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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 159. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
Internal conditions in Germany and
A USTRIA ARE STEADIL Y GRO WING WORSE \
- ANOTHER NOTE
FROM GERMAN!
IN WASHINGTON
SAYS ARMISTICE TERMS OF AL
LIES ARE AWAITED.
Reiterates That Responsibility Of
German Government Is In The
Hands Of Reichstag—Note
Is Forwarded To Paris.
NOTE COMES TO GOVERNMENT.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 30.—Internal
conditions in Germany and Aus
tria appear to be rapidly becom
ing worse. Rioting, in which a
number of persons were killed,
is reported from Budapest. In
Germany the population is said
to be in a panic, and it is report
ed that the banks are being
stormed by the depositors.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 30.—Another note
from the German government reach
_ ed Washington today. It supplants ,
the last brief communication, saying J
Armistice terms are awaited by re- J
Citing in detail the governmental
changes which have taken place in
Germany as evidence that the kaiser J
'has been deprived of all power of
making war and negotiating for
peace.
This time the German note was not
addressed to the president personally,
but was sent for the information of
' the American government. The note
reiterates that the actual power and
responsibility of the government has
ben transferred to the Reichstag. 1
"The note probably will be forwarded
immediately to Paris, where the su
preme war council is already reported j
to have" formulated terms upon which |
the allies might permit a cessation of
V "hos lities. i
ft It was learned this afternoon that
the president is working on a reply to
the last Austrian note. The reply is
expected to inform Vienna authorities
that their request has been referred
to the allied government.
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(Ly The Associated Press.)
* Paris, Oct. 30.—The Austrian fleet |
has been concentrated at Fiume, ac- |
cording to a Rome dispatch to
Temps. It is said that Hungary de
manded the concentration.
(By The Associated: Press.)
Washington, Oct. 30.r-President
Wilson is not expected to make known
his decision relative to Austria’s re
newed plea for for an armistice until
the official text of the note from
Count Andrassy, the Austro-Hunga
rian foreign minister, to Secretary
lansing asking the secretary to in
tervene with the president is received.
The unofficial text of County Andras
sy’s communication transmitted
from Vienna via Basel by the Assa
il ciated Press was received early today.
Another report from Vienna says the
Austro-Hungarian government has
transmitted to London, Paris, Rome
and Tokio copies of its latest note to
the president begging the approval
and support of the allied governments
<of its new plea. These moves are
viewed in some quarters as empha
sizing the seriousness of the situa
Hr
tion that confronts Emperor Charles
at home.
(By The Associated Press.)
Italian Headquarters, Oct. 30.—The
Austro-Hungarians are retiring in
the region of Congeliano, leaving be
hind many big guns and munitions
wagons.
RED CROSS CLASSES
TO BEGIN MONDAY.
The Red Cross Classes in Element
ary Hygiene and Home Care of the
Sick will begin Monday of next week
if influenza, conditions permit. Those
who are considering taking this
course but have not enrolled, please
notify either Mrs. Billingsley or the
county nurse. Taking the course
does not obligate the pupil to service,
nor will she be expected to go outside
of her home if she does not desire to.
On the other hand it gives her in
creased usefulness and if she DOES
wish to offer her services for nurs
ing either in her community, or far
ther away this will enable her to do
so, with or without remuneration.
The National fee is 50 cents. There
will be no charge from the Chapter
on the frist classes, though there will
be on later ones. There is a small
charge on text books, probably 30 or
40 cents.
Colored students may also enroll
if they desire and arrangements will
be made for teaching their classes
separately.
FUNERAL OF F. R. SUITS.
The funeral of Fred R. Suits, who
passed away Monday afternoon from
an illness of pneumonia, took place
at the family residence on Hazel
street this morning at 10 o’clock, con
ducted by Rev. W. B. Hays, pastor of
tthe Methodist church. Burial fol
lowed at Walnut Grove cemetery,
where many friends of the deceased
and his family gathered to pay a last
tribute. At the grave Rev. Hays in
a few remarks extolled the many
virtues which endeared Mr. Suits to
his friends and which for years
caused the community in which he
lived and labored to hold him in the
highest degree of esteem and respect.
