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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
SERVICE CHARGES
BY BANKS STAND
Fifty. Cent Fee Ordered on
Commercial Accounts
Under 500.

Unless your average bank balance ex-
ceeds 800 a month, or II under that
amount you issue only an occasional
check against 1t. every bank in Mem.
phls will make service charge OF DO
cents a month on each account after
Nov. /. This action is taken after
careful consideration by all the lnstitu-
tions working through the Clearing
House association, and one Of the chief
reasons for II is scarcity and Increased
cost Of clerical help, as well as the
larger expenses incurred by the banks
In handling them.
The matter OF making a charge. for
handling commercial accounts whose
balances are. small, against which
checks are drawn frequently. has been
up for discussion all over the country.
and already most cities have Initiated
the system. Local banks have been
working on the matter for some time
finding some opposition at first, but
all this has been adjusted by allowing
certain discretion on the part OF the
institutions having so many small ae-
counts as to when they shall make the
charge.
1t IA provided that for small accounts
from five to eight checks a month may
be drawn without their being casset
as open commercial ones. The main
trouble has been the habit OF 30 many
UeOplB 10 use lHe DblihS tlllHSiy lpi
convenience sake. without due regard
for how much more paper for checks
passbooks and other things cost, to say
nothing OF clerical work ...
Savings accounts will not be affected
whatever, and will be sought as mucl
as ever, and the person who has a bal
ance OF less than $l0u will be privileged
70 draw checks against such to a lin
tied extent, Just as before the new sys
TEN goes into effect.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
Holds Up -Four
Noisy Men With
A Ripe Banana

A common banana in the dark on
North Main street Tuesday morning
shortly after IL o'clock served as an
excellent pistol In the hands Of an In
toxIcated citizen. who was irritated by
darkies strumrning merrily on an old
fashioned guitar. The guitar Is now a
mass OF wreekags and four persons
firmly helieve they were held up by q
bold footpad
The story is Vouched for by Nicely
Carter, bloodhound officer, and by sew
eral police officers, who haven't quit
laughing yet, t,
Two White men and two negroes were
having a gay time In an automobile,
with the negroes furnishing half of the
gayety with their instruments. AS they
approached a reeling figure on the
street, they were suddenly confronted
with. a dangerous looking weapon and
the3 Command to throw up their hands.
They failed to recognize the banana =
weapon.
The guitar was handed over quickly
to the "desperado.' who broke It
across his knee. He then replaced the
banana In his sack, ordered the autoists
to move on, and muttered to himself
as he passed on. PITY they couldn't
stop that racket with all the city sick
and worried"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
GiSt of the
War NezC.s
(ey the Associated Press }


Allied troops on the northern end Of
the front In France and Belgium today
are driving into the German line from
west of Ghent past Journal to VAL
enclennes. This Is the line of the
soheldt and two Of the important points
on lt-TournaI and Valenciennes-are
almost within the grasp Of the British,
tlnelle, one mile west OF Vaienclennes.
tween Journal and Vaienclennes, the
southern end of the so-mlIe line from
valenclennes to the Dutch frontier.
to progress ourcq, within less than a
mile OF Journal on the west, has been
captured and the British hold La SEN
German resistance Is stlffenlnp be-
North Of Journal the British are along
the Scheldt on front Of five miles,
and north and south Of this sector rap.
Idly are gaining the western bank Of
lie cateau the British maintain their
pressure and have reached the EcaIton
river at Thlant, southwest of VaIen-
clennes.
French forces continue their pressure
on the front from the Junction Of the
oIce and the serre eastward to You
Zleres. On the extreme left they have
advanced north OF the Serre. East Of
the Aisne at Vouzieres the Germans
have ceased their violent efforts to dis
lodge the French from important hill
positions. The French here are In a
position TO outflank the Germans facing
the Americans on the sector west Of the
Meuse, which aeoounts for the stepl1u
German efforts to- -deive the NFrsFIek 4
back. Gen. Gouraud's men, however,
nave defeated all enemy attacks.
The text OF Germany's reply to Presi-
dent Wilson has arrived In Washington.
II Is probable that no announcement Of
a decision by the president Will be made
before tomorrow.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
SHELBY COUNTY GINS
CLOSE THREE DAYS

