MARINERSECURES
' GIFT FOR C. OF C.
$1,200 Donated By U. S. Labor De-!
partment Agency to Aid In
Replacement Work.
It is being realized more and more j
each day the benefit to be derived in
a community from the presence of an
active Chamber of Commerce. The
organization here, under the able
management of Mr. Charles L. Mari
ner has been specially interested in
the past few weeks in replacement
work—that is securing employment
for returned soldiers, as well as as
sisting others in securing employ
ment. He h^s just returned from, a
business trip to Little Rock where he :
secured from the U. S. L^bor De- ;
partment Agency a gift of $l,20o to
further carry on this part of the
work. Six hundred dollars more was
asked for, the commission looking up- j
the request very favorably.
Engineers, who are due here next
week to make a survey across White
river for an incline extending to the
river, were also interviewed by Mr.
Mariner.' If the proposed incline of
30,000 feet is built ?t will greatly
facilitate the loading and unloading
of freight on this side of the river.
Among the many other things the
Chamber is interested in is the in
stallation' of a better sewer system
at the Iron Mountain station here. A
Missouri-Pacific representative has
n'tified Mr. Mariner that he will be
here next week to look over the situa
tion, especially that of the toilet
rooms, which will probably be moved
to another location. The traffic ex
pert, Mr. Gregry, will meet with the
board of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce next Thursday to talk
with them about the freight rates be
ing paid by our merchants and oth
er patrons of the road. It is under
stood that Newport pays the same
freight rates that Little Rock and ^
Pine Bluff does, the above mentioned j
towns being one hundred or more (1
miles further south.
COMPROMISE Oil
WAR BONUS BILL
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p«/4i Enlisted Man and Nurse to Re
ceive $50, and Army, Navy and
Marine Officers $200. 1
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Washington, Jan. 31.— New and I
unexpected obstacles to the long de-;:
layed war revenue bill developed to- *
day, resulting in settlement of more <
minor disputes between the senate
and house, but entailing postpone- I
mant of final action by the conferees 1
until tomorrow and submission of the I
conference redraft probably until
Tuesday. ^
To secure instructions from the
house on senate amendments in dis
pute Representative Kitchen oi in or in
Carolina, the democratic leader,
i* brought the bill before that body late
" today and after spirited discussion
the house instructed its managers to
accept with modifications the senate
plan for taxing political campaign .
contributions.
Demands for separate votes in the
house on two other senate amend
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ments levying a prohibitory tax on
products of child labor and applying
the Reed “bone dry” prohibition law
to the District of Columbia, were
withdrawn today. Retention of these
in the bill is regarded assured.
The conferees agreed to a compro
mise amendment for pay bonuses of
£50 each to enlisted men and nurses,
md $200 to officers of the army,
navy and marine corps upon dis
tharge. The bonus would be paid to
those already discharged, as well as
;o those subsequently given honorable
iischarges or who resign.
LOCAL CHURCH TAKES
BIG STEP FORWARD.
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At a meeting of the committee ap
pointed for this purpose yesterday,
,he contract was closed for a pipe or
jan to be installed in the Central
Dhristian church. The organ is to be
i sweet-toned instrument containing
ill the stops, held as favorites by
eading musicians of the country. Af
;er careful investigation the contract
vas given to the Moller Organ Man
rfactory, located at Hagerstown, Md.
This great step forward was a sur
prise to the good people who are
lware of the progress and history j
pf the Christian church in Newport.
WILSON'S COLONY
PUNJPPOStO
When His Plans Were Presented to
Peace Conference Thursday—
Debate Lasted Two Hours.
Washington, Jan. 31.— Vigorous
ppposition was voiced in the senate
;oday by republican leaders to the
plan for dealing with captured Ger
nan colonies and occupied territories
n Asiatic Turkey, which press dis
patches from France yesterday said
lad been presented to the peace con>
‘erence by President Wilson.
Democratic spokesmen said they
:ould not believe the reports that the
president had proposed permanent in
;ernationalization of the territories
»nd urged support of the American
peace delegates. Some republican
senators said that the official com
nunique issued by the conference said
i plan for disposition had been pre
viously agreed upon.
The debate continued for two
pours. Republican leaders renewed
;heir criticism of the plan for a
eague of nations, the delay in con
duding peace with Germany, “secret
liplomacy,” and other questions" con
pected with the peace conference.
