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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
TRAIN BANDIT IS, AGAIN MADE CAPTIVE AFTER MANY ESCAPES.
William La Trasse Once Held Up Train Single
 Handed

Kansas City, Mo, March 18.-Wil- liam La Trasse, who escaped from the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing, November 12, 1915, while serving a 21-year sentence for train robbery, was brought to Kansas City tonight, after his recapture in Wichita, Kan, 10 days ago.
 La Trasse was arrested in Wichi- ta under the name of Charles Wilson for alleged thefts of automobiles. He was identified by s. w. Zickafood at Wichita, chief of police at Wichita. former head of the police detective department in Kansas City.
 The offense for which La Trasse was serving time when he escaped was the hold-up of train between Kansas City and Leavenworth, Christ mas night, 1910. He accomplished the robbery singlehanded, wounding one of the passengers.
 He was captured in Chicago Feb ruary 9, 1911, after he had killed a saloonkeeper, and was returned to Kansas City, Kan., for trial. After conviction, pending hearing on his motion for new trial, La Trasse and five other prisoners escaped from the Kansas City, Kan, jail after hold ing the guards at bay with wooden revolvers fashioned by La Trasse.
 In 1913 he was found in an Illinois prison serving a sentence for bur glary and was returned to Lansing to complete his sentence for the bank robbery. In 1915 came his escape from Lansing. He was next heard of in Chicago, where he robbed a tourist agency and escaped with $500 after having killed a policeman.
 From here, La Trasse will be taken to Lansing to resume serving his sen tapcn
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One Killed, Three
 are Injured in
 Texarkana Wreck

Texarkana, Texas, March 18.-The south-bound mail train No. ' and the north-bound equipment train No 38, on the Missouri Pacific met in head end collision, just outside the yard limits. north of Texarkana to- night, Engineer Joe Hickman of Little Rock, Ark, on No. 7, being scalded to death
 w. w. Thomas of Little Rock, Ark. fireman on No. z, probably was fatal. lv injured, being badly scalded Walter Edwin of Little Rock. engi. neer of No. 38, saved his life by jumping and is not seriously injur- ed. J. J. Chapple of Little Rock fireman on No. 38, escaped witt slight injuries.
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Summary of Charges.

The admirals summary of his charges follows:
 "That, in spite of the fact that war had been going on for nearly three years, and our entry into it had been imminent at least from February ?, 1917, the vessels of navy were not ready for war services when the United States entered
 That the first six months after America entered the war were eX- tremely critical ones for the whole allied cause due to the success of enemy submarines.
 "That this critical condition was made clear to the navy department a few days after America entered the war, and repeatedly thereafter by cables and letters supported by in dependent advices to the govern ment from the American ambassador in London and by MT. Hoover.
 That the navy department sup. piled men with no plans or policy covering our participation in the wal for three months, after our en- trance.
 "That, having information as tt the critical situation of the allies the navy department did not prompt ly assist them, and thereby prolong ed the war by delaying the sending of anti-submarine vessels, nont reaching Europe for nearly montl after war was declared, and 2 1-s months elapsed before 30 vesesls ar rived.
 "That the navy department failed to appreciate the military value O. time.
 'That the navy department violated fundamental military rules in mum bec O: cases
 "That the departments represen tative with the allied admiraltie was not supported, during the mos critical months, either by adequat' personnel or adequate forces tha could have been supplies.
 "That the navy department, in no clearly defining the responsibilit. and determining authority to it representative in Europe failed t. follow sound policies of reason.
 "That the navy department b. controlling the operations and move ments of certain forces within tn war era, violated fundamental poll cies of unity and command.
 "That the navy department faile' to keep it's representatives abroa' completely informed as to it's plan regarding dispatch and disposition il such matters through information gained from sources other than it representatives. in the war zone." Admiral Sims said he was not di recting his attack at any individua of the navy, rather that it wa meants to point out the defects of tn department during the early month of the war.
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AMERICANS ARE 10 BE CONCENTRATED
 FOR SAFETy'S SAKE
200 at Leipsic Ask U. S. Army
 for Protection

