Relying Upon
X Rebel Leaders |
PWP To Drive Huerta From Power
| Before Mediators Reach Any
Acceptable Plan.
|ar United Press Dispatch.
* Washington, D. C., May 6. —
pl-jjjt The United States is practically
relying upon the Constitutional
41. ists to save the Mexican situa
Lm tion. This has been learned to
j day from the President.
Secretary Bryan believes that
long before any acceptable plan
of mediation will have been a
greed on', the rebels will have
driven Huerta from power and
will hold Mexico City.
Then it is believed the media
tors can submit to the victors a
plan to provide a lawful regime
of Mexico through a legally e
4 lected president and congress,
l * and with a strong support from
without decreasing the chances
of any rebellion until a lawful
government is established.
General Francisco Villa has
I assured the State Department
that within ten days his army
Lwill take Saltillo and San Luis
, Potosi. The occupation of these
cities will clinch the rebel hold
in the north and open two direct
routes to Mexico City. The
only apparent obstacle that may
arise would be a break in the
rebel ranks.
XFhe Constitutionalists here, I
and high officials of the diplo
matic corps hearing of serious |
quarrels between Villa and other
y rebel leaders, say that if a break
coimes in the Constitutionalist
army, it will mean another rev
olution in northern Mexico with
probably one faction joining
Huerta.
REBELS ATTACK SALTILLO.
United Press Dispatch.
Torreon, Mexico, May 6.— The
Constitutionalist army has en
gaged the Federal outposts at j
Saltillo according to messages j
brought here to General Villa
by runners today. Villa is pre
paring to go to Saltillo within a
few hours to take command and
a general assault scheduled be
gins tonight. Nothing has been
heard from San Luis Portosi, |
where the rebels were ordered to j
begin operations last night.
| i
I v CONSPIRED AGAINST
I * VILLA. j
United Press Dispatch.
El Pfi&o, Texas, May 6.— A- j
merican refugees reaching here
partially confirmed <he report I
Moving Pictures
atthe Opera House,
n
by UNSEEN HAND
A sun glass mystery, * eatui ing
t Duncan and Myrtle Stead
man.
Drama— (SELIG)
THE HOODOO UMBRELLA
* It is full of funny tricks, a
mazing and alarming —it opens
with a bang and closes with a
Hi snap. Kate Price and Hughie
I Mack.
l> Comedy—(VITAGRAPH)
I ANCIENT TEMPLES IN KAR
I NAK
L Scenic-(VITAGRAPH)
m THE FOOTPRINT CLUE
Bpll An interesting drama. Helen
C Holmes and Chas. Wells.
B (KALEM)
B Admission_ 5c and 10c
of General Manuel Chao being
removed as military governor of j
the state of Chihuahua, by or- j
der of General Francisco Villa, j
These refugees say that Gener- j
al Villa ordered Chao arrested
Sunday and threatened to exe-1
cute him for conspiracy, naming j
General Trinidad Rodriquez as j
miliary governor of the state. J
General Carranza, however, se-;
cured the release of Chao, his
friend, though Villa complained |
that the prisoner was conspiring j
against him.
PROVISIONS FOR TRANS
PORTS.
United Press Dispatch.
Galveston, Texas, May 6.— Al
though no orders have been re-,
ceived to embark more troops j
for Vera Cruz, according to the |
officers, the government trans-j
ports here are again being pro-1
visioned with foodstuffs.
WOMEN SMUGGLED CAR- '
TRIDGES.
United Press Dispatch.
El Paso, Texas, May 6.—Worn- :
en inspectors have been station- <
ed upon the international 1
bridges with instructions to
search all Mexican girls cross- j
ing, for it has been discovered !:
that Mexican women were smug- :
gling cartridges in their blous- '(
es. •
—
A WOMAN SNIPER.
United Press Dispatch.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 6.—
A Mexican woman arrested for j
sniping was today sentenced to j
six months’ imprisonment for
the offense.
TWO ENGLISHMEN RE
PORTED KILLED.
United Press Dispatch.
Guadalajara, Mexico, May 6. j
—It is rumored here that Wal- 1
ter Neal and Patrick Baird, both I
Americans, were wounded and
C. B. Helly and G. S. Williams, i
English citizens, were killed in a <
riot of miners at El Paso.
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Real Estate Transfers.
S. M. Stuckey and J. W. Phil- .
lips to Jesse Roy, 160 acres 20- j
9-1, $100.
