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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
S350,OoO ADDITION
 TO POWER PLANT
 HERE IS C0MpLETE: [:
Connection With Little Rock is Made for First
 Time

Improvements costing $350,000, started last August at the Arkansas Light and Power company's power plant here, have just been completed. The plant will now be able to supply not only local power and water, but also power to a number of rice fields over the state, together with power to Little Rock and Picron.
 Much old equipment has been re placed with new machinery and the local plant has been thoroughly over hauled, and enlarged by about one third. Two new boilers of 1900 horse power have been installed and several of the furnaces have been elevated. All the steam piping has been rear ranged and new heaters have been put in. In addition to this, five new transformers have been purchased and installed, three of 1,00C k. W. with "step" of from 2,200 volts to 33,O0O and two of 400 k. W. with "step" of from 2,200 volts to 6,6OO
 kilowatt power of 125O is supplied now to the Lonoke and Stuttgart rice fields.
 1 Yesterday officials and engineers completed what is termed "phasinp in" for the first time, connecting with the Little Rock power house, so that during the rice season the local com pany can secure additional power from Little Rock for supplying the rice fields.
 Saturday or Sunday connection with f1cron will be completed, and power will be supplied to that place. | The new machinery and improve. ments were installed by Haley O'Neil. engineer representing the Ford. Ba. con and Davis company of New York city, who has spent nearly eipbt months here on the work. He left Sunday night for New York, and will soon proceed to Europe where he will nave charge of a big project for this firm.
 More than 200 stockholders of the Pine Bluff company have been invited to visit the plant Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and at 4:30 o'clock q pie ture of all the stockholders and the plant will be made.
 One of the interesting phases of the plant is the new laboratory just completed, which is in charge of R Plttman, chemist. Here tests of the water supplied to Pine Bluff are made each Tuesday, and the chemist makes It hls business to see that the city mas pure water supply.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
PLAN FOR MEXICAN
 POLICY WILL CAUSE WAR, SAYS G0MPERS
Labor Leader Says Fall Com mittee Report is Dan-
 gerOuS

Washington, June 3.-Samuel Com pers, president of the American Fed era tion of Labor declared in a formal statement today that the war between the United States and Mexico would result if the recommendation of the senate committee which investigated Mexican affairs were carried out
 "The report of the senate sub-com- mittee Investigating conditions in Mexico under the chairmanship of said, "amounts to a declaration that unless the government of Mexico re- writes it's constitution in accord with the idea of the American oil and min ing interests, the government of the United States will intervent in Mex ico.
 "The report of Senator Falls com mittee demands number of specified changes in the Mexican constitution. These changes would be the consum- nation of what has been long the hopes of the great oil and mining com. panies as we'll as the lanad and tim Der intet lats, which have fomented the bitterness between the people of the United States and Mexico.
 "In some minor particulars recom- mendations by Senator Falls com mittee may be acceptable but the heart of the report can only be de- scribed as vicious. The report de- mands that unless the Mexican con stitution is altered as recommended the government of the United States send a force, consisting of naval and military forces, into the republic of Mexico to open and maintain open every line of communication between the City of Mexico and every seaport and border port into Mexico.
 "Of course, this amounts to polio ing practically the whole of the coun- trv. Those who know Mexico and the Mexican people understand fully that such action would mean war between the two countries"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
Judge Haynie is
 Speaker at the
 wow. Meeting

Judge G. R. Haynie, candidate for governor, delivered the principal ad- dress at the w. o. W. entertainment given last night at the hall over the Orpheo theater. Judge Haynie is 2 former head consul of the Woodmen.
 Dr. w. R. Cunningham introduced the speakers. R. R. Moore, council commander, delivered the address of welcome. J. M. Simpson talked on fraternalism. Music was furnished by the W. 0. w. band. A piano solo was rendered by Miss Jessie Picker ing. c. F. Simons gave the presen- tation address. Little Miss Francis Carkuff was presented with . silver vanity case in appreciation of her ser vices at the w. o. w. unveiling. A solo was given by Oscar Lagle, the chorus being sung by quartette.
 Refreshments were served after the program, and the entertainment was concluded with dance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
BREATHW!T ELECTED
 PRESIDENT OF THE:
 CITY SCHOOL BOARD
Strange is Secretary; Dr. Jun
 jus Jordan is Reelected Superintendent
LIKELY AT
 SAM TAYLOR SCHOOL
Ii Change is Made There New School at Twenty-Third and Linden May Not Be Erected.
 Later

