■ lie 1 'refers To Aw At
BplB ' .! To flake SiaMnn at.
^ 'J’he Associated Press.)
Lot i i,c. 11.- William Honour
^B '*t
efforts to prevent the euti-j
H break e war, accord ins>- to the
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Hjj^H fomner emperor '•-■ said to
■ aondeat . ;h
■BB ■ Pent I nek, :::s host, tlia' if
SgjJB •naant lie nre !*•••••< po-tpoa
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IMG FIELD FOR AIR- ‘ ti
IJj PL'NFS IN NEWPORT.11
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[ / There h;;s been considerable dis
kf cession and agitation during the past
H few days concerning a landing field;
• fy 'airplanes in Newport. Some be-;
I he4^<eve that a station should have been]
provided long ago, which jyould ]
W'v' have been a means of preventing the i
two accidents that have occured here j
IJ this week.
■ While the Independent has always
B tried to be progressive and extend
operation to every forward move
9BjBm<-i.',. having to do with the progress
^^B-d the city, this paper believes that :
establishment of airplane
■BHPfir; , in Newport at this time
>^5>;®-"-onid be an unwise move, ami will
>^^B|i.t..rmpt briefly to explain why such
Pt'sif*00 *s taken.
mQjjKniln the first place no one has come
B t Newport with a definite idea of
B -t what a landing place should be.
,, writer has talked to every lieu-,
BB^te'i^ snt who has come to the city and
B hardiy'Wny two of them agreed upon j
■ what it take, 'to provide a landing.
™ M field. No one in authority has ever:
/ given instructions with which New'- J
port might proceed. !,
Winter is setting in and very prob-,
ably cross country flights will cease,
shortly. There has been no assurance |
that Eberts Field is to be maintained. |
1 / There is a possibility of Newport |
k Being selected by the government as i
landing place for mail carrying
in such an event govern
Bithorilics will com- here an i
^B,h
^^^Bulatcd
BV probably that Newport
I me laim.
, establish a field here now the
„ would be required to spend at
ft $250t We might establish the
nil- never see another airplane,
^rmght put the field in one part
town and then perhaps would come
ng government locating parties for
^iil air route stations and decide
fhat we had proceeded along the
wrong lines and at the wrong point
if the city.
( We relieve that the best thing to
do is to stop where we are and wait
and see if the mail route from Dallas,
Txas, to St. Louis will include New
port.
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Splendid Talk On Red Cress Work
at County Court House.
The small numbt. if persons who
eard lion. A. D. V dliams of ('ni
mbus, Kansas, a . til - county court
ouse Tuesday night were greatly
leased with his dl •.•nurse, Mr. Wil
ams spoke on the work of the Red
ross and stress-, d the importance of
ewport and Jackson county people
siting behind the Red Cross Christ
as Membership Campaign and aid
tg in putting Eh drive through to
iceess.
An added feature to the speaking
•ogram was music rendered from
le Edison talkiiig inachinp the pho
■ aph in the sale of which B.
eul is meeting with splendid suc
:S.s here. Through the courtesy of
r. Reid a u nb ■ oi spl mdid selec
ons were ren-ien-d curing the even
ig.
Mr. Williams will pend a week in
v.s district >-n a .-.king tour be
>re returning1 to Kansas.
For Ingersol wr-.ches go to I. U.
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SYSTEMS ARE TIED I P
BY STRIKING CARMEN
(By The Associated Press.)
: isi.-eis City, Mo., Dec. 11.—The
;t>-' • r systems here and at Leav
jnworth were tied up this morning
is a result of a strike of car men.
doth strikes are due to wage contro
rersity.
A. ,'ompletc line of Bibles and Test
in:. nts at I. D. Price’s. 189bl7t
DISCISSION OF
PROLONGING ARM
ISTICE TO BEGIN.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Dec. 11.—Discussions
aver the prolongation of the armistice
will begin at Treves Thursday, ac
cording to the North German Gazette.
All shipping on the Rhine is now un
der control 01 the inter-allied com
mission.
We have a fine stock of Blanke s
Candies in fancy boxes. There is no
better candy on the market.—I. D.
prj, . 189bl7t
Casualty List
The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general of the
American Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action-20:5
Wounded severely-Sod
Wounded (degree undetermined) 213
Wounded slightly-1^4
Missing in action-d04
Total _-1.595
Arkansans included in today's list
are the following:
Killed in action, Simon Munn, Hel
ena; Layton Austin, Harrisburg.
