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The Pulaskian., 1921-09-15
SCHOOL SURVEY OF STATE.


 One of the definite projects under taken by the Forward Education Movement is a survey of the public school system of the state. At the request of the Forward Education Movement, Governor McRae has named an honorary Educational Commission for the purpose of mak- i ing this survey. W. B. Mann, a pub- lie spirited citizen of Marianna, has been named as the chairman and the other members are: W. V. Tompkins, Prescott; c. W. Donaghey, Little Rock; Stephen Brundidge, Searcy; W. P. Fletcher, Lonoke; Clay Sloan, , Black Rock; John D. Eldridge, Greg ory; Hamp Williams, Hot Springs; E. W. Gates, Crossett; Dr. J. R. Dale, Texarkana; J. R. Hamlen, Little Rock; Herbert Pryor, Rector; H. C.. Mckinney, Fl Dorado; John o. Wolf, Batesville; ". E. Green, Pine Bluff; John C. Rossman, Fort Smith; Mark Valentine, Scotts; Alfred Kahn, Little Rock; Ray McLester, Heber Springs; James J. Harrison, secre- tary, Little Rock; Mrs. Minnie U. Rutherford-Fuller, Magazine; Mrs. J. R. Wilson, Warren; Mrs. C. L. Moore Jr., Osceola; Mrs. Max Lane, Hell ena; Mrs. Frank Peel, Bentonville, and Mrs. ]. E. Williams, Little Rock.
 In announcing this Commission, Governor McRae gave the following statement of its purposes:
 .sThe said Commission is requested to investigate and study and cause to be made a complete survey of pri- mary, secondary, vocational and physical education, and of the four district agricultural schools and the State Normal School in this state, and report to me as soon as prac- ticable how the present organization, administration, supervision, equip ment and revenues can be improved and developed so as to meet the needs of the future.
 Tn making said study and survey the said Commission may and is ex- pected to ask the aid of any federal or state educational bureau, or of any educational association or so- ciety, or of any educator or educa- tors in or outside of the state.'
 This survey will probably occupy the greater part of next year as it is to be the most thorough and comphe- hensiye ever undertaken in Arkansas. While it was not ordered by the legis- lature, the results of its investigation will be available for the information of the next General Assembly. It will include an investigation of all public schools, beginning with the one-room rural school, through the city high schools and the Arkansas State Normal The Bureau of Edu- cation at Washington is expected to cooperate with the State Department of Education and disinterested ex- perts from other states will assist in making the survey. This is one of the most important pieces of work being promoted by the Forward Edu- cation Movement.
The Pulaskian., 1921-09-15

little daughter, Mary Alice, of Des Arc. were in Mabelvale Saturday.
 Everybody come to community singing at the community shed next Friday night.
The Pulaskian., 1921-09-15
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
FAYETTEVILLE

Located Tn the Ozark Mountains fifteen hundred feet aDove sea level Climate and healthfulness mexceed students from seventy counties in Arkansas and from meve other states lO99 enrolled in the regular session
 Offers standard four-year college courses in agri oul1ure' home economics, engineering, normal training and liberal arts and sciences. College of Liberal Arts in cudes pre-medieal training and courses in business finance, etc.
 Student activities including publications, debating athletics T. M and Y. W. c. A and others encouraged heglous and Christian influences of the University and the town are of the very best.
 Beneficiary appointments entline the student to free tuition can be secured from the county judge. The next session opens September 2 lo2l For caalogs bulletins and full information, write the Registrar.
The Pulaskian., 1921-09-15
From the Ends
 of the World

The next time you pick up the receiver of your tele phone place cal or to answer one give these facts thought:
 The rubber in the instrument came from Brazil The mines of Missouri yield their lead and those of Nevada their copper
 Shellac from the fig trees of India and anti mony from the Straits Settlements
 Pittsburgh gives steel. China and Japan send silk. The worlds forests contribute.
 Junk rope, which has served usefulness on vessels sailing the finds its last resting place in chnery that special quality of paper for ating the tiny copper wires in telephone cables. Even bees contribute their efforts toward universal service, for they furnish the wax which boiled to liquid and then applied the mnue-soldered connections in switchboard insulation and to keep out moisture Think of what gigantic system of world communica ton and activities that necessary keep constantly hum ming the wires and mechanism which brings the four boundaries of the United States to your door
 Southwestern Bell
 Telephone Go.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
EUROPEAN NEWS
. GIVES MARKET
BUOYANT TONE

