1 BIKER REPLIES
TO CHAMBERLAIN
Says Senator Gave a Disproportion
ate View of Conditions, but Con
ceded Mistakes Were Impossible
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 28.—Five hun
dred thousand U. S. troops were in
France early this year and a million
and a half more are now ready to go,
fully equipped, and with artillery to
support them. This was the answer
of Secretary Baker today to the
charges of inefficiency and break
down of the military establishment.
He made the statements at a public
hearing before the senate military
committee. This force will be com
posed of men now with Pershing and
ithirty-two divisions troops now in
camps in the United States, and the
next increments to be drawn. Artil
lery, if necessary, Will come from the
^British and French governments
which have an excess ordnance.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 28.— Secretary
Baker replying to Senator Chamber
charges of inefficiency in the
■*®it&jHP*<lepartrnent and making a verbal
^SHpinent before the senate military
|||g3jPhiittee, declared the Chamberlain
jFvJEsech .gave a disproportionate as*
aria cqnaS^fed freely that in so
||L great an eikt^i^se it is impossible
Iff for there not to be delays and short
p:£ comings, but brought much criticism,
due to the impatience of the Ameri
can people to do this great thing
quickly without intent.' He said in
effect Chamberlain’s speech was to
give the impression that deficiencies
were characteristic rather than oc
casional, referring to cases of vie
leged neglect. The secretary called
attention to the fact that more than a
million men in this country are under
arms and said Major General Wood
recommended calling out a large ar
my, although men were not to be
provided for at once with rifles and
clothing. He said every soldier need
ing a rifle has one. Defending the
lack of Lewis guns he reiterated that
Pershing does not want Lewis guns
for ground forces but only for avia
tion. ‘
Baker asserted emphatically that
deficiencies were disclosed promptly
and remedied. He declared thirty
two divisions of the national guard
and national army troops and more
than a million men and troops were
considered ready to go over sea when
ever^ is decided to move them. He
asserted France and Great Britain
are supplying artillery for American
forces because they had, an excess and
wished to save ships for more vital
necessities.
REVOLUTION IN
FINLAND RAGES
Long Threatened Outbreak in East
ern Provinces Is Reported to
Be Proceeding.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Stockholm, Jan. 28.— The long
threatened revolution in Finland is
proceeding in Eastern provinces, ac
cording to reports reaching Hapar
anda and forwarded here.
TOWN OF MACKAY
IS UNDER WATER
Great Loss of Life is Feared in Aus
tralian City Where Floods Are
Reported Heavy.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 28.—The .town of
Mackay in Queensland, Australia, is
completely submerged, according^ to_
a Reuter dispatch from Brisbane. A
great loss of life is feared. This re
port came by wireless from a vessel
in harbor which is the only means of
communication. Previous reports in
dicated the disaster in Mackay was
due to a cyclone anid rain.
K. OF P. SUIT
IS SET ASIDE
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Decrees of Federal Court Denying
Righj of Order to Increase As
sessments Set Aside.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 28.—Federal
court decrees denying the right of
the Knights of Pythias to increase as
sessments on the insurance endow
ment class was set aside by the su
preme court today.
DANIELS-MURPHY
Miss Jewel Martin Daniels and Mr,
Franklyn Murphy were married at
their home in Los Angeles, Califor
nia, on December 11th, 1917. Mrs.
Murphy is a niece of Mrs. George M.
Sink of Newport and was reared in
this city. The Independent joins
with her many friends in best wishes
for a happy vojage on the matrimo
nial sea. 7
WAR BREAD RULE
IS NOW IN FORGE
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Householders Are Restricted in Buy
ing Wheat Flour Under New
Regulations, Effective Monday.
Bakers began Monday the manu
facture of the new Liberty Loaf, a
war bread containing a five per cent
substitute for wftieat flour, prescribed
by the food administration as a part
of its 1918 food corlikrvation pro
gram. At the”’ same '“'Tame^grocets
will sell to householders wheat flour
only when the purchasers buy an
equal amount of some other cereal.
