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Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
SINGLE LOG A BRIDGE
Rocky Banks Caused Engineers tc
 Make Span of Tree.

A single log forms the motor car fork of the SnoGualmie river, q few miles west of the summit of the Cas- cade mountains.
 It consists of big fir tree 60 feet long and nine feet thick, upon which a deck 1 2 feet wide has been erected with sapling railings on both sides. Ii is said to be the only one of its kind and bridges a chasm over 100 feet Geop.
 The location in the rocky forma- tion made the creation of truss kind would not stand the pressure of either ice or high water at freshet time.
 The great difficulty of feeling a tree across a canyon is the likelihood of breaking the trunk in several places as il strikes the ground. Of ten huge logs break squarely off ill the center, more often they split in many places, running the timber.
 After much planning the engineers built on the opposite side q eordon of smaller logs, which would act as q cushion for the big tree to fall upon. The tree was sawed and fell exactly where it was wanted. Both ends were lacked up and founda- ton of concrete and rock laid to pre- vent deterioration and the deck oi planking made.
 In order to test the log, 20 horses each bearing a load of 200 pounds were allowed to stand in the middle for 10 minutes. Just off the main route of the Sunset highway on the Kachess trail this wonder bridge is destined to be a big attraction tC motorists this season. Mi Journal
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
RETURN OF WHIPPING POST, SEPARATION OF POLICE FROM
 POLITICS URGED BY CHIEF
St. Louis Criminal Expert Advises Abandoning Kid Glove Methods-Would Save Young People First-Imrnorality and Crime Work Together-Eliminate One and You're Rid of the Other.

the source of the crime the problem is solved. We are trying to make it so hot for everybody having any part in crime that there will be no ambition to engage in the busi- ness. When criminals see they are not going to get away with their nofarious work they'll quit.
 KID-GLOVE METHODS SCORED
 "I believe in discouraging younger criminals. Kid-glove methods won't do that. Some social uplift clubs have perverted idea about going easy, but the only way to reform a criminal is with 8 shotgun or public whipping post Criminals would have a horror of the whipping post and drastic as such punishment may seem, it would be less costly in the long run, all angles con sidered.
 Immortality and crime work to- gether. Eliminate the one and you're rid of other. People say it is inn pOSSlulc lU tldulCNtb certain wees that they are necessary. That is not true. The social evil can be elimnat- ed. If it cannot then civilization has been a failure. Statistics show that 65 per cent of the lunatics of the country ere so because of one great form of this evil. l shall al- ways protest against lt, regardless of the politicians who protect vice or crime. l am to be three and q half moro years in office and l shall keep up my work. There is nothing that can deter me. When l quit this thankless job I'd rather go back to my father and mother and say I'd saved one hundred boys and girls than that ] had made myself popular ny pleasing the petty politicians"
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08

yesterday morning, where they met a committee of the citizens of the stricken counties and proceeded Over- land to Heber Springs, in Cieburne county. From Iieber Springs the party were to go to Clinton, the county seat of Van Buren county and from Clinton to Batesville, i'll Independence county.
 This will connect the people of these counties with the branch line of the Missouri Pacific that runs through Batesville. But this line will still leave four counties in the state without transportation facili- ties, Stone, Newton, Searcy and Carroll counties. The bus company will also make an inspection of the four counties still unserved, said MT. Bingham.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08

served a certain form of nervous ness. '.On July II I dressed up as a tramp and went to Conway yards where Reno was employed as q brakeman" declared Finerty when he was put on the stand before Justice of the Peace Addison Court. ney, in West Bridgewater, at the preliminary hearing. T picked up an acquaintance with him, won his confidence, told Reno l had killed a nigger in West Virginia, that wanted to go West, and so forth
 It came out, according to the detective. that Reno was frightened
 Finerty said on the stand that Reno confessed to becoming angered when
 the boy was not at home, of catch
 ing him in the dusk of evening in
 the hallway of the Reno home and
 of choking him. Then, according
 to the detective, the body was thrust
 into the well, a stone covering being illISu up tudt- tHlS ulSHI bc dCcOill- plished.
 Reno was held by Justice Court ney to answer to the charge of murder. A habeas corpus petition was filed by Attorney Henry H Wilson, representing Reno, who con tended that the commonWealt had failed to show that the boy had been murdered. Assistant District Attorney Blaine McGom contendet that the testimony was of such ma ture as to demand that the case bt submitted to the Grand Jury. Damaging testimony was given by 1 Renos brother-in law, Harrison s l Wilson, Detective Finerty and Chic
 of Police, J J. Shepard of Roches ter.
 Finerty simply repeated the story l he had told when Reno was held by Justice Courtney. Wilson told 0
 the search for the missing lad H,
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
bIC SUM TAKEN
 BY ILL. BANDITS
 IS RECOVERED
$46, 900 Cash Seized Yester- day in Mail Raid is Found in Corn Field Near Peters, Illinois.

