davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
Scope of Wartime Law.

The internal revenue commission
er's announcement was in itself, he
continued. an interpretation. similar
to his own. that the wartime pro-
hibition law prohibits only intoxi-
eating beer
Suppression of a drink. confessed
~ harmless in itself. cannot be i'm
piled from general language prohibit
ing Intoxicating liquors" he declared,
however, the prohibition Of impor-
tation in the act is limited to intoxi-
eating malt liquors. and the authori-
cation of the President to establish
zones where certain liquors are pro-
hibited is directed to the prohibition
of Intoxicating liquors. Can it be
said that the Interpretation of the
word beer in the act as my beer.
whether Intoxicating or not. is borne
out?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
TOMORROW.

Woodley Park auxiliary of the
American Red CT oss will hold sub
scription luncheon at Wardman Park
Hotel at l o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
''LEAKY ROOFS
CURED"

SAFE DEPOSIT Bon. $3.50.
WASHINGTON SAFE Deposit CO..
Main 261. DIG Pa. ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

TODAY.
DR.. Orlando E. Miller, field lecturer
for the New Thought Alliance, will
speak at Rauscher's at pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

Y. w. C. A. Booklovers will meet at
the Gospel Mission at pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

National Cathedral School for Girl:
will hold field day eXerc. ses at tn:
school at 4:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

promote alike the interest of manu-
facturers. agriculture and labor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

DIR. Rosalie S. Morton will speak at
the chapel exercises of George Wash
ington University, s023 q street, at
1916 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

Three hundred families are inter-
es:ed in gardens being cultivated on
Park. furnished by the government
through Col. c. s. Ridley. director of
public buildings and grounds. Each
family has a plot of 40x100 feet in
the thirty f1ve-acre plot given over
exclusively to planting. 1t Is estimat-
ed that the total amount of savings
to these families will reach into the
thousands of dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

Lecture on Education, or the Ma
tional Scarecrow." by a teacher of
English of the Western High School
at ingram Memorial Church. i1;n and
Massachusetts avenue northeast, at
n,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

THE SHADE SHOP
a., xs 733 18th st. S csr .: ~
Pay Less Money and Get
Better Window Shades
at this old. reliable factory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

wanderlusters' hike. from seth anG
NJ streets, at DIM
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
JURY CONNECTS
 IMPLICATIONS IN
 DYNAMITE PLOT

Muskogee, Okla, Feb. 26. John
 Culver and Edward Cobb were convict ed by jury in the federal court to-
 night of conspiracy to dynamite the
 home of former Federal Judge Ralph
 E. Campbell. here last May. Pres Car
 din and William Rogers, who were in
 volved in a dynamiting case growing
 out of the same plot, were convicted
 of the same charge yesterday. Culver
 according to the evidence, after being bring, threatened to "get or have got" sentenced in anursery fraud case last Judge Campbell for giving him a heavy sentence. He appealed from the lease, got out on bond and then hatch led the plot to bio wup Campbell's ikome here. A man whom he sought lto hire to do the dynamiting inform led the officers, leading te Culver and lCobb's arrest. Tho ma 9xinaum penalty stfat may be assessed by the court IS lten yeara in priso1 and e5s s0oo 1lne
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
WILL MITIGATE
 UNJUST RULES
 OF ARMY COURTS
Presidents Power of Remis-
 sion Will Be Used.
BOARD WILL REVIEW
 CASES IN 60 DAYS
1900 Previously Sentenced Have Been Restored to Duty
 Already.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Major Gen. eral Crowder, judge advocate general of the army, appearing before the senate military committee today at a resumption of hearings on the court martial situation, said that all im- prisonment sentences imposed on men of the army during the war and found upon review to be too severe, would be mitigated through the presidents power of remission.
 General Crowder said within sixty days the 5000 sentences imposed since the beginning Of hostilities would be review by special board headed by Brigadier General Samuel T. Ansell, who was acting judge advo- cate general during the war and whose testimony as to severity of court martial sentences led the com mittee to extend it's investigations. Have Begun Work.
 Steps toward mitigating the sen tences were begun, General Crowder said, prior to the investigation of the senate committee Practically all of the men sentenced to dishonorable discharge and Imprisonment, he said, already have had the dishonorable discharge provision revoked He add ed that 1,200 men sentenced to long terms at Leavenworth have been honorably restored to duty in the last year. ~I3
 Provisions of the. pending Chamber lain bill authorizing review by the judge advocate general of court mar tian sentences were opposed by Gen. eral Crowder who said it would give the judge advocate general extremely broad powers and authority to admin ister the entire system of army discip- line. He indicated that many times the commanding officer in the field was in better position to review the case.
 Few Severe Cases.
 Lieut.. Col Alfred E. Clarke, of the judge advocate generals office who preceded General Crowder before the committee testified that only few of the 15,O00 or 10000 court martial verdicts handed down during the war were criticised as too severe. All closes of men were brought into the army through the draught, he said, and it was necessary to punish insub- ordination severely.
 Chairman Chamberlain read into the record of the hearing confiden- tial order on conscientious objectors which he said was sent to laE all camp
 (Continueo on oag, six)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
PALMER WILL
 WELCOME FULL
 INVESTIGATION
Has Filed Report of Opera.
 tions of His Office.
CALDER CALLS FOR
 PROBE IN SENATE
Report Covers All Persons Either Appointed or Employed
 in East.

