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Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
GINNERs MEET.
Special to the Independent.

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and other questions of interest to the ginners. 1t was the unanimous opinion of those present that the law should be repealed, as they do not want it.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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
ORDER |S WORKING NICELY Food Administration Will Make Rec concentrations Concerning Plants
 Related to Food Production.
Associated Press Dispatch.

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 food production.
 Meanwhile reports show that trans portation congestion in the East is 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 we'll as the , day period. Theatres will be allowed to close on some other day instead of Mondays.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
PEACE LETTING
 AGAIN STOPPED
Bolsheviki Are Attacked and Red Guards Kill Five Persons and
 Wound a Dozen.
Associated Press Dispatch.

ASSOclaCeQ HreSS D1SpaCcn.
 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- wiki 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 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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
WILL RELEASE
 CERTAIN LINES
Government is 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 commerce committee today to explain govern ment operation of railroads, said cer- tain short line railroads will be re- leased from government operation as soon as it is determined advisable. He said he does 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. 2sSs
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
WAS ARRESTED IN SPAIN.
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
 Madrid, Dec. 19.-The Spanish newspapers have just discovered that Leon Trotsky, the Russian Bolshe- wiki leader, was under arrest in Spain for short time in 1916 He reached Spain from France in Octo- Der of that year but the police, hav- ing learned that he was dangerous anarchist" arrested him at Vigo, took him to Madrid and lodged him at the Central Prison from Novem- Der to 13 pending investigation. Subsequently, he was released, but was requested to leave the country. He then embarked from Barcelona for the United States.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
CHECKS FOR OLD MEMBERS.
Special to The Independent.

Little Rock, Jan. 19.-Several days ago Adjutant General England pub lished statement that he had checks for the pay of number of men of the old Arkansas regiments last year, and if the owners did not call for them within 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 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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
OFFICIALS MAKE SPLENDID REPORT 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 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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
TO DELIVER ADDRESS.
Special to the Independent.

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, Hampstead county, to succeed Wesley Harris.
 The governor has announced that Fred Parish, newly appointed clerk of Jackson county, has been named 2 member of the Local Exemption Board.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
DISORDER, STRIKES
 AND F00D SCARCITY
"The Beast" Is All That Is Restrain ing People of TeutOnic Ma
 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 Swift 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- ene-half the former allotment police measures against meetings of the workers. A peace demonstration at Vienna on Tuesday night ended in riot, during which, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch, food shops were footed.
 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.
 The Vienna correspondent of the 1 Munich Neuste Nachrichten says the reports of an Austrian cabinet crisis are we'll founded. Dr. Won 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 it's 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- -Ltovsk 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 Won 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 fishes 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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
Late Wire BHefs
Associated Press Dispatch.

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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
COTTON SEED REPORT.
associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
 Washington, Jan. 19.-Cotton seed received at the mills during the five ending December 31 amount ed to 3,172,250 tons, according to a census bureau report. A total of D. 117,187 tons were crushed.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
Associated Press Dispatch.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 1e.-It is re- ported that anumber of lumber manu- featuring plants in southern Missis- sippi continue operating in spite of the fuel administrations closing or der, on the ground that the use of re- fuse from it's own mills, including sawdust and slabs as fuel, is not a violation of the order.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
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 desirable applicants with previous service over forty years last dis charged as privates, should be made to this effect. Mccain.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19

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- CT year to the old reliable Weekly Independent.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
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 PA to 151.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
Associated Press Dispatch.

New York, Jan. 19.-A marked inn 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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19

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.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
ITALIANS STOP
 ENEMY THRUST Plucky Fighters Were Successful Against Huns On Piave Thurs
 day Night.

Associated Press Dispatch.
 Rome, Jan. 19.-It is officially an- nounced that the Italians arrested an enemy attack on a wide front on the lower Piave Thursday night.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19

Associated Press Dispatch.
 Washington, Jan. 19.-The fuel ad- ministration has ordered that heatless day for theatres be changed to Tues days.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
 Kansas City, Jan. 19.-Fuel ad- ministrators of Arkansas and other southwestern states will meet here Monday to work out plan to redis- tribute coal and distributing machine cry in their states.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-17

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Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04
Iowa Aviator Falls With Foe
In Fight, Both Machines Afre
(By Associated Press.)

