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VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1914. NUMBER 34.
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/ Preparations For
* War Overshadow
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Everything Else In The Mexican Situa
i tion Today—Five Transports
♦ Are Chartered.
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h- MEXICANS MAY ATTACK
General Funston At Vera Cru;
And Administration Wants
p. To Be Prepared.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 9.—
Departmental preparations foi
war continued to over-shadow
everything else in the Mexicar
situation here today,
t Transports are being charter
ed by high officials and the wm
department remained at theii
desks busy completing plans foi
the army movements.
( All troops are being held ir
readiness for orders for move
cent and the army orders are
ready, needing only the insertior
of destination, command anc
the time of Secretary Garrison’s
v signature.
Despite these significant facts
\ the administration publicly con
Tiinues to insist that there is nc
change in the situation and that
the mediators will ultimately
bring about peace aided by' the
rebel victories.
y The army and navy officials
agree that Tampico is in the dan
* \ ger zone and that General Fun
ston may be attacked any mom
ent by an overwhelming force.
Zapata, the bandit rebel chief,
is preparing to attack Mexico
L-ity, according to reports,
i President Wilson does not be
W' lieve that the Mexicans will
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risk a nattack on General Fred
erick Funston at Vera Cruz, al
[''*•• though the government has
chartered five transports and
Secretary of War Garrison is ar
I ranging for more.
L It is stated that the navy de
partment has no intention of
seizing Puerto, Mexico, where a
<f> cargo of munitions has been
landed. A clash is said to have
occurred between Secretaries
Garrison and Bryan because the
^ former wanted to prevent a
landing of the munitions. It is
generally believed that Funston
confirmed the report that Order
J. Moving Pictures
atthe Opera House
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m A good true story, many thrills
good acting, featuring Geo. Geb
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MARRIED MEN
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ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
MONDAY—“Loyalty” a beauti
ful hand colored'five reel featur
The Men’s Forward Movemenl
Dr. G. A. Hoffmann, pastor o
the Christian church, will de
liver the address tomorrow af
ternoon at 3 p. m. in the Methc
dist church. The public is mos
cordially invited to attend thi
service.
Jy Parks had disappeared beyond
the Mexican lines at Vera Cruz I
: and that his fate is unknown, |
although rumored that he has
been executed. A transmitted
rumor says that an American
whose name was unknown, was
executed within the Federal
lines beyond TeJara.
The Monitor Ozark has been
ordered from Key West to Tam
pico. It is one of a few vessels
with twelve inch guns and heavy
armament but of light enough
draft to proceed up the Panuco
■ i River and it is believed this boat i
t
will be stationed up the river to
protect the oil zone.
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SILLIMAN IS SAFE.
United Press Dispatch,
i Washington, D- C., May 9.—
French embassy informed Sec
retary of State Bryan that as
surances had been received of
the safety of Consul Silliman at
Saltillo. The American consul i
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had not been heard from for1 sev- j
eral days and was reported to
have been executed by the Fed
erate.
HUGHES, LAMAR, LEHMAN, j
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 9.— j
It is reported and generally cred- j
ited here that president has se-!
lected the following to repere- j
sent the U. S. in the media
tion efforts: Associate Justices
Hughes and Lamar of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court and
former Solicitor General Freder
ick W. Lehman of St. Louis. Mr
Lehman lunched with the presi
dent today but refused to talk.
All information regarding the
president’s plans was refused,
but it is understood that Presi
dent Wilson discussed appoint
ing Justices Hughes and Lamar
with several advisors, all of
whom approved. t
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• HUERTA WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED.
United Press Dispatch.
I Mexico City, Mex., May 9.—
j President Huerta indicated to
‘ciay that he would not be sur- j
: prised if some incident at Vera J
; Cruz caused actual war before 1
• peace conference is fairly start- (
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| MUNITIONS FROM JAPAN.
; United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D C., May 9. —
The government is today inves
tigating the report that a large
consignment of munitions of,
war were landed at Salina Cruz
from Japan and rushed to Huer
) !ta
Millionaire Post Suicide.
United Press Dispatch.
Santa Barbara, Calif-, May 9.
e!—The Millionaire Cereal Manu
facturer, C. W. Post committed
.' suicide here today by shooting
f himself.
