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sttle Rock Daily WS HOME i VV (J rniTiAM EDITION 1 Newspaper Enterprise Associat ion Inernaional News Service HOME VOL. IV. No- LITTLE RQCK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1921 PRICE TWO CENTS NAUGURATION OF GOV. THOMAS CJ'RAE HELD THIS AFTERNOON I i "A '-liaJwtfSr Gov. Charles II.

Brough Delivers His Retiring Mes-Jff to the Joint Session 1 his Morning. Loving tup Is Presented to Gov. Brough. At 10 o'clock this morning Gov. Charles H.

Brough delivered his farewell address to both houses or the legislature in joint session. he House chamber was packed for the occasion, the galleries as well, overflowing with listeners. The Governor was roundly applauded he appeared in the house, all present rising as he approached the speaker's chair, escorted by Senator Representative I'arnell and Representative Kenney. In a brief and appupriate speech. Lee Cazort presented the Governor.

Before beginning his formal speech, a brilliant and interesting resume of Arkansas achievements and problems during the four years of his administration, Governor Brough announced Arkansas' "one construe- tive achievement during his term of office: Oil." He expressed the opinion that Arkansas might become a second Pennsylvania with Little Rock another Pittsburg. "May there be sufficient oil to pour on the troubled waters," added the Governor in a final wish for a harmonious session of the legislature. His speech was punctured with hearty applause. The Governor said in n.irt- Gov. Brough Presented a Loving Cup Officials and employes at the state capitol.

as well as individual friemls of Governor Charles H. Brough, presented him and Mrs. Brough with un exquisitely 'autifu) loving cup, artistically engraved and fully two feet in Jieight, at a reception tendered J.hem this morning at the state, capitol. The governor's reception hall and offices were banked with beautiful floral tributes. ihe cup was presented by ex-senator John Carter, inheritance ax attorney, who formerly act-id as private secretary to Governor Brough.

In a few appro-priate and appreciative 'Words, Senator Carter expressed the sentiments of the large assemblage. He said that Governor Brough had done more to bring Arkansas before the nation and the world in a favorable manner and to make its citizens proud of their state, than any other governor. The governor responded in a short speech of thanks in which he highly commended the newly elected governor, T. C. McRae, describing him as one of "the greatest and purest men ever selected for this high office." Former Governor Brough and Mrs.

Brough will remain in Little Rock at their home, 1404 Scott street. The former governor has been selected as general publicity director for the recently orcanized Stnta tui JUDGE MOVER URGES STRICTEST ECONOMY Juilire Mover is lisharinir t.io of office with an efficiency campaign Tuesday night he held a meeting at his office at the court house of all departmental heads and former Countv Judge Miles. Judge Miles made a talk to the heads of the denartmnnta nn Va of economy in running the affairs of me county ana ne urged that every possible means be used to economize. All promised that they would. Harold Ena-strom.

who has been making a map of the' county iarm, reported last n'ght that it would be possible to drain the entire farm and that this would be done. This will make aavilable for cultivation between 15 and 20 more acres which have not been in use. Captain George Cunn'Ugham nf tha mutiId dm has hepun wnrlr nn 4ha lamlaKIa age project. The work will be done by the convicts. Countv Judoe Mnvar BTinniinl Wednesday, morning that he was go- mg to employ an expert gardner to assist Captain Cunningham on the farm nnd thev avnart ti fiimi voet etables to the county hospital, the detention home and the city stockade.

No cotton will be grown on the farm next year. Cases against Edgar B. Jones and W. H. Williams, charged with violating the Bankrupt act, were nolle pres sed.

Governor Thomas C. McRae Gov. McRae Tendered Brilliant Reception This Afternoon, Following the Delivery of His Inaugural Message to the Joint Ses sion. A program of wholesale reconstruction and rigid economy was Khoratrd by Governor T. C.

