Newport Daily In iep ndent.
VOLUME XVIII. NO. 222. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1919. , PRICE FIVE CENTS
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HIGH SCHOOL
SPECIALIST HEBE
Lieutenant Jackson of Camp Pike,
Y. M. C. A. Worker, Compliments
Schools and Faculty.
Lieutenant W. W. Jackson of Camp
Pike, representing the state Y. M. C.
A., was a very pleasant guest in our
city today. He was registered at the
Hazel hotel and was a most interest
ing talker along all lines of Y. M. C.
A. work during the war period, as
well as future work of the organiza
tion, when he predicts that more in
terest than ever before will be taken
in the movement.
Lieutenant Jackson visited the High
school here today in the interest of
the State Older Boys’ Conference to
be held1 at Pine Bluff January 31st to
Pebruary 2. He briefly stated the
purpose of the conference, which is to
bring the representative older boys of
the state together to discuss under ex
pert leadership the “American Stan
dard Program for Boys.”
Among other prominent speakers
who will address the conference are
-John L. Hunter, state Y. M. C. A. sec
retary, Mayor Harrison of Camp Pike,
W. L. Chandler, International Boys’
Work Secretary, and U. S. Senator
elect Judge Selden E. Spencer of St.
Louis. It is expected that several
ooys irom nere win uiienu.
Lieutenant Jackson’s home is in
Sherman, Texas and before his call to
the colors was a High school superin
tendent. Naturally, on his visits to
different cities he always visits the
school room. To use his own words
he says: “The school room is my
first love, and I never lose an oppor
tunity to return to it. Being a High
school specialist, I always pay special
attention to all equipment, the teach
ers and to the general school spirit of
the community in which I happen to
be. I can truthfully say my visit to
the Newport school has been one of
unusual interest, because of the fact
that I observe a splendid school spirit
I have found in the statesmb@@ihM
and the equipment is as good, if not
better, than any I have found in the
■state. I am very much impressed
with the faculty, and the school build
ing is beautiful and kept as neat and
clean as any I ever saw. The com
munity is to be commended for the
^ making such a school possible, and I
speak these’ words of praise purely
from a voluntary standpoint after my
visit to the school and talk in the au
ditorium this morning, and because I
think the status of the school deserves
it.
< HAS SCOVILLE AS
SIGNED TO CAMP FUN
STON’S RELIGIOUS WORK
Special to Independent.
Camp Funston, Kansas, Jan. 15.
Dr. Charles Reign Scoville, evangelist,
has been assigned to Camp 1‘ unston
as religious work director of the
4 Army Y. M. C. A. He will succeed
Dr. C. G. Whitsitt, wno nas oeen ap
pointed camp general secretary.
Dr. Scoville for five years was pas
tor of the Metropolitan church in Chi
cago. He entered the “Y” work
more than a year ago at Camp Cus
ter, Battle Creek, Mich., where he
W -was a building secretary. For the
last six months he and Mrs. Scoville
have been touring the training camps
of the United States.
Mrs. Scoville, who is a singer and
has assisted her husband in his evan
gelistic campaiagns, probably will
help him in his work here.
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' IDAHO PROHIBITION
LAW MOST DRASTIC
IN EFFECT IN WEST.
Special to Independent.
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 1G.—On January
j 1, 1919, Idaho had been bone dry for
; three years. The Idaho Prohibition
law is one of the most drastic in ef
j feet anywhere in the west and makes
i it a crime to have liquor in possession
I even for medical use. Special per
I mits are issued for shipments of wine
I for saci*hmntal use in the churches
i but all other shipments are strictly
j barred.
] In spite of the vigilance of state
i officials a great deal of liquor is
| broaght into the state by bootleggers
and sold at from $6 to
jSWI
Cfi
I a'
hi,
may be entered if reasonable suspic
ion exists that liquor may be on the
premises and thoroughgoing search
! may be made by the officials.
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| GUS BLASS, PIONEER
MERCHANT, IS DEAD
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j Gus Blass, president of the Gus
Blass Company, one of the largest
establishments of its kind in the
Southwest, died at 3 o’clock Wednes
day afternoon at the family residence,
818 Scott street. Mr. Blass would
! have been 70 years of age February
15. I
While on a business trip to New
York last summer, Mr. Blass was
stricken with hardening of the arte
ries, and since that time had been in
ill health, although he was not con
fined to his bed until the last several
i days.
Mr. Blass was the active head of
, the Blass firm until his illness. For
the last few months he had remained
at his home, from time to time going
to the store to look over his affairs,'
or taking an occasional automobile
i ride.
He is survived by his wife, two sons,
Julian and Capt. Nolan Blass, United
States Field Artillery; one daughter,
| Mrs. Joe Berger; one sister, Mrs. So
, phia Kempner; one brother, Jacob
j Blass, and three grandchildren, Syl
1 via Berger, Elizabeth Blass and Julian
Blass, Jr. Captain Nolan Blass is
now in France.
RED CROSS.