New York, Dec. 10.-Stocks were
hesitant at the outset of today
brief trading, but soon strength
ened on a broadening demand for
coppers, equipments and oils.
Among the favorable factors of the
session was the buoyant tone of
foreign exchange; rejecting more
hopeful European conditions Gains
in leading shares were extended
from l to points. Motors, ship
pings and numerous unclassified
stocks as well as rubbers, tobac-
cos and food specialties rose 1 to
2 points. Rails were the only rep
resentative issues to lag, recording
only nominal changes. The clos
ing was strong. Sales approximate
ed 100000 share. Bonds were fair
" active but changes in leading is
sues were moderate.
The weekend session of the
stock market opened with mixed
grains and losses among leaders.
Chandler Motor rallied Ia points
from its recent depression, while
Corn Products, yesterdays strong
est feature, reacted one point. For
eign oils, notably General Asphalt
and Royal Dutch, were firm and
Pittsburgh Coal continued to
strengthen on further accumula-
ton St Paul preferred, Pere Mar
quette, Midvale Steel and Column
bia GraphophOnes preferred eased
moderately under pressure. For
eign exchange developed further
strength, the British rates mount
ing to highest quotations in the last
two years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
NOON LETTER

Chicago, Dec. 10.-On the battle
cry save the FARMS" the grains
are a dip purchase. Otherwise the
grain news has not changed in the
past week. Many people believe
that the present experiments nf
helping the corn belt will do little
beyond fair to good support. No
world export wheat scarcity of i'm
portance can be detected and the
Goodman guess of new 100000
900 winter chance looks way over
done. The wheat and corn visibles
should gain on Monday. U. S. buy
ers Of wheat, corn, flour, camel
goods, refuse to stock up. The
grain markets will evidently oper-
ate around current levels early
next week. Argentine crop news
good and her new wheat offerings
will be factor in late December.
E. W. WAGNER & co.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
EARLY SETBACK
IN JULY WHEAT
ON STOCK MART

Chicago, Dec 1o.-Wheat opened
&c lower to &c higher on the Chi
cagp board of trade today with an
saxy undertone. First prices were
f11H for December. 1.14%@1z for
NAY. and Los1a TO 1o3A for July.
me first half hour saw a setback OF
from &c 10 1c,- the larger decline
developing in July. Some buying
orders came out on this break and
at the end OF the hour there had
heen a substantial recovery.
Trade continued light through
Ont the session. Only one decided
uuturn was recorded and that fail
al 10 offset the generally lower av-
erage. The close was December
I104, May LAS 0L14h, and July
loz14 6L027s.
Improved cash demand helped
me corn pit after a heavy open
ing in which the prices were Ac
IN nc lower. First figures were,
SSc for December, 54Q54Ac for
May, and 551zc for July.
The close was fairly steady with
prices only slightly below yester-
DAYS close. December finished 4S
G4s1k, May So Q54, and July 55s
@55h.
Oats were dull and moved slug
sdshly in the wake of corn. De-
eember opened at 1925 and May at
ss%.
Provisions were unusually dull
and only a few transactions were
recorded early. May lard started
unchanged at s-25, then lost "a
points.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
USE WIRELESS
OUTFITS TO GET
CORRECT TIME

Paris.-Fffteen hundred small
wireless outfits have been installed
in Paris jewelry, watch and clock
stores to enable the jewellers to
catch the correct Greenwich merid-
ian time as it is sent daily at 10
O'Clock by the Eiffel tower For
merly the exact time had to be OBJ
tanned from the observatory by teIe-
phone.
The installation Is simplicity it
self. The outfit. about nine inches
in diameter is hung ON a nail in the
wall A copper wire run down to
the cellar or along a water or gas
pipe serves as a ground wire"
while the removal OF the bulb from
a nearby electric light and the IN
sertion of a contact plug take the
place Of antennaa 1t can be done
in five minutes
The outfit can be regulated to
hear everything that is sent out
from the Eiffel tower. The cor
respondent listened in when the
press matter was being sent out
one day and the signals were clear
and easily heard.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10

