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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
Forced Wife to Rernarry
Him at Point of Pistol
o. w. Reeves, Attorney for
Mrs. w. L. Petty, Makes
Such Charge.

"A bill for divorce filed in chancery
court recently by Mrs. Wistie Lud-
wig Petty, carries with ii a record OF
highly dramatic proceedings which
occurred before suit for divorce was
begun. Letters have been received in
this city purportins to be written by
Dale and Margie Petty, the children
of Mrs. Petty. These letters con-
tanned classified ads for insertion in
newspapers, asking the mother to re-
turn to her children.
o. w. Reeves. attorney for Mrs.
Petty, charged Saturday morning that
these letters were not written by the
children at all. but were a ruse used
by the husband to locate his wife.
Mrs. Petty secured a divorce from
her husband, r. L. Petty. in 1915, and
was given the custody of their two
children. Dale and Margie. Petty fol-
lowed her to Texas, stole the chill
dren and took them to Lusk, WYo,
Attorney Reeves stated. The
mother finally LOCATED them after
much search. and Wrote asking if she
might come to see them. Petty con-
sented.
The lawyer states that when Mrs
Petty arrived in Lusk, Petty lured
her to a mining camp where he forced
her at the point Of pistol, and with
threats Of physical violence, to marry
him again. Mrs. Pettey secretly tele-
graphed to friends from whom she
obtained money to make her escape,
and came to Chattanooga where she
at once instituted divorce proceed
ings. The hearing of the case is set
for the January term OF the circuit
court.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
HOOVER BELIEVES JOSEPH
WILL HEED ALLIED ORDER
NEWS OF RESIGNATION OF
ARCHDUKE EXPECTED
Supreme Council Warns Bu-
charest Regime Reparations
Will Be Cut Short.

Paris. Aug ga. PIT feel GER
tain the Hungarian people will again
be able to bid the Hapsburgs goodbye"
said Herbert Hoover today after it be-
came known that the supreme council
had sent to Budapest a demand for
the resignation OF Archduke Joseph.
Mr.. Hoover said he wished to make
II perfectly clear that at no point In
his activities as head OF the relief or
ganization had he been out OF accord
or touch with Frank Polk.
Expect Resignation Soon.
Paris Aug. 23.-The supreme coun-
ell of the peace conference has not re-
ceived any messages indicating the
resignation OF Archduke Joseph head
of the Hungarian government, but ex-
poets to hear within a few days that
he has quit Office.
The reparation committee of the
peace conference has drafted q note
which the supreme council will prob
ably send to Rumania Immediately
warning the Bucharest government
that reparations under the German and
Austrian treaties would be entirely cut
off II the Rumanians continue to make
requisition, and that all acquisitions
already made by the Rumanians in
Hungary will be deducted from that
nations share in the indemnity to be
paid by Austria.
Rumanian soldiers still continue seiz-
ing foodstuffs, farming machinery and
other materials in Hungary, and are
sending them to Rumania, but the fact
that an important railroad bridge near
the Hungarian frontier has been
it,or SsihIa ha
goods to enter Rumania. A large num-
Der OF cars are stalled at that point
and officers are invoicing supplies
which they contain.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
Two Big Ships Become
Permanent Transports
Regular Route in Pacific,
Frisco to Honolulu, Manila,
Russia and Japan.

With the sailing Of the army trans
port Great Northern today for San
Francisco, announcement was made
that this big ship and her sister craft,
the Northern Pacific, were to be used
permanently in the transport serv-
ice on the Pacific. The Northern
Pacific, will follow TO the west coast
in about six weeks and both vessels
will make the passage through the
Panama canal. Their regular route
will be from San Francisco to Hon
olulu, Manila, Vladivostok and then
to Nagasaki, Guam, Honolulu and
San Francisco. When the American
forces are brought out Of Siberia
they will come on these craft, which
have made an unusual record in the
transport service to and from France.
They will be able to make the trip
from San Francisco to Manila in fif-
teen DAYS.
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific were purchased by the army
from the Great Northern Railroad
company at the outbreak Of the war.
They were among the largest ships
on the Pacific and are oil burners.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
Prepares Demand for
Withdrawal of Troops
Opposition to Continued Re-
tention of Soldiers in
Russia Crystallizing.

