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POLITICAL ANNOUNCE
MENTS.
The Independent is authoriz
ed to announce the following
persons as candidates for public
office, subject to the action of
the Democratic party:
For County Superintendent—
J. M. Balch.
Garland E. Land.
A. J. Garner.
Z. D. Barber
H. L. Thomas
, For Congress —
Wm. A. Hodges
W. D. Davenport.
r W. A. Oldfield
For County Treasurer—
W. D._ McLain.
Charles K. Coe.
For County Judge :
John A. Melville.
R. F. Tyer...
W. M. Tjp*r
■j ^ W.Arldink.
For Sheriff and Collector—
1 Terry Guin.
; ‘ J. M. Ivy.
For Representative:
R. T. Simmons
For County Clerk:
J. F. Parish.
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TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS.
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 20.—(Cor
respondence of The Associated Press)
| —British and: Turkish delegates, who
^-Jiave been conferring here for some
I time in regard to a proposed ex
j change of prisoners, have closed their
i negotiations after reaching what the
1 British delegates describe as “a sat
% isfactory arrangement.”
| The negotiations provide not only
for the exchange of prisoners, but
1 aho for a complete inspection of pris
: on camps. Turkey has about 10,00'
{ British prisoners, mostly Indians,
f while Great Britain has 50,000 Turks.
' It is expected that the agreement
i will will be immediately ratified and
f within a few weeks the first exchange
| will be made on Swiss soil, 1,000
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Germans in Brasil Guilty of Kind
Work They Did in the United States
i Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil, Nov. 30
—(Correspondence of The Associated
Press)—Prompted by the belief that
German residents have fomented and
supported railway strikes and other
labor troubles in southern Brazil, the
Brazilian government has prepared
to take severe steps to prevent any
further German inspired disturb
ances.
Large forces of troops now are
quartered in Southern Brazil and
custom houses at Port Alegre and
Rio Grande are filled with artillery,
which can be transported quickly to
any other points in the southern
part of the country.
By suppressing newspapers printed
in the German language and by clos
ing German schools and removing
German priests frem Catholic
schools, the government has sue- j
cceded in blocking a large part of the j
German propaganda and a strict;
censorship prevents the spreading of j
news regarding German unrest or the j
government's steps for overcoming it. i
There is general talk however,1
throughout Brazil, even by Brazilian
officials, to the effect that the Ger
mans have not given up their attempt
to harrass the Brazilian government
and embarrass its shipments to the
entente allies. Municipal officers in
one of the principal towns of the
western part of the state of Rio
Grande Do Sul told me that their in
vestigations had led them to believe
that German support was largely re
sponsible for the success and long
duration of the recent railroad
strikes and that they also were con
vinced that the strikes were part of
a revolutionary plan which has n
been entirely crushed.
On several occasions Brazilian peo
pie have set fire to the property of
Germans as a protest against their
defiant and disrespectful manner to
ward the Brazilian goernment.
Of the 1,838,240 people living in
the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, it is
estimated that 40,000 are of German
birth or first generation descendants
of Germans and it has been official
ly reported that there arc 10,000
German reservists in the German
rifle clubs of this state alone. These
Germans have practically controlled
the commercial enterprises in this
part of Brazil.
Even after Brazil broke diplomat
ic relations with Germany the cam
paign of the Germans was kept up
and German business houses in Rio
Grande Do Sul and Porto Alegre
flew the German flag from their win
dows without the customary courtesy
of flying the Brazilian flag with it.
The Brazilians were denied member
ship in the German clubs and the
German shooting ranges.
Finally, soon after the declaration
of war, the Austrian consul in Rio
Grande Do Sul attempted to smug
gle several interned German sailors
out of the city and to one of the
German colonies in the state of San
ta Catharina whence they could have
found their way into Paraguay or Ar
gentina. The fugitive sailors were
recaptured but the consul succeeded
in reaching Paraguay.
As soon as the people became
aware of this they formed into a mob
and marched through the streets
burning German goods and stoning
German buildings as was done in
Buenos Aires. The German club in
Rio Grande was burned and bonfires
were built in the streets into which
were thrown the merchandise that
was thrown out of the German shops.
British invalid prisoners, being ex- j
changed for 1,500 Turks. After this !
exchange there will be an examina- j
ton of all prisoners under a low
schedule of disability by t mixed:
commission of Turkish and British
doctors, this arrangement doing away
with the delay incident to the em
ployment of neutral doctors.
The negotiations with the Turks
proved far more satisfactory than the
British delegates had expected. The
discussions were conducted in a con
cilatory spirit on both sides. A num
ber of supplementary agreements
were reached regarding treatment of
prisoners hereafter.
RATIONING A SUCCESS.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 2.—Rationing of meat,
flour and sugar has been an unquali
ned success in British hotels and res
taurants, according to a report from
the Ministry of Food. The reports
received from the proprietors show
that some hotels have used only half
of their allowance of meat, while nu
merous eating places have been 30 to
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35 per cent under their ration of
bread and flour. The best report on
sugar showed a total amount used of
only two-thirds of the official allow
ance.
Under the present regulations, ho
tels and restaurants are allowed to
use two ounces of meat for break
fast and five ounces for lunch and
dnner. The other allowances are
eight ounces of bread, two ounces of
flour and one ounce of sugar daily.
THE MOST ASTONISrf
ING THINGS IN PARIS
Assocaited Press Dispatch.
Paris, Feb. 2.—One of the French
trench newspapers has been asking
soldiers returning from leave what
astonished them most in Paris. Here
are a few typical replies:
To see people sitting down to their
meals.
To see unoccupied cellars.
To find there are women who are
are not grocers.
To find people who want to go to
the country.
To see funerals.
To be asked to sit down when get
ting one’s hair cut.
To hear civilians complaining
about their hardships.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
On account of the bad condition of
the weather the tax collector was un
able to reach the following points as
advertised, and will appear at the
places on these dates:
Cache township, Algoa, Tuesday,
February 8.
Cow Lake township, Eight Mile,
Wednesday, February 20.
Cow Lake township, Proctor’s
School House, Thuisday, February
21.
Cow Lake township, Gourd Neck,
Friday, February 22.
Cache township, Burton’s Store,
Saturday, February 23.
Bateman township. Surrounded
Hill School House, Monday, Febru
ary 25.
J. M. IVY,
Sheriff and Collector Jackson Coun
ty, Arkansas.
U-INIEUE
PUnjLLEEED
Berlin Declares Big Sum of Money
Was Raised in Washington to Fo
ment Trouble in Germany.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 2.—Berlin dispatches
published in Cologne newspapers de
scribe in detail an alleged Anglo
American plot to foment revolutions
in countries of the Central Powers,
according to an Amsterdam dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph. It is
declared two hundred and fifty mil
lion marks were subscribed in Wash
ington to the organization, which was
to be under the leadership of Senator
Stone, Earl Reading and Viscount
Northcliffe.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, I
have taken up the following live
stock, to-wit:
One dark, fawn colored Jersey cow,
about n12 years old; no marks or
brands.
The owner of said stock is hereby
notified to come forward and prove
to the undersigned and that in de
fault thereof I will on
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, in front of
the city hall in the City of Newport,
Arkansas, between the hours of 10
o’clock a. m. and 3 o’clock in the af- <
ternoon of said date.
G. C. MARTIN,
244dl0t. City Marshl.
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