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VOLUME XVIH. no. 187. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS TUESDAY,
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01 COUNCIL III
BECOLHEEIE
Session Is Attended By Members Of
The Chamber Of Commerce Who
Diacuss Several Matters.
Some fifteen or twenty members of
the Chamber of Commerce, with
President A. T. Hubly and Manager
C. L. Mariner, were present Monday
night at a meeting of the city council
and presented to the mayor and al
dermen several questions for the suc
cessful disposal of which the offi
cials were a.-’ced to co-operate with
f the organization.
: Mr. Hubly outlined briefly why
the Chamber of Commerce members
were present. He told of the great
need of better sanitary conditions in
the city and spoke upon the necessity
of the city being made clear of pros
titutes for the protection of return
ing soldiers who will come home clean
and healthy and with a determination
t<>4ive in a morally clean atmosphere.
asked that the city officials ren
der the aid in their power to main
tain these desired conditions to meet
the emrgency forthcoming.
It was stated by Marshal Gus
Martin that tnere are only two pros
titutes in the city and that they were
drawing allotments from soldiers’
pay from which they claim to be able
to live. Mayor Erwin assured the
assembly that he was in favor of
controlling any immoral menace that
might exist in Newport and spoke
for the other officials.
The question of the electric Igiht
situation was suggested by Mr. Mar
iner, who asked for an expression of
the council’s attitude in the matter.
Mayor Erwin said he had conducted
some investigation as to the cause of
i the city now being in darkness by
reason of the absence of street lights.
He said the company claims small
boys are shooting out the street
globes with air rifles. It is the com
pany’s claim that when one light is
broken, it lessens the voltage on the*
lighting circuit and within a short
time causes every light in the
circuit to burn out. The company
further claims that they have been
unable to secure globes. The mayor
said so fafr as he is personally con
cerned, and he believed he spoke for
the aldermen, he is 'willing to take
any step necessary to make the Ark
ansas Light & Power Company
perform its contract with the city.
The question of cleaning up the
streets and alleys was suggested
^ without arriving at any solution. It
will probably be left to the individual
business man to see that his pre
mis.es are kept in a cleanly condition,
with perhaps the establishment of the
city of garbage cans along the
streets.
The establishment of a marketing
,,-place was brought up. It developed
that the city does not afford suffi
g cient vacant space to care for such
an enterprise, and many present
were in favor of keeping the cotton
market on Front street, and very
likely no further action will be taken
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PRESIDENT WILL”
sail iramra
Expected To Leave New York At
Noon For Europe, With Other
Peace Conference Delegates.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 3.— President
Wilson is expected to leave tonight
for New York, from which port he
and other American representatives
of the peace conference will sad on
the liner, George Washington. It is
generally believed the transport will
sail tomorrow at noon.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec 3.—Senator Sher
man today introduced a resolution
providing for Phe office of president
to be declared vacant upon President
Wilson’s departure to Europe and
for the vice president to assume the
executive duties.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 3.—In a state
ment declaring that factional strife
should not be permitted to interfere
with the president’s mission abroad,
Republican Leader Mann said there
will be no concerted effort on the part
of house republicans to embarrass
the president.
REPORT IS MADE
ON CONDITION OF
CORN AND TOBACCO.
Special to Independent.
St. Louis, Dec. 3.—The corn crop
of the Sixth Federal Reserve Dis
trict is estimated to yield 1,010,734,
000 bushels and! the tobacco crop of
Kentucky and Tennessee is estimated
to yield 451,188,000 pounds, accord-)
ing to the November report of the
Federal Reserve agent here.
COTTON WAREHOUSE AS
SOCIATION TO BE ORGAN
IZED AT ASHDOWN.
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Special to Independent.
Little Ro*k, Dec. 3.—Commissioner
John H. Page has gone to Ashdown
to assist in the organization of a cot
ton warehouse association, for the
purpose of holding cotton for better
prices. He hopes to see the move
ment spread to other communities.
