel instead of $2, as now provided, was introduced by Senator McCumber, Republican, of North Dakota and referred to the Az riculture Committee.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
PERSONAL.

Asperslons cast on the loyalty oe Rev. Il. E. Canister of Waukegan, H., have resulted in challenge to the world London prize ring rules-to his vil- lifiers
 Francis J. Heney, who has charge of the federal prosecution Of the meat packing industries. announces that he IS candidate for the California gu- | bernatorial nomination.
 Bud" Fisher, the cartoonist, has resigned as second lieutenant in the army. Too much personality"
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
Emneror Mill Move.

London. = Emperor Williams per sonal headquarters are to be trans ferred to Spa, the Belgian watering place, near the Prussian frontier, says the Exchange Telegraph core spondent at Amsterdam. He expects to take the cure there for a short time.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
Food License Refused

Washington. = The Food Admins tration has refused to grant a license to J. l.. Gengler of San Antonio, Tex, who recently ordered two carloads of potatoes and when the market dropped refused the consignment, al lowing the potatoes to rot
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

It was reported short time ago that there were 100 cases of smallpox at Guion. The statement was greatly exaggerated, as IF was the largest number. At present there is not case in town.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
New Provost Assistant.

Aver, Mass. -, The appointment by General Pershing of Mai. Rhinelander Waldo, former police commissioner of New York, as assistant provost mar shal general in France, was an nounced.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
No New River Proieets-

Washington. - The House rivers and harbors committee decided not to include in the appropriation bill any new projects except those for prosecution of the war tary Baker.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
France Will Supply Fruit.

Paris.-An agreement has been concluded between the French and American governments by which the canned fruit and vegetables required by the American expeditionary forces will be supplied by France.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
Marshal Joffrc Honored.

Paris. = Marshal Joffre, former commander in chief of the French army, was elected member of the French Academy by P votes out of a possible 29. Six persons were ab sent and one vote east was a blank.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

w. G. Sprague of the State Labor Bureau, as chairman of the Public Re serve for Arkansas, has enrolled about 200 men skilled in the work of ship building and competent to engage in other work in the preparation of ma terials for the construction of ships. There are 80 callings in which train ed men are needed
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
Bread Prices Raised.

Chicago.-Because wheat flour sub stitutes are as costly and hard to se- cure as wheat flour, Chicago's bakers have again raised the price of bread. nine cent loaves advancing to 10 cents, and 13-cent loaves to 15 cents.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
PSYCHOLOGICAL

Daniel Holman, 68, chiefest of all the loan sharks in the United States, Is dead at his home in New York
 Mrs. Chrissie stallard, aged 1O9, is dead near Hilliard, Ky.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
Abandon Camp Greene.

Washington. = Camp Greene, Char lotte, N. C., now occupied by regular army troops, is to be abandoned as a permanent training center because of unsuitability of the ground
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
To Transport Workers.

Washington. - Transportation Of workers enrolling for industrial war service will be provided in q revolving fund of S500,O0O, which the Depart. ment of Labor has asked of Congress.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

"Hooverizing" on pork has made i, fine for hogs but mighty hard on rab- bits during the snowy weather. Sev- eral hundred have taken the place of hog meat on the tables in Waldron homes.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
sa5s. .ooo. 900 To Roads

Washington. - Railroads in 1917 earned about $95S. OOO,OO0, which ap- proXimates the amount the govern ment will have 10 pay the roads this year under national operation.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

The population of the Arkansas pen itentiary on February lacked only six of being 1000. The 994 convicts are classified as follows: White males, 336; black males, 637; black females, 20 white females, l. The number re- leased during January was S5 and the number received was 2S.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
Would Abandon Gas.

Berne, SwitZerland.-Th Interna. tional Committee of the Red Cross has issued an appeal to all belliger- ent armies to abandon the use of as- phyXiating gas.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

J. Rich, secretary of the Independ- ence County Farm Loan Association, reports that Malcolm Moore of Moor field was the first man in the county to receive papers for loan.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
ACCIDENTS.

Vernon Castle, noted dancer and re- gently with the royal flying escadrille, was killed in an accident at Fort Worth.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
LABOR,

Ship builders at Staten Island are on strike, demanding the same pay and working conditions prevailing on the Pacific Coast.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
New Aviation Camn-

Long Beach, N. Y.-One of the larg. est aviation instruction camps in America will be established here.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

James H. Rice received a recruit vice in the battalion of engineers and reports that he knows of about 30 men anxious to enlist.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

The Senate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has voted to grant his degree to any student in the university who is drafted into the army and who has fully completed three and a half years of work.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
FIRES.

A sailors boarding house in New York was destroyed by fire and five people suffered death.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22

Dewitt chapter Red Cross has made it's fourth shipment to St. Louis headquarters. The garments were made by the local chapter, assisted by the St. Charles auxiliary.
The Green Forest tribune., 1918-02-22
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Miss Virginia c. Gildersleeve dean of Barnard college, who on the after noon of Washington's birthday will ad- dress the congress of national service which will be held in Chicago Febru- ary 21, % and 23 Many other promi- greSS