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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1914- _NUMBER 95.
1 ROOSEVELT ASKS
TO BE HEARD
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Upon How This Country Secur
ed Panama Zone and Accepts
Full Responsibility.
United Press Dispatch
Washington, D. C., July 22- —
Assuming full responsibility for
all acts in connection with the
acquisition of the Panama Canal
Zone, ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt today asked a
hearing before the Senate For
eign Relations Committee on the
Columbian Treaty proposing re
paration. “I am solely responsi
ble for what was done/' said the
Colonel.
Roosevelt said in a letter to
Chairman William Joel Stone
that he wanted to make a full
statement of exactly what he
did, what was done by his orders
and state other reasons therefor;
also to answer any questions the
committee might choose to ask.
No action was taken on the re
quest as a quorum was lacking,
but> Chairman Stone plainly in
dicated that he was personally ,
opposed to hearing Roosevelt- j
A r true T.icense Before Mavor. i
Jn the mayor’s court Wednes
day afternoon, the right of the
city to require dray license of
those hauling dirt for the bridge
levee, was being heard, John W
Stayton representing the city
and Gustave Jones the defend
ants, who were Dutchman West
and Joe Armstrong.
There were about forty teams
engaged in hauling dirt Wednes
day and they are being paid at
the rate of $3 per day. The only
two parties, who are now receiv
ing pay by the load 221/2 cents
per yard are the two defendants
named, for whom bond is to be
given in the event the courts
hold that they must pay dray li
cense to the city.
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Confessed He Shot Anderson.
United Press Dispatch.
t St. Louis, July 22—Edward
King surrendered today and
confessed that he shot Felix An
derson, the terminal railroad of
, . ficial. King declared that he
* pleaded for reinstatement by
Anderson before he shot- The
defense will plead that he was
}( unable to get work, and became
desperate and was temporarily
insane. Anderson identified
King.
Moving Pictures
the Opera House
ELIZABETH’S PRAYER
How it saved her mother from
committing suicide and reunites
her parents. Mabel Van Buren,
Harold Lockwood and Baby Lil
lian Wade. i
Drama—(SELIG)
TIMING CLPID
He is obliged to marry within
a certain time limit. He over
sleeps. Don’t fail to see how the
day is saved. Wallie Van, Lil
lian Walker,. Rankin Drew.
A Comedy—(VITAGRAPH __
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A ROMANCE OF THE
NORTHWEST
A good story of the Canadian
woods. A very strong drama.
(LUBIN)
I* An Extra Good Program. Don’t
Miss It.
^ ADMISSION, 5c and 10c
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Beats Letter Home
Sedalia, Ky., July 16, 1914.
Dear Editor:
I enclose notice of Sunday’s
services. Please publish Satur
day- I am having a splendid
time. It is raining in spots over
here- The tobacco crop is al
most a complete failure. The
corn will be good if there are
plenty of rains- The people
.have garnered a very good
wheat crop.
Chickens are full ripe. We are i
thoroughly enjoying this week j
at the farm home—Have so
many relatives that will not be ■
able to see them all. I expect
to be back to Newport in time
for services Sunday morning
Mrs. Wilford and the children
will return to McKenzie, Tenn.,
for several days before coming
back to Newport.
Very Sincerely,
B. L- WILFORD.
The above interesting letter
of Pastor Wilford in which he
briefly mentions chicken, a
long with the other crops of
Kentucky, was received two
days after the pastor reached
home- Of course the Independ
ent didn’t publish the notice of
Sunday services, not having re
ceived it. We have heard no ex-!
planation as yet, but to all mar
ried men who carry their wives’
letters in their pockets several
days before mailing, the answer
is easy, only we are as a rule
more careful about our own let
ters. Then, too, that one line j
about “ripe chickens” might fur- j
nish a clue if Mr. Wilford lives j
up to a Methodist minister’s
reputation along that line
C- L. McCain Leaves Hamilton
Brown Co.
C. L. McCain of this city, one
of the best known traveling
salesmen, who has been for six
teen years with the Hamilton
Brown Shoe Company, as the
representative in Northeast Ar
kansas and Southeast Missouri,
also a long time a member of
the board of directors, has re
signed his position to accept a
similar position with the Mc
Elroy Shoe Company of St.
Louis, this company being the
western division of the Crad
dock-Terry Shoe Company of
Lynchburg, Va., the house that
ships more shoes to the south
than any other concern in the
United States- Mr McCam will
retain his stock in the Hamilton
Brown Shoe Company.—Jones
boro Tribune.
