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' 10 WILSONS HAND
BEACHED THE PRESIDENT AT
NOON HOUR TODAY.
A Conference With Secretary Lans
ing Immediately Followed, But
No Intimation As To Probable
Actions Given Out.
BEACHED SECRETARY, 10 A. M.
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i Washington, Oct. 23.— Germany’s
new note to President Wilson, in offi
cial text, was delivered , to Secretary
iLansing at ten o’clock this morning.
The official text of the Ger
an communication was delivered to
.President Wilson at 12 o’clock to
day. He immediately went into j
conference with Secretary Hansing
over the matter.
It was stated here today that there :
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was nothing in the German commun- j
ication to alter the decision of the
president that he will not propose an
armistice to our allies before the
Germans have evacuated occupied;
territory.
Official information has already
been given that the only question for
immediate consideration, is whether
there shall be a discussion of the
terms of evacuation while the allied
es continue work cleaning up
ofeUyded territory.
((By The Associated Press.)
(^jppenhagen, Oct. 23.— The peace
conversati°ns between Berlin and
Was^nKton have reached a very
critj,«l point, according to a state
ment!0^ Pl'ince Maximilian, German
fmolj>ial Chancellor, when speaking
^ before the Reichstag yesterday. He
urged the Reichstag to restrict de
bate on the subject as much as pos
sible.
(By The Associated Press.)
Basel, Oct. 23.—President Wilson’s
reply to the Austrian peace propos
al /als in no way justifies the conclu
sion that an exchange of views has
been interrupted, according to Baron
Von Huasarek, Austrian Premier,
a [leaking in the house of Lord’s yes
terday, according to Vienna advices.
“We shall continue all the more our
^ efforts toward peace,' tKx? premier
said.
(By The Associated Press.)
Basel, Oct. 23.—German Austrian
deputies in the Austrian Reichstag
have formed an assembly for the pur
pose of conducting the affairs of the
German people in Austria and have
issued a declaration announcing the
creation of the German state of Aus
tria. Deputies announced it was de
sired to bring about autonomy of
Germans in Austria and to establish
relations with other nations.
(By The Associated Pre s.)
Copenhagen, Oct. 23.—Announce
ment was made today by Maximilian
of the introduction of a bill
making the Reichstag responsible for
war and peace, the same to become
effective when the project for a
league of natioi operative
ALLIED ARMIES
MAKE PROGRESS
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In Belgium In The Face Of Heavy
German Opposition nd Machine
Gun Fire.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Oc. 23.—The French efforts
to cross the Souche and Serre riv
ers last night met with extremely
heavy machine gun fire, the war of
fice announces. On the line further
east the French made considerable
progress, especially between Nizy,
Lecompe and Lethour, taking many
prisoners.
With the Allied Armies in France
Belgium, Act. 23.—The British were
fighting their way into the center of
Valenciennes early today, m the face
of strong enemy machine gun fire
from the east bank of the Scheldt
river which flows through the city.
HAVE THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Baesville, Oct. 23.—Judge Dene H.
Coleman and Hon. Lyman Reeder
started across the river Tuesday
morning on a hunting expedition and
were driving a Maxwell car, owned
by Mr. Reeder.
They had driven the car on to the
ferry boat and left it in gear prepar
atory to making a hasty exit on the
other side of the river.
When in about twenty feet of the
bank Mr. Reeder got out of the car
and began to crank it, when it began
to move forward. Judge Coleman
made an attempt to stop the car but
not before it had gone forward and
pushed Mr. Reeder into the river.
Still hoping to keep the car from
going off the boat, Judge Coleman
jumped into it, but it had gone so far
that it was impossible to check its
speed, and both the judge and car
followed Mr. Reeder to the bottom of
the river, where the water is about
forty feet deep.
The ferry boat passed over the two
men and the car. After a struggle
Messrs. Coleman and Reeder swam
out of the water and walked to the
railroad crossing, where they flagged
the Cushman local and came back to
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and recovered the car by attaching a
rope to the windless of me ferry
boate, dragging it to the surface.
Judge Coleman had a cartridge
belt around his waist, wore a sweater
and hunting coat and hunting boots
when he went down, but notwith
standing this handicap he managed
to reach the river bank.
Mr. Reeder was also heavily cloth
ed.
When the car was recovered the
guns of the two men were found still
in the car.
The Emergency Soup Kitchen of
Little Rock states it is in urgent need
of about 100 chickens. The kitchen
makes broth for the needy sick of
the city and distributes it free.
Pulaski Exemption Board, No. 1,
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has completed its classification of
I registrants 19 years, 32 years and 37
I years old.
