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The Delta independent., 1919-01-03
FOREIGN

The map of Europe was being re-
made as the year 1918 came TO n close.
The Czecho-Slovak republic was al
ready in existence before the close of
the war. having been recognized as an
independent belligerent government 10y
the United States, Great Britain,
France and Italy. but the coming of
peace saw the formal establishment of
this new government at Prague. The
end OF the war also practically assured
the rising of great new Poland, made
up of most, if not all. of the territory
divided up years ago among Germany.
Austria and Russia. Finland threw
on the shackles placed upon her by
Russia and out of the turmoil of civil
war emerged as a free and independent
hauoh. The peoples of other smaller
subject states asserted their independ-
ence.
CIVIL war continued TO threaten, the
new republic OF China throughout the
year. Hsu Shih Chang was elected
president of the republic on Septem
Der and during the next few months
reports indicated n possibility of an
agreement being reached between the
northern and southern sections of the
country.
feru and Chile We're reported on the
DRINK OF war during the closing weeks
OF the year. The trouble between
THESE countries was an outgrowth of
the nitrate war of Years ago in which
thiie won Taona and africa.
pr. Sidonia Paes president OF Por-
.usal was shot and killed at Lisbon.
december II. The assassin was Killed
~ the crowd that witnessed the crime.
TWO days later Admiral Canto Y. Cas- |
no was elected president of Portugal. |
ON December l6 the Finnish diet
lected General Mannerheim regent of
'inland.
The Delta independent., 1919-01-03
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

LABOR unrest. resulting in many
strikes threatened to seriously ham.
per the governments war preparations
early in the year but through a spirit
of cooperation shown by both labor
and capital the danger was ayerteJ ,pd
there was little labor trouble ,lurinc-
the greater part of the year.
During the early days Of the Yea,
liSafection appeared among the work.
srs in the shipyards and by February
l. the situation had assumed n serious
| aspect with strikes in effect In five
Yards Ky February l6 the strike had
spread still further in spite of an nd.
'ancc In wages announced by the In.
nor adjustment board.
ON Fehruary II, President Wilson.
n ietter to William l.. Hutchinson.
'cad of the United Brotherhood of Car.
rcnters and Joiners. concerning the
'hip carpenters STRIKE. denied the rjrh,
If labor to strike ut that critical jup,.
ure. viii you cooperate or viii Won
'hstruct'" the president asked. The
vorkmen responded To the presidents
,ppeni and the strike was declnr,,, nr
" the same time Secretary of 4 ,nr
wilson announced the personnri Of a
tationai board of labor. to he cam.
'oscd Of representatives OF both labor
md capital. On February 81 this hoard
opened conference for the pu.posc of
establishing n basis for the settlement
II disputes during the war Former
resident William n. Taft. chosen h,
he employers. and Frank p. Walsh.
elected by the labor organizations, nj.
ernated us chairman This confer.
nee on March 70. rcnched an agree.
nent providing that NIL labor disputes
RISING during the war should he sub.
uittcd ia hoard of mu,ia,lon. This
rr"enien' wn~ adhered tu by both .,n.
'"yers and employees anil cpnpur,.
The Delta independent., 1919-01-03
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

Practically every phase Of American
iife felt the dominating influence of
war throughout the year 1918
In the field of national Legislation
womnn's suffrage and nationwide. pro.
hibition were urged rs war measures
The womun's suffrage amendmen,
was defeated In the senate October l
after having passed the house
nationwide prohibition measure IN
become effective June 30 1919. WINS
enacted by congress and approved nv
the president November 80. On Sen.
iember President Wilson hnd or.
dcred the manufacture of malt liouor
stopped on December l, as a food.
conservation measure
The government. early In the year
began to tighten Its control over indus
try and business for the purpose Of
furthering war efforts and protecting
the public. On January 10, to relieve n
serious coal shortage which threatened
to delay the shipment OF war supplies
to France. Fuel Administrator Garfield
ordered general shutdown Of indus.
try and business In all states east of
the Mississippi river for u period of
i've days and ten succeeding Mondays.
I'm February Is the order for heatless
WAS rescipded,
The Delta independent., 1919-01-03
NEUROLOGY

