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SOLDIERS AGREE
I All German Political Power Will Be 1
in The Hands Of The Soldiers,
Workmen and Government.
(By The Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, Nov. 25.—It is offi
cially announced in Berlin that an
I1 agreement has been reached between
the German soldiers’ and workmen’s
council and the government.
The agreement provided, first,
“that all political power is to be in
-—-'the hands of the German socialistic ;
republic and the soldiers’ arid work
men’s council.”
Second, “that their aim is to de
fend and develop what has been
achieved by the revolution and sup
port all the over the country the rev
olutionary activity.” *
The agreement also provides for
the summoning of convention dele
gates from the soldiers’ and work
i .men's council as soon as possible.
Pending the election of representa
tive soldiers and workmen to the ex
ecutive council in Berlin is exercis
ing its functions, and before the cab
inet appoints assistant ministers the
executive council must be consulted.
(By The Associated Press.) I
London, Nov. 25.— This morning
London newspapers display promin
ently German advices regarding an
agreement between the soldiers’ and •
workmen’s council and the govern
ment, which is regarded as tanta
mount to an overthrow of the Ebert
Haas combination and the adoption,
at least theoretically, of the existing
Russian system.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 25.—Latest reports
received in London indicate the in
ternal situation in Germany has
reached a critical stage. The greater
part of south Germany declares it
will not submit to the terrorisms of
y ■■ in Berlin.
UN SINK ABLE SHIP SUNK.
Washington, Nov. 24—The steam
er Lucia, which was equipped with
touyancy boxes designed ' to make
her unshakable, was the last Ameri
can vessel reported torpedoed by an
enemy submarine. In making this
announcement today the' Navy de
|k partment gave out a report of the
sinking by Chief Boatswain’s Mate
William Francis O’Brien of Law
rence, Mass., who was in charge of
the Lucia’s armed guard and also re
vealed that • Secretary Daniels has
commended O’Brien and 23 other
men of the guard for their coolness
and attention to duty.
The Lucia was torpedoed October'
and remained afloat 21 hours. The
torpedo struck amidship and entered
the engine room, Killing iour men.
The other members of the crew and
the armed guard were rescued by the
steamer Fairfax after they had taken
to the small boats.
(Included in the list of men com
mended is Arthur E. Peterson, 401
Cheyenne avenue, Bartlesville, Okla.
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does To Helena District And Is Suc
ceeded In Newport By Rev.
J. E. Bates.
The annual session of the North
\rknsas conference of the Methodist
dhurch, South, closed Sunday evening
it Clarksville, after Bishop Mouzon,
,he presiding minister, read the ap
pointments^ An unusual number of
changes were made all over the con
tinence. Rev. W. B. Hays, who has
served the Newport church the time
imit of four years, was'succeeded by
Rev. J. F. E. Bates of Forrest City,
who comes here next week. Rev. Mr.
Bates has been in the conference on
ly three years and has been at For
rest City that time. He comes highly
recommended as a preacher and
Christian gentleman and his report at
the conference, so Mr. Hays said, was
one of the very best. During the
three years of his pastorate at For
rest City, he built a handsome new
rhureh, paying it out, and almost
doubled the membership. His wife
is a graduate of the Scarritt Bible
and Training School of Kansas City,
and is a splendid worker. They have
four children. Mr. Bates expects to
come up the latter part of the week
and fill his pulpit Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Hays and his estimable
family leave in a few days for Hel
ena, where they will make their
home, and where a beautiful district
parsonage is awaiting them. He was
made presiding elder of the Helena
district.
Some of the pastorates in the con
ference will be filled by the following
ministers who are well known here:
Batesville District—W. F. Oliver,
presiding elder, Batesville I' irst
church, W. T. Thompson; Central
avenue, E. H. Hook; Evening
Shade, , J. M. Thrasher; Newark, J.
M. Snell; Sulphur Rock and Moore
field, Riley James; Swifton and Ali
cia, M. A. Fry; Tuckerman, W. W.
Albright; Auvergne and Weldon, H.
