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K VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1911. * NUMBER 24.
Slight Hope
1 Through Mediation
J One of Three Envoys Has No Hope of
Successful Mediation—Envoys
* Await Formal Demands.
RESCUE OF REFUGEES. ,
Continues And Federals Are Re
ported Making Overtures
To Rebels.
United Press Telegram.
Washington, D. C., April 28—
From a high source it is learned
today that one of the mediators I
between this country and Huerta J
has stated that he regards a set
tlement through the mediation
Of these envoys as practically
without hope.
Admiral Mayo has today re
ported from Tampico that the
Federals there are making fur
ther overtures to the Rebels to
combine against America- The
British marines have gone in
land from Tampico for forty
miles to rescue American refug
ees.
NEED SUCCESSOR FOR
HUERTA.
United Press Telegram.
Washington, D. C., April 28.—
The representatives of the three
South American republics, who
are to serve as mediators be
tween our government and Pro
. • • 'i • TV.* — x TT..
YlOlUimi JUCi^uem lium ui vi ;
Mexico are today waiting for ;
simultaneous proposals of- the ;
demands to be made by each j
country. These ambassadors be
_ lieve that if they can find a
Sfe strong man, upon whom all fac
fjB tions can unite and support for
[ provisional president, there is
mSL some hope that mediation ma'7
g||§ succeed. Any plan to be consid
«red, it is admitted eliminates
■R Huerta, Carranza and Vil’a, as !
well as any others close to them
since the death of Madero.
It is learned upon good author-j
ity that the United States will
be magnanimous, there being
but one imperative demand from
flkp which President Wilson will not
||F recede and that is ‘'Huerta must
eT.. be eliminated and actual consti
tutional government in Mexico
111* guaranteed.” The demand for
%M, indemnity for the death of our
77 m" blue jackets and marines killed
or for the enormous expense in
■< Moving Pictures
atthe Opera House
BAPTISM OF FIRE
A very interesting sensational
feature in three parts.
TANGLED THREADS
Karl Formes, Hazel Henderson,
^ George Cooper and Robt. Thorn
(VITAGRAPH-)
^ THE MISSING DIAMONDS
(Comedy—LUBIN)
4 A CORNER IN POPULARITY.
(Comedy—LUBIN)
■* 5.000 Feet of High Class Pic
tures.
f ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS.
curred already, will not be press
ed.
Several days will elapse before
the mediators know whether
their efforts will result in the
restoration of order, meanwhile
there is to be no cessation in
preparations for war.
SAILORS CHEER FUNSTAN’S
ARMY.
United Press Telegram
Vera Cruz, April 28.—The va
rious crews of%dmiral Fletch
er’s men <?f war cheered General
Funston’s men as the transports
carrying the soldiers entered
the inner harbor of the city this
morning. The troops were ar
ranged in heavy marching order
ready to land upcb*short notice
and returned the salute of the
men upon the war ships.
An aeroplane encircled the har
bor over the American land and
sea forces.
Mexican refugees to the num
ber of 800 left Vera Cruz this
morning upon a special train for
Mexico City and another train
with American refugees from
the capital will be met at Tajeria
and the passengers exchanged.
AflrmVi'l hoc! ionorl o
proclamation commending the
Mexicans for their acceptance of
American occupation of the city
in compliance with previous or
ders and has announced the ab
rogation of the order for for
bidding Mexicans upon the
streets at night,
THREE GENERALS CONFER.
United Press Telegram.
Chihuahua, Mexico, April 28.—
General Francisco Villa, whose
friendly attitude toward the U
nited States and whose insistence
that American be treated with
respect, is said to have strained
Hs relations with General Car
ranza, head of the Constitution
alist government, reached here
today and the two generals have
been! in conference. General An
geles was also in attendance at
the parley.
1 Killed—26 Injured.
United Press Telegram.
Fort Smith, Ark., April 28.—
In the cyclone which swept
we£t of Murfreesboro late yes
terday afternoon Mack Broom
was killed, 6 white people and
20 negroes injured- The prop
erty damage is estimated at
825,000.
260 Miners Imprisoned.
United Press Telegram.
