Newport Daily independent.
j- VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1911. NUMBER 162.
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Expect German
t Assault On Center
To Develop From Capture Of Antwerp
* In Releasing 100,000 Germans
From Siege Duty There—Allies
Staff Prepares To Resist
4 Such An Offensive.
BRITISH-BELGIANS A T OSTEND
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Allies Mass Force For Assault of German Northwestern Wing
, —Germans Made Attempt to Sweep Along French Coast
To Straits of Dover.
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United Press Dispatch. > ;
Paris, Oct. 12.—The Paris general staff is believed to be
framing a new procedure to meet the new German offensive at
the center, which is expected to develop as the result of the cap
ture of Antwerp. The center fighting has been desultory for
weeks and it is not known what measures are being taken.
It is reported here that a strong British force from En
gland has reached Ostend and that a Franco-Belgian force is
being massed there for an assault upon the German northwest
Pwing
'1 The government’s three o’clock statement told of an at
tempt of the German west line to sweep along the French coast
to the Straights of Dover, and it is also claimed that the gener
al situation is good.
Cavalry engagements are reported west of Lebasso, Estat
es and Hazerbrouck. The Germans were repulsed between Roye
and Lassigny and the French are continuing their forward
movement in the center. A night attack north of St- Die was
repulsed by the French.
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MAIN BELGIAN ARMY REACHES OSTEND.
K United Press Dispatch. , ,. , ,, ,
London, Oct. 12.—Though much dissatisfaction has resulted
4 from the tidings that the English-Belgian defenders of Ant
werp have reached Ostend, avoiding the German encircling
t movement by forced marches, it is accepted here that the reaf
of the retreating army was cut off and forced into Holland,
where it will probably be interned until the war ends.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN AT ANTWERP.
United Press war office statement declared that the
• Antwerp garrison fled from Antwerp, just
™in P £ fVrmans entered the city and claims that the de
? S, ^of The BeCns is indicated by the fact that the
Burgomeister made the surrender in the absence of any compe
tent military authority.
§ Many prisoner were taken and many fled to Holland, but
were returned to Belgium.
t reported that the Russians have ceased the siege of
K .fs rtp , vv losses. The Austrians have defeat
Pi-zemys ov- i -g ' and ais0 at Nymano, it is claimed, de
Ste the R^iag d“ms of victories at those places. _
TWENTY TRANSPORTS
TO BRING SOLolERS
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i From Tripoli Back to Italy l&\
Believed To Be Step Toward
Preparation For war;
United Press Dispatch
w Paris, Oct. 12.— A Naples dis
* patch declares that twenty Ita -,
ian transports have sailedlac-:
companied by a navy escort to
take back troops now in iripon
and Cyrenaica, their places to
f be taken by volunteer corps just
organized.
Though the Italian govern
ment claims this is due to the
expiration of the terms of sol
L Mers enlistment, it is believed!
ihat this move is a step of piep- (
aration to Italy’s ultimate entry |
l into the present war.
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Civil OFFICERS
HELP GERMANS
To Administer Affairs Of Cap
tured City Of Antwerp
Big Siege Guns Off Cor
Verdun.
United Press Dispatch
Rosendall, via Hague, Oct. 12.
—The Belgian civil authorities
headed by Burgomeister Jan
Devd Vos upon request of the
German occupation force have
undertaken to administer the
civil affairs of Antwerp.
The Germans’ heavy siege
guns, used to demolish the Ant
werp forts, have disappeared and
it is believed that they are on
their way to aid the Germans
operating near Verdun.
Drop More Bombs On Paris.
United Press Dispatch
Paris, Oct. 12.—The official
list of casualties from Sun
day’s raid by German aircraft
shows four killed and twenty
Injured.
Two planes dropped bombs
here this morning, but dam
age was done.
BARBER SHOP
TOTAL LOSS
Jack Montgomery’s Barber
Shop Ruined In Early Morn
ing Fire In Remmel
Building.
The second fire this Fall in
one of the Remmel buildings oi\
Hazel street took place Sunday
morning about 2:30 o’clock,
when the barber shop of Jack
Montgomery was an almost com
plete loss entailing a total loss
to building and contents of
$5,000 or over.
