^ VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, 1914. NUMBER
President’s Message
„ Means War
^ General Exodus of Americans
Beginning From Mexico
City.
Special by United Press.
Washington, D. C., April 20.—
5 p. m.)—President Wilson this
afternoon asked congress to aid
him in sustaining the honor of
the nation and to keep its flag
unsullied. Of the senate and
house assembled in joint session
he asked authority to use the
armed forces of the United
States in Mexico for the purpos
es and to any extent he may
find necessary.
War with Mexico was decried
by the President. He declared
“no thought of aggression, of
self-aggrandizement" was in
volved. He did not speak of a
Mexican blockade or interven
tion. He declared this country’s
quarreLwas with General Huer
ta alone; not with the Mexican
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er interpreted his remarks as
“War”. That complete authori
ty to use the armed forces of the
United States to force Huerta to
respect the nation’s authority,
and its honor, will be given Pres
ident Wilson before six o’clock
was the opinion expressed by
Senator Shively at the White
House this afternoon.
AMERICANS LEAVING MEDL
ICO CITY.
Mexico City, April 20.— (5:00
p. m.)—Two trains loaded with
American refugees left Mexico
e City early today for Vera
^ Cruz.
Extra trains have been ar
ranged for a general exodus of
* Americans from the capitol city
and all Americans will soon be
^ cn their way to the states.
HUERTA REFUSES DEMAND
Special to Independent.
: Little Rock, April 20.— The
^ attitude of General Victoriano
Huerta, president of Mexico, in
defying the ultimatum of Pres
* ident Wilson remains unchang
>- ed. He flatly refused to author
ize a salute to the American flag
and there will be a joint ses
♦ sion of congress this afternoon
to hear the message of Presi
dent Wilson, set for 3 o’clock.
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i lUOiUCIll JiovJi mil acn Jtv/i
authority to use troops and navy
to uphold the honor of our flag
and that the response will be al
most unanimous is generally re
cognized.
Negotiations with Huerta ov
er the demand for a salute in
Moving Pictures
A atthe Opera House
THE MYSTERY OF THE YEL
• LOW ROOM
A Very Interesting Three Reel
Feature.
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FATHER’S HAT BAND
Norma Talmdge and Leo De
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THE HOUR AND THE MAN
. A good two reel feature with the
' star actor, Frances X. Bushman,
Ruth Stonehouse and William
Bailey.
6,000 feet of extra good pictures.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS.
reparation for the arrest of
American bluejackets at Tampi
co on April 10 came to a close at
6 o’clock last night, the last hour
given by President Wilson for a
favorable response from the
Mexican dictator. The final
| word of Huerta to Charge
j O’Shaughnessy was a refusal to
'comply unless the United States
would guarantee in writing that
his salute be returned.
President Wilson reached
Washington this morning from
White Sulphur Springs prepar
ing to read a message to Con
gress in joint session as early as
could be arranged.
| In the meantime American
| war fleets are moving down both
coasts on their way to Mexican
waters to carry out the presi
dent’s plan for reprisals.
The crisis thus reached does
not mean that there will be for
mal declaration of war because
the United States could not de
clare war against a government
which it does not recognize.
President Wilson will seek au
hority, however, to send armed
forces into Mexico to seize first
the ports of Tampico and Vera
riru7 nrtH +hp railrnnH -frpa+lp
leading from Vera Cruz toward
Mexico City.
“Rube ’ Wins His First Game.
Making his inaugural appear
ance as a Cardinal aginst a Na
tional League team, John Henry
Robinson, better known as
j“Rube” Robinson, Saturday af
ternoon once more endeared him
self to local fans by holding the
Chicago Cubs to two runs while
I his team mates were scoring
| five.
The former Pirate twirler
made a hit with the Cardinal
fans in the spring series against
the Browns, but yesterday’s per
formance is far more import
ant, and a continuance of such
pitching will mean many victor
ies for Huggins’ boys the coming
summer.
Chicago never came close to
scoring until the ninth inning,
at which stage of the contest the
Cardinals practically had the
game cinched, and Robinson was
safe in letting up a little. A sin
gle, a double with a couple of
outs, permitted the Cubs to get
their runs in the final inning, but
up to this time four hits was the
sum total of their bombardment.
—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Indicted For Murder.
