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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 15J. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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CAPITAL TODAY
PRESIDENT NOT EXPECTED TO
MAKE REJOINDER.
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Austria-Hungary Is Asking For
Peace, Having Expressed All The
Views Expressed By Presi
dent’s Note of Octoober 19.
J/TTLE ACTIVITY IN FRANCE.
I (By The Associated Press.)
M' Amsterdam, Oct. 28—Austria in her
reply accepts all the views expressed
by the president in his note of Octo
i ber the nineteenth.
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(Associated Press Summary.)
The German government’s reply to
President Wilson’s last note assert
ing that negotiations for peace are
being conducted by the people’s gov
ernment with actual and constitution
al powers and that the terms of the
American and allied governments
for an armistice are awaited reached
the Swiss- legation in Washington
this afternoon. The president is ex
pected to make no rejoinder since the
matter of extending an armistice and
the work of fixing the terms have
been placed in the hands of the allied
war council.
Austria-Hungary is close upon the
heels of a reque bed armistice
! term and has declared her readiness
-» ,^Q negotiate for peace and an imme
diate armistice on all fronts. The
dual monarchy has accepted all the
views expressed by President Wil
son’s .note of Oct. 19, according to ad
vices from Washington.
Germany has asked the allies to
name the terms for an armistice. A
note to this effect is now in Wash
ington. It calls attention to the far
reaching changes that have been
made in the German constitutional
rStructure and declares that the peo
ple’s government, which is in mili
tary control of the powers of Ger
many, is carrying on the negotia
tions. It is understood the allies
have decided upon the terms, but that
they will not be announced until the
German note has been made public
officially.
General Ludendorff, who led Ger
Knany’s armies in big offensives, has
V-- vned, reports of his resignation
$fng published by German newspa
pers yesterday and today. A dis
< T_] ^ nil ITO 1 n _
patch toaay num
cording to a statement attributed to
German court circles, Emperor Wil
liam has’no intention of abdicating,
but is willing to do so if >t^s for the
good of the people.
Fighting activity has died down to
a great extent in France. The situa
tion in Belgium and around Valen
ciennes is unchanged. The French
continue to press back the Germans
between the Oise and Serre rivers.
Fighting continues in the Italian the
atre, and the British are extending
their lines to the east of the Have
river.
John Terry, aged 20 years, died at
his room at the Main hotel this
morning at 9 o’clock from influenza
which developed into pneumonia
The body will be sent to Mount Car
mel, Illinois, this evening on No. 18
for burial. The young man was em
ployed at Des Arc by a lumber com
pany, but came here on business ant
las taken sick. The deceaseds
■ether arrived last night and ac
■tapanied the body of her son home
jrial.
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IH iS HERE
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ThiWork Of Raising $28,000 Ir
Jpkson County Will Be Com
fienced On November 11th.
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Oh of the most collossal cam
paign of the war will be launched
throijbiout the United States on No
vemlk 11 and continue until the 18th
inclusive. This campaign is to be
know*.is the United War Work Cam
in which are represented the
i. A., Y. W. C. A., Nationai
War Council, Jewish Wel
>ard, War Work Community
j Serv|f American Library Associa
! tion lid the Salvation Army organi
j zatiois Each of these organizations
j is acfrely engaged in directing
worker the physical, spiritual and
i mentro velfare of the fighting forces
i in Frsire, and every citizen who lias
| followld the progress of the war in
j all itdpiases knows how well this
i work ha been performed, work that
is declaiul by the United States gov
1 ernmerftto be as necessary as any
i other department of activity.
Arkansas’ quota is $869,550. Jack
; son coijiiiy’s quota is approximately
! $28,000.
A. T. ;Bubly is chairman of the or
! ganizatipr, m jacKson cuunty, auu ua.
already |aken steps to mobilize hi:
workingtforces and will be ready t<
start thel campaign to raise the coun
j - y’s quotas during the week of No
vember m-18. He has appointed com
mitteemeii in every township and wil
endeavor |to have a general metinp
i in Newpoit within a few days.
