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THEIR CELEBRATION ARKANSAS WEATHER FORECAST Friday probably fair; Saturday partly cloudy. GRANTS WOMAN ALL MAN'S PRIVILEGES WHEN THE YANKEES "HOLD THAT LINE" North Little Rock Boy Who Gave His Life Fighting With Marines FOURTH OF JULY IS OBSERVED BY SfJASIIIIIG HUNS Australians, Americans, French, Italians Take Part in Celebration. FOSITIOfiS IMPROVED British Colonials and Americans Take Important Ground Along the Somme. GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY (AnocUUd Fraa Summary.) JTt "urpriie attack on the Girasn Hum, ptanntJ ai a eelebrxtion of Ameriean Indepeadenoe Day, Australian troop kave wrestM from the Oefmani tha villige of Hamel, vast A Mtensr- occupied Valre and Hatuel woods, aouth of the village, and raptured more than 1,500 pnaonera The ikuitraliana advanced under raver of 0 WILL FIGHT TILLAUTOCW; ISOVEllTlifc) President Agdnxt by ra MARES AIMS CLE.G Must Destroy Every Arbitrary Power That Can Disturb Peace of World. DEMOCRACY MUST? REIGN Washington, July 4-Trotn iho shadow of WsjhingtoVa tombj PmJ-.

deat today offered America declaration -of independence to the -people of tho world, witi pledj that tho Uuited Btate and its allies will not sheath the sword In tho war against tho central powers until there is settled, "ones lor all," for the world what was settled for America, in 1771 Foreign-born citizens of tho United 8tatt, nationalities, who had placed wreaths of palms oa tho tomb in token of fealty to the principle laid down by tho Father of Hi Country, cried their approval of his words in many languages and then stood with reverently bared heads while the voice of John MeCormaik soared over tho hallowed grounds in tho notes of tho "8ta Spangled Banner." "Washington and, hi tho barons ot Bunnymede, spoke and acted, not for class, but tor a people," tho president said. "It has boon left for ns to seo to it that it shall bo understood that they spoke and anted, not tot single people only, bat fotaH mankind. We, hero in America, believe bur participation ia this ptessnt war to. bo only iho fre'r VjfO of what the)- planted. "Thero tan be But ot 1 settlement must bo- final.

There i bo no compromise. -way xnarvut it a p' i atnoke barrage and were 1A1 by COBPOBAL HABBT T. LTON, HAS A KICK TO IT Australians Take Wallop at Huns by Way of Observing the" Fourth. MAKE SURPRISE ATTACK Hit Enemy Line Like a Kansas TornadoDrive Far In and Capture 1,503 Men. AMERICANS IN IT.

London, Julv 4. Detachments of American infantry assmted the Australians in capturing Hamel. This announcement was made officially tonight. By the Associated Press. With the Hritmh Army 111 France, July 4.1 -Complete succors crowned the splendid surprise attack made by the Australians at dawn today agaluat the Germans between Villera-Mretonneui and the Somme an attack which had been specially set to coincide with Independence Day.

The enemy was taken entirely ma-wares and the fighters from Australia stormed their wsv through the bewildered graycoats with little opposition a veritable human tornado which left a wake of dead behind it, Hamel village was rushed and tak en in abort order. Vaire and Hamel woods, with their nests of crackling machine guns, were passed through as if the Australians were doing a practice charge for their commander, and a line of enemy trenches east of these strongholds was cleaned out and annexed. Capture 1,500 Prisoners. About 1,500 prisoners were in the British cages this afternoon, while out on the battlefield greet numbers of Hermans lay silent under the brilliant sunshine. The Australians went over the top in the- earlv morning behind a fleet of tanks which led the way into the hostile territorv The Germans were holding the village of Hamel and Valre and Hamel woods with strong forces.

The hamlet and the little forests, all of which lie on comparatively high ground, were choked with machine guiM. while 7ree toneon-tTetio PU tfeiael along The Isiwultinif forces In their tack against the German positions slong the four-mile front between VilleraBrfilonncux ami the Somme appear to have stormed their wav through approximately one mile and half into enemy territory. Upon the Belgian front a celebration of a more qulst kind was being conducted this morning, the Belgians having; arranged a Special ceremony of tribute to the star and stripes. At another plac In th British area American engineers, who have done grill Mi work for inlay months for the British, were receiving decorations for valor. Wast No Time.

