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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, June 10, 1915
Vol. 15, No. 10
i COULD NOT SIGN GERMAN NOTE;
BRYAN RESIGNS FROM CABINET
DISAGREES WITH PRESI
DENT’S ATTITUDE
Thinks Wilson’s Demands Up
on Germany Too Strong—
Wants Peace, Not War
Washington, June 8.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan resigned
today as secretary of state as
a dramatic sequel to his dis
agreement with President Wil
son over the government's pol- j
icy toward Germany.
President Wilson accepted;
the resignation. The cabinet
‘hen approved the response to
the German reply to the Lusi
tania note. Acting Secretary
Robert Lansing will sign the
document and it will be eable
ed to Berlin tomorrow.
Secretary Bryan will return
to private life tomorrow, when
his resignation will take effect.
He will continue his political
support of the president.
Rather than sign the docu
ment, which he believed might
draw the United States into
war. Mr. Bryan submitted his
resignation in a letter, which
says, “the issue involved is of
such moment that to remain a
member of the cabinet would
be as unfair to you as it would
be to the cause which is near
est my heart, namely, the pre
vention of war.”
The president accepted the
resignation in a letter of re
gret tinged with deep person
al feeling of affection. The
letters follow:
The Letter of Resignation
My Dear Mr. President.—It
is with sincere regret that I
have reached the conclusion
that I should return to you the
commission of secretary of state
with which you honored me at
GREATEST WHEAT
CROP IN HISTORY
Total Yield in U. S. May Reach
Billion Bushels According
to the Crop Report
The greatest wheat crop the
country has ever known is in
prospect for the coming har
vest. In its forecast issued
Tuesday, based on the condi
tion of the winter and spring
wheat on .Tune 1, the Federal
crop reporting board placed
the prospective yield at 1,288,- j
000,000 bushels, which would
exceed last year’s crop by 59,
000,000 bushels.
With continued good grow
ing conditions the crop will
reach 1,288,000,000 bushels.
Of the great yield the bulk is
from winter wheat planted
last fall on the greatest acre
age ever sown.
Area planted, 59,117,000
acres compared with 53,541,
000 last year. Condition 92.2
per cent of normal, compared
with 93.7 last year. Indica
ted yield, 32.4 bushels per acre
compared with 1G.G last year.
Estimated total production, 1,
288,000,000 bushels compared
with 891,017,000 last year.
the beginning of your admin
istration.
Obedient to your sense of du
ty and actuated by the highest
motives, you have prepared
for transmission to The t.tt
man Government a note in
which I .cannot join without
violating what I deem to be an
obligation to my country, and
the issue involved is of such
moment that to remain a
a member of the cabinet would
be as unfair to you as it
would be to the cause
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HON. WILLIAM J. BRYAN
Who Resigned Rather Than Sign Drastic Note to Germany Which
May Involve United States in War
Chancery Court Pro
ceedings For Term
Chancery court was in ses
sion at Batesville Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, and
the following cases were dis
posed of.
W. M. Blankenship vs E. F.
Johnson and G. S. Kassell; de
cree for $505.56 and $4.88tax
es. Jas. T. Evans appointed as
commissioner to sell the land.
A. U. Blankenship vs E. F.
Johnson and G. S. Haskell;
judgment $510.44; 90 days
to pay the amount; if not paid,
J. T. Evans commissioner in
chancery to sell the lands.
J. T. Morrison vs Jennie
Morrison, dismissed by agree
ment.
Pheob Barnwell vs J. J. Har
well ; death of J.J.Barnwel sug
gested and admitted; cause re
vived in name of C. P. Vaugh
an administrator.
Vester Lexion vs Buddie
Lexion, continued.
Pruda Cambell vs Ed R.
Cambell, decree for divorce
for plaintiff.
Ed Showns, vs Dora Showns,
divorce, decree for plaintiff.
James Young, a minor, dis
abilities removed.
Ida Belle Porter vs James E.
Porter; plaintiff granted a di
vorce and custody of the child
ren. E. W. Magness trustee,
ordered to pay all rents to
Plaintiff during her life, that
she have possession of house
house and lot, and that each
party pay their own costs in
case.
Cora Weatherford vs W. J.
Weatherford, decree for di
vorce granted.
Nora Simmons vs D. I). Sim
mons, divorce granted, plain
tiff restored to maiden name,
and defendant pay cost.
Hannah M. Hubbard, vs An
son A. Hubbard, dismissed by
agreement.
Etnel Morgan, ct. ah, vs L.
A. and E. (). Wyatt, commis
sioner's report of estate of Jeff
D. Morgan; report confirmed;
each party pay their own cost
jas per interest in the estate.
Lucy vs George Goff, con
tinued.
A. N. TrenFvs Alice Trent,
decree of divorce for defend
Elect Teachers For
Newark High School
At a meeting of the school
board Friday night, the fol
lowing teachers for the New
ark High School were chosen
for the coming year.
Prof. J.L. Mayhan, Newark;
Miss Birdie Fiske of Little
Rock; Miss Pearl Poe, New
ark: Miss Minnie Lynn Martin,
Newark; Miss Pearl Miller
Newark.