- Senior Class Entertained At
Dinner.
t Among the many charming
s social affairs of the spring sea
son given in honor of the Senior
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Class of 1914, can be remember
ed the six o’clock dinner given
Friday evening by Mr. and Mrs.
William Mosby in honor of their
graduate daughter, Miss Aline,
who is a popular member of this
year’s class
The guests at dinner were
the classmates of Miss Aline,
who numbered seventeen boys
and girls.
A beautiful color effect of
green and white was effectively
used in the dining room, where
white roses and green ferns
were used toi good effect.
Pretty hand-painted place
cards marked the place of each
guest, and during the dinner
toasts were made to the class
and honored guest by its mem
bers.
An elaborate six course dinner
was served by Mrs. Mosby who
was assisted by Mrs. J. H. Mc
Hugh, Misses Eva Paul and Elise
Hirsch.
At the table covers were laid
for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wil- j
liams, Julia Younger, Frances !
Bailey, Kate Williams, Stella i
Wallace, Willie Overton Minor, j
Josephine Deaderick, Mary
Bains, Carrie Harris and Aline
Mosbv; Messrs. Carl Hirsch,
Wylie McMinn, Will Childers,
Walter Stallings, Albert Bevans
and Charles Minor.
Song Recital At Auditorium
It was an appreciative audi
ence that heard Miss Annie
Stedman of Paragould in a song
recital at the High school audit
orium Friday evening. Miss
Stedman, who is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Williams of
our city was asked to give a ben
efit recital for the junior and
Freshman classes, which she
kindly consented to do.
Miss Stedman has a beauti
ful clear soprano voice, which
has range and flexibility, and the
best of all, she has perfect con
trol, from her highest to lowest
notes. Her program was a very
happily arranged one, contain
ing many of the popular songs
ihat the children would enjoy as
well as the more difficult ones.
“In the Time of Roses” was
probably her best song, showing
the beautifully trained voice.
Her lullabys, which are always
enjoyed, appealed to the audi
ence, and brought forth long ap
plause. ‘ ^
It was the general opinion of
all present that Miss Stedman
has probably the best voice that
has ever been heard on the con
cert stage in Newport, and her
first appearance in our city has
won a very warm place in our
hearts. ; : o
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Becker Jury Not Completed.
United Press Dispatch.
New York, May 9.—Three ju
rors were excused this morning
and only one chosen to take
their places, which left only ten
men upon the jury which is to
pass for a second time upon the
guilt or innocence of Charles
Becker former police lieutenant
of planning the murder of Her
man Rosenthal, the gambler.
District Attorney Whitman
has declared that “Becker was
the brains of the conspiracy, for
which the four gunmen were re
cently electrocuted at Sing
Sing.”
Justice Zabury then adjourn
'ed court until Monday noon and
! nothing was done in an at
tempt to bring W. Bourke Coch
ran to the bar for alleged con
tempt of court.
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EARTHQUAKE KILLS
! 100 SICILIANS
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Two Villages Are Completely
Destroyed—Refugees Flee
To Wayside Shrines.
United Press Cablegram
Aeireale, Sicily, May 9.—At
least one hundred people have
been killed and many more in
jured by a terrific earthquake
which shook a score of towns
and villages in this section last
night.
Reports of dead and injured
poured in upon the local author
ities here today and every effort
is being made to care for the re
fugees. The village of Bougiar
do alone, reports ten dead, twen
ty injured, while Linera with a
population of 952, and Venerina
with a population of 2183 have
been completely destroyed.
One hundred houses were
wrecked in the villages of Zer
bati, Peenisi, Belpasso, Maria,
Vergine, Mangona and Zaffenat.
Mount Aetna began to show
signs of an eruption, two weeks
ago and is still active.
The terror stricken population
from hundreds of villages at the
base of Mount Aetna deed into
the open country fearing an e
ruption and further earth
quakes.
The refugees are now gather
ed at wayside shrines praying
for Divine intervention from the
destruction of the craters and
quakes.
The first shake was felt at six
o’clock Friday evening and con
tinued several minutes, followed
an hour later by a more severe
shock, tumbling houses from
foundations and burying the
victims in the ruins.
Five hundred soldiers arrived
here today and erected 200 Red
Cross tents for the homeless and
established a hospital in the cen
ter. The destruction of the rail
ways delayed the arrival of re
ugees.
