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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
Search for Men
 in Bomb Plot

New York, Jan. 20.-search was being made today by the police bomb squad ahd department of jus tice agents for a half. dozen radicals believed to have been leaders in a bomb plot, which is declared to have been nipped by the arrest of IS "reds."
 Capture of the tS men yesterday was made possible by revelations made to federal agents by an alien who had been scheduled to sail on the soviet "ark" Buford with 24a other radicals. This mans deporta- tion was held up because # the fact that he had failed to pay his incomh tax and he divulged the terroris st plot, federal officials say, in an ef- fort to obtain consideration from government agents.
 Evidence to show that plans were on foot for bomb campaign against government officials was obtained in the raids, it was stated
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
Past Exalted Rulers to Act At
 ElkS Initiation

Five new members were elected at the meeting last night of the Pine Bluff lodge of Elks. They are: c. A. Olcott, Zach Tankersley. E. H.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21

left yesterday for Pecan Lake on a hunting trip.
 Tom Smith today opens an insur- ance office in room G21, Citizens Bank building. He is state agent for the Bankers Reserve Life h. surance company.
 R. M. Galbraith returns today from Hebron, Neb., where he was called some time ago on account of the death of his mother.
 Andrew Sterling, negro, was ar rested yesterday by c. c. Lynn, city detective, on charges of grand lar ceny. Sterling is said to have stol- cn quite quantity of brass from the Martin Machinery company, the Pine Bluff company, one of the, ice concerns and several other firms here, including brass from one or two locomotives.
 Union High school and Grady High school meet Friday night at the "Y' gym in basket ball game that is expected to be thrilling. Grady won over Union Hi in recent game al Grady, but the Union Hi team has been strengthened since by the addi- tion of Mayfield, forward. Thursday night the employed boys class of the "Y' will play q game with the "Y'' High school class at the "Y''
 Miss Sallie Chamberain, district agent of the department of agricul- ture of Little Rock, was here Mon- CritZ and left for Star City, where day as the guest of Mrs. Lucy she will consult with Miss Harriet B. Smelling.
 S. P. Weigart of Little Rock, dis trict agent, was here yesterday con-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
Essex Tour Also
 Will Boost Plans for Rotary Meeting

Many members of the Monroe, (Louisiana) Rotary club are expec- ted to motor to Pine Bluff in March to participate in the tri-state Rotary conference here, as a result of the trip to Monroe and return to be made tomorrow by Hicks Riley and James Reidinger in an Essex run about, as the first automobile en- durance run to be made in the Pine Bluff territory. MT. Riley will car ry to G. T. Cross, secretary of the Monroe Rotary Club, letter from A. G. Whidden, secretary of the Pine Bluff club, urging a large ar- tendance at the district conference March 24 and 25, and suggesting that inasmuch as the trip can be made in less than day over bad roads, Monroe Rotarians should find it pleasant drive to Pine Bluff in the spring with highways in good condition.
 MT. Riley plans to leave the Graphic office tomorrow morning at 3 o'clock, on nonstop run. He will hit the "back trail" immediate ly upon delivering the letter to the Monroe Rotary Club, which meets at noon tomorrow, and having the editor of the Monroe News-Star sign the log of the journey.
 Copies of tomorrow's issue of the Graphic will be delivered to Star City, Monticello, Hamburg, Bas- trop and Monroe. This will be the first time Monticello, and Hamburg and the Louisiana cities receive copies of an Arkansas morning paper in the forenoon, as train service is such as to preclude delivery of morn- ing papers until late in the after noon, and of evening papers until the day after publication.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
Legion RenOunces
 Action Taken On
 Socialist Members

Indianapolis, Jan. 2O-The suspen- sion of five socialist members of the New York state assembly was given consideration by the National Americanism commission of the American Legion, in session here yes terday, it was learned today and the action taken by the assembly was denounced in resolution. The reso- lution follows:
 Since the American Legion stands for the maintenance of American institution of government we look with disfavor on every effort to overthrow the right of representa- tion or deny to the properly elected representatives of the people the right to sit in the bodies to which they have been elected, except when they have been shown legally dis qualified"
 In a statement by Franklin D'Olier, national commander of the legion. it was declared that the fundamental principle of the American Legion s program of Americanism is flair play to all who play fair"
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Wilson PardOnss Youth Held Under
 White Slave Ac1