Washington, Feb. 26.--A. Mitchell Palmer. alien property custodian said in formal statement issued tonight tha he resolution of Senaor Calder, of New York, republican, calling for in- formation covering the operations Of the custodian's office was fully ans wered in his report now ready for submission to President Wilson He said the president doubtless would promptly transmit the report to con gress and added that he welcomed he fulles investigation of his. office.
 Senator Calder's resolution. which was adopted Monday by the senate without objection, called for complete information relative to the operation of he office of the alien property GUS todian. Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. republican, introduced a resolution today proposing congress siOnal investigation of the work of the custodian. Without discussion the resolution was referred to the senate commerce committee which the senator proposed should make the inquiry.
 Report Complete.
 MT. Palmer said his report contain ed, as required by law, list of all persons appointed or employed, with the salary or compensation paid to each and statement of the different kinds of property taken into custody and the disposition made of it. MT Palmer said published state ment that some New York lawyer had received fee of $50,000 is alb surd,' No such fee had been paid by his office, he declared, and Anofie any where approaching that sum had been paid by any corporation in whish the alien property custodian has an in- terest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
ARMY OF 538,O00 MEN IS
 RECOMMENDED
Senate Military Committee Reports Approval of
 Appropriation.

Washington. Feb -Coihcident with the final enactment today of legislation providing for resumption of voluntary enlistment in the army
 under the national defense act of 1916, limiting the military establish ment to 175,0OO mtn, the senate mili- tary committee. approved and repor- ed to the senate the annual army ap- propriaion with provision for tenn orary force of about 538 900 men after next July 1st.
 The increased forct for the next fiscal year was recommended by the
 war department, but legislative pro- visions authorizing, 1t were stricken
 out in the house on points of order
 Leaders hope to have The army mea-
 sure finally completed before con-
 gIess adjourns.
 It was explained tonight that the enactment of legislation to permit re-
 sumption of voluntary enlistment i'm mediately was for the purpose of en- abling the war department to enroll now any member of the prtsent wal army who desires to continue in the regular force.
 BeIOTe dEpfOVlHS VIE 'c6"ioi oiMy bill with it's appropriation of $1.250,' 900 900. the committee adopted ar amendment providing for the estab 1 lishment of an independent bureau o
 eeronautics to combine the activitie. now being conducted under that heat 1 by the army, navy and marine corps Tho director of the bureau. to ol appointed by the 4presid.nt with tn consent of tho senate, you'd receiv' I a salary Of $12.OO0 snd would no o' under the supervision ct anv ca'biue officer. An assistant director at ; l salary Of 5000 also wAs rycyldtd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
LOCAL COTTON MEN WOULD PROHIBIT
 CALCULATIONS
Ask Congressman to Pre- vent Gambling in Cotton
 Exchanges.

