VOLUME XVII. NO. 266. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1918
PREP1RI1G TO
SMUTS
President Wilson Will Attempt to
Stop Trouble Which Threatens
to Stop Ship Building.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington Feb. 16.— President
Wilson is preparing to take action to
end the strikes in the Atlantic coast
ship yards which treaten to tie up a
large part of the ship building indus
try in the east. A direct appeal for
the president to intervene was made
by an officer of the Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners, approxim
ately fifty per cent of whose members
in the New York district are on a
stride, demanding the assurance of
higher wages and closed shop condi
tions. Officials of the shipping board
held a conference this morning and
the manager of the ship yards asked
the shipping board to allow them to
fight the strikes.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 16.—According to
officials of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners approximately
fifty per cent of the ship yard work
ers in the New York district are on
strike. The number of “men who are
out on a strike here are said to be
between seven and eight thousand and
the brotherhood officials predict the
strike will spread to other cities.
The proposition by the capenters’
brotherhoods that the shipworkers be
allowed to place a representative on
the labor adjustment board of emer
gency fleet corporation to settle the
present controversy has been rejected
by the government, according to
brotherhood officials.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The ship
ping boards’ wage adjustment board
today agreed on an increase of wages,
definite working conditions and over- j
time pay, for all ship yard workers i
in the socalled Delaware yards, com
prising about sixty per cent of the
workers on the Atlantic coast. The
striking carpenters are not ncluded
in the agreement but it is expected to
affect their strike.
TO REOUISmON
ENTIRE URINE
Decree Published Officially Provides
For Requisition Merchant Ma
rine of France.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Paris, Feb. 16.—A decree publish >d
in the Journal officially provides for
the requisitioning of the entire mer
chant marine in France by March
tenth.
T. A. Simpson, Jas. C. Johnston,
Chas. Prather, C. H. Van Beek, John
Morrow and J. E. McKell, were
Batesville business and traveling men
registered at the Hazel hotel Friday
night.
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COLORED MEN
TO CAMP PIKE
Jackson County Will Send Five Col
ored Men to Camp On tne 25th
of This Month.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 16—The move
ment of the colored increment of the
first draft will begin to move Feb
ruary 23, from their home station to
Camp Pike. The schedule announced
by the Adjutant General’s Depart
ment is as follow’s;
Feb. 23-—Mississippi 100, Critten
den 100, Prillips 100, Lee 125, St.
Francis 50, Cross 40, Woodruff 10,
Craighead 20, Greene 2, toal 567.
Feb. 24—Sebastian 17, Crawford
10, Faulkner 75, Pope 10, Sevier 20,
Little River 27, Miller 13, Howard 20,
Hempstead 75, Nevada 54, Hot Spring
20, Saline 9, Grant 20, Union 50, Oua
chita 69, Polk 1, Pike 21, Garland 6,
total 517.
Feb. 25—Lawrence 10, Izard 1,
Jackson 5, Newton 2, Boorie 6, Searcy
6> White 10, Madison 1, Ashley 40?
Chicot 5P, Bradley 30, Desha 100, Lin
coln 75, Yell 5, Perry 7, Pulaski 50,
total 394.
Feb. 26—Prairie 44, Lonoke 100,
total 144.
Feb. 27.—Arkansas 13, Columbia
52, Jefferson 225, Lafayette 53, Cal
houn 40, Dallas 10, Cleveland 12,
Monroe 75, total 490.
Grand Total—2,112.
A FALSE RUMOR
IS CIRCULATED
Austrian’s Inability to Speak Plainly
Credits Him With Having Pur
chased His Exemption.
Seceral days ago when John Evan,
an Austrian employed in the bridge
•construction department of the Rock
Island railroad, received his pay he
walked down to the business section
of Newport and spent fifteen dollars.
Incidentally he went to the court
house and filled out his questionnaire.
Late in the afternoon he returned to
the car in which he was living near
the Rock Island depot and told his
foreman that he had been to town and
spent all his money—fifteen dollars—
and wanted to borrow a dollar more.
He incidentally mentioned the fact
that he had filled out his question
naire, had taken out naturalization
papers, and still being an alien enemy
was placed in class five. Evan speaks
badly broken English, and the fore
man misunderstood him, hence the
circulation of the report that Evan
had paid fifteen dollars to some one
to place him in class five on the
draft program.
Tin._notvto fn fVwi af.
tention of the local board Evan was
called in, and last night the matter
was cleared up, it being shown that
the foreman for whom Evan worked
had construed the latter’s remarks in
an altogether different meaning from
which they were intended.
