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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
AUTO PRISONERS
ESCAPED IN IS
LOCATED HERE
Negroes Find Penitentiary
Car Hidden in Bushes Near
Ohio Street Pike.

The Chalmers automobile, identi-
fled by Penitentiary Commissioner
john L. Burkett, as that in which
four convicts escaped from the peni-
tertiary Thursday, was found hidden
pike Sunday, and yesterday morning,
after identification, was taken back
to Little Rock by Mr. Burkett.
The car was found Sunday by some
negroes who were walking through
the woods They reported the car to
Harry Kyle, of the Kyle Auto Repair
Shop who notified Sheriff Curran
Nichol. Sheriff Nichol took posses
sion of the car and arranged with
the penitentiary authorities for an
Identification The license number
had not been taken off the car, and
several letters found in it addressed
to Judge H. S. Yocum helped to es-
tablish the identity of the car.
Four Made Escape.
The convicts who escaped were j.
H. Purcell, trusty, sentenced for
larceny; Roy Gaines, sentenced for
stealing an automobile in Chicot coun-
ty; and Harry Martin and Harry
Stearns, being held for safe keeping
on a charge of defrauding bookmak-
ers at Hot Springs of $4,000.
When the convicts escaped, it was
thought by the officers that they
started toward Pine Bluff and doubled
back to Little Rock. 1t is thought
now that the men arrived here witt
the car Friday morning, hid out al
day in the car, and then made Off or
a freight train out of Pine Bluff tina
night.
The escape was managed from the
penitentiary when Purcell drove thu
car from the penitentiary with tn
others hidden to it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
NC-4 COMMANDER
Will CONTINUE
FLIGHT TODAY
Officials Believe Attempt
Will Be Made to Complete
the Trip.

Washington, May 19.-Rear-Admlr-
al Jackson at Ponta Delgada, Azores,
cabled the navy department tonlgnI
that the American seaplane NC-4, IN
command of Lieutenant Commander
A. G. Read, would leave Horta, Fayal,
tomorrow at Z o'clock, Greenwich
time. g a. m. Washington time, #
weather conditions permit: a stop
will be made at Ponta Delagada, the
message said. ~.
The early hour set for the start q
the flight to Ponts Delgada was IN
terpreted by naval officials here g
mean that Commander Read wonIo
attempt tomorrow to make the ent.es
trip Of more than 925 nautical miles
to Lisbon, Portugal. the real end g
the .trans-Atlantic flight. The stop 6
Ponta Delgada was thought g y
planned for the purpose 81 oDsains
supplies. rs. IS, A.
home, ~ ma1nG yook sss.s 4
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
NEGRO BOYS TRY
TO WRECK TRAIN

Nelson Bradley. Eddie Stancell, and
Greenville Stancell, negro boys about
IL years Of age, were arrested yes
terday by Deputy Sheriff J. l.. Mo
Burnett, charged with attempting to
wreck trains on the Cotton Belt near
Sorrells. It is alleged that the ne
groes drove spikes into spaces be-
tween the rails.
Bradley. it is said. has confessed
to the crime, but the others dis
claimed any responsibility. 1t is said
that Bradley declared he planted the
spikes for the fun Of seeing the wreck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
Were at Spa for Conference
Saturday.
SEEK TERMS THAT
ARE SATISFACTORY
President EbcrtS Keitcrates State.
mcnt that Germany Will Not
Sign Present Treaty.
(By The Associated Press)