With the American Army in France,
May 3.-In desperate air fight over
the American lines northwest of Toul
today, Charles w. Chapman, jr., of
Waterloo, Ia, and a German pilot
with whom he was fighting, plunged
to earth inside the German lines,
both their machines wrapped in flames.
1t was shortly after 9 o'clock this
morning when five American patrol
ing machines left the ground, one after
the other. They circled above the
hangers until they got into V-shape
formation. Then, with the roar of
motors, they hit for the line.
They had patrolled the section once
and were starting on second tour.
when sparkling specks were seen in
the sky far away within the German
lines. The American airmen turned
quickly, but kept their formation. The
men in the front lines watched the two
formations and saw the German group
continue on its course and the Amer
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04
FAIR and FIRM
TO Be SLOGAN OF
STATE FOOD men
County Administrators Gather
at Banquet; To Use "Card"
System if Found to Be
Necessary. -

Fair and firm was the slogan last
night of banquet to the county food
administrators of : Nebraska in the
palm room of Hotel Fontenelle, with
Gurdon w. Wattles, state administra.
tor, as toastrnaster, and ]. S. Halo
we'll, organizer for Administrator
Herbert c. Hoover, the guest OF
honor.
Benjamin A. Eye made what was
probably the principal speech of the
evening. Mr.. Eye is a.feld agent
for the state food administration.
DUTY and Opportunity" was the
theme uponAwhich he spoke.
..s Must Do Our All.
"We do not want food cards." he
declared, "but When food cards be-
come necessary in this country to win
this war, which we are determined to
win, then food administrators will not
hesitate to put them into effect. 1t
is not to do our Bit but to do our
all. Duty is the thing that must be
done, but it will not be done until
we do it."
E. M. Fairfield second state dep
uty in charge of the enforcement di-
version, gave the county administra-
tors number Of suggestions pertain
ing to observance Of food regulations.
Mrs. A. E. Dawson of Lincoln, who
is at the head of the college women's
organization, informed the administra-
tors that if the time came when lit
was necessary for women of Nebraska
to do farm work, then the college wo-
men would be first to lead.
Tribute From Hallowell.
Senator John F. Cordeal Of Red
Willow county, Prof c. w. Pugsley
of the University Of Nebraska and
John D. Haskell, Dixon county, were
other speakers.
Final remarks were made by Mr..
Hallowell, who paid tribute to the
efficient food administration main
tanned in Nebraska. At this juncture
a poem was read by county admin
istrator, too modest to reveal his
identity. 1t follows:
Some people were made TO be soldiers,
But the Irish were made to be cops.
Ssuerkraut was made for the Germans,
And spaghetti was made for tho wops.
Fishes were made to drink water,
Buns were made to drink booze;
Banks were made for money,
And money was made for the Jews.
Everything was made for something,
Most everything but q miser;
God made Hoover for food administrator,
But who in the HI made the kaiser?
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04

ican planes starting out to head them
off.
The American pilots soon recog-
nized the other formation was Ger
man and went up higher, but the
enemy did not seem to see them until
the Americans were almost overhead.
Suddenly the American formation
took dive toward the Germans, who
swung about sharply. Then the ma
chine guns came into action and the
battle was on, while watchers on the
ground were unable to tell which was
which, as all 70 machines darted in
and out, up and down and turned and
banked.
Then one machine, German, left
the formation, and another, in which
was Chapman. followed. his gun spit
ting bullets. The German banked and
Chapman did likewise, while both
were pouring lead into each other.
Two bursts OF fame were seen and
the machines went spinning down,
long tails of fire and smoke streaming
out behind them -~- ---~~
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04

Charles E. Niswonger, of the Blan-
chard- d-Niswonger Elevator company
and vice president of the Omaha
Grain Exchange, died. at his home,
1920 Chicago street, Friday evening,
aged 4o years.
Mr.. Niswonger is survived by his
'Sidow, who is a daughter of Captain
O. H. Swingley, realtor in the Bee
building. He came to Omaha from
Memphis, Tenn, 10 years ago, to en-
gage in the grain business. He was
active and prominent in grain trade
circles after that time, and for years
had served on the board of directors
of the Omaha Grain Exchange.
Mr.. Niswonger had been in failing
health for five years.
Funeral services will be held at
All Saints Episcopal church. of
which Mr.. Niswonger was a COM
municant, at o'clock Sunday after
noon, DR.. Mackay officiating, and in.
terment will be in West Lawn.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04

Hot Springs, Ark, May 3.-If com.
Portable women" in truth desire "to
help democracy prevail" they must
undertake "the long insistent,s stern
task Of abolishing poverty" Miss Julia
c. Lathrop, chief of the children's 1
bureau of the federal department. OF
labor, tonight told the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, here.
"We must be wiling to work and
sacrifice and vote for democratic
standards of life, for conditions ol
work which do not carelessly destroy
the health of workers and for pay
which makes independent, self-re-
specting life possible fof the family
The hazards of peace need safeguard
ing as do the risks OF war; said Miss
Lathrop. She added:
"A great London merchant said
lately that the luxury trade was gone
in the London shops. 1t will be well
for us if it goes in our shops. II
we decide that the abolition of pow
crty-is a necessity of the democratic
SldtC dHu tlOt dH 'uildttdIlldDiC iuNui y
it can be accomplished in our own
day, even in the throes Of war. This
is great task, but women can no
longer hold .aloof from any Of the
great tasks of social justice.
Mob Violence Inexcusable.
"No war was ever entered into with
A nobler aim than ours of TODAY and
noble heroism follows; but the tense
excitement of the time has let loose
also the unwholesome mob violence
of those who run to meet a pretext
for taking law into their own hands
or more truly for defying law. Women
know that no spirit can be more dam
gerous to democracy than tile mob
spirit. 1t is a moral epidemic like the
plague.
"Those who make laws have no ex.
cuse for disobeyingS them and there.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04
HOLLAND FORCED
TO GIVE GERMANS
USE OF RAILROAD
Hamburg Paper Says The
Hague Yielded to Military
Demand for Transit of
War Materials.
Z lBy AssocInted Pres..l