It was announced that the Red ■
Cross work room in Newport would I
be open Mondays and Fridays, but j
the call for work and workers is so j
urgent that it is thought best to |
open it three days—Mondays, Wed- j
nesdays and Fridays. On these days :
any woman who can come and sew
is urged to do so. There is hand i
sewing, basting, button holes, ma- j
chine work, etc. If it is more con- j
venient you can take the work out
and do it at home, getting your
neighbors to sew with you—any way |
that is chosen is acceptable. The j
work is for little children—garments j
to keep them warm—and obviously,
if they are to have them when they
need them most, they must be made |
at once. This calls for sacrifices on
the part of women who may feel that
they have justly earned a rest, but
neither we, nor the Red Cross could
ignore a plea for help from a people
who are at present, without homes,
without any of the usual means of
obtaining the comforts, or even the
necessaries of life. We must help.
Will you be one to answer this call?
Women all over the country are ap
pealed to to come to the local sewing
rooms and either work there or take
som of it home and do it.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Omer Ward to Miss Jessie Boone,
both of Weldon.
Ansil B. Hoyle to Hiss Emma
Woodman, both of Grubbs.
Alfred Prince to Miss Ida Toddy,
both of Balch.
Hiram Floyd to Miss Mary Leah,
' both of Algoa.
j Norvel Duckworth to Laura War
ren (colored), both of Newport.
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For news of the store read the ad
vertisements. Newport merchant?
are offering a splendid and varied
line of holiday merchandise.
Subscribe for the independent.
Brough \s Address Full of
Comprehensive Measures
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 16.—It require
nearly two hours for Gov. Brough t<
deliver his inaugural address yester
day afternoon to the joint session o'
the General Assembly. It was a com
prehensive document, and presented i
legislative program of importan'
measures sufficient to keep the legis
lature busy for the next three or foul
months. It covers one-hundred type
written pages, and not all of it was
Iead by the governor, as it would hav<
iken too much time. The joint ses
ion and many visitors gave most car
ul attention to the reading of th«
lessage, and the governor was fre
uently applauded, as when he touch
d upon that topic dear to the hearts
f all loyal citizens, the victory oi
American arms abroad, and also wher
he discussed reforms necessary ir
the management of the state peniten
tiary. Two thousand copies of the
message were ordered printed.
The unprecedented small vote cast
in the general election on November
11 made the initiation of acts and
amendments an extremely easy mat
ter. Only 5,839 signatures are need
ed to initiate a measure. The first
amendment to be filed is that for a
new Initiative and Referendum
amendment, which was filed yester
day with 6400 signatures, by the Ini
tiative and Referendum League. This
leaves only two amendments to be
submitted to the legislature, with the
prospect that before the end of the
present week the first of them, for
Equal Suffrage, will be ready for the
governor’s signature. This will leave
only one other to be submitted and
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propositions for the coveted third
place.
i Col. George Thornburg, president
of the Arkansas Anti-Saloon League,
yesterday received the following tele
gram from Edwin C. Dinwiddle, of
, Washington, representing the Nation
; al League:
“Heartiest congratulations on
splendid work. Many thanks. Ex
pect complete ratification this week.”
This means that by the end of the
'■ week the requisite 32 states of the
| American Union will have ratified the
| Federal amendment to make America
| dry.
A bill was introduced yesterday in
the house by Messrs. Doyle, Porter
and Gurley further regulating and re
stricting the shipment of liquor into
, the state for beverage purposes, and
! making the possession of liquors a
j felony punishable by fine or impris
onment or both.
Among the bills introduced in the
house yesterday afternoon are the
I following:
! By Croate, to divide the office of
sheriff and collector of White county.
By Knott and others, to re-digest
the statutes and name J. T. Castle
digester.
By Knowlton, to suspend from of- j
I fice those against whom indictments
or presentments are returned.
By Mason, to permit recovery of
damages from railroads notwithstand
ing contributory negligence.
Little Rock, Jan. 16.— There are
bills pending to abolish the Fish and
Game Commission, the Actuarial Bu
reau, local legislation and the Ginners’
tMany bills introduced are for
repeal of statutes on the books
pertaining to various subjects.
After appriving the proposed
amendments to the constitution for
submission, for suffrage, to permit
three-fourths of a jury to return a
verdict, and to increase the member
ship of the supreme court, the con-j
stitutional amendment committee of
the senate Wednesday afternoon ask
ed for the return of the amendments.
They will deliberate further on them, i
There are several more in hand, but
an effort is being made to have the
committee take the recently defeated
constitution and rework it into shape
for re-submission.
E. W. McGough, a prominent at
torney of Warren, who was on Wed
nesday appointed state senator to ,
succeed Lieut.-Col. Hill Carruth, j
who cannot return in time to take '
his seat, arrived in Little Rock on |
Wednesday afternoon and tobk the j
oath of office. He was given all the
Carruth committee assignments.
