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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-30
SPLIT
 ON PLAN 0F RAISING
 FUND FOR SOLDIERS
Complete Draft of the Relief Bill is Finally Ap-
 proved

Washington, April 29.-Opposition among house republicans to a sales tax for raising part of the S1,S0O,- 0O0O00 needed for soldier relief legislation led today to an open break at the final meeting of the re- publican members of the ways and means committee, called to complete the draft of the measure.
 Representatives Young, North Dakota, and Frear, Wisconsin, bolt ed and joined in conference with re- publican insurgents to lay plans for the opposition fight at their party caucus tomorrow night. Their with drawal from the ways and means committee conference left the repub- licans with a majority of but one in the full committee. if the boiling members vote with the democrats.
 Republican committeeman finally completed the committee draft of the relief bill today, making few chang as in the general scheme. In adopt ing the sa es tax of one per cent on gross mont,,,y business, the re. publicans de .,da tltis levy would not arplv unless the aggregate sum cx ceeds SlOO0 .nst ,al of tba previoL ;, " adopted limit of $500. Otter form; of taxation approved by the rerul,- licans include tax on all stock ex- change transactions, and increased taes on incomes. tobacco and real estate sales.
 Taxes. it was decided today, would be effective next January 1, with tk. cash bonus payments to be made 1T installments, beginning April 1921. For the other forms of re lief, including land settlement, homo purchase, vocational training, ant paid-up insurance, the republican committeeman decided to appropri ate $25 5,O00,O0O to be available fol carrying out these plans when tht bill is approved bv the president.
 The sales tax. the republican com mitteemen also decided, should apply to hotels and restaurants. but by in creasin gthe exemption limit to sl, 900 month, they pointed out tha' only. the big caterers would be sub ject to this levy.
 A final favorable report on tn, measure will not be formally sough until Saturday.
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LOCAL MEN ACQUIRE
 UNION SEED AND FERTILIZER COMPANY
Planters and Business Men Pay $150,000 for Plant
 Here
S2OG, ,OOO CORPORATION
 SONN TO BE FORMED ''O x
Cotton Belt Savings and Trust An- nounees Dea! Which Will Put Plant in Control of Res
 i!ents Here

Announcement was made last night of the purchase by Jefferson coun-, tv business men and planters of the Union Seed and Fertilizer company, the big cotton oil mill at Fourth and State. for S150,000. The purchasers will file articles of incorporation Monday to operate the mill under the name of the Jefferson Cotton Oil Mill, and officers and directors Will be: H. D. Palmer, president; F.. r. I,add, vice president; w. w. Taylor, secretary; Alex Strauss, l.. w Cler. ment. F. L. Fox, A. E. Wright. J. D.. Boyce, who is not director, will be treasurer.
 Negotiations for the purchase ofs this plant have been under way for about d month, and the contract for the sale is expected back from New York Monday, having been sent there to be signed by officers of the corporation owning the plant. As soon as the contract is returned, the. purchasers will incorporate. The corE| poration will be capitalized at $200, 900, the greater part of which is sub scrbed, and the remainder of which will be offered planters and ginperA with the view of getting stockholderR who are furnishers of seed.
 The deal was put through by J E. Boyce and Harry Hanf of the Cotton Belt Savings and Trust company. The negotiations began about month ago when HI, Turbeville, district manager of the company, at MempHis,l offered to sell the ground and buid-i | ings with the view of dismantling, the machinery and moving it to an 2 other plant. After he had named price for the entire plant, two ex-, perts made careful appraisal of the plant, and their valuation showed the plant to be worth twice it's purchase price. The efforts were then begun to organize the corporation and pur- chase the plant, resulting in the sac-
 cessful termination of both endeaY--; ors. < ls. < s sssss5s & $ ,ss ssS6 sS6 In announcing the completion of the
 deal last night, Mr. Boyce, said m first tried to purchase the- mill be- cause he wished to see it continue to
 operate, and to see also, the plant in local hands.
 My wish" he said, is to get as
 many of our local industrial plants
 in the hands of local people as we
 can" He stated the purchase of the
 Union Seed mill was made easier be-
 cause several Pine Bluff men had
 demonstrated previously that suc-
 cess could be made of the cotton oil
 mill industry by local people.
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llllams May Not
 be Sent to Chair

