SAMMIES STOP .
„ HUII AVIATORS
Lively Spelling of the American Sec
' tor Ensued Tuesday, and Sam
mies Are Successful.
Associated Press Dispatch.
■t With the American Army in France,
Feb. 6.—American artillery kept .up a
continuous fire on enemy batteries
Tuesday. The Germans responded,
with the result of a lively shelling of
the entire sector. American anti-air
craft guns are busy repelling at
tempts of enemy airmen to cross the
American line. German airplanes
finally abandoned the attempt.
Carl Bellingrath, the genial young
manager of the Coca Cola Bottling
plant here, returned Monday night
from Little Rock and Pine Bluff,
where he has been for some time and
expects to be in Newport regularly
from now on.
< ioes iiiiTofl
sop HEBE;
Rev. Weems of Conway Was Here
This Week in the Interest of Ark
kansas Children’s Home Society
Rev. D. J. Weems, a well known
minister of Conway, is spending a
few days in Newport this week in the
interest of the Arkansas Children’s
Home Society of Little Rock, which
society is a non-sectarian institution.
Mr. Weems received a generous dona
tion from the citizens of Newport to
ward the maintenance of this worthy
institution, which has done much to
shape the destinies of many home
less Arkansas children. Rev. Weems
announces that three children will
be accepted by the society from New
port soon. They are Burt, Mastern
and Katherine, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Neill Mullens, who have moved
from this city, Rev. Weems stated.
Any child sound in body and mind,
under 12 years of age, will be taken
into the institution. Any person pre
pared to give a child a good home,
when properly endorsed, can obtain
a nice little boy or girl by writing
Rev. 0. 'P. Christian, state superin
tendent, 2428 Louisiana street, Little
Rock.
In five years the Arkansas Child
ren’s Home Society has cared for
over 500 children. Governor Brough
is president of the society.
TO OUR READERS
Independent After Accumulating a
Bunch of Nerves Resumes After
noon Publication Again.
Good evening. This greeting comes
from the heart of every employe of
the Independent office, from which in
dustry comes thfs afternoon the regu
lar daylight edition of the paper, it
being announced that the Arkansas
Light & Power Company will,'so long
as it has a plentiful supply of coal,
dispense day current, which is neces
sary for the operation of this plant.
.The Independent has done its best
to give Newport readers a good pa
per every morning. This has been
done under trying circumstances, and
to those who are willing to cuss this
paper continually and to make sug
gestions as to how the paper ought
to be run, we are willing to give
full control the next time the
day current is turned off. They are
liable to turn out a paper equally as
rotten and incidentally acquire just as
many*flocks of nerves as have accu
mulated in this office during the past
two weeks.
'It is hoped the paper may now re
main permanently an afternoon pub
lication, thereby assuring longer life
for the editor and his co-workers.
WEST FRONT
AGAIN ACTIVE
Big Guns Are Busy Around Ypres and
Cambrai on the British Front and
Airmen Are Active.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 6.—Raiding opera
tions and artillery duels are increas
ing on the western front as the time
for 'beginning spring operations ap
proaches. Big guns are busy around
Ypres and Cambrai, ’on the British
front, and on the right bank of the
Meuse on the French front, and in
the American sector entente airmen
are active. The British Monday
dropped three tons of bombs and ac
counted for eight enemy airplanes
with a loss of one. Italian and Brit
ish aviators brought down thirteen en
emy machines on the Italian front.
The Germans again bombed Padua.
A clash between the government
and church of Russia is said to be ap
proaching an acute stage as a result
of Bolsheviki decrees for separating
church from state and confiscating
church property. Ensign Krylenko,
the Bolsheviki commander-in-chief, is
reported to have been arrested by
Polish troops who captured Mohiley.
Tartar forces are moving on Sebas
topol. The Ukranians, it is reported,
hold the upper hand of Kiev
THE AMERICAN BLACK LIST.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Mexico City, Feb. 6—The American
black-list has had something of the
effect of a commercial tornado on
certain business houses in Mexico.
