DEMOBILIZATION
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Trccps in United States Will Return
Sdon, Cut Those in Europe Will
Remain Longer.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 16.—General
Jlarch, chief of staff of the army, an
nounced today that orders have been
• issued for a gradual demoblization of
all troops now in this country. Sev- j
enty-one development battalions, j
comprising 80,000 men, will be de
mobilized first.
There are now 1,700,000 men under |
arms in the United States, Gen.!
March said, and when the reduction
plan is under full operation 30,000
men will be released from the army
daily. Orders already have been is
sued for the demobilization of 200,- j
. COO who will return to thejr homes
within two weeks.
General March said the order in
which the divisions are to be return- j
ed from Jb ranee will ue ieit to uen
eral Pershing. It is tfie intention of
the war department, however, to re
turn each division to the locality
from which a majority of its men
came and parade the division in ad
jacent cities so the people wall have
•a chance to give a fitting welcome.
Orders have been cabled to Gener
al Pershing to return at once all
casuals, sick and wounded who can be
moved and all convalescents.
Discussing demobilization plans j
with senators today, war department i
officials said Secretary Baker planned ,
to stop all movement of additional
troops to Europe except surgical un
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its. s;
According to a dispatch from Ber
lin, Foreign Secretary Solf has sent
a message to Secretary Lansing re
creating President Wilson to give
permission for a German commis
sion to leave immediately for the
United States to personally lay be
fore the American government the
conditions existing in Germany and
take steps to purchase foodstuffs.
THERE’S NOT A VACANT
DWELLING IN NEWPORT.
NEW ONES ARE NEEDED.
According to local agencies there j
is not a vacant dwelling in Newport. |
One of our good citizens sold his res- j
ideqce a few weeks ago, believing j
that he would be able to rent an
- -other house for his family in the
event of the purchaser demanding po
session of his property. This week
- the,purchaser moved in, and now the
former owner is without a home, be
' ing forced to board and lodge, and j
he tells the Independent that unless '
jLe can secure a place to reside he
/Mwill *be forced to leave the city.
BB While this speaks well for New- j
Us port as a desirable resident city, this!
condition of affairs should not be al-1
lowed to .continue. Reports from
Washington say alf building restric-!
tions have been removed since the
signing of an armistice, in cons?-,
quence of which the building of homes
in Newport could be undertaken with
out hinderance.
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William Hohen-:ollern Has Not Been
Interned, But Goes Where He
Pleases in Holland.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amerongen, Holland, Nov. 1G.—
William Hohenzolleni has not been
interned by the Netherland govern
ment. He is regarded rather as a dis
tinguished visitor who sought refuge
and has a claim to protection. Pre- |
sumably he is free to go where he
likes, but the fact that his suite is
interned restricts his movements.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
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The Independent is publishing a
letter from James Wallace, a former
Newport boy who writes interestingly
of his trip “over there” to his mother,
Mrs. R. W. Wallace at Nettleton.
The 'young man was born and raised
in Newport-and has many relatives
here:
Somewhere in France,
Oct. 15th, 1918.
Dear tiometoiKs:—
I received your letter and the clip
pings yesterday and believe me I was
more than glad to get both for I
don’t know of anything that makes
an American soldier fight harder than
letters and newspapers from home.
You have asked me several times to
describe my trip over.
After leaving Camp Beauregard
we passed through many interesting
places in Louisiana that changed our
opinion of the state greatly. We fer
ried the Mississippi at Baton Rouge,
where we were allowed to leave the
train for one hour. The ladies of the
local Red Cross entertained us and I
don’t believe I ever tasted anything
better than the lunch they served.
Soon the time was up and we boarded
the train again and proceeded to New
Orleans, where we were delayed for
several hours but were not permitted
to leave the train. Our next stop was
at Raleigh, N. C., where we were
again received and entertained by the
Red Cross. Speaking of square meals,
how about a “round” bath? That’s
what we got anyway, and it whs the
real thing. Said bath accomodations
were recently built by the Red Cross
and are large enough for three hund
red and fifty soldiers at one. time.
After we were thus made presentable
we were received by the young ladies
of Raleigh, who gave us a fine lunch.
We can never forget their kindness.
