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I I "eight pages I ltlte JSlUtf CITY EDITION rap FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1920. NUMBER 17 r- i Wedding Is "Called Off" 4 AROMA FROM BREAD SQUELCHED SMELL OK BAKER'S STILL GOVERNOR SAYS HE CANNOT SEE STAND OF PROMINENT 31 WANT REGULATION ON PAPER LIFTED TO RELIEVE CREDIT MILLION ENGLISH MINERS EXPECTED TO QUIT TONIGHT Means to Halt Strike Void of Results Late Last Night Little Itock, Oct. North Little Rock officers to- night raided a bakery in the center of the city's business sec- tion, seized a "moonshine still" and a gallon of whiskey and ar- rested the proprietor I Swartz. The officers said that the odor of baking bread had overcome the smell of mash and enabled Swartz to carry on his opera- tions for months without be- ing detected. POSSE SLAYS ONE OF BANDITS WHEN SKIRMISH ENSUES IJnhhprs Hplfl Un Okl-ifinnvi n' TH 1 1 jsanK men neu into "Rough Country' I it i--r-m? i msmt.

Tulsa, Oct. of that the me men who are alleged to have robbed had a long time to make prepara-the First State bank of Alluwe, No-; tions has tended to give a feeling of SYMPATHY IS GIVEN TO THE GOVERMEN1! Prepartions Made to RestablisH Food Ministry-Believed Seriousness to Be Offset London, Oct. 15 There was no signs late tonight of any intervention or mediation to avert the coal strike which, according to a decision of Hhe miners' delegates in conferpnen this morning goes into effect on Sat- ur(lay niKht, taking from the mines nes i more than i.onn nnn mi The cabi net at a meeting today discussed and decided upon all necessary steps to protect the public services and the infnrnafa nf fKn i confidence to the people. Premier Lloyd George will remain in London over the week-end Emergency orders empowering the local authorities to take steps to economize in the use of coal and lighting have been issued by the secretary of mines. The food ministry has been given given permission to resume partial rationing if it becomes necessary.

Accumulate Coal. As the strike has been brewing for so long the authorities have accumulated stocks of coal, while private consumers have laid in supplies. Hence, unless the strike is unduly prolonged, or the railwaymen decide to join the miners, it is not expected the country will suffer seriously. Public sympathy appears to be entirely with the government. Many' people concede that the miners are entitled to an increase in wages by virtue of the increased cost of living, but contend the men should have accepted the government's offer to submit the matter to an independent tribunal.

There is no doubt negotiations will continue during the strike and the hope is expressed that something in the direction of a settlement may come from the reassembling of parliament next Tuesday, In the course of a speech after the miners' conference today, Robert Smillie, the miners' leader, expressed regret that the strike had been forced on the miners through the "obduracy of the government aid 1 New York, Oct. 15. "Callefl Off" reason not assigned. This is what happened to the scheduled wedding of Miss Nora Sprague, New York actress, and Addisori Barnes Gatling, grandson of Dr. Jordan Gatling, the inventor of the vapid firing gun.

Miss Sprague is a graduate of Western Colleges Oxford, 0. Gatling has been married twice, though he is only 23. NIELS DEFENDS MARINES ON DUTY IN VIRGIN ISLES Secretary Says De ivy partment Will Welcome Investigation KES PUBLIC TWO REPORTS OF OFFICERS foments Show Probes Made Fol- Lwing Reports of What Was Termed "Indiscriminate Killings" foshington; Oct. 15. A congres- al investigation of conditions in hi will De weicumeu 11 1 An win I ll.T lia vi a WIT trtment, Secretary Daniels declar- upon his return to Washington a political speaking tour in lh Carolina.

He said the con- sional committee which visited Virgin Islands last year did not on the department suggestion liclude Haiti in' its itinerary. fending the record of the Ma te in Haiti, Mr. Daniels declared all records bearing upon the m- Igation ordered last year by Brig. Barnett, then commanaant oi Marine Corps, would be made ml I .1 1 ic. The secretary sum uciicjbi Lett could not have intended to ley the impression in his letter iring the inquiry tnat ne naa evidence of "general lnriscrim- killing," of natives by the Ma- and that he must have referred to the, parties involved in the court martial cases then before icretary Daniels at the same time I public Colonel Russell's report lie investigation ordered by Gen- Barnett.

