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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-08-09

possessions are secure. The moment
We lost our grip on the public press,
that moment the beginning Of the end
is at hand. An enlightened public
would soon strip us of our power,
which power, you gentlemen must
know, is purely a mythical power,
having no real foundation and de
pendent for its existence upon the
ignorance Of the people.
"You know that the people could
get on very well without us, greatly
to their advantage and profit, and
that they will some day do so have
no doubt. But | am not a pessimist.
| have faith in our power to handle
the people through our control and
ownership of the public press.
"Let me warn you, gentlemen, that
there is a grave danger ahead of us.
The labor unions, knowing Of our
control of the daily press, are striving
to develop a press of their own. SO
far they have not been able to make
very much progress. We have the
public buffaloed-if you will permit
one very fitting figure of speech. We
have it buffaloed by our scareheads
and sensational news stories. The
fools don't know the value of their
own press. Still, the danger is there.
The labor press is a real menace to
our mastership over the people, and
nothing should deter US from crush
ing it as we would a viper under our
foot"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-08-09

Mems silk hose-in all colors and
shades-also silk Isle and cotton, all
sizes-all prices.
ROE EMERSON, Cor. 3rd and Main.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-08-09

Now is the time for every union
man to subscribe for a labor paper
Help to spread the news of the COM
mon people.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-15
BOLSHEvIK RULE
 IS IN DISFAvOR WITH PEASANTRY

With the American Forces in North ern Russia, Nov. 15.---(Correspond- ence of The Associated Press )---Rus- sian peasants in this district are glad 70 be freed from Bolshevik rule.
 ''The Bolsheviks promised us that we would have land and peace and plenty" one sturdy old man said to Dhe Associated Press Correspondent, but we soon learned what was their cal theory. It was just this:
 Tonight I go over and steal your tow and tomorrow night you come fiock and cut my throat and steal it lack"
 The peasants here are now settling flown to what they hope will be order t.nd tranquility after a long reign of t3olshevfk terror
 ALI along the roads here one finds. In the evenings, peasants walking back 10 their houses with little bags of food. given them by the Allies. Now V.nd then they are given a can of jam, L. luxury even for the rich in Russia low.
 In one village, which the Allies had iot yet had time to reach with their food supplies, the correspondent found une peasant family eating swan. which they described as exceedingly tough.
 'Tt was e sacred bird with us be .ore," one of the peasants apologized, but we have no meat and the BoI- rheviks killed the fish in our lake with bombs from their airplanes."
 The peasants are working willingly under the kind treatment of British | nd American Russian-spealzing sol tiers. They are very glad to buil1 an rviation field, cutting down many t.cres of thick timber, because they were told the field would be theirs fer UultWatton after the campaign.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-15
GERMAN
 PEOPLE" DEAD,
 LAUzANNE SAYS
"Matin" Editor Cautions Against Over Generosity
 Toward Huns.