W. D. McLain and wife to (
Parker Land and Timber Co., t
sO acres 10-12-1, $930; also 40
acres 30-12-1, $340 and 80 acres 1
2-12-1, $710. <
J. R. McFadden and wife to j
G. W. May, tract in 4-10-2, $41.- j
71
Jacob Goldman and wife and ; (
H. L. Remmel to Bankers Trust (
Company, L. Hirsch and wife,
beneficiaries, lots 11 and 12,
block 2, Hirseh’s First Addi
tion, Newport, $1.
C. F. Dean and wife to C. J.
Saenger and S. Heinemann,
blocks A. B and C of Daugher-i
ty’s Addition, Newport, $275.
Denies Becker Change Of Venue |
United Press Dispatch.
New York, May 6.—Justice j
Seabury today denied a motion j
for a change of venue in the j
second trial of Lieutenant',
Charles Becker, accused of plot- i
ting Herman Rosenthal’s mur- j
der.
Becker’s attorney attacked
District Attorney Whitman for
his alleged interviews as preju
dicial to the case of defendant.
Justice Seabury has taken un
der advisement a motion to de
clare Distnet Attorney Whit
man in contempt because of his
alleged damaging interviews.
Cledas Mayhue
Dies Suddenly
At Judsonia Early Wednesday
Morning Under Peculiar Cir- ,
cumstances.
Cledas Mayhue, 19 years of age
and the son of Mrs. John Cook
of the Cook Hotel, died sudden
ly about 6 o’clock Wednesday
morning in the depot at Judson
ia, having been removed from a j
box car, where he was found un
conscious.
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The young man Had left home
to secure work in the Judsonia
aerry fields and the cause of his
ieath is not known. News of
I
iis demise came too late for j
lis mother to leave here on the j
3:30 a. m. train.
One report, stated that he had j
lied from inhaling some drug,;
mother stated death was due to
m overdose of snuff. His moth
er says that he was not addicted
:o any drug habit. The re
nains were turned over to the
eoroner for an inquest, to be
Drought to Newport on No. 28
Wednesday night.
The deceased is survived by
’our sisters, one brother and his
nother, to whom sympathy is
extended. The funeral services
,vill be held Thursday afternoon
md the body laid to rest in Wal
lut Grove cemetery.
'hildren Drug Fiends In The j
Amur Territory.
United Press Service.
St. Petersburg, May 6.—That
.vhole districts in the Amur ter
y
it or/ are morphia mad, and
hat even children are dope
lends, was the statement made
ly Dr. Starokotlitsky, lecturing
refore the medical society o
Blagovestchenck. Children ac
juired the dope habit he said,
refore reaching their teens, and
he villages were populated by
norphia-maniacs. In one jail
>ut of every 1,000 prisoners, 300
vere dope fiends, and the same
rroportion applied to the hos
rital patients.
A large number of morphia
dubs existed in Blagovsetacenck
,nd it was common to see mor
rhia-maniacs making injections
n the open streets. The use of
■ocaine also was declared to be
roneral.
Official statistics also show
hat 96 per cent of the boys and
>5 per cent of the girls at school
n the province of Veronsky are
n the habit of drinking intoxi
ating drinks. Children of sev
?n and eight frequently become
lrunk, the boys preferring spir
ts and beer, and the girls red j
vine and beer. Strong measures '
\re to be taken to stamp out al
coholism among the children.
To Install Pastor.
Tonight at 8 p. m., in the
Presbyterian church, Rev. W.
Palmer Chalmers will be in
stalled as pastor of the church.
The service is always pleasing
and interesting to all who at
tend.
Dr. J- P. Robertson, president,
of Arkansas College, will preach
the sermon. Rev. T. T. Trim-1
ble of Searcy will charge the '
pastor, and Hon. H. C. Strong
of Cotton Plant#will charge the
people. The service will not be
tedious and will begin promptly
cn the hour. Special music has
been arranged by the willing
and efficient members of the
choir. The public is most cor
dially invited to attend the ser
vice.
Strong Petition For Boys.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 6.—Proba
bly the strongest petition ever
presented to a governor for cle
mency was submitted in behalf
of two young men of Cleburne
county, George Davis, Jr., and
Thomas Garrett, each twenty
years old, who were convicted
last March on a charge of bur
glary and assault, and were
sentenced in four cases ^€ach to
three years to run concurrently.
The petition for their pardon
was signed by the circuit judge,
the prosecuting attorney, twen
ty-four petit jurors, sixteen
grand jurors, T. M. Norwood and
J- W. Jones, fathers of the young
women who had been insulted,
and several hundred citizens.
The defense of the young men
was that they were drunk at
the time and not responsible.
