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■VOLUME XVII. NO. 249. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SUNDAY,
CITY ELECTION
M SECOND
City Central Committee Designates
' Date On Which City Officials
Shall Be Voted Upon.
The following will be of interest
to all our readers:
At a meeting of the City Central
Committee called by the Chairman
hereof and held at the office of the
secretary on January 26th, 1918, the
following members were present:
F. R. Suits, Chairman; P. H. Van
Dyke, Secretary and Treasurer; and,
C. W. Watson, the same being all the
o members.
The purpose of the meeting, as
stated by the chairman, was to call a
legalized white primary election for
the purpose of selecting and nomin
ating candidates for the various city
offices to be voted on in the regular
municipal election to be held in the
City of Newport, Arkansas, on the
first Tuesday in April, 1918, and to
prepare plans for the holding of said
white primary.
On motion duly made and seconded
and unanimously carried, it was or
dared that, a dnlv legalized white nri
mary election be held in said city for
the purpose of nominating a complete
ticket of city officials for said city,
and said election is hereby called to
be held WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
27th, 1918.
It was unanimously ordered that
there be but one voting place and but
one set of judges and clerks to hold
primary election, but that there be
two ballot boxes and two sets of poll
books,—one for each ward,—the
place of said election to be in the city
hall, over the fire department, at the
Corner of East Second and Walnut
streets, in said city.
On motion duly made, seconded
and unanimously carried, it was or
dered that no person be permitted to
vote in said white primary election
evcept duly qualified white voters of
the City of Newport, Arkansas, to
be which, among the other necessary
qualifications, the voter shall have
paid a poll tax for the year 1916,
which poll tax must have been paid
between December 31st, 1916, and
July 1st, 1917, unless he or she may
have became of age since June 30th,
1917. All white people who possess
the other qualifications of thirty
days’ residence in the ward in which
they reside, six months within the
City of Newport, and one year with
in the State of Arkansas, prior to the
date of said primary, and who have
become twenty-one years of age
since June 30th, 1917, will be permit
ted to vote, although he or she may
not have paid the poll tax for the
year 1916. Women possessing the
necessary poll tax receipt and other
requisite qualifications as to age and
residence will be permitted to vote
equally with the men. A poll tax re
ceipt for tne year ana wmcn
has been paid in the year 1918 will
not entitle the holder thereof to a
vote in this election.
On motion duly made, seconded and
unanimously carried it was ordered
that candidates for office pay the
respective amounts to have their
names placed on the primary tfekets
as follows: Mayor, $5.00; Marshal,
$2.50; Treasurer, $2.50; Alderman,
$1.00, which amounts must be paid to
the secretary a proper length of time
before said election and all candidates
will be required to take the pledge
to support the nominees and also to
comply with the corrupt practices
act.
It was further ordered that the
matter of appointing judges and
clerks to serve at said election be
made at a later meeting of the com
mittee to be duly called.
F. R. SUITS, Ch’m.,
P. H. VAN DYKE,
Sec. and Treas.
C. W. WATSON,
Committeeman.
City Central Committee.
NOTICE.
All the public schools of Newport
will open Mionday, January 28th.
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J. R. Ballew and J. F. Webster
have bought the logs on hand and
rented the Farmers Union mill at
Grubbs, and will begin operatiotvas I
soon as the weather will peimit. I
GINNERS’ LAW
TO BE CHANGED
Commissioner Page Says Administra
tion of Law Will Render Greater
Service As Result.
Special to The Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 26.—Commission
er John H. Page announces that next
year there will be some changes made
in the administration of the ginners’
law, designed to render a greater
service to the ginners.
“Under the ginners’ regulation law,
the ginners have been required to take
two gin samples of each bale, one to
be given the customer, and the other
to be sent the Department. Next
season, one sample will be required to
be sent immediately to the depart
ment that it may be graded and clas
sified, and a report of the grade, with
serial number of the bale, mailed di
rect to the producer. By this means,
the owner will be enabled to sell each
bale of his cotton with an accurate
knowledge of the classification. The
department has been unable to ren
der this service as completely as
they wished during the past year, as
the law was in an experimental stage,
and the department was short of men.
It has been of great service to the
farmers, and it is our purpose to
make it a greater service.”
Walter Sneed, of Swifton, was in
our city ' yesterday and showed his
appreciation of a good newspaper by
subscribing for the Independent.
RUSS EDITOR
FIRED UPON
Stray Bullet From Unknown Source
Injures Maxim Gorky While He
Was Out Driving.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Jan. 26.—Maxim Gorky,
author and editor, was slightly !
wounded by a stray bullet while out
driving today, according to a news
paper report. The shot was fired
fiom an unknown source.
PERSHING REPORTS
DEATH OF PRIVATE
JOSH JOY IN FRANCE.
Associated Press Dispatch
Washington, Jan. 26.—Gen. Persh
ing reports the death from pneumonia
of Private Josh Joy of Horatio, Miss.
HALF OF SECTION
RUINEDBY FIRE
Town of Peterborough, Ontario, Is
Victim of Fire, With Half Million
Dollar Loss.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Petersboro, Ontario, Jan. 26.—Half
the business section of this city wa§r
destroyed by fire today with a loss of
half a million dollars.
Albert Nance was a Newport visi
tor from Remmel Saturday.
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Whew! Same Old Thing
In the Same Old Place
Associated Press Dispatch
Washington, Jan. 26.—Parts of the
Middle West are threatened with al
most a complete tieup of railroad
transportation tonight by a severe
snowstorm, which is sweeping east
ward from Chicago. Seven to ten
inches of new snow have fallen and is
drifting before a high wind. Freight
operations in Northern New York
were suspended because of heavy
snow. A blizzard is reported in
Michigan.
