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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
WELl-KN0WN BUILDER
AND LUMBERMAN DIES

John Pritchard, aged 10. a we'll known
contractor and lumberman. and resi-
dent Of Memphis for 30 years, died at
the Baptist Memorial hospital Monday
night following an operation which he
underwent Saturday. Mr. Pritchard,
who was born In Hereford, England,
came to America 81 years ago For
is years he was bridge contractor for
the Chicago 8 Alton railroad. Surviving
are four children, ]. Fred and A. l.,
Pritchard. Miss Florence Prltchard, OF
Memphis and Mrs. II. W Clapham. Of
Little Rock. Ark.
The funeral will be held Wednesday
morning from the residence, 2Ts East
street, at i0:s0 o'clock. lnterment In
ElniRood viii be private
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
PROMOTION STANDARD
FOR SCHOOLS RAISED

Effective at the end Of the present
term, Memphis school children will
have to make a general average OF
10 instead OF 6h, as In former years.
They must not fall below so, instead
Of so, as Is now the rule. Next term
the advance will be increased to make
the general average 20, and the least
pupil can make in any one subject
and be promoted 65. This action Is
following the lead OF the general ten
dency throughout the country for more
efficiency in the schools.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
TWO SH0WMEN FACE
CHARGE OF MURDER

Rufus Chitwood, of Arkansas, and r.
j. Smith. of Illinois, are being tried in
First criminal court, charged with the
murder Of Jesse Campbell on the night
of March l at the Moss carnival. The
men are travelling showmen members
of what is known as "4S Show
The extreme penalty of electrocution
may be applied In this case II the de
PENDANTS are found guilty, as the MUIR
der was committed after the repeal Of
the Bowers act. The selection of the
jury was completed Tuesday and the
proof begun before Noon.
W. 4. McLaih IL representing the
state, while Charles j. Walsh Abe
Cohn, Harvey Taylor, G, H. Marvin
and Wilkes Davis, Of Blytheville. Ark,
are appearing for the defense
Larry Long. detective on the loca
force. Is the prosecuting witness. aLong
arrested the two men after the shoot
ing. The wives Of the defendants are
with them during the trial a.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
BAVARIANS CLAIMING
SOVIET DESTROYED

PARIS, April Is. (Havas "A proola-
nation issued by the Bavarian govern
ment announces that the garrison at
Munich has swept away the soviet
forces, that the regime OF Herr Hoff-
man has been established and that
the transportation Of the Polish Con.
Hallcr's army across Germany for
Poland will start April 10.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
LOAN QUOTAS IN
DETAIL ASSIGNED
TO CAMPA|GNERS
Business Men Are EnthuSias-
tiC-BeIieve SheIby'S AIIot-
ment, SO, ,694, 500, Will Be
Raised Quickly.
Hun AElMers paizEs.

Fred d, Beneke, publicity director
for the Victory loan, will have so
German helmets, fancy ones,
planned for triumphant entry into
Paris, as prizes for workers for the
loan workers.
One helmet will be given to each
woman who sells from each booth
on Main street the largest number
OF bonds--not the largest amount on
the first day of the campaign,
April q.
One helmet will be given the best
window display of a Memphis mer-
chant advertising the loan.
Other awards will be announced
later.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
DAMAGES FOR DELAY.

Alleging that the Western Union
telegraph company failed TO deliver a
message TO him in time for him to at
tand the funeral OF his sister at Rock
lsham, n. c., J. C. Steele Tuesday
filed i suit for damages against the
company in the sum OF $1,000 The
suit was filed by his attorney. Prather
Mcdonald.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
RETURNS FROM FRANCE.

After ten months In the war zone,
during which time she was first at
tached to tho Bien- Etre- Blesse, a
French organization, and then To hos
pital No. in Paris Miss SOPHIE Alex
arder, daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. James
Alexander, 1875 Overton Park avenue
has returned homo. She volunteered
her servlcea In Nav. 1918.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
GOVERNMENT ACTS
IN PHONE STRIKE
New England Walkout Of Girl
Operators Results in
Orders.

