VOLUME IV. ■ NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914. NUMBER 178
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ORDERS TO DESTROY
* TURKISH ELEET
Issued By Russian Government
—Turkish Cruisers Have Al
) ready Sunk Number of Rus
y/ sian Ships.
United Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Oct. 30.—Much en
thusiasm marks the Russian ac
ceptance of Turkish participa
V tion in the present war. The
Black Sea fleet has been order
ed to destroy the Turkish squad
rons operating against the Cri
mean Caucasian forts and troops
kre expected to be moved short
er iy- !
v There has ben no official de
claration of war, but communica-1
tions with Turkey have been se
vered. It is not known whether
the embassy and staff have been
given their passports.
The British embassy here stat
ed that Bulgaria and Roumania
must decide whether to fight'
Turkey immediately.
In the activities to date, two'
Turkish destroyers have shelled {
Odessa, sinking a Russian mer-1
chant ship. The Turkish officers
from the cruiser Breslau are be
ing hecb at Theodosia while
the Breslau shelled the city, kill-j
ing one soldier
TIki TurVisVi ('•nriQnl uf- Mm;. ■
crossysk demanded that the j
city surrender to the cruiser
Hamadieh, He was arrested j
and the cruiser withdrew. The
Turkish cruiser Goeben has tor-1
pedoed the Russian’s Yalta and
Kabek at Kertch, Caucasia.
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Following newspaper announce- [
ments of Turkef’s decision, the
biggest patriotic demonstration
of the war occurred. It is state- j
ed that the Turk move was in-i
spired by Germany in the hope (
, of relieving the pressure on the
Austro-German armies, for the
Germans were not only routed in
the Vistula fighting but also a
large German army was cut off
in Russian Poland and is in dan- (
ger of annihilation.
/ Farahdine Beya, the Turkish
■ ambassador here remains and is
said to be ay/aiting instructions.
r He expressed his regrets that j
'Turkey was not to remain neu
tral. j
RUSSIA RECALLS AMBASSA
DOR.
United Press Dispatch.
London, Oct. 30.—Petrograd
dispatches say the Russian am
bassador has been instructed toj
demand his passports and leave
Constantinople immediately. The
entire Russian consular repre
.1 sentation in Turkey has been re
* called. I
TURKS BOMBARD ODESSA.
(United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 30.'—
rirlacoQ woe hnmharded last niirht
and American property destroy
ed, according to a Petrograd mes
sage wired do the American
State Department and based on
the report of the American con
sul at Odessa. It is assumed
that the Turks did the bombard
' d ment.
It is indicated that the bom
bardment occurred Wednesday
night and the government has
begun an investigation.
) NO DECLARATION YET.
United Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Oct. 30. In the ab
sence of a Turkish declaration
of war, Russia has refrained
fro mdeclaring Var up to the
' present.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
k 'tWill start both shows early oil
account of the big dance. Don’t
miss seeing both Opera House
and Madaline. dl
The baby daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Mink who has been
A very sick, is improving slowly.
7 Ed Doherty returned this
Aiming from Little Rock, where
he witnessed the hilarious com
ply. “Potash and Permutter’’ at
the Kempner theater last night.
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Contributions Still Coming.
The Payne Relief fund con
tinues to receive contributions
and has by no means reached its
limit, for other responses are
sure. A negro minister, J. W.
(Nichols, is one of the contribut
ors among those today and
his letter accompanying the
donation evidences the desire
of the better class of negroes
of this city to rid Newport of
this trifling, idle criminal ele
ment of their own race:
Previously acknowl
edged _$284.50
O. I. Hubert__ 5.00
Stevens Grocer Co_ 5.00
Fred R. Suits_* 2.50
Elbert Burt__ 2.50
J. L. Younger__ 2.00
W. L. Nelligan_ 2.00
Rev. J. W. Nichols_ 1.00
Miss Lula Wolf_ 1.00
Charles E Hipolite_ 1.00
C. B. Best_ .50
Miss Lillian Boullioun_ .50
Total_$308.50
Editor of the Newport Daily In
dependent :
Dear Sir:
Will you be so kind as to al
low this short letter to come out
in the columns of your paper?
First, I want to say that I am
a colored Methodist pracher,
and as such am no friend to:
crime, and the act of Joe Davis
in shooting the night marshal,
is condemned by the best color
ed people as much as it is by
the white people of this our
peaceful little city.
Mr. James Payne was a great
and good man and to take that
good man, in the discharge of j
his duty, is mean indeed, but to
take him from his home and
dear little children to be cared :
for by a widowed mother.
Personally, I did not know the
man Joe Davis, but I do know
that the officers of this town, to
my mind are just a little bit too
careless, so far as the enforce
ment of the law is concerntd. If
these gambling dives and wild
cats were put out of business,
then the hotbed that breeds
such stock as Joe Davis would j
breed no more, and that class
of negroes would find no resting!
place among us.