ettle Rock, April 29.-It is not 2aDle that sam Williams of Bax-
 IIounty will be electrocuted on i4, on the charge of murder for I" ne was convicted. Gov. Brough l,eIerred the question of Will s sanity to Dr. c. c. Kirk of State Hospital. Dr. Kirk has preliminary examination, but asked for further time. Will h. was vas at one time incarcerated ne Missouri State insane asylum,
 Irlai judge, J. B. Baker, says ne IS absolutely convinced that ,ams IS guilty of having Killed an named Jackson, but that he grave doubts as to his mental ''aon. Should the report of Dr.
 ;, confirm the report that Will mental condition is deficient
 governor suv announced that he will Fisonment. 'ss ' ''-s
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BATTLE lMPE:NDINl; ON TIE OUTSKIRTS OF CEIIHIjAHUA CITY Force of 5000 Carranza Troops Marching on
 Town FIGHT ON BORDER OF
 STATE ON SONORA Reports to Washington Indicate That Revolt is Growing and Tell of Continued Ascessions to the
 Rebel Forces

Fl Paso. Tex, April go General Pablo Quiroga, at the head of 5000 Carranza troops from Michoacan is within three miles of Chihuahua City, according to official telegrams re- ceived here tonight. Rebel troops were rapidly withdrawing from the outskirts of the city on the north. the message added, and with the in surrection troops outnumbered. mili- tary men in Juarez predicted that the revolt would be quickly crushed.
 Aqua Prieta, Sonora, April 29.- Carranza troops and revolutionists had their first clash in the mouna tains dividing the states of Chihua- hua and Sonora today. It was an- nounEed at military headquarters here tonight that advance detach- ments of the two forces clashed near Pulpito Pass.
 The Sonora troops captured II Carranza soldiers, it was stated. One man on each side was reported killed.
 Pulpita Pass is the opening thru the mountains which it was expected Carranza troops being concerned on the Chihuahua side would use in their efforts to enter Sonora. The pass is abSut 110 miles southeast of here.
 The Sonola troops said to number 400 were le( by General J. M. Pima. The CarranN Nstas were of the S5th in- fantry regiment which had been sta toned at Calas Grandes, Chihuahua. General Pima reported the prisoners offered to enlist in the Sonora army and told of many assertions occur ring daily from the Carranza ranks.
 The fight was said to have taken place at 4 p. m. yesterday. Besides the prisoners a small amount of am munitior and supplies were captured by the Sonorans who said they cap tured g. horses and mules.
 Washington, Appril 29.-Addition. al accesions to the revolutionary movemelt in Mexico were reported today ir advices reaching Washing ton. (oincident with receipt o1 these dispatches, s. G. Hopkins Washington attorney, and former counsel for Carranza, testifying be- fore the senate Mexican investigat ing committee. predicted success fol the 'Sorora revolutionists and theil allies.
 Agens of the Sonora revolutionist! here sad they had been advised tha Genera Carlos Green, governor o, Tobasc,, state on the gulf coast had decided definitely to join force: with the Sonora revolutionists. :.
 Touthing on the Sonora revolt ir connection with testimony as to hi' knowledge of Mexican affairs durint the past few years, MT. Hopkins sait the present secession movement wa the direct outgrowth of the "fail ure of the Carranza government t. function in any way"
 After hearing MT. Hopkins tn committee held an executive sessio, il Washington convent, where tes timony of Nuns formerly in convent ih Mexico was received.
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BLAME MIDDLEMEN FOR HIGH PRICE OF
 NEWSPRLNT PAPER
Curtailed Consumption is Gen. orally Advocated as
 Remedy

