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OtiUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1911. NUMBER 75 _
•AMERICAN MINISTER
CREATES SENSATION
At Athens Through Open Letter
, i Criticising Prince William.
| ^vnited Press Dispatch.
Berlin, Germany, June 27. —
f* Tii^ Anzieger publishes a dis
I, patch from Athens detailing a
I “diplomatic sensation” Created
Jby an open letter from American
4 Minister Williams criticising
J Prince William of Wied and the
Powers’ solution of the Alban
id ^difficulties.
Williams says the ruler/of Al
| bania is a prince calling him
self king, whose only achieve
g ment has been a bloody civil
Iard religious war and appeals to
t).^Powers to not aid in the op
pression cf the Albanian pasto
ral people.
Neither Thought Gun Loaded.
B Pnited Prfess Dispatch.
W Fort Smith, June 27. —John
Gill, a buy of only 7 years of
MeCurtam, Oklahoma, shot
I ar-d killed his four year old sis
| ter.
Blendon Bair aged 6 years,
iy Heavener, Ark., was also kill
dE by his ten year old brother
L with .a target rifle.
<|( In Doth instances the children
“didn’t think the gun was load
ed.” - 4. :
. What Paragouid Is Doing.
*, S||pecial to Independent.
Ijttle Rock, June 26.—Mayor
H. M. Jackson of Paragouid, one
mf the charter member^ of the j
-’^F^ • j
(Safer Arkansas Association”
erly a newspaper reporter
;tle Rock, has put his city
cash basis, and paid its
5 by progressive financial i
ods that were fully outlin
> th'e convention of mayors
rednesday. He reports pub-1
iprovements under way and i
ided for amounting to,, a 1
I of a million dollars, in the j
of Paragouid
e bonds have just been sold
iO,000 square .yards of bitu
pavement, to cost $161,
-
xt Monday the excavations
segin for an 80-room, four
r modern hotel, to cost
>00.
st Monday work began on
additions to the public
>1 buildings to cost $30,000.
, August 1, work will begin
country club building that
cost $10,000.
August 10, work will begin
he extension of the water
im at a cost of $30,000.
ing Pictures
Opera House
BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT
(good lesson for busy house
>es. Frank Lyon, May Ab
and, Robert Brower
' Drama—(EDISON)
GIRL, THE COP AND
THE BURGLAR,
luth Hennesy, Wallace Berry
IChas. Steine. A club come
(ESS ANA Y)
ME ARM OF VENGEANCE
row a Red Man returned good
evil—rescued the little child,
[jj Stockdale, Reina Valdez
1 little Louis Ingraham.
Drama— (ESS AN A Y)
, 5c and 1
Pickf
ie Devil” , .
Newport Boy Scouts Capture A
Town.
For two hours last Monday,
from 10:30 a. m., to 12:30 p. m.,
the town of Hoxie was complete
ly in the grasp of eighteen
bright boy scouts- During the
time they were in the city bus
iness picked up all along the
line, and especially was this no
ticeable around our popular so
da fountains.
The scouts were from Newport
and went from here to Many In
lands, near Mammoth Spring,
and drilled from there to the
beautiful and pleasant Ozarks
in Missouri, where they are
now in camp fishing, hunting
and enjoying life as only young
sters can.
The boys are members of Pa
trols Nos- 1 and 2, Boy Scouts of
America, and were accompani
ed by the following officers: G.
A. Hillhouse, scout master; S.
R. Phillips, assistant scout mas
ter; J. V. Ridley, Sheriff J. F
McCuistion, and J. F. McCuis
tion, Jr., mascot of the party,
and whoe duty was to keep a
wratch over the grown folks. The
editor of the Enterprise was
glad to meet these prominent
gentlemen of Newport and es
pecially those bright, ' manly
boys, and wishes them a pleas
ant outing and a safe return to
their respective homes.—Hoxie
Enterprise.
Entertains For Mrs. Dillard.
Mrs. M- A. Dorsey entertain
ed in her usual charrrfing way
Friday afternoon in honor of
her niece, Mrs. Tom Dillard, of
Atlanta, Georgia, who is spend
ing the summer with her par
ents here.
No home in our city is more
hospitable than Mrs. Dorsey’s,
and an invitation from her is
most certainly to be accepted.
The afternoon was thoroughly
enjoyed by the congenial crowd
of young matrons who were in
vited to meet Mrs. Dillard.
Ices and cake were nicely ser
ved by Misses Lucy and Eliza
beth Sprigg. j
Those who enjoyed the after
noon were Mesdames Will C.