Death took heavy toll among men
and women prominent in public life
| during the year 1918. The list in
cludes the following:
January 12, United States Senator
James H. Brady of Idaho: January IA.
Maj. A. P. Gardner, former congress
man from Massachusetts. who re-
signed TO enter the army: January 30.
United States Senator William Hughes
of New Jersey.
February >, John l.. Sullivan. former
heavyweight champion. at West Abing.
ton. Mass.c February 10, Abdul Hamid,
former sultan of Turkey: February
IA, Sir Cecil SpringRice. former Brit
ish ambassador TO America.
March 6. John Redmond. Irish Ma
uonaliSt leader at London: March o,
George Won l.. Meyer, former cabinet
member and diplomat. at Boston.
April IL. United States Senator
II. +. BrouSsard of Louisiana; April IA,
United States Senator William Joel
Stone of Missouri.
May Il. James Gordon Bennett. pro
prietor of the New York Herald. at
Paris
June g. Ramon NJ Valdez. president
Of Panama: June 1, Charles Warren
Fairbanks, former vice president, at
Indianapolis.
July 3. Mohammed V. sultan of Tun
key: Niscount Rhondda. British food
controller. and United States Senator
benjamin K. Tillman of South Caro-
lina; July -, Gustav Kobbe. Ame~'can
author and critic.
August s Max Rosenthai, famous
artist, NJ Philadelphia: August ~.
Nnnn Held. famous actress. nj New
York; August II, United States Sem
TOR Jacob II. Gallinger OF New Hamp-
shire: August IS United States Sena-
or ollie NJ. James of Kentucky.
September II. Cardinal John NJ. Far
ley, archbishop OF New York: Sepfem-
Yer ~. John Ireland. Catholic arch
bishop Of 81. Paul.
October -. Charles Lecucq, French
composer
November 1. Mrs. Russell Sage Wild
wv "f famous fnancier, al New York.
~. Andrew White. noted educator md
iirloniat: November s. Robert i. Col
'rr editor and publisher, Novembef
:, Gen. II. G.. King soldier and au-
i"r. in New York November 10. up.
Il. Van Hise. president OF University
WISCONSIN; Joseph r. Smith. lrea-
"u of Mormon church.
December .. Edmond Rostand. n
"us French playwright and post
Copyright. 1918. by Mcclure Nsvpua,>v
SvsdicataS
The Delta independent., 1919-01-03

congress increased the safeguards
thrown about war industries nv oass-
ing the Sabotage" bill carrying pen
alties of $4,000 fine and 30 years I'M
prisonment for destruction of war ma
terialS or interference with war indus
tries. President Wilson signed this
measure on April 20. The government
also prosecuted vigorously many per-
sons accused of violation of the espion-
age act. On August IT, 100 members
OF the |. w. w. were convicted of dis
loyalty in the federal court at Chicago
a1ter trial lasting several months.
government control of the railroads
was followed during this year by gov
ernment control of all telegraph and
telephone lines. Congress on July 13
authorized the president to take CON
trol OF the wires and the government
assumed control on July 81. On No
vember IL, the government also took
control of all Atlantic cable lines.
The first general election since the
United States entered the war was
heiu on November B. The Republicans
won both houses of congress. the SEN
ate by majority of two and the
mouse by a margin of more than forty.
During September. October and No
vember the entire country was swept
by serious epidemic of Spanish in
huenza. Thousands of soldiers in the
army camps and other thousands of
civilians succumbed thereto and to
pneumonia.
The country was surprised on No
vember % by the resignation of Will
liam G. McAdoo as secretary of the
treasury and director general of the
railroads. Representative Carter Glass
OF Virginia was named to succeed Mr..
McAdoo as secretary of the treasury
December 8.
On November 2s Governor Stephens
OF California commuted to life impris-
onment the death sentence of Thomas
j. Mooney, convicted in connection
with the death Of ten persons from a
bomb explosion in San Francisco dur
ing preparedness parade July %.
1916.
Plan for making the United States
navy second to that OF no other couu-
Try for 1928 were disclosed to congress
oy Rear Admiral Badger. chairman of |
he executive committee of the general |
board of the navy December IL.
The Delta independent., 1919-01-03
BY DONALD r. BIGGS.