The floral offerings were many, a
silent attestation to the greatness
of the deceased and a tribute to his
life, which will ever be a monument
to his memory and an example well
worthy of emulation by his fellow
man.
S'ergt. James Prim of Alix, near
Ozark, who was severely gassed while
fighting in France, has been inva
lided home. Sergt. Prim says he was
in a number of hard-fought battles,
but never received a scratch until he
was gassed in the battle of the
Somme. The gas affected his heart
and lungs. He says the Huns are
better runners than fighters.
Farm Demonstration Agent How
ard of Mississippi county estimates
that the vaccination of hogs to pre
vent cholera has saved 50,000 pounds
of pork for Mississippi county this j
year.
SAFE BLOWERS
AT JOHNSTOWN
Store Of J. F. Howard Is Burglarized,
$400 In Money and In Cheeks Be
ing The Booty Taken.
The safe in the store of J. F. How
ard at Johnstown, in this county,
was blown open late last Sunday
night, with the result that $400 in
money and checks were taken, ac
cording to J. H. Nolen, a salesman in
the store, who gave an account of the
robbery while in Newport Wednesday.
About $125 of the amount was in
checks, Mr. Nolen said.
The robbery took place late at
night, and it is said that no one was
awakened by the noise, making an
escape of the yeggman an easy mat
ter. Officers are at work on the case.
Resolutions Adopted
By Board of Health \
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The Board of Health met Wednes
day morning, October 30th, and adopt
ed the following resolutions to take
effect immediately, which in their
opinion will tend to diminish the ep
idemic of influenza, and they strong
ly recommend that the citizens will,
in view of the loss of life and disor
ganization of business and suspension
of schools and church services, make
individual efforts to adhere to, and
also report promptly, any violation of
these recommendations. If we act
as one man in our determination to
stamp it out, we shall soon find
I things going on in a normal way.
First: All persons, at the first
' symptoms of the disease, or of a hea
vy cold that might indicate it; stay
off the streets, or from places of
business where it may may be given
to others, (the best advice is to
call a doctor at once, go to bed and
take proper care and the prescribed
treatment. You may save having
pneumonia.)
Second: All families having a
known, or suspected case, for the
sake of yourselves and neighbors,
form your own quarantine, do not ad
mit friends and neighbors till rid of
it, and until you have thoroughly fu
migated your house with sulphur
candles, formaldehyde, or some other
equally satisfactory disinfectant, or
antiseptic. Do not visit in homes
where influenza is. If you are need
ed, go, but wear a mask.
Third: Do not cough without
covering the mouth. Do not sneeze
or cough in stores; on the streets, or
any place without using a handker
chief—that is the way you “Get It”
and PASS IT ALONG. Remember
your disregard of this warning may '
cost your friend or neighbor’s life.
Fourth: Do not go into crowds.
If you have business down town, go .
and get it done quickly and go
home. Merchants and all places of j
business are asked to request their
customers to MOVE ON as quickly
as possible after making their pur- j
chases, and to discourage loitering |
and meeting in stores as well as else-1
where until this frightful epidemic is
more fully under control.
Fifth: The Board of Health also
recommends for mutual protection of
customer or clerk, or all others en
gaged in business where numbers of
people are likely to gather, that such
places hang up cards bearing a notice
that reads, “Customers are requested
for their own protection, as well as
that of others to speedily transact
their business and retire, by order of
the City Board of Health, as a means
of curbing and controlling influenza.” j
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Sixth: In the event positive abate
ment of this dread disease is not very
much in evidence within the next 24 ;
hours, a strict quarantine will' be re
quired, at any home or place of busi- j
ness where the “Flu” originated or is j
—help yourselves first—then there J
will be but little for the Board of
Health to do; as a further precaution
children under 16 years of age must |
remain at home or strictly within
their own premises, and positively (
not visit with neighbors. Where ur
gent conditions require, they will be
permitted to do necessary errands j
for their parents, but must return |
immediately.
THE CITY MARSHALL IS THE
OFFICER DIRECTED BY LAW TO
ENFORCE ORDERS OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH—IT IS HIS
DUTY—SO DON’T TAKE EXCEP
TIONS.