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•epublican leader, declared that
itatements in dispatches from spe
:ial newspaper correspondents at
Paris that the United States would
>e required to help maintain order in
he captured territories was “abso
utely unbelievable.^
ms mm
GREAT M PLAN
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l Three-Year Building Program Of
Ten Battleships and Ten Scout
Cruisers Recommended.
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Washington, Jan. 31.—The admin
stration’s policy of vast naval ex
>ansion unless world disarmament be
:omes a certainty, through intema
ional agreement at Paris, was ap
>roved today by the house naval com
nittee in unanimously recommend
ng a new three-year building pro
gram of 10 great battleships and 10
icout cruisers.
Four democrats and two republi
;ans opposed the program as origi
ially outlined, but their approval was
riven after an amendment was ac
:epted, providing that work on the
lew "ships should not begin until af
;er February 1, 1920.
Dr. Willard Hills and Messrs. Wat
lon and Mudge Zeigler of Denver.
Colorado, have purchased a big tract
>f improved land northwest of Moun
;ain Home, Ark., which they intend
n convert into a cattle and hog
Road District No. One
Secures Appropriation
The commissioners of Road District
No. 1 went to Little Rock yesterday
and appeared before the State High
way Commissioners, asking of them
aid in completing the road under con
struction, known as the Newport
Diaz-Grubbs road. The men inter
estered and appeared before the state
board were J. R. Holden, W. D. Mc
Lain, R. L. Wilmans and Walter j
Hurley, and to their credit, secured
an appropriation of $12,000 for the
completion of the road, which is a
stretch of ten and one-third miles,
with six and three-fourths miles fin
ished leaving a little more than four
miles yet to be built. When com
pleted this will be the first good
roadway to be built in the county, and j
as far as it goes is a pride to all who
travel over it. It is hoped the com
missioners will have no further trou- ^
ble in the completion of the few un
finished miles.
Plea For Future Citizenship
of City, County, State, Country
Although the armistice has beer
signed and the fighting is over
America and each of the allies wil
still have a great deal to do to com
plete their victory, according to tin
Junior Red Cross, which is launch
ing a nation-wide health campaign t<
be carried on through the months o1
February, March, April and May
The Junior Red Cross is one of th<
three departments of the Red Cross
which will live on after other depart
ments have served their day and th(
purpose of continuing its work is tc
educate the children through service
You cannot love your country unless
you work for it; and the best prepar
ation for future good citizenship is
through endeavoring to be a gooc
citizen NOW. The draft revelations
showing, as they did, that at least
one out of four of our young men whc
ought to be in the flower of theii
prime were PHYSICALLY UNFIT t<
bear arms for their country, recentlj
' shocked us out of some of our com
placency and apathy, That such a
situation should not overtake us
again in the future we must begin on
the children who are now in school.
To this end the Junior Red Cross, in
co-operation with the Council of Na
tional Defense, the National Tubercu
losis Association, and the Public
Health Service, is working and plan
ning to organize and carry on a na
tional, state and local health crusade
through the schools, beginning on
j February 9th and lasting until May
! 24th. This call to service should ap
peal to every thinking man and wo
| man in this and every community for
| it is a patriotic plea for the future
i citizenship of our country—the chil
■ dren and youth of today who will be
; the men and women of tomorrow—
J those who, from every standpoint of
personal, civic, and national safety,
must be fitted for the places they are
soon to occupy in the wonderful new
world that lies just ahead. So much
has been said about the glorious
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE: our
sailors in blue and our soldiers in
khaki who have gone forth to suffer
and die ^‘to make the world safe for
democracy.” But how about this
“SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE,”
as Margaret Slattery calls it—the
children and youth of today who will
be the men and women of tomorrow?
Are we doing all we can to strength
en this line, to protect it from the
dangers that threaten it, to equip it
for future duty, to train it for fu
ture victory ? Is this not a more col
ossal task and does it not require
even a higher type of patriotism than
the strengthening, equipping and
training of those who constitute the
first line? President Wilson has said
we must “make the world Safe for
Democracy” and these words will go
down in history, but Walter E. Ath
earn, one of the greatest prophets of
today, has said, “We must make
Democracy safe for the world.” It is
our business to make Democracy safe
here as well as abroad—to give back
to America her integrity, her purity,
to re-discover and restore her lost
ideals. We must make thi3 world a
decent place to live in for when the
First Line of Defense brings home
its precious prize of new freedom for
humanity, jrhat will it avail if the
HOMES of our country are not ready
and none have been trained to RE
CEIVE the new treasure, to guard it,
to cherish it? What a challenge this
flings out to America, to Arkansas,
to Jackson county, to Newport and to
every town in Jackson county! In
this recent war crisis America has
been so great of purpose, so noble
and unselfish in ideals, so humanita
rian in aims—our one passion has
been DEMOCRACY, and a better kind
even than we had ever known, for all
the struggling world. Our FIRST
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The Old Adage
“That a Thing is Cheap or Dear by What
You Get Rather Than What You Pay”
Was Never So True As Now
Otar’s is a Specialty Shop for Men where Quality more
so than Quantity is THE AIM. .