I am poor, and have to live by
the day, but Mrs. James Payne
has my sympathy with $1.00,
and whatever help I am here
after able to give.
I am yours for the right,
Rev. J. W. Nichols.
_ NO BETTER OR BRAVER
MAN.
John H. Keel, when told of
Jim Payne’s death, was very
much grieved. He said to his
informer:
“I have knov/n Jim Payne for
twenty years. God never made
a better or braver man. He has
protected the women and child
rep a thousand times from the
night fiend and robber, both
races Diack ana wnite.
“A sad part of the tragedy and
its results is his widowed wife
and heart-broken family Take
this ten dollars and give it to
them as my humble token of
gratitude to a brave officer who
died in a brave and noble cause,
while in the faithful perform
ance of official duty.”
Shooting Was Across River.
Thursday night about ten o’
clock a score of shots in quick
succession aroused the people
of this city for the public pulse
has been a bit nervous as the
result of so much ercitement,
yet so far as the officers can
learn, the shooting was across
the river from Newport.
H. S. Simmons and A. M. Bal
lew are patroling the city
as special night officers since
the death of James Payne.
/Fisher Succeeds Prince Louis.
United Press Dispatch.
London, Oct. 30.—Admiral
Lord Fisher was this afternoon
gazetted as First Sea Lord of
the Admiralty. succeeding
Prince Louis Battenburg, who
was removed because he was a
naturalized German.
SECOND WAR
SEEMS CERTAIN
Villa Surrounding Peace Con
pention City With His Own
Troops—Carranza Forces
Mobilize.
United Press Dispatch.
El Paso, Texas, Oct. 30.— Al
though the national conference
has adopted a peace plan, dis
patches say that fighting has
begun at San Gil, twenty miles
from Aguas Calfentes, where the
Villistas sought to prevent the
mobilization of the Carranzais
tas.
It is said that fifteen thousand
Carrazaistas mobilized at Leon
south of Aguas Calientes, and
tnat Villa is placing his forces
around the convention city. More
fighting is expected.
His platform calls for the elim
ination of Carranza and the im
mediate division of the big es
tates.
ENGLAND WANTS
PORTUGAL’S HELP
Germany Gives Flat Lie To Offi
cial Lisbon Reports of Ger
man Aggression.
United Press Dispatch.
Berlin, Oct. 30.—In a bitter of
ficial statement the government
denies the official Lisbon reports
that the Germans have invaded
Angola of Portugese Africa. The
statement says: “The report is
a flat lie in order to justify Por
tugal’s participation, so that she
can aid England to cope with
the Boer rebellion.”
“It is now certain that the re
volt is taking big proportions,
and that England wants Portu
gese help.”
THE GERMAN INVASION.
United Press Dispatch.
Lisbon, Oct. 30.—Official de
tails of the German attempted
occupation of Angola, Africa, say
that a German detachment de
manded an interview with the
commander and that three Ger
mans were killed in the ensuing
battle, the Germans retreating.
Court Jails School Superintend
ent.
Unitel Press Dispatch.
Cleveland, 0., Oct. 30.—J. N.
H. Frederick, school superintend
ent, has been sentenced to ten
days in jail and fined $500, being
the maximum sentence, by Judge
Neff, for contempt of court in
discharging six teachers for the
formation of a teacher’s union in
violation of the court’s injunc
tion. The case is regarded as es
tablishing a precedent.
Kirkpatrick Leaves Little Rock.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 30.—No suc
cessor has been selected to C.
C. Kirkpatrick as secretary of
the Little Rock Chamber of Com
merce. The resignation will
take effect next Monday at which
time Mr. Kirkpatrick will depart
for Cincinnati to engage in oth
er business. It has been accept
ed with regret by the oBard of
Governors, as the administration
of Mr. Kirkpatrick has been
characterized by a progressive
ness that has accomplished
much. He has reduced the in
debtedness of the organization
from $18,000 to $4,000.
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Constructing Monument Base.
A Mr. Maddock, representing
McNeel Marble Company of
Marietta, Georgia, is here con
structing the base for the Con
federate Soldiers Monument, tc
be erected with ten days, in the
court house yard.
The Daughters of the Confed
eracy are to set the day for the
unveiling of the monument and
arrange for the public exercises
on that date.
NEGRO WOMAN
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
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Retta Boyce Victim of Shotgun
| Carried By Husband and Acci
dentally Discharged.
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Retta Boyce, a negro woman
well known in Newport, and the
daughter of Molly Barnes, who
was acquitted in a trial for mur
der in the shooting of her
husband, met an accidental death
der, charged with killiny her
Thursday evening.
Dick Boyce and his wife, Ret
ta lived with the latter’s moth
er, Molly Barnes, on the Joe
Drummond farm, just below the
Sam Anthony place, on the Is
land. All had retired, when the
noise of chickens squawking a
roused them and the three went
to investigate. Dick Boyce car
ried a hammer shotgun and had
the hammer drawn back. As
I they were coming back to the
house and his wife walking in
front of him, the gun was acci
dentally discharged.