Mc-lUf, Arkansas'! Sth governor, ho took the oath of office this afternoon in his inaugural address shortly after 2 o'clock in a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber. The new governor recommended the total abolishment of the Arkansas Corporation Commission, launching into spirited tirade on the non-essential character of ihe commission which was created by aa Art of the 1919 legislature and has been the subject of political warfare from time to time since that date. Governor Mc Kie's recommendation was for a rniiun of corporation government to municipalities, the plan used in Arkansas before the Corporation Commission. The abolishment of the Arkansas Penitentiary Commission and the substitution of an honorary board to fulfill required govern-mrnt as another of the economy measures recommended by Governor McRae. Another body, the State oi Control of Charitable Insti- um.

was recommended for abol-fcment und an honorary board of ii-jihers, who would give their pay, given as the remedy i the situation by the governor. Th at the state highway department it row exists should be abolished ai a further political bomb exnlod- by tle npAly inaugurated official. plan, as set forth would attach this de- to the department of Mines, and Aerim tura Ihf abolishment of the Arkansas lax was further under its present In' l. a sing-le (ax commissioner to entire work was advocated. Ine d.mes of the inheritance ta attorney would be assigned also to his commissioner, bv the irov- frn.rs outline, thus doing away with TX ne abolishment of highway attorney was also recom- similar cuts in mirror office er also mentioned in the econ-y scheme of government.

Ihe establishment of a thoroughly practical agricultural school -system Arkansas was dwelt unnn hv tha wvemor, his opinion being that prac-j nrl I 7, wno understood their y. should be placed aU the heads apartments and classes. Continued ou Page RANKS HAVE RUT VERY FEW CHANGES Few changes in the directorates of lecal banks as a result of meetings held Tuesday, with the exception of the directors of the W. B. Worthen Company.

Jphn F. Boyle, Hugh D. Hart. G. D.

Anderson and Dr. M. D. Ogden were added to the board in addition to the re-election of Gordon N. Peay, George C.

Worthen and J. T. Hammond, increasing its membership from three to seven. The board of directors re-elected all 1920 officers and also made John F. Boyle vice president and James B.

Pettyjohn assistant cashier. The only change in tha officials and directors of" the American Bank of Commerce and Trust Company was the elfctiorcf.TrW. Kirkyood, cashier, as cashier for Two new members, 0. D. "Hadfield and H.

W. Trigg, were added to the board of directors of the People's Savings Bank, increasing the "membership from seven to nine. Sam J. Storthsi, president of the In terstate Jobbing Company, was elect ed as a director of the Commercial Trust Company. Other members of the board and bank officers were re elected.

J. J. Mandlebaum was elected nresi- dent of the Ladies' Building and Savings Association. According to its custom, the Bankers Trust Company, will hold its annual meeting next Tuesday. Retiring Governor Brough FRENCH CABINET FALLS FAILING A CONFIDENCE VOTE Paris, Jan.

12. The government of Premier Iygues was overturned this afternoon in the Chamber of the question of postponing the interpellations of the government gen-dal policy was put to vote, resulting in 1 -i f. 1 ') i. t.s. iu.diiii uaimiiiut'in mill O.I uuinsi u.

it, was reported mat ilur- m.r IKa 1 'sr yt nciis lA-nufS and his cabinet would resign as the result of the growing hostility in parliament. The cabinet resigned this evening. GO TO ST. LOUIS TO RETURN NEGRO Prosecuting Emerson, Chief of Police Burl C. Rotenberry and Ad Morris, local well-to-do negro, will leave Wednesday night for SU Louis, where they will attempt to bring back the negro who is said to have robbed Charles Simon, local transfer man, some time ago, and who jumped his bond while awaiting trial.

The negro has refused to return to Arkansas and his attorneys are attempting to keep him from being re turned by means of a writ of habeas corpus. The case will be heard Thursday in the St. Louis Circuit Court of Appeals. O'CALLAGIIAN ROW STILL UNSETTLED Washington, D. Jan.

12 Ass'st-ant Secretary of State Davis as yet has received no reply from the labor department to his request to deport Lord O'Callaghan of Cork. The labor department announced today that there was no change in the situation. I Balloonists Resting In Mattice Ontario After Fourteen Days By William B. McKnight Mattice, Jan. 12.

