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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
TIP GRAFTERS AT ROME
NAB AMERICAN BOYS

ROME, Oct. S,--"Iitching palms"
were extended TO the enlisted person.
mel attached to Gen. Pershings staff
during the American commander. i'm
chiefs visit TO Rome. Cab drivers, pro-
feasional guides, professional beggars,
novelty vendors and guide book sellers
preyed upon the American doughboys
with avidity. One soldier paid IS TO
be driven from the station to St Pc.
tePs. trip ordinarily costing 40 cente,
or by trolley, cents
Professional guides reaped a harvest
at the Coliseum and at St. Peters,
where they played the part of con-
fidence" men by offering to take the
soldiers to parts OF these monuments
not ordinarily open to the public. A
guide at the Coliseum exacted 81 for
taking three privates and a sergeant
through the upper tiers. while another
guide at St Peters demanded 81 for
taking two boys through the Vatican
museum. both Of which are free to the
public.
A cab driver agreed to take three
prfvates over the ancient Appian way
for 49,. He took them on trip OF the
city Of Rome for about an hour, told
them they had seen all, and demanded
bis ffre, which they paid.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
TRUSTEES SALE

Default having been made In the pay
ment OF the debts and obligations Sc
cured to be paid in certain deed Of
trust, executed the 10th day Of August,
1918, by r. V. wheeler, a widower, 70
the undersigned as trustee, as same APP
pears Of record In the office of the reg
lister of Shelby county, Tennessee, in
book 692, page 1923, and the owner of
the. debt secured having requested the
Undersigned to advertise and sell the
all Of said Indebtedness having ma
tured by default in the payment Of a
part thereof, at the option OF the owner,
this is to give notice that we will, on
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6. 1919,
commencing at IL o'clock noon. at the
southwest corner of the courthouse,
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee,
and at the Adams avenue entrance
thereof, proceed TO sell at public out
cry to the highest and best bidder for
cash, the following described propelt y,
to-wit:
Situated in Shelby county, Tennessee,
as follows:
In the city Of Memphis lot No. thirty
l3O) Of A. X. Burrow subdivision OF the
Monsarrat tract, bounded as follows,
to-wit: Beginning at a point in the
west line Of North Mcneil street three
hundred twelve and eight tenths (312.S)
feet north from the north line of Over
ton Park avenue; thence west with the
north line Of lot No. thirty-one (3I of
said subdivision one hundred forty-five
q45) feet to point 3l7s feet north
from the north fine Of overton Park
avenue; thence north parallel with
North Mcneil street fifty (50) feet to
the south line of lot No. twenty-nine
(29) of said subdivision; thence east
with the south line Of lot No, twenty
nine (29) one hundred and forty-five
l45) feet to the west line Of North
Mcneil street; thence south with the
west line of North Mcneil street fifty
(50) feet to the point OF beginning
All right and equity Of redemption
homestead and dover waived in said
deed Of trust and the title Is believed
to be good except as hereinafter stated,
but we win sell and convey only as
trustee. The trust deed under which
this sale Is made Is subject in priority
to the balance due under trust deed to
Bank OF Commerce and Trust CO., trus-
tee, dated April 16, 1914, and recorded
In book 500, page "a, OF the register
office of Shelby county, Tennessee,
sa,O 90 of which Indebtedness natures
April 16. 1919
BANK OF COMMERCE 4 TRUST co,
Trustee.
BY S. j. SHEPHERD, Trust OFFICER.
This Gent 10 1919
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
Solution of Problem.

Commenting on this singular solution
OF the problem, lei Universal printed an
editorial on the 9th instant, In which II
said
Both the primary and grammar
schools have gone from Herod to PLATE
looking for salvation. The municipal
lty declares that 1t liz not Its business to
support them. The federal government
on the other hand vaclllates as to
whether or not 1t shall help support
them, now saying mo- then yes. and
later on no again. and finally renders
It's decision that 1t will not And now
what happens7
why, something very funny. The
municipality not being obliged to sup
port the schools accordingto Its views,
and the government not being obliged
to, according to It's views, the obliga tion
belonging to neither one nor the other,
II remains for the schools to support
themselves, Accordingly, II may be
said, the schools are left hanging In
the air The federal government washes
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03

