MANY KILLED 18
BERLIN Bill EE
^ Dispatch From Copenhagen Says
Government, Provisionally, Is
Master Of the Situation.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 8.—Several hundred
persons have been killed in fighting
in Berlin, according to a Copenhagen
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph.
The government seems, at least pro
visionally, to be master of the sitm
ation.
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is
reported to have arrived in Berlin.
The Spartacus element is reported to
have plenty of weapons and street
fighting is particularly sanguinary.
The dislocation of telegraph service
prevents anything more than meagre
reports of what is happening in Ber
lin from getting through.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, Jan. 8.—Nikolas Le
Itite, Bolshevist premier of Russia,
has been arrested at the command of
Leon Trotzky, minister of war and
marine, who has made himself dicta
tor, according to a Moscow dispatch
to the Gothenburg, Sweden, Gazette.
(By The Associated Press.)
Stockholm, Tuesday, Jan. 7.— All
members of the Bourgeoisie'have
been arrested at Riga by the Lettish
Soviet, which abolished the owner
I ship of private property in that city,
according to a Riga dispatch.
(By The Associated Press.)
Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 7. (Noon.)—
The Spartacan delegation today en
deavored to confer with the govern
ment but was notified that govern
ment members would not discuss any
matters until public and private
buildings now occupied by counter
revolutionists have been vacated.
(By The Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, Jan. 8.—The decision
to use all military forces to end the
Spartacan agitations was reached in
Berlin by^the Central Council of Sol
diers and Workmen last night, accord
ing to a Berlin dispatch. The gov
ernment has refused to negotiate with
the Spartacans and the opposing
.. forces face each other along Wilhelm
strasse.
(By The Associated Press.)
Warsaw, Tuesday, Jan. 7.—Fight
ing for possession of Vilna has be
gun between the Poles and Bolshevist
troops.
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CENTURY OLD HOMES.
Mount Olive, Jan. 7.—One of the
oldest residences in Arkansas is lo
cated at this place on the Landreth
brothers farm on White river. It was
built in 1803 by Jehoda Jeffery, great
great grandfather of Richard Jeffery,
who now lives here. The house was
constructed of heart pine logs, which
are apparently as sound today as
when they were laid. It still is used
as a dwelling. Another house con
structed in that year is located at
Norfolk, in Baxter county. It was
built by Maj. Jacob Wolf and is own
ed by his descendants.
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SEVERAL PERSONS
ARE KILLED WHEN
STRIKERS RESIST.
(By The Associated Press.)
Buenos Aires, Tuesday, Jan. 7.—
Several persons were killed and more
than a score injured during a fight
between the police and strikers at the
Vasena Iron Works on the outskirts
of this city this afternoon.
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GEORGE R. ELY, AP
POINTED AGRICUTURAL
AGENT FOR CROSS CO.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 8.—George R. Ely,
t who has been the county agricultural
agent for Pulaski county, has been
appointed agent for Cross County, at
Wynne, and has gone to his new post.
He is succeeded here by J. W. Sar
gent, late of Texarkana, who was the
Miller county agent from Junt - until
Dec. 31, 1918. Mr. Sargent gradu
ated from the Mississippi A. & M.
College in 1909, taught agriculture in
the college for two years, and was su
perintendent of the Agricultural
school at Moorehead, Miss., until
June, 1918, when he came to Arkan
sas.
NEWPORT LODGE
NO. 71, I. O. O. F. IN
STALLS NEW OFFICERS
At a regular meeting of Newport
Lodge, No. 71, of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows held at the Lodge
on Walnut Street January 6th, 1919,
the New Year was appropriately ush
ered in, there being in attendance a
large representative membership of
■ the local lodge who after the usual
business hour and degree work were
informed that the district deputy
grand master and suit awaited with
out; whereupon the district deputy
grand officers were admitted and the
following officers elect duly installed
with appropriate ceremony, after
which a splendid luncheon of roast
pig sandwiches and coffee was enjoy
ea Dy rnose present.
Officers installed were: F. F.
B. Moorehead, N. G.; T. E. Gillard,
V. G.; Gus Jowers, recording secre
tary; P. S. White, Per. sec’y; O. I.
Hubert, Jr., treasurer; O. Gilpin,
warden; W. P. Johnson, conductor;
Wm. Mosby, Chaplain; J. L. Cook
sie, O. G.; Chas. Lester, I. G.; Har
ry Morgan, R. S. N. G.; W. D. Ste
vens, L. S. N. G.; W> A. Covington,
R. S. V. G.; J. F. Humphries, L. S.
V. G.; Wm. Mosby, Jas. II. John
ston annd J. F. Parish, trustees.
FROM SGT. PENIX.
The following letter is from Sergt.
Henry J. Penix to his mother at
Tuckerman:
Chamesson, France,
Nov. 28, 1918.