WASHINGTON. April 15.--~Hoding
the New England telephone strike with
out Justification. the postoffice depart
ment today instructed the manager OF
tho company at Boston to replace the
strikers or take any other steps nee
essay to maintain service unimpalred
Officials said tho department had OK
pressed willingness to bargain collec-
lively with tho employees, Its position
on that question being entirely har-
monious' with principles laid down by
the war labor board The employees,
II was said, we're asked to present n
achedule for tho wage increase desired,
but refused and tho department has
nothing on which to act,
BOSTON, Mass. April l5.---A strike
OF more than 5000 young women op-
orators In tho employ Of the New Eng
land Telephone and Telegra ph company
and tho Providence Telephone company
phone service In the greater part OF
New England except in Connecticut
today at 7 am Only chief operators
remained at work, the supervisors 60
ing out with the operators.
At the main office Of tho New Eng
lhnu company mere early IN the day
II was announced that first reports In
dicated pretty complete tieup OF
the system, but with some local ser
vice bclng given IN small places"
Strike headquarters hero reported all
OF the 5000 operators In the Boston
district idle and that the strike order
had been generally observed In out
side cities. Pckets were established
in front OF all the exchanges and al
saying they expected tho company
would endeay0r to operate the lineA
with men and women from outside New
England.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
N. C. COMPENSATION is
FIXED AT So, 1882, 900

WASHINGTON, April 15,--Annual
government compensation to the NASH
vlle, Chattanooga 4 st. Louis railway
Ia placed at S31s2. 900 In the CONTRACT
Just signed by Director. General Hines,
L WAS Announced hera today !.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
G. : I'M ARCHDUKE,
EX-PREMIER AND j
BARON EXECUTED
UncOnfimed Report Received in London
Tells of Killing of Three Former
Leaders BY Communists.

LONDON, April 15.--A Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph company says that the Ach Uhr Ba and
the Abendbatt of Berlin print reports received travellers
the effect that communists at Budapest have executed Arch
duke Joseph Dr. Alexander Wekee former premier and Baron
Toseph Sztepreny minister of commerce.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15


Shelby countys quota In the forth
coming Victory loan, as announced in a
telegram from headquarters OF the
Eighth federal reserve district St
Louis, to John ], Heflin, chairman for
Shelby county, Is $9,694,5OO This is
three quarters OF the original quota OF
the fourth Liberty loan as originally al
lotted the county, but later reduced to
81, 900, ,000
All day Tuesday Sales Director John
r, Hyde. his assistant, C. w. Butler
Charles A. Gerber, vice chairman Of
sales, kept their corps OF workers hard
att work assigning leaders to commit
tees OF every profession and industry
preparatory to outlining the work OF
actual solicitation.
In the detailed apportlonment of the
quota the women's committee, of course,
comes first with 100000, practically
No per cent of the quota. In view of the
fact that Mrs, S. H, Phillips, chairman
for Tennessee OF the women's commit
tee placed the women's quota at two
times that amount I H. believed they
paign.
Cotton Heads List.
In lines of business the cotton indus
try heads the list with 80 per cent. or
100000 as the quota assigned them.
This is exclusive of the cottonseed
products line, which drew per cent of
the total.
Lumber interests are second in the
list with SO per cent of the quota,
$3.50. 000 Manufacturers agents and
manufacturers with 81 uer cent, $780,
0O0 and wholesalers with 10 per cent,
s750,000, follow as the only ones in and
over the three quarter million mark.
Next in line follow bank officers and
capitalists. wholesale hardware, iron and
steel plants, grocers (wholesale), auto
mobile dealers and gasoline stations,
coal, Ice and water companies, whole
sale and retail drugs. wholesale furni-
ture and life insurance companies with
quotas ranging from 100000 to $500 900.
Assignments Approved.
The assignments made by the sales
director and his assistants are believed
to be equitable and no complaint on
the part of the business men has been
voiced at headquarters. Everything
seems now to point toward an early
conclusion of the campaign, and al
though the quota is trifle larger than
| expected, II is still the belief of cam
paign managers that Shelby county will
60 over the quota within a week.
County workers, outside of Memphis
will meet at headquarters Wednesday
morning to outline features Of the work
Continued on Page 16, Column a.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
MUSCLE SHOALS ].
FRAUD AND GRAFT
Up IN MILLIONS
Government Investigators Say
Wholesale Loot Was Order
of Day at Nitrate Plant in
Construction Period.
BY CHAs. s. HAYDEN.
(StAfI Correspondent.l

