WOULD TALK PLACE
WITH THE ALLIES
Chancellor’s Speech, However, Does
Not Voice Any Material Change
In Germany’s Attotude
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 26.—Germany*
through Chancellor Von Hertling, de
clares a general peace can be discuss-,
ed on a basis of the four principles
laid down by President Wilson. He
declared, however, the principles
must be recognized by all states and
peoples, which stage has not been
reachedr A court of arbitration is
lacking, the chancellor said, adding
that the tribunal world is prejudiced
and Germany declines to be judged by
it. He insisted the entente war aims
are imperialistic. The chancellor’s
speech was made in the Reichstag and
voiced no great change in Germany’s
attitude. QuesiSfos of the entente
statesmen he de«fa|Lare fundament
Meanwhile, dlfhotdrh Russia is
readv to conclude peace with the
Teutons, conquest of, territory goes
on. The situation in Sflteria is se
rious. Japan is reporte^^o be pre
paring to intervene. Activity on the
Western fronts is confined tb artil
lery duels, raids and aerial fighting.
A German searaider, The Wolf, has
arrived at an Austrian port with four
hundred prisoners. The number of
vessels that were destroyed by the
Wolf is not disclosed, but the loss of
eleven, including three American
ships, is assumed to be due to her
activities.
PSKOfM
BY 80LSHE1I
Street Fighting Is Still In Progress
and the Red Guards Are Resist
ing Germans Everywhere.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 26.—Pskov, 175 miles
southwest of Petrograd, has been
captured by the Bolsheviki. Street
fighting is in progress there, accord
ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Petrograd. The Rod
Guards are resisting the German ad
vance everywhere.
HIGHWAYS APPROVED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 26.—Up to the
present time, there have been twelve
highways projects all approved that
are to take up the full quota assign
ed the state for the first two years,
which was $82,689.10 for 1916-17,
and $165,398.20 for 1917-18. These
projects are in Carroll, Pulaski, Se
vier, Miller, Lawrence, Lonoke, Mon
roe, Cross, Woodruff and St. Fran
cis (2) counties.
“It is a fact, that can be prover
by statistics, that Arkansas at this
time is building more actual miles ol
improved highway than any othei
state in the union,” said State High
way Commissioner W. B. Owen.
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judgment for p
the
Mo^#:Eand i
vs. JaclqftftijJM
ment ior taxation oi ianas ox plain
tiff reduced by the court.
St. L. I. M. & S-’’ R- R- Co. vs. Road
Improvement District No. 1 of Jack
son County, motion filed to dismiss
appeal
JvP. Faucette vs. Jno. W. Hennen
berger and Julia Hennenberger.' Mo
tion filed to make £^S. Dyke party
defendant.
C. H. Goo&win vs. E.,,B. Ashmore
judgmenWby default for plaintiff in
the suimmf $234.86.
The jury was selected Monday af
tei’noon to try the case of Pattis
Barfield, administratrix of the estate
R. H. Barfield, deceased vs. S. Heine
mann. The trial is in proress and
will probably be conducted late this
afternoon.
Criminal Cases.
In the case of the state vs. O. E
Thompson, plea of former jeopardy
was filed.
In the case of the state vs. S. Hein
emann, O. E. Crosby and H. E. Sulli
I van, defendant’s attorney filed de
i rnurrer to the indictment.
The case of the State vs. Jess*
Johnson was dismissed for want o:
prosecution.
The case of the state vs. Phil Med
ley was dismissed by the court.
TO ORGANIZE
AT CITY HALL
Plans Will Be Made Tonight to Giv
Chamber of Commerce a Sound
Footing In Newport.
Mayor A. T. Hubly has called ;
meeting of business men at the cit;
i n n.on fnnio’Tvf. •for t.h
purpose of taking active steps towar<
the organization of a Chamber o
Commerce for Newport. The move
ment gained impetus several night
ago when a number of business mei
met at the city hall and discussed th
organization, and tonight it is ex
pected the matter will take tangibl
shape.
Every business man should be :
booster for the Chamber of Commerc
and lend his aid to the organization ii
every way possible. It will be wortl
much to the city and help it expam
to a place of much greater important
and size.
