VOLUME XVII. NO. 243. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PEACE MEETING
ACIINSTOPPED
Bolsheviki Are Attacked and Red
Guards Kill Five Persons and
Wound a Dozen.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Jan. 19.—With peace
negotiations at Brest-Litavsk again
reported broken off temporarily, the
Russian constituent assembly opened
sessions in Petrograd. The Bolshe
viki controlled the opening, which
members of the constitutional demo
cratic co-party did not attend. Dem
onstrations against Bolsheviki ef
forts to control the assembly result
ed in the killing of five persons and
the wounding of a dozen by Red
Guards when they fired on a group of
parades. German embassies %are
reported to be endeavoring to force
the Russians to break off peace ne
gotiations, so as to cast the blame on
the Russians. Relations between the
Bolsheviki and Rumanians are at a
breaking point.
King Ferdinand, whose arrest was
ordered by Lennine, is reported un
der the protection of the Entente Al
lies.
Activity on the fighting fronts in
France and Italy has settled down to
winter routing raids and artillery
fire.
WILL FURNISH
COAL ID NEEDY
Snow Prevents Volunteers From Gut
ting Wood For Distribution
Among Ci^’s Needy.
The fuel situation in Newport to
day began to assume a serious aspect,
but if people are able to conserve
their supplies until Monday the sit
uation will be cleared up, as local
dealers say they will receive ship
ments on that date.
Three or four families are said to
be suffering for lack of fuel in their
homes, and this morning, in order to
alleviate the situation, C. R. Pate and
L. McfDougald formed a body of
volunteer wood cutters for work
southwest of Newport this afternoon,
but the continued snow prevented the
wood cutters from carrying out their
plans.
In the meantime, Mr. Pate has
arranged for a car load of slack coal
to be distributed among the suffering,
who, however, are few in number.
Mr. Pate will ask the business men to
bear this expense, which they will
gladly do.
Everyone should conserve their fuel.
This is no time for extravagance.
WANT RECRUITS —TELE
, GRAM FROM McCAIN.
Army Recruiting Officer:
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Make special effort to secure re
cruits for United States Guards.
Fourteen hundred required immedi
ately. Original enlistments must be
between ages of thirty-one and forty
inclusive. Request for waivers for
desire/ole applicants with previous
service over forty years last dis
charged as privates, should be made
to this effect. McCain.
♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ ♦
▲ MAD ALINE THEATER &
♦ - ♦
^ THE SEVEN PEARLS. +
▲ 9th Episode. ^
♦ •-• 1
^ The warning on the wires, ^
^ featuring Mollie King, L. ^
▲ Barry and Creighton Hale. ^
▲ 2 Reels—PATHE. ^
♦ - ♦
+ WHO’S GUILTY? +
Annie Nelson and Tom ^
▲ Moore.—a good drama. ^
^ 2 Reels—PATHE. ^
2 1 REEL PATHE WEEK- 2
* LY NO. 2. +
* -- ♦
^ Admission 10 and 15 Cents. ^
t♦♦♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
’* *—. . • •
GINNERS MEET.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 19.—Fifty of the
representative ginners of the state
met yesterday at the Board of Trade
to consider the state ginners’ law,
and other questions of interest to
the ginners. It was the unanimous
opinion of those present that the law
should be repealed, as they do not
want it. A committee was appointed
to wait on Commissioner Page,
which they did during the afternoon.
Another meeting will be held in
Little Rock, at 10 a. m., the first
Tuesday in April, and an effort will
be made to increase the membership
in the meantime. The members were
of the opinion that the Food Adminis
tration should be requested to fix a
maximum price on bagging and ties.
Also that the law forbidding oil mills
to carry more than enough seed for a
sixty day run should be modified, as
the ginner is not able to carry the
seed, being restricted, to 20 tons
every sixty days.
SHUT-DOWN ODDER
IS WORKING NICETY
Food Administration Will Make Rec
ommendations Concerning Plants
Related to Food Production.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 19.—Although
much confusion attending the en
forcement of the fuel administra
tions’ five day closing order continues,
it was evident today that the appli
cation will be far less drastic than
was at first believed. A list of inter
pretations to specify cases is being
prepared. •
The Food Administration is ex
pected to make further exemptions on
cases of plants that are related to
i food production.
Meanwhile reports show that trans
portation congestion in the East is
i being cleared Bunker coal is being
unloaded in large quantities.
It was definitely ruled this morning
that laundries are exempt from clos
ing on Mondays as well as the 5 day
period. Theatres will be allowed to
close on some other day instead of
Mondays.
Late Wire Briefs
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Jan. 19.—The United
States marshal today seized the steel
pleasure yacht, Joyeuse, said to be
owned by Emil H. Kleuge, an unnat
uralized German. Federal authori
ties said the yacht was equipped with
wireless. With Kleuge aboard and
manned by a Swedish crew it was
cruising recently along the Atlantic
coast.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The fuel ad
ministration has ordered that heatless
day for theatres be changed to Tues
days.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Kansas City, Jan. 19.—Washington
advices this afternoon stated that Jas.
