VOLUME XVII. NO. 259. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MORE LIVES LOST
' THAN ESTIMATED
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Revised Figures Indicate Casualty
List of Americans Will Be Near
Two Hundred.
Associated Press Dispatch. 0
London, Feb. 8.—Revised figures
indicate the loss of life on the Tusca
nia is considerably in excess of the
previous estimate of 101. The fgiures
now are believed to be nearer 200.
Reports received from the Ameri
can embassy yesterday indicate a loss
of 101 lives, while the admiralty’s
estimate is 210. The discrepancy ap
pears to be due to tho fact that fig
ures did not include the missing of
which there are still many. A cor
respondent to the Press Association
at an Irish port reported the safe
arrival of Major Benjamin F. Wade
of Washington, commander of the
contingent aboatd the steamer. He
said thi only woman aboard was Mrs.
Parsons, who was rescued in a life
boat
An Irish Port, Feb. 8.—As the list
of Americans on board the Tuscania
was lost when the vessel sank, it will
be impossible to ascertain the names
of those lost until the names of sur
vivors are cabled to the United States.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 8.— Advices to
the war department accounting for
all except 113 of the 2,156 American
soldiers aboard the Tuscania when
submarined Tuesday night remained
unchanged today. Officials are anx
iously awaiting details that are ex
pected to clear up the conflict with
the foreign figures of losses. Press
dispatches last night reported forty
four bodies of soldiers were washed
ashore on the Irish coast. Earlier
cables said only 101 of those aboard,
including soldiers, crew and passen
Igers, were missing. No attempt yet
has been made to prepare the list
from the missing. The bodies of those
washed ashore were battered beyong
recognition. Others unaccounted for
besides soldiers brings the total of
missing to 210, according to war de
partment advices. No official story
of the sinking has yet been received
by the department.
MUSfim
WHEMEACH 21
Quotas Will Be Based On Number of
Men In Class One and Not on
State Population.
Washington, Feb. 8.—The senate
military committee today unanimous- j
ly ordered a favorable report on the ,
war department bill amending the
# selective draft law to require the reg
4 istration of men as they reach, twen
l ty-one and basing the quotas on the
number of men in Class One instead
of state populations. A proposal to
exempt men as they reach thirty-one,
if they have not been drafted, was
not included in the bill.
W. A. Myrick, postmaster and mer
cant at Berry, Baxter county, was in
Newport today en route to Collier
ville, Tenn., where he will purchase a
car of Jersey cattle and ship to Mo
. nette for a sale. Mr. Myrick says he
has sold four cars of Jersey cattle in
Jackson county since the county fair
last fall.
WILL GO TO WASHINGTON.
Little Rock, Feb. 9.—A committee
of representative rice growers of
Eastern Arkansas, of which R. A.
Scott of DeWitt is chairman, will go
to Washington to make an appeal to
the War Department and the Food
Administration for a ruling to place
all farm labor in a deferred class of
the selective draft. President Wilson
has expressed the wish that this be
done, but there has been no order on
the subject, and many of the boards
are classifying farm laborers and
farm tenants in A 1. It is the belief
of those who have studied the situa
I
tion carefully that the inevitable re
sult of this action will be to deprive
the farms of necessary labor, and
greatly reduce production of neces
saries. At this time, it is contended,
it is as important that agricultural
efficiency be not reduced as that
fighting men are provided.
womeUT to
MEET MONDAY
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Mrs. C. M. Erwin Will Instruct Chair
men at the High School Building
For Registration Work.
A meeting of Newport and Jackson
county ladies will be held at the high
school auditorium Monday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, the meeting having
been called by Mrs. Claude M. Erwin,
chairman of the Woman’s committee,
National Council of Defense, for Jack
son county. Mrs. Erwin will give in
structions as to how chairmen of the
different committees, and their co
workers, must proceed with the reg
istration of the women of the county,
which work will be carried out Feb
ruary 17-23, inclusive.
Volunteers for this woik are needed,
and it is hoped by those who are in
terested in the movement to have a
large crowd of women present at the
meeting on Monday afternoon.
Hard to Keep
It After You
Get the Stuff
Ju&t a word of advice. If you hap
pen to be putting into port from a
voyage to some part of the sphere
where it may be high but not dry,
you had better hang on to your sut
case. Don’t let your trusty Iqueeze
wander from the case one moment.
