VOLUME XVIII. NO. 229. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS FRIDAY. JANUARY 24, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS
Ib Expected ta Be in Session Two
Months—First Work Is to Form
New German Government.
Berlin, Wednesday, Jan. 22.—The
Gorman National Assembly, which
will convene at Wdimar February 6,
is expected to be in session about two
months. The first business before
the assembly will be the selection of
a provisional government because the
present government considers its ex
istence at an end with the convening
■of a constituent assembly.
The assembly will then take up
the adoption of a constitution. The
present government will not present
any proposal, and the draft drawn up
by the ministry of the interior will
.be submitted merely as a prelimin
ary suggestion to form the basis of
discussion.
The obligatory task of the consti
tuent assembly will be finished with
the adoption of a constitution, but it
has the right to make of itself a con
stituted, instead of a constituting
body and this probably will be done.
In that e»se the assembly will be
obliged to regulate tax and financial
questions Dy legislation.
The peace question probably will
not be considered as it is not expect
ed that the Germans will be admitted
to the peace conference before the
adjournment of the assembly. The
matter of lodging the 3,000 persons
who are expected to attend the con
vention is a serious one, because
Weimar is a small city with limited
.accommodations. The municipal au
' thorities there are considering billit
ing the delegates and journalists with
private families if necessary, and in
adjacent cities. Telegraph, telephone
and postal communications will be
enlarged and train service also will
be increased.
The constituent assemblies for the
various German states probably will
not convene until after the National
Assembly has completed its work.
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RACE LEADER SAYS NEED
NOT FEAR NEGRO SOLDIERS
Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 23.—In dis
cussing before the twenty-eighth an
nual Tuskegee negro conference the
question of the negro in the South
after the war, Emmett J. Scott, spe
cial assistant to the secretary of
war, in matters affecting the inter
ests of negro soldiers, sought to al
lay and dissipate the spirit of un
\ rest and apprehension regarding the
return of discharged negro soldiers,
• which he s3id, seemed to prevail in
the South.
“The fear over the negro’s home
coming is, in my opinion, without
inundation,” said Dr. Scott. “Thous
ands of them volunteered for military
and naval service regardless of the
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return no less anxious to perform
their full duties as citizens.
“They will return both physically
and mentally benefited by reason of
military training and experience and
with a broader vision and apprecia
« *ion of American citizenship as well
as with new ideas of what liberty and
freedom (not license) really means.
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GENERAL MEETING AT
HAZEL FRIDAY, 7:30 P. M.
The regular meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce which is held'
, monthly on the Fourth Friday of each
! month, will be held at the Hazel hotel
tonight at 7:30 p. m. Considerable
business will come up at this meeting
and every member should be on hand.
Light refreshments and cigars will be
a feature of the evening.
Under the capable chairmanship of
Carl Bellingrath the membership
ommittee has been adding new mem
bers to this organization at a very
pleasing rate. They will use the still
hunt system and act as a standing
committee. A report on their work
will be made at the meeting this ev
ening.
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NASHVILLE SHIPS MUCH
STOCK DURING YEAR 1918.
Arkadelphia, Jan. 23.— The Mis
souri-Pacific railway stock shipping
department has informed the cattle
men of Nashville and vicinity that
more livestock has been shipped
from there than any other place on
the Missouri-Pacific line during the
past year. W. T. Wray has shipped j
three cars of hogs and two cars of j
cattle recently. One shipment of 118
hogs, raised by Dan York, brought
over $2,000. One hog in the ship
ment sold for $57.88.
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AUDITOR FOR ST. FRANCIS
LEVEE BOARD APPOINTED.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 24.—The governor
| yesterday appointed J. M. Jarman of
| Jonesboro as auditor for the St. Fran
| cis Levee district, under the provis
! ions of the act of 1917, requiring a
i biennial audit of the accounts of the
board. He served two years ago.
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LETTER FROM FRANCE.
Circle No. 5 of the Methodist
church,which supports a French or
phan is in receipt of a very interest
ing letter written by the mother of
the little girl. The letter is written
to Mrs. Arthur Umsted, chairman of
the circle. The letter follows;
Rouen, France, Dec. 27, 1918.
