TOLD COMPLETE
ADOLPH FELSENTHAL SEEKS GOV
ERNMENT AID TO MAKE RIV
£R NAVIGABLE
TWO ALREADY COMPLETED
ff Completed, Would Mean Saving Oi
From 50 To 56 Per Cent By
Water As Compared By
Rail Shipments.
Little Rock.—Adolph Felsenthal of
Camden recently conferred with Gov
ernor McRae. H.L. Rommel and other
officials and business men with a view
to enlisting the support of Little Rock
in furthering work on the Ouachita
river navigation project. Mr. Felsen
thal is enroute to Washington, where
he will appear before the House Com
suttee on Rivers and Harbors.
The project, begun by the govern
inent about 20 years ago, seeks by a
lock and dam system to open all year
navigation from Camden on the Ouacli
Ita to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mis
sissippi river. Five locks and dams
have been completed and only one re
mains to be built. Two of these al
ready constructed will need altera
tioa. Mr. Felsenthal said, hut the work
*n one of them is practically complet
ed. It will require about $800,000 to
linlsh the work, and Mr. Falsenthal’s
efforts will be directed toward final
completion within IS months.
Little Rock's interest in the pro
ject. Mr. Felsenthal said, is In the
fact (hat its completion will place this
city within 100 miles away and con
nected with Little Rock by three rail
roads. local merchants would be en
abled to utilize water transportaion
for practically the entire distance be
tween here and the seaboard markets
of the North and East. Imports from
the East would require trans-ship
ment only once between the point of
origin and destination—when trans
fer is made from the ocean carriers to
the barge lines at New Orleans.
Tlie proposed lock and dam system
would give an all-year channel of six
and one-half feet at Camden, deepen
Ing to the South. Camden intends
to provide rail terminal facilities to
the head of navigation, according to
Mr. Felsenthal, and will handle the
terminals either at a nominal cost to
the shipper or free of charge. Rail
sonnections between Camden and Tex
arltana, Pine Bluff and other Arkan
sas cities is good, and the proposed
river route also touches the Union
rounty oil fields and the Monroe, La.,
jas field. Charts which have been pre
pared by Mr. Felensthal show a rate
rut from 50 to 56 per cent by water
»s compared by rail, and allowing
for time lost in rail terminals and on
side tracks the shipment time by wa
ter on long hauls would be almost
If not quite as fast by water as by
rail.
Beatonville.—The silver loving cup
donated by the Bentonville Communi
ty Club to the Boys’ and Girls’ Agri
cultural Club having the best stand
lug at the close of the year’s work
was won by Avoca.
Batesville.—T. H. Welborn has sold
his delicatessen and soft drink stand
on Main street to Otto Stanfield of
Cave City, who took charge today.
Mr. Welborn retains his interest in
the Courthouse cafe and will assume
active vharge of it after a short vaca
tion.
Magnolia.—The Arkansas Title and
Ckiarantv Co. has been organized here.
John McNeill is manager.
Paragould.—The grocery store of
L. V. Hale ou West Main street was
entered last week by burglars and a
quantity of flour, canned goods, cigars
and a small amount of cash were tak
en. Entrance was effected by break
ing a lock on the rear door.
Guion.—The Silica Products Com
pany, which operates a large glass
sand quarry and mill at this place,
i* putting ir an oil burner under its
big rotary drier to take the place of a
coal burning drier, which has been
used for several years.
Mullberry.—Lester Spruce, aged 19,
was seriously hurt here when he at
tempted to hop on a train. He was
taken to a Fort Smith hospital for
treatment.
Arkdelphia.—Members of the Ma
sonic lodge who are students at Hen
dersou Brown College, recently organ
tzed a Masonic Club The following
officers were elected: President, Ches
ter Crawfird; vice president. Milton
Young; secretary. James E. Greene;
treasurer, Romey E. Black; custodian
J. W. Rogers.
Brinkley.—The Jewish-Russian re
lief drive has closed here with eontri
butions amounting to $S00.