Our next stop of importance was
at Richmond, Virginia, and from
there we went to Newport News,
where w|e were to embark. There
we met Sgt. Hook Sprigg and sev
eral* old ..Company E. boys who had
not yet been sent.
During our first few days aboard
ship the ocean was rather rough.
Don’t believe I ever saw so many
sick boys. I thought I was going to
be victim too, so aepc ciuse co my
bunk awhile. Sgt.' Alexander (a
Batesville boy,) and Sgt. Fisher (a
Hot Springs hoy,) had it bad. It was
up to me to play mother, so I had to
feed them the best I could. It is very
hard to satisfy a sea sick man.* I had
to “run the mess line.” If they ca£gh
yen, it means extra duty or some
times something worse. It took a lit
tle nerve to run it every meal, but
I was in luck a'nd finally they got
well.
One day we thought we were going
to have a storm. The clouds were
very black and the ocean was just
like a great big- rough, playful, St.
Bernard j^ip. The waves dashed upon
file first deck, turned over and
“played dead.” We would see a wave
coming and push ea*h other out on
deck. It took a good man to stand up
when they hit him.
Soon we cut out this fun for the
ocean oalmed down, then we saw
many different kinds of fish and sea
animals.
Finally we sighted land. It was the
evening^ of the 18th of August. The
band began to play and everybody
yelled. We anchored in Brest Harb
or for the night and the next morn
ing janded on French soil.
From the port we marched six
miles to a rest camp where we stay
ed two days. They call it a “rest
camp” but I’ve got another name for
German Warship Attempts to Escape
and is Torpedoed by Revolution
ists—Germans Perish.
(By The Associated Press.)
Nov. 1C.—The German war
ship, Wiesbaden, which refused to
surrender and tried to escape, was
torpedoed by revolutionist battle
ships, and the entire crew of 330 men
perished, according to the Berlin
Lokal Anzieger.
it, because they certainly believe in j
this“sweat of your brow” business. j
On the night of the third day we j
received orders to be ready to move j
the next day. We hiked five miles to
a small station and boarded a
French train. They are rather differ- !
ent from our trains. They have diff- |
erent classes, first, second ancf third. !
I happened to be lucky, for I got in
a second class coach. The train pas
sed through several large cities, the
names of which I cannot give as our
chaperone, the censorship might ob
ject. {
We are now located in a quaint old
village of about two thousand inhab- j
itants. Many of the buildings bear
dates as far back as 1100. Our com-;
pany’s office is located in an old cas-'
tie that was built in the year that
Columbus discovered America, (Hincl
enburg discovered us in 1918) at that
time it was a church but had since
been made into a residence. All the
surroundings are picturesque. The
tower of the building opens out into j
a small drawbridge, which spans a j
ASK FRENCH 10
RESTORE ORDER
Population of Maihausen Have Risen
Against Germans Who Are Re
tiring in Disorder.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 16.—A German air
plane arrived at the French lines yes
terday bearing an urgent message
from the mayor of Maihausen asking
that a French regiment be sent there
to maintain order. The population has
risen against the Germans, who are
retiring in utmost dsiorder, accord
ing to the Echo ’de Paris.
beautiful canal.
The people here are so quaint ancf
old fashioned, but they make us
Americans so welcome among- them
we just love them. I have just about
decided that I am backward in pick
ing up their language but with a few
words and many signs I manage to
make myself understood well enough j
anyhow, for the shop keeper to get j
all my pay roll. Really I don’t care to
save the money over here for it
doesn’t look like the good old long
green of the U. S. A.
Although I guess I’ll be sea sick
on my return trip they can’t start me
back too soon to suit me. There is
good in everything, even sea sickness
has its good points. It furnishes its
victims with three extra meals daily
(three down and three up.)
The mail orderly is ready to start
with the company mail so I must
rush on before I miss him.
Now you all write me real often
please so each boat will bring me
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BELGIANS ENTER
BRUSSELS TBDAY
German Troops Began Moving Out of
Capital City Yesterday and Now
Are Nine Mile3 Away.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov 16.—Belgian advance
guards entered Brussels today. Ger
man troops began moving out of the
Belgian capital yesterday and now
are nine miles away, according to a
correspondent on the Belgian front.
