i1 LESS THAN $1,000
ROBBERS’ BOOTY
Two of Bandits Robbing Katy
Flyer Traced Twelve Miles
By Sheriff.
United Press Dispatch
St- Louis, July 10.—The police
are working today in an endea
vor to pick up a trail of four or
five bandits who held up and
robbed the Katy Flyer last
night. The entire loot is be
lieved to be less than $1,000 and
consisted of a sack containing
$30 in nickels and dimes and a
dozen packages of medium
priced jewelry worth not more
than $600 according to express
officials and twenty blank ex
press money orders.
Sheriff Dieker has wired that
he trailed two bandits to Ham
burg, sixteen miles distant from
the scene, and is preparing to
search several islands in the
Missouri River.
Dr. R. C- Dorr of Batesville
^ spent today in' our city.
Mrs. J. I- Sturdivant of New
ark was here last evening en
route home from a visit to Mrs.
p- 'A. B- Cost at Jonesboro.
Deputy United States Marshal
Elmer Hinkle of Batesville,
spent touay in our city looKing
after some cases for the gov
ernment. Mr. Hinkle succeeds
'A. A- Webber of Batesville, who
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made a fine officer and has many
friends in Newport.
Miss Virl Pascoe of Newark
|f is spending the week with her
sister, Mrs. Herbert Benson at
Newport, says the Journal.
Dr- Walter A. Rossington will,
* leave this evening for his home j
in Kentucky, called by the criti-;
cal illness of a brother.
Robert Neill, state bank ex
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y aminer, was here yesterday go
ing to Jonesboro.
Miss Margaret Armour of
Hot Springs is in the city, the j
guest of her sister, Mrs. J. W.
Grubbs.
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On ice—Watermelons, Cantel
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the Opera House|
PERILS OF PAULINE
The Fourth Episode—On the
big steamer tonight—a thrill
ing picture in two reels
AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Gertrude Bambrick, Kate
Bruce and Charles Murray.
(Drama—BIOGRAPH)
THE OLI) OAK’S SECRET
A good Southern story. Marga- ,
ret Gibson, Charles Bennett and j
George Cooper.
(Drama—VITAGRAPH)
THE HEART OF MAGGIE
(, MALONE
An extra good Western
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5,000 feet of extra good pictures
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Tuesday Night
^‘CLOTHES,” a Society Drama
W by Famous Players.
Two Boys Break jail.
Batesville, July 9.—The peace
and quietude of our little city
| was broken Wednesday after
noon about four o’clock when it
was reported that Willie and
Claude Jones had escaped from
the county jail.
These young men, about
whose recent noisy conduct dur
ing their confinement was told
in yesterday’s Guard, succeeded
in removing the sheet iron from
the ceiling of the jail and climb
j ed out through the flue onto the
roof, from which point they
leaped to the ground, a distance
of several feet. Citizens from
the streets saw them and gave
the alarm to Deputy Sheriff S
P. McCook, who readily gave
chase. In fact, he probably es
tablished a record for speed, un
less his record be contested by
the fleeing prisoners.
The prisoners ran to the river,
near the stave mill, and plunged
into the stream from a bank
about twenty feet high, intend
ing to swim to the other side and
make good their getaway. Mc
Cook arriving on the scene, drew
-his pistol, threatening to shoot
if they did not change their
course. At this juncture the
boys seemed pleased with the
opportunity to return. They
were brought back to the jail
and placed behind the bars again
and this time in a cell.
Sheriff Fike left early yester
day morning with the Jones
boys for Little Rock, where
they will be placed in the state
nenitent.iarv for safe* keanimr
However, to thwart this move
the boys some time Wednesday
night tore all their clothing into
threads. This did not baffle the
sheriff in the least, as he secur
ed enough clothing for the ob
stinate youngsters to make the
trip to the capital city possible.
—Batesville Guard.
George Green Assaulted.
George L. Green, the well
known sawmill man, and Eli
Brittian, who was cutting tim
ber for Green, became involved
in a dispute over some timber
Monday and Brittian struck
Green with an iron wedge, in
flicting two very painful
wounds.