Pettigrew.—Coleman Watson ha:
taken possession of the Pettigrew ho
tel. which was run the past year bj
Jess Butts. Mr. Butts will start t
poultry ranch.
Paragould.—The grocery store o
Raleigh Good on South Fourth stree
was entered last week and a quanti
ty of cheese and other small article
taken
Waldo.—It !b reported that a brand*
of the Ku Klux Klan has boon organi
zed here.
Houston.—A large barn on the J. I
W. Yielding farm, 10 miles south of j
here, was destroyed by fire last week. ;
It is thought the blaze was of incendi- |
ary origin. Eight hundred bushels of
corn, 25 tons of hay and several sets
of harness burned. The doors were
found open and all the stock escaped.
Strong.—F. C. Purviance of Strong
and Coach W. T. Roland of El Dorado
High School have arranged for a dual
track and field meet to be held in
March.
Lewisville.—The Lewisville Sweet
Potato Growers' Association sob! its
second carload of yams to a firm at
Portland Ore., receiving $1.55 a bushel.
Members of the association plan to
plant a 100,000-bushel crop next sea
son, and will reduce the cotton acre
age to a minimum.
Fayetteville.—A discussion of the
theories of resolution and the proof
for these theories formed the basis
for an interesting round table discus
sion of the Science Club of the uni
versity here. The faculity members
and some of the students of the uni
versity took part in the discussion.
Walnut Ridge.—Walnut Ridge held
a community singing Sunday for the
first time in several weeks. A spec- j
ial chorus from tlie high school will
lie on the program.
Magnolia.—The official cotton gin- :
ner’s report for Columbia county
shows 12,510 bales were ginned in
the county up to January 1, as com
pared with 19,163 bales to the aamo
period a year ago.
Fayetteville.—A 15 per cent divi
dend has been declared here by the
Farmer’s Exchange, a eo-operativa I
grain and grocery market owned by
farmers of Washington county. The j
firm during the past year did $40,000
worth of business on a capitalization
of $12,500.
Grady.—Dr. A. M. Harding of the
University of Arkansas delivered an
illustrated lecture here recently on “A
Citizen of the Universe.”
Wilmar.—Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jeter
of Wilmar last week celebrated the
liftieth anniversary of their wedding.
Mr. Jeter came to Drew county when
10 years old. He was married to Miss
Cornelia Gertrude Spencer on Janu
ary 17, 1872.
Pocahontas.—At a meeting in the
courthouse, initial steps were taken
for the organization of the Randolph
County Strawberry Growers Associa
tion. H. M. Bishop was elected presi
dent. A total of 00 acres was pledged
to be planted to strawberries this
spring.
Eureka Spring.—Chancery Court is
in session here. The docket is un
usually heavy.
Pocahontas.—George Lewallen. who
was in the grocery business here sev
eral years ago, but who retired to
engage in farming has returned to his
“first love.” He closed a deal tak
ing over the stock of the Pratt gro
cery, one of the largest in town.
Lewisville.—The Membership Com
mittee of the Lewisville Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday nighf gave a
smoker at the Masonic hall. Dr.
Bromberg, pastor of a Texarkana
Presbyterian church, made 'he prin
cipal address. The membership of the
chamber was increased to 110.
Texarkana.—Clarence Owsley of
Fort Worth was the principal speaker
at the annual meeting of the Texar
kana Chamber of Commerce at the i
Congregational church.
Camden.—Henry Grabert local meat
market owner has announced his
candidacy for treasurer of Camden.
Mr. Grabert will be opposed by Wil
liam M. Shaw, the incumdent.
Magnolia.—Deputy Sheriff R. B. Mc
Allister recently confiscated a 55-gal
lon still and arrested two negroes,
who he said were operating the plant.
Fayetteville. — The Fayetteville
High School has opened its spring
| term here with indications for one
of the most successful terms in its
! history.
