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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11

Avenues HtielH.
Section /. BE 1T ORDAINED by
the Mayor and City Council of the
City of Columbus, Miss, that an
election be, and is hereby ordered to
be held on the 9Th day of June, A.
D., 1919, at which election will be
submitted 10 the qualified electors of
the City of Columbus. the proposition
to issue serial bonds of said city in
the aggregate sum of fifty thousand
dollars, the proceeds of which, when
sold, or so much of which may be-
come necessary. 10 be expended in
paving the following named portions
of its business streets and avenues
tai Main street from its intersec-
tion with Third (3rd) street, east to
Seventh (7th) street
(bl Market street from its inter-
section with Second (2nd) avenue.
north, to Fourth t4thl avenue.
south.
(cl Second (2nd) avenue, south.
from its intersection with Fourth
(4th) street east TO Sixth (6thl
street.
Sec. 2. BE 1T FURTHER Or
DAMNED that Julius Marx, G. NJ.
Flynn. and J. II. Bfiekell, the cleo
ton commissioners for said City. are
hereby designated to manage and
conduct said election. preliminary to
which they shall have published in
The Columbus Dispatch. a newspa-
per published in said City of Column
bus. a notice of and for the holding
a al no apg "a.
LEGATION of said notice shall be three
weeks next preceding the date Of
said election, and shall be published
at least once each week during said
period
Sec. 3. BE 1T FURTHER OR
DAINED that the said Julius s.
Marx is hereby designated as the
Commissioner 10 have printed ana
distributed a sufficient number of
Official Ballots for use in boiling
said election.
Sec. 4. BE 1T FURTHER OR
DAINED that the ballots 10 be used
at such election shall be printed TO
read as follows:
FOR THE ISSUE OF BONDS
of the City of Columbus. Miss. in
the aggregate sum OF Fifty Thousand
(S50.000J Dollars, the proceeds OF
which. or SO much thereof as may
be necessary. TO be expended in hav-
ing paved certain parts of designated
streets and avenues in said city.
AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF
BONDS
OF the City OF Columbus. Miss. the
aggregate sum OF Fifty Thousand
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11
FINE X-RAY EQUIPMENT.

During the past week additional
equipment for the X-Ray department
of the Columbus Hospital was in
stalled and now the equipment OF
this institution ranks with those OF
the cities of Memphis, Birmingham
and New Orleans. X-Ray pictures
and observations can be made in
Columbus now with the same ef-
fciency and same results as the best
hospitals in the country.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11

Mr.. ]. II. Propst returned Friday
from Atlanta and Charleston, S. c.,
where he purchased car of mules
and car of horses, which he will
offer for sale in Columbus. The
horses have arrived and the car OF
mules will arrive Monday or Tues
day.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11

(S5O.000) Dollars. the proceeds OF
which, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, to be expended In having
paved certain parts or designated
streets and avenues in said city,
Adopted May 8. 1919.
ID. s. MeCLANAHAN,
5-14-3w Mayor.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11

Mr. j. W. Wright of the Wright's
Auto Sales Company, left the past
week for indianapolis and South
Bend, Ind, where he goes in the
interest OF his automobile business.
lie expects to take on new line
of automobiles while away and am
nounceemnt will be made on his re-
turn.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11

Mr.. Joe Bell and family. of Ope-
lika, Ala, are visiting relatives in
Columbus.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11
A COTTAGE CHEAP-so..5o.

Good neighborhood. good proper
~: good price. Terms
MAER REALTY CO.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11
AN ORDINANCE

to the Electors OF the
City of Columbus. Miss. the Is
suanee of Serial Bonds in the Ag
gregate Amount of Fifty Thousand
Dollars, the Proceeds of Which to
BE Used in Paving Portions of
Certain Designated Streets and
Avenues Therein.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-11

Dispatch Ads Are winners.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
BARRETT HOME,
DENIES HE QUIT
PAN AMERICAN

Immediately after he returned to
Washington last night from New
Orleans and New York. John Bar
rett, direcor general of the Pan
American Union. issued a statement
denying reports that he had re-
signed as head OF the union.
Y want to make il plain that any
relative to my being
about to resign is premature and
unauthorized. While it is true that
fattering inducements have been Of
fered me to resign and accept un-
official executive positions in the
Pan American financial and COM
mercial field which are tempting
because 1 am today a very poor man
as a result of giving nearly twenty
years official service to the cause
Of Pan Americanism, nothing one
way or the other could be known or
announced until after the meeting
of the governing board OF the Pan
American Union in November and
therefore all reports are purely
speculative"
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
Conflicting Evidence Of
Murder and Suicide Baf-
fles Chicago Police Inves-
tigating the Death Of
Elias H. Purcell.
"SLAYER'S" FACE SEEN
AT VICTIMS WINDOW
Relatives of Dead Man In
sist He Was Murdered.
Had Lost Heavily in the
Stock Market Immedi-
ately Before His Death.