Though hidden in the wilderness, this isolated point tonight shelters the "snatch ed from death" American balloonists, Lieutenants Kloor. tarred and Hin- EL DORADO OVERFLOWS WITH MANY THOUSANDS Trading Net Brisk, Becaust Holders of Leases Are Not Willing to Take Moderate Prices. Flow of the Well Continues, and Will Be Around 15,000. MtU III Little Kiwk whortly after nMn Ufdnesday, nayinc that IradinK in Ivase at III Dorado was dull rr than piniriiil ell an good for 10,000 burrels. If iiuwever, 11 ik re lieved (hat tradinr ia heinv n.rt.iiU1 ku cause owners of leases are con- fident that they will make morr bv holding them than bv Killing mem at me present time.

ine oil continues to flow un- diniiiiiMhafl Tha rom ing in Kl Dorado ara nnmharina thousands. El Dorado, Jan. 12 The special train from Little Rock arrived in El Dorado at 6 o'clock Wednesduy morning swelling the already overflowing ranks of nil men who have rushed to the scene of one of the largest oil wells ever blown in in thin country, which has an estimated flow of from 15,000 to 20.000 barrels of oil a day. Oil men, promoters, enthus'astic lease holders and hundreds filled with curiosity alone, form a steady stream from the city to the gusher, and from the gusher back to the packed town. The mud-covered road is dotted w.th cars which have become stranded in the knkee-deep mire and left by their owners, who pushed on.

regardless of their misfortune, wild with a desire, to see their first gusher. Hut visitors and novices in the oil game are no-more enthusiastic to see the greasy, dirty, red product than the oil men who rush back and forth to the field to feast- thaii curaulwedL gaze on the scene which means so much to the little optimistic city who waited, defying all threats of gloom during the past year. Cheese and crackers are at a premium and sardines and canned meats are by nov unobtainable. Ing lines are being continually formed in front of restaurants and lunch fUnds, tht men, women ail children gladly awaiting their turn if there is a promise of food at the end of their vigil. It la absolutely impossible to obtain lodging anywhere in El Dorado.

Thous ands walked the streets all night in the rain while others were glad to ob tain a patch of flooring or dry ground on which to lay their weary heads. iijoniiniiFa on rag I long trail, there certainly could none now. They gasped with delight. It was one of the proudest momenta of their lives they had learned to know privation, hunger and the all round disHgreeableness of fhe frozen north where they had mocked death. Their arrival today marked the last chapter of one of the wildest of escapades.

Having survived through hours of severe chill, they now discarded their knapsacks and removed from I heir fret the shapeless and unsightly moccasins. There followed moments of silence. itho longest time required for covering 1 me. route irom Moose factory. Wild the arrival of the Americans a new 'lonor record of thirteen dav wan huncr lup.

The delay was attributed In larg measure to the fact that thes men were inexperienced walkers and In comparatively poor shape phvslcal- ly whan they "hit the trail." It waa a case of amateur walkers, picking steps In competition with experienced Indian trail runners. Shortly after their arrival they were questioned by Sergeant of the Canadian northwest mounted police dntallnd by tha militia department at Ottawa to obtain from the stranded aviators explanation resepcting their arrival at a place other than that das- (gnated for the landing of aircraft By Lost Balloonists Thrilling Stories Told Who Wandered in Frozen Northwest REUELLIOaX GROWING IX INDIAN PROVINCES Allahabad. Tn.li the Lruted Provinces of Agra and iu io De spreading, and many persons have been killed. Six hundred were arrested in the Rae Ba-reh district All tr, i wnen the hie land numnri t.ttA...i to disrupt the Soviets which have been established in numerous villages throughout the country. The Boviet movement has been growing and the membershin now in tha Kmr.ir..

timated at over a hundred thousand. REGRETABLE-AFFAIR- SAYS SEO. DANIELS Washington, Jan. 12. the Navy Daniels today stated that he would decide whether he would make an investigation of the encounter be tween lieutenants Hmton and Farrell, navai Daiioonisis, wno were lost in the Canadian woods after receiving a full report from the commander at Rock-away, N.

Secretary Daniels characterized the incident as most rptrrpf- table. BULLETIN. London, Jan. 12. One hundred and twenty persons were killed in the fighting between the Monte-egrins and Servians along the old Montenegrin frontier, according to a Rome dispatch.

the "A rather rough landing was made in two installments amongst some tall spruce trees. The halloon deflated itself rapidly after being ripped. Not a scratch was experienced by any one. "There was no possible chance to get the balloon out of the brush, so we deserted it and mapped out a possible course in the direction from which the dog bark had come, carrying with us Hying suits and three carrier pigeon3 in a cage, which we thought might come in handy, as all food had been eaten on the trip. "ihis proved be damned good judgment in the days to come.