school age in the federal district alone
are without school facilities.
The responsibility for the nonpaymert
Of the salaries OF the teachers Is placed
by Secretary Luis Cabrera on the mu-
inequalities, while the officials of the
municipalities vehementiy assert that
the blame rests entirely, on the govern
palities Of go per cent Of taxes used
for public service, made It Impossible
for the municipalities TO support their
schools The further charge is made by
the presidents Of nine OF the 10 munlci-
pallties that the government has taken
$500 100000 in requests. endowments
etc, the income OF which went to sup
port the schools They claim, too, that
Mr.. Cabrera, secretary OF the interior
and public credit. pledged the .Carranga
government to support the schools and
pay the teachers
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
MEXICAN SCHOOL
SYSTEM NEAR TO
RUIN, IS REPORT
Two Chief Papers Of Capital
Declare That Funds Which
Belong to Schools Are Now
Wasted Elsewhere.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 3.--The public
schools of Mexico City are in me most
"deplorabe condition ever known" nc
cording to the two leading newspapers
of that city, and tho Republic, ,El Uni
yersal and Excelsior. and this despite
dhe public announcement OF the Mex
lean ambassador, Senior Bonillas, at
washington recently that the schools
According to these newspapers, all the
public schools In the federal district,
which includes Mexico City, are closed
and VIII remain so until the govern
ment arranges to pay the salaries OF the
teachers. who have received no pay
since last May. This means that 1907
600 children In this district alone arc
without school facilities.
Ambassador Bonillas referred to the
establishment Of schools as one OF the
positive proofs Of Improvement In Mex
leo In the widely quoted public an
nouncement he made. His statement
on this subject was as follows
II have found that statistics about
improvements In Mexico are positive,
especially about the establishment OF
new schools all over the country They
are establishing schools In every ranch,
In every hacienda, Wherever there is
group of 10 children there is pri-
Formal Charges Made.
Some of the charges made In the
school condition by the Mexico City
newspapers and representatives OF the
schools are:
That the CarranSa government has
taken away from the municipalities 60
per cent OF the taxes belonging to them
for public service.
That the Carranza government haa
appropriated TO its own use more than
$500, 100000 worth OF properties he
longing to the municipalities the In.
come OF which went to the support ot
the schools and which had been be-.
queathed by wealthy individuals.
That reorganization Of the schools
IL imperative, as many of sthe former
teachers we're "corruptors OF Childhood
instead OF being instructors"
That Secretary Luis Cabrera, repre-
senting President Carranxa, had pledged
the. government to support the schools
and pay the salaries OF the teachers
That at least 100000 children Of
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
DEATHS.

John Elicit So. 1915 vinton; Sept. 20;
gunshot wound.
Mrs. Lizzie McCorkle, 10, 465 Edith.
Oct. 2; apoplexy.
Buster Windham, 3, Baptist hospital,
Sept. 30: pyemia. septicaemia,
Mrs. Lizzie Burlison, 46, Baptist hos
pital, Sept. 81; nephritis.
r. A. Brown, 60 Baptist hospital,
Oct, / fracture Of skull following oper-
alton,
viii Kennedy month, I Nina place,
Sept. 80; acute colitis
Leona Reed. 81, rear &c McLemore,
Sept. 29 lobar pneumonia.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
LEGAL NOTICES.
Sale of Stock

Pursuant to an order of the Chan
Gerry court Of Shelby county, Tennessee,
entered in the case of Gilbert D. Raine,
ct al, vs.. Union and Planters Bank and
Trust company, ct al on July ?, 1919. Of
record In Minute Book 1853, page 34S
the said Union and Planters Bank and
Trust company, as guardian of the
said Gilbert D. Raine, will sell at pub
lie outcry, for cash. on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1919
at 1900 noony at the west entrance to
Union and Planters Bank and Trust
company, one hundred shares of the
par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100
each, of the capital stock of The Mem
phis News Scimitar company, No bid
will be received Of less than thirty-five
cents (35e) on the 100.
UNION & PLANTERS BANK
& TRUST COMPANY,
Guardian of Gilbert d. Raine.
BY SAM HOLLOWAY, Trust Officer
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS

wYCKoFF--John BENTON Jr SON 81
John Benton and Vivienne Bowen
Wyckotf, at l:ls am, Oct. 8, 1919 age
years, 7 months, days.
Funeral from late residence. 1918 Carr
avenue at 4 pm, Friday Friends OF
family invited. Interment private.
PERklNS-At residence, sOs univer-
stty street Friday morning. Oct. ., 1919,
~ S;su o'eIeek Howard L. Perkins aged
Perkins, Of this city; son OF David L,
Perkins; brother of Mrs j. A. Harrison,
Cecil, Ben, Thomas and Miss Clara Per-
kfns. OF Jonesboro, Ark
Remains will be forwarded from the
pariors OF Thompson Bros, this (F'ri
eayl evening, at s;lb O'Clock, TO Jones'
horo, Ark, for interment, via frisco
railroad.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
BIRTHS

