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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
BEWILDERING

Mayor Monteverde appeared before the state utilities com,
mission Friday and opposed an increase in rates petitioned for
by the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company,
The application filed with the utilities commission is iden-
teal with the one approved and ratified by the city commission.
Mayor Monteyerde Is in the attitude Of fayoring one thing
in Memphis and another in Nashville,
He is for an increase in rates in Memphis and opposed to
the increase in Nashville.
He indicated to the state utilities commission that the PEG.
pie OF Memphis had certain rights IN the matter Of referendum
The mayor overlooked these rights when he and Commits
sicners Quinn, Miller and Mason amended the franchise of the
telephone company without reference 10 the people.
He has not yet said that the petition of 1000 citizens for a
referendum will be granted.
Is the mayor opposed to the state utilities commission tax.
ing action on this question because he is afraid the application
will be deniedl
Does he hope to defeat the application of the people Tor
referendum, and thus make victory certain for the telephone com,
pany without taking a chance mithithe utilities commission?
II the mayor Is going to recognize the petitions for referen.
DUN, signed by those who oppose a grant of more than $l00,0(
to the telephone company. and rtpudiate his action in grantiig
the increase, why doesn't he say soi
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
News Of Memphis
90 Years Ago
SEPT. "a. 1893.

The drought in Tennessee has at last
been broken by heavy rains, but the
precipitation came too late to aid the
plant.
The ~Uity Democratic club heard an
address BY Cant. James Lee. A large
crowd attended, among them Capt. Il.
4, Speed, J. J.. Williams A. ]. Harris,
\. B, Armour, j. w, Eldridge, Martin
Kelly, Henry Walsh and Mills 'Capps.
j, w. Brown, United States marshal
for the Western district of Tennessee,
has sent IN bis resignation, which is to
take effect Nov, /.
D, p. MADDEN and Lucas Clapp are
spoken Of as candidates for mayor be-
fore the November primaries. George
Haszinger Is also spoken of as a cam
didate. Capt. r. A. Speed has an
clerk.
Jim Dennigan, e'The Terror Of Goat
Hill. and his pafE Thomas Clarke, are
on trial IN the criminal court on charges
OF holding up and robbing street car
conductors, Gen. q. p. M. Turner Is
Representing Dennighn.N
Misses Anna Woods, Mary Lakeland
and Sophie Douglass are en- route to
Worlds fair at Chicago,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
KiMBR0UGH GETS,
ESTATE FOR

j. F. Kimbrough was named exec
OF the will OF his wife, Mary Mds
Kimbrough, which was filed III pre-
court late Friday. She devised a.
husband 523 acres Of land near
shoba, Tenn, the Clay building on Y
stEeet, occupied by the Bry- Block ~
camille company and several lotH
Memphis to be held by him duriuN
life and then 10 go to her two chin
John r, Kimbrough, Jr,, and ViEfl
Kimbrough Conway,
The remainder Of her propertyE
bequeathed to her husband in fees
pla .N. aE "NF HHsfIi
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
ExHUME BODY or U. S.
VICTIM or MEXICAN

NEW YORK, Sept, 15.--At the request
of Amelie Salinas, Mexican consul gem
eral here, the body of Private David
Treih, Company ID, 10th infantry, who
was shot and killed Dec. ~, 1918, on
the border near Et-Paso, Tex, was ex-
humed in the Mount Hebron cemetery,
Flushing, today. This was done to de-
termine the cause of death and to pro-
vide additional evidence at>the trial of
Lieut., Juan Aspeiti, Of the Mexican
army, to be tried on a charge of homie
eide by the Mexican military authorities
at Chihuahua City.
The autopsy showed that Tveib had
been shot Just over the left eye; that
the bullet had gone through the head,
fracturing the skull that death must
have been instantaneous and that
whoever fired the shot must have been
within four or five feet of the soldier
at tho time as there were powder marks
on the face and forehead of the VIC
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
FOR
HEAVY
Congestion win Be Worse
Than Last Year-A. B.
Hill Breaks Record.

