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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS wffpNESDAY, MAY 27, 1914. NUMBER 49.
WOULD HUERTA
RECEIVE WELCOME
Within American Lines At Vera
Cruz Said To Have Been
Asked Funston.
United Press Dispatch.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 27—
Emissaries from Mexico City
have asked General Fred Funston
if President Huerta would be
welcomed within the American
lines, according to a report here
this afternoon.
General Funston declined to
make a statement when asked
about the story, but admitted
that he had asked Washington
to permit him to make public a
big piece of news later today.
Rumors that Huerta is en route
from Puerto, Mexico, are uncon
firmed.
Arkansas College Commence
ment.
The Commencement of Ark
ansas College will' begin next
Sabbath with the Baccalaureate
sermon by Rev. Dr. M. McN
McKay of Fort Smith, Arkans
sas, and will ciose on Wednesday
morning, June 3rd, with the an
nual address to the alumni by
Hon. S- D. Campbell of New
port, "*&n alumnus of the Institu
te tion. There will be eight grad
uates receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, and two young
ladies a diploma of graduation
in music.
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Kirby Prepares Brio!.
- Special to Independent.
' Little Rock, May 27.—Asso
ciate Justice W. F. Kirby has
prepared and is having printed
,*■ i\ brief for submission to the
members of the Democratic
• o+o + o rt/iiriTonf inn f\r\ fVid can'ifru’i.
I al contest. He claims that on
the face of the official returns
he defeated James P. Clarke for
| the nomination for United
I States senator, and will present
what he considers positive
< proof that he received a majori
ty of the votes cast in the prim
ary.
P> Pardons Poinsett Man
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 27— Govern
or Hays has just issued a proc
y lamation restoring the citizen
ship of Clarence D. Caple, who
| was convicted of petit larceny,
| some years ago, in a justice court
of petit larceny and fined
% and costs- The penalty had
j§ been fully discharged.
R. P. Williams and Alfred
Mayer of Grubbs spent last
^ . nighjj in our city.
hi Moving Pictures
I the Opera House
THE GIRL AT THE LUNCH
JL COUNTER.
Featuring John Bunny, Flora
[ Finch, Lillian Walker and Wal
K/ lie Van.”
yjp Comedy-Drama—VITAGRAPH
If SNAKESVILLE’S NEW DOC
TOR
I *G- M. Anderson, Marguerite
■ Clayton and Lloyd Ingram.
fJR Drama—S. and A.
fl THE SERVANT OF THE RICH
|Bf A good drama—LUBIN
B Tonight will be your last oppor
? I tunitv to see HURD, the great
I Magician. Don’t fail to see
^B him.
M ADMISSION, 10c and 20c
Teachers Institute Here.
The Jackson County Teach
ers Institute will meet here June
8 to 12th. W. M. Shaver, coun
ty superintendent, will conduct
the sessions for the white teach
ers, and E. J. Wheeler, princi
pal of the Newport negro
school, will be in charge of the
programs for negro teachers. It
is expected that 135 white
teachers and about 60 negroes
will be present. Governor Hays
and Prof. J- L. Bond of the State
Department of Public Instruc
tion are on the program for ad
aresses. About 100 rural
graduates will receive their di
plomas.
KNOW IT WELL.
Familiar Features Well Known
To Hundreds of Newport
Citizens.
A familiar burden in many
homes.
The burden of a “bad back.”
A lame, a weak or an aching
back.
Often tells you of kidney ills.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for
weak kidneys.
Here is Newport testimony.
Mrs. G. Jowers, Malcolm aven
ue, East Newport, Arkansas,
says: “I know that one of my
family has used Doan’s Kidney
Pills wTith results which have
shown that this remedy is reli
able. His kidneys were weak
and he suffered greatly- I know
that Doan’s Kidney Pills did
remarkable work for him, al
though his condition was most
serious. No one can doubt the
fact that Doan’s Kidney Pills are
as represented and they are
certainly worthy of great
praise.”
Prirp 50f‘ at. ah dealers. Don’t
pimply ask for a kidney remedy
—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the
same that Mrs. lowers had. Fos
ter-Milbum Co., Props., Buffalo,
New York. (Adv.) j
Carranza Not On The List.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C.> May 27. —
Unless General Carranza will
approve the list from which Hu
erta’s successor is to be select
ied there can be no result from
mediation. It is now certain that
j Carranza will not be included un
less something unforseen devel
ops and he is willing to await e
lection- This was made plain
today in messages to the state i
j department.
j However, no provisional pres-;
lident approved by Huerta will be
satisfactory to him.