Washington, Aug. 23-Opposition to
the continued maintenance of American
troops in Russia was crystalizing in
the house today. and a demand for the
immediate withdrawal of these forces
was being planned by republican
leaders.
Representatives Rhodes, OF Missouri,
and Mason, of Illinois. republicans ap-
peared before the house foreign affairs
committee today with citizen delega
tions from their respective states to
ask why American soldiers were being
kept in Siberia and for how long; the
number of Japanese and Italian SOL
diers now in that country, and why
Great Britain and France have no SOL
diers there, and what is the policy of
the Japanese government in connection
with Siberia.
Rhodes was insistent that all Ameri-
can troops should be withdrawn from
Siberia. He deman led that there
should be public announcement by
the administration as to plans, pur-
poses and objects in holding American
troops to military duty in Siberia.
Mason charged that American troops
ostensibly kept in Siberia to guard rail-
road property. were really being kept
there as a collection agency to en-
force payment on some ancient Russian
bonds held in this country" He said
that 1000 of these troops kept in ST.
IBERIA were from Illinois, and the men
desired their return to this country and
their release from war service
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
Stock Market Affected
By Many Labor Troubles
Bond Market Reflects Unsat-
isfactory Investment
Conditions.

New York, Aug 23.--Further DOWN
ward readjustment OF quoted values,
which began in the previous fort
night on the demands Of the railway
brotherhoods, occurred in the stock
market this week. Some importa Mt
shares recorded minimum prices for
1919, while other forfeited the greater
part of the gains made in the pro-
tracted rise which had its inception
In the early months of the year.
The spread of adverse labor con-
ditions, including the strike vote of
the steel workers in the middle west,
and the serious complications which
threaten to follow in the wake of a
further slump in foreign exchange
alarmed holders of long stock and en-
couraged an extension of bearish ag
gression. Material rallies towards
the latter part of the week resulted
mainly from covering Of short con-
tracts, although some of the leading
issues were absorbed at concessions.
According to board room gossip,
public interest was again negligible
and the bond market reflected unsat-
isfactory investment conditions, with
standard issues at lowest levels for
one to two years.
Money tor speculative purposes
was in fair supply but at decidedly
higher quotations than. those which
prevailed during recent weeks, rul-
ing at per cent Time funds were
notably easy, interior banks lending
more freely for the shorter periods
and increasing their holdings of mer-
camille paDer
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
.LENINISM IS
FAST TOTTERINC
Under Ring of Steel Forged
by Anti-BoIShevik
Army.

London, Aug. 23.-Now that Le.
ninism is believed in government cir
cles to be tottering under the ring OF
steel forged by the antibolshevk ar
mics, attention both in and out OF
official circles is centerine upon the
possibility of coup to restore the
monarchy in Russia.
Indications are piling up that the
adherents OF the Romanoff family,
the former ruling dynasty OF Russia,
are active. They may be summarized
briefly:
1. The former dowager empress OF
Russia is said to be living quietly
in London, and Russian officers. who
are being trained here for service in
Admiral Kolchak's army, have been
invited to be presented to her to pay
their respects.
2. Gen. Yesmoloff, former military
attache to the Russian embassy in
London under the late Car Nicholas.
is acting as Admiral Kolchak's agent
in London and has been active in
having Russian officers meet the for
mer dowager empress.
3. Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle of
the late Czar. and former commander
in chief Of the Russian army, has
suddenly appeared in Stockholm to
take part In a great council of war
on the part Of generals who are lead
ing the Russian white armies against
the reds.
Some outspoken>British newspapers
have already professed to see prop
aganda afoot in favor of the rcstor-
alton of monarchial government in
Russia, and the matter has been
broached in the house Of commons.
The summer campaign against the
bolsheviks has been meeting with
greater success than any other Of
fensve that has been undertaken
against the forces Of Lenine and Trot-
zky. With the British furnishing
large stores OF awr materials and
the Rumanians undertaking an Of
fensive in conjunction with the South
Russian army under Gen. Deniken,
developments Of high importance,
both military and political, are al
ready looming on the horizon in
Russia.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
CONAN TO FIGHT ACTORS
Broadway Idol Would Free Stage OF
Union Labor.

