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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
COTTON MIL! MAY TAKE OVER PACKING
 PLANT BUILDING
H. C. Couch Making Survey Preliminary to Organiz-
 ing Company
ENGINEER REPORTS
 STRUCTURE GOOD ONE
Refrige rating Machinery, Piping and ce-Making Machinery Bought by Arkansas Light and
 Power Co.

A stock company probably will be organized here and cotton goods factory started in the building con structed number of years ago as home for the packing plant, accord ing to announcement made yesterday by number of Pine Bluff business men. An engineer employed by firm which specializes in erecting cotton factories, recently came here and looked over the site and pro- nounced it very favorable for being converted into an up-to-date fac tory. His complete report, hoWev- CT, has not yet been made.
 H. c. Couch of the Arkansas Light and Power company yesterday clos ed deal whereby his company pur- chased from the Bain Manufacturing company of Portland the second hand refrigerating machinery of the old packing plant, as well as a large quantity of piping and an ice making machine, which will be used in en- larging ice plants at England, Stutt- gart and other cities.
 The packing plant was erected several years ago for the purpose of handling fresh meats and other products from this territory, but the venture failed to pan out, and was never placed in active operation.
 Some of the owners of the brick building, which is reported to be in good condition, are, besides Mir. Bain: Judge James Gould, J. F. Boyce, John B. Speers, E. B. Bloom and D. B. Niven.
 MT. Couch has expressed desire to take an active part in organizing the new stock company and has all ready done considerable correspon- dence by way of investigation.
 In view of the fact that Pine Bluff handles more than 125,00O bales of cotton annually, 60,00O of which is grown in Jefferson county, the location of cotton mill here, it is pointed out, would be highly paying investment.
 The old packing plant is situated beyond the Cotton Belt shops, out side the city limits.
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HAMBY, BANDIT, BANK R0BBER, MU URDERER IS ELECTR0CUTED
COaSt-tO-COaSt Criminal Pays the Extreme
 Penalty

Ossining, N. Y, Jan. 29.-Gordon Fawsett Hamby, murderer, bank rob Der and train bandit, whose crime record reached from coast to coast and eliminated in the murder of two Brooklyn hank employees in Decem- Der, 1918, vas electrocuted in Sing Sing prison tonight.
 Hamby maintained to the last the iron composure which marked his demeanor from the hour of his ar rest in Tacoma, Washington, last June. He refused the offer of the Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains to accompany him to the chair and walked to his death unaid- ed and with firm step. After he had seated himself he turned to Warden Lawes and asked permission to make statement. In clear voice which betrayed not the slight est symptoms of emotion, he said:
 q want tO say that any ono
 who had the misfortune, for it
 indeed was misfortune, to
 come in front of Jay B. Aller's
 gun had chance and good
 chance.--That's all. Go ahead
 boys"
 From the time of his trial, Hamby had insisted that his right name was Jay B. Allen.
 Hamby spent his last days in the death house writing letters in his cell, reading newspaper and talk ing with the ouja board" " He expressed relief when he learned that an eleventh hour effort to get Governor Smith to give him re- prieve had failed.
 When asked what he wanted for supper, Hamby, ordered lobster salad, of which he ate heartily. He then proceeded to enjoy some of the cig- ars and candy which his companions in the death house had furnished him.
 Father William E. Cashin, the Ro- man Catholic chaplain, spent half hour with the condemned man this afternoon, who did not actually re- fuse spiritual consolation but re- quested the priest and the Rev. Dr. A. N. Peterson, the Protestant chap lain, not to accompany him in his walk to the chair.
 When asked by Father Chaplain if he had any message for the youth of the country, Hamby said:
 q don't wish to appear in
 the light of a mOralist, but you
 can tell them for me, never to
 start doing wrong. Once you
 get started in crime you can
 never stop"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
CHARGES RAILROADS
 PLAN WAGE: CUT WHEN !, s. CONTROL ENDS
Timothy Shea Reveals Alleged Plot of Certain COm-
 panieS
CUMMINS BILL IS
 SEVERELY DENOUNCED
Speaker Declares it Conspiracy to Send Wages Below Present Inadequate Level'-Denies
 Men We'll Paid

