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Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
STRANCEST.. LITTLE NAVY
 IN WORLD
Latvia Decides It Needs Fleet to Protect Its Long Coastline Commissions Three Ships"
(By International News sorvice)

(By International News Sorvice)
 London, Nov. S.-What is prob ably the strangest navy in history has just sprung into being.
 The little Baltic state of Latvia recently decided that it must have some warships to protect it's long coastlins and prevent smuggling, and so it has now put :. into com mission battle fleet of three arm- ed tugboats
 Not content with this armada, Latvia has decided to have a flag ship for it, Her first "battleship, {" the Versaiti, will be launched this month, and it will be vessel of 525 tons, with speed of seventeen knots.
 The Versaiti has had an inter- esting if inglorious career already, for she is nothing less than the old German guardship EM-68, which was sunk in Latvian waters in 1917 and has now been raised and renovated.
 She is certainly the only guard ship that has risen from the depths of the sea to the dizzy heights of becoming the flagship of a battle fleet.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
ALEXANDER
 TAKES JUC0-
 SLAV THRONE
Young Monarch Assumes Office at Belgrade With
 out Incident - Goes to Parliament Bldg. in Car.

Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia, Nov. IT. King Alexander, who has just re- turned here from Paris, assumed the throne of Jugo-Slavia yesterday. He took the oath before Parliament.
 No untoward incident marked the ceremonies. Extraordinary precau- tions had been taken to guard the king; the streets to the parliament buildings were cleared of people, and no one was permitted to occupy balconies or roofs..
 Alexander rode to the parliament building in an open automobile, ac- companied by Premier Pachitch, and was cheered along the route. He had an affectionate reception at the hands of the deputies. The king, who was attired in a generals uni form, mounted the rostrum and de- clared in a firm voice:
 'I swear to maintain the national unity and independence of the state and the integrity of its territory, and govern according to the consti- tuition and laws. will always have before me and in all my as- pirations the good of my people"
 The chamber presented brilliant spectacle. All the members of the diplomatic corps, headed by H. Per cival Dodge, the American minister to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovens, were present, together with the deputies from all sections of the kingdom in the picturesque costumes of the country,
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
NEGRO IS
 SENTENCED TO DIE

Helena, Nov S.--John Henry F. c. Moody, manager of local dairy, on September 1, yesterday was found guilty of first degree murder by jury in Phillips cir cult court and his punishment was fixed at death by electrocution. Sem tence probably will be pronounced by Judge Jackson this week.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
(From Tuesdays Daily)

The tenseness of interest in the 'oil situation" of Harrisburg con- tinues unabated and all eyes are be- ing centered upon the capital city of Poinsett. county in anticipation of developments that will place that town in the headlines of feature news that will spread over the na- tion and encircle the globe. Maybe Harrisburg soon will be a second El Dorado, growing like mushroom into one of the states greatest metropolis, a financial center of vast magnitude, the home of gush- CTS that will spray super-gravity oil as high in the air as it was pictured in the alluring advertise ments that flooded the universe from the state of Texas. Rumors and reports emanating from the Poinsett seat of government are of the most enthusiastic sort and lease holders and land owners of that section are looking forward to great things to happen within the next few days or weeks.
 It is reported in the city today, and the report apparently is of an authentic nature, the directing head of the Scott Drilling Syndicate drilling five wells in Poinsett coun- ty and one in Craighead, last Sun day engaged the sheriff of Poinsett to establish shotgun guard at the No. 2 test, situated two miles north of Harrisburg. It is said that the chief officer of the county supplied four guards to conduct the vigil night and day and no one is allow ed to come near the 'fenced-in test. A guard is at all times sitting upon the platform of the derrick with an angry looking shotgun across hie, lap with look of "don't you dare" depicted upon his countenance. The guard, it is said. will be maintain ed every hour till the we'll is final ly brought in" Just when the fi- udi IcoI VIII Ue made IS not known It is announced that every precau- tion will be exercised to prevent the possibility of damaging the hole It is said that the task of com plsting the final test of a wild cat" we'll is very risky piece of work and many otherwise good pro- ducers have been ruined by careless handling. Mir. Scott, head of the syndicate, is determined to have the we'll completed in first-class fashion and will not busy himself in en- deavoring to. bring the test to a final completion in a hurry. but see to it that every precaution is observed even if it requires delay of weeks to accomplish the operation of that policy. He is personally performing drudgery work at the well. He knows the game, having been an employe on an oil field prior to amassing a fortune in the game, it is said.
 The. right-of-way for the pipeline to convey the oil from the we'll to the railway track has been complet-
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
SERVED YEAR IN PEN FOR BUDDY
 WHOSAVED HIM
Former Doughboy's Decep- tion Is Discovered, How ever, and He Is Released From Leavenworth.

