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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-15
Chicago Ice Dealers to
Boost Price 81 a Ton

Chicago. III, March 15.-The mild
winter Of 191S-1919 viii boost the
price OF ice 50 a ton during the com
Ing summer, according to Chicago ice
dealers The great ice cutting and
housing machinery which supplied
Chicago with 1000. 900 tons of ice an
nually has been practically idle all
winter, the ice bar0ns say. in justify
ing their prediction OF the jump OF 50
q ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-15

was disclosed in a report OF a To-day
contest conducted at the Kansas State
Agricultural college here by DR.. c. W.
McCampbell. head Of the animal hus-
bandry department The report shows
the self feeding method Melted $715
a head profit. while the hand fed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-15
Natural Color
Motion Pictures
At Aham1bra
Ell Paso Is One Of Three
Texas Cities to Receive
First Showing.

1t sounds like a fairy tale; you have
to see it before you can even imagine
the rare beauty of colored photog-
raphy. and after you have seen il. il
is so surprisingly wonderful that you
viii still doubt the evidence Of your
eyes The ever awake eye Of the
camera discovers and puts right be-
fore you such wonderful blends of
colors. such beautiful light effects.
that you win think Of the scriptural
saying, Eyes they have and yet they
see not" for never will the eye per
ceive a more comprehensive and Won
derful review Of the beautiful colors
Of nature than those caught and re-
tained by the eye Of the camera. The
Alhambra, always foremost in secur-
ing real attractions for its patrons,
regardless Of cost, has made arrange
ments for FL PasO to be one Of the
first three Texas cities accorded the
showing Of these wonderful pictures
which have received encomium of
praise throughout the large cities Of
the east
Montagu Love. in The Hand Invisi-
BILE" viii be another attraction Of the
great bill offered at the AIhambra
today. This feature affords Montagu
Love ample opportunities to display
his wonderful acting and should not
be missed by those who like a good
actor in a good play.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-15

Fighting Through" featuring z
K Lincoln. will be the attraction at
the Unique again today. Here is a
picture full Of pep and action plus
beautiful outdoor scenery and wonder
ful horseback riding. The scenes are
laid among the aristocratic people Of
the south and later shifts to Arizona
and the west AS an all-around pro-
ductlon OF merit and entertainment,
this play will please you immensely.
Bessie Barriscale. in All Of a Sud
den Norma" viii be the attraction
Sunday and Monday.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-15
Self Feeding Method
For Hogs Is Su,

Manhattan. Kan. March ia diff
ference OF $7.35 a head in favor OF the
self feeding method for hogs over the
old fashioned hand feeding method.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-15
ELLANAY--vmTUOUs WIVES.

Today is the last and final chance
for Fl Pasoans TO see the greatest So
cietF drama that has ever been
screened. 'Virtuous Wives" The past
four days have seen the Elianay the
alter crowded with enthusiastic FL
Pasoans who came TO see this great
attraction and who went away talking
about It
To those who failed to attend dur
ing the last four days showing the
Ellaney management wishes to say
that they have missed one Of the big
treats Of the year and urges them not
TO miss the last opportunity to see this
picture at that theater today.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-15
Dance 'iShim1n1y
She Wa Wa,
Is Not Here
Dance That You Don
Dance With Your Feet
Has Reached K. G.

