davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
.cLemOre And Miller
Should Organize a
Political Goat Club

John G., McLemore, county court
clerk, who was given the title Of "Col-
onel' as a sedative to ease, the anguish
Of having the automobile license col
l%ections taken away from him by the
city administration and the opposition
forces combined, should call q mass
meeting for two and invite c. W. Mil
Ter, commissioner of fire and police,
and adopt suitable resolutions Of SYM
pathy for themselves.
McLemore 'fit. bled.' and raised
money with which to oppose the coun-
c~il-manager bill, 1t has been intimated
that he even contributed some Of it
himself, but this has not been veri-
fled At any rate, he was the head
of the argument raising syndicate
that operated in Memphis without ref
erence TO race, class, creed or previous
condition OF servitude.
Almost before the Colonel had fin
ished shaking hands with himself and
others and before the last chuckle Of
eiation had died IN a faint echo at the
old 1ronelad,' Mayor Monteverde and
Commissioner Quinn had agreed to the
passage Of a bill taking the collection
of automobile taxes away from McLe-
more.
Now comes Miller. who admittedly
produced more resolutions %denouncing
the council- manager bill than any other
living man The resolutions were vari-
ously estimated as representing my
where from 200, 900 to 500, 900 OF the
leading citizens OF the city: Miller was
pronounced the peeriof all the resolu-
ton getters.
Having finished with Miller, the sug-
gestion has been made, with Monte
verde and Quinn back OF 1t, that Miller
step not out Of the police department
but out of the administratior and cut
OF office, II was made very ~delfcately,
very suavely; they merely asked II ne
wanted to do something really big for
the community. He said he did and
thereupon they said to him: Then
git" W.
Mr.. Miller didn't see 1t that way.
lie might have suggested that the may
or and Republican commissioner stop
meddling with the police and help en-
force the law or at least suppress the
report that orders from one very close
to the mayor are being given to the
police, without the knowledge Of Com
missioner Miller. to lay Off well, hut
not favorably known places where the
war time restrictions, as q applied to
beverages, has been raised.
Commissioner Quinn is said to be. aux-
ious TO be transferred to Mifler's place.
He and Monteverde have not given
Miller any latitude in the operation of
the department and now are attempt
ing TO name the officers for him. 1t
Is believed by some that Commissioner
Quinn and Pete Monteverde could work
together In harmony.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
HINES AND HURLEY
PROMISE RIVER AID

ST. LOUIS, May development Of
river transportation to provide an out
let for the products of the Mississippi
valley and assignment of vessels OF the
American merchant marine for service
from New orleans to South America
and the Orient TO supply the connect
ing link for foreign trade, were stated
as the policy OF the railroad admlnlstra-
tion and the United States shipping
hoard at a meeting attended by dele
gates to the United States chamber
OF m convention.
Walker n, Hines, director-general Of
railroads, declared in addressing the
delegates that SO long as the railroad
administration exists the experiment OF
water transportation in the Mississippi
valley would he pressed. II the utility
OF the Mississippi river for shipping
wal demonstrated the administration
would count II as one Of Its greatest
achievements, he said. Government op-
GRAFTON Of the waterway transportation
system during the experimental stage
and action by congress to compel CO.
ordination Of railroads and waterways
and interchange Of traffic on through
rates, he said, were necessary In the
development program.
Chairman Edward N. Hurley, Of the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
UBOAT Fighters
READY FOR TRIP
Exact Date of Memphis Visit
Has Not as Yet Been
Fixed.