Below is a list of a few of the representative lines
in Men’s Wear we take Pride in showing:
Kuppenheimer Clothes
Knox, Stetson and Hawes’ Hats
Clapp, Reynolds and Regal Shoes
Manhattan Shirts
Faultless Night Robes and Pajamas
Vassar, Cooper and Wilson Bros. Unions
Knothe Belts and Suspenders
Onyx Hosiery, Superba Cravats
THE STAR CLOTHING COMPANY
"THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN,
relief cim
BEGINS MONDAY
Chairman Hubly Expects Every
County Unit to Report Its Full
Quota Not Later Than Feb. 5.
County Chairman A. T. Hubly has
succeeded in perfecting a very effi
cient county organization for the
raising of funds for the American
Committee for Relief in the Near
East and states that he hopes every
unit in the county will report in full
with its quota not later than Feb.
5th.
This fund is vitally important for
the saving of many lives which will
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be lost through starvation if help is
not provided and it is also hoped that
enough will be raised in this cam
paign to provide these people with
seed, etc. so that they may becomo
self-supporting as soon as a new.
crop can be raised by them.
No person with the least mite of
human kindness in their make-up can
possibly turn down this appeal for
help. Let us do unto others as wo §
would have them do unto us. Let ns j
think of the hundreds of thousands of
little children left without father’ or :
mother and who are utterly depend
ent on our charity, then there am
rbillions of others, mostly women and •
larger children whose great need is
food and facilities to heljf'them be
come self-supporting.
Monday is the day when you will
be given an opportunity to say wb0*f;|j
ther you are going to help these peo
ple from your own means—or if yott
are willing that they shall perish. 'f.
The following men have been se- '■ |
lected as the soliciting committee of
Newport and they have been asked
to report at the Chamber of Com- -J
merce, at 1 p. m. Monday, February
3rd to get materials and b§ assigned •
their working district. It is to lM| ||
hoped that every one of them will j
show his love for starving humanity
by responding to the call made of bin \
time.
Rev. J. F. E. Bates, George B. Irby, V,
F. J. Harmon, C. G. Wathen, Joe L.
Bevens, Julius Jacobstein, J.
Blackwood, 0. D. Watson, J. D. Sis
son, P. H. Van Dyke, S. Heinemann,
L. B. Allen, Carl Bellingrath, Rev. CL' L'
Bridenthal, T. W. Johnson, Dr. W. A. ’
Rossington, W. D. McLain, G. P. Cof-.,.j
fin, 0. M. Bowen, B. W. Jamison, T.
S. Holloway, W. T. Parish, L. Mc
Dougald, T. B. Chastain, Tom Hutson,* I
C. L. Mariner, Rev. W. C. Mitchell, C. ^
G. Henry, C. J. Saenger, A. Bowie,
W. Boyce, J. R. Holden, J. D. Purdy, i
J. N. Lewis, T. P. Umsted, G. 1*. i
Smith, Jake Grossman, G. C. Martin, ' -1
SELFftT ClKE
Rumors That Harry L. Nims Has Dis»
posed of Government Property
Not Discussed By Officers.
Sitae Rock, Jan. 31.—Second Lieut.
Harry L. Nims of Cushing, Okla., is
believed to be dying at the Camp Pike
base hospital as a result of having
shot himself through the forehead
with a .38 caliber revolver shortly af
ter 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon in
an attempt to end his life in his
quarters. Officers at the Camp im
mediately began an investigation to
ascertain the cause for his action.
Officers declined to discuss govern
ment property, and was to be brought
before court-martial.
Another soldier, Private Enoch L.
Meeks of Green Forest, Ark., just re
turned from overseas, ended his life,
Thursday night at 9:30 at the camp
by cutting his throat with s raxor.
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^ ALL KINDS°F BONDS.