IN (EPENDENT.S
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1914. NUMBER 115
ALUES MAY
ABANDON BRUSSELS
Have No Sentimental Reasons
For Sacrificing The Lives of
Their Soldiers.
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United Press Dispatch.
Brussels, August 18.—Slowly
and surely the Germans are forc
ing the Belgian and French com
bined forces back upon Brussels,
and it is generally admitted that
Brussels will be taken. Despite
the censorship it is positively
known that skirmishes have
been fought since daylight, many
being wounded and a few killed,
most of the strength being dis
played southwest of Huy.
The steadily increasing Ger
man cavalry is advancing, sup- j
ported by many rapid fire guns ,
and automobiles. When it be- j
came known that the Germans ;
were advancing upon Brussels
the national records of Belgium
were transferred to the city of
Antwerp.
It is not believed that the al
lies are sacrificing many men,
on account of the sentimental
reason of the Belgiums for
holding the capital, the war of
fice emphasizing the lack of
strategic importance of holding
HPV-io PAmhinpH f*PT
fman forces are known to total
over half a million, and it is be
lieved that they will sweep
south of the capital, a division
being dispatched to take
the city in order to divide the
Belgians
CONTINUOUS FIGHTING, j
United Press Dispatch. j
i , Brussels, August 18- —The
f* fighting is continuous, the Bel
fr • gian advance being driven back,1
and the war office announced
that the Germans were en
trenched all along the north 1
line of the city. The German
^^k;avalry have been sighted near
t ^Antwerp under fortifications.
It is rumored that Namur has
* been besieged, and it is believed
that the Germans crossed the
""^Jeuse river, supported by _ the
cavalry, last reported between
I'Wv Gembloux and Wavre, East Wat
erlop. "
It has as yet not bee found
out whether the Belgians are en
gaged alone or whether they
| are being aided by their allies.
The royal family have fled to
Antwerp, amid the roar of can
nons and noise of battle, being
j preceded by the National rec
s *»*'■ pope Extremely 111.
S United Press Dispatch,
f Rome, August 18.-*-The con
dition of the Pope of Rome is
very alarming today, and he is
kept abed, suffering from bron
chial catarrh. He is very mel
ancholy over the European war,
I? and his physician, Dr. Marchia
ff ' fava, insists that the war news
if be.kept from him.
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Wm STEAMBOAT EXCURSION
Aboard Handsome City Of
Muskogee.
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W Captain F. L. Inman will give
I anther of those pleasant anc
H. \ popular river excursions Tues
day evening, August 18, aboarc
.-W| hi* handsome steamboat, The
of Muskogee. A big crowc
is anticipated and music ha;
.been engaged for dancing. Roum
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Hodges Explains Pension Ques
' tion.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, August 18.— To
clear up any misunGerstanding
about the Confederate widows’
pensions, Secretary of State
Hodges makes the following
statement
“Act 83 of 1913, which is the
last pension act passed, provides
in Section 5, ‘to each indigent
woman now unmarried who
was at any time during the war
between the states legally mar
ried to any such soldier or sail
or as herein above mentioned,
the sum of $100 per year-’
“rJ he State Pension Board held,
followed a ruling.by the Attor
ney General that any widow by
death or divorce who now ap
plies for a pension, but who
has rlmarried since the death of
her soldier husband, must prove
that she was the wife of
such soldier during the civil
war- This ruling does *not af
fect any widow who has hereto
fore been allowed a pension.”
State Auditor Coffman and
his clerical force are engaged in
signing up the warrants for the
Confederate pensions, of which
there are this year about 10,
000, an increase of 1,000 over
last year. The pro rata will be
78 cents on the dollar against 72
last year.
GREAT BRITAIN
SENDS TROOP
To Reinforce Those Already On
Belgium Soil—Result of
Previous Plan.
United Press Dispatch
London, August 18.—The first
menton of the over seas expedi
tion contained the war bureau’s
statement charging deficit infor
mation- However it is generally
believed that the embarkation,
transportation and disembarka
tion of the British expeditionary
army was carried out with the
greatest precision, and as plan
ned months ago.
