Chief of Police of Berlin Has Been
fared But Many Of His Sup
porters Escaped.
(By The Associated Press.)
Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 10—(5:30 p.
m.)—Government forces are in com
plete control of the section of the in
ner city between the Brandenburg
gate and Freidrichsteasse. Eichom,
the Spartican police chief, escaped
but many of his supporters were cap
tured. Orders were issued prohibit
ing processions. Spartacans appar
ently are losing hope. They failed to
summon a mass meeting of support
ers today. The streets are almost de
serted
Determined attacks by govern
ment forces on the plants of the Tag
eblatt and Vossiche Zeitung, which
still are in the hands of Spartacans,
have been going on with short inter
vals of inaction since noon. Police
headquarters is still in the hands of
Spartacans.
It is estimated that two hundred
persons have been killed in fighting
in Berlin since Monday.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Thursday, Jan. 9.— The
latest news from Berlin indicates that
the Ebert government is steadily
gaining control and that the Sparta
i ..... ofomont crrnrlnnllv is losinff
ground. Gustave Noske, in charge of
government defensive measures,
seems to have matters well in hand.
He has gained control of railways and
is bringing large forces of troops in
to the city where a state of siege has
been declared.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Thursday, Jan. 9.—Re
ports that Dr. Karl Liebknecht has
proclaimed a new government in Ger
many is contradicted by the Frank
fort Gazette, which declares the naval
division has broken off relations with
Liebknecht and the Independent So
cialists. The German of Berlin says
*t learns that a thousand Russian Bol
shevists ' have arrived in Berlin dis
guised as German soldieers.
FIRST ARKANSAS RICE TO
BE SHIPPED BVT BARGE.
Little Rock, Jan. 9.—For the first
time in the history of the Arkansas
rice industry, the cereal has been
shipped out of the state by river, ac
cording to information received yes
terday by H. M. Cottrell, agricultur
alist of the Arkansas Profitable
Farming Bureau of the Little Rock
Board of Commerce.
Mr. Cottrell received a letter from
W. A. Prange of Crockett’s Bluff,
on the White River, which said that a
barge loaded with rice was pulled out
there yesterday byt the Misssissippi
river steamboat Scott. The rice was
consigned to New Orleans. The load
bought more than $45,000. It was
loaded by Prange Bros. The letter
said that a second barge was to be
loaded with rice yesterday.
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PROCEDURE AGAINST
FORMER GERMAN KAIS
ER HAS BEEN ADVISED
(By The Associated Press.)
London, January 10—Proceedings
against the former German emperor
is advised in a special report of the
subcommittee of a commission
charged with inquiring into violations
of the laws of war.
TEMPORARY NAVAL
FORCE OF 225,000
MEN DECIDED ON.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 10.—A temporary
naval force of 225,000 enlisted men
for the year, beginning in July was
decided on by the House Naval Sub
committee of the naval appropriation
bill. This is twenty-five thousand
less than recommended by Daniels.
SHIP HITS MINE.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 10.— The British
steamer, Northumbria, struck a mine
off Middlesbrough. It is believed
; that most of the crew was lost.
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TROOPS CUSH
MJSTRIKERS
A General Strike Has Been Declared
In Argentine Republic and Grave
Disorders Follow.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Buenos Aires, Jan. 19.—A general
strike was declared throughout the
! Argentine republic at midnight last
night. The order for a general strike
followed disorders yesterday incident
to a strike here, which resulted in
more than two hundred casualties.
' Most of the serious fighting was at
the Vasena iron works, where troops
and strikers clashed. Infantry and
cavalry forces numbering six thous
and were called into the city from
provinces and the city was placed un
der guard of soldiers.
A thunderstorm this morning
cleared the streets of idlers, and the
business center became quiet. Those
in close touch with the situation,
however, said) the respite is only
temporary and expressed uneasiness
at what might happen later. During
the disorder yesterday and after the
burial of five persons killed in Tues
day’s disturbances, a crowd burned a
Pacific Railway passenger train,
tore up the tracks and burned the
Catholic church and a girls’ school
adjoining.