Wounded severely, Ernest L. Gro
gan Augusta; Elbert Milligan
Scottsville; Tuffie H. Tuller, Buck
ner; Jesse N. Pearce, Magnolia,
William F. Trieschman, Crossett;
Casplin S. Martin, Jonesboro; Ray
mond R- Roberts, Cato.
Missing in action, George V. Gil
lian], Judsonia; James Rose, Nash
ville.
Died of disease, Peter Byrd, Pine
Bluff; Fred Cornelius De Bour, Har
dy;" ’ Freeman Laudermilk, Blact
Springs; Harry Walker, Cabot; Wil
liam R. Cravens, Scotland.
Wounded, degree undetermined
Virgil Ginger, Tuckerman; Olivei
D. Smith, Swifton, Frank Blanken
ship Dalto; Elmr Smart, Hunting
ton;’, Marian Odell, farmaduke
Lum!Lancaster, Grubbs; AVilliam E
drag/, Grubbs; Blythe Jo.ner, Jones
3ord|
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URGED GOiiRSE
Ami President Will Arrive in Brest
In Advance Of the Time An
nounced, Says Dispatch.
(By The Associated Press.)
Brest, Dec. 11.—The transport
George Washington, with President
Wilson and his party aboard, changed
its course after leaving the Azores
and will arrive at Brest in advance
of the time announced, according to
a naval dispatch. The president is
now expected to reach Brest at ten
o’clock Friday morning.
ARKANSAS STRICTLY
AGAINST PROPOSED
BRICK RATE INCREASE
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 11.—Arkansas
will make a protest against the pro
posed increase in the brick rates for
this territory, that is under consider
ation by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Railroad Commissioner
Wood and Wilson went to St. Louis
last night to appear before the Com
mission today and enter an official
and formal protest.
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War Minister And Other Turks
. Fled Into Germany.
(By The Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, Tuesday, Dec. 10.—
Turkey has demanded the extradi
tion of Talaat Pasha, former grand
vicier, and Enver Pasha, former war
minister, and other members of the
former Turkish government who fled
to Germany. The Wolff Bureau, the
semi-official Berlin news agency,
says that Enver Pasha and Talaat
Pasha are not to be extradited, but
others charged with ordinary politi
cal crimes will be extradited.
COMPANY E. BOY KILLED.
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Batesville, Dec. 10.—Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Smith have received a message
stating that their son, .James Coy
Smith, had been killed in action in
France November 10, the day before
(he close of the war. He was 23 and
volunteered for service at Newport.
The relatives of Henry Kirk of
Sidney received word that he was
wounded in the last days of the fight
ing in France.
Subscribe for the Independent.
Arccin Newspaper V' hicii
li.s tea Statement I'rom £>-: i;i.>
Minder foreign Affairs.
Tiie .Associated Press.)
T, oi. .'an. Tuesday, Pec. 10. Pi
gium cPims the peace confeivnc ■
wiil he uii acted not only a •’ains
j ( erni. hut against, Holland, ar
or lin.; to the Antwerp M< tropole,
which prints a statement hj the Pel
' ginn minister of foreign affairs. The
minister is quoted as saying that ob
viously the first demand from (in
many will he the restitution of all of
which "we were robbed in a hundred
, ways," and lie referred to a l ee; nt
speech from the throne in which
j reference was made to old treaties,
the pa.: age in question wd deal e
preisiiy with the international treaty
>f IS:id “which depriv'd Pol- urn of
several provinces and made of Noth
' erland Martel- lower Schehl.
We have a large and complete lim
of hooks bj p :"u!ar authors. Books
are always acceptable as Christmas
ore mats. See our stock before you
- buy. i. D. Price. lS!)bl7t
! COTTON PICKER SUCCESS
FULLY DEMONSTRATED.
j Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 11.—A practical
machine cotton picker has recently
been successfully demonstrated on
several Pulaski county plantations.