"We carried also an airship com pass to follow out our bearings. We were in a strange, wooded country, and did not know how far -we were from the dog or cabin, so we hit In southwesterly direction, hoping to reach the stream by which the cabin seemed to have been located, and to follow the stream. "We were almost sure to reach it that night. We were uncomfortably cold and wet since the night before, and our march was very slow. We were forced to build a fire.

"Lieutenant Hinton had only his regulation summer uniform without any overcoat, as he had lost his flying suit by leaving it at a spot which could not be found later. Farrell and myself had on our flying suits, which were pretty well torn by -night time. Mr. Farrell had only his underwear on under his suit. "As the underbrush was a tangle of shrub, we had to drink from holes.

"We ate nothing that night, as we felt we were lost and we wanted to keep our provisions. None of us slept by the fire we built from rotten branches. We heard howls all night and the two succeeding nights, and these were from wolves, as there were no dogs around. "Wednesday morning, before starting out, we decided to have pigeon for breakfast. I read oat (Contlntwd on Gentlemen of the 43rd General Asscm- After four of the most trvincr venrs in the nistnrv nf nnr nnf-mn nnH ctatn during which the patriotic citizenship oi Aricansas nas nonorea me the highest nositinn within thair oft it hoeomea nlansflnt.

flntv trancfap the reins of state government to the able and distinguished statesman, who "Dears the marks of many years well spent, with virtue truth well tried and wise experience" Hon. Thomas C. McRae. In rptnrninc tn tha "Aflrif (I Assembly the commission with which a generous people so signally honored me. ao so conscious or the lact that I have always tried tn do tha richf- aa God has given me the power to see what is right, and I can conscientiously say without any taint of personal AT fiffiia tichrsniv TVi -j liQit.

mail. V- lllll'H. mistakes I am free to admit, but the governor's duties are arduous and nerve-racking and the governor's of- fr-n ia nnl nnlv tk Tiratial n'nrVtinnCA of administration, but a clearing house for all the ills of the state. However, I can sajj with genuine pride that there has been no question presented to me-for consideration, however im- tuominuea en rate we were in, preparatory to making a landing. "Tuesday morning we were up about 6,000 feet and could not 'see any signs of civilization, only a barren area of trees: We thought it best to stick it out while the ballast lasted, and to iand only when we bad to.

During fha rfnv anennntpred Revere snow storms, expended all our ballast and got together all equipment avauaDie for emrgency ballast, consisting of draw rope which was wet and heavy. We cut it up into sections and laid it aside. "We threw over the drag rope, the carpet, the seats, the basket and linens, lunch basket, thermos kettles and were about to maintain our altitude. Occasionally to conserve ballast wo would break the fall of the balloon by letting it hit trees and even the ground and letting it rebound into the air. "The hydrogen was ten days old and had very poor lift.

It required quite a bit, of accurate judgment to maintain our altitude and to conserve ballast at the same "Messrs. Farrell and Hinton say they will never forget those bounces, and they were quite put up when we hit trees, as this was quite novelty to them, as they ere seaplane men. "At 10 o'clock Tuesday the sun came out and expanded the gas and helped to maintain our altitude. This was the first sun seen in twenty-two hours. 1 o'clock we thought we saw a house amongst the never ending forest, and we heard plainly the bark of a dog, so we thought we had better land, as this was a sign of civilization.

"My order was: 'Stand by with all available ballast; we will land. Hinton, you valve. Mr. Farrell, heave out your thermos bottle and suitcase, and when we first strike the trees, you and-1 will pull the rip cord. Bend your knees because we are quite a bit heavy, so that when we strike the ground we will not break our lew frorrn ton, commissioned officers of thcjTlie three men completely faged and American naval air station at Kock- almoit in a state of collapse with con- away roint.

N. I. on at their own good fortune, Hounding Windy Point, a bend in glanced about with delight as the hus-the Missinabi river a half mile east of kins snorted and reared on the river the Hudson's Bay trading post here, bank. ungry Ferrel and Hinton Have Fierce Fight as Soon as They Unload By Gene Fowler, U. Staff Correspondent.

Mattice, Jan. 12. An adventure that might have been an epic in its proportions was dashed to earth yesterday afternoon when Lieut. Stephen A. Fan-ell sent his right fist crashing to the jaw of Lieut.

Walter Hinton. It was an amazing episode. In a little log shark on the bank of the Mi'sinabi river, an hour after Farrell, Hinton and Kloor had bobbed out of the wilderness, there was a war of words. With his mackinaw peeled off and his head bare, Farrell declared that his honor was at stake and made for his man. A brief attack and Hinton sprawled across a table, his arms flung up to protect himself against a renewal of the sledge-hammer blowg of the square-jawed Farrell.