The difficulty occurred near
Black river in Logan township,
where Brittian was cutting tim
ber- Brittian claims that
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a threatening manner when he
picked up a couple of iron
wedges lying near and threw
them at Green. One of the
wedges struck Green just below
the arm-pit and the other struck
him on the side of the head. The
wedge which struck Green on
the head inflicted a rather seri
ous wound, requiring medical
attention, seven stitches being
necessary to close up the wound
Green was taken to Tuckerman,
where he is making headquar
ters, and late reports indicate
that he is improving nicely—
Newark Journal.
Boat Excursion Sunday.
A boat excursion Sunday,
July 12th, will be given upon the
Beatrice by Captain W.H. Rich
ie. A trip up the river will be
made, and the boat will step at
Jacksonport bar for bathing.
Dressing rooms on the boat.
Leave incline landing at 3 p. m-,
25c for the round trip. Refresh
ments of all kinds served on the
SAYS SENATE
IS RESPONSIBLE
For Incomplete Federal Reserve
Board—President Close to
Bredfc With Certain
Democratic Senators
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., July 10.—
The senate has taken the respon
sibility of an incomplete federal
reserve board. The president
will not send any name as a sub
stitute for Warburg, but will
stand or fall by Warburg- This
position the president officially
outlined today- The controver
sy has resulted in almost a com
plete split between the president
and many leading democrats.
He has placed the next move up
to the senate.
Secretary Tumulty is today
lining up the administration
democratic senators in a fight
for Warburg and Jones and the
senators leading the fight be
lieve they will be able to confirm
Jones by a close vote. They
have suggested to the president
that he allowr the Warburg nom
ination to be pigeon holed until
Chairman Gwen returns from
Europe. They believe he will be
able to explain to Warburg that
the committee has no desire to
heckle, but simply to learn his
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views upun nuance.
Senators backing the commit
tee declare that if Warburg will
recede and appear before the
committee, he will likely be fav
orably reported. Some republi
can members are understood to
favor Warburg, but are holding
out for precedent and think that
a refusal to appear on investiga
tion is discourteous.
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Long Tunnel Caves In.
News reached Batesville Wed
nesday that the long tunnel
near Crickett on the White riv
er railroad, began caving in at
an early hour that morning.
' The condition was discovered
by a boy named John Painter
just in time to prevent a north
bound freight train from run
ning into the tunnel. The boy
ran down the track and flagged
the train, which was under high
speed and fast approaching the
flissnlvincr tnrmpl
The wrecker was called out
, from Cotter and is now at work
putting the tunnel in shape. Of
course there wall be no traffic on
^he road through the Crickett
tunnel today, apd it is probable ■
that the passenger trains will
transfer passengers, express and
baggage for the next three
days at the place of accident.—
Batesville Guard
No Interference By Governor
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 10.—Govern- i
or Hays says that nothing fur-;
then has been done in the case
of Arthur Tillman, under sen
tence of death at Booneville, a
week from tomorrow, July 18,
for the murder of Amanda
Stephens. He says that under
present conditions, and with the
light at present before him, he
has no reason whatever for fur
ther interference with the de
cree of the court- What may
develop in the next ten days re
mains to be seen.
Steamboat Excursion.
Next Tuesday, July 14, Cap
tain Inman will give another
steamboat excursion aboard the
City of Muskogee, leaving New
port at 8 p. m. for a four hour
trip. Music and dancing. The
round trip will be 50 cents. 83d6
Decision Binding In This Dis
i trict.
Special to Independent,
i Little Rock, July 9—The ac
tion of U- S. District Judge
Trieber in holding the national
migratory bird law unconstitu
tional is attracting national at
tention. Judge Elliott at Sioux
Falls, S. D., has taken the op
posite view of it, and the De
partment of Justice at Washing
ton is also taking isfeue with
Judge Trieber’s opinion.
The case upon which the de
cision was originally given, that
of Harvey Shauver of Jonesbo
ro, charged with taking migra
tory birds out of season, is be
ing given a re-hearing today by
Judge Trieber. This is done,
upon the request of Col. J. H.
Acklin, of Nashville, Tennessee,
United States Game Warden,
who has for years been an ac
tive factor in game regulations.