Strength was the only thing Ger many understood, Stephsne Lauzanne, ditor of the Paris ''Matin." said in n address before the members of the New York Board of Trade and Trans ,ortation, at POS Broadway. Overgen- ,rosaty would be misinterpreted as weakness, he asserted. Full repara- ion must be demanded, he said, where eparation was possible. The good Herman people" now cheering for ,3olshevism were the same, he pointed Mt, who had cheered the torpedoing # the Dusitania- There were no good German people," he said. ex- 'spt those dead.
 ut Is ridicufUls,' he said, ito speak 4 the good German people'---the anne German people who shouted with glee when the Lusitania was 1nk with little American children. The German Socialists are noisy now. They were silent when Belgium was Invaded, when the Brest- -Litovsk treaty was signed. Then let them be iilent now.
 ''Now, what are our terms? They nre reparation, restitution and guar tGntees, There can be no reparation Tor the Cathedral of Rheims or the killing of women and children! But the fine collections of art taken from private homes and public buildings they must be brought back Factories nave been robbed of their equipment. t must come back and the factories oe restored
 ,"Already three cables have come to he United States from Dr. Soif com blaming of the terms of the arnis- ice. They say we want 900 cars ,lnd 1,2OO locomotives Well, they are .l part of the railway equipment that vas stolen from France and Belgium We want them to come back.
 "AH occupied cities have had to pay enormous indemnities. This amounts 70 more than s3,OO0, ,OoO, eco. These moneys must come back. These things 2xtorted by Germany must now be made good.
 'T speak of 35O 900 houses destroyed n Northern France An army of 100000 men will be required for 20 years to rebuild these homes. These 0O,O0O will have to be furnished by he burners and destroyers.
 mere IS the TeBClUuLEOn or all prov nces occupied by the Germans, wheth- 1T for 4S years or 4S months. Flan- CTS is not different from Alsace-Dor- aina-
 When our boys arrived in Cha eau ThieETy they found packages wrapped and addressed to the good people of packages which contained things stolen from homes n the French city. There were let Eers found, also---letters from the good people of Germany expressing gratitude for similar presents which mad been sent them in the past One etter said that the 35 packages had - been received and that the sender probably would get the golden cross f merit
 ''The best guarantee against the repetition of all these crimes is tht punishment of the criminals, and wC are going to insist upon 1t.
 There are no good German people except those that are dead"
 A resolution advocating a free port Tn New York waters was adopted, bu was stipulated that such a port should be administered by the Fed aral government. Another resolution 3alled for the appointment of a com- m1ttee of members on after-war re organization.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-15
TODAY's ANNIVERSARY.

The first appearance of Cracow iii fhe pages of history was in the early part of the eighth century, when Ora us, who had been elected by the .soles as their duke, built the city with tpoils taken from the Franks. Cra- cow was incorporated in the Austrian crownland of GaHcia 72 years ago {. n 1915, by the treaty of Vienna, Cra- tow was declared to be ''forever'' q free, independent and strictly neutral tity under the protection of Austria, A1ssia and Prussia, and from that lime until Austria violated her treaty Iy grabbing Cracow the city was the center of a tiny republic. Cracow s7as the capital of Poland from 1920 to 1909, and before that had been taken h turn by the Bohernians, Mongo- lans, Swedes and Russians. Austria took 1t in 1795. but Napoleon wrested 1t from that power.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-15

''The people of the United States owe a debt of gratitude to the people of this little island that can never be repaid" The Otranto was sunk in collision with the steamship Kashmir off the Scottish coast with loss of S57 American soldiers.
 United States army officers have been so greatly impressed by the kind ness and hospitality of the islanders that they made a special request Of The Associated Press to carry list of the names of those whose service was particularly notable. From the Laird of Islay, Hugh Morrison, and his wife Lady Mary, down to the done everything in their power to comfort the survivors and help to re- cover the dead.
 Heroic Deeds by Islanders.
 In addition to those already named, the army officers honor list includes David MacTaggart, a farmer, and his wife and son. MacTaggart, who is the chief of the islands volunteer coast lifegusrd, led the rescue parties when the survivors began to come ashore. Standing up to his armpits in the dangerous surf, he pulled out four drowning men, three of whom. were soldiers and the other a mem Der of the crew. All of these, with four other survivors, were taken by MacTaggart's young son to the fam tly's home at Kilchiaran several miles | distant, where they were taken care of until a British destroyer took them to Londonderry.
 Another lifesaver was Andrew Ste venson, a seaman who holds a Carne- gie medal for heroism.
 Others on the army list are Mrs.
 Sarah Hyland, Alex MacMillan, Miss Jeanie KiIlen, Captain Rob Lawson,
 Miss Mary N. Clarke, Miss Flora Mac ! Alpin, Miss Euphemie Currie, Donald Gillespie, Hector Masfadgen, Miss i Kate Clark, Ronald McDugash and
 Miss Mary MacIntyre.
 Many of these already had earned American gratitude by their labors in l connection with the Tuscania disas- 1 ter.
 Colonel Turnbull, head of the con | stabulary of Argyll, is warmly praised l by the army officers for his able ad- ministratiOn of the work of recover 1 ing bodies. Sergeant of Police Nal colm NacNeil, who led the Tuscania rescue work, is also commended for lis tireless labors in recovering the
 Otranto bodies.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-15
DEEDS OF HEROISM BY SCOTTISH
 ISLANDERS SAVE AMERICAN MEN
Many Give Last of Food Supplies to Feed the Men Res cued From the Oranto and Nurse Back to Life Those Who Were Nearly Drowned When Ship Was Sunk in Collision With the Kashmir.