WASHINGTON, April To- tSpl) --
Fraud perpetrated against the govern
ment In the construction OF tho United
States ni;rat plant At Muscle Shoals,
Ala, are declared to have mounted up
to several millions Of dollars, aud gov
ernment officials assert that sufficient
evidence already has been accumulated
to send from 10 to 20 men to the fed
eral penitentiary.
Although tho investigation has been
going ON for several months, II Ia not
yet complete, but the prosecution Of
men involved may be preclptated Rt
any time, Inquiry by government
agents is said to have demonstrated
that many persons M well as army Of
flcers and government contractors are
involved. Among thu losseS specified
are bi government automobiles, II 10
declared that n system waH maintained
at the six automobile service stations
there by which practically any one
In that vicinity owning n car could OBJ
tain government gasoline or govern
ment tires at government prices or
less, 'InlA, however, was but lrac-
ton OF tho loss sustained by the gov
ernment.
The original estimate for this plant
was $4,000, 900. The government al
ready has spent approximately $50, 900,
600 and the plant IL stIIl far from be-
ing finished Engineers checking up,
found that carloads OF reinforcing steel,
cement, lumber and suCh supplies, al
though delivered on the job were not
used and are not now on hand. Efforts
of those responsible to account for the
disappearance only served to involve
uthors That the construction on this
plant was attended by much extrava-
gance was known long before any unit
OF II was put into operation
Extravaganza Known.
This WAS before the armistiCe and
tho investigation was instituted by tho
army authorities They uncovered
much and agents for the bureau Of In
Vestigation, department of Justice. have
carried on the inquiry and revealed ad-
ditional fraud I'VE are not ready as
yet to make any announcement with
reference to disclosures of alleged fraud
at Muscle Shoals said Claud r. Por-
ter, assistant attorney general The In
vestigators are just completing their
work, correlnting the evidence assem-
bling tho names Of witnesses and such
things. These papers and data viii be
turned over to me for such action an
they may warrant" Den. Porter said
that several indictments recently ro-
turned by grand jury at Florence,
Ala, grew out of charges that are re-
lated but not the result OF the main
investigation still In progress,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15

There is no need and should be no
demand for soviets when the sover-
eighty already rests in the hands of the
people. That is the declaration OF
Representative John NJ Baer. Baer
comes from North Dakota, where the
nonpartisan league, a farmers organ
iZation, has revolutionized the state
government and make it a socialstic
one. Baer was elected first on nom
partisan ticket and then by the Re-
publicans
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-15
Hogs Bring $2I
At Kansas City

KANSAS CITY. April l5,--In ac-
cord with the steadily increasing
price OF hogs. Ill head, averaging
527 pounds each, sold for s2l per
hundredweight on the local market
over yesterdays high mark.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
Seattle Unionists
Vote to Terminate
Their Strike Today

Seattle. Wash. Feb. 10.-The
sympathetic strike of union labor
here will end at noon tomorrow.
This announcement was made this
afternoon by L. B. Ault, spokesman
for the unions.
The decision to end the strike was
reached today at a meeting of the
strike committee of $50 labor lead
ers representing 110 unions.
Conservatives and radicals clash
ed continually over settlement of
the strike. The action of six
unions in breaking away was deep
ly resented.
Ship yard workers for whom the
general strike was called. hoped 1t
would soon be settled" but admit
ted they are no closer to an agree
ment on wages than when they
walked out three weeks ago.
The attempt atla general strike
in Tacoma ended today after four
days dissension that threatened to
split the ranks of organized labor.
Workers in all unions not affiliated
with the Metal Trades Council re-
turned to their jobs.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
New Strike Impends
IN Britain as First
Great Walkout Ends

London. Feb. l0.-With transporta-
ton in the London district again nor
NAL as a result of settlement of the
subway strike. Great Britain, today,
faced the possibility of a nationwide
Nvalkout of electricians. The national
executive committee of the eIectri-
clans union at Manchester ordered a
general ballot on the question of de-
mandinE a forty-hOur week. 1t affects
S0,0O0 electricians.
The situation in Belfast is un-
changed but the Irish labor congress.
IN session in Dublin, decided to de-
uand a fOrty-hoUr week and 80 to 100
per cent Increase, with a minimum
weekly wage of SIS. Before acting on
these demands it is necessary that
the workers must approve them. They
have been given three weeks to do So
Strikers in Glasgow are reported to
he gradually returning to work. The
London tube strike, it was estimated
today, resulted in the loss of millions
Of dollars in wages through inability
Of men and women to get to their
work
The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
Troops Drive Men
Recently Discharged
from |. w. w. Meeting