And, like the Kansas species of the
phenomenon, it has performed some
queer antics. For instance, a French
business man, with six relatives in
the trenches, figured on the first list.
Slips like this however, have been
rectified readily through the various
legations at the capital.
" COLLECT ARTICLES.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, Feb. 6.— School chil
dren of F’-ankfort in two weeks col
lected 166,udO pounds of waste paper,
24.000 pounds of rags, 8,400 pounds
of metal, 900 pounds of women’s hair,
4.000 pounds of rubber, 2,000 pounds
of leather, 85,000 bottles, 20,000 elec
tric lamps, 41,000 corks, and 12,000
hats. The articles were all turned
over to the army.
RUNG FOR LAST TIME.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, Feb. 6.—The great
bell of Cologne Cathedral (‘Maria
Gloriosa’) was rung for the last time
on New Year’s eve, and the metal
which weighs several tons will be
used for war purposes.
The bell was first rung on the
birthday of William I, on March 22,
1877, and was cast from French guns
captured in 1870k-71.
PEACE MEETING
MAY BE CLOSED
Petrograd Correspondent Says He Is
Informed That Negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk Are Broken.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 6.—The Petrograd cor
respondent to The Exchange Tele
graph says he is informed that nego
tiations at Brest-Litovsk have been
broken off.
HOW THEY ARE CLASSED.
London, Feb. 6.—Speaking on Ger
many’s war aims and dangers of a
premature peace, Lord Denbigh de
scribed the people who are out for
peace at any price and certain others
as in class “Z”, separating them as
follows: .
“The Z, l’s are those who are ignor
ant of the situation and do not know
what they are talking about.
“The' Z, 2’s are utter rotters, men
who want the war to end because
they get margarine or because their
beer is thin.
“The Z, 3’s are the enemy agents in
the pay of Germany, trying to lower
the morale of the soldiers and the
people.”
I
Better Put the Paint Brush
and Vacuum Cleaner at Work
A perusal of the list of poll taxes
paid in the City of Newport last year
shows that about ninety ladies paid
the proper po]^ax so as to entitle
them to a vote in the 1 city primary,
which will be held at the city hall on
Wednesday, F#. 27th, 1918, which
leads us to believe that the city cen
tral committee, the city fathers, or the
board of election commissioners, or
whosever duty it is to do so, had bet
ter tidy up the voting place a bit be
fore that time, else they might get
themselves talked about.
MANY KILLED
IN COLLISION
A Train Loaded With Red Guard
Meets With Government Train,
With Fatal Results.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 6.—A number were
killed and injured in a collision today
between a train loaded with Red
Guards and a government train sent
to intercept them near Kemi, in
Northern Finland, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen.
OSCEOLA CORGI
FlIMJj BREAKS
Mississippi River At Memphis Is Ris
ing and Shipping Generally Has
Taken to Shelter.
Memphis, Feb. 6.—The forty mile
ice gorge in the Mississippi river, ex
tending from Osceola, Arkansas
southward, broke last night. Ice is
moving rapidly southward today.
The river at Memphis this morning
was at a stage of 26.3 feet, a rise of
approximately four feet overnight.
Shipping generally has taken to shel
ter.
GREAT LOSS IN
INDIANA FIRE
Five Buildings of the State Reforma'
tory Bum Today, With Loss of
One Million Dollars.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Jeffersonville, Ind., Feb. 6.—Five
buildings of the, Indiana State Refor
matory were destroyed by fire this
morning with a loss of a million dol
lars. None of the prisoners escaped.
The blaze is believed to have been
due to crossed electric wires.
SPECUlf IN
COFFEE STOPPED
t ______
Hoover Orders That Speculation On
Green Coffee in New York Ex
change Be Discontinued.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 6.—Food Admin
istrator Hoover today ordered specu
lation on green coffee in the New
York Exchange discontinued. Deal
ers volunteered to take the necessary
ste£s to eliminate the speculation.
