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Daily Independent
If VOLUME XVII. NO. 287. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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Supreme Court Affirms' the Death
Sentence Imposed On Ches Kel
ley For Murder.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 18.—The su
preme court affirms the sentence of
Ches Kelley of first degree murder
for the killing at Newport of H. A.
Harmon. Kelley was given a death
sentence.
STAMPS SALESMEN
D0ING]G00D WORK
Spend Saturday At Tupelo and Wel
don and Sell More Than $7>000
Worth of Stamps.
The committee selling war savings
stamps spent Saturday afternoon at
Weldon and Tupelo. Citizens of Wel
don bought to the amount of $2,800,
and Tupelo invested $4,000 in the
stamps. The committee is very much
gratified with this success.
Sunday afternoon a number of lo
cal citizens drove out to Amagon,
where a meeting was held. There
was considerable speech making, and
while the success there did not come
up to the expectations of the sales
men, persons present bought stamps
to the amount of $300.
Tuesday the committee will go to
Johnstown, Saturday to Battle Axe.
The intermediate dates will be filled
I in later.
SHERIFF IVY MEETS
WITH PAINFUL ACCIDENT
Our popular and efficient sheriff
J. M. Ivy, suffered a very painful and
what came near being a serious ac
cident Saturday night, as a result of
which he is walking on crutches (that
m is, what little walking he is able to
I do-)
He fell through a drop door on the
back porch into the basement of his
residence in East Newport, severely
bruising his right knee, which is
badly swollen and giving him a great
K deal of pain. We join with his hosts
j| of friends in hoping that he may
soon recover and 'be able to get
I around again.
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SCHEDULE OF PARTRIOTIC
MEETINGS TO BE HELD
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Patriotic meetings at Yellow school
house, Johnstown, Balch, Battle Axe,
Diaz, Surrounded Hill, Bridge school
house, Harper’s school house, Algoa
and Hickory Grove will be held dur
ing the next ten days under the aus
pices of the Jackson County War
Savings Committee. The final meet
ing of the campaign will be held in
Newport some time within the next
two weeks. Sales at nearly all meet
ings to date have been fully up to ex
pectations and confidence is felt
that Jackson county will go over the
top a IDO per cent county.
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PEACE TERMS ARE
BAD FOR RUSSIA
Ambassador Denounces Them and
Says They Threaten Existence of
Russian Independence.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 18. — Boris
Bakhmetieff, Russian ambassador,
has issued a statement denouncing
■Russia’s acceptance of the German
peace terms. He declared the condi
tions imposed threaten the existence
of the independence of the country.
He announces that the embassy will
continue to advocate co-operation
with the allies in the war on Ger
many. Bakhmetieff formally repud
iated the Bolsheviki government last
November.
GERMANS NOW
ON DEFENSIVE
No Evidence of Big Spring Drive, Al
though Fresh Army Divisions
Continue to Arrive.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 18.— The war
department’s Weekly Review records
the conclusion that the enemy has not
undertaken the planned spring offen
sive and will not unless forced to.
The nature of the information this
opinion is based upon is not disclosed.
Fresh German division, however,
continue to arrive on the western
front, but the movement is regarded
as a defensive one. The Review adds
nothing to the press reports of activ
ity in the American sectors. Else
where on the western i. it experts
find no evidence of impending ma
jor activities.
MEASURES AGAINST
AMERICAN PROPERTY
Ambassadors Instructed to Notify
American Government of the In
tention of the Germans.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 18.— The Spanish
and Swiss ambassadors to Berlin have
been directed by the German for
eign office to notify the American
government that Germany will pro
ceed with measures against Ameri
can property in Germany in the same
proportion that action is taken
against German property in the
United States, Reuter’s Amsterdam
correspondent reports.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 18.—Estimates
made by A. Mitchell Palmer, enemy
property custodian, indicate that
there is a hundred times more Ger
man property in the United States
than there is American property in
Germany. The greater part of the
American property in Germany is
represented by Standard Oil interests.
The senate has already authorized
Palmer to sell the property holdings
of the great German organizations in
the United States.
IS SPY AT WORK
IN AMERICAN LINES?
Flashes Signals to the Germans From
a Window—Fired Upon, But
Makes Escape.
Associated Press Dispatch.
With American Army in France,
March 18.—Intelligence officers re
port evidence leading to the conclu
sion that a spy is at work within the
American lines northwest of Toul. A
sentry saw flashes of a signal light
from a window facing the enemy
lines. He fired through the window
and entered the house, but failed, to
find anyone.
The Baptist ladies are requested to
meet at the sewing room tomorrow
afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Must Americanize America
Says Bureau of Education
The time has come for the thor
ough Americanization of America.
The hyphenated citizen has al
ready disappeared, the alien-enemy is
under surveillance, the German sym
pathizer is being properly branded as
a traitor, and all citizens of the
United States must be only Ameri
cans,, devoted to a single cause.