More history has been made in the
year 1918 than in any year that has
passed since time began. This mo-
mentous twelve months period comes
to close with the world ut peace af-
ter more than four years Of the most
sanguinary fighting of this or any
other age.
During the year great nations have
crumbled, new nations have sprung
into being. thrones have tot;ered and
fallen. monarchs who once ruled hun
dreds of millions Of people with an
iron hand have fed for their lives or
nave fallen victim to the wrath of peo-
pies Intoxicated by their new-won
freedom.
The coming of pence finds America
ana her allies strong and fully able
to meet the responsibilities that come
with victory. On the other hand Ii
hnds the nations responsible for the
world cataclysm exhausted and torn
by civil disorders that nre born OF de-
feat. II finds the once great empire of
Austria Hungary In ruins from which
there are already rising new free ma
tons. II finds the German empire dis
rupted and threatened with dissolu-
hon.
The end of the war finds Russia I'm
the throes Of civil war. The world gets
only fragments OF news regarding the
real situation in the land of the former
ear, but these fragments have told n
terrible story of anarchy and class
strife In which thousands of persons
have perished. slain in bloody riots or
ruthlessly executed by the bolshevik
leaders who control large part of the
once great empire. Peace finds the
menace of autocrntic mllltarism sup
planted by the menace of bolshevism.
which is attempting TO extend its an
archistic propaganda throughout the
world.
But, amid all the uncertainties that
peace has brought. the world rejoices
That the last citadel of autocracy has
been swept away before the rising tide
,f democracy. giving assurance that
he millions who died upon the field OF
battle did not die in vain. Brighter
lays for all mankind have dawncd
With the passing of the year 1918.
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HOW THE WAR WAS WON

The year opened with the opinion
generally prevailing that the world
war could not be brought to conclu-
sion In less than eighteen months. II
was an open secret that the German
high command was planning to make
a supreme effort on the western front
and during the cariy days OF 1918 It
was known that many divisions of
Germnn troops, released from the Rus
sian front. were being transferred to
the west front in preparation for the
grand offensive.
Interest during these days centered
In events that were transplring In
Russia and In long-rangc peace discus.
sions In which President Wilson and
Chancellor Won Hes;ling figured. on
January President Wilson. in AN nd
dress TO congress. promulgated the
famous I'D points which he declared
should form the basis of world pence
In Russia Premier Lenine and For
eign Minister Trotzky intrenched
themselves In power by dissolving the
constituent assembly which met nj Pc
rogrnd January is. on January u
an nli-Russian congress OF sovieis was
convened to replace the constituent as
sembly. There was little activity on
any front during the month. but on
January 20 It was announced officially
thnt American troops were holding
tront-line trenches In France. occupy.
Ing n sector northwest OF Toul
The Americans holding this sector
received their baptism OF fire when
they rcpulsed n vigorous Germnn raid.
The Americans lost two killed. four
wounded and one missing. On Febru-
AIRY the steamer Tuscania. cnrryiny
E'iW American soldiers. wns torpe-
doed ana sunk. with loss OF I59
lives. On February o the Ukrnine
signed separate treaty OF pcnce with
the central powers.
Conditions in Russin continued tn
be chnotic. The bolshcviki declared
the war with Germany over hut re.
FUSED to sign the pence treaty demand.
rd by Germany. The Germans there.
upon renewed hostllitics ngninst Rms
sia, capturing Reval. Russinn nuynl
base. ana advancing on Pciroyrnd J.r
nine ana Trotzky then announced thut
Russia wns forced to nccept the Ger.
man pence terms. On March 4 m,
Russian delegates NJ Brest. I.itoysk
hghed the peace trenty with Germany.
Germans Begin Great Drive.
On March 81 the long -herni,,ed of
'cnsive OF the Germans was lnun, ,,,,d.
A terrific blow was delivered against
the British lines on front of more
nan no miles. extending from the RIy.
sr olse. near In Fere. to the S.nsee
liver, about CrolseIles. Wave nr,er
wave Of the finest Gerinun troops we're
hurled nj the British lines. and in N
'ew days had advanced 10 miles. rh,
srtiSh Firth army at 'hr point where
touched the Frensh lines wus rom.
n. "nd Tor time the allies ru,pc ,,s.
'Ster. the Germann ,ontlnm., ~ pusb
and at the end NJ n dpys
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lively few strikes occurred during the
remainder of the year
DISASTERS

