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Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
WIRES BACK 10
 PRIVATE OWNERS
RURLESON ISSUES ORDER RE. LEASING TELEPHONE AND TEL
 EGRAPH LINES.

Washington. - Government control of telegraph and telephone properties has ended. Orders for their return to private owners were issued by Post. master General Burieson. as required under resolution adopted by Con- gress and signed by President Will son.
 MT Burleson, in statement, said sound public opinion ultimately would determine "how this trust has been met" and that he was content to abide by the result Besides this re- of the wire companies, the postmas ter general also took parting shot at the Postal Telegraph Company, most of the officers of which were removed several months ago because of what he termed interference with govern ment management.
 The postmaster general said that with one notable exception the rea- son for which is thoroughly under stood by those who have kept inform ed," every wire company had given him loyal cooperation.
 Under the resolution of Congress di- reeting the return of the companies government fixed intrastate telephone rates are to remain in force for a period of four months, unless sooner changed by state commissions, but no provision was made as to telegraph rates.
 Clarence H. Mackey, president of the Postal company, in urging Con gress to provide for speedy return or the properties, said his company could reduce rates 20 per cent and still earn profit.
 This statement was recalled in con- nection with the return of the prop critics and rate war between the telegraph companies is possibility. Telegraph rates were increased ap- proximately 20 per cent last March to meet increased salaries to operators and other employees and rising costs of materials.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
GOVERNMENT PLANS ID REDUCE PRICES
GROWING UNREST IN UNITED STATE RECOGNIZED BY WASH
 iNGTON OFFICIALS.
TO SELL ARMY SUPPLIES
War Department Orders Sale of Sur plus Stores-To Be Sold and Delivered By the Parcel
 Post System.

Washington. - In the face of grow ing unrest over the high cost of liv- ing, as indicated by the spreading strike of railroad workers, many gov ernment agencies moved in efforts to effect return to normal price levels
 Immediate sale of all surplus food stuffs purchased for the army, in- stead of only canned goods, was or dered by the War Department. Mil lions of pounds of meat, beans, pump kin, squash and other commodities will be offered to the public Monday August IS, through the parcel post system at prices materially lower than those now prevailing in the mar ket. Purchasers will have to pay postage charges from the place of storage.
 Director General Hines, Commits sioner Colver and Assistant Secretary Leffingwell, appointed by the confer ence, assembled by Attorney General Palmer to recommend steps to reduce living costs, were engaged in an ex- change of memoranda
 The impression went out that the committee had agreed that steps would be taken by Congress, which would alleviate the situation at once, but it was said at MT. Hines of1lce that nothing final had been decided upon. The committee was instructed particularly to deal with profiteerins and to suggest how law enforcement agencies should proceed to bring to justice men guilty of extortion through unreasonable prices.
 If any recommendation is made to Congress, it is believed most likely that it will deal with the sale of the wheat crop at market prices and the absorption by the government pe- tween the price and the $2.26 guar anteed the farmer. Many officials have indicated that this is the most practicable step.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL AN
 ADVERSARY.

Twill soon be an hundred years they
 say Since Arkansas first saw the light of
 day. She passed her cradle days in wild, Tumultuous scenes. When but a
 child She welded in statehood in '36 While still belle of the backwoods
 sticks. In '65 she eloped and ran Away with "another handsome man.. But soon came home in a brand new
 dress To the loyin' arms of 1fer Uncle S" Oh, she's had her dancing days and But her grandest days have just be-
 gun; For the wealth of Cresus is in her
 hills And the health of youth in her springs
 ana rills And her fame in the nation glows Do.
 side The lame Of her Valorous sons W0rld-
 widei 'Tis an hundred years as the dial rolls
 round Since her state flag rose from this sa-
 cred ground. But we see the belle of the backwoods
 sticks Now decked with diamonds and pearls
 and fixed To serve to heaping the nations
 plates With riches gleaned from her own es-
 tatesi And the open door to the feast at last Invites the nation to break It's fast And enter the paradise they saw When they peeked through the fence
 at Arkansas!
 Graham Burnham. Glenwood on the Caddo Ark.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
SOLONS FAIL ID
 EXTEND SESSION
SENATE FAVORED CONSIDERING ROAD LEGISLATION BUT
 HOUSE OPPOSED.
PASSED APPROPRIATION BILL
Thirty Thousand Dollar Expense Measure Adopted After Passing Suf- fraqe Measure-Governor Signs
 Suffrage Ratification Measure.
Little Rock.

