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VOLUME XVII. NO. 278. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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This Was Announced This Afternoon
Following Meeting of President
and Cabinet
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 5—The United
States now is in agreement with Ja
pan and Great Britain and other co
belligerents on the principle of action
in Siberia, but the details will remain
to be worked out. This became
known today as the cabinet met with
the president to discuss the subject.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 5.—The Evening
News says the question of Japanese
intervention in Siberia is settled and
all the allies, as well as the United
States, have agreed to immediate ac- j
tion to safeguard the interest of the
powers.
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BEIIEOM IS
PREPARING TO ACT;
Washington Military Officials Are of
Belief That Nation Will Start
Protective Measures Soon
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, March 5.—Japan reports
indicate she will act soon to protect
her allied interests in Eastern Sibe
ria. A press dispatch received from
London says the British. French and
Italian ambassadors at Tokio have
proposed to ask the Japanese govern
ment to take action to oppose Ger
man propaganda, and to protect mil
itary stores at Vladivostoq. It is be
lieved in Washington that military
activity by Japan is imminent. A be
lated report from Peking says the
Russian forces are menacing the
frontier of China or Eastern Turkes
tan.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 5.—A Reuter dis
patch from Tokio says it is under
stood Japan is extremely well inform
ed on developments in Siberia, but at
present is adopting the policy of
watchful waiting. The dispatch says
Japan probably has agreed with Chi
na on a olan of prompt co-operation.
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SUPREME COURT
Decides All Taxes, Fines, Etc., Due
County Can Be Paid In Coun
ty Warrants.
The supreme court of Arkansas op
Monday, in the case of James Gould
vs. Chas. H. Lavis, County Treasurer
of Garland County, decided that the
act of the legislature of 1917, provid
ing for the funding of the indebted
ness of Garland County, was in con
flict with Section 10, Article 16 of
the constitution of this state and said
act was illegal. The court also de
cided that all taxes, fines, penalties
and forfeitures due the county were
papable in any county warrants is
sued by the county, whenever such
warrants were tendered in payment
of such taxes, fines, etc.
BANKERS HOLD
MEETING HERE
Prominent.Speakers Address Assem
bly At Elks Club This
Morning.
The Tenth annual meeting of Group
No. 2( Arkansas Bankers’ Association !
convened here this morning at the j
Elks Slub. Chairman J. G. Richard
son of Walnut Ridge, being absent,
H. M. Ponder, also of Walnut Ridge,
was chosen as acting chairman. Sec
retary J. D. Wells, of Portia, was at
his post.
Throughout the morning the meet
ing teemed with enthusiasm, and the
speakers were heard with great inter
est.
Morehead Wright, of Little Rock,
C. G. Henry of Newport, R. E. Wait,
of ittle Rock, V. G. Pettie and G. P.
Coffin of Batesville, delivered talks
on War Savings. Fred R. Suits, of
Newport, spoke on the Liberty oan,
and was followed by Mr. Heard of
St. ouis, from the same subject.
A resolution was adopted at the
meeting urging the governor to call
a special session of the legislation
for the purpose of enacting new pro
hibition laws. .
At noon Acting Chairman Ponder
appointed the lollowing nominating
committee: C. G. Henry, J. D. Wells
and J. C. Childers.
Luncheon at the Hazel hotel was
enjoyed at 1 o’clock, and the pro
gram was resumed at 2 o’clock.
NATIONAL B0Nf|
DRY LAW ASKED
Meeting of Prohibition Forces In
Chicago Demands Enactment As
*V ar Measure.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Chicago, March 5.—The enactment
of a National bone dry law within
ninety days was demanded as a war
measure at a special convention of
the prohibition National party meet
ing here today to consider a merger
with the National party and the or
ganization of progressives, and loy
alists. The socialists and the dry
advocates of the National party
meet tomorrow.
Mrs. Robert B. Hooker and Miss
Elise Hooker are spending several
days at St. Louis.
Dee Nelson, a former member of
Company E, and for the past several
months at Camp Beauregard, arrived
home Saturday night, having been
honorably discharged on account of
bad health.
HUN ADVANCE
STILL GOES 0*1
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Dispatch Says Narva, 100 Miles Fr$m
Petrograd, Is Captured By jj
Huns.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 5.— An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd,
dated Monday, says Narva, one hun
dred miles southwest of Petrograd,
has been captured by the Germans.
The enemy is reported to be continu
ing her advance.
NEXT W IS
ORAWING NOB
But Publication of Late Is Held Up
Pending Action of Congress
On Amendments.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 5.—Announce
ment of the date of the next draft is
imminent, but publication of the an
nouncement is held up pending action
of congress on pending amendments
to selective service act, but the best
opinion is the first men will move to,
camps in April.
THOUSANDS Of
LIVES ARE LOST
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, March 5.—Several
thousand lives were lost and a million I
dollars damage done to the City of
Kiev, Russia, in recent fighting be- j
tween Ukraines and Bolsheviki, ac- ;
cording to delayed consular tele- i
grams.
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NATHAN HIDE IS
PLACED IN JAIL;
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Negro Who Shot Robert Norman At j
Remmel Is Arrested By Sheriff
Ivy Monday.
The county jail is no longer empty,
Nathan Hide, a negro charged with
shooting another negi’o named Robert |
Norman at Remmel last Friday
night, having been arrested by Sher
iff J. M. Ivy Monday and placed be
hind the bars. Norman, who was
shot in the left breast, will recover,
it is said.
