S IMMEDIATE PALL
jl Of MEXICO CITY
Is Expected—Carranza's Atti
tude Is Defiant—Fighting
I at Chisuahua.
II United Press Dispatch.
Chisuahua, July 14. —Skir
mishing between the advance
|jj|i guard of the Constitutionalists
Bk and the Federal outposts at San
IK Luis Potosi is already in prog
® ress. A general assault will not
be ordered until General Gonza
/ les arrives from Saltillo. A
trainload of Ammunition is en
| V route from Tampico.
UNCLE SAM TO CARE FOR
I FOREIGNERS IN CAPITAL
gH United Press Dispatch.
P Washington, D. C., July 14. —
jK: Carranza’s defiant attitude cou
pled with the continued success
$|®es:pf the Constitutionalist forc
les, lead official to believe that
§111Mexico City will shortly fall if
Heome radical change in the sit
^puation does not develop in the
B^xt^ hours. As a result the
MlCmted States has been forced
^Kto assume responsibility for
hundreds of foreigners maroon
K ed there.
m" HUERTA ON THE RUN.
1' United Press Dispatch
K Vera Cruz, Mexico, July 14.—
r %3th the gap in the railroad so
thoroughly repaired that trains
K from Mexico City may reach
this place, it is hourly expected
that Huerta and his family will
arrive at port. Developments
at Mexico City has caused all
Mexicans to believe that the
(Dictator has determined to ab
dicate. And it is believed that ^
it will only be a matter of hours i
K until he will disappear. ^ \
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BOALT’S STORY BEING IN- i
VESIGATED.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D- C., July 14.— ;
Complete censorship is to be |
maintained over reports of in-1
vestigation of Ensign Richard-!
son by naval board of inquiry,!
for alleged application of “Law 1
of Flight” to Mexicans, as]
Boait. Acting Secretary Roose- i
velt believed today that investi-!
gation was still under way, but
received no report from Admir
al Badger. Congressman Fal-1
’A/Vrt/Mn 1 / i/l n , r WVi a/] 4 a a nlr 4 l\ a
wiiv* vvuaj jL'iuiiJivu vu utjn t/iiv
House on Saturday to consider
his resolution asking a thorough
inquiry into the Boalt story. j
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' .YRed Cross Ball Blue should be
in every home. Ask your groc
er for it Large 2oz. package, 6
cents. , Mm.
Moving Pictures;
the Opera House
CLOTHES
Grace George's famous success,
a celebrated “Society Drama is
founded upon Cloth,'V is a pow
erful contrast of lovd and de
sire; sham and sincereity." A
very elaborate production.
Charlotte Ives, House Peters
and-little> Mjrtnie Yoomme, the
child actress', j ' *
A four reel feature.
THE SACRIFICE OF KATH
LEEN.
An extra good two reel feature
Norma Talmadge, Leo Delaney
( Drama—VITAGRAPH) .
First show’ at 7130
Extra good show—Don't miss it
ADMISSION 10 and 20 CENTS
To Select County Election
Commissioners.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 14—The
State Board of Election Com
missioners, consisting of the
governor, secretary of state and
attorney general, will meet
Wednesday morning for the
purpose of taking up the ques
tion of selecting the county
election commissioners. It is
probable that it will take the
greater part of the day to go
'over the numerous recommen
dations and decide upon the
best men. There are very few
contests this time, the disposi
tion being, apparently, to turn
it over the discretion of the
I Board to select the best men.
j There are few if any factional
fights in any of the counties.
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New York Cops Nervous.
United Press Dispatch.
Newr York, July 14.—Don’t
stop and admire the giant cop.
It gets his goat. It’s the truth
A nine year old street kid can
most frighten a copper to death.
And if the same woman passes
- '_ 4.Z_1.1. - VI__2. _
i v-v- wig miug guai nicvj
turn in his badge. Although
there hasn’t been a police scan
dal for several weeks, Commis
sioner Woods has established a
new “shopfly” system and the
coppers fear -every clerk, scrub
woman and office boy. These
spies keep the closest tab on
New York’s peace officers and
report directly to the man high
est up in the Department. ^
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Sex Hygiene In Schools.
United Press Dispatch.
Berlin, July 14.—That the
work of instructing school chil
dren in sexuai hygiene and en
lightening the child’s mind in
sexual matters should be dele
gated to school physicians, was *
the opinion expressed by Dr-1
Gettkamp of Merlin in the an
nual conference of German
school physicians. In Germany
each school has one or more
physicians, appointed by the
authorities, for medical inspec
tion and to lecture upon hy
gienic subjects. It was Dr.