l<llblS lAOChs
 After wrangling over parliamentary tactics and juggling with roll calls for two days, the special session of the Arkansas Legislature came to all end and as the result more than 200 prominent citizens of the state who came to Little Rock to secure rem edial road legislation left for their homes in disappointment.
 The Senate resolution to extend the session three days to correct defects in road bills passed during the regu- lar session was defeated by 12 mem bers of the House. These 12 men kept the resolution from receiving the nec- essary two-thirds vote. The House adopted a resolution during the fore noon to adjourn and there was noth- ing left for the senators to do but re- tire and go home.
 The ratification of the suffrage amendment to the federal constitution and passage of the bill to appropriata s30,000 to pay per diem and mileage of members constitute the accomplish ment of the special session.
 Gov. Brough has signed the legisla' tive resolution ratifying the Susan B. Anthony woman's suffrage amendment of the federal constitution. He pre- sented the pens with which he signed the resolution to Senator Harry l.. Ponder, author of the Senate resolu- tion: Representatives Riggs, Boiling CT. Joiner and Doyle, authors of the resolution in the House; Senator Nc Perrin, presiding officer of the Sen ate, and Speaker Newton, presiding officer of the House: Senator Ben II Johnson, chairman joint enrolling committee, also to Mrs. T. T. Gotham, president of the Woman's Suffrage Association; Mrs. Ellington, Mrs. Frank Gibb, Mrs. Stella Brizzolara of Fort Smith, Miss Josephine Miller, Miss Gertrude Watkins and Miss Mary McCabe.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
LABOR PRESENTS
 RAILROAD PLAN
MEN WOULD HAVE ROADS OPE~ RATED BY THREE-CORNERED
 SYSTEM OF CONTROL.
TO SOLVE COST OF LIVING
Message To American Public SayS Roads Would Be Taken From Wall Street Influence and Operated
 For Public Benefit.

Washington. - Organized labor has come out with the unequiyocal, formag demand that private capital be re- tired from the railroads.
 A tri-partite control composed of the public, the operating management and the employees is demanded iI~ stead.
 Addressed to the American public and signed by the engineers, the f1re~ men, the conductors and the Ameria can Federation of Labor, a formal statement was issued announcing tnts proposal.
 "It marks says the statement "the step by which organized labor passes from demands for wage in- creases to demands that the system of profits in industry be overhauled."
 This sentence sums up ir a few words, the proposal of which ther@ have been hints and indications, but which is now laid before the country for the first time. Everywhere in official Washington it is recognized as the most serious and farreaching proposition the country will be called on to face.
 CharacteriZing the proposal as ''la- bor's bill," it is put forth as a reme- dy for the high cost of living, because. the railroads are the key industry of the nation. II demands the genuine. cooperation and partnership based on real community of interest and parti- cipation of control" of which Presi- dent Wilson spoke to Congress, and which the statement says has been ignored by labor and the private own.. CTS of the railroads.
 we ask" it says. that the rail-. roads of the United States be vested in the public; that those actually en- gagged i'll conducting that industry, not from Wall street, but from the rail- road offices and yards and out on the railroad lines, shall take charge of this service for the public"
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Senate Passes Resolution.

Washington. = A resolution by Senator Smith of Arizona, adopted un. animously by the Senate, asks tha, State Department to inform the Sen- ate what protests have been made by the United States to Mexican autnor- ities to prevent the contiscation Of Ameriean-owned land in Mexico un~ der the provisions of the agrarian law enacted in the state of Sonora.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Second Division Coming Home.

New York.-The Ninth Infantry, one of the regiments of regulars which gained fame in the years before the great war, came home recently from France, where it added luster to it's brilliant record. It was the home coming vanguard of the Second Divi- sion, which wiped out at Chateau Thierry the German spearhead which menaced Paris in the darkest days of 1918
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
10 Iru French Officer.

Paris.-Trial by high court of Jo- seph Caillaux, the former premier. who has been under arrest year and half charged with having had trea- sonable dealings with the enemy, is recommended in the conclusions of Theodore Lascouve, attorney general of the republic.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Little Rock.-Following adjourn ment of the Arkansas Senate five flags carried by Arkansas units during the war with Germany were taken from the walls of the chamber, where they were placed by Secretary of State Tom J Terrall to form part of the decorations. The flags were loan ed by Maj. Henry F. Fredeman, as- sistant adjutant general
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Ships For South AmerIcan Trade.

Washington. Four 17-knot ships, among the larger vessels now being used as transports, will be turned back to the shipping board imme- diately and placed in South American passenger and freight service out of New York after they are overhauled.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Mena.-James M Stine, who arriv- ed home from overseas. said that the American Red Cross saved him from starvation while he was a prisoner in Germany. Stine was a member of the Seth Division and was captured dur ing the Argonne fighting on October 3, 1918, and held prisoner by tho enemy for SO days
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Austrian Minister in U. S.