The United States bureau of edu
cation is engaged in the task oi
welding the many races and national,
ities comprising America’s thirteen
million foreign born, and thirty-three
million of foreign origin into a uni
fied American people back of the
fighting line—a task of large import
tance to the successful prosecution
of the war.
The Arkansas State Council of De
fense has been requested to assist the
United States Bureau of Education
in carrying out its national program
for Americanization, and to under
take a state program to that end.
The work should be carried forward
through close co-operation among
the men and women, and good work
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has already been reported by some of
the women’s divisions.
The presence in the United States
of the large element of aliens and
quasi-aliens presents the following
problems, the solution of which is in
timately connected with winning the
war:
1. Many thousand men of foreign
birth, who do not speak English suf
ficiently to understand military or
ders and instructions are now in the
training camps
2. Anti-American propaganda to
convert the un-Americanized masses
into an anti-America population is
being conducted among aliens by en
emies of the United States.
• 3. Industrial difficulties have
been fomented among aliens.
4. It is estimated that 5,000,000
foreign born whites do not speak the
English language, but speak instead
over one hundred languages and dia
lects.
The solution of these problems is
one of the tasks to which the State
Council is committed.
FRENCH WINNING'
IIJSITIONS
Heavy Fighting In Verdun Sector—
French Artillery Inflicts Big
Losses On Enemy.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 18.—The French
and Germans are engaged in heavy
fighting on both sides of the Meuse
in the Verdun sector. West of the
river, the French have gained enemy
positions on a front of 1,400 yards to
a depth of 800 yards.
East of the river the Germans were
unsucessful in strong attacks on a
six mile front. They entered the
French line at various points, but
were unable to hold the trenches
gained. The French artillery in
flicted heavy casualties among the
ranks of the attackers.
Raiding activity on the British
front is lessening, but the artillery
fire is intense. British airmen are
active. More than twenty-three Ger
man machines have been accounted
for.
HUNS SAY THEY BROUGHT
DOWN 22 ENEMY AIRPLANES
Assoiated Press Dispatch.
Berlin, March 18.— Army head
quarters announces that twenty-two
entente airplanes were brought down
yesterday. The statement says
French airmen bombed hospital estab
lishments at Lethour, North of
Rheims.
Paul Noe visited his brother at
Sulphur Rock Sunday.
RIOT IN BELFAST
ST. PATRICK'SiDAV
Police and Sinn Feiners Clash Sunday
and Many Persons Are Taken
to Hospital.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Belfast, March 18.— A number of 1
persons, including some policemen, *
were taken to a hospital here as a re- ]
suit of rioting between a mob of Sinn <
Feiners and the police yesterday. <
The riot followed the action of the !
police in closing the hall where the i
Sinn Feiners planned to hold meet- ’
ings.
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SEVEN-YEAR SENTENCE,
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Supreme Court Today Refused to Re- j
view Proceedings In Fake Horse
Race Case.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Washing-ton, March 18.—The con- ,
viction of Ed Spear, of Hot Springs,
Arkansas, sentenced to seven years’
imprisonment for defrauding by
means of fake horse races, was in
effect sustained by the supreme court,
which refused to review the proceed
ings.
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Wash McPike, a progressive far
mer of Glass township, made this of- '
fice a pleasant call this morning and
extended his subscription for another
year. ^
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GERMANS KEEP UP
ADVANCE IN RUSSIA
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Huns Occupy Important Naval and
Grain Ports— The Bolsheviki
Threaten Resistance.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 18.—The Germans
continue to advance northward
through Southern Russia. Odessa
and Nikolayev, important naval and
grain ports, have been occupied. The
All-Russians Congress of Soviets has
declared Moscow the capital of Rus
sia. The Bolsheviki is urging the
formation of military organizations
to combat the Germans should the
invasion continue.
NOTICE GIVEN
FOOD DEALERS
Food Administration Gives Notice
That Beef and Pork Shall Not
Be Sold on Tuesday.
The United States Food Adminis
tration announced today to all state
food administrators that they would
officially notify all retail food deal
ers that until further notice to the
contrary the only special restriction
;s to the sale and use of meat is that
oeef, beef products, pork and pork
oroducts, shall not be sold or used on
ruesday.
Beef, beef products, pork and pork
products, may be sold on any day in
he week except Tuesday. This means
hat beef, beef products, pork and
>ork products may not be sold from
i:00 p. m. Monday to midnight Tues
lay. Pork and pork products may be
»old and used on Saturday. Mutton
tnd lamb may be sold any day in the
veek.
Restaurants and consumers need
lot observe a meatless meal each day
except, that on Tuesday all meals
ihall be meatless.
