Mediators Blame
Uncle Sam
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For Carranza’s Refusal to Par
ticipate— Railroad Mined
I -^b Between Vera Cruz and
1 Capital.
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P'mj United Press Dispatch.
j Washington, D. C., May 5.—
f The refusal of General Carranza
to participate. unconditionally
in the mediation and the with
& drawal of his invitation will not
V ent^ the attempted mediation of
1 the Argentine, Brazillian and
Chilean envoys. They will how
I ever restrict their endeavors to
obtaining participation from
Huerta in a plan that can later
jbe submitted to all Mexico, Gen
eral Carranza included, to re
store peace and a constitutional
government.
The mediators will now be for
ced to take'notice of the initial
cause of the break, insult to the
American flag and the refusal of
Vi salute in apology upon the part
wf Huerta. The mediators are
' disposed today to blame the U-1
nited States for Carranza’s atti
tude in refusing to mediate his
It is insisted in Latin Ameri
n diplomatic circles that if
this government through its
consuls had suggested to General j
Carranza that his participation j
was desired in the efforts at me-;
diation, he would have been com
pelled to do so
\ . While the mediators refuse to !
comment, those closely associat
ed with them, declare that if ne
j^gotiations fail, Carranza, who
^should have been controlled by
the United States, will be to
^ blame.
The cabinet for the first time
since the Mexican situation be
m* came acute, held avery brief ses
sion today. Secretary Bryan
reported to the cabinet the re-'
suit of the conferences of medi- [
If' ation and all agreed that for the j
4*. present all this government can j
do .is to mark time.
The rumors here reporting
ifthat Admiral Mayo has hinted
as advisable that this country
take Tampico are believed to
have originated in his state
| ments that it would be easy for
fTio now tn tttlrp thnt riftrt
Secretary of The Navy Dan
iels could not account for the
reported rebel threat that they
would destroy the Tampico oil
wells provided American vessels
entered the river.
[The war department has been
informed that the Federals have
mined the railroad between Vera
Cruz and the capital and that
the track and bridges will be
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O’ SHAUGHNESSY ARRIVES.
United Press Dispatch.
New Orleans, La., May 5.—
O’Shaughnessy, wife and child
arrived this morning from Vera
Cruz and will leave for Washing
ton tonight.
Mr. O’Shaughnessy said that
he did not expect to return to
Mexico and also stated that he
had never heard of Flood, when
told of representative’s attack.
UNIFORMS AND EQUIP
MENT NOT BARRED.
United Press Dispatch.
El Paso, Tex., May 5.—Sever
al trainloads of uniforms, shoes,
cavalry, equipment which have
been held since the embargo a
gainst the importation of muni
tions of war was renewed, were
rushed to Villa today. The ci^
tom officials were advised by
Washington authorities that the
embargo applied only to arms
and ammunition.
Becker Again On Trial.
United Press Service.
New York, May 5.—Ex-Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker to
day was called for a second trial
on charges of instigating the
murder of Herman Rosenthal.
The four men who shot Rosen
thal down in the glare of Broad
way’s lights on Forty-Second
street, Whitey Lewis, Gyp, the
Blood, Leftie Louie, and Dago
Frank Cirofici, have paid the
extreme penalty with their lives.
Becker after beingad judged guil
ty by a jury and that judgment
affirmed by the State Supreme
Court, w'as granted a nev^ trial
on technical grounds by the
State Court of Appeals, one
member of which tribunal voting
against another trial for the con
victed policeman. District At-,
torney Whitman today was pre- j
pared to take personal charge of
the prosecution. It wras under
stood that he will attempt at!
this second trial of Becker to in- j
iroduce as evidence, facts re
garding an alleged conspiracy
to have the gunmen saved by
perjured testimony, one of these ,
witnesses, Karl Dresner having
confessed having been paid to
give false witness.
Board Fills Two Vacancies.
Miss Edith Milham of Spivey,
Kansas, a graduate of Baker U- j
niversity and a young lady j
teacher of experience, who comes
highly recommended, has been
elected to the vacancy in the
high school and will probably
have the departments of Latin
and History,
Miss Mildred Douglas has also
been elected teacher of the
Third and Fourth Grades in the
East Newport school.