To relieve the congested condition in
oil mills, brought about through short
age of labor, Shelby county gihners will
close their establishments Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week
A call has been issued to all ginners
IN West Tennessee to meet at the
Chamber of Commerce Saturday morn
ing to discuss further closing
Ginners OF the county who met at the
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday agreed
to close their gins for three days, re-
Eardless OF the action Of other West
Tennessee ginners. 1t was pointed out.
however, that closing In Shelby coun-
ty alone would offer little relief, and II
is hoped that the West Tennessee gin
ners as a whole will take some action
Saturday to insure further shutdown
of gins. .. ,s.-.
c. J. Haase, Shelby county food ad :
ministrator, has asked all county food
administrators In West Tennessee to
urge all ginners In their counties to at
tend the meeting Saturday
A temporary organization Of Shelby
county ginners was completed Tuesday
and 1t was through this organization
that the request for the West Tennes-
see ginners' meeting was issued,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
REAL ESTATE MEN
PLAN TAX KICK"
May Ask Coming Legislature
to Change Method of
Taxation.

Revolutionizing of the taxing system
in Tennessee, as APPLIED to real estate,
and the induction of new era Of pros
perlty in real estate and industrial ac-
tivities are planned by the Memphis
Real Estate association,
1t hopes to accomplish these objects
through the introduction of a bill In the
next Tennessee legislature that will dis
tribute taxes more equitably on real
estate"
John NJ. Dean, president Of the Mem
phis Real Estate association, assisted
by a committee from the organisation,
is making a careful survey of the situa :
ton and expects shortly to be In po-
sition to present the new plan to city
and state officials for consideration.
"The real estate men OF Memphis
have for along time realized the injns-
tice done to real estate interests by
reason of the fact that by far the larger
part OF taxes assessed BY the state and
municipalities is placed on real es-
tate" said Mr.. Dean Tuesday.
'rhe Memphis Real Estate assncia-
ton has had the matter up for discus
sion and Is investigating the tax laws
of other states with view to using
their good points as a basis for a re-
/ sXision sof the fax laws OF Tennessee,
lei S1na aessta0Q that Kentucltysin taAr-
tlcular has q tax law under which
aves are equally distributed SO that ev-
cry class of property bears its proper
tion of the burden. There can be no
doubt that he Tennessee system, under
which real estate Is taxed far out OF
proportion, has decidedly hampered that
increase of real estate value so neces-
sary to the material growth OF the state
"ft is hoped by real estate men to
evolve a plan under which a tax bill
will be introduced In the next legisla-
ture that will revolutionize the system
in this state and that viii mark new
era of progress In real estate and indus.
trial activities When this matter is in
proper shape, cooperation Of the local
authorities will be asked by real estate
men"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
DECIDED DROP IN
TEMPERATURE COMING

A decided drop in temperature Is due
in Memphis not later than Wednesday
night or Thursday as result Of the
first real cold wave Of the season cen
ttring around Calgary, b. c., where
thermometers Tuesday registered "a de-
grees above zero.
There will be no cold wave warning
issued at Memphis but observers ex-
pect 1t to be considerably cooler for
Tennessee and al lover the lower Mis-
sissippi valley.
The change, It is predicted, will reach
the plain states within the next Sc
hours and extend very rapidly into the
Southwest, spreading afterwards to the
eastern part OF the Mississippi valley,
BY Friday night II Is expected TO be in
the South Atlantic states
Just how much OF n drop In tempera-
ture will occur observers Tuesday were
unable to say. 1t might get cold enough
for frost.
The date for the first frost in Mem
phls in 1917 was the night OF Oct. 6.
The average date for tho first killing
frost for Memphis Is Nov. 3. but this
phenomenon visited Memphis Oct. last
year.
Tevperature at Memphis Tuesday
morntg was 54 On the same date /.
year tgo 1t was Al.
YME is predicted for Tuesday night.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
'CASUALTYLTSY