Chicago. Oct. s.-Death from
nicotine poisoning.
A camouflaged breakfast. never
intended to be eaten.
These and other fantastic de-
tails make the fate Of Elias H.
Purcell, song writer and business
man, read as though they had been
invented by a writer of fiction.
And it would seem to be literally
fact that a writer who had pub
fished short stories-devised the
whole mystery which Coroner
Hoffman declares to be the most
battling death puzzle in the history
of Chicago"
Pieture Of Murder. a.
The story opens with ne discov-
cry made BY the tanitor sf PureeIrs
apartment house. 4
A man past 90 sat bound IN .
cndh Win ropc, tV~Ci gag ticu
about his mouth.
His dead eyes retained a stare
OF horror: his features were set in
an expression OF unspeakable fear.
The furnishings OF the fiat were
tossed about: bundles of rugs, china
and other articles had been made
up.
One Of the dead mans pockets
had been turned inside out. but his
watch was found in a roll OF rugs.
There was a skeleton key in the
back door.
In the kitchen. where the body
sat. a table was spread for three.
There were remnants Of coffee. eggs
and toast.
Another table had been overturn-
ed. as though in a struggle.
The only marks on the body were
faint abrasions on the scalp.
Purcell was reputed to be worth
about $4,000. and it was known
tHdt ne Hdu tcCtHtIy CdSntO MUM
Der Of liberty bonds.
son-in-Law's Coat Found.
In the fat was a coat and an army
officers cap Identified as the property
of John Sheehey, Of Hibbing. Mimi,
PurceIl's son-in-law.
A miIkman said that early Sunday
morning he had seen the face of a
young man wearing an oficer's cap.
peering from the window Of Purcelrs
home.
This milkman said that a minute or
two later he heard sroans and the
sound Of breaking glass.
Work on the puzzle proceeded along
three lines. Detectives traced the
movement of every member Of the
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
NOT A BITE OF
WAR SURPLUS
CANDY FOR DC.

Almost sugsrless Washington
isn't going to get q bit of the sur
plus candy supply the war Depart
ment is making arrangements to
sell.
Already facing a curtailment OF
its retail supply because Of q short
age OF sugar. not one gum drop In
the 100000 pounds OF candy left
over from the war is going To. be
available to Capitalites-unless they
travel for it
Five cities, New York. Baltimore,
Philadelphia. Boston and Atlanta.
are named as the centers for dispos-
ing OF the surplus candy.
This surplus stock OF candy COZ
sists OF chocolates, csramels. sssort-
ed sticks and lemon drops. and will
be sold in pound and half-pound
packages. Assorted chocolates viii
be offered at Is cents a hslf-pounc
and 80 cents q pound. and the Other
candy at Is cents q half-pound sne
Is cents . pound
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
TRUCE CALLED IN
BRITISH STRIKE
Compromise Reached In
Conference-Men Go
Back to Work.

London. Oct. 5.-A truce was ne
gotiated this afternoon in the great
est industrial struggle in the his
tory of Britain when Premier Lloyd
George and Andrew Bonar Law. for
the government. reached q compro-
mise with the railway mems union
and the intermediary union repre-
sentatives at a conference at 10
Downing street.
The men agreed to return to work
forthwith pending negotiations of
the wage status under the guaran-
tee that there will be a settlement
by October 81. and conditionally
upon the governments guarantee
that there will be no reduction in
wages before September 30. 1920.
Men to Return to Work.
The men received the additional Il
guarantee from the government
that no railway workers are to re-
ceive less than about $3.50 weekly
instead Of about $40 paid them
before the war as long as the cost
of living is not less than 10 per
cent above the pre-war level.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
MURDER or SUICIDE?

tied, permitting the use of
the right arm; the towel was
not drawn against the mouth.
The ostensible loot was not
especially valuable, and it was
wrapped carefully in sheets
and pinned, as though by a
methodical old man, with
plenty of time.
The milkman who saw the
face at the window cannot
swear that it was not Purcell
himself.
Purcell was given to specu-
lation and evidently had lost
small fortune.
The letters to Mrs. Purcell
might easily be part of Pur-
cells elaborate plot to camou-
flage self-destruction.
There were no signs in the
fat of such a struggle as
would have been necessary to
force poison down a mans
throat. -s-
Purcell was an invalid. His
insurance policies might be af-
fected if it were proved that
he killed himself.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
CABINET PLANS
PARLEY LIAIS0N
Special Committee to Keep
In Touch With Paris and
Labor Conference.

