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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
LAWRENCE "OVER
THERE" TELLS Of
ACTIVITY At BRES7
Noted Political Writer, in
France for Peace Council,
Describes BuStIe at Port In
Cident to Arrival Of Wilson,
BY DAVID LAWRENcE
The News scimitar,s {spselai c$ss
spondAnt ~

BREST, Dec. 11.--Neither fog nor
rain nor mud, Of which there Is an
abundance here, can obscure or sup
press various emotions which the way
farer encounters at this, the gateway
to France. Here daily thousands OF
American soldiers pass homeward,
some sick, some disabled, many more
robust than before, happy over the
war they have won.
Here will arrive Friday, en- route
to Paris, President Wilson to help
consummate the victory of arms by
an enduring peace. Here sits Admiral
Wilson, who for months has routed
conveys and transports in the greatest
game OF hide and seek ever played on
the seven seas.
The little town is now alive again
in expectance of the distinguished
societies will line the streets and the
docks and collect at the railroad sta
tion while American troops police the
thoroughfares through which President
Wilson passes.
This is socialist town, and so 1t
may be said that President Wilson
will be received first by the radicals
of Europe. But while Mr.. Wilson Is
soon to pass on to Paris. there to
reconcile differences and smooth out
friction, nevertheless Brest will remain
the great goal for millions Of Ameri-
can troops and the center Of many
American hearts, especially those OF
mothers and sisters, as our big army
is sent out through this, the principal
Of three ports OF exit on the Atlantic
seaboard. The bulk of the home going
army will sail from Brest.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
SALISBURY TELLS
BALTIMORE MEET
Of GIN COMPRESS
President Of Memphis Cham
Der Of Commerce Is Chief
Speaker at Session Of Com
merCiaI Congress.

BALTIMORE. Dec. II. (SplD--Cotton
compression and its relation to the sue
cess OF the cotton industry was eX-
planned 10 delegates 10 the southern
Commercial Congress In session here by
L. X. Salisbury. president Of the Mem
phls Chamber of Commerce, VINO was
the principal speaker at Wednesday 3
session of the congress,
MIR Salisbury in addressing the dele
gates, said;
some attention mas been given this
subject at most OF the national ana
International association meetings dur
ing the past several years, but very
little real progress has been made,
The round bale press AT one time
promised to result IN gin COMPRESSION
on Il large scale, but this method OF
baling cotton, for reasons | viii not ae~
tempt to discuss, IL less prominent now
than It was In the past,
Some gin companies have made com
presses to be used in connection with
their gins, and no doubt many OF these
have been meritorious; still they have
never been as successful AS one would
naturally expect them TO be, There are
perhaps many business reasons why
they were not perfected, rather than
the fact that they do not work salts
factorily.
Probably the most successful ot all
the inventions for the compression of
cotton at the gin is that OF the Amerl-
can Cotton Gin Compress company, ot
Memphis, Tenn Many cotton men take
| the position that the bale nS compressed
| BY the press of this company cannot
| be sampled This is entirely an erron
eous Viow--I have had bales sampled
upon many occasions. ] believe 1t Is
| entirely unnecessary to have them re-
| sampled as a general rule.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
WHIT ARE " ! GOING
TO DO ABOUT THESE?
BY A. GOODFELLOW.

IookOye GfeOw the
hundred write a
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are
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Park ntoneds
tina mn
sa belief il Gods alive and trusting
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
TRAIN HITS NEGRO.

Amos cambridge, aged Is. negro, %
Patton avenue, was run down by an
Illinois Control train at McLemore ave-
nue. "Wednesday morning and his right
foot severed at the ankle. He wac, re-
moved to the General hospital. II
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
HOLDS BOYS GUILTY.

T. b. and G. II. Tucker, two youths
charged with violating the Reed liquor
amendment, were found guilty by a
federal court jury Tuesday. They have
not as yet been sentenced.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
AWAITS JURY VERDICT.