We speak not from experience but
from report. It is related that a
party, whose name has not been made
public, disembarked from a early
morning southbound passenger train
in Newport this morning. Acting un
concerned about the matter of getting
back home, he sat his suitcase in
front of the depot to step away a
few paces and converse„with an ac
quaintance. When he returned he
did not find his luggage, and as he
looked up he witnessed a disappear
ing figure in the distance. The fig
ure was going at a great clip, and got
away with it.
J. C. Jowers, who resides in East
Newport, was the first citizen of
Newport to enlist his services in the
ship, building department, and is
ready to go when called. Mr. Jowers
has secured a position in the aviation
camp as carpenter at Lonoke, and will
leave soon to enter upon his work.
MISSIONS ARE
DRIVEN AWAY
Allied Missions in Petrograd Are Re
ported to Be Making Way to
Swiss Border.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 8.—An uncon
firmed report that all allied missions
in Petrograd have been driven out by
the Bolsheviki and that they are on
their way to the Swedish border, was
received today by the state depart
ment through Minister Morris at
| Stockholm. The department has not
heard from Ambassador Francis at
Petrograd since February second.
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COL. ROOSEVELT
RECOVERING FROM
MINOR OPERATION.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 8.—The condition
of Theodore Roosevelt at l:3o this
afternoon was declared satisfactory
in a bulletin issued at the hospital,
where he recently underwent an oper
ation for abscesses.
Primary to Be Conducted
Under New Election Law
The approaching primary elec
tions this year are to be held under
the provisions of the so-called Brun
didge law-. This act was initiated and
adopted by the people and is some
what corhplex in its provisions. In
fact, there is already considerable
speculation as to its application, but
lawyers are woiking for an unraveling
of its intricacies, and its application
to the ensuing state primary on May
28 is being watched with great inter
est.
Attorney General Arbucklc, in an
official opinion, has just pointed out
one radical change that it makes from
the old law. Under the preceding
statute legalizing primaries, it was
required that the voter must possess
a poll-tax receipt for the year next
preceding that in which the election
was held. But the primaries are to
be held the last of May, and the sea
son for the collection of taxes without
the payment of penalties closes on
April 10. It is therefore held, under
the new law, that the voter must have
a poll tax receipt for the taxef of the
year next preceding, or one that has
been issued since Jan. 1 of the year
in which the election is held.
One of the provisions of the law
that has been puzzling the officials is
as follows:
“The County Central Committee
may, when the vote to be cast in the
precinct shall exceed one hundred
votes, designate one or more addi
tional boxes for said precinct, and
judges and clerks shall be appointed
for each box in said precinct.”
It will be observed that this pro
vision is not mandatory, but only op
tional. If a polling place were re
quired for every 100 votes cast, there
would be more than fifty voting
places in Little Rock, apd the cost
would be prohibitive. There are now
fourteen precincts in the city and each
costs an average of $36. If there
should be fifty, it would cost the can
didates approximately $1,800 to hold
an election in the city of Little Rock
alone. But the use of “may” instead
of “shall” enables the election offi
cials to hold down the number of pre
i cincts. •
j The law is designed to expedite the
| official returns, to safeguard the bal
lot, and provide machinery for the
prevention of fraud. The provision
for the signing of the voter’s name to
his-ballot comes from this law.
Violations of the law are punish
able by severe penalties, fines of from
| $100 to $500, and imprisonment from
| 30 days to 12 months, for a violation
! of any of the following which are de
clared misdemeanors:
Knowingly casting a vote when the
voter is not a qualified elector.
Knowingly receiving a vote when
the voter is not a qualified elector,
j Casting a vote in a primary of a
! party to which the voter does not ad
| here, or affiliate; provided, this does
I not apply to any one in good faith
| abandoning previous political affilia
| tions.
| The wrongful and fraudulent certi
i fication of any vote or return.
I A wrongful or fraudulent summary
! of the vote posted 6r filed with the
county clerk.
The destruction, abstraction or tak
' ing away of ballots, lists of voters,
returns, or certificates, or the making
cf false certificates.
The failure of the judges and clerks
to make or deliver the lists and cer
tificates required.