Bridgend, Island of Islay, Scotland, Nov. 15- (Correspondenceof As sociated Press) )-There were tears in the eyes of five American soldiers saw ed from the wrecked troopship Otran- to, when they said goodby today to the good people of the little hamlet of Kilchoman. They had just attended Q simple Sabbath service especially held for them by their friend, the padre, Rev. Donald Grant, in the cottage of the village schoolmistress, Mrs. Isabelle MacTntyre, who had per- sonally cared for seven of the twenty survivors who reached the island, and who with Mrs. Grant, the padre 5 wife, were regarded by the men as second mothers.
 One of the five, Private Earl Gar yer, of Cincinnati, owed his life to Mrs. Grant, who worked for five hours over him before he revived, and who was fighting to save Private VII liam Cooney of Augusta, Ga, critical ly i'll with pneumonia. For years Mrs. Grant was the assistant matrou of a big hospital in Glasgow and Or. Hugh Mcintyre of Bridgend, who
 treated all the Otranto survivors, re- gards her as one of the most skillful nurses in Scotland.
 Big Sergeant c. A. Mcdonald of Calesburg, H., was visibly affected
 over the handshaking, and he said tC The Associated Press representative as they drove away to Bridgend
 That's almost as bad as it was to leave home"
 Give Last of Food to Soldiers. But neither Mcdonald nor any ol his companions realized the extent oi the sacrifice those two women had made for the American boys, or thai of other of the islanders including 3 warmhearted shepherd named Nc. Phee, whose two sons, Ronald and
 John, rescued five men and took foul | of them to their home. In order tC
 provide for their guests, the Grants
 Mrs. MacIntyre and the McPhees not | only gave up their own needed cloth ] ing, but cheerfully used every scraT | of food they had to supply the hungry ! survivors with meals, and were them selves literally starving when Ameri l can Red Cross officers by accident dis I covered the situation and drove twen- | ty miles to a country store to buy pro. | visions to 'replenish the larders of the | good samaritans.
 One of the Red Cross officers 1T 1 recounting to the correspondent thu | relief work of the islanders, conclud. l ed by saying:
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
CHINESE TROOPS
SPREAD TERROR
HONAN DISTRICT
---.W.S.S.-

Correspondence Of Associated Press,
Peking, May 18-Chinese soldiers
are Spreading terror in distinct in
Honan seventy miles by twenty, burn
ing villages and otherwise destroying
properly, and committing all the
crimes common to a state of anarchy,
according to reports to the legation
here.
With the removal Of General w u
Pef-fu, who had some influence with
the troops, the soldiers obtained the
upper hand. The military governor
of the province. Chang Chin-yao, is
said to have built up a military force
by promising recruits the privilege of
looting in lieu of regular Pay. The
Chinese porulation is fleeing from the
district in terror, abandoning their
homes to the mercy Of the maraud-
ers.
A portion Of Honan is ir SIMILAR
straits. The actiuivities OF the rob
bers have led the military governor
of that province to apply to the CEN
trail government for troops to sup
press the Iawlqss elements. The ban
dts have made the districts on the
borders Of Chilli. Horan and Shan
tung their -hanuy hunting grounds, and
they never fail to escape punishment
from the authorities of one province
Nv crossing into another whenever
they are chased by the soldiers.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
STEAMER r E TURNING
FROM A M L S EMENT
PARK STRIKES OBJ
UCTION A n ID
QUICKLY SINKS.
Dancing Floor, Which Was
Crowded With People, Is
Scene Of Panic in Which
Hundreds Are Trampled
to Death.
(By Associated Press)