My Dear Mother:
Guess you have wondered why I
haven’t written before now. Well, I
was up on the front for some time,
my company being there the day the
armistice was signed. We were haul
ing arms and not a man w^s hurt.
Isn’t that fine? We just got in yes
terday from an eighteen days’ hike.
We are about 150 miles from the
front. Most every one is feeling fine,
with the exception of being tired. I
am feeling fine myself. I had a let
ter from sister yesterday—the first
mail I have received since I left Ver
cil. That is where we stayed for six
weeks. Guess I will have lots of mail
in a few days, as we are going to
stay here awhile.
T will linun tn t.pl 1 VOU
when I get back home. Hope i will
be there in the spring. Well, how are
all the folks? Guess the boys have
made lots of money this year—hope
so any way. Of course I haven t
made but very little, but have done
my part in this great war, How are
sister and Troy? Haven’t heard
from Jessup but one time, and have
never heard from Sexton. Mother,
I guess you wonder why I didn’t send
for a Christmas package. Well, I
could only get three pounds, and it
was too much trouble for you to try
and fix it up. If you would write me
a letter will appreciate it just as
much. I am going to try to send you
a cablegram if I can. Will write you
again real soon. Hope I get a bunch
of letters soon. Must hush. With
love, ,
. Your son,
Sgt. Henry J. Penix,
306 Am. Tr., A. E. F.
Join the Red Cross.
' PROHIBITION AMEND
MENT RATIFIED BY LEG
ISLATURE OF TENNESSEE.
<Rv The Associated Press.)
Nashvidlle, Jan. 8.—The Tennessee
general assembly today adopted the
resolution ratifying the Federal Pro
hibition Amendment.
WALLACE TOWNSEND ILL.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 8.—Wallace Town
send, director of the State Council of
Defense, and republican nominee for
governor in 1916, is seriously ill with
pneumonia at his home in this city.
His wife is also lil with influenza.
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FIRST OVER THE OZARKS.
Mountain View, Jan. 7.—Lieut. T. J.
Lenihan and Sergeant Hodges, his
mechanician," of Eberts Field, who
landed here several days ago, dam
j aging their plane slightly, left yes
' terda^. Lieutenant Lenihan flew to
\ Batesville. Sergeant Hodges joined
1 him there and continued the flight
j with him to headquarters. They,
with Lieutenants von Hag, Page,
Olive and Hartman left Eberts Field
: on December 26 to map air routes
\ over the northern part pf the state
j and parts of south Missouri.
This is the first flight ever made
over the Ozarks and Lieutenant Len
[ ihan says it is vei-y dangerous, be
cause of few landing places. Most of
the territory is timberclad mountains.
I This is the first airplane ever seen
in this section and it created a big
sensation.
The other two planes driven by
Page and Olive, and Von Hag and
Hartman were wrecked in landing at
Sylamore and Guion, respectively,
where they came down for gasoline.
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Keep your dollars at nome. Trade
in Newport.
! VACANCY NOW EXISTS
IN STATE LABOR COM
MISSIONER’S OFFICE.
! Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 8.—The election
i of Ben D. Brickhouse as mayor of
1 Little Rock, following his nomination
! last Monday, will create a vacancy in
; the office of State Labor Commission
to be filled by Governor Brough This
has become a most important office
: in determining the relationship be
i tween labor and capital and in the en
: forcement of labor laws.
TO PHOTOGRAPH BERLIN.
| Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 5.—Lieut. Ar
thur Sutton and Privates McCauley,
Suess and Haston of the United
; States Signal Corps arrived in Ber
lin today from Coblenz. They will
take photographs of happenings in
Berlin and vicinity.
j NINE PERSONS DIE
AND MANY INJURED
IN EXPLOSION, FIRE.
(By The Associated Press.)
Pittsburg, Jan. 8.— Nine persons
are known to have lost their lives in
an explosion and fire which late yes
terday (Tuesday) destroyed the film
exchange building in the down town
section. A score of men and women
were entrapped in the building and
injured, several seriously, before res
cued by firemen.
LUDENDORFF IN SWEDEN.
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Copenhagen, Jan. 7.— The recent
newspaper reports of the arrival in
Sweden of General Ludendorff, for
mer head of the German military
system, are confirmed by T. A. V.
Schotte, the Swedish home minister.
It is said that General Ludendorff is
living on a farm at Hasseleholm in
Southern Sweden with a man named
Edgar Olsson.
AMERICAN TROOPS
REACH HOME SOIL
ON BATTLESHIPS.
(By The Associated Press.)
Newport News, Jan. 8.—The bat
tleships Georgia annd Kansas passed
into the capes last night to unload her
2,650 troops from France.
Washington, Jan. 8—The transport,
President Grant, battleships, Montana
and South Dakota, and the hospital
ship, ^Comfort, have sailed from
France for New York with about
seventy-seven hundred men on board.
ISAAC GOLDMAN’S WILL
FILED FOR PROBATE.
