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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
NEGRO SHOOTS NINE, BUT
Is FINALLY KILLED

PLANO, Tex, May 6.--Tom Embrey.
a negro, after standing OFF armed cit-
zens and officers for four hours today
from barricade in his home here,
was shot and killed shortly before
noon. Nine persons were wounded by
the negro, one probably fatally.
The trouble started when Embrey
attempted to kill his wife.
Embrey entered his home at an early
hour and shot his wife. James Vance,
city marshal, attempted to arrest EN-
brey. The negro began shooting, Vance
returning the fire. The marshal re-
ceived a bullet through the stomach
and is in critical condition.
Hundreds of armed citizens and Of
ficers surrounded the house and for
four hours exchanged shots with EN-
brey in an Intellectual attempt to dis
lodge him. Fire brands also were
thrown at the house, but without result.
Shortly before noon Embrey suddenly
appeared at door and his body was
riddled with bullets.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06

the lntenIlOnS tl lllS pSdNN NS''N
1t developed this afternoon tha'
changes still were being made In the
peace treaty and that the changing
process probably would be continued up
to the last possible moment. 1t is un-
derstood that the alterations are largely
those of phraseology The plans Tor
making the treaty public teStually are
stll vague. Seemingly the only pan
perfected with regard to publicity Is
decision to give out 1N,00O-woTd digest
OF the treaty for publication Thursaay
morning,
The Chinese delegation to the peace
conference is displaying great dissats :
faction with the announced settlement
OF the Shantung problem. While the
Chinese probably VIII not retuse 10
sign the treaty, II appears likely they
will sign 1t with reservations
Marshal Petain, commander OF tne
| French army, was present at confer,
| ence Monday between President Wilson
and Premier Clemenceau, Mterwara
| Premier Clemenceau conferred with
several members of the French cabinet
| concerning details Of the preliminary
| peace. It'll. ..o
| peace treaty with Germany will be as
posed OF before June /, a member or
! the American delegation said last night
after a day OF pronounced activity on
the part of the delegates and .oi
numerous important developments III
connection with the work Of preparing
| the peace treaty. -.
| The Chinese delegation to the peace
conference has appealed to President
| Wilson to intercede with the confer,
ence officials to have China included
among the powers permitted to attend
the presentation of the peace treaty te
the Germans at Versailles tomorrow
The name of China Ia not on the hs'
Of l3 states SO privileged.
orders have been issued to special
lists In Auatro Hungarian subjects Y
rush their reports SO that the treat.
with Austria can be considered durinl
the Is days that the Germans VIII y
, discussing the terms OF peace 10 D
! submitted to them Wednesday.
4 At the plenary session this afternoo
4 ICapt. Andre Tardieu, of the Frsnc
| delegation, win read an EXTENDED uigeF
! Of the treaty for the information Z
the minor powers. The document itsel
in 80 yoluminous that II is rrobabi
, no delegate has read all It's sections.
The council of foreign ministers yes
terday decided that recognition woui
. be extended the government OF tlnlan
: under certain conditions which nav
not been disclosed.
stephen Ptchon, the minister OF Tor
, eign affairs OF France, was eiecte
!. chairman Of the provisional organiaa
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
15O SLAIN DURING THE
FIGHTING AT MUNICH

BERLIN. May g. (By the Associated
Fress )-One hundred and fifty persons
were killed or executed during the
fighting at Munich, according to an ac-
count OF the fall OF that city printed
In the Lokal Anzelger, Among the
killed were Herr Toller director OF the
soviet government and Herr Sont-
heimer, a communist leader Herr
Seidl, who was said TO have lnstigated
the shooting OF hostages, was beaten
to death by Wuerttemburg soldiers, 1t
Is said
The Tageblatt states that 5000 ar
rests have been made In Munich, the
prisoners including DR.. Levien, leader
of the Bavarian independent socialists
and Town Governor Weber.
Ii has been ascertained that Prof.
Won ss TX, the widely known Bavarian
painte. and ar ritect escaped when the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06