The blaze was under good
headway when discovered and
the fire company did good work
in confining the damage to the
one building. The origin of the
flames must have been from the
electric wiring, for the stove and
boiler room in the rear shows no
trace of fire.
Mr. Montgomery had a well
equipped and modern shop and
also the fixtures of another shop
stored in the rear, which were .
complete loss. The chairs, mir
rors and all furnishings except
the lavatories and bath tubs
were ruined. He estimates his
loss at about $4,000 with $2,000
insurance and aout $300 sal
vage. The loss on the building
owned by Mr. H- L. Remmel is
covered by insurance
Mr. Montgomery will pur
chase new fixtures at once and
reopen his shop in a new location
as soon as possible.
STATE SECRETARY
VICTIM OF SUICIDE
Harry Woods Recently Defeated
For Senatorial Nomination
Takes His Own Life.
Springfield, Oct. 12—Harry
: Woods, Secretary of State of 111
Jinois, was found dead with a
bullet wound in his forehead in
the garage at the rear of his
home here at 7 o’clock this morn
ing by the house maid. He has
been missing since Sunday
morning and it is believed that
he shot himself then.
1 The garage had been locked
from the inside and his right
hand clutched a revolver.
Woods was recently defeatec
for the Democratic Senatoria
nomination and owned large ele
vator interests.
It is believed that his suicide
was caused by business worries
The state’s business will cease
pending the appointment of hie
| successor which it is believec
will be made at once.
It is announced that Secretary
Woods’ quarterly report was due
September 30, and though usu
ally promptly rendered, has nol
yet been made.
Cfof/i \ nel IfAV •:» <
started ?.n audit of his books
The office usually shows a bal
ance of four hundred thousanc
dollars due to the state.
142 Bushels Corn To Acre.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 12.—Up t<
the present time, the leader ii
the Boys’ Corn Clubs of th<
state is Joe Reed of Johnson
j Washington county, who re
ports that he raised 142 bush
els. The second best is Donah
Jones, of Wyman, who report
1126 1-2 bushels compared will
101 1-2 bushels last year.
There are aout 2,400 member:
j of the Boys’ Corn Clubs in Ar
! kansas this year, in esvent:
counties. Reports from all o
them are being received now b?
Prof. Jernigan, who is direicto:
of the work, and all will be i:
and the prize winners announc
eel at the State Fair in Ho
Springs, in November.
The reports already indicati
some splendid results. At Vai
Buren fourteen members re
ported at the county fair ai
average of 52 bushels to the a
ere, against an average of 4(
j bushels last year, and this wa:
a comparatively dry year. Th<
acres yielding from 98 to 20
bushels.
Prof. -Jernigan has adopted as
his motto for next year, “Pigs,
Peanuts and Corn’’. He will do
nothing to encourage the Cot
ton Clubs, a course which he a
dopted last year, and will add
peanuts to his curriculum.
BOLD HOLD-UP
Of HOTEL CLERK
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Masked Man Robs Cash Register
J At Hazel Hotel Sunday Ev
ening And Gets Away
With $30.
As bold a hold-up as ever oc
curred in this section was suc
cessfully accomplished Sunday.
evening about 10:50 o’clock,
when Night Clerk Chester Ward
| of the Hazel Hotel while alone
in the office was attracted by a
slight rapping on the door cas
ing that leads to the rear hall
way. He turned to confront a
man wearing a striped suit of
overalls weighing about 180
pounds 5 feet 10 inches in
height who wore a night-rider
!mask of solid black over his
face, head and shoulders and his
; hands were gloved.
He demanded that Ward
throw up his hands, but the lat
ter began arguing the matter
and being near the front door
gave several light taps on the
glass, bringing into the lobby
George Hawthorne, a negro por
ter.
wnen tne porter entered, tne
i robber’s pistol went in the direc
tion of the negro and two other
negroes on the outside were too
much alarmed to act quickly or
the hold-up man might have
ibeen caught.
The masked man, whom the
clerk is sure was a white man,
then proceeded to the cash reg
ister and evidently knew how to
operate this for his first ring
threw the drawer open, from
which he took $25 to $30, includ
ing a $10 bill some smaller
currency, and all the silver dol
lars and half dollars but left the
small change and checks.
