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i Served by the United Press JLE COURIER NEWS OP NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SOITTHEAm' THE DOMINANT NEWSPAPER OP NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOIJTHEA8T MISSOURI VOL. XXVlI-No. 23 Blylhevllle Courier, niylhevllle Daily Blytheville Herald, Mississippi Valley ARKANSAS, HOHEEDITION w1 i ej DIES IN QUARREL OVER DIVORCED WIFE i BIG U.S. HIST Florida and Utah Would Be Dismantled; Slated for Training Service. LONDON, April 12.

so-called first committee of Hie naval conference adopted a rcpurt today under which (he United States would scrap the battleship Florida of 21.825 tons and the Utah of the same tonnage. Both ships were build in 19U. The report also provides tha Great Britain would scrap the battleships Marlborough. Emperor of India, and Tiger, all ol 25.000 tons, and all liullt in 1914. The report adopted by the first committee deals with Immediate scrapping of capital ships.

In stipulating that the United Slates scrap the Florida and the Utah the committee specifies that one will be rendered unfit for war service within 12 months of ratification of the treaty eiiig drawn up today and which it, is hoped by the delegates will be signed next week. 'The first ship would be finally scrapped within 24 months of the ratification. The second would be rendered unfit for war service in 18 months and finally scrapped In 30 months. The following battleships will bt retained for'trainlng purposes: -he Arkansas, tons, built in 1912; Ihe Wyoming, same type. For Great Britain, the Iron Duke.

25.000 tons, built in 1914. The Hiyei battleship cruiser of 27.500 tons, built in 1914, would be scrapped by Japan. WASHINGTON, April 12. (UP struggle lo maintain "undisputed mastery of UK t-gs, defeat of the Span: JaY Armada in' lormally be endfcd Thursday In a three power, naval agreement to be signed Great Britain, Japan and the United States. President Hoover pronounced thl 1 final abolition of competitive bitild- the most vital feature of thr treaty in which Anglo- American naval parity is to be acknowledged and a proportionate strength assigned Japan.

With receipt of ward here tha: the naval agreement probably will be signed In London late next week, officials are wondering when Mr Hoover will make his first move to have the instrument ratified by the senate and what, the prospect Is for ratification. It is yet unknown whether the president will submit the treaty Immediately after the naval delegates return from London or whether he will wait until congress reconvenes next fall. In either event ratification probably will be long delayed as the senate foreign relations committee plans to hold extensive hearings on the instrument before reporting It. Thus far senators have been reluctant to comment on the treaty in its final form, though several of them have made known their opposition to it. Mr.

Hoover estimated the treaty would save two and one half billion dollars to the three participating nations, of which one billion dollars will represent the American share. Bishop Cannon Willing to Give Lobby Testimony WASHINGTON, April 12. Bishop Cannon jr. chairman ol the Southern Methodist Board of Tcm- ix-ronce and Social Service, today notified Chairman Caraway of the senate lobby committee he is will- Ing to appear before the committee If 'he has any information it desires. Representative Tinkham, nenub- lican, Massachusetts, has asked the lobby committee to call Cannon He had previously asked the com- mlttec to investigate the Method- 1st Board of Temperance.

Prohlbl- lion and Public Aforals and UK Federal Council of Churches Kulli and Alice Smile in Victory Clues to Robbery, Be-j i licvecl Committed Early i Friday Morning. Altcr "wsklnjr Dirlr operations, bDl a screen of silence for 2-1 loday admitted they; 'were Investigate Drunken Orgy at High School Party ROSA, April 12 one woman was under arrest and 20 high school and Junior college boys and girls were held for questioning today in connection with an alleged drunken orgy. licefsal a Party give ir honor of a 16-year-old girl's birthday the students reached various stage sot intoxication and songs of a vulgar nature. Big Memphis Stave Mill MMPHIS, April (UP) spectacular fire that lighted the entire city dretroyed a large Plant of the Memphis Stave Man- iimcturlng company here early to- RaS timatcd at mt)re than Book Makes Dog Hero LANCASTER, o. (OP)-OraU- tude towards a dog for saving her life has prompted Mrs.

