RECEIVE I BOOST
ARKANSAS COUNTY BUSINESS
MEN GET A i-ARGE SUM TO
AID IN WORK
ORGANIZE TRUST COMPANY
Stock Wiil Be Subscribed By Banks,
Business Men, Farmers And Man
ufacturers Of Machinery
And Farming Supplies.
Stuttgart.—Plans for bringing from
$1,000,000 to $3,000,000 of federal mon
ey into the Arkansas rice belt for ag
ricultural purposes are being worked
out by the Executive Committee of
the Arkansas Rice Growers Co-operat
ive Association and tin Board of Gov
ernors of the Stuttgart Chamber of
Commerce.
A large (rust or loan company, with
a capital stock of from $200,000 to
$250,000, is to lie organized under the
regulations of the War Finance Board.
The stock will be subscribed by banks,
business men. farmers and manufact
urers of machinery, with distributing
branches in this city. One large
manufacturing company lias express
ed a willingness to take $25,000 worth
of stock in the proposed company.
The idea of organizing such a trust
company originated with the Execu
tive Committee of the Arkansas Rice
Growers Co-operative Association
some tme ago. Support of local busi
ness men was enlisted at a mass meet
ing called recently to discuss holding
a “pay up week," along lines adopted
by other cities of the state.
An official of the association, ad
dressing this meeting, told the busi
ness men that the farmers are meet
kig their obligations as rapidly as
bey could. He pleaded with his lis
teners to forego the posters and dis
may advertising and assist the farm
irs In getting money with which they
could pay.
This meeting adjourned without
taking action, but another mass meet
ing. called two days later, voted unan
imously in favor of the organization
of a trust company, and instructed the
Board of Governors of the Chamber of
Commerce to co-operate with the Rice
Growers’ Association in putting it
over.
Magnolia,—J. T. Souter lias an
nounced his candidacy for treasurer of
Columbia county.
Ozark,—Sam Tompkins is preparing
to open a new restaurant in connection
with his hotel here.
Pine Bluff,—Dr. George W. Truett
of the First Baptist church of Dallas
Texas., will hold a rivival meeting in
Pine Bluff May 1 to 10, according to
ui announcement made by Dr. John
B. Moore, pastor of the First Baptist
church.
Monticello,—The two-story home of
Judge Zack T. Wood on cemetery
street, was destroyed by tire last week
The blaze is said to have started from
a flue in'the east side of the house,
and had been burning for some time
Pine Bluff,—Pledges and donations
|n the Y. M. ('. A. drive for the annual
budget of $12,000 have reached a total
»f $7,082. it was annouced. This leaves
a little less than $5,000 in order to
reach the $12,000 mark
Monticello- The Rev. Stuart R.
Oglesby was installed as pastor of the
Monticello Presbyterian church on
February 26 by the Rev. M. A Boggs
of Bermott and V. O. Alexander of
Pine Bluff.
Bentcmville,-—Mrs. Fssie P. Sinartt
the widow of the late Dr. John Smartt
celebrated her ninety-first birthday at
her home here last week.
Bentonvillo. Spelling matches in
connection with pie suppers, box sup
pers or candy sales are a source oi
•evenue for many School Improvement
Associations in the rural school dist
rlcts of Benton county. The Vaughan
school Improvement Association haf
Announce 1 a spelling match, with a
aotice that all refusing to spell will
be fined.
Pocahontas,- I he h. N. Tttzele
store of Walnut Ridge has opened a
largo branch house at Munson, Ran
dolph county. The company will carry
a large stock anil will da a general
furnishing business v itlk the cotton
farmers of that section.
Pocahontas,—A community health
program was given at the high school
here last week under the direction of
Miss Gillette of Montana, who is con
ducting a health campaign in Randolph
county under the- auspices cf the Amer
ican Red t'ross.
Newport, -fxjoal churches will lo
gin a union revival the latter part of
May by the Stevens evangelistic party.
The churches will have union services
.he third Sunday ia each month until
:he revival begius. The first services
acre held Kebruaray 13, and the Rev.
Mr. Raymond of the Presbyterian
rhurch preached.
Pocahontas, The farmers union in
this section of the state ar asking |
the members and formers in general to '
cut their < ottou at reage this year to I
ene-half of what it r.as ias' jaar.