Not alone has Count Brockdorff-
Itanizan. chief German peace plani-
potentiary, return to Versailles from
Spa, whore he went Saturday for d
conference, but he brought back with
him Herr Landsberg and Herr Gies-
the German delegation, who had been
i'll Berlin going over the situation with
the authorities. and also a large re-
tinue Of naval, military and financial
experts.
Thus indications are that the Ger
mans intend to continue their efforts
to come into agreement, with the al
lied and associated representatives on
peace terms that will be satisfactory
to the German government, and peo-
pie.
Meanwhile, reports continue to
emanate from Germany of dissatis-
faction over the terms laid down for
Germany to sign, and d reiteration by
President Ebert that the Germans will
never affix their signatures to the
treaty as it stands and that foreign
countries will protest with Germany
against this peace enslavement.'
Resistance Impossible.
Field Marshal Won Iinderburg is
reported to have told the members
of the German cabinet, representatives
of the political parties and other
leaders at a meeting in Berlin Fri
day that resistance was impossible
and that the military leaders consid-
cred it necessary to seal the compact
as desired by the allies
With almost informally attending
the proceedings, an exchange of Gre
Gentials between the Austrian peace
delegates and the representatives OF
the allied and associated powers has
taken place at St. German. Belief is
expressed in Paris that the act of
handing the peace treaty to the Aus
TRANS will be delayed owing to the
impossibility of completing the draft.
The council of four discussed Mon
day the question of the German re-
ligious missions abroad and also mat
,ers dealing with Bulgaria and Iur-
key. The council of foreign minis
tiers met and considered Belgium's
claims as they affect Holland.
Defeat Bo1sheyists.
Bolshevik forces in Russia have
suffered severe ucIcdt dl VIC i"heo
| OF General Denikene's troops. which
have made 10000 Of the enemy prls-
oner and captured % guns in opera
| tons against Tsaritzin, on the Volga
river. British warships have put 10
! rout bolshevik flotilla in fight IN
the Gulf of Finland. One enemy snip
was sunk and another forced aground.
President Wilson and General FER
shing on Monday went over the plans
for final demobilition Of American
forces in France and on former Ger
man territory. Withdrawal OF the
| American forces from the Archangel
front in Northern Russia is planned
to begin With nten days, with the
transportation Of the 339th infantry 20
England. The Thirteenth engineers
on the Archangel front and the rail-
way troops on the Murmansk coast
are to be the last Of the American
forces to be withdrawn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
NC-3 TAKES into
HARB0R AFTER SO
HOURS AT SEA
Plucky Aviators Battle. 60
Mile Gale and High Seas
for Two Days.

Washington, May 19.-After wealth
ering 60 mile gale and heavy seas,
the missing seaplane NC-3, flagship
of the American naval transatlantic
flight squadron, entered Ponta Del
gada harbor today under her own
power, nearly 60 hours from the time
she was forced down by fog when al
most in sight of the Azores on the
record breaking flight from New
Foundland for Lisbon and Plymouth,
England.
Searching battleships and destroy
ers were securing the seas and naval
officials had all but abandoned hope
for the safety Of the flying ship and
her crew of five when warships at
Ponta Delgada saw the plane taxing
across the water, headed for the
flight objective in the Azores. Rear
Admiral Jackson Immediately dis
patched the tidings to the navy de-
partment by cable, relieving the
anxiety of officials and ending the
long vigil Mrs Towers had kept since
word first came last Saturday morn
ing, that her husbands plane had
been lost in the fog. 300 miles from
the Azores.
The story of the plucky fight the
flight commander and his men were
forced to make for two days and
nights was not expected at the navy
department before tomorrow, for of.
ficials realized that the aviators must
have been almost exhausted when
they reached their haven.
With the crew safe, the matter Of
greatest moment was the condition Of
the plane and whether it would BIZ
able to continue the flight to Lisbon
! No information as to this had reach
/, ed the department tonight, but Off
i Gals would not be surprised if it wa.
found that the plane could not pro
coed without extensive repairs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
LOST BATTALION
MEN THROUGH HERE

Four hundred men of the famous
lost battalion who were on their
way to Texas to- be demobilized,
passed through the city yesterday,
and during their short stay here, were
treated to feed by the members OF
the local Red Cross canteen service
They were served hot biscuits. not
rolls, ham, coffee, and other defect
able food not usually encountered on
a troop movement. The men were
warm in their appreciation, stating
that Pine Bluff had given them the
best 'feed'' they had yet received.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
.nublican Leader Opposes
the Plans.
INV COVENANT IS
WORSE THAN OLD
|odcts II Will Not Be Ace ,pted by
the Senate Without First icing
Amended.