Registration figures for IL white
schools have been received at the Of
flee Of the superintendent and material
increases oveF the registration figures
q last year indicate that conditions
gesfion problem viii be aeceBtuated this
year. A summary OF the total number
q registrants at the Central high seAeol
mas not yet been mads, but Il Is the
largest In the history OF the school.
Friday was the last day for the pre-
opening registration and the A. B. Hill
school captured all records for the day.
AZ the close Of the day. Thursday, only
100 pupils had registered at this sehooA
but at the end Of the day Friday the
total had reached sos, or a registration
during the last day OF 459. This CON
diuon was brought about, officials be-
lteve, by the action taken at the mass
meeting when parents and children
pledged themselves not to register as a
protest to the beard Of education IN
Of y school after his return from
As was stated in The News scimitsr
on Friday, this action will work a hard
ship on the pupils OF this school as the
pupils In other schools who registered
earlier In the week have been enabled
70 secure the comparatiyly few text
books that have been received while
those registering later will be compelled
g await the arrival of the necessary
books that have been ordered.
Total registration figures for n white
and 6 negro schools have been received
and while comparative figures for the
opening last year were not available
at the office Of the board Of edueatioAs
il raj stated that increases were
shown al many Of the schools and IN
one instance the registration Is larger
than the total enrolment at the close
Of school last year. The figures fol
the variNus schools are as follows:
Maury, 5s5; Idlewild, 5b2; Guthrie
545; Cummings, $50 A. =. Hill, 500
Rogell, 4S0i L~auderdale, 100; Peabody
SIS Merrill, 500; Open Air, 20; Pope
526j Lenox, 2St; Madison Heights, S74
and st, Paul, 374.
The registration figures at six Of the
negro schools arel
Caldwell, 11a, Virginia, SSs; Klondike
s7b, Kortreeht Grammar, 1926; Green.
wood, ZOE, and Chelsea Avenue, S..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
PRESIDENTELECT
OF IBERIAC0MNG

WASHINGTON, Sent a2,@To carr
me good wishes Of Liberia to the Amer
lean republic, which fostsred. Il, Ca1rlel
p. B. King, president-elect OF Tho Yves
5riSa nsgre republic, has
Mr.. Kings visit TO the country "a
Of good will and friendship, UNDER ef'
merely to get into closer touch
th& country which presently is ~
eome the sole guardian Of the
A credit Of $1,000, 900 for Libs
being arranged, and when this
tended the little republic, which
started by negroes from the led
In 1916, and which reeent1 ~
been under a Joint ~reeetvershin !
posed OF France England, GermanS and
Amefica-with Germany eliminate ~
the warts soon to be in debt IL.
70 THIS country and to De solely Adei
Having been a delegate to the peacI
conference, and having made a Visi|
20 England, which has strongly AnfluI
,enced Liberia, President-eIect Kin9
took the opportunity to come acro4d
America to get better acquaint6d.V
His visit will last onlyN about twd
weeks, At the expiration Of that timd
he returns home. He has been away
from Liberia since last january WHEEL
he left for Paris. Having been eh0seH
as the sole candidate for the presi1
dency to succeed Daniel Howard tn
present president Of Liberia, his cleo
tion in August was a quiet affair, Hd
viii be inaugufated on the first, Nom
day in next January.
The president-elect is now SECRETARY
of state for Liberia. He is as years
Old and was born in Monroyia, the capt.
tai of Liberia, Of a native father and
"A Mast TaAtan Vanfhan Ia a., anNnAa.
nained IN this country by his wife Z
cultured young woman who Nas
born in Liberia, and who finished heI
education at Howard university, Wash
ington.
He sees the opening Of a new En-
for Liberia with the extension OF TIL
American credit, and with the elini'
nation of the German influence, which
was q selfish one, from Liberia. Fully
20 per cent Of the trade Of Liberia wa
German before the war, Liberia sidet
with the allies. and made strong re-
s~istanee when bombaFded on April 10
1918, by a German supersubmaTlnt
which came into the harbor and de-
manded that the French wireless b
Absolutely unprotected Monrovia wa
saved after 40 shots had been fired b
a British merchantmen which Carried
only n three-peund gun. The mer'
chairman drove the submarine away
suffering three hits herself. Nov a
the Germans are out Of Liberia 9nt
England and France, having aNpeeC
that the joint direction ia a failure
have consented to withdraw and aNoN
the United States single control
with this coming arrangem0fh'
said Pr~esident-elect King, I'VE feel fer!
happy. for we knew we are the ehil(
of the greatest country on EARTH mi
we feel that we are going to process
as never before.
I'VE need a railroad, we need brt&Nes
we need harbor improvements, we nAe'
roads, we need a better school ss4 D
AND we need expert training for np
farmers. The $ ,000.0 900 credit will Abll
| US with the most of these"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
POSSES STILL AFTER
TWO ESCAPED C0NVICTS

JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 10. tSpl.)-
Although they have been at large since
the night OF Aug. rs, posses are still
hopeful Of etpauring Willie Watson and
Jsssis sS SsnAi anS] e fstalIS p %oSOae eSny JSSn
Lynch, guard,
Lynch died here Thursday He was
40, and Is survived by a wife and three
children, He had a record as a faithful
official, and feeling Is high abainst the
negroes, who will be lynched, II is
feared, II they are caught by a citizens
posse.
WATSON formerly handled Gant's
bloodhounds at Crystal Springs and
knows how to throw the animals off the
track, while genkins has been through
q chase like this once before after es-
Gaping.
Both negroes were serving snort terms
for minor offenses when they attacked
Lynch and escaped.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled BY John q. 0ulnlus, the
sunshine Man.

Through the brightness before Him
were Goals OF fire klndled. 30 Sam.
xxii, 1,3
NV Father, give me back my youth.
Give me back the glow OF expectation
which lived In tomorrow and had no
yesterday. Give me back the glass OF
hope that swept the coming horizon and
saw 10 cloud therein, Let Thy Christ
make me q child again--a child on fire
with promises. IL His flame shall kim
die my bush, no earthly care shall con
sumo IT,. II the promised land be be-
fore me, clouds and darkness shall In
vain be around me; their elements shall
melt with fefvent heat In the bright
ness of hopes glory.--From Day to
Day
---]
1t Is well to live In the valley sweet,
Where theg@ork OF the world Is done,
Where the reapefs sing in the fields Of
As they toll iii the set Of sun.
All, yes. II IL we'll to live on the plain
Where the river flows on through
the fields,
Where the ships sail down to the
beundless main.
with the wealth that the valley
yields. i.
But beyond the meadows the hills I
Where the noIRAs Of traffic cease.
And follow a voice that callelh to
me
From the hilltop regions Of peace,
The airs, as they pass me, sweet odors
Unknown in the valley beloAv.
And my. spirit drinks from a hidden
Where tie waters Of comfort flow.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
SERBIAN TOTS
\ DIE IN 1915 RETREAT

WASHINGTON, Sept, fs.--of the u.s.
Serbian army In the 1916 retreat only
5000 survived, according to figures
verified by American Red Cross work
ers and forwarded TO national head
quarters here, Most Of these returned
to their homes to find themselves or
phans and the Red Cross Is Seeking
10 aid them.
When the Serbs realized they must
evHcuate their country to ne Teutons
and retreat to the coast, boys between
the ages Of IA and is were called to
the colors. Patriotic mothers sent even
younger sons to learn the stern bust
ness OF war, the report said, and in
the hardships encountered In the, moun-
tains death took q heavy toll e
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF =.
CHICAGO PR0FlTEERlNG

CHICAGO, Sept. l3,-EWdenee that
foods are being stored IN furniture stor-
age warehouses and that wholesale gro
GERS bought canned goods from the gov,
them at>a good profit was nrousnt out
today at an inquiry conducted by the
city food bureau, One wholesaler said
his profit was SSh per cent. Another
admitted Changing the labels ana sell
ing the government canned goods as his
own brand.
A wholesaler who said much food was
being stored, said that Shipments tc
Europe were leaving little. surplus II
the United States.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
FACTORY
RESUMES OPERATIONS

After being closed for nesrly one
month due to labor trouble, the fac
tories of the Underwood Typewriter
company will Resume operations on
Monday morning according to informa-
ton received Saturday by C. W. Fite,
city representative OF that concern,
Following the closing of the plant m
August the unde fwood company was
unable to supply the demand for ma
chimes, but Mr., Fife has been assured
that with the resumption Of business
Monday an ample supply Of machines
Will be forthcoming.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
-FOUR GERMAN LINERS
MAY BE GIVEN SOUTH

WASHINGTON, Sept 13.-Four form
err German passenger liners which have
just been turned over 20 the United
States Shipping board by the naval
transport service are being surveyed
with Il view Of adding them TO the South
AmericarN~trado,
These ships are the Aeolus, dead
weight tonnage i2,ssp. speeA l5ia knots
Baron de INalh, lightweight y zoo, speed
is knots; Huron, lightweight 1880,
speed l4tS' knots, and the Princess Ma
toika, lightweight 10, 500, speed Is knots.
definitely but the runs VIII be made
from New York and probably VIII In
Glide Rio Janeiro, Santos, MonteviAeo
Buenos Aires and Fernambuno,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
TALKS TO TEACHERS