The wilful tearing down or destruc
tion* of the summary of votes posted
at the election-precinct by the judges
and clerks.
Giving or receiving money or any
thing -of value to influence a vote.
The wilful violation of any other
provision of the act.
It will be seen that the law makes
many radical changes in the manner
of conducting elections, all of them
designed to make the elections fair
and honest.” ".*
It rudely shatters what formei
election manipulators considered
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“THE APPAREL STORE FOREMEN’’
their inalienable rights to run elec
tions to suit themselves.
The days have forever gone when
dead men and Newfoundland dogs j
were voted, when minorities were
manipulated into majorities, and;
when elections were looked upon more j
or less as a farce.
SOLDIERS SING j
AS SHIP SINKS
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SOLDIERS SING
Americans Show Calm Behavior When
Submarine Attacks the Ill-Fated
Transport.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 8.—Due to the calm
behavior of American soldiers and the
skillful work of British destroyers, all
but 101 passengers and crew of the
transport, Tuscania, were saved. The
bodies of fortyifour soldiers were
washed up to the Irish coast. Identi
fication is remote because the tags
the soldiers wore were not provided
with identification marks. All were
buried in one grave. The American
soldiers and the British crew, faced
death heroically. When the liner
struck the German torpedo men lined
up on the deck calmly and sang An
glo-American anthems while the work
of rescue was in progress. A report
that the submarine was destroyed by
British vessels lacks official confirma
tion.
Leak in Bone
Dry Law Puts
‘‘30” on Vinegar
To the uninitiated “30” may be
Greek or Bolsheviki or something
just as complicated. And we might
as well explain it now as at any other
time. Thirty means “the end,” or
that is, when the last piece of copy
goes on the linotype machine it is
marked “30,” conveying the welcome
news to the operator that she can go
home—or in more energetic circles
“30” is often mentioned when the
pugilist takes the count. We believe
you get the idea.
Well, the vinegar industry in New
port has reached its “30.” One or
two smooth ducks about the town
drew down some mighty fine money
for awhile by the simple transaction
of exchanging perfectly good vinegar
in the guise of bad whiskey for
amounts exceeding ofttimes a man’s
weekly wage. Since the bone-dry
law sprung a leak the vinegar vendor
has had no business, it is stated, but
report has it that from the actions of
a few individuals here and there dur
ing the past few days, some one has
been putting out the real stuff either
on a friendly basis or in a business
way. Where our officers before kept
a vigil on suitcases, they are now
watching for the bootlegger, who is
expected to figure quite extensively in
local courts henceforth.
ENDEAVOR TO
EVEN SCORES
Large Body of Germans In the Amer
ican Sector Is Dispersed by
Fighting Sammies.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 8.—American ar
tillery in France is endeavoring to
even up scores by heavily bombard
ing the Germans, and German guns
were silenced when they attempted to
reply. A large body of the enemy
was dispersed. German infantry is
active on the French front in Verdun
and Alsace, but their attacks were re
pulsed. There is artillery activity on
the British and Italian fronts.
Disorders are reported in Petrograd.
Supply stores were robbed and 120
are reported killed in clashes between
the troops and rioters.
John B. Self, state manager for the
Deming Investment Company, of Os
wego, Kansas, was a business visitor
to our city today and 'one of the out
of town attorneys attending conrt.
CAMPAIGN WILL
STAfiTMONDAY
Viator A. T. Hubly Has Been Ap
pointed Chairman of Recreation
Committee in This County.
Mayor Ilubly has just received no
lice of his appoointment as chairman
in Jackson county of the Playground
ind Recreation Association committee,
and says a campaign for the solicita
tion of funds will begin here next
Monthly, ending the following Satur
day. Mayor Hubly is now in* Jones
boro, where a meeting of district
chairme
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CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS. 4
The case of Pattie Barfield vs. fLJj§
Heinemann for damages was still on .
trial in circuit court today. |
The taking of testimony was con
eluded this morning, just before the -j
noon recess.
Judge Coleman instructed the jury ;
immediately after noon and allotted
one hour to each side for argument.
The case will go to the jury some
time this afternoon.
George A. Hillhouse left this morn
ing for Cross county on business for
two or three days.!■