UM OF NATIONS
, PLANJIPPROVED
Statesmen Steadily Drawing Togeth
er On Structure Which Will Have
The Support Of All. , i
Paris, Jan. 19.—The plans for a 1
league of nations have been reduced
^ to a very definite form. The general
indications are that the statesmen of
the principal nations are steadily
drawing together on a structure
which will have the support of all,
the informal discussions having
brought the community of ideas to a
. point where it may reasonably be
expected soon to appear on paper.
It is said that the genei'al plan
which is now most approved in sub
stance by all the parties concerned
rejects the theory of the super-sover
eignty of an international police
force.
It also contemplates the working j
■out, as the development of the j
k league progresses, of the most deli-1
I cate question of all—disarmament— !
which particularly affects the British
navy. The same principle, it is pro
posed, shall apply to the other nations .
associated in the war against Ger-1
many.
The idea is founded on the argu-\
ment that no nation would dispose of:
instruments by Which it expects to
iinf.11 if has Hp.mnn- !
atrated that the forces proposed as a
substitute will be efficient.
In the opinihn of International law-;
yers such decisions will remove
from actual settlement by the peace ;
conference, at this sitting at least,:
many questions on which complete
agreement might not be expected
now, but upon which full accord
seems probable as the development of j
the plans for a league of nations ad- j
vance.
Such a plan will delegate to various'
commissioners and committees detail-;
ed problems winch shall be reported
with recommendations to the league
it3elf. The probability of such a plan
being adopted justifies previous fore
casts that the principal accomplish
ments of the peace conference, as it
now sits in Paris, will be agreement j
on broad general principles, leaving j
the details to be applied in accord
therewith, and the making of a pre
liminary peace which will return the
world at the earliest moment to its
normal status.
BATESVILLE BOY HAS
THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Batesville, July 19.—A letter from
Frank Parsons, who is stationed at
Greenwich, Ga., relates a thrilling ex
perience he had recently at sea with
a submarine chaser. A storm drove
the ship into the sand, where they
stuck for 13 days and nights. The
boys on ship almost exhausted tnem-1
.■selves in an effort to pull the ship
out of the sand, and were only re
lieved by another storm, which dis
lodged the ship and put it afloat.
Mr. Parsons is a Batesville boy and
has been in the navy since the war
broke out with Germany.
Mrs. Ida Hogue of Newark, who
has been visiting her son and wife
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hogue, left Sun
day morning for Augusta to spend
some time with her daughter, Mrs. O.
T. Richardson.
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DEBARATION OF
AMERICANS BETTER THAN
CIRCUS FOR RUSSIANS
Headquarters on the Vaga Riva
The Russia, Nov. 20.—The debarka
tion of American troops at this lit
tle town was better than a circus
for its population, who treated it as
such and spent hours and hours
watching the proceedings.
The town is hilly, with big grass
covered cliffs right at the river’s
edge breaking into sort of a natural
amphitheatre at the landing place,
The townsfolk, particularly the chil
dren, came to this amphitheatre early
in the morning and clung until late
at night to the coveted places nearest
the old paddle steamers and barges
from which Americans debarked.
Efforts of husky American engi
neers to move their wagons up the
hills aided, or rather deterred, by
Russian horses who, couldn’t under
derstand the language, brought glee
to the dirty pinafored little Russian
girls and long trousered, grimy faced
chubby lads, whose ears were tickled
by strange swear words.
Entrance to the boats was prohibit
ed, but_the kiddies, with all the zest
of American youngster^ sneaking
under the tent at a circus, stole up the
gang-planks and knew the smiling
Yanks were only joking when they
poked at them with their bayonets.
This town treated the Americans,
and also the Russians and others ir
the allied contingent as saviours and
deliverers from the Bolsheviki. Ev
ery time a boat load of troops went
up the river to the .front a great
crowd gathered on the cliffs anc
cheered them, and when the town’s
own company of Russian soldiers
went off to fight the cliff was fairly
black with singing, cheering throngs
Big blue and white and browr
houses of logs and wood, heated by
great porcelain or brick stoves, arc
being shared here by their owners
with the allied troops and many other
soldiers are accomodated in the bar
racks once built for the Cossack
guards of the late Emperor Nicholas
MRS. JO CASE MEAD
Mrs. A. C. Wilkerson received a
message this morning announcing
the death of her sister, Mrs. E. J
Mead of Moulton, Ala., which oc
curred this morning at an early hour
The body will be carried to her girl
hood home at Batesville for burial
accompanied by her husband, fa
ther and sister, Miss Maggie Case
The remains will hardly be able tc
reach Newport before Wednesday
morning.