MISSOURI- PACIFIC AID
ING FRUIT CULTURE.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 3.—The Missouri
Pacific train, under the direction of
D. C. Wlelty, showing the methods of
combatting diseases that affect fruit
trees, particularly peach trees, is
now on the switch back of the Hotel
Marion. It is being operated in co
operation with the College of Agri
culture of the University of Arkan
sas, and is designed to give the peach
growers a practical knowledge of
fruit culture that, properly applied,
will be worth millions of dollars to
the state annually. During the next
two weeks this train w’ill visit the
following places, in the order named,
staying one day at each place: Mor
rilton, Atkins, Russellville, Knox
ville, Cabin Creek, Clarksville, Coal
Hill, Altus, Ozark, Mulberry and
Alma. The train will then be taken
to the agents’ meeting at the College
of Agriculture.
AMENDMENTS TO GOOD
ROADS ACT TO BE INTRO
DUCED IN CONGRESS.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 3.—There is soon
to be introduced in congress amend
ments to the Shackelford Good Roads
Act that will mean a great deal to
the people of Arkansas. This state
under the term of the new act will
receive millions of dollars where it
has been receiving only hundreds of
thousands. The original bill carried
a total of only $75,000,000 for the
whole country, to be distributed over
a period of five years. The new act
will add $600,000,000 between this
and 1924. During the last three years
of this period, Arkansas will receive
$1,500,000 annually from this source.
An equal amount added in Arkansas,
-,.”i ’ *> not.-work of good roads
IrH over the State. And so the millions
DECLARES HE
HAS IOT QUIT
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Crown Prince Tells Associated Press
Correspondent That He has Not
Renounced Anything.
(By The Associated Press.)
Cotterdam, Holland, Dec. 3.—“I
have not renounced anything and
have not signed any document what
ever,” the former German Crown
Prince declared to an Associated
Press correspondent today.
DUTCH GOVERNMENT
WILL STOP ALL EX
PORTS TO GERMANY
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 3.—The Dutch gov
ernment has decided to stop all ex
ports to Germany in reprisal for th?
stappage of the export of German
coal to Holland, according to an Am
sterdam dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph.
GERMANS IN BERLIN
ASK FOR PROTECTION
AGAINST PROPAGANDA.
Special to Independent.
London, Dec. 3.— The diplomatic
corps in Berlin has asked the German
government for protection against
anarchistic propaganda of the Spar
tacus group which is agitating for a
general arming of the Proletarian,
according to an Amsterdam dispatch
to the Exchange Telegi'aph.
that have been spent in war are to
be turned toward construction pro
jects.
Prisoners In German Prisons Will
I Be Released At Once, Accord
ing To News Dispatch.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 3.—Twenty-three
hundred American prisoners of war
at Camp Rastatt, Germany, are re
ported “well organized, well clothed
and the morale excellent” in a cable
, gram to the American Red Cross
I from Lemg Levy of the prisoners’ re
lief, who has just visited the Rastatt
German authorities. Levy is report
ed to be willing to release prisoners
at once under the charge of nineteen
American officers to be transferred
from Karlsruhe prison. Levy recom
mended that a train be sent at once.
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MOTORMEN AND CON
DUCTORS IN CLEVE
LAND GO ON STRIKE.
(By The Associated Press.)
Cleveland, O., Dec. 3.—Twenty
four hundred motormen and conduc
tors went on a strike here this morn
ing to enforce the demand for dis
missal of women employed as con
| ductors.
| UKRANIAN TROOPS
ARE PREPARING TO
STARVE OUT CITY.
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Vienna, Monday, Dec. 2.—Travel
lers arriving from Lemberg say Uk
ranian troops are preparing to sur
round and starve out the city of
\ which Polish forces are in control.
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HUT WOOIDED ’
ARE TO RETURN
Wounded Americans Will He Placed
In Hospitals Nearest Homes Of
Their Nearest Relatives.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 3.—Plans under
which all wounded soldiers returning
from France will go to hospitals
within three hundred miles of the
homes of their nearest relatives were
announced by the war department to
day. Base hospitals at training
camps will be turned over to the sur
geon general, providing seventy-five
hospitals with facilities for more
than 100,000 men. Fifty thousand
men are expected to be sent to these
institutions in the next four months.
BAKER SAYS LATE
CASUALTIES ARE
OF SLIGHT WOUNDS.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 3.— Secretary
Baker appearing before the senate
military committee today to explain
the delay in completing the publica
tion of the American casualties over
seas said he thought most of the un
reported names were those of men
slightly wounded and would come by
mail. 4
The secretary said every effort
consistent with accuracy was made to
prevent the delay. General March
discussing demobilization said Per
shing is selecting units for occupa
tional force of a million and a quar
ter of men and that other American
soldiers will be brought home as
rapidly as possible. .