Union Labor.
New York, Aug. 22-George NJ. Co.
han, theatrical Broadways idol and a
leading member of the Producing Man
ayers Protective association. last night
was on the verge OF retiring from play
production forever to devote his life and
100000 of his fortune to the upbuildng
OF a new independent" Actors organ
ization in an effort to break the actors
strike and keep the stage free from the
control of organized labor
In letter to Louis Mann. chairman
of a meeting of nearly 900 actors and
actresses. not members of the Actors
Equity association, Mr. Cohan inti-
mated that he would resign from the
Managers association and give himself
entirely to the interests of new or
ganization Of actors which would work
for the uplift Of the spirit Of the stage
as soon as definite organization could
be perfected and its aim outlined
More than 450 actors and actress sses
signed up for the new association un-
der Mr., Mann's guidance, and a COM
mittee was appointed to draft a con-
sttution and bylaws and wait on Mr.
Cohan.
Other developments in the strike sit
uation today included statement by
Charles c. Shay. president of the In
ternational Alliance of Stage Hands
and Motion Picture Operators that
Next week at the meeting of the
American Federation OF Labor. al Syr-
acuse | shall introduce resolution
demanding that the federal industrial
commission probe into this strike and
hold public meetings"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
ADMITTED TO BAIL
Jim Martin, Who Killed His Brother
In-Law, Released on IS 900 Bond.

Dalton. Ga Aug 23-(SpeciaD-
Jim Martin. charged with numbering
his brotherin- law. Cicero Woody, was
admitted to bail. bond being fixed In
the sum Of $1,000 following the hearing
Of the habeas corpus proceedings FRI
day afternoon before Judge Tarver
here. Martin made bond for his ap-
pearanca before the grandStlry
In the Nearing, the only~wtness for
the defense was Martins 1O-year-old
daughter whose testimony was that
Woody kept threatening to XII Martin
with a knife ard ran at him Later
she got her fathers gun which she had
hidden, fearing trouble between the
two, and gave it to him, He warned
Woody off nut Woody continued to
advance with something I'm his hand
which she thought was a knife. and
her father shot him. The state intro
duCed ahdavits from Mrs. Woody, wife
Of the man killed and her little daurh-
ter. neither OF whom were present at
the hearing, which made Martin the
aggreSs0r.
1t came out In the hearing that the
two men had been drinking and had
fought the morning before the killing.
which occurred in front of Woodys
home in Murray county.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
|CAR SHORTAGE
| FACING CITY
Local Railway Men State
That Situation Is Grow
ing Acute.
PLANTS MAY SHUT DOWN
Coal Famine Certain to Ensue
if Transportation Is Not
Increased.