To accommodate the Unexpectedly
large crowds anxious to see all they
can of Uncle Sans U-boat chasers,
Capt Chss, La Poor in command OF
the squadron, Tuesday decided to ex-
tend the stay of the vessels here. Capt,
Poor left Tuesday for New Orleans by
train, and the four little hornets OF
the sea will weigh anchor for the Cres-
cent City at daybreak Wednesday.
Their mission accomplished, so far
as Memphis and many Mississippi cities
are concerned, the officers and men
are in high spirits over the stimulus
they have given to the Victory loan.
The return trip will be made leisurely
the expectation being to reach the gull
by Sunday. The boats will assume work
in the coast patrol
Now that the Hun has been chased
from the high seas, 1t is a problem
what disposition to make OF many Of
these small boats, 1t Is likely that
some will be transferred to the revenue
service, and 1t lis not altogether outside
the range Of possibility for one of the
boats now at the local wharf will bt
| leggers so active Of late,
| The second squadron Of U-boat chas
| ers, flying boats and two submarines
| to come UP the river has not ye
reached New Orleans from the subma
| rine base at Key West, Fla. Their visit
| IL they come as far north as Memphis
will be delayed possibly until the frs
| week in June.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
Motor Goes Dead.

The flight, part of the regular daily
maneuvers at the air station, had been
in progress only five minutes when the
accident occurred. The machine, the
II, ST., a small navy hydroairplane,
rose from. the water and circled over
the land at q height of about 400 feet,
When 1t was over the hydrogen tank
the engine went dead and the plane
started to nose dive. Ensign Adams
attempted to right it but had not suf-
ficient altitude.
Though saddened by the death of two
of their comrades the trans-oceanic
crews showed no discouragement over
| the interference with their plans re-
sulting from the fire. Repair work on
| the N. C.-1 was halted ror few min
| utes when the II. ST. took its fatal
plunge in full sight OF the groups
around the N. G. hangers, but the Of
ficers Fin charge continued operations
| through the night with the hope that
the damaged craft could start today
| with her mates for the Newfoundland
bay.
| Commander Towers declared that the
navy and civilian mechanics had done
wonderful work" in preparing the
| damaged N. C.-1 for the flight. The
| fire started at 2;10 o'clock yesterday
| morning when an over-heated electric
pump which was emptying her hull OF
| blge water, ignited a can of oil near
| by. The planes fuel tanks were being
| filled at the time and the flames spread
| quickly to several barrels of gasoline
on the floor. Before the workers could
get fire extinguishers into action, the
upper and lower starboard wings Of
| the ~ C.-1 had been burned off ant
the blaze had spread to the tail piece
of the N. CA, which was housed II
the same hangar. The later plane wa!
restored by substituting the elevator
Of the ". CO which is not assigned
to the trans Atlantic flight, and by re-
covering the tail surface. N. C.-3. il
hangar several hundred feet away
was not endangered.
Within 20 minutes after the acciden
repair crews were at work, Scaffold
ing was erected and the original star
board wings Of the N. C.-1--the Graf
had been fitted With the N. C.-2's wing
after her own had been damaged II
| Mindstorm-wer attached.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
Memphis Ideal Place.

W, %. Simmons, president of the
company, made personal inVestiga- .
tions Of the various cities OF the South
with reference to the location of the
new plant, and he is said to have
been so impressed with the many ad-
vantages OF Memphis as commercial
center for the South that he decided
to locate the new branch here without
the slightest hesitation, almost as soon
as he arrived here. AS matter of
fact, Mr.. Simmons arrived here from
New Orleans about 10 days ago, was
met at the train by Mr. Gather and
taken In a car to the Planters ware
house, pronounced the building and To-
cation ideal, authorized the purchase
| of the building and returned to the
railway station and caught a train fol
| st. Louis that left within 80 minutes
after his arrival here. He had previ-
ously made thorough study Of trans
| portation facilities Of Memphis and o.
| the territory he wished to reach ant
when he found local conditions so ia
vorable he made his decision on thu
spot
| The attention OF the Simmons com
pany Is said to have first been directed
to Memphis as a suitable location TO
the new distribution plant by forme
resident Of Memphis, George s. David
son, now secretary of the company a
Philadelphia. Mr. Davidson knew o
the Planters warehouse and believe,
that IL WAS Just the type Of buildin
reuIirod for the business.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
lgSSA SsssS@- ssS-S
sIsIslES M! ASISlslERS

