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VOLUME XVII. NO. 281. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918. PRICE FIVE CE
MAJOR CAMPBELL
WILL SPEAK HERE
Member of Canadian Expeditionary
Force To Speak Tomorrow In
stead of Lieut. Reeves.
Chairman Billingsley, of the War
Savings Stamps Committee of Jack
son county, was yesterday notified of
the sudden, illness of Lieut. Reeves,
forcing the cancellation of his ap
pointments to speak at Grubbs today
and Swifton, Tuckerman and New
port on Saturday. It, hawevep, ,has
been fortunately possible to secure
Major A. R. Campbell, of the Cana
dian Expeditionary service, to fill the
Jackson county engagements of
Lieut. Reeves.
Maj. Campbell is a very interesting
and pleasing speaker and the com
mittee expects an overflow crowd at
the court house tomorrow night to
hear a part of the war story from the
point of view of a Canadian officer.
Beginning with the meeting at
Grubbs tonight the services of rep
resentattives of Plunkett-Jarrell,
Stephens and Pate wholesale grocery
companies have been patriotically
volunteered as an active selling
force. In the hands of this experi
enced force of salesmen War Savings
Stamps will doubtless go some.
will inspect regiment.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, March 8.—Lieut.-Col.
Lawrence B. Simonds, of the 43rd
Infantry, located at Camp Pike, has
been detailed by the War department
to make an inspection of the Fourth
Arkansas with a view to federal re
cognition. The assistant adjutant is
working but an itinary for the inspec
tion which will begin next Sunday
with the Little Rock machine gun
company.
FIVE AMERICANS
WHIP JEN HUNS
American Patrol Make Enemy Re
treat In No-Man’s Land After
Warm Skirmish.
Associated Press Dispatch.
With American Army in France—
Wednesday—An American patrol of
five men three nights ago outfought
an enemy patrol of ten men in No
Man’s Land. The enemy retreated
after a sharp skirmish, leaving two
dead and two wounded Bavarians.
There were no American casualties.
Officers report, despite the fact that
Germans tired many sneiis in prepar
ation for. the raid, not a single ene
my soldier got in. position to carry it
out, American machine guns and
rifles stopping the Germans in their
tracks.
SHOULD NOT ENTER.
Special to Independent.
Lttle Rock, March 8.—Gen. Lloyd
England announces orders from
Washington to the effect that “No
man whose classification is still
pending before a local or district
board should be indu'cted into mili
tary service.” ,
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ASKS EMPEROR
j TO NAME KING
Finnish Government Is Said to Have
Urged Prince Oscar As King
of Finland
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■Vssociated Press . Dispatch.
London, March 8.—Afton Tidninge,
of Stockholm, says he learns through
diplomatic circles that the Finnish
1 government has asked the German
j emperor to appoint Prince Oscar the
' fifth emperor and king of Finland,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch.
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46 AHJUREB
Only One Airplane Succeeded In
Reaching London Luring Raid
Last Night.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 8.—Eleven were
killed, and forty-six injured by a
German airplane raid on London last
night, according to latest police re
ports. It is feared the bodies of six
others are buried beneath the ruins
of their homes. Only two airplane of
seven or eight participating in the
raid, reached London, dropping
bombs in the northwest and south
west districts of the city. All the
casualties occurred in London. It
is the first time a night raid had
been attempted , when there was no
moon. '
.DANCING PARTY AT CLUB.
In honor of the soldier boys home
on a furlough, the young people of
our city gave a dance at the Elks
Club Thursday evening, thf first one
since the holidays. Social affairs
have almost been done away with
since the declaration of war, which
is as it should be, but the visit to
.their homes of so many young men
from the training camps, was an in
spiration to have one more dance,
to lay down our knitting and cease
talking war savings and Red Cross
work for one evening.
The music by the Reamey orches
tra was both sweet and patriotic and
the dance continued until after the
midnight hour. The boys wrho are
home and for whom the dance was
given are Captain Garland Hurt,
Lieut. Eugene Wallace, Lieut. Wy
lie McMinn, Ed Sprigg, Elmer Pat
ton, Kirk Vaughn, Billie Kelley and
Lonnie Phillips. Others at the dance
were Misses Ida Parish, Lucy Bailey,
Uiyae wooa, in ooe ana uiynre aagar,
Lucy Sprigg, Rowena Campbell, Elise
Hooker, Rebecca Young, Camille
Carmichael, Maude and Jessie Little
ton, Lutie Mae Stephens, Mary Mad
aline Hocking, Leata McAlister, Bes
sie and Susie Graham and Mrs. Hen
ry Bridgman; Tom Harder, 0. Kah
man, Pete Mitchell, James Davis,
Robert Armastead, Guy Churchwell,
Ed Doherty, Phillip Lockard, Chas.