Agricultural Demonstrator A r
rives
D- Theibault of Little Rock,
arrived in our city Wednesday
and will take charge of the work
as agricultural demonstrator for
Jackson county, to succeed the
late J. P. Hearst.
Mr. R. C. Davidson, special ag
ricultural agent for this section,
is here with Mr- Thiebault and
.recommends him very highly as
one thoroughly familiar with his
work. He will enter his duties
at once, going out into the coun
ty to meet our farmers and con
tinue the excellent work plan
ned by his predecessor
Singers, Take Notice
Every member of the differ
ent church choirs and all who
who can and will assist in the
music for the Sunday School
j Convention which convenes in
i this city Saturday, July 25th, is
[earnestly urged to meet Thurs
day evening at 7:30 at the
! Christian church for a rehear
sal. Come, we need you
Music Committee.
TRIPLE MURDERER
SUICIDES IN CELL
Lawrence Robinson Cuts His
Throat With The Shank of
His Shoe
United Press Dispatch.
Boston, Mass., July 22.—Law
rence Robinson on trial fol* the
murder of Inspector Norton,
who had sought Robinson’s ar
rest for a triple murder at
Grand Rapids, Michigan, was
found dead in his cell this morn
ing- He had killed himself by
cutting his throat with a shoe
shank. The prison officials re
fuse to make any statement, but
District Attorney Pelletier has
admitted the fact.
Pelletier later announced that
Robinson was found at seven
o’clock by a watchman and was
lying in a pool of blood on his
cot- He was in a normal condi
tion at 6 o’clock for the guard
noticed him at that time- He
evidently waited until the six
o’clock guard had passed so
that he might have plenty of
time to bleed to death. Both
his neck and left wrist were bad
ly gashed by an instrument
sharpened against the stones of
his cell. The instrument is
thought to be the shank of a
shoe.
Robinson’s mother announced
recently at home that she
would endeavor to save her son
by revealing a secret of thirty
five years in attempting to prove
tnat a prenatal miiuence caused
her boy to become a murderer.
Marriage License.
Willie James and Fannie Hyde
colored, both of Tupelo,
Henry Malone and Lillie Swan
son, both of Newport.
W- A- Eiland and Mrs. Annie
Horton, both of Stegall.
John Banks and Estella Grice,
colored, both of Newport.
Tom Tucker and F .M. Sexton,
both of Tuckerman.
Norman Sanders and Hattie
McFarland, both of Newport.
Sil Halliburton and Mattie
Wise, colored, both of New
port
L. Walker and Vida Coffie, col
ored, both of Newport.
James W. Luker, Newport,
and Mrs. Cora Wallace, Monette.
John McGuire and Minnie
Scott, both of Newport
T- H. Howard and Julia B.
Bolin, both of Newport.
A- Z. Hyde and Dollie Wil
liams, colored, both of New
port.
Alex Barker and Lucy Dill,
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C. L. Yearry and Rosie Ca
they, both of Newport
Art hur Corley, Shoffner, and
! Mildred Harris, Auvergne.
T. N- Humphreys and Mabel
Johnson, both of Newport
Wm- Hicks and Deborah Bur
ton, colored, both of Newport.
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Asquith Takes Responsibility.
United Press Dispatch.
London, July 22—Premier
Asquith today accepted full re
sponsibility for the speech of the
king yesterday in opening the
conference of leaders of parlia
ment in an attempt to settle the
home rule controversy- A storm
j of protest followed this refer
ence and the “cry of civil war”
by the king is charged as indi
; eating that his Majesty intends
to support the Unionists, over
stepping his authority and tak
ing sides in a political issue
Asquith insisted that the kinj
was within his rights.
Sheriff Settles With State.
Sheriff J F. McCuistion when
in Little Rock Tuesday made his
i final settlement with the state,
the amounts collected from the
various state tax levies being as
follows:
State general, $15,46107.
State school $20,614.76.
Confederate pensions, $10,
307-37.
State capitol, $858-94.
Automobile license, $166.00.
Cattle tax, $456.20
The settlement with County
I Treasurer Ivy has been made for
| all funds except poll tax and
i ditching districts. The county
j general tax was $36,242-94, the
| various school districts, $44,
683-99, various road districts,
$20,614.
! The number of poll taxes paid
wTas 3582.
For the various special school
dstricts of the county, there has
been paid in the following a
mounts:
Newport Special, $12,459-74.
Tuckerman Special, $3,726176
Jacksonport Special, $333-73.
Grubbs Special, $630.
Denmark Special, $129-32.
Masons Vs- Elks.