The primary purpose Of the Cabinet
meeting. according to the statement
of an important member Of that body,
is the creation OF a special Cabinet
committee to do two things:
To keep constantly in touch with
the Industrial Conference in order
that the conference may be fully in
formed Of the ideas which the Presi-
dent had in calling it and which he
had made known to the members of
his Cabinet
To act as a sort Of a liaison between
the administration and the American
Peace Commission in Paris
There are not a few of the Cabinet
members who hold the opinion thai
the results Of the Industrial Confer
ence may have a more far reaching
effect on the well-being of the admin
istration than the result Of the SEN
ate action on the peace treaty and the
league of nations covenant
For this reason. it was indicated by
member of the Cabinet. the first i'm
portant act OF the special Cabinet
meeting would be the appointment OF
a committee OF the Cabinet TO play
as nearly as possible. at the meetings
of the Industrial Conference. the role
which the President would have as.
sumed.
This special committee will either
sit with the conference or be at hand
when its presence is desired. This
arrangement. it was pointed out. will
preserve. at every moment of the ses.
sions Of the conference. the relation
ship between the conference and the
administration which is desirable and
necessary, in the administration
viewpoint, TO the success Of the con,
ference
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
SEND TROOPS
TO CARY, IND.
The Authorities Will Take
Every Precaution to
y Prevent Trouble.

Gary, Ind. Oct. 5.-The authorities
were prepared tonight to take a
determined stand if trouble develops
tomorrow when steel workers re-
turn, to their work in defiance of
strikers. Eight hundred troops have
been. concentrated at Indiana Har-
Dor. where $500 men are expected
to march into the plants for work
at Z o'clock tomorrow morning.
Gov. Goodrich today issued a proc
lamation of martial law. The mil
itary authorities were empowered to
fill in the name of any town or dis
trict where they considered martial
law necessary. At the first sign of
trouble the proclamation will be
posted.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
BOSTON IS COLD
TO KING ALBERT
Reception for Belgian Royalty |.
Not Cordial Due Largely
To Rain.

Boston. Oct. 5.-The people Of
Boston did not show much interest
in the arrival Of the King and
Queen of the Belgians and the royal
staff today. 1t may have been due
to the cold drizzling rain, or the
fact that it was the Sabbath when
Boston always is solemnly decorous.
Whatever the cause, there were no
cheers and very. little waving Of
flags by thesthin line Of spectators
that-viewed the royal procession as
the automobiles whirled up from the
South Station to fremont street
past the Common and through the
Back Bay section to Holy Cross
Cathedral where Cardinal Mercfer
celebrated a solemn high mass, as
sisted by Cardinal oConneII and
Monsignor Splaine. During the mass,
the King and Queen were incensed,
in accordance with European Gus
tom. 1t was the first time thi.
ceremony had been performed in
America.
After the mass the King and
Queen were guests of honor at a
luncheon in the. Copley Plaza Ho-
tel. Then came a visit to Harvard
where the royal party was received
by President LSwell. The party
left at 1880 p. m. for Niagara Falls.
1t is understood that stop may be
made at Chicago Tuesday evening.
From Chicago the party will go. to
the Pacific Coast.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
QUITS
PRESIDENT RACE
Pulls Out Of the Big Stakes
And Aspires Only to
Senatorship.