Coblenz, March 18.-An effort is to be made to concentrate Ameri- cans now in Germany at some one point, so that. all of them who de- sire to leave the country may be able to do so. As far as is known all the Americans in Germany are safe.
 Two hundred Americans who have been attending the fair at Leip sic have telegraphed and telephoned Maj. Gen. H. T. Allen, command ing the American army of occupa- tion, urging him for nelp to leave Leipsic where they describe the con ditions as dangerous to their lives General Allen is sending special train to bring them away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
Planes to Combat Fires in Forests

san Antonio, Tex, March 1s.-The allst M oombardment group of the air N: |rervice and the 174th squadron of the
 r Irst Pursuit group, both stationed
 a. a Nelly Field, near here, today were
 uesignated by Colonel J. E. Fechet. |southern department air service of
 .lcer' .l:' to go to the Pacific northwest |.iis \; summer for service in connec-
 tion .in with the prevention of forest desired. "' p"'io's are
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31 Seamen Guilty of Conspiring to
 Incite Revolt

Norfolk, Va, March 1S.-Thirty- one seamen of the crew of the American steamship Poughkeepsie were convicted in federal district court today of conspiring to incite q revolt aboard the Poughkeepsie Feb ruary 5, while the ship was in the Bermuda Islands. The convicted sea- men were sentenced to 40 days inn prisonment and were fined $50 each.
 The Poughkeepsie was forced to put into Bermuda for repairs during voyage from Europe to the United States and the members of the crew, claiming that their articles had ex-- pired, refused to work the vessel from Bermuda to an American port.
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River and Rail
 Rates Demanded

ra I. ;,-. Ms, Mo-. March 1s-Reeional and n Sfreight rates, joint water traff;o rates, and interchange of Were netween rail and water lines. convon. u.emanded today at the spring tfsnIlon raff;n of the national industrial
 league Tn session here.
 on +h h,esolution was adopted calling sion e te interstate commerce commis. co.A loa So consider the railroads of the soa g as in three divisions-the mal eastern and western-in
 Fmg freight rate adjustments |"
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Soviet
 is Claimed in
 BOlshevik Wire

Paris, March 1s.-The Temps to- day quotes a Russian bolshevik ra- dio dispatch issued since the Berlin coup, as saying, in connection with propaganda of the bolsheviki in Alas ka:
 'It is announced that the popula- tion fo Alaska is seeking to separate from the United States and organ ize a soviet government"
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SAYS REPUBLICANS
 CRITICISM OF WAR HAS SHOWN NOTHING
S2, ,OO0, ,000 Wasted on Smell ing Committees, is
 Claim

Louisville. Ky, March IS Waete- ful expenditure of two million dol lars for smelling" committees was charged against the republican ma iority in congress by Homer s Cummings. chairman of the demo- cratic national committee in an ad- dress here tonight, at dinner at tended by democratic leaders of Kentucky.
 The committee, Chairman Cum mings said. were appointed to ascer- tain whether there had been any graft in the conduct of the world war, but instead demonstrated that this was the cleanest war ever fought in the history of civilization"
 "The finger of scorn does not point to one single democratic official in Cumming.
 "I want to remind YOU that it does not lie in the mouths of those who conducted the Spanish American war to indulge in the luxury of criticism What js there in this war to conn., pare with the tvphoid infested camns of the war of 1898: what is there in this war to compare to the paper sole shoe controversy of 1898. and what is there in this war to compare to the embalmed beef candal of the Spanish American war.
 "We have fought rreat war for q great cause and we have had a leadership which has carried America to greater heights of "lorv and power and splendor and honor than she has ever known before in her entire his tory.
 Accomplish Naught,
 "The repnhlicans have now been in control of the snnatn and house for eirht months." the chairman contin- ned. "Thev went in under false nre- lenses. They outlined an elaborate e program of reconstruction that look ed very we'll in the newsraners. They have not only delayed and indefinite lv postponed the neace of the world interfered with the American com merce and brought the rate of eX- change tumblinp down to rn'n4 hitherto urknown: hut aside from railroad legislation of doubtful value, thev have not passed one single con- st~uctive act
 "HaA democratic congress benn elected. or congress in svmpathv with the nresident. the treaty of reace would lcn~ ago have been rati- fled. Innumerable avenues of tradn a~d cc~ome~ce world have been onen- ed to American enterprise. and halted authority would have taken on new and hcreful life"
 Mr Cumminps characterized the republican platform committee as q "moet nrreual congloration 'of poli- tjcal misfits"
 con that committee of 171." he as serted. "thev have reactionaries and nrogres~ives .thnv have Taftites and Ro"seveltians they have economists and anpropriationists. thev have reservaticnists of all kinds. mild re- serva tionists and wild preservation ists: thev have bitter endArs. the'' have capitalists and pacifists and militaristc and former chairmen of the republican national committee and IT women. all to go on voyage of discovery for the nurpose of as- certa ming what republican principles are"
 Referring to the nreserce of 9 number of women at the dinner, MT Cummings said the democratic nartv "nossessed an appeal to the women of America because of the social aspects of the program. which has been outlined by it's ereat leader and which has been carried to such g successful continuation"
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LUMBERMEN ELECT.

