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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 211 NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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^SUFFERED ATTACK OF INFLAM
MATORY RHEUMATISM.
Illness Of Colonel Roosevelt'Dates
From Last February—Had Spent
Much Time In Hospitals And
Was Operated On.
FELT “BULLY” CHRISTMAS DAY.
(By The Associated Press.)
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New York, Jan. 6.—Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt died at his home at
Oyster Bay early today. News of the
death of the former president was re
ceived by the colonel’s secretary in a
telephone message from Mrs. Roose
celt. According to the^ secretary the
colonel suffered an attack of inflam
matory rheumatism on New Year’s
day and since had been more or less
confined to his room.
Colonel Roosevelt’s illness may be
said to date from last Februarv. On
February fifth it was announced he
had been removed from his home at
Oyster Bay to the Roosevelt hospital
here for an operation on one of‘his
ears. Soon after his arrival at the
hospital he underWent two more op
erations for the removal of a dis
eased tissue of his infected ear. He
remained in the hospital until the
SOth of March. During May and June
he made a number of addresses, and
while on a tour of the west in June
suffered a slight attack of erysipelas
in one of his legs. Early in Novem
ber he was taken to the Roosevelt
boospital for treatment for rheuma
tism and sciatica. He returned to
Oyster Bay Christmas. At that time
the colonel declared he was “feeling
bully.”
(By The Associated Press.)
Oyster Bay, Jan. 6.—Col. Theodore
Roosevelt died in a sleep early today
at his home at Sagamore Hill. Death
is believed to have been due to rheu
matism, which -affected the heart.
The colonel suffered a severe attack
of rheumatism and sciatica new year’s
day, but none believed his illness
would prove fatal. He sa't up most of
Sunday and retired at 11 o’clock last
night. About four o’clock this morn
ing Mrs. Roosevelt, who wa«r the on
ly other member of thp family at
Oyster Bay, went to her husband’s
room and found he had died during
the night. - '
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 6.—Flags were
half-masted at the White House, the
' capitol and all public buildings today
upon the announcement of the death
of Colonel Roosevelt. Flags also
were ordered at half mast on every
ship of the navy and at army camps
.and posts, both at home and abroad.
(By The Associated Press.)
Oyster Bay, Jan.. 6.—It is officially
announced that the funeral of Colonel
Roosevelt will be h«ld at 12:45 p. m.
Wednesday at the Christ Episcopal
•church here.
f Hv The Associated. Press.)
Washington, Jan. 6.—Both houses
of congress adjourned today as a
mark of respect after adopting reso
lutions of regret at the death of Col.
Roosevelt.
(By The Associated Press.)
Boston, Jan. 6.—Thomas St. John
Lockwood, father-in-law of Captain
Archibald Roosevelt, died at his home
here Saturday.
The Honorable Montiville Flowers
arrived thig afternoont and,.will be
heard in one of his famous lectures at
the* school -auditorium this evening at
eight o’clock. This is the second num
ber of the High School lyceum course.
J. 6. WDOLLEY:
i COMING TO CITY
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National Speaker of the Anti-Saloon
League of America Will Be Here
February 9.
Charles L. Sellers of Westerville,
Ohio, field secretary of the Anti-Sa
loon League of America, spent today
in Newport and completed plans for
the coming to our city of Hon. John
j G. Woolley, who is national speaker
of the great anti-saloon organiza
tion. Mr. Woolley will deliver an ad
dress at the high school auditorium
Sunday, February 9, at 2:30 o’clock,
and will tel! of the great movement
now in progress to bring about na
tion-wide prohibition.
Every minister of the city will co
operate to make the visit of Mr.
Woolley to Newport a success.
Hon. John G. Woolley is one of the
colossal figures of the Temperance
Reform. For more than a score of
years, he has gone up and down the
land like a consuming flame, calling
upon the Church to throw off its in
difference and make war to the
death on the legalized saloon.
For more than a quarter of a cen
tury his eloquent voice and pen have
been continuously employed in open
ing the eyes of the Nation to the curse
of the drink traffic and the final
achievement of National Prohibition
by constitutional amendment WILL
DIj a 1iv iu lvi r jti r x>w uix\
GLE INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN
JOHN G. WOOLLEY.