Fort LeavenWorth, Kan, Nov. S. Fiction pales when compared to the real life story of Harry w. Haley, British war veteran, released from prison here yesterday. Haley, to pay debt of the battlefield, took the name and identity of the bud dy'' who saved him from death, but his sacrifice has been in vain. World war. Haley had buddy in the British army-Thomas G. Jones. They lived the life of the trench together, inseparable companions in the fight and out One day Haley fell, a German bullet through his leg. But Jones stuck and dragged his companion inch by inch as shell and shrapnel burst about them, from the dugout. There he stayed unt the fall of night. Then, as the battle still ragged, Jones carried Haley on his back to safety and medical care.
 Then America entered the war. Jenes, an American, transferred to Uncle Sans forces. The armistice was signed. Both Haley and Jones came home-Jones still in the ser vice, Haley civilian again. Haley went to Canada. Jones still had time to serve and was stationed at Fort Slocum, N Y. But his family needed his financial aid. Jones deserted and crossed the border into Canada.
 There he met his buddy of over seas-the man whose life he had saved and told him his story.
 Take my name and identity" Haley said. 'I am single and free. I'll go back to the States as Jones. If they get me. it's all right I'll be Jones'"
 Jones protested.
 Its the least I could do for the buddy who saved my life,' Haley said and, taking Jones' papers and assuming his name, came to the bor- der.
 I'm Tom Jones'" Haley told bor- der officials. "I'm a deserter from the army"
 They searched him and found pa- pers belonging to Jones. He was arrested, court-martialed at Fort Slocum and sentenced to Fort Leav- enworth.
 Haley never protested. Then on September 20, somebody discovered the deception. Haley was accused, but denied the charge.
 we have Jones' finger prints and are going to compare them with yours-you can't fool us longer" prison officials declared.
 And 50 after a year spent within the prison walls Haley told his true story.
 But the government has determin- ed to get Jones. Haley's sacrifice has been in vain, as the year he spent within the prison walls will not be counted on the sentence of Jones if the latter is arrested"
 ''I hope they never find him." Haley said. as he left the prison.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
HARRISBURG TEST OIL WELL CONTINUES TOOCCUPY CENTER
 OF ENTHUSIASTIC ATTENTION
Final Plans Said to Be Nearly Completed For Thorough Test of Project Inch Pipes Have Been Received For Pipe Line to Rail- way Track, Says Report Way Has Been Completed Has Been Choked- Sheriff of Poinsett Establishes Shot-Cun '. Guard