WASHINGTON, Oct 2s,.--Two army
casualty lists made public here today
contain a total Of 1,i2S names.
The first list, of 500 names, is d.
Vided:
Killed In action 1O4, missing in action
70, wounded severely 1856, died OF
The second list OF $50 names, is d-
vided
Killed in action 40, missing in action
4S, wounded severely H. wounded
slightly IS, died accident and other
causes g. died from wounds II, wound
ed, degree undetermined a22, died Of
disease 81, prisoners 81.
Included in the two lists are:
TENNESSEf.
Killed In action: Private Leroy Thom-
as, Forbus
Wounded severely: Prlvates Sam s
HALEY, pierson; Murray Robertson, Big
Rock; Jim r, Byrd, Seguatthle.
Slightly wounded; Prfvatcs Phillip r.
Earn Williams Cashhy,
Wounded, degree Undetermined! Pri-
Yates Harvey Parker. Buffalo Valley
Samuel ID. Shanks, Limestone.
Missing In action: Priyates Henry c.
Shelton, r. +. D. /, Palmcrvile; John
Shelton, II. II, d. /, Manchester,
MISSISSIPPI.
Killed In action: Private Robert H.
House, Aberdeen.
Died from wounds Privates Jesse Ivy,
Bolatusha; Charlie Moore, Meadville.
Died of disease Privates Allen Duke
r. Il, d. /, Abbeville Lawyer Green
X +. d. s, Batesville; Willie Smith
X r. u, /, Cotton Plant
Wounded severely. PrLvates Johr
Lowe, K. f, d. 2, Columbia. William b.
Poole, DeKab, Harry C. Wright, New
Augusta.
Wounded, degree undetermined: Pri.
vate Bonnie r. Lowery, Beldeu.
Killed in action, previously reported
missing In action: Private Robert
| Thunter, Wilson
In hospital, previously reported miss.
ing In action; Private Grover C. Pur.
| year Gravette
Missing In action: Private Merritt b
Durham, Blue Mountain.
Prisoner: Private Homer Reeves
Lonad.
ARKANSAS.
Killed in action: Sergt. Lum C. C
Stringer, Craighead
Died from wounds: Private Henry c
Panley, Corrogordo,
(Continued on Page 2, Column A.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
ARMY WORK HELD
Up BY INF FLUENZA
Only ID New Gases Reported
and Epidemic Is Nearly
Stamped Out. \

A written request to draft boards tc
postpone further examinations OF draft
ees for 10 days was issued Tuesday by
Dr. Neumon Taylor superintendent OF
the city board Of health,
The action was taken after a confer
ence with Mayor Frank l., Monteverde
both deciding that 1t will be best tc
stop army draft work until the inflV-
enza epidemic is thoroughly cured
Draft boad chaIrmen agreed to carry
out the request. The matter VIII now
be placed officially before Mai Rut'
ledge Smith, state chairman Of the
Council of National Defense,
Dr. Taylor said the epidemic in Mem
phis IL improving At n rapid rate. Only
Is new cases had been reported to the
were eight pneumonia and three influ'
enza cases reported from o'clock Mon
day evening to noon Tuesday. There
were So new cases Monday and 81
deaths geported UP to o'clock Mon
day afternoon.
Total deaths up to Tuesday were 26S
from pneumonia and 62 from Influenza
There Is u total OF 5,49l cases, with
$40 houses placarded.
II want to urge on the people the
necessity OF keeplng up the fight" said
Or. Taylor. They must give the
health department their heartiest Co
operation, To relax our efforts nov
when we have the disease under con.
troll, might prove disastrous, There Is
possible chance Of climatic changes
resulting in another epidemic, but il
we continue TO fight rs we have the
past few days, we will soon stamp II
out"
warnings have been issued to parents
not to allow their children to visit
houses were influenza and pneumonia
cards are up. Keep children away from
others in families having the disease
Is requested by health officials.
Persons riding on elevators are re
auested to keep their mouths closed
Don't talk, but turn your face toward
the elevator door, DO not congregatt
about railroad depots are other instruc'
lions,
The street car company has agar
been requested to prevent crowded
cars. Servants sweeping in homes ar'
asked to sprinkle first. This request
has gone to boarding houses, business
houses and all offices. Dust, say
health officers. has helped spread the
dlAeaSc
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
HUGE TOBACCO
TRUSTCHARGED

and 1eiB acquired all OF the stock and
capital OF the four other concerns which
substantially lessons competition and
tends TO create a monopoly" and con-
trolls the Khedlvial company Of New
York, the Standard Tobacco company.
Inc, and Stephano Bros. Ino,, both OF
Virginia. the Nestor Glands company
Of Maine and the Surbrug company Of
New Jersey II Is charged that the
corporation. with the intent OF Sitting
competition In the manufacture and
sale Of tobacco products. concealed It's
ownership and control Of these COR
porations and permitted them TO be ad-
vertised as wholly independent.
Further charges include payment OF
commissions and rebates to dealers who
advertised products Of those corpora
tions and to those who agreed not to
advertise the products Of competitive
companies. The corporation. 1t Is
charged. for the last six months has
paid the Louis ]. Liggett comp/ny,
owner Of about 700 retail chain stores,
monthly commissions equaling s per
cent OF products purchased by 1t and
has contracted to pay this company 10
per cent OF the increase In amount OF
total purchases for the entire year OF
1918 over those OF 1917 up to an in
crease Of 50 per cent
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
aslslEy ~ A;iSlaEsRI