New York, Jan. 29.-Charges that "certain railroads" were planning tc reduce wages as soon as the roads were returned to private ownership was made today by Timothy Shea acting president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and Engine men, speaking at the meeting of Nationa Civic association here to- day. MT. Shea denounced the Cum, misn bill, now before the senate and joined with Samuel Gompers president of the American Fedora tion of Labor in attack on compul- sory arbitration. Referring to the Cummins bill he said:
 "This bill is the outcome of a conspiracy to reduce wages below their present inadequate level when the roads are returned to private ownership"
 The alleged conspirators, he con- tinued, proposed to make a cut in prices and, if strike followed, at tempt it's suppression by wholesale prosecutions.
 "We have positive evidence, fur, nished by our local agents, of cer- tain railroads where managers have said that they would only continue the present wage schedules during federal control" the speaker de clared.
 Denying the statement of speak. CT at the opening session, that the railroad men were the highest paiG class of workers in the country and that one engineer had received $25( monthly, MT. Shea said the mer might have received that amount but he would have had to work II hours day and 30 days month tc get it. Wages have increased approxi mately 45 per cent for this class ot workers, he said, whereas the cost of living has increased about % per cent.
 There is no danger of strike or American railroads, unless it is pro voked by such legislation as the Cum mins bill or such attitude of tht government as in the coal strikes. The speaker said in conclusion.
 MT. Gompers, defending organ ized labor, asserted that the unions had done more. to prevent strikes than any other agency.
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Edwards Declares
 That Bryan Wants
 Harmony of Death

Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 29.-Wil- liam Jennings Bryan was accused of wanting to establish "the harmon, of death" in the democratic party, in statement issued tonight by Governor Edward l. Edwards, in reply to an attack made upon the New Jersey executive by MT. Bryan at Bristol, w. Va., last night. MT. Bryan had charged Governor Ed wards with being an agent of the liquor interests and trying to disrupt the democratic party.
 Governor Edwards statement said.
 The harmony Mr. Bryan wants, is the harmony of death. If he has his way, the democratic convention at San Francisco will be the morgue from which will be picked the corpse to appear at November na- tional funeral. That wish to dis turb no harmony but an intelligent grapling with the situation, so that we shall have clearly defined the issue of liberty against sectarianism I would sooner be the Angel Gabrielle, to call the party to life, than the undertaken to preside at it's funeral"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
s69,0oo WORTH OF STOCK IN THEATRE
 IS BOUGHT IN DAY
Balance is to be Sold to Pur- chasers in Blocks of
 $3,OOO

Sixty-nine thousand dollars worth of stock in the proposed new thea Fer here was subscribed to yester- day afternoon at meeting of busi- ness men with the theater commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce in the assembly rooms at the Chamber of Commerce. From some 40 oth- CT prospectives it is practically assur- ed that the required 27 other sab scriptions of $3,OOO each will be se- cured, which will raise the amount needed-$150,00O.
 Jo Nichol, chairman of the theatre committee, was authorized to ap- point committee, among whrm would be divided the other 40 pros- pectives and it is expected that the remaining 27 subscriptions will soon be secured.
 After investigation the theater committee has found that the ap- proximate cost of erecting such 8 building, including the lot, will be about $15O,O0O. It is the opinion of the committee that the building should be built by 50 local stock holders, and the names of more than 50 responsible people were selected, each of whom it is thought will be RtaO to tdke d iHIuIAiui Ol $osuvV worth of stock.
 The Chamber of Commerce has a proposition from a responsible con- cern to lease the building on basis of 10 per cent of the gross cost of the building and ground, the cost not to exceed $150,OO0. It is thought that, after deducting taxes. insur- ance and depreciation, net return on the investment of from 6 1-2 to ' per cent would result.
 The Saenger Amusement company of New Orleans has agreed to lease the building.
 Selling of stock in the new thea- ter will proceed immediately and the whole committee feel confident that the required subscription will De purchased quickly.
 The theater committee is compos- ed of the following:
 Jo Nichol, chairman; R. Carnahen, Henry Marx, H. B. Strange, N, Bloom, E. M. Schober, w. N. Truloek, A. w. Nunn. F. G. Bridges, ziba Ben- nit, Wade Knox. L. Froug, pr. Q. Clark, Rev. J. I. Norris and Henrx Haizlip. .
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
Helena Petitions Allen to Permit
 Return of Hill