ed, according to latest information
 The right-of-way is fifteen feet
 in width and extends in a north westerly direction from the well to the railway line, distance of be- tween a quarter and half mile Four inch pipes have been purchased and are now on the ground, it is said It is also stated that rail way switch will be built at the terminal of the pipe line to con- meet up with loading rack that it is announced, will comprise a number of very large storage tanks. Orders for the tanks, so the report said, have been placed and soon the material will be received at the foca- tiOn.
 It is said no further work has been done at the well during the past two or three days, the operators waiting for the completion of details that would vitally concern the test in event it should come in big inch choke has been attached to the head of the casing and appli- ances installed for use in event the we'll should suddenly blow in." It is not believed, however, there is danger of sudden blowing in of the we'll, due to the fact that the hole is full of gumbo sfush. Late reports. from the test credit the operators with bailing out a con- siderable quantity of oil until they concluded it was dangerous to con- tinue with that process till all preparations were completed, It is said it will require several days to bail out the slush and, perhaps, several more days may be required to drill through the plug and con- crete formation at the base of the hole.
 Just how significant the recent reports and rumors afloat may be, in connection with the excitement that has Harrisburg in it's grip, no one seems capable of determining Those who claim to have been watching developments at the test appear confident the Scott company is going to get a good producer Some seem to be certain of it but the long list of bitter disappointments in connection with the oil game should be sufficient to warn all against undue haste in making in vestments. Unfortunately for the industry, the oil game has been one of the worst abused institutions in the commercial life of the nation The game affords the@ constitutional crook and "brazen ducks" an ideal field for plying unfair tactics, talk ing advantage of those \who stam- pede themselves into impulsive trans actions due to excitement only to find themselves betrayed and liter ally skinned alive"
 But the Harrisburg prospect at present looks encouraging and the developments there will be watched with interest during the next few days or weeks.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
TRAIN. CREW BATTLES
 H0LD-UP MEN
Robbers Make Big Haul Near Paxton, lll.-Dyna- mite, Odor Bombs, Saw ed-Off Shotguns Used.
(By The United Press)

Pax, H., Nov. S.-Six train rob- bers, equipped with all the modern methods of warfare, apparently made good their escape with. many thou sands of dollars worth of registered mail taken from the Chicago New Orleans train on the Illinois Gen. tral latt night. The robbers used dynamite, odor bombs, sawed-off shotguns, fuses and searchlights in a thrilling forty-five-minute gun battle with members of the crew and passengers, after the train was
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
SHIP. BEARING
 UNKNOWN HERO
 ARRIVES IN U. $
The Proud Olympia, Ad- miral Dewey's Flagship, Reaches the Virginia Capes.

Washington. Nov. S.-The proud Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flagship, bearing the body of America's un- known soldier which on Armistice Day will be accorded the highest honors a grateful nation and world can give, steamed into the Virginia Capes at 10 o'clock this morning, according to a wireless dispatch to the Navy Department.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
Climax in Irish
 Situation Thursday

London. Nov. S.-The climax to the Irish situation will be reached Thursday. On that day the Ulster cabinet will confer with Lloyd George on the proposed settlement requiring certain concessions for that district. Should the Ulsters ties refuse to consider compromiss proposition. it is believed certain that Lloyd George will carry out his threat to resign.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09

stopped at a trestle near here last night. The robbers escaped with from two to four sacks of register ed mail, leaving six people injured one of them a passenger.
 After securing the loot, the yeggs fired the mail car, using pouches oi second class matter as torches.
 Estimates of the value of the loot vary. Adolph Germer, postal in |spector. said it would amount to sev- eral thousand dollars, while esti. mates from other sources placed il as high as a million dollars.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
Better Speech Week.

Little Rock, Nov. S.--Goy. McRae has endorsed the Better speech week." which is national move ment for the improvement of Eng fish in its practical. usage. The matter was brought to his atten- tion by Miss Eliza Hoskins, a teach CT of the West Side Junior High school, Little Rock, to whom the governor wrote as follows:
 'I am glad to say that I approve very heartily the campaign for bet ter speech. We, the people of the south, need to agitate this question. Our English is certainly not the best. did not know of such a movement as you describe and am interested. I will be glad to give a statement to the press, calling attention to your proposed Better Speech Week" which I note is the present week."
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
School Survey Starts.