Dr. William Brea thwit was elected president of the city school board at reorganization meeting held yester- day evening. Hubert Strange was re elected secretary of the board, and Dr. Junius Jordan was again chosen as superintendent
 Dr. Breathwit succeeds E. A. Howell whose term expired last night. Mr. Howell and William Nichol also re- tired from the board last night. their places being taken by J. Harvey Means and Earl Phillips. The board as it stands at present is composed of Dr. William Breathwit, president; Hu- bert Strange, secretary; w. D. Jones, Leo M Andrews, J. Harvey Means and Earl Phillips.
 It was announced at last nights meeting that plans for housing the increased school population which is expected to be from 10 to 20 per cent have not been finally completed. The board is now consulting with an architect and will hear his report be- fore plans for new buildings and for additional portable buildings are if nally approved. It is possible, it was stated following the meeting, that the plans for new school building at Twenty-t third and Linden may be abandoned for the year, and that in- stead an addition to the Sam Taylor school which will make it two-storv building will be erected. The board owns the property at Twenty-third and Linden and will build there soon- CT or later, members said. High prices of building materials, however, make the erection of a new school building inadvisable at the present time Probably three or four porta- ble school rooms must be erected dur ing the summer to take care of the increase at various schools
 Board members emphasized the fact that building plans are tentative and that until the estimated increase in pupils and the architects report are made, plans for the Sam Taylor school for the new school and for the portable buildings will be in default. If the new school is built at once, it is probable there will be no changes at Sam Taylor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
Hitchcock Chief
 of Woods Force!

Chicago. June 3.-By common agreement among the Wood campaign forces, Frank H. Hitchcock is ex- pected to take command on the floor of the convention. No formal des- ignation of leader will likely be made as, it was said, there was no disposition among the managers to subordinate one to the other. In conferences today, it was said, the other leaders agreed to ask MT. Hitchcock to act as chief and it was understood, he had decided to accept
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
WILL.
 HAVE NO MORE RAGE
 CONTESTS IN SOUTH
Conventions Must be Held in 1921 When No Barrier
 Exists
WOOD WINS VICTORY
 IN THE FLORIDA CASE
General Now Leades Johnson With IF Delegates to Credit Against 1l2 for the Canifornia
 Senator

Chicago, June Besides settling the delegation contests from Florida by splitting the decision the rcpubli- can national committee today took what many members construed to be one of the most important actions of years respecting the party's vote in southern states.
 Aroused by the number of delegate contests in which evidence was brought that district conventions had been held in places where negroes were eX- cluded by custom of practice, the com mlttee by unanimous resolution gave notice that conventions for the se- lection of delegates in 1924 must be held in places where race was no bar rier to participation.
 A resolution to that effect, offered by Charles E. Warren, national com mitteeman from Michigan, aroused lively discussion and some hot retorts from the southern committee members because in. it's language it originally referred to the southern states spc- officially, when amended to refer to all states alike, however, it found no opposition and the southern commit teemen voted for it.
 1 The decision in the Florida case was Wood victory. in the sense that lit keeps six votes for the general on i the roll when his candidacy was threatened with the loss of all votes i from the state. Out of mesh of legal technicalities the committee same to the conclusion that in strict i legal sense neither the delegates at large of the so-called Gerow faction headed by National Committeeman Bean, which are counted in the Wooc column, nor the deelgates at large headed by H. l.. Anderson of Jackson. vile, which are counted fdr Senator Johnson, ought to be seated. It was confronted, however, with practically abolishing the republican party in Florida if it declined to seat some body.
 Whites VictOrs.
 The North Carolina contest, whicf was straight out and out black and white issue, resulted in the seating , of the white delegation led by John M Moorehead of Charlotte, N. C., na. tional committeeman. In the contest from the Sixth district of Tennessee one delegate counted in the Wood column was seated In the Second Oklahoma district involved the or ganization of national committeeman McGraw His delegates prevailed and four were seated with half vote each A similar contest from the Fourth Oklahoma district was referred to q sub committee.
 The days work disposed of 30 vot and still left 75 in contest. In all, G convention seats of 137 contested had been decided, but the remaining con tests promise to consume less time and may be finished by Saturday The Georgia case still was awaiting decision when the committee ad- journed until tomorrow.
 The lineup of delegates in the va. rious colmn at close of the day stood
 Wood. 117; Lowden, 66 Harding 39; Poindexter, IA; Johnson, 112; Sproul, 76; Sutherland. 16; Pritchard 22; remaining in contest, 75; unin- structed, 445-total 982.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
Want More COP.
 HOnOrs for Women

