APPOINT FORDTCE
VV ELL KNOWN ENGINEER IS NAM
ED AS SUCCESSOR TO
JUDGE FALCONER
TAKE OVER OFFICE AT ONCE
@ommis?iun Holds Meeting, But De
lays Action On Proposed Road
System Until February Meet,
a ing To Allow Changes.
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t
TJttle Rock Ark.—Col. John R. For
tlyee of Hot Springs. builder of Camp
&<kc and one of the best known en
irlneers in the South, has been appoint
«*d by Governor McRae a member of
<1j« Arkansas Highway Commission,
qmcceeding Judge W. A. Falconer of
■Tort Smith, resigned. Colonel For
pyoe's appointment is effective nt
pnce
When Camp Fike was chosen as
* cantonment site, Colonel, then Maj
mr Fordyce, took charge of the work
om construction quartermaster, and
directed the entire operation of build
tog. including the road and railroad
oonstruction. He remained in charge
tiatii the camp was completed. He
was then sent to St. Louis to take
■charge of building ono of the biggest
■Quartermaster depots in the service.
At the close of the war Colonel For
<tyce opened engineering offices in
IJttle Rock, in partnership with W.
T. Keild under the firm name of For
dyce & Feild.
Judge Falconer announced his res
ignahon to the governor in December,
Affective February 15, but after a
consultation with the governor yes
terday he asked that his resignation
and Colonel Fordyce’s appointment
be made effective at once.
At the monthly commission meet
ing recently adoption of the state's
primary and secondary road system
was delayed till the next meeting
to give the commissioners further
lime to consider suggested changes,
it was decided to add another road
to the state system. This highway
Will extend from Fort Smith through
Charleston and Paris to the Arkan
ms river at Dardanelle; paralleling
wn the south side to the river the
idttle Rock-Fort Smith road on the
north side. The new road wiil re
eeive state aid, but will not partici
pate in federal funds, and will be con
•idered only a state road and not a
part of the system to be aided by
Ahe federal government.
Allotments of federal aid recorn
naonded at the meeting yeaterdaj
were as follows: District No. 4. Con
way county, $40,000; No. 10, Pulask.
county, $100,000; No. 4, Saline coun
by, $1,000, and the Blytheville-Leacl
villc^Manila district of Mississipp
county, $20,000, a total of $164,0 1
No recommendations of allotments e
state aid were made.
Ozark.—E. C. Linly has been gran
Ad a franchise to install and operati
an electric light plant at Charleston,
lime for four years at this work.
Rector.—Farmers in this sectioi
liave been shipping from one to twe
carloads of hogs a week.
Mulberry.—Farmers of this sectioi
recently shipped a carload of cattb
to Coffeyville, Kan. Two carloads <
Worses and mules were shipped in
to Mulberry.
Cotton Plant.—Nutrition classe
are being organized In the Cotto
Plant public schools. Miss Verna L
Weaver is in charge of the work
"The work will be financed by tin
local chapter of the Red Cross.
Altus.—Two local boys, one a ho:
of Charley Morrison and the other :
son of Mrs. White, were bitten by
mad dog several days ago. The do
■was hilled and Its head sent to the
a Late laboratory and. according to :
report received here today, the anima
was found to have been affected wit!
rabies.
Newport.—The Jackson Count;
Farm Burea has called a meetim
to organize the bureau into unit
one for each school district in tin
county.
Van Buren.—The Van Buren Bus
Bess Men's Club is planning to e:
tertain the president and two mem
bers of the 17 Community Clubs ove
•the county in Van Buren Februar>
10. The purpose will be to outline th<
work of the clubs over the count'
tor the coming year. A dinner wil
be given the visitors, and a program
is being arranged.
Glenwood.—Ground has been pre
pared and contracts let for straw
berry plants sufficient to plant 20t
•eres here.
Willow—The Rev. Fred H. Ward,
pastor of the Willow Baptist church,
has resigned to accept a full time
pastorate at Lewisville. The church
accepted the resignation and will cal'
another pastor soon. The Rev. Mr
Wafd will graduate from Ouachita
OoUege at the close of the present
term.