Butte, Mont, Feb. 10.-U. S. troops
drove returned soldiers and strikers
at the point of the bayonet from I.
W. W. hall here today. Two men and
one women We're slightly hurt by bay
onet thTusts.
1t is alleged the strikers and re-
turned service men were singing Ger
man songs.
The sheriff and county attorney told
the elected crowd to return to the hall
and continue their meeting. No ar
rests were made.
StOppaEe of transportation was ef-
fected by piCkets who persuaded
crews to take their cars to the barns.
Most of the unions have selected
delegates to the workers. soldiers and
sailors council which claims to con-
IrOl the local situation. Five hundred
returned soldiers were .Picketing the
mines today, assisted by five hundred
strikers.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
Arc Dice Champions.

in his most approved style his favo-
rite comedy selection. The Coolies.
They Go Wild, Simply wild, Over
Me"
Talent Among Veterans.
The troope which was a part of the
aIl-star entertainers of the A. E. F.
consists of a Hawaiian six. both string
and vocal, a classical four, a string
quartet. Its members are Sergts.
Trumbull, McDougall Butter, Bellett;
Corps. Litwin and Howkins, and Pri-
Yates Williams and Torr.
Manager Cohen stated last night
that this famous comedy musical
troupe is open to engagements in
Washington. They expect to play at
the Walter Reed Hospital some day
next week for the wounded soldiers.
One of the stunts of this troupe
abroad was to salvage a piano from
one of the German dugouts and play
it while the Boches sent over their
daily stint of shells. Corp. Edmond
son played while Cohen sang and the
shells whistled.
This all happened at MontblaInville
where the Germans had fitted up pala-
tial dugouts, fitted up with pianos,
electric lights, stoves and a good sup
ply of beer, judging from the empty
kegs found by the District men when
they took possession. The Germans
also had hundreds of cabbage gar
dens. which the local soldiers har-
vested and used to lend variety to
the army ration.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
SUNDAY FLAYS RUM
AND RUSS IN SPEECH
AT TABERNACLE HERE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
international porch climbers" was
the expression coined by Billy to fit
Lenine and Trotsky.
"Oh, God" he appealed in conClu-
sion, help US to stand by the Presi
dent, TO stand by Congress and every
one else who stands by Americans
that we may snow under all evil"
1t was a regular old-time Billy Sun
day night at the tabernacle with
'Rody." Brewster, Matthews, and a
number Of others on hand. and the
only regret that a mere scattering OF
the crowd which would have liked to
be on hand could be accommodated.
"Rody" partially appeased an eX-
peotant audience when he played two
pieces, THE End Of a Perfect Day"
and Jesus. Savior of My Soul" on
his famous trombone.
He made a great hit when, after
asking how many boys were in the
audience who had seen service in
France, he sang for them Brighten
the Corner, Where You Are" in
French.
Postmaster NJ. o. Chance, who in
troduced Mr.. Sunday. facetiously re-
ferred to the COOLIES" of mail which
came to the postoffice in quest of COW
eted tickets to Billy Sundays one
night stand.
Mr.. Sunday, later in equally face
tious vein. said that inasmuCh as he
had caused such an increase in the
city's mail that he ought to have a
bit trimmed off his income tax.
Extending himself over the platform
Billy smilingly looked down on Maj.
Raymond Pullman, superintendent Of
police, and praised his fine bunch of
cops, who 1 have heard have done
such great work"
Dimes with Secretary.
Mr.. Sunday arrived in Washington
at 2:i5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
He was entertained at tea at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry
Butler and dined in the evening with
Secretary Daniels and his wife.
Immediately after shaking hands
with hundreds of old friends last
night after his talk at the taber-
nacle he raced back to Richmond
to go on today with one of his most
telling campaigns
Yesterday was Billy's day off" and
his admirers could not help but think
of this fact with a touch of pride
when they saw him last night, per-
spiration dripping from his genial
face. standing determined not to let
the devil get the jump on him.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
FARMER BOARD
C0NvENES HERE
Speaker Clark Will Make
Opening Address This
Morning at Ebbitt.>