Tom and Beu'ah Cramer Arnold. Gem
eral hospital, Sept 30; girl
Harry f. and Julia Guy Lambert 3ss
I.aClede. Sept. 80. boy
Albert and Clara Bailey Carter, $50
Greenlaw, Sept. p; girl
George and Susie Williams Robson,
IN Exchange, Sept %; girl
r. A. and Fannie Williams Wilson
General hospital, Sept. 30. girl.
Johnnie and Hattie Nevillles Jones
672 South Orleans, Sept 20 boy
Frank and Della Chalmers, Kelly's al
ley. sept. 10; boy.
Andrew aud Alfredo Chaplin, Sept.
n. boy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Commercial Trust and Savings
Bank.

Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 80, 1919. I
The regular quarterly dividend
of three 60 per cent on the capital
stock of this bank has been de-
clared, payable on or after Oct. l.,
1919, to the shareholders of record
Sept. 80, 1919.
DWIGHT M. ARMSTRONG,
Vice-President
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Esther r. Ratiiff 10 F. II Sexton
Bessie Jones to Rock Williams, Leila
Randle to Sam Jones. Mary Shields TO
Hillery James, Beulah Thompson to
Willis Austin, Maria William to Add
Bowman, Pearl McLin to Maceo ].
Cummings, Mary Williams to Arthur
Gray. Winston Blakes ITO William NJ.
Kelly
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
DIVIDEND NOTICE
American Savings Bank
and Trust Go.

On Wednesday, Oct. /, 1919,
our regular monthly dividend
of 2 per cent will be credited
to the accounts of stockholders
of record Sept. 80, 1919.
+, G. DIXON, Cashier.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
Annual Meetings OF Stockholders and
ntnaHkana

NTHUWI WCVEITWa OF 0VUCKNOIUEFS HNU
Directors,
Notice Is hereby given that the reg
ular annual meeting OF stockholders Of
the Union Railway company will be held
at the office OF the company, room 210,
Union station building, Memphis, Tenn,
on Monday, the sixth day Of October,
1919, at O'clock y. M, for the purpose
OF electing directors for the ensuing
year and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before the
meeting.
The annual meeting OF the board OF
directors NJ the company will be held
at the same office on the same day
Immediately after adjournment of the
stockholders meeting
]. G.. DREW, President
u. f. LYCETT, Secretary.
Dated Sent 10 1919
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
UNION RAILWAY COMPANY.

BY S ]. SHEPHERD, Trust office
This Sent. u. 1919.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-07
I. v. SMITHS WILL
REWARDS SERVICE