DR. H. O. WALKER,
Secretary City Board of Health.
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JUDGES, CLERKS
ELECTION NAMED
To Serve At The General Election in
Jackson County Next Tuesday,
November Fifth.
The board of election commission
ers, composed of John E. Williams
and S. R. Phillips of Newport, and
Jud Hout of Tuckerman, have ap
pointed the following judges and
clerks to serve at the general election
to be held in Jackson county next
Tuesday, November 5:
GLASS TOWNSHIP.
Swfton—Ben Brann, Roy Moon, G.
M. Dudley; Officer: Elmer Hawley.
BIRD TOWNSHIP.
West Tuckerman—W. S. Arm
strong, F. L. Penix, W. M. Shaver;
Officer: N. H. Richardson.
East Tuckerman—J. M. Cook, Jesse
Lee Parrott, E. C. Julian; Officer:
Reeder Wilson.
James' Store—Tom Rose, W. J.
Pennington, Chas. E. Penix; Offi
cer : Ivory Cole.
Kenyon—Chas. Harrelson, J. A.
Lindley, T. E. Jones; Officer: Abe
Hester.
COW LAKE TOWNSHIP.
Proctor School House Precinct—
R. D. Dennis, Fred Proctor, J. L. Ja
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I m can draft your spare dollars by de- •
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f very day in a Savings Account in the
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L5 Safety-Satisfactory Service jfpj
cobs; Officer: Ed Dickson.
Gourd Neck Precinct— Emmett
Phillips, T. T. Lail, O. E. Johnson;
Officer: Amos Carter.
Eight Mile Precinct—J. R. Cren
shaw, A. J. Mead, W. N. Nance; Of
ficer: Grover Nance.
RICHWOODS TOWNSHIP.
Balch’s Store—J. B. Pulliam, Ros
coe Woodal, M. Balch; Officer: Cord
Ball.
Ford School House Precinct—E. E.
Bible, T. J. Adcox, John P. Britt; Of
ficer: Adolph Huey.
CACHE TOWNSHIP.
Martin Hall Precinct—Jno. P. Sink,
R. H. Howard, Fred Lowery; Offi
cer: Andrew Jackson.
Algoa Precinct—J. H. Atkins, Jack
Conn, H. K. Heatherly; Officer: J.
F. Gibson.
Burton Store—J. E. Murphy, P. W.
Black, S. L. Williams; Officer; Will
Stayton.
McCall School House—W. A. Bow
man, Jno. Koettle, Gus Bridges; Of
ficer: Albert Nance.
BRECKENRIDGE TOWNSHIP.
Tupelo—W. S. Morgan, M. L. Har
din, B. F. Simmons; Officer: Char
lie Taylor.
Auvergne—A. Johnston, J. R. Da
vis, F. L. Bleakley; Officer: For
rest May.
Weldon—D. F. Kimbrough, J. I.
Hasting, D. L. Shoffner; Officer:
Joe Ballew.
BRYAN TOWNSHIP.
Ingleside— M. H. Mustain, U. S. J
Cozart, Geo. Brown; Officer: Ben
Poster, Jr.
Horshoe—C. A. Arnett, S. M.
Bains, C. C. Dawson; Officer: T. A.
Ray.
GRUBBS TOWNSHIP.
Grubbs—C. F. Davidson, J. R. Bal
lew, G. W. Grant; Officer: John
Cloud.
Stegall—M. O. Volentine, W. A.
Eiland, B. F. Carter; Officer: Milz
Stegall.
VILLAGE TOWNSHIP.
Lower Village—Grover Lampkins,
Otis Harper, B. F. Lawson; Officer:
Ed Quinn.
Upper Village—Wi. R. Littleton, C.
K. McDaniel, H. S. Poskey; Officer:
Arthur Cathey.
UNION TOWNSHIP.
McLain’s Offce—J. M. Sellers, J.
F. Phillips, J. C. Hogan; Officer: Z.
B. Reid.
Diaz—Ed Wilmans, Luther Bow
den, J. M. Witt'; Officer: G. D.
Pearce.
Newport, First Ward—O. M. Bow
en, Geo. M. Sink, S. M. Adler; Offi
cer: J. W. Beard.