Although directed to Hepartment under date of March 17920, the report never reached the secretary said, until ttht back by Major General John Ejuene, commandant of the corps lis recent return from Haiti. A report of General LeJeune and kdier General Smedley D. Butler accompanied the Marine corps pander to Haiti, giving the re- fof a supplementary investigation i by them during their visit to was also given out. Placed Responsibility ilonel Russell's report of last In giving the result of the in- igation ordered by General Bar- as a result of evidence adducted le 'trial of two marine corps pri- i which showed the general said. had been practically "undis- (nate killings" of captive bandits.

the responsibility for "condi-" in northern Haiti on Major kc H. Wells, who had previously in command of that district. pressing doubt as to whether ev- fce secured in the investigation sufficient to warrant trial by bal court martial on charges of a serious nature," Colonel Rus-recommended that the evidence Baced before the Judge Advocate Iral of the Navy for determina- as to whether the officer should lied. rile agreeing with Colonel Rus ks to Major Well's responsibility he conditions, the report of Gen- Lejeune and Butler recommend- purt martial proceedings against persons implicated, who can be jght within the jurisdiction of fcourt." lat there had been "illegal exe- of pnsioners in northern Haiti lig the winter of 1918-19," be- known to Brigadier General A. Eatlin, then commanding in Haiti.

he made an investigation there ollowing March, the two generals prted. transferred the officers against Fi the charges were made, but no further disciplinary Bad Bandit Situation iclaring examination of witnesses fed "a serious bandit situation" orthern Haiti that winter, which Dauiy handled" by Major Wells Commanding officer report fnued: ring the months of November December 1918, and January 1919 ral bandit prisoners were illeeal- fcecuted at Hinche by Gendarmes hg under orders of their officers there is strone evidence Mint ier Jean, the notarv nt MniasnrlA killed bv the pen damn a luty at that place. making public theRussell tp today, Secretary Daniels said it first broueht to hill ntfonfinn the report had not been rot-rive the department when reference made to it in the advance cotv of agazine article submitted to him. at once asked Brigadier General Mt if he knew of its whereabouts secretary said, and later' fsrch of the department files. It not loundand Maior General Nne then was ordmd a Woiti Fake another investigation of t.hp irs, Mr.

Daniels said. ecianng it was unfortunate that erai Barnett should have address- personal and to Colonel Russell which did not far the official files Mr. Dan- 8ener recent, report tun intimation that. to me that anybody had ever ever had been 'indiscrim killings' by marines or the ge Ii th Day of Fast London, Oct. 15.

Lord Mayor Mac Swin-ey of Cork passed a night at Brixton prisin, but never-the less was exceeding weak this morning, said a bulletin issued by 1 the Irish Self-Determination League early today. This is the sixty-fourth day of Mac Swiney hunger strike. TO PLACE TABLET NEAR SPOT WHERE FIRST TENT STOOD Bronze Commemoration of Pioneer White Settler Goes 1 Into Court House A bronze tablet, to be placed in the hallway of the Jefferson county courthouse in honor of Joseph Bonne, or 'Joseph Boone," as he is more familiarly known, the first white man to settle at Pine Bluff, will be unveiled with appropriate ceremonies by the members of the John McAl-mont Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, next week. The day of the ceremony has not been set. The tablet, which arrived in this city, yesterday, wjll bear the follow-ng inscription: "In memory of Joseph Bonne," a Frenchman, who was the first white settler where the city of Pine Bluff now stands.

"In 1818 he was interpreter for the United States commissioners making treaties with the Quapaws and pitched his tent in 1818 in this site where the courthouse now stands. "In 1840 there were in Pine Bluff, nine log cabins and six frame houses. One of the frame houses was the "Joe Bonne Taver" at the foot of Chestut street, then called Bonne street." In the lower left hand corner will be the insignia of the D. A. and below the inscription, the signature, "John McAlmont Chapter, D.

A. R. June, 1920." In Lower Corridor. The tablet will be placed in the lower corrider of the court house, a place as near as possible to the spot where Joseph -Bonne pitched his tent on first coming to the site of what is now Pine Bluff. A program for the ceremony has been arranged as follows: Opening chorus, "America, assem bly and municipal band.