Such a conflict coming on the heels of the greeting extended the returning airmen, who, on December 14, For Little Rock and Vicinity Unsettled tonight and Thursday. probably rain and snow; slightly colder tonight, lowest temperature 80 degrees. For Arkansas Tonight unsettled, prnbaHl" ln or jfnw east portion. I WEATHER I they sighted the officiul flag of this The fact that the Hudson's Hay Com-I concern which, for almost two and a puny had contracted to land the hal- half centuries has bef rinded the In- ioonlsts at Mattice necessitated a Ulians and strangers in-this isolated i guarantee from, the three men Hint (wilderness, fluttering to the breezes they would agree to carry out the dis- in their honor. iripline of the company until reachinir landed near Moose Factory, had almost a stunning effect on Americans here.

It arose over Farrell's charge that Hinton had "double-crossed" the party by sending letters surreptiously to New York which were published in a New York newspaper. Denials that he hud contemplated suicide or that he had suggested that Kloor and Hinton cut his' throat, 'or that he had cried out in agony while the party wundered for days in the ice-locked wilderness, or that he had asked his God to grant him pardon for his sins these came from the trail-worn Farrell in a torrent of words. Hinton and Kloor came first. They had been transferred to fresh sleds with fresh dogs ten miles up the bleak trail. Fifteen minutes later Farrell trekked through on foot.

This greatly surprised the waiting Americans, who had foregathered in front of the Hudson Bay Company a trading post on the western bank of the river. Farrell had been shut off from the world's news for the fourteen days on the trail, and when he heard vague hints of the published letters of Hinton, his broad face, beard-stubbed and frost-reddened, began to assume a peculiar purple tinge. He refused to trek on 'to the railroad, restinr at the log hut of B. P. (Red) Williamson, clerk in the Hudson's Bay Post.

Williamson's mother went to the kitchen to boil a kettle of tea for the traveler while the I'niverHal Service correspondent found Farrell slumped down in a chair little the worse for bis experience, and clad in the garments of a trapper. When he was shown condensed re ports of the Hinton letters, he leaned forward, clenched his fists and said: This is an untruth. It was Hinton who weakened. It was he who thought up this scheme to make money out of publishing this atory of th trip. It was Hinton who hung back and lagged.

'It wag I who helped him, and I vu gentleman enough not to write letters for publication. I could do It now Complete Account Of Wild Adventures Of Three Aviators Special ry Agapit Clermont. KewY12Ttent Who Headel t0 Men thl merican Expedition tvJ Kalloonists. and 1-1 by Star Company flrt wmnlei. Jan' 12 The.

ntZT te wild. liL 'he 'hree American Hinton loor' to lhe balfoVn CJmmander of Poin down at Kay feting mmnt of our noddini1" MmPanin 1,18 a 'ng. a8en, h' av in? of their It't be, fltaway at i De. "Wet ve" we left- We milai VDt.maJ' over one hun- hT's a ng a-storm New York above tE storm us. "2ed afd Could Jt Was the clouds be- tha' the' whole flifht, taf ValIast endw wnat rtuY i "uu a01 Part of the country Hinton and Kloor, the first of thejtho lines hece.

Having officially re-party to arrive, palled in at 2 o'clock. ported to Post Manager Aldous at the Farrell, who brought up the rear, ar-(local post, the balloonists were form-rived about half an hour later. ally released from the custody of the Kloor declared that they had stood company. the trip in good ahape. They appear- L'ntil tonitrht fcaelve davn hud haan ed to be quite fresh and chatted free- 1..

...11 .1 ty wno uiu Muuit. ssemoiage mat greeted them. Tagging behind tha Indian guides and barking huskies, trio eagerly wended their way on the final stretch of their dash toward the landing stage, their figures cloaked In mackinaw out-; fits, throbbing with life and energy eager and responsive to the cheers of a small of newspaper men, camera, men and Indian trappors all of whom extended ths hand of good fol-low ship. The weary travelers had waited for days for this bigr moment Now that It waa at hand they found themselves Jupt a little excited. Their eyes twink led with merriment.

If there had boan any doubt regarding the ability of th atranded balloon lata to "foot out" thai I.