Tennessee--Local showers and thun-
derstorms.
ssissippi-Probably local showers
and thunderstorms. mild temperature.
Arkansas-Cloudy probably local
showers in east; cooler in northwest
Wednesday.
Alabama-Probably local showers and
thunderstorms, mild temperature,
Kentucky-Showers, warmer.
Louisiana--Cloudy, probably local
showers
oklahoma--Generally fair, cooler in
north and west.
East Texas-Cloudy, local showers.
West Texas-Generally fair except To-
alshowers in southeast; cooler in north
and west.
North and South Carolina--Probably
local showers.
Probably local showers, mild
temperature.
Florida--Falr except probably show
ers in north.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
EVERYTHING ARRANGED
FOR HANDING HUNS TERMS

VERSAILLES, May 6. tBy the AS
sccIatnd press l-~When the German
delegates enter the dining room of the
HotG Trianon "Wednesday afternoon 10
receive the text Of the treaty OF peace
they viii find the. representatives, oi
the powers arrayed against Germany
awaiting them NJ one OF the greatest
tables which have been placed IN the
room, Premier Clemenceau, President
Wilson and Premier Lloyd George VIII
stand at the head Of the table,
The Germans will not join the ailled
delegates at this time but WIN pc con.
ducted to a smaller table standing by
itself at the open end OF the horseshoe
formed by tho green-coVered tables ar
ranged for the meeting, There they
will listen TO NJ. ClemenCeau orenint
address and receive the Judgment OF
the allied and associated nations a.
formulated in the volume OF condluon'
drawn up during the four months O
deliberations by the interalted CONFER
ence. u 4,
on NJ. Clemenceau's right will b
President Wilson and the other Ameri
can delegates, while on his left Premier
Lloyd George and the British represen'
tatives will he grouped. Thanking I'M
Americans will come the French delega
lion with Marshall Foch in the center
| Next to these will be the representa-
| tives of Italy, Belgium, Brazil, Greece
| Portugal and Serbia. on tho left sid
| and seated below the delegates o
Great Britain viii be those Of IN
| British dominions Japan, Poland, Ru
| mania and CEecho- -SlovaKa, ~,
Two tables have been placed Tor IN
| general secretaries Of the interallie
Sonference directly behind prestdef
| Wilson and Premier Lloyd George set
i rsAarles or individual delegations WI
h;ge Nsats at the sides OF the rool
behind their respective delegations III
hang from the ceiling OF the hall vi
be scarcely needed at the hour So
for the ceremony, at 3:l5 y. m.
Only six Of the principal derma
delegates, three secretaries, official ir
terpreters and an official stenographe
will be admitted out of the large Gel
man delegation, according 10 preSet
| (Continned on Page g. Column 81
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
KNOWN
DEAD IN FIRE;
MANY INJURED
Apartment House in Columbus,
Ohio, Swept by Flames and
Search Is Made Of Ruins
for Other Victims.

COLUMBUS. O., May Eight per-
sons are known to have been killed
and a dozen or more were injured,
several probably fatally, In a fire which
early today destroyed q six-story apart
ment house in the downtown section.
Firemen continued during the day to
search the debris for other victims.
who are believed to have pershed when
four floors at the rear of the building
sank to the basement
Four children. Mt first believed to
have persisted, were rescued from the
burning roof Of the building The dam
age was estimated at I 90,
Miraculous escapes some by Jumps
from tho fifth and>sixth stories into life
nets, and the tossing OF Infants several
stories into nets and ARMS OF fire ilgnt-
ers made Il the most spectacular IRE
this city has known.
The identified dead are:
MRS. CHARLES c, SFEAKMAN,
MRS. CARL STEIGELWALn
GEORGE REIFSNElpIlR
MRS. GEORGE REIFSNEiDER
At 4 o'clock this morning police
| found the bodies of man and woman
on tho fourth floor Their names have
not been asCertatned. They were sur
focated and burned to death in bed,
Four small children Of Mrs, Stelgel-
wald are believed to have pertAhed on
the sixth floor, from which their
mother leaped to her death, Numerous
others have not been found by friends
or the police, and officers early today
expressed fear that half n dozen were
trapped and burned to death.
| Miss Anna Belle Joyce, SO, can not
| live, physicians say, She was taken
from the building In a semiconsctous
condition after the blaze was under
control. That she was alive is attrih-
uted TO her hanging across an open
window. The lower part OF her BODY
was terribly burned. Others are In
hospitals with broken limbs and burns
which may prove fatal in several in
| stances
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
BUILDER Of SHIPS FOR
u. S. VISITS MEMPHIS