He next backed out of the lob
by into the rear hall and took to
his heels. Mr. Ward ran out
the front door and down Second
Street, reaching the rear of the
building before the robber had
climbed the fence and could see
him plainly by the electric light
The clerk chased him on down
Second beyond the Elks Home,
while the hold-up man kept to
the alley, going east to Beech
street, where trace of him was
lost Mr. Ward thinks that if he
had been armed, he could have
stopped the man.
The porter and bell boys on
the Hazel porch say that the
hold-up artist masked as he was,
looked too much like a “hant’
for them to venture in'and they
must have been terror-stricken
' for they failed even to give an
1 alarm.
Mr. Ward says that the man
must have entered the hotel
through the rear yard and his
tracks are very plain in the soil
as he was running to make his
' escape. The footprints were
\ those of a rather long, but not a
' very wide shoe.
■ | $25 Reward Raid Sheriff.
1 James McNorton, who was
5 fined $10 for assaulting another
1 horse trader and was released
upon the payment of this fine
' and costs amounting to $17.45,
• was again arrested by Sheriff
[ McCuistion and turned over to
Sheriff Truitt of Texas Satur
7 ]day, the latter paying a $25 re
ward which had been offered by
1 a Texas town for the arrest of
- McNorton.
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Girl Taken To Asylum.
Deputy Sheriff Cross accom
panied Minnie DeWitt to the
state asylum Saturday. The
girl had been declared insane
) and was also accompanied by
s her father, who lives at Beede
; ville.
RUSSIANS PLAN
IMPORTANT COUP
But Refust to Give Out News
As To Move—Further Advance
In Galicia Announced.
United Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Oct. 12.— The war
office statement has officially an
nounced a further advance by
the Russians through Galicia
and Bulkowina.
An important coup is impend
ing, but no details are allowed
to be published by the general
staff.
It is officially declared that
the East Prussian situation is
unchanged.
BOSTON WINS
IN THE TWELTH
Has Now Won Three Straight
Games From Athletics In
World’s Series.
United Press Dispatch.
Boston, Oct- 12.—Twenty-live
thousand fans were in line for
the third game of the World’s
Series owing to holiday on ac
count of Columbus day. Seats
were selling from $30 to $50 and
while the receipts have not been
announced, indications are that
the crowd will reach 35,000.
Ideal weather prevailed for
the first of the series here, the
sky being clear, the weather
cool, a bright sun and no clouds.
Bush and Tyler were the op
Moving Pictures
The Opera House
GOOD PROGRAM
TONIGHT
at
BOTH HOUSES
ipbsing slabmen, the latter giv
ing way in the eleventh to
James, who held the Athletics
scoreless the remainder of the
game, while the Braves added
another score in the twelfth,
'which broke the tie in favor of
the National Leaguers.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
R H E
Philadelphia—
1001 0 000020 0—4 8 1
Boston—
01 0 1 0 0 00020 1—5 9 1
Batteries—Philadelphia, Bush
and Scharig; Boston, Tyler
James and Gowdy.
Announcing Imperial Ancestors
of Declaration of War.
United Press Dispatch.
Tokio, Oct. 12.—For the pa t
two weeks, a large part of the
Japanese officialdom has been
busy announcing to the spirits
of the many imperial ancestors
the declaration of war on Ger
many. The most important of
these ceremonies was held at
the Imperial Sanctuary in the
palace at Tokio, conducted by
the Emperor himself. Special
j messengers were dispatched to
I the Grand Shrines and the
Tombs of Emperors Jimmu and
Mejji. The Japanese firmly be
|lieve that these ceremonies
make them invincible in war,
lowing to the aid given them by
their ancestors. Most Japanese
I books dealing with the Russo
Japanese war gave the Imperial
i Ancestors credit for Japan’s
'victory in that conflict.
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Electrocution Set For Nov. 12.
Special to Independent,
i Little Rock, Oct. 12.—Govern
or Hays today set November
j 12 as the date for the execution
of Arthur Hodgins, convicted in
Clark county for murdering a
i constable.
The supreme court also af
firmed the first degree murder
charge against Joe Strong and
Arthur Dewein, the boys who
murdered L. H- Thompson at
I Benton.
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