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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1914 NUMBER 43
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VILLA WILL TAKE
SALTILLO SOON
If Rebels Take City Fate of Silli
man may Be Learned—Fear
ed That He Is Slain.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 20.—
The State Department now be
lieves that General Villa will
take Saltillo within the next two
days. If such is the case steps
will be immediately taken to as
certain the fate of Consul John
R. Silliman. High officials here
fear that he has been slain, and
if such proves the case, will no
doubt end mediation.
CENSORSHIP INDICATES A
DESPERATE BATTLE.
United Press Dispatch.
Juarez, Mexico, May 20.—It
is now believed that there is no
doubte whatever that General
Villa is involved in a desperate
struggle with the Federals at
Saltillo, as this is the second day
that corespondents from the
field have been unable to get
news through the lines.
PARKS SHOT AND BURNED.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C-, May 20.—
Private Parks was shot and his
body burned by Federals, ac
cording to a report from the
Brazillian minister at Mexico
< city, who says that he has talk
ed with eye witnesses who say
that Parks was executed by
the Huertists.
ENVOYS AT NIAGARA
FALLS.
United Press Dispatch.
Niagara Falls, Ontario, May
20. —The Mexican envoys and
party, twenty in all, arrived here
» early today. A State Depart
ment met them at the station on
the American side and brought
them across in automobiles.
None of the delegates would
discuss the mission in any way
In the meantime at Prospect
House, on the American side,
the American delegates are
preparing for the first session,
schedule^ for this afternoon.
A special telephone wire has
been placed in their rooms, con
nected direct with Washington
State Department, so as to keep
in constant touch with the Ad
ministration. Lamar Lehman
arrived at midnight.
Credentials were presented in
joint conference will be held this
a formal meeting today and a
afternoon to discuss a general
plan of proceedure, but there
after A. B. C. mediators are ex
pected to meet with Mexicans
and Americans separately, ex
cept when one side or the other
has a formal agreement to sub
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mit which mediators believe may
be accepted.
The mediators, and especially
Ambassador Naon, of Argentine,
are very optimistic over the out
come of the mediation.
All mediators believe that suc
cess in conference would have
far-reaching effect. Dr. Cordo
ba, minister for Ecudor, is stay
ing on the American side to un
officially watch the proceedings
for his government, and ex
pressed the belief that restor
ation of peace between Mexico
and the United States by the
three South American countries
would mean henceforth that na
tions of North and South Amer
ica would be bound by unbreak
able ties of peace.
The Honduras minister is ex
pected today as another “ob
server”
OPEN PORT WILL NOT AF
FECT CONFERENCE.
United Press Service.
Niagara Falls, May 20.—From
a source close to the officials of
the mediation, it is announced
that the action of the State De
partment declaring Tampico an
open port, will not affect the
mediation conference.
It is stated that nothing short
of the occupation of the port of
Tampico by Americans would be
considered aggressive. The A
mericans paid their respects to
the mediators about noon. It is
understood that Minister Juarez
will not arrive before tomorrow.
Certain oil lands concessions
in Mexico are to be factors in the
negotiations. Pressure is ex
pected from the landlords who
hold these oil concessions, to se
cure assurance that if rebels are
victorious they will respect the
lights of the owners
BECKER DEFENSE
IS CRIPPLED
Judge Seabury Excluded Depo
sition Made By “Dago
Frank”.
United Press Dispatch.
New York, May 20.—Lieu
tenant Becker’s defense receiv
ed a sad blow today when Jus
tice Seabury refused to allow
the introduction of evidence to
show that “Dago Frank” Ciro
fici, one of the gunmen executed
for the murder of Rosenthal, had
exonerated Becker in a state
ment made before he was elec
trocuted in which he said that
Becker did not have any share
in the crime and was not guilty
of complicity “so far as he
knew”.
General Synod of Lutherans
Meets In .Akron, Ohio.
United Press Service.
Vienna, May 20.—On the
charge of passing off the infant
son of a cook as her own, Bar
oness Zois today is awaiting trial
at Craz, Styria- As she had only
two daughters the family was
not entitled to inherit an en
tailed estate belonging to an un
married cousin of Baron Zois.