The diamond supremacy of the
Elks or Masons is to be deter
mined Thursday afternoon at the
park, the line-up for the game
being announced as folows:
ELKS—Vaughn, p-; Stallings,
c ; Childers, lb.; Lockard, 2b.;
Hirsch, ss.; Dunaway 3b.; Black
wood, If.; Bennett, cf-; Lynn,rf.;
Mack, utility.
MASONS—Pate, p-; Stallings,
c.; Bevans, lb-; Worel, 2b.; Dick
ens, ss.; Fairchild, 3b-; H. E.
Dowell, If.; McCuistion, cf-; Dav
enport, rf.
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Automobiles For Hire.
When you want to make a
quick and easy trip, telephone
21. Rates, $2 per hour. Day
or night service. L- W. WAT
SON, Ford Motor Co. 85btf.
Specials this week—Fresh salt
ed peanuts, 25c; Toasted marsh
mallows, 25c; Fruit balls, assort
ed flavors, 18c. The above are
35c and 40c a pound regular.
Bowen's Cash Store. 93d6
DEFENSE WINS
FIRST POINT
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In Trial of Mme- Caillaux—Em*
j ploye Says Editor Offeied
$5,000 Francs for Interview
With First Wife.
| United Press Dispatch.
Paris, July 22.—Attorney La
bori for the defense won the
first victory in the trial of Mme
Caillaux today when Prosecutor
Herbaux answered his demand
for a statement whether the pa
pers existed attacking the Cail
laux honor through a scandal in
connection with the Morrocoan
affair, by declaring that the al
leged documents did not exist
Counsel representing the Cal
mette interests protested vio
lently declaring that the trial
was becoming a political white
washing for Caillaux, which was
followed by a demonstration for
the dead editor by friends.
Caillaux vigorously defended
his patriotism and denounced
the attacks upon him. Cheers
and hisses greeted him from the
crowd.
A gunsmith’s clerk of Fromen
tin, testified that Mme. Caillaux
purchased an automatic revolver
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a life sized silhouette man. Wit
nesses who saw her the day of
the murder described her as re
minding them of a “hunted ani
mal”. Others told of the means
employed by Calmette to make
a fight on Caillaux
Princess Demesagne Estrad
ere, former society editor of
Le Figaro, who resigned shortly
after the killing, testified that
the editor offered her more than
$30,000 francs if she would ar
range an interview with Mme.
Gueydan, the divorced wife of
Caillaux, but she refused- Mme.
Estradere said that Calmette
then offered a friend of Hers the
same amount if she would ar
range the interview, but she also
refused.
Witness said she told Mme
Caillaux of the incident- The
purpose of an interview she said
was for the editor to obtain cer
tain letters for publication.
Others testified that after the
publication of the personal let
ters Mme. Caillaux showed more
concern than her husband.
Through Editor Duesnil of Lea
parel it was established that
Mme- Caillaux’ depression was
due to fear of the publication of
more letters and not to some
other documents.
Canada Stops Hindu Immi
grants.
United Press Dispatch
Vancouver, B. C., July 22.—
The Japanese steamer Komoga
ta, with 350 Hindus aboard, was
refused admittance to Canada
under the immigration laws and
provisioned today to be return
ed to the Orient
Card of Thanks.
Our Friends and Neighbors
who came to our assistance in
our hour of need, we can only
say “Thank you! Thank you!”
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gibson
RESULTS TELL
There Can Be No Doubt About
Results In Newport
Results tell the tale
All doubt is removed.
The testimony of a Newport
citizen.
Can he easilv investigated.
What better proof can be had?
Mrs- F. W. Faulkner, 418 New- j»
port Ave., Newport, says: “My , §
back was very weak and ached t
constantly, making it hard for |
me to stoop. I frequently had se
vere headaches and my kidneys
acted irregularly. I used e box
of Doan’s Kidney Pills and they
gave such relief.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy
—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the |
same that Mrs- Faulkner had.
Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buf
falo, n. y. ^ | '|j
Steamboat Excursion.
We will give another excur
sion Tuesday evening, July 28, 4
aboard the City of Muskogee, /
leaving Newport at 8 o’clock for /
a trip down the river. Music and /
dancing. Round trip 50 cents. / -J
95d6. Captain F. L. Inman.
Bailey Heard of Jonesboro ar- I /j
rived here this morning, being
called to the bedside of his fa
ther, Mr- J. B. Heard, who is
quite sick
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Straw Hats
Thai old “straw” of yours is beginning
to show signs of hard wear about this time.
You can purchase a fresh, clean, new
Hat now at a small price.