Batesville, April 19.—The
grand jury of Independence
county, just adjourned, return
ed indictments against four men
charged with murder in the first
^degree in the killing two weeks
ago of John McKinsey at his
home near Pleasant Plains. The
'men indicted for this crime are
George Wooley, Will Wooley,
John Ozier and Riley Wooley.
Attorneys for the men, who
pleaded not guilty, had their
.trials set for the next term of
court and secured their release
| on $5,000 bond each. McKin
sey's throat was cut during a
general row at his home follow
! ing a dance.
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I Log Teams Wanted At Once.
Have a large amount of tim
ber cut in the woods and must
move Will pay good price for
moving same. It will pay you
to come and investigate. For
particulars call Newport phone
1608-5 or write Muirhead Lum
ber Company, Weldon, Arkan
sas. Obtf.
HUNDRED ST. LOUIS
BUSINESS MEN
To Spend Half Hour In New
port and Desires to Meet
Our Business Men.
One hundred of the leading
business men of St. Louis, heads
of the largest wholesale and
manufacturing establishments
of that city, will be in this city
May 13th. They will arrive on
a special train at 1.10 p. m. and
will stay until 1:40 p. m.
The visitors are members of
the Sales Managers Bureau of
the Business Men’s League of
St. Louis Their special train
will visit thirty-nine towns in
Missouri and Arkansas between
May 11 and. May 16 and the stay
in each will be from twenty
minutes to one hour, except at
night stops.
The special train consists of
three sleepers, two dining cars,
an observation car and baggage
car. The tourists will eat all
their meals on the train and will
spend every night in their Pull
man berths. They will even
have their own barber on board.
vv ncii mey mlive iiere uiey win
march up town behind their band
and the individuals of the party
will visit our merchants in their
stores The purpose of the trip
is to give the heads of big
houses in St. Louis an opportu
nity to get into personal touch
with their customers. In most
cases they have never met them
their relations having all been
through their traveling sales
men.
The editor is in receipt of the
following letter regarding the
coming of the St. Louis business
men, which explains itself, and
we feel sure our peeople will be
on hand to extend a cordial wel
come :
“We have just written to the
president of your Commercial
Club and to your mayor to ad
vise them that a delegation of
St. Louis business men—heads
of big manufacturing and whole
sale houses—one hundred in
number, is coming to visit your
city and your merchants May
13th. We will arrive by special
train at 1:10 p. m. and remain
until 1:40 p. m.
“We do not want to be enter
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town behind our band and then
the members of our party will
visit your merchants in their
stores to get acquainted with
them.
“Will you please get in touch
with the mayor and the head of
your commercial organization,
and arrange to give us general
directions? We will arrive on
the minute and must leave on
the minute. Your co-operation
will be immensely appreciated
by our party and by the writer,
a fellow newspaper worker.
“Very truly yours,
“Sales Managers Bureau,
“R. E. Lee.”
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Notice.
Notice is hereby given that
there will be a meeting of the
trustees of Cheshire Cemetery
at said cemetery on Thursday,
May 21st, 1914. All parties in
terested are requested to come,
bring their dinners and spend
the day helping to clean off said
cemetery and to transact all
business that may need atten
tion.
Z. L. FORD, -
Secretary and Treasurer.
Not Dead Yet; Very Much
Alive.
The discordant note has been
sounded more than once since
tfct music of the Men’s Forward
Movement broke the silence in
the town of Newport. The or
ganization is a real up-to-date
movement among men of the
universe. We have the names
of broad minded, wide-awake
men of the age. The influence
of the organization has already
been felt in our city.
The organization is not by any
means a political machine . The
successful candidates however,
are members of the fraternity.
While this is strictly religious
from foundation to turret, its
influence has been felt in the
political arena, and is being felt
in the campaigns of today for
greater and better conditions in
the world.
Yesterday afternoon Dr. E.
M. Pipkin of Arkadelphia was
present and in his usual pleas
ing manner addressed the mem
bers of the fraternity. Dr. Pip
kin is strictly orthodox in his
preaching, logical in his think
ing, and abreast of the times in
all that he says in his public
addresses. A sweet tribute was
paid Woodrow Wilson, the e£
Iicient and popular president of
the United States. He also
gave words of high commenda
tion concerning the Secretary of
State, William Jennings Bryan.