Eichenberger of Fort Worth,
Ernest Ferrell of Corpus Chris
ti, Texas,' Lon L Campbell, Tom
Owen. E. L. Boyce, H. O. Walk
er, C. E. Carroll, ,Sprigg Fou
shee, 0. E. Jones, Herschel Cast,
Roy Hinkle, Fred Suits, Henry
M. Owen, James Blackwood,
Conrad Bach and Tom Hutson
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May Declare Bank Solvent.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 27. —There
is a rumor in circulation mat
tional Bank Examiner Smith
miay declare the State National
Bank solvent, and recommend
its liquidation through the
stockholders, thereby saving
the expense of receivership. It
is #said that the assets exceed
the liabilities by about $400,000.
Photo Of Newspapermen.
The Independent acknowledges
the receipt of a panorama photo
graph of the mSemlbers of the
Arkansas Press Association, ta
ken during the recent conven
tion. The Little Rock Press
Club, in fact, the whole city,
gave the newspaper men such
a welcome and Hospitality in our
state meeting, that the pencil
pushers are “hooked up” to the
capital city for all time to
come.
Prof. Edgar Williams is able
to be out after a siege with ma
laria.; V
CHANGES NEEDED
IN STATE’S LAWS
—
Urged Before Chancery Bar As
sociation By Prosecuting
Attorney C. M. Erwin.
Heber Springs, June 26. —To
night nrfarked the close of the
fifth annual meeting of the bar
association of northeast Ark
jansas, which was in session at
Heber Springs two days.
; One of the most interesting
features of the session was the
speech of Love Grant of New
port, representative of Jackson
i county, his subject being
| “Freaks of Legislation and Leg
islative Freaks.”
Claude M. Erwin of Newport,
prosecuting attorney of the
'Third Judicial Circuit, followed
| Mr. Grant and delivered one of
| the most sensational and strik
ing speeches of the entire ses
| sion. He dwelt at length on the
imperative need of changes in
criminal procedure in Arkan
sas- He said that the record
jof crime in the United States
‘has gone on increasing in black
ness until it had made this coun
Itry conspicuously alone among
the civilized nations of the
world, and that Arkansas had
not fallen behind the other
I states in this big march of
crime. He added that during
the first two years -he was prose
cuting attorney of his district in
1911 and 1912, there were 42S
indictments and trials of per
son for some degree of homi
cide in the state of Arkansas, as
against 24 indictments and tri
als on the same charge in Lon
don, a city with four times the
population of Arkansas. Out of
these 428 cases there were only
274 convictions and only 38 of
this number received the sen
tence for the maximum punish
ment and only 19 of the 38
were executed. He declared the
main trouble is due to the de
fects of the criminal procedure,
which have not been amended or
improved upon to any material
degree since the adoption of the
constitution in 1874.
Thursday night a banquet was
tendered the members of the
association and their families
at the Hotel Adrian by the local
bar and the citizens of Heber
Springs.
On the second day the wel
come address of Judge Ham
mock on behalf of the bar of
Cleburne county, which was
responded to by Judge A. J
Witt of Pocahontas, opened the
program.
I Judge Oeorge W. need oi fie
ber Springs followed with an
interesting address on the re
formation of young criminals.
Several resolutions of state
wide interest were offered dur
ing the meeting, the most im
portant of which was a resolu
tion recommending that a lav
be enacted authorizing the chan
cellor to exchange with the cir
cuit judge in holding court ir
the chancellor’s district. It was
unanimously adopted. A warn
scene was enacted when the Ju
diciary Committee reported a
gainst the adoption of a nev
constitution for Arkansas. Th<
majority of the members pres
ent voted to refuse the adop
tion of the report.
The next meeting will be hek
at Pocahontas.
Officers were elected as fol
lows:
President, W E. Beolate o
| Walnut kidge; vice president, 0
I tis W. Scarborough of Newport
I
secretary, Lyman F. Reeder of
Batesville, re-elected; vice
presidents of the 12 counties of
the association: Baxter, W. C.
Alley, Mountain Home; Izard,
Senator John C. Ashley, Mel
bourne; Independence, Sam M.
Casey, Batesville; Jackson, Jas.
H- Johnston, Newort; Lew
rence, Oscar C. Blackford, Wal
nut Ridge; Randolph, Clarence
Henderson; Fulton, Judge Geo.
Humphries, Salem; Sharp, T.
I. Herrn, Evening Shade; Cle
burne, Judge W. T. Hammock.
Quitman; Stone, H. U. William
son, Mountain View.
The Arkansas Progress.
“The Arkansas Progress,”
the new state paper, has made
its advent and is receiving much
compliment and endorsement
from the press of the state, as
it should for the purposes it
proposes to serve.