Washington, NAY I3.-oenaIOf
bdge, republican leader. and chair
an of the foreign relations COM
;ttee in a statement tonight de-
pred that the revised league of ma
bns as unacceptable" and predicted
would not be accepted by the ma
rity of the senate without amend
lent.
Characterizing the new league COW
liant as included in the peace treaty
distinctly worse than the old and
ore dangerous to the peace of The
|orld and to American rights and
Iterests," Senator Lodge declared
hat none of the suggestions from
he senate or from Elihu Root had
cen carried out.
Senator Lodges statement follows:
$50 far as can judge-and l have
ad conversations with many sena-
brs, including both parties-I am
|htisfied that majority of the SEN
tie feel very strongly that the league
S now presented must receive amend
bent, that in it's present form, with
but any change, it would not be ac-
Eepted.
Amendments Not Sufficient.
ITO say that the amendments put
orward in the senate and proposed
bnd formulated by Mr.. Root on the
|uggestion of the state department.
have been met, it without foundation.
Not one of the suggestions, of the
Penate, not one of the suggestions
proposed by Mr.. Root has carried out.
Some have been entirely rejected,
ma where there is an appearance
'f their having been adopted,
axamination shows that the new
form is dictinctly worse than the old.
ma more dangerous to the peace of
ne world, and to American rights
Ind interests.
1T is impossible now to enter up
y, y a detailed analysis, because, al.
nough we may suppose that the
'raft o. the league sent over in the
'ress dispatches is fairly accurate,
y have no knowledge of the treaty
WIN GERMANY or of it's relations to
ne league. The summary which was
ny out was not only incomplete.
" va"1ae and inaccurate and it is
to gather from it what the
'fns imposed upon Germany in many
aspects reallv are.
am People Must Know.
mere is no desire anywhere to
a'av the treaty of peace with Ger
Nnv one moment beyond the time
to understand it. but we
,us1 nave it before us in the official
rm. AS the league of nations, the
, y people must know Just
,aa1 the" are to he asked to agree to.
~ 'nat league they are invited to
= ~ me gravest step ever taken bv
u united States and no organized
gu no manufactured pressure of
Nv KIND will serve the senate from
: 5 NIGH duty of laying before the
.a",,a people exactly what the
3 sd ~ involves and what it means to
ae. united States and to the future
eace Of the world"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
Declare Aviator Safe.

London, May 19.-11:08 p. M
Aviator Hawker is reported to be
safe, according to Central News
dispatch from Tralee, ireland.
The dispatch adds that Hawker
dropped into the sea 30 miles from
Valencia, off the west coast OF County
Kerry, and south of Dingle Bay.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
COMMISSIONERS NAMED.

jury commissioners to draft the
petit and grand jury for the fall term
of court were appointed yesterday by
Judge Sorrells. They were J. n.
Means. u. w. Poss, and A. w. Leake,
Of Altheimer. The commissioners met
yesterday and selected the juries
which were placed in sealed envelopes
to be opened 30 days before the open
ing Of the October term Of cQnrt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
Towers Cables Wife.

Washington, May 19.-Mrs. John H.
Towers, wife of Commander Towers,
Of the seaplane NC-3, and head of the
transatlantic flight squadron, to-
night received from her husband, at
Ponta Delganda, the following cable
gram:
"Safe and WE'LL"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
Find SOpwith PIane.

London. May 19.--10:55 p. MA
wireless dispatch to the admiralty
from the Castletown station says:
"Sowith machine down in latitude
$3.50 north, longitude II west, which
is about 40 miles west OF the mouth
of the Shannon"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
Dishelieye Report.
By The Associated Pres

IBy The ASSOCldleu fTtsSJ
London, May 20.-(2 p. m)-The
admiralty has issued notification
from the admiral at Queenstown say
ing that the report that Hawker's
machine was down forty miles west
of the Shannon river is considered
unreliable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
No Official Report.

London, May 19.-The British gov
eminent at 9:15 o'clock this evening
had no information concerning the
fate of Aviator Hawker,. according to
a statement made in the house OF
commons by Lieut.. Col. Leslie Orme
Wilson on behalf Of the government.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
Report Hawker Missing.

London, May 19.-10:45 p. m.)-lt
is reported that Hawker is missing.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph from LOndonerry reporting
Hawker as missing says destroyers
have been ordered to sea to search for
him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
NEW YORK BUYS GONZALES.