Villa Prepares To Advance.
j United Press Dispatch.
Torreon, Mexico, May 27.—
General Francisco Villa’s ad
j vance upon Zacatecas is now well
1 under way, hundreds of carloads
of repairs having been sent
south since Sunday to repair the
track for troop trains, in the
hope of reaching Zacatecas this
week.
The rebel forces are not an
ticipating a hard fight at Zacat
ecas, for the Federals will hard
ly defend this city any more than
they did Saltillo.
Mrs. Pankhurst Released.
United Press Cablegram
London, May 27. —Mrs. Erne
line Pankhurst, the noted suffra
! gette leader, has again been re
leased from prison weak through
hunger.
Mrs. Pankhurst has always
managed through refusal to eat
to end her imprisonment and
the strike is nothing new to her
DURYEAS DURBAR p
WINS ENGLISH DERBY
With Hapsburg Second And
; Peter The Hermit In Thir|l
Place.
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United Press Cablegram . !
j Epsom Downs, England, May
27.—The Derby, proudly called
by Englishmen the “blue ribbon
of the world’s turf,” was run to
day.
Duryeas Durbar won first;
Hapsburg was second and Pet
er The Hermit, third. The race
was staged over the historic
course w’hich for more than a
century has been the scene of
the annual battle for equine su
premacy. The race was for
three-year-olds, colts carrying;
126 pounds, and fillies 123
pounds, and wras worth $32,500
to the winner, $2,000 to the sec
ond, and $1,000 to the third
The exact distance is one mile,
four furlongs, and twenty-three '
yards, and the record time, a
chieved in 1910 by Lemberg,
with Dillon up, 2 minutes and
35 1-5 seconds.
Having in mind the tragic
suffragette interferences with
last year’s derby when Miss Em
ily Wilding Davis ran out in
front of the King’s horse Ann\er
at Tattenham Corner, Was
knocked down and received in
juries from which she died two
days later, while Jockey Her
bert received a broken hip, the
stewards had arranged for ^
largely ' increased vmilfriSbeT *f>F
police" to guard the course to
day.
The only other betting was
j comparatively light because of
the uncertain field. The
| scratching of Dermot McCal
i mrint's nhenomenal irrev. the Te
trach, early this month, was a
great blow to the racing pub
lic. The only other horse se
riously considered was Sir.
Thursby’s Kennymore, wanner
of the 2,000 Guineas a month
ago, and who in the Tetrarch’s
absence was reckoned a tolera
bly good thing. A few knowing
people backed S. B. Joel’s Black
Jester, who finished third in the
Guineas, on the expectation that
he would be more suited by the
trying Derby distance, than his
Newmarket conqueror. King
George was not present owing
to the Court being in mourning
for the Duke of Argull (his un
cle) , but he had an entry named
Brakesapear, an unreliable and
ungenerous animal, whom no
body seriously considered.
Contrary to expectations the
militant suffragettes made no
attempt to interfere wdth the
Derby races.
There was no favorite in the
betting who came within money.
The preliminary odds on Dur
bar wTere one hundred to six, and
the final betting twenty to one.
Noted Aviator Was Rescued.
United Press Cablegram.
London, May 27.—The noted
aviator4 Gustave Hamel, who was
believed to have been lost in a
flight across the English Chan
nel, Saturday afternoon, is now
reported to have been rescued by
a boat after the monoplane had
; fallen into the water.
Hamel was landed at South
I Shields, England
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Shoots Two Negro Burglars.
United Press Dispatch.
East St. Louis, 111., May 27.—
Discovering two negro burglars
in his saloon early this morning,
Charles Carmichael shot both,
and it is thought that they will
die from the wounds.
Federal Court Lasts One Day. j
Special to Independent.
Batesville, May 26.—The May j
term of federal court for the j
Northern division of the East- j
ern district lasted'but one day.
There were only a few cases to
be heard and Judge Youmans of j
Fort Smith, like the jurist
whose bench he was occupying,
knows how to dispatch business
and does it.
Only one jury case was heard,
that of Will Malloy, a young
school teacher of (Cleburne
county, who was convicted of
bootlegging, but through the
mercy of the court, the sentence
against the young man was
suspended during good behav
ior.
The grand jury was very ably
charged by the court, upon of
fenses against the federal laws,
showing how there was never
any conflict between the laws
of congress and those of the
states, how the growth of our
country had made our postoffice
department, interstate com
merce and internal revenue col
lection very broad and impor
tant to the welfare of the peo
ple.