The expedition has landed at
its destination and is in readiness
to take to the field at a moment’s
notice- It is believed that at
least one hundred and fifty thou
sand crossed the English Chan
nel.
It has been learned tath the ex
pedition was comprised of 72
infantry batallions 18 caval
ry regiments, 24 batteries of
hoi'se artillery, 54 batteries of
field artillery and six Howitzer
batteries.
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Arkansas Grapes To Exposi
1 tion.
i Little Rock, August 18.—
Father Placidus at Altus, and
'Father Bandini, at Tontitown,
have been appealed to to get up
a grape exhibit for Arkansas,
Neither of the ecclesiastical
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vineyardists fears any from th«
comparison of the Arkansas anc
California grapes, for they knov
the Arkansas crop is as good as
can be found in any state oi
country. The grapes will b<
placed in cold storage until nex
year also
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Governor Hays At Paragould.
Special to Independent
I Little Rock, Aug 18.—Govern
or Hays will deliver an addres
tonight before the Busines
i Men’s Club at Paragould.
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i J. W. Gardner of Tupelo wa
l a visitor to the county seat thi
FRENCH PRESSING
STRASSBURG FORTS
Germans Abandon War Supplies
And Are Retiring After Stub
born Resistance.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, August 18.—The French
are pressing against the Ger
man Fortress Strassburg, and
are overcoming deterntined re
sistance on the part of the Ger
man defenders of the fort and
town captured from the French
in the unpleasantness of some
forty years ago.
The war office claims that the
Germans are retiring in great
confusion and are abanodning
large quantities of their war
supplies and materials.
Many Germans have already
been captured and it is thought
that the French will lay siege to
the fortress.
AUSTRIANS CHECKED IN
SABATZ MOUNTAINS.
United Press Dispatch.
Athens, August 18.—The Pre
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x U0O1VVH v/x kj^-i ua vr xi. vo
that the Austrians attempted to
penetrate the Sabatz mountains
and were completely routed, fif
teen thousand being killed, the
remainder being either wounded
or captured.
PRINCE FREDERICK
WILLIAM WOUNDED.
United Press Dispatch.
London, August 18—It is ru
mored that Prince Frederick
William was seriously wounded
in the fierce fighting in Belgium.
CZAR TAKES MELD.
Unted Press Dispatch.
London, August 18.—The re
port has reached here that the
Czar of Russia will take the
field and personally conduct the
moements of his troops. j
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FINE HARBOR DESTROY
ED.
United Press Dispatchm
Rome, August 18.—A mes
sage from Pola states that the
authorities of Torpedo Boat No
19 have destroyed the mine en
trance to the harbor, only one
crew being saved.
RUSSIANS ADVANCE ON
GERMAN-AUSTRIAN
FRONTIER.
Unted Press Dispatch.
St. Petersburg, August 18.—
i The war office has announced
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LIIdt U1C IVUDOiauO UttVV uw.Mi.vvM
upon the German-Austrian fron
tier, and have crossed the line
in six places, taking several hun
dred prisoners.
‘ GERMANS ON HE OFFEN
SIVE.
Untied Press Dispatch.
Hague, August 18. —The Ger
man offensive movement against
the forces of France and Belgi
um is reported as well under
progress by the United Press
i Berlin Bureau, and the infantry
• advance has commenced
Bishop Winchester In London
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Aug. 18.—Bishot
J. R. Winchester, of the Episco
pal Diocese of Arkansas, and his
- wife, are in London, having re
? turned from the continent earlj
, in the war. It is not knowi
when they will return to Amer
ica. Bishop John B- Morris, o
s the Catholic Diocese of Littl
Malarial Experts to Visit New
port.
Special to Independent
Little Rock, August 18—Dr.
R. H. Von Ezworf, Dr. R. C. De
revaux and J. A. LeFrance of the
U. S. Public Health Service, now
making a malarial survey of the
state, have announced the fol
lowing revised itinerary:
Marianna August 16-18,
Wynne August 20-22, Memphis
August 23, Osceola August 24
27, Marked Tree August 28-29,
Newport August 31-Sept. 2,
Brinkley Sept. 3-5, Stuttgart
Sept. 6-8, DeWitt Sept. 8-10,
Varner Sept- 11-13, Union coun
ty Sept. 14-17, Crossett Sept. 18
20, Blissville Sept. 21-22, Helena
Sept. 23-25.