It took the assaulting forces ebofit as hour and a half to complete their work and at the end of that time thov'had, with exceedingly light cae-ualtTee, wrested from the enemy a strip of territory four miles wide and nveraging a mile and a half deep, ellninating a salient in the British line and gaining valuable high ground. The- Australian -went over the top behind a large number of tanks, which wre to pilot the way. Two minute before; that hour the British artillery all alnflg the sector dropped a tremendous barrage, on the Oerman defenses from guns of all calibers. Not a' word concerning the attack had reached" the enemy. Even the great nnennth tanks had been (rotten Into position without hi being aware of toeir presence.

Advance Under Smoke Cloud. beginning to light the rolling valley of the Homme as tne aaventnroos Australians went forward to lay the corner stone for this Fourth of July memorial, A dense mnfce barrage was sent (wishing jut toward the Oerman line and through this concealing shroud the tank bcgn to crawl Into these great engln d(w and even riding on top of them were the irrepressible Australians, grinning their delight at the prospect of another good fight. There w.a flurry of rifle fire from the startled enemy and hostile machine gun began to ehatter viciously as they poured their stream of bullets out aero th dimly lighted No Man' Land towarj the oncoming bank of smoke, which5 eoi-eraled. they knew not "what. Tanks Play Big Part.

The Oerman artillery began to reply to th British gunner in an at tempt to tera th attack, tint were without effects The gun of the tank began to hurl explodva lata the enemy -def ense. The Aotrilan eharged on with their iron friends, 'and a they went they found the going easier. The enemy infantry declined to face these invulnerable fort and the khaki-clad men from the fat land who fought like demon and staked their Hve a they would a slx-penct on the green eloth. All .1... fin AnnHftnt llMSD their freniiod calling of Kamerad, kamerad, mercy!" tnerr-tnew Unfortunate comrades wore falling la great number before the fire of the tank and the play the AtttralU rifle and bayonet.

1 Tace Three Division, 'i One Oerman battalion oomtnander and tioarly all- hi battalion. were rounded up and nl oa holr way to the rear. Three German division were opposite the Australians the ISth. trhich been bronght to LOCAL RECORD VESTKRIIAY. Hirom.

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SO 17 71 70 Clear i I p. 10 ID 91 E-t C'ler 11) HlfhtM tcmpTturt. tO; lowol. BOMBARD HUNS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY Americans Turn Loose Heavy Fire to Tell Fritz It Is the Fourth. (By "The AnocUKd Preia.) With the American Forces in France, July 4.

French villages where there are Americans presented a truly American appearance today, French soldiers and civilians joining the Americans in celebrating the Fourth. Civil and military buildings and business places and "private resi donees were oecorated with American and French flags and the colors of the other allies. Children in tke streets waved small flags in honor of the Americans and threw flower at American automobiles and motor trucks. Hundreds of French automobiles at the front were adorned with American and French flags. Many villages were enlivened by athletic games, participated in by American soldiers, while impressive ceremonies were held at some of the army 'posts.

Old women and children living in the vicinity of American cemeterios fairly smothered the graves of America's heroic, dead with fresh flowers. Children paraded, hurrahing with American, French, British and Italian flags. French and American hospitals were decorated and occasional ambulances bearing a few wounded were cheered along "the roadways, girls throwing kisses and flowers. The 'Germans also knew it was America's great day from the artillery, machine gun and rifle firing which wa increased on the American fronts. It gave the enemv something vo think about and made him keep ci head down in the trenches and the dugouts.

APPEALS TO WOMEN Mr. Wilson Telia of Part They Hav In War. WwMmrton, July 4. This Independence Day message -waa (riven out Mrs. Wife of the presidents "The greeting which am glad to tend to the women of our beloved ountry w8 TSr playtngio Targeand noble a part ir thia day of our supreme test can have but a single thought for it themethe thought that is in all our hearts.

"That thought ia that we are sustaining, not a government, but the very principle of our nation 'a life. The morale of the war is in the thoughts and aspirations and hopes of the women aa well as those of the men. They stand at the very center of every Issue involved, as the men do, and in that sense the war is theirs. It is a war for what is humane and right. They can put that is best of them into the struggle.

