INSTITUTIONS REQUIRE THAT
FARMERS RAISE A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE OF FEED.
FINANCIERS BACK THE PLAN
Little Rock Bankers Say That Present
Plan Will Be Of Much Value To
The Farmes. Drastic Action
Necessary At This Time.
Conway-—-The announced determin
ation of Conway hanks not to extend
further credit to farmers who fail to
produce their feed is being heartily
endorsed by Little Rock and other
hankers. In a letter received from
them, E. J. Bod man, connected with a
Little Rock bank says:
“It is so good that I would like to
■end a copy of this letter to each bank
In the state. Can you give me 500
copies? I also want to send this to
members of the Agricultural Commis
sion of the American Bankers’ Associ
ation. To my mind it is one of the
strongest and best letters I have ever
seen”
W. A. Hicks, prominent Little Rock
Banker, says in a letter to Vice Presi
dent Frank Farris of the Farmers
State Bank:
“1 am in receipt of the circular let ;
ter signed by the three hanks of Con
way. addressed to your customers re j
gardtng the feed situation.
“I am very much surprised that the
banks of Conway should issue a let
ter of this character. What do you
■uppose the farmers of Illinois and
other grain raising states are going
to do with their corn, oats, etc., unless
they sell it to poor suckers in Arkan
sas and other Southern states? If
every bank in Arkansas and other
Southern states should take the stand
you are taking, the farmers in the
^rain belt would no doubt form an
army of invasion and come South,
running us out of our own country.
“Seriously speaking, you are to be
congratulated upon the stand that you
are taking. You letter is strong and j
to the point, and there is just one
thing left for you to do, and that is, j
■tand by what you letter says- It is !
going to take just such drastic work
as this to make farmers throughout
Arkansas realize what it means to
raise their own feed, and there is no
better way to do it than to discontinue
credit. You certainly have our comp
liments for the stand you are taking.”
Newport—The Rev.C. F. McDonald,
pastor of the Baptist church at Tuck
®rman for the past two years, has
tendered his resignation, effective
April 1, and has accepted a call to the
church at Portland.
Russellvile — Since the announce
ment was made that the Russellville
High school will be continued for the
ninth month as a subscription school.
Superintendent McAnear has received
assurance from a majority of the pu
pils that they will continue as sub
scription students.
Conway.—The smallest crop of cot
ton produced since the government
began gathering ginning figures, and
possibly the smallest since the coun
ty was organized in 1873, was pro
duced in Faulkner county last year,
according to a report of the Census
Bureau.
Huntsville.—San Jose scale, oue of
the greatest terrors to apple growers,
has attacked many orchards in the
west part of Madison county, and a
strong lime and sulpher solution spray
is being used to prevent disastrous re
sults.
Fordyce.—Mrs. Chester McMurry has
sold a rag rug to Henry Ford, the au
tomobile manufacturer. It will be
used In his home at Detroit. The i*ug
1s made of tow sacks tied with Red
Oak bark and woven with carpet
warp
Jonesboro—Two opportunity schools
have been opened in Jonesboro, it was
announced here- The teachers
will volunteer their services, it is
expected that opportunity schools
will be opened in various parts of
Craighead county soon.
Arkadelphla.—Miss I*aura Whitlow
of Arkadelphia has begun an active
campaign in the interest of her can
didacy for treasurer of Clark county
She left recently for Amity and other
points in the northern part of the
county. She is the first woman in
this county to seek a political office.
Arkadelphia-—A new cotton pin cor
poration with a capital of between
110.000 and 115,000 has been proposed
by the Arkadelphia Farmers Union
Warehouse Company and the local
Farm Bureau organization.
Gassville.—Isaac Coventon. a well
known Baxter County farmer has pur
chased the Eugene Horton store here.
J. T- Taylor has erected a new store
building here and has put in a stock
«f groceries.
Blytheville—Judge G. E- Keck of
this city has made formal announce
ment of his candidacy for circuit
Judge. For five years Judge Keck has
served as county, probate and common
t pleas judge With S. L. Glandish of
Osceola in the race, Mississippi coun
!.