Gettkamp’s view that plain
talks upon sexual matters
should be a part of the school
curriculum and that the school
physician can better instruct in
such matters than other teach
ers. * — „ h
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Presbyterian Picnic.
Mr. R. T Robertson, superin
tendent of the Presbyterian
Sabbath School, has made the
arrangements for the annual
picnic which will be given on
Thursday, July 16th.
Captain Richie has been in
terviewed, his barge thorough
ly examined and pronounced in
perfect order, and all is in read
iness for the arrival of the date
appointed- The committee ap
pointed consisting of R. T. Rob
ertson, Lutieir Jfarris^and W.
|P. Chalmers, will be personally
| responsibler-fpr. the little ones’
pleasure apd,spfety on the oc
casion.
Don’t fail to be on hand at
the phurcty at 8 a- m.
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Rain At C.ushman
A> telephone message to the
[Guard from Cushman Monday
afternoon about four o’clock
states that a fine rain has fallen
in that community since noon.
There had not J?een a good rain
fall* in tbe CLehman locality in
several weeks. — Batesville
Guard.
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TILLMAN’S EXECUTION
NtAR AT HAND
While Declaring His Innocence
Doomed Man Says He is
Ready To Die
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 14—Arthur
Tillman will be hanged at Paris,
Logan county, tomorrow, July
15, for the murder of Amanda
! Stephens. He will probably be
the last person to be executed
in that manner in the state, the
crime for which he is condemn
ed having been committed be
fore the passage of the electro
cution act.
Gov. Hays has steadfastly re
sisted all pleas for clemency in
the case- The aged father and
mother of the condemned boy
themselves pleaded with him in
vain, and Monday morning for
mer Governor X. 0. Pindall ap
peared before the governor in
Tillman’s behalf.
Finally Gov. Hays said that
if a recommendation were se
cured from the circuit judge and
the prosecuting attorney who
tried the case he would grant
a resnite of thirtv to sivtv davs.
beyond the approaching term of
court. At noon Pros. Attyi
Benson of Ozark called the govi
ernor over long-distance tele
phone, and said that not only
would he not recommend a re
prieve, but that he would pro
test against it; he said that he
was perfectly familiar with he
case in all its bearings, and that
he knew the accused to be guil
ty of the crime charged. Up
to last night the governor had
not heard from Judge Evans
There is, however, very little
probability that anything will
entervene to cause the governor
to change his mind.
“I am innocent of the crime,
but I am prepared to die,” were
the last words he uttered as he
left on the journey to the place
of execution.
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GUARD POSTED TO PRE
VENT RELEASE.
United Press Dispatch'.
Eort Smith, July 14. —Word
has just reached here that an
attempt will be made by friends
of Tillman to prevent his execu
tmn tomorrow, and If possible,
to secure his release from the
sheriff this afternoon or to
night, it being reported that
they will attempt to overpower
the sheriff and his deputies. The
sheriff, upon learning of the
plot, swore in a number of depu
ties and threw a strong force
around the jail and will keep a
heavy guard on duty until after
Tillman is executed tomorrow.
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Train Robber’s Wife Arrested.
j United Press Dispatch,
i New Orleans, July 14. —Mrs.
| Charles Prater, aged nineteen,
'and widow of the notoriou:
!train robber who was,killed in
a battle with officers in, Florida,
,five months ago, was arreste
! here today after eluding the po
lice of ten cities, who sought to
find her hiding place and to se
cure nearly sixty thousand dol-,
lars in cash and jewels, which
;she says she has buried- “Kill
;me if you will, but I woptell,”
she screamed when questioned
qs“to the hiding place of * the
at. .
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W. D. Johnston, first-class
painter and paper hangar.
Phone 20. ' 88d6t
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Pennsylvania Has Most Million
aires.
United Press Dispatch.
Income tax returns have dis
closed thfe richest region in the
world. Estimates several
months ago made the empire
state a bad second to Pennsyl
vania in number of millionaire
residents—the Keystone state
upwards of six hundred while
New York boasted but four hun
dred odd—but a little corner of
Manhattan has captured the
real wealth honors
This is the story. Fifteen
thousand New Yorkers in the
district bounded—roughly— by
i'24th street, the Bowery, the
Battery and the Hudson river,
° pn annual income exceed
ing $1,000,000. These poverty
stricken New Yorkers pay an
annual income tax total of $15,
000,000. On the last payment
day $5,000,000 was paid in. For
three days now penalties have
been assessed on the small min
ority who did not come forward
on time. As 99 pe^ cent of the
“victims” paid up on the deJ
the penalties are not heavy.
