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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS ,WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29,1914. NUMBER 25
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s, Foreign Powers
Ask President
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I To Withdraw From Position That Dic
| tator Huerta Must be Eliminated
Upon Which Success of Me
diation Depends.
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LITTLE HOPE OF PEACT
So Long As President Insists
Upon. Retirement of Huerta
—Zapata May Join Pro
^ visional President.
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United Press Telegram.
Berlin, Germany, April 29.—
* To aid in the peace negotiations
between the United States and
Mexico the European powers are
seeking to persuade President
Wilson to withdraw from his
announced position that “Huer
ta must go,” which has also
been requested by South Ameri
can diplomats. It is interpreted
to mean here that the mediators
think a peace settlement impos
SiDle if the United States insists
that Huerta abdicate.
NO PLAN AS YET
United Press Telegram
— Washington, D. C., April 29.—
If No plan of procedure had been
|L announced early this afternoon
3 by the diplomat mediators and
the Brazilian member is report
ed to believe the outlook for
m peace unfavorable.
Less than 300 Americans, ac
cording to official dispatches, le
main in the city of Mexico, and
most of these are expected to
K take the chances of war and
Unconfirmed reports from the
diplomats conducting the media
tion efforts state that the minis
ters taking part have asked both
Mexico and United States to
cease all military moves pending
^further negotiations.
Further concentration of cav
alry along the Mexican border
was ordered today ond an addi
tional troop of the Tenth Cav
alry was shifted to Naco, Arizo
na. At Douglas half of the
Ninth cavalry are stationed.
Secretary Wilson said today
Lihat the immigration bureau
P-tforces at Galveston were over
|g' whelmed in attempting to han
^ die the refugees arriving there.
§ Extra inspectors were rushed
t Jhere for three thousand refu
i gees are entering the country
through that port and two thou
& sand more are expected before
Saturday.
I Moving Pictures
I ^atthe Opera House
| GOOD PALS
I *TAn old spinster cousin lives with
I “SJohn Kane. In his absence she
f ivies to rob his little girl of her
wealth. “Shep” is her only
^ < faithful friend. Chas. Burnell,
pretty Marguerite Risser, Shep,
the dog. An excellent drama
| jjf: PATHE—in two reels
I GETTING THE BEST OF DAD
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COCOA NUT INDUSTRY
Educat ional— (LUBIN)
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Peace Parley A Riddle.
United Press Telegram.
Washington, D. C., April 29
—Despite the fact that the Ar
my and Navy are still keyed to a
war pitch, the Mexican problem
has today resolved itself into a
diplomatic riddle with no offi
cials willing to guess whether or
not successfully solved.
The diplomats of Argentine,
Brazil and Chili, the mediating
countries are in secret and al
most continual session, but
there are no leaks as to their
discussion or proceedings.
President Wilson, Secretary
of State Bryan and Secretary
Josephus Daniels of the Navy
appear optimistic as to the out
come, while Secretaries Garri
son, Lane and Burlison of the
War, Interior and Postoffice de
partments say nothing, but
their manner indicates that they
consider mediation of the Mexi
can problem hopeless, believing
that the Mexicans are preparing
to unite and it is not expected
that the President will accept
Huerta’s plan of arbitration
which would involve recognition
of the dictator.
MEXICAN PRISONERS ES
CAPE.
United Press Telegram.
San Diego, Cal., April 29.—
Fifty-seven Mexican Federal
soldiers held as prisoners at
Fort Roseerans, escaped early
today from a small guard dur
ing a heavy rainstorm. Eleven
were captured. The prisoners
dug a seventy foot tunnel from
their tent to the yard quaran
tine station.
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ZAPATA MAY JOIN HERTA
United Press Telegram.
! Vera Cruz, April 29.—The
Fifth Brigade aboard transports
under General Fred Funston’s
command may possibly land to
I day but will probably not go
ashore before Thursday. Huer
ta is preparing to resist the
United States and it is believed
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that Zapata, the outlaw and re
bel chieftain will join Huerta to
resist invasion by Americans.
General Funston, Admirals
Badger and Fletcher have been
I in conference today.
