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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
THE MEMPHIS PRES
miracle MAN.
STORY TOLD IN

Perhaps tho best sermon
preached in Memphis yesterday
Mas that Of The Miracle Man
at tho Strand theater.
Tho writer Of this went to
church Sunday morning; he went
TO sce tho moving picture at the
Strand last night, today he read
the manuscripts Of four sermons
delivered IN local churches or
them all, the Quo which would
probably mako the greatest I'm
precision on the average man or
woman. that would tend 10 ele-
v8te. 10 leave a mark for good,
was the moving picture
The minister who preached q
sermon here yesterday character
izing moving PICTURES ms an evil
influence. ma, leave. before the
first reel Ia thru II he goes TO the
Strand tonight His theologlcaly
trained senees NAV revolt Al the
sight OF a good rocking hut very
bad young girl displaying 10
inches OF silk stocking % she alps
a cockRil and smokes a cigsret
In q Chinese dive His senses may
| revolt at the net1rious scheme OF
the girl, her lover and two other
crooks 10 make a cleanup But
he STAYS IN the end OF the show
he will see a wonderful story OF
faith unfolded and he will leave
the theater realizing that every
person that sat thru that picture
with him has been done a good
The Miracle Man" does
From the Memphis Press, Sept s.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
Moving Pictures
The Miracle Nah"

There are times when superlatives 40
applied 10 n legitimate stage produc.
tloh or to a motion picture, seem In
adequate TO really convey the merito-
rloua Qualities OF the subject at hand,
ana u Is OF The Miracle Man." the big
george Loane tucker production which
had its premiere at the Strand theater
sunday, that i may be said superla-
hves are ineffective 10 properly give
credit 10 the performance.
seldom has a photoplay so profoundly
stirred an audience as did this Para
shown In Memphis simultaneously with
New York city and other big picture
centers Of tho East, The delightful
comments OF the spectators who crowd.
ed tho theater Sunday were a splendid
tribute 10 a p~hotoplay. which without a
great. screen masterpieces Of tho pres
en- day
White tho play has as It's central
characters four crooks. OF New York's
Chinatown, It Is more powerful than n
thought-out sermon, more educational
than a series OF studies on human ma
ture and above all, Is morally clean and
wholesome in its effects. II takes rank
with the best Of modern day drarnas
which leave one feeling better for hAv.
Inc seen It. Those who have seen
'Everywoman,' Experienced" Turn
70 inc h'Bhf. and other plays which
convey a moral. will experience the
same beneficial etfects-ot. having seen
what THO lnate goodness OF mankind
will dc-ln eliminating immoral and
criminal tendencies In the human heart
The picture Ia based upon the famous
story by Frank l. Packard. which sub.
sequenuy vas dramatized by George NJ.
Cohan With marked success The adroit-
ness with which Its director, George
Loane Tucker, has worked out a tre-
! mondous thepe and his handling OF tho
.exquisitely 0ea utiful scenic effects,
raises The Miracle Man" Tar above
he ordinary cinema production.
The story centers around a white
red natriach Of the hills, who !
~ roW"- 70 bal ts
From The News Scimitar, Sept. s
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
Strand.

Hailed by critics as one of the great
est motion pictures ever produced, the
.Paramount-Artcraft feature, "Thc Mira
Gle Man." is now being displayed at the
Strand theater. 1t is the screen version
of George M. Cohan's play that scored
so emphatically on Broadway some
months ago, and which in turn was
based on Frank l.. Paekard's ffmous
novel. No picture in recent months has
had so much praise lavished upon IT
for the dramatic quality of it's tory,
its keen characterization and beautiful
photography.
The story of 1.-THE Miracle Man cen
ters around an old patriarch of the hills
who has gained a reputation for his
power to heal the sick and crippled TO
him come a band of INSCRIPTIONS
crooks from the slums Of New Yofk--
Tom Burke, their leader; Rose, The
Frog, and The Dope-who have con
ceived the scheme OF capitalizing the
healer's gift and taking the money for
themselves.
What follows is one Of the most ID
sorbing stories ever unfolded on he
screen.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
COTTON MILL SOLD.

