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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS FRIDAY
REFUSES TO
RECEIVE LETTERS
Madame Gueydan Refuses To
Receive Letters Given In
Court To Her Former
Husband.
Unied Press Dispatch
Paris. July 24.—Recalled to the
stand and refusing to accept the
Maitre Labori love letters of Jo
seph Caillaux which she gave
him, Mme Gueydan created an
other scene today- Declaring
that she played a trick yester
day, Labori offered her letters
saying that three were uninter
esting and only two might be
relevant. The defense’ chief
counsel told her to do as she
pleased, with them, but she re
fused to accept them.
On opening the trial, M- Cec
calo, Caillaux’ political adviser,
made a long political speech in
defense of the former premier.
Repeated demonstrations for
and against Caillaux occurred
during his address, despite the
threats of the court to clear the
room and arest the disturbers.
Etinne Grossclaude of the Fi
garo staff, testified that he knew
Calmette never dreamed of pub
lishing personal letters, written
by Caillaux to his present wife
before their marriage. He de
clared that he might have pub
lished other portions of the “Ton
I Jo letter, but that he would
have withheld all but the parts
deemed of political import.
15 Cases Typhoid From One
Well.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 24.—In re
sponse to urgent request of cit
izens, Dr- S. A. Southall and Dr.
F. B- Young, president and Sec
retary respectively of the State
Board of Health, made a person
al investigation of a reported ep
idemic of typhoid fever in the
Pleasant Hill neighborhood be
tween Cabot and Lonoke.
They found 15 well developed
cases of the fever within a lim
ited area, and that there had
been three deaths recently.
Other fatalities are expected.
A thorough investigation con
vinced them that the source of
the infection was a well at
Brewer’s school house, and this
was condemned and ordered
closed. Samples of water were
taken from this and six other
wells in the neighborhood for
analysis.
I Knox mends shoes cheap, 111
Walnut street. dtf
Moving Pictures
the Opera House
THE PERILS OF PAL’LINE
The 5th episode—because 3he is
jealous of Harry she goes to
the reception alone, where they
plan to kidnap her in a Chinese
house. Crane Wilbur and Pearl
White
(In two reels )
THE MASSACRE
A reproduction taken from ac
tndl events of the Government
al Wars against the North In
dians. Featuring Blanche
Sweet, Charles West and Baby
Lee.—A two reel extra feature
(BIOGRAPH.)
BRINGING CP HUBBY
t {a comedy Drama—SELIG)
An extra good big show tonight.
j^A ^MISSION 5 and 10 CENTS.
Elks Initiate Eight Members.
Thursday, July 23, was a not
able day in the history of the
jElks Lodge of this city, for
aside from its many social pleas
ures and athletic events upon
tennis lawns and baseball dia
monds, eight Fawns were initi
ated into the mysteries of Elk
dom that night by a very large
attendance of the lodge mem
bership
W. A. Clark of Bald Knob was
re-instated and the following
were the initiates:
J. A. Adkins and J. Collison of
Bald Knob; Cornelius Ball of
Batesville; Clyde W. Wood,
Berry Best, R. T. Logan, C- R
Pate and A. W. Huff of New
port.
After the initiation ritual and
fun, two friendly sparring
matches were staged between
Kid Greaston and Kid Carston
with the honors of the early
rounds in favor of one and the
last two won by the other.
Next came a short sparring
contest and wrestling match be
tween two of the younger mem
bers to take the place of the
bout between Battling Bonn and
Steamboat Deal. A lunch and
music also contributed to the
evening’s pleasure.
The Boll Weevil.
If it is true that Mr- W- T.
Clark, of Yazoo county, Missis
einni Mac eupnnoHor) in rlisrnv.
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ering a parasite that will effec
tually defy the boll weevil, the
government should amply and
liberally reward him for his
persistence and continued labor.
Government experts have been
engaged for a long time in at
tempting to find some means of
putting the destructive boll wee
vill out of commission, and many
thousands of dollars have been
spent without achieving more
jthan academic results. If Mr.
I Clark’s discovery will do the
[ work it is claimed for it, he will
i have rendered the Southern
country a service not easily esti
; mated.—Memphis News-Scimi
tar.
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May Mean Decision Tomorrow
United Press Dispatch
Washington, D. C., July 24.—
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has announced that it
will not hand down a decision in
the five per cent advance in
freight rates case today. This
is the first time the commission
ever made a definite announce- J
ment regarding a decision and
many believe it indicates that a 1
decision will come tomorrow
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Johnson Goes To Packers.
United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, 111., July 24—Judge
.Baker, of the appellate court to
day denied the appeal of counsel
for the Cincinnati baseball club
for a stay of the order, dissolv
ing the injunction to prevent
Johnson from playing with the
Kansas City Federals- Johnson
i immediately resumed work with
the packers
Steamboat Excursion.