Beckley, W. Va., April 28.—
It is reported -here this after
noon that two hundred and six
ty miners were entombed by an
explosion in a shaft of the New'
River collieries company at Ec*
cles.
Mrs. Harry Lee Williams and
children Richard and Lucile, ar
rived home Monday afternoon
from Tuckerman, where they
were the guests of Mrs. Wil
lfams’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
W. Bandy—Jonesboro Tribune.
Three Clean Up Days
At a regular session of the
council Monday evening, thefirst
three days of next week, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday
were set apart for the anual
spring clean-up days, when all
citizens are urged to help beauti
fy and make clean and sanitary
their own premises.
The council did not take any
further action on the automobile
regulation (ordinance as they
desire to make it more drastic
than at first drawn.
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Strikers And
Guards Battle
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In Colorado Mining Camps Sev
en Guards Dead—Woman
And Child Hurt.
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United Press Telegram.
Walsenburg, Colorado, April j
28—Seven mine guards are dead, j
a woman and child injured, is the :
statement of Sheriff J. B. Farr of j
Survey County, who has notified I
Governor Ammons that he is
powerless to cope with the arm
ed forces of strikers about the
McNally coal mine of the Colora
do Fuel & Iron Co
GUARDS USE MACHINE GUN
United Press Telegram.
Boulder ,Colorado, April 28—
The firing continues today be
tween the mine guards and strik
ers at the Hecla mine, 200 arm
ed strikers attacking the guards
behind the stockades.
The guards are reported to
have swept the streets of Hecla !
Heights with a machine gun.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED. I
United Press Telegram,
i Dener, Colorado, Apiil 28. — !
Governor Ammons otday issued
call for volunteers to the state
militia and placed Boulder Coun
ty and Northern Colorado under
'martial law. One hundred troops
were ordered to Boulder county
to restore order. The sheriff of
that county has reported to the
governor that his deputies and
the mine guards are cornered in
the Hecla mines and may be ex
terminated.
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FIRED INTO TOWN.
United Press Telegram.
Trinidad,Colo., April 28.—
Two hundred militiamen reached
Walsenburg this morning and
mounted a machine gun, with
which they swept the McNally
mine.
Clerk Hudson of the district
cotfrt declares the militia and
mine guards fired into Walsen
burg.
CABINET CONSIDERS !
TROOPS.
United Press Telegram.
Washington, D. C., April 28.—
I The cabinet is in session today
'considering . sending federal
troops to Colorado.
The ball game between the j
Elks and Masons has been post
poned from Miay 1 to Fridaf,
May 8.
We invite you to call and in
spect our stock of jewelry, sil
verware, diamonds, watches
etc. We do repair work prompt
ly.—Newport Jewelry Co. 23dtf
Mrs. C. P. Dunaway and Miss
Bessie Watson left yesterday af
ternoon for Helena, as delegates
to the State Federation of Wo
' man's Clubs.
$150,000 Fire Loss
Black Rock, April 26.—The en
1 ire business frame business sec
tion was burned out this morn
ing with a loss aggregating
$150,000.
The losses were sustained by J.
H. Townsend, attorney, building,
fixtures, library, $2,000; T. E.
Adams, building, $500; J. J.
Meadows, bakery and grocery
stock in Adams building, $800;
W. E. Engle, building and stock
of furniture, $1,000; H. C. Stares
building $500; Mrs. J. H. Rhea,
building $500; B- S. Weir, six
buildings, $3,000; J. G. Wells
grocer, loss to stock carried
from burning Weir building,
$50.
Along the north side of Main
street nothing remains but black
ened ruins of 11 stores. On the
opposite side of the street four
or five brick buildings stand, but
the fronts are charred and the
plate glass windows broken out,
as the result of the intense heat
o n a AM VII,
‘ VVlIVMUUiVIl * i VIJI.
charges of dynamite used to
check the conflagration. Insur
ance was reported by only one
of the fire victims. This amount,
it is said, does not approach the
loss sustained.
It was about five o'clock this
morning when the fire first was
found rapidly consuming the in
terior fixtures of the City Bak
ery. The alarm was sounded
and a valiant fight was begun,
but the blaze, augmented by a
fair breeze, spread rapidly.
