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FEBRUARY 22, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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BROUGH MAY CULL
, SPECIAL SESSION
Governor Is Being Overwhelmed With
Petitions For Legislation To
Remedy Prohibition Law.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 22.—There is a
possibility of the legislature being
called in extraordinary session to
consider amendments to the Bone
Dry Prohibition Act.
The governor is being overwhelm
ed with letters from all parts of the
state, from members of the legisla
ture, ministers, and others, advising
the calling of the General Assembly
to remedy the law that was punc
tured by the supreme court.
The letters and resolutions are
coming by the hundred daily, and
more than a thousand have already
been received.
Before this matter came up, Gov
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mined that he would not call a ses
sion of the legislature, but this in
sistent demand, with not one letter
of protest, has put a different phase
upon the question, and now he has an
open mind on the subject.
His attitude is best described by
the following answer to a letter ad
dressed him by the mayor of a North
Arkansas city:
“I am in receipt of your letter of
recent date, and am always glad to
hear fiom friends throughout the
state on matters of this character.
I realize, of course, that this is one of
the most important matters that has
ever confronted the state I have
been a life-long Prohibitionist, and
am anxious to take all the steps nec
essary to effectuate Bone Dry legisla
tion. As you doubtless noticed, the
attorney general has filed a motion
. for a re-hearing in the Bone Dry
case, and has written a very strong
brief in support of the same. I will
not make up my mind definitely as to
what action I shall take with refer
ence to the extra session until after
this case has been finally disposed of
in the supreme court. I appreciate
your writing to me, however, and am
placing your letter in a convenient
file, and shall consider very carefully
all that you have said when the time
arrives for me to decide finally what
course I shall pursue in the matter.”
It has been suggested by some that
the members of the legislature would
be glad to serve the few days neces
sary for holding the special session,
for only their mileage, and would
waive the per diem. Representative
J. D. Doyle and enator Harry Pon
der, of Lawrence county, have assur
ed the governor they would serve
without pay.
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The “mumps” is the present de
lightful contagious disease going the
rounds of the town, and the school
children are having their share, as is
usually the case. The Gorman mea
sles and whooping cough have held
the day most of the winter, with an
occasional case of smallpox.
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RUSSIAN NAVY
NOT ORGANIZED
To Save Navy From German Slaugh
ter Will Be Necessary to
Move Ships.,
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 22.—An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd
says the disorganization of the Rus
sian navy has reached an extreme
point and there is no likelihood of any
order being obeyed. Naval authori
ties at Reval report that in order to
save the Russian navy from the Ger
mans it will be necessary to move
the ships to Kronstadt. This is be
lieved to be impossible owing to their
disuse.
HEM III CAMPS
IS MUCH BETTER
There Were Only 177 Deaths In
Camps Where Soldiers Are Sta
tioned Last Week.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 22.—Health con
ditions of the American army in
camps showed a decided improvement
for the week which ended February
15th. Deaths in all camps totalled
177, the lowest death rate since No
vember.
BAKERS MUST
OBEY ORDERS
Must Comply With Requirements
Concerning 20 Per Cent of Sub
stitutes For Flour.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 22.— The State
Food Administrators have been or
dered to enforce strictly the rule re
quiring bakers to use twenty per cent
of wheat flour substitutes in all bak
ery productions by February 24th.
FORMER NOTED
PUGILIST DIES
IN NEW YORK.
.Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 22.—Terry McGov
ern, former world’s featherweight
champion; died at a hospital here this
morning. He was ill two days of
pneumonia and kidney trouble, com
plicated with other ailments.
AMERICANS KILL
ONE, CAPTURE ONE
Only One American Was Injured In
a Patrol Fight In the Chemen
Des-Dames Sector.
Associated Press Dispatch.
With the American Army in France,
j Feb. 22.—In a patrol fight Americans
' from units under instruction in Che
| min-Des-Dames sector killed one
German and captured another. One
American was slightly wounded.
Add to Americans Killed
This is the first time it has been
permitted to reveal the fact of new
American units having entered - thg
line. The troops have been there for
I some time. Details of patrol fig1'
I ing are unavailable beyond the unof
! cial report that one German prisoner
I was captured single handed by an
! American from one of the New Eng
! land states.