Miss Carrie Belle Rond of
Monticello was elected instruc
tor for the music department.
Prof. W. A. Isgrig principal,
and Mrs. Isgrig, teacher of the
High School Department were
re-elected by the board some
time ago.
This is an exceptionally
strong teaching force and in
sures a good school for New
ark the coming year.
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DIP CATTLE SATURDAY
J. S. Griffin of SulphurRock
who has charge of the tick
eradication work in this part
of the county, has re-charged
the dipping vat here and will
be in Newark next Saturday,
the 12th, to supervise the dip
ping of cattle. All parties
who have cattle they desire to
have dipped, should bring
them in on that date.
ant, with $25 per month ali
mony, attorney fees and cost.
C. D. Metcalf, Trustee, vs
W. E. McGuire, final settle
ment of Paxton Thomas.
W. A. Mayhue vs Zora May
hue, decree for divorce for
jplaintiff.
White River Telephone Co.
vs Tivis Flinn, dismissed by
plaintiff with the understand
ing that defendant dismiss
cross-complaint; plaintiff pay
all costs.
T. M. Hess \s Lila A. Yan
cey; decree that there was no
contract between Yancey and
Hess. Order foreclosure of
mortgage in favor of Hess for
$30,000. Sixty days given to
raise the money to prevent
foreclosure. Deed to property
made to Hess by defendant
land settlement confirmed by
court.
CONGRESSMAN W. A. OLDFIELD
DEPLORES BRYAN RESIGNATION
RACING BILL GOES
10 SUPREME COURT
Appeal Filed and Famous
Gambling Bill Will Be Ar
gued and Submitted June 21
Little Rock, June 7.—An ap
peal in the Sawyers racing bill
case, known officially as an
action by the Arkansas State
Fair Association vs. Earle W.
Hodges, secretary of state, to
compel Mr. Hodges to include
the measure in the published
acts of the 1915 legislature,
was filed in the supreme court
today by W. H. Martin, district
attorney, and James F. Clarke,
I'nited States Senator, attor- j
neys for the Fair Association.
The case was advanced on the
docket and is to be argued or
ally and submitted June 21.
The brief filed with the
prayer for appeal sets forthJ
the testimony of Gov. Geo. W.
Hays, L. E. Sawyer, speaker
of the House; Judge E. A.
Rolfe of Forrest City; J. A.
Bradshaer, penitentiary com
missioner; H. W. Stewart, pri-!
vate secretary to Gov. Hays;!
R. R. Rice of Varner; Sam j
Rorex, representative from
Yell county; A. J. Walls, Unit
ed States Marshall; Ed. F. Kit
chens of Helena and George R.
Belding of Hot Springs.
After Gov. Hays’ alleged ve
to of the bill, Secretary of
State Hodges acting upon ad-'
vice of the attorney general,
refused to include the meas-1
ure with the acts passed by I
the legislature. Suit was then
filed in the Pulaski Circuit'
court to compel the secretary j
of state to include the meas- j
ure with the acts legally pass
ed. The Fair Association lost!
in the lower court and the case,
was then appealed to the su-:
preme court.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Issued by the U. S. Weather !
Bureau, Washington, D. C., for
the week beginning Wednes
day June 9, 1915.
A week of practically fair
weather, with temperatures
slightly above the seasonal av
erage.
FEARS WILSON’S NOTE IS
TOO STRONG
Declarces Bryan Greatest Liv
ing Democrat and Says His
Policy Insures Peace
Congressman W. A. Oldfield
discussing the resignation of
Mr. Bryan, stated to the Jour
nal over long distance tele
phone that he regretted Mr.
Bryan’s resignation.
Congressman Oldfield con
siders Mr. Bryan’s resignation
a distinct loss to the adminis
tration, but believes that the
most cordial feelings will con
tinue to exist between Mr. Bry
an and President Wilson.
Congressman Oldfic-ld says
he fears there is a probability
of war between the United
States and Germany as a re
sult of the latest note from
this government to Germany.
Mr. Oldfield has had no in
timation as to the contents of
the note to Germany, which
Mr. Bryan refused to sign, but
says he fears it may make de
mands of such a postive nature
upon the German government
that that government will re
fuse to grant them. He be
lieves, however that President
Wilson has no intention
of involving the United States
in war with Germany, but that
Wilson’s policy is to show firm
ness in making demandss of -H
Germany, believing that the
German Government will take
no chances on becoming invoi
ced in war with this country,
and w'ili grant our demands
and entertain a higher regard
for the United States.
“This is good,’’said Mr. Old- " v
field, “if it works out as the
President thinks it will.”
“But,” he added, “there is a
possibility that it may not have
the desired effect and that ’
Germany will declare war on
the United States, while on the
other hand Mr. Bryan’s policy
of working out the disput
through abitration absolutel;1
eliminates the possibility o
war.”
Continuing Mr. Oldfield said;
“Lovers of peace not only in
our own country but throu^5
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