Evan came to this country nine
years ago from Austria, and bears a
good reputation.
RED CROSS
CARGO LOSS
Fire On Ship Causes Vessel to Sink
At An Atlantic Port With
Great Loss.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
At an Atlantic Port, Feb. 16.—Fire
in the hold of the Scandinavian
American steamship, Minsk, made it
necessary to open the seacocks and
sink the vessel in the pier here today.
Damage is estimated at half a million
dollars. The ship’s cargo consisted of
a large amount of Red Cross stores.
Wanted—Clean cotton and linen
rags at Independent office. Bring
’em in Monday.
Chamber of Commerce Will
Be Organized in Newport
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A large number of representative
j business men of Newport met last
j night in the directors’ room at the
j First National Bank to confer with
| J. B. Crockett, representative of the
Chamber of Commerce of Little Rock,
in regard to ways and means of or
ganizing a commercial^tiody for New
port.
It so happened that Mayor Hubly
had called a meeting of his committee
and co-workers in the War Camp
Community service work at the city
hall at the same hour scheduled for
the business meeting. As most every- j
one in attendance was interested in (
both meetings, at the request of i
Chairman Hubly Jhe business men’s j
meeting was adjourqed to the city ;
hall.
The object of the meeting and the j
plan of work as outlined by the N«- j
ti&nal Council of the War Camp Com- j
munity ' service was stated. First, j
the chairman gave a special charge j
to the ministers of the city, asking |
that they lay special stress on this (
movement in their sermons Sunday |
morning. The churches were repre
sented by their ministers in person,
who are taking an active interest in
the work and are giving their hearty
co-operation to the local organiza
tion.
It was pointed out that in the Red
Cross and the Y. M. C. A. campaigns,
Jackson county had comd forth no
bly with her quota; now that the na
tion has found a greater need in the j
work undertaken by the War Camp j
Community service, we must rally to j
the call and come up with the maxi- j
mum amount alloted to Jackson j
county, which *is $3,000.
The Y. M. C. A. and other associa- ■
tions of like character provide whole
some amusements for the soldiers in
the camp and are under military di
cipltne. The object of the community
service is to provide healthful, re
fining, interesting recreation and
amusements for the boys when off
duty and away from the camps, and
in this way combat evil and immoral
influences that surround all our
camps. This was first known as the
Forsdick Commission work and was
started and tried out at Atlanta, Ga.,
with marked success. It has the en
dorsement of the war and navy de
partments, President Wilson, Gov
ernor Brough (as well as the govern
ors of other states), and all the offi
cers in charge of our training camps.
The following committee was ap
pointed, each member accepting the
appointment and selecting his own list
of names:
T. W. Johnson, F. J. Harmon, Ed
Doherty, T. S. Holloway, J. E. Wil
liams, R. C. Harder, W. T. Parish,
Adam Lockard, J. Q. Blackwood, 0.
M. Bowen, P. S. White, B. W. Jami
son, W. H. Snetser, Carl Bellingath
and Jno E. Williams.
The committee and the ministers
of the city are to meet with Chair
man Hu'oly Monday at the Hotel Ha
zel for noonday luncheon and to re
ceive final instructions for their work.
The meeting then turned its atten
tion to the discussion of the organ
ization of a commercial club. Mr.
Crockett was introduced by Carl Bel
lingrath, through whose efforts his
attendance was secured for the meet
ing. Mr. Crockett is thoroughly famil
iar with commercial club work and
made a very forceful and interesting
address. He prefaced his remarks
with hearty commendation of the War
Camp Community service, and a spe
cial compliment to Mr. Kling, who
has persopal charge of all the funds
collected for this work a^ well as the
Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. funds.