New Orleans, March 1s.-With the reelection of all it's old officers for the year, 1920, the Southern Pine association closed it's three days an nual convention here late today. The officers named are A. L. Clark, Dal- las, Texas. president; T. F. Gardiner Laurel, Miss. vice president; J. M Hallowell, Elizabeth, La. vice presi- dent; J. E. Rhodes. New Orleans secretary manager; R. M. Young New Orleans. treasurer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
Lady Astor for Socialism, She Says

!M Ipohdon; March 1s.-'Lady Astor, c;.,;., . :, declared herself in favor of so- emn,a, n,sl, Tn an address before women s"MgI'oyes MI of the civil service.
 soo;,i nope some day we shall all be oIf,alists, 9 faI said Lady Astor. "It is
 h,t ar better state than the present ve. na' we e, are a long way from it de de', That is the tragedy of it. We spirit" VI 'he communal
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Calm at Capitol.

Constantinople, March 17.-The
 ond day of the inter-allied occu-
 lion of Constatinople, carried out
 Tuesday by large forces from the
 posing war fleet in the Bosphorus.
 ssed with entire calm, the Turkish
 ice cooperating in keeping order.
 Among prisoners taken were Ezzad
 sha, nationalist leader, and Mo-
 mmed Pasha, who was minister of Ir just before the great war opened d has been chief organizer of the Opaganda against an American bndatc.
 The Turkish newspapers and the reign office are so heavily cen red that it is impossible to obtain 3e authoritative Turkish view of De situation. The Turks with whom e correspondent spoke, however, kclared that Constantinople was bout to repeat the history of Carlo, lat the British would remain in brkey as they had in Egypt. Mean bile French and English newspaper |aturing Paris and London dispatch which advance the idea that the hited States will assume responsi- |lity in restoring order in the Near eSt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
FIND LIGNITE STRATA.

A strata of Ignite, which is better known as coal containing the texture of original wood from which it was formed, was found bv Tom Fleming. we'll contractor while drilling for water on the site of the Boys In- dustrial school several days ago. Lig- mite is often found on oil lands be- fore oil is struck. and there is con siderable speculation as to whether this is an indication of oil in this vicinity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
DEMAND YEARLY LABOR.

New York; March 18.-All-year- round work was demanded by the an- thracite coal miners at today's con- ference of the subcommittee of min CTS and operators appointed to ne- gotiate a new wage agreement for the hard coal diggers. The confer ence adjourned until tomorrow with out any action being taken.
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MExICANs SEIZED LANDS.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 18.-Hen- " w. Keller, head of camp which claims title to large tracts of lands in Lower California, told the senate subcommittee Investigating Mexican affairs, in session here, of the seiz- ure of the land by Mexican military authorities in 1916 and of the com pany's inability to recover control
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Freak Delivery
 is Put Under, Ban

the a lead okla; March 1s.-Following
 most 1 os 70 Sd the major leagues and
 sociat;nn tne minors the Western as- ing hera ua baseball clubs at meet and othe % recently put the "spit-baii. The The 0Iner lessnfr freak deliveries under ban. opens gus a schedule of 40 games Pawhrsrppi pih S2, with Fort Smith at rirht rihtsna, M Springfield at Drum. Enid at tsnnhlystta nh at sOkmulgee and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
Maryland House
 Passes 3.5 Beer
 Bill With PrOvisO