H. Hunt; Eureka Springs, B. L.
Harris; Cotton riant, W. F. Walker;
Van Brreu, B. L. Wilford; Wynne,
A. T. Holloway; Jonesboro, First
Church, R. E. L. Bearden; Para
gon'd, First Church, J. B. Stevenson;
Searcy, T. Y. Ramsey; Presiding El
der of Searcy district, A. E. Hollo
wav; Helena, F. F. Singleton.
THE ATTENTION OF
A. O. A. HEISKELL
IS CALLED TO THIS.
J. M. Goff, one of our most enter
prising citizens, probably has out
distanced nil pumpkin growers, and
as proof of this we respectfully di
vrt all skeptics to the First Na
tional Bank, where Mr. Goff’s pump
kin is on display.
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This monstrous pumpkin vmjr
weighs 70 pounds, is but two feet
long and doesn’t measure more than
,,.j. inches in circumference. It was
grown on Mr. Goff s farm below
Newport a short distance.
GIVE-A-BUSHEL CAM
i PAIGN TO BE CLOSER
OVER STATE THIS WEEK
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Special to Independent,
i Little Rock, Nov. 25.—The Give-a
Bushel campaign is being closed al
over the state this week, and it k
hoped the money will be in the banl
by next Monday from every count?
in the state. The funds are being re
tained in the counties where collected
subject to the direction of the Boar<
of Trustees, of which Gov. Brough i
man. Next Saturday, Nov. 30
has been designated as Give-a-Bushe
Day, when all chairmen and schoo
directors are expected to insist upoi
the redemption of all unredeemei
pledges.
WANTS RE ADJUSTMENT
OF FRANCHISE TAX
Special to Independent.
Little Rovk, Nov. 21.—The Ameri
can Refrigerating and Transit Com
pany has petitioned the Arkansa
Tax Commission for a re-adjustmen
of its franchise tax. It is allege
that it has been based upon both it
inter-state and intre-state-busines:
The tax paid is about $2000.
1! HOLD F
MEET Hi HARIS!
Paris Offers Better Facilities Than
Versailles, But Final Meet W ill
Be At Latter Place.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 25.—Conferences on the
preliminaries of peace will probably
be held in Paris instead of Versailles
owing to the superior conveniences in
the capital. Only formal sessions and
the concluding stages will be held at
Versailles. The only active settings
new going on are those of the joint
armistice commission meeting . daily
at Spa, former German headquarters.
Some of the meetings at Spa have
been animated over the effort of the
Germans to obtain modifications of
the terms of armistice. Marshal
Foch’s reply was a refusal to con
sider any changes.
BULLETIN NO. FIVE.
For the interest of the public we
are publishing tne postmaster gen
eral’s order No. 1931 which is as fol
lows:
“In accordance with Bulletin No. 2,
issued by me August 1, 1918, stating
that until further notice the* tele
graph and telephone companies shall
continue operation in the ordinary
course of business through regular
channels,” in all cases where rate ad
justments are pending or immediately
necessary, they should be taken up
by the company involved through
the usual channels and action ob
tained wherever possible. In all
cases, however, where rates are
changed, such changes should be sub
mitted to me for approval before be
ing placed in effect.”
(Signed) A. S. Burleson,
Postmaster General.
From the foregoing you will ob
serve that telephone companies oper
ating in Arkansas are, until other
wise ordered by the postmaster gen
eral, to proceed in the matter of in
creasing their rates in the same man
ner as before government control,
with the sole qualification that no.
rate changes w-cre to b3 put into ef
fect without the postmaster gener
'al’s approval beforehand.”
(Signed) W.'II. Lamar,
Solicitor.
WORK ON WOMEN’S
REFORMATORY WILL BE
GIN IN NEAR FUTURE.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 25.—With nearly
$25,000 in cash in hand for the Girls’
Industrial School and Women’s Re
formatory, with nearly twice that
amount in outstanding pledges, and
with $50,000 coming from the gov
ernment, it is expected that work on
the institutions will begin soon. The
site is now being considered, but has
not been bought yet. Mrs. Clio Har
per of Little Rock has been -elm-tee
chairman of the state board.