Bob Bergman again faced a federal
Jury Wednesday morning to answer to
a charge of importing liquor from St
Louis. Bergman declared that four
suitcases filled with whisky found in
the car in which he was riding, did
not belong to him. The case went to
the jury shortly before noon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
U. 5. CONTROL. OVER
STEEL ENDS DEC. 81

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1l-Govcrnment
supervision over the steel industry and
steel price fixing will end December 81
The war industries board so announced
today after a conference with spokes-
men OF the industry.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11

Tennessee Fair, colder
Mississippi Fair, colder
Arkansas Fair, colder, Thursday,
rising temperature
Alabama Fair. colder
kentucky Fair. colder
Louisiana Fair, somewhat colder.
East Texas Pair colder in east
Thursday warmer, except In southeast.
West Texas Fair, warmer Thurs
day,
South Carolina--Rain and colder;
Thursday fair, colder
Georgia-tair, except rain in extreme
east, colder, Thursday colder in east
and south
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
BELGlANS MAKE GAINS
IN ADVANCE OVER LINE

LONDON, Dec. 11-Belgian advanced
iniahtfy marching toward the Rhine
southwest of Crefeld Light clements
are at kempermillem. northwest OF
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
Busy With Smuts.

Il sent Count Menscorff to Switzer-
land to see Gen. J. c, Smuts (who was
in Switzerland last March in the in
terests Of the British government.) He
succeeded, but | was unable to tell just
what terms Germany would make
do not recall that Mr.. Lloyd George,
the British premier, mentioned any
conditions last February. Germany as
sured me that no definite offers were
| received from England, l believe this
was true.
England appeared to intend to crush
| Germany and France showed similar
attitude, President Wilson was the
| only head of an allied power who did
not appear to have this In mind. En-
peror William could not bring himself
| to yield Alsace Lorraine.
Regarding Emperor William, I feel
| that he did not want the war but he
| did not know how to get out Of 1t. In
| this, believe, the heads of the entente
| powers are wrong, for they probably
| believe he caused the struggle. I was
minister to Rumania wnen the war be-
gan and honestly believe that no one
wanted hostilities to begin. I have the
| impression that neither Emperor Fran
els Joseph Emperor William. nor their
| ministers wanted war. | might eX-
plain the fact that war started by say
| ing that there was too much diplo-
matte bluffing, with everyone looking
for the other fellow to recede from his
| position
Every way to get out of the war
was tried bv us, excepting war with
| Germany. When one considers how
much weaker than Germany we were,
he can Sc how impossible II was for me
| to dictate terms, Now, If President
| Wilson finds 1t difficult to impress his
views on the entente, how as II pos
with Germany?
II hope that an agreement to dis
arm will be reached President Wilson
Is the man who Is able to bring this
about. I believe his plan for a league
of nations is feasible ana would solve
| public addresses why power to punish
any nation resorting 20 arms is the
only way to keep the peace.
81 signed the peace ,reaty Of Brest
| Litovsk but we got nothing from 1t.
This fact Is worthy OF mention. 1t was
Ludendorff who forced Or. Richard Won
| kuehlmann, German foreign secretary,
to make that peace We occupied the
southern end Of the line, whereas Ger
| many had her troops against the line
in the north, Gen. Hoffman then de,
clared he would move on Petrograd II
Leon Trotzky, BolsheviK foreign minis
| ter, did not sign the treaty.
'Dr. Won Kuehlman and I hoped to
make peace with Russia on the basis
Of President Wilson's principles, but
| Bu0en0OF1I always IeleRTdpneu no 10
our proposals. worked day and night
to bring DR.. Won Kuehlman and TrotEky
together. At the last moment the lat
ter sent his famous telegram to the
world, demanding that the German
people revolt and destroy their govern
ment. This telegram inflaned Berlin
which denounced 1rotzKy as mar
with whom it would not treat. Their
Trotzky was informed that the German
troops would occupy Courland and Lith.
uania, and would advance on Petro-
grad"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
MAIN FRENCH ARMY
MARCHES INTO MAlNZ

BERIIN Dec. II. tvIa vasle. THE
main body of the French army Of oc-
cupation, headed by band has en-
tered Mayence (Mainzl, one OF the
principal fortresses of Germany on the
Rhine.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
COLORADO MAN GETS POST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1l,-,Huston
Thompson, of Colorado, now, assistant
attorney general, was nominated by
| President Wilson today to be a niSnker
OF the federal trada commission. '
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
| System Is Bad.