(By.The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 16.—Allied forces ex
pect to enter Bucharest Sunday, ac
cording to Jassy advices, according
to the L’ Information. A triumphal
reception is planned, it is said.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 16.—A judicial inquiry
has been ordered at Lille against
German olficers accused of crimes
during the enemy occupation of that
:ity.
some word of the dear ones at home.
With all my love,
Your loving son and brother,
Corporal James R. Wallace,
Co. C. 154 Reg. Inf, American E. F.
CZECHO-SLOVAK RE
PUBLIC PROCLAIMED
AND PRESIDENT NAMED.
(By The Associated Press.)
Berne, Nov. 16.—*A Czecho-Slovak
■epublic was proclaimed yesterday
xnd the selection of Prof. T. G. Mas
xryk as president ratified, according
:o an official dispatch from Prague.
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| to Experiment ■
With war-time conditions
and national needs mak
► ing an unprecedented de
• mand on every man’s
pocket-book, it is no time
to take a chance on get
ting full value for every
dollar expended.
In the matter of men’s
apparel, We consider it j
our bounylen duty to insist j
that every man who buys > |
anything at this store, j
shall get utmost value and only mer
chandise of highest quality—because
quality is the foundation of true
economy.
To guard our customers’ v
interests and insist on their satisfac
tion. we feel is a high obligation that
we must “carry on’’ more strongly
today than ever before.
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ON TIGHT AGAIN
Churches, Schools and Picture Show
Close and Stores May Close if 'itm
Conditions Grow Worse.
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At a meeting this morning the city
board of health ordered that the
I schools, churches and picture show -■
close until further orders, and that
' if the influenza epidemic does not
show signs of abatement by Mon- f
day, when the board is to meet again,
all the stores and business houses of 4
the city will be closed.
Twenty-seven new cases of influ- p:|
enza were reported this morning,., ?
Elsewhere in the Independent. to
day appears the order of the board of fi|
health, which the people are asked ’1
to read carefully. ''
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RAILROAD COMPANY IS jj
ORDERED TO MAINTAIN
SANITATION AT DEPOT. if
At a meeting of the city board of
health Saturday morning the follow- J
ir.g communication was drawn up: —|
Newport, Ark., Nov. 16, 1918. H
Mr. G. I*. Coffin, Agent, ’ ':A|
Missouri Pacific R. R. Co.,
Newport, Ark. ,
Dear Sir:—
Serious complaint has been filed by -J
the Newport public press as well as S
by a number of well informed citi- Jj
zens concerning the filthy and unsan
itary conditions of your public wait- rl
ing rooms, and more especially the G
toilets in and about the station of
your company, to such an extent is
this the case, that the Board of pub
lic health is compelled to aslj that
you immediately and forthwith cease 4j
the use of the premises complained
of until such time as t>e conveniences--f
that you are required by law to main
tain, are placed in a fit condition for ^
use—and from that time on they be !
maintained and kept in a sanitary
way, and thereby avoiding a further ^
menace to the health and decency of
the public.
Respectfully,
Newport Board of Health, *
By H. O. Walkjer. |
This notice was filed with Mr. G. P.
Coffin, Agent for the Missouri Pa
cific Ry. at Newport, Ark., on Nov.
16th, 1918, at 9:30 am., o'clock.
G. C. Martin,
City Marshal.
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COPIES OF NEW CON
STITUTION ARE NOW
AVAILABLE IN CITY.
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Persons desiring a copy of the new <j
state constitution, which will be voted
on December 14th, may obtain one M
by calling at my office in the Arkan- * s
sas Bank Building.
E. L. Boyce. |
GERMAN CATHOLICS . "Ji
APPEAL TO BENEDICT
AGAINST ARMISTICE.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 16.—German Ca$$io-,
lies are appealing to Pope Benedict /;
; gai; St the heavy burdens which
claim armistice terms impose; ' ac-^ .s-|
-ordinu; to a wireless 'dispatch fiom
Berlin. • ^ •; J
CZECHO-SLOVAKS MAKE
TENTH WAR DEBTOR OF
THE UNITED STATES. ,
(By The Associated Press.) -J
Washington, Nov. 16.—By extend
ing a credit of seven million dollars
to the Czechoslovak national coun- ■
cil, the treasury added the tenth deb
tor nation among the allies to the
United States. Great Britain was
given a credit of $200,000,000 today,
Italy $50,§00,00 and Belgium $9,
000,000. ,
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