Both housholders and merchants in
Newport and Jackson county should
fee! it their patriotic duty to con
form to this new regulation, because
its violation will mean that just that
amount of hindrance placed in the
way to a peaceful and honorable con
clusion of the war.
The percentage of substitute flours
used by baking establishments will be
increased gradually until a 20 per
cent substitution is reached on Feb
ruary 24th. As substitutes the bak
3rs may use either some other cereal
or flours made from potatoes or
beans.
Hotels, restaurants and other pub
lic eating places will be required to
observe the regulations laid down for
baking establishments.
To force wheat conservation both
wholesalers and retailers will be re
quired to limit their purchases of
wheat flour to 70 per cent of last
year s supplies. The remaining 30
per cent will be taken from the mills
by the Food Administration for the
purpose of creating an export sur
plus and building up a reserve store
to fill emergency needs.
Other features of the new conser
vation program, announced Saturday
in President Wilson’s proclamation,
are two wheatless days—Monday, and
Wednesday; one meatless day—
Tuesday; two porkless days—Tues
day and Saturday—and a 10 per cent
voluntary reduction in the houshold
sugar ration.
BIG CORPORATION
IS RECOMMENDED
Secretary McAdoo Wants Half Mil*
lion Dollars Appropriated for
Necessary Enterprises.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 28.—The creation
of half a million dollars for a govern
ment corporation to make loans and
advance money to enterprises essen
tial to the war and otherwise assist
private financing, was recommended
to congress today by Secretary Mc
Adoo. The secretary also asked that
all private issues, securities of more
than a hundred thousand dollars, be
made subject to the approval of a
government body to be known as the
“war finance corporation.”
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I Newport Will Learn How
England Feeds Its People
I Newport and Jackson county will
learn how England is fed when the
Special United States Stood Commis
sion visits this city Saturday, March
23. The commission has just re
turned from Europe, where the body
was sent to ascertain actual food con
ditions and to place before the food
American people on their return the
pressing need of providing\food for
the nations associated with V-merica
in the prosecution of the war. The
commission that toured England and
France, making a study of London’s
municipal kitchens, investigating
England’s farm preparations for in
creasing the food supply, motoring
through the agricultural districts of
France, visiting the front-line
trenches and for five days living with
the soldiers in the American expedi
tionary forces, concluding their in
vestigation with a conference with
General Pershing and his staff offi
cers, consisted of Roscoe Mitchell, at
torney, Buffalo, N. Y.; Edward F.
Trefz, the well known Chicago editor;
Everett Colby, one of the leading at
torneys of New Jersey; the Rev. Ju
lius Lincoln, Jamestown, N. Y.; Dan
niel Reed, former Cornell coach and
football star, now a resident of Flint,
Mich., and John B. Lord, recognized
as one of the brilliant young men in
New York banking circles.
These men will speak at the court
house in Newport, and the occasion
will be one which everybody must
take advantage of. The visit of these
distinguished men at the head of a
government undertaking is a signal
honor for Jackson county.
F"?— . -r : : - ..■•"".■'I....:. —
The Weather Man Is a Regular Hick
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It would tickle us clear down t$
zero to have the opportunity of wit
nessing just a one-round bout between
Jess Willard gnd tbh weather man.
He’s the mosfc jjaring cu vs this side of
the firing line, where he ought to be.
Last Saturday he sent out a flpcjf
of sunshine which he used in rael&ejjf;
a lot of ice and snow, without Whiten
Newport was lonesome and lost for
awhile, but he evidently mistook the
lonesome feeling for the blues and
slipped in a sheet of sleet, or, that is,
glaise, Saturday night while nobody
was looking. Not satisfied with the
glaise he willed a half-inch of cold
rain on the town, which threw a chill
and frozfe tight and! sent many a man
on his ear. Also he sent some of our
best citizens to their houstops to
stop the flow through intake pipes
which itfcve formed quite numerously
through all kinds of roofs since this
became a world of ice.
Monday witnessed a small crumble
of the situation, but lest night the
freezer began to operate again, and
devil feent in a import that his
rplint 'will work a douMWJjift today.
Dispatches last night stated that
the south would be gripped with an
other cold wave, and that a continu
ation of freight tie-up and conges
tion of traffic is a good bet.