CHESTER. S. C.. Sent. a-ARneupce-
ment was made today Of the sale N the
~Manchester cotton mill at Rockhill. s
=, TO- A. C. Barrow, OF the Jobbers'
ONeraH company, Of Lynchburg, Va.
dne purchase price was said to be $780,
goo, the transfer 10 be made Jan. 5
next.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
Majestic,

Dorothy Dalton has been surrounded
by a remarkably strong supporting cast
in her latest Paramount Aircraft Ince
picture, THE Market of Souls,' which
Is on view AT the Majestic theater to-
is H. +. Herbert, who on the speaking
stage supported Billie Burke, Mrs. Pat
rick Campbell, Blanche Bates and other
stellar lights. Others In the cast are
,Philo Mccullough, Donald Mcdonald,
and Dorcas Mathews, all well known to
screen lovers. In addition to these IA
nous players, there are scores or other
entertainers who will delight audiences.
These are the toe dancers, Egyptian
girls and ballet dancers who appear In
a wonderful cabaret scene.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09

CONVICTION. Tenn. Sept o tSpl)
e L. Brown, aged So years, who lives
in the Third district Of Upton county
was buried at the Poplar Grove burial
grounds Monday. TIE deceased UNDER
went an operation in a hospital in Mem
phis recently and died there Sunday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
WAREHOUSE
WORKERS GO BACK

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 9.-The SOC
employees of the public cotton warehouse
and shorter working hours Sept. s, re-
turned to their duties today. Wage in
creases from 40 to As cents were grant
ed, but the working day remained at
nine hours.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
WILL, EDIT M%0UNTAINEER.

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. Sept. s.
(Spl.)-Miss Mary Alice Willis, OF
Elizabeth, Miss, a member of the
senior class Of Blue Mountain college
for the 1s19-1s20 session, has been Sc
lected to be editor-in-c hief Of the
Mountaineer, the yearbook of the insti-
tuition, with Miss Alice Helton. also a
senior, Canton, Miss, to be assistant
editor. These young ladies viii be
supported by a strong and inspirational
staff.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
WHAT THE PRESS or THE
NATION SAY
INVENTOR OF DEPTH BOMB.

a y
Whoever it was that invented the
tanks which so greatly influenced the
tide of battle on the western front,
there will be no hesitancy in crown
ing the hero whose name has just been
announced. by the navy department as
the inventor of the depth charge, which
made it possible to- meet the menace
of the German Uboats.
He is Chester II. Mnkler of the
torpedo station at Newport r. l., and
the quality of his patriotism Is indi-
Gated by the fact that he not only
made the experiments which resulted
in perfection of the mighty weapon,
but gave his patent to the government
without condition, and has received
no royalties, SO far as known.
How greatly the depth charge OPP
rated to accomplish actual destruc-
ton of the submarines will not be
known until the technical history of
the war is written, but it Is already
known that its moral effect was very
great. MIR. Minkler deserves any re-
ward that "A grateful nation may see
fit to bestow on him.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05

encouraged to remain away from the
mines. They have testified that II thes
returned to work they might be killed
Who implanted this fear in the hearts
of the. miners? The United States
court wants to know. While there was
a letter compliance with the courts
order there was no compliance in spirit.
They rescrted to camouflage pure and
simple.
That ray be one way of enforcing
the strike. but these sclf-styled dicta-
tors of Ia Dor will find it to be decidedly
costly. The consumers of the United
States want the coal from the mines
and they are going to get 1t, by ana
with the aid of their government, IL
they have to smash the United Nine
Workers of America organization so
that 1t will never again have the power
to withhold from the people one of life's
important necessities.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
MR.. eRYAN,s QUESTION.

Crimes. New York;.
Mr.. Bryan asits whether New York
financiers are as honest now in pay
ing their debts in cheap gold
dollar--at one time cents below the
value of silver dollars in metal-aa
thex were when they were demanding
that debts due should be paid in a
dear gold dollars, silver then being at
a discount in gold. There is need of
some financial DIR. Einstein to eX-
pound a theory of relatively of val
ues. But perhaps if such one
should appear he would be not better
understood than the physicist who
has explained that light is DETECTED
by matter, as Mr.. Bryan seems to
think that principles are bent by in
terests.
In no country is Mr.. Bryans ques-
ton less embarrassing than here. In
the United States gold is the sole
standard of value, whether prices are
high or low. We abandoned the at
tempt to maintain gold and silver in
their relations to each other. We
coined some silver at the sacred ra :
ito of 16 to J.. and we declared it to
be our policy to exchange one for the
other, either gold, silver, or paper
dollars, but we are not committed to
the absurdity of maintaining the
unchangeability of changeable rela-
tons
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
A WORLD BANK OF Discomfort