Tennessee--Fair in east, rain in west
Wednesday rain, except fair In extreme
west, cooler.
Misslssippi-Rain.
Arkansas-Cloudy, probably rain;
colder Wednesday except In southeast.
Alabamar-Probably rain. '.
Kentucky-Probably rain, cooler We'd
nesday.
Louisiana-Cloudy, probably rain.
Oklahoma-Cloudy, rain in east, cold
er, frost In northwest; Wednesday fair,
cooler.
East Texas-Cloudy, rain except In
northwest, colder; Wednesday fair,
cooler
West Texas-Fair. colder, frost in
north.
North Carolina--Fair, continued cool
with light frost In mountain districts.
probably rain and warmer in extreme
west.
South Carolina-Falr continued cool
with frost in mountain districts; Wed =
nesday fair except rain and warmer In
northwest,
Georgia-Partly cloudy. slightly cool
er in interior; Wednesday fair In east,
rain in west
Florida-Fair except rain Wednesday
In northwest.
Kansas-Rain in east and south cold :
or; Wednesday fair.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
YOUNG ORDERED HELD
FOR BENEFITS DEATH

C. D. Young, 1880 Cowden avenue.
surrendered to police authorities Tues
day morning after orders had been Is
sued by Chief Burney to arrest him
on charge Of involuntary manslaugh-
ter in connection with the fatal injury
of John B. Bennett, 80, 1920 Monroe
avenue, who was occupying an auto
which colllded with one occupied by
Young.
He made $1,000 bond, signed by r.
M. Barton, and was released on this
security to find another bondsman.
The accident occurred Thursday
morning at 2 o'clock at Dunlap street
and Union avenue. Bennett was riding
with c. R. Mcclure, coming west on
Union. The auto occupied by Young
and two companions was going east.
Bennett was thrown to the street by
the collision. Young was arrested at
the time on a charge of reckessly driv-
Ing an auto while intoxicated, but re-
leased on a small forfeit
Bennett died Monday at the General
hospital His body will be forwarded
to Savannah, Ga, by Mcdowell g.
Monteverde, undertakers, and inter-
ment probably made there Friday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
NOTE CAUSED NO
ST|RAT CAPITAL,
SAYS LAWRENCE
Germany Fails to Apprehend
Wilson's Decision Not to
Converse Further on Sub
jeCt of Peace.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,
The News SclmItars Special Washing
ton Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Germany's S
reply has been sent. Just as the first
peace message was sent out from the
wireless towers of Nauen so the answer
to President Wilson'S ultimatum de-
manding the abdication of autocracy
and kaiserism has been flashed through
the air. Until the official text is re-
ceived, there will be no official COM
ment.
The department of state evidently
knows the contents of the German mes
sage as it was announced that the Ber-
lin rejoinder would be ready shortly.
Two things are very clear; the note
isn't entirely and absolutely satisfac-
tory or there would have been much
more of a stir in government circles
today, and, furthermore, the note comes
from the present German government
with which the United States has re-
fused to deal until the conditions set
forth in the presidents message Of last
week are fully met.
What the Germans failed to under
stand apparently, is that Mr.. Wilson
used the word decision" in his formal
reply of last week to the German peace
proposals. That was all the reply and
decision that is TO be made for the
present. 1t would not be surprising II
the American government did no more
than briefly acknowledge the German
message and thus refused to continue
the correspondence.
There have been intimatons to this
effect ever since the first message was
Continued on Page TO- Column ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
Mail Clerks Are
OUerrlln With
Soldiers Letters