Charles Clark of Lancaster to mite a book a registered Scotch collie, Is named the hero. Laddfc endeared himself to his mistress by dragging her to satcty "cm beside nn open fireplace after she had collapsed from a heart attack. pirn School Pupils Will Voluntary Tax Blanks to Their Parents. Boys and girls, students of the Blythevillc public schools, will be enlisted next week to help secure needed to provide sufficient funds lo permit operation of the high 1 flcr- of the Arkansas-Missouri Pow. or company office, believed lo have ccciirrcd sonic time during the hours of Friday morning.

According to reporls Ihe robbery' i was lirsl discovered when two girls, employes of the company, noiici-di somc ISIFFIMIL RCR; Oilier Entrants in Rncc as Objectionable as Paruell. safe Jusl as another employe! 5 fuces of Mrs. ttuth Hanna Mccormlck, ind opened It to make somc change nml llcr fih'lh-cd friend, Mrs. Alice Hooscvcli Longworth right a customer. Oil Investigation It ins Ihe, the newspaper reports of Mrs.

McCormlck'a smashing de- was Known that- ci cashier's font nr Ocnecn foi- ill in Journeyed from thc money removed 101,1 I Sla eS Wnslmgicii to Chicago csi tile big iafc declared thai It rely closed when he uu- to make change for an early morning customer. He did not Charles S. Dcnecn for senator from Illinois. Mrs. uuigv.orm journeyed from to be wilh her lifelong friend on lutloiii obtained.

Every one of the approximately 2.100 pupils in the city schools, both while and colored, will be supplied with a copy of the petition form (or extra ten mill tax and will be asked to return it la the school wilh either a signature of a definite refusal to sign. With the petition form will go a brief statement of the school situation In which it is definitely stated that the high school will not be operated next year unless the necessary funds are made available. The back door to the office wns tlL.covercd to have been open after investigation was siarted. The janitor ol lhc building, uponi qucstirning, declared that he tad' i noticed the rear door v.aj open I when he had entered the building in the morning bin that 111 had been open before and, notic-1 I ing olhiue else wrong, he dia net think anything had been tamueied with. n- iO D1 "HSOH "arty On Litt jj fflck pay this additional tax," says' the statement, "if ou are sails-i Bed and don't care about your chil.

dren having an opportunity to go to a good school and get an education that's your business. It you want them to have this up to you lo help them Set it. You are responsible tor your own children. Your answer will be given by your action. If you want the high school continual sign the petition." Returning of the petition lorms by all the school children will re- mlt in considerable duplication be-: cause of property owners having i more than one child In Ihe schools This, it is pointed out, will have no effect, as one signature binds the petitioner to pay the voluntary- tax on all his property in the district, and additional signatures can do no more.

'lie petition for the voluntary Is also an authorization for its extension and collection. It provides for an increase in the school evy for Blytheville Special District Wo. 5 from 18 to 28 mills, or less thc full amount is not needed, and becomes binding only when 75 3er cent of the assessed property oners, sentenced nt the recent term of criminal court here. Sunday to Little Rock wiicre eleven of the group will he turned over to Warden Todlmnler of the state penitentiary. The twelfth, Mclvin Newman, youth, will be placed in state reform school.

The "penitentiary convoy" will be joined at Osceola by deputies of the sheriff's force Iheie and additional prisoners. The list of persons sentenced to the state prison by the recent court here follows: Ernest Blue, one year, grand larceny; Isaac Durham, one year grand larceny; Clyde Boyclt, two year, forgery; Elizabeth Osteen, two years, pandering; Bud Ostcen, two years, pandering; R. j. Pillow, iu- year, burglary; William Langlcy, one year, burglary; James Wilson forgery, two years; Worth Rm- ledge, one year, grand larceny Henry Eli Crawford, one year, grind larceny; Willie Brown, negro, thre" years, robbery. Mclvin Newman state reform school for one year larceny.

Three Investigations Launched of Crash Which Cost Lives cf 19. ALBUQUERQUE. N. April 12 of ID persons lay In morgues here today, victims of the worst crossing accident in the history cf Ihe west while grief stricken relatives nought to identify their ones fronv Uie ranss of charred human wreckage. Wliile preparations were' being made for Ihe removal ol Ihe bodies three separate investigations were begun to determine responsibility for lha crash between a Santa Pe pafjeiiger train am! huge Pickwick-Greyhound molor slnsc yesterday near Pueblo Islcla, 12 miles south of Albuquerque.