And they are doing so. "I deeply admire them, and am proud to stand with them. A new fflory attaches to tho Fourth of Jury because we are striving to make the world free." U-BOAT SINKS STEAMER Vessel It Sunk While Proceeding Under Convoy. An Atlantlo Port July 4. In an attack by a German lubmarine on a convoy of merchant ships bound for America a vessel named tho Orissa was torpedoed and eunk off the Spanish coast several days.

ago. The attack waa reported on the arrival today of one of the members of the convoy, a big British passenger liner. Another torpedo narrowly missed hitting the passenger vessel. Destroyers accompanying the fleet closed In and discharged depth bombs, passengers on the steamship said. They did not learn whether the U-boat waa destroyed nor did they know, anything regarding the fate of those on board the Orissa.

KAISER ASKS FOR FUNDS Reichstag It Asked to Vote Mark to War. Amsterdam, July 4. A telegram from Berlin says that a bill for a fresh war eredlt of 15,000,000,000 marks, to be eovered by loans, was introduced today in the Kelchstag. NAVAL BARRACKS BURN Fir Starts During Parade of Men- Lou 1500,000. Oape May, N.

July 4. Fire of unknown origin which started while th enlisted men were on parade to day, destrpyed the. Naval Barracks at Sewell'a Point, near here. The loss ia estimated at more than (500,000. OPPOSED TO ZIONISM Ckmferenca of Babbit' Against Na tionalism Palestine.

Chimcm Jnlv Central Con fer'enee of America, Rabbi adopted a resolution today opposing effort to reassert Jewish nationalism In Pal estine. tJtartr BmiAi. "11. attains dock 1Ml ta. miMSUMH TTUM BiSf.

Convention Adopts Section Completing Emancipation of Fair Sex. ONE LONE RECALCITRANT Watson of Benton I in Minority of 1 to 66 on Final Test of Equal Suffrage. The Constitutional Convention cele-bruted the nation's natal day by declaring for the complete emancipation, of women, and clearing the deck for the declaration of the principle of quadrennial election for all state, district and county officers. Anti-suffrage is no longer a popular political shibboleth, aa it was in the legislatures not many years ago, and when it came to the final issue, there was only one vote against the principle. It was cast by Delegate K.

P. Watson of Benton county. Equal suffrage was granted women, far as lies in the power of the conven tion, to the extent of permitting them to vote, hold office, and even act a jurors. i The only change that was made the draft of the article oa suffrage, as proposed by the committee, waa by Delegate Webber of Miller, who secured the adoption of an amend ment providing that "no woman snail be compelled to serve on any Jury." This followed the defeat of an amendment proposed by Delegate Lamb of Craighead that women shall not serve as jurors. Mr.

Lamb declared that he offered the amendment as a friend of suffrage, believing that Jury service is unsought, unsavory and unpleasant for women. Women May Hold Ofloo. Judge Evans replied that Jury rv- ice ia not a constitutional question, but a statutory regulation, and that the legislature and tho courts might be depended upon to protect women from' undesirable jury lervie. In many casts, he said, women art batter qualified a juror than men. Delegate King, declaring himself a friend of suffrage, add saying that believed be was voicing the aaatl meat of the leaders among tho worn' en, proposed to strike from the He' said tho women, primarily, ask only the right to vote, and wished to insure the ratification of thattitrht.

whlth might be jeopardised by adding too much. v- 7 Auurouge enarsciec toed taa amendment at Vfooirsh." said that women should be placed on an -equality with men in au partlen-laray and that -the-Totere alone-have the right to determine tho fitness of a candidate to hold office. He argued that no restriction should be placed upon the inalienable right of all cltl tens, and that women are filling many positions of responsibility entitling tnem to full consideration, Complete Emancipation. Judge Evans said it would be a serious mistake to limit tho right of qualified electors to hold office, and that women, as a class, are just as competent to hold office as the men. "It i a happy coincidence," (aid he, "that we meet here today to complete the emancipation of one-half of oar citizenship." Delegate Williamson of Drew said that if women are to be accorded the right te vote she should have the full right to hold On roll call, only tnree delegates disagreed with him.

