gVOLUME XV1L NO. 228. v/.- p, ; NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 1919. ' . PRICE FIVE dWM
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Efforts Will Be iMade to Readjust
the Internal Problems of Russia
and Provide Stability.
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Paris, Jan. 22.—Russian factions !
have been asked to declare a truce j
and to send delegates to meet repre- |
sentatives of the five great powers
in a meeting at which efforts will be
made to readjust the internal prob-!
lems of Russia and provide for the j
establishment of a stable government:
in that country. This action was ta
ken today by the supreme council of i
the five great powers and follows
the suggestion of President Wilson.
Announcement of the formation of
a Russian policy followed quickly af
ter 'the agreement of the supreme
council on the method it will pursue
in handling the Polish situation. It
was agreed to send a mission of
eight delegates into Poland to study
-v conditions there and to meet leaders
of the different factions. The dele
gates will represent the United
States, Great Britain, France and
Italy, each nation selecting two del
egates, one military and the other
civil.
General Pershing, who is on a 10
day tour of encampments at the
front has been summoned to Pa
ris. It is said his presence is re
quired in the solution of the Russian
and Polish problems.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
VV. R. Loftin and wife to A. N.
Nance, lot 7, block 1, in the town of
Grubbs, Loftin’s Addition, $150.
A. W. Nance and wife to II. J. Hale,
lot 7, block 1 in the town of Grubbs,
4125.'
Jerome Runyan to R. W. Bandy and
wife, the north half of the southwest
quarter, ^section 13, township 11,
north range west, $2,400.
G. A. Causey and wife to Roy Moon,
■40 acres of land in section 14, range 1,
43,250.
Roy Moon and wife to W. R. and
J. S. Harvey, 40 acres of land in
northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter of section 31, township 14,
. $3,600.
Mary E. Hopkins to Ernest L. Rob
erts, the northwest quarter of the j
j -southeast quarter, section 11, town-j
ship 10 north, $2,000. .j
K. K. Kimberlin and wife to J. E.'
Wilson, 40 acres more or less in
township 13, $3,000.
C. F. Vaughn to Pikes Denton and
wife, 100 acres in- section 11, $2,700.
R.' W. Bandy and wife to Levy T.
Slayden 151.93 acres, in township 13,
range 2, $14,750.
Rolla M. Culberson to J. R. Holden
Land and Lumber Co., the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter, sec
tion 30, $900.
J. W. Stearns to W. T. Sweatt and
wife, an undivided half interest in 50
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acres of land, $100.
Taylor Dowell to Robert Edgar Co
vey, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, block C, in Holt
and Dowell Addition to the town of
Tuckerman, $320.
A. Lawson to Mary Pruitt, 35 acres,
$140.
Robert E. Holder and wife to E. A.
Bryan, warranty deed uo relinguish
ment of dower to certain lands in- '
eluded in the Sli of the SE14 of the j
NEti NE}4 section 34, 12o acres,
$2,300.
Jacob Perry and wife to Ira Jack
son, 5 acres on west side of White
river, section 30, $50.
J. W. Gordon and wife to W. H.
Snetser, lot 5, block 1, Chastain’s
Addition to the city of Newport, $100.
J. R. Cox to Walter F. Hurley and
wife, lot 4, block 3, town of Diaz,
$150.
Guy Ussery, Nellie M. Ussery and
Josephine Ussery, an infant, by her
mother and guardian, Nellie M. Us
sery, ex partee, decree for petition to
sell lands thereof, and after deduct- j
ing costs and expenses, to be divided j
according to respective interests.
W. D. McLain and Gustave Jones, 1
trustee, against D. R. Nash, II. F. |
Lock, W. H. Warren, Joe Wrhite, J.:
W. Warren, T. H. Nash and J. W.!
Leggett, decree for foreclosure of
deed of trust, R. W. Bandy, commis
sioner.
William Bengel and wife to Ark- I
ansas Bank and Trust Company, lot
12, block 4, Hirsch’s 1st Addition o j
Newport, $3,000.
Lillie Reed to Gus Borders, lot 16, |
block 21, Daugherty’s Addition to
Newport, J1377.05.
Get the habit of coming to the i
cheap cash store at McFadden, Ark.
Don’t forget we will treat you right.
Don’t forget that covers all the
ground.—B. S. Breckenridge, Prop.