Annapolis, Md, March 18.-The Maryland house of delegates tonight passed the Jones 1-2 per cent beer bill, but with amendments that make it operative only if the supreme court rules that Concurrent action" by states means that each state may fix alcoholic content of beverages manufactured and sold there in.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
27 Assassinated
 by Irish, is Claim

London, March 18.-The assassina- tion of 27 police and government employees in Ireland since January l of last year was officially announced in the house of commons today by James MacPherson, chief secretary for Ireland. In addition, 25 attacks were made on police in barracks.
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HIGH WINDS BLOW
 WHEtT OUT OF THE
 GROUND IN RAINS t,'

Topeka. Kan. March 1S High wind which prevailed over Kansas today blew great quantities of wheat out of ground. impaired wire com muuication and filled the aif with such an amount of dust and sand particles that the sun was obscurcd. At many places the darkness was 70 pronounced it was found necessary to use lights The wind had not abated tonight
 4 low pressure area center ed this morning at Goodland, Kansas. was the cause of the storm here according to the Kansas weather bureau an nouncemcnt. All winds in the middlcwcst were headed i'll that general direction. The wind in Topeka blew at 3S miles a hour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
GETS LIFE FOR MURDER.

Springfield, Mo-, March 1s.-T. T. Lee, who was arrested here Novem- Der 20, last, for the murder of K. V. Loba at Mountain Home, Arkansas, was found guilty of murder in the first degree today and the penalty fixed at life imprisonment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19

It has been said that every pos sible necessity of mans life, save the water he drinks and the air he breathes may be supplied either directly or indirectly through the use of petroleum products, and even water may be pumped by . gaso- line engine. .e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
IMMIGRATION MEET.

New York, March 18.-A national conference on immigration will be held here April 2, under the auspices of the inter-racial council, it is an nounced today by Coleman Dupont, chairman of the councils board.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
FILLMORE, N. C., SOLD.

Asheville, N. C., March 18.-Practi- cally the entire town of Biltmore has been sold by Mrs. George W.. Vanderbilt to Dr. J. A. Sinclair of Asheville.
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TERMS WITH 'REDs.'

London, March 18.-An unconfirm- ed report has reached here that Gen eral Denikine, leader of the anti boishevist forces in South Russia, has made terms with the bolsheviki.
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VON HINDENBURG FOR
 THE PRESIDENCY IS NEW PAETY'S PROPOSAL

Paris, March 18.-The latest news from Berlin has given rise in Paris to the conviction that the political movement toward the right party is like ly to result. if it is successful, in the election of Field Mar shal Von Hindenbure as the next president of Germany. and that the power then would have to be shifted fro mthe socialists toward the conser- vative elements.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
NOTICE TO A. o. U. w.

All members of Pine Bluff lodge No. 36, are urgently requested to at tend a meeting of the lodge this evening. A message from the grand lodge of vital importance is to be read.
 o. G. KELLER, ,Advt. Recorder.
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|IBKS IN TERRACE REFUSE ID ABIDE
 l BY ALLIED ORDERS
h to Establish Separate
 covernment, Says London Report
TIM PREVAILS IN
 OCCUPIED REGION
tish Will Remain in Turkey As They Have in Egypt, Says Turk
 Leader

london. March 18.-The Evening
 ndard says it learns the comman- of the Turkish troops in Thrace refused to accept orders from ,stantinople, has renounced the nistice and purposes to establish a
 ernment in Adrianople.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-19
THE WEATHER.
Friday cloudy, colder; Saturday generally fair.

T h e G r a n d Duchess Olga is lucky to be liv- ing at all.
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The Pulaskian., 1920-12-09
Won't You Do Us A Favor?