George B. Irby spent the day Tues
day at Tuckerman on business.
Advance Showing of
Manhattan Shirts
For Spring and Summer of 1918
■ 1
Here in boundless variety of original designs.
You will find Manhattan Shirts in Madras,
Mercerized and other distinctive and exclus
ive designs. Manhattans are DISTINCT
IVELY DIFFERENT, bearing the unmistak- \
able stamp oforiginality in texture and patterns.
MAY WE SHOW THEM TO YOU?
Prices $2.00 and Up
Star Clothing Co.
ADAM LOCKARD, Manager
“THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN’’
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TO BE CLASSED
AS DESERTERS
Local Exemption Board Submits List
of Persons Failing to Fill Out or
Return Questionnaires.
i ■saw.
Below is a list of persons who have
been reported by the exemption board
of Jackson county as having failed to
return or fill out questionnaire under
the selective draft law. The board
announces these persons will be class
ed as deserters, and asks that any
person who knows the whereabouts of
those named will confer a great favor
by notifying Ihe registrants or the
lotal board.
The list follows:
No. 35—Samuel Martin Myers, R. F.
D. 1, Newport.
No. '53—David Alexander Norman,
Grubbs.
No. 116—Harry Turner, Weldon.
No. 134—Richard Harland, Grubbs.
No. 187—Harry Gray Miller, Kenyon.
No. 264—Tom Brown, Newport.
No.1284—George Thos. Hodges, New
port.
No. 384—Charles Grant, Newport.
No. 326—Monroe Watson, Newport.
No. 356—John Henry, Newport.
No. 221—Herbert Dickerson, 221 Vine
street, Newport.
No. 473—John Key, Newport.
No. 5S4—David Williams, Newport.
No. 614—Jim Linoly, Newport.
No. 669—James Johnson, Newport.
No. 672—Ivory Phillips, Newport.
No. 722—Fonis Martin, Weldon.
No. 723—John E. Johnson, Algoa.
No. 727—Manzy Lewis, Weldon.
No. 734—Harvey Lucien Scott, R. F.
D. 1, Tuckerman.
No. 759—Edward Harrison Laurence,
R. F. D. 1, Tuckerman.
No. 772—Gilbert Hill, Tuckerman.
No. 811—Adolphus Aberham Lokany,
Tuckerman.
No. 882—Richard Lenever, Shoffner.
No. 894—Will Bennett, Weldon.
No. '899—Carlton Nelson, Diaz.
No. 908—Ed McQuery, Newport.
No. 1030—James Berry, Newport.
No. 1046%William Cornice, Jonesboro.
No. 1075—Benjamin E. Frizzell, New
port.
No' 1101—John McDonald, Tucker
man
No. 1119—Jess Kelly, Newport.
No. 1125—Robert Henderson, New
port.
No. 1136—Robert Price, Newport.
No. 1137—Squire F. Wilkins, Tucker
man.
No. 1215—Ed M. Manley, Newport.
No. 1221—Tymon Brown, Swifton.
No. 1237—Harvey Owens, Swiften.
No. 1247—William Saterfield, Dewey,
Oklahoma.
No. 1249—Henry Allen, Gunsville,
Misspuri.
No. 1251—Louis Gordon, Newport.
No. 1262—John David Morgan, Diaz.
No. 1290—Henry W. Gordon, Tucker
man.
No. 1369—Walter Arms, Tuckerman.
No. 1384—Malvern Beattie, Newport.
No. 1425—William Silas Edwards,
Alicia.
No. 1453—Johnnie Beard, Route No.
3,' Newport.
No. 1509—Geo. J. Jones, Grand Glaise.
No. 1553—Daniel A. Brannium, Route
3, Newport.
Nn. 1563—Bob Smith. Newport.
No. 1666—Fletcher Smith, Brinkley.
No. 1668—Madison Reams, Newport.
No. 1695—Luther Hallmark, Route 1,
Newport.