The deceased was before her mar
riage, Miss Jo Case, a charming
girl of her home town, who was mar
ried one year ago to E. J. Mead ol
Louisiana, but for several months
have been living in Alabama. A lit
tle daughter was born the latter part
of November and since that time the
mother has been very ill. Her father
Dr. J. W. Case, has been with his
daughter constantly for several weeks
and her struggle against death has
been a most heroic one; but her frail
body was unable to withstand the
ravages of disease. It is with pro
found sorrow her friends learn of the
taking away of the wife and mother
in her young womanhood. On the
way to Batesville through here the>
will be joined by Mrs. Wilkerson, tc
whom the deepest sympathy oi
friends is extended, in the loss of her
only sister.
MILLION DOLLARS
IS NOT SUFFICIENT
TO DISTURB DEAD
Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 18.—The
Merriman Baptist church of Ranger
which already has acquired an income
of $200,000 a year through oil wells
sunk in its church yard, has refused
$1,000,000 for the right to develop
wells in its graveyard, which ad
joins the church. The graveyard
now is surrounded by oil wells and
numerous companies have made the
congregation, which has only 2»
memberes, fabulous offers for the
burying ground. The congregatior
Has voted that none of its members
shall profit by its good fortune, bul
that the entire income shall be de
voted “to the glory of God.” One
hundred thousand dollars alreadj
has been distributed among Baptisl
institutions in this state.
Alcorn Ferguson left this mominf
for a several weeks’ stay at Hoi
Springs.
' A Lively Week Is ' j
! ' Aheao of Legislature
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 20.—The Legisla
ture enters upon its second week to
day with the prospects of a lively
week's work. This is already estab
lishing a record for the dispatch of
business that has never been equalled.
There are already 150 bills in the two
houses. The rare spectacle was wit
:
nessed in the senate as early as last
Friday of the president, after the roll
call had been finished, giving any
member an opportunity to introduce
a bill, but no one responded. They
had introduced all they had. The ap-■
propriation bills are expected to be-!
gin to arrive this week, and all of
them must be in the house by Febru-:
ary first.
MRS. SPITZtRS I
WORK LAID OUT!
An Itinery Outlined That Will Prove
of Inestimable Benefit Through
out Jackson County.
The town and county nursing/ser
vice, according to Chairman Wilbanks
of the Nursing Committee of Jackson j
County Chapter of the American Red
Cross, will be pushed rapidly. The
committee has outlined an itinery for;
Mrs. Spitzer over the county. Mrs.
Spitzer will spend a week in Swif-!
ton, beginning January 27, and her!
coming will be advertised through1
the schools and churches. Mrs.!
Spitzer will organize classes and
give lectures in Home Care of the !
Sick, Hygiene, Demonstrations and
examinations for tuberculosis and
infectious diseases. The county su
perintendent has given his indorse
ment of injecting this work into the
schools and has promised his co-op
eration. It is planned to carry this
work on over the whole of Jackson I
county to increase health conditions
and preparedness in event of return
of any epidemic. Later from S'wifton
! Mrs Snitzer will” nroceed to Tucker
"FID" ITlUm
SEBIOjo yi
Dr. Garrison Says the Disease Is
Growing and Is Worse In Some
Places Than in October.
An appeal for nurses to assist the
State health office in a campaign
against influenza, which was report
ed yesterday to be increasing
throughout the state, was made last
night by Dr. C. W. Garrison, state
health officer. Dr. Garrison said that
the number of cases of the disease is
growing and that in some localities j
the situation is as serious as it was
last October.
Dr. Garrison said that there is ur
gent need for the services of trained
and practical nurses and he has asked
that all who can volunteer for the
work.
The wearing of masks as a means
of prevention is advocated by the
State health officer,
SCHOOL CONTEST WILL
MEET IN NEWPORT.
The advisory board of the North
sast Arkansas School Contest Asso
ciation met in annual session here
Saturday afternoon, five schools be
ing represented out of nineteen.