Judge Trieber has assumed
the position that migratory
birds have always been con
sidered as belonging to the
state in which they are found,
and for that reason Congress
has no authority to enact laws
affecting the rights of such
states
Among those present at to
day’s hearing is Wm. S. Has
kell, of New York, attorney for
the American Game Protective
and Propagation Association.
Mr. Haskell has issued a state
mient m which he says that the
decision rendered by Judge Trie
ber is binding only in the dis
trct in which it was made.
McRae and Evans May Run
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 9.—Writing
political notes in Arkansas, and
attempting to give an honest
expression of one’s opinion, is
about as interesting as attiring
one’s self in the costume of a
Fiji Islander and seating himself
upon the opening of a red ant
hill to keep the ants at home. It
is fine to say something nice
about one politician, but Sher
man and his expressed opinion
on war has nothing on the wrath
of the four score and some poli
ticians who have not been men
tioned equally as favorably.
The Little Rock correspondent
of the Independent will continue
to give his impressions, and tell
the political gossip as it comes
to his attention, and if his goat
is barbecued by pie hunters, he
will endeavor to see that the
flavor is about the same as that
of crow.
A close personal and political
friend of Gov. G- W. Hays was
authority, during this week, for
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tllC SLclLCJUCIlt Li lit L UUV.
will retire from politics at the
expiration of the full term to
which he has been nominated.
This friend states that Gov
Hays will continue his residence
in Little Rock and engage in the
practice of law. The names of
Thos. C. McRae, former con
gressman, of Prescott, and
Judge Jeptha Evans of Boorie
ville are additional possibilities
in the gubernatorial contest,
who have been mentioned re
cently.
An Appreciated Compliment.
Bradford, Ark-, July 10, ’14.
Hear Sir:
Enclosed find one dollar for
your valuable paper. I could not
get along without the Weekly
Independent, the best county pa
per in the state
W. D. Plant.
CATHERINE WINTERS
HAS BEEN FOUND
But Not Produced—Charges A
gainst Parents Are Dropped
In Court.
—
United Press Dispatch
Newcastle, Ind., July 10.— j
Charged with conspiracy to
murder and burn the body of
Catherine Winters, missing 10- j
year-old girl in one of the :
country’s most puzzling disap-j
pearance mysteries, Dr. W. A. I
Winters, her father, Mrs. Win-j
ters and W. R. Cooper, a former j
roomer at the Winters home,
were not placed on trial today
before Circuit Judge Jackson,
Jthe cases being dismissed for
want of evidence.
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| Detective Masterson announc
ed that a colleague had located
the long missing girl five days
Qfrn Viiif rlonlinnrJ t/a avnlnin
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predicted a sensation soon.
The charges grow out of an j
investigation made here several |
weexs ago by Robert Abel, an ’
Indianapolis private detective, j
who subsequently withdrew j
from the case. The three defend- j
ants expressed confidence before
court opened today that Abel
would not appear to press the
case, and they were certain that;
they would be discharged.
The arrests created a sensa
tion here several weeks ago.
The whole country had been
combed in the search for the
little girl, who vanished fifteen
months ago, when Abel burst
into the limelight with his sensa
tioal charge that Dr. Winters
and his wife and the roomer,
Cooper, knew that little Cathe
rine Winters had been killed and
her body disposed of.
Abel based his case on the dis
covery of a small red sweater, a
girl’s hair ribbon and a man’s
shirt in the basement of the
Winters home- He declared that
a chemist’s analysis would
show traces of human blood on
the shirt. Mr. Winters had a
plausible explanation of the
presence of the articles of wear
ing apparel in the basement, but
Abel pressed his accusations and
finally caused the arrest of the
trio. Each of the three defend
ants has been at liberty under a
$1,000 bond. Abel promised at
Indianapolis, two weeks ago,
that he would appear here to
press the case.
Club Women to Boycott Meat.
United Press Dispatch.
/II*_ Til T-_1_1A A_11
umv/agv, 111.) ouiv-n. uux
for a meat boycott was issued
today by Mrs. George Bash,
president of the Chicago Wom
an’s Club, to combat present
high prices. Retail prices have
advanced one to three cents a
pound in the last thirty days*
The packers say that so many
farmers have ceased to raise
cattle that the supply is only 55
per cent normal- j§||
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