FV-rdyr*.—Pay L Punn, treasurer of
Dallas county, has announced his can
didacy for re-election.
Newport,—Newport’s new hospital,
which has been named Rivervlew, baa
been opened to ths public.
Walnut Ridge—E. R Tucker, lead
er of the forward education movement
of Arkansas, spoke at the Methodist
church at Hoxie last week.
Van Iluren—The senior class of
the Van Ituren High school presented
the annual school play March 27, en
titled “When Dreams Come true.
Cabot.—Members of the Cabot
Strawberry Growers’ Association have
increased their acreage considerably.
Huntington.—Officers captured a
small still in an unused room at Mine
No. 2 here. No arrests were made.
Fayetteville.—About 30 local Rotar
ians were guests of the Rogers Rotary
Club at Rogers for the opening of its
new clubhouse.
Cotter.—At a mass meeting here to
select material for city officials R.
M. Ruthven, a well-known man of
this place, was nominated for mayor
Ozark.—The Ozark cornet band has
been organized here with 30 members
Practice rehersals are held three times
a week. W. D- Littleton is director.
Western Grove.—Bert Magness has
a big garage building under construc
tion at this place. The garage will be
operated by James Post and Joe Tay
lor.
Arkatlelphia.—Miss Ura MeCarroll,
reader, gave her graduation recital re
cently at Ouachita College. She was
assisted by Miss Thelma MeCarroll,
pianist- Both are of Walnut Ridge
Paragould.—Harvey Sammons, a
farmer living a few miles north of
Paragould was severely burned re
cently when a kettle of water top
pled over on his legs and feet
Harrisburg.—The ice cream parlor
of Clyde Hall was robbed of a slot
machine, containing between $50 and
$60. The machine, minus the nickles,
was found near the railroad track.
Everton.—Tomato contracts are be
ing made between the local canning
factory and the farmers of this vicin
ity. There probably will be 100 acres
planted in this immediate territory,
which will be packed here.
Paris-—A large barn belonging to G.
A. Christensen, a farmer living about
two miles from Paris, was destroyed
by lire last week. About 250 bushels
of corn, several tons of hay and other
feed, six head of hogs and several seta
of harness were lost
Newport-—Newport's new water fil
tration plant, recently completed by
the Arkansas Light and Power Com
pany at a cost of $25,000 has been in
spected by Pr. C. W. Garrison, state
health ofticer, and M- Z. Bair, chief
sanitary engineer.
Womble.—The new steam operated
planing mill being constructed here by
the George F- Blei Lumber Company
is nearing completion, and probably
will be put into operation soon it is
said.
Newport.-—That Newport is to have
a city park was announced at the meet
ing of Civitans recently W. H. Snet
ser, chairman of the Park Committee
has conferred with H. L. Remmel in
regard to purchasing a plot of sev
eral acres for the park. The site on
banks of Newport lake is an ideal lo
cation for pleasure seekers and a
playground for children.
Yellville.—Lee Hayes, a merchant
and cotton buyer, is using his efforts
to induce the farmers in this section
to standardize their cotton seed this
season, and many of them have agreed.
Enough good seed has been shipped to
produce enough standard seed to plant
the entire crop in Marion county next
year.
Gravette.—Oat sowing. orchard
spraying and general gardening have
i been going on here, and prospects are
fine for excellent crops. Farmers are
in much better fettle than they have
been in several years
Russellville-—Dr. William T. Bar
ttelt of Chattanooga, Tenn . is conduct
ing a two-weeks' revival at the Cen
tral Presbyterian church. Dr- Bart
lett was the principal speaker at the
Rotary Club luncheon recently and
seven members of the local Pastors’
Association were guests.
Womble.—Farmers in this section of
Montgomery county will devote most
of their land to oats, wheat, peas and
corn, and will not increase their acre
age to cotton.
Arkadclphia — Miss Callie Buck,
j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A- Buck
j of near Springdale, Clark county, has
| a peper plant that is 17 years old, hav
j ing been planted when she was a
child. The plant still is an annual
! bearer It is believed this is the old
est peper plant in Arkansas or the
United States.