FORREST. CITY, Arks Sept. iss fenl
DIR. n. b, Bradford, Of Cotton NiAn
addressed the St.N Francis Cetnl
Teachers institute here today VIC
problems OF public health m Which 4
strongly condemned the use OF tdkAxk
and admenished the Teachers tp Z
their pupils Of its injurious effects
the filthy weed in any form. The II
baoeo habit, declared the speaker, ~
pairs the mind and undermined II
health. OF those addicted to its use.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
HOOVER BACK HOME

NEW YORK Sept. >l3.--Herbef
Hoover, who has been overssas
the arnistice, was signed as ina
lied relief director, was among thu
sengers on the liner Aquitania,
arrived here early today. With
Hoover are his wife and son. Allai
will remain here for the dinner
rendered In his honor on Tuesd&
the American Institute OF MinlnH
Metallurgical Engineers and then
his home at Palo Alto, Cal.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
SCOUTS MAKE TRIP.

GREENWOOD, Miss, Sept. 10. tSni.)
Fourteen OF the Greenwood Boy
Scouts, accompanied by W. u. WHITING
ton, left Friday morning In motor cars
for G~reenville, from where they will
make a trip down the Mississippi river
10 Nickshurg by boat, The scouts have
been looking forward to this trip for
several months. When they reach
vieksburg they will be the guests o.
the Vicsshurg scouts. They will spend
one day in Nieksburg. returning 70
Greenvills either Sunday night or Mon
day,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
D0DGEp AUTO; RAN !
UNDER STREET

The condition Of Asrow Mills, Is yea
old, S62M North Main street, who vi
run down BY a Thomas street car I
$3.50 o'clock Friday hight, was reptfts
unchanged Saturday. morning q 4 Il
General hospital. Hospital attaches ~
the boy was still unconscious. He NJ
Injured about the chest and shouide
and it is believed his skull was nm
vNred.
O c. Smith, Elzey street. MOTORS
OF the street car, vas placed undef n
rest following the accident.
Young Mills was playing in the stfE
with several companions when. a /
attempt to avoid an automobile Ia n
In front of the street car.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
I'LL.

PARIS. Sept. 1~3.--Joseph CailIaux,
former premier, who has been In prison
for more than a year charged, with
having had ~treasonahle dealings with
the enemy, was transferred TO q pri-
waite hospital at Neuiily this morning,
This follows d statement by his eoun-
sci that his health was so bad as to
CAUSE anxiety.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
DISCOVER NITRO bonn

LAYTON, Okla. Sept. iS.--A All
entrance to the th~Fes-story it'd
building here yesterday, directly vi
this window OF District Judge M.
Blanding's office. A percussion
was in place, but the mechanism
explode 1t had not been attached,
authorities are investigating. VI
know no reason for the apparent
tentlon to wreck the building.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
Mods
b. eJOlts and Jcsfs
Slipped Past
fAThe Bloc Pencil
HIS ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE

HIS ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE.
Who dat, nanny, at de gate?
Chillun, dat de candidate.
Comes aToun' mos every year
Jes' hefo' do frost IL here,
Want yo' panv vote des SO;
Low dat / can vote. Ohio!
Ne min, chiliun, how he smile,
spes a foolln' oil do While.
A. J, +.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
llouoR AMnl-AW

Old Massachusetts records show a
liquor dealer fined tha same day In
the same court for selling too strong
liquor 10 m lndiar and too weak liquor
to d Puritan, Judge Fitxhugh this week
fined several men for selling liquor and
two mississippi lads because they did
not sell II,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
BLAST KILLS MAN

BoNGAMTOWN, N. r., Sept. 1a0nl
civilian employe at the Raritan Arse1fa
was killed yesterday and several NOR
injured, one perhaps fatally, when cnl
Of their number droppedsa box W fuse
captured from the Germans. whtcl
freight cars. Ten men were killel
here last month in an explosion f0i1nl
by investigators to be due to careless
handling of explosives.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
MEXICAN RELEASED.