]. III. Corbett, OF Nashville, Tenn,
secretary of the Nashville Bridge com
pany, one of the owners of oil-well
property in Kentucky and interested in
the construction of ships for the gov
ernment, was In Memphis a few hours
Tuesday Mr.. Corbett was on his way
home after business trip to Indianola
and Moorhead, Miss, where his concern
secured a large contract for bridge
work.
His company soon will launch sew
eral tank ships for the government and
they will be sent down the Cumberland
river to the Mississippi and thence to
New Orleans Mr. Corbett says his
concern Is one Of the few inland con-
Germs that finishes ships and makes
them ready for ocean traffic. Ten wells
sunk in the Kentucky oil fields by Mr.
Corbetts company are all producers
His wife was Miss Marie Enloe, daugh-
ters Of the chairman OF the state utili.
ties commission.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
CITY APPOINTMENTS ~.
NOT LIKELY TUESDAY

II do not expect we will make any
changes at the commission meeting this
afternoon, as have just returned from
Cyhattanooga and have not had time to
confer with the commissioners" Mayor
Monteverde said Tuesday.
There are many now who profess to
believe that the commission will not
make any more changes, or at least
any important ones, but others, who
claim to be on the inside look for con-
siderable shake-ups The delay, they
saw. il occasioned by the failure of the
commissioners to get together.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
DELEGATION TO CAPITAL,

The Rev. Troy Beatty, D. o, rector
OF Grace Episcopal church. John r..
Coates, George III. Bachelor and B..
ri Witsel will compose a delegation
which will leave for Nashville Tues
day night to attend the diocesan con-
yention OF the Episcopal church of Ten
r ressee. 1t Is considered probable that
bishop coadjutor will be named at
this session. The Rev w. d. Buckner,
D. D.. ct the Calvary Episcopal church
OF Memphis, is prominently mentioned
as among those who are to bs consid-
4Eed for the post
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
BRYANT HARRINGTON
CASE is NEARING ITS END

Humphrey Bryant and Mrs. X, Il.
Harrington, on trial In Second division
of the criminal court on a charge OF
hcinE accessories to larceny, may know
their fate before Tuesday night. the
state completed it's case with the tes.
tlmony of Tom Davis, negro, who stated
that he was shot and seriously wounded
while getting meat belonging TO man
Davis said he was sent to get the
meat and that two other negroes had
been sent to butcher the steer. Wit
ness declared he did not know AZ tns
time he was sent that the peer pes
longed to some one else,
At the time OF the alleged theft Bry..
mt was A patrolman on duty, Bryant
and Mrs. Harrington were indicted ana
tried Bryant being, convicted, = mo.
| tion In arrest of Judgment was granted
on the ground that the Indictment was
defective. resulting in new indictment
and the granting Of new trial
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
$500 AUTO MECHANICS
LOCKED OUT BY FIRM

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 6.-Ahout $500
amployes OF the WillyR- Overland conf
pany, who quit al $40 orlock yester-
day afternoon In defiance OF orders eX-
tending their work day TO 4:06 o'clock,
were refused admission to the plant
ing AT the electro -auto-lite plant, q
subsidiary, about l,l5o OF the s,4oo en-
ployes were not Mt work today, ofii-
cials said. Guards stationed at the
gates at both plants inquired OF workers
as they entered the gates II they would
work 4S hours n week and when
negative answer was given, ADMISSION
was refused,
The workers quietly left the factory,
formed into parades and marched to
Memorial hall, which has been engaged
for three days by union officials.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
Plan TO Isolate Huns II Terms Are Refused
ACTION
ONE MEASURE IF
GERMANY BALKS

PARIS May 6The complete economic isolation OF Ger,
many is being considered by the council OF foreign ministers OF
the peace conference measure to be adopea III the eNe'
that Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty
The plan for the measure was submitted 10 the "'"S'''
by the supreme economic council :. .:o
of the peacc treaty. will communicated to the allied Delegates
this afternoon and to the penpotenaes Wednesday
afternoon This announcement agrees with unoie ''P "
.-- a-nA,lnr
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
.EX-FOOD MINISTER GOES
OVER TO SOVIET ENEMIES

BUDAPEST, May 6. (By the Asso-
ciated Press. Former Food Minister
Conbon, Of the soviet government, has
fled from this city with his family and
has Joined the counter r-revolutlonists.
Reports state he has declared he aban-
doned Bolshevism because 'Bela Kun
acted like a czar and would not take
advice" Czech forces here are re-
ported within 20 miles OF this city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
Splendid Location.