Walnut Ridge.—Pittman Smith, aged
12, son of Mrs. Itay Reynolds, broko
his left arm just above the elbow while
wrestling with a playmate at school
recently.
Conway.—By far the largest crowds
from Faulkner county for farm dem
onstration meetings are attending the
series of training camps being held by
County Agent T. M. Williams and
Mrs. C. D. Turner; borne agent, with
the assistance of Miss Frank M- Ccop
! wood. Miss Sarah White, J. C. Bar
1 nc;t and r. Roy Ried
w
W-. ■■
••>•■ y -~~[Tilnr" »»*««»■' _. . .
1—Miss Katherine Thompson of Wilmington, Del., former army nurse, w Im>m * ^*Lord Reading
Wood, second son of General Leonard Wood, is announced. -J—l he j ., ,,ri,vi,1(,nt r‘ r McCullough
woou, secona son 01 vjeuerai Lcuuuru **'■'"*• .. - - .MiPnllomrh
at unveiling of memorial to King Edward VII at Delhi. •'! Rotary nt« i na. i..11 , |-nkMOl,Vn Soldier in Ar
and Secretary of the Navy Denby unveiling tlie Rotary memorial tablet at on, 1 o *
lington cemetery. * ______—
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Senate Ratifies Naval Limita
tion Treaty, Chief Fruit of
the Conference.
OTHER PACTS ARE APPROVED
■ £fforts to Save Navy and Army prom
Dangerous Reductions—Great Ccal
Strike Begins—Lloyd George’s
Genoa Policy Before Com
mons for Approval.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
HAVING made their losing fight
against the Pacific four-power
pact, the obstreperous minority in the
senate ceased from troubling last
week, and fell into line—all but Sen
ator France of Maryland. The treaty
on limitation of navies, chief work
of the Washington conference, after
mi inconsequential debate, was rati
fied on Wednesday by a vote of 74 to
1. Mr. France defended his lonely
negative vote by contending that the
United States should continue build
ing the largest navy in the world un
til ali other nations had shown their
willingness to abolish war totally. Of
the other irreconcilables, Borah ex
plained that he favored the treaty
because it was a sten toward tlie goal
i at which be bad been aiming for many
years, namely, complete disarmament,
and that he believed this agree..
was as much as the international con
ference was able to accomplish. John
son of California did not disguise his
dislike for the pact, especially its Pa
cific fortifications clause, hut lie voted
for ratification on the assurance’ of
the nuvv general board that the United
States would not give tip anything that
is strategically vital. King of Utah,
though accepting the treaty, thought
! it would have small idfect in reduc
i Ir-g naval expenditures, predicting that
j huge sums now would he spent on
aircraft and submarines.
Immediately after the vote of ratifi
cation the senate took up the treaty
| prohibiting the use of poison gas and
I restricting the use of submarines in 1
! warfare and accepted it unanimously, j
Before casting his vote Senator Wads
worth of New York, chairman of the
military affairs committee, expressed
Ihe opinion that in the next war this
treaty would not be worth the paper j
It was written on.
"For my own pari," said Senator
Wadsworth. "1 shall he very much dis
couraged if the United States army j
should stop trying to perfect gas i
masks because of this treaty. We
don’t dare stop. And the only way
we can perfect gas masks is to test
them with the kind of gases which we
may have to combat. We might as
well look the facts in the face. ’
Before the week closed, the remain
ing treaties, the nine-power pact re
lating to China and the one dealing
with the Chinese tariff, were put
through, and thus the senate complet
ed its part In making the great
Washington conference a success.
Naturally, and with reason, the Itein
oernts claim a share in this accom
plishment, especially asserting that
former President Wilson must lie
given much credit far arousing public
opinion in favor of naval limitation.
It Is evident, however, that the Repub
licans will make lu’go use of the con
ference and its results in this year’s
congressional campaign.
There is every reason to believe the
treaties will be speedily ratified by the
other powers party to them. Indeed,
not one of them Is in a position to
afford to hold back from full agree
ment.