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So Says Senator Kirby Of Arkansas ■
In His Reply to Republican At
tacks On Administration.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 22.—Sena
tor Kirby of Arkansas, replying to
an attack of the administration by
Republicans, during the debate in
the Senate on the $10,000,000 bill to
relieve famine sufferers in Europe,
agreed that the president’s influence
be not disparaged at the very time
when his support should be the great
est. ! i
“We have finished this war, so far
as the fighting is concerned,” he
said, “but the most important part of
it still remains to be done. We must
settle the matter finally and for the
future, for our own and for the
world’s benefit. Let it be the ex
pression of Congress as to whether
we will back up our representative in
the peace conference.
“There is a growing rear in tms
country, because of dissension ex
pressed here, that we are not going
to insist upon our rights in the peace
conference. Has not the head of the
Navy Department said that we must
build the greatest navy in the world?
There has been distrust manifested
by the military branch in saying that
we must maintain a large military
establishment and al^o by some of
the senators here in saying that we
must have universal military train
ing. Why? Because of the fear ev
idently that the freedom of the seas
will not be properly safeguarded in
the world’s peace conference.
“If we shall have the greatest
navy in the world, it will make no
difference to us, of course, about the
principal of the freedom of the seas.
“Our representatives on the
ground, our treasury has been ex
pended, our soldiers have nobly laid
down their lives, the war has been
fought and won. Now, let us con- j
elude the peace terms and close it
out successfully. Our representative,
the president, has said that it can
best be done by this contribution to
alleviate the suffering of the peoples
of the nations of the world, and we
are the people to supply it.
“Shall we disparage the influence
of the president by refusing to fol
low his recommendations at the very
time when it ought to be the great
est?”
Caldwell Favors Bonus \
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shall be under the jurisdiction of the
Commission.
Carroll, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln
and Poinsett counties have not yet re
ported the vote on the constitution in
the election of Dec. 14.
AMERICAN MEN NOT
LIKELY TO RETURN TO
FRANCE FOR A WIFE.
New York, Jan. 21.—Are American
men who have been overseas going
back to marry French girls?
“No,” is the answer of 14 out of 15
returned officers, according to this
subject.
The consensus of opinion of those
interviewed gives the reason thus:
The French girl is not what Ameri
can men call a pal. She knows how
to cook, sew, make love. She can be
a sweetheart. She is not a pal. Her
horizon too often is limited to the
home. Her life is lived within doors.
She can never replace the American
girl for all around intelligence, activ
ities and ambitions. Most of all the
American men miss in her the play
fellow they have known at home—
the girl with the- tennis raquet, the
girl who loves to hike long miles and
to swim and ride.
Will the men go back to France?
“Absolutely!,” say tho returned
Americans. “But that is because of
the call of Paris, the carefree life in
the cities over there, the thrill and
the ormance of the atmosphere of
France. In fact, most of the men
are coming back to marry the girls
they left behind, and then they prob
ably will try to return to France and
take their American brides for a
honeymoon trip.
Leo Volkmer, a former Newport
aoy, but now of Little Rock, was
lere today meeting his many friends
ind calling on trade, being a special
representative of the Public Rubber
Company.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 22.—Again Wed
nesday the Senate refused to see
things the same as the House and de
clined to pass upon a concurrent i-es
olution memoralizing Congress to
pass a bill to pay the soldiers for six
months after their dischai'ge. Mem
bers of the senate took the stand
that it would disorganize labor con
ditions, particularly among negro
field hands. Senator Alexander pro
posed a modification by which the
men who found employment should
be dropped from the roll. Senator
Caldwell, who fought for the adop
tion of the x-esolution, declared that
he would favor giving the bonus to
the men who did go to woi’k. Other
opponents declared that the men who
wanted to go to work has no diffi
culty in finding positions. The res
olution was finally postponed for
several days, and indefinite postpone
ment being thus avoided.
East Arkansas senators are op
posed to any change in the date of the
Democratic primary, which will place
it in the spring months. They favor
the summer and so strenuously op
posed a committee amendment to the
King bill Wednesday afternoon that
it was taken off. The King bill un
dertakes to change the primary
date to the last of August. The com
mittee on Elections sought to make
it the last Tuesday in March. The
East Arkansas senators declare
there is continual high water in their
section at that time and the people
;annot get to the polls.
It was finally suggested that the
Assembly did not have the right to
change a law initiated by the people
ind the amendment was withdrawn.
—
i For the second time the Arkansas
Senate has voted not to pay mileage
and expenses of circuit judges and
chancellors when they are holding!
court away from home. Senaltor j
Caldwell led the fight for such a
measure in the Senate Wednesday,
and was ably assisted by Senators
Moncrief, Owens, Cazort and others.
They argued that the court officials
were too poorly paid to hold court in
the counties other than those in
which they live, as often as should be.