Houston. = Kolaman Kan1a voa Kanya, Austrian minister to Mexico. who was here en route from Mexico City to Austria, announced his inten- ton of resigning from the diplomatic service when he arrives at Vienna
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Plan Collective Action.

London Steps toward interna- tional collective purchasing of food stuffs to check profiteering and specu- lation which are declared to be rife in all countries. were taken at the meet ing of the Supreme Economic Coun- oil
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Bio Sale of Ships.

Washington. - One hundred steam ships built on the Great Lakes during the war have been sold by the Ship ping Board to the Anderson Overseas Corporation of New York for approxi- mately SSO,O00,O00. This is probably the largest ship sale on record.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Government To Sell Food.

Washington. With every post master and carrier in the country acto ing as 6 salesman, the War and Post office departments got under way the governments plan to help the nation lower the high cost of living through distribution at cost of approximately S125 100000 worth of surplus army foodstuffs
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Haywood Released On Bono.

Leavenworth, Kan. Planning an immediate return to Chicago, to be. followed later by a tour of the coun- try, William D. Haywood, former sec retary of the Industrial Workers ef the World, waS released from the fed eral prison here upon the receipt of papers from Chicago showing approv- al of his bond, pending an appeal.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Cost of women's Clothes To Go Up.

Chicago. = A 100 per cent increase in the cost of womens gowns for fall and winter was predicted by delegates to the third annual convention of the Woman's Wearing Apparel Associa- ton.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
American Property Threatened.

Washington. = More than 1000 Americans are threatened with loss of millions of dollars in investments by a new agrarian law enacted by the Congress of Sonora, Mexico, at the di- rect instructions of Governor Gales.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Marine Strike Is Settled.

New York.-The strike which for about three weeks has tied up ship ping along the Atlantic and gulf sea board. was finally settled when sn agreement on wages was reached with the marine engineers.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Alabama Favors Gcod Roads.

Montgomery Ala. A resolution submitting to the voters of the state constitutional amendment providing for issuance of $25,000,000 in bonds for construction of 2,500 miles of Tm- proved highway was adopted by the Alabama Senate by a vote of 29 to !.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Exports Break Recorc.

Washington. - Exports from the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30 reached the record breaking total of s7,225,oS4,2 4,257, the Department of Commerce reported, against $5,919711,371, the record in 1918.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
S25. 900 Reward For Villa.

Fl Paso, Texas.-Gov. Andres Ortiz of the state of Chihuahua has offered a reward of $25.000 gold for the cap ture, dead or alive, of Francisco Villa, according to a Mexico merchant who arrived from Chihuahua City.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Sets New American Air Record.

Mneola, N Y.-Although failing .o establish a worlds altitude record, Roland Rohlfs. civilian aviator, flying Q Curtiss wasp biplane set new American mark when in an official flight, from Roosevelt Field, he heach- ed a height of 30,700 feet, according to the figures on the baromograph.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Government Exsibition at Centennial

Washington. = Arrangements have been completed for government cxa hibit consisting of disp avs from the Departments of Agriculture, War; Navy, Commerce, Interior and Laborr to be shown at the Arkansas Centen nial exhibition in Little Rock during the week of November 17
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Rio Demand For Pennies.

Philadelphia. - The abnormal de mand for pennies is still taxing the capacity of the presses ia the Phila- delphia mint, the enormous total of 3S.9S1 ,O00 having been struck during July.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Estimate Crop at 11,o1e,ooo Bales

Washington = A cotton production of 11,016,000 bales this year was fore cast by the Department of Agricul- ture, passing it's estimate on the con dition of the crop July 25, which it announced at 671 per cent of normal.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
New Speed Record Set.

Dayton, O-Maj. k. w. Schroeder, army aviator set a new worlds speed record for high attitudes, it is claim ed, when he flew at rate of 137 miles an hour, at a height of 1S,400 feet.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Revolution in Honduras.

San Salvador. = A revolutionary movement headed by Gen. Lopez Gu tierrez, presidential candidate, is re- ported by the press to have broken out in Honduras.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Would Increase Number of Officers.

Washington. A bill authorizing an increase of $500 in the officer per- sonnel of the army was introduced bv Chairman Wadsworth of the Sen ate Military Committee.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Raoe Riots in chicaao.

Chicago. - Seven persons were killed and more than two-scor- wounded. many of them seriously, in a renewal of race riots in tbe Chi cago black belt" J
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Relaium Buys U. S. supnlies.

Brussels. = The minister of food has bought all the American supplies in Belgium They were valued at 100,- 0O0,0Oo francs and will be retailed un.- der government control
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Germans Approve Constitution.

Berlin. - The German National As sembly at Weimar approved the new German constitution by a vote of 262 to 75.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
Would Prohibit Negro Soldiers.