A meeting of the bankers, planters and merchonts of Southeast Arkan- sas was held at the Chamber of Com merce yesterday morning under the ansn;ces of the Pine Bluff Clearing House Association for the purpose or discussing decreased cotton acreage.
 A resolution was drawn up ana adopted by the convention which re- solved that the senators and congress- men from Arkansas and other cotton nlanting states be requested to use their influence to have gambling, and future trading at all cotton exchanges stopped. ;. believing that the gambling in cotton was an unjust discrimination m that the people of the cotton growing states were the only people whose nroducts are permitted to be used as a gambling medium.
 The convention further stated that the gambling at cotton exchanges IS a great detriment to the cotton growing States. and to the people of these states. About 60 were present, among whom was Dean Nelson y. of
 committee consisting of F. F Notrebe. T. Haynes Gregory and J ,E. Boyce, was appointed to draft the resolution which follows: ! AResolved, that the Senators and Representatives in Congress from Ar kansas and other cotton planting states be requested to use their in. fiuence to have stopped at once, all future trading and gambling m cot :, ton in all the cotton exchanges of the country. as we feel that we are un' iustlv discriminated against by bein1 1 ltthe only people whose products III lrermitted to De used as gamhllne medium, to our great detrim4n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
REFLECT CRESS
 PRESIDENT or: '.
 BoTTLERS ASSN.
State Association Concludes Meeting With Election
 of Officers.

Officers were elected by the Arkan- sas Bottlers Protective association yesterday afternoon in the closing ses- sion of he two-day convention. Geo Cress, of Prescott, was reelected president, and Lawrence Divon, o1 Pine Bluff, was reelected vice pres ident. w. I. Mooty, Little Rock, was elected secretary and treasurer.
 The convention which closed yes erday afternoon was the ninth an. nual convention, and those who at tended the sessions, declared it to 'be one of the most highly enjoyed and successful conventions the bottlers have ever had.
 Trustees elected for this year were Lawrence Dixon, James Harper, A. J Scott, E. c. Spencer, William Car. penter, wv. J. Sinclair, and L. HOlli- man.
 Those who attended the convention are:
 Robert Meks, Ft. Smith; w. T. Mar. tin, Memphis; R. l.. Lushbraugh Memphis; w. J. Sinclair, Ell Dorado; Wells V. Stanley, Benton; Harvey E. Paul, McGehee; J. l.. Butler, Rus. sellville; J. J. Ledgerwood, Hot Springs; l.. Dixon. Pine Bluff; w. R Carpenter, Batesville; w. l. Moody Little Rock; George w. Martin, St Louis; c. H. Johnson, Cotter: o, M Wells, Little Rock; IN. Emerson, Mem phis; T. H. Daigner. Baton Rouge: l. Schmit. Blytheville; L. F. Belling raoth, Pine Bluff; E. J. Roller, Mem phis; F. c. Bruff, Little Rock; Georga F. Cress, Prescott; J. W. Harper, Lit tie Rock;i J. J. McAffery, St. Louis J. w. Bledoor, St. Louis; T. A. Mann Los Angeles; Thomas Crouch, Milwau kee; A. J. Scott, Jonesboro; C. R Muller, Forrest City: Forest Wilson Nashville; F. Wagner, Brinkley
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
PRICE OF HOGS 0aslP0NED BY PRESIDENT

:. < N <
 anR!on, saps, Feb. 2S.-Decision as tos's o%s'nslnuance of the food admin ; m;ds, x minimum hog price policy |,snl lrp,eht ' n Friday. expected today knn A ,.;;, S; ,Synder, chief of the meat W;l.wsll wlll not be made untl Presi- l |a ,sun ss.h has determined the oues- stSss sssmDargoes affecting neutrals SSecame known tonight after t,sS ,sSmlnlstration , officials had |hts, %lth 'slI1 the war trade board Is;s. it with Vi President Wilson d ai N House during the meeting MI cabinet"
 NJ sndsr has announced that 2 s,so,;ss'o' ss'o'ncerning the govern, N FEY S! as to hog prices woule iossssl sllg the day, but after ths ac s ,. .sonference,, food i 5 admii,' s !, s, Ie K meals explained thert s,' sufther need of mainsain' sIs am price if the wor|S n,ar, <,
 opened up to ffss trad, k6tSAi Ff~ s' ss st , C x x
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
CONFERENCE HAS OTHER NOTES \ J ON
 FAR EAST TREATY 
Jap Government to Lose No Time in Promoting
 Railways.

