The
Newark
Journal
$1.50 Per Annum
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, November 21, 1918
Vol. 18, No. 34
OUR BOYS WILL SOON BE COMING HOME FROM FRANCE
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THRILLING EXPERIENCE
AS RESULT OF WRECK
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Train Leaves Track .on _High
Bluff and Comes Near
Plunging Into River
To see an entire passenger
train leave the track while run
ning at a speed of 20 miles an
hour, and after jolting over the
crossties for a distance of 300
or 400 feet, have the rear coa
ch, loaded with people, plunge
to one side almost to the point
of tumbling down a steep em
bankment into White river,
was the thrilling experience of
the passengers on White River
train No. 205, when that train
was wrecked at a p< int about
three miles west of (Calico Rock
• last Monday afternoon about
3:30 o’clock.
Miraculous as that may
seem, it happened on the
White River road, and every
iwassenger net only lived to tell
the story, but not a single per
son among the passengers or
train crew was hurt except for
a few slight bruises incident to
the severe shaking-up received
by them.
The rear coach, in which
most of the passengers were
riding, suffered the greatest
damage, and after running on
the cross ties for 300 or 100
feet, this coach turned partly
over and had a narrow escape
from rolling down a steep em
bankment into the river.
An investigation showed thaf
rotten ties, from which spikes
had worked loose, permitted
the rails to spread, caused the
wreck.
The passengers were taken
to Calico Rock in box cars,
where tho\ remained until an
extra train ot box cars, and ca
booses were sent after them
from Catesville, and the spec
ial arriv*. 1 at its destination at
Newport about 12 o’clock
Monday night, nearly five
hours late.
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MAKE YOUR
HOME HAPPY
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Keep ine matches where lit
tle Willie can get to them. This
will teach him the rudimentary
principles of physics and chem
istry, not to mention philoso
phy.
Let father keep the ash box
on the back porch. This will
prevent his having to carry the
hot ashes clear out in the back
yard when he is tired. Neglect
of this rule has kept many a
family from the pleasure of i
moving into a new home.
Don’t spend all your spare
money having clothes cleaned
by a professional cleaner. You
can have a lot more excite
ment by cleaning indoors with
gasoline.
Builders supplies of all de
scriptions at the Newark Lum-|
ber Company’s.
TIME EXTENDED FOR
UNITED WAR FUND
County Chairman Urges Peo
ple to Renew Efforts to
Raise County’s Quota
R. A. Dowdy, chairman of
the United War Fund Com
mittee for this county, announ
ces that the time has been ex
tended for raising our quota of
the funds, and he urges the
people to make a further ef
fort to put our county “Over
the Top.’’ Mr. Dowdy’s state
ment follows.
To the People of Indepen
dence County.—
The time has been extended
in which to subscribe the coun
ty’s quota of the United War
Work Campaign fund.
viir wai is enueu ana
it is thought that no more of
our boys wil have to go over,
there is a disposition in some
places to negletc the boys who
have already been called. This
should not be. These boys
have won the war, they are
still in the army and across the
sea, home-sick and far away
from home and loved ones, and
must remain for many months
yet. Even those who are now
in the various camps in this
country may yet be called to g
over seas to relieve those who
have borne the brunt thus far,
and perform the many duties
still remaining to be done over
there. Worse than ever before
these boys need the ministry of
these organizations, their mor
al and physical welfare depend
upon it. Let us stay with it.
The wai has taught us many
things. It is proving the pa
triotism of the great majority
ot our people. It is also un
masking a few men in every
community who have made
money on account of high pric
es caused by the war, who have
put no flesh and blood into it,
and yet who refuse to help in
these appeals, although much
more able than others who are
helping; or, if they do help, it
is only with such trifling sums
as will ease their conscn nee
and palliate their neighbors.
Who will say that these are
not worse slackers than those
who have shrunk from facing
shot and shell? The public
will always wonder how they
can claim the protection of the
laws of their country or took
a soldier ir the face.
The women have and are
responding nobly, and the the
boys and girls have done their
part. Let us continue our ef
forts until the patriotic people
of the county do their full
part, and also the part of those
who will not do their own.
I ask that the District Com
mittees be j$ven the sympathy
and help of the people until we
have discharged this high duty
to our boys.
R. .A. DOWDY,
Soldier in English Camps
Start Home Next Week
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Famous Rainbow Division, in Which are Many Arkansas
Boys, Marked For Special Treatment, and Will be
First of Fighting Soldier to Return Home
The announcement comes
from Washington that some of
the American boys in England
will be on their way home
within the next ten days.
Movement o f American
troops across the Atlantic has
stopped entirely and demobili
zation of troops in cantonments
and camps at home will begin
at once.
It is announced that the first
men to come home from over
seas will he the 18,000 Ameri
can boys now in camps in Eng
land. Shiploads of these sol
diers will be homeward bound
by the middle of next week.
General March, chief of the
American Military Staff, an
nounces that orders already is
sued will send 200,000 men
back to civil life within the
next two weeks, and that
when the demobilization pro
gram is in full swing about ‘50,
000 men will quit the army
daily.
After the men now in Eng
land are brought home and de
mobilized, the fighting divis
ions of General Pershing's ar
my in France will then be
started on their journey home
ward.