Green Forest.— Albert Price has
| purchased the Denton ranch from
Charles Wale The consideration was
$1,000, it was said.
Stuttgart.—A new Board of Govern- j
ore for the Stuttgart Chamber of Com
merce was elected recently. The j
Chamber of Commerce is co-operating
with the agricultural oroganir.ations of
this community, and has mapped out a
program of much importance to this
i section for the coming year.
Forth Smith.—John Siemer, presi
dent of the National Window Glass
Workers, has returned to his home
in Cleveland, O., after spending sev
eral days in Fort Smith getting ac
quainted with members of the trade.
Russellville.—George Bernard, trav
eling salesman for the Gay Oil Com
pany in eastern Arkansas, with head
quarters at Stuggart. has been trans
ferred to western Arkansas and will
Ini'.e his headquarters in Russellville,
i his former home.
Camden.—Only 4.4S3 hales of cot
| ton were ginned in Ouachita county
from the crop of 1921 prior to Janu
ary 1, 1922, as compared with 8.072
I halt's ginned for the same period the
.1 year before, according to j. F Walk
t er, government cotton reporter.
(i?S8
1, New Curtiss torpedo bomhliig plane neing tested by l\ S. Navy. 2. Daughters of the
wreath on statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the capital at Washington on I>*e’s birthday. 3.
American Samoa and tin* high chief of Manna on the occasion of the governor’s annual visit
Confederacy laying
Governor Evans of
to the Manna group.
NEWS REVIEW OF
Election of New Pope Affected
by the Jealousies of the
Nations of Europe.
PRO-GERMAN MAY BE NAMED
America's Attitude Toward the Genoa
Conference—Shantung Question Near
Settlement in Washington—Sec
retary Wallace’s Agricultural
Confab Develops Much
Friction.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
\ L.L Europe and in a lesser degree
xx all America is Interested in the
selection of a pope to succeed Bene
dict XV. The sacred college has been
summoned to meet on February 2 for
this purpose and the cardinals aro
all hurrying to Rome. Those from
the Fitted States and Canada cannot
reach the Eternal city in time for the
postponed, and may be too late even
to participate in the election. This,
however, is unlikely, since the cam
paign, if one may so tern) it. is be
coming so complicated that the choice
of a pope may be delayed. According
to Italian correspondents, the main
issue is again what is called the
Roman question—the question of re
lations betwen the Vatican and the
Quirinal. The Italian cardinals, who
are in the majority in the sacred col
lege, are divided into two camps on
this matter, some supporting the poli
cies of Pius X who favored a strong
church independent of the Italian
states, and some standing for Bene
dict's measures of rapprochement
with the Italian government, leading
up to final reconciliation. In the for
mer group the lending candidates are
Cardinals Boggiani, Merry del Val and
I.nnrenti: in the latter, Cardinals Gas
parrl, Mnffi, Ratti and Vanutelll.
Cardinal La Fontaine of Venice had
been classed with the Plus group, hut
it is said Pope Benedict’s dying wish
was that he be elected. The Italian
government is supporting the candi
dacy of Mnffi because of ids strong
nationalistic tendencies.
Though It is believed Cardinal Mer
rier, the hero of Belgium, will receive
n large vote on the first ballot, it is
generally conceded that no non-Italian
can he elected. However, foreign na
tions nre concerning themselves great
ly in the affair and the international
Jealousies and suspicions generated
by the World war are playing nn im
portant part. France does not de
sire that relations between the Vati
can and the Quirinal shall be re
stored. fearing she would lose the ad
vantage she now holds as the strongest
Catholic power. Belgium and Poland
will vote as does France. Some of
the Italian cardinals were quite sym
pathetic toward the central powers
during the war and there was a rumor
that they might combine with those
from certain other countries to elect
a pro-German.
