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VOLUME IV. ' NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY, JULY 17,1914. NUMBER 91. ~ ' f
11. S. DEMANDS
f GENERAL AMNESTY
fCakranza To Be Recognized,
Must Come Into Power With
Clean Hands.
United Press Dispatch
Washington, D. C., July 17—
'It became known today that the
United States demanded that
Carranza grant amnesty to all
forces. Those guilty of crimes
against the nation may be pun
ished without interference by
this government, but there must
be no wholesale assassination.
This was communicated by Com
sul Silliman to Carranza, who
made no definite promises, but
told Silliman that he had no in
tention of punishing the rank
and file of the army, but has
so far refused to promise a gen
eral amnesty to include the high
army officials. He would punish
traitors to Madero and has so
far failed to promise that for
eigners will n6t be interfered
with. Silliman made plain that
this government will not recog
nize him unless he “comes into
i power with clean hands.”
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Miss Esther Case Operated On
Miss Esther Case, well known
throughout the state, was taken
to . St. Luke’s Hospital in St.
Louis Tuesday night, where she
will undergo a critical opera
tion. Several days ago Miss
Case received a fall, sustaining
injuries which have made an
® operation necessary.
Case is one of the state’s
piost prominent young women.
For several years she has been
ted in foreign fields as a
issionary, and only about three
months ago returned from Mex
ico, where she spent some time
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Miss Case’s many Newport
friends are glad to learn that
jk, she was operated on Wednesday
and is reported to be doing nice
ly. .
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Seventy-five Enjoy Picnic.
About 75 members of the
y Presbyterian Sunday School en
joyed their annual outing yes
terday and report a delightful
time. The trip was made on
Captain Richie’s barge, and be
side the enjoying a fine picnic
dinner, the younger members
took advantage of the fine bath
ing beach.
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Oak and hickory wood— any
size load for sale. Special prices
on car lots. Jno. R. Loftin, Jr
Phone 58. 59dtf.
Moving* Pictures
the Opera House
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SILENT TRAILS
Sweet memories return in vis
ions of the past. Edwin August
and Mary Charleson.
(Drama—VITAGRAPHX
4 SCENES IN NORTHLAND
(Scenic—VITAGRAPH)
A DESPERATE HERO
( Farce Comedy—BIOGR AP H)
SHELLEY AND THE TURKEY
% (Comedy—BIOGRAPH)
A STRENUOUS SCOOP
The way of a newspaper man.
(Drama—SELIG)
Saturday Night
| Two reels of “THE ADVEN
TS TUBES OF KATHLYN.”
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS.
Bank of Rogers Closes
(Special to Independent.
! Little Rock, July 17.—State
Bank Commissioner Davis late
j Thursday afternoon received the
following telegram from the
Bank of Rogers:
“The directors have decided to
close this bank.”
No other information is given
According to the statement of
March 4, the bank had deposits
| of $375,000 and assets of $327,
000. Deputy Commissioner J.
| D. Covey and Examiner Guy
[Phillips were directed to pro
ceed at once to Rogers to take
charge of the bank. A special
| deputy commissioner will be ap
pointed later.
Mr- Covey returned yesterday
from Higden, where he appoint
ed W. C- Johnson, cashier of the
, Cleburne County Bank at Heber
Springs as special deputy bank
commissioner to take charge of
the liquidation of the affairs of
the Higden Bank. Its capital
stock was $5,000, and it had de
posits amounting to nearly $9,
000. / *
SIX ARE KILLED
_22 INJURED
; When Electric Train Collides
With Coal Train Near
Norfolk.
United Press Dispatch
Norfolk, Va., July 17.—Six
were killed and 22 injured, some,
probably fatally early today in a
collision between an electric
j train of three coaches and a coal
I train of the Virginia railroad.
I The electric train was en route
jhere from Ocean View, two elec
tric cars being completely
wrecked. Men and women with
I broken arms, legs and heads,
cried piteously for help for the
wooden cars coupled together,
crushed many passengers be
tween the seats- The relief
(train brought the injured to the
hospitals here.
The passengers insist that
they warned Motorman Atkin
son that he was running at an
i excessive speed, but that he paid
| no attention to their complaints
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■'Injured Climbing Freight Train.
