Newport Daily Independent.
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VOLUME XVII. NO. 246. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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FACE CONGESTED
SITUATION AGAIN
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After Being Idle Five Days Ameri
ca’s Industries Resumed Oper
ations Yesterday.
Associated Press Dispatch
Washington, Jan. 23.— America’s
industries, idle five days under the
fuel administration’s order, resumed
operations today to face a congested
transportation situation in the east.
The Mississippi is threatened daily
to become worse from adverse weath
er.
FUEL SITUATION
IS MUCH BETTER
There Is Not a Family In Newport
That Is Not Being Amply
Supplied With Fuel.
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Newport is the best town in the
whole United States, and don’t you
let ’em tell you different. And the
best people in the United States live
in Newport. The old town could
be wiped off the map by an earth
quake and it would come back. Take
the present fuel situation, for in
stance. When the proposition of con
serving fuel was put up to the people
of Newport, the population whipped
into line as one man. Every business
house closed down, and the order of
the fuel administration has been
obeyed to the last letter.
And as a consequence the situation
has shown remarkable improvement.
There is not a single family in
» Newport suffering from lack of
warmth. Business is a little slack
perhaps, but in a few weeks no one
^will remember that. Sufficient coal
i has 'reached the city to supply the
demands of those who have been
without fuel, and many persons have
availed themselves of the opportunity
- to exercise a little in the woodland.
The work of distributing fuel in
Newport has been carried out even
ly, and no one has been allowed to do
the hoarding act.
The weather man is returning to
favor. He did well yesterday, and
while he says it perhaps will be
cloudy today, it still is to remain
warm, which will tend favorably.
Keep the spirit alive and you will
keep the best town in the world in its
proper place on the map.
W. E. DuBose, of Memphis, was
registered at the Columbia yester
day.
ARKANSAS HAS
GINNED 868,468
BALES OF COTTON.
| Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 23.—The Census
j Bureau announces cotton ginned pri
j or to January 16th was 10,569,475
bales. Arkansas ginned 868,468, Mis
sissippi ginned $818,304 bales.
AMERICANS ABE
KILLED II fiCTl
All Were Privates and None Resided
in the South, According to
Dispatches.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 23.—Pershing
reports three American infantrymen
were killed in action Monday. No
details of the engagement were given
and none were from the South.
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MEET WITH PUBLIC FAVOR.
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In view of the fact that there is
scarcely a place where our citizens
may spend an hour of pleasure and
the further fact that the proprietors
of the local motion picture theatre
have promised me to use only wood
for fuel in future, I am giving them
permission to re-open the Madeline
theatre, beginning Thursday evening,
January 25th. The high cost of films
and the fact that they are under con
tract to take the films, whether us
ing them or not, coupled with the fact
that there is no other form of enter
tainment for the public in Newport,
convinces me that this order will
meet with the approval of the public.
R. J. HUGULEY,
Fuel Administrator.
PAYMENT NOW OF TAXES
ON INCOMES IS URGED.
“The law does not require you to
pay your income tax until June 15.
But the government needs the money
now to carry on the war. Will you
not be a patriotic citizen, and pay
your tax at the time you file your in
come return, which must be filed on
or before March 1,” was the appeal
by Jack Walker, collector of inter
nal revenue, in a circular letter
which he sent out Monday.
Mr. Walker received a telegram
from the commissioner of internal
revenue last week, in which he was
asked to urge the paying of income
tax returns as quickly as possible,
and yesterday the telegram was fol
lowed by a letter in which he was
urged to make the above appeal.
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SEVEN-HOUR DAY
DURING THE ID
Is the Suggestion of Samuel Gompers
As a Means of Conserving
F uel.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Indianapolis Jan. 23.—A universal
seven-hour day during the period of
the war instead of present spasmod
is suspension of industries as a means
of conserving fuel and relieving rail
road congestion was the suggestion
by Samuel Gompers in a speech be
fore the convention of United Mine
Workers here today.
ARKANSAN IS
INJURED IN WRECK
IN OHIO YESTERDAY
Associated Press Dispatch.
Marion, Ohio, Jan. 23.—Ernest
Zulpo, of Tontitown, Ark., was in
jured in the derailment of a Big Four
train near Marion this morning.
PUTS EMBARGO
ON SHIPMENTS
Food, Fuel and War Munitions Are
Only Exempted Articles On
Eastern Lines.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 23.— Director
General McAdoo today ordered an
embargo on all freight except food,
fuel and war munitions on the Penn
sylvania lines east of Pittsburgh, the
Baltimore and Ohio east of the Ohio
river and Philadelphia and Reading
roads. The embargo is expected to
last only a few days.
NO FIGHTING
IN PROGRESS
Situation On the Fighting Fronts Re
main Unchanged—Only Ar
tillery Is Active.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Jan. 23.—The situation
on the fighting fronts remain un
changed. Raids and artillery action
are the only activity reported.
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Late Wire Briefs
Associated Press Dispatch.
Havre, Jan. 23.—Belgium’s terms
of peace, so far as they concern Bel
gium hedself, set forth in reply to
Pope Benedict’s peace note, made pub
lic today are, in substance, absolute
political, economic and territorial in
dependence.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Jan. 23.—The board
of governors of the Stock Exchange
decided to close the exchange during
the remaining heatless Mondays.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 23.—Several attacks
were made by British naval airplanes
on the Turkish cruiser, Goeben,
stranded in the Dardanelles, and two
hits were secured, it is officially an
nounced.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. /23.—Cadet Er
nest Leach, of the army aviation in
struction detachment signal corps,
was killed in an airplane accident in
France, January 21. His home was
at P’airhaven, Mass.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 23.—Only six British
vessels of sixteen hundred tons or
over'and two under that tonnage
were destroyed during the first part
of this week by mines or submarines,
according to the admiralty report to
night.