Huntsville—John Counts of Wesley
• fancy breeder of Southern cattle
aold 3Q head at Wichita, Kan . last
week He has a large ranch and
Vaises cauls on aa extensive scale.
Walnft Ridge—Tho Weir Mercan
tile Company has purchased the stock
of groceries of Terry Rainwater at
Iloxie.
Huntsville.—John Robinson has
sold a large farm near Asher to
Henry Ray for $5,000.
Ozark. — J. S. Smith. T. A Watson ;
and M. M. Cole have been appointed !
commissioners to build the new court- ;
house at Charleston.
Arkadelphia.—E i g h t e e n indict- j
rr.ents have l)oen returned by the Clark
county Grand Jury. Liquor charges
comprise the major part of the inves
tigation.
Walnut Ridge.—A movement Is on
foot in Hoxio to organize a company j
to install an ice plant. S. A. Coats
is said to be at the head of the prop
osition.
Pocahontas.—The Neapolitin Trou
badours, members of the White-Myers
Lyceum Bureau of Kansas City, en
tertained a packed house at the
Methodist church hre last week
Marshall.—While working at his
hour mill here recently, F. D. Alex
ander suffered a badly crushed arm
when the member was caught in tha
engine.
Russellville.—Mrs. Nancy Reidmat
ten has taken charge of the White
House hotel again, l aving bought tha
property from J. H. Simpson of Wal
nut Ridge, to whom she sold it in
December..
Glenwood.—The Glenwood Chamber
of Commerce has elected the follow
ing officers: President, W. F. Rea
gan: secretary and treasurer, M. F.
Gibbs.
Walnut Ridge—The pastor and
members of the Methodist church
have just signed a contract with a
Kansas City concern to furnish seven
windows for the new church, which
will cost $1,200.
Huntsville.—William Worthley of
Whitener has just completed a cellar
18 feet long, 12 feet wide and 6 feet
deep. His only implement was a stone
pick, as the cellar is built in solid
limestone. He spent all his liesura
Arkadelphia.—The piano pupils of
Yellville.—Interest in the cattle
business is reviving among stockmen
and dealers in this section, with sev
eral buyers in the field taking up
young cattle. There is considerable
competitive bidding. Hogs also r.ro
being sought with considerable activ
ity among buyers.
Searcy.—Striking a match to find
the trouble with his automobile, Don
ald Moore found more trouble than
he was looking for, as the car was
soon a mass of flames and now is
only a wreck of twisted and warped
metal practically good for nothing but
the junk heap.
Camden.—Nearly $10,000 has been
ollected by Shorriff and Collector
id Harper for state automobile tax
in Ouachita county since January 1,
iuachita county will receive 70 per
ent of this money, which will go in
‘o the road fund.
I
Walnut Ridge.—S. T. Hardin mana
er of the Hoxie Walnut Ridge Ice i
old Coal Company, says that new ice 1
’.akin : machinery would be installed i
in the plant in the spring. i
For* Smith.—Members of the local (
'ire Department will he supplied with
deplumes free of charge, according
i) an agreement reached by city of
icials and the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company.
Huntsville.—The Rev. Houston
Johnson has closed a three weeks'
evival at Buckeye, in which there
■vere 43 conversions.
Pottsville.—Pottsville High School
has issued the first number of the
Pottsville Pep.” The paper will be i
i monthly publication.
Cotton Plant.—Farmers in this sec
ion expect to plant about 200 acres |
i strawberries this season. A berry
rowers' association probably will be ,
irganu'c<l here within a few days.
Pat. gould.—J. T. Cravens recently i
’.stained a fractured hip when he fell
>n an i> > pavement while on his way
orne from his work.
Walnut Ridge.—Ilubbs & Butler,
akcrs, are preparing to remove their
dant to the new McCarroll building j
•i Main street, which has just been
completed, j ,
Huntsville,—Ralph Carlock, who
wns a large farm at the end of the
mproved highway to Fayettville,
outh Wliitener, has set five acres
i Concord grapes, and plans a much
larger acreage soon.