Tarr & McMurray’s Geography
has also been adopted for the
course of study next year, be
ing the only change made in the
text books- Pupils will be able
to make an exchange of the ge
ographies now used in purchas
ing the new ones next fall.
The vacancies filled above were
made by action of the board in
session Saturday night.
John Forrest Dillon Dead.
United Press Dispatch.
New York City, May 5.—John
Forrest Dillon, aged 83 years,
counsel for the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and other
corporations, died today from a
severe attack of the grippe
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Water Company
franchise Attacked
City Attorney Requested To In
vestigate City’s Power
to Revoke Same.
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The franchise of the Newport
Water, Light & Power Company
was attacked at a meeting of the
council Monday evening, when a
resolution was passed authoriz
ing the city attorney to enquire
into the city’s right to revoke
said franchise, by reason of the
company’s failure to provide ad
equate filter service and exten
sion of mains authorized by the
council.
The council also elected Dr.
Henry Owen, R. B. Hooker and
J. R. Cox as commissioners of
the Walnut Street Improvement
District, these three citizens
having been recommended by
petition of the majority of the
property owners on this street.
The council discussed other
improvements and allowed cur
rent accounts.
The automobile regulation or
dinance has not as yet, been re
ported to the board.
Believe Girl Catherine Winters.
Charleston, W. Va., May 5. —
Catherine Winters, who myste
riously disappeared from her
home at Newcastle, Indiana, was
today found in the care of C. H.
Sigman of Kingston near here.
She closely resembles the Win
ters girl and says that she was
taken from Cleveland by three
Foreign miners who held her a
prisoner and mistreated her.
She was forced tq do house work
and ran away to Sigman. Dr
Winters has been sent for.
Forgery Charge C'ontinued.
E. B. Green haw, formerly rep
resenting the Southern Cotton
States Corporation, who was to
have been given a hearing Sat
urday before Esquire Nuckolls
on charges of forgery preferred
by Jason Cole and M. S. Little
ton, has secured a continuance
of these cases until Saturday,
May 16, and it is understood the
cases may be dropped if the
obligations are settled by de
fendant.
Small Rise From White.
Calico Rock reported an eleven
foot stage of water Tuesday
morning and Batesville eight
and six-tenths feet rising. No
report was received from Black
Rock.
The river had fallen slightly
since Monday and was twenty
and nine-tenths feet on the
gauge, with a rainfall of one and
eleven-tenths inches. The rise
from these reports will be slight.
Believe Duryea’s Murderer In
sane.
United Press Dispatch.
New York City, May 5.—The
police have been unable to
learn the motive for the killing
of General Hiram Duryea by
His son, Chester, and have now
reached the conclusion that the
murderer is insane.
Paul Warburg Accepts Post.
United Press Dispatch
New York City, May 5.—Paul
Warburg today accepted Presi
dent Wilson’s offer to become a
member oif the Federal Reserve
Board.
For rent—A 6-room house on
Hazel street. Apply to R. C.
Wallace, 207 Hazel. 30d6
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Blub Ubberson Coming.
Cross Roads.
Elks Club, Newport, Ark.
deersur: I
! v i hev ben reedin aboat thet
ball game as is goin to be plaid
on May 18th inst, and i want yu
to kno thet i am goin to be ther
and see it.
i aint seed a gude game of ball
since cross roads plaid hickory
fork, when the scoar was 58 to
7, favor uv cross roads, i wuz
in littlerock two years ago and
i saw a game that cost me fore
; bits, and the price of peenuts and
sodawatter, and both teems put
together only made 3 scoars an
when i told some feller sittin
next to me thet he orter cum to
jackson co- tu see a game of ball
and that we never made no less
than fore scoras to a innin and
pumtimes as hy as twenty, he
sed thet ef he wanted to se a ;
marrowbone race, or somehtin
lik that, he wood go to limpian j
games, i thought he wuz kiddin |
me but i looked around an didn’t |
see nobuddy laffin, so i never |
! sed anything, but whaj: 1 want yu
to du is tu git aholt of thet
smart aleck and il pay his rail
road fare tu here jest tu show
him up. i fergot to git his
name, but he is a tall feller and
wears shoes, me and pete pliny
is goin to be ther to mete him.
pete and i have bet 30c on this
game, he is bettin on the ma
sons. he sez thet feller thet is
playin 2nd base for them hez
bot off the empires, but i think
he, is a lire bacaws i kno jack
ware and rex mac custon to be
hones anu the game wil be squar
plez hev seets reserved, about j
250 of us peeple around heer wil j
be ther, hopin yu are i am,.
yores truly, j
blub ubberson,
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44 Gowns In Miss Wilson’s
Trousseau.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 5.—
Details of the White House wed
ding were completed today and
the chosen few here received j
notes of invitation. Miss Elean-;
or Wilson’s trousseau contains j
44 gowns and suit dresses, and
nineteen hats.