The river here has risen several
inches, but those who have been cry
ing about a flood will have to find
something else to worry about. A
great amount of the ice that melted
stuck to the ground, and the rain
that fell made no impression on the
river.
SHIP TORPEDOED;
TWELVE ARE LOST
i
London Dispatch Announces the Loss
of the Steamship Cork By
Torpedo.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 28.—The steamship
Cork has been torpedoed. Seven
passengers and five of the crew were
lost.
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PRESENTS PLAN
FOR OILFTSP
Fuel Administrator Garfield Visits
White House and Suggests Li
censng Program.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 28.—Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield, after a visit to the
White House today, said he presented
a plan for licensing the system of oil
production and distribution.
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Announcement
TO OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS:
The Directors of the Arkansas Bank
& Trust Co.-are pleased to announce
the appointment of
Mr. John E. Williams as Cashier ;
Mr. E. E. Best as Asst. Cashier
Mr. Williams for more than a year
was county clerk, and was in the
banking business at Grubbs and
Tuckerman of this county. I
Mr. Best has been cashier of the
Bank of Bald Knob.
Our service during the past year
has not been up to standard on ac
count of having five of our men
join the army—two cashiers, two as
sistant cashiers and one bookkeeper.
We hope to now give you the best
of service.
Arkansas Bank &. Trust Co.
Newport, Arkansas ,
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REHEARING IS
NOT GRANTED
Supreme Court Refuses Further De- {
lay in Execution of Sentences of
Berlean and Emma Goldman.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 28.—The supreme
court today declined to grant a re
hearing in the cases of Alexander
Berlean and Emma Goldman, con
' victed of conspiring to violate the
draft law. The court refused delay
in further carrying out the sentences.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 28.—The supreme
court today agreed to expedite the
hearing of the appeal on proceedings
brought by the Associated Press to
prevent pirating of news by the In
ternational news service. The court
fixed April 14 for the arguments.
JUDGE STUCKEY IS
CALLED BY DEATH
Prominent Citizen, Jurist, Fratemal
ist and Soldier Passes Away At
Hot Springs Sunday.
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The funetts* of Judge M. M. Stuckey
will be hcfd today at 2 o’clock at the
Methodist church.
Although it was not wholly unex
pected, when^h^mejci^wn yester
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JUDGE M. M. STUCKEY.
passed away at Hot Springs Sunday,
the news cast a spell of sadness over
Newport and surrounding country as
far as it reached.
Judge Stuckey was one of the most
popular and best-loved men in the
county and many homes are saddened
by the news^of his death.
Michael Martin Stuckey, son ot
Rev. Michael Miller Stuckey and Ame
lia Bushweiler Stuckey, was born at
Alton, Illinois December 16th, 1853,
,and died at Algoma Sanitarium, Hot
Springs, Arkansas, at 2 p. m. Sunday,
January 27, 1918, aged 64 years, 1
month and 11 days. Of his immediate
family he is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Alice Stuckey, four sisters, Mrs.
Margaret A. Suits, of Butler, 111.,
Misses Lucy E. and Minnie Stuckey
and Mrs. David Colvin of Wichita,
Kansas, and two brothers, Geo. E.
Stuckey of Miami, Ariz., and Fred H.
Stuckey of Wichita, Kansas. He had
been sick for a long time and every
thing that loving hands and medical
skill could do for him was done.
He was educated in the public
schools of his native state and at De
Paw University, Green Castle, Ind.,
finishing his university course by
hard work and the help of an older
sister. He moved to Arkansas in the
early seventies, settled in Jackson
county, and taught school at Grand
Glaize, Bowen’s Ridge and other
places in the county.
He was married July 24, 18»8 to
Miss Alice Stephens, who survives
to mourn his tloss.
Admitted to the bar September 18,
1882, at the time of his death he was
a member of the Chancery Bar Asso
ciation of this district, the Arkansas
Bar Association and the American
Bar Association. He was a good law
yer in all the names implies. He
knew the law and he knew hu a in
nature. He was ever loyal to his cli
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