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 20.-Wil- liam A. Hamilton, who was convict ed in federal court here June IA, 1917, under the Mann act, has been released from the federal peniten- tiary at Leavenworth, Kan, where he has been serving a four-year sen- tence, it became known today. Ham, ilton had served nine months of his term when telegram was receiv- ed Saturday from the attorney gen. erals office at Washington directing that he be released at once. The telegram stated pardon had been granted Hamilton by President Will son.
 Hamilton was convicted under the Mann act for having brought Luzon koppenhaver, 17-year-old Mennon- ite girl, from Kansas City, Kan, to hotel in this city for immoral pur- poses.
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war record, Franklin D'Olier, na- tonal commander of the legion, to- day wrote MT. Kearns that it was not considered a function of the American Legion to pass on the ex- emption of men from military ser vice during the war.
 The letter follows:
 "The National Headquarters of the American Legion contemplates no action in reference to the subject matter of your letter of January IA. It is not function of the American Legion to review acts of the gov ernment during the war, in connec- tion with the classification of men subject to the selective service act or to review the claims of any in- dividual who finds it necessary to justify his exemption from military service"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21

Barnes, R. c. Mitchell and S. c. Dan- dridge. The first Tuesday in Feb ruary will be observed as past exalt- ed rulers night. Former exalted rul- CTS will fill all of the lodge posts as follows: Exalted ruler, E. T. Miller; esteemed leading knight, c. B. Mur- phy; esteemed local knight, c. H Murphy; esteemed featuring knight, Curran M. Nichol; esquire, Caesar Tomaszewski; secretary, Will Nich- ol; inner guard, Edgar Brewster; tiler H. E. Bluthenthal; organist, M D. McNeil; chaplain, N. J. Can't Fifteen will be initiated and Dutch lunch will be served. The enter- tainment committee announced yes terday that a dance will be given soon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
Sale of Former
 German Vessels
 is Decided Upon

Washington, Jan. 20.-Sale of six former German cargo vessels appro- ximating 50,000 dead weight tons at a price to be fixed by a committee of the shipping boardeofficials and independent shipping men was agreed on today by the board.
 The French-American line is tc take three of the vessels, Moor and Mccormick company two, and the Foreign Transport and Mercantile corporation one.
 Bids for the sale of the 30 ex- German passenger ships closed at midnight tonight. About dozen bids had been received.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
Convict TestifieS
 in DetZer'S Behalf


 New York, Jan. 20.-A convict from the military penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kap. testified for the defense today at the Governors Island court martial of Capt. Karl w. Detzer, for alleged brutality to army prisoners at Lemans, France.
 He was Private Clay R. Sawyer of Phoenix, Ari2., serving five years for larceny and attempted manslaughter He asserted that he saw Sgt. Frank Hoyt of Detzer's command give 500 francs to Private Clarence H. La- cey, who previously testified for the prosecution, to "keep his mouth shut" and "place the blame" of brutality accusations on Captain Detzer and Sgt. U. s. Madden" This was in the prisoners stockade at Brest, Sawyer said.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
CANCEL GRAIN EMBARGO.

Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2o.-The embar- go on the movement of grain to and thru all gulf ports, which has been in effect since last August, was can celled effective today, it was an nounced by the southern export com- mittee at regional railroad head quarters here. The shipment of grain thru gulf ports has decreased to such an extent, it was explained that the permit system is no longer necessary to prevent congestion at DortS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
New Teachers in
 Local Schools

New teachers who began duties for the new term Monday in the Pine Bluff schools are Miss Juanita Fink of Dexter, Mo-, who has three classes in civics, and other classes; Miss Pearl Gillock of Ottawa, Kan, teacher of Spanish and Latin; Miss Sara Agnew of Tellico Plains, Tenn teacher of mathematics and history; Miss Kathryn Sells of Chattanooga, Tenn, teacher of history; Miss Irene Robertson of North Little Rock, teacher of English and history; Miss Amelia Young of Ripley, Tenn, who is at the Pine Street school; Miss Corrie King of Pine Bluff, at the Riverside school; and Miss Mary Lee Spear of Pine Bluff, at the Lakeside school.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21

ferrng with county agents of Jeff ferson county.
 J. II. Wilson has resigned his po- sition as chief clerk in the division freight office of the Missouri Pa cific here, and has taken place with the Southern Grocery company. He is succeeded by D. l.. Carter, who has been chief clerk in the freight office of the St. Louis Southwestern.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
DELAY KENYON BILL.

Washington, Jan. 2O.-Consider- ation of the Kenyon Americanization bill continued in the senate today, but final action was deferred until an agreement could be reached on the appropriation, which the bill would carry.
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w. 0. w. NOTICE!

the world:
 You may obtain any information you desire in regard to the new spe- cial rates by calling upon o. E. Per ry, clerk, at Simpson and Webb Fur niture company, 212-214-216 West Second avenue Saturday evening from to o'clock. 1-1O-1mo
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-21
Scant Comfort
 for Dempsey at
 Hands of Legion

Indianapolis, Jan. 20.-Answering a letter from Jack Kearns. manager for Jack Dempsey, worlds heavy weight boxing champion requesting that the American Legion takes steps to prevent criticism of Dempsey's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
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Admission of Enemy
 Nations Into League