Several schools were represented by
proxy. In the election of officers
Supt. Edgar Williams was again
chosen president; H. H. Hill of the
Walnut Ridge school, vice president;
0. T. Richardson of the Augusta
schools was re-elected secretary and
treasurer. A letter from the Cham
ber of Commerce was received by the
body inviting the next annual contest
to Newport, and was unanimously ac
cepted, and the meeting will be held
on April the 11th and 12th, which
comes on Friday and Saturday.
Batesville was the only other place
asking for the meeting, but Superin
tendent Sidney Pickens voted for
Newport, thinking it was the most
suitable place for the contest.
Entertaining the contest association
carries with it the furnishing of
cups and prizes.
The schools represented here Sat
urday were Newport, Tuckerman,
Batesville, Augusta, Searcy and Wal
nut Ridge.
man and other towns in the county
and carry out the plans outlined
above. Too much of a tribute can
not be paid directly to Mrs. Spitzer
for the wonderful work she has al
ready done in Jackson county. She
has been the angel of mercy in many
homes during the ravages of the
recent epidemic and her future work
no doubt will meet with the same
marked success.
• At a recent executive meeting of
the Nursing Committee the following
persons were made honorary members
of that committee: Tom Gregg,
chairman of Jackson County Chapter
of Red Cross, Chas. L. Mariner, sec
retary; John Melville, county judge; [
Dr. Stephens, county health officer;
Dr. Gray, city health officer and Gus
Martin, chief of police.
Miss Dove Erwin, chairman of the
Junior membership of the Countj<
Red Cross Chapter is outlining a
comprehensive plan of work that is
destined to mean much to the future
development of Red Cross work for
this county.
Join the Red Cross.
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j §| son County people indicate the satis
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{= proved banking practice, progressive,
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I = • courtesy to all patrons—these are
tinguishing features of the
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HARRY L. PONDER
PROBABLE CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNORSHIP.
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 20.—The name of j
Harry L. Ponder, president of the j
Senate, is being mentioned as a prob-!
able aspirant for the governorship to
succeed Gov. Brough. Mr. Ponder i
has denied to some of his friends, I
that he has any intentions of enter
ing the race, but his name continues!
to be mentioned with the prospects.
So far, Secretary of State T. J. Ter
ral, and Captain Frank Wells are the
only avowed candidates for the office.
WORRIED LIKE A POPULAR
KID AT A CHRISTMAS TREE.
Paris, Jan. 19.—President and Mrs.
Wilson came to Paris with a very
modest collection of trunks and per
sonal baggage, but they probably will
be forced to take home a carload.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have re
ceived so many gifts in the course of
their stay in Paris and their visit to
England and Italy that a large quan
tity of them probably will have to be
taken to Washington on an army
transport.
Gifts of all kinds and of all values
began pouring in the day President
Wilson arrived, and they still are
coming in a> never-ending stream.
They come from all classes of peeople.
Many of the presents are priceless,
but the president values most those
having a sentimental appeal. These
havecome mostly from children, not
only in France, but from all over Eu
rope, and also from families in en
tente countries which have suffered
by the war.
President Wilson has directed that
every one should be formally ac
knowledged.
ARKANSAS SOLDIERS
WILL SOON BE HOME.
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Camp Beauregard, La., Jan. 18.— 1
Ihe process of mustering out the
114th Ammunition Tram, the 141st 1
Machine Gun Batallion and the train
ing cadre of the 39th Division was 1
has hastened today by the physical
examination of hundreds of men who
had previously turned 'in their equip
ment.
The streets of Alexandria looked i
lively last night with the overseas i
men in their caps and spirals,-swing- i
ing swagger sticks. Among the Ar- ■ i
kansas boys expecting to be home in j
a few days are Artemus Schell and j
rheodore R. Schell, of Newport, Jack-1
son County, Arkansas. I
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NEWPORT CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE COMPLIMENTED <
The Chamber of Commerce has
been notified that owing to the pro
ficiency shown by reports in placing I
applicants for employment, both fed
eral and state, that Newport has been i
designated as a division headquarters
instead of a bureau, and will take
rare of free employment for a divis
ion of the state.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
The Independent is forced to ask
the public to bear patiently with its
5hortcomings, as both the editor and
the forman are ill with influenza. 1
fhe pa^er will necessarily be short of
reading matter and possibly the de
livery of some job work will be de
layed for a few days. However, we
hope to fill all orders as promptly as
)ur crippled condition will allow and
feel sure our friends and customers
will be considerate of condition.