It does the work of a half dozen hand
pickers and picks clean, with tak
ing the leaves and bolls. The promot
ers of the Cotton Picking Company
of America, headquarters at Atlanta
and Chicago, contemplates the estab
lishment of a district assembling
plant in Little Rock for two or three
states. The machine is already in
successful operation in Alabama,
Georgia and several other states, and
is believed to be the solution of one
of the most vexatious problems in
the growing of cotton.
Dolls of all sizes and prices all
made in America.—I. D. Price.189bl4
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COTTON REPORT.
(I?y The Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 11.— The total
production of cotton in the United
States for the season of 1918 will j
amount to 11,700,000 bales of five
hundred pounds gross weight, the de
partment of agriculture announced
today. This is exclusive of linters.
THREE MILL ROAD TAX
CARRIED IN 36 COUNTIES.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 11.—<n the recent
election Bradley and Cleburne coun
ties voted for the repeal of the Pub
licity Act, which was initiated by
the people several years ago, and la
ter amended so that its continuance
should be left to the several counties.
An election was held on the subjct in
Lee county, but the people voted in
favor of it.
The three mill road tax carried in
thirty-six counties, every one of
which voted on the subject. For some
reason, it was left off the ballet in all
the other counties, and those counties
will have no road tax this year. The
attorney general has ruled that it is
not sufficient to hae written it on
the ballot.
The counties that will have no road
tax are Arkansas, Ashley, Boone,
Chicot, Crawford, Crittenden, Dallas,
Desha, Drew, Falkner, Fulton, Gar
land, Grant, Greene, Howard, Inde
pendence, Izard, Logan, Madison,
Miller, Mississippi, Monroe, Mont
gomery, Nevada, Phillips, Pike, Poin
sett, Polk, Prairie, Pulaski, SaHne,
Seier, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, “Un
ion, Van Buren, Washington and
Woodruff.
It is the first time in the history of
the state since the 3 mill road tax
was authorized that t^ie election offi
cials have by the wholesale forgotten
or neglected to include it in th& Sub
jects to be "'•'ted on in the ^general
election.
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t ‘iinl < n.in S. \ 'flier Was .V.
Possibilitv I o’ peace Several
limes, Block' <1 By IBins.
(By Til.* Associated Press.)
\ ieiiiia, iU'*iiday. I>< . in. Count;
<i i n"in, fie-nier Austro-11 imgarinn,
f. it'i;i mims'li :', discussing' the ef
forts of Mu Austrian government to
end the vv:i>- dc,dared i.lie Brest-Li
tovsk treaty was ! In* work of German
I.udendjri'ff as the man who stood be
tween tie- (,'enlr t! Powers and peace.
On numerous occasions efforts to in
duce the German government to
make conee dm. ; seemed at times
near success, but Ludendorff was ad
amant. Czernin expressed the hope
. for an ngrement among the nations to
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Cl I 'i ON id DA), ' \ KN
PI A STUPE l\s 'I'll Id NEXT
Yesterday an aviator looped the.
I loop, did spiral stunts, and executed --i
| many another thrilling act thousands
nf feet in the air above the fair city
of Newport. People stared and mar
veled. Today ye olde time team of ~-~i
oxen plied our streets drawing a log
i wagon. People stood and stared and*
I let fond memory hark back to the
j days when airplanes were unthought
I of and oxen universal. Can you beat
| it? r.
The oxen referred to were six in
number, and were driven by W. E.
Koettle, who has a contract to haul
large walnut logs fom V. O. Jones’
mill below town to the Cotton Plant
Veneering Company’s plant northeast
of town.
At that we contend that the an
cient oxen look safer and can b
pended upon to make a safe lar
when they get there. So don’t n
fun of ’em.
For a real useful Christmas prt
sent there is nothing better than fc
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stock of all sizes on hand. I. I).
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KRUPPS MUNITIONS ■
PLANT WILL BE PUT
ON PEACE FOOTING- 1
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Dec. il—Directors of
the Krupp munitions works have an
nounced their intention to transfer
the plant into a factory devoted to
the arts of peace, according to the
Cologne Gazette.
1,000 MEN DISCHARGED
DAILY AT CAMP PIKE.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 11—There are
now 32,000 soldiers left at Camp Pike,
and they are being dischargd as rap
idly as the papers can be made out
and the accounts checked up. This
has been at the rate of about 500 a
day, but this was doubled this week, > -y
and now 1,000 men are being dis
charged daily. • j
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