Newport, Second Ward—J. M. Gib
son, O. D. Watson, S. M. Beattie; Of
ficer: W. C. McDougal.
GLAISE TOWNSHIP.
Glaise Station—A. Lawson, T. L.
Mason, J. H. Young; Officer: Le
roy Jones,
Old Glaise—A. Weatherford, Z. T.
Calhoun, P. A. Worley; Officer:
C. A. Tucker, Jr.
BARREN TOWNSHIP.
McDougal Sch. House—Wm. Biggs,
H. S. Simmons, W. E. Alexander;
Officer: L. A. Edens.
Denmark—M. L. Ransom, H. P.
Fraser, Elmer Hodges; Officer: F.
M. Jones.
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
Jacksonport—L. D. Burkett, W. B.
Verdell, J. J. Massey; Officer; H.
S. Grant.
Hickory Grove—H. C. Holloway,
Clarence Penix, W. F. Hunter; Offi
cer: C. L. Cullins.
BATEMAN TOWNSHIP.
Surrounded Hill—Robt. Smith, L.
L. Mack, W. D. Bateman; Officer:
O. C. Smith.
Bridge School House—A. C. Brad
ley, J. O. Mantooth, G. F. Brahic;
Officer: Will Sutherland.
The Hickory Grove correspondent
of the Hardy Herald says a well has
been completed at last at the school
house there. The school house has
been in use 24 years and during that
time water for use there has been car
ried a distance of a quarter of a mile.
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Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Cotton Belt depot q,t DeWitt a
few nights ago. The loss was $30,
' 000.
Austrian lint ]
IS CRUMBLING J
BEFORE ALLIES |
TOWNS VALDEBBIANS AND CON- ^Jg
EGLAINE AKE CAPTURED.
The Capture Of Conegliane, Key To
Austrian Position, Is Regarded
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Fatal To Austrian Effort To
Hold Line In North.
FRENCH BEGIN NEW ATTACK.
(Associated Press Summary.)
The Italians, British and French
today are pouring through what ap
pears to be a breach in the Austrian
line east of the Piave river. Va'dob- |
bianne has been captured, Coneglaine |
occupied and the allies ar moving
steadily ahead along the line stretch
ing south to the Treviso-Oderzo rail
road. The capture of Congliane, the \
key to the Austrian position, is con
sidered a fatal blow to the enemy's
plans to hold the north end of the
line.
Bitter fighting has been reported
during the past day or two in the
Meuse sector. East of the Meuse the
Americans have moved ahead. .4£*in»
wresting important positions ironf"^
the Germans. West of the Meuse the
Germans are bombarding heavily.
American long-range artillery is |
pounding the German supply lines at
Conflans.
West of the Argonne forest the
French have begun an attack, which
seems to promise the turning of the ^aj *
Aisne line. On the Oise-Serre front
the French are tightening their hold
on the lines from Guise. In the
neighborhood of Valenciennes the
British apparently are checked' for
the moment.
The Versailles conference is re
ported too have agreed on terms for
an armistice, including the surrender
of the German fleet, including subma
rines, and the occupation of fortified
towns on the Rhine river. .
(By The Associated Press.)
Italian Headquarters on the Piave,
Tuesday—Austrian forces are re
treating under the ever-increasing
pressure. More than 20,000 prison
ers already have been captured.
(By The Associated rress.;
Paris, Oct. 30.—The war office re
ports Denby’s first army has gained
new successes in the encirclement of
Guise. Beaufort farm, north of
Guise, has been taken, and south of
Guise the French have progressed
east of Monceau-Le-Neu. . •" 7
CZECHS CONTROL
BOHEMIAN RULE
W hich Marks The Final Step In Bohe
mia’s Successful Revolution,
Says Dispatch From Berlin.
(By The Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, Oct. 30.— The Czech
national committee took over tha
functions of the local government in
Prague, the Bohemian capital, Mon
day, marking the final step in its
successful revolution, according.to a
Berlin telegram to the National Ti
dende.
The ctiy officials took the oath of
fidelity to the Czech state and the
entire armed forces of the city were
placed at the disposal of the Czech ||
national committee. B 4 i
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