Chicago, June 3.--Plans for de- mand that the republican national committee be increased from forty eight to ninety-six members and that a woman vice-chairman be appointed, were announced today by Miss Mary Garrett Hay of New York, chairman of the women's national executive committee.
 Miss Hay discussed her plans with many women republicans, following the failure of the subcommittee of the national committee to reach any definite conclusions at it's meeting today to take up the question of wo- mems representations. Miss Hays plan will be presented before cau- GUS of the women Sunday and if ap- proved will be placed before the sub- committee Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
BISON WOMAN
 HELD THERE ON MURDER CHARGE:
Mrs. Florence RawlS Accused of Poisoning Her
 Husband
CHEMIST HERE WILL
 MAKE AN ANALYSIS
Body of Bud Rawls, Farmer, Who Died Suddenly on April 27, is ENhumcd After Boy Inter-
 views Prosecutor

Mrs Florence Rawls, 3S years old, widow of "Bud' Rawls, farmer, who died suddenly at their home near Rison April 27. was arrested yester- day at her residence on u charge of murder, Sheriff Smith of Cleveland county, sand yesterday.
 The body of Rawls has been ex- humcd on the request of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney J. s. Thomas of Cleveland county, and the brain and viscera were brought to Pine Bluff where a chemical analysis will be made to ascertain if Rawls was poisoned
 Mrs. Rawls was not in jail last night, according to long distance message from Sheriff Smith. but is being closely guarded at her home where she is ill.
 Prosecutor Preston could not be reached last night. Sheriff Smith, however, stated that Mrs. Rawls was arrested on information from the prosecutor based on charges made by Romy Slayton, IS years old, who was resident at the Rawls home at the time of Rawls' death.
 Slayton told the prosecutor, ac- cording to Sheriff Smith, that Mrs. Rawls had given Rawls some poison the evening before he died and had told him to take it out and bury it. Rawls is alleged to have done so and soon thereafter returned. Shortly afterward Mrs. Rawls is said to have prepared a dose of medicine for her husband and soon after taking 1t be became violently ill, dying within q short time. There was no suspicion at that time that Rawls died of any thing but natural causes. Slayton is | said to have seen Prosecutor Thomas only a short while ago.
 Rawls was n farmer and both he and Mrs. Rawls had lived near Rison for a great part of their lives. They were married first about 20 years ago. Later they were divorced and then se-ma cried. They have two growr children.
 Further action in the case, it was stated last night, will await the re- port Of the chemist here. Prosecutor Preston has not disclosed a possible motive for the alleged crime.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
SAY CIVIL SERVICE
 EMPL0 L0YE:S MUST BE
 GIVEN HIGHER PAY
Conditions in That Branch Are Declared to Be Very
 Chaotic