Wanut Ridge—According to re
ports here, J F. Beasley, manager of
he Walnut Ridge Grocer Company,
vho was accidently shot In the eye
ias lost the sight of this eye. An
■peration was performed in a Mem
phis hospital, and the shot extracted
from the inner portion of the optic.
Van Buren.—Eradication of cattle
:icks in Crawford county will be start
’d as soon as possible under the di
rection of Dr. J. W. Hovorka, gov
ernment veterinary inspector. Each
vat will be thoroughly cleaned and
disinfected before using again. The
ast Quorum Court appropriated 13,
#0 for this work.
L. H. Mitchell of the Ouchita Con
ervntory of Fine Arts were guests
f Miss Louise Hall at her home re
cently. during which she gave a
plane recital.
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1—Mrs. Marion B. Stephens, daughter of late N. B. Ueaiu of Chicago and heiress
married Anastnse Vonsiatsky, a Russian laborer In the Baldwin Locomotive works.
Ington as it appeared after the recent heavy snowfall. 3—Interior of Knickerbocker
the roof collapsed, killing nearly a hundred persons.
to $-10,1 k>0,ihH), who has just
2—The Capitol in Wash
theater, Washington, after
Settlement of Shantung Contro
versy Announced to the
Arms Conference.
NAVAL TREATY IS APPROVED
Agreements on Poison Gas, Subma
rines and Chinese Questions Also
Indorsed—Senate Passes Foreign
Debt Refunding Bill—Senator
Kenyon Is Made Federal
Circuit Judge.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
SECRETARY <>f State Hughes and
Arthur J. Balfour accomplished a
great feat of real diplomacy last week
when they succeeded in persuading
Clhinu and Japan to accept the compro
mise arrangement by which the long
standing anti troublesome Shantung
controversy if brought to an end. The
settlement was announced on Wednes
day to the fifth plenary session of the
conference, and both the statesmen
voiced their personal rejoicing over it
decause it was their own plan. Mr. Ral
'our went further and told something
:liat aroused the conferees to cheers.
He said that Great Britain had decid
'd to enter at once into negotiations
air the restoration to China of the ter
•itory of Wei-liai-Wei, which it lias
leld under lease since the time when
tussia seized Port Arthur. Tiius China
viil get back sovereignty over tier
nost ancient and most thickly-popu
ated province in Its entirety.
In all major details the agreement
letween Japan and China is as was told
n these columns a week ago. Japan
t to get out of Tsingtuo and the salt
ielcls within six months, and is to give
ip the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu railway with
n nine months.
The one discordant note in Washing
on was sounded by Ma Soo, represent
itive of tiie Canton government. He
isserted the Chinese people would not
•eeognize the treaty agreed upon in the
conference.
Mr. Hughes presented to the con
’erenee the completed draft of the
isval limitation treaty with the agree
nent on Pacific firrtifications, and it
.vas formally adopted. No material
'hnnge in the treaty as already (le
aned had been made, and tlie Pacific
igreement also stands in the main as
ormerly described. According to the
’ortiflcations clause the status quo
mist lie maintained by America m
lie Philippine and Aleutian islands;
>y Great Britain in Hongkong and the
Pacific islands east of 110 degrees
*ast longitude; by Japan in the Kurile,
Sonin and I.oochoo islands, Amami
Jsliima, Formosa and the Pescadores.
In presenting tin* five-power naval
>nct, Mr. Hughes said:
mis ireuiy uusoiuiLMy ends m*' rarr
n cnmpetitInn of nuvil armaments. j
\t the same time it leaves the seeur
ty of notions unimpaired, it is signif
cant of far more also, because here
vc are talking of arms in the language
>f peace and have taken the greatest
forward step to estuhlisli the reign of
teace.”
Albert Sarraut, head of the French
lelegation, took the opportunity again
o correct misappreitenslons concern
rig his country’s naval policy. lie
otid France had appealed for only
ivhat she must have to defend her
self, and added: “The camouflaged
thost of Imperialistic Frauce which
jerman propaganda parades about the
universe may still deceive a few art
less minds, hut It will soon evoke noth
ing but smiles."
