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VOLUME XVII. NO. 242 ' NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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PRESIDENT WILL £
NIT STOP ODDER
All Factories Are Closed By Fuel
Administration Order To Combat
The Coal Shortage.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 18.— America
felt the pinch of the war today with
industries idle under the fuel admin
istration order, issued to relieve the
codl shortage. It was stated official
ly this.morning that the president is
not considering interfering with the
order, feeling that the country will
be satisfied with its necessity. The
order was signed by tlfe fuel adminis
trator last night in the face of pro
tests predicting disastrous conse
quences and the formal request of the
senate to stay execution temporarily..
All the principal munition plants
will be permitted to work to their full
capacity. It was ordered today also
that one ice plant may operate in one
place and twenty-three of the largest
steel mills were notified they may
continue operations on orders for
ship plates for the navy. The emer-'
gency fleet corporation and fuel ad
ministration also are preparing sup
plemental exceptions, which probably
will include plants making of clothes
and soldiers’ uniform.?.
CONFERENCE HELL).
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 18.—The Fuel
Administration, the wholesale and
retail coal dealers, and the consum
ers are trying to get together on
methods for the conservation of
fuel. They held a conference yester
day noon' with Fuel Administrator
Couch, who has taken hold of the sit
uation with a determination to bring
order out of the chaos that has exist
ed, to the end that there may be no
suffering on account of a lack of fuel.
There are several points that are
being emphasized:
The supply of coal is limited, but
the 'demands on account of the war
are greatly increased.
The people generally have not been
educated to the necessity of conser
vation, “but have been very wasteful.
The use of gas and coal has dis
couraged the use of wood as a fuel,
although Arkansas is one of the
greatest wood states of the union.
In the cities and towns dependant
on gas, the consumers have made no
provision for an emergency supply o£
fuel, and in consequence they have
not* been prepared.
The use- of wood must be encour
aged, emergency supplies of fuel
must be provided during the spring
and summer for the following win
ter, and coal must be conserved in
Arkansas for the use of the govern
ment and essential industries else
where to help win the war.
The condition is serious but the
people can improve it.
The committee in charge of the lo
cal Red Cross work are moving the
surgical dressing rooms to the rooms
over the First National Bank for the
purpose of conserving coal. If you
are not already engaged in this work,
get busy and help. “Do your bit.”
Volunteers are wanted. Any one who
can sew, can help. If you can only
spare an hour, come.
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SHOVELERS IN DEMAND.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 18.—“100 Men
Wanted to Shovel Snow. 30 Cents an
Hour.” This is the unusual sign that
is posted on Main street. And the
fact that the number of men who
have applied for work is far short of
one hundred is proof that the army
of the unemployed is a very small
quantity these days. Thirty cents an
hour and a pair of rubber boots is the
price that all have been demanding of
the city, the street railway, and oth
ers who are interested in the removal
of the snow from the sidewalks and
streets.
Never before in the history of the
city have such conditions existed.
The snow has now been on the ground
for seven days, and very little of it
has melted. It lies from six inches to
twm feet deep all over the city. The
street railway is just beginning to
open up its lines, and in some of the
suburban districts the cars will not
be running until next week, unless
there should be a sudden thaw.
The heavy weight of snow on roofs,
where there has been more thawing,
has caused thousands of dollars of
damage to mercantile stocks as the
stores have leaked like seives. All in
all conditions have been such that
the oldest inhabitants are dating
their epochs from January, 1918.
ENGINEERS AND FIRE
, ' MEN TO MEET.
Special to The Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 17.—The locomo
tive firemen of all the roads in the
state, or their representatives, are to
be asked to meet with the State and
County Federal Fuel Administrators
some night next week, in one of their
halls in Little Rock, to discuss the
fuel situation. Some of the Four
Minute Men are to be requested to
address them.
It cannot be denied that the fuel
situation in Arkansas is a serious
one, as it is all over the country.
The abnormally cold weather, coupled
with the excessive demand for coal on
account of the war, has so increased
the demand that the supply is not
able to cope with it.