Messrs. Andrews, King and Watson, tne vote (tanaing 03 to 3 tgainst the amendment. The final test eame upon aa amendment offered by Delegate E. P. Watson of Benton, to strike from the grant of euffrtg rights tho phrase, "on account of sex." The author demanded a roll call, and he was tho only one voting in the affirmative for Its adoption, th vote standing 68 noes to 1 aye, Th Suffrage Section.

As adopted the suffrage article reads: "Section 1. The rights ef eitlten of this state to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged on ac count of sex. Both male and female cltlsens of this state shall enjoy equally all civil, political and religious rights and privileges provided that no woman shall be compelled to serve on anv jury. Every citizen of the United States of the age of 21 years, who has resided In the state 13 months, In the county six months, and in the voting precinct or ward one month next preceding the election at which he or she may propose to vote, and who has paid a poll tax for the tax year next preceding such election, andrfurnishes satisfactory evidence thereof, shall be qualified as aa elector et such election. And any citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 1 years sine the time of asssssing tnxes next preceding any election and who possesses the other necessary qtumneauons or an elector; eneu be allowed to vote et such election without having paid poll tax, at provided for herein.

"But no pei son who has been convicted of a common law or statutory felony in the courts of this or' any other state, or of the United States, or of any foreign country, shall be a qualified elector in thi state nor tr allowed to vote at any election in this state unless such person shall have been duly pardoned of tueh conviction and rights of citixenship restored. "the judget; of any election may require any person proposing to vote at such election to exhibit a poll tax receipt or to furnish other satisfactory evidence of the qualification of tuck person at an Quadrennial Elections; The nest providing for qnadrennial elections' for state, district and county office, drew a splr. Continued on page 11, Kh solum) Three Enemy Attempts to Break Through on Vosges Sector Defeated. ARTILLERY DUEL WAGES General Pershing Olves Interesting Details of Recent righting by Americans. Washington, July 4.

Repulse of three enemy raiding parties which at tempted to reach the American lines in tlio Vosges was reported today In in General Pershing's communique for yesterday. Intense artillery activity on both sides northwest of Chateau Thierry was noted, Further description of the fighting along tho American lines near Chateau Thierry, on the Marne and in Picardy, given in the seeond sectlou of the communique. The dispatch follows: "Section A Northwest of Chateau Thierry there has been intense artil lery activity on both sides. In the Vosges three raiding parties which at tempted to reach our lines were re pulsed and suffered severely from our are. Artillery Prepares the Way.

"Section Northwest of Chateau Thierry the day of Jbiie 30 to July 1 was occupied by our troops mainly in preparation for the attack made during the evening or July 1 on Vaux. The preparation consisted in Continuous aud heavy harassing tire from our batteries, commencing at 5 O'clock in the morning. The uerman artillery on the other hand waa some what less active than on the preced ing day. Its operations took the form of harassing and registration lire, which fell mainly on the Marette wood, Le Thiolet, La Croisette, Bour-belin, the Paris road, Triangle farm, Le Cense farm, the Belleau wood, Bouresches and La Voie du Chatel. "Shortley after 5 o'clock in the afternoon the enemy' Irs on Mon-neaux, Hill 204, our lines of Belleau wood and our position in the vicinity of Bouresches became heavy.

The German infantry increased it machine gun, rifle and grenade fire, especially from the region of Hill 204 and Vaux. Otherwise, there wa no unusual ac tivity until after the commencement of our attack, when the circulation of troops and vehicjes.in the German rear area greatiy. tnereay Prisoner TaWBua Plana. in and around VanxVuly July one, gave 'specially interesting in formation retarding the Oerman ooua- ter-attack, Themaja pointiJila story rouow: "At 4 o'clock on the afternoon of July 1 his battalion, while drilling- in a rear area, suddonly received the order to fall in with marching equipment. At 7 o'clock they left camp and proceeded by the Chateau Thierry.

Pari road and other minor roads through Vineelles to a point about 700 yard from Vaux. There thev lav In readiness for the eounter-attack which wa scheduled to take place at 3:15 'clock. So heavy waa the artillery fire on both sides, however, mar was impossible for them to advance until 3:45 o'clock, Refused to Face Yankees. "The counter-attack wai performed by groups of eight men deployed in skirmish line and immediately followed by other group of which each earried two light machine gun. After several attempts to go forward they were stopped by our machine s-un fire.