Work Advancing On Fair
Grounds.
Work is being pushed rapidly
upon the county f^ir grounds, lo
cated north of Newport near the
Fee-Crayton mill, and the first
fair, which is to be held the 13,
14, 1q and 16 of October bids
fair to be a great success
Manv teams and men are em
ployed daily in the work and ev
erything is being put into prime
condition for the big event.
Mr. H. C. Sanders has person
al supervision over the work on
the grounds, and deserves much
credit for his untiring efforts in
the work.
A meeting of 'the stockholders
will be called in the near future
to talk over the project and ar
range further to make the first
fair one ever to be remembered,
by people all over the state as
well as Jackson county
Warning Order.
In the Jackson Chancery court.
Effie J- Archinard, Plaintiff,
vs. No. 2709
Cassie E. Hardin, Allen Me
I
Connell and Millie McConnell, de
fendants, and Alcorn Ferguson,
trustee.
The defendant, Allen McCon
nell is warned to appear in this
nell, s warned to appear in this
court within thirty days, and
answer the omplaint of the plain
tiff, Effie J. Archinard.
This August 17, 1914
C. E. SMITH, Clerk.
Phillips, Hillhouse & Boyce, So
licitors for Plaintiff
j Ira J- Mack, Attorney for non
resident defendant
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THE MEMORIES THAT
HAUNT
The difference of interests and
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A MAN’S FAITH
> Arthur Johnson’s feature
PRESIDENT URGES
STRICT NEUTRALITY
Asks That Americans Express
Only Neutral Sentiments In
Regard to Conflict.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C-, August 18.
—The President today issued
the following statement:
“To my fellow countrymen:
It is requested that American
citizens confine their speech to
a spirit of strict neutrality,
which is defined as the spirit of
mpartialty, in the the European
situation.”
He declared that the spirit of
the nation is determined largely
by what indiiduals of society
say and do. He explained that
the people of the United States
were drawn from many na
tions, chiefly those at war, and
there would naturally be a great
variety of sympathy and desire
for certain nations to triumph
He showed how easy it would
be to excite passion and divide
me nation into nosme camps 01
opinion. Such division he said
would prove fatal to our peace of
mind and might stand in the
way of duty as one great nation
at peace, offering impartial me
diation.
KAISER SAYS GERMANY IS
SLANDERED.
TTntied Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., August 18.
—The Kaiser in a note to the
president says that the govern
ment of Germany has beer
much slandered, its motives
misconstrued and it has beer
deliberately mis(repre3entedi
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and he blamed the Czar for the
war- He is anxious to set him
self right with the administra
tion.
Japan Asks That Germans Leave
Kaio Chau.
Unted Press Dispatch.
Shanghai, August 18.— The
government of Japan has re
quested China to attempt to in
fluence Germany to evacuate
Kaio Chau.
WOULD CEDE KAIO CHAU
TO CHINA.
Unted Press Dispatch.
Washington, D- C., August 18.
—Charge Von Haihausen, Ger
man attache of the Embassy,
'said today that he believed the
best thing for Germany to do
in order to prevent a terrible
slaughter, was to cede Kaio
Chau to China.
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Special to Independent.
I Little Rock, August 18.—Pu
■ laski county has made its annu
al settlement for taxes with the
state, paying into the treasury
a balance of $249,278-52. Of
; this amount $40,646.91 was gen
eral revenue, and every cent of
iit was paid in warrants. The
outstanding indebtedness of
the state has been reduced to
$205,000, and Sebastian, Jeffer
son, Little River, St- Francis,
Yell, Logan, Grant and Washing
ton have not settled yet.
yet
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Mrs- Eva Shoffner and two
little daughters of Weldon were
shopping in town today.
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Season’s End-Sale f\
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Regal $4.00 Oxfords now. 2.85
Crown $5.00 Trousers now. 3.85
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25.00 and 27.50 Suits now 17.50
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