VOLUME XVII. NO. 272. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 191/3 PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THREE AMERICANS
KILLED; 4 INJURED
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Deaths Due to Explosion of Trench
Mortar Shell—British Account
For Many Machines.
associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 23.—Except for
artillery duels there is no fighting
activity on the western front. The
bombardment with big guns contin
ues in the American sector. Ger
man raiders were disposed of by
American fire. A trench mortar shell
caused the cjeath of three Americans,
wounding four. British airmen have
accounted for nearly one hundred
enemy airplanes in six days. .
HAS PIECE OF GERMAN SHELL.
Batesville, Feb. 21.—Lloyd States,
pharmacist for the Terry Drug Com
nanv of this citv has received a
piece of German shell from France
from George Elmore, who is in the
Headquarters Company, 16th Infan
try, in France. The piece of shell
was picked up by Mr. Elmore imme
diately after a raid made on the
Americans on November 27, 1917.
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NEIHOSITIONS
McAdoo Issues Orders That Prevent
Railroads Making New Positions
and Raising Salaries.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 23.— Director
General McAdoo has issued orders
restricting the creation of new offi
cial positions by railroads or raising
officer’s salaries. Under this order
any railroad may not fill a vacancy
above the grade of general manager
or even create such office without the
director general’s approval.
McAdoo directed railroad presi
dents to furnish detailed information
on salaries of. officers, employes
and rentals and other expenses of fi
nancial offices maintained by most
roads of New York. It is understood
this information may be used as a
basis of determining to what extent
the overhead expense is involved and
the f'niXncial management may (be
curtain’ed or eliminated.
FRANCIS WILL
QUIT CAPITAL
Diplomatic Corps Will Leave Petro
grad If Germans Menace the City,
Francis Advises.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington,, Feb. 23.—-Ambassador
Francis today advised the state de
partment of the intention of the di
plomatic corps to leave Petrograd
with the Bolsheviki government if the
Germans menace the city. Francis
gave no details but said the Soviet
government is planning to make a
defense of the city if necessary.
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SECOND DRAFT
APRIL OR MAY
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Indcations Point to the Movement of
Drafted Men In April or During
Early May.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 23.—While the
war department officials reiterate
that no date is definitely fixed for
calling the second draft of the na
tional army, outward indications
seem to point to some time during
the month of April or early in May.
PNEUlil lS ■
MEUG CHINA
Report From Mission Staff Says
Plague Has Assumed Proposi
tions In North China. '
Associated Press Dispatch.
Boston, Feb. 23.—The pneumonia
plague has broken out in the Shansi
Province, China, and assumed such
i nrnnnrt.inns that, nil nf Nnrt.h f!Vnnn
is seriously threatened, according to
advices to the American board of
commissioners for foreign missions
from members of the staff in North
China.
The statement of the board says
the pneumonia plague is particularly
virulent. It is the same disease that
ravaged in Mongolia five years ago,
carrying off between thirty and for
ty thousand persons before being
checked.
WILL PRESENT
SERVICE FLAG
Patriotic Service Will Feature Sun
day School Hour At Methodist
Church Tomorrow.
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A patriotic service will be held in
the Methodist church at the Sunday
school hour, 9:45 a. m. tomorrow
when a Service Flag will be present
ed to the Suhday school, bearing 20
stars, honoring the twenty young
men who have gone out from Metho
dist homes in the service of the na
tion. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all friends and parents of the
boys we honor, to be present. The
twenty stars on the Service Flag
represent the following young men:
Captain Garland Hurt, Lieut. Eu
gene Wallace, Harry Littletqn, G. M.
Ward, Clay Childers, Kirk Vaughn,
Jesse Chancellor, Segt. Jno. B. Jami
son, Duke Kelly, Edward Kelly, Ser
geant William Kelly, Alto Coffin,
Artemus Schell, Sergeant Theodore
R. Schell, “Babe” Jones, G. C. Sulli
van, H. A. McAllister, Owen Pettet,
Ray Brown, S. A. Ratterree, James
Coe.
PROGRAM.
“The Military March”—Reamey
! Orchestra.
Hymn, “America”—School.
Scripture Lesson—Supt. Hubly.
Prayer--Rev. W. B. Hays.
Anthem, “The Land We Love the
I Most”—Church Choir.
| “George Washington, Whose Birth
May We Celebrate”—C. M. Erwin.
Selected—Reamey Orchestra,
j Stoi’y of the Flag (Fairy Story)—
I Miss Dove Erwin.
| “The Star Spangled Banner”—
School.
Presentation of the Flag—W. E.
■ Bevens.
Acceptance of the Flag—Fred R.
i Suits.
Roll Call.
Prayer Song for Our Soldiers—
! School.
Selected—Reamey Orchestra.