Every man and woman should ge
; behind this campaign with ever;
; ounce of energy. On the success o:
j the drive lepends to a great exten
the welfard and comfort of your sol
: dier boys. IDo not let the talk o:
j peace lead you to believe that yoi
! should not support this drive. L
peace should be declared tomorrow
I this money "would be just as greatly
; in demand. After peace is settlec
I upon it will :be many months befon
| our boys conpe home, and while thej
remain in thd army, the work of th<
United War Workers must go for
ward. Let that fact impress you a;
it should.
FRED E. SUITS DEAD.
The shocking news of the death o
the Independent’s good friend, Frei
R. Suits, wTas received just befor
the paper went to press this after
noon. Mr. Suits died at 4:30 from ai
attack of pneumonia. A fitting tri
bute to the life of this good mai
! will be made in the Independent to
morrow. _
Casualty List
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The following casualties are re
ported for Monday, October 28, by th
commanding general of the America
Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action—192.
Died of wounds—119.
Died of accident and other causes
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Died of disease—114.
Wounded severely—56.
Wounded, degree undetermined
—213.
Prisoners—6.
Missing in action—63.
Wounded slightly—131.
ARKANSANS IN LIST.
Died of wounds—Ja)Vft Chesnut
Dela Plaine. It
Died of disease—Rol ■ W. Jacl
I son, Camden; John 1 ®v Tenan
Blissvile; Ben Hallen, Spring:
Dulen A. Ward, Tuckeri| §
Wounded severely—Jc * Eatma
Manilla. ^ fi
Missing in action—E. -^MCarlto
Battles. LI
Wounded slightly—Waj ^3. Mo
j gan, Manning; James iNeepe
Willow. 1
“Dash, determination ai fcring
alru efficiency”—That’s lit oi
toys at ihc front are doing sUStap ’e
Soh.g! War Savings is a Vige
'he kaiser that will "get c \
IMS TOO MICH;
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Young Traveling Man Goes To Jail
Here After Endorsing The Sink
ing Of The Lusitania.
Sunday at the Claridge Hotel a
man named Adler, a traveling sales
| man who says his home is in New
j York, loosened his tongue and poured
out a whole sluice of pro-German ut
j terances to the wrong party. He was
discoursing with ^mother traveling'
man, who diplomatically brought Ad
ler out with his true self, and it de
j veloped that Adler was in sympathy
• with the German government and
| that he endorsed the sinking of ,the
Lusitania, etc.
! The consequence was that he was
taken before Mayor Claude M. Erwin
this morning and fined $300 and sen
| teneed to jail for six months.
Adler says his parents were born in
Germany. He is about 30 years of
j age.
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FROM LIEUTENANT BEST.
C. W. Best of Tar River, Oklahoma,
formerly of this county and who is
spending some time in Newport look
ing after business interests and visit
ing relatives and friends, has re
ceived two letters from his son, Lieut,
i Boyd Best, who is well known here,
j Lieutenant Best is in France, having
j arrived there recently.
In his first letter, which was writ
. : ten when he landed in England, Lieut.
; Best remarks upon the quaint ap
pearance of English trains. “The
’ trains are funny, little engines with
; scant machinery, no headlights show
ing and no bells,” he says, “and the
_ I coaches have side doors.” He said the
; English gave them a great welcome,
| and that nearly every man has left
■ England for the front. The children
are very attentive to the Americans,
! Mr. Best relates. “The captain and
I I were out after supper,” he said “and
, 1 passed a half dozen children with an
' apple apiece. They all wanted to
, give us the apples. When we told
them we didn’t want the apples they
. said ’Aw take ’em along and give ’em
i to some other yanks.’ We wanted
some cigarettes, but the shops had
closed. The children went and got a
sh"opkeeper to sell us some cigar
j ett.es.”