Therefore the% fuel conservation
movement is being emphasized by
Fuel Administrator Garfield, H. C.
Couch, his Arkansas representative,
and the various county administra
tors. Saving coal and burning wood
is the formula that is being advo
cated.
The railroads are loyally coming to
the support of the administratioqC
The Arkansas Division of the Mis
souri Pacific has issued a circular to
all of its firemen, headed;
■“Do your t>it; Save Coal Every
Trip.”
It has been calculated that if they
will reduce the consumption one-half
one scoop full out of every fifty or
1,200 to 1,300 tons of coal per month.
Mr. Couch estimates that by saving
one scoop-ful out of every fifty or
dinarily used on every locomotive for
one year, enough fuel would be saved
to send one thousand battleships to
France.
Little Rock is using about 60 car
loads of coal daily—10 for the in
dustrials, 8 for domestic consumers,
4 for the street railway, eight for
Camp Pike, and thirty for the rail
roads.
TO SUPPLY STAMPS.
Little Rock, Jan. 18.—At several
towns in the state the county chair
men and men interested in pushing
the war savings campaign have been
handicapped by a shortage of thrift
stamps and war savings stamps.
Postoffices in the smaller towns soon
dispose of their stock, and when the
people are anxious to invest in ‘baby
Liberty Bonds,” appeared at the post
office windows they were turned
away.
Moorehead Wright, state director
for Arkansas, took the matter up
immediately with the treasury depart
ment. He was advised to refer all
postmasters to instructions from the
postmaster-general in which it is
stated that if district postmasters!
have not sufficient fixed credit to
meet the demand, they shall immedia
tely apply to the designated central
accounting postmaster for an increase
of the fixed credit. Although dis
trict postoffices have what is called
a “fixed credit,” arrangements are
made to increase this credit to pro
vide for a rush for stamps in any
particular locality.
Indications Point to Deadlock in
Central Powers’ Peace Negotiations
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Jan. 18.—An apparent
deadlock in peace negotiations of the
Central Powers is threatened. War
with Rumania and the hostility of Uk
raine are difficulties facing the Bol
sheviki, to which are added the as
sembling in Petrograd of delegates to
the constituent assembly. There is
also-m report from a Swedish news
paper that relations between Premier
Lenine and Foreign Minister Trotsky
are strained. Germany refused to
accept Russia’s attitude concerning
the right of occupied territory to self
definition. Rumania has not replied
to the Bolsheviki ultimatum demand
ing the release of Russian troops.
Lenine has ordered the arrest of King
Ferdinand.
Ukranian and Bolsheviki troops
fought bloody battles at Odessa, near
Poltava. Disorder in Petrograd is
feared in event the constituent as
sembly is controlled by opponents of
the Bolsheviki if it meets . in Petro
grad today as scheduled.
The Italians checked the Teutons’
attempt to dislodge them from re
cently won positions on the Lower
Piave. Only artillery fire is reported
on the western fronts.
VIE11A SGE1E IF !
HIOTS^STRIKES
News Agency Telegrams Tells Brief
ly of Unsettled Conditions In
Austrian Cities.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Jan. 18.—News agency tel
egrams from points in Switzerland
report serious strikes and rioting
have occurred at Vienna and other
cities in Austria.
WEATHER JRECORDS.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 17.—The records
of the Weather Bureau show that the
lowest temperature for Arkansas'
during the month of December was
21 degrees below zenv-at Gravette
and Mammoth Spring on the 9th.
This is a new record for the state for
December. The lowest recorded
temperature in Arkansas is 29 de
grees below zero. The highest tem
perature for last month was 81 at
Camden and Center Point on the 3rd,
a divergence of 102 degrees within 6
days. The greatest daily range was
54 degrees at Searcy, the highest
monthly mean 43.1 at Hope, and the
lowest monthly mean 24.7 at Dutton.