Burke once pointed out the danger
from the existence within state of
a Bank of Discomfort, with its con-
tinualy accommodating grievances.
upon which the dissatisfied and the
vicious could draw at will to further
descriptive schemes. Russia has be-
come the worlds Bank of Discomfort,
and drafts are being made upon 1t
by the forces of disorder in every
part of the globe. 1t is furnishing
snews for the war against society
to the agitators of all nations, and
the fact that it's currency is counter
felt and it's reserve of grievances
fraudulent seems to make no differ
ence to those who exploit them.
SO far, opposition to Bolshevism
has been ba sed upon the theory that
it is an incurable contagious dis
ease to be combated by the isolat ton
and determination of those affected.
Recent developments have thrown a
new light on the subject Elections
in France, Italy and, more remotely,
in England and Germany, show that
the Bolshevist Tnicrobe is in itself a
very feeble germ, incapable of ma
king progress in an otherwise healthy
national organism, The disease grows
only when 1t can feed on doubts and
fears or is spread by drastic meas
ures that scatter the germs without
destroying them.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
EDITORIAL. OPINION OF
IDAHO EDITORS
THOSE RESOLUTIONS.
Nampa)

At a recent meeting the Boise
Trades and Labor Council passed a
set of resolutions in which they took
strong ground in favor of the coal
miners. The resolutions are conserv-
alive and in some respects admirable.
The demand that there shall be fun
investigation of the mining con-
ditions and the widest publicity given
of the facts found should meet with
universal approval, If, as charged,
the operators are making undue
profits and have held up production
for the purpose of maintaining huge
profits, the American public should
know it. If found to be the case
there is no question where the sym
patty of the people should lie. On
the other hand, the fact should not
/ be forgotten that the miners made
some ridiculous demands, which no
industry could stand and still furnish
the people the product at rea-
sonable price. The people will re-
member that the miners demanded a
six hours day with five days to the
week. That is thirty hours work and
a full weeks pay for it, That is
wholly unreasonable. That amount
of work will not supply the country
with coal. 1t must also be remem-
| bered that the miners refused to arbi-
/ trate. If a man has a just cause he
! should not be averse to submitting
/ the question to an impartial board of
arbitration. If the miners had said
! that in the interest of the suffering
women and children they would go to
work at once and do q full honest
! days work, on the distinct under
| standing that the wages and hours,
| fixed by a fair board should date
from the time they went to work,
| the whole American people would
have been with them.
Exception must be taken too. to
the sta tament that the miners consti-
tute half a million good American
! citizens" 1t has been repeated in
I the public press over and over again
I and not denied that the great ma
i jority of these miners are not Ameri-
! can citizens at all, but are still citi-
/ Zens of foreign countries, This, of
/ course, should not prevent them from
! getting wages that will enable them
! to live decently and educate their
children, but they should not be
! classed as good American citizens"
until they'think enough of this coun-
! try to become such in fact.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
SET cARRANzA ADRlFT.

