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\ VOLUME IV. ” ~ NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, AUGUST in, mil. . NUMBER IIP.
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German Army Of Upper Rhine Opens Gen
^ ^ eral Battle Against French Invaders Of
I Alsace Which Will Probably Settle
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, Control Of Province.
I AUSTRIAN ATTACK FROM REAR!
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Austrians Charged With Violating Neutrality of Switzerland
—Losses Not Heavy In French Invasion Of Alsace—
Germans Prepared To Defend Lorraine and Protect
Metz
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, August 10-Complete censorship covers the French J
military activities but an air of expectancy at the war office in- j
dicates that important events are impending. It is believed that |
the army at Alsace is moving in flank formation upon Jura
mountain, on the Swiss border through Alsace to a point east j
of Colmar.
While the Alsace fighting to date is sharp there has been
no general engagement. The losses were not heavy at Altgisch,
Colmar or Mulhausen. The Germans retired from before a
fierce bayonet charge at Colmar and fell back upon New Breisach
where a battle is believed to be in progress.
An announcement that the Germans are endeavoring to dam
the Seille river a part of the Lorraine boundary, indicates
that they expected the French to invade Lorraine- The Ger
man attempt was intended to prevent the French from as
saulting Metz.
The German army is moving on France through Luxemburg
in the column at Esch. The Germans in Luxemburg are be
ing heavily reinfoced at a result of the check at Liege.
Eight Austrtcin regiments are reported from Basle with
having violated the neutrality of Switzerland and to be now on
•the Alsace border preparing to attack the French in the rear
«n Alsace.
Austria has not answered the French demand for declara
tion of her attitude toward France and it is now assumed that
^ Austria wants to provoke Francce to declare war, still hoping
to gain Italy’s support under threats.
It is believed to be certain here that the German army of the
Rhine is already marching against the French and that a gen
eral battle which will settle the control of Alsace has been al
ready begun.
New Breisach, to the east of Colmat and Strassburg, to the
north are the centers of German advance.
Desperate fighting marked the wresting from German troops
by French invaders of the passes at Bonhomme and Saint Ma
rie on the frontier. , ...
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torcements nas arrived on me
front and the Belgian officers
say that for strategic reasons j
they are now falling back on
Namur where the French army
has gathered in force.
The check to Germany by
reason of the resistance at
Liege has enabled France to get
reinforcements in position and
Germany is now forced to fight
every inch of the Belgian ad
vancement.
KILLED INHABITANTS OF A
VILLAGE.
Unted Press Dispatch.
London, August 10- —The
Brussels correspondent of the
Star wires his paper that the
Grman troops killed every in
habitant of the village of Soir- j
on, in Belgium, because three
gardeners fired on some German
detachments.
The correspondent says that j
the commander became so en
raged that he ordered all the re
sidents of the town slain. The •
correspondent adds that orders |
were literally carried out
It is now certain that the
German advance will clash with
the main defense of the combin
ed French and Belgian armies
at Namur soon. An enormous
German army has been concen
trated for the purpose, but its
movements are concealed by cav
alry between Liege and Namur.
Communication with Liege is
still interrupted.
ENGLAND ORDERS
ANOTHER 100,000
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And Entre Available Army May
Be Called To Service On
Continent.
United Press Dispatch.
London, August 10— Lord
Kitchener in command of the
English army, has directed the
raising of a second volunteer '
army of 100,000 men. This is
believed to indicate that the en
tire available English army will
be ordered to the continent with
that already there.
BOTTLE GERMAN FLEET- ,
United Press Dispatch.
Shanghai, China, August 10.—
British war ships are reported .
to have blockaded the German
harbor of Tsin Tau and thus
bottled most of the German
Chinese fleet.
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KING RELEASES SUFFRA
GETTES.
United Press Dispatch.
London, August 10—King
George has ordered the release
of all the Suffragettes now serv
ing terms for militant, tactics. j
Montenegro Captures Scutari.!
United Press Dispatch. j
Rome, August 10.—Montene- (
gro has violated the neutrality
af Albania, taking the city of
Scutari, which was taken f^om J
Montenegro by the powers at
the close of last Balkan war. The
Montenegrons have also attack
ed the Austrian lines at Trebinje ’
vith small losses.
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War Tax To Be Levied.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., August 10.
Legislative leaders admitted to
lay that the levying of a war
Lax was inevitable for the Eu- i
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topean war it is estimated will j
reduce the import revenues one- j
third- It is the general impres- i
sion that a stamp tax will be j
imposed on liquors and tobac- j
l’O, and possibly, documents.
Steamboat Excursion
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ABOARD HANDSOME CITY
OF MUSKOGEE
Owing to the expressed de
sires of many people of this city,
Capt- F- L. Inman will give an- (
other of those pleasant and pop
ular river excursions Tuesday 1
evening, August 11, aboard his j
handsome steamboat, The City j
of Muskogee. A large crowd is j
anticipated and music has been !
engaged for dancing. Round i
trip 50 cents. 06d6
Wheat Soars To High Mark.
United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, August 10.—Wheat
reached a high mark early to
day jumping from 3 to 5 cents
under a scramble to buy. Sep
tember wheat went to 97 3-4
cents, December wheat to 1.04
1-8 tgents and May wheat to 111
cents.