Paris, Feb. 26.-Notes numbers three and four of the notes exchanged by Japan and China on September "A, 1918. and which are now before the peace conference, read as follows:
 Note 3-Tsung-Hsiang Change. Chi nese minister to Japan to Baron Goto, the Japanese foreign minister: "The Chinese government has decided to obtain loans from Japanese capital ists and to proceed speedily to build railways connecting the points as set forth below. Having re eceived author ization from my government. l have the honor herewith ro communicate the same to your government. One, between Ssinan and Shunteh, and, two, between Kaimi and Suchow.
 However, in case the mentioned two lines are deemed disadvantageous from the point of viaw of railway management, other suitable lines will be decided upon by consultation Should there be no objection to the above propositions, it is requested that your government lose no timbe in talk ing the necessary steps to cause the capitalists of your country to agree to and enter negotiations. for loans on the same. A reply to the above is awaited. and will be appreciated
 Acknowledge Report.
 Note 4-Baron Goto 0 the Chinese minister: "I have the honor to ac- knowledge the receipt of your ex- cellency's pote of this date, intimat- ing that your government has decided speedily to build with loans from Jap anese capitalists, railways connecting the points as below. (The note here cites item one and two of the Chi nese minister.)
 .The Japanese government, while noting with much pleasure the com. munication of the Chinese govern. ment, beg to state in reply that they will lose no time in taking the nee. essary seps to cause Japanese capi talists to enter into negotiations fol loans on he same"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
WILSON APPROVES
 AERO LEGISLATION

Washington, Feb. 26.--President Wilson, in submitting to the House tonight recommendations of the na- tional advisory committee for aero nautics for legislation placing the licensing and regulation of aerial navigation in charge of the depart ment, of commerce, declared he fully approved the suggested legislation
 Secretaries Baker, Daniels and Red field also have endorsed the proposal.
 The legislation would give the de- partment of commerce authority to issue licenses for civilian operation of aircraft and provides an appropria- tion of $25,000 for the necessary ex- penSes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
BAKER ASKS FUND
 TO FEED SOLDIERS

Washington, Feb. 26.-Congress was asked today by Secretary Baker for a deficiency appropriation of $S29,227,- : 200 to pay for the subsistence of the army overseas during the remainder of the present fiscal year. The law recently passed by congress repeal ing fifteen billion dollars of war ap- propriations, cancelled $2,996.400, ,0O0 of the $5. .451 ,000 900 appropriation car ried for the quartermaster corps and the secretary explained that this large reduction caused the deficit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
|JBTFUL IF
 CAN
 1 FINISH WORK kted Progress Made By Session Wednesday. {rsrDENT ASKS l ACTION ON BILLS
.ssmen Ire Blaming Each Oth- q for Hindering of Legislation.

sAinston. Feb. 26.-Altho,1gh < Orogress in disDosing of leg \ was made today by congress- snnouncement that President \ would not call an, extra ses- Frntil after his return from Eu- Administration leaders tonight extremely doubtful that all nee appropriation bills could be N before adjournment next re was considerable tension over tislative situation at the capitol 4 became known that he presi- vas insistent that Ill necessary lion be disposed of at this ses- Ion the senate floor and in pri- tsnversations. democdats and re- n1s charged each other with sibiEty for delay in action on tnt matters.
 Planned Conference. ,idens Wilson had planned to go canitol this afternoon to con- Slth democratic leaders in an ef- b accelerate the work of con- tut a prolonged metirg of his nbinet' prevented. He prob sil carry out this program to-
 hfore marching at the head 3afade in honor Of District of hh troops.
 Gpcratic Leader Martin today greater speed upon committee nen, He asked democratic sens- defer prolonged Speeches and d Senator Owen of Oklahoma |anatcr Hitchcock of Nebraska. iadOn proposed speeches on the htion of the league of nations R Owen spoke late in the day. Elhe speeding up tcdav the sen lvsl committee reported out the 0MO naval appropriation 'bill its authorization for new three building program, but because position to some fea tures of tho r, leaders douht if i+ can bc ' at this session. They also that the pending army appro- sh bill. carving s1,215.000.000 |ae SS50000,OO0 sundry civil ap- htlon measure can be passed.
 Complete Measures.
 sules finally completed were N sNlO00Oa legislative. executive dlclal bill and the '$32,0OO,O00 M harbors bill.
 !ae senate the $9.1O0. .00O diplo- ind consular measure and the ss@ Notifications bill were ana sent to conference, while eee approved the victory lib n measure and sent it to the
 II is expected thst the loan slate finance committeeO0000n0 ia pc voted on tomorrow, by sas'e finance committee The mok up the sundry civil mea- @a worked on, 1t until late in KY but the senate adjourned |gcEock because members of the
 relations committee wre to
 w'th the president at the aouse ahd because the repub- insisted a quorum should be
 NM
 naRators SGuabble.
 ulls occurred between dem snd republican senators over Aeents insistence thst leoisla- .'ssned up. Senators Hitch sua uverman of North Carolina. "S urged snee,lv action. on .vuuar, while Senator Kelloog, s'Anta, republican, sharply dis- s. lae suggestion made iron, s..sl'on sources. that repub- svuIa ne chareed with respon- M' oelays. Senator Thomas, 'suo' democrat. declared hoth < ,,. were to blame and said that 's sesslon must te held
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
REV. WOOD AT SHOPS.