Kennedy, Sid Rutland; Messrs, and
Mesdames John W. Stayton, J. N.
Lewis, Adam Lockard, Ben White, J.
L. Bevens, Tom Dillard, G^o. H.
Banks and R. D. Brawn. ,
PREPARING LAW SUMMARY.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 8.—Go^. C. H.
Brough, the attorney general’s office,
and C. H. Moses, the governor’s pri
j vate secretary, formerly assistant
! to the attorney, general, are prepar
j ing a summary of the American li
! quor laws, bom Federal and state,
| effecting the shipment of liquor into
j the state, and when prepared, copies
j of this digest will be sent to all sher
| iffs and will be given to the press,
i The governor is exceedingly anx
| iously that all peace officers of the
state be fully informed of the j anti
liquor laws now on the statutes of
of the nation and the state, He be
'lieves that a rigid enforcement of the
laws will substantially check the leak
!in the bone-dry bill.
Better to sacrifice luxuries than,
| sacrifice lives. Sacrifice the luxur-j
| ies—Buy War Savings Stamps.
Predicts Beginning of End
of Hun ” Military Machine
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On the Belgian Front, Feb. 8.—
(Correspondence qf The Associated
Press)—General A. de Ceuinck, the
distinguished soldier and minister of
war for Belgium, today expressed to
the correspondent of The Associated
Press the firm conviction that a great
offensive by the Germans on the
Western front [would be the begin
ning of the end of the Prussian mili
tary machine. This is true, said the
general because even if the enemy
should put his entire strenth into an
assault it was doomed to cejrtain
failure in view of allied preparedness.
Having defeated the Germans in
their onslaught, the allies would be
in a position, through the balance of
power which America had brought
them, to counter with lfresistable
force.
The minister had been asked to
discuss the military situation &s it
appeared in the light of German’s
i present position, and the Prussian
I claim that the Entente allies would
! be brought to their knees. The gen
eral received the correspondent in
the chateau which is being used as
executive headquarters for the war
^department and talked freely for
half an hour or more. General do
Ceuninck is a veteran of many bat
tles, and he had brought with him to
the ministry the comprehensive
grasp of large problems, the quick
decision and the discipline which
have made his reputation in the Bel
gian army. One reads assurance and
alertness in his every word and move.
At the outset of the conversation
the general spoke of the close friend
ship existing between Belgium and
the United States, and referred in the
most grateful terms to the assistance
which America has rendered her ally
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JAPAN WOULD
WELCOME AJD
Would Invite Co-operation of Caina
If Extreme Measures In Siberia
Are Necessary.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 8.—A Tien Tsin
dispatch to the Laily Mail says Japan
is reported to have intimated that
she will welcome Chinese co-opera
tion in the e/ent of extreme meas
ures becoming necessary in Siberia.
A message from Mrs. W. W. Kidd,
whp was called to her old hon^e at
Boaz, Alabama Sunday, announced
the death of her father, which sad
event occurred yesterday afternoon.
LARGE SUM IS
' AGREED UPON
House of Commons Votes, for a Credit
of 6.00,u00,000 Pounds Last
Night.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 8.—The house of
Commons last night agreed to vote a
credit of 600,000,000 pounds, bring
ing to the total votes of credit of
war to 6,842,000,000 pounds.
Jake Phillips has been very sick
for several days at his home on the
Island, suffering from sciatic rheu
matism, which his many friends in
town regret to know.
“Flying Cowboys ” Is Name
Italians Give U. S. Aviators
Rome, Feb. 20.— (Correspondence
of The Associated Press)— “Flying
Cowboys” is the popular title given
here, to Uncle Sam’s first fighting !
corps in Italy. The American avia- j
tors officers and students located at i
a training camp in southern Italy Tare
frequent visitors in Rome and as they
all wear the United States army’s
service hat, popularly known here as
the “cowboy” hat the word cowboy i
has been applied to them.