Very Dear Madame:
‘ I send you our sincere wishes for
the new year. May God grant our
prayer. I thank you with all my
heart for your goodness. I have re
: ceived your check for forty-five
francs from the American Society
in Paris. It aids us very much and
was sent without my solicitation. I
| suffer from the high prices which
' are still increasing. I bought some
I Shoes for my little Renee today, pay
1 ing 22 francs ($4.20), having bought
them for 18 francs six months ago.
Always in the evening one eats soup
—that is all we have—and when one
has to prepare it she can eat nothing
herself. One suffers so many things
j that I cannot make things clear. I
have been ill with la grippe, so has
my little Renee. We are over it, but
it leaves a weakness. Renee takes
every day iher phosphates of Claure.
t helps very much. Here are the
Christmas and the new year. What
a sad time for the poor child. She
j put her shoes by the bed and the
rlp»r Jesus filled them well in spite
I of everything, and many tears have
been shed. I know her poor father
would have been so happy to do it
and she speaks of him every day. I
have been so grieved for my son—a
man so good and industrious. The
mother of little Renee cannot go
every day to tjie private asylum. We
go to see him every two weeks and
take him what we can. It is so sad
to see so young a person thus. What
a cursed war, which has brought so
much evil of every kind, though it is
over still the war will never be fin
ished for us. There are so many
things to do which one cannot speak
of. If I could talk to you in person,
if I had the good fortune to see you,
we should be so happy.
There are many American soldiers
at Rouin and one loves them, since
it is they who have saved us and put
an end to the war, also your presi
dent of America. We put your little
Fiag in our windows on the day of
his arrival in France. We hope that
the peace may give us more rest and
make everything less terrible.
I close madame, excuse me for so
long a letter. I pray you to receive
our regards.
Yours truly,
M. Crouchemour
j Rue Victor Hugo 21.
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Nine Legislative Measures
Signed By the Governor.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 24.—At the re
quest of Representatives Deisch and
Hudson, Senator Ward will ask the
Senate to vote unfavorably upon the
bill passed in the House repealing
the Phillips county officials salary
law. Senator Ward had asked on
Tuesday to have the bill made special
order for Thursday morning, but
before it could be taken up a deluge
of protests rolled in from Phillips
county. Senator Ward then asked
that the bill be taken off the special
order call and be placed on the calen
dar in order that the citizen of Phil
lips county could be heard from. He
stated that he had been largely in
fluenced in his first action in hasten
ing local legislation through affect
ing his district, and that he was
pleased to see the opposition assert
itself before it was too late. Then
the house members who passed the
bill asked for its withdrawal and Sen
ator Ward thought a negative vote
would beat any other way of effec
tively killing the measure.
The Senate on Thursday afternoon
passed the Johnson road working bill,
permitting a man warned to work
the highways to provide a substitute
or pay $2.00 per day. There was
considerable objection to the bill, and
notice was given that an effort
would be made to reconsider the vote
by which it passed.
Senator Utley introduced in the
Senate on Thursday afternoon a bill
permitting the Board of Control to
buy a 500 acre farm upon which the
inmates of the State Hospital who
are able to work a portion of the time
may secure healthful and much
needed exercise. Supt. C. C. Kirk of
the State Hospital states that this is
essential to the care of many pa
tients, and if the farm is purchased
and improved, it will save the state
many thousands of dollars by per
mitting the removal of several hun
dred patients and allowing that much
room at the hospital. If they are not
moved the state will have to build
several new buildings at the hospital.
The governor has signed the fol
lowing bills:
By Chambliss, to eliminate Lin
coln county from act validating fif
ty per cent assessments.
By Henry, for relief of School dis
trict No. 26, Franklin county.
By Doyle, to appropriate $75,000
for mileage and per diem of the
General Assembly..
By Townsend, to amend act creat
ing Ross Drainage District.
By Townsend, fixing salary 9th
District stenographer at $2,000.
By Whittaker, fixing salary Chief
Justice stenographer at $1,£00.
By Hester, to amend the Sebastian
county salary law.
AT LAST BILL IS
DOING SOMETHING
THAT IS USEFUL.
Amerongen, Holland, Wednesday,
Jan. 22.—Sawing wood continues to
be the chief occupation of the former ^
German emperor, who spends sever
al hours each morning and afternoon
with the castle guards working hard
while several men servants respect
fully hand him logs and then pile the
short sticks in heaps for use later in
the furnaces of the castle.