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One hundred and sixty-seven se
j , lieutenants have been promoted
u> first lieutenants of infantry at
Camp Pike the past few days.
| authorities in the occupied part ol
Poland have formally handed over
the government administration to the
Polish authorities, says a Vienna dis
patch to the Vossische Zeitung o!
Berlin today.
The Homes Of Mrs. T. J. Watson and
C. F. Dean Burglarized This
Morning By Daring Thieves.
A daring robbery took place in our
city last evening (or rather this
morning) when the home of Mrs. T.
T. Watson was entered. About 2 a.
m. this morning Miss Bessie Watson
was awakened by a slight noise in
her bedroom and a flashlight in the
hands of the burglar, which was
thrown on the mirror, causing the
light to fall upon her face. Raising
her head she saw a stockily built
man standing in front of the dresser
Miss Watson, who is to be commend
ed for her bravery, did not scream,
but calmly asked him what he was
doing, whereupon the man ran down
the stairway into the hall and onto
the front porch, Miss Watson follow
ing closely upon his heels. After
reaching the porch the man let no
grass grow under his feet.
The thief had placed a box under
the parlor window which he raised,
making his entrance. He evidently
made his arrangements for a hurried
exit as he unlocked the front hall
door and opened it wide.
A very handsome solitaire diamond
ring,which was in a jewel case, is
missing, but nothing else was dis
turbed, evidently because he was dis
covered and had to flee. Dr. Watson
and Chief of Police Martin were call
ed but as yet have been unable to
find a trace of him. However, the
work of apprehending the burglar
has by no means been abandoned.
As stated above the man was heavily
built and seemed to have had on felt
(or noiseless) shoes.
From the Watson home he proba
bly resmed his work at the home of
C. F. Dean, when two rooms were
visited. However, the family, who
, happened to be sleeping heavily,
! knew nothing whatever about it until
; time to arise this morning, when the
I men of the household, Mr. Dean and
| J. L. Ford, found themselves minus
I trousers.
After an investigation it was
found that the home had been enter
ed through a front window which
was opened, as was also the front
hall door. Mr. Dean found his trous
ers in the hall downs tairs, the pock
ets having been rifled of two or three
dollars. In the hall upstairs the
trousers of Mr. Ford were discovered
Casualty List
The following is a tabulation of
the casualties of the American Ex
peitionary Forces in France, as given
by the commanding general:
Killed in action -25
Died of wounds - 31
Died of accident and other
causes - 9
Died of disease _18
Wounded severely- 76
Wounded, degree undetermined._2f 5
Wounded slightly -71
Missing in action-20
Total _546
The following names of Arkansas
boys are included in the above total:
Missing in action, Lewis E. Schull,
Grubbs; James T. Todd, Hot
Springs. Wounded, degree unknown,
Van A. R. Moores, Russellville; Otto
Rasor, Advance. Wounded severely,
Self F. Dalton, Dalton.
ONE NAME FROM JACKSON.
The Arkansas Penitentiary Com
missionhave included the name of
Allen Smith from this county, in the
list of names recently submitted to
the governor for commutation of
time, under the provisions of the law
for good behavior, and other meritor
ious conduct.
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LET’S RESUME THE PUSH.
When the epidemic of influenza
has sufficiently subsided, let us lose
no time in resuming our accustomed
pace as a live and progressive city.
Newport has always been to the fore
front in business enterprises of mer
it, progressing steadily along that
line all the time, but the influenza
epidemic we are just recovering from
sort of checked up things. The time
however, is rapidly approaching
when the situation will be history
and the old order of things resumed.
Speed the day!
and his gold watch and several dol
lars missing. The dresser in Mrs.
Ford’s room had been ransacked and
two pearl rings and a purse contain- j
ing ten dollars taken.
It has been learned since the above
was written that a third home had
been entered, that of Mr. Webb, liv
ing next to J. T. Umsted on Walnut
street, where a window was raised in
the bedroom and Mr. Webb’s trousers
carried off, and up to the hour of go
ing to press nothing had been heard
of them. The noise of letting the
window down awakened the family,
who soon discovered the robbery.
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IS MEN IS
ENTM SERVICE
iackson County Young Men To En
train For Camp Friday
Evening.
Jackson county has been called up
m for 18 young men to enter mili
tary service at Camp Travis, San
Antonio, and the local exemption
board has called the men who will
entrain from here Friday ev'ening.