An evidence of the working ability
of the senate was given on Wednes
day afternoon. The roll was called
during the forenoon and all bills
ready were submitted. The senate^
then adjourned until afternoon with
the intention of merely meeting and
going in a body to Jthe house cham
ber to hear Gov. C. H. Brough’s in
augural address, but when the gavel
fell the introduction of bills began
and in ten minutes over a half dozen
important measures had been intro
duced.
Senator Bone introduced a bill to
amend the present system of road
building and Senator Utley introduced
a bill to make the various counties
able to have county boards of edu
cation.
Mrs. Robert Mosby and Mrs. Don
Matthews of Little Rock, who have
been visiting relatives of their former
home at Batesville, were here Tuesday
night on their return to the capital
:ity.
I
llAZ SALE OF
W5.00 and 22.50
Irid Overcoats -
Beginning
ML Friday, Jan. 17th
111 Ten Days Only
These Suits and Overcoats I
will be reduced as follows: |
27.50 Values For 22.25
25.00 Values For 19.75
22.50 Values For 18.75
In order to clean-up entire- j
ly a corresponding reduc
tion of 20 per cent will be
made on all other Suits and
Overcoats during that time.
CLOTHING COMPANY
PAR EL STORE FOR MEN."
SEES DANGER OF
WAR REOPENING
London Newspaper Says War May
Break Out Again and Warns
Against Demobilization.
London, Jan. 15—The Central News
says that as a result of the allied
discussions in Paris the whole aspect
of demobilization has undergone a
sudden and vital change, this being
shown in the drastic conditions de
manded of Germany for a renewal of
the armistice.
“On authority of an unimpeachable
character,” says the Central News,
“it can be stated that a situation ex
ists in Europe under which war may
break out again at any moment.
“The Allied War Council has ar
rived at a decision which means that
the British people have mistaken the
appearance of peace for reality. This
decision means that the new British
ministry must revise the whole
scheme of army demobilization.
“The decision is that Great Britain,
in proportion to its military strength,
must maintain an Army of Occupa
tion on the Rhine for many months.
If the rapid increase in demobilization
recently announced were continued,
there would, in a few months, be no
army in France to undertake the ob
ligations which, by common decision
of the allies, have been placed upon
British shoulders.”
The new armistice terms to be pre
sented to Germany by Marshal Foch
are unofficially said here to include
the following:
“First—Retribution upon the Ger
'liaris for the murder and ill treat- ’
aient of allied prisoners.
“Second—The machinery and goods
stolen by Germany from France and
Belgium to be at once given up.
That France has 500,000 men who
will be out oj work until this machin
ery is returned.
“Third—German gold, amounting
to more than 100,000,000 pounds, to
be moved from Berlin to a safe place,
probably Frankfort, and protected
from Bolshevism in Germany en
route. Certain other property to be
surrendered.
“Fourth—Germany to give over
her shipping, of which she is believed
to have 4,000,000 tons, to carry food
supplies to countries in Europe in
ner >f them.
ifth—Any U-boats on the stocks
to be handed to the allies for their
disposal, or to be destroyed and no
more submarines should be built.”
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
E. L. Boyce, county clerk to R. L.
Conditt, NEVi NW'/i 25-13-1, tax
deed.
E. L. Boyce, county clerk to R. L.
rnnditt. NEVi NWVi 25-13-1.
J. W. Gordon and wife to W. H.
Snetser, Lot 5, Block N, Chastain’s
Addition to Newport, $1,000.
J. R. Cox to Walter F Hurley, Lot
4, Block “E” Diaz, $150.
H. L. Berg'et al, to G. A. Stites,
W Vi SE'4, NW Vi NEV4, and the
WVi SWV4 NEV4 26-10-4.
Robert E. Holder and wife to E. A.
Bryan SV6 NEV4 and NEV4 NEV4
34-9-1, 120 acres, $2,300.
Jacob Perry and wife to Ira Jack
son. part of Lot 8 of NWV4 of Sec.
30-11-3, 5 acres, $50.
Rolla M. Culbertson to J. R. Hol
den Land and Lumber Company, NW
14 NEV4 30-12-1, $900.
Wm. Bengel and wife to Arkan
sas Bank & Trust Company, Lot 12,
Block 4, Hirsch’s First Addition to
Newport, $3,000.
J. W. Starnes and wife to W. T.
Sweat undivided one-half interest in
WVi NWV4 36-10-3, $1.00.
Lillie Redd to Gus Borders Lot 16,
Rlock 29, Daugherty’s Addition to
city of Newport, $375.05.
Mary E. Hopkins to Ernest L.
Roberts, NWV4 SWVi 11-10-3, $2,000.
K K Kimberlin and wife to J.
E. Wilson, SW>/4 NWVi 35-13-2, $3,
000. ' '
Mrs. A. D. Bailey to 0. F. Vaughn,
SWVi Sec. 11-9-2, $5.00.
O. F. Vaughn to Pikes Denton and
wife, SWVi 11-9-2, $2,700.
Lieutenant Jackson, Y. M. C. A.
representative from Camp Pike, is in
Nev^ort today in the interest of the
“State Older Boys’ Conference to be
held at Pine Bluff January 31 to Feb
ruary 2.