Little Rock, Nov. S.-Dr. w. T, Bawden of the United States Com missioner of Education. staff has called meeting of those who are to take part in the school survey of Arkansas for Monday, Nov. IA, in the Department of Education. The program for the survey will be outlined and the actual work will start Tuesday, November IS. The personnel of the staff contains some of the most prominent educators of the country.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09

The word father" appears in the Bible nearly five times as often as mother
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09
NEWS BRIEFS
 OF INTEREST
 IN ARKANSAS
Governor Endorses Better Speech Week" Other News Items of Interest From Over Arkansas.

Special Correspondence of The Daily
 Press and Tri-Weel<ly SOliphOne)
 Little Rock, Nov. S.--James R. Turner, the veteran editor of the Helena Shield, has sent to the Old State House an interesting relic of great historic value. It is a ballot box used in Phillips county in 1860, filled with relics.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-11-09

FnK DOH WetV1I C0mlng. Little Rock, Nov. S.-For the first
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-10
HOME RULE FOR DOGS is DEFENDED
PROPOSED LAW WORRIES CITY DADS
o. % % % % % % % 90
CANINE JURISDICTION is ARGUED

Home rule on dog licenses was
discussed with earnestness and at
considerable length by members of
the city commission last night
when City Manager James N. Glad
ding informed the body that law
had been proposed in the legisla-
ture to make the county clerk the
person to issue dog licenses.
1t was feared that this law would
deprive the city of the authority to
issue licenses and would create an
embarrassing condition in case a
canine visitor came in from Ba-
relas or Old Town or some other
outlying precinct and conducted
himself in an unbecoming manner.
In such a hypothetical case, i,
was argued gravely. would the mu-
nicipal dog catcher, George Wash
ington Ward. have the authority to
take up the offending animal 2
Would not such an action inter-
fere with the county rights Il the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-10

dog wore county : license and
would not a county license give
dogs from Martineztown and Los
Griegos the freedom of the city?
1t was quite problem and City
Attorney w. A. Keleher was asked
for an opinion. He believed that
under the police powers. regardless
of the county license. dogs disturb
ing the peace and dignity of the
city of Albuquerque could be legally
impounded.
The matter was finally disposed
of with some misgivings and the
suggestion that section be added
to the bill to read: provided. how
ever, that this law shall not inter-
fere with the rights of cities to i'm
pose a tax on dogs as heretofore
This. it was believed, would give
the city full control of its own
dogs, and provide revenue for the
maintenance of the city pound and
dog catcher.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-10
EXISTING PRICES AND SCALE OF
WAGES Are TO CONTINUE IN The
STEEL INDUSTRY, GARY STATES
Corporation of Which He Is the Head Has No
Intention of Changing It's Selling Price Now,
While the Subject of Cutting Pay Has Not
Even Been Considered, He Claims.
tBv THE ASSOCIATED PREss.)

that any manufacturer of steel
who contemplates reducing selling
prices below the basis fixed by the
Industrial board in March, 1919,
must have in mind the intention of
reducing wage rates accordingly,
thereby charging the difference to
the working people. If so, the
manufacturer is wrong and unfair,
unless of course, the present SELL
ing prices are higher than they
ought to be, which would be un-
fair to the econSumers, or wage
rates are higher than they should
be-" 90.
In answer to charges by Comp
troller williams that steel prices
are too high, Judge Gary pointed
out that these products had twice
been reduced since the armistice
and that his corporation continued
to maintain it's quotations of
March, 1918, although both wages
and freight rates have climbed up
ward.
He was optimistic regarding the
general outlook for business, but
asserted that governmental taxes
and the failure of the government
to pay what it owes the railroads
are the principal features retard-
ing the return to more satisfactory
conditions.
The present taxes are too big, "
he said. '.They absorb too large a
part of incomes, materially inter
fere with the desired extension and
improvements and hamper busi-
ness.
Millions upon millions of dol
lars are due the railroads and
their failure to receive the money
delays purchases, and even pre-
vents them making payments on
contracts, which. in turn, embar-
rasses others and prevents return
to expected better conditions"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-10