Probably no man has been a larger
factor in arousing the civic conscience
of the Nation, and in preparing pub
lic sentiment for the remarkable prog
ress toward National Prohibition dur
ing the past few years.
At the great Convention at Colum
bus, Ohio, in November, 1913, which
launched the Campaign, for National ;
Constitution Prohibition, John G. .
Woolley made the keynote speech on
the theme, “The Call of an Epoch,”
and stirred that great throng with the |
wildest enthusiasm.
Again at Washington, D. C., on De
cember 10th'of thg same year, when
the committee of 2,000 assembled to !
petition Congress for the speedy sub- !
mission to the states of the Sheppard-1
Hobson amendment, he was one of
the most striking figures and at the
great mass meeting in Continental
Hall, moved the audience to a frenzy
of applause by his flights of oratory.
At the National Anti-Saloon League
Convention at Atlantic City, in 1915,
Woolley again of all the great speak
ers of National renowh, leading in
the Prohibition movement, was
chosen to deliver the keynote address.
It was a marvel of oratory. For more
than an hour, he held the vast audi
ence under the spell of his impas
sioned eloquence.
GIVES BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Miss Mollie Hinkle entertained a
number of her girl and boy friends
Saturday evening, the occasion being
her 11th birthday anniversary. The
evening’s entertainment composed of
various entertainment features was a
pleasant event to hostess and guests
alike. Refreshments were served to
the following:
Misses Belle Jackson, Leone Camp
bell, Mary Lee . Duffer, Margaret
Reed, Josephine Holden, Josephine
Can-oil and June Edgar; the boys
were John Purdy, Jr., Ray Smith,
Odell Johnson, Dean Gj-im&s,. Bernard
Spencer, James Graham, Harry Av
era, John Ladd and Edwin Boyce. '
SELL 3,41Q AIRPLANES.
Wichita Falls, Texas, Jan. 5.—
Lieut* Evans, supply officer at Call
Field, announced today that the gov
ernment would sell under sealed bids
+o the highest bidder to be opened
February 1 at 11 a.m.. at Washington,
3,410 airplanes. Ten of these ma
chines are at St. Paul, Minn., and the !
balance at Houston, Texas. Purchas- j
er may take all of any number of the j
planes.
“Uncle” Ervin Ginn and “Uncle”
Henry Harvell, old citizeps of Luenen
burg, Izard-county; passed a^-ay re
cently, the former after a short ill
ness and the latter from Bright’s dis
ease.
Negro Kills Another
Negro at Tucxerman
Ballard Gilmer, aged 35 years, a
] negro of Tuckerman, is in the county
i jail here for the killing of George
| Parrott, anothr negro, at Tuckerman
at 8 o’clock last Saturday night. The
killing took place at the railroad
crossing between Slayden’s store and
the depot. Immediatly following the
shooting Gilmer was arrested by
Marshal Abe Ballew of Tuckerman,
who turned the prisoner over to Sher
iff Ivy who was a passenger on the
evening train and which passed
! through Tuckerman a few minutes
after the killing.
The trouble which lecf to the killing
is said to ha ye grown out of domestic
troubles, Gilmer charging that Par
rott had caused his wife to leave him.
Gilmer fired a Derringer pistol, there
/)eing but one shot fired. A pistol
was taken from the body of the dead
negro. Gilmer says Parrott made a
move to pull his gun.
The dead man was employed by
Graham Bros, of Tuckerman and Gil
' mer worked for Dan Dowell on a
farm near Tuckerman. It is said the
men had engaged in a fight previous
to the shooting.
SPARTACUS GROUP
SEIZES NEWSPAPER
OFFICES IN BERLIN.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Jan. 6.—The Spartacus
group Sunday made another attempt
to seize the reins of power in Berlin
and occupied the office of the Wolff
Bureau, the semi-official news agency.
Private advices say the Spartacus al
so occupied offices of half a dozen big
newspapers, including the Socialist
Vorwarth.
(By The Associated Press.1
Amsterdam, Jan. 6.—The airdome
at Lawica, near Posen, was stormed
Sunday by Polish troops, according to
a Posen dispatch, and the German
garrison and all airplan s were cap
tured.