Address, Mrs. W. T. Woolridge, re gent John McAlmont Chapter. Invocation, Dr.

J. I. Norris. Bugle salute, "To the Colors." Unveiling the tablet. Life of Joseph Bonne, Mrs.

M. Barrow, state vice-regent, D. A. R. Address, Mrs.

C. A. Woodward, state regent, D. A. R.

Address, Mrs. Frank Tomlinson, ex-state regent, D. A. R. Flag salute, school children.

National Anthem, The Pine Bluff Chapter, D. A. will be especial guests of 'the John McAlmont Chapter. Reports Revolts In Russian City Zurich, Oct. 15.

According to an announcement of the German foreign ministry a great revolt is reported to have started in Moscow. The Kremlin there is declared to have been invaded. HAVE FRENCH BRANCH. Paris, Oct. 15.

The Temps, this evening prints a despatch from New York saying that the Standard On company had founded a branch in France. The despatch added that negotiations between A. C. Bedford, president of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, and the.Banque de Paris et pais, had received the final Stage in the organization of a French subsidiary of the Standard Oil company, with Jules Cambon as president. tyw HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS TAIM'.

NO USE ER ME (AOPPIN PIS HEAH FLO NO-HOW-'-- AK PONE MOP PAHT UV IT 'FO AH WINt T' D1NNUH EN NOW AH CAIN' TELL WHAH AH LEF' OFF Copyright, 1910 McCivra Nwaptpw iiifcm Pi OH their unwillingness to recognize the'V. Southern Delegation Appeals for Financial Change to Get Relief OFFICIAL POINTS OUT DISADVANTAGE Request Made to Have Federal Hanks Rediscount Paper Covering Loans to Cotton Growers Washington, Oct. 15. Representatives of Southern Cotton commission merchants appealed to the federal reserve board today for suspension of regulations defining rcdiscountable financial paper in another effort to i llll Jtllll I Will Lll ency'' which cotton interests declare has struck the whole industry. Propositions laid before the board.

however, were declared by Governor Harding to be so intricate and to in volve such serious questions that the delegation, numbering thirty or more, was given no definite reply. Five southern senators headed the commit tee which was made up entirely of cotton owners or commission men and bankers. Board members indicated they feared the "disastrous" results to business generally, should the restrictions about which the cotton men complain ed be lifted. Suspension of the regulations even temporarily, it was said, would mean a flooding of the reserve banks with rediscounts sought on paper classified as similar to the obligations which the cotton men desired to have accepted. Specifically the delegation asked that the reserve banks be permitted to rediscount paper in which the com mission men had made advances to cotton planters.

Governor Harding declared however, that this form of paper, even though secured by Mortgage on the planter's crops did not come within the meaning of the federal reserve act which defined the classes of obligations which might be rediscounted. He said the loans represented an advance on an optio; the commission man himself not being engaged in either agricultural or industrial production, as required in order that his note might be redis counted. Halft Crop Tied Up Senator Smith of Georgia told the board that probably half of the entire year's crop of cotton was tied up under some such paper. He urged "some sort of help, even if it is only a temporary suspension of the regu lations until congress can amend the law." He believed the change would readily and easily be made at the next session. The conference of federal reserve agents and reserve bank governors with the board was not concluded tonight as had been expected and there were indications that the ques tions involved in the proposal of the cotton representatives would be given attention tomorrow.

Governor Harding announced Wed nesday that the board was preparing to make a new statement of credit policy as a result of frequent appeals for financial aid from agricultural interests. HJe expected tonight to make public the board's attitude on these questions tomorrow. Meanwhile, a committee selected from the agricultural representatives which has been meeting here was awaiting the boards next move. This committee was charged with deter mining a course of action for more than thirty farmers' organizations whose representatives had 'laid their grievances before government agencies. Two courses were under consideration today in event the board's state ment of policy does not provide the relief sought.

One was the calling of a general conference of all agricul tuial interests to meet in Washing ton with the convening of the next session of congress and the other was otask the support of the Amer ican Bankers Association, which is to meet in annual convention here next week. Mrs. Cockrell Is Placed In Jail Mrs. Beulah Cockrell, charged with the murder of her husband W. G.