Fearing that she would never
have a son of her own, the Bar
oness agreed to buy the cook’s
boy for $200, and promised to
pay a nurse $100 for arranging
the deal. Discovery of the plot
followed her attempt to get pos
session of the money. She was
| arrested and later tried to
.throw herself from the second
story window but was prevented.
PRESS MEETING
ADjOURNS TODAY
Forty-Second Annual Meeting of
Arkansas Press Association
Closes At Little Rock
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 20.— The
forty-second annual meeting of
the Arkansas Press Association
concluded a three days’ session
here today. There wree about
400 newspaper workers present,
and thirty new members were
j elected. The attendance was
| larger than ever before, and
there was a greater proportion
of wives and daughters than u
sual. The members of the Asso
ciation were most lavishly and
bountifully entertained by the
Little Rock Press Club and the
citizens, and the three days
were filled with receptions, en
' tertainments, luncheons, and
j sightseeing, interspersed with
some necessary business ses
sions.
The following officers were e
lected: President V. A. Beeson j
of the Morilton Headlight; Vice j
Presidents, Claude Mann of the j
AI 1 Pi wi r\ c Trtnvnol ( A I
Berry of the Huttig News, and
T. L. Pound of the Danville Dem
ocrat; Ed McCorkle of the Star
of Hope.
There is an interesting con-:
test on for the next meeting j
place of the convention, invita- i
tions having been extended by '
Harrison and Pine Bluff, and the
indications are that Harrison
will win out- It is planned that
; the last day and night of the
convention will be pased at Eu
reka Springs.
After a spirited discusion on
Tuesday afternoon, a resolution
was adopted to the effect that it j
j is the sense of the Association !
that the subscription price of
j weeklies should be advanced
| from $1 to $1.50 per annum,
i This was not in any wise bind
I ing upon the publishers, and
many expressed themselves as
1 opposed to it, but a majority
I considered that the increased
! cost of raw material, and the
: higher cost of al commodities,
; should justify an advance in the
j subscription price of the news
papers.
Among the distinguished vis
itors present from outside the
state were, Wright A. Patterson
of Chicago, editor-in-chief of
the Western Newspaper Union,
who discused “Newspaper Prob
lems,” in their application es
pecially to the country weeklies.
James H. Holt of Memphis also
re; d and able aper on the same
subject; W. M. Ledbetter, man
aging editor of the St. bouis ne
| public, addressed the convention
land Col. Mike Connelly, editor of
the Memphis News-Scimitar, at
Memphis, was also present
! The program was filled with
I addresses on matters appealing
; directly to the interests of the
newspaper fraternity. It will be
followed by the annual excursion
through Northeast Arkansas,
spending Thursday night at
Mammoth Spring and Sunday
night at Jonesboro, returning to
Little Rock Saturday night.
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NEXT MEETING GOES TO j
HAARISAN
(Special to Independent.
| Little Rock, May 20 (3 p. m.)
_The Arkansas Press Associa
tion has just voted to meet at
Harrison in May, 19155.
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A. new line of Bibles and Tes-!
itaments just received at Price’s
j Bookstore. 44b7
Government Shows How It Sells *
The Timber.
United Press Service.
New7 York, May 20.—Models
representing an acre of Western
yellow7 pine land in a national
forest of the southwest before
and after logging were shown
here today by the government
forestry bureau in Washington
at the opening of the forest’s
products exposition. In the
model showing the stand before
the lumbermen goes into it the
trees range from those only a
few yars old to large, overma
ture, stag-headed individuals
more than ready for the axe. In
the second model the mature
trees and all the others larger
than a certain diameter have
been cut and made into logs and !
cordw'ood- Special attention is
caled to the low cutting to avoid
unnecessary w'aste.
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Republicans Meet In West Vir- j
ginia.
United Press Sendee
Charleston, W. Va., May 20.—
With several hundred delegates !
in attendance, the Republican
convention wTas called in this city j
today by Chairman Thomas J.;
Rhprrnrrl Ghnrurps in thp rules i
governing election of delegates
to the next national convention
and changes in the basis of rep
resentation were matters sched
uled for discussion. j
In connection with the ap-!
portionment of delegates to the j
present convention it was no
ticed that each district was rep-5
resented by one delegate for
each 250 voters contributing to
the combined vote of the Repub
licans and Progressives in the
last general election.