Little Rock, Jan. 29.-A petition urging Governor Allen of Kansas to honor the request for the extradi- ton of Robert L. Hill, negro, under arrest in Topeka and wanted in Ar kansas for alleged complicity in the recent negro uprising, was telegraph ed by Helena's citizens today. The petition guarantees Hill fair trial and says that change of venue may be had for the asking.
 It is signed by the Mayor of Hele- ma, sheriff of Phillips county, pres ident of the Business Mems League of Helena and others.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
James T. Robertson is Shot by Bell
 Hop at Capitol

Little Rock, Jan. 29.-James- T. Robertson of Marianna, once-. president of the Arkansas sen ate and acting governor of Ar kansas, was stabbed by a negro porter at Little Rock hotel to- night. He was removed to hospital, where it is said his con; iition is not serious. The wound was inflicted in the left side of the body and the point of the knife is said to have come with in less than one inch of the heart, An argument over some money is said to have led up t. the stabbing. The negro fled from the hotel and has not been arrested.
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NEGRO, WITH CLOTHING, HELD

Douglas ("Bootsie") James, negro, was arrested in an alley in the rear of the De Luxe cafe Wednesday by Night Police Chief J. H. King, after the negro had tried to run when he saw the officer. James had bum dle of mems clothing and is thought to have stolen the lot from the Hotel Pines. where he claimed he had been working. He is said to, have only recently been released from the penitentiary, where he was sent, it is reported, for the theft of diamonds. One coat has been identified as the property of H. s. Davis of the Pines.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
ITS UPPER CASE ARMY.

Washington, Jan. 29.-The Ameri- can army has been cited again and this time in a newspaper office. The style sheet of a midwestern daily newspaper has been revised and the word army when it refers to our new democratic peace time army will in future start with capital A because fo the service our soldiers rendered humanity. Thus for gal antry in action, ours became an up- per case instead of lower case Army.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
|sH0W SOCIALISTS SABOTAGE:
 ! MuNIT|0N SHOPS
pmbly Counsel EndeavOrs to Prove Practise Was Advocated
MAI, IS ENTERED R BY PARTY OFFICIAL
.res Manifesto and St. Louis Platform Meant Social Platform and Mass Action Not United Effort

banv, N. r., Jan. 29.-An attempt
 how that sabotage in munition
 ories was a weapon which so-
 sts were virtually invited by
 party to employ in it's program
 continuous, active and public op-
 tion to the war;" was made to-
 bv the prosecution at the trial he five unseated socialist assem-
 hen charged with disloyalty.
 ounsel for the assembly judiciary |mittee conducting the investiga-
 read into the record the proc
 ation and war program addopted
 the St. Louis convention at the
 alist party April ', 1917, one day
 F the United States entered the
 ld conflict, in which workers
 e urged to oppose the war "thru
 onstrations, mass petitions and other means within our power" Inc prosecution also read in the brd denunciation of the war in
 procla nation as caused by the kchery and trickery of the capi-
 stic class thru their representa- Is in congress.
 inally committee counsel brought
 that the Anti sabotage clause" the party's constitution of which
 prosecution asserted socialists merly had boasted" had been
 cken out at the same convention. Iudge Arthur E. Sutherland, eX. ining Algernon Lee of New York hsurer of the socialist state com ktee, who attended the St. Louis Avention, asked:
 lone of the means of putting a bderance to the capitalistic war B to commit sagotabe in the Inufacture of war munitions, sn't it?"
 Wouldn't it naturally occur to the rker in the munition factory that best thing he could do would be drop a wrench in the machinery 3 stop the work ?"
 No, sir" replied MT. Lee. What
 refer there is mass action, and botage is distinctly individual &C., h, not mass action. It was made " clear that we meant social col tive action thru demonstrations, ss petitions"
 When reference was first made to , "anti-sabotage clause" Seymour ,dman of Chicago, defense coun- , read from the socialist campaign ,k of 1914 to show that the party that time bitterly opposed sabo- e and no one practicing it was al- 1ed to become a member. He o explained that the clause had ,n stricken three years later be- lse the l. w. w. element was no ger enrolled in the party andd ,otage was "a dead issue" Ir. Lee also asserted the clause been dropped, "not because it l became a dead letter, but be- lse the issue which had led up to
 inclusion was no longer an is !. v
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
s5o,oOo LUMBER DEAL.