Their platoon leader asked for reinforcements before attempting to go iorwara Dut reinforcements were refused and a continuation of the attack ordored. no next sent word that his platoon was receiving flanking re irom iwo machine guns and could make no progress. Once again he waa ordered to attack under all circumstances but his. men now refused to obey. Another platoon eame up, deploying on the left of th first, but this, too, was decimated by our fire.

Finally the men received orders to save themselves as best they eould. They then took refuge in a cellar where 60 or 60 of them surrendered shortly before 6 o'elock. "On the day of June 8 to 30, the German artillery along the Marne did not maintain the activity shown on the day previous. The fire, which war mainly from guns of small caliber, wa distributed almost impartially along the sector. A few gu hell were noted, thl being the first occasion that gas ha appeared in this sector for some time, German airplane again showed -moderate activity.

Behind the German lines isolated and Individual group were teen here and there, a' few. of the men riding bicycles. During the night there was plentiful display of red and white rocket of from one to four tar each, In connection with the usual hanging ropee, Oarmaa Plant Downed. "In Picar4y between noon Jqne 9th and noon of the JOth, there werf no notable eeeurenee, exeept the activity of the enemy airplane. His combat plane were more aggressive than usual and several fights ensued, In course of which one German plane wa brought down, A fW "bomb were dropped by Oerman machines during the night, falllna on thl occasion on our front line.

The total numb of German planer waa, however, distinctly below he average The hostile artillery fjr wa llghveonsi ting ef (light harassing fire la odx rear area with short eoasentratloa kj Grlvesmea, th VU-lert, wood. MMtht, points, Very little 'gat waa i 'lathe Genu rear area nothing hI particular not waa observed exeept that a party- of 40 te 60 Germans tame under our rlfl fire while moving the vislnity ef Fontaine weed. Continued ea page olnn. 1 it bee. January 8.

1893, wa a mem ber of the Fortv-nlnth Company, Fifth Regiment, United States Marines. When the United States declared war on Uermany his company wa assign ed to the battleship Wyoming. It was on the first American transport tnat left the United States bearing Ueneral Pershing' original expeditionary force. The company ha been on the firing line practically ever since. Corporal Lyon is survived by hi father and mother, three brothers and one sister.

His parents returned to North Little Rock after hi enlistment and are living on th Ayer-Lord SOLDIERDROMS IN THE ARKANSAS Ed Phiilpott of Morton, Uses Life While Swimming Body Not Found. Ed Phiilpott, aged about 25, a sol dicr attached to the 162d Depot Brigade at Camt Pike, was drowned yesterday afternoon While in swimming with two other soldiers is the Arkansas river, near the Fort Boots rifle range, a few hundred yards above Fort Roots. Phiilpott' home was at Morton, Tenn. His body had not been recovered last night, many hour after be was drowned, and a search by soldiers from Fort was still being conducted. The names of the two soldiers with Phiilpott could not be learned last night.

According to soldiers who talked with them, however, the three came from Camp Pike shortly after noon to go swimming, having been allowed passes because the day wa a national holiday. Phiilpott, it is said, could' swim a little, but when he suddenly stepped Into a deep hole, where the' current was swift, apparently lost his head snd quickly aaak, His companion made futile effort to rescue him, but neither waa an expert swimmer, it Is said, and the current proved more than they could master. Phiilpott' relative were notified by Camp Pike division headquarters last night. SCANDAL JN AUSTRIA Rumor Concerning Emperor and Empress Are Denied. Amsterdam, July 4.