LTHOUGH the nuval treaty pla< m
our navy on u level with that of
Great Britain, It will in fact he scaive
i.v equal to that of .Iu|)au If the naval
appropriations subcommittee of the
house has its way. 'J'hat hotly, uinler
the leadership of Representative Pat
Kelley of Michigan, Is iletenmneil to
cut the naval eulUteri |>ersoniiel to
CT',000, which U lie.ouu Uss U.an tlie
number necessary according to the es
timates of the department’s experts,
and which would force out of commis
sion many craft that are positively
needed. It is not likely, however, that
this crippling program will succeed,
because the “big navy’’ men of the
house are prepared to combat it, the
majority leaders in the senate declare
they will not stand for it, and Presi
dent Harding probably would veto the
appropriation bill if it came up to him
in that shape. When the bill is re
ported to the house this week, accord
ing to the plan, Itogers of Massachu
setts will offer an amendment placing
the minimum strength at 00,000. If
this fails, as it likely will, McArthur
of Oregon will propose 80,000 as the
minimum.
N'O LESS than the navy men, the
army men are exercised over the
tendency toward what they believe to
he false and dangerous economy
shown by many members of congress.
The house passed an army appropria
tion bill which limits the army to 115,
000 enlisted men and 11,0000 officers.
General Pershing, chief of staff, and
General Harbord, deputy chief, assert
ed such a reduction “would introduce
an unwarranted element of danger In
our plan of national defense” and that
an army of lfiO.OOO men and 112,000
officers is absolutely essential to tfie
nation’s needs at this time. At first
the bill carried a provision limiting
the President’s right to determine the
size of garrisons in the Hawaiian is
lands and the Panama Canal Zone.
This was eliminated when Anthony of
Kansas said he hud the promise of
the War department to reduce those
garrisons, hut Secretary Weeks indig
nantly declared that he not only had
made no such promise hut had no in
tention of making the reductions.
General Pershing says the Hawaii and
Panama garrisons cannot he cut down
without violating the soundest princi
ples of security,
| A S PASSKI.) by the house, the army
! ■f’V. |,in appropriates about .flPVS.OOO,
U00 for the expenses of the War de
partment, hut the representatives
made their claim for genuine econo
my look decidedly foolish bv the adop
tion of tin amendment increasing by
$15,000,000 the amount carried as a
lump sum toward continuation of
work the coming fiscal year on river
and harbor projects.
The budget bureau and the appro
priations committee of the house hail
recommended an appropriation of $27,
(H >0,000 for this purpose, but the
’’pork barrel” forces, under the gen
eralship of Mann of Illinois, insisted
upon the larger sum, and had their
way despite the earnest efforts of
Mendel I of Wyoming. Burton of Ohio
and others. President Harding was
somewhat disturbed by this opeti defi
ance of the budget system, fur he be
lieves in the budget and intends that
it shall he given a fair trial.
AT MIDNIGHT Friday operations
a \ ceased in all the unionized hltu- I
ininoiis mid anthracite coal mines of I
the country, Si)fi,000 miners laying
down their tools. All efforts to pre
vent the great strike were futile. Ac
cording to some of the union leaders,
the walkout is likely to lust about
sixty days. During that time, pre
suinuhly. both sides "ill formulate
their demands and present their cases,
and it may he that these "ill result
in the negotiation of new contracts.
The operators insist that wages must
come down iti correspondence with the
decline In the cost of living, hut they
have not yet revealed what percent
age of reduction they will demand.
The miners, in reply, say that the
stagnation in the eoal industry Is due
to wasteful methods of production, ex
cessive profits, violation of the laws of
supply and demand in control of mar
kets and prices, and that costs of liv
ing in the mine areas have advanced
while wages remained stationary.
In some regions, as Pittsburgh,
southern Ohio and Kanawha, Vu., the
operators have posted notices of wage
reductions ami hope to he able to run
their mines with nonunion labor. In
Illinois the miners, though not In en
tile sympathy with the strike, stuck
by the international, and the Indiana
men did the same. Probably iti both
these states separate* sta'e agree
ments could have* heen negotiated. Imt
vi**o " „^ il*i ■ -• -..i*v rmciU.ah.Oti
al, Tbo Illinois mines cannot be op
erated by pick-up labor because of a
state law which requires that no coal
digger may be employed unless he can
show at least two years' experience
under ground. What Governor Allen
and the Industrial court will do In
Kansas is arousing general interest.