F. Holden, vice president of the Kan
sas City Southern Railway, was ap
pointed supervisor of transportation
on the Federal Shipping Board.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Petrograd, Jan. 19.—The Bolsheviki
was defeated by Social revolutionists
in the first test of strength in the
constituent assembly Friday when M.
T. Chernoff, minister of agriculture,
under the Kerensky government, and
nominee of the Social revolutionists,
was elected chairman by a vote of 244
to 151.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. le.—It is re
ported that anumber of lumber manu
facturing plants in southern Missis
sippi continue operating in spite of
the fuel administration’s closing or
der, on the ground that the use of re
fuse from its own mills, including
sawdust and slabs as a fuel, is not
a violation of the order.
OFFIGALS MAKE
SPLENDID DEPORT
Railroads Are Clearing Lines and
ular Schedule May Be Re
sumed Monday.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Chcago, Jan. 19.—Reports from
railroad officials on the movement of
coal and clearing of lines are opti
■ mistic and indicated that a majority
of railroads out of the Terminal City
will be operating practically on a
normal schedule Monday if no more
severe storms will have interfered.
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Jan. 19.—A marked im
provement in the coal situation with
respect to bunkering coal is evident.
It is reported that sailings in the last
twenty-four hours exceeded arrivals.
COTTON SEED REPORT.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 19.—Cotton seed
received at the mills during the five
months ending December 31 amount
ed to 3,172,250 tons, according to a
census bureau report. A total of 2,
117,187 tons were crushed.
CHECKS FOR OLD MEMBERS.
Special to The Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 19.—Several days
ago Adjutant General England pub
lished a statement that he had checks
for the pay of a number of men of the
old Arkansas regiments last year, and
if the owners did not call for them
within a specified time, they would
be turned over to the state. Yester
day a telegram came from one of the
men, James H. Nelson, of Texarkana,
now with the 315th Field Signal Bat- j
talion, at Camp Travis, San Antonio.
There is a check for $94.44 for him.
He was formerly a second lieutenant
in the_Second Arkansas.
ITALIANS STOP !
ENEMY THBUSTl
~ <
_
I’lucky Fighters Were Successful
Against Huns On Piave Thurs
day Night.
associated Press Dispatch.
Rome, Jan. 19.—It is officially an
nounced that the Itailians arrested
an enemy attack on a wide front on
the lower Piave Thursday night.
FINALLY GETS CHECK.
Batesville, Jan. 18.—L. R. Barnett
of the Barnett hotel, this city, has
found a lost government check for
$561. The check was for payment of
.the board of soldiers who stopped at
the hotel last summer. Mr. Barnett,
after waiting some time for his pay,
took the matter up with the govern
ment and was informed that the
check had been forwarded to R. A.
Barnett at Batesville some time in
October. Last Thursday he received
another letter from Washington, say
ing that the check had been cashed
here. Investigation showed that the
First National Bank had cashed the
check, which was endorsed “R. A.
Barnett,” and presented by a man
who was not the rightful owner and
who left the amount on deposit. The
bank will hold the funds until the
matter is settled.
E. D. Floyd, of Grays, was in our
city today, en route home from a
visit to Tuckerman. He stopped long
enough to give us his subscription
for the Independent.
W. J. Weldon, of Auvergne braved
the perils of this storm and came in
today, on business. While in town he
advanced his subscription for anoth
er year to the old reliable Weekly
Independent.
Our Semi-Annual Sale of
w uni sits
Starts Today, Jan. 9
---- —
and Lasts Up to and
Including Jan. 26th.
1
The entire stock of Manhattans is included;
also our Wilson Bros, shirts. An early selec
tion assures you a more complete stock from
which to choose. Sale prices are:
■
- r -
$1.75 Values $1.35 $3.50 Values $2.85
2.00 Values 1.65 5.00 Values 3.85
2.50 Values 1.85 6.00 Values 4.85
3.00 Values 2.15 8.00 Values 6 35
$9.00 Values $7 35 j
'
Star Clothing Co.
ADAM LOCKARD, Manager
1 •
THE NEWPORT CITIZEN
- ■ • ■■!
The Newport Citizen, a yellow
newspaper that issues vomit and
venom from its poisonous presses
nearly every week on Walnut street,
seems to be worrying about the In
dependent. One of its few news items
that was not clipped from previous
editions of the Daily Independent
this week came forth in the form of
an editorial attacking the manager
of this paper—who is too much
American to attach any importance
to the Citizen, which sounds like the
noise of the last straw as it breaks
under the pressure of failure.
And besides, when we think of the
Citizen we have visions of bombs and
matches and porcupines and the like,
and that is unpleasant. We had ra
ther look at the beautiful snow and
continue our work to help keep
America free for democracy and safe
from characters now under suspicion.
DISORDER,STRIKES
AND FOODISCAfiCITY
“The Beast” Is All That Is Restrain
ing I’eople of Teutonic Na
tions Now.'
Serious strikes, accompanied by
rioting, have taken place at Vienna
and other cities throughout Austria,
according to news agency telegrams
from Zurich and other points in Swit
zerland.