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YOUNG LIEUTENANT IN
VENTS VALUABLE DEVICE.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 3.—A device, which
for more than three years helped to
protect British warships from Ger
man mines, has won for its inventor,
Lieut. Charles D. Burney of the Bri
tish navy, the order of Companion of
St. Mihiel and St. George and a
£rant of $150,000. The invention is
said to have saved the lives of hun
dreds of sailors and prevented the
loss of many war ships. It consists of
a waterplane shaped like a torpedo,
having a pair of large flat fins pro
jecting on either side. It is towed
overside by a wire rope in such a way
that it runs from the ship’s bows out
ward. The wire rope is intended to
pick up the mooring ropes of mines
and slide them along until they reach
to the nose of the device, where a
sharp saw is fixed inside a V-shaped
slot. The saw cuts through the
mooring rope and allows the mine to
float free, where it can either be
avoided or destroyed.
The invention is known in the ser
vice as the “P. V.” or “Paravane.”
Favorable report has been made on
the bill in congress permitting sol
diers to retain their uniforms and
personal equipment after being dis-;
charged from service.
| SUPERINTENDENT DEAN
OF THE MISSOUI PA
CIFIC PASSES AWAY
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(By The Associated Press.)
Little Rock, Jan. C.—J. W. Dean,
general superintendent of the Mis
suri Pacific railrad, died here today
after three days’ illness of pneumonia.
FUNERAL SERVICE.
The funeral of Earl Hill Wishon,
i only son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Wish
; on, who passed away at noon Satur
! day from a short illness of pneumo
nia, was held this afternoon at 2:30
from the home and was conducted by
Rev. C. Bridenthal of the Christian
church, who was assisted in the ser
vice by Rev. Mr. Bates of the Metho
r-dist church. The home was filled
with friends of tho family, who
came to pay a last sad tribute to the
departed one. The floral pieces were
many and beautiful, silent tokens of
esteem from individuals, the Elks
Lodge and others. The body was
placed in a temporary vault at Wal
nut Grove and in the spring a perma
net one will be erected by the father,
in which the casket will then be plac
ed. The grief—stricken family have
the smpathy of our people in their
grief and loss of the loved one of the
home.
ENTERS UPON DUTIES.
Hon. Lymn F. Reeder received his
commission-Friday as judge of the
Eighth judicial district and made
oath of office before B. F. Adams,
circuit clerk of Independence county. !
In the- primary Judge Reeder re
ceived this nomination ove^ his dis
tinguished opponent, Judge Humph
ries, by a splendid majority through
out the district, and a most compli
mentary feature of the primary be
ing the 1,600 majority vote given him
by the citizens of Independence, his
home county.
The term for which he ^as elected
covers a period of six years.
Judge Reeder will convene his first
term at Newport, an adjourned term,
January 15, and will also hold an ad
journed, term in Cleburne county at
Heber Springs the latter part of Jan
uary.
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People Of Italy Give President Wil
son Great Welcome, Acclaiming
Him In Extravagant Terms.
(By The Associated Press.)
Milan, Sunday, Jan. ,.5.—President
> Wilson journeyed from Rome to Mi
flan today, stopping at Genoa enroute,
' where he was greeted by hundreds
; of thousands who acclaimed him in
the mpst extravagant terms, and
fought for a chance to get near
enough to touch his clothing. The
demonstration at Milan was of the
same character but proportionately
greater in view of Milan’s greater
size.
MONTAVILLE FLOWERS.
See “Who’s Who in America.”
Montaville Flowers is one of the
most widely known publicists in the
United States. For three terms he
was president of the International
Lyceum and Chautauqua Association,
and has been foremost among Amer-i
I can platformists for many years. He
has been active in politics and has
been a prime mover in the political
movements in California in recent
years that have attracted such wide
attention.
His lecture, “Rebuilding the Em
pire is among tne classics ot tne
platform. Profound in thought and
masterful in logic, is given with the
choice diction and the classic elo
quence in which Montaville Flowers
revives the best traditions of the
platform.
More than a year ago Montaville
Flowers conceived the idea and car
ried through the completion of the
National Conference of American
Lecturers, which was held at the Na
tional Capital with the endorsement
of high governmental officials. This
brought together what was in some
respect the most notable gathering
of recent years as there were present
statesmen, publicists, educators, and
diplomats from all of the Allied Gov
ernments.