Washington, April 29.-Blame for the high price of print paper was placed primarily upon small manu- lecturers, brokers and jobbers, all though publishers themselves were held partly to blame, by witnesses today before senate Investigating committee. -......... .s.,
 Curtailed consumption in order to break the spot market pending in- creased production was generally ad- vocated as a remedy. |
 Several witnesses were heard by the committee, all of whom virtu- ally agreed that reduced production of paper due to lack of understanding between the publishers and manu- lecturers together with the rapid in- crease in advertising since the war had resulted in situation of which the brokers and jobbers had taken advantage because of the prevailing prices, the witnesses said. Manufac- turers of paper specialties had been enticed into the manufacture of print paper, which had served to aggravate the situation. The regular paper manufacturers were defended and de- clared to have been reasonable in making new contracts.
 The witnesses, however, urged that newspapers should continue con sumption of paper to the amount provided in their contracts and re- main out of the market.
 M. F. Hanson, general manager of the Philadelphia Record, appearing for all the Philadelphia newspapers testified that publishers had been victims of profiteering, while w. E. Carpenter, publisher of the Lincoln Ill.,. Courier Herald, said unless re. lief was provided without delay many smaller daily publications would be compelled to suspend. He declared there was plenty of prin' paper in storage, but it was controll ed by about 60 publishing firms and small publishers were unable tt reach it.
 MT. Carpenter said he had com municated with the department o1 justice regarding an alleged corne in paper, but got reply that was O i a "discouraging character" .
 Opposition to a suggestion b. Senator Reed that the government b. given authority to take over the prin \ paper supply and allocate it to tn newspaper was unanimous. Such plan, according to Fleming Newbol
 of the Washington Star, would b disastrous to production.
 Warren G. Bailey, publisher of tn | Warrenstown, Pa., Democrat. allege |, that a combination exists among tn paper manufacturers.
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PRICES AGAIN SHOW MARKED TENDENCY TO
 CONTINUE ADVANCE
Federal Reserve Report for April is Not Optimistic
 One

Washington, April 29.-Reports from federal reserve agents through out the country showed a marked tendency of prices to resume their upward movement, the federal re- serve board reported tonight in its summary of business conditions TOT April. But the board noted a hope full sign, from the consumers view point of anxiety concerning the ov- restrained situation resulting from excessively high prices and wages, which it believed forecast a slowing down in the soaring of prices.
 High prices of necessaries were oo, viously chargeable to inefficiency and under-production to large degree the board reported.
 "While the agricultural outlook is distinctly less, satisfactory than 1t was a month ago." the summary said, "and while the month of April has been a period of serious labor dis turbances, especially in the transpor- tation field, the activity of business has continued high, demand for prod ucts strong and with prices tending upward rather than downward. h. dustries are not, as a whole booked as far ahead, relatively speaking, as in the past, although in some lines the volume of thrilled orders is very large.
 The board "viewed with some alarm" the question of obtaining ad- equate labor for the farm. This question was considered the most diff ficult element of the whole labor sit uation. Farmers have been unable to obtain more than half of the la bor they need, southern districts re- ported.
 With the withdrawal of government regulations on bituminous coal, the summary said, a general revival of pre-ware mining operations was shown. In general, the reserve agents observed demands for coal to be far ahead of the supply, with no prospects of month to month" re- quirements being exceeded by pro- duction before fall.
 All lines of manufacturing have shown unprecedented activity.
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TAPPING WOUNDS OF EIIR0pE ARE HEALENG,' SAYS LL0YD-GEORGE
h Misunderstanding Between
 France and England,
 He Claims
\ NJ RENO MEETING IS CALLED HELPFUL
sormans Broken-Backed People
 E Whose Actions are COnvulsive, Says Premier, Showing Little of Old Hate

London. April Z9.-- ne gaping bnnds of Europe are gradually heal and the San Reno conference rks a distinct stage in its con lescence" said Premier Lloyd korge. in closing his speech in the knse of commons today, detailing resources of what he described "the most remarkable conference every respect ever held since the lnistic." Fine premier's statement set forth claim that the conference had moved all misunderstanding be- Eeen France and England and that 4 allies were in complete agree mt not only to enforce the treaty, becially the disarmament clauses, against any French annexation German territory.
 sFor," added the premier, "we can have another Alsace-Lorraine.' y Mir. Lloyd George further indicat- that if Germany brought definite bposals to the Spa conference con- ning the amount of indemnity was able and willing to pay she uld be treated with consideration. The premier referred to the Ger governments difficulty in get k it's decrees obeyed, and empha- ed that the Germans were a token- backed people," whose ac- ns were convulsive.
 I've have information from Brit officers" he continued, "that Ire is famine in the land and that my people get only third of the kJf,,1 fnod y
 May Take Mandate.
 He expressed the conviction that people of neither Germany nor ence wanted militarism. Dealing Eh the Turkish treaty he added lit to what is already known, from Millerand's speech, and declared t neither Great Britain, France Italy was able to undertake the ndate for Armenia because that hld have involved heavy military (ources for great conquest, if the menians were to have anything Ire than a "paper Armenia"
 i the United States found it inn sible to undertake the responsibili-
 of Armenia the whole position premiar said, would require re- sideration, and England would ke to take a share in helping the nenians to equip themselves for ir difficult and perilous task.
 eplying to Lord Robert Cecil's tenton that the league of nations nld speedily supersede the supreme neil MT. Lloyd George argued that league had not materialized sui ently and for the present the Dle. fabric of Europe rested upon three great and solid powers in west. To transfer the responsi- ty now to anybody lacking the essary force or organization would disastrous for the peace of'Europe 'ooking at all the explosive ma al in the world he could see nc except in a. federation of na. IS. Incidentally. the premier an. need that the supreme councils N to the league of nations of the stlon of Armenia included it's re.
 to President Wilson and coulc
 De published with the presiden s consent.
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Germans Must Give
 Up Vessels Now