“This ruling has been made to give
he United States an opportunity to
•educe the amount of bread stuffs
lsed” said Mr. Hoover. Mr. Hoover
las made a special request of all
itate food administrators to encour
ige the people of their states to still
urther reduce the consumption of
iread and bread stuffs generally so
hat we can meet our export necessl
;ies without any hardship to the
\merican people, while at the same
;ime supplying the allies with the
bod they need the most to help them
vin the war.
HAMP WILLIAMS.
Dealers violating the above rule
•un the risk of having their places of
jusiness closed, in addition to the
penalty of fine or imprisonment or
>oth.
E. L. BOYCE,
J. S. Food Administrator for Jack
son County, Arkansas.
C. C. Revell, of Kennett, Mo., ar
rived here this morning from Camp
^unston, Junction City, Kansas, and
ioined his wife here at her mother’s,
Mrs. T. B. Stallings. Mr. Revell
’ailed to pass the physical examina
;ion. He is undecided what to do just
^et, as he was compelled to sell out
lis business when called to the army,
ind will probably not return to Ken
lett.
Mrs. J. B. Pillow, of Helena, presi
lent of the woman’s auxiliary of the
Episcopal church of Arkansas, will be
with Mrs. Dorsey Tuesday afternoon
md Wednesday, and would like to
neet all the ladies of St. Paul’s
:hurch Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Vlrs. W. G. Hall, of Little Rock, Mrs.
Stowell, of Pine Bluff and Mrs. Jno.
N. Ferrill, of Batesville, will also be
lere on Wednesday. These ladies are
neeting here to plan for the annual
neeting in Batesville in May.
E. R. Motley went down to Little
Sock on the early train and will
Irive through this afternoon with
die handsome new runabout Landau,
•ecently purchased for his personal
ise. The runabout is a light straw
:olor, a Super Six, and was on display
it the recent automobile show.
Bombarding On Both Fronts—Amer
ican Patrols Continue to Enter
Enemy Lines With Success.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 18.—The situation
in the American sectors at Toul and y ~~
Luneville is unchanged, i Amedic; ”
patrols continue their visits tf the
enemy lines, securing valuable ur
ination. American artillery \v: V
tive on both fronts. j
The American troops who
in action along the C!he^JJ^PPp|j
Dames are a division composed ex
clusively of New England units. . . >1
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30 KILLED AND MANY
INJURED IN EXPLOSION
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Explosion In French Munitions Fac
tory Caused by Man Dropping
Percussion Fuses. *
Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, March 18.— Sixteen were
killed and many injured Friday by.
an explosion in a factory at Laeour
Neuve, north of Paris, according to ,
official announcement. Later it was
reported that thirty are dead. The
cause of the explosion has not.been
definitely determined. American •db’
diers and surgeons rescued
treated the wounded. The at
declare the accident was due to »
man dropping a box of percossioii.
fuses, which set off a box of gren- ,1
ades.
SPY SUSPECTS ARE
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Associated Press Dispatch. j>
New'York, March 18.—Two men
and two women of foreign birth, liv
ing in fashionable quarters, who ar#
said to have had code correspondence j
with diplomats and: high officials of gj
foreign governments, were arrested I
today by agents of the department of .
justice and turned over to the irnmi' S
gration authorities for deportation. ;
LEE COUNTY GETS
TUBERCULOSIS NUR81
Miss Lotta Sawyer, field n\irse for1
the Arkansas Public Health Associa
tion, arrived in Marianna Monday to
begin a tuberculosis survey of Lm ■ M
county. The Arkansas Public Health ~
Association is the state branch of tbs *J
National Asociation for the Study and
Prevention of Tubersculois and is sop* }
ported by the sale of Red Cross .
Christmas Seals. It is Working in ‘
co-operation with the state health
department and the department of . ;/•)
education, and expects to send visit
ing nurses into a number of counties
during the year to make tuberculosis
surveys and do educational work, the
ODject oi tne ucixig w :
the people the necessity for a public
health nursing service and the im
provement of sanitary conditions. '
Miss Sawyer is a registered nurse
who has been trained in the best w
schools of the country. She has had
extensive experience in general pub
lic health nursing as well as tubercu
losis work. She comes to the Public
Health Association from the United
States Public Health Service, having
been employed in school nursing in
Pulaski county under Col. Pierce.
Charles G. Henry, district chair
man of the war savings stamps cam
paign, went to Walnut Ridge on No,
4 today in the interest of the wo:
Mr. Henry says the unusually
weather of January and February;
retarded the work greatly and a
mighty effort will have to be made to
get the required amount in the dis
trict as well as entire state. Claude
M. Erwin and Fred R. Suits, who
are aiding Mr. Henry, are at Augusta
today.
W. T. Barry, representing the Gra
ham Paper Company of St. Loui%
called on his Newport trade today* 1
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County Superintendent E. H. Bow*
man went to Tuckerman this after*
noon on official business. t
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