That these aviators are regarded
as cowboys was illustrated by an in
cident with a cab driver that occurred
when a party of them were on leave
in Rome and went outside the city
walls to see the Catacombs of St. ,
Calixtus on the Appian Way. When j
the aviators got out of the cab near j
the entrance to the burial place of the
early Christians, they asked the cab J
driver to wait, so he could drive them
back to the city.
“But-my horse can’t stand the trip
back with such a heavy load,” he ex
plained. “It’s war time and we have
not the corn or the wheat to feed
him, so he’s too weak. I’ve got a
family to support and I must take
good . care of this horse. You cow
boys ought to understand how it is.”
“Very well, we’ll buy your horse,
won’t we fellows,” spoke up one of
the aviators who had just been paid
off. “If he’s still alive when we get
back to town we will sell him back to
you.”
While the proposition was made in
all seriousness the driver, thinking
he was about to be made the victim
of some wild west trick, abruptly re
fused and drove off with his plug
leaving the “cowboys” to walk back.
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HUN AIRMEN
DROP BOMBS
Behind American Lines Wednesday
Night But Fail to Score
Hits.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
With the American army in France,
Thursday, March 7— Half a dozen
bombs were dropped behind the
American front lines northwest of
Toul last night by German airplanes
looking for ammunition dumps, but
failed to hit their objectives.
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SEEN LIST NIGHT
Sudden Appearance of Aurora Bore
alis Creates No Little Sensa
tion Here.
An unusual phenomena appeared
in the heavens last night between 9
and 11 o’clock and was visible to the
north of Newport locally. Authori
ties explain the phenomena as being
the, aurora borealis, which is an il
lumination of the skies resembling
fire, and while a common occurrence
in northern states, is seldom visible
this far south. It generally moves
from north and west to the east.
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when the illumination became visible.
Not a few thought Diaz was being
consumed by fire, but when the glow
began to move eastward one’s
thoughts turned to a German aerial
bombardment. One man thought it
was some of Uncle Sam’s airplanes
out for a cross* country run and plain
ly recognized the painted stars and
stripes.
It was most spectacular, and those
who missed seeing it were sorry this
morning.
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Late Wire Briefs
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 8.—The inter
est rate on loans to the allies today
were raised from four and one quar
ter to five per cent as a result of the
recent increase of rate on certificates
of indebtedness to four ^nd one quar
ter per cent.
Madrid, March 8.—The Spanish
cabinet recently reconstructed by
Marquis de Alhucemas" resigned to
day.
Washington, March 8.—Furloughs
for farmers and others engaged in
non-military pursuits necessary to
the war werp today authorized in a
senate, bill passed by the house
with the approval of the war depart
ment.
Washington, March 8.— Provost
Marshal General Crowder today not
ified governors that students in land
grant agricultural colleges whose
class standing places them in upper
third of the senior class may enlist,in
the quartermaster’s enlisted reserve
corps and be placed in class five on
the ground of being in military ser
vice.
Washington, March 8.— The de
partment of agriculture announces
that approximately a billion and a
quarter bushels of corn or 40.9 per
cent of the 1917 crop is in the hands
of farmers and wheat 111,272,000
or 17.1 per cent.
STARTS CAMPAIGN.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 8.— Col. S.
Brundidge, of Searcy, candidate for
the United States senate, arrived to
day, and from now until the prima
ry in May will devote himself to the
interests of his campaign. Head
quarters have been opened in the
Moore and Turner building, with R.
A. Dowdy in charge. Col. Brundidge
promises that he will make a most
active campaign, and that he will
show the people it is possible tc
arouse interest 'in politics, ever
during war-times.
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| UUI1CU VKJ Al hitllHUS,
viki commander-in-chief, is
to have resigned as a res
difference with the people’s
saries. Within five days t
mans forced peace terms up<
governments, Russia, Ruma
Finland, the latter apparently
submitted to terms in order
military aid afeainst revolutic
Southern Finland. Ruman
forced to submit to humiliatin
and important wheat, oil
concessions were given G
Apparently King Ferdinand
permitted to continue to rule,
der the agreement Ruman
Dobrudpa, which control 1
Raiding operations have not
veloped into large operations
western fronths.
MUCH WOOb CUT
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 8.—Tl-~ ,
tentiary commission has had 2,500. y*
cords of wood cut on the Cummins
and Tucker convict farms, and it
has been piled in ricks so that it will
be thoroughly dry by next fall. It
will furnish a fine reserve supply of
fuel for next winter. One important
question in connection with it wQl
be the securing of a freight rate that