Champ Clark. Speaker of the House
of Representatives, will make the
opening address at the semi annual
conference of the National Board of
Farm Organizations at the opening
meeting of the session, to be held
at IL o'clock this morning at the New
Ebbitt Hotel.
Sir Horace Plunkett, unable to be
present at this conference. yesterday
extended an invitation to an inter-
national convention of agricultural
associations to 6be held in Dublin
shortly to the National Board. This
was officially accepted yesterday by
Washington representatives of the
organization.
The Program.
The five-day program of the con-
ference is as follows: ..
Tuesday. February IL:
1000 q. m.-Organization of confer
ence: opening address by Champ
Clark: five-mlnute talks by represen-
tative men.
200 p. m.-"Advisability and 1Need
for the National Board of Farm Or
ganizations. by Gilbert n. Haugen
Reliability of Cost Production Data, -
by DR.. w. J. Spillman; Future
Work of the Federal Trade Commits
sion," by W. B. Colver, chairman
of the Federal Trade Commission.
500 p. m.-''hgriculture and Read
justment," Hon. Thomas p. Gore;
plans for the Temple of Agricul-
ture," \. A. fillmore, president of the
Washington State Farmers Union
Farm Organizations Working To-
gether," C. G. Patterson, secretary
1ntermountain Association of Sugar
Beet Growers. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Wednesday, February u:
1000 a. m.-"Report of Agricultural
Reconstruction Committee" w. r.
Greasy; Railroad Situation-Private
or Government Ownership" Prof
John f. Commons; Reduction of the
High Cost of Living by Improvement
in National Distribution" John
Blakslee, Fourth Assistant Postmas.
ter General; Cotton and Co-opera.
ton Between Farmers North anG
South" A. E. Colvin.
200 p. m.-"International Food Con.
troll" DR.. Charles Mccarthy. former
member of the L. s. Food Admins
tration; Effect OF Food Control OF
Agricultural Cooperation" Harold
Barbour, Belfast, Ireland; Report Of
Committee on League of Nations, .
Clifford Pinchot.
500 p. m-"NationaI Cooperative
Legislation" J. d. Miller, Dairy,
mems League.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday:
Work of committees, conference
with Congressman and departments
of government
The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
Leader of Lawrence
Walkout is Arrested
as Evade of Draft

Lawrence, Mass. Feb. 1O.-Ime
KapIan. secretary of the genera
committee of the striking textu
workers here, was arrested toda7
sy city and state police, charge
with evading the draft laws by fail
tns to register. He was held fol
he federal authorities.
ksplln, who is a Russian with
raSical views. assumed leadership
II the strike last week.
Police clashed with 1000 strikers
here early today. \ crowd, mostly
ioreigners, resisted when Officers
rid to disperse il. Police asserted
he crowd was intimidating workers
IN the way to their jobs at the Ar
dngton mill
A corps OF police which was or
Tered to dispCrse the NAB used their
'iuhs until a squad OF mounted men
ode into the ranks OF the strikers,
-nocking them in all directions,
several were injured and one man
md a woman were arrested.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-11
ALEXANDRIA
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A. s. Duniphan.
~ King Street.

II King street.
Alexandria, Va, Feb. 10-An ap-
peal for members is made by the
Antituberculosis Society of this city.
This organization has been in ex-
istence here for the past ten years
and has done splendid work. .
Two nurses are now maintained by
this society in this city, and splendid
work is being done by this organiza-
| ton.
During the epidemic OF typhoid
fever here last summer this organl-
zation did splendid work.
The Wesley Bible Glass of the NJ
E. Church South has adopted reso-
luton changing Its name to that OF
the Henry x. Field Memorial Bible
Class, in honor of Henry X. Field. who
for number of years was teacher
Of that class.
This class has elected these officers
| to serve for the year: Henry w.
Wade, president; +. Kenneth Baggett,
vice president; Walter S. Nlchlin, sec
retary- treasurer; Clyde b. Lanham
assistant secretary; Harry B. Cation,
teacher; Rev. E. o. Watson, assistant
teacher; Clarence w. Dettor, choirster;
George H. Tailor, pianist.
The names of the cadets selected to
| be officers and on-commissioned Off
| GERS Of the Alexandria High School
Cadet Corps will be announced at for
nation for drill at 2:35 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon and tho officers will be
| presented with sworus at the time.
The selections. are based on the re-
suits of written competitive examina-
tions on the tactics and also of prac-
tical tests of ability, conduct and
executive efficiency were given con-
sideration and featured largely in the
| determination. The cadets now num-
Der about forty.
Mrs. Julia Dunn Downey. wife of
Michael Downey, died at 2:40 o'clock
| this morning at her residence, As
Duke street She had been i'll about
| two weeks.
! Mrs. Downey was a daughter of the
| late Mrs. Martin Lawler and, in addi-
ton to her husband, she is survived
| by a daughter and two sons, Miss
Virginia Downey and Leo T. Dewey
and Julian OK. Downey. The ar,
rangements for the funeral have not
yet been completed.
The women of Alexandra tonight
attended a free moving picture en-
titled THE End of the Road" pre-
sented under the auspices OF the
| Chamber of Commerce, in the rooms
of that organization. There was an
address by Miss Towksbury, an Of
ficial lecturer from the War Depart
ment