Intense artillery firing continues
in the American sector, with Ameri
can gunners doing the most damage.
P. H. Van Pyke returned this morn
ing from St. Louis, where he attended
a meeting of Dodge Brothers’ dealers,
and where a number of factory men
made beneficial talks that will be of
help to the dealers. He also attended
the automobile show going on this
week.
A.O.U. W. Lodge Asks For
Special Session Legislature\
The following resolutions were un
animously passed and adopted by
Newport Lodge, No. 75 of the Ancient
[Order of United Workmen at a regu
! lar session held in its hall Thursday
night, February 14th, 1918, urging
Governor Brough to convene an extra
ordinary session of the Arkansas leg
islature for the purpose of enacting
into law such measures as will for
ever prevent intoxicating beverages
from being introduced into Arkansas.
“Whereas, The Grand Lodge of the
A. 0. U. W., jurisdiction of Arkansas,
has gone on record, at regular ses
sions, condemning the liquor traffic;
and,
“Whereas, The experience of every
fraternal, beneficial Order shows
that the traffic in intoxicating li
quors hinders and retards its prop
er growth and increases its expense;
and,
“Whereas, Our own order stands
for all that is best and good for the
whole State of Arkansas; and,
“Whereas, We have seen the actual
workings of a Law which was sup
posed to be a Bone Dry Law, until
February 4th, 1918, when the supreme
court of Arkansas discovered an im
perfection in it, by means of which
imperfection, it is now no offense to
introduce intoxicants into the State;
and,
“Whereas, We know that a genuine
Bone Dry Law is not only good for
our Order but also for all of our citi
zens in general and we know of the
good effects of such a law and of the
bad effects of a contiary policy; and,
“Whereas, The General Assembly
will not regularly convene until next
year, during which time the ravages
of the liquor traffic upon the means,
welfare and energies of our state and
its citizens is far too great to be
measured in money values; and,
“Whereas, A plain and direct reme
dy is provided in such cases by the
constitution of . Arkansas providing
that the governor may convene the
General Assembly in Special Session
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| on extra-ordinary occasions; and
“Whereas, Our .state is now un- j
! questionably confronted with such an :
j extra-ordinary occasion and emer
gency is great and will become great
er tl)e longer we are left open to this
traffic, which was supposed to have j
been prevented by an Act of the Gen
eral Assembly at its 1917 session.
“Now, Therefore, to meet this j
[ emergency, to properly protect our '
state and for the “Good of our Or- j
| der,” Be It Resolved: That the Gov-:
ernor of Arkansas, Hon. C. H. j
Brough, be and he is hereby called '
upon, respectfully, to convene the
General Assembly of Arkansas, in
extra-ordinary session at an early
date for the purpose of enacting
such laws as will lemedy speedily
this great and crying evil; and,
Be It Further Resolved: That a
copy of these resolutions be mailed
to the governor, properly signed by
the Master Workman and Recorder
and under the seal of this Lodge.”
We the undersigned, Master Work
man and Recorder of Newport Lodge
No. 75, A. O. U. W., do hereby certi
fy that the above and foregoing is a
true copy of the resolutions passed
by said Lodge at a regular meeting
held February 14th, 1918, calling up
on Governor Brough to call the Leg
islature of Arkansas in Special Ses
sion to enact a genuine Bone Dry
Law, as passed by said Lodge.
Witness our hands and the seal of
said Lodge this February 14, 1918.
(Seal)
D. J. Ethridge,
Master Workman.
P. S. White.
Recorder.
Mrs. Will Barker, who was oper
ated upon at St. Vincent’s Infirmary
af Little Rock, Wednesday afternoon,
is reported by her nurse to be getting
along nicely. This will be good news
to the many friends of Mrs. Barker,
who wish for her a speedy recovery.
FAIL TO MAKE
THEIR REPORT
More Than 6.000 Registrants In Ark- 1
ansas Have Not Returned Ques
tionnaires to Hoards.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 22.—The office of
the adjfftant general reports that
more than 6,000 registrants in the
state have failed to return their
Questionairres as required by law.