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ON THE TRAIL
OF NEGRO MURDERER
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Ed Jones, Who Brutally Mur
dered Ophelia Mays Went
From Here to Argenta.
Ed Jones, the negro, who bru
tally murdered Ophelia Mays
early in the morning of August
30 at her home on Remmel Av
enue, went from Newport to
Argenta, where he is now known
to have spent most of last week
A negro from that town came to j
Newport and told other negroes |
that Jones was in Argenta and
that he had been boasting of
killing Ophelia Mays.
Sheriff McCuistion and Con
stable Clyde Wood went to Ar- j
genta Saturday morning but;
could not locate the negro,
though they established unques
tionably that he Had spent a
week in Little Rock and Argen-!
ta. It is believed that Jones j
walked all the way from New-1
port to Argenta, fearing to
show up at any of the towns j
along the line or upon any j
trains . .% .*.< j
The two officers also went to
Hot Springs searching for Les- |
ter Brown, a negro wanted for
assaulting and cutting W. C.
McDougal about 3 years ago. j
Brown wTas reported to be living
in Hot Springs under the alias
of Charley Smith, but could not j
be found
Constable Wood returned
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McChristian stopped off in Lit
tle Rock for another attempt to
find EJd Jones, whose murder of
the negro woman was one of
the most revolting crimes that
has ever occurred in Jackson
county.
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Two Close Calls From Light
ning.
The heaviest' rain to fall in
this section in many months
came Friday afternoon, accom
panied by a considerable dis
play of lightning and much
thunder. The heavy wind and
thunder and lightning continued
during the rain, and from the
lightning two Batesville people
had narrow escapes.
Miss Ruth Wickersh'am, 17
years of age, an inmate of the
Masonic Orphans’ Home, was
knocked down and rendered un
conscious by Jightning while
she was sitting on the porch of
the home. It was at first re
ported in Batesville that she
was killed, but the quick work
of physicians who were sum
moned to the scene, revealed
iV.at ehp wns spvprplv stunned
but not seriously injured- At
the home no damage was done
except to the telephone which
was wrecked.
Another near-fatality occur
red to George Phillips, who con
ducts the blacksmith shop back
of Weaver-Dowdy’s store in the
city. Mr. Phillips was standing
in his shop when a keen flash
of lightning occurred, striking
the zinc on which Mr. Phillips
was standing. From the zinc it
took eff&t on the shoe of Mr.
Phillips’ left foot. The sole of
the shoe was torn away and the
bottom of the man’s hose burn
ed. Mr. Phillips sustained no
injury further than receiving a
blistered foot. — Bates ville
Guard.
Little Guy Stephens who has
been very sick the past week, is
some better.
Sulphur Rock Defeats Balch.
The Sulphur Rock and Balch
baseball teams crossed bats on
the Newport ball field Saturday.
The Balch lads went down in de
feat to a tune of 8 to 3 but they
were game from the very start
and as they had defeated the
Sulphur Rock boys on a prev
ious occasion they felt that mat
ters in baseball are even.
Sulphur Rock had materially
strengthened their team by the
addition of the two Ward boys,
Massey and Rawlings.
The features of the game was
the pitching of Ward and the
hatting of Huddleston and Raw
lings.
Huddleston got a double and
two singles out of five times at
bat. Rawlings got a tripple and
double and a scratch hit out of
five times up.
BALCH PLAYERS
Johnson, D., lb; Nance, ss,
p.; Johnson, A., c.; Dennis,
2b; Howard, P. ss.; Owens, 3
b-; Jackson, cf.; Tucker, rf.;
Balch, If.
SULPHUR ROCK PLAYERS.'
Chaney, ss.; Sneed, 3b.;
Owen, 0., 2b; Massey, c;
Rawlings, If.; Ward, D., cf.^l
Owens, T-, rf.; Huddleston, lb.;
Ward, P., p;
SCORE BY INNINGS
S. Rock 30220 1 00 0—8
Balch 20000000 1—3
Struck out by Ward 12, by
Howard in 4 innings 2, by
Nance in 5 innings 6- Umpire—
Robert Graham of Tuckerman.
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Rev. W. P. Chalmers went to
Jonesboro Saturday, where he
was invited to preach at the
Presbyterian church in that
city Sunday.
Judges Exchange Benches.
Judge R. E. Jeffery ha3
agreed with Judge J. W- Meeks
of Mammoth Spring to an ex
change of benches, the former,
to hold the next term of court
at Salem in Fulton county, while
Judge Meeks will preside over
the next term of the West Dis
trict of Lawrence court at
Powhatan.
Judge Jeffery may also make
an exchange with Judge Jeptha
Evans, whereby the latter will
preside over our fall term of
circuit court opening in Septem
ber
Moving Pictures
the Opera House
THE SQUAW MAN
More than a mile of perfect
Photo play, featuring the star
actor “Dustin Farnum,” one of
the most beautiful pictures eyer
produced.
A Tf\sse L. Lasky feature in 6
reels..
THE NURSE AND THE COUN
f TERFEITER
Showing how she captured a no
torious counterfeiter with the
aid of her sweetheart’s car—a
thrilling drama. Helen Holmes
and Wm- Brunton.
(Drama—K AL AM)
Seven (7) reels of high class
; pictures.
First Show at 7:15.
If raining tonight only one
regular program will be given,
and the special feature reserved
for Tuesday night.
ADMISSION 10 and 20 CENTS
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