Peoria, H., July Cone hundred
and fifty is the estimate early today
of the dead as the result OF the sink
ing of the excursion steamer Colum-
bia in the Illinois river at midnight
near here. The Columbia, carrying
more than 500 persons, struck an OBJ
party started from PelIin, fifteen
miles distant from here, early IN the
evening and spent several hlurT d.
cling in an a~usement r9rk near tNl'
city. When the return trip was about
half completed, the steamer RAJ Ino
an obstruction nsar Peoria, du inT Il
fog, and smashed a big hole N the
bow. The man at the wheel signalcd
fu,l speed astern. and as soon as the
vessel cleared the log or rock on
which It struck, il began to settle and
within a few minutes sank, carlyin"
many persons down.
Soon after the steamer struck, a
ranic occurred among the PASSENGERS
ard Vow iumred into the water with
out obtaining life prcservers. Those
who could o"';r1 rna"hod the shore,
only few feet away. The second deck
of the boat, where the dance hal was
lo"oted was crowded when the crash
cave. and ii was here that many wa"e
crr9hod 70 death in the "anic. RaT
Jones. FIREMAN OF the Steamer, eStl-
mated that between $50 and 200 w.
sons were on the dance fIoot when
the boat struck H. believes that
n1anv Of these nerished.
Siftv-siX bodies mosilv those which
had hepn taken bv divers from me
wreck. bod been recovered I'm to 3
o'cIocl. this aftn' noon. II is cStim9tod
thai nearly 100 still remain in the
wreck
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
Mexican EDITORS
VIEW SH.2IAA0S
tEy Associated rrcas)
$3.50 y -. ,--

Oakland, Cal, July G.-'GwcnGy Mex
lean editors and publishers Of news
papers in Mexico, who ha.e been ..~
ing a trip throughout the UnitedStates
as guests of the government, arrived
in Oakland TINS morning. After break
fast they boarded a sJ~ga tll ami .t,. G
taken for a tour Of Oakland daryo-,
where they visited the shipyarJ<, and
later crossed to San Francisco. STOP
ping at the Navel Training Station
Al Goat Island. En- roeta theT w,r,
met by committee Of ,tc san Fran
cisco Chant err Of Commerce. M.u-
bers Of the Qaryy expire sad themselves
as highly grarir'cd by the tip and
said it win % ore good thar any
thing which has happened during the
past ten years to adjust coDaitioas
that exist between the United S'atcs
and Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
TENDANCE At
LABOR MEETING
IS Being URGED
--t\ SIS