Up to the present time, only about
200 have been reported as deserters.
The adjutant general is sending to
the local boards lists of the men to
be checked, so that no injustice may
be done any man by reporting him a
deserter when he is not. It is stated
that this condition is due largely to
carelessness on the part of the lo
cal boards.
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Australian Troops Entered Jericho
Yesterday and Met With
Little Opposition.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 22.—The war office
reports the British capture of Jericho,
Palestine.
Australian troops entered Jericho
yesterday and little opposition was (
encountered.
Mr. and Mrs. Qeorge H. Banks
spent Wednesday at Batesville, at
tending a meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
department of the State Rfed Cross
war work, which was held in that
city, the meeting being addressed by
Erwin Funk, field secretary of the
state work.
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RUSSIANS OPPOSE
CERAAAN INVASION
Commissioners Have Ordered Soldiers
To Defend Until Death and All
Russians Are Called to Arms.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 22.—The Renters Pe
trograd correspondent to the Tele
graph says the Russian commission- /'
ers have ordered a “defense to death”"
against Germany. The commission
ers appealed to the soldiers to de
stroy railways and provisions and
they will compel Bourgeoise to dig
trenches under a penalty of death.^
Bolsheviki leaders are changitf^'
their tactics again and have ordered
that opposition be given the German
army now sweeping eastward into j
Russia. All Russians have been sum- §i
moned to the defense of their countoy.
Petrograd is in a state of siege. The j
German navy is infesting Reval, ait |
important seaport, while the army i#
pushing its campaign swiftly on a ||f
long front and has captured more -
than thirteen hundred guns and nine
thousand prisoners. The fact that
the name of Foreign Minister Trot*
ky is missing from the firociamation, ;|§
ordering resistance of Germans, gives ,H|§
weight to reports that he is to re
sign.
Associated Press Dispatch.
juurmon, reu. zz.—in tne appeau
for the reorganization of the defense ,
of the revolution against Germany jl
;he council of commissioners asserts
:he German advance into Russia is
for the purpose of restoring monardy
and the privilege of land owners and
:apitalistic classes.
GETS ONE TEH
Negro Pleads Guilty to Voluntary
Manslaughter in Connection With 'ey 3;
Killing of Harris Negro. _ 31
Will Roseman, a negro, entered P
olea of guilty to voluntary man* p
slaughter in circuit court today! am$,.^ -j
was sentenced to the penitentiary tijjil
pne year. Roseman was charged
participating in the killing of anotfrillra
>r negro named Harris near AuveiHWjSj
some months ago. Joe Utley,
•lack, was sentenced to the periitiMH!^
tiary for fifteen years a few da$iH ^
igo when he plead guilty to mur*||ffl 6|
in the second degree in connecthfflffl
with the Harris killing. |
The jury in the case of M. Johns<M|t|
/s. Plunkett-Jarrell Grocer Compaayti|
oday returned a verdict giving thili|i
lefendant judgment for damages ip*-f
ihe amount of $1,400.
Other proceedings were: • 38
State vs. F. Brumley, rape, con
State vs. Frank Clinton, plea of ;
'uilty to petty larceny and fined $10
»nd given ten days in county jail.
This afternoon the case of A. F. f;)|
Barr vs. Ed Plant, appealed from
justice of the peace court, was in „a|
NEGRO MOVEMENT
BEGINS TOMORROW
First Trainload of Drafted Colored
Men Will Reach Camp Pike
Tomorrow Afternoon.
Special to Independent. Van
Little Rock, Feb. 22.—The move
ment of the two thousand negroes of
Arkansas under the Selective Draft, 1
will begin tomorrow, as originally
xnnounced, Gen. Crowder having re
versed his order rescinding the order '}*
x few hours after it was issued Wed
xesday. The movement is to be com
pleted by next Wednesday. The first
trainload is due to arrive at 1 p. m.
.omorrow, from Mississippi, Critten
ien, Phillips and Lee counties. There
will be 545 men on board, and they
will be taken direct to Camp Pike.
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