The list includes the following, but
several are sick and probably will not
be able to answer the call for a few
days:
Maynard Maris, Shoffner; Virgil
Henry Love, Newport; Ira Goodman,
Grubbs; George Poskey, Newport;
James Haney, Swifton; Charles
furner, Grubbs; James Pippinger,
Newport; Ollie Pennington, Oly
phant; Furr Charlie Edwards, Swif
ton; William Jenning Bryan Orms
by, Newport; George Henry Buford,
ftemmel; Willie Hutchison, Swifton;
Edgar Lee H. Faircloth, Grubbs;
Henry Stoutt, Swifton; Will Low
ery, Cow Lake; Howard Martin,
Pennington; Nick Newton, New
port and James Teague, Tuckerman.
It has just been learned that Dr. A.
J. Beil, formerly of Weldon, died at
Camp Funston, Kansas this week of
influenza. Dr. Ball, after ijeaving
Weldon located at Rison, where he
volunteered his services to the army.
His many Jackson county friends
learn with regret of his demise.
A very unfortunate accident oc
curred yesterday afternoon on Hazel
street when Jack Lindsey, the eleven
year old son of Mrs. B. II. Lindsey,
had his hip crushed by being run over
by the delivery wagon of Johnson &
Cloyes. The little fellow had just
gotten a pair of new skates and when
going up the street he passed the al
ley at a rapid speed and at the same
time the delivery wagon of Johnson
& Cloyes driven by the porter, came
out of the alley, neither boy or driver
seeing each other until it was too
late to stop. The horse knocked the
child down and the wagon ran over
his body, breaking the hip bones. It
was -several hours before a physician
could be f ound, as all were out of
town, and the suffering of the unfor
tunate boy was intense, but later
when physicians were located, every
thing possible was done to relieve
him. He was resting fairly well at
midnight when the mother had him
placed on a cot and left with him on
the Sunshine Special for her former
home at Shreveport, La., where she
will place him in a hospital. It was a
very unfortunate accident, but one in
which nobody is to blame, and it is
hoped the little fellow will steadily
improve.
both weak and strong.
“I never drink anything stronger
than water,” a news gatherer for the
Independent heard one gentleman re
mark to another, while perambulat
ing the streets of the city today in
search of a few live items with which
to fill space. The gentleman making
the above remark of course meant to
convey the fact that he was temper
ate in the extreme, so far as intox
icating beverages were concerned.
But if he had thought over the mat
ter from another angle of the word
strong’s meaning, he might have
come to the conclusion that water
was not so weak after all. The facl
of the matter is water is one of the
world’s strongest forces, it turns the
great wheels of commerce fiom one
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BRITISH AGAIN
GOING FORWARD
IN A NEW OOIVE
ARE STORMING GERMAN DE
FENSES WEST OF MAUEGE.
It Is Not Probable The Enemy Will
Be Able To Hold Valenciennes
Much Longer. Their Defense
Line Is Giving Way.
BRITISH CLOSING ON TOURNA.
(Associated Press Summary.)
The British are again this morning
storming the German defenses west
of Maubeauge. — ,
Driving forward on a seven mile
front north of Lecateau today
General Haig’s forces are an increas
ing menace to Valenciennes, which
town has already been outflanked on
the north by the capture of Bruay.
It is not probable the Germans will
be able to hold Valenciennes much
longer and once the Schell Canal is
crossed, the British will be in a posi
tion to threaten seriously both Mons
and Mauberge. In Southwestern Bel
gium the British continue to close in
on Tourin. South of Lecate the ene
my is resisting stubbornly the Brit
ish in their attempts upon Serre.
Prince Maximilian , the German
chancellor is quoted as saying in the
Reichstag, that defensive warfare
would be carried on by the German
nation if the German nation fails to
secure peace with justice.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 23.—General Haig
announces the British Army began a
new attack today on the entire front
between Lecateau and Soleames,
south of Valenciennes. The British
have captured Bruay, two and a half
miles north of Valenciennes and have
reached the west bank of the Scheldt
river.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 23—The town
of Brieulles on the western bank of
the Meuse, which has been stubborn
ly defended for some time, has been
given up by the enemy. This is the
latest point at which the Americans
have driven a dent into the German
defensive lines.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 23.—The French
have reached the line of the Serre
river northeast of Laon, having made
an advance of two or three miles on
an eight mile front.
end of the land to the other, it bears
upon its surface the largest battle
ships, a few drops of it wears away
the hardest rock when constantly ap
plied, and when on a rampage, as
the people of this vicinity well know,
destroys everything in its path, leav
ing in its wake utter desolation, very;
much more dreary than was ever
created by the most inhuman Hun.
taken as a beverage, or a drink, it
becomes the weakest of the weak, in
other words, “Water is weak or
strong, according to the manner id
which it is employed. j
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