We will give another excur
sion Tuesday evening, July 28,
aboard the City of Muskogee,
leaving Newport at 8 o’clock for
a trip down the river. Music and
dancing Round trip 50 cents.
95d6. Captain F- L. Inman.
Automobiles For Hire.
When you want to make a
quick and easy trip, telephone
21. Rates, $2 per hour. Day
! or night service. L. W. WAT
SON, Ford Motor Co. 85btf.
ELKS AGAIN
| DEFEAT MASONS
Antlered Tribe Win Easy Vic
I tory Over Masons In Second
Diamond Contest.
j The Elks have it on the Ma
j sons as ball players, having sue
jcessively and easily vanquished
them in a rather one-sided con
test at the park Thursday after
noon, before a big crowd of fans
hungry for a game, who took
delight in sharpening their wits
at the expense of the boys in
uniform on both sides.
Both teams gave convincing
evidence that they were once
masters of the diamond and con
sidering the years of business
| and non practice that have tend
j ed to stiffen joints and soften
I muscles, they put lots of snap
|and talent into the affair that
[made it decidedly interesting.
Vaughn and Pate wrere oppos
ing slabmen and the Stallings
Brothers were receivers. Vaughn
made a record of eight strike
outs and was two stingy to is
sue a single pass and allowed
but three hits, wdiile Pate was ;
more liberal and gave four, but,
had four of the Elks whipping
the ozone.
Bevens’ stick work, for the I
Masons, getting two safe whacks
in three times up, and a clean,
last douDle in the seventh, when
Dowell hit into a double, Hirsch
handling the ball to Lockard,
where McCuistion was forced,
and on to Childers at first were
the features of the game
In the fifth the Elks took kind
ly to Pate’s offerings, Vaughn
touching him up for a three bag
ger, but his failure to touch the
initial sack brought him back to
Bevansville- McDonald, the lad
from Weldon, next up, tried to
knock the cover off the apple and
hide it in the grass in deep left
field. He scored Vaughn, but in
trying to stretch his three bag
ger was nailed at the home plate
by Stallings. Walker Stallings
reached first on an error and also
scored in this round by pilfering
a base and coming in on Black
wood’s two bagger. The princi
pal fireworks took place in the
fifth and the other runs were
unearned.
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MASONS.
Wore], ss.3 0 0 4 0 3
Mailings, p., c.3 0 1 5 0 0
Reed, cf.3 0 0 0 0 0
Bevans, lb .3 1 2 3 0 1
Mayberry, 2b.3 0 0 2 0 0
McCuistion, rf.3 0 1 0 0 0
Dowell, cf.2 0 0 0 0 0
Umsted, 3b.3 0 0 4 1 1
Rate, p.2 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS.25 1 4 18 2 5
ELKS.
Lockard, 2b.2 2 1 3 1 0
Hirsch, ss.3 2 1 0 3 0
Vaughn, p.3 1 1 0 2 0
McDonald, 3b .4 0 1 1 1 2
Chlders, lb.4 0 0 5 0 1 i
Stallings, W., c ...3 1 0 11 0 Oi
Blackwood, If.... 3 0 1 1 0 O'
Lynn, cf .3 0 10 10
TOTALS.28 6 7 21 8 3
SCORE BY INNINGS.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Masons .0 1 0 0 0 0 0—1
Elks.2 00022 x—6
SUMMARY.
Three base hits, McDonald; Two
base hits, Stalings P., Lynn, Black- i
wood, Lockard; Stolen Bases, Bev- j
ans 2, Lockard 2, Vaughn, W. Stall
ings; Struck out by Vaughn 8, Pate
4; Bases on balls, off Pate 4; Wild
pitches, Pate, 2; Hit by pitcher, Dow
ell and Vaughn.
Time of game —2 hours.
Umpires—McCuistion and Daven
port.
Fear Villa’s Preparations.
{United Press Dispatch.
Chihuahua, Mex., July 24.—
i Villa’s recruiting of troops has
caused alarm among certain con
stitutionalists who believe that
Villa is preparing to resist Car
jrpnza if his demands are not
i met.
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RECEIVERS REPORT
MILLION CASH
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With $8,000,000 Excess of As
sets Over Liabilities To Han
dle Claflin Company Stores
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United Press Dispatch.
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New York, July 24—A decis
ion to continue the receivership
| of the H. B- Claflin companies
indefinitely contemplating the
operation of the branch stores
was reached today at a meeting
i of five hundred creditors.
