Help Organize a Chamber of Commerce for Newport at the Court House Tonight at 7:30
VOLUME XVII. NO. 279. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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TO MIKE INITIAL MOVE
FBR EREITER NEWPORT
FORM CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
THIS EVEFiliC
Whistles of Local Factories Will Be
Tied Down For Fifteen Minutes
Before Meeting Starts At
Court House.
YOUR DUTY TO BE PRESENT.
If the weather man stays in a good
humor and the. plans carefully made
by the local committee are carried
out, tonight cannot be forgotten
soon by the citizens of Newport. At
the court house at 7:30 o’clock there
will be a vast assembly of business
and professional men for the pur
pose of organizing a Chamber of
Commerce for Newport. As a pre
lude to the meeting an automobile
paraue wm laae place. jLuivera ox
cars will drive through the streets
and see that every person has oppor
tunity to enjoy a free ride, which
will end at the court house. Another
feature will be the continuous blasts
of factory whistles. These whistles
will be tied down at 7 o’clock and not
released until 7:15.
This afternoon the committee em
ployed the telephone to reach every
business man in Newport who was
/ urged to attend the meeting tonight,
t and from present indications there
will be a monster crowd on hand to
have a share in starting Newport and
Jackson county on the road to a
new prosperity.
Invitations were mailed to every
business man in the city urging his
presence in order that he might lend
his moral and physical support to the
organization. An effort was made to
get one of these invitations into the
hands of every business man and if
the committee ovei looked anyone it
was not done intentionally.
At the meeting there will be speech
<*s worth hearing. There will be ci
gars and a jolly good time. It will
be shown what can be done in New
port through organization.
Do not let anything, even an im
portant business engagement, pre
L vent you from putting in an appear
!r ance, because it is to your interest
to be on hand. You are entitled to a
share of the fruits that will accrue
from the formation of a Chamber of
Commerce in Newport, aad you
should not expect to enjoy these ben
eficial results unless you lend your
influence to bring them about.
Remember—at the court house at
7:3o o’clock.
Every time you buy a War Savings
Stamm vou weaken the Hindenburg
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j T A. Dowdy Opens Headquarters
for S. Br undid ge, Who Is Can
didate For Senate.
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I Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 6.—R. A. Dow
i dy, of Batesville, has arrived in Lit
: tie Rock for the purpose of opening
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campaign headquarters for Stephen
Brundidge of Searcy, who opposes
1 Joe T. Robinson for the United
States senate. Mr. Dowdv has se
, cured headquarters in the Moore and
Turner building, Second and Louisa
na streets. The rooms were occupied
by George W. Donaghey in his first
i ace for governor. The number is 23 j
i and Mr. Dowdy thinks it will act as
. a talisman for Mr. Brundidge, as it
did for Gov. Donagft%.._;i
CULLED If DEITH
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Irish National Leader Succumbs to
Heart Failure Following
Operation.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March G.—John Redmond
Irish National leader, died this morn
ing. Death was due to heart failure,
following a recent operation.
COMPLAINT ISSUED
AGAINST -SEARS-ROE
BUCK OF CHICAGO
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Washingtin, March G.—Complaint
today wras issued against Sears-Roe
buck and Company of Chicago by the
Federal Trade Commission charging
unfair methods of competition.
Scars-Roebuck and Company has
been summoned to answer the charge
that it advertised sugar for sale at a
loss, upon conditions that a certain
amount of other groceries would be
purchased, for which sufficient pro
fits charged make a profit on the
combined sales.
SENATOR EAFOLIETTF
IS AGAIN BRANDED
j State Assembly of Wisconsin Passes
Resolutions Condemning Notor
- ious Statesman.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Madison, Wis., March 6.—The
state assembly this afternoon passed
a resolution condemning Senator La
Follette, by a vote of fifty-three to
thirty-two. The assembly remained
! in continuous session throughout the
| night and morning and was deadlock
ed before the adoption of the reso
lution.
Reeves Schaer, aged 26, of Little
Rock, who had many Newport friends,
i died at St. Vincent’s Infirmary Tues
■ day afternoon from an operation for
! appendicitis. Mr. Schaer, with his
! wife, formerly Miss Mae Kline, had
made numerous visits to the home of
William Mosby of our city, and many
friends here regret deeply to learn
! of his death.
The body of Mrs. L. D. Cole, who
died at the home of her son, Judge
Charles F. Cole at Batesville, were
brought through Newport last even
ing, being carried to Beebe for bur
jial, accompanied by several members
of the family.
Graphic Description of the
Destruction of a Submarine
London, Feb. 2.— (Correspandence
of The Associated Press):—One of
the methods by which, as the First
Sea Lord, Sir Eric Geddes said re
cently, the submarine menace is be
ing “held” Is vividly described by a
writer in the Liverpool Journal of
Commerce.