A group of Austrian deputies vlai ted Dr. von Seydler, the premier, thi week, according to dispatches from Vienna, and called attention to current rumors affootlng the emperor and empress "in wey deeply hurtful to the feeling if the patriotic population." They asked the premier what the -government had done to deal with "those disgusting machinations." The report received here do not give the nature, of tr'umorar Premier von fieydler told the deputies he wa well aware of "these base and absolutely senseless tales," which he attributed to th snemle Austria, He wa eoavineed that no sensible person would eredlt these horrible which he peraonally guaranteed did not contain a abadow of truth, He promised that anybody taught spreading the rumor would pupbhed verelyr UoyDRGE PLEASED Ooagratolatet Wilson rrftgnja va nograa, 7 Lomjan.f tfnly Pramlaa Llnvd Geerga sent th following menage today te President Wilson 1 l'l have just heard that 100 ship hav been launched tha Ualted States. Heartfelt congratulations on thia msffnlfieent sy II "What wo seek 1 tha reign of la based upon th consent of the governed and sustained by th4 organised -opinion nf mankind. The pre i-dent's crisp words, as ho emphasized tho least America will eeoaider at a basis for twaee, were interrupted by a tumult of applause and words of p- proval in many languages. Tho demonstration swept beyond the wall of khaki-clad marinea to tho thousand of Americans scattered over tha hillside through tho woods surrounding Washington's home.

1 Elaborating tho purposes for which th associated peoples of tho world are fighting, tho president repeated his declaration that peace can bo made only when tho eentral powers agree to tho destruction of militarism, the content of the governed for all readjustments, tb aaerednee of tree-- -tie and tho organisation of a league of peace. He forestalled any offer of peace by compromise the central powers may make by announcing the purpose for, which tha Unit- -ed States is sendint? millions of its" men to tho trenches may not to ful- filled around a council table, Tight for Justice, freedom- "These great ends cannot be tana in fcrcakiag the encniT'j line over fropt ofpiore than four miles. The attack penetrated a mile and a kali into the Herman poeitione. Tha British War Office has an-' itouncod that Aweriean troops participated In the attack. This la the first time tkJ have appeared in this part of battle area, fnmch Alio Celebrata.

Tke French also havd struck savagely against tha German lines, cutting through tha enemy ranks near the town of Autrenehes, sooth of Moulia-totli-Totttrent, whero TiusJav night they won a local soccesi and captured orisoners. Hera tha Oeroians lust Hi prisoners. la both operations the allies have improved their positions by jismiog rathe.1 High, (round which tan ai-' 1lv-doffndf If GermnMjvtnA tir xpWd dKeJisivt. Italians Oontlnu to JUranci. At the aame timo that the yritisli, branch and.

Amerkan were attack-inf tha enemy, the Italians eontlnacJ afffaffcSTnile ir near the mouth of the Piave. Scattered machine g-un emplacements have been cleaned out, while light Vats from the ltaliau aary nave entwed the lagoons on the left flank of the Anstriau armies and have) giea valuable assistance to the land foreea. Tha Italians also have won ground in th Ban Lorenzo valley, east of the Brent river. righting in fcutsiA. JHgbting between the Oerman Soviet forces and the peasantry la re-parted from Yekaterinburg, the city la eastern Bussia, where the main line of tha Trans-Siberiaa railroad is join ed by tha branches Of the road run niag to north and south Husniii.

It was reported reeently that the Czechoslovak troops were in control at Yekaterinburg and it said that an army of 800,000 peasants, well armed, hS been formed there. L- German attempts to drive American ioroea from their positions at Vau, west of Chateau Thierry, seem to have failed. Then have been no further reporti of desperate Herman etforts to, regain the lis from which they i were ousted by the Americans Tuesday niprht. Say Otherwise Observed. In all the allied countries and their eolonle the American Independence Day wae observed in an unprecedeat-, 4 manner.

In London and the large A titios of there were special Even the small towns join-: in honoring the Uuited states. In Ti an.ci the people of rri and great many other cities entered into the ob- lervtBte of the day olth their (ptover (Oontinned on Page 6th Column.) jj a "ff'w "a hh'b fl'tniTy Pests of the Household a la your house wide open "to wuu vuugs, moinif at anta. mosquitoes and all their 3 tnbf -Z "Aside from your own personal comfort, yonr health demand, that guard your home aguasx -iaee xarneri vr eon! a- 3 gion. -2 r- Every householder know the vigilance to remain free from pest invasion and will welcome the Vermin. Book- lets that show how to treat un- wholesoma guests, Th TTbUmI 'AtatM Dfinart- 3 ment of Agriculture has eom 5 filed thee Bend fore.

two-cent stamp for return pott- 3 age, ta be sure to write your 3 roct your letter to 3 Th Arkansw Gaett ta formation Bureau, rrodenc J. Easklrt, Director, 3 1 V-jsttrgton, D. O. 3 On the casualty list published July 3 the name of Corporal Harry T. Lyon appears among those kftlca in action in France.