Receivers Martindale and Juil
lard reported more than million
‘dollars in cash in hand, with an
apparent excess of assets over
liabilities of more than $8,000,
000. The receivers believe it will
not be necessary to borrow mon
ey to continue operations and
Claflin’s attorney announced
that he was ready to surrender
all personal property and real
estate to the receivers if nec
essary so that creditors might
be paid in full
Can't Agree On Ulster.
United Press Dispatch.
London, July 24.—The failure
of the conference called by the
king to agree to the territory ex- j
eluded from the operations of
the Home Rule bill was reported
to the House of Commons today
by Premier Asquith.
Sir Edward Carson answered
that nothing would satisfy the
Unionists except a clean cut
Ulster and John Dillon leader of
the Nationalists, demanded that
the Catholic counties of Tyron
ne and Fermanagh be not in
cluded neither would he yield.
Asquith aa^nced that the de
bate upon^Tne amended bill
would begin Tuesday.
Hot Wave Over South.
United Press Dispatch.
St. Louis, July 24.—The ex
treme South started today with
a hot wave. Reports at Key
West and Miami, Florida report
temperature/ mounting to 86 at
7 a- m. St- Louis, Cincinnati
and Fort Wayne started the day
at 80- The Ohio and Mississip
pi valleys and all of the South
are sweltering today.
John Harlow Arrested.
John M. Harlow, for several
'years postmaster at Maddock, a
fourth-class postoffice in White
county, twenty-five miles north
of Searcy, was arrested in Sear
cy Wednesday night by Deputy
United States Marshal Shep
Walls, charged with irregulari
ties in the handling of his pos
tal accounts at xMaddock, it be
ing reported that he had “pad
ded” his compensation report to
the postoffice department at
Washington, D- C. He was tak
en to Little Rock by Marshal
Walls to be given a hearing be
fore Commissioner W S. Allen
today.
Mr. Harlow moved to Searcy
the latter part of June to as
sume the duties of mail carrier
on Route No. 2, recently estab
lished from Searcy to Mt. Pis
gah, leaving the postoffice at
Maddock in charge of his wife.
—Searcy Citizen
WORLDWAR
MAY BE RESULT
Of Austria’s Demands Upon Ser
via If Russia Will Stand Be
hind Belgrade Governmnet.
United Press Dispatch.
Berlin, Germany, July 24.—
Unless Servia backs down from
her expressed intention of re
fusing to comply with the de
mands of Austria, Europe will
witness the beginning of a
world war” is the opinion ex
pressed today in the govern
mental, military and diplomatic
circles
Berlin is amazed at the un
precedented demands of Austria.
A high governmental official de
clared that war or peace rests
now entirely with Servia. The
attitude of the Belgrade govern
ment is believed to depend upon
the approval or disapproval of
Russia.
Officials declared a very grave
situation would result should
France and Russia attempt to
interfere and if they do a con
flict might change over night
from war between Austria and
Servia to a situation menacing
the peace of all Europe. Aus
tria is holding seven army corps
ready to invade Servia, while It
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aly and Germany approve the |
Austrian program.
Austria has assembled a fleet
•of monitors at Semlin, opposite
Belgrade and for two week has
ibeen concentrating troops on I
the border. A partial censorship |
has been established. An an-;
swer to the ultimatum requir-(^
ing Servia to suppress the Pan \
Servian movement and punish
the assassinators of the arch
duke, Ferdinand, calls for a re
ply by 9 o’clock tomorrow
Militants No Worse Than Ulster
United Press Dispatch
London, July 24. — Lady
Berkeley and Edith Fitzgerald,
militants, were today arrested ,J
in attempting to present a peti- I
tion to the king stating that the
militant suffragettes were no
worse rebels than the Ulster
leaders who had been received
by the king.
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Weeding Out Weak Banks.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 24—“The
operation of the State Banking "
Department is having a most . |
salutary influence upon the v §
banking institutions of Arkan
sas,” declared State Bank Com
uusMuuer juim w-.uavis, ooine
of the weaker banks are being
weeded out, and the directors of
all of them are being impressed
as never before with the respon
sibilities of their position. They
are made to realize that it is
not merely an idle honor to be a
bank director.
“We are requiring five reports
annually from each of the 450
banks in our jurisdiction, and
after this year our examiners
will make two examinations an
nually of each bank. The stock
holders as well as the depositors!
must be kept fully informed of
the condition of the banks. This J
fact itself will make them more /
careful. And when the directors
realize, as they do now, that the
bank should fail, they will be j
more careful in its management. [
One of the missions of the Bank- |
ing Department is to see to it ' /
that the directors really direct.” -
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Dr. H. O- Walker and Mrs. J.
S- Jones arrived home yesterday
morning from a few days in St. '
Louis. £
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