A seaplane had “spotted” a sub
marine lying on the sea-bed. In
stantly, the observer’s finger com
menced to tap the key and ten miles
away, a long, lean destroyer and
four squat trawlers detached them
selves from a - pack of hounds work
ing a covert, and hastened to the kill.
Meanwhile the seaplane circled
around, but when the surface ships
arrived her instructions, delivered by
wireless were curt and precise. Act
ing upon them the trawlers stationed
themselves at the four corners of a
wet quadrangle, while the destroyer
kept her guns ready to talk to Fritz
should he appear above the surface.
The trawlers at the corners of the
wet quadrangle got out their sweeps
—long wire hawsers of an incredible
stoutness, with a heavy “kite” in the
center to keep their bights down on
the seabed—and commenced to steam
towards each other As the pairs of
1 vessels met. their wires simultane
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ously engaged themselves under the
ti-boat’s bow and stern, and com
menced to work their sinuous way
i between her hull and the sea bottom.
! t Then the strange thing happened.
| Two round, black objects seemed to
I detach themselves from her hull and
! float surfacewards, to hover a second
smd thp'n to commence bobbing down
the tide—bobbing down a lane much
f requested ,by those ships that
brou fht food, munitions of war, and i
hundaods of other things to England’s
shore.
“Minelayer, eh?” called the sea
plane’s observer.
.. “That’s it, lad,” came the telephone
ansfcsw, “but her eggs can wait for
a ritnute.”
Tlie trawlei’s now crossed their de
pendent cables and thus held the U
boat in a kind of wire cat’s ci-adle.
She seemed to suddenly wake from
her danger, for with a bound she
tried to disentangle herself from the
meshes which held her. But it was
hb use; the trawlers had been too
long at the game to leave any loop
holes and the submarine was doomed.
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RUSS LEADER
IN PROTEST
Asks Higher Command to Take Steps
Necessary to Stop Hostil
ities.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 6.— According*to
an official Russian statement Kry
lenko, the Bolsheviki commander-in
chief, has sent a message to the Ger
man Austrian chief commanders,
stating^ the Germans and Austrians
are still fighting, notwithstanding
the conclusion of peace. Krylenko
asks whether the German higher com
mand has taken steps necessary for
^"cessation of hostilities.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Tuesday, March G.—
“The Bolsheviki leaders are prepar
ed to withdraw even as far as the
Ural mountains rather than submit
to a defeat of revolution,” said Leon
Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign min
ister, in an interview to the Associat
ed Press today.
Miss Bessie Watson, of our city,
has been signally honored in having
been appointed to serve as a page ,n
the national convention of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution to
be held at Washington City in April.
Miss Watson served as page two
years ago and her appointment for
a second time is an unusual compli
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BRITISH ARiED
CRUISER LOST
Two Officers and Forty Six Men Lose
Their Lives When Ship Was
Sunk Last Friday.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March G.—The admiralty
announces the British armed mercan
tile cruiser, Calgarian, has been tor
pedoed, being sunk March first. Two
officers and forty-six men were lost.
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Without Communication the Friendly
Attitude of United States Is Un
derstood By Japanese.
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[ 4.ssociated Press Dispatch.
\ Washington, March 6.—It was au
i thoritativaly stated today that the
United States has sent no communi
cation to Japan on the subject of ac
tion in Siberia. If the United States
should express any views they proba
bly will be through Great Britain.
| It was stated further that the United
. States has not assented, dissented or
protested, and that without any ex
change of written communications
■Japan already understands the
; friendly attitude of the United States
and its disposition to take no part.
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Indications Point to Immediate Rus
sian Plans to Resist the German
Peace.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, March 6.—The Bolshe- i
viki government is evacuating Petro-1
grad. Moscow is again to become the 1
seat'of government, while Petrograd
is to be made a free port. The pop
ulation is fleeing and it is reported
that all the Russian congress of
workmen’s and soldieis’ delegates
will not accept the German terms
which is taken to indicate the non
peace element of the Bolsheviki,
is gaining the upper hand. The re
fusal of peace treaty by the congress
when it meets in Moscow next w'eek
probably will cause the downfall of
Lenine and Trotzky. Reports from
Petrograd indicate the intervening
days will be used for recruiting an
army for preparing a defense against
the Germans. American Consul
Tredwell has returned to Petrograd
but probably will go to Moscow".
There is little activity except artil
lery fighting on the battle frontsi
mere are no details oi rue rtnierican
repulse of an enemy attack in Lor
raine, other than the French state
ment of yesterday.
The Armenia Was Torpedoed Off the
British Coast February
Ninth.
Associated Press Dispatch.