Judge Youmans paid partic
ular attention to the bootlegger,
declaring him a nuisance to any
community, and that while the
federal law was rather lame in
issuing government license in
prohibition districts the pres
ent law requiring a liquor deal
er’s license, should be rigidly
enforced.
" H. *’ Martin of Hot
Springs, the new district attor
ney represented the govern
ment in open court and made a
very good impression upon all in
his conduct of government
cases. Hon. S. R. Simpson of
Paragould assisted him in work
before the grand jury.
A characteristic of this court
is the efficiency and courtesy of
all its officials including J. W.
Parse and W. S- Allen commis
sioners, Mr. Akers, S. A. Car
rington, A. A. Webber and John
A. Sherrill, deputy marshals,
and the veteran crier, Mr. Mc
Cabe.
The jurors from Jackson
county were J. D. Neal, fore
man, J- M. Gibson and W. W.
Dunaway of the grand jury and
J. N. Hout, C. E. Crook, Major
Moore, John Urrvsted, C. R. Pate, j
L. McDougald and P. H. Van
Dyke of the petit jury.
The visiting attorneys in ;
court were Ray Pace of Little |
Rock and Gustave Jones of j
Newport.
Among the witnesses present
from Jackson county were Sher
iff McCuistion and Deputy J- I.
Hasting, Officer James Payne,
Hood Churchmian and Otho
Richardson.
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Five Victims of Hot Wave.
United Press Dispatch.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 27.—With
five deaths at Canton as the re
sult of heat and other Ohio cit
ies reporting a score of prostra
tions, there is no prospect to
day of relief.
I Light rains brought a tempor
' ary relief this morning, but tem
1 peratures are again mounting- j
, The steel mills here have closed
j because of the extremely Rot
| weather. A
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Robert Williams Postmaster
Robert Williams of Grubbs
has been appointed postmaster
at that place to succeed John
Grizzle, and Robert G. Gatlin
has been named postmaster of
Hutson, to succeed E. A. Davis.
PRESIDENCY WAS
NOT CONSIDERED
At Conference With Roosevelt,!
But Ex-President Did Approve
Course Of Progressives.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 27. —
Progressive leaders today in
sisted that the nineteen sixteen
presidential fight was not even
mentioned in their conference
with ex-President Roosevelt last
night.
Neither was the prospect for
an amalgamation of the Pro
gressives and Republicans, al
though it is admitted that
Roosevelt approved the efforts
arid legislative program of the
Progressives in Congress.
Representative Kelley said Vic
tor Murdock of Kansas explain
ed the Progressive bills of the
session and outlined the activi
I
ties of the individual members, ]
while Senator Clapp of Minneso- j
ta, did the same for the Senate.
Will Be Boosters For Newport.
Little Rock, May 27, 1914.
Dear Mr. Van Dyke:
On behalf of the Arkansas
Press Association, 1 want to ex
press to you my sincere thanks
for the hearty reception given
our crowd when we visited your
city last week.
The newspaper folks were tick
jled to death with the genuine
j hospit ality of your good people,
| and they will be boosters for
| your city in the future.
1 With kindest regards, I re
|main,
Your friend,
Earl.W- Hodges.
To Improve Health of Guard.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 27— Ty
phoid fever vaccine, or prophy
lactic, is being distributed from
the headquarters of the Ark
ansas National Guard, through
the company commanders, with
which to vaccinate every mem
ber of the organization. This
is a departure, and is in line
with' the policy of the Guard of
ficials to raise the standard of
the militia to as high a plane as
that of any state military or
ganization in the country.
The first shipment of vaccine
from Washington is 1800 centi
meters. The first treatment re
quires one-half centimeter, ten
days later one centimeter is ad
ministered, and ten days later
another centimeter. An indi
vidual report blank is provid
ed for each member of the Guard
showing the effect of the treat
ment.
It is reported that the officers
of the Guard are filing their
recent order, of $500 for the
safe guarding of government
surety bonds as required by a,
property entrusted to their
care. These bonds are for $500
and cost the officers $2.50.
Judiciary Committee Meets.
At a meeting of the demo
icratic judiciary committee of
: the Third district, held in Bates
ville today, the formality of de
claring the democratic nominees
for circuit judge and prosecut
ing attorney was taken up, and
certificates were issued to Hon.
R. E. Jeffery of Newport for
| circuit judge and Hugh William
son of Mountain Home for pros
ecuting attorney.— BatesvBle
Guard- _ t:
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