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The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03

Glenn w. Donnell of the Greeson drug store is in Little Rock today to witness the sporting events.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03
STORIES OF GREAT INDIANS By Elmo Scoit Doison
CANONCHET, THE SACHEM OF
 THE NARRAGANSETTS
3y Elmo Scott Doison

THEY had told Canonchet that he A must die.
 T like it we'll" replied the old sachem of the Narragansetts. T shall die before my heart is soft or I have said anything unworthy of myself
 Canonchet had good reason to hate the English. They had taken his fa- ther prisoner and turned him over to his enemies the Mohegans, who had tortured Miantonomo to death. When King Philip formed his confederation of New England tribes against the whites, Canonchet was sympathetic to the WampanoagS $ cause, but he did not take the field immediately. The colonists suspected him, however, and demanded that he sign treaty agree ing to give up to them any of King Philips people who fled to him.
 Deliver the Indians of Philip? Never." was the chiefs indignant re- ply. Not a Wampanoag will I ever give up-no, not the pairing of Wam- panoag's nail !"
 So the colonists sent an army against Canonchet. and on December 19, 1875, it struck the Narragansetts In their fortified town of Sunke- SQuaw, k. I. There Canonchet lost a third of his nation. but with the re- mainder, he carried the war to the colonists with such fury that his name was second only to that of King Philip as word of terror In New England.
 Finally Iii April 1876, he was cap- tured. The English offered him his life if he would help them against the hostile Indians, proposal which was met with naughty silence and an in- dignant flash in his eyes. Next they offered to spare him if he would send orders To his people to make peace.
 Il am a sachem." declared Canon chet proudly. You have no one here of equal rank, so 1 will not talk of peace"
 If you do not accept the terms of fered you will be put to death," he was told. "I would rather die than remain q prisoner" replied Canonchet "Oneka, son of Uncas, is here. His father killed my father. Let him kill me"
 His request was denied, They took him in triumph to Stonington. Conn As reward to the friendly Indians the PeQuots were allowed to shoot him; the MoheganS to behead him and the Niantics to burn him. As a return favor, the Mohegans presented his head to the English council at Hartford.
 So Canonchet of the Great Heart came to the end of the trail
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03

For Rent-One large front bed room for rent. Meals close. Apply BIS College avenue.=4-3d6t
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03
NORMAL BEARS PLAY
 PORKERS TWO GAMES

The University of Arkansas Pork CTS are next on the State Normal schedule. Coach Dan Eestes and his Bears will entrain tonight on the Rainbow for the varsity town and will do their worst tomorrow and Wednesday to convince McLaren's crew that baseball has been developed to some extent at Conway. The Rus sellville Aggies were "easy meet for the Bears in the opening games Fri day and Saturday at Russellville.
 Returning from Fayetteville, the Bears will take a crack at the College of the Ozarks at Clarksville, staying over at the Johnson county metropo lis Thursday and Friday. Looking forward to the four games as hol- iday jaunt, the Bears are concerned only about the size of the scores.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03
SCHOOL RALLY IS
 LARGELY ATTENDED

A crowd of several hundred attend ed the school rally at Shady Grove, north Of Wooster, Saturday night, when the proposition of consolidating three rural districts was discussed. A large majority is said to favor the consolidation, but Supt. A. A. Par sons explained the action could be taken only by legal process and with the assent of a majority of the pa- irons. Pres. B. W. Torreyson and Professors c. c. Denny and F. H. liar rin of the State Normal School also addressed the meeting.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03

Washington, April 3,-Information on the kinds of road constructed. cost of various types of roadways, and other items incident to the develop meHts in road construction during re- cent years are given by the bureau of public roads, United States depart ment of agriculture, for the group of states including Oklahoma, Texas, Ar kansas and Louisiana, and compared with similar figures for the whole country. The figures are based on completed federal-aid roads during the period 1916-21.
 In this group of states, li2 projects have been completed, totaling ,230 miles at cost of SIP, ,S51 0S9 of which nearly half was federal aid. Of the total cost, II per cent was paid for grading, 66 per cent for surfacing, one per cent for shoulders, IT per cent for structures, ard three per cent for engineering, as compared to an average for the whole United States based on 7,4S0 miles at total cost of $112,325,302 of Fl per cent for grading, 61 per cent for surfacing, one per cent for shoulders, Ii per cent for structures, and three per cent for engineering.
 This group of states spent 12.8 per cent of the total amount expended in the United States for surfacing fed eral-aid roads and the area surfaced amounted to 15.3 per cent of the total.
 The proportions of the total area surfaced with different types of ma terial were as follows: Sand-clay 1.0 1 per cent, gravel 74.3 per cent, plain and surface treated mGcadam S.2 per cent, bituminous macadam 0.7 per cent, bituminous concrete 12.S per cent, cement concrete two per cent, reinforced concrete 0.9 per cent and brick 0.1 per cent. The cost of these pavements per square yard was for sand-clay IS cents, gravel 55 cents, plain and surface treated macadam 79 cents, bitumnous macadam $2.36, bituminous concrete $2.56, cement con- crete S276, reinforced concrete $2.60, and brick $40, as compared with an follows: Sand-clay 18 cents, gravel average cost for the whole country as 46 cents, plain and surface treated macadam 95 cents, btuminous maca dam $2.10, bituminous concrete $2.50, cement concrete $2.57, reinforced con crete S2.74, and brick $4.10.
 The average cost of grading during the period was 35 cents per cubic yard in this group of states, compared with 55 cents for the whole country.
 In interpreting these figures and in comparing those for the group with the whole United States, officials of the bureau say, it should be under stood that there was considerable variation in the conditions under which the roads were constructed, such as thickness of pavement, ac- feasibility of materials, specifications and labor costs.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03