Political circles in Ohio were great
ly surprised last night, according to
dispatches from Columbus. when 1t
was made public through a letter
written by Senator Warren G. Har-
ding to friend that the Senator will
not seek the Republican nomination
for the Presidency. but that he will
ask denomination as Senator.
The withdrawal of Senator Harding
opens wide the field In Ohio and
marks, incidentally, the first time
since 1892 that Ohio has not had a
Republican aspirant for the Presi-
dency. Taft has said he is not a
candidate. In 1896 and 1900 1t was
william Mckinley: In 1904, Mark
Hanna had his eyes on the White
House; in 1905 the State had Joseph
B. Foraker and william Howard
Taft, and in 1872 Taft again. In 1sle
Ohio supported Theodore E. Burton.
With Senator Harding voluntarily
eliminated, the second choice of Ohio
Republicans at this time is probably
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes. Of Chi
cago. Myron Herrick may get in the
race. 1t is said that if Herrick de-
cides not to run, he win support Her
bert Hoover. .I ...-...
Harding's withdrawal Is believed to
have been due to his failure to take
a decided stand on the treaty Ohio
Republican leaders had severely crit
icized him for his nilk-snd-water at
titude. Some predicted last night
that Harding might soon declare fof
immediate ratification ef the treaty.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06

Elias n. furCcll was DOunQ
in chair, a towel tied about
his face.
Nicotine poisoning had killed
him.
Household goods had been
wrapped up in sheets, as
though to steal them.
A face peered from the win
dow of the fat and sound
of breaking glass and groans
were heard.
Purcell was reputed to be
worth $4,000, but only $50 in
bank deposits can be found,
and no cash m the fat.
Purcell wrote to his wife
that he was in fear of vio-
lence.
A table had been overturned
in the kitchen, suggesting a
struggle.
No container for the poison
was found.
Purcell's family insists that
he was cheerful and optimistic.
(, The rope which bound the
dead man was only a yard in
length; the knots were loosely
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
Orchestra on the Roof Of a
Hotd Near the Wine
House Is Forced to Stop
Its Jazzng ByzGrzysou's S
Request.
HEAT WAS IRRITATING
TO PATIENT YESTERDAY
President Would Like 10
Send Word to the hdn-
trial Conference, But
Physician Forbids ANY
Attention 10 Business.

President Wason fought zno<4rer
excessively hot and humid DIV
yesterday. bot maintained tfe
slight progress dhzt was noted ;n
his condition the prrupus uisht
Whfle he fs believed TO Be On a
slow road 10 recovery the dlsy
bulletins of Rez- Admiral Cyr.
Grsyson, hs Personal physirfzn-
indulge m no scud expecfzeSos
because Of the nature Of the Pres
dcuts illness and II. Ezbfhty 10
sudden change
The extreme heat bothered ehe
President qnfte a BIT YESTERDAY
afternoon: he feft somrvhzt DE-
pressed, but along toward evo-
ing be picked up and xzs IN his
usual good spirits
Rer.f.s Apps<sas-
Slowing signs Of . reSu~eu~e~<
appetite and fresh frun the b-a
nights sleep h. has hsd sfn-, b.
wss taken IN. President wrscn ,rs.
yesterday was in better shsp> o..
at any tine heretofore IN his ssok-
mesa
Under ordinary circumst,no-s O.
slight gain registered by the Prers-
dent Saturday. coupled with The en-
couraEing condition his doctors
found HIM IN yesterday. mfrht be
, incentive for the thought that he
is on the road to recovery. But chis
is not the case as yet His Illness
il was repeated h fuctuatinr in
nature. and yesterdays gain might
Be obffterxted by q setback today.
So Or. Grayson ie and win continue
to be extremely cautious IN the
wording Of hts bulletins until ne
and the other physicians s%e posi-
tive beyond the per.dventure of a
doubt that he is getting well. and
that nothing can interfere Win the
process
Buuett,s Cheerful.
Yesterday and Saturday tn. bul-
letins from DR.. Grayson have been
cheerful and expressive Of hope
For this reason they are in marked
contrast with his Official utteranees
Of the two preceding days. rheee
told the nation that the President
was a very sick man; in fact. that
he was gravely III.
The President wanted to 70 tn
work yesterday. and this consti-
tuted another encouraging sr~.
He asked Admiral Grayson what
the news Of the day was. then re-
qucsted permission to send for two
of the White House stenographerr
so he might make a start in catch
ing up in his work. But Or. Gray
son was as cold to the proposal a.
a January blast from Medicine Hat
He recalled to the President chat
yesterday was Sunday. then he told
him that he was a good Presbyte-
CONTINUED OF PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
Win Read President S Letter
And Act as Temporary
Secretary-John Barrett
To Deliver Address Of
Welcome to Delegates.
SESSIONS TO BE HELD
IN THE PAN AMERICAN
Illness Of Mr.. Wilson Causes
Change-Adjustment of
Relations Between Two
Bodies Is the Aim Of the
Conference.