The system Of handling cotton at
present is about as bad as it could
we'll be- 1t is a system. however, in
which 1t In difficult TO introduce re-
forms. The cotton industry in Amer
lea Is one OF the greatest OF our coun-
try; / mean the growing, handling and
spinning OF the cotton crop. The cot
ton crop at present prices has a value
OF upward OF 81 1850, 0O0.0 900 per annum
that IL, the value OF the lint alone,
not considering seed products. At pres
ent it Is handled through well-estab-
lshod and firmly intrenched business
channels that have been In existence
for a century; and the blasing OF a new
trail through the wilderness OF error
In the system is far from being an
easy proposition, It requires q large
| capital. excellent business Judgment
and world OF thorough and unpreJu-
| diced education.
| The compression OF cotton at the gin
would result in the elimination of much
Of the handling OF the cotton crop by
middle men. It would result In bring
ing nearer together the producer and
CONTINUED on Page 8, Column A.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
Owner Is Loser.

During all this time the owner Of
tho cotton from this repeated sampling
is the loser, and II IL noted TACT
that wherever bale of cotton Is sam =
pied, there Is no modesty shown In
the size OF the sample, and 1t Is one
place In the trade that a stingy man
Is not small in his dealings.
As before indicated, 1t Is often true
that cotton at tho compress Is exposed
TO the weather and more or less IN
jured by rain, mud, etc.
After one of these large bales passes
through the compress It Is reduced IN
size to the following dimensions; 30x22
xGO inches, containing 22h cubic feet.
In tho process OF thus reducing
the bale in size, very heavy pressure
is applied to It, and the old bagging
which was around tho original bale,
whether muddy. dirty or otherwise, Is
mashed into the cotton and 1t now
trash or rags than bale OF cotton
that Is worth from $3.50 to 5000,
In COMPRISING, the iute fiber Is more
or less mashed into the cotton, which
causes great loss in tho spinning OF 1t.
II either requires layer OF cotton TO
be removed when the old, dirty, muddy
bagging Is taken off or II requires
fiber from the cotton. which 10 a slow.
tedious and expensive Job or lessens
the value of the yarn that Is made from
tho outside Of the cotton.
Such bale OF cotton Is aptly de-
scribed by Judge Ogden in his remarks
at the Washington convention In May
1905, when he said:
"The American bale Is dirty
damaged, disreputable, water soaked
wnsteful, slovenly, highly inflammable
turtle backed package
It must be admitted, however, that
the character Of the American bale IL
not due 70 much to any fault OF tht
original producer Of tho bale as tC
the system of handling the cotton aftei
II passes from the ownership and pos
session Of the producer. Al all event.
an American on the streets of Man
| chester, England, on seeing American
bales pass along In the condition W,
have above described, must blush will
shame on account Of the system which
brings so great an American stapl'
product to the consumer in such al
| Iafa r9 m condition
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
Samples Drawn.

The sample should be drawn prior to
the compression OF the bale at the gin,
and these samples should he preserved
SO that the bale may be sold by them
with a guarantee on the part OF the
producer Of the bale that the cotton IN
il is equal to the sample drawn there
from by this method the sample coulu
be made to follow the ownership OF the
bale of cotton from which the sample
was taken into the successive hands
where the ownership of the bale might
fall until the bale ultimately reached
the spinner, each owner of the bale be-
ing held az 1t passed from him to guar
antee the sample as correctly indicating
the quality Of the cotton In the bale,
A brief statement may be IN order
ut this point of the old method OF
handling cotton,
In the first place, cotton Ia carried
to the gin by the planter or producer,
where the cotton is separated from the
seed and compressed into bOO-pound
bales. These large bales measure 80
x48x66 inches, containing AZ cubic teet'
and are covered with rough 1ute bag,
ging. These Af.les are thep shipped
| from thu plantation, or the gin, TO some
| central point, where there " com
press On arrival at tho compress, ,they
are either put under cover or left lytns
| In the open--the latter very often occur
| ing--until such time as the cotton II
| sold by a cotton factor or by the owner
to a cotton buyer, ,
While ut the gin or on the plantation.
| or at the compress this cotton Is
sampled at least once, and sometimes
several times. The sampllng Is accom-
| plished In this way; A large slit IL
cut in the bagging and an auger Is used
! to bore into the bale 30 as to withdraw
sample, which usually weighs from
one half pound to one pound. This
AFa n factor
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11