.
Searcy.—One thousand people came
over frozen roads, covered with a three
inch snow, from distances as far as
nine miles to attend the February
trades day hero recently. The popular
ity of the monthly trades day is grow
ing. Prize entries including hand
made aritcles of various sorts and
relics, as a change from the stock
and poultry exhibits. A 26-day-old
baby received the prize offered for the
youngest baby brought to town. It
was the infant of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Weaver, who live nine miles from
Scrncy, near Center Hill. Mrs. F.
Griffin and Mrs. Clara Griffin, both of
• .Judsonia, on first and second prizes
respectively, for the best devel
oped for its age. Mrs. F. Griffin's child
was nine months old, Mrs. Clara
Griffin's one year old. An exhibition
by the local Fire Department was a
feature. A record run was made thru
the main streets of town, an old
building being used for the demonstra
tion of fighting fire, and saving lives
of people entrapped. Special eq
uipment for extinguishing fire on both
the interior and exterior of the build
ing was demonstrated. Two hundred
and fifty-three tickets were given to
the matinee picture show. The auc
tioneer sold horses, cows and farming
implements, and the Searcy Cornet
band gave a concert.
Earle,—More than 200 Crittenden
county planters and business men at
tended the annual banquet and jubilee
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
at the high school gymnasium here
C. P. J. Mooney, managing eidtor of
the Commercial Appeal, was the prin
cipal speaker and Lem Banks, one of
the largest Crittenden county planters
and also a Memphis attorney, also a
guest. A unique feature of the ban
quet was the concert of the U. S. ma
rine band at Washington over the
wireless telephone. The dinner was
oserved by the Parent-Teacher As
sociation and music furnished by the
Earle imperial orchestra.
Pocahontas,—The C. T. Robinsonc
Stock Company of St. Louis offered a
car load of fine mules, horses and
mares for sale at public auction here
Saturday. In the shipment will he
several extra fine saddle horses.
Society banquet, which and was held
recently attended by the following
Galloway College girls: Mary Young,
Jonesboro; Mary Louise Polk. Coring;
Gertrude Stroud. Tillar; Agatha Dod
son, Jtuston, La; Martha McKee.
Fayetteville,—Prof J. R. Cooper,
head of the Horticultural Department
of the University of Arkansas, ac
companied by three students of the
College of Agriculture, left recently
for Clarksville. The party will in
spect the Cazort peach orchard there,
which hus been leased to the Univer
isty for expermentation purposes.
The students making the trip are G. O.
Randell, Rogers; I^eo Dossemeyer,
Fayetteville, and Glenn Stringfield,
Rogers.
Newport,— At their weekly lunch
eon Friday, local Civitans unanimously
endorsed the candidacy of Joseph G.
Walker for railroad commissioner.
Mr Walker has opposition from two
other counties in the district. The
Civitans also approved the appoint
ment of Charles G. Henry as a direc
tor of the Arkansas Cotton Growers’
Co-operative Association.
Arkadelphia,—J.T. Tollison, a trus
tee of the Wichita and Amity Oil
Company,a ml W. H. Olds, cashier
of the Hank of Amity, who were in Ark
adelphia last week said that he had
made a contract with the Meyer Bros.
Oil Company of Wichita, Kun, and
Dallas. Texas., to drill for oil and gas
on his acreage in Pike and Clark
counties. Mr Tollison said tHat tho
Hume well tit Amity is now down 40(1
feet, and the drill has penetrated oil
I sand.
Eureka Springs,—Miss Louise Vau
! gha.11, a missionary to China, is hero
to make several addresses.
Pocahontas,—Dr L. B. Price, prop
rietor of the City Tailoring Company
here has sold out to Henry Barre.
Dr Price will devote his time to his
dent: 1 practice.
| Russellville. -George Black, well
: kuown Russellville mechant, suffered
I a paralytic stroke recently. The
muscles of his fac e were affected and
a partial loss of speech resulted. His
condition at first was regarded as
serious, but he is convalescing and his
physicians now hope for a complete
recovery.
Huntington,—The IMstrict School r.T
Masons, taught by K. B Miller o:'
Cothern. Sectt county, closed here
last night.
