Daily Independent.
VOLUME XVII. NO. 244. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
I Business Houses in Newport Open Only Four Hours a Day
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Short Business Hours
Will Be Observed
After Today.
Business Houses Will Be Open to
th^ Public Between 1 O’clock to
5 O’clock In the Afternoon.
Following is the order that has just
been isuea by R. J. Huguley, fuel
administrator for Jackson county:
TO THE CITIZENS OF NEWPORT:
You are hereby notified to keep
your place of business closed at all
hours, except between the hours of
1:00 p. m. and 5 p. m. until further
notified.
This order applies to all business
houses of every nature except
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, BAKER
IES, LAUNDRIES, TELEPHONE
and TELEGRAPH EXCHANGES.
The object of. this order is to con
serve the coal supply, and all citizens
^ are requested to cut down the coal
consumption every way possible.
This order is under the direction
and order of the State Fuel Adminis
trator, and all persons who violate
same will be punished to the full ex
tent of the law.
THE ABOVE ORDER WILL GO
INTO EFFECT TUESDAY, JANUR
ARY 22, 1918.
R. J. HUGULEY,
Chairman, Fuel Com. Jackson Co. j
This January 21, 1918.
—
The closing order was the result
of a meeting of representative busi
ness men at the First National Bank
this morning. The order does not
become operative for the grocey
stores until Wednesday. Grocery
stores will be open all day tomorrow
in order that orders for necessities
may be filled, but other business con
p cerns will not open their doors un
* til 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, to
close again at 5 o’clock.
The only concerns exempt from the
order are hotels, restaurants, bakeries,
telephone and telegraph exchanges
and laundries.
Administrator’s Huguley’s order
. has received the endorsement of the
business men, who realize that the
city is facing desperate ^conditions
and that to conserve tevery /ounce
of fuel has'become imperative. Back
of the administrator is the United
States Government, and any business
man who violates the order will be
promptly arrested and made subject
to indictment.
There is practically no coal in New
port. One dealer has some coal,;
which he will sell at cost. To
this may be added 500 pounds of lump
coal' for each person when a ship
ment of the coal reaches here this
afternoon or tonight.
No real relief for the present situ
uation is looked for before two or
.three weeks elapse. The cpndition all
over the country is similar. Everyone
should conserve their fuel now. Even
if if one has plenty of coal now, he
should realize the necessity of con
servation, for when relief does come
it can be better distributed among
all the people.
S. Heinemann has kindly consented
• to allow persons who choose to cut
wood to give them access to his
wooded property west of town. Per
sons may secure the right to get this
_ wood by calling on Mr. Heinemann
at his store or residence.
BRITISH GENERAL IS
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
London, Jan. 21.—Gen. Sir Beau
champ Duff, commander in chief of
the British forces in India, 1913 to
1916, was found dead in his bed in a
West End club yesterday morning.
General Duff, who had had a long
and distinguished army career, win
ning honors in active compaigning
and filling numerous responsible exe
cutive positions, including that of as
sistant military secretary for India
affairs at the war office and the posts
of adjutant general and chief of staff
in India before becoming commander
in-chief there, was in his 63rd year.
Mrs. Will Barker is thought to be
a little better, haring been very ill
for three weeks.
SUMMARY OF
inClITF
Kush Assembly Has Dissolved. Se
rious Strikes Are Reported In
Vienna, Austria.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Jan. 21.—The Russian
constituent assembly after an exist
ence of a few hours was dissolved by
the executive committee of workmen’s
and soldiers’ delegates, after failure
of Bolsheviki efforts to gain control
of the assembly, and the report that
it will be succeeded by the "workmen's
and soldier’s congress which is sup
porting the Lenine government. It
is not clear whether the social revolu
tionists’ majority will submit Bolshe
viki orders with Pan-Germans in po
litical ascendancy to Germany.
There are serious strikes in Austria.
More than one hundred thousand quit
work at Vienna in protest against
Germany.
British warships evened the score
with former German warships, Brei
stau and Goeben, in action at the en
trance to the Dardanelles. The Brit
ish losses were two monitors. In
creased aerial and artillery activity
on the western front, was accompa
nied by frequent raids on both sides.
Sixteen German airplanes were
brought down Saturday in France.
Ostend was bombarded by Entente
warships.
DUTCH GOVERNMENT
AGREES TO LET U. S.
TAKE OVER SHIPS HERE
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 21.—The Dutch
government by provisional agree
ment signed in London agrees to
charter to the United States govern
ment all Dutch steamers held in
American ports. Upward of eighty
vessels are held. The vessels will
not go in the war zone.
ELECTRIC POWER
IS RESTRICTED
Current Will Be Operative Only From
4 O’clock In the the Afternoon
Until Midnight.
Manager Moss of the Arkansas
Light & Power Company announces
that in order to conserve fuel, and at
the request of the fuel administra
tions, he will not operate the electric
light plant during the day time, but
will supply current from 4 o’clock in
the afternoon to 12 at night and from
5:30 a. m. to 7:30 a. m., notice of
which is given by the light company
elsewhere in this issue.
TO PATRONS OF THE
ARKANSAS LIGHT AND
POWER COMPANY.
Due to the very acute shortage of
coal we are forced to curtail our elec
tric service and only run our electric
plant a limited number of hours
during the day until the fuel situa
tion improves, this step being taken
by order of the local fuel administra
tion.
Beginning tomorrow (Tuesday) at
9 a. m., the current will be off be
tween the hours of 7:30 a. m. and 4:00
p. m. and 12:00 o’clock midnight and
5:30 a. m. There will be no discon
tinuance of water service.
Arkansas Light & Power Co.