Also yesterday Henry Fowler, a
negro, was placed in the county jail,
being arrested charged with havi’
participated in the shooting of Ben
Jordan Sunday morning at the
corner of Second and Beech streets.
It is claimed a negro named Ed John
son fired the shot which struck Jor
dan in the breast, and it is alleged
Fowler was ith him when they de
manded that Jordan surrender some
whiskey which he had brought from
Poplar Bluff.
WEST FRONT
MORE ACTIVE
French Advance 600 Yards and Amer
icans Effectively Shell Assem
bly of Germans.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, March 5.—Attacks on
larger proportions and intense artil
lery duels continue on the western
front. The French advanced six hun
dred yards on a twelve hundred yard
front to the German fourth line in a
surprise attack on Calonne trenches.
American artillery shelled effectively
a large assemblage of Germans. Ger
man fire has slackened considerably.
SAYS RUMANIA
HAS ACCEPTED
Berlin Announces Officially That
German Armistice Conditions
Have Been Favored.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, March 5.—Berlin announc
es officially that Rumania has accept
ed the German armistice conditions.
Peace negotiations recently were
halted by ending a previous armistice.
SERT. NDflTON IS
GIVEN DECORATION
Arkansas Soldier In France Kills
German Lieutenant and Two
Soldiers.
Associated Press Dispatch.
With the American Army in France,
March 5.—Sergeant William Norton
of Arkansas, was among the six
American soldiers to be decorated by
Premier Clemenceau for bravery in a
fight with Germans Friday in the
Toul sector. Norton killed a Ger
man lieutenant and two soldiers when
he was challenged by the lieutenant
to leave a dugout, and he led his men
in the fighting.
Norton has been in the army for a
number of years.
GERMAN ATTACK
IS BROKEN UP
Paris, March 5—A German attack
last night on American trenches in
Lorraine was repulsed, the French of
ficial statement says. American pa
trols in the same region took a num
ber of German prisoners.
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EAST NEWPORT
PROPERTY SOLO
Taggart Property Consisting of
Twelve 5-Acre Tracts and 72
Lots Sells Yesterday. i
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That East Newport property is in ,
demand was evidenced yesterday at
the sale by the United Realty and
Development Company of the Tag- 4
gart property. Seventy-two lots and
twelve five acre tracts were sold in §|
about two hours’ time.
The lots sold at about one hundred <
and fifty dollars for a fifty foot lot
and the acreage sold at an average
of about one hund^pd and fifty dol
lars per acre. The purchasers were „*j
W. K. Coe, W. A. Hawthorne, princi- *
pal of the Newark school, V. O. Jones,
J. W. McCartney, W. E. Nance, John J
Greenhaw, J. E. Henderson, D. H. ■!,'«
McCartney, Prof. Edgar Williams.
ine Dana irom catesvine was laze
in arriving, due to a mishap with one
of the machines, but when the sale ^
did get started it went with a spirit, - j
The prizes were drawn and every one
seemed to enjoy the sale very much. *,
and report a dandy good time. This -<
company will have another sale St f|
Diaz tomorrow on the Gus Jones
farm, better known as the Cromwell'
West property of one hundred and p
twenty acres, subdivided into 20 acre m
* The total sales amounted to
825.00. The largest purchaser wae,vS
J. W. McCartney, who invested
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Statement Is Authorized By Govefjh^Jgi
or Brough Following Action of
Supreme Court,
Special to Independent * ?5
Little Rock, March 5—The indiefi|| \
Lions at present are that there^’ijjiw
be no special session of the TA
This statement was authorized t£p .*
morning by Gov. Brough, foliowl^® |
the action yesterday of the
court in denying the petition
re-hearing of the Rivard bone-dry .'jj
case from Hot Springs. .
However, the governor added, thdifl
he will call the extra session sh<mld|l
there be a demand for it by a cfear |
majority of both houses, which :ij||
not yet forthcoming. ’ ^
He has heard from a large numbrnr^ ,
of the members of both Senate a#i|||
House and considerable opposition
has developed. Therefore, while the -I
mind of the governor is open on the
subject, it is very improbable that a
majority of the members will sigBkJ
an agreement to waive tneir per uion»f f;a
enact remedial prohibition laws, rafc«|||
ify the Federal prohibition amend
ment and adjourn promptly. , f
The supreme court, Justice Hum
phreys dissenting, handed down 0§
written opinion in denying a re-hear- 5
ing in the case, clarifying but not ,
modifying the original decision. The ;
opinion, written by Justice Hart, con
cludes with the following statement:
“The language of the act is plain *
and unambiguous, and we rest the (
construction we have placed upon! it ;
upon the language used by the laW-!
makers in framing it. We are of thdu
opinion that when the language^
used in the act is given its plain and
ordinary meaning, that there is no ?<
prohibition of the personal transport «
tation of an individual’s own liquors
from another state into this state.” ;
The whole issue has devolved upon
the grammatical construction of the ■;
language employed in the act. Jl
W. A. Billingsley returned this S
morning from a several days’ business
trip to St. Louis.
Elmer Patton arrived home on
4 this morning from Camp Beaure
gard, which is his first visit
dince the company’s removal
Camp Pike. His friends are
him a cordial welcome.