A rehearsal is expected tomor-!
row
All Week Carnival.
The all week Carnival begins
Monday, May 18. All prepara
tions for the big event have been
completed.
Loos Exposition Shows attrac
tions will entertain large crowds
each day.
The Boy Scouts of America,
Troup No. 1, Newport commit
tee, which has had the matter of
preparation in charge, has
spared neither labor nor expense
in an attempt to make this the
greatest carnival week ever held
in Newport.
Their first great success was
iipsecuring an excellent carnival
for the week, the J. Geo. Loos
Exposition Shows. A company
first-class tented exhibitions and
first-class free attractions, has
been engaged, and will exhibit
here during the entire week.
The shows of the carnival will
be located near the baseball
park, including a number of
high-class carnival shows, a
mong which is the largest port
able Motordome in America. Also
the world’s most daring riders.
i ne mororoome is duiii on an
angle of seventy degrees and the
daring riders risk their lives
riding their motorcycles around
the saucer shaped track, at the
rate of a mile a minute- It is
one of the most death defying
exhibitions ever presented in
America.
One of the largest and most ex
pensive colections of rare and
costly an'mals and beautiful
birds in the world may be seen
at Beckwith’s wild animal arena
presenting Mme. De Ray in the
“Loin’s Den.” There will be!
found a group of beautiful full
grown forest-bred African black !
maned lions; the South Ameri- j
can puma family also will be rep- j
resented, and the Russian wolf,
bears of five distinct species;
rare birds from all parts of the
world; many species of the
monkey family, and the largest
snake in the world, Jumbo. Al
so the baby cnb lions, just three
months old.
Among the other high-class at
tractions to be found are Dixie
land high-class colored musical
show. Wonderland, with its
many freaks and curiosities;
Crazy house; Hell show; a new
novelty attraction, the Spider
’boy; Malay Prince; the man
[built upside down; tiny midget,
smallest woman on earth, laugh
jland, museum, Ferris wheel;
jumping horse and many others.
(Adv.)
Informal Afternoon.
Mrs. Edgar Williams was host
ess to a very pleasant little af
ternoon party Mjonday from 3
to 5, in honor of her friend, Mrs
P. O. Eckles of Blytheville. Mrs.
Williams only invited her neigh
bors and associates in her school
work, the company being a very
congenial one, who were charm
ed with ^he guest of honor, who
is a very cultured lady.
A salad luncheon was serv
ed by Misses Willie Mashburn,
Annie Belle Bridger and MriL
Arthur JJmsted.
Those present for the after
noon iwere, Mesdames , W. B.
Crossland, Fred Suits, T. P. and
J. T. Umsted, Otto M- Bowen, A#
T. Hubly, Roy Hinkle, M. M- Er
win, Grant Minton, B. E. Sriet
ser, Ella Box and Celia WaJJace;
Misses Kate HardendLizzie Irby,
Carrie White, Margaret Beatty,
Elizabeth Pugh and Dove Er
win.
Send Statement To President.
United Press Dispatch.
Denver, Colo., May 5.—A.
statement including the refusal
of the Colorado coal operators
to negotiate with representa
tives of the Miners union for a
settlement of the coal strike and
defending John D. Rockfeller,
Jr., will reach President Wilson
today.
Eight Killed In Explosion.
United Press Dispatch
Panama. May 5.—Eight were
killed and a score ipjured when,
a dynamite magazine of the
Panama government blew up to
day. A brush fire was the
cause. Most of those injured
were hurt in fighting the flames.
One woman spectator was kill- •" . • J
ed.
Olney Refuses To Serve.
United Press Dispatch.
Boston, Mass., May 5.—Rich
ard Olney today sent President
Wilson his formal declination
to serve as head of the new
federal reserve board. ;r
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