The volunteer fire brigade soon
abandoned hope of saving those
buildings already fired, and ex
erted their efforts to stop a
spread of the flames. Battering
rams were used to demolish the
frame structures. These proved
ineffective on the larger build
ings and dynamite was resorted
to. Late today the fire was still
burning in the ruins.
NO AMERICANS WERE
KILLED.
United Press Telegram.
Washington, D. C., April 2 8
—The state department was to
day informed by the Brazilian
minister that no Americans
have been killed in Mexico City
that none is in danger and on
ly one under arrest.
One American is held at Ag
nas Calientes under a proceedinj
not connected with anti-Ameri
can demonstrations. The Bra
zilian minister assured the de
partment of state that all for
eigners will b e allowed to leav<
Mexico City, and preparation!
are being made for them t(
leave by trains today if thej
care to go.
The Spanish Ambassador al
so brought to Secretary Bryar
this morning Huerta’s agree
ment to mediate the differences
between the United States and
his goernment.
Attention.
Bicycle riding on sidewalks is
prohibited by our city ordinances
and warning is hereby given thal
all violations will be dealt with
accordingly
I also ask all parents and guar
dians to make it a point to warr
the children to not skate or
Front street or any intersecting
streets, between Front anc
Second streets.
A. T. Hubly, Mayor.
There will be the regula:
meeting of Jackson Lodge No
191, F. and A. M., at the lodg<
room this evening at 7:30.
Joe Thomas
Bound Over
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To Grand Jury For Shooting of
Minerva Welch—Three Al
leged Bootleggers In Toils.
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| Joe Thomas, charged with
shooting Minerva Welch, a ne
gress, about 10:30 o’clock Sat
1 urda night, two miles southwest
| of Auvergne, was given a hear
' ing before Esquire Nuckolls
1 Monday morning and bound over
to the grand jury under $300
bail.
| Thomas and another negro are
| reported to have secured guns,
but when Thomas started to take
aimj, the negro woman grabbed
at his gun the load tearing off
-the fore left finger and injuring
jthe two next fingers.
Joe Wallace a negro was fined
$15 by Esquire Nuckolls Tues
day mo rning on a charge of pet
ty larceny for taking a negro
woman’s clothes and sent to the
county farm.
THREE BOOTLEGGERS ARE
CAUGHT.
Sheriff McCuistion and Deputy
Sheriff Hasting rounded up
three alleged bootleggers Mon
day night, who are to be tried
before Mayor Hubly Wednesday
morning.
All three were negroes, Char
ley Yandel, Sam Cooper and W.
jRoss, and upon searching Yan
| del several letters from W. B
j Hays Bottling Company at Pop
| lar Bluff were found upon his
person, shoAving that he had
been receiving a commission on
: orders for beer sent to the Pop
lar Bluff firm.
! “Baby Farms” Probe Resume#.
' By United Press.
Chicago, April 28.—The Cur
ran legislative committee, whose
1 disclosures of alleged “baby
farms” and orphanages create#
a storm of protest in Illinois sev
eral months ago, resumed it*
probe here today with more
than 500 witnesses under sub
poena. The subpoenas were bas
ed upon secret investigations of
alleged charitable institution*
throughout the state since ad
journment of the legislature
j Charitable societies are to be
I subjects of thorough investiga
j tion.
Pirates Burn British Steamer..
United Press Telegram.
Hong Kong, China, April 28.—
Two hundred native passengers
were killed and drowned today in*
a desperate fight witfT Chines®1
pirates, who attacked and burn
ed a British steamer stationed
near Macao.
Chief Officer Evans is reported
missing with other foreign offi
jcers, while 150 passengers ef
fected their escape.
Log Teams Wanted At Oner.
Have a large amount of tim
ber cut in the woods and mnstt -
move. Will pay good price for
moving same. It will pay you
I to come and investigate* For
'particulars call Newport phone
1608-5 or write Muirhead Lum
ber Company, Weldon, Arkarc
| sas. Obtf.
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Do It Electrically.
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See Sam Denty about the Vac
um Cleaner before doing ycwir
spring cleaning. Telephone 1T3T.
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