Fires. railroad accidents and explo-
S'oas took n heavy toll of human life
%" land during the year 1918 while the
elements combined with the torpedoes
of the German U-boats to send thou
sands of innocent persons including
women and children to their death at
sea.
Fifty-two children met death in a
hre which destroyed a convent at Mon
treal. Canada, February IA. February
"A the liner Florizel bound from St.
Johns. \. F.. to New York, was
wrecked by blizzard near Cape Race
and % lives were lost.
Seventy inmates of an insane asylum
at Norman, Okla, Were killed in a fire
which destroyed that institution April
l3.
On May l the Savannah liner CITY of
Athens was sunk in n collision with
French cruiser off the Delaware coast
and 66 lives We're lost. on May 1S
nearly hundred persons were killed
bF explosions in the Aetna Chemical
plant near Pittsburgh. Pa.
SiXty-three persons. including we'll
known circus performers, perished
when circus train was wrecked at
Gary, Ind. June Do Fifty persons were
killed by the collapse of a building at
Sioux City. Ia. June 30.
A small factory explosion in England
killed 30 persons July l and on the fol-
lowing day an explosion in a munitions
plant near Syracuse. \. Y, killed IS.
ElShty-hve merrymakers perished
when an excursion boat sank in the
Illinois river July 5. A hundred per-
sons were killed in collision between
two trains lear Nashville. Tenn.
July g.
tornado swept part of Minnesota
August 21. killing so persons at Tyler
and Connors
On October 6 the United States trans
port Otranto was sunk in collision of
the Irish coast and $50 persons lost
their lives. Four hundred were lost
when the British mail boat Leinster
was torpedoed and sunk October 10.
A series of terrific explosions in a
shell-loading plant at Morgan, n. J.,
on October killed "a persons and de-
stroyed vast amount of property. A
severe earthquake which caused the
death of 13O persons was reported in
Porto Rico October IL Great forest
fires ragged in northeastern Minnesota
during October. Many towns were de-
stroyed and about 1000 lives We're lost.
On October % the steamship Princess
Sophia was wrecked on the Alaskan
coast and 343 were lost.
Ninety-eight persons were killed No
vember l in wreck on the BROOKLYN
Rapid Transit lines. On November 81.
about 1.5o0 persons were reported
killed by the explosion of German mu-
lition trains en- route from Belgium to
Germany.
One of the most unusual cases in
maritime history was that of the
United States navy collier Cyclops.
which disappeared at sea while bound
rom the West Indies to an American
Atlantic port. Announcement was
made April IA that the boat. with 29S
'ersons on board. was a month over
ue. Not single trace of the boat
r its passengers and crew was ever
ound. and the fate of the vessel II
omplete mystery.
The Delta independent., 1919-01-03
REVIEW OF YEAR THAT BROUGHT PEACE
+. TO WORLD AFTER FOUR YEARS Of WAR