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Xll a ICttCi WUVUUU c*a. wvi
j France, Lieut. Best said:
j “This is a pretty little country all
(right, but the French trains, well,
' there is never a time that you cannot
i1 get off the front end, gather a bo
. quet of flowers and catch the rear
, end, but when an engine with the
U. S. A. on its side gets hold of a
train you can tell the difference. The
cars are like the English cars, funny
little two-wheelers, not as big as a
moving van. The men had little box
cars marked ‘hommes,40; chevaux, 8,’
meaning forty men and 8 horses. We
Makes Explanation Regarding The
Meaning Of The Third Of His
Fourteen Peace Terms.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 29.—President
Wilson tocfay replied to the republi
can contentions that the third of his
fourteen peace terms is a free trade
plank by explaining that in demand
ing the removal of economical bar
riers he meant to suggest that no
restrictions upon internal economic
policies but only that whatever tariff,
high or low, any nation might deem
necessary should apply equally to all
foreign nations.
had a nice trip though. We are in
a pretty little village in southern
France. I am billeted in a priest’s
house. The house is right on the
street, with the front door opening on
the street. At the sides are two
heav iron gates about 12 feet high
and fifteenor twenty feet wide. My
room is upstairs overlooking the
street. It is a large room, at least
twenty ieet square, wun a uam room.
The windows open on hinges and have
heavy shutters set in concrete,
Across the street is the church.
“I am hard at it learning to parlez
vous. The people have treated us
nice. This is a grape country and
they make lots of wine. I went to
church this morning, Catholic of
course, as they are all Catholics here.
“As a result of the favorable war
news the value of the franc has risen
from about 17 to about 19 cents, so I
will make about eight or nine dollars
on my checks.
“With lots of love,
“Lieut. J. Boyd Best,
Co. E., Inf., A. M. E., via New York.”
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
The pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs.
C. Bridenthal were treated to a pleas
~ant suprise Saturday a. m., when up
on hearing a rap at the door, they
were met by two little boys with arm
loads and wagon loads of provisions.
The boys were literally covered up
with good things.
Upon inquiry as to the meaning of
all this beneficence, Mr. Bridenthal
was told that the boys were the sons
of Dr. Stephens and all the things
were the kind thoughts of the people
of the Christian church for their new
pastor and his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Bridenthal wish to
express their de pest appreciation for
all this kindness and to assure the
congregation and the people of the
city of their best and sincerest ser
vice.
C. Bridenthal.
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GULLED [] _
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One Of Newport’s Best Liked And
Prominent Young Business Men.
SuccumJ>3 To Pneumonia.
Adam Lockard, aged 32 years, 8
months and 21 days, passed away
Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock at
his home on Main street, following
one week’s illness of influenza, which
developed into a fatal attack of pneu
monia. Private funeral services were
conducted at 3 o’clock Monday after
noon from St. Paul’s Episcopal
church, after-which the remains were
interred at Walnut Grove cemetery,
where a large concourse of friends
had gathered to pay a last tribute.
The services were in charge of
Reverend A. E. Lyman-Wheaton, rec
tor of St. Paul’s church, and the pall
bearers were six of the closest friends
of the deceased: Lawrence Bailey, J.
L. Bevens, Sidney Rutland, Jos. M.
Berger, Harry Stephens and Tom
Hutson.
Mr. Lockard was born at Jackson
port February 7, 1886. He was the
eldest son of Mr . and Mrs. G. A.
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JLiOCKaru. Ilia lawici pic^cuvu
from this life three years ago. He
was married April 28, 1915, to Miss
Ellen Jones of this city.
.For nearly fifteen years Mr. Lock
ard was associated with Jos. M. Ber
ger in the management of the Star
Clothing Company. Two years ago
he succeeded Mr. Berger, assuming
complete management of the businss.
On last Easter Sunday Mr. Loekard
was confirmed in the Episcopal
church. He was a , member of the
Masonic and Elks fraternities.
The death of Adam Loekard came
as a blow that is rarely sustained by
a community owing to the exceptional
popularity to which this young man’s
constancy of character and mannei
of living so justly entitled him. From
the time it became apparent that his
condition was critical ho was con
stantly in the minds of his many
friends who hoped and prayed for an
abatement of the disease threatened
his useful young life. And Sunday at
noon when it was announced that the
end had come, every home in Newport
where Adam was known felt an un
usual loss.