Faithful service" was rewarded in
the will of Thomas w. Smith, the
lumber merchant. who died March l
last and whose testament was flied
for probate today.
"In consideration of faithful serv-
ice, give to my brother, Clifford U.
Smith, $4,000" similar sum Is
given to the brother, Henry w. Smith.
also lin consideration of faithful serV-
ice" The widow, Mrs. Caroline
Gatchel Smith, is to have the house
hold furniture, including carriages,
horses, and the right to occupy the
residence at 1884 Columbia road north
west without payment of rent. She Is
also to have the use of a summer cot
tage at Bay, Md, for
life.
Mrs. Mary S. Leahy, Of Milford.
Mass, a sister of the testator. is to
receive $4,000. and a like amount is
to go to my ma .nesake, Thomas w.
Smith, son of my brother. Clifford u.
Smith, as a token of my esteem"
Clyde Smith. son Of testator's broth
or, Henry w. Smith. is to receive
81, 200 las a token of my esteem"
Mrs. Leahy, the daughter of tesla
tors sister. Mrs. Mary A. S. Leahy, is
to have 81 900.
Fifty thousand dollars Is given to
the trustees OF the estate, with di-
Tections to invest the amount and
pay its income therefrom to the wild
ow for the maintenance Of the
daughter, Maud. The trustees shall
also have the sun of $25, 1000 to in
vest for the hnnnAF 81 he
Dispensary in Washington. Twenty
thousand dollars are to be invested
by the trustees for. the beneft of the
granddaughter. Frances Marion Shaw,
and with directions to pay her the
principal when she reaches the age
Of thirty years.
All the real estate owned by testa-
tor at First street and Indiana ave-
nue.. including lumber, milIWork, en-
gines, boilers, machinery, is given to
the son, George Linville Smith, who
is also to be charged with $4,000 for
the house at 1923 Mt. Pleasant street,
which was given him by his father.
A tract of land, called Scotland and
Barbados, in Prince George county,
Nd, is divided in equal shares be-
tween testator's brothers. Clifford u.
and Henry w. Smith.
Ihe rest ana residue OF the estate
is devised to the Washington Loan
and Trust Company to hold for fifteen
years and to be known on its books
as the Thomas W. Smith properties"
with power to sell the same ten years
after his death at their discretion and
to divide the proceeds among the chill
dren, except my daughter, Maud, it
being my will that she shall have no
greater interest in my esthte than
the income arising from an invest
ment of $4,000"
The Washington Loan and Trust
Company and the son, George Linville
Smith, are named as executors of the
estate and Sidney T. Thomas as attor-
ney and legal adviser of the executors.
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if such person is under eighteen years
of age or incapable Of self-suppOrt.
At their option. GOldbonds and
Smithkins may pay their tax in full at
the time of filing their returns, on or
before March Is. or in four INSTALL
ments, on or before March 10, on or
before June Is, on or before Septem-
Der Is, and on or before December 10.
The penalty for failure to make a re-
turn on time is a fine of not more
than 81 900 and an additional assess
ment OF % per cent of the amount
due. For "willfully refusing" to make
a return the penalty is a fine of MT
more than $4,000 or imprisonment foo
not more than one year, or both. \
similar penalty is provided for max
ing a false or fraudulent return, to-
gether with an added assessment OF
so per cent OF the amount due.
All VIII Come Through.
The commissioner OF internal reve-
nue., Daniel c. Roper. however. is Civ
ing himself no uneasiness concerning
the failure of GoIdbonds or Smitbkirs
to file their return and pay the tax
due on time.
Experience has proved that the
great majority of the American peo-
pie pay their taxes cheerfully and
willingly" said Commissioner Roper
"Of course, We have the Delinquent,
and to him. in justice to those who
fully comply with the law, no con-
sideratiOn can be given. The bureau
has at its command innumerable
sources of information that will dis
close tax liability. When the tax
dOdger is discovered-as he will be
he will be made to pay the full
penalties of the law"
Forms for filing income tax returns
may be obtained at offices of cOllec-
tors of internal revenue. Taxpayers
whose net income for 1918 was less
than $4,000 should ask for Form
lOIO-A. Those whose net income was
more than $4,000 should ask for
Form 1910.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-07
War Workers "Tunln1leS"
All Stuffed and Upset
By Their Trick Lunches

Any little war worker who eats a
bar of chocolate. a piece of lemon pie.
and two doughnuts for lunch needs
dietician, IL not a guardian. AL
though she thinks she has eaten just
a smack" she has really eaten the
equivalent of a big dinner. More than
that, she has eaten the wrong balance
OF food; her little 'tummy" is all
stuffed up with too many calories, and
both her digestion and her complexion
are on the royal road to ruin.
Little Miss Aubyn Chinn, a young
women with a personality that could
sell buffalo robes in August. and who
can make even the products of the
pots and pans and the kitchen range
thrilling, is responsible for this in
dictment of the average young wom-
an war worker.
Has Great, Big Title.
Miss Chinn has a title longer than
herself She is city homo demon.
strator of the District of Columbia.
Under the direction of the States rela-
ton service Of the Bureau of AgricuI-
ture, she is conducting a series of lee
lures and demonstrations in the old
National Museum. There are courses
for housekeepers in the early after
noon, and a series especially arranged
for Government workers beginning at
4:45 D. m.
Anyone who doubts that any young
woman would eat chocolate, lemon pie,
and doughnuts for lunch is mistaken.
They all do it They confessed as
much to Miss Chinn at yesterday af-
ternoon's lecture. Miss Chinn is try
ing to teach these stenographers and
clerks how to eat right.
Eat Too Much. She Says.
Everyone gets enough to eat" Miss
Chinn declares. Nearly everyone
eats too much. Almost no one eats
the right sort of things the right
combination at the right time or the
kinds of food out of which comes the
most nourishment for the least money.
"The essential of good living" Miss
Chinn continues, els the well balanced
menu. place all foods into five
groups and consider il necessary for
a person to include something from
each group in their daily eating-pref-
erably in each meal.
First. there is the protein group
on which milk and meat belong; sec
ond, the fat group, of which everyone
should have at least two ounces a
day; third, the starchy foods, which
embrace potatoes and cereals; then the
sweets. and last the fruits and green
vegetables.
Everyone should eat at least one
green vegetable a day. and by that I
mean the green vegetables with leaves
like lettuce or spinach. do not mean
cauliflower. which l consider a lux
ury, in that it contains very little
food value. or asparagus, which. while
delicate and attractive, is only val
liable because of the minerals it con-
tains.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-07
3-Cent Victory Stamps
Soon to Be Sold, But
Only on Special Request