After lying in state four days, dur
ing which time it was viewed by
ninny thousands of mourners, the body
of Pope Benedict was carried on
Thursday into the choir chapel of Sr.
Peter's church where the Inst rites
were performed. Placed in a triple
casket of pine, lead and walnut, the
remains were then interred in a crypt
of the lower church, a part of the old
basilica which date*? from the fifth
century. The official recognition of
the pope's death ordered by the Italian
government has been especially pleas
ing to the Catholic church. Flags on
all government offices were half
staffed.
T THIS writing the United States
CY government has not as yet an
nounced Its decision relative to par
ticipation in the conference at Genoa.
President Harding was in consultation
with Secretary of State Hughes, Sec
retary of Commerce Hoover. Senator
Brandegee. Klihti Root and others, and
ii was reported he had about made
up his mind to send his regrets. The
administration is not satisfied with
the present policies of some European
governments which are asking its
help in the reconstruction of Europe
and believes they should mend their
ways. Four cardinal principles which
it holds they should adopt, according
to information from Washington, are:
First, reduction of their excessive
military establishments; second, bal
ancing of national budgets, levying of
adequate taxes, recognition of finan
cial engagements; third, stopping the
practice of issuing enormous amounts
of paper money; fourth, recognition
that the economic recovery of Europe
is related to economic rehabilitation of
Germany, which involves a just and
speedy settlement of the reparations
problem.
The premiers who agreed to invite
the soviet government of Russia to
take part in the conference at Genoa
may repent their action if Lenin and
his crowd carry out the plan an
nounced in Moscow. It is said they
will present enormous claims against
the allied governments and the United
States for damages sustained by Rus
sia through file repeated attempts to
overthrow the soviet regime and
against Finland because it is alleged
to have supported the revolt in
Karelia. These claims would far
more than offset the old Russian debts
owed to other nations, recognition of
which has been one of the chief de
mands made on the soviet government.
PREMIER rOrNOARE still insists
that Herman reparations slmll not
i>e discussed at all at Genoa, hut lie is
trying to come to an amicable ar
rangement with Lloyd George con
cerning an alliance. His plan is that
the duration of the alliance shall he
unlimited instead of ten years; that
it he reciprocal; that the term “Ger
man aggression” include attack on the
allies in the neutral or occupied zones
of the Rhineland; that there be im
mediate discussion if there is menace
on Germany’s eastern frontier, and
that there be permanent contact be
tween the French and F.ritish general
staffs. It was said Lloyd George prob
ably would accept all hut the third
and fourth of these suggestions. The
fourth would amount to a guarantee
for Poland. In asking that the dura
tion of the alliance he unlimited,
France explains that Germany will
not he recovered sufficiently to attack
within ten years. Presumably she
also takes into consideration the fact
that the plebiscite in the Sarre valley
will not take place until 1034.
UNT.ESS Peking is unexpectedly
stubborn, tlie Shantung question
should be settled very shortly, ena
bling the nrms conference to adjourn
sine die. Through the efforts of Sec
retary Hughes and Mr, Balfour a
compromise plan was arranged last
week and cabled to Tokyo and Peking
for acceptance. T'nder this proposal
Japan gives up her demand that the
railway he paid for through a loan by
Japanese bankers, and in return China
agrees to the retention of a Japanese
traffic manager and accountant during
the period of payment. The road is
to be purchased by China with treas
ury notes payable at option five to
fifteen years hence. Japan's accept
ance of tliis plan was believed cer
tain. and President Harding himself
appealed to Minister S/e to induce
Peking to approve of the agreement.
The committee on far eastern af
fairs concluded its consideration of
the Siberian question, and Japan is
left upon her honor to remove her
troops from that country as soon as
the re-establishment of political sta
bility makes it safe to do so. Through
Baron Shidehara she gave a virtual
pledge to do this, and it was recorded
In the minutes of the meeting. After
fully explaining the present retention
of Japanese troops in Siberia, the
baron concluded:
“Nothing is further from the
thought of the Japanese government
than to take advantage of the present
helpless condition of Russia to prose
cute selfish designs.