The bus was en route from Los Angeles tA Denver with 28 occu- liants including tlie driver, F. U. Willhims of Albuquerque. Witnesses said tlie driver slowed clown near the crossing but apparently (nought he could beat the speeding train across-. He was about one hour behind schedule, ollictals rf the bus line here said.

Midway of the track, witnesses said, Williams swerved sharply in futile attempt to avoid the accident. But the locomotive which had slackened speed somewhat on teeing the plowed i the middle i-i the bus, shattering It into thousand splinters. The gasoline tank on the stage exploded, covering somc of the dying and convening ihcm into human torches. axlree State Threatens to Dissovle Town Charter Ul school children will be supplement- ed next week by a renewed effort enlist property owners in general in behalf of the voluntary tax. Property values, members ol I ll from the move spon- committee point, out.

are bound 1 by thc chanlb of commerce sillier If the schools arc handicapped or thc high school discontinued. ii nn air Escapes Death When Hi Two Locomotives SAN JOAQUIN, Cal. JR WETT. o. Al- thing of having a taxless town isn't! br '6 and his son.

Cnrl, of Jewell such an unqualified pleasure after clnlm ltlp record for "lucky breaks" following their narrow escape from death being struck by trains twice within a period of hcr(1 long has been the nued. cn 'y known taxless incorporated Lists of property holders of the in California. Now there hool district have been rechecked ls a movc on (ODt for dissolution of community as an Incorporated school district have been rechecked and will be placed in (he hands of: voluntary workers who will solicit' signatures for the tax. Four Injured As Bee The leaders of the movement say that llio present charter prevents; the town from having police or fire protection, but that as an a few second. Their automobile crashed into the side of a Pennsylvania passenger train at a crossing here nnd was hurled 50 feet onto tracks running parallel.

An oncoming freight struck the wrecked car sweeping it into a ditch nlong the right way. Blame Police Dog for Death of Little Girl HUI-'FALO. N. April 12. year old police dog was suspected today of having caused the death of I'hyllss Qottschalk.

4. whose body was found late yesterday lying In a muddy held alxmb 200 feel from her home. An examination of the dog today revealed a mass of Imlr in the canine's mouth and stomach which was believed to have bccii torn from the child's head. Eaton Promises Further Action Against Youngstown- Bellileriem Union. YOUNGSTOWN, April 12 titanic struggle to ratify the billon dollar Youngstown Sheet and Tube-Bethlehem merger has been successful but months may elapse before the final deal is consummated.

Beaten at every turn In his relentless fight lo block the consolidation, Cyrus H. Eaton, Cleveland nnanclcr who controlled more than 200,000 sheet and tube shares, said today he has "only begun lo fight," Just what new obstacles Eaton hopes to place in the path of the unification which was ratified last night by a majority of 58,008 votes was problematical today but it believed he would resort to further Injunction action, possibly in the federal courts. as Stings Motorist's Child irr nM 0rpomcd COmm nit J' thc wmu ccimt suervisors on provide le re- i driv- esor to Bombing in Indian Railroad Strike Find Merchandise Hidden in Local Lumber Yard SHATTER, Cal. persons here today were recovering i trom Injuries suffered as the re lit of bee sting Roy Barnard of ullv ng a car in which his wife their child and L. F.

Elln, Corcoran, i were passengers, when a bee at- ackcd the child. Th Barnard's attcnllon was dls- it from his driving and automobile went off the child was critically inj rjll ost several teeth and suffered oth- i anv when IIP er huru, and Barnard and India, April 12 "passive resistance" slrifcc on great India Peninsular rail- Six houscdresses and a miscellaneous assortment of ladies' underwear, discovered "cached" in a section of tile piping In the E. C. Robinson company's lumber yards yesterday have been turned over to police and mny be Identified by thc ivner nt police headquarters. The dresses, believed lo have Barnard were cut and bruised.