The petition says:
“Knowing the boys to have
?ome from good families, under
standing that from the start,
they have been penitent, have
been obedient to all the powers
that be, and believing that they
are now fully reformed, and will
make good citizens for the fu
ture, we pray you that they may
be fully and freely pardoned.’
The petition was granted on
condition that they hereafter re
frain from the use of strong
drink, and that they shall vio
late no laws of the state.
Holiday Proclamation.
WHEREAS, it appearing that
in spite of the efforts of the A.
B. C. Mediators to avert hostil
ities, the Masons and Elks are
bent on an actual engagement in
order to settle for once and for
all their hot air differences:
THEREFORE, by virtue of the
authority in me vested, I hereby
proclaim a HOLIDAY, to begin
at 2 p. m. on Friday, May 8,
1914 and to continue until after
the interment of the last one to
lie as a result of the combat.
FURTHERMORE, in the in
terest of fair as well as foul
play, I urge every patriotic cit
izen to be on hand at Sports
man’s Park to assist General
Logan Cruso’s valiant recruits
n preserving peace and harmo
ay, as wTell as upholding the dig
mty of the National Pastime.
Given under my hand and
<eys, this the Sixth day of May,
1914. m r-'Ti
A*. T. Hubly, Mayor
lews Again Threatened In 1 he
Suburbs Of Keiff.
United Press Service.
Odessa,May 6.—More than five
thousand Jews are threatened
with expulsion owing to the in
corporation of several suburbs
with Keiff, the city made fam
ous by the Mendel Beilis trial,
and which is outside the Pale,
the suburb of Denivoka with 1,
184 Jewish families, comprising
5,048 persons, and that of
Shulavka 120 families or 556
persons, were within the Pale,
but as part of Keiff, Jews are no
longer permitted to live there.
The governor of Keiff has re
commended to St. Petersburg
that the residents of these su
burbs be attached to the Pale
district of Lukanovska, but in
the meantime the police are in
specting permits of residents
with a view to prosecution anc'
expulsion.
Lost—One bird dog.Whit<
Lewellyn Setter, has one blacl
ear- Reward if returned to L
McDougald, manager Hazel ho
tel. 29d3
Striking Miners
Not Willing
--—
To Lay Down Their Arms Un
less Shown That They Are To
Secure Square Deal.
United Press Dispatch.
Denver, Colo., May 6.—“It is
impossible to convince the strik
ing miners of a square deal when
the coal companies are allow
ed to import negroes and Japan
ese into the mines under armed
guards in violation of the state j
laws.
“We take this to mean that1
they have the protection of the j
federal troops,” said William |
Hickey, secretary of the Colo
rado Federation of Labor in a
telegram sent today to Repre
sentative Keating at Washing
ton, D. C., voicing the fear felt
by many strikers that disarma
ment order may injure their;
cause.
The union officials are anxious ,
to learn whether the operators ;
are to be permitted to operate
the mines with strike-breakers
under federal guards, and if they
are, there may be further
trouble.
WILL ORDER DISARMA
MENT.
|
(United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 6.—
j Colonel Lockett, commanding
jthe federal troops at Trinidad,
i has notified Secretary of War
Garrison that he will post a call
|for the disarmament of all the
j striking miners and guards to
! morrow.
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1 Captain And Thirteen More Refit
cued.
I United Press Cablegram.
Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Map
j 6.—A wireless message just re
! ceived from the steamship Man
j hattan today, declared that
;Capt. McDonald and thirteen
members of the crew of the
British freight steamer Col
umbia, had been picked up at
sea by the Manhattan^ The
Franchonia picked up thirteen
yesterday, but one boat con
taining the first and second of
ficers and seventeen niien is stilt
missing.
The British freighter was de
stroyed by fire south of Sable
Island in what is known as the
West-bound Transcontinental
steamer lane and it was not
known for some time whafc
boat had been lost.
# ,
No Serious Stage Of Water.
While White river is rising:
slowly here and Black is report
ed still rising, at Jacksonport*
points on the Upper White re
port a steady fall. The gauge
standing Wednesday morning*
was 21.5 feet apd no serioue
stage of water is predicted and
probably very little further rise
The rain of Tuesday night
came very unexpectedly andT
amounted to .6 of an inch here
_<1- '-ft:
Car of Bananas.
J. B. Heard has a car of nice,,
ripe bananas on the Iron Moun
tain track in front of Wolff-Gold
man’s and is selling them very
cheap. They are extra large ba
nanas and of fine flavor. dtf.
Good housekeepers Use the
Best. That’s why they use Red
Cross Ball Blue. At leading
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