Chattanooga is facing an acute
shortage of freight cars or all de-
scriptions, admit local railway men.
One traffic man stated that there is
actually a shortage of $50 freight
cars in Chattanooga today. There
Is no relief from the shortage in
sight, declare the railroad men. On
top of the general car shortage
all over the country, Chattanooga is
handicapped by the condemning o
the c.. S. bridge and the necessity Q
a long detour for freights. The rout =
via Knoxville has been pretty bad.
congested during the past week, b
it is hoped that the condition "
be improved to some extent by the.
turning of the passenger trains from
the detour and running from the
North Market terminal.
Few persons realize the seriousness
of the threatened shortage, it is
stated. 1t may mean the closing
down of some local plants due to the
inability Of the manufacturers to get
cars for their products. but worst of
all to the shortage of coal, which Is
sure coming. coal men predict. Mines
in the Chattanooga district are Sc
riously considering suspending ope-
TdllOHS. II Is SlIiply lHlpOSolblC W
get cars. The operators are recetv-
ing anywhere from 80 to so per cent.
as many cars as they need. In spite
of the labor shortage, the coal mines
could manage to take care Of the de-
mand pretty well if it were not for
the car shortage, but the way things
are they are utterly helpless.
Mine operators of the district have
sent representatives to Atlanta for
a conference with Regional Director
Winchell of the Southern railroad,
and about the only satisfaction that
can be had is that the railroad ad-
ministration will do all in their
power. There Is a shortage of all
kinds Of cars, especially Of boXcars
and hatcars. Local lumber mills
may have TO close down their plants
due to the shortage of the class of
fat and boxcars used for their goods.
In the mind of a coal mine opera
tor, the car shortage is due to three
fundamental causes: first, the fail
ure of the government to build cars
in sufficient numbers; second, strikes
of shopmen over the country has al
lowed the rolling stock to get into
very poor condition, and third, but
not least, he declared that with COM
petition removed, the railroad lines
and the employees themselves have
lost their initiative. Many manufac-
turers declare that the maintrouble
Is due to the fact that the railroad
management, with all competition re-
moved, is not as keen" as formerly,
and therefore much less efficient.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
EXPECT CRISIS
ASTOKOLCHAK
American Ambassador Morris
Predicts EventfuI Happen
ingS in Thirty Days.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Ambasso-
dor Morris. who was sent by the
state department from Toxic to OmslS
to report conditions there. has ad-
vsed the government here that the
next thirty days will probably see a
crisis in the affairs Of the Kolchak
government.
Ambassador Morris in his report It
was learned today, asserts that Ad-
miral Kolchak has had to devote so
much attention to the military cam
paign against the bosheviki that he
has been unable to organize suf-
ficiently the civil government and
administration in Siberia to keep the
people contented. but nevertheless
Kolchak is the best man for the task
confronting him and that It is a ques-
tion of his success or the triumph of
the bolsheviki
Still Holds Up Signature.
Paris, Aug. 23,-Rumana's sigma
ture to the treaty OF peace with Aus
tria still depends upon notifications
of the clauses relating to guarantees
to minorities, according to informn-
tion from authoritative Rumanian
sources.
(Paris advices Friday said the
Austrian treaty had been completed
and would be transmitted to the
Austrians Monday)
The Rumanians pointed out that
minorities, not only in the new terri
tories attached to Rumania, but in
the old kingdom, have been more
amply protected than the peace treaty
provides. Rumania, however, does
not desire to have forced on her. 1t
is said, provisions which it is feared
would be interpreted by the minori-
ties as giving them really the upper
hand.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
SEEN THROUGH
MEXICAN EYES
Situation on Border Looks
Grave, Says Ell I'M
parCiaI.
FEARS INTERVEN T10N
Hunt for Bandits Continues,
With Hope of Capturing
Outlaw Leader.

San Antonio, Tex, Aug. 23.-Re-
In from the border received by
: two Mexican newspapers here,
: Prensa and Ell impartial, say that
J situation looks very grave" and
: 1t the already strained relations
Z: tween the United States and Mex
= has been made much worse by
: ne developments of the last few
: lays. In many Mexican towns close
to the line refugees are arriving from
the interior. most of them fearing in
] tervention is at hand. The reports
to FL impartial say that many Amer
from serving the United States in
war time, have fed from the interior
of Mexico in the last few days and
gone to cities.
The impartial has a story spread
across the six columns of its front
page, the head reading The Flight
of the Two American AYiators Has
| Complicated the Problem With Mex
leo" This article says that, while
Mexicans are viewing the situation
with reserve, they fear that the kid
naping is likely to make matters
much worse.
In we'll informed Mexican circles it
| is said that the belief is growing that
the United States has a definite
course mapped out and that the
slightest provocation is likely to bring
about intervention.
Doesn't Mean Abandonment.
A telegram received at the office of
Mai. Gen. Dickman said he expected
to leave Maria early today and go to
De Rio, fe wmlles away, and that
he regarded his presence at Maria
of no more use at the present. It
was stated that the departure of
Gen. Dickman did not mean that the
troops would abandon the hunt to-
day. 1t is thought here that the hunt
will be continued as long as there is
any hope of finding the outlaw leader,
Rentario. A message has been sent
to the war department by Gen. Dick
man that the troops were still on the
"Rot trail" and that he would con-
tinue the pursuit as long as he is able
to follow that trail.
Several more airplanes are ready
to leave Kelly field today If they are
called by Col. Geo. T, Langhorne,
commander at Maria. The planes
which will be sent today IL they are
needed have radio apparatus capable
of carrying a message from 200 to
$50 miles. The planes now being
used carry only 125 or $50 miles.
All these planes carry machine guns
and can be equipped for bombing If
necessary.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
LABOR ELECTS OFFICERS
Tennessee Woman on Executive Board
for Congress-