In New York and elsewhere they are
decryinE. denouncing. defaming. de-
filing, defending it-and dancing it.
/ What2 The ~shimmy shi-wa-wa-" It
is barred from the city Of Newark,
, y. J.. by edict OF the city council. In
/ FL Paso tremors Of earthquake pro-
portions pass through buildings where
! devotees of the dance talk Of it.
The dance is essentially a part Of an
uptOdate dancing teachers repertoire
even as Is the fox trOt. the one step
and waltz. Yet a dancing teacher
says Of the dance;
She Describes It.
4 never teach IL unless a pupil es-
peciaIly requests il. What is it like2
Well, it is a form Of the fox trot, the
dancer holds an entire measure OF
music on one foot while moving the
shoulders and arms-and in fact ev-
erything but their feet. Yes. I learned
il last year while attending the dane
ing convention in New York"
The dance is not confined TO any
particular class Of cabaret or hall. It
is part Of an evenings entertainment
at the large hotels, and dinner
dance" has come to mean that lazy"
contortion known as the ''shimmy."
Proprietors OF after closing time"
grOg dispensaries in the big clues
point with pride to the nervous con-
vulsion OF the dancers who tremble
violently, yet move not their feet. and
attribute the crowded tables as much
10 the drawing power Of the dance as
TO the search for thirst quenching
liquid.
Newhart Doesn't Know.
H. D Newhart. manager OF the Ho-
tel Baltimore Kansas City. where the
dance is done while the waiter goes
for your coffee as you sit at dinner.
professed ignorance Of the "shimmy"
That. however, is explained by the
fact that Mr. NeWhart Is not a ball
room hound" and says he does not
know the difference between one
dance and another.
In the homely expression Of Sam 3
Campbell, manager Of the Coates
House in Kansas City. where a So
called dinner dance is much in vogue.
the rib wiggle, you mean" he says,
gesticulaung, palms outward
No, Stree, they don't dance Il
here. 1t is against the city ordinance
that says dancers shall maintain a
distance from each other not less than
SIX inches from shoulder to shoulder,
you Just bet It isn't done here"
The dance originated with lax
melody" in the hauuts Of the southern
negro, and has spread westward from
New York
tons that ensue are extremely funny.
A counterpart Of intensity Is inter-
woven
Dean. Joe Kemper. Marvin Hammond. /
Orville Harris. Irene Noblitt, Eddie
Mitchell. Peggy Belts. Louis St.
Pierre Marion Grav I'd V0ur- end
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
CONSISTENT

In recommending that the ban be removed from beer and
neht wines, President Wilson has dRnleaScd the extreme prohi-
btlonists, who want to go forward toward world prohibition, and
who are fntolerant of any hating and especially OF any backward
steps. The president acted with his usual courage and con-
sistency, 1t required courage, because he knew how hostile the
prohlbt1onlsts are to any variablcnesS or shadow Of turning on
tms question but he was consistent III plainly stating that the
emergency which imperatvely demanded national prohibition as
a war measure no longer exists, and, as the government needs
the enormous revenue coming from the traffic, he wished to turn
the stream INTO the treasury as soon as possible. Then we must
remember that the president has never been a prohibitionist,
always expressing himself in favor of local option.
The hquot interests will naturally rejoice, but their low will
be short-hVed. No matter what may be done with beer and light
wines as a revenue measure or a commercial c~xpedient the
saloon, the point of contact between the public and the liquor traf-
tic, has passed never to return. The ~gladiators who slaughtered
each other TO make a Roman holiday" arc no more extinct, as a
never to return. President Wilson's observations in Europe, where
light wines and beer were permitted, may have influenced him to
some extent. They look at things differently over there. When
the war was yet going on Canada voted Overwhelmingly for pro-
hIbiton as a war measure, but since the signing of the armistice
the province of Quebec has voted BY an immense majority to
remove the ban from beer and light wines, Our president could
have concealed himself under a cloak of silence and in this way
kept out OF the storm which he has drawn around his head, but
this Is not his nature. lie wants to shrk nothing and cvade moth
ing, and challenges even avoidablc conflict with a courage that is
Clevelandcsquc. His enemies will seize on the incident to injure
him and the Republicans will endeavor to use it to work his undo
ing, but the American people arc not slow to see and interpret the
purposes OF politicians and they will not condemn anyone for being
consistent.
Allowing full credit for the presidents reluctance to take
such a radical step as 10 make prohibition secure by proclamation
there is no reason why congress, the lawmaking body OF the
nation, should hesitate for one moment in passing a measure that
will torevey dispose OF the question. The encouragement the
liquor people receive from acts such as the presidents is as great
and as unnatural a simulant as the brand of goods they sell The
lucky ones are those who read the handwriting on the wall many
years ago,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
WALTER MALONE