1THE severance OF diplomatic rela-
tions with Mexico and the Carranza
. ,eernment has been formally re-
quested in resolution introduced in
the United States senate by Senator
Fail of New Mexico who, as chairman
of the Subcommittee Investigating the
Mexican situation, declares evidence
has been found that will astound the
world. No one desired war with
usually considered an excellent neigh
Dor. But things have come to such a
pass, the relationship between the two
countries has become so strained, the
wanton murder of American citizens,
the insults to the United States, to
Americans and everything that is
Proper punishment of Mexico seems to
be the only way in which that country
can be taught to respect our citizens
and our interests. Unquestionaby 1t
would bring order where for years
there has been chaos.
Not satisfied with striking at Ameri-
can citizens whenever and wherever it
was possible, Mexico, it is discovered
has gone the limit and through It's
embassy and consulate generals in
various American cities and along the
border, has been actively engaged in
the spreading of Bolshevist propaganda
in the United States. This is one of
the charges that Senator FAN makes
Mexico, in other words, has followed
in the footsteps of Germany in at
tempting to cast the deadly seeds OF
dssension and discord in other coun-
tries. The warning of what happened
to Germany for just such activities
would be sufficient to any other coun-
try than Mexico. But not so where
there is a Carranza and government
such as he heads, rotten to the very
core.
So we are to take the bit in our
ton. 1t is time we were defending the
right of the American citizen at home
as well as abroad. If we do the Ameri-
can who obeys the laws of another
power when within their jurisdiction,
need not fear either death or insult.
That has not been the case in Mexico,
however, for years. We have been
drifting to the severance of diplomatic
relations and to war with Mexico, but
both could have been prevented had we
insisted firmly on protection to our
citizens, instead of tolerated wanton
crime and insult. We have had Il weak,
supine policy In dealing with Mexico.
The time has come to change it so
that 1t will measure up to the ideals
of red blooded American.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
RIPPING RHYMES
coNsoLING THOUGHTS.
BY WALT MASON

All the world seems in a hole,
and my guardian sprite | thank
that | have a modest roll safely
sailed in the bank. Landmarks
we have cherished well are up
torn and thrown away, and no
prophet can foretell what may
happen in a day. Things we
thought We're anchored fast are
adrift upon the tide, and like
leaves upon the blast, customs old
are scattered wide. All our moor
ings are destroyed. all our mile
stones trampIed flat, and we face
an aching void, and we know not
where we're at. All the witches
are abroad, on the storm clouds
dark and dank. and I'm glad | have
a wad safely sailed In the bank.
We have quit the. old time
way. for road that is
accurst: there's crisis ev-
cry day, and the last one is the
worst. Men who once abhorred
the blues now are viewing with
alarm; and the papers filled with
news breathing threats Of dole and
harm. In the background is the
sage, in the foreground Is the
crank; and I'm glad have my
wage safely sailed In the bank.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
GOVERNMENT WIRE CONTROL.

m REPORT of Postmaster General
IN Bur'eson indicates that the opera
ton of the telephone and telegraph
systems of the country during the war
by the federal government is no more
encouraging TO the advocates of public
ownership than the experience of the
government with the railroads. The
difference between the net earnings of
the companies taken over and the COM
pensation guaranteed to the owners by
the government was $14,41S,237. The
report does not include the cable sys-
TENS Total net earnings were re-
ported as $70,3S7,532, while the compen-
sation guaranteed amounted to $S3,-
055,769. Mr.. Burleson has demanded a
payment of $2,349. 1920 from the Pos
tai Telegraph company, which earned
s4O29 1880 during the period of gov
eminent control, although the compen-
station awarded by Mr.. Burleson was
only s1,6S0,0O0. This amount the COM
pany refuses to pay on the ground that
II will he used to make good excessive
compensation awarded to rival COM
panies.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
:: PEPS y:
PAY.

PAY.
When you use up all the assets in the
bank account of life,
You've got to pay.
When you use up all your energies in
keeping up the strife,
You've got to pay.
When you burn the candle at both
ends, and bat around at night
When you gayiy tread the primrose
path and follow beauties bright,
When YOU go the limit, son, no matter
where YOU fly your kite
You've got to pay
For the law of compensation never has
been beaten yet,
You've got to pay
And after every fleeing joy or hollow
pleasure that YOU get
You've got to pay.
Old Destiny is accurate though roister-
ers may scott;
she is a great collector from the gay
and sDortive toff,
When your account is due my son,
you cannot stand her off.
You've got to pay.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
STRANGE FACTS THAT
FEW PEOPLE KNOW

The report that Admiral Kolchak has
offered the Russian portion of the is
land of Saghalien to Japan in return
for military and economic aid, lends
timely interest to the following bulle
tin issued by the National Geographic
society:
The island of Saghalien has been
political perplexity both to Russia and
Japan for many years. Soon after the
Pilgrim Fathers landed on the east
coast OF America, a Japanese feudal
baron dispatched AN agent to this far
swings south from Siberia, at the
E'ukien on the China coast, Within 90
landed on Saghalien.
The japanese subsequently, made
several trips of inspection but small
handful of Russian colonists remained
and today the majority OF the perma-
nent fnha bitSnts of Saghalien are RUS
sian while TO the Japanese 1t Is little
more than summer fishing resort.
IN 1853. Russia sent an ambassador
to Nagasaki and a band of troops TO
Saghalien- While the ambassador con-
Quoted negotiations, the troops built
fortress but. after repeated attempts,
the boundary question was stiH I'M
settled
BY 1875 the sea going Japanese
gave up all, rights in Sashalien TO the
Russians I'm return for full rights in
the iSurile islands and this condition
OF affairs continued until the treaty of
Portsmouth which gave southern Sac
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
AlRPLANes IN GUERILLA WAR.

