[peace meetings
§ Both Militarists and Non-Militarists
| Claim Victory, But Nothing Of
ficial Is Given Out.
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i Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 17.—While the Ger
I man newspapers report resumption
1 of peace negotiations at Brest-Lit
| ovsk, official confirmation is lacking
I as to the result of conferences. Ber
I lin is also uncertain. Both militar
[ ist and non-militarist newspapers
claim victory for their groups. The
statement of Chancellor Von Hertling
before the main committee of the
Reichtag Friday is expected to clear
the situation. It is assumed in Lon
don, however, that meetings of Ger
man military and political leaders will
not result in a definite change of
peace policy. In Russia the Bolshe
| viki government faced a meeting of
% the constituent assembly Friday and
| carried out a threat of war against
( Rumania should the Bolsheviki ulti
| matum not be answered satisfactorily.
! The demand was made that Rumania
I release the Bolsheviki soldiers now
under arrest.
Military operations on the western
front are confined to the usual raids
and artillery duels. British shipping
losses for the week are six vessels of
more than sixteen hundred tons and
two of less tonnage. \
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
URGES USE OF OYSTERS.
Washington, Jan. 17.—The Bu
reau of Fisheries, Department of
Commerce is distributing a poster
giving reasons for eating oysters
more generally. The oyster pro
duction of the United States is great
er than that of all other countries
combined, and there is available in
this resource a vast quantity of j
animal food which should be utilized j
to the utmost at this time.
Federal and state inspectors are i
now given to the sanitary condition |
of the beds and the handling of oys
ters, and the producers are cooperat
ing to assure the purity of the pro
duct.
Particular attention is called to not
only the harmless but the excellence
of “green-gilled” oysters. The gray
green color characteristic of this con
dition is never found on the body of
the oyster, but is confined to the
gills, fleshy plates which are brought
into view when the edge of the oys
ter “crimps” in cooking. It is deriv
ed from a vegetable coloring matter
in some of the delicate microscopic
plants on which the shellfish feeds.
Green-gilled oysters are usually fat
and of excellent flavor and in France
are regarded as the best obtainable.
In the United States there have ex
isted a prejudice against them on
account of erroneous belief that
the color is due to copper.
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and affording an appetizing variant
to the diet, A cookbook containing
100 receipts can be had gratis by ad
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eries, Washington, D. C.
The Surgical Dressing room, which
is located over the First National
Bank, will be open every Tuesday and
Saturday from 10 to 5. Every one
who hasten hour or more to spare
please come and work. There is
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AMERICAN VESSEL MONITOR
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Associated Prt ss Dispatch.
London, Jan. 17.—A dispatch
wireless report that the Amcricai
aailing vessel Monitor was sunk tr
a submarine near .F'uerteventura, om
of the Canary Islands. The crew wa;
saved.
FORMER EMPEROR OF
RUSSIA ESCAPES PRISON
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 17.—Nicholas Roman
off, forAer emperor of Russia, anc
his family have escaped prison nea
Tobolsk, it is reporter in Petrograd
according to a Reuter dispatch. How
ever, the report lacks confirmation.
GERMANYREJECTS
PEAGE^ROPOSflLS
Central Powers Not Satisfied Wit!
the Terms Laid Down By the
Russians.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Berlin, Jan. 17.—The official state
ment giving the reply of the Centra
Powers to Russian peace proposals a'
conference at Brest-Litovsk on Mon
day says the Russian proposals con
cerning occupied territory diverge -t<
such a degree from the views of tin
Central Powers that they are in
acceptable in the present form. II
declares the withdrawal of Austriai
and German troops from occupiec
territory while the war lasts to b<
be impossible.
STARTLING DATA. IN STOCK
KILLED.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 17.—Start!
ing data is coming to the attentior
of Hamp Williams, federal food ad
ministrator for Arkansas, in the num
her and value of stock killed by rail
roads. Every cow killed, says Mr
Williams, means just that much loss
not only to the owner but to the
government in winning the war
Mr. Williams’ attention was callec
to the recent statement issued b>
the Iron Mountain railroad, as fol
lows:
During the five years ending June
30, 1917, on the railroads in Missouri
Arkansas and Louisiana, comprising
15 roads with a milage of 12,641
there were struck and killed a tota
of 121,596 head of livestock, viz:
Horses and mules-10,236
Cattle- -41,536 .