D. c. Bitler. secretary Of the County
Council OF DeIeDSe, IS senulGg GU. lot
.ets touay u.gng 1a4nels and 5asl-
le.a men to a,yeaa the mass me@JlLg
10 discuss the labor problem, calI~>.
- Jue county Council Ior next We'd
esuay night. a copy Of the letter
follows;
-Un Wednesday, July 10, al
. CLOCK ?. IA, i meeting VIII be ha.l
n the superior 'couIt room in the
Court House, Ell Centre, to consider
me farm labor situation in Imperial
county. TINS meeting has been oailal
i by the Imperial County Council o. De
fense ana The county farm labor agene
| to give all pe.s0ns interested an Cp-
! portuGlty to learn the seriousness o.
! the farm labor shortage this year.
at is of decided Importance Tor you
or your representative to attend lhlf
meeting W ulouo fan the Success q.
business houses, banks and corpora
tions operating in Imperial county Is
50 closely linked with the farm ia
Dor problem and the efficiency with
which he crops are harvested ina.
this is q time for all to get together
for q common purpose. lou ase III
yited to be at this meeting from the
standpoint CT protecting your oWa
interests as well as from that OF a
mere patriotic duty in time Of war.
Data on the farm labor situation
will be reported to this meeting III the
hopes that a plan Of action may be
devised to provide for harvesting the
county's biggest crops in history, as
shown by the following estimated
acreages: Milo maize, 100000 dctp ;
cotton, 10000 acres; alfalfa, 100000
acres; castor beans, 5000 acres; mis-
cel.aneous crops, $4,000 acres. iot2t
410 600 acres.
"Ihe United States government Is
doing what il can to aid in solving
The farm labor problem. It has been
indicated, however. that those farm
ing communities which do something
along this line to help themselves viii
benefit most by the activities of the
government labor agencies. Organ
ize, get your business men and farmers
together in plan to help themselves
in this farm labor shortage, and you
can count on our help" comes the
message from the government.
THE primary purposes of this
meeting are: To face the actual facts,
discuss them intelligentlv and deter
mine upon the best means Of getting
laLorers for the corn and cotton fiel'S S
this fell. Failure to attend this meet
ing. which is of such great importance
in the war work, or at least to be
represented will he looked upon br
the Council of Defense as q lack Of
patriotic interest in the welfare u the
community. This is no time TO 9ct
Geo,re do IT, This is a time for inn
mediate and effective action, as the
farm labor SHORTAGE is much more Sc
rious than is generally realized. Please
wake it 2 point to be at the meeting
Wednesday,
"Velv tr0'lv VOWS
/ "INP0PrAT COUNTY COUNCIL OF
/ nTFFNCT"
BY D. c. RITLER,
Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
River Drops
to $4,000 Ft.
In "a Hours
tt S..

Reports from the Colorado river a,
Ia4-on Heading today stated that tn
rive. discharge Is Topping very zap
idly Yesterdays re.otJ IIun. ,ay NV
er showed dIs.n~tGe OF 9a,0uy sec
oad-feet Today The discharge was
10000 aecond-te1t
District ocli,iA.s sand they would
not be surprised to seq q Io,9uo-loot
river tomorrow.
At the rate thc liver is dro2pi0g it
become. apparent that a 81. NJ sa1 T.
aye, which may b. eApec.-d II a3au.
ten days, can hardly be avoided. l.
is pointed out thai Jhe.a is d ,ot os
work to do in getting the tre-t.es built
and the railroad track lad before a.
tual work on the new rock weir ca.
be started.
Directors of the Irrigation District
this afternoon were stjtl awaiting Wor&
from Yuma fixing a date for con-
ference on the .oca,icH o. the rev
wcjr. TIE mesea~p IS expected some
5ime his evening, and it IS Lh3ugh'
the dare set for tra conference wl'
~roha5}2 he either Monday or Tues
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
Valley Back to
Desert State,
Dry as Bone
SIS.

Imperial VALLEY today is as dry
as i. was the day before water
first flowed through It's irrigation
canals.
The county ordinance. No. IL
hy name, forbidd.1g The transport
ton Of whisky or beer in ang
quantity into the county, went in
to effect on Jlly 3. On that da,e
imnor,ations ceased.
Because Of . leaky city oldi-
nance at Ca!eXico, the Southern
Pacific up to that time handled
shipments for that city. the ao@
county law, however takes care
Of this. Commercial Agent Sparks
Of The Southern Pacific announced
this morning that his company is
conforming to the letter Of the
law.
Some few shipments may still
be coming in bv trucks, by denu-
ties from Sheriff ArDiestiil's Of
flee are keeping a sharp lookout
alone the mountain roads. Any
whisky or beer gn+tino raet them
IS cominc in insionificant guam
titles and is carefully hidden.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
Il. S. Casualty List.
Ty Asso 5ated Prces)