Miss Hulda Luren, of Yellville
Mrs. Margie Stevens, of Hardy, am
Mrs. T. E. Voohers, of Pocahontas
are here today, coming to attend th«
meeting of the War Savings Stamp
committee, which met here with Mrs
Cotnam. Each of these ladies u
chairman of her county in the wo
man’s department and were here b
> be instructed by Mrs. Cotnam, th<
> j state chairman.
Affairs
s Experts
taxation to meet the interest on its
war debt and is paying a part of the
interest coupons of earlier war loans
from new borrowings, with- that of
Great Britain, which, he points out,
had raised by taxation almost 25 per
cent of its war expenditures down to
the end of«1917.
The argument that a heavier taxa
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rail and Tear Up Track Near
Sulphur Rock.
A northbound freight train on the
White River railroad was wrecked at
6:30 Monday night near Sulphur
Rock, when two loaded box cars left
the track and landed astride the
rails. The track was torn up for a
considerable distance, but none of the
train crew was hurt. A wrecking
crew was sent out of Newport and it
was necessary to work all night in
order to clear the tracks.
Southbound passenger train No.
205 was tied up at Sulphur Rock all
. night by reason of the wreck, and did
not arrive in Newport until 7:30
, o’clock Tuesday morning.
RAINFALL IN STATE.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 26.—The average
rainfall of the state for the month of
January was 4.39 inches, at 68 sta
tions, the greatest amount being 8.6
inches at Marked Tree, and the least
, .9 inches at Texarkana. There was
a range of 103 degrees in tempera
ture, the highest being 80 degrees at
? Pine Bluff, and 23 below zero, the
lowest at Mammoth Spring.
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n of war profits, which makes up
; bulk of the nominal increase in
th the productiveness of German
lustry and the fear that increased
xation of incomes would klil the
ir-willingness of the population are
smissed as unfounded. In fact, Mr.
orden argues, to attack the abnor
ally high war incomes attained iti ^
rtain industries and by certain ele
epts of the population would be of
sdided value in cutting down the >
gh cost of living resulting from the j
:travagant standards of life among .
d war profiteers.
Worden cites the action of the
merican government in establishing
akimum prices for steel and other '<
,vir materials of war industry and in ,
imediately introducing high war (
,Xes as an admirable example for .
ermany to follow and speaks with i
liniration of the Wilson plan of
taking control of the railroads.
Norden’s scheme for taking care (
of the state debt comprises a radical |
increase in the tax on incomes, not
upon capital as generally contem
plated by German financiers. He
holds that the proposed „ tafxes upon 1
capital merely lead to extravagant
spending, while the income tax can be (
so adjusted to beat heaviest upon the |
recipients of high war incomes.
WILL ORGANIZE
FIFTH REGIMENT
inside. Many a shopper has been re
minded of what she wanted by seeing
the goods on display in a show win
dow, or the article advertised in the
Independent.
NOTED EDITOR TO
Or. Tait Butler, Editor of Progres
sive Farmer, Will Talk At Court
House At 3 P. M.
Newport will be signally honored
omorrow when Dr. Tait Butler, edi
or of the Progressive Farmer, the
south’s leading farm journal, which
s published at Memphis, will visit
;he city. Lr. Butler will deliver his
iddress at the county court
louse in the upstairs court rpom
it 3 o’clock in the afternoon,
fudge Dene H. Coleman hdM&g com
;ented to adjourn court for tfiWweoas
on. His subject will be “Food antj
/ictory.”
Dr. Butler spoke in Little Bock fa>
lay and was the guest of the Chain- j
>er of Commerce there. Newport,
’ine Bluff and Texarkana are the on
y other towns to be honored by his
iresence.
Every farmer who can possibly'
:ome to Newport tomorrow should
lear the message which Dr. Butler
vill bring. The Independent sug
gests that the merchants and other
msiness men employ their telephones
o reach as many farmers as possible
onight and urge them to be on hand
it the court house tomorrow after
loon.
RAPID DEATH RATE.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Philadelphia, Feb. 26.—Veterans of
;he civil war are dying at the rate of
100 daily, according to Orlando A.