Benediction. k
Mrs. Claude M. Erwin, chairman
of the woman’s registration work of
the county, reports about five hun
dred registrants to date over the en
tire county. Today is the last day
Newport ladies had to register.
Tuckerman, according to her popula
tion, has led the county in this com
Imendable work.
W. 0. W. Lodge Asks for
Special Session Legislature
The following resolutions weie
1 unanimously adopted by Pecan Camp
No. 3 of the Woodmen of the World
at a regular meeting held in Newport,
Arkansas, J’ebruary 21, 1918, peti
tioning Governor Brough to call a
special session of the legislature to
enact a genuine Air-Tight Bone Dry
Law:
“Whereas, A wet policy of any
kind, no matter how the wet goods
are obtained, is a detriment to most
everything that is good in life and es
pecially a great hindrance to frater
nal societies and is conducive to most
everything bad; and,
“Whereas, We know from experi
ence of actual workings of a law
which was enforced in our midst as a
Bone Dry Law of the great benefits
to be dcr//ed from absolute prohibi
tion; and,
Whereas, WTe realize already since
Februaiy 4th the great set back good
works of all kind have received and
the great boost that immorality and
drunkenness has had in our midst
whajt folly it is for a state to permit
intoxicants to enter its borders;
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That we
do hereby petition Governor Brough
to speedily convene the legislature in
Special Session for the purpose of
enacting a genuine Air-Tight Bono
Dry Law and forever driving this
menace from our state; and,
Be It Further Resolved, That a
copy of these resolutions be sent to
the governor and a copy given out
for publication.”
A true copy of the 1'esolutions as
unanimously adopted.
0. I. Hubert, Consul Com.
P. S. White, Clerk.
Arrival of American Troops
Brings About Manp Changes
A Port in France, Jan. 30.—(Cor
respondence of The Associated Press)
—A little more than six months have
wrought a mighty change in the base
at which, last June, the first division
of American troops landed to go into
training for _ their fight with the
Germans.
The docks have been and are en
larged, storage warehouses have been
and are being built, the harbor has
been dredged out to accomodate more
and larger ships, and the railroad
facilities have been nearly doubled
and are being increased day by day.
The enlargement of the port has
created a somewhat anomalous situ
tion. For whereas up to abo.ut the
end of ...last year, troops landed more
regularly and quickly than supplies,
so that it was sometimes feared it
would be necessary to draw tempor
arily on the French for their support,
the base is now in the position of be
ing able to handle more torinage
than is at present coming to it, either
in the form of supply or troop ships.
The capacity of the port would,
how’ever, be almost reached with the
completion of the docks and store
houses now under construction if it
were not for farreaching engineering
plans that are underway.
The American outhorities early
foresaw that even comprehensive
dock enlargements would inevitably
result in congestion and confusion if
some outlet were not arranged for
the increasing supplies expected tqj
arrive when they are needed, and
which even increased storage space
could not be expected to accomodate.
The problem resolved itself into one
of transportation.
Therefore, while the railroad tracks
at the port itself are vastly more nu
merous than they were six months
ago, the American engineers have
conceived a plan whereby a vast
i tract of land three or four miles back
! of the port has been taken over, and is
j being developed coincidently with the
j port itself.
j On either side of a huge basin into
| which ships can if necessary be tow
i ed and unloaded, dozens of parallel
i spur tracks are being laid. They will
| serve a dual purpose, for cars .either
; can be filled from barges and vessels
j brought into the basin, or cars loaded
| at the port itself can quickly and eas
| ily be hauled to the spurs and there
; made up into trains. ,
The Americans already have taken
! over on lease front the French cer
1 tain lines of railroad which will be
i fed from the yards of the port and of
j its complementary station in the rear.
; They are increasing constantly the
j efficiency and Capacity of the port
itself by helping the French to econ
omize in dock and transportation
space.
The American plan which envis
ages caring for vastly more volume
than the port would normally accom
odate, even with the enlargement of
locks anil store houses, is not origi
nal with them but is more or less a
copy of what the English have done
at another port, where they have in
creased the daily output of merchan
dise from about 200 cars or less to
more than 700. This they have been
able to do by laying out huge yards
to the rear of the actual port to avoid
congestion and tto facilitate making
up trains.
! The steady development of the
American port has made it necessary
to rearrange the manner in which the
work is done. Last July a compara
tively small branch of the quarter
master’s department was amply able
to superintend and manage the un
loading and' distribution of supplies.
Today the work hhs grown so that it
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SPANISH SHIP
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Vessel Was En Route to New York
City—Crew Is Saved By Another
Spanish Steamer.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Madrid, Feb. 23.—The Spanish
steamer, Maria Caspio, wag sunk by
a submarine while en route to New
York City with a cargo from Cork.