New York, June 3.-Payment of fair wages to employees in the fed eral civil service was recommended as a remedy for conditions in that service characterized as "chaotic' in a report made public today of a subcommittee on civil service and re- tirement of the republican commit tees advisory committee on policies and platform. The subcommittee which makes the report is headed by James R. Garfield of Ohio. The re- port has been adopted by the exec utive committee of the advisory com mittee and will be submitted to the platform committee of the republic an convention to be held in Chicago.
 The report stated that criticism of the federal civil service and demands for it's reforms "seem to be reach ing climax A common charge brought against the service is that it is inefficient and extravagantly ad- ministered, that many workers are unfit for their work and not few too old to render satisfactory ser vice."
 Employees were declared by the committee to have become so dis satisfied with the present salary and employment conditions that they are leaving the service in alarmingly large numbers. Signs of impaired ed and are considered "a reliable .,,J of 1,o1 istration." Service for the govern ment is declared to have fallen into disrepute.
 Causes cited for this condition are failure to check up the efficiency of employees and to dismiss the ineffi- cient ones, the fact that administra- tors have not sufficient freedom of action, fixing by congress of maxi mum salary limits on an inadequate scale and "no consistent policy as to increases in salary commensurate with the increasing cost of living and the advancing rates paid in outside employment" These "chaotic wage and employment conditions are suffi- cient cause for the spirit of unrest and dscontent that is rapidly coming to prevail among the rank and file of the federal employees" says the re- bort
 To remedy these the committee recommends that the government "adopt comprehensive employment and wage policy that would guaran- tee equal and just treatment to it's army of workers" and that "the gov ernment determine upon a fair wage and salary scale that will really be euuable."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
Cars and Labor
 Troubles Blamed
 for Coal Shortage

Birmingham, Ala, June 3.-Alabama coal operators in an official state ment on the causes of the commercial coal shortage, issued tonight, attrib- ute deficiency of 56,000 tons weekly to the car shortage, and l4,OOO tons weekly to labor troubles. They claim the car shortage is largely due to the interstate commerce commission s order to place only 50 per cent of car loading capacity at commercial mines and to assigning" cars pref erentially to railroad fuel producing mines, in violation, they say of the railroad transportation act which the operators declare specifically pro- hibits" discrimination in placing cars lat mines.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
Bradley County
 Has Population
 of 15,97O People

Washington, June 3.-Bradley county, Arkansas, has population of 15.97O ,an increase in 10 years of l. 452. the census bureau announced to- day. The increase is 10 per cent.
 The town of Warren. the county seat, has a population of 2,145. The town of Banks has 347 people and Hermitage 2s5, the census bureau an- nounced.
 Other census statistics announced today include:
 Cheboygan, Mich., 5,642; decrease of 1,216, or TIT per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
Sunday School
 Teams to Meet
 This Afternoon

Members of the Caleb class of the First Baptist Sunday school and Judge Sorrell's Bible class of Lakeside Methodist Sunday school will met in couple of ball games this afternoon at o'clock at the Athletic Field.< The first game begins at 3 o'clock and the second as soon thereafter as is possible under the rules of the game.
 Such dignitaries as R. Carna- han, Judge w. T. Woodbridge, Theodore Wollerman and Judge w. B. Sorrells will be active par ticipants. .,,
 Hooters for both teams will be out in force. Fathers and moth CTS will come and bring their families-and probably their sup pers if they expect to see it through A fish fry is to be one of the results.
 Admission will be 5 cents and a promise to attend Sunday school.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
Well, It Ought to Help Business
 to Some Extent

Chicago. June 3.-Benjamin Boris, official of glass company, was ar rested tonight after Fred Calvin had told police that Boris had hired him to break plate glass windows in down town stores in order to stimulate bus mess for the glass company.
 Calvin said he had broken over $5,- 900 worth of windows, on each of which he received a commission. He was given certain windows to break each day, he said, and in each case they were covered by insurance com panies doing business with the firm with which Boris is connected. Ac- cording to the police, Boris confess ed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
Louisiana Will
 be Open-Minded
 on Drink Question

Baton Rouge, La., June 3.-The Louisiana delegation to the demo- crataic national convention will go unlnstructetd as to modificati ton of the Volstead act to premit the sale of light wines and beers and on wo- man suffrage and will vote as the members desire for presidential nominee, it was decided today at a caucus held preliminary to the open ing of the state convention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
BURN POLICE BARRACKS.