In the midst Of her celebrating on the occasion Of the one
hundredth anniversary of her natal day, Memphis paused long
enough to honor the memory of her most gifted son, Judge Walter
Malone, poet, jurist, essayist, scholar, philosopher and philanthro-
pst, by laying the preliminary work for a bronze memorial tablet
which is to be erected in Court square and upon which is to be
permanently recorded his great message of hope, the poem "Oppor-
tunity."
DIR. Frank Jones rendered the memory of the poet a good serv-
ice in explaining that what we know as Maloncs "Opportunity"
was not suggested or written as an answer to a poem by the same
name claimed by the late Senator ingalls,, of Kansas, Malones
poem sprang from his own healthier and more hopeful view Of life
and his faith in human helpiulness.
he might have added that what is known as the "Opportunity"
OF the gifted senator from Kansas was not original with the West
erner. 1t s a translation OF an apostrophc along conventional lines
addressed to Opportunity that appears in a play written by the
great Florenine diplomat, Machiavcli. Maloncs poem is an
expression of its authors willing and helpful nature, 1t is his
own, and it required no exterior suggestion or stimulus,
Memphis certainly displayed her appreciation of the genius Of
one OF her citizens when she paid honor to the memory of Walter
Malone.
Later on a more imposing monument will be erected, work ON
which has been arrested and delayed, first by the war and again
by the illness Of Col. NJ, w. Connolly, president of the Walter
Malone Memorial association, who has been indiSposcd Tor more
than two years. This organization has in its treasury a nice sun,
of money and it is the intention to add a sufficient amount to it to
build a monument in some manner commensurate with the genius
and achievements OF the great poet and ono OF which Mcmphians
now and in the future will have reason to feel proud,
This work will be taken up in the near future and prosecuted
with increased energy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
MUSICAL EVENTS
CONCLUDED WITH
BEETHOVEN RECITAL

The musical events, which have been
a feature of the centennial programs
during the week. were brought to a
close Friday morning with the recital
given by members of the Beethoven
club at Goodwin institute.
The program was arranged by Mrs.
Marie Greenwood Worden, chairman Of
the artists committee, and proved n
Of the most pleasing Of the week. The
participants were Mrs. Charles Wat
son, Miss Elsa Gerber, Mrs. O.. H. Muel-
Ter, Miss Edith White, Miss Susie De-
Shazo and Mrs. E.. W. Taylor, while
Mrs. j. G. Bailey and Mrs. Sam Open
heimer were the accompanies.
The programs during the week have
been given by members of the Renais-
sance circle, the Beethoven club and the
symphony orchestra conducted by Prof.
William W. Saxby, and included also,
the beautiful Song Of Memphis" In
Canticle form, which proved such a de-
light to those who heard it Thursday
afternoon.
1t is to be hoped that the canticle
may be repeated more than once, for
at least 1000 persons could not obtain
admittance Thursday at the Lyric
thcater. and it is we'll worth hearing,
both for its lofty poesy and its musical
setting. Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle.
the author, and Creighton Allen, a
Young musician of Macon, Miss, COM
poser of the music. received many on
gratulations, as well as Prof. r. F.
Hawke, who arranged the orchestral
score and directed both the orchestra
and the chorus Of 900 singers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
NEGROES TO HAVE BIG
CELEBRATION SATURDAY

Saturday. the negroes Of the city
are to have an entire days program
devoted to their part in the celebra-
ton Of the hundredth year in the his
tory Of Memphis. The negro pee pie
have borne their share in the growth
the South, and their progress in a moral
and material a has been marvellous
during the past so years.
The negro feature program Saturday
will be carried out on Beale avenue
and at Church's park and auditorium.
A parade of military features, en-
blematic floats, civic organizations and
school children, will pass through the
downtown business streets at | O'Clock
pm. From 3 to 5 o'clock there will
be free band concerts and motion pic
lures at Church's park and at the audi
forum at night, beginning at 8 o'clock,
there will be a historical meeting. The
speakers will be Dean l.. NJ. Moore.
of the school of ed lcation, Howard uni
versity and Rev. Harold NJ. Kings
ley.
Sergeant Malone. of the oath in
fantry, one of the famous negro regi-
ments of the old regular army. is in
the city n is assisting with the mill
tary features of the parade. Every
unit in the civic division. many negro
fraternal and other organizations will
march, including the negro branch cf
the Red Cross, which did such eff
cieut patriotic work during the war
and which Is still cooperating in the
home service work.
All men and boys who are willing to
take part in the parade are urged to
meet at $3.50 o'clock, Friday night, at
Civic league headquarters, 1863 Beale
avenu There win be good pay for
many Of the parts,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
Pigeons MingLe
With Centenary
Crowds Freely