Washington. = Negroes Will be prohibited from enlisting in the army and navy under bill introduced by Representa-. vc Caraway, Democrat. of Arkansas.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
May cede West Indies To U. {

London = The National News says a suggestion that the British West Indies be ceded to he United States in part payment of Great Britain's war debt is being considered serious ly on both sides of the Atlantic.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
chicaao Car Men Strike.

Chicago.-Fifteen thousand street railway employees went on strike for higher wages, completely tying up the ,surface and elevated systems of the
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Fayetteville. - H. J. Waters, editor of the Weekly Kansas City Star, for merly president of the Kansas Agri- cultural College at Manhattan and Dean of the Agricultural College of Missouri, will give the opening ad- dress on August IS, for the Farmers Short Course, to be held at Fayette- vile, August IS to 23
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Little Rock.-Persons desiring to be united in the holy bonds of matri- mony in this state will have to get somebody other than his honor the mayor to pronounce the ceremony, if the marriage is to be genuine and binding, according 10 an opinion grv- en by Attorney General John D. Ar buckle
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Pine Bluff-Governor Trough has no power to parole or pardon youths in the State Industrial School and the county judge alone may order release of prisoners at the institution. Attor- ney General John D. Arbuckle ruled in an opinion delivered orally at a hearing in the Jefferson County Court.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Little Rock.-The contract for tho building of railroad line between Oar danella and Scranton has been award ed. The road which will be % miles long, is being built bv an independent company. but it connects the Rock Island railroad with the Missouri Pa cific railroad.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Van Ruren.-The Bureau of Mar kots of the United States Department of Agriculture opened headquarters here for the peach shipping season to assist growers and others in market ing their cropS. The office is in charge of Adner D. Miller.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Heber prings.-Residents of Shi- loh who volunteered labor on the Shiloh-Miller road, completed one mile of good dirt road and cleared an ad- ditional two miles of rocks. Despite the hot weather, it has been decided to continue the volunteer days until the road is completed.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Little Rock.-Three deaths among the Confederate pensioners 10 one new application is the ratio shown by the reports of 21 county clerks receiv- ed to date in the office of State Audi tor Hogan Oliver, it was said recently.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Little Rock.-After an illness of nearly two weeks, caused by a stroke of paralysis May 1. Richard Henry Parham, for nearvlv 50 years one of the leading educators of Arkansas, is dead
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Rogers-The wheat yield of Ben ion county, like other districts. is not up to expectations, although the grain is fair in quantity and good in quality. The acreage was the largest in the history of the county.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07
STATE HAPPENINGS.

Little Rock-Jim G. Ferguson, com missioner of mines. manufactures and agriculture, has just received from the printers 10000 maps of Arkansas to be distributed to the public. On the reverse side of the map is descrip- ton of the topography, soil, crops, tim Der and minerals and the wealth ana population of each of the 75 counties.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

interchangeable work on the new courthouse is being pushed up with considerable more rapidity than for several months.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Rogers.-The annual convention of the Benton County Sunday ScEcoI As soeiation was held at Gentry,
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Searcy. County agricultural schools are being planned by Superin- tendent J. Wood Henry, who. with the county health officer. J. M. Jelks, has been visiting school districts over the county.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Ozark.-Peaches are much better since the recent rains and it is believ- ed that growers in this section will receive S40,000 for the years crop.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Harrisburg. = The Masonic Lodge had big time here. The district deputy, Shields Daltroff, of Wynnc. and many other visiting members were in attendance.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Texarkana.-At meeting held by local business men and farmers at the Chamber of Commerce offices company was organized to build sweet potato curing plant at Texar- kama.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Mena.-Polk county will be repre- sented at the agricultural short course at the Magnolia district school by 13 boys and girls of the county clubs.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Heber Springs. = The Rev A. A. DuLaney of Austin, Tex, probably Will be called to the pastorate of the Baptist church of this place.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

VT tIIItIIII IJU -IIIdIII, Glenwood on the Caddo, Ark.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Mountain Home.-O. Swofford, a farmer living near Howard Ridge. in this county, committed suicide by cut ting his throat with a razor.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Batesville.-Five carloads of ma equipment of the cotton compress be- ing erected here The work on the compress is progressing rapidly
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Mountain Home.-About 25 cars Of hogs have been shipped from thjs county during the past 90 days. They average about s2,0OO car.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Huntsville. Walker Ware of Whitener has collected 3,G00 Indian arrow heads, which were ordered by an Eastern crrio dealer
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Harrisburg. crops are late here. but there is d good prospect for late corn.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-08-07

Batesville.-Fifty carloads of alfal- ia and 13 carloads of hay were shipped from Newark in one week re- gently.