Russellville.—Ninety five |>or cent
of the children in the Russellville pub
lic schools are immune from small
pox through recent vaccination or
positive scars, according to a stat
! ment by Miss Retha Riley. Red Cross
| public health nurste for Pope county,
and it is her intention to make the
schools 100 per cent and keep them
there.
Bentonville.—Dr. DeWalt Norton of
the Arkansas Board of Health spent
the week in Benton county, visiting
the schools with County Superintend
ent F. A. VYocd.
Russellville,—Robert R. Taylor of
Battle Creek, Mich., a former citizen
1 of Russellville, was the principal speak
er at the weekly luncheon of the
Rotary Club recently. The Rotary is
a new organization in Russellville. It
expec ts to receive a charter next week
when a full complement of officer*
and committees will be named
aSl&z
— *
1—John Bassett Moore, United sen- member of 1 . ’ , . .uertainni. m
Palace in The Hague, where the court opened. T— I.unn—<■ !•";> ■ '
Wales. 8—President Harding signing the co-operative marketing
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Airship Roma. Bought in Italy, Is
Destroyed With Loss of
Thirty-Four Lives.
PROBABLY WAS DEFECTIVE
Senate Reservaiionists Busy With the
Four-Power Treaty—Movement to
Postpone Soldiers' Bonus Leg
islation—-Irish Factions in
Three Months' Truce.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
THIRTY-FOUR morn lives have been ;
sacrificed to America’s Infatuation !
for foreign-built airships. If we must
have these craft, is it not about time
we relied on our own designers and
constructors for them? Unless the in
formation available at this writing is
misleading, the disaster that befell the
Roma near Hampton Roads last week
will be found to be. in lis causes, com
parable to tlmt of the ZR-‘_' in ling
land Inst August. In both cases, ap
parently, there were vital defects in
construction of which the builders
were cognizant.
Sn far ns investigation lins revealed. '
the fall of the Roma was due to the ;
breaking of the controls tlmt rcgulat- j
ed the attitude of the airship. Despite
the heroic efforts of tier navigators and
tite frantic casting overboard of all
ballast by the crew, the huge balloon
plunged downward from a height of
about 400 feet. As she crashed against
i the ground site broke some high ten
| sion electric wires and at the same
j moment the big gasoline tank' burst.
| In the resulting explosion and fire
most of tlie victims met a mercifully
instant death. Even if the Kuiua had
not struck the wires, say tinny air ser
vice officials, the men caught under the
vessel’s gas bag and steel frame would
have burned to death, for the gasoline
from the broken tanks would have ig
nited from the engines. This fact ma>
avert possible blame for the using of
ordinary field gas in the Roma instead
of the uoiiinflatnmable helium gas, de
veloped by the air service. All the
helium in the country was in the Ro
ma's hag when she was given a trial
trip late in December, hut as this was
wanted for a contemplated long turn
over the country next summer, it was
drawn out ami the ordinary gas sub
stituted.
Although General Mllcbell, head of
the United States air service, now in
Berlin, says the Itoma was perfect,
there is reason to believe that lie is
mistaken. Last summer Kenneth I..
Itobcrts witnessed a demonstration
flight of the balloon in Italy shortly
after site had been sold to America,
and ho wrote for the Saturday Eve
ning I’ost a story of that (light in
which lie brought out those points:
That the gas hags were old and
leaky; that the Italians wanted a calm
day for the trip; that they refuser! to
•nil the ship over Mount Vesuvius, ap
parently fearing the bent of the cra
ter; that they preferred sailing over
the ocean, the air being more quiet
there; that the ship reared, bucked,
jumped, and was buffeted about like
a feather in a cyclone; that the ship
had a tendency to nose downward at
a high rate of sliced.
It may be this new disaster will re
sult in tin* cancellation of the order
for a Zeppelin for America to be built
in Germany. General Mitchell says
tills craft is not under way, "because
of the numerous difficulties between
America, the entente and Germany.
These difficulties renter on whether
America shall get the latest type or
an oiil style. If America wants the
latest, the entente must permit Ger
many to build airships, which the Yer- !
saillcs treaty forbids."