The will of Isaac Goldman? presi
dent of the Marquette Suit and Cloak
Company, filed for probdte yesterday,
contains several bequests to charity,
including a Washington University
scholarship to be awarded annually to
a Jewish youth to be chosen by Gold
man’s widow. Goldman died Janu
ary 1 of heart failure.
Among the bequests to institutions
are the following: Father Demp
sey’s Working Men’s Hotel, $500;
Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home,
$500; St. Louis Children’s Hospital,
$500; Jewish Shelter Home, $500;
Children’s Industrial Farm Associa
tion, Eureka, Mo., and the Jewish Dis
pensary, $1000 each.
The trustees who are left in charge
of the estate are authorized to lend
“modest sums” to the students who
receive the scholarship.
The will provides for the payment
of $10,000 a year to Mrs. Goldman
and orders the estate to be devided
upon her death.
Among the bequests to be made
when Mrs. Goldman dies is one to
Mrs. Tony Sonneborn of Frankfort,
Germany, $7,500, and a similar
amount to Mrs. Hilda Hirschman of
Mainz, Germany.—St. Louis Qlobe
Democrat.
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Semi-Annual Sale of
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Beginning Thursday January 9th and up to
and including Friday January 31st the following
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Manhattans 2.15
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Simple Ceremonies Mark the Funeral
Services of the Former President
At Oyster Bay.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. g,—Washington
joined with the village of Oyster Bay
today in mourning the death of Theo
dore Itoosevelt. Flags of all public
buildings were at half mast and inso
far as possible government activities
ceased.
• (By The Associated Press.)
Oyster Bay, Jan. 8.—The body of
Theodore Roosevelt was laid at rest
today in Young’s Memorial cemetery
here as a private citizen of this Long
Island village after simple funeral
services at home, church and at the
grave side. The body was committed
i to earth at 1:43 p. m. in the family
burial plot overlooking Long Island
Sound. Except for two sons, absent
as soldiers overseas, the entire family
gathered in the living room at Saga
more Ilill shortly before noon for a
prayer service, after which the body
was carried to Christ Episcopal
church for the funeral service. Mrs.
Roosevelt, sharing her husband’s anti
pathy as to the funeral services, de
cided not to attend the church service
nor join the procession to the ceme
tery. Other members of the family
attended services at the church and
grave.
FEDERAL COURT ADJOURNS.
Federal court for the Eastern Dis
trict of Arkansas held a one-day ses
sion at Batesville Tuesday, adjourn
ing late in the afternoon and all fed
eral court officials were through here
last evening on their return to Lijtle
Rock. There was only one jury case,
that being a young man from Sulphur
Rock, who was tried for resisting the
draft law. It was found, however,
that the young man was not of draft |fl
age, 21 years. It seems he was in the
employ of the Missouri-Pacific Rail
road, and in order to get the position,
had to be 21 years old and gave his
age as such. When the time came
to register he failed to do so and was
arrested and bound over for a hear
ing in Federal court, where his moth
er, as a witness, proved the young
man not guilty.
Among the jurors from Jackson i
county, who were in attendance were <3
S. M. Beattie and Alf James of New
port; R. H. Hunter and Charlie Har
rison of Tuckerman; D. D. Camp,
John Pennington and Bob Ballew of
Grubbs; John- Gardner of Tupelo
and James R. Davis of Auvergne.
Attorney L. L. Campbell was there
having a case in court and P. H. Van
Dyke was also a business visitor. J.
V. Isaacs appeared before the court
to be allowed to sell a boat under ex
cution. C. C. Copland was a witness
in one of the cases.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Little Rock, Jan. 8.—Harvey G.
Combs* of Fayetteville, unopposed
candidate for chief clerk of the
House, arrived yesterday. He was
secretary of the constitutional con
vention, and is checking up the ac
counts of the convention for presenta
tion to the legislature.
The following candidates have an
nounced for senate positions:
President—Harry L. Ponder.
Secretary—Ira Langley.
Assistant Secretary— J. O. Jones,
j H M. Bird.
Journal Clerk—L. W. Hamilton,
j Thomas II. Ward.
i Assistant Journal Clerk— Rodger
i Ashley, Will Quillinmg.
Enrolling Clerk—Miss Era Lewis.
Engrossing Clerk—Miss Mamie
Brewer.
Sergeant-at-Arms— J. R. P. Bur
nett. R. T. Hardin, R. A. Neale, D. L.
Weaver.
Postmaster—Miss Thelma Lewis.
Chaplain—Rev. J. H. Bradford,
Rev. John H. Dye, Rev. John P. Pow
ry, Rev. J. C. Simms.
It scorns +hat the candidates for
house positions are not so numerous.
Ther: are three aspirants for the
position of postmistress, Miss Jessie
Hollingsworth, Miss Core Bcker, and
Miss Iula Scruggs.
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