Victory postage stamps. a new
Scent issue to commemorate the
successful conclusion of the war.
will be on sale shortly through
out the country. In announcing
the issue yesterday the Post
Office Department said the supply
would not be sufficiently large to
replace the regular Scent stamp,
and pOstmasters would sell vic
tory stamp only on request
The new stamp bears the figure
OF Liberty victorious, helmeted
and with a sword in one hand
and scales in the other. The
whole design appears upon a
shaded panel. with American,
British, French. Belgian and
Italian flags draped in the back
ground. In size it compares with
other special stamps. and is
wider and shorter than the ordi-
nary stamp.
1t probably will require several
weeks to supply acquisitions from
all postOffices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-07
ONLY TWO CHORUS GIRLS
ARRESTED LAST YEAR

ALBANY, March THE annual re-
port on criminology, which Francis
~ Hugo, secretary Of State, trans
mits to the legislature. shows that
only two chorus girls were arrested
in this State last year, as compared
with three manicures and sixteen
stenOgraphers. First honors, however,
go to editors, eheesemakers, under
takers, feather workers, piano NOV
ers, washerwomen and law clerks, for
only one OF each so far wandered from
the straight and narrow way as TO
face q bar of justice.
The old adage that the idle brain -
the DEVILS workshop. was perhaps
never better illustrated than in Mr..
Hugo's report. Crime shows a re-
markable decrease last year. There
was no time for idleness. The effects
of the Government order to work or
fight" are plainly apparent.
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and valuable from almost every stand
point"
Miss Chinn. who has wonderful
set OF imitation food. loaned
to her by the museum for demon
stration purposes, sets out on q table
before the war workers model meals
in order to fix in their minds just
what they should select from their
boarding house or restaurant menus.
They tell her what they eat and she
explains where their selection is
wrong.
To prove her contention 80 C.led
the case Of the famous New York
rookie police squad which in 1917 was
put on a model diet for six weeks,
no days outlay to be more than 25
cents per person. The prospective
police officers were under bond not
to eat anything except the food pro-
vided by the dietetic experts. In six
weeks they had gained an average
of twenty-nine pounds and were in
perfect health.
The art comes" Miss Chinn de-
of meals.
Hard to Keep II Up.
Anyone might be able to- get up
a days food for % cents for one
day, but the skill came in keeping IL
up for six weeks These policemen
had all they wanted to eat, gained
fiesh-and all on far less money than
they had previously expended. The
reason a meal often does not satisfy
isn't because one doesn't eat enough
its because certain elements the
system and tissues crave are not in
cluded."
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WHAT TOEAT

To get nourishment and balance
in your daily diet, Miss Chinn sug-
gests these eight rules:
One pint of milk a day for
everybody.
Meat at least once a day
At least one green vegetable.
Fresh fruit three times a day
if possible, at least once.
No expenditure for meat until
after the milk has been provided.
Never beans or peas, which are
meat substitutes. at the same
meal at which meat is eaten.
Never rice or macarOni and DO
tatOes at the same meal. They
all supply the same dietary ele-
ments.
Lettuce, celery, and onions
whenever possible.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-07
AVIATOR FLIES WITHIN
WALLS OF GRAND CANYON

KINGMAN, Ariz., March Lieut..
Chase V. Rugh. OF the gulf-fO-the.
Pacific aero squadron, performed the
hazardous feat OF flying inside the
walls Of the grand canyon OF Arr
iona.
The day was calm and no danger
Gus air currents were encountered.
He did not observe any emergency
landing places in the canyon, he re-
ported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-07
TOday's Market Hints

Prepared by the Bureau Of Markets, L.
S. Department of Agriculture.
ABUNDANT-White potatoes turnips, GEL
cry, carrots.
RORMAL-Cabbage, cauIihower, kaIe
parsnips, onions, oranges, grapefruit,
bananas
SCARCE-Lettuce, sweet potatoes, spinach,
string beans, lemons, apples, strawber-
ries, cucumbcrs.
VEGETABLES.