PRESIDENT HAUniNG Informed
* the senate that he could not coin- !
ply with its request for the records,
minute*, conversations, etc., relating
to the four power treaty, because most
of the conversiitions and discussion*
were quite outside the conference and
' c re without record lie added; “l 1
o O il believe it to he compatible vrltlt |
Uu .. ... .Oi.'.d Si l 4-.M ImO
amenities or int«*niim*'n»n * ■ ..
lo attempt to reveal information ami
confidential conversations or discus- ,
slons of which no record was kept, or
to submit tentative suggestions or in
formal proposals, without which the
arrival at desirable international un
derstandings would be rendered un
likely if not Impossible.”
Mr. Harding, however, emphatically
assured the.senate that there were no
concealed understandings and no se
cret exchanges of notes. But tin ir_
reconcilable” senators are not satis
fled and insist that ratification must
lie hedged about with considerable
reservation. Although President Har
ding adhered to his position that no
reservation was necessary, the f ’reign
relations committee was informed that
lie would not object to the one offered
by Senator Krandegce if it was deemed
host tints to facilitate ratification. This
reservation reads:
“The United States understands
that it assumes no obligation either
legal or moral, to maintain Urn rights
in relation to the insular possessions
or Insular dominions of any of tin?
other high contracting parties and that
the consent of the congress of the
United States shall be necessary to
any adjustments or understandings
under articles one and two by which
t He United States is to he bound in
any way, and that there is no obliga
tion either legal or moral to give sm h
consent.”
Naturally, Senator Johnson of I’aU
fornia was not satisfied even with tins,
and Jte offered another more drastic
resenutioji. But the administration
senators said the Brandegec resolution
was as far as they would consent to
go, and the “stalwarts,"’ like Kellogg
and New, didn't want to make any con
cessions at all. Then Senator Lodge,
after conferring with the President,
offered » substitute reservation safe
guarding congressional authority over
the use of armed force. This e;;s not
liked by the more radical members.
("'ONSIOKHATION "f a sales tax f. r
linamlng the soldiers' bonus was
given consideration In a subcommit
tee of the house wavs and means eom
mittec, but no conclusions have been
reu< lied. Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon was cal let] on for further ad
vice and said he still believes bonus
legislation should be postported, but
that if a bill is to be passed be would
prefer .some form of tax as against the
Issuance of bonus. He said that n
sales tax would mean '_’,ot¥i additional
employees, but that it could !«■ admin
istered.
Petitions in opposition to it sales tax
were circulated in the house last week
and were signed by at least seventy
memlMTs. It was asserted that fully
one hundred could be counted on to
vote against such a tax. Meanwhile
a movement is gaining headway to
postpone bonus legislation altogether
until the newly appointed foreign debt
eoiuniisslon lats ascertained the
chances for the payment of Interest by
foreign nations and decided concern
ing the funding of foreign debts into
long term securities. ,\ number of
well known men have asked the Na
ttonal Republican dub to oppose the
granting of a federal bonus "to any
soldier who <annot show a wound or
who was not disables! In the service."
'TM1K foreign debt commission meu
-*■ tioned above, as mimed by I’resl
llardlng, is made up of Secretary
of Stale Hughes, Secret a ry of tin*
Treasury Mellon, Secretary of Com
merce Homer, Senator Heed Smoot of
I'tali and Hcpresentntive I’tirton of
Ohio. '1 be fact that all live art* lie
publican* has aroused the ire of the
Democrats and tile latter in the senate
declared they would not vote for the
confirmation of the appointments of
Smoot and Burton.
Y I--'V pay scales for the army navy,
x ’ marine corps, coast guard, eoasi
and geodetic survey and public health
service have been arranged by the
joint congressional service pay com
mission and a bill providing for then:
ordered favorably reported to bouse
and senate. For the fiscal year IP'ja
the new rate of pay for those six serv
ices wiil save the government about
Xt.'uon.nno, and ultimately. It Ik esti
mated, the saving will be $28,(100,000
annually. The proposed rate Is below
the presc at basis. which was fixed in
llt'-it, l.-tti considerably above that e*
'ahl;sl;ed in IflOS.