At an Atlantic Port, March 6.—It
was learned today that the American
steamship, Armenia, was torpedoed
and badly damaged off the British
coast February ninth. The vessel
was beached and crew arrived here.
The Armenia was a former German
merchantman.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Belfast, Saturday—Six hundred
and ten persons were aboard the
steamer, Calgarian, when it was tor
pedoed and sunk off the Irish coast.
Nearly five hundred have already
pen landed. The Calgarian was
struck by four torpedoes.
FRENCH SOLDIER
ARRESTED TODAY
Charged With Swindling French
Government On Truck and Auto
mobile Contracts.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 6.—-Frank J.
Goldsall, formerly a private in the
French army, was arrested here on a
warrant sworn out by Counsellor
Bergenron, of the French embassy,
charging larceny of from three and a
half to six million dollars from the
French government by moans of
j truck and automoDue contracts.
Federal authorities are asked to re
turn him to France.
PARIS PREPARED.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, March 6.—Paris was ready
for the German bombing expedition
which took place January 31. Fifty
new relief posts had been established
in Paris and the suburbs, where
“first aid” could be given to the
wounded or to the “gassed.” These
preparations along with daily warn
ings in the newspapers and hints as
to what to do in case of alarm had
given a sort of official support to
rumors that had been in the air for
months.
Parisians were warned to keep
their windows/ open, their blinds shut
and their lights shut. Full explan
ations as to the best model of gas
mask had been given them and the
sale of gas masks had increased.
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BANKER ELECT
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E. V. llolt, Cashier of the Bank of
Tuckerman, Is Chairman of
Group No. 2.
The meeting of Group No. 2, Ark- J
ansas Bankers’ Association, after a /
day’s interesting- and profitable ses
sion, was brought to a close yester
day afternoon. E. V. Holt, cashier
of tiie Banq of Tuckerman, was elect- ' p:<|
ed chairman of the group to serve
during the coining year. H. C. Ar- yfl
go, cashier of the First National ||
Bank of Cotton Plant, was chosen
secretary. J. H. Deener of Searcy J
was selected as chairman of the ex
ecutive committee, and Chas. G.
Henry, president of the ArkansaB 5
Bank and Trust Company of Newport, •:§§
was appointed chairman of the legis
lative committee.
The meeting of opened yesterday
morning with prayer by Rev. W. B.
Hays, and the address of welcome
was delivered by C. M. Erwin. Inter
esting talks from prominent bankers jf
and business men were made vjj
throughout the day, and the meeting
was one of the most profitable ever .
held in-this district. More than 75
bankers were present from thirteen ||
counties.
War Savings and Liberty Loan ||
were the principle subjects of ad
dresses, and from the enthusiasm ex
hibited, Ibis section of the state will ^
be greatly instrumental in making
these undertakings a success, as the
bankers are the force behind the |
movements.
WILL DEFINITELY
APPROVE PLAN
TO LIMIT CONTROL
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issociated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 6.— Conferees •
on the administration railYoad con
trol bill today definitely, appioved •
he tentative agreement limiting gov- .f
; ament control of carriers to twenty- j
one months after peace is declared. _.g
The conferees will meet tonight to ! yij
>ttlc the dispute over the rate mak- xj
ing authority.
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BUSINESS INCREASED. „ |j
\sRociated Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 6.|J||S
—“If it is. true to say that our Indus- t%
try is twice as rich as it. was befrff*.
the war, it is equally true that our big J
hanks arc twice as strong.” Thus
• ommencos the year’s review of the j||
Gorman banking position in the h||
Frankfurter Zeitung, the leading or
ran of German high finance.
According to the reviewer, 1917
was the year of amalgamations and
extensions in the German banking '-<*
world. Many small private banka
have been absorbed by their bigger i
brethren and the latter have branched
out in the allied countries and the
occupied territories.
There was an enormous increase
• n the number of new companies or
■ a i- d and of new stock issues, ac
cording to the Berliner Tageblatt.
One of the largest stock increases
rl is that of the German Aniline
Combine.
WILL HEAD DRIVE.
Soecial to Independent.
Little Rock, March 6—J. R. Vinson,
president of the Pout-hern i rust Co., . v
of Little Rock, who is to lead the
next Red Cross war fund drive in -s
Arkansas, has returned from Wash
ington and New York, where he went
! fully into the question with Henry .v*
! Davidson ard other high officials of >
the American Red Cross.
The campaign for the Red Cross
will open the middle of May and an |
effort will be made to have it end in
one week. Arkansas will probably
he asked for SI,000,000. .
Chairman Vinson will begin in
April to set up his campaign. This
is to be a very systematic affair,
and instead of having it all handled
from Little Rock, there will be a
district manager for each congress
ional district. He will be held re
sponsible for the work in that dis
trict, and under him will be a coun
ty manager for each county in the
district.
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