Rev. w. c. Wood, pastor of the First Baptist church, taught the Y, M. c. A. shop Bible class Tuesday noon His subject was John the Baptist.
 The men at the shops seem to en. jov and appreciate the Tuesday noon Bible classes. according to Mr. Dowdy who is in charge of this work. The men at the Cotton Belt shops are the most appreciative and responsive in all my experience,n he said.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
ELECT OFFICERS.

Macon, Ga, Feb. 26.-Officers were elected by the American Berkshire congress at the closing session today as follows:
 Ralph M. Jenkins, Orleans, Ind. president: L. E. Ortiz, Bernardsville, N. J., vice president and Frank S Pringer, Springfield, Ohio, secretary
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27

Ask about our great aluminium set offer to members of our McDougau Kitchen Cabinet club -Knox-Walker.
 2-28-lt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
ATTEND.

The Young Mems Social Club Dance at the A. O. U. w. Hall Friday, Feb. 28, 9 p. m. Kueck's Orchestra. Right Re- served to reject.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
Washington Notified.


 was received today from official sources that every effort by the state department to secure the release of an American citizen named Koloma- tiano, condemned to death by the bol- sheviki. had been met with demands that either Eugene V. Debs, or Thom- as J. Mooney be exchanged for Kolo- matiano. It also was said the bolshe- wiki had offered to release American oCnsul Townsend. who was arrested some time ago, if either Debs or Mooney was pardoned.
 The state department today made public this statement obtained from man who was imprisoned with K0lo- matiano in Moscow:
 Kept in Cell.
 "Kolomatiano was condemned to death by the bolsheviki government on December 3rd, 1918, and was incar- cerated in the Kremlin at Moscow un- der particularly rigorous conditions. As late as the 17th of January he was kept in cell closely guarded by twelve soldiers of the Red army whose conversation constantly dwelt upon revolutionary politics and parti- cularly the expediency of staying all foreigners in Russia.
 "The representative of the Norwe- gian consulate at Moscow obtained with great diffuclty authorization tc visit Kolomatiano and between Dec. ember 3rd and aJnuary 17th had only succeeded once in seeing the condemn. led man."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
bOLSHEvIk HOLD
 AN AMERICAN FOR
 RELEASE OF DEBS
Would Exchange Prisoner for Eugene Debs or
 T. J. Mooney

Stockholm, Feb. 26.-American Minister Morris has been informed by the Danish Red Cross that an Ameri. can citizen named Kolomatiano, upon whom the death sentence had been passed by the bolsheviki, now is de- tained in the Kremlin in Moscow, the death sentence having been commuted.
 The former bolsheviki financial rep resentative in Norway, who is in Pe- trograd, has submitted to Minister Morris a proposal from the soviet government that it will exchange Kolomatiano and some other Ameri- cans now in prison for soviet repres7 entatives detained by the American forces in Vladivostok.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27

NORRIS EXQUISITE CANDIES Fresh by express. Pines Drug Store: Phone S23. We deliver. 2-16-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27

Continued on page siveD
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27

1 .rer you miss an is, + |Fhens%yheas %ha Graphic, call IA +
 k of {, ln9 ! 1,,., and your paper \. !. EsSrs < e d, delivered by .spee'al T. 7. srief. X
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-27
THE WEATHER

ARK ANSAS-- Thursday generally fair; Friday un- settled.