No one seems to be getting more
genuine enjoyment out of the centen-
nial celebration than the hundreds of
pigeons Of Court square and no other
single agency is contributing more to
the entertainment of the city's guests.
With true Southern hospitality the pig
cons mingle freely with the crowds,
showing not the least timidity, but
choosing with careful discrimination
those upon whom they bestow their at
tentions. With some people they visit
freely, gathering about them in great
numbers and often eating out of the
hands Of entire strangers. There are
other people, however. whom they
seem to avoid, for no reason apparent
to the observer. The most tempting
bits of feed will not tempt them to
come near these people. When the
crowds become too thick the pigeons
retire to the trees, where they appear
to take great interest in the activities
about them.
The squirrels at Court square are
more timid and venture out of their
boxes in the trees only in the morning
before the big crowds arrive. In the
forenoon they play about quite freely
on the lawn and feast on the popcorn
and peanuts scattered by the crowd
Later in the day they are only to be
seen peeptaE sly ~ from the doors of
their houses in the trees.
This is a week Of feasting for both
the pigeons and squirrels. for the cep-
tennial crowds take great delight in
feeding the pets of Court square,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
BENJEST0WN ROAD
VERY DEATH TRAP

He who travels the Benjestown road,
save on q mule, needs be most care
full end painfully sober unless he wants
to die In a watery grave. The road
to the levec in L~oosahatchie bottom is
splendid Your car can go along as
fast as you want it to, but, with no
sign of any kind to warn by day or
right, YOU will come to where the en-
hankmcnt Of the levee has ~sloughed,
leaving no margin of safety for a cars
wheels. just beyond this, right on a
curve, the levee has sloughed and sunk
so as to be barely passable, and just
as you go on the bridge more han
half of the levee has gone straight
Gown. Beyond the bridge there are
several places almost equally as dan
gcrous.
No sign of danger appears anywhere.
The county has spent some half mill
lion dollars on this \ Sdge and levee,
but so far has not 81. ceeded in COM
bining a foundation and levee material
which will not slough and sink.
The country on both sides Of the
bridge is cultivated perhaps the most
intensively of any in this section. 1t
is the garden for Memphis. Truckmen,
largely Italians, cultivate it to the
limit, constantly building up the and
with manure and commercial fertilizers
In large areas seeds of weeds have
been entirely eradiCated.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
Crooks Held At
Police Station
Till ShOU OUer

Much praise has been bestowed on
the Memphis police and detectives for
the remarkably few complaints received
as the result Of the depredations Of
pickpockets and street thieves during
the big week
AS a result of the orders of Chief
Burney, of police, and Chief Smith, Of
detectives, to arrest every known pick
pocket and thief for detention during
the Centennial, a dozen involuntary Wis
itors were in cells Thursday at the
central office. Nine of them are ne
groes.
Besides the dozen brought in on the
a-stitch- in-time policy, four pickpock-
cts caught while said to have been OPP
Grating among crowds are held,
A notorious negro ~pickpocket was oh
served Longing near Second street and
Adams avenue at the edge of a crowd
by Ed Pass, assistant chief of police.
BY keeping behind an automobile Pass
succeeded in getting from the police
station to within reaching distance of
the thief. The latter started to run,
but it was too late. The negro pick
pocket, along with the others, will be
released Sunday when the festivities
are all over.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
MANY ARE INJURED
IN Cup Of DEATH"
Motorcycle, Racing With Car,
Jumps Track and Speeds
Into Crowd. !