New York, May 19.-Catcher Mi
guel Gonzales was sold by the St.
Louis National League. club to the
New York Nationals at conference
today between Managers Branch
Hickey and John McGraw.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20

If you have something to trade.
Graphic Want Ad viii trade II.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
Fate Of Aviator and Naviga
tor Unknown.
REPORT MACHINE
FOUND AT SEA
Crowds Wait All Day nj Airdomc
Where the Aviator Learned
to Fly.
lBy The Associated Press

London. May l9.--London spent the
day in tense excitement and suspense
waiting the result of Harry HaWker's
bold attempt to fly across the Allan
tie and after day of anxious inouir-
les and unverified rumors ana specu-
lation, the fate Of the pilot and his
navigator. Mackenzie Grieve. is still
unknown.
A Sopwith machine, supposed to be
llawker's. according to an admiralty
wireless report, descended to the sur
face OF the ocean forty miles west OF
the mouth of the Shannon. Later
admiralty reports said that this i'll
formation was not considered relia-
BILE.
Early unverified reports were that
the Sopwith machine encountered a
gale which reduced it's mileage to DO
miles an hour, and finally compelled
it to descend owing to exhaustion of
gasoline.
Crowds of people, waited the day
long at the Brooklands airdome
where Hawker learned to fly, believ-
ing that the aviator would make his
landing there, although experts had
expressed the opinion that Hawker
would unlikely be able to fly there.
The fate of Hawker and Greve can
not be definitely stated, and tonight
it is impossible to ever assert that
the machine found at sea is Hawker's
The weather off the Irish coast
Monday was boisterous, with rain and
haze.
The admiralty has sent out all
available ships to search for the avia-
tors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
Report Plane Found,

London, May 19.--10:20 p. ny
The British admiralty has received a
wireless message that Hawker's ma
chine has been found in the sea 40
miles off Loop Head at the mouth of
the river Shannon. 1t is not stated
whether Hawker was found.
The admiralty statement adds that
Hawker's machine had been picked
up
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20

Loop Head is in the most western
point of County Glare and is Oil the
south central part of the western
coast of Ireland The entrance to the
river Shannon is guarded by Loop
Head on the north and Kerry Head
on the south. Loop Head is about 80
miles west OF Limerick, which is
about rs miles north of Fermoy, where
Hawker intended to make his Irish
landing place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20
COMMANDER OF NC-1
GIVES STATEMENT
OF HIS FLIGHT
Plane Was Lost After Avia-
tors Lost Way in Fog and
Were Forced to Light.

Horta, May 9.-Lieutenant Com
mander P. N. l.. Bellinger, the COM
mander of the NC-1 gave out the
following statement today:
"The NC-1 was the last plane to
take the air at Trepassey, doing so
at 1910 p. m. Friday Greenwich
time). We proceeded on the course,
being guided by the smoke and
searchlights from the destroyers and
the star shells they sent up. After
passing most of the station ships, we
did not meet with any trouble until
we got into fog at 11:10 a. m. Satur-
day, when we were near station 10.
After being in the fog for some
time, we alighted On the water at
ITO p. m. Saturday.
eve kept to our course until we
struck the fog when we lost our bear
ings. We deemed it advisable to head
into the wind toward land to get our
bearings before proceeding. We were
flying about 5000 feet up. We dropped
to fifty feet in order to sight water
and found that the wind was in a
different direction on the surface of
the water than it was above, and also
that the fog was more dense at the
lower altitude.
Made Good Landing.
eve made a good landing on the
sea which was rough and choppy with
heavy swells. The strong wind contin-
ued until we were picked up.
"At 6 p. m. Greenwich time, we
sighted the masts of the Ionia on it's
way to Faval and Gibraltar, above the
horizan. We were unable to see the
hull of the Ionia and as she did not
have wireless we were unable to com
municate with her. Wetherefore, start.
ed taxing toward her. About this
time, the Ionia sighted us and low
cred a boat which picked up up al
$40 p. m. Our position when we were
picked up was latitude SO degrees IS
(, minutes north; longitude 80 degrees
Is minutes west. We tried to salvage
the plane. but the tow line of the
Ionia broke and we were forced t.
lgive up the attempt
"If the fog had not been so thicl
we could have continued to Ponta Del
uganda. Our engines worked splen
didlv throughout. The average altitud,
of the flight was between 500 and 3,
500 feet"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-20

were organized today, but senate COM
mittee arrangements went over
Senator Lodge appointed the repub-
lican conference committee on COM
mittees to make assignments, select
ing two leaders of the progressive
group, Senator's Borah, of Idaho. and
johnson. of California. Both advised
Mr.. Lodge that they did not wish
to serve, but will be urged to accept.
The committee will begin work to-
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THE w FATHER.