Conference Approve, Diifv nn Pntrnn on lOUOn WASHINGTON, April 12. House and senate conferees today approved thc additional duty of 10 per cent on all cotton commodities containing long staple cotton which had been voted by the ate to compensate for the 7 per cent duty on long staple cotton. h.v, no duos as to the Those reported injured were tak- en IT hospitals. i Leaders of the strike movement! i hitherto have confined their actlvl- tics to obstruction of Ihe passage of trains by lying down on the: railroad tracks and have blocked the way to stations nhd Offices or' the railroad company, defying arrest. Morton Announces for "Second Elective Tenn" NASHVILLE, April 12.

Henry Horton late last night formally announced his candidacy for a second clccilv term as governor of Tennessee. WASHINGTON. April 12. (UP) of Ihe Bethlehem Steel company with the Voungstown Sheet and Tube company will br; Investigated thoroughly by the department of Justice lo ascertain whether anil-trust laws nre violated, the department said. The merger would creat a corporation controlling about 20 per cent of the steel industry In the United Stales and would form Ihe largest independent sleel corpora- lion in thc world.

HOCK, April kntisns citizens wlrose thoughts run In a pollllciil channel and who gel kick out of discussing matters of politics and govcuinonl arc promised plenty of material lo hold (heir lUlenllon over llils week-end, Developments, actual and iinllcl- pated. In at leasl two races easily nflonl enough to keep lhc gosslm and sncculiiturs busy for diiys lo come. Ilunlly luul Die politicians recovered from Ihe announcement lasl Sumliiy by Tom D. Campbell, Lll- lle Hock luwyer, thai he will oppose United Slides St-nutor Joe T. Roblnsnn In his nee- for reelection this yciir before attention wns drawn to nit announcement by County Judge John C.

Sheffield o'f Helcnn. gubernatorial tisplriml, that lie will officially open Ills campaign with a speech nt Sheridan, Qrnnl counly, Saturday, April 10. Causes Sprrulallon Considerable speculation resulted from Sheffield's Announcement and the question which is probably asked more tlinn any oilier In po- Illlcal circles just now is: "What will Sheffield say and nloim wlmt lines will he open his campaign?" Judge Sheffield, recognized ns hard campaigner with a habit of shooting straight from the shoul- ilcr and never leaving his hearers In doubt as lo Ills real meaning, fo expected to lurnlsh quite lot of whatever tlrcworks may IK used In the race for the Democratic nomination for governor to succeed Gov. Harvey Paruell. That Is conceded by practically all persons professing to know state politics all arc wondering at Just whnt target the 'heavy of Sileineld will be directed.

In speeches mnde before the Ar- kansns County -Judges Association, of which organization ho Is president, Judge Sheffield has gone on record as bitterly opposed lo the present system of building sliitc. highways at what he terms llic expense of the county highway systems throughout thc state. He. ns at nil times fought hard against all legislation find other activities designed to Increase the stale 1 highway revenue without also Increasing the money for county 1 roads not Included In lhc highway system. He also was a leader In the recent light made by the county Juduges against enforcement of the 1920 act to deprive counties and municipalities of liielr privilege lo operate their morto vehicles without payment of the state motor vehicle After Hays, Cainrt It appears to be generally conceded, however, that Sheffield's opposition to the actjvltirs of the Paruell administration will nol cause him lo overlook any timitlcs to pay his respects to Brooks Hays and GViam, each of whom nlso Is attempting to carry off gubernatorial honors.

Political observers seem to be right well agreed in nn opinion that Judge Sheflleld is fully as much opposed to the policies McCracken and Brough to Address Luxora School LUXORA, Hev. L. O. McCracken. pastor of thc Lusorn Baptist church, has been chosen lo deliver thc sermon to the graduating class of Ihe Luxora high school Sunday, May 11.

Dr. Charles Hlllman Brough will deliver the graduation address Tuesday evening. May 13. Tht senior class Is composed of Wadell Bramlctt. John D.

Hightower, Joe McDanlel. Frederick Rodgers. Rosa Lou Cooke, Jvfa.tlne Brown. Mattle Tillman, Eva George, Blanche Fordeecey, Fay Lewis, Rosa Lllton. Elizabeth Sliman.

Janice FZeltz. Pauline Seaton and Charlie Scott. bolh Hays and Cazort as he Is those of Governor PArnell and these two opponents as much as at Pnrnclt. Slreiigth Is added to thc argument by reference lo Die that Judge Sheffield did not announce for governor until the morning of Ihe day 0:1 which he knew IJoys would announce. It Is pointed out that in his announcement.