John E. Lyon of the Farmers State Bank is in Little Rock today to witness the big sporting events.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03
Pc1 If in WritIno

Agreements made by word of mouth are like leaves of the forest They fade out, drop of and blow away. Make couple of copies of any con- tract you enter into. Keep one your self and give the party of the second part another and lay the third away in your safe, with your mos valuable papers.-Farm Life.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03
TEACHERS CLUB.

The weekly meeting of the Teach CTS Club will be held at 3:30 tomor- row afternoon at the home of Mrs, Dean D. McBrien. Program for the meeting is in charge of Miss Ger trude Stewart, Mrs. Mutt, Miss Ada Jane Harvey and Mrs. McBrien.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03
UNION PLAYS TWO FEDERAL AID ROADS
 CAME SERIES HERE IN SOUTHERN STATES

Union University of Jackson, Tenn and Hendrix opened a two-game ser les this afternoon on Russell field the clashes to open the season for the local ball tossers. Union is touted as a fairly strong aggregation and may push the Bulldogs to a finish fight
 Ouachita is next on Hendrix book ings, the Tigers showing here Thurs day and Friday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-04-03

The best 3Ox3O 1-2 casing in the whole world at $1165. Bolls Bros. phone 66.-4-3d2t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
ADM|N|STRA I IONS BONUS STAND MAY BE REVEALED TODAY
Question Discussed by Hard ing and Mellon and Early Announcement of Posi-
 ton Is Expected
By Associated Press

Washington, February 1S.-The position of the administration as to how the funds for the soldiers bonus should be raised may be made known to Congress tomorrow President Harding and Secretary Mellon had conference today and were understood to have discussed the question.
 Two plans have been suggested by members of Congress charged with the reporting of bonus legislation. One by Republican members of the House ways and means committee contemplates support taxes while un- der the other, put forward by Chair man McCumber and Senator Shoot of Utah, ranking republican on the finance committee. short time treas ury notes or bonds would be issued The time that the cash payments were made to the former service men.
 After the White House conference today it was indicated in some admin istration quarters that the treasury secretary held the same views with regard to Issues of notes or bonds that he expressed In his recent let ter to Chairman Fordney, of the ways and means committee On the other hand, Congressional leaders said op- position to the levyipg of additional taxes at this time was increasing.
 It was understood that the tax pro- gram drawn by the House subcom- rnittee met with instant opposition when it was presented to majority members of the Senate finance com mittee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
TAP TREATY|S
 SENT ID SENATE
Brief Note of TransmittaI by President Harding Ac-
 companies Pact
By Associated Press

Washington, February 13 = The treaty between the United States and Japan fixing the status of the Island of Tap and covering the allocation of wireless and cable rights on and from that island was sent to the Senate today by President Harding.
 The treaty was received by the Sen ate in executive session and was re- ferred to the foreign relations com mittee. only brief note of trans initial by President Harding accom- panied it, the executive refraining from discussing it's terms.
 Publication of the text of the treaty was deferred but republican leaders plan consideration of it along with those arising from the armament con- ference which were submitted to the Senate by President Harding in per- son last week.
 The provisions of the treaty prev iously had been made public at the state department, and declare for on the island while recognizing the Japarese territorial mandate. The only reason the text was not made public today, it was explained. was becau.se Senator Lodge of Massachu- setts, schairman of che foreign reia- tions committee, was not present and there was no one to remove the in- Junction of secrecy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
WANTS JOB ID GO
 TONEWPORT NEWS
Emergency Fleet Head to Make Recommendation in
 Leviathan Repairs
By Associated Press