Washington, July 6,-AImy: Killed
in action, IS; died Of wounds, .; died
in airrlaDe accident, !; died from dis
ease, .; died from accident and other
causes, 8; wounded severely, II, mis-
sing in action, ,. Ma mes: Killed III
action. 6: died Of wounds. Is; wounded
severely q; missiong IN action, IS;
wounded to q decree undetermined 81.
Two hundred ea loads RI era#s@. Z
be shipped lrom the Ealsv, eHa a-H
beginning 10 move in carload lois. 4
total CT four eass had he.H s's.,,7,
Up 10 yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
W.S.G.--
e. A.sn.ialcd Pressl

Washington, July G.-Pleparations
are now being made BY the Allie
along The western front to me-, an
othor heavy German assault. Can,rr
March. CHIEF Or s..fr. told ~aT52ro.
correspondents 1T the weekly cor -
enc=. The situation alone he wasta,r
front he sad has dovaianpd jato con.
tinued "nibh!iuo' by he Allied forces
with complete success hoin~ obtairo'
Tha mos5 imDogsnt Of these faide
from tho American ssani~0ia5. wa
the attack on Va0z, Jn}v ]. carrie
ont b. the Ninth and The Twsnt.
third infa0ay supnorted bv IT,.
Twolfth Firteen'h an Gavento~r1 :
field artillery. all or tha s end p
vision. under comnand Of Major CO"
eral Omar Bombay On The fta'in-
font. the General eoit tNc sttna+ior
has come down 10 a yomn'2ta ocsaoa
ton by the Ita'iaUs of the soo.ho"'
hank Of the Piavo rivsr cxaept 10
one small sector.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
ASK FOR STATE
LABOR OFFICER
MSS

Secretary .. {. BitIer Of the Coual
Council Of Defense, acting on rs
oIutioa passed az its last meeting L..
the council, has written to State La
Dor Commissioner John p. MeDoGIh
in AT San Francisco, asking il il vi,
be possible 10 appoint q d,pH,y .,a.
labor officer to handle cases eX.iu.
siyely in this county.
IN view Of the great number Of "a
boIers now here and the probaullit.
that many more will come, the cola
ell thinks their complaints should be
adjusted quickly,
ii present the labor complaints !.
this coanty are being handled H..
George Gray, deputy labor officer, l..
Gated at San Diego. The council n
nothing but praise for him, but thinks
he viii be unable to handle the grca
volume cf work here.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06

Correspondence of Associated Press}
Detroit, June 25.Nsseamships built
on the Great Lakes are to carry to
the Atlantic coast Fabricated material
sufficient to increase their ,ength by
oG feet after passing Through the Wei
Ind canal. That plan has been
adopted SO thqt larger stcamer 'kan
ever before can be hml1 on the Great
Lakes for ocean service.
Measuring 1900 tons in size when
they leave the yard AZ Great Lake
ports, the vessels viii 70 into service
on the Atlantic ocean measuring G,-Q2
tons. The lake wards are to com
plete the ships t. . lcng,h # 80
feet. At the Wellau cana; they will
be cut in two and q; r., Atlantic coast
a new section 96 l,ce long will bo in
serted in their ol5di', giying them
an ocean-Going IchGth Of 80 feet.
The vessels ire 70 caery tholr owl
fabricated material lo. the additiona
9G feet
Another point OF interest is that
t. ru.tin~ in Nv, OF the .vesse! will
not interfere with is power arrange
mont, which IS to be CARR Il aft, Tins
permitting the insertion If the added
length without delay.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation
expects the Great Lakes diitric. this
year to produce for it aAru. 100 ve<-
se.s.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-06
IN
SIBERIA URGED
w
tBy Associated Press}

Washington, July 6.--The president
has called into conference Secretaries
Lansing, Baker and Daniels, ana Ad
miral Benson, naval chief Of ops.a
tions. No statement of the pnlro.
Of the conference has hcoA given olt
hut it is reported it had to do wtl
the Russian situation. it is knowr
that the president has been earnestly
urged by the Alicse 10 approve mill
taly intervention in Siberia.