Sheffield said (hat tie would be willing to step down In favor of a man who could belter carry out the desired campaign and It Is Investigate Freight Train Wreck Near El Dorado KI. noitADO, Art. April was bulng umilo today In nn effort to determine (he IIM' of llio wrecking Missouri I'aciflu freight (rain In which hrec men wen: Injured lust nlghl The frelgli! crushed Into a of nil cars mi sldlnu la tiorlh of here. Injured, nil of Qisrdnn, arc: E. Stewart, 41.

engineer, critically scalded anil bruised- Vlojl) Combs, brnkcmnn. erUlmUy scalded nnd bruised, and C. A. Clnik. 30.

fireman, utilised n-I illghlly- inililcd. WIFE'S LETTERS UEnESUTEl Failure fo IiKiuirc foi "Scarffice" McCaullaurs Gave Officers Clue. April 12 I "Scnrfnco," McCul- Inurs, wanted on charges of murdering Mavdls, 51, Cross cmin- U' plnnlcd. Is held In Jail at Thrull Slicrllf A. n.

Landers, sal; lodny he hail been Informed. McCiillaiirs was located wlion officers biTumc suspicions of his wife's failure la nsk about him in lellers lo fiiends In this section as hnd been her 1 custom since she went to Thrall several months Shcrlir Linden asVed Williamson county, Texas, oniccrs lo 101 McCaullaurs. They found him lhc place where his wife was atav- InR. He will be returned here to lace trial on nnlrdcr charges soon ns extradition papers can be gollen through Sheriff Landers said. Search (or McCaullaurs beta! afler trlciids found the Mardls on a'roadside south ofrhtre three weeks ago, Hls'i heart, j.

been -pierced by rm'fl been robbed, alive with McCatillaurs. With Eyes Taped Shut, Jimmy Burns Guides Cai Through Traffic. Threading the city's traffic a 1 thc wheel of a Chrysler sedan will his eyes lightly bandaged by cotton adhesive- tape and heavy blacV cloth, Jlmtnie Burns, world's champion blindfold stunt driver, till- nflcriioon amazed hundreds of pec- pie on Ihe streets by his spectacular feat. Burns commenced his drive from the front doo rof (he Fowler Motor company on Enst Main slrcc' at 12 o'clock noon and finished a' the same point nflcr three hours a' the wheel wlthoul an accident. The spectacular stunt prompte 1 much comment and speculation BE to how It wns jierfornitti.

No other person wns In the car durlnf the drive. Burs slopped nt intervals in front of certain business concerns In the city find nttrncle-' much attcnllon by successfully leavlg the car at Joe Isaacs 1 store going Inside and picking out a sir- ID drccs for Mrs. Burns' Eask" wardrobe. Rc-ciHering it he cur, he 'again headed Inlo the trafllc and continued his drive unaided. The following merchants cooper- alcr In preseiiling the exhibition norum's Drug store, Bennett ant" Hackney, AWridge Jewelry Jci Isaacs, Mend Clothing Blytheville Laundry, Central Coffee Co claimed Ihat had Sheffield thought Dixie Service Station.

Fowler Mo- either Cazorl or Hays was that lor Hubbard Tire and Batter man. he would not have muddled up the situation by announcing his candidacy. Marr Brothers Service statlof and the NuOrapc Bottling Co. 11 Politicians arc slill discussing the I a Submit Petition approaching campaign between ra t0 auDmit rttlHOn Ant Spray Blamed for Memphis Family's Illness MEMPHIS. April 12.

(UPl members of a family were 111 here today, one critically, as a result of poison fumes Inhaled while spraying for flying ants. p. P. Johnson, 44, was In a hospital critically ill of pneumonia and his wife and 6-year-old daughter were less seriously 111 as a result of what physicians believe was inhalation of the poison fumes Tom W. Campbell and Senator Robinson for United State senator and opinion regarding thc result appears to be about evenly divided.