Berlin, April 29.-The allied rep aration commission has replied to Germany's recent request that Ger many be allowed to retain for her own use a certain number of ships due for delivery to the allies under the peace treaty.
 The reply said that, although it has been three months since the treaty became effective, not vessel has been delivered and that the commits sionrs cannot possibly consider pro- posals until satisfactory quantity of tonnage is surrendered.
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PLOTS AGAINST THE: LIVES 0F OFFICIALS
 MAY DAY PLANNED
Palmer Says Leaders i'm U. s. Working in Unison With
 Europeans
SAYS VICTIMS HAVE
 RECEIVED WARNINGS
Will to Upset Our Whole Scheme of Living is Discerneu Thru Evidence Found by 1T. s.
 Agents

Washington. April 29. - Plots against the lives of more than a score of federal and state officials have been discovered by the depart ment of justice as part of radical May Day demonstration. Attorney General Palmer announced tonight.
 The department has information, according to the attorney general, that the instigators of the May Day demonstration here have been work ing Gin direct connection and unison" with leaders of disturbances set for Europe.
 As in Europe, attempts are being made to incite strikes in all basic American industries. MT. Palmer said, altho he did not believe they would be successful.
 State officials marked as ''victims' have been notified by the department, 1 the attorney general added, of the 1 information in the hands of the fed eral government and their co-opera- l tion requested in repressing radica, i demonstra tions.
 1 The assassinations and assaults, 1 MT. Palmer said, were included in the May Day program organized by the communist labor party and other radical clements and were in addi- i tion to strikes and other disturban- 1 ces intended by the radicals as an effort in behalf of peace with so- viet Russia
 i "I'm not going to prohesy what will happen.' MT. Palmer said "l am just making public some of the things our agents have discovered
 But if will to upset our nations
 whole scheme of living counts for
 anything, the radicals may cause some trouble"
 Russian Origin.
 II MT. Palmer said that while he could not disclose the nature of the I communist labor party's plans in bconnection with further strike lead l CTS of that organization had concen-
 trated on several important indus.
 tries and that the demonstration ! planned to cause trouble by walkouts All of the propaganda advocating I May Day disturbances referred tc "inhuman treatment" of the soviet government of Russia by the Unit Gu oCdIcS anu lIc dlIiSu pOWcIS, MI Palmer continued. In foreign sec
 tions of industrial centers, appeals
 for "peace with Russia" have beer
 employed as the main method ir
 stirring up dissatisfaction with this
 government, MT. Palmer said. Strikes
 and disorder, he added, simply arc meant to emphasize to American of
 ficials the threats of the radicals
 tha trelations must be resumed witf
 Russia.
 : Tons of inflammatory literature
 have been circulated in the last
 month by express and freight ane :, secretly distributed by local lead CTS, according to information ob
 tained by department agents. The communist labor group also has sem numerous "personal emissaries" in to cities where the field was deem
 ed ripe, MT. Palmer reported Thes' , men have been under constant sur veillance by federal agents and i was thru their activities that tn, government was first able to estab , fish definitely the aims of the groul for May Day disturbances.
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Manners Play is
 Broken Up by
 Mob First Night

London, April 29.A gallery mob broke up the first production of' Bartley Manners play "A Night in Rome," at the Garrick, theatre to1 night. The curtain was lowered soon after the start of the second act.
 Manager Charles Cochrane said he would not permit Miss Laurette TAy-I Tor to proceed in the face of such| disturbances. The audience dispers-. ed amid great uproar.
 John w. Davis, American anabas- sador, was in the audience.
 Employees of the theatre advanced the opinion that the trouble was 0f% ganized by enemies of Mir. CochraH4, and that it in no sense was an anti American demonstration.
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TO PLAY LITTLE ROCK.