Cockrell, at their home at 713 Main street July 6, 1920, was arrested yesterday afternoon after being indict ed by the grand jury which adjourn ed Wednesday. She was charged with first degree A writ of habeas corpus was applied for imme diately following her arrest by her attorney, Creed Caldwell, but the writ will not be passed on until next week by Judge W. B. Sorrels. Until the writ is passed on she will have to go to jail without bond.

Mrs. Cockrell was notified that she had been indicted yesterday afternoon and appeared at the sheriff's office at 3 o'clock in answer to the notification, remaining there while her attorney made efforts to secure her liberty on the writ. Shortly af ter the killing of her husband, Mrs Cockrell was released on a $2,000 bond. She claims she shot her hus band in self defense. Democratic Nominee Says the Statement of Harding Supporters is Inconsistent SPEAKS INHOME TOWN OF HARDING Candidate Wonders if People Are More Amused at Senator or His Sponsors Detroit, Oct.

15. Governor Cox announced here tonight that his campaign would be fought sqaurely upon the league of nations issue as drawn by Senator Harding in the; latter's Des Moienes, Iowa, speech in which the senator said that he favored "staying out." The governor's announcement was 'made in a statement replying to that issued yesterday by 31 prominent Republicans headed by Elihu Root, Herbert Hoover, Henry W. Taft, and others, declaring their support of Senator Harding. That he did not see how the 31 signers could support Mr. Harding consistently was asserted by Governor Cox here in an address at the The governor's statement: "The gentlemen say: 'The question is whether we shall join an agree ment containing the exact provisions negotiated by President Wilson or an agreement which omits or modi fies some of its It is to hp inferred that anv nun -nrhn etanilcl for the covenant as adopted, with or without reservations is friendly to the league, and that any one who is against the covenant with or without reservations, is clearly opposed to the league.

Senator Harding in his Des Moines speech said: Matter of Ethics. 'Governor Cox favors going into the league and I favor staying out. It is not interpretation but rejection I am If these gentlemen do not accept what he has said to the American people then it is past my 1 i umiersianuing now tney can, as a matter of ethics, advocate his can didacy. "If, on the other hand, they do accept in good faith what he has said, then I cannot see how they can, as friends of the league, advocate his candidacy. They attempt to jus tify their most astonishing position on the theory that President Wilson was unbending in his attitude on the league.

On the subject, they say, Mr. Wilson insisted upon the agree ment absolutely unchanged. These gentlemen, upon reflection, must realize that this is not justified by the fact." Citing reservations offered by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, administration leader in the treaty contest, Governor Cox recounted that President Wilson had written Senator Hitchcock stating that he could accept the reservations, "as they stand." In conclusion Governor Cox said: "If things continue as they have been going for the last ten days, it will be a difficult matter to determine whether the people are more amused at Senator Harding himself or at the desperation of his sponsors. A frantic effort is made to stem the tide of resentment. The senatorial oligarchy has apparently drawn on its last reserves, and yet Mr.

Root, pre-eminent nd distinguished he is and no one places higher estimate on his statesmanlike qualities than I do is unable to bolster up the wiggling and wobbling candidate." In his speech here tonight and also in half dozen other cities today through Ohio, Governor Cox contin ued his league preachment making them almost his sole subject with religious fervor. A feature was a speech at Marion, Ohio, the home of Senator Harding, where the governor made no personal reference to Mr. Harding. Reporter Claims Mayor Didn't Mind Flow of Liquor New York, Oct. 15.

The federal grand jury in Brooklyn today began formal investigation of general charges made by a reporter for a Philadelphia paper that Mayor Hy-lan and other public officials recently attended a dinner at a Brooklyn inn at which liquor flowed and that no effort was made to check the flow. It was not charged that the mayor had tasted a drop. J. C. Daschbach, the reporter, was the first witness.

Joseph O'Brien, a contractor, said he was host for a party that in eluded Mr. and Mrs. Hylan. He said there may have been persons in the inn with flasks, but he did not know the contents. SAILS FOR HOME.