war, the very memory of which
makes US shudder. We all be-
lieve deep in our hearts that this
hideous destruction of life, this suf-
fering and ruin, which still beset
US. must not be permitted to come
again IL We can prevent it If the
nations of the earth are still in
the innermost recesses of their con-
seriousness planning or dreaming
of coming wars and longing for
conQuests, no treaties OF partition
and no alliances can stay them;
but IL. as / firmly hope, the world
has learned frightful lesson from
the awful experiences of the great
war OF 1914. then our surest ap-
peal in order to prevent wars in
the future must be to the hearts,
the sympathies, the reason and the
higher impulses of mankind.
World Spirit Changed.
Such an appeal we make today
by this agreement among four
great nations. We rely upon their
good faith to carry out the terms
of this instrument. knowing that
by so doing they will prevent war
should controversies ever arise
among them. II this spirit prevails
and rules we can have no better
support than the faith of nations.
For one / devoutIy believe the spir-
it of the world is such that We can
trust to the good faith and the high
purposes which the treaty have laid
before you embodies and enshrines.
Agreements of this kind I know
have often been made before, only
to fail But there has been a far
reaching change in the mental con-
ditfon of men and women every
where. That which really counts
is the intention of the nations who
make the agreement. In this hour
of trial and darkness which has
followed the war with Germany
the spirit OF the world Is no long
er the same. If we enter upon this
agreement, which rests only upon
the will and honor of those who
sign it, we at least make the great
experiment, and appeal to the men
and women of the nation to help US
sustain it in spirit and in truth. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
RESUME SHOW
OF SEED GRAIN
Annual Exhibition at State Univer.
sity, interrupted by World War,
Reepens In January.

Interrupted by the World war,
the annual Illinois seed grain show
will be resumed in January at the
University of Illinois.
The lapse of three years has
brought many changes in the opin-
ion of farmers and investigators as
to what constitutes good seed corn.
The utility score card Is to be
used as basis for judging accord
ing to the university's announce
ment. In addition to the physical
makeup of the ear, careful germi-
nation test will be run on every
ear of corn in the show.
Exhibitors will be able not only
to see their samples of corn, but
may compare it with that of other
exhibitors, and will also have the
opportunity of seeing how their
corn performed on the germinator.
lin addition to the corn show
which carries classes for northern,
central and southern Illinois, there
will be classes in the same divisions
of the state for early and late oats,
spring and hard winter wheat, and
in the southern division OF the
state, red winter wheat.
There will be a general class for
soy beans in each of the three sec
tions. Glasses for red and mann
moth alsike and sweet clover will
be provided, but each class will be
open to the entire state.
Prospective exhibitors interested
in securing the premium list, a
copy of the utility score card, or
other information should address
the division of farm crops extern
sion, University of Illinois, Urbana,
II.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
Kansas City livestock.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1o.-Cat-
tie receipts, LOO; for week: beef
steers, steady to Csc higher; top,
$50; native she-stock and bulls,
steady; vealers, 1.00@1.50 lower
other calves, lower; Gamers, soc
lower; stockers and feeders, strong
to Csc higher; fat calves and heif-
ers, mostly 25c lower; stock calves,
Csc to SOC lower.
: Hog receipts, 1000; fully 10c
higher; mostly to shippers and
yard traders; top, 700; lights and
handy butchers, 700; bulk, $500
700; pigs, 40.
Sheep receipts, 1000. For week:
sheep, steady; lambs, Csc to soc
higher; mostly, SOC higher; top
1925.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
cover the surface OF the patient
earth.
Refers to Stevenson.

earth.
Refers to Stevenson.
Upon these islands still shines
the drama of romance in the stories
of Melville and the writings of
Robert Louis Stevenson, to whom
the south seas gave both a grave
and monument as imperishable as
his own fame. But the Pacific is
lands are much more than this
They possess certain qualities 9TH
er than natural beauty and roman
tic charm, which to many minds
are more enticing.
1.-The larger ones are rich in
many ways, fertile in the gifts of
soil and climate, and in other forms
of riches desired by men, which is
extended from the untold mineral
resources Of Australia to the pearls
which are brought from the depths
of the ocean. There among them
all great areas of forest and OF
plain lit for the support and pros
perity of civilized man. In word,
they have very great material
valae, largely under-developed, and
where these conditions exist the
Q6S1reS Oh men Will SuttE anu SOh-
fiicting human desires have
throughout recorded history been
breeders of war. Thus far the
wastes of the Pacific ocean with all
the croWding island, except on the
edges of the continents, have not
been the scenes of the great wars,
and not many years have passed
since three great nations sent their
warships to Samoa because there
was a dispute in regard to those
distant islands Therefore, an
agreement among the nations con-
trolling these islands have a very
serious importance to the peace Of
the world.
Peace by Good Faith.
ave make the experiment here
in this conference of trying to as
sure peace in that immense region
by trusting the preservation OF its
tranquility to the good faith Of the
nations responsible for it The
world has just passed through a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10