Blarney, Ireland, June 3.--Thf pc lice barracks here was burned last night and the sessions courthouse adjoining wrecked, the official rec ords and law books being destroyed. Armed men attacked the barracks Tuesday, but were beaten off. The building, however. was so badly dam aged by the explosion that it was evacuated the defenders being trans ferred to other stations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
'Chicago's Mayor to Sue New York
 Tribune for Libel

New York, June 3.-Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago today fill ed summons here in the county clerks office preparatory to bringing suit against the New York Tribune incorporated, for libel. The suit is the result. of a recent Tribune edi- torial which the plaintiff asserts re- flected on his Americanism during the war.
 The amount of damages to be de manded was not stated by his attor- ney.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
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WOMAN IS NAMED
 AS ASSISTANT TO
 ATTY. GEN PALMER.

. Washington, June 3-The nom- ination of Mrs. Annette Abbott t Adams of San Francisco to be assistant attorney general, was t confirmed tonight by the senate and she will be the first woman to hold that office.
 s Mrs. Adams is United States
 Attorney for the northern Cali
 F fornia district as assistant at t torney general will have charge t of the enforcement of tax and
 t customs laws, the war risk, pure s food, quarantine and Adamson t acts, and will have supervisory control over federal prisons. k
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
NO VOTE ON WAGE BILL.

Washington, June 3.-Efforts of Senator Kenyon, republican, Iowa, to have date fixed for vote on the minimum wage bill for government employees failed tonight after two hour sof debate, which, the senator said, indicated a filibuster against the measure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
First Indian to Suicide Kills Self
 at the Age of 30

Muskogee, Okla June 3.-What In- dian agency officials here declare to be theVfirst Indian suicide of full blood Indian on record, took place at Oktaha, near here this afternoon when Jeff Oliver, 80 years old, ended his own life by hanging.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
ABSOLUTE WINS RACE.

Newport. R. I, June 3.-The Reso. lute defeated the Vanitie today in the first of the trial races to determine which yacht will defend the Ameri ca's cup against Sir Thomas, Lipton'i challenger, Shamrock W.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
POISON NEEDLE MYSTERY.

Budapest, June 3.-With 12 army officers in the hospital in conse- quence of having been pricked by poison needles, and number dead, it is believed that the bolshevik are at tempting to create new disorders during the period of uneasines at- tendant upon the signing of tho peace treaty.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
F + + + T. .s' 4 + f. T + + I. I.
SEN ATOR HOPE SMITH NNl ID REDUCE THE
 PRESIDENTS SALARY

+ Washington, June 3. \ bill + providing for reduction of the r. salary of the president of the
 + United States from &15.000 tu + S50,Oo0 q year Wal introduced + today by Senator Smith, dcmo- + crat of Georgia. Senator 1. Smith also introduced d rcsolu- + tion proposing an amendment to
 I. the constitution which would
 F limit the president to one term + of six years,
 l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
HARDING DELAYED.

Chicago, June 3.-Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, who was expect ed to arrive in Chicago tonight, tele- graphed his headquarters here that he was detained in Washington by ssenate business. He said he hoped to arrive Saturday or Sunday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
NASHVILLE sICNS HIJB.

Memphis, Tenn, June 8. 1Hub's Perdue, the oldest pitcher in point of service in the Southern assoeia- tion, has been released by New Or leans to Nashville according to ad- vices received here today. s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
LOCAL GAME OFF.

Owing to the indictment weather yesterday afternoon the scheduled game between the Clothiers and the team from Gould, Ark, was not play ed. The teams will play later.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-04
THE WEATHER.

Friday and Sat 1 u r day partly cloudy. I Now somebody bought to introduce D bill in congress to
 raise the presi- ldent's salary on account of the h. c. lof h.!
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-03
MORE TROOPS SENT TO STOP
 SHNN FE|NERS
(By United Pressl

London, June 3.-With Sim Fein outbreaks continuing in Ireland with unabated fury, movement of additional Britis htroops to the island appear ed imminent today. The battleships Valiant and Respite arrived today off Plymouth, where it is said 1,200 ma rines and complement or 1000 pick ed men from the Devonshire regiment are to embark Friday morning for Queenstown.
 British officials declared today there is no sign of abatement in the the Sim Fein outbreaks. Military barracks and government buildings have been subjected to numerous at tacks during the last 36 hours. At tacks in force were made on eight barracks, their defenders repelling the assaults.