Elihu Root presented for approval
the five power treaty outlawing poison
gas and the use of the suhmnrine
against merchant shipping. ||e ex
plained that It does not undertake to
codify international law in regard to
visit and search, but to state the most
Important provisions which already
are a part of the law of nations.
“It does undertake," said Mr. Root,
“to stop the violation of these ruh>*
md the doing to death of women and
-hlldren and other noncomhatants by
ieclarlng the wanton destruction of
merchant vessels carrying passengers
:o be a violation of the laws of war
and an net of piracy. This treaty will
be supported by the greatest power
known to history. It crystallizes in
simple and concrete terms the opinion
of the civilized world that already ex
ists in order that hereafter no nation
shall dare to do what was done when
the women and children of the Lusi
tania went to their death by wanton
murder on the high seas.”
In completing a wonderful day’s i
work, the conference gave irs approval
to resolutions relating to China, to be
embodied in treaties, including decla
ration of the open door, publication
of existing treaties, agreements and
commitments with China, radio estab
lishments in China, Chinese railways,
withdrawal of foreign postoffices, with
drawal of foreign troops from Chi
nese territory, and reduction of Chi
nese military forces in the interest
of economy and internal tranquillity.
These treaties, not yet drafted, are to
be reported to the next plenary ses
sion of the conference, which prob
ably will be its last.
The question of reducing their land
forces by one-half was presented to
the governments of two nations. By
one. it was rejected, and the same ac
tion is expected in the other case. To
the central executive committee of
tlie Russian soviet government, Lenin
proposed that the Russian army in'
cut in half, witli a view to meeting
the wishes of the United States. Leon
Trotzky spoke in opposition and the
committee rejected the plan. In the
Japanese diet the Kokuminto party
brougiit forward the same proposi
tion. The war office opposed if. hav
ing a plan of its own which contem
plates reductions in personnel and the
strengthening of armaments and equip
ment. The minister of war says the
idea of halving the army is prepos
terous in view of the fact that the j
Russian army is still a million strong
and can lie transported easily with
the restoration of the Trans-Siberian
railway. It was considered that
political reasons would prevent the
adoption of the Kokuminto resolu
tion.
Xl/'ITII the exception of the United
V v States all the nations asked to par
ticipate in the Genoa conference in
March have accepted the Invitation.
The French government has announced
that it will lie represented, because
it feels itself bound by the action
of former Premier Briand at the
r.fmnps mppfinr* i»f fhp Riinmni* ronn
cil. Premier Poincare is devoting j
much attention to the German repara
tions problem uml has asked the other
allied governments to state their views
ns to the procedure that should lie
adopted in regard to the latest pro
posals made by Germany. He inti
mates that France prefers to leave
tiie whole matter in the hands of the
reparations commission, as the treaty
of Versailles provides. Lenin lias
sent word to Italy that he personally
will head the Russian delegation In
Genoa.
THK senate of the United States
passed the hill for refunding the for
eign debt into securities maturing in
not more than 25 years. The vote
was ft!) to 25. three Republicans—
Rorah. La Foliette and Norris—join
ing the 1 ieinoi ratio opposition. The
measure Is virtually as the administra
tion recommended, though it was sn’d
[•resident Harding didn’t like some
of its provisions. Senator Sdmn ns
nf North Carolina offered an amend
ment providing for the use ()f tin* in
terest on the* nllied 1 .ms to pay a
soldiers’ bonus, ami Senator Jones of
New Mexico offered another providing
for the payment of the bonus directly
out of the* treasury. Both were de
feated, Senator McC umber stating
a bill was now being prepared that
would give adjusted compensation to
the former service men. Senator
Borah denounced the hill as a scheme
whose ultimate purpose was the can
cellation of the entire foreign debt.
pllESII>ENT Harding and Senator
* Kenyon together furnished the coun
try with a great surprise last week.