' The crew was rescued by another
I Spanish steamship. *
HEW WREST PRICE
Mil BEJRDEREi
President Has Power to Raise Price
of 1918 Wheat Crop Above Two
Dollar Mark.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 23.—There were
indications today that the price of the
1918 wheat crop will be increased
soon by presidential . proclamation.
Under the food control law the price
for thei 1918 crop was fixed at two
dollars a bushel,. but the president
has authority to increase the price.
R. J. Anderson, one of the good
farmers on Route 1, and a most ex
cellent gentleman, who lives on the
W. D. Williams place, was a pleasant
visitor to our city today.
TO ENTERTAIN
DRAFTED WEN
Five Colored Drafted Men Will Leave
Newport Monday Night for
Camp Pike.
Monday night five drafted col
ored men will leave Newport for
Camp Pike, and it is announced that
a patriotic program will be carried
out in their honor. The men will be
entertained by the colored Patriotic
League, and also by the Morning
Star church on Vine street. The
! speakers will be W, M. Sulcer and H.
jC. Howard. Mayor A. T. Hubly also
will deliver a talk at the church.
The program will begin at 2:30 in the
afternoon.
The colored people of the city are
to be commended for the spirit of
patriotism they exhibit during oc
casions that arise by reason of the
war.
STEAL AUTOMOBILES
TO TAKE THEIR GIRLS
OUT FOR A JOY RIDE
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 23.—The tempor
; ary theft of automobiles has become
I a great nuisance and a nightly occur
rencc in Little Rock. As a rule, the
cars are recoverel by the police, some
| times the same night where they
! have been abandoned in some distant
; part of the city, and occasionally
! several days elapse. Frequently the
; cars are driven into the country and
! wrecked and abandoned.
Yesterday the police caught a
young man about 16 years old who
has be^n making a practice of steal
ing a car almost every night and
taking young girls joy-riding. One
night early in the week a school girl,
who was riding with him, accidental
ly dropped her note book with her
name and address on it in one of the
stolen cars. Following this clue, the
police soon had the boy in custody,
and he confessed that he had taken a
large number of cars recently, and
given rides to his lady friends. Un
der the law it is only a misdemeanor
to take another’s automobile, even
though it be wrecked while the bor
rower is using it.
Harvey E. L. McCollum, circulation
manager of the Independent, spent
yesterday at Swifton, where he se
cured a number of new subscribers.
TWO HUNDRED
ADORE NEEDED
It Will Take That Many Dollars to
Complete (Juota For War Camp
Service Fund.
Returns up to this morning show
Newport to have raised $1,300 of its
quota of $1,500 on the War Camp
Community Service Fund. - >
A number of men have not yet^
been seen and the work will be con-/
tinued until we reach our quota or\
go beyond.
A very few men have refused to x
give to this cause. They have lost
sight of the fact that we are all in
this war together and that response
is to he expected on every call.
Giving our time does not excuse
us from giving money. Our soldiers
give their time. They also give their
life if needed to preserve our nation.
If you have not been seen do not
wait any longer, but step into any
bank and leave your money for this
fund. Newport must not come up
short, and it is now up to you.
Ninety per cent of the men asked
have responded gladly and willingly.
You get with that great majority.
WILE HOTRESUME
PEACE TALK SOON
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German Advance Into Russia Con
tinues and Is Not Receiving Much
Opposition from Bolshevikl.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 23.—Peace nego
tiations by tlie. Russians will not-bs^ u
resumed immediately by tho Germans
and guerilla warfare probably will be /;
instituted by the Bolsheviki to ita
pede the German advance. It Is afl
nouneed semi-officially from Berlin
that Foreign Secretary V6n Kuehl
mann has gone to Bucharest to dis
cuss peace with the Rumanian emis- , >
sary. Therefore the resumption of
negotiations with the Bolsheviki i*
postponed. Trotzky, the Bolsheviki
foreign minister, is reported to have M
gone to Dvnsk to seek a conference *;
with Germans. The Bolsheviki re
sistance seemingly depends on wheth- .Jftg
er the Germans accept readily the
capitulation of the government. The
Germans so far are meeting littli^"^W
resistance in the advance on Russia.^S|,;3
TURKISH A-lMY
FIGHTING NOW
Begins Offensive In Caucasus Before ('
Expiration of Armistice, Says
Dispatch.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 23.—The Turkish ar
my in Caucasus has begun an of
fensive, a correspondent to the Ex
change Telegraph wires from head
quarters of the Russian western
army. The attack started before the
expiration oi tne armistice.
Turks have occupied Platana and |
paralyzed the evacuation of the Cau
casian corps which now are grouped
r.long the coast.
FRENCH TROOPS MAKE
RAIDS ON GERMANS
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| Take War Material and Prisoners
Along River and in the
Champagne.
associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, Feb. 23.—French troops last
night raided German positions north
of Ailctte river and in the Cham
pagne, the war office announces.
Prisoners and war material were
brought back by the French.
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