The Pine Bluff High school ball team was put through stiff work out Wednesday. and yesterday, and will go through short session this afternoon in preparation for the dou- ble header Saturday afternoon with the Little Rock High school nine, The game will begin at 2 o'clock and tickets are now on sale. The grounds at the Aethletic Field where the game will be played, are being nut in shape by County Judge Will Hams.
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. 17 LIFERS GUESTS AT DINNER GIVEN BY RELEASED CONVICT

+ Ossining, N. Y., April 29.- 4. Seventeen men who are serving + life sentence in Sing Sing pris- l. on were guests last night at a + dinner in the residence of War + den Lewis Lawes, given by Will + liam Perry, who was released + today after serving 15 years of + a life term. Perry's sentence + wasrecently commuted by Gov + ernor Smith after the prisoners
 # noliteness while serving in the H warden's home had attracted * the attention of the governors A military secretary, who investl- + pated the case aand interceded
 + in his behalf.
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25.SECOND SENTENCE GIVEN TO MAN WHO
 ROBBED THE MAILS

s Chicago. April 90 Twenty H five seconds one of the short s est sentences on record in fed-
 a eraI courts was imposed by
 + Judge K M. Landis today on F Jesse Nash. colored, charged
 + with tampering with the mails. + As Nash walked to the court I. room door, in custody of dep- 4' uty marshal. the judge called 's times up and the prisoner was
 + released.
 a Nash admitted obtaining pos + session of letters written by his + wife to another man. Judge
 i. Landis fixed the penalty after Il. reading the letters.
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ADVANCE PAPER PRICE.

St. Louis, Mo-, April 29.-The pric| of the Globe Democrat, the morninl newspaper here, will be advanceI from two to three cents for the daill and five to ten cents for the SundaI issue on May 1, the publishers an nounced tonight. Increased cost d labor and materials was given as tn
 reason for the advance. The GloH
 Democrat is the first of the foJ dailies here to raise it's rates.
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Reject Plan to
 License Packers

Washington, April 29.-Proposals to license meat packers and create commission to enforce laws affect ing the industry were rejected by the house agriculture committee. With these eliminations agreed upon, subcommittee headed by Chairman Haugen was appointetd to draft com promise legislation for the regula- ton of packers.
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Railroads to Make Adjustment Claims

Chicago, April 29.-To make claims for adjustment in valuations placed on railroad properties 200 railroad officials from various parts of the country gathered today for a two day conference with President Will sons committee on federal valuation of railroads. T. w. Hulma of Phila- delphia, vice chairman of the presi- dents committee and general real estate agent for the Pennsylvania railroad, is chairman of the joint
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NEGRO FOR CONGRGEss.

Jefferson City, Mo, April 29 George L. Vaunghan, negro lawyer of St. Louis today filed a declara- tion of his candidacy for the repub@ lican nomination for congress from the twelfth (St. Louis) district with the secretary of state. Vaughn is the second negro to announce for the ofrS flee at present held by L. c. Dyer.
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SNOW SLIDE KILLS THREE.

Anchorage, Alaska, April 29.- Three men were killed and six slight ly injured when snow slide late yesterday crashed into working par tv on the government railroad at Mile sevcnty-six. between Anchorage and Seward, sweeping scores of men into the ice filled waters of Turna- gain Arm.
 Prompt work with ropes and im- provised rafts effected the rescue of all but three.
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'MoOnshine School
 Being Conducted

Los Angeles, April 29,A "school for moonshiners" is being conduct ed on San Nicholas Island, 75 miles off the coast of Los Angeles coun- tv. according to a statement declar- ed to have been made by Ira E Eaton. arrested on Santa Crus Island off Santa Barbaral Cal, Tuesday charged with operating an illicit still.