St. Louis, Mo-, Aug 5.--An un- opened mail pouch containing SAG 900 in currency, the money obtained by three bandits who early yester- day held up Tommy Feraldo, a post office messenger at Northwood River, H., was found late yesterday in cornfield near Peters, H., 10 miles from the scene of the robbery.
 The pouch containing the money was found by Chief of Police Clarke, of Granite City, H.. after he, with a posse had been searching the cornfield for trace of the bandits since noon. It was hidden under a mass of tangled vines at point within several hundred yards of where stolen automobile used by the robbers in escaping from North
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS TALK
 ON PELLACRA
Or. Garrison Is Member of Committee to Plan to Meet Situation-Organi- zation Is Lacking.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Following an all-day session, behind closed doors, of health commissioners from Southern states, called by the sur geon general of the Public Health Service to discuss the pellagra sit uation, a committee was appointed of which Dr. C. w. Garrison, health officer of Arkansas, is a member, to draw up a resolution embodying views of the committee as to the most practical way of meeting the situation.
 Of the 12 Southern states repre- sonted, five. including Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas and South Carolina, admitted increases in the number of pellagra cases, while the other seven declared that the cases had decreased from the number year ago
 The conference was confronted not only with an absence of authen- tic and accurate figures from the various states, but also tendency on the part of some of the repre- sentatives to minimize the situation because of the implication contained in the presidents statement of con nection with famine conditions.
 Garrison said the conference brought out the realization of a lack of organization, both govern mental and state, in handling epi- demic disease.
 There is no question:" he said, but what there is plenty of food in the South, although in some re- stricted areas there are many per sons who do not get proper diet"
 Among the steps which Dr. Car rison believes should be taken and which probably will grow out of the conference are: An educational campaign as to proper diet, and more efficient county organization and closer eo-ordination of the yari-
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08

said the well had been found board ed up when lie and Reno looheu. He walked away, but presently glanced back and saw Keno coming out of the courtyard m Wiiach 4tHe old cistern was located. lie sald Reno was pale, and when lie ap- preached, Reno said: My God, have found him." The stone cover ing had to be lifted, Wilson saia' before he could see the body i'll the water.
 Chief Shepard testified as to the exact size of the opening Ill ule cistern cover and of helping remove the body. His next statement proved startling. 1t was in effect that, With the exception Of q hole five meies lin diameter, the entire opening Ill the cistern cover was closed With heavy coating Of cobWebs and dust to the thickness of cheese-cloth. This evidence was sufficient to cause the remanding of Reno to the custody of Sheriff Charles R. An derson. but may be 6 point Tor argument when the trial comes.
 How long it takes a spider to per feet construction of web Of the size and texture Of that found may enter into the conclusions or the Court and Jury
 Reno maintains the. demeanor CT an innocent man Either he IS entirely innocent or he is the best, actor the jail authorities have na0s in the county jail for years, they say.
 Sentiment is divided. Some thor
 oughly believe the story of his al 1 legged confession to Detective ]. J..
 Fnerty and would convict him on the strength of that. others believe
 there is some mystery yet remain
 ing to be cleared that will absolye
 the man from a charge of extreme
 brutality and worse.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
SURGEONS AGAIN TRIUMPH
Luther Dionne Restored at Denver
 in Series of Operations.