Washington, February l3.--J. ". Powell president of the Emergency Fleet corporation, said today he would recommend to the shipping board. at it's meeting tomorrow, that the contract for the reconditioning of the liner Leviathan, be awarded to the Newport News Shipbuilding & prydock company in conformity with it's bid, which expires February 15.
 Mir. Powell said he wanted 1t em- phasized that this action on his part, done as president of the Emergency Fleet corporation, did not propose this recommendation would be accepted as the board in It's discussion of the situation which has arisen from inc passage of the amendment to the in dependent offices appropriation bill, would have broad principles of policy to determine, in connection with the Laviathan, as well as his recommen- dation.
 The shipping board, he said, does not see how the appropriation bill be- came law before February 15 under normal procedure, as the bill Is now in conference and 1t would take sew eral days, probably beyond the end of the week, for it to get to the Pres ident,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
AUTOMOBILE PARTS FACTORY
 AT MUSCLE SHOALS PLANNED
British Seaman
 At Ocean s Mercy
 Awditing Rescue
By Associated Press

New York. February 1s.-some- where on the Atlantic. about 500 miles from New York-if his luck has held-John Brickner, British sea man, Is bobbing about in iifeboat waiting out his sixth night in the hope of rescue,
 The story of his loss in a high gale and of a heart breaking game of hide and seek his little bark played with his would-be rescuers. was brought to port today by Capt Waiter Beck with of the steamship Gaffney.
 The storm broke on the morning of February s. Captain Beckwith said, with 110-mile wind which quickly lashed the sea into fury. Brickener was sent with another seaman to make fast the lifeboats. Swinging on the out turned davits. Brickner dropped Into one of the boats to make fast a line when a huge wave swept the boat away.
 Captain Beckwith turned the Calf ney about and began struggle to get a line to the lifeboat, missing time after time by a few feet
 The boat was lost once in rain squall only to be discovered and lost again. Nightfall put an end to the port, first broadcastiag a radio mes sage asking all ships to lookout for the lost seaman.
 The lifeboat was stocked with food ard water and Brickner was warmly clad, so that Captain Beckwith fig ures he has a fair chance of rescue if his little boat weathered the storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
Uncle Joe Cannon, Dean of Congress,
 To Retire in Fall
==-71i------'s--===- By Associated Press

Washington. February 1s.-Havlng served longer than any man ever elected to the American Congress, Representative Joseph G. Cannon. oi the eighteenth Illinois district, am nounced today that he would not be candidate to succeed himself next fall.
 Mr. Cannon is approaching his eighty-sixth milestone. If his life is spared until the end of his term on March 4 1928. he will have rounded out 46 years of service in the House. He broke the record for actual serv- ice more than year ago and since that time. as he himself has explain ed he "has been running along on velvet"
 There were tears in the eyes of many of his colleagues when formal announcement of Uncle Joe's" de- termination to retire was made on the floor by Representative Walsh, re- publican, Massachusetts, described by the veteran legislator as "one of my buddies." While Walsh was speak ing. Uncle Joe, sitting apart from his friends, was crouched in a seat, big
 
 him from the cold.
 Believing always In brevity, Mir. Cannon's statement that he was soon to conclude his public service was packed into one typs%ritten line Of II words. Two days ago when asked if he again would enter the primary, he declined to say, adding that his decision would be known later.
 Uncle Joe's" family, 1t is under stood. has been urging him to quit Congress and return to his old home at Danville, there to pass the rest Of Gls life in peace and quiet. To man long accustomed to battle in Con gross, the former speaker at first re- belled but finally he consented. While he still appears as vigorous as l0 years ago, he is more feeble. his eyes more dim, and he seldom is seen as of old. biting constantly on the end Of Q cigar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
PRESENT SCALE IS
 GOAL OF MINERS.
Committees Report Said to Contain No Threat of
 a Strike
Br Assoclated Press

Indianapolis, Ind, February 13.- No general increase of wages for soft coal miners, but the direction of all efforts toward retaining present wage scales. was the policy adopted today by the scale committee of the United Mine Workers of America for submission to the unions special con vention that begins tomorrow, accord ing to semiofficial information re- ceived by convention delegates.
 The committees report on wage demands to be sought as the basis of new agreements with operators effec- tive April l was adopted finally at a long afternoon session. but commit tee members said they had agreed to withhold all information until the re- port was submitted to the convention probably late tomorrow or early Wednesday.
 Despite the announcement of the committee which included the 27 dis trict presidents of the union, their re- port was understood to include no proposal of a strike and likewise made no demand for adoption of the six hour day, fiveday- week as pro posed by the demands of f919 The only comment III pOSoipitieS cA strike was that of International President John L. Lewis, who issued this formal statement:
 "The United Mine Workers of Am erica do not desire a strike. We pro pose to do everything possible in q proper way to prevent such an occur renee. l am sure when the conven- tion has finished it's work the public will realize this fact"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
DOUGHBOY STILL
 IS HELD SUPREME
Remains Basic Combatant Unit in Unanimous Judg-
 ment of U. s. Army
By Associated Press