KANSAS - Tuesday
fair warmer in northwest
portion; Wednesday fair
warmer.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-16
CAR COMPANY
PAYS PORTION
City Auditor Explains Di'
vision of Paving Cost
Payments.

Plans and specifications for the ad-
ditional pavement on North Seventh
street from Cheyenne to Griggs ave-
nues, and on Fourth and Fifth streets
from Griggs t. L'Hiver avenues,
which were authorized Tuesday night
by the city council. r being pre-
pared by City Engineer C. S. Giles.
The engineer will also prepare plans
for paving the last two named streets
the additional two blocks to Skidmore
avenue, on the possibility that this
paving may be put in along with that
already planned. .
In connection with the paving
projects now being put into execution,
City Auditor w. H. Alexander states
that there appears to be ar erroneous
impression in some quarters to the eff
feet that on streets where street car
tracks are laid the Grand Forks
Street Railway company must pay
for the paving Of the area between
the tracks.
This applies only to street intersec-
tons, Mr.. Alexander says. the fran
chise covering h matter reading as
follows:
1.-THE company shall-pay such
proportion of paving street intersec-
tons covered by such paving as the
area Of a strip eight feet wide in the
case of a single track railway, and
Is feet wide in the case of a double
track, and running along said street
across such an intersection shall bear
to the total area of such intersec-
TONS"
Any additional cost for a founda-
ton for paving the track area must
however. be borne by the street rail.
way company.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-16
|CRAZED WET"
ADSHOLDUP
Canadian Soldier
Being Cared for by Grand
Forks Police.

Former Sergeant Major George
Robertson of the Canadian army Is
being cared for by the local police. as
the result Of an attempt to rob Mel
vim Thompson Of Grafton, ear the
Great Northern depot early this
morning in which, Robertson. while
temporarily insane from shell shock,
took part it is said with M. f. Clay
pool of this city. -2.
AS Thompson had no money or
valuables or his person the attempt
was unsuccessful. Claypool was this
morning sentenced by Police Magis-
in the county Jail. Robertson, who
was violently insane when taken in
charge by the police is being cared for
until his friends al be notified by W.
E. Black, Canadian land agent here.
Claypool and Robertson, 1t appears.
attacked Thompson shortly after mid
night, and were going through his
pockets when they were seen by two
passersby who notified. the police.
Quick action was taken and the two
were arrested before they had an OPP
p%ortunity to escape from the locality.
When they were taken toSthe police
station, however, Robertson. became
violent and it became apparent that
he was not in his right mind. A
search Of the records on his person
revealed the fact that he had been
wounded thirty-eight times. He bears
the active service medal of the Brit
ish army, is member of the World
War Veterans association, and ap-
parently also saw service in the Boer
war.
He was resting quietly at the police
station this morning.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-16
LIEUT.. L0CKLM
BURIED TODAY
Service Men Attend Funeral
of Comrade-Services at
Three O'clock.

Impressive funeral services were
held this afternoon for Lieut.. Fred
Locklin who died Monday morning in
the army hospital at Fort Smelling.
MINI. Services were held from the
First Methodist church at 3 o'clock,
and were conducted by Rev. Thomas
Gallagher, assisted by Rev. J. G.
Moore and Rev. G. H. Quigley.
With a large number Of service men
in uniform in attendance, military
services were conducted. The Ameri-
can flag had a conspicuous place dur
ing the services. and members of the
War Mothers of America were also
present in a body. The p~allbearers,
all service men, were Lieut.. Wilmer
Elton n Sergeants Ross Zollinger,
H. l.. Edwards, Leslie Trotter, Elmer
Falconer, Harold Lowe and Axel
Knutson of Company NJ, and Lieut..
Clarence Hassell of the Machine Gun
company. During the services spe-
cial music numbers were given, in
Guiding a solo by Miss Dorothy Healy,
and a vocal solo by Wilbert Liebler.
Interment was made in Memorial
Park cemetery.