the principal elements of cost here
being labor and freight rates,
which are not expected to fall in
the Immediate future.
The paving will not be arbitrar-
lily ordered in but SPECIAL hearing
will be called for each street when
the property owners may appear
before the commissioners and state
their views as to the wisdom of
paving and their ability to pay for
the work. The commissioners will
be guided by the results of these
hearings and if it is apparent to
them that the property owners do
not want paving they will not order
it in.
The present program is not all
the paving work contemplated in
the city this year, but it was agreed
that the better course would be to
take small sections rather than 70
attempt a comprehensive program
as was planned last year when ap-
proXimately 80 blocks were includ-
ed in one provisional order.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-10

uatlon leading to the conclusion
that the capital ship remains the
strongest unit. 1t recommended,
however, scientific study and de-
velopment of the submarine, air
craft and high explosives.
A naval power armed with these
devices but lacking in battleships
and battle cruisers, opposed to a
rival power with all auxiliaries and
also heavy ships, would be at the
mercy of the enemy, the report
stated.
THE rival forces of light craft,
it said, whether on or below the
surface, or in the air, would neu-
tralize each other, leaving the
power which possessed heavy
ships, armed with great guns, in
undisputed control of the sea.
"Other powers have not aban-
suvn The major ship id he
.f9p0at, Snd af5s 9fooeGudig ~fgIt
extended programs of battleship
construction"
Members of the committee, "
the report concluded, "are as anX-
ious to bring about reduction of
dlIIldItltIllS do any Uilt Adll DCI but
no disarmament would be of any
value unless it was general and in
the case of the great maritime
powers, universal, Unhappily, this
is not the case at present and we
must deal with conditions as they
are. For one nation to leave itself
exposed to attack while another is
preparing all the engines of war,
would be not only folly, but the
greatest danger to the peace of the
world that could be imagined.
1--WE earnestly hope that an
agreement may be reached among
the nations of the world for a gen.
eral reduction of armaments, but
at the present universal disarma-
ment has not been established and
the United States cannot leave it
self undefended if it is threatened
from any quarter. To do so would
be wrong to the American people
and of no service to the cause of
peace"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-10

Albuquerque may be completed be-
fore the act takes effect.
The committee on constitutional
amendments recommended the
passage of senate joint resolutions
three, reducing the membership of
the corporation commission, and
eleven, providing commission for
the control of the state lands The
reports were adopted and the reso-
lutions will be upon the calendar
tomorrow.
The judiciary committee an
nounced that ii would hold meet
ing on Thursday afternoon after
adjournment for the purpose OF
considering the game protective
bill. The sportsmen of the state
will probably be represented at the
hearing and present their views on
the pending bill.
Taxation of State Lands.
When house bill 40, relative to
the taxation of state lands bought
under contract was under discus
sion, Senator Lea asked that 1t be
defeated. He declared that four
years ago the five per cent pur-
chase payment law was passed with
the express understanding that the
lands bought under its provisions
would be placed on the tax rolls ut
full, value.
Two years ago this was cut to
forty per cent and he now opposed
the effort to reduce 1t still further
to five per cent. Brickley, also a
democrat, took issue with him and
declared that these state lands were
white elephant to the stockmen
and that land purchase contracts
were a hold up, forced from the
cowmen before leases were given.
Zinn also defended the bill, as did
Hedscock and Phillips,
The committee on public affairs
of the senate introduced a bill for
the compulsory treatment of Ne-
nereai diseases of inmates at the
s.ate penitentiary and the state re
form school.
State Owned Cement Plant.
BY the terms of a resolution by
r. l.. Baca of Santa Fe. and Lutz
of Lincoln, the house of represen-
tatives went on record as favoring
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