Denver, Col.--Deaf, dumb, blind paralyzed in every limb, so helpless that it was necessary to feed him by means of tube through his nostrils, unable to feel, smell or even to think, to all intents and purposes unconscious, Luther Dionne was carried into the county hospital here nearly eight years ago. Today he can hear, see, smell, taste. feel and in limited fashion, he can talk His right side remains partially paralyzed
 Never was a man nearer to being dead, though alive, than Luther Dionne eight years ago, say the doctors at the hospital
 Dionne's brain was operated on Then, literally, he began to be born again. Slowly the powers of life were redeveloped. Came the day when he could move one finger then whole hand, and, after weeks he stirred his head upon it's pillow One day he spoke
 As yet Dionne's speech is confined to q whispered yes or mo" but he can make himself understood On map he can point out the town of his birth, and with a pen cil he can print, labroiously, the name of the village.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
MANS FATE
 DEPENDS ON
 SPIDERS WEB
Stepfather, Accused of Crime, Claims He Saw Body in We'll, Obscured by Spider Silk.
By FLOYD CHALFANT international News Servrce)

Beaver, Pa.---Did Fred l. Reno slay his five-year-old stepsOn, Law renee Kerr. and then hide his body in an old, abandoned cistern not far from his home in West Madison street, Rochester, Pa?
 This is question the Beaver county September Grand Jury will endeavor to solve. Solution of the mystery through the intricate pro cesses of an investigation that will even take into account the lasting qualities and transparency of q spiders web promises to develop sensational eases that Beaver county has had for years.
 Reno, now in jail and refused a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Frank F. Reader, declares he is mot guilty. His wife, the mother of the boy, believes him and declares for a fair and impartial trial
 Chubby faced Lawrence trotted away to the home of a neighbor, Mrs, Baird on the afternoon of June 23, this year, to do an errand for his mother. Mrs. Baird said he left her home. He failed to reach home, and search was started late in the afternoon.
 For days it was feared the lad 1N T. 1rt .l Ono ,tn. that gypsies going through the town the afternoon of the boys dsap- pearance had picked him up, Then on July ,, fifteen days after his disappearance, his body was found in an old, abandoned cistern at the rear of what is known as the Bald win property, in West Madison street. Reno, the step-father, made the gruesome discovery. With him and near at the time was his brother-invlaw, Harrison s. Wilson, of East Liverpool, Ohio.
 From the moment if appeared that the boy could not have fallen through the slight opening in the covering of the well murder was hinted. But police were at sea, never suspecting the stepfather. Cor oner J. M. Jackson investigated. At an inquest searching investiga- ton failed to disclose anything of consequence, and the verdict of the jury was merely accidental death"
 Friends of the little lad, among them Daniel Sweeney an East Liver pool newspaperman, were not sat isfied. Sweeney had called the boy his pal and had taken great fancy to him, so he aideV friends in se- curing the services of Detective I :. J. Finerty, of East Liverpool and Youngstown, to probe the mystery
 Detective Finerty came to Rocl- ester on July S and made observa- tions. Not until July 8 did he pick up the clue of the stepfather He ''sized-up' Reno for several days, according to his own story, and ob-
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
By KENT WATSON,

St. Louis, Aug 1.-The return of the public whipping post as a crime preventive is advocated by Victor J. Miller. president of the St. Louis Police Board
 Handling criminals with kid declares Miller in his contention for the bringing back of the drastic erstwhile punishment stile"
 We cannot accord criminals the same treatment as we would a gentleman" says Miller 'I know the whipping post is allegal, but it would be of great benefit in many instances if it could be used. Many criminals do not care particularly about jail or even prison terms, but if big policeman takes them into an alley and gives them a good beating it does much te keep them straight for q while.
 Our St. Louis holdover has the softiest blanks in the world and the IllAH " llO fsCtS III tltlll til w dy pay ' he was put there for doing noth- ing, not thinking that if he did do something he could keep out Criminals would rather loaf in jail than work, Miller asserts.
 Partisan politics works to the de triment of police departments in the larger cities of America, declares Mir Miller in sweeping denuncia- ton of partisianship.
 When voters back man., he said, "they should back him because he is capable of servinng efficiently not because he wears the label of a party. l am a Republican, but don't know why. But l forget party in doing my duty and there is no set of politicians telling us how to run our department
 POLITICS BARRED
 'St. Louis has the most efficient police department in America. It is for the reason that we don't have a gang of political pets serving on the force and giving protection to a bunch of lounge lizard law viola tors. We run the department as a business organization. Graft seldom slips in and when we find graft we immediately eliminate it. Soft drink bars are not selling booze here under police protection while politicians collect money from them."
 Reciting how crime has been re- duced ill St. Louis, Miller declared that booze will continue to be sold in soft drink bars without knowledge of the police. It would take 10000 policemen to enforce prohibition in this city alone, he said adding that he does not suppose prohibition will be effectually enforced until the taste or desire of liquor dies out"
 Right now" Miller stated, we are devoting our time to the stopping of crime. That is not going far enough, Thought should be given to ,rime prevention. When we get to
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
SILK BANNER TO BE GIVEN
 THE LEADER
American Legion to Con- duct State Convention September 22-23-Cam- paign. for Membership.