“The military occupation of the Rus
sian province of Sakhalin is only a
temporary measure.
"In conclusion, the Japanese delega
tion is authorized to declare that it is
the fixed and settled policy of Japan
to respect the territorial integrity of
Russia, and to observe tiie principle
of nonintervention in the internal af
fairs of that country."
The gentlemen from the Chita gov
ernment must perforce be content with
this, and it maj be said that tiiere is
no apparent reason to doubt the good
faitli of Japan in the matter.
The four powers signatory to the
Pacific treaty have agreed to an ex
change of notes defining the treaty
as not applicable to tlie mainland of
Japan. Wihether this includes the
Bonin and Loochoo islands, as Japan
; wishes, is not yet known.
All three of the chief parties in the
Japanese diet, which opened last
week, are on record as approving the
results of the Washington conference.
'T'HItKE hundred delegates to
A the agricultural conference called by
Secretary Wallace were in session in
Washington, and considerable friction
developed during their deliberations.
The farmers bluntly set forth their
woes, and President Harding and Mr.
Wallace let them know that the con
clusions reached by the conference
would form the basis for a drive by
the administration to obtain for them
relief measures from congress. Not
only temporary relief will be asked,
but measures that shall so stabilize
agriculture that there will be greater
remuneration for the fanner and
lower prices for the consumer. Before
the conference had been in session two
days insurgency made its appearance.
Some delegates declared the purpose
of those responsible for the meeting
was the destruction of the agricnl- s
tural bloc in congress. Making the
same charge, the Farmers’ National
council started a conference of its
own on Friday.
PRESIDENT IIAKDING has given
* hearty approval to the St. Law
rence waterway project, anti under
his direction Secr-tury of State
Hughes already is negotiating with
the government of Great Britain for
a treaty under which the I'nlted
States and Canada can undertake the
project jointly. The report of the
international joint commission, which
was made to the house, caused a sharp
parliamentary fight. Several commit
tees claimed jurisdiction over it, but
Speaker Glllett ordered it referred to
the interstate and foreign commerce
committee, and later the ways and
means committee was given Joint con
sideration of it. Opponents of ihe
project, mostly from Atlantic const
states, made a futile effort to have the
report turned over to the rivers and
harbors committee, which is counted
ns hostile to the project. I’rohahly
there will be no legislation until tbe
necessary treaties tire negotiated.
1 0BCHETARY OF TUB TREASURY
MELLON told the house ways and
moans committee that additional taxa
tion to yield $850,0tX),000 in the next
two years would he necessary to make
the initial payments of the proposed
$3,200,000,000 cash bonus to former
service men. He also condemned as
futile, unwise and improvident the
plan of Chairman Fordney to finance
the bonus from the sale of the re
funded foreign war debts. All pay
ments of principal and interest on those
dehts, he said, should go toward retire
| ment of Liberty bonds and payment
I of interest on them, Notwithstanding
; Mr. Mellon's warning, the majority
leaders in congress decided that a
bonus bill should originate in the
house and be pressed to passage at
once. Fordney still clings to his for
eign debt plan, but Mellon's talk led
to a revival of the proposed sales
tax.
C^FIILE Is not very enthusiastic over
A the meeting In Washington with
1’eru to settle their differences. Sha
accepted the Invitation but now says
she will not take part if Bolivia Is
allowed to be represented. The lead
ing Chilean newspaper says It must
he stipulated that negotiations shall
not niter the terms of the Ancon
treaty. The appointment of the
Chilean representative has been de
ferred by the cabinet.
MENTION should ho made of the
death of Viscount Bryce, former
British ambassador to Wnriiington.
He was an eminent man <>{ JetWrs and
publicist and was so warm an admirer
of the United States that he was
sometimes called an "English lankee."