INDEPENDENT WILL
CHANGE TO MORNING
PAPER WEDNESDAY
Owing to the fact that the day
electric current will not be on, the
Independent will change to a morn
ing paper Wednesday. There will be
no issue of the paper tomorrow. The
papers will be delivered#*) the sub
scribers early Wednesday morning,
and every morning thereafter until
normal conditions ars restored.
use more corn
use more fish o* beans
3- lktS
use just enough
4- sugar
& use syrups j
■
and serve
the cause of freedom
U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
HUES READY
FOR OFFENSIVE
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Secretary Baker Says French and
British Are Prepared to Meet
Western Offensive.
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Secretary
Baker, in his weekly review, says
the allies are maintaining an ex
pectant attitude on the western front
while recent events in Russia greatly
increased the strategic freedom for
the Central Empires. There has been
little military activity, but while the
enemy is concentrating offensive
forces, the British and French are
greatly strengthened in their defen
sive positions and now are prepared
to meet any eventuality.
Subscribe for The Independent.
WILL DECLARE
win i [id
NegotiStions Reach Agreement Be
tween Central Powers and Uk
ranian “Peoples” Republic.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, January 21.—Negotia
tions between the Central Towers
and the Ukranian “peoples” repub
lic have resulted in an agree
ment on principles of a peace treaty
which will be concluded and the war
declared terminated, according to ad
vices from Brest-Litovsk.
Mrs. Ernest Neill, Mrs. D. D. Ad
ams and Mrs. Sam Deener have re
turned from St. Louis, where they
have been for several days studying
the Red Cross work.—Batesville
Guard. _
Do Not Raise All Cotton
and Be a Hog—But
Raise More Hogs
And Be a Patriot
i
It is not enough to clothe an Army, but
the Army must be fed as well
Our County and our Associates in
War are calling for more pork.
Are you breeding more brood sows
than you did last year? If not, why not?
The Nation expects every man to do
his papt. RAISE MORE HOGS and
more forage crops for the hogs.
Consult the County Agent
for information.
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Arkansas Bank & TrustCo.
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SAYS ROOSEVELT IS
Is Opposed to Bill to Create War
Council and Will Use All His
Influence Against It.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 21.—President
Wilson served notice on democratic
leaders in the senate today that lie
will use all his influence to beat the
bill to create a war council. “The
president will fight to a finish,” was
the word brought to the capitol. The
bill for the establishment of a war
cabinet, composed by “three distin
guished citizens who have demon
strated their executive ability,” was
introduced this morning by Chairman
Chamberlain, of the senate military
committee. The proposed council
would be appointed by the president
with the consent of the senate.
SAYS GOVERNMENT
SHOULD OPERATE ROADS
AFTER WAR IS OVER
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Director
General McAdoo today told the sen
ate interstate commerce committee
he thought the government should
retain operation of railroads for some
time after peace comes, and not re
turn them to private ownership until
comprehensive laws are enacted by
the government to control them.
BEIliHED
Government Officials at San Juan
Take Precautions After Receiv
ing Information.
Associated Press Dispatch.
San Juan, Jan. 21.—Military guards
were placed in the Federal building
where are located the offices of the
insular government after officials re
ceived information that was consid
ered important. Guards also were
placed at bridges and other important
points.
FIRST HEATLESS
MONDAY TODAY
—
Business Activity Generally Is Sus
pended East of the Mississippi
River.
—
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Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Business ac
tivity generally, east of the Missis
sippi river, was today for the first of
a series of ten heatless Mondays or
dered by the fuel administration. At
the same time manufacturing plants
are idle on the fourth day of the five
day closing order made effective last
Friday. Under dispensation last
night food and drug stores were al
lowed to remain open all day.
The cold wave east of the Rocky
Mountain is hampering efforts of
railroad officials to relieve freight
congestion. A general embargo on
freight was put into effect on the
Pennsylvania railroad today.
Judge Scarborough has been on the
sick list for several days.
SENATOR STORE
TALKSJITTERLY
Charges Former President and Re
publicans With Plot to Take
Over the Government.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Character
izing former President Roosevelt as
“the most potent agent the kaiser
has in America,” and “the most sedi
tious man of consequence in Ameri
ca,” Senator Stone, adressing the
senate today, charged that republi
can leaders are engaged in a studied
effort to make politics out of the war.
Their object is to “take the govern
ment over into their own hands,” by
partisan criticism of the conduct of
the war, he declared.
Senator Stone’s address, carefully
prepared, the first of political signif
icance made in congress since the Un
ited States entered the war, and re
garded as the forerunner of bitter
partisan strife, excoriated partisan
ship in the war. Besides Col. Roose
velt, the Missouri committee, and Sen.
ator Penrose were among republican
leaders as his “witnesses” to the po
litical plot he alleged. Investigations
by congress of war operations, Sena
tor Stone also declared, have almost^^
entirely been launched by republijr'
and adroitly exploited for partly
purposes.
Citing statements of the republican
leaders regarding the political plans
and editorials of Col Roosevelt,
which, he said, are “villianous
screeds,” published for money, Sena
tor Stone declared: . ,
“On my own responsibility as a
senator I charge that since our en
trance into the war Roosevelt, by his
attacks on his government, has been
a menace and obstruction 'to the suc
cessful prosecution of the war.
“The only possible effect of these
widely published utterances of this
man,” said Senator Stone, “has been,
as they were designed to be, to dis
credit and bring the present govern
ment into public disfavor and wealc^,..>~
en its hold on popular confidence.
That seems to be the Rooseveltian
standard of patriotism.”
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directed.”
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manifest conci
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war.”
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