Although Corporal Lyon lived at North Little Kock for four or five years before he enlisted, his family "had moved to a rice farm at HattievillOj and he enlisted from there. He was employed at the Ayef-Iord tie plant at North Little Kock before leaving for Hattieville, and as soon as the call to arms came he enlisted at Hattieville and left Little Rock for Norfolk, two yars LITTLE GIRL BURNED, PROBABLY Dress of Patrolman's Daughter Ignites as She Is Lighting Roman Candle. Mattie May Browning, aged six, daughter of Patrolman and Mrst Thomas Browning, 1623 Denison street, was burned, probably fatally, early last night when her dress caught fire from a Roman candle which she held. The accident happened in front of the home of Mrs. T.

A. Dillaha, 1507 Park avenue, where a crowd of children gathered to celebrate the Fourth. Mrs. i)illaa said the little girl lighted a Roman candle and her dress be-m icmited. Mrs.

Dillaha atetnpt- ed to smother the flames with her bare hands and suffered sever burns on her left hand, requiring medieal attention. The girl received burns on her left side, her left arm and the back. 8he was not expected to live through the night, bh was taken to het horn. OBSERVE PERSHING DAY Laclede, Pay Tribute to It Most Distinguished Son. LaOleds, July 4.With thousands of persons crowding the streets, LaClede today combined th celebration of America' Declaration of In-pendente with a day of tribute to OenJ John J.

Pershing, who wat born here September 18, I860. Bailor from the, Great Lake naval training station mingled with uniformed member of (America new army, for every Linn eomnty boy in the a ion's service still stationed on this lid of tha Atlantis, given a furlough cwne home and celebrate rerahing Day." Gov, Frederick D. Gardner and Dr. Burri VA, JenklnH of Kaasaa City were among the ipeaker and each paid high honor to the commander et America' force la Frante. the aector from tha North; th 3d and tha they -were unable tfi nihi-a nv annwinir 01 wiiuhiuu' ing the hock.

At anly one point did the enemy hold the attaeking troop up and then only zor a priei unto, Jutt north of this attack, between tha Aner and Somma, a minor op mwrniL, Hera the British mad one- mall- a and two raid which, kept the whole line boiling. Thl attack, aitaouga mau, a creak sneeeea and tha Brit ish advanced their Una 400 yard along a front el l.noo, in aaamon to eaDturing a considerable number of V. Tn Uermaa amuetj wa niuuiis; Hauierthla aftefeoaSj- but latest report' no eeuntor-attack had de-velopod and the Australian were sofa MtlMatiDg their new position. achieved by debating, tho president saidj "they can be realised only by the determination of what tho think Ing peoples of tho wond desire, with their longing hope for justice, social -freedom' and Vi The president referred to. "the pee-.

pies" who are fighting against -tocraey, stressing the unity ef purpose-which actuates th allied nations, and. differentiated between tho people of Germany and their tales as he nan done. A single reference to Knssta rave notiea to the world that tho United -States still consider th peoples ef that country a allies. President Wit- ton enumerated tba opponents of 6v, -many as people of many races, j. i "The people of.

stricken Butaia still, among the rest, though they are for the moment unorganized and help-' Whether the president waa address- Ing hi remark directly to the recent 1 pceoh of QennanJPorelgn von Kuehlmann, or to the foreshadow of a renewed German praeo offensive et whether ho merely took th ion of tho celebration of -American '-ladtpenienc to oorphaala to th world th war aim of tha nation tw, only be divined. He did not deal with the progress of th war or aav particular phase of It, bat tpoko eloquently of America's attitude toward Germany to-called peace treaties ia -the East by grouping the people of Bussia "for the moment unorganised and helulees" amonr tho people of the world, standing tgainst the enemies of Tho past and tho present are In deadly grappla and the peoples of lb -world are being don' to death between them," Mid President Wilson, Aaonea'a roaco Tarms. There can bo but one issue. Tho' settlement must be finaV 'Thvr bo tompromisev No hlf way deci- sioa would tolerable. No half way -decision is eoneolvablo.

The are th ends for. which th associated pee the world ar fighting and wn (Continued oa page 11, 14 -i.