*;v - ■ j ...... t'.t.s corjaJt
in one <>f it- economical s.ii-ms, j
reduced tlie estimates »>f tlte iK j.nr -
ment of Commerce to tie* extent of
$3tC>SO,891, and those of the U> pal
ment of Labor by $1,227.71-.
rt: mi Kits lu»yi> fii-miton am*
l'OINCAUK met privately m j
France Sunday for the purjM.s.* of ar-j
ranging the agenda for the Eenoa con- i
ference on the economic and financial i
regeneration of Kurope there are re- j
ports that the conference may !e post- j
poned for several weeks. Of course j
the European nations are exceedingly :
desirous tlial the Fnited States shall ,
take part in ihe meeting, but tbit
grows more unlikely ie time passes.
Secretary Hociver, hi a Washington*
birthday addre-s In Chicago, gave
what might be considered an uuoflh lal
ex pros-ion of the admlnlst ration’s
views on this matter. Without beroiu
ing too specific, he made it plshi tlrat
the Fnited States could not be ex
pected to lend assistance to tlie nations
of Europe until they hud worked out
gome of their present pressing prob
lems, Including "unbalanced budgets
overtaxed [leople-. large armies and
an unbearable debt, both domestic and
external— till tiearing their fruit of in
flation and Instability."
Mr Hoover added: "We find our
selves much tom between an earnest
desire to be of service and a rightful
desire to keep ourselves free from
matters to which we are not a party
and which we cannot remedy; partlcl
pat Inn in which, nevertheless would
undermine our strength, our influence
and our ability to render real service
in the future.
'TMt t'< "F Inis hct-n agreed upon b> the
* quuiTfUi!. Iri-1 Free St .11* ~ u p
[mrters on on* side mid republicans »»n
tlic other. Aid nifU. Hu- convention
Of lilt' Slllll l fin. iill \\ fdliff-ilitN Ull
joumed I«»r throe months. at the oral
of which (teriiHl the people of the It*
lend Hill he called on to vote on a
eonstltutioii. and also on ufeoptanee of i
i the treaty with Kngland, No eleothm
is to he held until after that refer*’!,
duiit. Mi had ('oilInn announced lie
would resign the chairmanship of the
provisional government if in the three
months the opposition gained control
of the I tall Firearm. His majority
How is exceedingly slender. One thou
sand members of the Sinn Fein met
with Lte Valera and formally organ
ized the republican party, and plans
wen* laid for it camp;, git In every
county a trail'St the Free State mid the
proposed constitution.
' 1 * Hi: resignation of Judge Kenesaw !
* M. Landis from the federal bench j
of Ihu northern Illinois district 1*
cans. for sincere regret. except per
haps on tin- part of baseball fnus.
Though often spectacular in methods
and speech, Judge Landis was always
fearless, just and impeccably honest,
and lie had an uncanny ability to get j
at the truth and couimendalde
tendon.to ignore unimportant tech
nicalities. If these latter qualities
were shared by the lesser judiciary of
the region where Judge Landis l as
been exercising his activities there
would be less eause to complain of the
prevalence of crime there and of mis
carriages Of justice,
13 KPIU’.SKNTATIYKS or it; railway
j AX unions and of tlie I id; d Min.
i Workers of America met In Chicago
and entered into a defensive nl’iauce.
but there will lie no s> inpathetie rail
strike on April 1, when the coal in.nets
are expeeted to quit work. The agree
ment, moreover, does not become op
erulive until it I,us been rati lied by ail
I 'be organism lions. It any of the labor
unions embraced in the agreement "1*
! made the victim of unwarranted at*
tacks, or its integrity is jeopardized,"
"ays sind means will In* eonsidered,
ut y netion to be approved by each of
the 17 organizations. An executive
committee, composer of the chief ex
ecutives of sdl tm* unions, will make
the necessary recommendations.
\A,rn ' * may develop Into u new
VV political party was horn In Chi
cago Inst week when several hundred
farmers, Socialists, union labor leaders
and others started u movement for the
elect ion to congress of men and women
of the Working class. At present the
| participants in tills movement are
| pledged to nonpartisan political no
tion, Hadicalg of many types and de
grees were present at tin* conference,
>■ ’V. 'V s ’.ven- no' ndtuHied.
no km
i«
TWO RESERVATIONS TO FQUf
POWER TREATY ARE Fvl A Of, *
PUBLIC BY ARKANSAN
ARE FIRST RESERVATION
Senator Robinson Would PreventiJ
natory Powers From Enter -ig £
to Secret Agreements With
Nations Concerned
Washington, D. C. -Sen:, or
>a of Arkansas lias made w ,uc t,
•serrations to the four pow r tre^
which he announced he wou'u! foi
Jy propose at the fii'st opportune
These are the first reservu oai
i t offered outside tine Fora: g,
tions Committee
The first reservation would provi
that ail powers claiming an
in any controversy arising iu ifcq
tlfit should be admitted b> ;,e
natory nations to the resulting cosfe.
ence.