tCon inued from First Page.)
satisfactorily settled by diplomacy
and is likely to affect the harmo-
NOUS accord now happily subsist-
ing between them, they shall invite
the high contracting parties to a
Joint conference to which the
whole subject will be referred for
consideration and adjustment.
Mutual Defense.
~tArticle two:
eff the said rights are threaten
ed by the aggressive action of any
other power, the high contracting
parties shall communicate with
one another fully and frankly in
order to arrive at an understand
ing as to the most efficient meas
ures to be taken, jointly and sepa-
rately, to meet the eXigencies of
the particular situation.
"'Article three:
This agreement shall remain
in force for 10 years from the time
it shall take effect and after the ex-
piration of said period it shall con-
tinue to be in force subject to the
right of the high contracting par
ties to terminate it upon II months
notice.
Kills AnglO-Jap Pact.
Article four:
This agreement shall be Tati-
fed as soon as possible in accord
ance with the constitutional meth
DDS of the high contracting parties
and shall take effect on the deposit
of Publications which shall take
place at Washington, and there
upon the agreement between Great
Britain and Japan, which was con-
cluded at London on July Is, 1911,
shall terminate
1.-The treaty has not been signed
formally but has been initiated by
Representatives of the four powers
as affirmed"
Settles zap Question
1.-THE signing of this treaty" said
Senator Lodge continuing, sis on
the part of the United States sub
ject to the making of a convention
with Japan concerning the status
of the island of zap and what are
termed the inundated islands in the
Pacific ocean, north of the equa-
tor, the negotiations in regard to
which are almost concluded, and
also to the reservations with re-
spect to what are termed the man
dated islands in the Pacific ocean,
south of the equator.
cit should also be observed that
the controversies to which the pro
posed treaty refers do not en-
brace questions which, according
to principles of international law
lie exclusively within the domestic
Jurisdiction of the respective pow
ers.
I Terms Are Simple.
-HThe conference will perceive
that I spoke correctly when l re-
ferred to the terms of the treaty as
simple To put it in few words,
the treaty provides that the Iour
high contracting powers will agree
as between themselves to respect
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
GROVE BREAKS
WITH THOMPSON
States Attorney of Chicago AIigns
Himself With Brundage; Fitz-
morris Cause of Row.

Chicago. Dec 10.-tBy United
Press upheavaI within
the ranks of Mayor William Hale
Thompson came today when Robert
Grove, states attorney, definitely
aligned himself with the enemy.
Grove, lifelong friend OF Thomp-
son, met with Edward Brundage,
attorney general, and other oppon-
ents of the mayor within the ranks
of the Republican party.
It was stated that the anti
Thompson faction would henceforh
be known as the Brundage-Crowe-
Deneen wing.
Grove broke with the mayor over
the administration of Police Chief
Fitzmorris, Thompson appointee.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10

Chicago Livestock.

Chicago. Dec 10.-Catle - Re
ceiptS $500; compared with week
ago: Market uneven; beef steers
steady to 25c higher; fat She
stock mostly steady; low grades,
weak: Gamers and cutters, Csc
lower; bulls, steady to lower; veal
calves about steady; stockers and
feeders, strong to 25c higher.
Hogs-Receipts 5000; mostly rs
cents higher than Fridays average;
light lights, up to 1915; bulk, 40
to 200 pound average, 715@735;
holdover, liberal; shippers took
about 5000; pigs Csc higher.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; receipts
today mostly packers direct Com
pared with a week ago: Fat lambs
around LOO higher; fat sheep and
yearIings, 60 to rs cents higher;
feeder lambs, 35c higher.
Prices for live stock IN Chicago yester>
day were:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
Weather Forecast

Illinois: Fair tonight and Sun
day; moderate temperature. -
Fair tonight and Sunday some
what warmer Sunday in west and
extreme north portions.
wisconsin: Fair tonight and
Sunday; slightly colder tonight in
northeast portion
Iowa: Fair tonight and probably
Sunday; slightly warmer Sunday.
Indiana: Fair tonight and Sun
day; little change intemperature.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
BULLET IN BACK
ENDS CAREER OF.
TOM SLAUGHTER