Governor To Set Day Of Execu
tion.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 29.— The
mandate in the case of Arthur
Tillman, recently affirmed by
the supreme court, has been
placed in the hands of Govern
or Hys. The chief executive
will in the near future set the
day of execution for the young
man who stands convicted of
the murder of his sweetheart,A
manda Stephens, in Yell coun
ty.
j Mrs. S. M. Bains went to
iT'uckerman this morning to
spend the day with Mrs. R. W.
Bandy.
Richest Troop Of The Army.
United Press Service
Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 29.—
Among the cavalrymen down a
long the Rio Grande, waiting to
come up here to the Mexican
capital, if they get a chance, is
Troop C of the 15th, the rich
est troop in the army. It isn’t
made up of rich men’s sons,
either, but most of its officers,
including Captain Warren Dean
and many of its privates are
business men.
Just at present the troop has
two acres of muskmelons plant
ed, at Clint, Texas, owns 200
chickens, 20 hogs, has a cow and
a calf, all of which are or will be
bringing money in for the troop
mess. At last reports Dean was
negotiating for a moving picture
show' in the small towm of Clint,
which would bring even more
funds into the troop exchequer.
The biggest and finest ball
ever given by a troop along the
Rio Grande, since the Mexican
trouble started, wras sponsored J
by Troop C. It cost $800 and
folks attended from miles a
round.
Greasers Became Suspicious.
By United Press.
Vera Cruz, April 29.—Why
Jim Montague—that is not his
real name—had a strike of his
Mexican miners, at Monterey
goes like this:
Yellow fever appeared in the
city, and. of course, the first ef
fort of the doctors was to guard
against its spread- They order
ed champagne for those persons
who were rich enough to afford
it to increase heart action and
thereby ward off chances of get
ting the disease. For the Mex
ican peons were ordered small
doses of strychnine, and Monta
gue, before his miners went to
work of mornings, used to line
them up in rows and have the !
mine doctors give each man a
spoonful of a strychnine solu
tion.
Word got about among the
Mexicans that Montague was
trying to poison his miners.
One of the Mexicans by stealth
got hold of the bottle of strych
nine to see what it was. A
hundred Mexicans looked on
while a hungry dog ate a piece
of meat over which the contents
of a full bottle had been poured.
A moment later a hundred Mex
icans saw a Chihuahua dog turn
up its toes and die.
The strike began that night
and it took two weeks for Mon
tague to prove that he was not
a wholesale “gringo” poisoner.
Our President.
How well he seems to have
managed it—the whole sordid
business ,of going to war; how
fair he has been: how patient
and how dignified, how infinite
ly gentle and kind. No bustle,
no threats, no snicker of antici
pation ; no licking of the nation’s
chops—just a simple souled,
brave, soft-hearted, hard-head
ed man. It is sad enough to go
into a war of any kind at any
time; but less sad to go knowing
that every honorable means has
been taken to keep from war.
And this consolation President
Wilson has given us by his wise,
forbearing, Christian attitude
before the provocation of a foe
mad and desperate and foolish.
The good God, who knows all
and watches over all, and directs
all, was in our hearts deeper than
we knew when as a nation we
chose this great, serene soul to
lead us,—William Allen White.
$600 IN FINES
FOR BOOTLEGGER
|
J Charley Yandel Convicted In
Three Cases Before Mayor
Hubly.
Charley Yandel, the negro ar
rested Monday night on the
charge of bootlegging, was con
victed in three cases before
Mayor A. T. Hubly Wednesday
morning and fined $200 in each
case. The prosecuting witnesses
were F. E. Goodwin, Sam Coop
erer and Mose Brooks and an
appeal was taken by defendant’s J
counsel Stuckey &. Stuckey.
Prosecuting Attorney C. M. Er
win was present for the state.
W. Ross was discharged be
cause the officers had no case
against him. 1
Sam Cooper announced that
he would enter plea of guilty
and his trial was set for the af
ternoon.
WILL DYER ARRESTED.
Will Dyer was arrested about
10:30 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing and his room on the third
floor of the McLain building was
searched after search warrant
had been secured by Sheriff J.
F. McCuistion and Officer Mc
Dougal Twenty three pint
bottles of whiskey were found
locked in a trunk in the room.