There is disposition the part of certain merchants in Little Rock to question the of the Puaskian advertising medium They do take issue with the extent of
 circulation but contend that the residents of rural Pulaski county do not trade at has been contention from the beginning that Pulaski county farmers and their families had mc the of city folks that the merchant could tell the difference Other merchants have declared that the daily cover the county and that the Pulaskan reach the rural population
 Knowing our field do refue this nsinuation in strong terms as possible but few Little Rock merchants even know the communities of the county is impossible to convince them Some day of these merchants going to stray out n the country and get and his rambes he will find ductve farms there other states with improvements equally modern He will find that the people read the Pulasan and H as friend of the Puakian that ask to speak to the Hle Rock merchants in behalf When you in to do your buying the salesman know where live that IS all we ask We do not you speak our behalf Most country folks v pay cash and carry their parcels Such being the the merchants naturally do not appreciate their trade IS fact atcah never get consideration from the stores and for this many people who prefer the cash
 rn accounts with these mercantile establishments.
 Continued on page 8.)
The Pulaskian., 1920-12-09
JAPAN WANTS
 OUR PAINT
KOBE MANUFACTURER OFFERS SUPERIOR SUPPLY co. TO
 SWAP FLEXIBLE. GLASS FOR ARKANSAS PAINT AND M. A. COIN WILL TAKE A CHANGE.

When a good product is manufae- tured, it is impossible to keep the world from finding 1t out Several months ago the Superior Builders Supply Company began the manu- facture of paint. Already the fame of this paint has reached far away Japan and an offer has come for an interchange of products. A manu- facturer of flexible glass in Kobe, Japan, has written to the Superior Builders Supply Company, stating that he has been informed that the paint manufactured by the local company is an exceptionally meri- torious product and that he is desir- ous of handling it in considerable quantities in his country.
 M. A. Cohn, president of the com pany, was highly elated to receive the inquiry regarding his product from foreign country, but was no more pleased with 1t than with the samples of glass sent to him. This glass is manufactured of very fine strands, each trifle larger than crochet cotton. They are in layers and arranged according to the use to which the glass is to be put. The glass is hardly transparent, but is more so than the average glass used in factory buildings. It is cheaper than ordinary glass and bends quite readily, so that blow must be ap- piled with a sharp instrument to crack it. Ornamental designs are easily made by putting decorative paper between the layers of the glass. MT. Cohn is highly impressed with the flexible glass as an economical material for factory and public buildings, and will become distribu- tor in this territory for 1t unless there are complications about getting the glass into this country.
The Pulaskian., 1920-12-09
FARMERS ] HOLDING CORN
F WEINMANN SEES ONLY THREE WAGONS OF CORN AT ELEVATOR IN TRIP ACROSS ILLINOIS AND BACK DURING THE PAST WEEK.

Farmers in the grain producing
 #stions of the United States are in materially different attitude than Else who grow cotton. The grain
 5odueer has money in the bank and
 zn hold his crop without financial &barrassment. The effect is already zticeable in the grain market and &th a demand that is good, local
 lain dealers are not finding corn sFerings to be plentiful. J. F. Vein
 an of the J. F. Weinman Milling zmpany returned this week from zIicago, where he found offerings } corn to be exceptionally light.
 My trip through Illinois both
 rs was by daylight, said MT. geinman, land l had an excellent EpOrtunity to see what the corn lowers were doing. Every little #sn along the railroad has a grain |Tator, where the grain is shelled Ia loaded on to the car. At this he of the year these little eIeya- |s usually have a flock of wagons bout them waiting to unload. On x way up l failed to see one of |ee elevators in operation and farm bgons were nowhere to be seen. 6ming back over a different road |saw in one town three wagons of |rn. The only answer to this is
 at the farmers are holding their ain. They are not needing money ad viii continue to hold until the |ice suits them. In many places I |K where stock had been turned in- corn fields. Whether the corn Hs gathered first, I cannot say, but |e position of the stalk indicated lat at least the small ears had been |t for the stock to feed upon.
 Four business has been excellent 1 we are running full time, ship Eg our grain products as far away Ehe Carolinas. Reports from Chi |gO, Omaha, St. Joseph and other Eain centers indicate that the ship
 Pn!s which are being made come Egely from elevators where grain |s stored by those who purchased ply in the season. Grain receipts Omaha are very light and one or b cars a day against hundred or |ne last year. This attitude of the lmers is strengthening the market hterially and if the farmers con- Eue to hold, liberating only enough |supply the daily demand, the grain (pducers will turn a bumper crop 10 the most remuneratiye in years"