And so long as we have men of
a religious type, and who are
advocates and teachers of the
principles of Christinity we
(need never fear of the stars and
stripes ever trailing in the dust
| of dishonor. The address will i
jlong be remembered by all whose j
privilege it was to listen to the
didactic teachings of Dr. Pip
kin.
Next Sabbath afternoon the
presiding elder of this district,
Dr. Morehead, formerly of Sear
cy, Arkansas, will deliver the ad
dress at the usual hour, 3 p. m.,
in the Methodist church.
The second Sabbath of May,
the world is to celebrate as
“Mother’s Day.” Mr. Harry
Ponder of Walnut Ridge has al
ready been secured for the hap
py occasion. The flowTer scheme
w'ill be the pink and the white
carnation. The persons who
have mothers in eternity will
be designated by the presence
of the white flower. And there
whose mothers are still living
will be designated by the pink
flnwpr Thp mppfirur will not in
manner interfere with the com
mencement sermon and other
pre-arranged services in the
city. The service will begin
promptly at the hour designated
—3 p. m. We feel sure that you
need no pressing invitation to
attend the service mentioned.
The address will perhaps be on
the subject, “The Mothers of i
Yesterday and Today”. The,
flower scheme will be beautiful-;
ly carried out in the subject as i
stated above. Mr. Ponder needs
no word of introduction to the
citizens of Newport. Come to
hear him and you will have no
regrets in later life.
Fresh Car of Bananas.
J. B. Heard, the banana man,
has a fresh car of ripe banan
as and if you want real nice,
ripe bananas, see him on the
Iron Mountain tracks, opposite
Wolff-Goldman’s, where he has
his car. dtf.
Do It Electrically.
See Sam Denty about the Vac
um Cleaner before doing your
spring cleaning. Telephone 117.
COMPRESS COMPANY
BORROWS $300,000
With Which To Improve Twelve
Out Of Fifteen
Plants.
A deed of trust to secure a
bond issue of $300,000 was filed
here Friday by the St. Louis Cot
ton Compress Company in favor
of the Mississippi Valley Trust
Company. The mortgage covers
twelve of the fifteen plants of
the compress company. Those
excepted are the compresses at
Texarkana, East St. Louis and
McGehee.
The purpose of the bond issue,
it is understood, is to secure
money with which improve
ments are to be made, to a num
ber of the plants. The St. Louis
compress company’s plants here
will probably receive a portion
of the $300,000, for it is under
stood that Press No.- 2 is to en
tirely covered at a cost of ap
proximately $5,000 while the
company is also considering the
covering of Press No. 1, which
cost is estimated at $25,000.
Card of Thanks.
I wish to thank our many
friends and kind and faithful
doctor for their faithful assist
ance shown us during the illness
and death of my dear husband.
Mrs. Will Luker and Family.
Miss Louisa Stewart of Balti
more. en route home from spend
ing the winter in California,
stopped off in our city for a few
days' visit to her friend, Mrs.
M. A. Dorsey.
Business Men To Meet.
The business and professional
men of Newport and owners of
business property are requested
to meet at 8 o’clock tonight at
the city hall to take up the mat
ter a “White Way” for New
port.
Come and take a hand in the
advertising and improvement of
your city. No better way of pro
moting Newport’s growth has
ever been offered.; The expense is
reasonable, for the lighting com
pany has made a very generous
and public spirited proposal.
Come out tonight and get be--—
hind the proposition. It de
serves your interest and support. ^
Will Shoffner Shot.
Will Shoffner was shot
through the left shoulder be
j tween 8 and 9 o’clock Monday
morning at his home near Shoff
ner, where he was repairing a
division fence, over which he
|naa trouoie wun ms oromer
Charles Shoffner, who is alleged
to have opened fire upon him
with a 38 calibre revolver at a
distance of about fifty yards.
Will Shoffner was brought to
Newport and Dr. Willis probed
for and extracted the bullet. It
is not thought that the wound
will prove serious and friends of
the family regret to learn of the
trouble.
For Sale.
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| one 50-hp. boiler, one double
saw-rig, one swing cut-off saw
frame, one overhead log turner,
| one gang edger. Will sell cheap
and make terms. Muirhead
Shingle Co., Weldon, Ark.
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