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Newport Daily
VOLUME XVIII. NO. 248. , NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY,
PRESIDES! READS
' LEAEUEC0HERIN1
The Reading Required Thirty Five
Minutes Without Interruption
Or Applause.
Paris, Feb. 14— President Wilson
was the central figure of the plenary
peace conference at 2:30 this after
noon when in person he read the cov
enant establishing a league of'na
tions.
There was added interest in the
session, as it was the last gathering
of the delegates before the president’s
departure as well as being the occas
ion of presenting the document with
which his name is identified.
The president was received with
military honors as he arrived at the
Foreign Office and the large crowds
gave him a cordial welcome as he
passed through. The delegates were
assembled when the president entered
the council chamber.
When he entered the chamber, the
president was greeted by Premier
Clemenceau, Foreign Secretary Bal
four and Viscount Milner of Great
Britain, and the American delegates
at the head of the table. There w'as
little formality. Premier Clemenceau
called the conference to order and
"President: Wilson arose and address
cd the meeting.
“I have very great pleasure,” said
President Wilson as he began, “in
presenting the report of the commis
sion. which has framed the constitu
tion of a league of nations. I am par
ticularly happy to be able to say it is
a unanimous report, signed by the
representatives of all the powers on
the committee.”
President Wilson spoke earnestly
but without oratorical effect. ’
“The best report I can make,” the
president said, “is to read the docu
ment itself.”
He read from a printed sheet the
constitution of the league while the
assembly followed his reading with
the closest attention. While the
president was reading, Mrs. Wilson,
accompanied by the president’s naval
aide, was escorted to a place back of
the delegates’ table.
The reading continued for 35 min
utes without interruption or ap
fc- plause. As he closed the president
laid aside the document and spoke of
what had been accomplished. The
deliberations of the commission had
been most instructive and through
out the proceedings there was an un
dertone of enthusiasm in the great
work being accomplished, he said.
A HAPPY SEQUEL OF THE WAR.
New York, Feb. 12—Two “Dead”
men—or at least each thought the
other had been Kinea in Dauie—nave
met in New York and have been try
ing to convince one another that the
s reports of their deaths were grossly
exaggerated. The resurrection scene
was in the hallway of No. 347
Madison avenue, the headquarters of
the National War Work Council of
the Y. M. C. A. Just as a rangy ma
lt*. rine, who wore two wound stripes,
chevrons indicating eighteen months’
overseas service, a Croix de Guerre, a
marksman’s medal and an overseas
service ribbon, passed through a door,
another man in uniform sprang up.
This second man also wore a Croix de
Guerre, on his Y. M. C. A. Uniform.
He pinched himself severely.
“Ouch!” announced the elder man
in tones of great satisfaction.
“You’re not dreaming, Doc,” as
sured the marine. “If I hadn’t read
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i you were here I’d a-pinched myself,
; too.”
j “But I read your funeral service—
: I saw you buried in Beeleau Wood,”
expostulated Dr. John H. Clifford,
of Tucson, Arizona, the “Y” man who
■ received a Croix De Guerre for carry
| ing a wounded Marine Colonel from
' the battlefield under fire. For that
and other acts the Y. M. C. A.
man, popularly called “Good Old Bap
tist ’Doc’ ” and “Doc of the Fifth
Marine Regiment” had been decor
ated with Marine Corps buttons and
! insignia. The man whose hand he
! wrung was Theodore J. Walman, of
■ No. 806 Elton Avenue, the Bronx,
I New York City, a bugler of the 20th
1 Company, Fifth Regiment. In the
j Belleau Wood, a fighting Waldman
| was detailed as a runner, one of
' those fearless heroes who risked
j their lives to carry orders or infor
® tion.
j “Why! bless me! I can’t believe
the good news,” murmered “Doc”
; happily. “On the 7th of June I said
! a prayer over the assembled frag
! ments of a body the boys said was
! yours. Why, you old imposter, you!
Time and again I’ve told how you
sacrificed your life there to save
Lieutenant Elmore, who was wound
1 ed. You’ve probably spoiled a whole
| lecture tour for me.”
“C ’est la guerre, Doc,” grinned
Waldman. “Toug hluck. I’d like to
■ oblige, but my death has caused too
■ much trouble already. I was offi
cially reported ‘Killed in Action’ and
! and when I walked in home my mo
| ther fainted. My fiancee also believ
ed me dead. But how about you ?
’ A lot of the boys of the 20th told me
! a piece of shrapnel took off your
\ ‘roof’ and as I figured, that would
| spoil you as a preacher, i supposea
you were dead. How about it? If
I ‘lay off’ your death, will you deny
! mine?”
I “I’ll tell the world so!” proclaimed
' the Y. M. C. A. man as he and the
other resurrected “dead man” struck
palms. The report concerning Wald
man had foundation in the fact that
he was wounded in the thigh by a
i machine gun fire, in the heat of the
| great marines’ fight at Belleau Wood
and was in hospitals for months.