for Congress.
Asheville, n. c., Aug. 23-The cleo
tion of officers for the coming year,
the selection Of Wilmington. n. c. as
the place of holding the next meeting
and the adoption of the many resor-
tions looking to the betterment of
living conditions In the southwest and
promotion of the interests of organized
labor, kept delegates to the annual
meeting of the Southern Labor congress
busy their final session yesterday.
Endorsement of the league of nations
was embodied in a telegram sent to
the senate urging the immediate adop-
tion Of the covenant. Another message
to the house of representatives urged
that partisanshtp be buried during
these critical days and that coIAtruc-
tive legislation be undertaken by rep
resentatives serving as Americans
rather than politicians
Jerome Jones, Of Atlanta was re-
elected is president of the congress.
James S. Barrett. Of Ashevile, sue
ceeded w. c. Puckett, of Atlanta, as
secretary and treasurer. These two
officials with the following FIVE vice
presidents VIII serve as members Of
the executive board: First. c. A.
Lynch, of Mississippi; second. J. H
Lindsey. of North Carolina; third,
HI a. Hood, of Kentucky; fourth. Sam
c. Hunt, of Alabama: fifth, Carl c.
karston of Georgia. In addition to the
five vice. presidents named the follow
ing also were elected to serve in that
capacity alone. their service not being
required on the executive board: r, w
Young, of North Carolina; Miss Stella
Good, of Tennessee; J. d. Staples, of
Arkansas, and r. l.. Young, of Florida
Frank Price, Of Charlotte, was named
a S sergeant at arms.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
Negro Kills His Wife and
Then Drinks CarboIic Acid
Walter Reed, or Hatfield,
Principal in Tragedy Sat
urday Morning.

Walter Reed, colored. employed in
the Volunteer State building. fired
five shots into his wife's body this
morning, killing her almost instantly,
and then drained bottle of carbolic
acid, from the effects Of which he
may die.
The tragedy occurred at the ne
sro's home on Orchard Knob avenue
Reed, who sometimes goes by the
name of Hatfield, used an owl head
revolver He was taken to Erlanger
in one of O'Donohue's ambulances.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
American Troops May Be
Sent to Upper Silesia
Unless Chaotic Conditions in
That Region Are Cleared
un Very Soon.

Paris. Aug 23.-American troops may
be sent into upper Slesia before the
peace treaty Is ratified, if the chaotic
situation there does not clear up, ac-
cordinC to officials close to the Amer
ican delegat ton today.
units would be withdrawn from the
American army of occupation on the
Rhine.
How the American people would re-
gard such q step appears to be the
only hitch TO immediate action. as all
reports from upper Silesa indicates
that the situation there demands ur-
gent measures.
Herbert Hoover and others are un-
derstood to have expressed the opin-
ion that a few Americans could do
more than the combined army of any
of the allies. because the people there
have the utmost trust in the Ameri-
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-23
Wildcatter and Officer
Wounded in Still Rail
Pitched Battle Pulled Off Be-
tween Moonshiners and
Revenue Men.

Huntsville, Ala. Aug. 23.-(Spe-
cial)-Offlcers working out Of Hunts
vile captured a large Illicit still near
Harvest, in Limestone county. after
a pitched battle between the officers
and the operators.
Lee Willbanks, alleged wildcatter,
was shot His wounds are believed
to be fatal. Policeman Hugh Craft
was shot through the arm. The Of
ticers found five men at work at the
still and brought three of them to
the city.