J. W. Grubbs In Charge.
At a meeting of the director
ors of the Arkansas Bank &
Trust Company Friday evening,
the formal resignation of Mr. C.
G. Henry was received ,and Mr.
J. W. Grubbs as president o'f the
bank was made its active head
and directing officer in charge.
The directors regret very
much to lose Mr. Henry from the
bank and tried to retain his ser
vices by a very flattering offer,
which however he was unable to
r>f»iwnC
Mr. Grubbs has been president
of the bank since it was founded
and is one of its largest stock
holders. He is a very successful
business man, with a host of
friends, who from long and
pleasant association have every
confidence in his ability and in
tegrity and know that he
will give to the bank that care
ful conservative management,
which insures its stability and
growth.
Will Siler Gets 21 Years.
United Press Dispatch.
Mountain Home, May 9—Wil
Siler was today sentenced to 21
! years in the penitentiary by £
> jury for the murder of Mrs. Me
Fadden Siler, his sister-in-law
on January 30 near Howarc
Creek.
The two brothers and fathoi
of the condemned man will b<
tried as accessories and hav(
given a bond of $5,000 each.
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Masons-Elks Nuptials.
About 500 spectators witnessed
the baseball game of a lifetime
1 at Sportsman’s Park on yester
day (Friday) afternoon when
the Elks walked all over the Ma
sons to the tune of 15 to 6.
Everybody was in good spirits
and outside of Bennett stopping
Bevens’ heave to first with the
starboard side of his head, the
the game went off nicely. To the
surprise of many, Ware and Mic
Cuistion umpired the game to
the satisfaction of all. The only
trouble Mac had was with the
ladies he made buy tickets and
to him must go the credit of sell
ing more than everybody else.
Rex is sure some ticket seller.
He is the only man in Newport i
who could have worn that uni-!
form of purple and white with-!
out getting shot.
For the Masons "Pewee” Dav- i
enport was the star performer, I
while Stallings, Pate, Dowell, j
Moon and Mathis all came in for i
nice nlavinjr at times. For the
j Elks it might be said that every
cne of them played good ball, j
with one or two bad busts and it |
looks as if they are going to j
have some team when they play |
Russellville in Little Rock next J
June. “Dib” Vaughn had the1
honor to fan out 20 of the oppos
ing batsmen.
The Boy Scouts held up the
seat and soda pop end of the
game, while Doc Erwin, Doc
Rossington, Doc Carroll and Doc
Mack held up the rest.
G. Logan H. Crusoe Robinson .
was official announcer and any- !
thing else that he wanted to be. i1
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Masons -0 101 110 10—5:
Elks — 2 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 4—15 1
1 Errors and hits —too late to
^classify.
First inning—(Elks ) Hirsch
takes base on balls. Steals sec
ond and took third on wild pitch.
Worel muffed Lockard’s fly,
Hirsch scoring and Lockard to
second. Childers out, Moon to
Dowell. Lockard to third. Stall
ings made first on Word’s error
and Lockard scored. Stallings
went to second on throw home
and third on wild pitch. Duna
way lifted to Moon. Bennett fan
ned. Two runs. (Masons) Wor
el fanned. Dowell singled to
left and was out stealing second.
Old Dowell is some speed king
McCuistion struck out. So did
Stallings.
Second inning—(Elksr). Black
wood out, Moon to first. Bevans
singled to center and scored on jl
Vaughn’s double to left. Went
to third on wild throw to second.
Hirsch flied to short and Stall
ings running for Vaughn was
caught off third. No runs. (Ma
sons;, ^tailings waiKea ana sioie
second. Davenport fanned, Stall
ings scoring on the catcher’s
missing the third ball and being
forced to throw to first- Mathis
fanned. One run.
Third inning—(Elks). Lpck
ird singled to left and we|§||}
;hird on wild pitches and passed
lalls and all that sort of thing.
Childers walked. Stallings hit
;o third and took second on wild
fieave to first. Lockardj and
Childers scored. Stallings to
bird on wild pitch. Dunaway
fit through short, scoring StajUL
ngs. Stole second. Bennet hit
hrough short, scoring Dunaway.
[Continued on editorial page.)
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