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POLITICAL ANNOUNCE
MENTS.
The Independent is authoriz
ed to announce the following
persons as candidates for public
office, subject to the action of
the Democratic party:
For County Superintendent—
J. M. Balch.
Garland E. Land.
A. J. Garner.
Z. D. Barber
H. L. Thomas
For Congress —
Wni. A. Hodges
W. D. Davenport.
For County Treasurer—
W. D. McLain.
Charles K. Coe.
For County Judge:
John A. Melville.
R. F. Tyer.
W. M. Tims.
W. A. Mink.
For Sheriff and Collector—
Terry Guin.
J. M. Ivy.
F®r Representative:
R. T. Simmons
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LONG MA Y IT WA VE
DO YOUR PART.
Have you been congratulating
yourself that you don’t have to ob
serve “meatless Tuesday” any more?
If so, forget it! “Meatless Tuesday”
in dear old Arkansas is still in force,
and promises to remain a government
edict as long as the war lasts. Just
because some of the western states
were told to let up a little on the ob
servance of that day, many got the
idea this commonwealth was included,
with the result that numerous inquir
^^fiiave been pouring in on Hamp
Williams, federal food administrator.
In order that all may perfectly un
derstand the situation from now on,
Mr. Williams today issued the follow
ing statement:
“Only the states of Washington,
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FOR SALE |
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Have a number of used Fords, |
Touring Cars and Roadsters, j
also one Chass's fo Truck, t
at prices much below new cars, f
which means a substantia! sav- jj
ing to any buyer.
1 Ford,Touring Car, will* Slrpmherg
carburetor, which means a lug sav
ing in gasoline; Prestolite tank for
lighting; tires in good condition.
body and power plant in (j. Q A A j
good .shape .
1 Ford Touring Car, motor and pow
er plant in good condition, C
w'fcll tired and worth ... ■y*- ‘ d
i Ford Koadstsr, motor overhauled,
body and fenders in good condi
tion-well tired and is
worth .. ‘PCOU
1 Ford Chassis, power plant all over
hauled and in good] . $200
4 Can Supply Roadster or
Touring Car Body.
P. H. VanDyke
Newport, Arkansas
Code -&0er Reveals Mat Berlin
- Ordered'the Sinking of Lusitania ',
The cipher message which proved
that Berlin directed the sinking of the
Lusitania is made public for the first
time in the history of the World’s
Work magazine, published today.
John H. Rathom, editor of the Provi
dence Journal, which exposed numer
ous German plots in this country dur
j ing the last three years, in an article
[giving in detail the methods he used
! to unearth the work of the German 1
1 agents, quotes this message from his j
files, and explains how it wag decoded? j
i The message, in cipher, reads as fol- j
1 lows:
From—-Berlin .Foreign Office.
To Botschaft, Washington
•669 (44-W)—Welt nineteen-fifteen j
warne 175 29 I stop 175 1 2 stop j
durch 622 2 4 stop 19 7 18 stop LIX j
11 3 4 5 6.
This cipher message came through .
Jfrom Nauen, Germany, to Sayville, j
! Long Island, at 2 o’clock on the morn-,
j ing of April 29, 1915, and was caught;
i by the operator at a wireless station ,
' maintained by the Providence Jour-,
inal. It was especially interesting be-j
1 cause it followed none of the codes
[which they had previously observed.
| It was evidently important, because ,
j four attempts were made to put it:
■through before the German station
succeeded in overcoming the unfav- j
lorable static conditions which pre
j vailed that morning. Every attempt
to decipher it failed, until somebody
with a line on the internal activities
of the German Embassy remembered
that during that morning Prince
Hatzfeldt, of the Embassy Staff, had
been looking for a New York World
“Almanac.” The first two words of
the message, “Welt (German for
‘World’) 1915,” supplied the clue.
Following the other numbers in the
message as representing page line,
and word in the World “Almanac”
for 1915, the Journal men decoded
the message as follows: “Warn Lus
itania passenger (s) through press
not voyage across the Atlantic.’^Two
days later the German Embassy
printed the now historic adertisement
in the New York papers warning
travelers not to cross the Atlantic,
and a week later, on May 7th, the
Lusitania was sunk by a German
submarine.
A dramatic touch of suggestion of
death in the message lies in the fact
that the word not in it is taken from
the first sentence of an obituary of
the late Joseph Pulitzer, former own
er of the World, which publishes the
“Almanac.” And another grim bit
of irony in it is that the last four
words were taken from an advertise
ment of a well-known marine motor
headed “The Seal of Safety at Sea.”