A deal involving between $40,000 and $5O,OOO has been closed here by R. C. Cook, 1501 West Fifteenth, in which contracts for several hundred thousand feet of hardwood lumber for use in a Michigan furniture in- dustry has been placed with local mills. MT. Cook represents the Felgar Lumber and Timber company of Grand Rapids. The timber includ- es oak, ash, gum and elm, with prices ranging from $45 to $100 per thousand.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
ROB JEWELER.

Fort Smith, Ark, Jan. 29.-Smash- ing plate glass window of local jewelry store early this morning burglars secured over $1,000, in dia- monds and about $500 in other ar- ticles. Police discovered the burg lary shortly after daylight. No clue to the perpetrators has been se- cured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
COMMUNIST STRIKE.

Leipzic, Wednesday, Jan. 2S.-The miners union has declar, ed strike in the Lugan and Oelsnitz coal mining regions in Saxony, be- cause demand for a six-hour day and grant of 1000 marks extra was rejected. Seventy-five per cent of the miners are reported to be strik- ing.
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ENDORSE LODGE.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 29.-The Florida republican central committee in session at Palatka today, endorsed the leadership of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts in the treaty fight, and nominated Judge D. Cheney of Orlando, for the senate now held by Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, demo. crat whose term expires in March 1921
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CRITICIZES CLERGY FOR STAND IN BEHALF
 OF RADICALS HELD

# New York. Jan. 29. Alton B. + Parker today criticized Bishop # Charles II. Brent and other + clergymen for q protest they * made yesterday against depor- + tation of Reds.
 t Do the kindly minded cler- + gNmen expect us to stand still + while the scum of the earth are + roaming about the country ?" I. asked the Judge in opening the
 # annual meeting of the national |' civic federation, of which he is + president.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
PRESENT FLAG.

Winchester, Va, Jan. 29.-Form al presentation of original guild hall flag of Winchester, England, to it's namesake, Winchester, Va, as evi- dence of the friendship of the people of the English city for the one mil lion American soldiers who passed thru there en route to France dur ing the world war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
FLOAT U. s. VESSEL.

Havana, Jan. 29.-The American steamer Kennebec which went ashore on a reef at the entrance to the harbor shortly after last mid night, was floated at high titie to- day. Four tugs drew her off the reef. It is believed she sustained only slight damage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
LODGE ROW IN COURT.

Chancellor J. M. Elliott yesterday issued an injunction restraining J. s. Blakely, H. Y. Taylor, D. J. Dubis- son and S. s. Johnson of Little Rock from holding a meeting in Little Rock, or from interfering in any other way with officers of the negro Odd Fellows lodge here. It is alle- ged that the Little Rock lodge is seeking to oust Thomas L. Newton of Pine Bluff as district grand mas ter and to remove the headquarters of the lodge to Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
Whole Night Shift
 of Mine EntOmbed

Berlin, Wednesday, Jan. 28.-A dis patch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Dortmund says that the entire night shift of the Aplerbeck mine is inn mine becoming flooded. Wives and prisoned in a shaft as result of the relatives of the miners, most of them in hysterical condition, have as- eembled about the mine entrance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
Situation Acute.

Fort Smith, Jan. 29.-Following the large increase in the number of influenza cases reported here today, the local health board will meet to- morrow morning to consider the ad- visibility of placing restrictions on public buildings and places of amusements. One hundred and twenty-five new cases were report ed today. Conditions in western Ar kansas and eastern Oklahoma are re- ported reaching the acute stage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
WOOL MARKET SETTLES.

New York. Jan. 29.-The wool mar ket is rapidly approaching a normal, pre-war basis, and manufacturers demands for raw wool will be met in full soon, according to Arthur Williams, federal food administra- tor who conferred with representa- tives of the American Woolen asso- citation today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
Worse in East.