HEPiLIME
BEHIND PERSHING
—
Would Run Commander Of American 1
Forces For President, According
To News From Ohio.
(By The Associated Press.)
Columbus, Ohk;, Nov. 2f>.—A cam- t
paign for the election of General Jno. (
J. Pershing to the presidency in 1920 ! i
was launched in Ohio today by the t
application to the secretary of state •
for the incorporation of the “Perch
ing Republican League.” Former (
United States Senator Diclc and four- ;
teen other prominent Ohio republi- i i
cans arc sponsors for the movement, j i
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BETTER FARMING HINTS. j '
The loss due to n<jn-housing of
implements in Arkansas last year is
estimated at $2,000,000. This could
have been avoided by furnishing
shelter from the weather and giving
the machinery proper care. Imple
ments can be cared for by cleaning
and oiling all working parts of the
machine, and by repainting the wood
and metal parts. Remember that
wood rots and metal rusts unless
protected. Housing-, paint, oil and
grease are essential to the long life
and efficiency of farm implements.
Cotton stalks should be plowed un
der so that they will rot by spring,
thus reducing the chances of infesta
tion by cotton anthraxnose or cotton
boll rot. The spores of this disease,
which costs Arkansas thousands of
dollars every year, live over the win
ter on old bolls, burs and stalks left
in the field. Get rid of them. Read
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 555, which can
be secured by writing to the Exten
j sipn Division, the University of Ar
kansas, Fayetteville.
I The bulletin concerning methods of
1 home curing of meats which has
i gained popularity throughout the
| world, has been revised by the author,
Major 'Lawrence Foote, and can be
by wilting to the Office of
Markets, Southern Trust Bldg., Lit
tie Rock, Arkansas. This bulletin
' gives directions for preparing-, car
ing for and cutting up hogs, and how
i to cure and smoke the ptoducts.
j. Have you found it profitable t6 !
j *ow short varieties of cotton, ex- j
cept in war times? You may find:
! it unprofitaole if you have any va- j
! riety with a staple less than an inch j
next year. Select good cottonseed1
1 of standard varieties for next year’s
I planting now.
1 J. V. Ormond, Special Field Agent
in Bee ulture, will be stationed at the I
University of Arkansas until January
1st, and will organize clubs and help
in every way possible Arkansas peo
ple who are interested in bees. Mr.
I mond solicits inquiries which
should he addresse dto him, at Fay
etteville. The next ten days will be
spent in Marion, Baxter, White, j
’ Searcy and Independence counties, j
j Mr. Ormond reports that the lime- ;
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[0 m SMOKER
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Svery Member of The Chamber Of
Commerce Is Asked To Attend
Smoker At Hazel Hotel.
C. L. Mariner has mailed invita
ions to members of the Chamber of
Commerce to attend a smoker at the
lazel hotel tomorrow night at 7:30 |
I’clock. He has arranged for the ■
ntertainment of 150 members.
Since it is apparent that the war is '
nded citizens of Newport should j
iwaken to the possibilities that con
Tor.t them. There are many move
nents for the public good that should i
e going forward at "this time. Con
;eited effort is the only thing that
vill accomplish this.
Attend the meeting tomorrow night
,n(l say what you think jibout it.
Casualty List
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The following casualties are re- i
rorted by the commanding general j
)f the American Expeditionary j
: orces.
villed in action----336
Died of wounds-60
Died of accident and other causes-13
Died of disease-232
Wounded severely -50
Wounded (degree undetermined.-236
Wounded slightly -1C6
Missing in action -62
Prisoners -Lt
Total __—l,109
The following Arkansas boys are
ncluded in the casualties:
Killed in action, Sergeant Jas. R.
Farrar, Fayetteville; Isaac H. Car
eer, Snow Ball and John E. Simmons,
Dlover Bend.
Died of wounds, Hosea P. Alley,
Mountain Home; William M. Aim!,
Denmark; Hardy W. Garrett,
Strong; Joseph W. SJiepperd, Lin
coln; Robert J. Lacy, Paragould;
James Moore, Joiner; Perry J.