I A young man, who had been
in the employ of the Newport
rlandle Company when attempt
ing to board a freight train in
the lower end of the Iron Moun
tain yard Thursday afternoon,
missed his footing and was
'dragged some distance before
|freed. ,
j He was taken in an automo-!
bile to Dr. G- K. Stephens ’office,
| vhere his wounds were dressed.
His head was pretty well scalp
ed, requiring about twenty
! stitches. The young man is re
ported as doing very well today
and will probably recover.
Deputy Sheriff J. I. Hasting
accompanied Mrs. Emma Smith
of Kenyon to the state hospjtal
:for nervous diseases Thursday.
(This woman’s loss of mind re
! suited from a spell of sickness.
Steamboat Excursion.
We will give another excur
sion Tuesday evening, July 21,
| aboard the City of Muskogee,
j leaving Newport at 8 o’clock for
a trip up the river. Music and
'dancing. Round trip 50 cents.
;89d6. Captain F. I. Inman.
Male Help
Hustling man under 50 to in
troduce our^Memberships. $50
to $500 a month. Write quick,
I-L-U 2479, Covington, Ky
ASK RECEIVER
TO RECOVER
$306,000,000 Of Which New Ha
ven Was Robbed By High
Financing.
United Press Dispatch.
Boston, July 17.—The ap
pointment of a receiver for the
New Haven to prosecute the
claims for $306,000,000 alleged
to be due the treasury through
breach of duty upon the part of
the directors was sought in an
equity action entered today by
Whipple, Sears and Ogden as at
torneys
Miners Clash Near Fort Smith
United Press Dispatch.
Fort Smith, Ark., July 17.—
Rumors of a serious clash be
tween the union and non-union
minors at the Vern Coal Compa
ny mines on Prairie Creek, thir
ty miles east, have reached here
It is reported that one tipple was
destroyed by fire, another dyna
mited and several mine guards
sbnf TTip linirm mpn pnf -flip
wires down to nearby camps but
the sheriffs were notified- The
company headquarters here have
heard rumors but their private
wires are down an<I they have
no official report.
BOY DROWNED
BELOW BRIDGE
Virgil Ellrod Lost His Life In
White River While Swim
ming Thursday After
noon.
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Virgil Ellrod, a sixteen year
old boy and son of Mrs. Will
Southerland of White River
Bridge, was drowned about 5
o’clock Thursday afternoon just
below White River Bridge near
the bar which has been the
scene of so many batthing par
ties during the present summer.
The lad was in swimming with
a party of ten neighbor boys and
had floated or swum a distance
from his companions, when he
became frightened by the cur
rent into which he had drifted
and gave loud cries for help.
The other boys were afraid to
venture into the swift current
and tried to rescue him with long
poles, but to no avail and he
sank for £he last time.
oearcmng parries were ai
once organized and in 40 min
utes his body had been recov
ered, but all efforts at resuscit
ation failed and the burial will
take place Friday afternoon at
Surrounded Hill graveyard
Warning To Bathers.
A. C. Bradley, watchman for
the White River Bridge of the
the Iron Mountain, reports to
the Independent that barges are
now taking out sand on the bar
below the bridge, where there
has been much bathing this sum
mer, and thoughtfully suggested
that the Independent warn our
swimming parties to be careful
of the deep holes that are being
made through the removal of the
sand.
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Tunnel Is Repaired
Traffic has been openec
! through the Crickett tunnel
| which was put out of commis
! sion several days ago by a cave
! in. The first train went through
Wednesday, and all traffic is ex
pected to regain its normal
schedule now.
Much Trouble Over 'Geese.
Batesville, July 16.—Some
| time ago, Cecil Burhop, the 15
year old adopted son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Burhop, was arrested
on a charge for cruelty to ani
mals, the specific charge being
| that he had killed three geese be
longing to Bud Peel, a negro. It
seems that the Burhops had
planted a patch of oats or wheat
and that Peel’s geese were
| reaking in and destroying the
crop, according to allegations on
!one side
The boy slaughtered three of
i the geese, and at his trial on the
! charge mentioned above was fin
ed $2-50, costs and all amounting
; to something like $19. That
case has been appealed to the
circuit court.