O. T. Hunt, of Batesville, a popular
salesman for the Fluher Tobacco Co.,
I passed through here last night en
I route to Kensett.
ACCEPTS TERMS
OF THE STRIKERS
Other Dispatches However, Indicate
That Agitation In Austria Has
Not Ended.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 23.—According
to an official dispatch a report is
current in Paris that the Austrian
government has announced the ac
ceptance of the strikers’ conditions.
Other dispatches, however, indicate
the agitation has not ended.
ENGLAND’S COST
WAR CONDUCT IN
SEVEN MONTHS.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 23.—Bonar Law,
chancellor of the exchequer, today'
announced in the House of Commons I
that the daily average national ex-!
penditure during seven months end
ing January 19th, was $7,517,000
pounds.
SHIPPING IS
IN DISTRESS
All Boats At Memphis Seek Places of
Safety For Fear of Breaking
of Ice Gorges.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Memphis, Jan. 23.—Virtually all
shipping in the Memphis district has
moved to places of shelter in antici
pation of breaking ice gorges on the
Mississippi river north of the city.
Latest reports say gorges are still
holding. It is estimated that about
fifteen feet of water is held back by
the gorges.
SICK RATE IS
ON INCREASE
An Unusual High Rate of Illness Is
Shown At Camp Beauregard
and Camp Pike.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 23.—The sick
rate of the national army and nation
al guard camps during the week end
ing January 19th, shows a slight in
crease. Deaths in the national army
reached 149 and the national guard
8(8. Measles and pneumonia in all
camps are declining. Decreases are
shown in meningitis conditions at
Camp Beuregard and Camp Pike,
where the highest sick rate in nation
al army camps occurred. Measles is
decreasing at Camp Pike, but pneu
monia is epidemic. The mortality at
Camp Pike was relatively high, with
thirty deaths.
FUNERAL OF F. S. GULLETTE.
The funeral service of Franklin
Scott Gullette was held at the family
residence on Laurel street yesterday
morning at 10 o’clock, the Rev. W. B.
Hays, .'pastor of the Methodist
church, being in charge of the service.
A large number of sorrowing friends
were present to -pay a last tribute to
this universally loved man.
Following the service at the resi
dence the remains were taken in
charge of the Masons, whose beauti
ful ceremony at the grave marked
the laying to rest of one of the order’s
members, jvhose ccounsel and guid
ance will be sadly missed by those
who had come in contact with him.
The floral offering at the grave
was beautiful an.d copious, carrying
the tender tokens of respect held for j
the deceased. Especially was the of- i
fering of the United Daughters of j
the Confederacy magnificent.
A good man is gone, one whose ex- j
istence had passed the meridian of j
life, and a life that invites death be- j
cause of the manner in which it was
spent. Peace to his ashes.
Prof. A. J. Garner, of Swifton,
was here yesterday in the interest
of his candidacy i for county super
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NEW ORLEANS
COTTON EXCHANGE
OBSERVES ORDER
Associated Press Dispatch.
New Orleans, Jan. 23.—A notice
was posted on the Cotton Exchange,
saying it will be closed during the
:oming nine Mondays in compliance
with the fuel administration order.
COIL SPECIAL |
PUTSJN HERE
Iron Mountain Engine Hauls Belated
Hock Island Into Newport
Harbor Tuesday.
The local freight train on the Rock
Island arrived here Tuesday at 2 p.
in., after an eventful trip from Brink
ley. When it arrived at Auvergne
the engine “went dead” and a relief
engine sent from Brinkley “froze up”
at Wyville. By arrangements made
at headquartrs in Little Rock an Iron
Mountain engine was sent out from
Newport and brought the train in
at 2 p. m. Tuesday, with three cars
of coal, which greatly relieves the
fuel stiuation. The local left at noon
Wednesday for the return trip to
Brinkley, and it is hoped with the
warmer weather there will T}e no
more delayed trains.
SHOE FACTORY
AND LAUNDRY
LOST BY FIRE
Associated Press Dispatch
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 23.—The
shoe factory and laundry at the state
penitentiary burned today, with a
loss of a quarter of million dollars.
French interests have obtained pos
session of an island in the South Pa
cific that is believed to contain 10,
000,000 tons of nhosphate of high
errade and mam- more million tons
inferior quality.
LABOR [EIDER
IS IN TO WIN
Says We Must Fight On If Germany
Does Not Accept Terms Made
By Wilson.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Nottingham, England, Jan. 23.—
Frank Purdy, president of the labor
conference, opening the annual ses
sion today, declared “if Germany does
not accept the terms of President
Wilson, Lloyd George and the labor
party have laid down, we must fight
on.”
718 LUES LOST
ON TWO SHIPS
Official Announcement In Made of
Sinking of Ships Three Weeks
Ago.
Associated Tress Dispatch.
London, Jan. 23.—It is officially
announced that 718 lives were olst
when the enemy sunk two steamers
in the Mediterranean three weeks ago.
Senator R. Whitaker, of Knobel,
spent last night here, returning from
a short business trip to Batesville.
Max Schott passed through the
city last night, returning to his home
at Little Rock, after spending a few
days in Batesville with relatives.
An English scientist, who has been—•«
investigating the oil bearing deposits
of New Guinea, has found evidences
of petroleum extending over an area
of 1,500 square miles and has recom
mended immediate development.
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