Two words of the message are
spelled out in German. They are
“warne”, which in English is “warn”;
and “durch”, which means “through.”
The word “Botschaft” is German for
“Embassy.”
The German Ambassador, immedi
ately after the sinking of the Lusi
tania, declared that the advertise
ment he had published in the New
York papers was inserted on his own
responsibility and had no particular
reference to the Lusitania. As print
ed, this advertisement mentioned no
ship by name. But the cipher mes
sage now reveals the fact that he de
liberately lied, and that Berlin direct
ed the whole tragedy.
Incidentally Mr. Rathom’s article
adds that on the evening after the
Lusitania was sunk, when friends of
Von Berstorff declared that he was
overwhelmed with grief and secluded
in his rooms in a New York hotel, he
was in reality giving a dinner in the
apartments of a friend in New York
and there toasted the commander of
the U-boat which sunk the liner.
Oregon, Idaho, California and Neva
da were included in Mr. Hoover’s or
der. Furthermore, that order was is
sued in view of a peculiar animal sit
| uation relative to transportation and
local to only those states. That sit
j uation was discussed by food adminis
trators at our conference with Mr.
i Hoover in Washington last week.
! “The stages he has designated will
i only be permitted to partially break
the “Meatless Tuesday” rule until
March 13. Mr. Hoover has given the
food administrators of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, California and Nevada
to remove restrictions on eating beef,
mutton, lamb and veal on Tuesday
and on the ‘meatless meals’ now being
observed in those states. After
March 13. Mr. Hoover has asked the
give strict adherence to every feature
of ‘meatless Tuesday.’
“Let me impress upon the people
of Arkansas that this state was not I
included in that order, and that it is
of the utmost and vital importance
that we not only observe to the letter
all requirements of ‘meatless Tues
day’ but also comply most faithfully |
with the new order for a ‘meatless |
meal’ every day of the week, which
shall be breakfast, and a ‘wheatless
meal’ every day, which shall be
supper.”
MEN SHOULD INSURE.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 19.—The State
Council of Defense announces that
the time for soldiers and sailors in
surance will expire February 12.
One million men enlisted in the va
rious branches of the service remain!
unprotected. The Council urges that!
this is an opportunity that should
not be neglected, and that the fam
ilies and dependents of soldiers and
sailors may aid the government ma
terially in advocating the insurance.
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W. O. W. INSTALLS OFFICERS.
Pecan Camp, No. 3, is keeping step
in the march of progress of the Wood
men of the World, one of the most
popular and fastest growing fraternal
insurance societies. It now has 445
members and still growing. The fol
lowing officers were installed Thurs
day night:
O. I. Hubert, Jr., Consul Comman
der.
T. E. Gillard, Advisor Lieutenant.
W. H. Bacus, Banker.
P. S. White, Clerk .
J. W. Mullens, Escort.
J. A. Johnson, Watchman.
C. Y. Jones, Sentry.
A. Bowie, F. P. Foushee and J. W.
Younger, Managers.
The Camp meets the first and third
Thursday nights of each month.
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and are never well-htted or satisfactory
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rect-fitting suits invariably give satisfac
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ance—and the cost is not unreasonable;
in fact, it is quite lowr, considering the
high price of all materials that go into the
making. We bought advantageously.
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Overcoats, $15 to $40
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
On account of the bad weather
there will be no services of any kind
at the Presbyterian church tomorrow.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Communion service at 11 a. m.
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m.
What you will find if you are there:
A warm church, a glad hand and
good teachers.
We expect you, so please do not
disappoint us.
How many read the church notices
last week? Try it once, it will help
you do your duty.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
There will be no services at the
Episcopal church tomorrow, as the
Rev. Lyman-Wheaton will be unable
to reach here on account of the wea
ther.
METHODIST CHURCH.
There will be services at the Meth
odist church at the regular hours,
both morning and evening. Sunday
School at 9:45 and Epworth League
at 6:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday evening at 7:30. You are
cordially invited to attend these ser
vices.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Regular serviced Sunday morning
at 11, and evening at 7:30.
Sunday cshool at 9:45 a. m.
Subject for morning hour, “The
Word and the World.” The subject
for the evening hour is “The Word
Made Flesh.” A cordial welcome to
all.
Prayer meeting at the usual hour
Wednesday evening.
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