The President nominated the Iowa
statesman to he Judge of the United
States Circuit court, Eigi th circuit, and
Mr Kenyon at once announced his ac
i-eptnme The senate was astonished,
but did not hestltate to confirm the
nomination. Democratic leaders • *
pressed the belief that the President
of one of the chiefs of the agrtcul
turnl bine. Mr. Kenyon himself issued
this statement:
••The President hns known since ear
service together in the senate that ])'»
liricnl life did not appeal to me and
that my ambition was to serve on the
federal bench. I aut deeply nppreei- !
ative of the act of the President in
appointing me to this position."
In Washington it was believed Rep- j
reseatative Burton Sweet of Iowa,
would succeed Kenyon In the senate.
An announced candidate for the place
is It. O. Weaver, Iowa lawyer and
farmer, president of the American
Shorthorn Breeders’ association and
of the Iowa Agricultural society.
N'EARLY ojic hundred persons per
ished when the roof of the Knicker
bocker movie theater in Washington
collapsed under the weight of n heavy
snowfall. Nearly nil the victims were
killed instantly, but one. and perhaps
the most prominent, survived several
days. This was Edward H. Shaugh
nessy of Chicago, second assistant
postmaster general. The house Dis
trict of Columbia committee has un
der consideration a plan to purchase
the site of the theater and transform
it into a park in which shall he erected
a memorial to those who lost their
lives in the disaster.
This terrible accident in the Capital
marked the worst storm that the At
lantic coast states have experienced
in many years. Deep snow, high gales
and severe cold almost paralyzed many
cities and greatly hampered railway
transportation.
IT is probable that before ttds 1« In
the bands of the rentier the sue
eessor to pope Lenedlet XV will have
been chosen. The sacred college be
gan its conclave in the* Vatican '*n
Thursday with 52 cardinals present.
Several others were on tln-ir way
there. In accordance with ancient cus
tom. the cardinals were cut off from
communication with the outside world
until their task should be completed,
and the only sign of their doings was
the periodical smoke wreath from the
chimney of the Sistire chapel when
each secret ballot was burned. Be
fore the voting began both the Italian
and Drench governments had denied
having anv favorite candidate. It was
thought the successful cardinal would
he one who would moderately con
tinue the policies of Benedict, and .
many believed Uasparri had tiie best j
chance.
O L( Al SB the Italian government
*aw fit to recognize tin* death <<f lhe
bite nope the opposition element were
enabled to get together, and on Thurs
day Premier Monoml anil his cabinet
announced their resignation. 'Iltey hiid
retained the support of only the :
Catholic party and a small group of
reform Socialists.
ory’HKTAJtY of War Weeks uhinlt
^ f"d to eon press Henry Ford's offer
for the government projects tit Muscle
Slionbs, Ain., “for such action as con
press may deem appropriate.” \jr
Weeks did not advise e t!ser accep
tinee or rejection, hut he stiid if 11,«*
proposal v. ere accepted ••? h,. J
meiif must make new Appropriations !
amounting to $40j000.o<H) to v. mmki
000, of which Mr. Ford will have the !
benefit for approximately tOO years at
■1 |'■!' cent."
In the event the offer he rejected ;
Hie secretary gave It as his “opin on \
tliat dam No. 2 (Wilson dam) should
lie completed by the government and
that the power requirements for coin
mercinl purposes, itie benefits to navi
gation, as well as the possible
of the government would warrant this
expenditure.”
r^’AI- operators last week declared
VJ there must t,e a radical reduction I
in the wage scale, which expires March
:<1 Mine union and railroad union
lenders laid plans for co-operative ac
tion to prevent n lowering of miners’
wages. Fonsequently a strike seems
Inevitable, and the national govern
mont, through Attorney General
Dougherty, began planning to meet
the crisis. What steps Mr. Dougherty
contemplates Is not known, hut in dis
cussing the matter he pledged support
of unions as long as they are lawfully
conducted, hut questioned their right
to Impose the closed-shop principle
An Important feature of the contro
versy is the proposal of the operators
to abolish the check-off system, under
which union dues are deducted from
miners' pay.
rAREWELL ADDRESS MARKS FOR
MAL CLOSE OF ARMAMENT ..