Dear Mr.. Goodfellow--I am writ
Ing you again this Xmas, as you
was so good to me last year | am
an orphan living with my fathers
brother, and he says he Is so poor
and had such a little crop that old
Santa Won't come to see US this
year unless you send him, and you
know that makes US sad.
Please send him TO see US, for we
don't want to be here and have him
pass us BY - -, Potts Camp,
Miss.
Dear Good Mani have heard OF
your helping the poor children, and
thought you would help me, fer
am a poor girl, and they said you
send me something, and | never on.
Ioyed Christmas Ike other girls.
am a widow woman's girl, and II
takes every nickel she makes to
feed US, and | believe you Will d..
vide with me, Hope you will send
me a cap, a ! want to 90 to school.
The Lord Will bless you, and ! Will,
too, as am a poor GIRL ---- ----,
Toone, Tenn,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
Proposed Plan.

with the knowledge Of Emperor
Charles, proposed to Emperor William
that Austria would give Germany the
province of Galicia and permit her to
nave her way in Russian Poland, pro-
vided Alsace and Lorraine were ceded
back to France. l went to Kreizenach
and presented the plan to DR.. Beth
mann Hollweg, then German imperial
chancellor. Later he informed me he
was forced to decline to enter into the
scheme. / do not know whether or not
Ludendorff had a hand in the matter,
but l was informed that it was i'm
possible to give up Alsace and Lorraine
because the German people never would
understand the giving up Of land
which had cost so much blood.
The situation of Germany was dam
gerous, but nothing could be done, Our
conversations were pleasant and friend,
ly and our sacrifices were appreciated
by officials, | saw, however, that l
could not arrange the matter because
Germany was obliged 10 obey the mill
tary party.
81 then tried another way. Unknown
socialist member of parliament, to Ber-
| lin to talk with Matthias Erzberger, the
clerical leader, and DR.. Albeit Q, w.
Suederkum, socialist member OF the
reichstag. He was to tell them why
the war must end and give them both
to understand that another peace reso-
luton should be Introduced in the
reichstag, directed against both the
military party and the pan Germans.
AT this juncture, however, the Ger
man armies began to win victories,
once more, and the reichstag did no.
thing. Thus we were badly situated.
When our chances were bad and the
entente nations were eated they would
not talk peace. When we were win
ming, Ludendorff would not consent to
permit peace negotiations, l always
wanted TO use victory as an opportunity
to bring about peace and several times
had an impression that ! might sue
ceed
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11

Dear Mr.. GoodfeIlow-l am writ
ing to ask II you will come TO see
some little children out in 6lng-
hamton, There are two Of them,
and their papa Is In France, ana
know they Will not get anything "
you don't come to see them.
The boy Is three years and the
GIRL Is one week old. And please
don't forget thom, for | know they
Will not get anything unless you
look after them. The mothers name
Is --From Friend.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
FLU ON INCREASE
BUT TYPE IS MILD
Total of 1877 Cases Placed on
Record Tuesday-No
Quarantine Planned.