Mrs. Hocking, Misses Willie
Overton Minor, Thadese Kinman
and Mary Madaline Hocking, Ed
Doherty and Charles Minor
helped the Newport boys win the
last games played with Bates
ville yesterday, returning last
night with the team. Mr. Whit
ten, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wil
liams, Misses HafFner and Ma
rion also accompanied the team
to Batesville.
PLEASE HELP US.
To provide a permanent com
munity Club House for the boys
and girls of our city by patron
izing the Schubert Symphony
Club Concert on Monday even
ing, at the High School Audito
rium. The attraction is high
grade in every respect and will
be a treat to music lovers- Tick
ets are now on sale at Walker’s
Pharmacy at one-half the usual
price of admission.
Rector of St. Paul’s Church.
Col. Roosevelt Looking After
Progressive Fences.
United Press Dispatch.
Oyster Bay, May 20. —Col.
Theodore Roosevelt today con-1
ferred with John McGrath, sec- j
retary of the Progressive party
who has headquarters in New
TRACKAGE WAS
VERY VALUABLE
Directors Of Road Say That
Mellen’s Story Will Be Re
pudiated.
Trackage Was Very Valuable.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 20. —
Justification will be the reply
of William Rockefeller and other
high officials of the New* Haven
railroad in Ireply to Mellen’s
story of West Chester Amalga
mation. Mellen’s criticism will
be repudiated if the directors
are called to testify.
Although only 26 miles of rail
road was secured for thirty-five
million dollars, it will be ex
plained that it was a six track
and equipped with high powrer
engines and first-class rolling
stock, extending from the Har
lem river to the Connecticut
line and will eventually be worth
many times the purchase price.
SENATOR ALDRICH INTER
ESTED.
Mellen today went over the
purchase of Rhode Island Trol
ley and Worcester, Naseau and
Rochester Road. In former
Folk plans it was shown that
Senator Aldrich was interested,
the latter’s stock being secured
from the Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
York. Chairman Perkins, of the
National Progressive committee,
is due here this afternoon. Other
leaders are en route for a general
conference of the powers that be
of the new party.
; Carnival Company Has Good
Crowds
The J. George Loos Carnival
Company, playing here this
i week, has proven very popular
| and a good sized rowd has beera
i in attendance each night. The
per cent going to the Boy
Scouts on Monday night a—
mounted to $60 and with a con
tinuous week of good crowds*,
which now seems likely, the lit
tle fellows will realize a snug
srm from their venture.
The secretary of the Company ,
in speaking of the bright ap>
pearance of their various at
tractions, said that a part of
the contract with individuals of
the aggregation was that aft
features must be clean in every
respect and that all tentage etc.,
must be renewed from time to;
time, as they began to show thfii
wear and tear of the roach- |
American Hotel Men In Paris.
United Press Service.
Paris, May 20—The two hun
dred members of the American:
Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit As
who have been touringr
Great Britian and Europe, were?
lavishly entertained here to
day by Paris hotel men and city
officials. The Americans will re
main here one week. An elabor
ate program for their enter
tainment has been arranged. Tfe
visitors today expected to be per
ceived by President Poinc«o> -
some time today or tomorrow.
Bologne will be the next and last
city visited before the Ameri
cans start homeward.
|jj= Close evenings 6:30 except Saturday. S|
1 “Good Shots” f l
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No doubt you’ve read how, at g|
the seizure of Vera Cruz, the keen eyed jug
tars of a Yankee ship shot out the win- ii
dows of a building a mile away, one by jj*
one. :
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Turning from war to ^
clothes you’ll notice the li
same accurate long-range
marksmanship in our
KUPPENHEIMER |
young men’s clothes. ffi
They always hit the good
style mark six months a |j§ p
head of the common run ^
of clothes. ^
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H This is Young Men’s Week at the
^ Live Store, and we’re showing everthing ||
from English models of “cornstalk” slim- ^
H ness to more conservative American ideas, ii
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* $20.00 to $30.00 |
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