Hogs- 4,526 .
Sheep and goats-2,729
Others___2,729
equaling, approximately lo head pei
mile of line for the five-year period
At current prices, this enoromous
waste is valued at approximately $7,
800,000, which is interest on $130,000,
000 at 6 per cent.
A soldier’s daily meat ration, a
present costs, average 16 cents a daj
or approximately $5 a month, and thi
wastage reduced to dollars and cent:
would buy meat for an army of 1,
500,00o men for one month.
If 121,596 head of stock were load
ed into railway cars, it wouiu re
quire 2,105 cars, or 84 trains; and i
the cars wore all coupled togethc
into one train, that train would be 1'
miles long.
Every one owning stock, says Mi
Williams, should be careful. Th
person who would deliberately tr;
to have his stock killed in order t
make the railroad pay for it is a
much a traitor to his country as th
man who ■ would divulge importan
military secrets of the United State
to an enemy of this nation.
SEND NO MORE FOOD TO
SOLDIERS—THEY’RE WELL FEI
Little Rock, Jan. 17.—“Eats fron
home,” while they break into th
monotony of camp life, are not a ne
cessity for the soldiers, and the Stat
Council of Defense has been called o;
by the National Council to assist ii
discouraging the practice of sendinj
food supplies to the soldiers. Th
bill of fare at Camp Pike, and al
other camps, according to the Na
tional Council, is palatable and ade
quate, end the home-cooked supplie
come under the head of unnecessar
luxuries. There is also much wast
in sending foodstuffs.
\ Protests Pouring Into Washington
; Against Fuel Administration Order
Washington, Jan. 17-—Protest
! against the fuel administtration’s
, order closing industrial plants 4re
j pouring into the White House and to
Congress. Business men everywhere
object to its enforcement. It de
veloped (today that the government
intends to buy the coal consigned to
suspended industries and redistribute
it to food plants and other industries
. permitted to run.
I The order, effective tomorrow, pro
■ vides for the suspension and opera
, tion of all industries east of the Miss
- issippi river for a period of five days
except industries producing food and
those requiring continuous operation
to maintain business. The order in
cludes even munition plants. The
preferential list of consumers in
whose interest the order is drawn in
cludes railroads, householders1, hos
| pitals, charitable institutions, capton
I ments, public utilities strictly gov
ernment enterprises, public buildings
and bond utilities.
As a further means of relief it was :
directed that industry and business, j
including all normal activities that
! require heated buildings, observe as
; a holiday every Monday for the next.
: ten weeks. This will close on Mon- j
days not only factories, but saloons,!
stores except for the sale of drugs and j
food, places of amusement and nearly j
all office buildings.
Printers or publishers of daily
papers may burn fuel as usual, ex-.
cepting on every Monday from Janu
ary 21 to March 25, 1918, inclusive,
on which days they may burn fuel to
such extent as is necessary to issue
such editions as such papers custom
arily issue on important national le
gal holidays and where such papers
| do not issue any editions on a holiday,
| they are permitted to issue one edi
i tion on the said Mondays.
Mutinous crews
KILL 30 OFFICERS
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German Submarine Crews At Naval
Base At Kiel Said to Have
Mutinied.
■ Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 17.—An Exchange
1 telegraph dispatch from Geneva re
ports the mutiny of submarine crews
at the German naval base at Kiel on
January 7th. Thirty officers, it is
s'aid, were killed.
Miss Camille Carmichael has been
quite sick for a day or two. Lehman
Thomas, candidate for county super
intendent of Remmel, taught her
grade in school during her illness.
Subscribe for The Independent.
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e JACKIES KILLED;
3 ADEJNJURED
Fell From Cage On Ship’s Mast—
Arkansas Man Among Those
Injured.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 17.—Six of the
crew U. S. S. Michigan were killed,
and three injured when the ship was
caught in a heavy gale at sea, it is
officially announced. The men were
killed and injured by falling from a
cage on the mast. Among the injur
ed was V. V. Biggers of Hardy, Ark.