The traffic manager for the Simmons
Hardware company, Mr.. Bowers, OF St.
Louis made thorough inspection Of
the railroad facilities Of Memphis rela-
tive to reaching the territory the com
pany wished to cover. as well as the
and at the Planters warehouse, and
pronounced Memphis admirably located
as a distributing point for the South
He was especially impressed with the
location and arrangement OF the Plant
ers' warehouse. Situated as 1t is, al
most In the heart of the shipping dis
trict, within 10 minutes walking dis
but one; the buildings great ground
floor area, all of which is available
without the use Of elevators; the rail-
road trackage along the entire length
of the building which could not have
been better located for the business had
they been especially designed for ii
and the substantial construction OF this
ment, make 1t one OF the most valuable
warehouse sites to be found in any
city.
In addition to these advantages, tn.
Talbot avenue side has floor leve
even with the street, so that truck,
may be driven into the building with
out an incline, while On the Hulni
avenue side the floor level is just tn,
| right height for loading into wagon
and trucks.
The company has not yet determine,
| whether II will use trucks or team
| for Its transfer work, but arrange
ments have been made for five team
and wagons capable of hauling 500
1 pounds at a load
Messrs. Jones and Long. who hav
| for years used the north 200 feet o
| the building for general storag
business, win turn that portion owe
| to the Simmons company by June
| when actual work will begin on fittin
| it up and moving the stock in,
T. B. Jones & Co., lessees OF tn
south, or Huling avenue 100 feet, wi
turn that over to the company on q
bsfort Sept,61s
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
R. R. OFFICIAL is FOUND
DEAD IN PULLMAN BERTH

NEW ORLEANS. May John q,
Mason. aged O., for "a years general
passenger agent OF the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, and for the last
year division passenger agent OF that
railroad at Pensacola, was found dead
In his berth when a train on which
he was passenger arrived here to-
lnNt
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
MISS HASSLOCK BACK.

Miss Clara j Hasslock. emergency
home demonstration agent for Mem
phis. returned Tuesday morning, after
having attended the state convention
of home demonstration agents in
Knoxville and having visited her home
in Nashville
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
LONDON HEARS FIUME
WILL GO TO ITALIANS

LONDON, May 6,-Accordlng to
dispatch to the Exchange TeLeelntpn
front Paris the question regarding
Filme has been settled In full agree
ment with the Italian government on
the basis that Fiume shall remain an
autonomous port for two years, when
il will be assigned TO Italy
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
CONFIRM SURRENDER
, or HUNGARIAN LEADERS

BASEL May g. (By the Associated
Press, ,)--Confirmation Of the uncondi-
tional surrender Of the Hungarian gov
ernment has been received IN a as
match from Vienna.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
U-bOAT CHASERS
LENGTHEN VISIT
Public May View Graft Until
7 O'Clock Tuesday Even
ing at Wharf.

The four submarine chasers will
be dressed for inspection at the foot
of Monroe avenue until Z o'clock
Tuesday evening. They will leave
for New Orleans at daybreak
Wednesday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06

tion Of the league of nations, aeSoiagl,nk ,aS
the meeting, which was held at the
American headquarters, lie was elect
ed on motion of Col. Z. M. House
Sir Eric Drummond, OF Great Britain
assumed his duties as acting secretary
general
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06

Most of the American soldiers laid
aside their steel helmets when the ar
mistice was signed, but Sergeant D.
Hutchinson and the men in his branch
of the service are still wearing the
metal '1ids." He is a diver enlisted
in the inland water transportation COM
pany, an outfit formerly known as the
ffty-seventh U. S, engineers, The
company is building, operating and re-
pairing barges which are used to re-
lieve freight congestion along Uncle
France.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
ITALIANS RETURNING
WITHOUT COMPROMISE

hostages held by the soviet authorities
at Munich were executed