ORD ROBERT CECIL, delegate lL1 to the coming assembly ef the League of Nations, will find support in his suggestion that the former ene- mics of league members be admitted without delay. Italy, the Scandinavian countries and some of the Latin Amer icarl states agree with him.
 The principle is right. A league of nations is not league for peace if it perpetuates the enmities created by war. It was founded for the purpose of welding all nations into compact unit to prevent wars.
 If the league is to accomplish its mission, it must embrace all civilized nations and make them lay their cards on top of the table and keep them there. Delays in readjusting the af- fairs of countries already in the league is as much due to the status of the peoples outside as to their own. The fate of nations is mutual, not independent.
 The sooner the enemy nations can be admitted to the league, the bet ter for all of us. We depend on them quite as much as they depend on us. This is truism that should govern the oncoming assembly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
NEW LIFE OF BURROUGHS

tho struggling young student when ha read in the Atlantic Monthly. in the ea- tumn of 1860. an essay written by him. and the glory of hearing it attributed to no less a parsonage than Ralph Waida Emerson, then at the very zenith oe his fame as writer and philosopher. That, of course. was only the beginning of hia success as an author; hut what begin- hing!
 There is much in the biography about the friends John Burroughs has drawn. about him during his long Hfe--And men, and women who like himself arc lovers of nature and of books and of their fel- lows. It is a Eoodly company of people who have done things to make the world better in various ways-Walt Whitman, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford and others. Small wonder that men and women love John Burroughs, for he is the most lovable of men. Wise in all the lore of the woods and fields, g stu dent of books and the writer of many, he is the simplest of persons in his tastes and modest to the extreme Well, does he merit Walt whitman's tribute:
 He is a child of the woodrs fields, hills-native to them in rare sense- in sense almost of miracle"
 "Oona John." as President Roosevelt dubbed him, is now in his eighty-fourth year, but he is still young of heart and active of body, and as keen in his love of nature and all her works as when he was a youth. Can it be that among the hills he loves he has found spring whose qualities rival those Of Ponce de Ieon,e ohlad fountainp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

We have often wondered how the creator manages to run the universe without the assistance of the chair. man or the national campaign com mittee whose party happens to win.
 Billy goats and skye terriers were intended to wear those kinds of whis- pers. But it is different with men.
 Funny how a man never gets ex- cited over his own wifes ankles inc way he gets excited over some other woman's ankles.
 Daughter may not wear as much clothing as mother. But she wears just as much paint.
 Why doesn't some man invent chin rest to be attached to tables so that some men can eat their meals in com fort?
 If you have sense enough to sit around and keep your mouth shut and let other people do the talking. they'll all come to you for advice.
 Many an old suffragstte hen intended to vote for Cox until she got her ball. lot and saw that she was expected to vote for a rooster.
 Another reason why there are so many liars in this country is because man hates to spoil good story by sticking to facts.
 Once in while woman's sphere is as big around as family washtub.
 A man may be proud of his iron will. But if you'll ask his wife she'll inform you that he has, a pig iron will!
 Nobody likes q kicker. Yet if il wasn't for the kicker. service wouldn't be half as good as it is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13

The republicans ended their cam paign with deficit of s1,e0O.0oo. Gov ernor Cox's disclosures must have Frightened the "boys" who were get ting the money.
 Albania seeks loan in America. We favor granting the loan because AL banians wear such picturesque cos tunes. That New York man who says he would rather be in Sing Sing than pay his wife alinony of $1 a week must have encountered an exceptional case of incompatibility.
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 This is vexatious world The out put of home brew" has reduced the sales of brewers sternly forbidden to exceed one-half of one per cent alcohol.'
 < * # MT. Harding may have avoided the office-seekers temporarily, but one of the leading characteristics of an off, fice-seeker is patience.
 That 155-pound man who married woman weighing 725 pounds probably wants to know when she's around the house. The Prince of Wales was so fatigued by his travels he will rest all this winter. The British government will continue to function, however.
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 The Lady from Oklahoma" has never worn silk stockings. As she is now 60 years old, the chances are she never will.
 A fuel crisis this winter may lead to the destruction of thousands of ouija boards
 The baseball magnates are likeNa lot of other people. They have a healthy fear of lawyers. ,a
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 Some of the pompous persons who are now overawing the natives of Geneva are nothing more than secretaries.
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 Bulgaria wants t3 join the League of Nations. If Bulgaria will promise to behave, it may be arranged.
 x * * It begins to look as if Gen. Pete Wrangefs visit to America had been indefinitely postponed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
SAVING A DERELICT TOWN