The rural mail carriers were able
to get out today for the first time in a
week. The ice and snow has made
travel very difficult, in fact almost
impossible over some parts of some
of the routes.
V
. Our Semi-Annual Sale of.
Starts Today, Jan. 9
and Lasts Up to and
Including Jan. 26th.
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3 The entire stock of Manhattans is included;
also our Wilson Bros, shirts. An early selec
\ tion assures you a more complete stock from
which to choose. Sale prices are:
$1.75 Values $1.35 *$3.50 Values $2.85
2.00 Values 1.65 5.00 Values 3.85
, 2.50 Values 1.85 6.00 Values 4.85
J 3.00 Values 2.15 8.00 Values 6 35
; $9.00 Values $7.35
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3 ADAM LOCKARD, Manager
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COTTON MARKET TAKES
SERIOUS TUMBLE TODAY
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Jan. 17.—Drastic action
by the fuel administration has caused
a serious .break in the cotton market
opening today. A decline from 1 1-2
to 2 cents a pound, which equals ten
dollars a bale, is the result.
LATER
New York, Jan. 17.—Early break
in the cotton market was followed by
a vigorous rally, recovering the init
ial loss.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
H. W. Pharess and wife to K. D.
Pharess part of the NE!4 of the
SW’i of Section 27 11-1, $10.
H. W. Pharess and wife to Ran
dolph Pharess NW’i of SE Vi Section
27-11-1, ’40 acres, $450.00.
Ayer and Lord Tie Company to S.
W. Lewis wy3 of NEti; Ey3 of SW
and the W '/•> of SE',4 of Section
11-11-2, 240 acres, $3,000.
S. R. Pierce and wife to Slayden
Merc. Co. lot 4, Block 31 of Law
rence’s Addition to the town of Tuck
erman, $500.
Jesse McGehee Lawrence to Slay
den Merc. Co., Lots 5 and 6, Block 31
Lawrence’s Addition to the town of
Tuckerman, $1,000.
L. D. Smith and wife to Slayden
Merc. Co., Lots 5 and 6, Block 31,
Lawrence’s Addition to town of
Tuckerman, correction deed.
vv . o. ijciwiciiut? ctuu wnc iu 010^
den Merc. Co., Lots 7 and 12, Block
31, Lawrence’s Addition ito town of
Tuckerman, $300.
W. M. Tims and wife to Slayden
Merc. Co., Lot 3, Block 31, Lawrence’s
Addition to Tuckerman, $250.
H. E. James and wife and A. R.
James-and wife to G. A. Churchman,
the SWW, the Wy2 of the SEW and
the EM> of NWW of Section 28; the
NWW of NEW and the EW of E%
of Section 33; the SEW of the SW
W and the SEW of Section 34; the
WV2 of SWW Section 35, all in T. 9,
R. 2 West, 800 acres in Jackson Co.—
The NWW of NWW Section 2; the
NVe and the NWW. of SWW Section
3; the SW and SW of NW Section
4; the NEW, the NW SEW, the
SEW and part of the NWW Section
5; EW of NEW Section 8; the W%
of NEW, NW of NWW and SWW
of NWW Section 9, all in township
8 N, R. 2 West, Woodruff Co., 1(513.74
acres, $1.00 and other good and law
ful considerations.
Fred R. Suits and wife to T. M.
Johnson, p(art of SEW of SEW Sec
tion 20-11-1, 4.6 acres, $200.
Fred R. Suits and wife to Cleve
Hazelett part of SEW of SEW Sec
tion 20-11-1, $500.
Albert S. Lawrence and wife to J.
M. Deaton, Lot 1 and 2 Block 2, J.
M. Knight’s Addition to Tuckerman,
$100.
State of Arkansas to John Ryan,
Patent, SEW of SEW Section 35,
and WW of WW, EW of NEW and
NEW SEW Section 36, T. 11 N., R. 1
West, 320 acres.