He pointed out how a commercial
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Presbyterian Church Asks
Special Session Legislature
The following resolutions were
adopte'd by the congregation of the
First Presbyterian church at New
port, Arkansas, Sunday night, Feb
ruary 10th, 1918, requesting Govern
or C. H. Brough to call an extra ses
sion of the State legislature to enact
additional drastic prohibiton laws:
“Whereas, On last Monday the su
preme court of the state held that the
existing 'laws against the importa
tion of intoxicants into the State of
Arkansas was so defective as to per
mit known bootleggers to carry large
quantities of liquor into the state;'
and,
“Whereas, This condition of the
law is far different from what the
good people of the state understood
the law to be; and,
“Whereas, the law has heretofore
been so considered and enforced as to
prevent the personal bringing into
the state of intoxicants; and,
“Whereas, we have seen the actual
workings of such a law, as so under
stood, and it results in greatly im
proved moral, religious and civic con
ditions and prevents much immoral
ity and drunkcness; and,
“Whereas, we are this soon begin
ning to see and feel the bad effects
of a policy which permits liquors to
be imported into the state; and,
“Whereas, we consider that the
good faith of the State of Arkansas
towards the government of the Unit
ved States in its necessary war work
is at stake; and,
“Whereas, this situation cannot be
met and remedied by a Regular Ses
sion of the legislature until next
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GAS AHAGK MADE
IN ILS. SECTOR
Fumes Remain Over Trenches Three
Hours, But No Casualties Occurred j
It Is Reported.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 16.—Except in the
American sector east of St. Mihiel,
there is not much fighting activity.
on the western front. The American
troops were subjected to bombard
ment by gas shells. The fumes re
mained over the trenches three hours,
but there were no casualties. Artil
lery is active and the Americans bom
barded the German rear lines
communications with good effect.
Enemy airmen attempting to cross
the lines were driven back. Activity
on the British, French and Italian
fronts is light. That part of Russia
dominated by the Bolsheviki has with
drawn all war alliances and there is
little fear of German invasion. All
the Russian Central executive com
mittee and workmen’s soldiers’ coun
cils approved the action of Russian
delegates at Brest-Litovsk. Members
of the committee expressed the opin
ion that the masses of Germany and
Austria will not permit further of
fense against Russia by their govern
ments. The heads of the' German
navy has summoned toms N o’d’ s
navy have been summoned to imper
ial headquarters for a conference.
MINES IS
REPORTED DEAD
j Cossacks General Is Said to Have
Dropped Out of Signt, Reports
American Consul.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The Ameri
can consul at Tiflis transmits an un
confirmed report that Gen. Kaledines,
jthe Cossack leader who resisted thd
ambitions of Bolsheviki, has suddenly
dropped out of sight and is said to be
dead.
SUB ENGAGES
DOVER TODAY
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Thirty Rounds Are Fired From U
Boat and There Were Less Than
Ten Casualtie8.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 16.—An enemy sub
marine bombarded Dover this morn
ing, it is officially announced. The
submarine was fired on from the
shore and ceased the bombardment,
after thirty rounds had been fired,
j There were less than a dozen casual
ties. There was slight damage.
One child was killed and seven per
sons injured in the bombardment of
Dover.
NAVAL BATTLE
IS REPORTED
| Bodies of German Sailors Picked Up
Indicate the Engagement of
Battlesnips.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 16.—The belief that a
! naval engagement has occurred is
expressed in a Gothenburg despatch
forwarded by the Stockholm corres
pondent to the Momng Post. The
dispatch reported the recovery of the
bodies of a number of German sailors
apparently belonging to a war ship.
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Grits, flake hominy, graham flour,
whole wheat flour.—Bowen’s Cash
Store. 262d6t.
The local fire departmeci|gM^ 21
called out twice today, «j
residence of Miss Lou MinonJjjBBb*- vjj
corner of Ash and Third stw9#|l||>)# 3
.second, to the hay bam ^
Mocking near his stave milk
fire at the Minor home did no*
age except to a portion of jl-J
where a small hole was bur—d*. Mjh> #■;
fire is thought to have been caua#
by a spark alighting on the f—'
The hay bam of Mr. Hocking ^l|j|||l
burned to the ground, with the iMgv ]
of considerable hay and wite^ '
last of which was used to •
staves. Mr. Hocking places hi* ■l;f|
at about $600, with no inaumii^K
The origin of the blaze is not 1 i
The burning of the bam caussg
electric light wires to be discoime|||fe -
and the city water pump was put ag|| \
of commission for a short l£iiH^g||KN
was the electric current.
'Wister Green, a popular gg|||j^g
business man of Corning, (Hut;;IfiBl'.i^j
Rhemona Surridge, daughter af.4l| |
K. Surridge, of Walnut Ridf^ jH1# -i
married this week at the home flgyjBH
bride’s grandmother, Mrs.
Burrell, in that city.
WHY RAY MORE? ■ Jj
Today you can buy:
One bu. sweet potatoes for-$1.79
j Best head rice-'it
Peanut butter, per pound-~29t
Can table peaches--21e %
J Weiners, barrel kraut, fancy mack- J
erel, graham flour, grits, flake hom».||
. 265d4t Bowen’s Cash Store. ^