While staunch friends of Senator Robinson during the past week busied themselves to cable the senator In London that he need not worry about a campaign, other persons who ore also prominent In political and governmental circles have appeared to bo fully as positive that even a hard campaign by Robinson will not save him from defeat in August. Robinson's friends claim (lint Arkansas voters will not turn down a son who brought vice-presidential nominee honors to the slate but his enemies argue that the big Republican gain show In Arkansas the last national election furnish proof that Robinson is no', as popular with the voters his friends believe. for School District Shift Citizens of school district No 22 who desired to have a certain strij of the district In which they transferred to school 'dislrict No 45 foiled lo present a petition signed by a majority of citizens In district to thc county school boarC this morning." A certain group of citizens In tht dislrict. claiming that the Pawhesr school of district 45 was closer more convenient to their home; than thc Box Elder school of then- own district, backed Ihe proposed' DCtitlon for changing the boundary lines of district 22 but were unsuccessful, Southern California has mor- acres under cultivation than another slate In thc Union, aim llv United States has more than am olher country except India; Shooting Follows Objections to Attention; Paid Former Wife. HELENA, Ark.

April 12 CUP) Attention nf merchant to a planter's divorced wife today hud resulted In the death of tho planter' nml iirrest of the merchant on a (list degree murder charge. Kearsey, 39, the merchant. Is charged with fatally shootlh'B Brooks Sctilfe, 45, the planter, after a fist light between the two men' whm Kcarscy took Mm. Scalfa atid lier Iliree children to the show at Marvel last men were badly bruised In the fis- tic encounter which toolc place Ihe residence of Mrs. Scalfe wlien she and her children returned from the sliow with Kearsey allegedly.

MS wnltliiR for them. Ife Is nlleged to have threatened the merchant's life unless he ceased his attention to Mrs. Scalfe. After the fight Kearsey returned to his room at- tlie home of John Yancey. Mrs, Scnlfe accoin- Danlert him to the Ynncey home.

Scoife followed (infl Kenrsoy allegedly attacked him with.a knife. Kcorsey fled to his room and obtained a pistol, He fired, three thols Into Scaife's body, In death m'fcw minutes.rlaler,'-ac- cording to the story officers Keatsey tokl them. Kcarscy surrendered to officers after the shooting and was lodged In jail here. His bond-, was set. ftt $5,000 when he waived a preliminary hearing today and was ordered held In Jail on charges of first degree murder.

Student Strikers Termed IlARnoOATE, Term. April 12. A charge that leaders of a slrlke at Lincoln Memorial university here were "hell bent for destruction and nothing but a bunch of Bolsheviks" was made today by J. II. S.

Morrison acting president of thc Institution. The charge followed Morrison's rejection of thrie demands voted by the entire sluilcnt body and the strikers subsequent vole to continue until reinstatement of three dismissed professors and the registrar. V- Trouble over thc dismissals arose, when llervin Hoop, resigned president, submitted them to thc quir- tel with the unampllfled statement hat reasons for dismissal were sullcient by us." Acting President Morrison, made It plain today he planned to close the school dormitories if the strike were not settled soon and that If necessary he would shut down the Institution. Wilkins Succeeds Barnett as Luxora Superintendent LUXORA, fclns. high school coach and principal of the Luxora high school for he past two years, has been chosen superintendent of the Luxora schools for the ensuing year, succeeding U.

C. Barnett, who has announced his acceptance of the su- pcrintendDiicy at Augusta after five years in that capacity at Lux- orn. Mr. Wilkins Is a graduate of Ounclilcn college and has taught and coached athletics successfully M. Prcscott, Lake Village and Helena.

The teaching staff for next has not been elected. Jonesboro Woman's Son Dies on Visit to Father JONESBORO, April 13. (UP) was received here today by' "Wrs. Charles Roe of the death dt her son Andy, 17, in New Meslco The father and mother had been estranged about a year and the boy had gone to visit his father In Artesfa, N. M.

He was picked up a road near Artesia unconscious, md died a short time later. The father is accompanying the body icre and Is expected to arrive early- omorrow for funeral services to- morrow afternoon. WEATHER Increasing less tonight; Sunday mostly cloudy, not much change In temperature. According to thc official weath- observer, Francis Carpenter, the laxlmum temperature here ycsler- -hy was 88 degrees and tlie mlnl- lum, 49 degrees; clear. On the ame day a year ago the maximum empfrature was 74 degrees and lhc ilnlmum, 64 degrees;.