VON BERNSTORFF IN
ON ANOTHER PLOT.
Washington, Jan. 9.—Plans of
Count von Bemstorff and Dr. H. F.
Mbert to carry on a German marine
insurance business in the United
States under the guise of an Ameri
can company were described to the
Senate committee investigating Ger
man propaganda today by A. Bruce
Bielaski, former head of the bureau of
investigation.
The plan was presented to the Ger
man government, which approved it,
Mr. Bielaski said, with the under
standing that it would be kept secret
until the United States entered the
war, but when America did go to war
the scheme fell through.
Mr. Bielaski said that the 700,000
members of the American Portective
League watching for activities of Ger
man agents prevented many acts of
violence against the United States
during the war.
“If Germany had landed an army
here on the Potomac.” he said;
“many men who were making speeches
for the Liberty loan would have car
ried a German flag.
Major Roy D. Keehn of the judge
advocate general’s department who
in civil life is attorney for William
Randolph Hearst’s newspaper inter
ests in Chicago, appeared before the
committee and denied that any monej
furnished by brewers for the pur
! chase of the Washington Times by
Arthur Brisbane had been used by Mr
Hearst for the purchase of the Chi
gago Herald. He said the latter was
a separate transaction between the
Herald and Mr. Hearst.
i Join the Red Cross.
Relation of the Town
and Rural Community
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I Following is a paper read by
Charles L. Mariner, the efficient man
ager of the Newport Chamber of
Commerce, before a meeting of sec
retaries and managers of commer
cial organizations at Rochester, N. Y.,
November 20th last:
Experience has emphasized emphat
ically the necessity of enlisting for
the betterment of rural life, the sup
port of the town, of its commercial
organizations, and of its business
leaders. Heretofore, agricultural
agencies have worked somewhat ex
clusively with farmers and farmer’s
organizations. Until recently, they
have not largely worked with or on
the business world, and the business
world has, relatively speaking, dis
played an indifference to the prob
lems of rural life, or at least has not
given them the requisite effective
study, and sympathtic aid. In fact it
may be said, relatively speaking, that
there has been a neglect of the rural
life by the nation as a whole. We
have been so bent on building up
great industrial centers in rivaling
other nations of the world in manu
facturing, and so busy trying to
make each city larger by the next
census, that we have in a great meas
ure, overlooked the very foundation
of our industrial existence. It has
been assumed that we had a natural
monopoly on agriculture, and that it
I would take care of itself, consequent
intimately dependent on agriculture,
and vast numbers of cities and towns
owe their well-being and existence ex
clusively to it. The amazing thing is
that so few recognize the fact, or if
they do, act accordingly. In not a
j few cases, the relation of the town
to the surrounding country is one of
hostility, and in many cases in ef
fect, amazingly selfish. Illustration
of the truth of these assertions are
not far to seek. They are found not
only in no action on the part of cities
and towns, but also in the positive re
sistance to participation in plans and
legislation essential for the upbuild
ing of the country districts. They
are found on struggles against the
apportionments of school taxes, and
road funds, and opposed to better
sanitary arrangements. They are
rooted in the short-sighted attitude
of bankers and business men toward,
not only the needs of the rural popu
lation, but also- legislative proposals
designed to remedy prevailing gener
al conditions. The town and country
are in the same boat; and what is
best for one, is in the long run likely
to be conducive to the welfare of the
other.
Business men and business organi
zations myst join the other greater
elements in society and become effec
tive students of agricultural prob
lems, and efficient instruments in
bettering rural life. The problems
ly recklessness and waste has existed
on a terrific scale.
We have been prone to indulge in
praise of farm life and in flattery of
farmers, and too little disposed to
take effective steps to lend aid.
President Wilson was right, when he
said, “It has singularly enough coma
to pass that we have allowed the in
dustry of our farms to lag behind the
other activities of the country in its
development." Quoting the president
again, “I need not stop to tell you
how fundamental to the life of the
nation is the production of its food.
Our thoughts may ordinarily be con
centrated upon the cities and the
hives of industry, but it is from the
quiet interspaces of the open valleys
and the free hillsides, that we grow
the source of life and prosperity,
from the farm and the ranch, from
the forests and from the mines.