Gustave Jones and wife to John
Gordon, Lots 1 and 2 Block N. Chas
tain’s Addition to Newport, $1.00.
A lAirnn/lAV nilmnri* fn It A Mil
more NE14 of SWV4 Section 24-11-1,
$500.
Henrietta Berger, B. H. Berger and
Alex Berger and wife to W. H. Mur
phy SVz of SE14 Section 12 and the
SEV4. of SW‘/4 Section 12-13-1, 120
acres, $2,700.
L. C. Cornwell, guardian to H. J
Bowen, undivided one-eighth inter
est in NE!4 of SEVi Section 9 and
SW!4 of NW14 Section 10-10-2,
$425. " :
Ferdinand Tonney and wife to J
L. Johnson, SE14 Section 27-14-2
160 acres, $2,500.
Ferdinand Tonney and wife to E
W. Hulen, Sr., SEti of SW% Sectior
23-14-2, 40 acres, J* 100.
Ferdinand Tonne, and wife to J
W. Wmemiller, N% of NW14 Sectior
26-14-2, 80 acres, $1,600.
R. H. Dark and wife to I. V. Dari
IgW% of SW14 Section 8-10-3, ex
cept one acre in NW corner, $1,000.
Henrietta Berger, B. H. Bergei
and Alex Berger and wife to L. Dun
can WyB of NWy4 Section 2-13-1
92.76 acres, $2,087.
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Washington, Jan. 17.—Secretarj
Baker has advised that the Senate
Military Department faors discharg
ing from draft liabilty men who have
passed the age of 31; registering or
June 5, 1917, and without having beer
called to the colors.
CONGRESS
I INTO ISli RPRRIR
i — m
I # i0m
Order Closing Down Industrial Plants
Excites Both Democrats and
Republicans.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 17---Thc order of
! the fuel administration proposing the
; closing down of industrial business
activities east of the Mississippi river
; for a period of five days threw con
j gross into an uproar today. Republi
cans and democrats alike introduced
; resolutions in both houses to stop the
[order from becoming effective. Ad
ministrator Garfied was summoned
before the senate committee which is
investigating the coal situation. He
told the committee that fuel for the
railroad situation made the order im
perative. Debate on the senate reso
lution suspending the order for five
days began at 4 o’clock.
MR. SULLEN BERGER’S
GOOD ADVICE TO
NEWPORT MERCHANTS
Meetings of the type held Wednes
day evening at the Opera House,
where the merchants of Newport and
their salespeople, and many of their
customers gathered to hear a lecture
on “The Troubles of a Merchant” de
serve encouragement and repetition.
me speaxer, w. ounenoerger, ^
repeated some fundamental facts and |
vital truths which deserve emphasis
and re-iteration frequently. Thjp
was particularly true of his remarks
ancnt newspaper advertising. What
he said about early copy, originality,
using ample space, always giving A
prices and using the local newspaper /
consistently and persistently, is old
advice; it has been preached by all |
newspapers and by the Independent.!
in particular, for years. It isn’t new?**^ljj
but it is a pleasure to have it repeat
oil and emphasized by a man who is 1
not connected with a newspaper, and Jh
whose advice is absolutely disinter
ested.
Air. Sullenberger represented the ;
National Cash Register Company, a 'Mj
firm that has built its success largely j
ypon judicious advertising. Hence 'M ,
his words are to be heeded as an ex-- ;M|
pert,—of one who knows. % '■
The advice he gave should be stud
ied thoroughly by each advertising Vjjji
manager in this city, and then—put ;| %
into practice. 3
Mr. Sullenberger’s address was not. ,Jj |
limited to one phase of business sue
cess. Judicious advertigipt, must bey'-^m
followed up by efficient
ship—and honest merchandise/' JhT " |
did not address himself to the mer
chant only; he considered the view- | ;
point of the clerk as well. The du- |
ties of both were emphasized, and this / l
is the reason why more meetings like |
this should be held.
The Business Men’s Committee is JaP
to be congratulated on securing Mr. ' |
Sullenberger to address this meeting. |
It was a good meeting and well at- -j|