Little Rock, Aug. 5.--A silk Unit ed States and local post banner valued at $174 is to be awarded by the National Executive Committee oi the American Legion to the local post of the Arkansas Department having the largest percentage oi it's authorized number of delegates and alternates in proportion to its paid up membership. The State Convention is to be held at Pine Bluff, September 22-23. Local posts will not be considered in good stand ing unless they have at least Ia paid up members and will not be eligi- ble to send delegates to the State Convention unless they have al least that many members thirty days prior to the meeting. There are 149 local posts in the state the largest being Little Rock with an enrolment of 444 paid up mem bers. It is suggested by the State Headquarters that every local post put on spirited membership drive III conneetoin with the Every Mem ber-G Member campaign.
 "Buddies." says Leigh Kelley, De partment Commander, let's make Arkansas the strongest department of the American Legion in the South. We already lead many Southern states, why not the strongest. Let's have record breaking convention at Pine Bluff in 1921. Let every post be represented. Let's go"
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
Women Invade the Smokers.

'It's getting so there's nothing unusual about having women ride in he smoking ears, " said condue- tor on a New York Central train from Albany. ''Time was, not so very many years ago, that men as well as women would have been hor- rified to see . gentle feminine in a smoking compartment. But along with the vote woman is getting other qualities.
 Although a great many women ride in the smokers, it is seldom you see one smoking. l guess they haven't reached place where they. can do that With the gay uncon- ventionality that is necessary. ."-- New York Sun.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
NEW WILL OF CARUSO
 IS FOUND
Attorney For Executor of Late Singer Wires From Florence Another Docu- ment Was Written.
fEnited press Aasoelatlons1

Naplse Aug. D.. Another new Caruso will was revealed when the late singers lawyer at Florence wired the executor here that Ca russo drew his last will there ten days ago. Caruso instructed his lawyer not to reveal the will until three days after his death. The will previously accepted was drawn at Sorrentos. Another will is known to be in existence i'll New York.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
Judge Berry On Raisins

Columbus, Ohio.--A religious case here. Arraigned in municipal court, Ben Markeson declared that booze found in a raid on his house No. 667 Parsons avenue, was intend ed for religious purposes.
 Deciding that raisin whiskey, GUS tomarily, is not used for sacramental purposes, Jury Berry fined Marke- son S100 and costs.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
MOTOR SERVICE FOR
 STRANDED COUNTIES

Little Rock, Aug. 6.--Officials of the Fay Motor Bus Company of Arkansas have announced that it will serve the people of several of the counties which are left without railroad facilities since the Missouri X North Arkansas Railroad suspend ed operations last Sunday night.
 K D. Bingham, auditor of the bus company, and MT. Hoover, the To- cal manager, motored to Searcy
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
pARAcoULp soLIPHoNE, MONDAY, AUGUST. 8 ls21