New York, Oct. 15. General Marie Emole Fayolle of France, representative of Marshal Foch at the recent American Legion convention sailed for home today on La Touraine. wata county, this afternoon, was' shot to death near Vinita, Craig county, in a skirmish between the alleged bandits and a posse, according to a telephone report to county chief Deupty Gowdy of Nowata shortly before midnight. The other man was reported to have escaped in the course of the fight.

Tulsa, Oct. 15 Two unmasked bandits this afternoon held up and robbed the First State bank of Alluwee, Nowata cpunty, and fled to the hills in a motor car. A posse was formed immediately, but the bandits outdistanced the pursuers and tonight were reported to be sur rounded by four posses in the Cedar creek hills, northern Nowata coun ty. A motor car containing members of the posse ran down andN killed Frank Beau, 6 years old, who was playing in front of his home near Alluwee. The bandits took $2,794 in cash and $3,500 in liberty bonds from the bank.

Four posses began the search for the bandits. They were formed at Alluwe, Nowata, and Chelsea, Ok lahoma and Coffeyville, Kansas. Robbed Four Years Ago. Four years ago the bank was robbed by five men alleged to have been members of what was known as the Hart gang. The robbers later were surrounded in the Cedal creek hills and a battle followed, in which two of the alleeged bandits were shjt io aeam, tne other three captured and the loot recovered.

The motor car in which the bandits are believed to have fled was found tonight in the Cedar creek hills by members of one of th posse. The robbers evidently took to the "rough country afoot. SEVEN CONFESS Bald Knob, Ark, Oct. 15. Eight farmers arrested by Sheriff T.

Plant yesterday on charges of night riding waived examination when ar raigned before Justice J. M. Collison this afternoon and were bound over to await the action of the White county grand jury7. Their bondf were fixed at $800. Seven of the eight made confessions at the hear The eighth, Walter Bone, de nied that he was implicated.

Roosevelt Brands Statement False Marion. Oct. -IK. The atnto. ment of thirty one prominent Americans announcing their intention to vote for Seator Harding, because of his position on the league of nations, which wafe published in today's papers, was branded as "designedly false and misleading" by Franklin D.

Roosevelt, in an address here tonight which closed a three-day campaign in( Indiana. "Repeatedly the Republican charge had been made that Governor Cox and I are demanding the acceptance of the league as fashioned at Ver sailles without the crossing of a 't' or the dotting of an 'i', and repeatedly we have branded this as untrue. In almost every speech I have made in the last two months I have stated that we are not only willing but pre fer to put in black and white in our ratification of the treaty a provision that nothing contained therein shall be in any way superior to our constitution or in any way interfere with the rights of congress to declare war or send our soldiers overseas." THE WEATHER. Saturday gener ally fair, some- vhat warmer; Sun day increasing The Little Rock jaker. who made bread and moon shine in his bak- pry ought to be a criterion of dough." Irr II I i OPA MINERS IN LONG CONFERENCES TO DECIDE NEXT STEP Oklahoma Workers Ordered To Resume Work By Union Officials McAlester, Okla, Oct 15.

All-night meetings of local chapters of the United Mine Workers of America were being held here tonight. Following refusal of the mine operators today to participate in a scheduled wage conference with the miners, the men met in an attempt to decide whether or not to meet the demands of the operators and return to work, pending the outcome of the conference. Union leaders declared if the men reach a decision, it will not be made public until the leaders have determined "the attitude of the majority of the men" and discussed their findings with their superiors. At a conference here last 'Saturday the miners presented to the operators demands for wage increases of approximately 30 per cent for tonnage and yardage work. The operators did not take any action on the demands and the conference was postponed until today.

Following last Saturday's actions miners began going out on "vacation," without the orders or sanction of union leaders, according to statements by the latter. Today United Mine Workers officials in district 21 estimated about three thousand men in the McAlester field had gone out sinse Wednesday, and sent tele grams to the locals ordering the men back to work. They stated the telegrams probably would not take effect until Saturday morning. The miners ask increases of approximately 30 per cent tonnage and yardage rates, alleging inequalities as a result of the recent awartl of an increase of $1.50 a day for. mine laborers.