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—A CLOTHES LESSON—
FROM THE WAR
The war taught us to economize.
Waste and extravagance was
tabooed. In clothes, economy meant
better quality. Good clothes last
longer, look better—and, in the long
run, are most economical.
Are we going to forget this lesson?
Economy in peace time is as
worth-while as in war-time.
Let’s keep on practicing econo
my. Let’s continue to de
mand the best. Buying
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J CLOTHES
is practicing true clothes econ
t omy—before the war, during
\ the war and after the war.
J 0 Suits $20.00 to $45.00
Overcoats $22.50 to $50.00
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Fire Of Unknown Origin Destroys
Plant, Together With Cotton,
Seed And Other, Material.
, Special to Independent.
One of the most disastrous fires
in the history of Swifton occurred
Friday night when the Farmers’ Gin
j Company plant burned, entailing a
; loss of between twenty-five and thir
I ty thousand dollars. The fire origi
| nated in the press room about eight
o’clock and the entire plant was soon
a mass of flames. Besides the gin
machinery and building forty-six
| bales of cotton, forty tons of seed and
i a large supply of gin materials were t
burned. The gin plant, which was
operated by N. D. Moon & Son, was {
one of the most modern in this see- ' ^
tion of the state. The gin was com- gj
paratively new and this was the F%
third season of ginning. But for the
fact that the atmosphere was cold and
damp and there was no wind what
ever, the loss to surrounding property
would have been enormous. The sky
was filled with flying sparks and em-.
bers and covered the greater portion :
of the town. The origin of the fire , f
is unknown. The monetery loss is v
heavy, there being no insurance on
the building or machinery. The seed-'*..<wf?|jj
and a portion of the cotton was cov
ered by insurance.
S. A. Driver has sold his stock of
groceries to W. T. Altman, who will/
continue the business in the same
building. Mr. Driver will retire from
business for a year. W. M. Henson
will assist Mr. Altman in his new
buiness.
The lecture by Ur. Oeorge P. Bible
at the High school auditorium Friday
was thoroughly enjoyed by those
present. Dr. Bible has lecently re- .
turned from France and his talk was
of his experiences in the war work
in the overseas service of the Y. M.
C. A.
KENTUCKY FARMERS
DECIDE TO WITHHOLD
CROPS FROM MARKET.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Owensboro, Ky., Dec.'3.—Angered
by what they considered inadequate
prices offered at the first- sales of .
the season in the Owensboro Loose
Leaf Tobacco market yesterday sev
eral hundred farmers at an indigna
tion meeting in the court house hero .
adopted resolutions urging^ other
farmers to withhold their crops from
the market until better prices are of- .
fered. Sales during the day amount
ed to about 500,000 pounds at the av
erage price of $14.10 per hundred
pounds, compared with $15.68 at the
opening sales last year.
CANNING CLUB AGENT
HAS COMMENCED WORK
IN JACKSON COUNTY.
Mrs. Mary Austin of Winslow,
4rk., has arrived in Newport and as
sumed the work of canning club
agent for Jackson county. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Temple of
Little Rock, who is state director of ^
the canning club work.
Mrs. Austin has had wide exper
ience-in this character of work, and S
comes to Jackson county with a |
splendid record as a recommendation.
She is not only familiar with the
work which she will undertake, but
also she is a practical farmer and
stock raiser. Mrs. Austin owns and
has operated a farm near Winslow,
and we learn it is one of the most
model institutions in the state.
We predict unbounded success for
Mrs. Austin in Jackson county,
where she will receive a hearty wel
come and undivided co-operation. She
will have free access to the Inde
pendent’s columns, through which
medium she will partly acquaint'the
people with her work.
For five years Mrs. Austin was lib
rarian at the University of Arkansas.
ACTING GOVERNOR ^ *
PARDONS MAN.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Dec. 3.—Acting Gov
ernor John J. Moncrief yesterday
granted a pardon to Henry Wald of
Logan county, who had been con
victed of manufacturing liquor and
sentenced to one year imprisonment.