London, May Sin an article re-
garding the disagreement which has
arisen between Holland and Germany
the Nachrichtcn of Hamburg says that
unrestricted facilities for transporting
goods across the Dutch province 81
Limburg, from Germany to Belgium
would be of great value to the German
high command, and that its use is be.
coming needed more greatly as the
battles on the western front rage more
violently and the requirements for
men and material increase,
The Dutch government, however,
took the stand that there must be no
transit of war materials through Linz
burg. The newspaper argues that Hol-
lands resistance to Germany's de-
inands in this regard has been due to
strong entente pressure.
The Dutch foreign minister assumed
an authoritative attitude toward the
German minister at The Hague, and
spoke of casus belli, the newspaper
continues, and the German minister
did not answer in the right tone. Per-
haps he did not wish to, believing
that Germany would have to be called,
as heretofore. But in the present cases
Germany will not be obliged to yield,
the newspaper asserts, because the
transit question is mainly question OF
warfare and is not within the province
Of the German foreign office.
'In the circumstances" the Mach
richten adds, "the result could not be
in doubt. The German demand had to
be carried through in the main and
we believe The Hague has perceived
the necessity and acted accordingly"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04
Steel and IRON
TAKEN over FOR
WAR PURPOSES
Surplus Will Be Distributed by
Government; Passenger Auto
mobile Industry to Be Cut
Seventy-Five Per Cent.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, May 3.-Evcry ton Of
steel and pig iron in the country
virtually has been Communicated by
the government for war purposes
and any Surplus remaining, AVER wal
needs are met. will be distributed to
non-war industries under strict gov
ernment supervision.
This was learned officially to-
day following publication in New
York Of minutes Of meeting there
last Friday attended by the chief steel
men O. the country and J. Leonard
Replogle, director of steel for the
war industries board. At that meet
ing Mr.. Replogle announced the
governments new policy to guarantee
a constant supply Of steel for the
nations. war activities. He told the
steel men they would be required to
devote their entire capacity to war
orders, and they signed pledge
agreeing to this plan.
Automobile Industry Curtailed.
The passenger automobile industry,
one of the largest consumers of steel
of the so-called less essential indus
tries, will be among the first to feel
the effect of the new policy. The
governments and allies steel require
ments will necessitate rs per cent
curtailment of the passenger automo-
bile industry or possibly greater re-
sriction.
Other less essential industries, large
users of steel, will likewise be af-
fected, particularly commercial and
private building construction.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04
Poles Take Control Of
ChoIm District iINlJkraine

London, May IA dispatch from
K;ev to Copenhagen, as forwarded BY
the Exchange Telegraph, says that
the Cholm district, which under tlas
Brest-Litoyak treaty was given to the
Ukraine, has been taken over COM
pletely by the Poles. Polish func-
tionaries have been appointed and
Polish courts have been established.
The Cholm district was included in
Russian Poland. A large number Of
its inhabitants are Poles. When the
Ukrainians declared their independ-
ence OF Russia, they laid claim to this
territory and under the arrangement
made at Brest-Litovsk it was included
in the Ukraipe. This caused great
dissatisfaction in the Polish state set
up by the Germans and Austrians, and
for a time threatened to bring on =
crisis in its relations with the central
onuferc ~ =
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-04
Honor Roll Pledges Expected to
Realize Billion or Two Over
subscription by End Of
Campaign Tonight.

Washington, May 3.-With only
one day Of third Liberty loan GAM
paign remaining the total of subscrip-
tions tonight rose nearly to the $3,0OO,-
100000 level, leaving the big task for
loan workers to gather enough honor
roll pledges to insure the billion or
two r-subscriptions sought by the
treasury.
Official reports tonight showed
$2,940, $4,000, an increase since last
night of $lS9, ,2S3, 200, which is the big
gest days business recorded since
the campaign opened four weeks ago.
The campaign closes officially mid
night Saturday, local time, and most Of
the country's $4,000 banks will remain
open through the evening to accom-
modate procrastinating bond buyers.
Without doubt, the day will be the
biggest of the campaign. The total
will be boosted tomorrow by the
recording subscriptions already made
but not supported by initial payments