Germany and Her Allies Are Crushed and Forced to Accent Such
Terms as Winners Dctate-Unted States Supplies Power
That Turns Tde-President Wilson Joins Other Demo-
cratic Rulers of World in Great Peace Conuress at
Versales-0ld Nations CrunbIe and New Ones
Are Formed-Russa Torn by Disorders
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-04

for Is minutes in boiling, salted
water. Drain and cut in halves
Alengthways. Put in a CREASED pan.
Make . syrup by boiling sugar and
water. Add butter. Pour syrup over
potatoes and bake 80 minutes, bast-
ing twice with syrup in the pan.
Calf Brain Outlet.
] egg. Y I. pepper.
Cook brain in salted, boiling water
for IS minutes. Drain, remove out.
side tissue and cool. When cold
cut in thin slices, dip in egg and
seasoned bread crumbs, and fry in
frying pan with hot fat until brown
on both sides.
Scalloped Rice and Cheese.
: %: !; ..s;.s s!ss; cheese. l ( !; RiIs. RsRs'''
Cook rice in salted water. When
soft, drain. Add grated cheese and
seasoning. Put in creased dish.
Pour milk on top. Bake until
brown.
Maple Tapioca Pudding.
xslsSsstsa tssassa; yol1 r.. bssHs sSs9sF sugar
as. a0s eft ssft. " C. milk
Soak tapioca in cold water to
cover, then cook in double boiler
until clear. Add the well-beaten
yolk of the egg, salt, butter, brown
sugar and milk. Mix thoroughly,
then stir in stiffly beaten white of
egg and bake in Individual custard
dishes for IS minutes in moderate
oven.
Mock Rarebit.
,;,,l c; diluted svap. It dIso ,Isu'; or butter
/ c. grated American Salt and paprika.
cheese. slices toast.
Melt the butter over a moderate
heat, stir in flour and seasonings, add
hot diluted evaporated milk, a little
at time, stirring constantly, allow
ing the mixture to thicken between
each addition Of milk. Remove to
double boiler and add grated cheese.
Stir until cheese is melted and serve
over toast. Dust with paprika.
Always sift -four once before
measuring.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-04

Social Settlement Dance.
A social dance will be given Sat
urday night at the Settlement house.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-04
Readers Recipes
Sweet Potato Chips.

(Mrs Samuel semple, Past-President
Pennsylvania Federation Women's clubs.)
Slice very thin or cut in slender
strips just as is done with white po-
tatoes for similar use. Drop in cold
water for few minutes, fry in deep
fat Sprinkle slightly with salt while
warm. These are delicious
In these days of soaring meat
prices, the following substitute for
meat course will be welcome:
Egg Chops
Miss Anna johnson, New Century Club,
Philadelphia.)
6 eggs. cup milk,
j tablespoon butter. tabIespoonfuls
Pepper and salt to flour
taste. l can peas.
Boil FIVE eggs very hard Rub the
yolks through a sieve and chop the
whites fairly fine. Put milk over
the fire in double boiler. Rub to-
gether -four and butter with one
beaten egg Mix with this little of
the warm milk, afterward stirring
the mixture into the boiling milk;
season with salt and pepper, cook
until thick and smooth.
Take from fire. When cooled stir
into it the prepared, yolks and
whites. When cold enough to han
die, mold into chops, dip in eggs
and crumbs and fry delicate brown.
Serve with peas
When properly made, this is a
very delicate and appetizing dish.
Marshsrallow Rice Pudding.
. cupfuls Of cooked l dozen marshmal-
rice. lows.
cupfuls of milk. corn syrup.
Place the rice in a baking dish;
beat the egg, add to the milk and
stir in the syrup. Pour this over the
rice and bake until firm. Take from
the oven, cover the top with marsh
mallows cut into small pieces. Re-
turn to the oven, and bake until
the marshmallows are melted and
slightly brown
Quick Nut-and- -Raisin Bread.
4 cupfuls Of whole wheat flour
2 teaspoonfuls of salt.
8 teaspoonfuls Of baking powder GeveD.
l.
nuts or peanuts put through the food
chopper will do).
cupful Of seeded raisins.
Milk to make a soft dough.
Sift> the hour, salt and baking
powder into a mixing bowl; rub the
peanut butter in lightly, and the
raisins, which have been washed,
dried and Toured. Mix well, and
then add enough milk to make a
soft dough. Bake in well-greased
bread pan in a moderate oven from
/ 80 to 40 minutes.
Amber Marmalade
1 small pineapple. l grapefruit.
| ! orange
! All sliced thin or run through the grinder.
| Use three bowls of cold water to
one of mixed fruit and let stand over
night The next morning boil hard
for IS minutes. ct is better to d.
vide in several kettles) Let stand
"a hours. Measure equal parts OF
sugar and fruit Boil from to ~
hours, or until it jellies.
The above can readily be made as
given, omitting the pineapple when
they are. not obtainable
Plain Cookies.
3 c. flour. Fat 4 T. melted.
t. baking All, powder; "a; .usss; %sss,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-04
CLUBDON1