The shortage of coal in Holland
compels the burning of wood, plenti
ful supplies of which are obtainable
from the surrounding estate. Wil
liam Hohenzollern works so well that,
he is able to furnish the entire con- [
sumption of the castle fires. The J
former emperor scarcely ever speaks
to his attendants while he is at work.!
For several weeks nothing has
been heard from the former German j
crown prince, who remains virtually
alone in his home in the island of;
Wierengen.
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SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY AN1)
SATURDAY.
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Lettuce, Onions, Raddishes, Celery, J
Horseradish, Spinach, Cocoanuts,
Malaga Grapes and nice fat hens.
Snetser’s Grocery,
Phone 183. 228d2t.
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S. R. Phillips is spending the day, at
Swifton on business. i
A SUB-CHASER IS
CONVERTED INTO
A BOOZE-CHASER.
New Orleans, Jan. 23.—Submarine
chaser No. 114, with Department of
Justice officers aboard, overhauled
and captured the gasoline launch,
Tim, carrying a cargo of whiskey,
close under the shores of Cat Island
in the Mississippi Sound, in the state
of Mississippi last night, accord
ing to F. C. Pendleton, Department
of Justice representative here. Two
shots were fired before the Tims was
stopped. The whiskey, valued at
$15,000, it is said, was designed for
transportation, from New Orleans
to Mobile. Two men aboard were
arrested.
Listening devices and other meth
ods used in detecting submarines
were used aboard the. chaser to locate
the Tims.
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BOLSHEVIK FORCES ARE
NOW LEAVING PETROGRAD.
Copenhagen, Jan. 23.—The Bolshe
vik forces are evacuating Petrograd
and are removing all stores, says a
dispatch to the Berlinske Tiedende
from Helsingfors. The dispatch
says that Leon Trotsky, the Bolshe
vik minister of war, is transferring
his headquarters to Nizni-Novgorod
and that the anti-Bolshevik move
ment is growing daily.
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BATTLESHIP ARKANSAS.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 24.—At last, after
eight years of effort, it seems that
Arkansas is going to present to its
namesake in the U. S. Navy, the Bat
tleship Arkansas, one of the six big
ships “in at the death” of the Ger
man Navy, a silver service in keep
ing with its importance. The house
passed yesterday with only 14 votes
in the negative, a bill appropriating
$1,400 for the purpose. The balance
of the total cost $7,875 has been
raised by popular subscription.
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CENTENARY OF AMERICAN
METHODIST MISSIONS.
In 1819 the first American Metho
dist Missionary Society was organ
ized.
In 1919 both branches of Episcopal
Methodism will unite to commemorate
the close of a century of missionary
I work.
j The Centenary Commission uncler
i took a survey of the fields we occu
py in order to determine the nature
and size of our providential task and
what was needed to put the church
abreast of her world program. The
results of this survey were presented
for the first time to a committee of
One Hundred, which met in March,
1918, in Memphis, Tenn. This repre
sentative group definitely agreed, af
ter much prayer and consultation that
Southern Methodism should celebrate
this Centenary of Methodism in a
I wav worthy of her past and com
I mensurate with her manifest respon
sibility.
They first laid emphasis on the
spiritual resources of the church,
with special reference to the practice
of intercession, followed by promotion
of the recognition and practice of
stewardship of life and substance and
, a definite campaign to raise in the
| next five years $35,000,000, includ
i ing the regular missionary income.
The Batesville District Centenary
j meeting will be held in Newport
■ next Tuesday, January 28th. At this
meeting will be Dr. F. S. H. Johnson,
also a representative of the Centen
ary work from Nashville, Tenn, who
will be there with stereoptican pic
tures.
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GOVERNMENT MAKES AP
POINTMENT FOR SUPER
INTENDENT OF PHONES.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 24.— F. B.
Sprague of Corning, president of the
Arkansas Telephone Association, has
been appointed superintendent for
Arkansas of the independent tele
phones by the government. He has
accepted and will enter at once up
on the duties of his new office.
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W. W. LONG PARDONED.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 24.—The govern
or has pardoned Wm. W. Long of
White county, who was convicted in
January, 1918, of forgery and utter
ing, and sentenced to four years.