Being a young man of strong char
acter and high intellect and charit
able heart, Adam Loekard possessed
the close friendship and confidence
of all who knew him, and to his mem
ory these attributes of character have
built a monument that will last
throughout all the days. In his busi
ness dealings he was progressive, fair,
honest; to a friend he never turned a
dc-af ear nor met a friend with indif
ference, but was quick to extend aid
and counsel in any manner of which
! Iia was canable: he was a devoted and
| unselfish husband, son and brother.
' The- demise of such an one causes a
; heartache that cannot b epictured by
| words and a loss that is irrepaia
ble; it is beyond those of us who
loved him to understand why such a
young and promising life should be
taken, but there comes to us who
knew this spendid Christian young
man the knowledge that the life such
as he gave to this world has bright
ened the heaven into which he has
surely been received.
To the stricken and broken-hearted
! wife, mother and brothers, Phillip and
: Anchultz, is extended the tenderest
! sympathy of the entire community.
SUPREME COURT
GIVES DECISIONS
ON LOCAL CASES.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Little Rock, Oct. 28.—The supreme
court today affirmed the case of S.
1 Heinemann of Newport vs. Pattie
Barfield. The case of Mary Adkison
vs. S. Heinemann was reversed and
j remanded for trial, as was the case
1 of Creedy Barfield vs. S. Heinemann.
i These cases were appealed to the
supreme court from the Jackson cir
cuit court.. The litigation grew out
of the death of two negroes, which,
lit was alleged, resulted when they
; ate biscuit made from poisoned flour,
! alleged to have been purchased from
the store of Mr. Heinemann, several
• months ago. .
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HUGE GUIS ARE
11 Ill ACTION
ARE FIRING ON IMPORTANT EN
EMY POINTS TODAY.
Gunfire Is Directed Against Longuy
on And Also Against Railroad
Line Used Ity Germans To
Shift Troops And Supplies.
SAMMIES TAKE PRISONERS.
(By Tho Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 28—A dispatch,
from American headquarters north
west of Verdun said the American
long range guns this afternoon began
firing on Letguyon. Longuyon is 28
miles northeast of Verdun. Ameri
can long range gunfire is also direct
ed against the Voie-Derocade railway
line, upon which the Germans are de
pending to shift their ti-oops and sup
plies.
The Americans in their first month’s
fighting north of Verdun, besides in
flicting heavy losses in killed and.
wounded, have captured 20,000 pris
oners and over 150 guns, says Persh
ing’s communique.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 28.— British troops
Sunday repulsed determined German
efforts to drive them from Famars,
south of Valenciennes, Haig reports.
Many Germans were killed in street
fighting. The British improved their
positions slightly on the borders of
Mormal forest, south of Valenciennes,
and north of Itaiseas forest, north of
Valenciennes.
British troops in their offensive on
the Italian front up to last night had
captured more than 5,600 prisoners,
according to war office announce
ment. The British also captured 29
j guns.
NEW DRAFT ORDER,
INDUSTRIAL ADVISERS.
In order that the new drafts upon
America’s man power for military
service may be made with the least
possible disturbance to war industry
and that men may not be taken from
vork in which they are serving the
country more capably than they
could in the army, the regulations
prepared by the provost marshall
general under the amended selective
service act provides for the appoint
ment of three industrial advisers to
each district draft board in the coun
try. One adviser has been nominated
by the Department of Labor, the De
partment of Agriculture and each
District Board. The chief duties of
these advisers will be to place before
the district boards information tend
ing to show whether new registrants
under the selective service act are
engaged in occupations necssary to
the prosecution of the war.
The board of Industrial Advisers
fo rthe Eastern District of Arkansas
is composed of Ed Cornish, chairman^
T. A. Wilson, secretary and J. R. Al
exander. For the Western District,
C. C. Calvert, Fort Smith, is secre
tary of the board.
* The duties of the advisers, under
the regulations, is to advise with reg
istrants, employers and the district
board in the matter of securing prop
er classification for registrants. Any
one in the Eastern District desiring
information under the duties of tho
industrial advisers should communi
cate with the board. The Eastern
District advisers offices in the A. O.
U. W. building, room 808, where all
inquiries should be addressed.
It is the duty of every one to ren
der the most service where needed
and no one should fail to call on the
advisers for information.
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