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A message was received this morn
ng by Mrs. Rina Wishon announcing ;
;he death of her niece’s husband,
Brown Adams of Carthage, Missouri.
Mrs. Adams was formerly Miss Ma
nie Chunn, of Holly Grove, who has
nany relatives and friends in this city <
who learn with sorrow of his death, j
Mr. and Mrs. Adams lived at Aurora, ]
Mo. He was a traveling salesman for
i »New York silk house and was at I
Muskogee, Oklahoma on his trip when |
le was stricken with pneumonia and
lied at the hotel. His wife was noti- 1
pied and had been with her husband |
por several days, as had also her sis
-er. Miss Guila Chunn. The body will
^e brought to Newport and buried 1
in the family lot at Walnut Grove,
fbe remains will be carried to the 1
home of Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Price, 1
r-t’ere the funeral will be held, which
«riH not be before Wednesday.
“Jud” Davis Is Accused of of Grand
Larceny In Connection With
Automobile Sales.
Poplar Bluf, Mo., Jan. 19.—“Jud"
Davis, a commission man of Walnut
Ridge, Ark., is a prisoner in Poplar
Bluff, charged with grand larceny.
The charge grows out of his alleged
connection with the sale of automo
biles stolen by a gang of thieves in
St. Louis. He was brought here Wed
nesday night from Walnut Ridge,
where he was arrested. -Officers
say that Davis has sold many cars,
which he bought as second-hand ma
chines. Local authorities say they
know of nine machines sold which
have proved to be stolen property. ^
Officers say that thieves steal cars
in St. Louis and sell them through a
saloon-keeper in that city. Davis
pleads that he is an 'innocent pur
chaser, and those who know him
think that is the case.
Several persons in this city have
nought cars from Davis. For some
time past in this part of the state,
and as far south as Newport, Ark.,
cars were sold which were stolen in
3t. Louis. Detectives have been de
tailed throughout this section in an
sffort to run down the thieves.
It will be remembered that the In
iependent carried a write-up some
time ago about a St. Louis party be
ng here for the purpose of trying to
dentify automobiles which they al
eged had been stolen from them in
3t. Louis. The first first of the sto
en cars above referred to began .tq^^
appear in Newport last fall, and
ue held here now, pending the out
:ome of a suit filed in court by the
>wners to recover their property.
\mong the stolen cars are three 7
jassenger Chandlers.
JRAWS FINE FOR WILLING
NESS TO PAY HIS DEBTS.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 18.—
Brigadier General Harry W. Pente
:ost of the Oklahoma National Guard
deaded guilty here today in federal
:ourt to the charge of having im
jorted liquor into Oklahoma in viola
;ion of federal statutes. General
Pentecost was fined $250 and costs
jy Federal Judge J. W. Woodrough.
In entering his plea General Pente
:ost said that the liquor was imported
;o pay back some that was borrowed
luring the influenza epidemic.
A FIGURE COMBINATION.
special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 20.—There was a
:ombination of figures in yesterday's
late that cannot occur again for 101
^ears, or until January 20, 2020,
vhich very few of us will live to see.
[t was January 19, 1919. Had you
hought of it?
WILSON PLEDGES SUPPORT
TO LITTLE SWITZERLAND.
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Berne, Jan. 19.—President Wilson
las sent from Paris a telegram to the
Swiss president, thanking the latter
’or the message which Mi*. Wilson re
vived on returning to Paris from It
ily. Mr. Wilson says the confidence
daced by Switzerland in thg sister
■epublic beyond the ocean is particu
arly pleasing, and adds:
“You can feel sure I shall always
>e proud to represent the cause of
ustice for Switzerland in every pos
iible way.”
WHY HE EMIGRATED.
Sir Douglas Haig, the Scottish
lommander in chief of the British
irmies, once said at a London dinner
>arty:
“A Scot bored his English friends
>y boasting about what a fine coun
ry Scotland was.
“ ‘Why did you leave Scotland?’ a
Londoner asked, ‘since you liked the
dace so much?’
“The Scot chuckled.
“ ‘It was like this,’ he said. ‘In •
Scotland everybody was as clever as
nyself, and I could make no progress;
jut here’—and he chuckled again—
here I’m getting along verra weel.’ ”
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