New York, Jan. 29.-Another material increase in influenza and pneumonia cases in New York City tomorrow was predicted tonight by Health Commissioner Copeland, who declared that the "peak" of the epidemic would not be reached for a number of days. Although there was a decrease in the number of new cases today, he added that the re- ports indicated an increase in deaths.
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WINDOW WASHERS IN
 CHICAGO DEMANDING
 S4S; WORK OR NO WORK

Chicago, Jan. Window . washers in Chicago have gone . on strike demanding S4s week . . for experienced washers who . y Wolk on extension ladders and . S44 for apprentices-men who . have served less than six : months in the business. . The washers demand pay for . IA hours d week, regardless of . . whether or not work is done. Should it rain or should any Y. other act of God intervene, we . insist that our pay go on, work : or no work" declared John Me . . Kay, president of the union. .
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
CHICAGO THEATRE OPENS SMOKING ROOM
 FOR WOMEN ONLY

Chicago, Jan. 29.---A Chicago theatre today announced it had opened a smoking room for wo- men. The manager said the "women drove him to it." He said he found girls were smok- ing in the wash room, the bon doir and even in the lobby. The women smoke more cigarettes than the men, the manager said.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
TROEH HIGH GUN.

Houston, Tex, Jan. 29.-FranA Iroeh' trap star from Vancouver, Wash, was high gun at the second 6outh" handicaps here, today sunny
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
Methods by Which Whiskey for Flu
 May be Obtained

Washington, Jan. 29.-Methods by which intoxicating liquors may be obtained for medicinal purposes and detailed regulations governing their sale were made public tonight by the bureau of internal revenue. An nouncement also was made that the bureau had compiled system of permits providing definite and fixed channel through which all in. toxicating liquor must move and by which after the government will know the location of every gallon of distilled liquor within the nations boundaries, except that stored in private homes.
 In setting forth the ways in which liquor may be procured Commission CT Roper took occasion to issue a warning against profiteering in it's sale. The commissioner declared that exorbitant charges for liquor fol medicinal purposes, "certainly places dispensers thereof in the class with profiteers and they will be investi- gated" MT. Roper also announced that liquor seized under federal law ed under the 60 days ruling would be SOIu Uy OIuCI O1 IuS court uuucI tuC Jurisdiction of which it is held. Ii must be sold, however, to a holder of a permit to use it, either for medi- cinal or non-beverage purposes.
 Both the physician who prescribes and the pharmacist who sells liquor the regulations, provide, must have a permit which may be obtained from the federal prohibition director.
 Chicago, Jan. 29.-A controversy government and city authorities over the question of the value of whiskey to influenza patients is expected to be settled tomorrow. Following a conference tonight between United States District Attorney Clyne and Major Dalrymple, federal prohibition agent, Attorney Cline announced that he would ask Federal Judge Carpenter to issue an order allow ing the distribution of whiskey to the hospitals.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
CASTRO ON BUSINESS.

Chicago, Jan. 29-Gen. Jesus A Castro today said his visit had no political significance. He said he was here on business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
LIMBAUGH RESIGNS.

Sskogee, Okla, Jan. 29.-D. Hay inebaugh, special assistant to Nv General Palmer, has ten Is resignation effective Feb
 he announced today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
OIL OPERATOR DIES.

New York, Jan. 29.-Richmond Levering, wealthy oil operator, died of pneumonia at his home here to- day, after an illness of only five days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
E;pht in Little Rock.

Little Rock, Jan. 29.-Eight new cases of influenza were reported to the office of the health department today. There is no danger of ah epidemic here. Seventy-five new cases have been reported at Fort Smith, this being the most serious outbreak of the disease in any city in the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
PERSHING AT PASADENA.

Pasadena, Cal, Jan. 29.-General John J. Pershing was the guest of Pasadena today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
"A ISLAND AT s4.

efforfs iGa., Jan. 29.-Sales of ' Saxon Ntton here at 84 cenSs IIaradnauer reported today, She
 ke preso many years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
NOTICE, MODERN wOODMEN.

Your dues and assessments may be paid to R. o. Loving at the Simmons National Bank. 1-25-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
THE WEATHER.
Friday fai r., warmer in east portion; Satur- day fair

V te today. It's one time you can't make ene- mics by casting your ballot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-30
II Die at St IouiS.

St. Louis, Jan. 29.-Influenza con- tinued to gain ground in St. Louis today, 445 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours as against 429 reported yesterday. The dead list reported during the same period showed Il from influenza and 21 from pneumonia.