J. R. Taylor, formerly of the
Paragould Soliphone, one of Ar
kansas’ best newspapermen is
in charge and the purpose of the
j>aper is well stated in the edi
tor’s salutatory
“Arkansas Progress proposes
to be the exponent of every pro
gressive movement of whatever
’ ' ^ that has for its object the
! development of the state’s re
sources:
Its agricultural and horticul
tural progress.
| “Its progress in improved
highways and
j “Its moral and intellectual
progress.”
—
Claude Coger Succeeds Tre
vathan.
The management and editor
ship of the Batesville Guard one
of the state’s oldest and best
newspaper properties, and most
influential papers, has been ac
cepted by Claude L. Coger, who
succeeds George H. Trevathan,
whose retirement was made ne
cessary by poor health.
The new editor has been own
|er of the Sharp County Record
ifor nearly eighteen years. He
| is a gifted, keen, forceful and re
sourceful editorial writer, one
of the best in Arkansas and in
■every wray fitted to further
(strengthen th’e Guard.
The friends of the former edi
tor hope that he may soon re
gain his health and extend best
j wishes to the new.
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Floods Do Great Damage.
United Press Dispatch.
Mandan, South Dakota, June
27. —The stores and hotels oi
1 ail
ithe town are marooneu auu me
(business men and clerks are sal
vaging merchandise, soaked by
a flood, which followed a cloud
burst on Heart river, raising i1
six feet in two hours. The total
damage is estimated at $20,90C
and the water is three feet deej
at Bismarck with a propertj
loss there of $50,000- The wires
are down and the tracks hav<
been washed out.
Boat Excursion.
The gasoline launch, Beatrice
Captain Richie, will go on an ex
, cursion on the evening of Wed
, nesday, July 1st, leaving th<
landing at the incline, at 7:30
p. m., fare 25c for the roun<
trip, up Black river- 75d
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Nebraska Victim Of Pallagra.
United Press Dispatch.
Lincoln, Neb., June 27. — Har
r ry Tyler of Falls City, Neb., i
the first victim in this state t
die of pellagra.
\
FEDERALS LEAVE
IHEiR WOUNDED
Abandon Supplies and Destroy
Ammunition When Overtak
en By Villa’s Cavalry.
United Press Dispatch
Zacatecas, Mexico, June 27. —
Deserting the wounded and a
bandoning supplies the surviv
ors among the Federate which
i evacuated Zacatecas are nearing
| Aguas Calientes. They were
pursued by General Villa’s cav
| airy and overtaken. The Feder
ate deserted their wounded and
provisions and destroyed their
' ammunition.
j The Federal General Olea and
one hundred irregulars have al
ready been executed.
Confident Of Peace.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., June 27—
Only the orders of Carranza
depart
| ure of the Constitutionalists to
Canada to talk peace to the Hu
ertaistas. All authorities are
convinced that Huerta cannot
| wj4 hstand a general assault up
| on Mexico City and it is known
that he is willing to make sweep
ing concessions.
So confident is the president
that peace has come that he
has arranged that General
Wood, now in command of oper
ations in Mexico, be ordered to
assume the duties of command
er of the division of East Gov
ernor’s Island.
Legal blanks of all kinds at
Price’s Bookstore—deeds, mort
gages, Justice blanks,etc. 72btf
Webbers’ Term To Expire Soon.
The term of United States
Marshal A. A. Webber will ex
pire the first of the coming
month. Mr- Webber has filled
this office for the past fifty-six
months, and it is to his credit to
state that he has made a faith
ful and fearless official. He es
pecially has conducted an en
viable campaign against boot
leggers in this section, making
many important arrests.
It is not known yet who Mr.
Webber’s successor will be. He
states naturally the woods are
full of those who would like very
much to be.—Batesville Guard.
Lake Steamer Runs Ashore
United Press Dispatch.
Superior, Wis., June 27.—The
customs officers report the
steamer Mataffa ashore at the
'entrance to the harbor and life
savers are working in an effort
to save the crew. There was a
cyclone on the lake during the
night and wires are down; conse
quently the losses are not now
known.
Report Mataffa Safe
United Press Dispatch.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 27. —
The Mataffa, grounded in Su
perior harbor, has been towed
to safety according to private
dispatches to the Pittsburg Nav
igation Company, owners of the
steamer.
Scaffold Breaks—Three Killed.
United Press Dispatch.
Kansas City, Mo., June 27. —
Two are dead and a third fatal
ly injured as a result of the
breaking of a scaffold last night
upon a grain elevator under con
struction. *
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