97 HE use of the airplane against
sporadic raids such as those of the
Mexican banditti has. under the Ameri-
can plan as tried on the border, not
proved an unqualified success. Even
ment has not provided enough SER
viceable planes to make a credtable
have proved their worth, the border
airplane patrol having brought in sew
eral reports of value to the staff in
anticipating raids. But the bombing
possibilities have not been tested, as
they should have been if the govern
ment We're less timid about hurting
the brigands.
The British army, on the other hand,
has used bombing squadrons with tell
ing effect upon guerilla bands. The
raids recently made over the border
in India by Afghan robbers who pill
LACED Hindu villages and looted Brit
ish pack trains. We're in many re-
spects similar to the Mexican border
raids. According to a British army re-
port, they have been stopped. The
British commander to whom the task
was assigned selected three Afghan
villages CT pronounced lawless tenden-
cies and notified the inhabitants that
if the raids did not cease the villages
would suffer. The raids continued and
IA squadron of twenty-five bombing
planes made the threat good The rem
edy was a complete success.
General Pershing's belief that the
usefulness of the bombing plane in
modern warfare is limited is probably
based on careful investigation of it's
part in the war, but organized warfare
in Europe and guerilla warfare along
the Mexican border are two distinct
in dealing with Afghan outlaws was
due not so much to the damage done
to the village as to the possibilities
which Immediately presented them
selves to the minds of the ignorant rob-
bers. Probably the Mexican raiders
could be impressed as readily. Certain
ly they have not been reformed by
other schemes for impressine them
with the strength and resolution of
tho American government
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05

Japanese Saghalien has little agri-
cultural land but has large forests Of
both deciduous and evergreen trees,
amounting to more than 100000 acres
Japanese paper mills are situated in
Otomari and elsewhere and an effort
is being made to develop the paper
making industry.
But it is on fishing that the ma
jority of the Japanese inhabitants de-
PEND for a living. AS soon as the
summer season is over the fishermen
migrate to the southern islands of
Japan for the winter. Mauka, on the
west coast of Saghalien. is the center
of the crab fisheries and much of the
crab flake consumed in the far east
comes from this little town. A post
roHd oonr~~r, Naul,a 'Firll Tnroharl.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-05
THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW.

n GADERS of the United Mine Work
ers of America Will likely discover
to their own detriment that the law,
after ALL is mightier than they and
terfuge and evasion of obeying court
orders they will likely bask behind the
bars of prison cells. The strong arm
Of the law is reaching for them now,
and, having lost the sympathy of the
people in their efforts to cause misery
and suffering by keeping the bitumin
q matter of importance in the bearing
II will have in relieving the coal short
age situation.
Criminal contempt has been filed at
indianapolis against 81 International
and district officers of that organiza-
ton. They are charged with con-
face of an injunction ordering them
to dissolve the general strike order to
100000 miners. There appears to be
plenty of evidence that such con-
spiracy exists The miners are not
returning to work and their leaders are
secretly encouraging them to remain
away. If they can refute this charge
the government would like to hear the
denial.
The United States and its hundred
million people have reached the limit
of patience with striking miners and
their leaders who have yet to learn
that half million men cannot bring
suffering and industrial ruin to mil
lions of others. That is what the strike
leaders and their followers have at
tempted. They called the walkout, set
ting Nov. 1 as the date for the mines
TO shut down when they must have
known the act would mean disaster,
Regardless of possible justification for
their complaint, 1t was not grounds for
taking this drastic action by which
almost the entire population of the
country was made to suffer Faced
with an order directing them to recall
athe strike mandate, they withdrew it
HUT they saw to 1t that the strike would
continue. The miners are not back al
Ss---s< Why? Because they have been