ULTIMATUM IS
GIVEN DA
Finnish Senate Protests Against Russ
Supply of Arms to Rioters In
Finland.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Helsingfors, Jan. 26.—The Fin
nish senate has sent an ultimatum to
Russia demanding that Russia cease
supplying arms to Finnish rioters.
The Russian answer, just published,
promised to demand the return of the
arms.
READY EOR PEACE
WITHOUT GERMANY
Austria Says She Will-Conclude Sep
arate Peace and Accept Russian
Democratic Program.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 26.- An Exchange
telegraph dispatch from Petrograd
says Austria has declared it is in
readiness to conclude a separate
peace without Germany and accept
the Russian democratic program, with
the exception of self-determination of
nations.
Subscribe for The Independent.
WILSON'S ODDER
IS Nil PUBLIC
President Calls On People to Save
Food in Order to Supply Army
and ' Our Allies.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 26.—President
Wilson today completed a proclama
tion calling upon the people for a
greater food saving in order to re
lease more foodstuffs for the army
and allies. The proclamation was
made public tonight.
WAR MUST GO ON,
SAY NEWSPAPERS
London Press Regard Germany With
Discredit, Believing She Regards
Herself a Conqueror.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 26.—The view of a
majority of the morning newspapers
in London respecting the speeches of
Chancellor Von Hertling and For
eign Minister Czemin is that Ger
many regards herself a conqueror,
and that she is determined upon ag
gression and is prepared to listen to
no.peace terms except her own;
therefore the war must go on.
ATTEMPTED TO
USE PRESIDENT
Special Attorney Makes Startling
Disclosures in Connection With
Investigation of Packers.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Francis J.
Heney, special couhsel of the Federal
Trade Commission, investigation of
meat packing industry, today charged
the big packing interests with at
tempting to bring influence to bear
on Prident Wilson and have the pres
ent investigation stopped. He told
the commission he would show later
that a joint telegram was sent by De
troit/bankers protesting that the in
quiry disturbing economy conditions
had been inspired by the packers.
Heney told the commission that
Armour & Company were found to be
in control of the street railway in
Kansas City. He asserted the con
trol of packers over the financial in
stitutions had reached such an ex
tent that when independent packers
recently asked a loan of one of the
New York banks the bank wrote to
them as “Wilson of the Wilson Com
pany” asking if credit should be ex
tended. He also said evidence that
the packers had influence over the
tin industry was discovered in state
ments made in connection with his
reading of confidential documents
taken from the files of Chicago
packers, showing the packers had
planned an elaborate campaign dur
ing 1916 to influence congressmen
against ordering the inquiry.
GERMAN RIOTS
ARE REPORTED
Correspondent Bays Many Persons
Were Killed in Berlin During Re
cent Clamor for Peace.
Issociated I^ess Dispatch.
London, Jan. 26.—The Amsterdam
correspondent to the Express today
says extraordinary reports are cur
rent concerning a revolution in Ger
many. It is rumored that grave dis
orders exist in Berlin, the rioters
clamoring for peace. Many men,
women and children are reported to
have been wounded in bad riots
The correspondent admits that con
firmation of his report is impossible.
Another despatch says Bolsheviki
newspapers report demonstrations
throughout Austria Hungary, with
the formation of workmen’s soldiers’
organizations in Vienna. A big
strike in Warsaw is also reported.
WAS AUTHORIZED
TO BUYJNIFORAAS
Secret Testimony Shows Pershing
Was Allowed to Buy British Uni
forms and Spanish Blankets.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Secret tes
timony before the Senate Military
Committee, made public this after
noon, discloses that Pershing was au
thorized to buy 200,000 British uni
forms this month for American troops
! and also the same number of blankets
in Spain.
SEVERE SHOCKS
ARE REPORTED
Another Earthquake In Guatamala
City, With Probable Ex
tensive Damage.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Further se
vere earthquake shocks in Guata
mala City were reported tonight by
the American embassy there. No de
tails as to the extent of the damage
were given.
J. G. Handle was up from Au
vergne yesterday on business.
WATSON URGED ■%
The export of foodstuff has araHfllB
entirely stopped, with the amwHjWj il
or meat owing to the noci MSUtty^Jj-.' 3
slaughtering stock because of thtMML jj
of fodder. Even meats she«r;|^HBe 'jj
decrease. In November last 81JI 4|Hp M
of park were exported 'agsilMi 1J9H
tons in November 1916, and 1H to(0| "5
of all other meat against 972.
The stastistics of Swedish import*
for the first eleven months of fj§||i
past year, which are now avsilatjiK^^ ■
demonstrate upon what short r*tio*pt§||
the kingdom has been put. The to- 'l
atl imports of all cereals and flour
were 143,610 tonsf against. 831487 Jj
for the first eleven months of ltM/ws
Coffee imports were 8,194 t<Mg||
against 37,413, tea' 93 tons
480, all kinds of animal fodder, tjhtBji' ,
ly oilcakes, 32,602 tons against v
272 and hard coal 11,300,000 8wjp|:
against 34,500,000 tons in ffarS^r®
eleven months of 1916. ’-''J
SIX ARE KILLED,
SEVERAL INJURED j
Explosion At Torpedo Station A* .
Newport Thought to Hare
Been Accidental.
Associated Press Dispatch. |
Washington, Jan. 26.— Six man | jp
were killed and several injured in *a :
explosion at the United States Tor
pedo station at Newport, Rhode Is*p
land, today, according to word reach
ing the navy department tonight.
At the commandant station it was
said no suspicious circumstances wee* '."m
connected with the explosion. ,/
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