Clerks at the postoftlce worked OVER
time Tuesday morning to distribute So
oon ,n,,or, rooot,.a /, thrso noucbsu
WV lo''el7 'eee''e" VI I'll w P'"N"es
from soldiers in France.
One sack. showing that 1t left port
of dohorL,tIon In Eronca Oct . ar
VI ueu"i N"',o" VI w. -
rived late Monday night, ana two
pouches, containing letters, written
Sept, "a and y, arrived Tuesday morn
ing.
AS soon as the mail arrived Post-
master Z. W. Metcall, Jr., nelu c9n-
sultation with superintendents OF mails,
Sam Kahn and II, H. Kline, relative
to immediate delivery of the letters, be-
cause several weeks had passed without
any mail from soldiers being received
in Memphis. -
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
SOUVENIRS TO BE
-- ALLOWED MAILING

Girls, don't be surprised II you re-
ceive a rusty hun helmet or pin
from the shoulders Of a German cap
tain In place Of the expected letter
from your soldier In France when the
next mail comes In.
In letter to his mother, Mrs. Ella
Fleet Carlin. 1888 Court avenue, Corp.
Charles s. Fleet, of the Hath field ar
tiliery, now fighting at the front, said
that the Yanks have been told that
the censors were going to allow them
to send the promised souvenirs to the
girls they left ebhind. He Is too busy
to write more. he says.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
GERMAN PAPERS
ATTACK KAISER
Provincial and Socialist Or
gans Hint at Strong Action
by People.

AMSTERDAM, Oct %. British wire
less service )-German provincial and
socialist newspapers continue their
campaign against the "chief culprits"
responsible for the war. The Frank
ische Tagespost of Nuremburg, the
first paper In Germany to demand
openly the abdication Of the emperor,
declares that the accession Of the crown
prince is entirely out OF the question.
THE German people is searching for
the guilty" says the Volks Zeitung,
organ of the Nuremburg Socialists,
"The Pan-Germans and junkers are ST.
lent today bt we do not forget that
they are the great war inciters in Ger
many, that they retain the support of
social and political reaction and that
they are d menace to the future healthy
development of the German empore.
The PAN German policy has gone bank
rupt, but unfortunately, 1t has led the
German people to disaster. To the gal
lows with the guilty, whoever they
The Socialist Arbeiter zeitung. of
Vienna, urges the German socialists
to punish the "chief culprits" without
mercy, adding:
when the German soldiers return
home from the trenches after four years
of unparalleled suffering, there Will be
a reckoning for the people who have
led them to this catastrophe. The Ger
man people will sweep away the junk
ers and take its own destiny into its
own hands" ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22,-Five to-
bacco corporations and number Of
their officers and directors were
charged In formal complaint today
by the federal trade commission with
price discrimination In the sale Of Gig
arets and other tobacco products, tend
ing to create a monopoly unfair meth
DDS OF competition and tho malnte-
nance of interlocking directorates and
Illegal concentration of control OF pro-
ducing companies.
Those named are the Tobacco Prod
ucts corporation. Of Richmond. Va. {;
the Melachrino Tobacco Trading COM
pany. New York. Schinasi Bros, Inc,
New York: the Prudential Tobacco
company, Inc, New York; the Falk To-
bacco company. Of Virginia. and Geo.
L. Storm, Ruben NJ. Ellis. Albert Falk.
Jacob L. Hoffman, James NJ, Dixon,
Gray Miller, L. B. McKitterick and
Leon Schinasi. .
The defendants were ordered to ap-
pear before the commission in Wash
ington. Dec. 7, to show cause why tho
corporations should not be required to
dispose Of stock unlawfully held in
other companies In alleged violation Of
the Clayton law.
The Tobacco Products corporation,
the complaint alleges, during 1slss1si7
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
QUINN IS SLATED
FOR COMMISSION
Former Head of Police De-
partment Selected for
City Position.

Charles B. Quinn, former fire and po-
lice commissioner, will be renamed to
the board Of city commissioners at the
regular weekly meeting Tuesday after
noon at 2:30.
Announcement to this effect was
made through, a grapevine" report
from the city hall shortly before noon.
The report bore all the earmarks of
authenticity and Quinn's election is to
come as the last order Of business"
Quinn's election to the board will be
for the position of commissioner of
streets, bridges and sewers, the office
be held after being transferred from
the fire and police post upon the return
of w. 7. McLain, reinstated by the
state supreme court. c. w. Miller, at
present commissioner Of streets, bridges
and sewers, will be transferred to that
of fire and police.
The vacancy on the board was ere
ated by the resignation of McLain- who
accepted a commission in the army.
In the last few weeks several pos
sibilities" have been mentioned as sue
cessors to McLain, among them being
o. K Houck and Thomas H. Jackson.