Without these, every street would be
silent,every office deserted, and every
factory fallen into disrepair.” And
yet the farmer does not stand upon
the same footing as the forester and
the miner in the market of credit. He
is the servant of the seasons. Na
ture determines how long he must
wait for his crops, and will not be
hurried in her processes. He may
give his note, but the season of its
maturity depends on the season when
his crops mature; lies at the gates
of market where his products are
sold, and the security he gives is of
a nature not known in the broker’s
office, or as familiar as it might be,
on the counter of the banker.
The largest cities in the land are
are 'exceedingly numerous and sum
I ciently difficult to tax the best of
the men in the nation. There is
much to be done for soil improvement,1
for plant and animal breeding, for
the eradication of disease, for im
provement of cultural methods for
better farm management, and for
better utilization of labor. The na
tion is losing hundreds of millions
through animal diseases that can be
controlled and eradicated.
Looking at the matter more nar
rowly, there arq many things that a
Commercial Organization and busi
| ness men may well consider. Each ur
ban community might well, in co-op
eration with the surrounding dis
tricts, undertake a careful survey for
the purpose of better production and
| organization. It may assist in secur
ing a good county agent where none
exists, and co-operate effectively with
him. Business men and business or
' ganizations may help work out better
wholesale and retail markets for
farm products. Farmers’ Communi
ty Buildings may be established and
good roads, running into the back
1 country may be promoted to mutual
advantage. Bankers in many parts
; of the country may be brought to see
! that by their wise use of credit, will
be determined the question of whether
1 or not the rural districts have a well
| balanced, prosperous agriculture.
State Banking Associations are di
recting intelligent and effective work
through committees composed of a
member in eadh ocunty for the bet
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SINN FEINERS IN
PRISON IN IRELAND
STAGE A DISTURBANCE
(By The Associated Press.)
Dublin, Jan. 10.—Serious disturb
ances occurred at Mount Joy Prison,
where a number of Sinn Feineers
have been imprisoned as ordinary
prisoners while claiming treatment
as political offenders. The prison
ers are reported to have broken the
windows and damaged the cells.
DESERVES TO WEAR A
WOUND STRIPE ALSO.
Paragould, Jan. 9.—F. A. Parsons
of R. F. D. 4 was in Paragould yes
terday. Mr. Parsons crippled him
self recently while delirious with fe
ver and is just recovering. While his
mind was wandering he imagined a
couple of Germans were at his bed
side, bragging about what they were
doing to the United States. Their
attitude so angered Mr. Parsons that
he jumped from the bed and struck
the floor with such force that the
bones in one of his ankles were bro
ken. He is just getting so he can
walk without crutches..
CITED FOR BRAVERY.
The commander in chief in the
name of the president has awarded
the distinguished service cross to
Sergt. Earl Billingsley, Company H,
61st Infantry. (A. S. No. 2387705.)
For extraordinary heroism in action
near Dun suf Meuse, France, No
vember 5, 1918. Sergt. Billingsley
voluntarily went forward alone
against an enemy machine-gun nest
which was holding up the advance of
his line, wounding and capturing one
prisoner and putting the remaining
occupant to flight. Home address,
Annie Billingsley, mother, Bauxite,
Ark.
A COTTON PICKER.
The most important mechanical de
vice for use on the farms that has
yet come into general use is a ma
chine that will pick cotton. The Cot
ton Picker Company of America, with
offices in Chicago and! Atlanta, Ga.,
has what has been pronounced a solu
tion of this problem that has been
engaging the attention of inventors
so long. And Little Rock has an op
portunity to secure one of the as
sembling plants of the company.
In recent demonstrations made in
the vicinity of Little Rock, the pick
er, operated by a man who had never
before picked cotton, picked more in
two hours than the best of five hand
pickers did in a little more than five
hours. The hand-pickers worked in
cotton that had never before been
picked and was white with open bolls,
while the machine worked in cotton
that had been picked once, handling
four rows at a time. It is said that
the very simplicity of this picker
is one of its chief merits, and that
it is virtually fool-proof. It can make
an expert cotton picker out of the
merest novice. This should practical
ly revolutionize the cotton industry
of the country.