wood River, was discovered. Search of the field is being continued in the hope that the three robbers still may be hiding in the vicinity.
 Reports shortly after the robbery, were that the total amount taken would reach $60,000. Advices from officials of the First State and Sav- ings bank and the First National bank at Northwood River, to which the money was being sent by the St. Louis Federal Reserve bank, however. were that $46 900 was the total amount of the consignments sent 10 them. The money was to have been used to Day employees oi the Standard Oil refinery at North wood River. Contents of two other rifled pouches found near the aban- doned automobile, were unknown.
 The robbery occurred shortly af- ter o'clock yesterday morning
 Feraldo had just taken several pouches of mail from Big Four train, arriving from St. Louis, load
 led them into push cart and with
 his 14-year-old son started to the
 postoffice, three blocks away. Three Imen jumped from an automobile q IShort distance from the station, and towering him with revolvers, selected three of the mail pouches and drove Iaway in the car Quickly organized
 posses searched the surrounding country, finding the abandoned auto mobile about noon, and the hidder lpouch shortly before 6 D. m.
 While The posse still was search ling the cornfield where the money was found, St. Louis police were on the lookout for men who early vest erday stole from a local garag, the automobile thought to hay' been used in the holdup.
 Jersey Bandits Make Big Haul. Hackensack N. J., Aug. 5--Si, bandits held up several guards an' !the paymaster of the Barrett Man lufacturing Company and escape' with sum of money estimate' between forty and fifty thousan, dollars
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
Seize Booze in Bank Vault.

Chicago Aug. 5.--Prohibition agents today raided the vaults of the Michigan Avenue Trust Com pany, said to have been the prop erty of Warren spurgin, fugitive bank president
Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
.S.PRISONERS
 HELD IN RUSSIA
 BEEN RELEASED
State Department Instructs Commissioner at Riga to Prepare for Receiving Americans.
ttyn,ted Press Associations)

Washington, Aug. 5.-Erhe state department has instructed the Am 'erican commissioner at Riga tc make preparations for receiving Americans who have been impris- oned in Soviet Russia and who are now reported released
The New York herald., 1921-01-06
THE PLATT IRON WORKS COMPANY

THE PLATT IRON WORKS COMPANY.
To the Holders of
First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Sinking
Fund Twenty-Year Gold Bonds issued
and outstanding under the Mortgage
of The PIatt Iron Works Company to
Central Trust Company OF New York
as Trustee, dated August 1, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that The Platt
Iron Works Company has called for re-
demption on February /, 1921. all of the
bonds issued and outstanding under the
above mortgage at 105 per centum of the
face amount of said bonds and accrued
ruary. 1921. there will become due and
payable upon each OF said bonds the
principal thereof with five per cent. pre-
MUM thereon, and that no further interest
will accrue be payable upon any Of
said bonds after said first day Of Feb
ruary, 1921.
Holders of said bonds are hereby re-
quired to present the same for redemp-
tion on said first day of February, 1921.
at the office of Central Union Trust Com
pany of New York. No. so Broadway. N.
Y. City.All bonds presented must be In
negotiable form accompanied by the coupon
due August 1. 1921. and all subsequent
coupons.
Holders Of said bonds may obtain pay
ment OF the same at any time prior to
said first day of February, 1921, at 105 per
centum OF the face amount thereof, to-
gether with the interest accrued thereon
to the time of such payment. upon the
presentation and surrender at said office
OF said Trust Company of the bonds held
by them respectively In negotiable form
accompanied by all unmatured coupons.
Dated, New York, December 2. 1920.
THE PtATT IRON WORKS COMPANY.
BY j. r HARTT1FB. Vice President.
The New York herald., 1921-01-06
DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST.


Savings Banks.
The New York herald., 1921-01-06
GRAIN.

CHICAGO. Jan. 5.-Assertions that Ar
gentina was offering wheat to Germany
at 15c. TO zoe. cheaper than United
States wheat could be obtained had to-
day a bearish influence on the local
wheat market. It's prices closed ner-
vously at 3lac. to 4Ac. net lower with
March SLIGO Il to S1.69%, and May $1.64
to S1.64N Corn lost a to Is, and oats
y a "a to q. In provisions the finish
was unchanged to sc. higher.
From the outset lack of export buying
gave an advantage TO bears In the wheat
market, and it was contended that for
eign' purchases on a large scale in this
country were about at an end. Accord
ing to some authorities there had been
a falling off In demand from domestic
millers, although that assertion was dis
puted in other quarters. Strength OF
sterling exchange failed to act as a
stimulus. as did gossip that majority
Of North Dakota farmers were holding
out for 50 a bushel. The days lowests
were reached after reports regarding
Argentine offers TO Germany became
current. Subsequent rallies displayed
but little force.
Provisions were governed by the vary
ing course Of the hog market