On account Of he Presidents
illness the big conference of labor,
capital and other group interests
which meets here at 7:3o O'Clock
this afternoon WI be held at the
Pan American Union Building IN
stead Of the White House
Following an address OF wei
como to the delegates by John
Barrett. direetor-general Of the
Pan American Union, Secretary
of Labor Wilson viii formally
open the session by reading the
Presidents letter calling the con-
terence. Secretary Wilson will
then discuss the need for a bet
ter adjustment of the relztions
between capital aud labor and
will act As temporary chairman
while permanent organization is
effected.
Set ProgrEn Avoided.
Detailed arrangements for the
conference have been tn the hands
of Hugh L Kerwtn. Of the Depart
ment Of Labor. who has had the
benefit Of the advice Of Bernard N.
Barueh. who was one of the Presi-
DENTS confidential advisers IN Paris.
In making the arrangements
every effort has been made to avoid
a set program with the object Of
preserving open-mindedness from
the hegtnnfng toward the Important
problems on which the conferees
VIII deliberate.
Seating ArrzngeDent
Three groups are arranged for in
the seating plan. The fifteen labor
delegates named and headed by
Samuel Gompers OF the American
Federation of Labor win be seated
on the left With them. provided
they are named. WIN be the four
delegates Of the four big railroad
brotherhoods.
On the right will be seated the
so-carled employers group OF repre-
sentattves of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce. the Invest
ment Bankers Association OF Amer
ica, the farmers and the National
Industrial Conference.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
Sylvia Pankhurst Coming.

London, Oct sylvia Pankhurst.
militant suffrage leader. has quietly
sailed for America, IT was learned
today. 1t is stated that because in
her forthcoming lecture tour in the
United States she will have some
thing to say that will not please the
British authorities. she feared inter-
ference with her plans and therefore
avoided all publicity in connection
with her trip.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
Grown Prince Visit Parents.

The Hague, Oct 5.-The former
German crown prince has returned
to weiringen following q brief visit
to his father.
Dutch delegates TO the Washing
ton Labor Conference will leave
here. for the American Capital octo-
Der, 10
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
WHERE TO
GO TONIGHT

bert-Belaseo-Nora Bayes
in Ladies First"
Shubert Garrick - Walker
Whiteside IN Master of
Ballantrae.-
Pol7+The Luck of the
Navy
National-Fiddlers Three"
B. r. Keith-Vaudevi1le-
CrzndafPs Metropofitan-Tom
Mix in 'Rough-Riding Ro-
nance"
CrandaIfs Knickerbocker -
Tom Mix IN ~Rough-Rid-
ing Romance"
crzndalfs - Madame Trav-
p erse in The Splendid Sin
Cosmos-VaudeviIle and mo-
ton pictures.
Lows Palace-Warlace Reid
in The Lottery Man"
Lows Columbia - The
other Hail." featuring Flor
ence Vidor and Zazu Pitts.
Moorrs Garden-Nerl Ship
man m Back to Gods
Country"
Moore's Rialto-Mary Pick
ford in The Hoodlum.n
Moore's Snand-The Life
Linz
Gsyety-Buriesque - Moliie
Williams.
Lycem-Buriesque - The
cahnsst Gixlas
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
MARYLAND Official Resigns.

Baltimore. Nd, Oct. 5.-Thomas
W. Simmons. secretary of state. to-
day rendered his resignation to
Governor Harrington. 1t was ac-
cepted. Mr.. Simmons will go to
New York and will engage in the
banking business. taking charge OF
the bonding and brokerage depart
nent Of Solomon Brothers and
Hutxler.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06
Lift Fiune Blockade.

Rome. Oct. 5.--The food and mail
blockade of Fiume, has been lifted,
T was ofiicially announced teday.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06

CONTINUED OF PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1919-10-06

Ask readers in which paper they get
the most city news They will tell you
The Washington Herald leads
The Press., 1919-02-13

son ill 'The Rise of Jennie Cushing" The story is one of intense dramatic interest, and it is relieved by much en- joyable comedy. Jennie is a child of the slums, of dout tful parentage, who runs foul of the law when she nearly kills street urchin, one of a band
 whom she finds torturing a cat She is sent to reformatory where she re- ceives sufficient education to awaken within her desire to climb upward
 Homeless and alone, penniless, but possessed of remarkatl le beauty, Jennie is frequently exposed to danger and temptation. Also a Paramount Flag Comedy, "Hick Manhatten.' There will be matinee on that day at D.