Thompson, Heber Springs.
Died of disease, Will Gentry, Lit
tle Rock; Ezra Edv.’in Brewer, Bel
fast; Claude Graes, Fourke; Roy
Sexton* Elmo; Coney Severs, Le
panto; Joe Tuberville, Ho$ Springs;
Elbert Straneer, Cleveland; Frank
Hodge, Truman; James C. Weller,
Judsonia.
stone region of the Arkansas
Ozarks is an ideal bee country, ami
that every farmer with proper care
ca make bees a very profitable side
line.
WORK OF EXEMPTION
BOARDS BEING RAP
IDLY WOUND UP.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 21.—The work of
local boards is being rapidly wound
up. Local boards will forward no
more cases to District Boards, and
no more appeals will be taken to
district boards. It is expected that
since physical examination, induc
tion work, and classification by dis
trict boards has ceased, the work of
initial classification by local boards
may be practically completed on or
before November 30, except for late
registrants. No late registrant shall
be classified whose questionaire is re
ceived after December 9. Not later
than December 10 the records of the
local boards shall be sealed, subject
to further orders of the governor or
provost marshal general. The boards
are under obligations to keep all
their records intact and untouched.
The proper and just administra
tion of the War Risk Insurance Act
and of future pension laws will, in
many cases, depend upon almost ex
c’usively upon data contained in
these records. They will also have a
direct and important bearing upon
charges of desertion and delinquency
involving the honor of thousands of
registrants. Also, from these re
cords, much of the history of the
war must be compiled, and from them
must come information of the great
est value as to man-power in case oi
any future war.
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IPPtflL IS MM
FOR ASSISTANCE
Ex-Emperor Charles Says His Coun
try Must Have Food And Coal Or
Face Disaster.
(By The Associated Press.)
Vienna, Nov. 25.—Declaring there
is a pressing need for assistance from
America, Former Emperor Charles
of Austria-Hungary, insisted today
that the danger of Bo.shevikism to
his country is very great. In conver
sation with a correspondent of the
Associated Press the former sover
eign told of this impending peril.
The former emperor with his fam
ily and a few faithful friends are at (0~
Eckertsau Castle, which is guard-eel'’”
by soldiers. “We have done our b6st
and more cannot be done,” he said.
“If coal and food are not bought wa
shall have disorder in Vienna. ■
(By The Associated Press.)
Zurich, Nov. 25.—The revolution
ary movement in Austria is progress
ing to such an extent that the na
tional council has placarded the
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streets warning tne people ugamoi, iv.
t is said the monarchists are resort
ing to ail kinds of methods to fright
en the people by prospect of allied
occupation, according to a Vienna
dispatch to the Frankfort Gazette.
SINCE WAR IS OVER
HERE COMES VILLA
ncNC ML* BAND. |
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(By The Associated Press.)
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 25.—Eighty
Villa followers attacked and set fire
to Villa Ahumada, eighty miles south
of Jaurez, yesterday, after wrecking
a southbound Mexican Central
freight train, according to advices —
reaching here.
ANOTHER OUTBREAK
OF INFLUENZA.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 25.—There is
. ..other out-break of influenza epi- ; '
demie in various portions of tne
state, it has been found necessary ; .
in several places to resume the quar
entire, and it as strict as it was in
October. In Newport, several points
along the Missouri-Pacific and North
Arkansas road, and in Southern Ar
kansas the epidemic is prevalent
again. In some cases it is probably
due to the fact that schools were re
opened too early. Since it has not be
come general, however, the State
Health Officer lias left its control to
the local health officers of the va‘
| i ious communities.
| Mrs. E. G. Ferrell has returned
from Little Rock, where she Spent
several days with her husband, woo
has just been recently mustered out
of service. He has not decided just
where he will locate and Mrs. Ferrell
returned to her work here until he
decides where he will be located in
the telephone work, but thinks proba
bly he will be in Arkansas.
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