KILLING AT SWIFTON.
Coroner Henry Grant was called
to Swifton this morning to hold an
inquest over a man killed there about
1 a. m. The man killed was a Mexi
| can, and with a colony employed their
on special construction work of the
railroad, got into a free-for-all
I fight. It is reported that the men
were drinking and gambling, and in
! the course of the game two of them
became angry and went to using
their knives on each other, one being
i stabbed so seriously he died in a short
while. Constable R. A. Cockrill made
the arrest of the party doing the kill
ing, but we were unable to get their
unpronounceable names over the
telephone this afternoon. The coro
ner’s inquest is being held and the
party who is in jail there today, it
is thought will be brought down on
the evening’s train and placed in
jail here.
CHURCH SOCIETY ENTERTAINS.
The Epworth League of the Meth
odist church entertained their friends
last evening in the parlors of the
church with a Valentine party, which
was very prittily arranged and was
most enjoyable, the young people
all entering heartily into the pleas
ures of the evening. Red and white
hearts were strung across the rooms
three or four times and in honor of
St. Valentine cupids were very much
in evidence. Red shaded lights also
added to the pretty effect. The for
tune teller and palmist were on hand
to tell the girls and boys all about
the future, when and whom they
should marry, which, of course, was
very interesting. Misses Joyce
Stone and Katharine Garrett were
the much sought after Gypsies and
filled their obligations in a most sat
isfactory manner. ( Their costumeis
and make-up were ideal. Games and
music were parts of the evening en
tertainment and a splendid lunch
concluded the pretty affair.
$20.00 REWARD!
Estray—Two mules. One blue
! black, 16 hands high, branded “3” on
i right shoulder. One gray mule, 4
I years old, 13 hands high.
S. M. LOVE,
248d4t Fitzhugh, Ark.
WIDOW OF COLONEL
.ROOSEVELT ARRIVES
AT HAVRE, FRANCE.
Havre, Feb. 14—Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt arrived here today on the
French steamer, La Lorraine. Af- j
ter visiting the grave of Lieut. Quen-1
tin Roosevelt, she will go to Italy to
visit her sister, Miss Emily Carow.
MOTOR-TRUCK TAX BILL.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 15.—The Cham
bliss bill levying a tax on motor
trucks that are operated on the im
proved highways, one of the most
difficult measures, it appears for the
house to agree upon, come in for
more discussion. The author sub
mitted the following amendment,
which was adopted, by a close vote:
“All automobiles carrying passen
gers for hire over the state and coun
ty highways shall pay a license fee of
$25 per year in the county in which
they .originate. This shall not apply
to mail carriers, star-route carriers,
or automobiles in * rural sections
which do not make a business of
carrying passengers for revenue.
Provided, further, that this act shall
not be enforced until July 1, 1919 on
automobiles that have already paid a
license fee of $35 or over to the city
Little Rock.” The bill was then made
special order for 10 a. m. today.
WILD DUCKS SEIZED.
Little Rock, Feb. 14.—A small cask
containing about 13 wild ducks, was
seized by Dick Brundidge, secretary
of the Arkansas Game and Fish Com
mission, at the Missouri Pacific sta
tion yesterday. The cask was being
shipped from Stuttgart to Hot
Springs, and the head came off in
transit. It probably held about 50
when shipped. The ducks were dis?
tributed among the charitable insti
tutions of the county.
TIME FOR ARKANSAS
TO WAKE UP AND EM
PLOY A GEOLOGIST.
There was never a time in the his
tory of Arkansas when it needed the
assistance of the geologist more than
it does today.
Arkansas resources are but little
developed. Its soils, clays, coal, lead,
iron, petroleum, gas and other re
sources need the hand and mind of
educated and practical geologists as
never before.
Dr. John C. Branner’s short term
as State Geologist in the ’80’s
brought millions of dollars into the
state and is bringing more into the
state every day.
Geologist Owens in the ’50’s did a
work that assisted, and is assisting,
but the work of these men has been
but an appetizer, causing us to wish
to know more of Arkansas’ great and
unbounded resources.
The demand is for that knowledge
that only the scientific and learned
geologist can give. The United States
has made from time to time special
geological surveys since 1890, but
these are of little general value to
the public since they are not in ac
cessible form.
What we need is a genuine geolog
ical survey made at home, made by
honest, scientific men who knew how
to eat corn bread, hog-jowls and
greens. The reports of Dr. Branner
so far as made are equal in learning
to any that can be found in the libra
ries of the country. They are writ
ten in such language that they can
be read and understood even by the
laymen.
What Arkansas and the work! flow
needs is more geological work and
this is an immediate need.
There is pending a proposition in
the legislature for the creation of
the offfffe of State Geologist, and we
believe there are enough progressive
members of that body to see the ad
vantages that will accrue to the
state and put this thing over. These
men are not only willing that it be
done, but they will insist that a
learned, competent and thoroughly
efficient geologist be appointed.