EVENING DANCING PARTY.
The dance at the Elks Club last
night was one of the many very de
lightful affairs of the many re
cent dances. Several couples of out
of-town dancers added interest and
enthusiasm to the evening's pleasure.
Among those present were Misses
Ida Parish, Kate Harder, Nobe Edgar,
Margaret Lawrence, Janet Henry,
Lochie Graham, Lucia Loftin, Mabel
Dean, Rebecca Young, Mildred Lock
hart, Clyde Woods, Annie Austin, Su
sie Graham, Eula Moon; Messrs.
Robert Olmstead, Robert Laird, Ed
Spi-igg, A. A. Williams, Emmett Tay
lor, Wylie McMinn, Robert Johnson,
glmer Patton, Clyde Patton, Tom
Reamey, Will Childers, Tom Harder,
Charles Minor, George Jowers, Al
corn and Launcelot Minor, Buckler
Patton, James L. Rutherford, Craw
ford Tinsley, James Edward Wil
mans, Dale Walbert, James R. Davis,
Troy Thompson, Buck Lindsey, Frank
Jones, Arol Grimes, Harry Grimes,
John Jamison, Harry Littleton, Rob
ert Williams, Pete and Mayo Harris.
The married couples who also en
joyed the dance were Messrs, and
Mesdames A. S. Madding, R. D.
Brown, Harry Stephens, W. D. Wil
liams. a
Keep your dollars at nome. Trade
in Newport.
GO HUNGB ^
Situation Growing Out Of Strik* «f V/J|
Marine Workers Has Created .’..iKl «
Desperate Situation. ' j
(By The Associated Press.) 43
New York, Jan. 10.—With the |
facing the possibility of reacbi^|!\‘|M^. ’J
hunger point in the next furl j j
hours as a consequence of the tt&fjfljfim ^
of marine workers efforts are
made for a “forty-eight hour idS® 4
mistice.” Officers of the Miriiiipt J
workers declare, however, that ®a|jM 1
an “unconditional surrender" Of boii|i| j
owners, whose refusal to arbitrate
employes’ demands precipitated, ffijjj|i£ 1
walkout will be an acceptable dmircl |
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(By The Associated Press.!--j
Washington, Jan. 10.—Report# dtifjjf' J
the situation resulting
strike of New York harbor. wori||H
were cabled President Wilson, *ai| «
the opinion was expressed at the dUga
partment of labor that action iwM|sap t|||
taken by the president during ^
(By The Associated Pr*»§.)Nj| j|
committee of the Marine workers’ *\j
filiation unanimously voted.■ today Jjif J1
reject the proposal for a fOrty-eiijffi S
hour resumption of harbor activitii|||.2
pending cuiiferences between the j|pij| 3
ernment boat owners S
men’s representatives!
EX-KAISER HAS A
Kaiserism will not be
is sent to some military. y>aMHMra||
guarded by allied cruisers, la Mon i|||
distant part of the world, HH
Amerongen, where is only SM $8
hours’ motor run from his foritiaH 111
realm. j|||||l: Tm
kaiser were Germany’s defeat and WlMj||
flight to Holland. Every one |J
ing the Socialists is now trying M
convince the world that the fttjfft£l||l
was inspired only by loftiest patriot* | Jg
ism, while the “Entente f*bW!j§ S
Germany’s defeat has long been die*,. SB
posed of by the Socialist government ,'J|j|
themselves, so the imperial SMpl| 38
seems to be wiped clean again ,■ B
There are two obstacles tft '.'Mlfl
overcome—the army and the workers,! jH
But the overwhelming majority «i|j |g
thle army is really pro-kaiaer aad’Jg
there is in labor’s denunciation of im» ’Jjjj
such amazing devotion qnly
months ago. ^ . ■tted'Bjl
to remain in Holland the German **«J m
During the year 1918 *0[<"”§g/‘ 9
there were 243 cases of . 1
fjfc. convictions.
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