Washington, February 13.-The "doughboy," with a bayonet, still is the basic combatant unit in battle. in the virtually unanimous judgment of the American army, officially rem dered in cold postwar analysis, Air craft, tanks. bombs. machine guns, cannon. merely are valuable auxili- aries for the infantry "man in the bulk" armed with rifle and bayonet and each foot soldier armored only by his town agility and steel hel- met"
 For battle Is normally determined for physical encounter with the bayonet or the fear thereof" the of ficial opinion made public today as- serts. It is based on widespread questionnaires sent out to the diff ferent corps and divisional areas. even down to the commanders of regiments, to lay the ground work for the doctrines of tactics and of training" on which postwar build ing of the army shall proceed.
 The answers were unmistakable. There has been no change. Soldiers
 
 age-old gospel of "cold steel' in war. As 1t was with Cromwells grim host bidding for victory with push of pike" with Napoleon's oId guard that dies but never surrenders," with Pickett's Flower of the South" at Gettysburg, so it was with Pershing' s "buddies" in France. Cold steel was the ultimate arbiter of battle.
 The conclusion follows an exhaust i've study of the influence that mod ern specific developments will have upon the technique of warfare. espe- cially with regard to occupation, motor transportation and tanks
 Chief of all combat departments had their say on the questionnaire a to fighting technique. The depart ment's statement admits that the later phase was expected to show that specialists of any Kind. par ticularly in newly discovered agencies will in. their enthusiasm make some claims for their specialties not safely to be accepted except after the proof either of the result of war or of spe- eial test under stimulated war con ditions."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
ADMITS DRAWING KNIFE
 ON NEGRO POLICEMAN
By Associated Press

Boston, February 13.-James 4. Duncan of Columbia, s. C.. admitted on the witness stand in the superior court today that he had drawn jack knife from his pocket and raised it against David K. Blair. a negro policeman, on the night of May s, last He asserted that he did it to protect a young woman who was with him in a doorway in the south end and who has since become his wife. Duncan, graduate student al Harvard University. is on trial for assault with a dangerous weapon on Blair. He appealed to the superior court after he had been given three months sentence by the lower court.
 Duncan testified that he was es- corting the young woman home and had stepped into the doorway to kiss her good night. He said the police man came up swore at them and then sprang toward them. Then, he said. he drew the knife.
 Blair testified that he found the two in the doorway and when he order them out Duncan called him a "nigger." He reached out to ar rest Duncan, who. he said cut him on the hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
TAYLOR MURDER PROBE
 IS NOW AT STANDSTllL
By Associated Press

Los Angeles, February 13.-The in vestigation of the staying of William Desmond Taylor, motion picture di- rector, reached a stage today describ- ed by officials as waiting for the unexpected" It was admitted that no progress had been made toward establishing who fired the shot which killed the director In his home on February 5.
 The only action taken at the dis irict attorneys office, was the inter viewing late today of a young wom- an who called with request that she might see some of the investigators. She left about Is minutes later after having been taken to the office of District Attorney Woolwine. She de- clined to give her name. Persons who saw her said she was no one con nected prominently with the motion picture industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
 DAVIS ENTERS RACE TO SUCCEED HIMSELF

Montgomery, February (spe- cial.)-Harwell c. Davis, attorney general of Alabama. Monday made formal announcement of his candidacy for attorney general for full term. He qualified under the corrupt prac- tice act with the secretary of state and under the primary act with the tee. No other person has been men ticned in connection with this race and the general opinion has been that Mr Davis would succeed himself with cut opposition. He is completing the unexpired term of J, c. smith Judge J. Purifoy, former secretary of state created surprise by making his an nouncement for associate member ot the public service commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
RUNAWAY GIRLS
 FOUND IN MOBILE
Declare They Left New Or leans Because Tired of
 School Life

Mobile February 1s.-(special.)- Miss Audrey Butler, 1s-year-old daughter of E. S. Butler, president Of the New Orleans Cotton exchange and Miss Dorothy Lewis. IS, of Galveston. Texas. who disappeared from New or leans were located in Mobile tonight at the Louisville & Nashville railroad depot.
 The girls arrived here Saturday night and rekistere dat hotel under assumed names, Evelyn and Jean Bain. They checked out of the hotel this morning and spent the remainder of the time roaming the city and were seated at the railroad station to- night and registered at hotel under custody. They were well dressed and gave as their reason for leaving home they were tired of school life and wanted to go to work and be inde- pendent of their relatives. Relatives of the girls were notified and are on their way to return them home.