When a racing motorcycle ridden by
Dorothy Montgomery in a contest with
a motor car sped off the upper brim
of the cup of death" at the motor
drome arena of the Workman shows
on the river front early Thursday night
the woman was %catapulted into the
rigging Of the tent roof; Barnett Chez.
driving the competing car, Iweut down
with the wreck of the track and sew
eral spectators on the platform at the
top OF the dish suffered trivial in
jurles in the near panic that cnSued.
Eight were taken to the hospital by
the police and ambulances, but after
receiving attention all were able to
leave except Barnett Chez and Miss
Rita Whalen, 1853 Richmond avenue.
Both We're in the Baptist hospital Friday,
where it was said it could not vet be
ascertained how Chez hurts may ter
inmate. Miss Whalen's injuries were
not considered serious.
Persons injured, as listed by the po-
lice:
Barnett Chez, racing driver, 81 years
old, Meridian, Miss. Baptist hospital.
Miss Whalen, 1853 Richmond avenue;
Baptist hospital,
Mrs. Dorothy Montgomery, motorcycle
racing driver.
A. r. Cooke, salesman, 1904 Cowden
venue
Andrew Kuntz, 167 South Main street.
W. a, Woodward, 1904 Cowden ave-
nue.,
L, f. Blythe, BAG East Georgia ave-
George c. Class, concession worker,
san Antonio, Tex.
Louis Carter, 60 years old, negro.
Riceville, Ark.
The platform 20 feet above the
ground, from which the spectators
looked down into the bowl track, was
well crowded when Dorothy Montgom-
cry astride her motorcycle and Chez in
his undersize racing car. started their
thrilling whirl around and around.
Apparently the girl racer darted her
machine to the upper rim of the bowl
to pass the car as a thrill to the watch
amiss with the steering of the cycle or
else the woman miSjudged the distance
and struck the safety rim. Like an ar
row her body went upward and the mo-
tcrcycle banged it's way through the
crowd. Debris sliding down the track
caught CHEFS auto and further wreck
ing of the wooden bowl resulted.
Many in the crowd stampeded n a
few were spilled to the cobblestone
driveway of the wharf, One or two
persons under the rim of the track:
Garter, the old negro, being one Of
them, were caught by the falling wreck
age.
Mrs. Montgomery in her flight caught
with one hand to a pole of the tented
roof and her feet became %entangled in
a rope above the heads of the crowd.
She held there until Policemen Taylor
and Drummer arrived with an emergen-
cy car to take her to the hospital.
A general call was sent in for ambu-
lances, but due to the streets being
janmed with thousands n thousands
of persons to view the fireworks dis
play, great difficulty was experienced
in getting the motor ambulances to the
scene.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
eToldTale

10 Years Ago Today In Memphis.

WA 60 lVSSs
Not n train moved on the Georgia
railroad, according to messages from
Atlanta, as a result of the strike Of
vhite firemen against the employment
of negroes.
Reports compiled from throughout the
South showed that the acreage of cot
ton was 9i.i per cent of that OF l9OS.
In Texas the crop was from l5 to 20
days earlier.
During tho first two hours Of tenn
perance saloons in Des Moines, Iowa, a
count showed that 100 cups of coffee
and go glasses of beer were sold,
Bishop II, e.. Hoss, OF the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, preached to
two big audiences at the st, Johns
church and the Second Methodist
church.
J, NJ, Dickinson, secretary OF war, ar
rived In Washington on the presiden-
tial steamer Mayflower, from a trip
Of inspection to the Panama canal.
The Royal Opera company at the Ly-
ceum theater presented the big hit,
THE Telephone Girl to a big audi
enCe.
Capt, Robert Il. Lee, who was at
PaduCah, overseeing the raising of the
steamer Georgia Lee, sunk In the Pa
ducah harhor, sent word back that
the boat would be saved.
tenth inning by the score OF | to 0,
when Moran was hit by Keiber, stole
second and third and came home on a
wild heave by Hurlhurt, that got by
Bahh at third. Memphis had wen Q
games. lost 90 and was at the bot
tom ot the column with a percentage
NJ 2qI.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
SHOUTED AND SANG
HIMSELF TO DEATH

4'You amt nebber goin' to heah me
speak ag'in; don't be uneasy; lse .Gotn'
TO heben," testified Charley Bond, 6S,
negro carpenter of B"inghamton, at
church last Sunday night. Bond then
sang these words; Use ready when de
train comes along" reeled over and
died.
The aged negro was attending the
regular Sabbath services at the negro
Baptist church on Scott avenue when
death struck him. He predicted his
death in his testimony and then sang
himself into a frenzy and died.
The congregation gathered around.
thinking the negro a merely tainted,
but when DR.. H. r. Hurston, who was
summoned, arrived he pronounced the
old man dead.
Bond is said to have been a good
darby of the old type and was deeply
religious.
nr. Hurston, in giving the cause Of
death in his death notice to the regis
trar of vital statistics, used the fol-
lowing language: Death from emo
tionaG heart failure while at church
worship"