MEETING
VISITORS WILL SAIL SOON
President Herding Makes His F.ret
Appearance In Conference Since
Welcoming The Delegations
To Washington.
Washington -The Washington < on
ference on annnments and Far r.aet
prn problems came to an end with a
plenary session given over to t!»«
formal signing of treaties and to a
farewell addross by President Hard
ing.
, r, f V»e,
MaKing ms i:r?i
sessions of the conference since he
welcomed the delegates to Kashin*
ton November 1-. the president
voiced briefly bis gratification over
the results accompli- h'd and his l’°n
viction that the experiment has justi
fied faith in the practice ef fettling
troublesome quest tor:" in an .ntorna
tional meeting of min i"
Mr. Harding's be! * f in -is confer
ence plan of conducting international
negotiations fc.is be n ss strengthened
by the developments here, his
friends nay. that be regards the ir.tang
tble relationships resulting from the
Washington meeting as of even great
er significance than the formal agree
ments that ar to be brought to form
al conaumation tomorrow. He made
atilv a short speech, but it contained
important utterances on the general
subject of international fellowship
Despite the small amount of work
left to it, however, tifc? ln*t session
covered several hours Four treaties
snd a supplement to a fifth were sign
ed by the delegates at the hig green
table in Continental Hall, around
which all the public meetings of the
conference have hoe held The affix
irig of wax seals and the exartmg
work of inspecting the treaty texts
before signatures w»re tasks of such
importance that conference official*
say there was no disposition to hurry
Two of th« treaties, that relating to
the Root ‘ four points." and the open
door and that dealing with Chinese
problems, were sign** i by the full dele
Rations of the l asted Ftates, Great
Hr it .an, Japan e nd France, Italy, Mel
ts urn. China, I’orturil and the Nether
lands, while the other two, limiting
capital r.hip strength and regulating
submarine and poison gas warfare ar#
to he given formal approval by the
plenipotntiar.es of the l'nit* i State*,
Groat Hritiun. Japan, Franco ami Italy
All except Italy signed the supple
mental agreement defining the scop#
of the four power Pad,’lo agreement.
Guards Ordered Out
Frankfort, Ky -Twelve rompsn.M
of Kentucky National Guardsmen
here boon ordered to Newport, Ky ,
where a strike in the rolling nulls
has been in progre: - for some time.
Boys Become Infected
Chicago The golosh habit or den
ease is spreading K vans ton High
School boys caught it a week ago,
and more tTian half of them new wear
them.
New West Virgina Governor
Richmond, Va K Ler> Trinklo of
Wytheville was inaugurated governor
of Virginia uieceoding Westmoreland
Davis. Junius E West of Snffolk
became lieutenant governor.
Ealtic Sea Is Frozen
Stockholm.—Throe weeks of inces
sant freezing v\ ather have formed
ice in tlie Baltic sea so thick as to
‘nterfere seriously with navigation.
Storm in Dakotas
St. Raul,Minn - Fnc worst blizzard
•n years has beer reported in South
Dakota. North Dakota also recorded
a heavy snow Pm >ncrul over the
state front the Mi - -ouri river.
Secrcta-y Davis III
Rattle Creek, Mich The condition
of Secretary of Labor Davis, who is
•on ned to a local sanitarium, is not
serious, physicians said.
Rubber Firm Loses
London The Dunlop Rubber Com
pany’s official report for the year
'-nding August Si discloses a net loss
of S 320,000 pound: . which is more than
one half the company’s ordinary
share capital.
Cabinet Finally Out
Libson.—The resignation of the
Portuguese cabinet headed by Presi
dent Cunna Leal, presented Wednes
day, lias been accepted by President
Alemeda.
Hazers Are Sent Home.
Starkville, Miss. Charged with vio
lation of the rule against hazing. 18
members of the sophomore eiastt of
Mississippi A and M. College, have
been dismissed by Dr. 1), c. ijuh
president.
Italian Cabinet Quits.
Rome The cabinet of Premier
Ronomi, which took office early last
July in succession to the (lioletti miu
Istry lias presented Its resignation to
the Chamber of Deputies.