The defendant was placed in
the city jail upon refusal of
three citizens to go upon his
bond. The officers state that
defendant had no government j
license exhibited in his room j
and claims not to have had any. j
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MOURNERS PARADE
BEFORE ROCKEFELLER!
Offices On Broadway And Are
Arrested But Others Ap
pear to Take Their
1*13068.
United Press Telegram.
New York, City, April 29.—1
Upton Sinclair, the author and j
four women members of the i
Liberal Club, established
“Mourning” picket line about
the Standard Oil offices and pro
tested against the refusal of
Jno. D. Rockefeller, Jr., to arbi
trate the strike differences, in
j the Colorado coal mines of which
he is the largest stockholder.
. They were arrested soon af-1
I ter the picketing was started on
the charge of obstructing the
sidewalks.
Dressed in mourning the five
began to walk back and forth in
! front of the offices on Broadway
j saying nothing. A great crowd
'soon gathered but there was no
disorder
Sinclair said that the proper
place to mourn was before the
offices, where it had been order
eded to crush the labor unions.
More mourners arrived at noon
and resumed the picketing.
$75,000 PRICE ON
HUERTA’S HEAD
| United Press Dispatch.
San Antonio, Texas, April 29. ;
|—"On the day the head of the j
i Mexican government Huerta
j meets a violent death, the fam
| ily of the murdered Madero will
, pay Francisco Villa, head of the
'constitutionalist army, $75,000
in g<j 3” is the declaration made
here! ,oda by a prominent busi
ness man and friend of General
Villa who refused to allow his
| name to be used. He ^further:
■^ays. i uu iiwi say mat v ma
agreed to kill Huerta for the
sum named but on the day
Huerta is killed, Villa gets the
E?old.”
Renewal Of Fighting.
United Press Telegram.
Trinidad, Colo., April 29.—
rhere has been a renewal of
fighting among the strikers and
mine guards at Walsenburg. It
is predicted that when one hun
dred and fifty more militiamen
are sent to Ludlow they will be
instructed to disarm the strik
ers. Leaders of strikers say
they will surrender arms only to
'ederal troops. Firing was heard
this morning at Forbes camp,
aorth of here and the operators
say strikers have burned tipple,
and several buildings. The mili
tiamen are rushing there and a
dash is expected.
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FEDERAL TROOPS ARRIVE.
United Press Telegram.
Denver, Colo., April 29.—Two
troops of the Twelfth Cavalry
reached here from Fort Russell
this morning and continued on to
Uanon City. Four troops of the
Fifth Cavalry left Fort Leaven
worth early today for Trinidad.
Walsenburg is reported quiet
Notice.
There will be a meeting of
shareholders and others inter
ested in the Jackson County
Fair Association held Thursday,
April 30, 1914, at the Court
House, for the purpose of per
manent organization and con
sidering suitable sites for loca
tion.
We want YOU to come.
NO HOPE FOR
LIVES OF 18®
Miners Entombed In Eccles
West Virginia Disaster—
Shaft Now Gas Filled.
United Press Telegram.
Eccles, W. Va., April 29. —
Practically all hope of] any of the '
186 miners entombed in the ex
plosion of mine number 5 being
alive was abandoned this morn
ing. Frantic efforts to rescue
are still progressing but with
little promise of ever entering
the gas filled shaft before late
this afternoon. The death total
will reach two hundred and one
according to conservative esti
mates. Three are still unac
counted for in Mine Number 6.
Twelve bodies were removed
from this shaft, sixty rescued"
alive and twenty horribly burn
ed. Two hundred women and
children are still hoping against
hope and crowding about shaft
this morning. An investigation
of the disaster is expected to
start this afternoon.
Gish Case Settled. __ •—
The case of George Gistr
against the Iron Mountain rafl
road, who sued for $10,000, was
settled in circuit court upon
agreed verdict for $1,000. Gish
was a fireman on the defendant
road and was injured in an ac
cident. when the engine he was
working on left the track and
t urned over February 10th last,.
Batesille Guard.
Otto M. Bowen went down to»
Little Rock on the early train
this morning.
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