The second would declare that
United States understands that ear
uf Uae high contracting partly will
train from entering into any
treaty agreement or understand
with any other power or pewt-rs
ing the life of this treaty."
’ The conviction is quite general,'
the senator said, in comment tig «
the latter proposed reservation,
secret understanding or arm:*
between nations have been rqtpsfej
ible for many conflicts which
have been avoided but for then.
Heity is a wholesome remedy for
preventing of intrigues and unfa
ness in international affairs,
conclasiun now is quite generally
cepted, although it is slow to
practical recognition among
mats.
I no real diK umon and * jr» t!|
th*. Washington conference was m
bind «dosed doors. despite the ainasl
universal public d**niund in the Uaiai]
States that the disarmament oite
enee should conduct its business)*,
ltd}
In addition to general re&Mtt
which n ..k. publli ity desirable i*
sped inn .-rnational a^reeniaj
many r* .* es’-t w uy • •• htu-t
Staten should insist that other U
lions signing the foar-power treaij|
F.iio-i: ! :■ ' ■..V.v. :.ut « « siiiitij
hut with every otherp**f
e, Th! w 11 l< d to jirevcsi igrrs-j
■ion by one nation against sue 1 1
and combinations on the pan ot ritsil
power again't th political MtaM]
of the United States."
The first reservation whiihUsifr]
kan&as senator intends to pr I
reads as follow s:
"The United States undenuwb
that each of the high contrai-ting p»
t;c» will respt t the lights t. 1
■non: of all other nations ai J reO*
from all acts of aggression agai**
any other power or powers.”
Veterans Civen Help
Washington The A meric a Roi!
t'ross eipended $Si.7s2,OOe last yew11
assisting World War disable! r*t«f
ans, John Barton Payne, natuod
chairman of that organisation. has**"
nounced. of the total sum IT.®*
• <•'•*> a.: disln •**! > , local - ■ pfer* I
and the rc?t directly l‘y th tiatioMlj
body.
Two Plunge To Deatn
1 i * ago Jii- eph Koras, H, I
Joseph 1! i. !fv, <2, fought i;i a rocnI
on the second floor of a wellj®l|
bm last weak, and < rushed tlu',:ifs|
the window to the pavement he!o*|
Both were killed.
Auto Motel I* Planned
Chicago,- Plans for a:i ‘'euteradW^I
hotel." 2li atisrU high, aud d«wigsr<j
to help i< ! i vr the nr. »stlon i*rt|
by the increasing number of motor c*
were made public here recently.
Robber* Get $3,000
Chicago. ■ Se»en armed t. ,:■(]; s ftl
icently robbed a downtown jc.veWj
■tore of Jewelry valued by the pp
i yietor at $8,000 and ex( aped in a wl®
ing automobile.
No Note To Mexico.
j Mexico city. The Foreign Off
| has denied the receipt of any v
j from the I’nited States relative
i recognition of Mexico, either thro
i f bmge d Affaires Summerlin cr t
| Mexican embassy at Washington
Many Hut* Are Burned.
_ Mauila, 1*. 1 a fire that swept 1*
* undo (district of Manila recently ^
stiojed SOU small uipa houses and r<f
doted homeless more than 4,CO) n*
Ives.
Indian Unrest Grow*.
London.—The serious condition (t
unrest in India is emphasized by ftf
respondents of the Loudon Tie*
from various localities in India. Tti
pay particular interest, to the grow#
hostilities of the Sikh.
New Animal Disease.
Washington.—Domestic animals**
j threatened by a new and dread ^
j sease which causes death in iro® ^
j 1° 71 hours, uncording to a bullet*
i Issued by the Rubik Health Serfi*