No. 1734—Evert Bradley, Tuckerman.
No. 1740—Charles E. Hardin, Harris
burg.
No. 1767—Otto Hankins, Tuckerman.
No. 1775—Henry Williams, Route 3,
Newport.
No. 1782—Everee Steward, Auvergne.
No. 1810—Cleveland Harrison Os
borne, Alicia.
No. 1827—Andrew Johnson, Route 1,
Auvergne.
No. 1846—Thomas Edward Sherrill,
Lepanto.
No. 1847—Harry A. Pruitt, Swifton.
No. 1895—M. C. Gillies, Newport.
No. 1937—Walker Griffin, Newport.
No. 1965—Ed Clark, Newport.
No. 2026—Sol Amie, Olyphant.
No. 2031—George Cole, Newport.
No. 2062—Henry Gaines, Morris Av
enue, Newport.
No. 2071—Mitchell James Hurley, 520
Malcolm Avenue, Newport.
No. 2105— Thomas Nabors White,
Grubbs.
No. 2122—Oscar Roy Booker, 523 Ha
zel street, Newport.
(Continued on Page 4.)
EXCEEDED PLAN
TD SIP TUPS
Secretary Baker Says Landing of Mil
lion Men in France Does'Not De
pend on American Shripping.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 6.—Secretary Ba
ker appearing before the senate mili
tary committee for a public hearing of
cross examination regarding re
cent statements, declared today that
more troops than had been planned
were transported to France January
1st. He asserted his former statement
that a million more men probably
could 1)c sent to France in 1918 did
not depend wholly on American ship
ping, and, when asked if it is true that
the war department had 491,000 tong
of ships available, he said he did not
know, but thought that that was an
under-estimate. The secretary said
it had not been determined whether
troops are to be kept in southern
camps next bummer.
The principal point of the contro
versy, the question of where the army
is going to get ships to transport the
proposed million men to France, was ;
untouched by the committee. It waa
decided to hear an explanation of this
feature in a secret' session tomorrow.
In the course -«f the examination Bil
ker gave as his opiniori Ahat new leg
islation will be desirable t»\give the
president'power to transfer
dinate various departments as •
ditions arise.
f ! ;
Case of Mayberry Drainage District
Vs. Sol Heinemann Arouses >
Much Interest.
Quite an interest is being maid* .<$
fested by the public in thg ease
Mayberry Drainage District VS* S.;vf|
Heinemann, on trial today. HiUtieuae^M
& Boyce represent the drainage dig-M
trict and Gustave Jones repres#p||§|
The‘following cases have been dia* ?
posed of since our report of fM"|p
J. M. Swan vs. Walter George? agii|
pealed from a justice’s court; caugefi
of action dismissed. |
White Sewing Machine Coropagpll
vs. Beattie Hardware Compangj||j|g
pealed from a justice’s court; ag|^|K
C. Harden and Horton vs*
Davis, appealed from a justice's' t
court; appeal dismissed.
J. E. Dunn vs. E. C. Barwick A Co* '
judgment for plaintiff for possessionMI
In the case of J. M. Gatlin vs. E. 8.
Curry, the jury found for the plain- |
tiff, J. M. Gatlin, in the sum of f7*M.‘
MRS. HOOVER GIVEN NEW TASK. ?
Mrs. Herbert Hoover has been nam
ed chairman of a war emergency com* Jq
mittee which will direct many kind*
of war work in the District of Colum*- .-Ji
bia,1 including the raising of a fund ^
for an ambulance to be presented to
the government by the girl ptudent* ^
of Washington.
Mrs. Hoover has been active in war
work since the entrance of the United
States in the war. She was one of the ; |
first persons in the nation to accept
the orders of her distinguished hus- , j
band, the food administration, and |
has conducted the affairs of the Hoov- ;
er household in strict conformity
with the Hqover idea. She is said to |
have made the Hoover home one of
the most Hooverized homes in the
country.1