His Work entitled "The American
Commonwealth" lias been a textbook
in the schools ol this eou :try for man"
years.
SIM (RE KILLED
Ilf THEATRE CRASH
ROOF OF WASHINGTON PLAY
HOUSE COLLAPSES FROM
WEIGHT OF SNOW
ENTIRE HOUSE UNROOFED
\rr-~, That Entire Mass Of
Suins Disclose Tii-t _
Steel That Formed Roof Came
Down In Accident. Few
Escape injury.
Washington.—One hundred and
even lives were lost in the Knicker
bocker theater recently when the roof,
,-eighted by more than two feet of
now. collapsed and buried patrons of
he house under a crushing blanket of
oncrete, plaster and steel, according
o unofficial but carefully checked
records.
The large majority of tae victims,
botli dead and injured, were residents
of Washington, although many caino
recently from other places.
Exploration of the ruins went on un
checkod after dark. W ithout regard
to their own risk, soldiers, marines,
sailors, police, firemen and citizen
volunteers fought their way beneath
the wreckage over practically the
the whole floor space of the auditor
ium.
The exact number In the theater
when the ste.- and concrete span of
the roof buckled and fell uuuer its
three-foot load of snow uninjured
have been reported. These account
lor a few more ti m three hundred
in the audio.i '*, ho were roaring »n
laughter at a t'.lm comedy when the
roof fell on then; like a blanket, car
rying down the trout of the wide bal
cony in its crash.
There has be a not time as jet for
official inquiry as to the cause of the
disaster. The ruins themselves dis
close, however, that the entire mass of
steel and concrete that formed the
roof had come down The craan
swept the supports out from under tho
balcony, apparently, and this hinged
down at an angle of forty-live degrees,
adding to the tangled mass of wreck
age on the lioor below.
The building tanas in an acute
angled corner at Eighteenth street and
Columbia Road, Northwest, the heart
tf the most favored residence section
of the city. The narrow niche of the
stage on which the screen was hung
was backed into the corner angle,
while to the left from the stage the
line of the auditorium wall runs in
straight line for some 200 feet down
Eighteenth street. To the right thj
wall follows the slow curve of Colum
bia Road for about the same distance,
and at the far end. paralleling the
stage front, the back wall completes
the auditorium proper, also about 200
feet in length.
The whole space stood roofless to
the sky a moment after the first hiss
ing sound of the breaking roof gave
warning above the music of the or
chestra.
There is only one survivor thus far
who has told f having heard that
warning and seen the first powdery
handful of snow -ift down over the
head of the orche-tra leader in time
to make his escape uninjured. From
his seat, well forward on the main
floor, ho raced V t the doors at the
hack. A great blast of .or, expelled
as the roof came down, hurled him
out through the d .rway to safety.
Britian May Aid Austria..
London. An urgent appeal from
Austria to the allies intimating that
unless financial aid is given the
country in engaging the attention of
the British government and decision
favorable to Austria probably will ho
reached today or tomorrow, according
to the London Times,
Hogs Are Higher.
Fort Wort!\ Texas—Texas hogs
have advanced, several carloads sell
ing to local packers for JS.60, the high
est since last fall.
Fires Will Be Probed.
Waycross, Ga.—Burning of two
buildings occu; «d by negroes, after
warnings for the oerupan' to leave
had been p,. ,n the i, is being in
vestigated by police.
Washington.—Appointment of Ru
fus C. r inlev of Mimlenliall, Miss.,
as federal prohibition agent for Mis
sissippi. has been announced by Com
missioner Haynes
Bandits Kidnap Sleuth
Chicago.—Seven bamfits with three
large automobile trucks klndnaped a
Michigan Central railroad detective
stole I no barrels of beer and escaped!
despite a fusillade of shots bred by
Agent Named
two policemen.
To Seek Re-BIcction
Washington —Senator
i'ulberson.
in a statement to
'nit he would bo a
potion this year.
Labor Bloc Is Planne