The average precipitation was 1.29 <
inches for 67 reporting stations, and
there was an average snowfall of 8.2
inches. All of these records will be j
exceeded by the unusual weather that :
has made the month of January a :
record-breaker in any particular.
The mean temperature for the
year was 60.1, which is 1.4 degrees •
below the normal. The total precipi- <
tation for the year was 36.22 inches, i
which was 13.67 below the normal for
twelve months.
ROW if, CONGRESS
HIS FRESH START
Senate Resents Administration's Or
der to Ignore Plea To Postpone
Shut-Down Order.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Attacks on
the fuel administration order broke
out anew in congress today and were
mingled in the'senate with resentment
of the action of the fuel administra
tion in ignoring its resolution asking
for a delay. “‘The senate should rise
and clip the wings of those who seek
to exercise such authority, which
never was intended to be given,” said
Senator Smith of Michigan.
TO APPOINT DELEGATES.
Little Rock, Jan. 8.—The State
Defence Council has received invita
tion to appoint three delegates to the
Congress of National Service to be
neld at the La Salle Hotel in Chicago,
Scb. 21-23. It is the purpose of Co
ndinate all of the varied activities
‘to give impetus to the 'N^Jional
security League’s campaign of Pat
■iotisin Through Education to arouse
he American people to a realization
>f the true meanings of the war.”
The war has forced new diploma
;ic, social, political and economic
jroblems on America. It is necess
ity that they should be clearly and
ully presented to the people. The
lotion must be awakened through
he united action of patriotic workers
,o these problems oon^the existance
>f the Republic, the success of de
nocracy, and the preservation of the
rights of the man throughout the
vorld.
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Do Not Raise All Cotton
and Be a Hog—But
Raise More Hogs I
And Be a Patriot
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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 part. RAISE MORE HOGS and
more forage crops for the hogs.
Consult the County Agent
for information.
Arkansas Bank & Trust Co.
BILL FOR CREATION
OF MUNITIONS DIRECTOR
IS REPORTED FAVORABLY'
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington. Jan. 18.—The bill to
create a director of munitions without
cabinet membership, but with broad
authority to centralize control of mu
nitions, was reported favorably by
the senate military committee today.
Another bill to establish a war coun
cil is nearly completed.
TO CONSIDER SITUATION.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 18.—As a precau
tion against the possibility7 of great
damage resulting from the floods that
are expected to follow the breaking
up of the snow that covers the whole
state, Gov. Brough has addressed a
letter to Hugh D. Tomlinson, presi
dent of the St. Francis Levee Distyct
Board, suggesting that he call an
early meeting of the Board at West
Memphis to consider the situation.
The whole state, more or less di
rectly, is interested in the adequate
protection of the rich alluvial lands
-of the Mississippi Valley, and disas
ter through a breaking of the levee
would be as serious as German victo
ry. The agricultural resources of the
state constitute .the second line of
defense, and must not be cut short
through any preventable cause.
Information has reached the gov
ernor that there is 1,500 feet of levee
near Mound Bayou opposite Memphis
that is in a langerous condition, hav
ing sunk about twenty feet. The gov
ernment is working at this point,
strengthening the levee, but it is im
portant that all interests concerned
shall co-operate in preventing a
break and the consequented disaster.
APPROVES GOVERNOR’S ACTION
Speck 1 to Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 18.—The Nation’s
New York, approves the «cuon oi
Gov. Brough in joining with the Fuel
Administration in a movement for
the substitution of wood for coal as a
fuel. Activities are already well un
der way in the South looking to this
most important change in fuel condi
tions.
Gov. Brough called attention to
tue promiscuous burning of wood in
clearing new ground, and urged its |
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THOUSANDS OF i
WORKMEN IDLE
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Th'I Administration’s Order To Close
Factories Causes Cessation of §
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Associated Press Dispatch. -m
Chicago, Jan. 18.~More than a
billion dollars in capital, and approx
imately half a million workers in the ■;
Chicago district are reported idle as
a result of the fuel administration
order to close factories. Five alleged i,
violations were reported this morn- A
Associated Press Dispatch.