In marked contrast to the
wealth of the lower Manhattan
district the billion dollar income
estimate covers a district but
:two square miles in extent— is
the square mile to the east,
bounded by 14th street, the
Bowery and East river- In
ithiS territory reside 600,000
^persons. They do not pay in
come taxes. They live in the
most populous district in the
| world and they do not count
j their money by the dollar but by
pennies.
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George W. Weast Dead.
George W. Weast, aged 84
years, passed away at his home
in this city Monday evening at
9 o’clock from a long illness of
several months. The funeral
was held at the home this after
noon at 4 o’clock, conducted by
Rev- L. W. Heaton of the Epis
copal church, burial following at
Walnut Grove.
Mr. Weast was a pioneer citi
zen of Newport, being for sev
eral years actively engaged in
the hardware business on upper
Front street. He was also a
Confederate soldier and had
many friends who regret to,
hear of his death.
His wife and son, George
Weast, Jr., survive him and
have the sympathy of friends
in their sorrow.
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Entertains At Bridge
Mrs- Sprigg Foushee enter
tained a dozen friends at Bridge
Monday afternoon, the occasion
being a very pleasant one and
was readily numbered among
the pleasure events of the sum
mer season. i
Delicious ices and cake were
served and were very refresh
ing. The hostess was assisted
in receiving her guests by her
mother, Mrs. I. Sprigg- Those
present were Mesdames P. H.
jVan Dyke, W. A. Billingsley, C.
G. Henry, O. D. Watson, Geo. A.
Hillhouse, Geo K. Stephens, R.
J- Wise, Tom Dillard, Clyde
Wood, C. E. Carroll, Miss Marie
Kaiser and Miss Bessie Watson.
Up Five Miles In A Biplane.
United Press Dispatch.
[ Leipsic, July 14.—Aviator
Heinrich Olerich broke the
f • f i .
world’s record here today by as
cending in a biplahe tQ a height
of 25$j)0 feet- The aviator
stated that the extreme cold
made it impossible to remain in
,th-. higher alti+udes longer.
GREAT RAILROAD
STRIKE PROBABLE
Employes Ask For Eight Hour
Day—Next Move Up To
Railroads.
United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, 111, July 14.— The
railroad situation here is in
tensely acute. Unless the work
ing hours are reduced from ten
to eight, with no reduction of
pay, the employes of all big
j trunk lines and their subsidia
ries, west of Chicago will strike,
j This ultimatum was presented
to the general manager’s com
mittee, representing the roads,
in a final conference this after
|noon- This action of the em
ployes committees put next
move up to the railroads. It is
expected that the roads will ap
peal to Secretary of Labor Wil
son and ask for mediation under
the Newlands act. It is expect
ed that the employes will accept
an arbitration of the question.
ii me roaas reject tne ultima
tum without an effort at media
tion, the greatest raidroad
strike will follow, tying up the
commerce of several states.
Million To State From Auto
Licenses.
United Press Service.
Sacremento, Calif., July 14.—
Between August 10, 1913, and
May 31, 1914, the California
motor vehicle department took
in $1,169,669 in automobile li
censes, according to a report
completed today by the state
engineer, head of the depart
ment.
During the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1913, the state’s reven
ues from this same source were
only $85,810. Collection of the
tax at that time was under the
Secretary of State’s supervision.
'The new law, under which the
state engineer is now acting,
called for a much more energet
ic prosecution of the business of
collection. Automobile owners
.fought the law hard but the
'state beat them.
There are at present in Cali
Jfornia 100,514 automobiles and
20,427 motorcycles.
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| A Measuring Social.
To be given at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. O- M. Bowen, Wed
nesday night, July 15.
The following announcement
has been issued by the Chris
tian Endeavors of the Christian
j church:
“A measuring sociai is given to
you;
’Tis something novel, something
new.
! We Christian Endeavors ask all
to come,
And each bring one to aid U3
I some.
Five cents for each foot you’re
tall;
We’ll measure you on door or
wall.
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| One cent for each extra inch
j give,
And thereby show how high you
live.
With music and song, refresh
ments and pleasure
We’ll meet one and all at our
social measure.”
Time, Wednesday night, July
15th, From 8 to 11.” 87d3
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