At school auditorium tonight.
WILSON’S REQUEST
FOR RELIEF FUNDS
APPROVE') TODAY.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 6.—Th* house ap
propriations committee today ap
proved the request of President WI1
sop that congress provide a hundred
million dollars for relief work in Eu
rope.
Casualty List
The following casualties are report
ed- by the commanding general of the
American Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action——'——"—58
Died of wounds_130 ,
Died of disease _90
Wounded severely _215
Missing in action-53
Total_—,————.—546
Arkansans in today’s list are:
Killed m action, James N. Hood,
Blytheville.
Wounded severely, Wylie Cook,
Swifton, next of kin, John L. John
ston, Swifton; Henry Black, Bell
field; Bernard L. Varner, Alpina;
Virgil Breckinridge, Beedeville, next
of kin, Brint Breckinridge; Klein
Schoenbergei', West Point.
Died from disease, Robert Dowdle,
England.
. Missing in action, Bustpr Taylor,
Imboden; John F. Robinson, Hope.
Wounded severely, previously re
ported missing in action, Mechanic
Lafayette White, Lamar; Henry D.
Holder, Walnut Ridge.
Killed in action, previously reported
missing in action, Charles A. Seba
tier, Marvel.
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In circuit court at" Paragould, Tom
Ray, charged with killing E. B. Ward
on the night of December XI at a
dance on the Alexandner farm, where ,
whiskey was flowing freely, was
found guilty annd sentenced to 21
years in the penitentiary.
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LETTER FROM
NEWPORT BOV
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Duke Kelly Was With the First
American Army To Reach France
And Saw Much Service.
Duke Kelly writes the following
letter to his mother from France,
; where he has been in service for 20
| months with the American Engineers,
| the 215th Army, the first Americans
| to go over:
France, Dec. 4, 1918.
Dear Mamma: * . ,!$
I saw in the phper this morning
I that Billy’s division is going home.
■ They are lucky; we had been over
! here more than a year when they
| came and there is no telling when we
will get back. The consorship 13 off
so I can tell you a little of what we
have done. We left New York the
28th of July, 1917; and landed in
Liverpool the 12th of August; went
to Salisbury Plain. The fifteenth we
marched through London, being the
first foreign troops to march through
there since 1080. The 17th we sailed .
for France, landed in Bologne the
18th, went up on the Cambrai front to
a little town called Roisel. We were
here with the British Third Army un
til March 21st, when the Germans
made us hike 37 miles one day. We
were under shell fire the 22nd of Au
gust, 1917, and were never out of
_ n rru _ 1 oi.L
1 (111. t, V/ until U IIIVU VI1U (*(,«• A nt, AM VIA
and the 11th of New York, got caught
in Jerry’s counter-offensive last No- ,
vember at Cambrai. While with the
British we got 24-hour passes once a
month to Amiens and this was the
only time we ever saw civilians. The
first two months I never saw any
thing but khaki and for aboutlM^
miles behind us there was not a.hmise
standing. I went to the hospital the
8th of February at Casualty Clearing
Staion No. 555 and from there to
Rouen and London, where I stayed
four weeks and then down in Surrey
to a convalescent camp for three
weeks then to an American rest camp
at Winchester for ten weeks. Came
back to France with the 89th division
and stayed with them one month and
then back to my own regiment. Got
back in time to be in the first all
American offensive at the Verdun
side of the St. Mihiel salient. Well,
I hope to be on my way home by the
time you get this, but you never cajr -
tell. With Love,
Duke.
HENRY FORD WILL
CONTEST ELECTION *
AND ASKS RECOUNT.
(By The Association Press.)
Washington, Jan. 6.—Henry Ford,
democratic candidate for senator
in Michigan, who on the face of re
turns was defeated by Truman H.
Newberry, republican, filed a petition
tyith the-Is'ghate tddatfTgiviitg formal
notice of contest and asking a re
count of ballots.
Miss Mabel Baker of the Baxter
county Bullettin has received a Ger
man helmet and trench cap from a
friend in France. A big splotch of
red on the trench cap shows what
happened to Ileinie to whom it be
longed.
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