The famous Rainbow Divis
ion which won world-wide
fame by turning the tide for
Allies when it was thrown into
the fight against the advancing
Huns in the famous battle of
Cheautau-Thierry on the 18th
July, has been marked for
special treatment in recognition
of its fighting record.
The Sunset (41st) Division
ana me i\e\v rmgiana (Zbtft)
Division are in the same class
and it is expected that these
three divisions will be desig
nated by General Pershing as
the first men to return from
France. These three divisions,
it is said, will probably be
home by Christmas.
There are about 1,700,000
men in the various camps now
in this country, and these will
be mustered out in the follow
ing order:
First, development battal
lions, 71 in number comprising
98,199 men.
Second, conscientious objec
tors not under arrest.
Third, spruce production di
vision.
Fourth, central training
schools for officers, with some
modifications.
Fifth, United States Guards,
now numbering 135,000 men.
Sixth, railway units.
Seventh, depot brigades.
Eight, replacement units.
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Barnett Brothers are unload
ing a car of wire fence and
barb wire.
TO REDUCE
OUR NAVY
Washington, Nov. 18.— Re
duction of the enlisted strength
of the navy has commenced,
Secretary Daniels said today,
and applications for discharge
by men, both in the regular
service and in the reserve di
visions, are being reecived.
First consideration is being giv
en, he added, to youths seek
ing to return to suchool or to
positions in civil life which
they gave up to .join the naval
forces. It has been intimated
that the navy could spare 50.
000 men during the next mon
th.
U. S. CIVIL SERVICE
CARRIER EXAMINATION
The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission announces an open
competitiv? examination for
rural mail carrier to be held at
Batesville, Ark., on Saturday,
December 14, for the purpose
of filling a vacancy in the po
sition as rural carrier at Cush
man, and such other vacancies
as they may occur from t’.me
to time at other offices in In
dependence county. Women
will be admitted to the exam
ination.
Those desiring to take th»
examination should make ap
plication for blank form No.
1341 which may be secured
from the postmaster at Bates
ville or Cushman or may be
procured direct from the U. S.
Civil Service Commission, Wa
shington. D. C.
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LOCAL ENGINE
JUMPS TRACK
The engine pulling the east
bound local got off the track,
at the gravel pit just east of
town Tuesday morning and
the train was delayed here un
til about 7 o’clock at night
when the switch engine came
up from Newport and pulled
the train into Newport.
No one was injured and no
no serious damage resulted
from the accident. It required
several hours work to get the
engine back on the track and
ready for service again.
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START GARDEN NOW
For a successful garden next
year, first clear off rubbish
and cover with good barnyard
manure, second plow deep.
Then a light seeding of oats,
wheat and rye for the chickens
will pay.
WAR’S COST REACHES
__ AN APPALLING FIGURE
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STILL SOME WORK
FOR LOCAL BOARDS
Classification and Examination
of the 18 Year Old Regis
trants Will Proceed
Adjutant General Lloyd
England has sent the following
official notice to all local
boards of the various counties
of the state.
“The president directs that
all work connected with the
classification of men who on
Sept. 12, 1918, had reached
their 37th birthday, be immed
iately discontinued. All other
board work including immedi
ate classification and physical
examination of all registrants
of the 18 vear class shall pro
ceed without interruption.
“All registrants who have
attained their 37th birthday
and have received their ques
tionnaires, need not fill them
out but shall return them to
their local boards.”
WOUNDED SECOND TIME
Harrison S. Brooks, of Lun
enburg, Izard county, was re
cently wounded in battle in
France. This makes the sec
ond time that young brooks
has been injured in action.
Keep the change and buy a
thrift stamp with it
Will Amount to Two Hundred
Billion Dollars by End of
Present Year
The direct c<vst of the war
for all belligerent nations to
May 1 was reported at about
$175,000,000 by the Federal
Reserve Bank Board Bulletin
issued at Washington last Mon
day, and it is estimated lhat
the cost will amount to $200,
000,000,000 before the end of
this year.
These calculations were com
piled by the board from vari
ous sources and while their ac’
curacy is not vouched for, the
board believes the figures are
substantially correct.
For purely military and na
val purposes it is estimated
that all belligerents had spent
$132,000,000,000 to May 1, or
about three-fourths of the total
war cost. The balance repre
sented interest on debt, anil
other indirect war expenses.
How the cost mounted as the
war grew in proportion from
year to year is illustrated by
tabulations showing that the
mobilization and the first five
months of war in 1914 cost all
belligerents about $10,000,
000,000. In 1915 the expenses
jumped to $26,000,000,000; in
1916 they increased to $38,
000,000,000, and in 1917, they
were estimated at $60,000,
000,000. This year’s expens
es have run only a little above
the rate last year.
When material is received at the immense StudebaKer
lumber yards it is inspected piece by piece as it is being un
loaded from cars —every piece must be up to specifications—no
brashness, windshaKen or worm holes in StudebaKer materials
The StudebaKer lumber yards cover almost 80 acres and
every piece of wood stock in
them is carefully Inspected
before being piled for air
drying.
Come In and see the
Siudebaker. Let us show
why it's the best wagon
on the market.
We Have Handled "|
Studebakers I
For Over Forty Years and Know There
are None to Compare With Them
C. W. MAXFIELD CO
Batesville, Arkansas