Los ANGELES, Sept. 13-Aneieto en-
tega, recently ordered e~xtradited 70 the
city OF Mexico to face a charge of EN-
bezzlement, was released here last night
on orders from Attorney General Pal
sued at the request Of the Mexican gov
efrment, the mans father having made
good his alleged d~efalcation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13

MY soul Is flaming with love fol-
vou," painted Reginald Tight, who never
spends anything but the evening.
shall | call father?" sweetly asked
rlarice, "He IL chief Of the fire de-
partment, you Know"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13

Tho man who used TO sing sorrow
FULLY Of the passing Of the odd oakeu
bucket" has a son who sighs for the
eight tin "growler,"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
Lusr WON'T

When Il becomes safe for fat fowls
the grandsons OF Ham,, when Lodge
agrees that Wilson is right and rivers
begin to run upward from tho sea, then
and then only will a wife indorse her
husband's'good opinion Of another wom-
ans face,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
A RAYMEsrER,s VIEW.

The constant drop OF water
Wears away the hardest stone,
The constant gnaw Of Towser
Masticates the toughest bone,
ThA constant politician
III the n who runs the show,
And the constant advertiser
IL the one who gets the dough-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
THE WAY OF LlFE

Tha masterful man who IL used 10
1uelling his fellow creatures with q look
lften has n wife who fixes his daily
quota az cigars. z
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13

Somebody with authority should either Compel the hot
month
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13

The American Eagle will have TO alter
his disposition radically before he can
'~eccnclie himself TO Stepping around w
the peace leasue ~hRrnyard with the
tueks and geese Of Europe, He has
heretofore been a solitary bird.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-13
CHILEAN MINISTRY QUITS,

SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 18th,
hlleap ministry has resigned.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-09
BETRAYER OF EDITH CAVELL
WILL BE TRIED NEXT MONTH
Gnston Quicn, Known as Lutte, Said TO
Have Acted us Spy for
Germany.
Iny A.sociatcd prc,s.I

PARIS. JUNE S.-Gaston Quien. also
known as Lutte. who it is believed.
trayal OF Miss Edith Cavcll English
nurse. who was executed by the Ger
mans AT Brussels in October, 1915. will
be tried next month.
y long preliminary inquiry conduct
cn by captain Grebault, of the sixth
Military court, established that Ouicn
vas serving sentence in the jail at
ST. Quentin in 1914, was liberated ,rbsn
me Germans first took the town 1t
IS said n" entered the German service
~ SPY. ana got employment in Miss
cavells hospital at Brussels soon
after he began 10 work there IL is
'i!cSed Miss Cavcll WAS arrested and
executed. Cuicn was afterwards sent
20 switzerland as an invalid.
Sixty witnesses have been called to
testify in the trial They include Prin-
cess Maria OF Croy. who also was
denounced TO the Germans nv ouIcn
ana Madame Bouvard, who was tried
a the same time as Miss Cav.l
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-09
SAYS JAPAN AND KOREA
CAN NEVER BE UNIFIED
Committee of Independence Movement
issues Stntcmcnt. Setting Forth
Its Grievances.

SEOUL. KOREA. June s tSpeciaD.-
ohincatioh OF the Japanese and Korean
i"ihg committee Of the independent
movement in Korea in statement
which II has issued. setting forth the
Sr!eI"hceS OF the Korean people
The two chief reasons for Korea S
1Hprt /" obtain emancipation from
ia pan csc rule are set forth BY the CON,
mittcc as follows:
Korea is the much older OF tho
t"p nations. for il has 81 history OF
organized government extending over
OF that time Korea sent tribute 10 the
court OF China. but this was nothing
more than an outward expression Of
the relation between the Imperial
families Of the two nations Korea was
ever the sole possession OF our Korean
7 race. and was never under tn. actual
control OF any foreign nation or gov
The Japanese nation is an entirely
distinct race from the Korean. She
IS an island people. and her nakedncss
o! pody ana mind could only be covered
by the civilization she received from,
Korea and from China durin. the cen
turtles Of the past. Her customs. her
literature. her very clothing came to
her through Korea. OF late years she
has added to these the face powder
OF Western civilization: thus She be-
she gives no evidence OF moral force.
her actions toward our nation have
proXen her to be the embodiment of
cruelty The evidence is complete that
the unification Of the Japanese and Ko-
rean races is an impossi bility."
" nat are described five con
Sp!cuous injrstices on the part OF japan
,oward Korea are summarized in the
statement. The committee asserts that
although Korea aided JaDan IN the
war against Russia, the DOG has bit
ten the hand OF him who fed it," Il
IS alleged that Japan has BROKEN her
promls. 10 pay honor to the formerly
imperial family Of Korea: that il is
impossible for Korean to obtain fair
treatment in the courts when opposed
10 the Japanese: that liberty OF speech
does not exist and that the Japanese
arrested thirty-thrcc men who signed
the manifesto Of independence on
March / last.