The largest number Of new cases. OF
influenza reported for single day
sice the recurrence of the malady In
Memphis was reported to the city
health department Tuesday, the total
being 127.
DR. II. b. Johnson, secretary, says
he is satisfied there will be no, neoes-
sity for closing the schools, churches
and other places II the public Will co,
operate and observe the rules suggested
by the department.
DR.. Jacobson also believes the mild
ness OF the type is another reason why
the closing and quarantine system Will
not be resorted to at the present time.
While the influenza has returned
and there are large number OF new
cases reported each day. the depart
ment sees no reason for alarm over
operate with the department and as
sist In preventing a spread Of the IN
fection," DR.. Jacobson declared, The
cases reported to us are milder in type
than during the epidemic the latter
part of October and the early part OF
November. There seems to be an abb
sence Of complications such as pneu-
recovering rapidly.
I'VE urge persons contracting colds
to be careful. They should get the
proper treatment at once and not ex-
pose themselves. They should avoid
crowds and use their handkerchiefs
when coughing or sneezing,
Il do not think 1t Is necessary now
to close up public places. When we
closed before we were getting reports
of an average of 400 new cases day.
Two deaths from influenza were re-
ported Tuesday and two Wednesday
from pneumonia, superinduced by in
fluenZa. The death rate from compli-
cations of influenza, such as bronchial
and lobar pneumonia, is normal for
this time Of year, the authorities say
Extends Over Nation.
DR.. Neumon Taylor, superintendent
of the health department, who returned
to Memphis Wednesday from Chicago
where he attended a nation wide con-
ference on influenza, held under the
auspices OF the American Public Health
association. said that the malady was
prevalent in every hamlet, city and
state in the country, but that the re-
ports indicate the disease is OF much
milder and less dangerous type thar
that of a month ago, when it ragged
in epidemic forms throughout the en-
tire country taking death toll Of
more than $4,000
DIR. Taylor said that more than 2,00t
delegates were in attendance at the
conference. DR.. Rupert Blue, surgeon.
general Of the United States health
department. and many experts anc
professional men Of the nation were
present and discussed the matter o
preventing further spread Of the dis
ease. The opinion. he declared, was
that there IS no need for alarm ovel
| the situation,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
Face Huge Job.

1t is In an inconceivably tremendous
job confronting Gen. Eli Heimick Of
Chicago and Col. Asa Singleton. Of
Macon, Ga, chief Of staff who are
actively at work, trying in the short
est possible time to reverse the pro-
cesses that took place in connection
with the hasty influx Of troops, chang
Continued on Page 8, Column g.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11

Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-11-22

We are direct factory agents for the
world-famous Michelin, Pennsylvania
Vacuum Cup and a thoroughly good
second, 1.-THE Highway, "-guaranteed
for 1000 miles.
The Weed" Chain Jacks lift your
car without bending your back. We
are lucky in securing a limited supply.
Just received full stock of Plati-
mum Points and generating brushes.
Magic Vulcanizers cure your tube
troubles. Fix holes in a iiffy. Cost
S1.45 with a dozen patches.
The "Aljo" plug is sold by us ex-
clusiyely. Money can't buy a better
plug. And we sell the Derf, Jumbo,
A. c., Titan, National and all the
wanted ones.
If the celluloid for your car is crack
ed or unsightly we can renew same.
Radiator Caps for your make of car
at 43c. The Ford sizes cost but 23c.
A common fault with Fords is the
dropping running board. Brace it up
with Dow brace. We have them.
Jitney Chairs are scarce, but we
have quite a few for those who get here
early.
We do vulcanizing and specialize in
quick service.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-11-22

Of PERSONAL PROPERTY of
Howard Ashton. Will be sold on
the premises at New Hope, Pa,
Saturday Nov. %, 1918
to wit as follows:
Horses Gray Horse II yrs.
old, good all round worker, will
weigh about 400 pounds, l Bay
Mare, sound will work anywhere
about 400 pounds, good draft
team.
Wagons Dump wagon, l
Platform Spring Wagon, l Farm
wagon running gears, / Small
Spring Wagon.
Harness. Full Sets of good
farm Harness, a farm brides, 2
sets Single Harness, set of EX-
press Harness, l set Driving
Harness, A Irish Collars, good
ones, 2 sets Fly Nets.
Implements Syracuse Plow,
1 One horse Plow, l Spring tooth
Harrow, 2 Cultivators, l good
Keeper, 2 sets of hook Single
trees, lot of odd Singletrees,
/ Horse Rake, lot Wagon Wheels
set of Rope and Pulleys, Grain
Fan, Threshing Machine, Lot of
Picks and Shovels, Lot of Trace
Chains, Two Stoves, and lot Of
other thingsto be hunted up by
day Of sale, and must be sold as
Mr.. Ashton is going to stop
farming
Sale to commence at o'clock.
Conditions by
Charles S. Roberts,
Agt. for Howard Ashton.
Joshua Anderson, Auctioneer.
D. w. Spoor, Clerk.