If the promises of the union heads
are kept, there will be no violence In
connection with the strike. Nor will
the mines suffer physically, for enough
men will be permitted to stay In them
to keep them from being flooded and
otherwise damaged.
XJ1KOLAI LENIN, premier of soviet
-»■ s Russia, is again dead, according
to reports, but, as on previous occa
sions, it is believed that the rumor is
“greatly exaggerated." Probably it is
true that be is quite ill, and it is not
likely that be will be able to attend
the Genoa conference. However, the
soviet delegates to that confab are
luxuriously on their way to Italy by
way of Riga and Ilerlin, rejoicing in
the fact that at last their government
is to have a measure of recognition
from the capitalistic und bourgeois
governments they bate so intensely.
They arc hopeful of obtaining finan
cial and commercial assistance for tlie
task of definitely establishing the
communist regime in Russia, but Lenin
recently declared communism there
had reached the limit of yielding to
capitalism and ’.was now in a position
again to advance. Rut tie told the
communists they must cease their
dreaming and get to work.
PREMIER LI.GYD GEORGES po|
i * icy concerning the Genoa confer
ence was to bo submitted to the house
of commons this week for approval or
1 rejection, and on the result doitends
Ids retention of office. Moreover. It
w;.s said that the small majority that
was assured him on a vote of confi
dence would not satisfy him. Euless
he was given a majority of at least
300, asserted bis friends, be would re
sign. The resolution prepared for the
bouse to net upon rend :
“Resolved, That this bouse ap
proves the resolutions passed by the
supreme council at Cannes as a basis
for the Gcm.-a conference and will sup
port bis majesty's government in en
deavoring to give effect to them.'*
Already Mr. Lloyd George bad quiet,
ed the opposition in ids cabinet by the
assurance tRat lie doe:- not intend an
immediate or unconditional recogni
tion (if the soviet government of Rus
sia.
Appreciating tup dangerous
state of angry unrest throughout
ttip Mohammedan world. the failure of
the Greeks to defeat the Keinalist* in
Asia Minor and other renditions, the
allies' Near East conference in Paris
derided that the Turkish empire
should he restored, with restrictions.
According to the plan adopted, the
Turks obtain Constantinople, a sover
eignty throughout Asia Minor, includ
ing Smyrna.and Thrace with Ilodosto.
The Greeks retain Adrlanople and a
buffer corridor reaching to the Black
sea, fencing off the Bulgarians from
the Turks. Abandonment of fhe inter
allied regime of the Golden Horn and
the restoration of the sultan’s power
Is safeguarded through the British in
sistence that Gallipoli be left to the
j Greeks. Dardanelles demilitarized and
J the allied military inspectors oversee
the razing of all fortifications.
While the Greeks are not at all sat
isfied with this arrangement, all fac
tions except l fie Venlzeiists are sup
porting the Gounnrls cabinet in ac
cepting it. The Turks, however, are
far from pleased and have not yet
agreed to the proposals. Nor have
they accepted the recommendations of
the allied foreign ministers for u set
tlement of their differences with the
Greeks. For this latter the French
are blamed by British officials. They
arc warning the Greeks much ns did
Lord Byron long ago when lie wrote:
* * Turkish force and Latin fraud
“Would breuk your shield, however
broad.”
ITIMI8TIC folk base renewed
hope for a unified Ireland on u
peace agreement signed by represent
atives of the Free State and Ulster
governments, it is not apparent how
this will oj.crate i<> pacify the reptile
Beans, whose latest exploit was the de>
st i net ion of the pint t of (fiv Freeman'*
ILLIMAIIHjUHL
MIES SUSPciED
itrike IS DECLARED 100 PER
C^NT EFFICIENT BY PRESL
DENT LEWIS
RAILROADS TO CUT FORCES
In Pennsylvania Reports Say That
The State Constabulary Is Mov
ing From The Rural Districts
Into The Mine Fields
Chicago.—The first day of the
coal strike saw 6i)0,000 mine workers
idle and 6,200 mines closed, accord
ing to estimates at international Head
quarters of the l uited Mine Workers
of America at Indianapolis. ^
About 1,500 open shop pits wore
still working. They are in non union
territory, which in all has been pro
ducing about 40 per cent of the soft
coal output.