The opponents to the bill argued
that the constitution prevents a raise
in the salary of these officials, and
that such w'ould be the effect if the
Caldwell bill became a law. The bill
failed to pass on a tie vote, after
which Senator Alexander changed to
the negative in order to move a re- j
consideration.
To prevent horse racing within
three miles of a church or school;
house is the text of a bill introduced (
in the Senate late Wednesday by j
Senators Wood, Wilson and1 Me-1
Gough. The bill is apparently aimed j
at the Hot Springs race meet.
A bill by Representative Hold
proposes to abolish the Railroad and
Tax Commissions, and to create in
their stead the Arkansas Corpora
tions Commission, of three members
to be appointed by the governor at a
salary of $4,200 a year each. The ex
penses of the Commission, to the ex- !
tent of $30,000 annually, are to be
borne by the public utility corpora-!
tions of the state, which shall be as- <
sessed for that purpose. All matters
relating to franchises, service, exten- ;
sions, improvements, and other j
things pertaining to public utilities
SPECIAL SALE OF
27.50, 25.00 and 22.50
Suits and Overcoats
^ Beginning
Friday, Jan. 17th
For
Ten Days Only
These Suits and Overcoats
will be reduced as follows:
27.50 Values For 22.25
'25.00 Values For 19.75
22.50 Values For 18.75
In order to clean-up entire
ly a corresponding reduc
tion of 20 per cent will be
made on all other Suits and
Overcoats during that time.
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Aviators and Infantrymen Are Fight
ing With a Temperature Of
16 Degrees Below Zero.
Archangel, Tuesday, Jan. 21. —
Bolshevik troops are heavily shelling
the farthest south positions of the
Padenga, on the Waga river, 30
American and Russian armies at Ust
miles south of Shenkursk. They al
so are showing considerable activity
west of Shenkursk on the Tania
river. It has been impossible to de
termine whether the attack will de
velop on a greater scale. The ene
my has mobilized the peasants in the
vicinity of Vilsk and apparently is • .
prepared for a general offensive in,.. /£
the Shenkursk sector. Sunday, the
enemy under cover of heavy bom
bardment, attacked with infantry the
American and Russian positions at
Ust Padenga. The allied outpost
withdrew, but the Bolshevik attack
on the main positions was repulsed
with heavy losses.
There has been no infantry action
since, though there has been con
stant rain of shells on the village.
The American army is vigorously re
plying.
Yesterday, flying in a temperature
of 16 degrees below zero, one Ameri
can airplane bombed the enemy ajid
secured direct hits on important Bol
shevik positions.
The fighting is going on in cold,
clear weather, but the temperature is
so low that it is difficult for the in
fantrymen to remain in the open any
length of time.
BEQUEST OF LITE j
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Newport Relief Society Is Remem
bered By a Former Resident Of
The City.
A few days ago the Independent
reproduced an article taken from the
St. Louis Globe Democrat, having
reference to the will of the late Isaac
Goldman, but in it no mention was
made of any bequest to Newport or
Jackson county. However, we have
received a communication from Mr.
Norman C. Wolff, who is in a posi- V
tion to know the contents of the will, \
in which he calls attention to the
fact that our.community was not for
gotten. Mr. Goldman, who was a
most charitably inclined man felt
that great good was being accom
plished through the Relief Society,
i and also knew that their funds often
times ran low, therefore his bequest
to the city was through them, as one
of the items listed below will show.
The following are the bequests to
charity, contained in the will of Mr.
Goldman: •
Odd Fellows’ Home at Batesville,
a i.ir nnn
Newport Relief Society for the
Poor, Newport, Ark., $500.
Father Dunn's Newsboys’ Home,
St. Louis, Mo., $500.
Father Dempsey’s Hotel, St. Louis,
Mo., $500.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St.
Louis, Mo., $500.
Jewish Shelter Home, St. Louis,
Mo., $1,000.
Children’s Industrial Farm Asso
ciation, St. Louis County, Mo., $500.
Jewish Dispensary, St. Louis, Me.,
$1,000.
The residue of the estate is to be
held in trust for certain purposes un
til the death of Mrs. Goldman, after
which:
The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis*
Mo., is to receive a two-twentieth
(2-20) portion thereof.
The Federation of Jewish Chari
ties, St. Louis, Mo., is to receive a
one-twentieth (1-20) portion thereof.
The Newport Relief Society is to
receive a one-twentieth (1-20) por
tion thereof.
SPECIAL OFFER GOOD UNTIL
FEBRUARY 1ST.
Delineator, Everybody’s Maga
zine and the Weekly Independent for
only $4.00.—Harvey E. L. McCollum,
Newport, Ark.
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