right of the commission to publish
the names Of those employers paying
less than the minimum rate. The
Nebraska minimum wage commits
sion consists of four members-"the
governor, deputy commissioner OF
labor, 4 professor Of political coon
omy in the state university and one
other citizen of the state" The law
specifies that one of these members
must be . woman.
It is interesting to know -what
other states are doing. The high
est minimum wage ever fixed,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-04
Gladness

I am tho elfin spirit you heard In the
springtime glade;
I am the whisp of wonder you took for
a dancing maid;
I am the dewy sparkle Of the young grass
in the spring;
am the fairy fancy that flies on an
April wing.
I am the silver bubble you saw on the
ripping stream
1 am the childhood chatter you heard In
a day of dream;
I am the bloom Of the meadow, the deli
cate green of the rye;
I am the violet morning that blooms In Z
sapphire sky.
I am the song forgotten that slips from
the vale of sleeps
Light as . whisper Of moonlight over and
on the deep;
I am the length unmeasured, am the
height unknown
Between the gates Of the portal and the
armpost OF the throne.
am the whispered music you listened
to yesterday
When you thought the children Of sum-
mer had come to the world to stay;
I am the magic moment in the life that
knows loves spell
When lips touch lips and the music Of
Eden II In the dell. \
Baltimore Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-04

X t. cinnamon. I egg.
Few nutmeg gratings.1 t. vanilla.
Mix and sift flour, salt, baking
powder and spices. Heat the water
and dissolve the sugar and add the
fat. Add the liquid to the dry ma
terials in the bowl. Add the vanilla
and a thoroughly beaten egg. Beat
the mixture we'll. Drop from a
teaspoon onto well-greased pan.
Bake in a moderate oven IS min
utes. This should make about 50
cookies.
Glazed Sweet Potatoes.
6 medium-sized potatoes. " C. brown s'r.
T. water. T. butter.
Wash and pare potatoes. Cook
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-04
Result of Conservation

I saw him take the paper, and
Turn to the Household Page,
Then scan the columns up and down.,
AS one who all would gauge.
Aha" he muttered to himself,
Here's How to Make Rice Fritters,'
And How to Utilize Cold Beer
And Home Stomach Bitters'."
Then from his pocket forth he took
A pair of scissors, small
And severed from the printed page
The helpful hints and all.
He clipped '"rhe Way to Scramble EGGS
And How to Make Peach Butter"
As well as half dozen more.
That's all"-again his mutter.
"A thoughtful man." at once unused.
"A man who cares for things;
Who loves the calm, contented song
The home teakettle sings"
DO you" asked, preserve those notes
80 that your wife may eye them?"
mot much" he 'growled. IT cut them OUT
$50 she won't get to try them
Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-04
Minima for Women.

Have we a minimum wage law in
Nebraska" was recently asked the
woman's department Of The Bee.
There 10 . minimum law on the
statute books of this state, but it
does not call for 4 specific minimum
sum to be paid women workers.
Rather, it provides for a commission
which fixes the minimum wage upon
the recommendation of advisory
wage boards made up Of employers,
employees and the public. The only
power of enforcement lies in the