John L. Lewis, international presi
dent, declares the suspension of
work is “100 per cent efficient" by
the 515,000 union members, and be
says that nearly 100,000 non-union
men have thrown in with the strikers
and are off their jobs. How far the
suspension affects the nonunion
fields awaits a real check-up.
April 1 always is celebrated as a
holiday anniversary of the advent of
the eight-hour day for the miners,
and this may have cut down work
in some non-union pits
As it stands, the anthracite fields
— which lie in Pennsylvania—are
closed down tight with 150,000 miners
participating iu the walk-out In the
bituminous fields about 450,000 men
arc reported out by the unions, mak
ing a total of 600,000.
President Lewis again declared that
the tie-up instead of being a ‘strike"
is a "suspension of work," due to the
fact that wage contracts expired Fri
day at midnight, and the workers are
now without any working or wage
agreement.
The unions ascribe this to the re
fusal of the Pittsburgh operators to
enter a four-state conference as stipu
lated in the agreement of 1921.
In Pennsylvania reports say that
the state constabulary is moving from
the rural districts into the mine fields.
In the Pittsburgh district, which re
fused to enter into the four-state con
ference, reduced wage scales have
been posted and the understanding
has been that efforts will be made
to operate the mines. This portion of
the fields is expected to be one of
the pivots of tlu- strike, and s. is
West Virginia and some of the other
non-union territory.
Iteports from Kansas were that the
mines were idle The order of the
State Industrial Court extending the
old wage contract 50 days did not
prevent the men from quitting work
The court said that it will not hold
idleness of the men a violation of
the court order unle- i the men re
fuse to start work after coal now
accumulated in yards and on side
tracks runs out. 1
Guarantees Are Restored
Madrid—Premier Sanhz Guerra re
eently announced in Congress htat
King Alfonso had signed a deer ■*<-■ re
storing constitutional guarantees |
throughout Spain.
Tanker Runs Aground.
Mobile. Ala The Shipping Hoard |
tanlier Romulus, 3.7H4 tons, is re
ported aground off Pass-au-Luter,
The tugboat link-. enro'ito •.> th**|
assistant e of the vessel The Rotnu-f
las is bound from Mobile to P -rt Ar-j
Ihur, Ter , to load oil.
Ulster To Demobilize.
Belfast--Demobilization of the i
lice in six count!) i of Lister has- be
gun, and is expected to i>e completed
not later than May 31. Dlsbandrnen!
le» the 26 southern count;) will beg
at the same time, and la* finished M
sevn as possible.
Flyers Make Progress.
Lisbon Captains Sacadnra an'!
Coutirio, tin Portuguese naval aviator*
■who started from Lisbon recently ia
an attempted flight to Pernambuco
Brazil, have arrived safely at the en<
of the first stage of their journey, »u
the Canary Islands .
Copper Mines Reopen.
New York.--Resumption of opera
tkraa at the Utah Ray ( ,,
vada Consolidated copper mines la;
begun.
Three Killed In Crash.
! Bowling Oreen. Ky Three me
; were killed and six others were J»}ur
e<l. two probably fatally when the !
story frame warehouse of the Amer
| lean Tobacco Company buckled under
I the weight of 800,000 pounds of to bar
co and fell in a heap.
Hospital Is Congestet
St Ixiub: The (Jrand Jt|
report for February filed
says that, the city sanitariaj
ally designed to house l.TtK
has 2.C83 paptients
ry in it*
recently
orififi"
I patwOt®,
Deportation Favor*
Washington Favorable
tdll which would authorized
of aliens convicted of violi
and state prohibition
laws nas been ordered
••"mierato n CoiumitteaJ
.port of *
jpoitai*0"
t»i fod'’'"*1
I, lT narcotic
the Hou»*