The Bureau of Mines, Manufac
tures and agriculture endorses the
idea, and it always has its ear to the
ground to determine popular opin
ion. The majority of the state intel
ligently endorse all that has been
said in favor of it. They will give
the glad hand of appropbation to ev
ery legislator who votes for a geo
logical survey, because they know
that the few dollars spent in the
Branner survey has been an invest
ment that has yielded many fold re
turns, and they know further that
such a survey in the light of modern
development will be worth millions to
the men and women who earn their
living by the sweat of their brows.
These views are supported by John
C. Small, chief deputy Commissioner,
who said that he believed, if the mat
ter were brought properly before the
legislature, that body would act
properly.
Dr. Branner, now President Emeri
tus of Leland Stanford University in
California, is twenty-five years old
er than when he made the original
survey. Yet he maintains for Ark
ansas a love and bouyancy for the
great state that one is reminded that
the waters of the thousand springs
flowing from its hillsides gave him
the perpetual youth from which
flows this exurberance.
The Little Rock Daily News took
up the matter with Dr. Branner, not
expecting him to do the field work,
but thinking that he would make a
most valuable President Emoritus for
the n'Sitsurvey. Dr. Banner’s reply
dated FebraaYr^4?1^olJ$^
“It is not possible for me to answer
questions before they are asked. But
I am sure the people of Arkansas,
(with the possible exception of two>
or three grafters who were unable to
use me and through me the state for
The Old Adage
“That a Thing is Cheap or Dear by What
You Get Rather Than What You Pay”
Was Never So True As Now
Our’s is a Specialty Shop for Men where Quality more
so than Quantity is THE AIM.
Below is a list of a few of the representative lines
in Men’s Wear we take Pride in showing:
Kuppenheimer Clothes ■
Knox, Stetson and Hawes’ Hats
Clapp, Reynolds and Regal Shoes
Manhattan Shirts
Faultless Night Robes and Pajamas
Vassar, Cooper and Wilson Bros. Unions
Knothe Belts and Suspenders
Onyx Hosiery, Superba Cravats
THE STAR CLOTHING COMPANY
“THE APPAREL STORE FOR MEN.”
... . ' . .. * V - •’ • . ■ 1 ..... . —i.
SUITE TO SPEND
FfiEELYON DOTS
Business Men At Head Of State Y. M.
C. A. Work Going On To Do
Something for Young Men.
Mr. W. M. Dunaway of Newport
has been appointed county chairman
to have charge of the State Y. M. C.
A. financial drive in Jackson county.
The State Y. M. C. A. will spend
$100,000 in Arkansas to give the
youths of the state better opportun
ities, Athletics, clean sports, summer
camps, boys’ conferences and other
activities are to be utilized to give
the boys inspiration and opportunity
to broaden themselves along the three
sides of the world-known and world
respected Y. M. C. A. triangle—spir~ J
it, mind and body. “If we can spend
$150,000 for better pigs in one coun
ty, we can afford to spend at least
$100,000 for better boys in the whole
state” says the business men at the
head of the state Y. M. C. A. organ
ization.
Mr. W. M. Dunaway of Newport
has been appointed county chairman
to have charge of the State Y. M. C.
A. financial drive in Jackson counity.
ent to enjoy me ueuc*vuD ~
I ed by Mrs. Grant assisted by Tommy , |
Folk ard Mrs. Wilkinson were Elis«;|||
abeth Bowen, Helen Moore, Virgmia >|fB
Hubly, Sue Mary Robinson, Mae . .
Rush ton, Dorothy Stephens,
Grant, O. E. Jones, Chas, B»nden- , .J
burg. John Grubbs, John A. Hinkle,
Harold Panders, Theo Stokes, Louis. •'
1 Foushee, Lynn Grant, Raymond . I
Grant. After refreshments going , |g
home time eame only too soon for this
jolly club. ' |
THE LAST LIBERTY LOAN. v|j
The Victory Loan coming in April , ■ ;.;S
is the last Liberty Loan. Then the |
was is over for you. It will still be , ^
going on for 1,000,000 Americans m gj|
France. Don’t think you have sac
ficed because you may be Paying
for your interest-bearing Fourtth ,
Loan Bonds. These fellows back |j
from France legless, armless, or . , :
sightless don’t think they have sac
rificed. They simply think they did *
their duty. ’
theiTprivat. '«W, know that I can
always be counted on to serve their
interests wherever I can do so.
It was not expected that, under t
circumstances, Dr. Branner could say
less, but he could not say more to ex
press his love for Arkansas, which is •
only second to his love for his native
state of Tennessee.
What a splendid ally for the new
geological survey of Arkansas! Wha 5
a loyal friend Arkansas has m this
great, honest and learned geologist!
It is time for Arkansas to go over
the top in this as it has in many
other progressive matters!