Later Peel brought suit in
court against the elder Burhop
to recover the sum of $3.00, the
price of his geese, as damages.
That case was tried by a jury in
Justice of the Peace Case’s court.
The interesting turn of affairs
yesterday was that the attor
ney for Burhop admitted that
his client slaughtered the geese,
but brought a counter claim a
erainst Peel of $25 for damacre to
Burhop’s crop by Peel’s geese.
The jury awarded Burhop dam
ages in the sum asked for, and
found that he was justified in
the act of goose murder.
PEACE CONFERENCE
AT EARLY DATE
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Constitutionalist Troops May
Enter Capital City Soon—
Liberation Of Political
Prisoners.
United Press Dispatch. "
Mexico City, July 17.—Car
ranza or other representatives of
the Constitutionalists will arrive
here at an early date to attend
the peace conference to be called
by Provisional President Carba
jal. It is reported that the
Constitutionalists will accept the
invitation of Minister of War Ve
lasco that both sides liberate all
political prisoners
It is reported that two trains
of Constitutionalist troops from
Celaya are en route here wheth
er to attempt to enter the city is
not known
All gambling houses have
been closed by Carbajal’s orders
and it is stated will not be per
mitted to reopen. Gambling
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richest sources of revenue for
Huerta. The resignation of At
torney General Robelee was an
nounced today, also that of Gen
eral Hernandez as governor of
Pueblo. Francisco Canzeco was
appointed his successor.
GENERALS APPROVE PLAN.
United Press Dispatch
Juarez, Mex., July 17.—After
Carbajal has secured orders and
announced that he is ready to
turn the government over to the
Constitutionalists, Mexico City
will be occupied by five thousand
troops taken from the divisions
of Villa, Obregon and Gonzales,
headed by Carranza as comman
der-in-chief.
This tentative plan was sub
mitted to Villa today by Carran
iza and Villa approved. The Car
bajal peace commission will con
fer near Guadalajara with Gen
eral Obregon for Carranza has
authorized Obregon to confer
but must consule Carranza in
all things.
W. D. Johnston, first-class
painter and paper hanger.
Phone 20. 88d6t
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PREPARE EOR
_BIG YIELDS
Railroads Of North Are Already
Showing Result Of Big Crop
Yields.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago, 111., July 17.—Busi
ness has already begun to feel
| the upward push of enormous
! crops to be harvested this year
according to estimates issued to
day by the railroad officials in or
near Chicago.
The Santa Fe report shows an
increase of 3.1 per cent freight
business over June a year ago
The Burlington reports an in
crease between four and five per
cent, explaining that they are
putting three hundred men back
to work
The Standard Steel Car Com
pany announced that the New
York Central had bought more
than nine thousand freight cars
in June and the Illinois Central
has ordered five thousand all
steel box cars. June orders to
taled sixteen thousand new
freight cars, almost double May
orders.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul has announced an in
creased working time to two
thousand men in Milwaukee
shops from 8 to 81/2 hours. Tfce
Rock Island, Illinois Central and
Chicago Northwestern have
begun rebuilding steel under
frames for twenty thousand
cars.
Automobiles For Hire.
When you want to make a
quick and easy trip, telephone
21, Rates, $2 per hour. Day
or night service. I> W. WAT
SON, Ford Motor Co. 85btf.
Another Boy Drowned In River.
Archie Ford was drowned
Tuesday afternoon in White
river while seining with a party
of friends on the Arnold bar a
few miles southwest of Newarki
They were in the water just %
little more than waist deep when
Ford seemingly became excited
and lost control of himsejf,
plunging out into deep water and
drowning before his companions /
could save him.
The body was rescued in about
30 minutes but all efforts to re
suscitate him were unavailing
He was about 20 years old and
had been married but his wife
had been dead for some time. He
had no children. The remain#
were buried Wednesday after
noon at Macedonia.—Newark
Journal
Present Board Reappointed.
Special to Independent- *
Little Rock, July 17.—The
state board of election commis
sioners composed of Governor
George W- Hays, Secretary or
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