The troubles, it is said, are due to
the prolongation of the peace nego
tiations at Brest-Litovsk, the contin
uation of the reduced bread rations—
one-half the former allotment—and
police measures against meetings of
the workers. A peace demonstration
at Vienna on Tuesday nigtit ended in
a riot, during which, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch, food
shops were looted.
A wireless press dispatch from
Berne says strikes broke out on Mon
day in factories in Vienna. Grantz
Brunn, Linz and Wiener-Neustadt,
resulting in rioting which necessitated
vigorous police action. On Tuesday
the .number of strikes increased and
there were many conflicts with the
police.
Since Wednesday, the dispatches
say, no Austrian papers have reached
Switzerland.
It appears that the Austrian au
thorities are anxious regarding the
situation at Pargue, Bohemia, as the
civil governor has been replaced by a
military governor,
-%r‘ .1 _A. - Jf XL ^
JLIIU V IUIIIJU tUI I CDpvilUvllv vrx
Munich Neuste Nachrichten says the
reports of an Austrian cabinet crisis
are well founded. Dr. Von Seydler,
the premier, is opposed not only by
the Czechs and the South Slavs, it is
said, but also by the Socialists, who
like the rest are chafing under the
food difficulties while the German
deputies are hostile owing to the pre
mier’s alleged weak attitude toward
the Czechs and South Slavs.
The political situation in Germany
and the relations with Russia continue
to be agitated in the German press.
The Frankfurter Zeitung warns its
readers against undue optimism in
regard to the negotiations with the
Russians, who it accuses of attempt
ing to hinder the proceedings both at
Brest-Litovsk and at Petrograd for
their own interests.
The Volkestemme of Mannheim, a
Socialist paper, says that serious pop
ular demonstrations against the Ger
man annexationist policy occurred at
Budapest and other towns in Hungary
and Austria after Chancellor Von
Hertling made his statement in the
Reichstag. These outbreaks, the
newspaper adds, are symptomatic of
what might happen in the dual mon
archy if the negotiations should be
broken off on account of the German
policy.
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung pub
lishes agricultural reports showing
that in consequence of the shortage
of fodder the dead weight of cattle
sent to the Berlin market is only half
the normal, and that large numbers
of milch cows must be slaughtered to
provide the prescribed meat rations.
COLD WEATHER
AND MORE SNOW
Fall of Snow Continues Nearly All
Day and Warning Is Given
Growers of Stock.
When daylight dawned this morn
ing it revealed the fact that we were
in the grip of another snow storm.
From the forecast yesterday we had
hoped for better weather, but it
seems there was a mis-calculation on
the part of the weather man.
While this snow will be worth
thousands of dollars to Jackson county
most of her citizens had rather have
it on the intsallment plan.
Along with this storm comes a
warning from the weather bureau
of another blizzard due to arrive to
night sometime, with tempature
down to 6 or 8 degrees. Stockmen are
warned to look out for their stock,
as this spell is apt to occasion much
suffering and loss if not guarded
against. -
We always have some winter, and
some very cold weather, but it is un
usual to have such a long uninterupt
ed spell. Snow commenced falling
before daylight and has continued all
day. The prediction is for fair and
colder tonight and unsettled and cold
er Sunday.
WILL RELEASE
CERTAjll LINES
Government in Also Considering Ex
tension of Operation to Canals
And Waterways.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Jan. 19.—Director
General McAdoo, when summoned be
fore the senate interstate comments
committee today to explain govern
ment operation of railroads, said cer
tain short lino railroads will be re
leased from government operation as
soon as it is determined advisable,
lie said he docs not propose to keep ^
control of unnecessary lines nor
have the government compensate
those not taken over. McAdoo as
serted the canals might be taken over
if the necessity developed and govern
ment operation extended to inland
waterways.
WAS ARRESTED IN SPAIN.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Madrid, Dec. 19.—The Spanish
newspapers have just discovered that
Leon Trotsky, the Russian Bolshe
viki leader, was under arrest in
Spain for a short time in 1916. He
reached Spain from France in Octo
ber of that year but the police, hav
ing learned that he was a “dangerous
anarchist,” arrested him at Vigo,
took him to Madrid and lodged him
at the Central Prison from Novem
ber 4 to 13 pending investigation.
Subsequently, he was released, but
was requested to leave the country,
lie then embarked from Barcelona foi
the United States.
. *tr —
TO DELIVER ADDRESS.
Special to the Independent.
Little Rock, Jan. 19.—The governor
has agreed to deliver an address be
fore the Tri-State Press Association
in Memphis on Friday, January 25, on
“Patriotism of the Press During the
War Crisis.”
The governor has appointed Burton
J. Ellis justice of the peace of Gar
land township, Hempstead county, to
succeed Wesley Harris.
The governor has announced that
Fred Parish, newly appointed clerk
of Jackson county, has been named a
member of the Local Exemption
Board. J
_ •. l
Associated Press Dispatch.
Kansas City, Jan. 19.—Fuel ad
ministrators of Arkansas and othet
southwestern states will meet here
Monday to work out a plan to redis
tribute coal and distributing machin
ery in their states.
itSil_H