From the New York World.
 Frank A. vanderlip sets an interest ing example to men of large means in buying tumbledown village adjoining the town where he lives with the ob- ject of rebuilding and reclaiming it, even to the point of improving the quality of it's residents. No doubt there are eyesore hamlets enough in the country to keep it's philanthropic mil- honaires busy for, a generation in sim liar reclamation work. Yet the fact that one has undertaken the mission is encouraging. Why should not other rich men assume similar personal mandatories over decayed and degener- ate villages? If it is a work of grace to save a sinner, how much greater the glory of the man who saves the soul of village ard makes spotless town bloom on the site of a slum?
 Sparta, whose redemption the Wall street banker has taken in hand, has had hundred years of existence Doubtless in its youth it was fair and sweet, but. like countless other Amer ican villages, 1t has grown unkempt and blousy with the years. It is fortunate now to have found a benefactor who in- tends to clean it up and restore 1t to responsibility.
 But who will do as much. for any one of the factory towns whose slum quar- ters are eyesores such as the congested life of the great cities does not pro- duce and which have the less excuse for existence in their rural situation? idealistic employers since A. T. Stew arts time have planned model villages.
 garden cities" and big business, from motives of self-inter ,st if not from benevolence. has of late years improved the living conditions of industrial em- ployes There are factory towns, in- deed. which have far outdone the Pull man precedent, but the exceptions only emphasize the contrast. Pe-.eps MT. vanderlip's experiment in town recla- nation will move others to emulate him on broader lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
noer His Part

"A suggestive incident took place at our office the other day." said Dr.
 George Eaves, "I was meeting with committee of the pastors union. ap- pointed to report upon our budget for 1921, pr. s. O. Coxe Of the Handley Memorial church, and pr. J. R. Hobbs of the First Baptist church. when a working man came in with voluntary, unsolicited gift of s20. his annual dona- ton. These happenings are still infre- auent enough to be impressive. so l presented the caller to my ministerial friends. Then we learned that his wife had visited the office twice already this year on similar errand.. Our caller was c. Buchanan of Ensley, who told us that he believed that if every one would help according to their ability. tuberculosis could be wiped out in ten years. It is a true doctrine. Why should not all go and practice it?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 NNNE of the most interesting of bi- N " ographies now current is that of John Burroughs. the well-loved
 naturalist It is written by Dr. Clara
 Barrus, the secretary of MT. Burroughs.
 but it largely in the nature of an auto
 biography, containing as it does many
 direct quotations from the subjects s
 writings and verbal utterances.
 The book is aptly entitled, John Bur roughs. Boy and Man" Doubleday, Page & Col, and it deals with both periods in the veteran naturalists long life.
 While it is probable that the boyhood of
 Burroughs differed in no essential par ticular from that of hundreds of other
 country lads nearly 30 years ago, the
 story of those years Is mighty interest ing, and the pictures drawn of the home life of that period and the impressions made upon the plastic mind of young Burroughs by his visits to some of the larger places around his home are graph ic and heart-stirring.
 Burroughs the boy was like Burroughs the man-the friend of all the lower anil n.als and keen student of nature. It is not to be wondered at that he has be- come a leader among those who Look through nature, up to natures God.''
 By no means the least interesting part of this story of the naturalist is that dealing with how he acquired an educa- ton. The money he needed was earned in many ways, some of them very la
 borious, but all lending themselves to the accomplishment of his aim. It was a hard struggle, but well worth the effort. Fancy the delight, the honest pride of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
THE LOST TEN TRIBES

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 6H HE secretary general of the Brit
 ish Irsael World Federation has
 S announced that proofs have been obtained which would show absolutely that the Saxon race is descended from the famous Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, and that these proofs will be published shortly.
 Just how valuable Is this sub-discov- cry? 1t already had been discovered that we are descended from primordial Celt, from protoplasmic something or other. from Adam, and from monkeys.
 Incidentally, it is alleged and proved beyond reasohabie doubt" that Noah s ark landed in the Mammoth cave of Kentucky. This is a contention which the descendants of one c. Columbus promptly should confute. if possible, for the credit and honor of tho family. Heretofore, no one but the angel Moroni and Jeff Erickson had dared to dispute the honor of the discovery of America with the bold namesake of the Ohio cap ital.
 However, thanks to the British secre- tary general. etc, it is pleasure 10 know that our Saxon sires were descend- ed through David and Bethsheba, which obviously proves that Uriah, the Hittite, did not die in vain. though he did die because he couldn't help himself, and through the lack of treacherey of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
GnAd Exhihita

"I think it well worth the while for the parents of Birmingham and Jeffer- son county to make 0 special effort to visit the Red Cross poster exhibition of the city and county school children at the Birmingham public library" said Commissioner John Hornsdy. T was surprised at the number entered in the competition and gratifieJ at the artis- tic ability shown in the exhibits. It Is really surprising the taste, ingenuity and originality of many of the posters. think it speaks well for the teachers who have had the children under their care. hope numbers will avail them selves of the chance to see the pictures and visit the library"