The whole load of shot from a
iNo. 12 gun entered the woman’s
I back and struck the lower por
tion of the left kidney. Dr. 0.
I E. Jones was at once called and
i arrived before death ensued,
I two hours after the shooting.
The negro woman is said to
! have stated before death that
the shooting was accidental,
which version is borne out by
her mother and the husbapd, as
their married life was happy and
contented.
Long Terms For Mail Frauds.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 30.—Judge
Trieber today sentenced Ed
Spears and Jack Porter of Hot
Springs to seven and five years
respectively, in the Atlanta peni
tentiary on charges of conspira
cy and using the mails to de
fraud.
87 Russian Sailors Lost.
United Press Dispatch.
Tokio, Oct. 30. Eighty-seven
Russian sailors perished when
the German cruiser Emden sunk
the Russian cruiser Jemtchug,
according to advices.
The Opera House.
Don’t fail to see the thrilling
I “Perils of Pauline” No. 12—also
“The Trap”, a two reel American
drama. Vivian Rich, Wm. Gar
wood and Jack Richardson. 2
reel feature. Admission 5c and
10c. dl
Moving: Pictures
The Opera House
! THE PERILS OF PAULINE
One of the best episodes—No. 12
—Don’t fail to see how she is
'rescued from the Gypsy camp.
iTwo reels
(ECLECTIC)
THE TRAP
I Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich
land Wm. Garwood. Two good,
two reel features.
AMERICAN)
THE MADALINE
The mAdAlInE ht—1
WARFARE IN THE SKIES
With a terrific crash two aero
planes meet in mortal combat.
From the wreckage comes the
cry of victory—A thrilling two
reel feature. Earl Williams and
Edith Storey, star players.
Two reel.
(VITAGRAPH)
[THE FACE ON THE BARROOM
FLOOR
An extra good comedy.
(KEYSTONE)
SWEDIE TOPSY TURVEY
A good comedy.
(ESSANAY)
4,000 feet of extra good pictures
at both shows. On account of
the Elks dance, we will start at
6:30. Don’t miss them.
ALLItS MAKE
GAINS IN NORTH
Belgians Cut Dykes Along Yser
And Force Germans North
ward—Losses Are Heavy.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, Oct. 30.—The official
statement claims substantial
gains in the north.
The Belgians have cut the
dykes, flooding the lowlands of
the Lower Yser region and then
the French and Belgian cannon
ade forced the Germans to re
treat northward.
The Allies are advancing in the
vicinity of Ypres, where hand-to
hand fighting occurred with
heavy losses.
The British have reoccupied
the ground previously lost and
the French are advancing at all
other points.
Attention is centered on the
Turkish situation and the course
Italy will take.
A big conference is believed to
be in progress at Rome that may
I result in Italy siding with the
Allies against Turkey.
Wheat Jumps Nearly Two Cents.
United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 30. —Wheat
jumped one and one-half to two
'cents at the opening of the Board
of Trade, as the result of reports
that Turkey had entered the war.
Experts believe that yester
day’s enormous dmands were
made by sources already appris
ed of the Turkish intention.
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At The Madaline Tonight.
Don’t miss seeing “Warfare
In The Skies”. Two big aero
planes fighting. Edith Storey
and Carl Williams, star actors;
also Keystone and Essenjfy com
|edy. 5c and 10c dl
Has Had Time Getting Tea.
I United Press Service.
London, Oct. 30.—Tommy At
kins is having an awful time at
the front getting his tea. In a
letter just received here from
one of the English boys the sit
uation is correctly described as
(follows:
“We have just finished having
supper on the train. I wanted
some bread, but couldn’t make
,the fellow understand until my
pal told me to put my fingers in
my mouth and say “Japan”
(dupain). I got it, but thought
myself lucky.
"What we wanted most of all,
however, was a cup of tea, and
after a search we happened *a
an emergency ration of tea a ;d
sugar.
“Jock put it into his canteen
and told a Frenchman, as best
he could, that he wanted him to
tmake some tea. He looked puz
i zlecl for a time but then smiled
and nodded and ran away.
! “Jock swanked, as it was his
; French that had done it, and we
i were a bit jealous till that
blinking Frenchman came back
fwith the canteen filled with cold
jwater.
“We all went raving mad, but
(the Frenchman thought we
were delighted. He laughed and
shook hands with himself and
Jock wanted to throw the ‘tea’
over him. I’ve never seen him
so mad in my life.
“I kept the stuff, hoping we
would get a chance to boil it,
when along came the same man
with a can of boiling water for
someone else. Jock thought *
they had probably sent him for
cold water, so we annexed it.
We strained the tea and what
was left of the sugar through a
piece of brown paper and put it
into the boiling water.
“We get this sort of a picnic
every day for all the French who
can speak English are gone if
they ever existed.” __
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