About 150 citizens of White and
Jackson counties, including the per
sons aggrieved, peuuoneu tut mo
pardon. His mother has died since
his conviction.
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TEN DOLLARS!—BUT NO LIVER!
London, Jan. 8.—Even if peace has
come, army life is not all peaches and
cream, but when it is all liver, there
is going to be a kick. There was, too,
in a regiment north of here recently
when, after a period of no fresh meat,
every supply train for about two
weeks brought a shipment of liver,
which the boys had morning, noon and
night.
A big doughboy stood this until one
day he got a letter from home with a
check for 100 francs. Straightway he
got leave of absence and made for
Bar-le Buc. He walked into the Y.
M. C. A. canteen there, settled him
self at a table and called for a menu
card. And there it was again—liver
—but further examination showed
that there were plenty of other things.
Taking out a pencil, the doughboy
carefully blotted out the offending
viand. Then he handed the “Y” wo
man the card and announced triumph
antly:
"Gimme ten dollars worth both
ways from the liver.”
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it DEBATED ON
Punishments in Connection With the
War Also Discussed and Terri
torial Question Considered.
Paris, Jan. 23.—With replies from
the various Russian factions to its
proposal for a conference being
awaited, the supreme council of the
peace conference met at 10:30 o’clock
today. Meanwhile the joint allied
commission is being made up, al
though no names have been announc
ed.
All the members of the council
were present when the meeting be
gan.
After discussing the procedure for
Saturday’s meeting, the council, ac
cording to the official announcement,
considered international legislation
on labor; responsibilities and pun
ishments in connection with the war, ;j|
reparation for war damage and the *
international control of ports, water- |
ways and railways. The council then .
took up consideration of the proced
ure to be adopted regarding the ter- ;
ritorial question.
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LITTLE ROCK COMPANY
SAID TO HAVE FOUND
PROSPECTS FOR GAS.
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Fayetteville, Jan. 23—Oil, with pros-J^
pects of gas, has been found threew
miles north of here on the J. T. Hight
farm. The prospectors are said to
be a Little Rock concern, of which
Mayor Charles E. Taylor and A. N. 1
DeMers are members. This com
pany is said to have leased land
within a radius of 20 miles of here,
extending line. Further drilling is
dangerous and the well is closed
waiting the arrival of casing.
Drilling for oil is also said to be
in progress a mile farther south of
this place. . :r|||
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LETTER FROM FRENCH BOY.
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The following letter has been re
ceived by the Fifth Grade of the Wal- j|
nut street school, who adopted the
little boy who wrote it: .-JJ
Pontons, France, Dec. 29, 1918.
My Dear Lady: | | -■&
I have just received xMefarfa jfejfew
days, your address, thrwiigfi Ihi Frit
ternite’ Franco-Americaine. You |
will kindly excuse me for not having j
written sooner.
Let me say to you my dear lady,
that without having the honor of f
knowing you, I love you already very .
much. And how then, could I love
you not, when you will so kindly
interest yourself for me—an orphan.
For very much and so soon, my i
dear lady, you have a place in my
heart side by side of that great—very
great one, of my dear little papa— ;
dead facing the boches, for the native |
land, France.
Permit me to tell you, that I am 8
years of age, and my little sister 4
years. I really try to be wise, to be
industrious and above all, to be very
'obedient. I have commenced to work
a little, in the best way I can, in or
der to give the most help possible, to
my little mama, whom I love very
dearly. I am remembering always
that my dear little papa, when he
came home by permission, was bid
ding me, above all to be wise, indus
trious and obedient. I finish my
dear lady by embracing you tenderly.
Henri De’gos.
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PUNCHES VS. PULPIT.
London, Jan. 8.—A stunt that has
delighted some hundreds of American
soldiers and scandalized some well
meaning, but old-fashioned persons,
have been “pulled off” here in the
form of a boxing show which a Bap
tist minister staged in his church in
one of the London camp areas. I
The Y. M. C. A. had been arrang
ing these contests between Yanks and
Tommies, but in the particular camp
mentioned there had been none be
cause there was no suitable place to
hold it. Then the minister stepped
forward and offered his church. The
Lieutenant-Colonel of the outfit was
the referee and “a merry time was
had by all,” as may be judged from
the fact that the six bouts resulted in
three knockouts.
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