Somers, commander-in-chief of the
?rand army of the republic. Mr. So
ners made this announcement dur
ng patriotic exercises in this city in
ronor of Abraham Lincoln and the
Union’ defenders.
Mr. Somers said there were now
living approximately 367,000 veter
ins, according to the pension office
it Washington, and he added that the
country would have suffered a great
loss after they had all passed away
inasmuch as they had been a com
manding factor in keeping patriotism
alive in this country.
“We may have to send 10,000,000
men across the water before the war
crazed maniac of Europe will admit
he is crushed and beaten, but in the
end there can be but one outcome—
our armies will return victors,” Mr.
Somers declared.
BROWNING GUN
WILL BE USED
Declared to Be Greatest Gun Yet
Developed and Three Factories
Are Turning Them Out.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Secretary
Baker today announced the Browning
machine gun has been adopted for the
American army in France. It is de
clared to be the greatest weapon oi
its kind yet developed and is being
turned out at three factories, witr
more than a hundred already deliv
ered.
TAFT CHOSEN TO
WORK OUT BASIS
Former President Will Represent the
Public in Conference Between
Employers and Employees.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 26. — Former
President Taft today was chosen by
representatives at the capitol as their
representatives for the public in
joint conferences between employers
and employes to establish a basis of
relations during the war. The work
ers also will name a man to repre
sent the public. $
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TUGKERMAN ASKS
SPECIAL SESSI01
Town Council Asks Gov. Brough To
Call Legislators Together to
Strengthen “Bone Dry” Law
Whereas the Supreme Court has
decided that it is not lawful to bring ^
liquor into* our state; and,
Whereas, Since said decision tho
lawless elements are bringing into
our town whLkey in large quantities, s:
getting drunk and creating such dis
order that it is almost impossible fbr |
sas want as well, as to ratify the prfjfefrjllp
hibition amendment to -the fedMjjjPfgflfi
constitution.
S. L. Bogle, Mayor,
L. Smith, Recorder, . , <JS||
W. S. Lawrence, t
F. B. Loweft, :
E. 0. JJflian, .lijl
• * -Aldermen;
E. V. Holt; Treasurer,
W. H. Mosley, Marshal. J
Tuckerman, Ark., Feb. 14th, 1918. iM
FRUITS?«E
IS SOLEPURPOSE
Says German Chancellor, Who Iwdld|S :
Central Powers Seek to Give |
Countries Self Government
associated Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, Feb. 26.— Chancellwi,|
Von Hertling in a speech in
Reichstag yesterday declared the OjE%||
orations of the Central Powers on til§|l i
Eastern front are being carried OU|rJ
solely for the aim of securing tl*|| ‘
fruits of peace for Ukraine,
not intend^ to establish ourselvW idSlj
Esthonia or Livonia,” he added, iM|
declared the Central Powers intoddflL
to give self government to the BiWMv?
inces of Courtland and Lithunia.
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 26.—The Sta**?
Council of Defense yesterday adopted^
resolutions heartily commending
“the prompt and drastic steps taken ^
by the food administration officials. |
to punish those who violate the , _j
rules and regulations of the food
ministration, and to again remu^yft
the people of Arkansas that we are
at war, and that those who fail to
romolv with every requirement of J
the government are unpatriotic and .
hinder the efficient and successful
prosecution of the war.”
The resolution further recites that
the state council requests Hamp |
Williams, federal food administrator
for Arkansas, “to use every means
within his power, by drastic action if
necessary, to bring about immeduj™l
and full compliance with the rules
and regulations of the United Stat^3J
food administration and the prompt JJ
punishment of those guilty
violations, and that Mr.
communicate to the county food ad
ministrators this resolution, to t .
end that their official action may h#
in full keeping with the same.”
FORMER ARKANSAN LOST.
Batesville, Feb. 25.— Joe Marlin* ‘
aged 25 years, son of Mr. and
Hindman Marlin of Battles, Isai'd-..^
county, was lost on the Tuscania. ^^3
Mr. Marlin left this county some 1
years ago and enlipted at Checotah^ %
Okla., last summer, inear which place
his parents now reside.
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