The miners and operators met last Saturday in conference here when the demands were presented by the mine workers. The operators did not take any action on the- demands at the time, and the conference was postponed until today. All mines at Hartshone, Krebs, Go wen, Alderson, Brewer, Cambria, and Bache, in this field, have suspended operations, officials of the United Mine Workers declared. Mine offi- cials declare the "vactioning amounts to an unauthorized strike and is in violation of contracts be' tween the operators and workers signed last June. I Fort Smith, Ark, Oct.

16. William Dobbins, a pupil of the-junior high school here, today was awarded the medal offered1, by Mrs. Roberts, of the Daughters of the Confederacy fro the best essay on Jefferson Davis by an Arkansas school child. REVENUE OFFICERS KILL FARMER AND WOUND YOUNG MAN Pair Refused to Stop And Fired at Officers Waiting at Still Is Claim Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 15.

J. H. Hopper, local federal revenue officer, shot and killed Cecil Lacots, farmer, aged 21, near Dewitt, Arkansas county, today and wounded, probably. fatally, a youth named Capps, aged 22; according to messages received here tonight. Ray Seagal, another revenue officer, was with Hopper at the time.

The officers say that they had discovered a moonshine still seven miles north of Dewitt and lay in wait for the operators. They say that Lacots and Capps approached the still and that when ordered to halt and throw up their hands that one of the men fired at them with a rifle. Hopper then fired at the men with a shotgun loaded with buckshot. Lacots father is said to be wealthy. Little is known of Capps.

A telephone message was received at police headquarters early this morning requesting the local officers to meet Cotton Belt tram No. 3 as it was believed men boarded that train at Stuttgart. Pine Bluff police boarded the train at the Cot ton Belt shops and went through it on the search for the men coining from the shops to the station. The ydid not locate the two men. Every Resident Gives One Dollar New York, Oct.

15. Every one of the 858 registered voters ot the Mississippi town of liipelo has contributed a dollar to the Democratic national campaign fund Wilbov to. Marsh, treasurer' of the Dei.iccnuic national committee today announced. A check for $858 wa received from the mayor of Tupelo. LOWER INTEREST RATE.

Washington, Oct. 15. Secretary Houston announces tonight that subscriptions to the last issue of of indebtedness will aggregate approximately $160,000,0001 The Treasury called for $100,000,000 or there abouts. This issue of certificates is dated October 15, and matures March 15, 1921. The interest rate is 5 3-4 per cent.

SHARKEY WINS. New York, Oct. 15. Jack Sharkey, New York bantamweight, was awarded the judges "decision over Charley Ledouv, bantamweight champion qf France, in a 15-round bout at MadiA son Square Garden tonight. equity of the miners' demands.

The executive of the transport workers' federation, has called a meeting for Monday, and a conference of the rail men and the transport workers will be held later on the same day to consider the attitude toward the miners' strike of the two other braitches of the "triple alliance." It is probable petrol and perishable foodstuffs will be carried on passenger trains. Take Pair With "Mule" Hearse New York, Oct. 15. The first arrests in connection with the hunt for New York's alleged liquor curb market, came today when two men were taken into custody on an automobile hearse carrying alcohol on ferry boat to New Jersey. Six tightly nailed wooden boxes each containing ii five gallon jug of gain alcohol were in the hearse.

Ralph Sasulo and Charles Bosca, when arrested are said by federal agents to have confessed they were being paid $20 for transporting the liquor for this; particular "job." Allen To Dispatch Wilson Information Phidadelphia, Pa, Oct. 15. Governor Henry G. Allen of Kansas, said here tonight that he would comply with' the request of President Wilson and forward to Washington information in his possession concerning the recent decline in wheat. He expects to return to Kansas1 within a few days and said that he would give the matter to his attention then.

Almost upon the reopening of the Chicago board of trade, the wheat market lost its natural stability and began to" manifest the fluctuations which characterize a manipulated market, the governor said in a statement. "The dealer's options, using the Canadian wheat they had bought have driven down the wheat in the United States' and have scored the most sensational decline since the war. APPLIES THE KNIFE Galveston, Texas, Oct. 15. Chairman Benson of the United States shipping board today applied the knife to ocean rates on high density cotton between Gulf ports and Havra France.

In an order reteiVed her this cut the rate from $1.43 to jHa; hundred) pounds for the month bf November, December and January. in Haiti.".