Continued from First Pagel
nearby and escaped. after attirint
themselves in civilian clothing. En-
route through Benton the convict
engaged in a gun fight with polics
and citizens in which one negI
was wounded.
Posses from Hot Springs Little
Rock, Benton and nearby town
took up the chase, finally forcing
the bandit and his party into tht0
woods of Saline county where
Slaughter was reported killed
A number OF prisoners. includ
ing six negroes who were septenc
ed in connection with the Elains
riots, refused TO accompany
Slaughter in his escape.
Killer Has Bad Record.
Howard, the man who slew0
Slaughter, is 20 years old. He was
received at the peniteniary las
March to serve three years TOD
forgery on a conviction in Garland
county circuit court Howard, it 81
said, scomes OF a we'll known FAM
lily. He was a railroad man in Hot
Springs and the charge on which
he was convicted, was that ot
fraudulently drawing travel pan
from the railroad by means Of
| forged passes
| Shortly after Howard vas rel
ceived at the prison he was made
a ''trusty" and assigned to the
! commissary. Some time later. howl
E Ig Fnl 4
commissary were believed to have
been stolen by him, his status as
-trusty" was revoked.
Prison authorities said that his
record was not a good one.
Like Jesse James DEATH
st. Joseph, No, Dec. 1O.-fBy the
Associated Press. THE shooting
Of the bandit Slaughter by Howard.
the man to whom Slaughter had
given a chance for liberty, paral5
lels somewhat the death Of jesse
James, the southwest's most fa1
nous outlaw. James, however, was
shot by a relative and old friend
while Howard, it is understood
was not a former associate OF
Slaughter.
With the gradual scattering Of
the James Boys band through rel
lentless activities of police and
state authorities, Jesse James rel
tired to his home at St, Joseph.
where for a time he remained uni
disturbed, his pursuers fearing ~
follow him there.
Killed By Bob Ford.
Bob Ford, cousin of Jesse and
one of the band mt st intimate with
the feared leader, was persuaded
by the authorities, it Is said, ID
| shoot down the noted bandit, for
the promise of immunity and the
large rewards offered.
While in apparently friendly con
versation with the outlaw leader
Ford shot Jesse in the back g thC
latter was standing on a chair Il
adjust a picture hanging on the
wall
Tried Escape Before.
Wichita, Kan, Dec 10.-The
death sentence imposed on Tum
Slaughter in Arkansas followed his
arrest in Kansas on Oct 20, 1920
on a charge of having robbed the
AIuwee State Bank
Kansas authorities gave him
over to Arkansas to answer charges
of murder. in connection with the
killing of Roy Brown, a deputy.
sheriff in Garland county. Arkan-.
sas.
Slaughter, when arrestd near
Sedan, Kan. meekly submitted, all
though when being led away he
jumped from his captors and start.
ed to draw a gun, but was dis-
armed before he could bring it into
play.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
Foreign Exchange.

New York, Dec. 10.-Foreign ex
change: strong.
Great Britain: demand Abs
cables 4.141s.
France: demand 7.S2.
Italy: demand 44315.
Belgium: demand 7.50.
Germany: demand "a.
Holland: demand 1886.
Norway: demand 1850.
Sweden: demand 1920.
Denmark: demand 1896.
Switzerland: demand 1888.
Spain: demand 14.38.
Greece: demand All.
Argentina: demand $500.
Brazil: demand 1887.
Montreal: 81 1916.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
PORT BYRON PHONE
RATE HEARING SET

Springfield, Ill, Dec. 10.-Peti-
ton of the Port Byron Telephone
company for authority to increase
it's rates will be heard Tuesday by
the Illinois commerce commission.
Commissioner Smith will preside at
the hearing.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
RANKS SHOW DECREASE.

New York, Dec 1O.-The actual
condition OF clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold SIC, 2SS, o10
reserve in excess OF legal require
ments. This is decrease of ST.
704,790 from Last week.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-10
Kansas CITY Cash Grain

wheat: No. 2 hard L06@114; No.
2 red 1.12@1.13.
Corn: No. 2 white AZ; No. 2 yell
low 4212 @43.
Oats: No. white "a; No. 2 mix
ed 32033,