Preparations are being made by all
towns along the Mississippi river and
its tributaries MS far northward as st.
Louis, to have a closeup view Of the
antisubmarine flotilla, which will make
It's river rip, starting from New Or
leans within the next few DAYS.
the eXact date Of the visit to Menu
pms cannot now be stated as the ships
WIN make the trip in rather a lelsurely
lashlon 10 give as many people In the
interior as possible opportunity to visit
Their nearest river town where the
Qeet will touch.
' Tributaries Of the Mississippi river
viii be traVersed as well as the main
river as far as navigation will permit.
advance OF the fStilla. II will be under
the command Of Lieut.. Com ,nander
Wells Hawks, of the u. S. navy bureau,
3lS West 39th street, New York city.
Communication between ships by radio
and wireless telephone will be main
tained BY Commander Hawks, who will
make ell the advances arrangements.
All the vessels have seen action In
the war zone and will be under COM
mand Of Lieutenant-C Commander Thorn
as 9. Berrien, U. s. N. The sbips, in
Guiding one submarine, are beng as
sembled at the submarine base at Key
West, Fla. The flottlla consists OF the
u. S. s. Isabel, DESTROYER type; the
submarine ks; three submarine chas-
ers and two flying boats. Memphians
will have opportunities to fly and, under
certain restrictions yet TO be an
nounced, will be permitted TO go aboard
the submarine which will be submerged
at intervals during the visit to this
city.
Tho navy department intends that
everybody in the Mississippi valley shall
see the flotilla and so that all may be
reached, men on motorcycles will
post announcements in all the villages
and nearby counties accessible to the
river ports. 1t is proposed to make
this the most comprehensive showing
ever sent out by, the navy department.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
PENNIES NEEDED WHEN
YOU BUY FRIEND DRINK

The erstwhile despised copper cent,
which has been so much In evidence
during the war days, will be more In
demand than ever now.
fouH need pennies every time YOU
buy yourself and a friend a l0-cent
soft drink, and II it's "A sundae for your
lady friend, or a 20-cent drink for
Yourself, you'll need 2 cents extra Tor
each drink.
War, revenue taxes went into effect
Thursday, and they hit the user Of soft
drinks as many times a day as he In
dulges in his favorite beverage.
The extra cent isn't absorbed by the
drug store man. Not at all. It's add
ed to the usual price, and the price ia
stu at the old war time level.
SOFT drinks are only one OF a thou
sand other things that are taxed, and
dry goods men. department stores and
clothing dealers are planning how thew
a keep track Of the war tax with
out putting on extra forces Of clerks.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
TRAIN YOUR HAIR AS AN
ACTRESS DOES.

No class of people devotes as much
time to beauty as do actresses. and no
class must be more careful to retain
and develop their charms. Inquiry
develops the information that in hair
care they find 1t dangerous to sham
poo with any makeshift hair cleanser.
The majority say that to have the
best hair wash and scalp ~stimulator
at q cost of about three cents. one
need only get a package of canthrcx
from your druggist; dissolve a tea
spoonful in a cup Of hot water and
your shampoo is ready. This makes
enough shampoo liquid to apply It to
all the hair instead OF just the top Of
the head. After It's use the hair dries
rapidly, with uniform color. Dan
druff, excess oil and dirt are quickly
dissolved and entirely disappear
when you rinse the hair. After this
your hair will be so fluffy it will look
much heavier than it is. Its luster and
softness will delight you, while the
stimulated scalp gains the health
which insures hair growth. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
STATE WILL GET
MILLION FOR ROADS
Tennessee's Share of $45,-
600, 900 for Trucks, Trac-
tors and Equipment.
BY cHAs. S. HAYDEN,

WASHINGTON. D. c., May l.. (spl)
The wal department has arranged
the details under which $45, 900, 900
worth of trucks, tractors and other
equipment suitable for road building,
will be turned over to the highway bu-
reau Of the department of agriculture,
Part of this equipment will be re-
served for use on the roadways of the
national parks and the rest will be
apportioned to the several states. 1t
Is estimated that approximately s., 00O,-
coo worth of this, equipment will be
available for use in Tennessee. 1t will
be requisitioned through the state high
way department, the state being
charged with the maintenance and OPP
Grafton OF 1t.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
DIVIDE SALE RECEIPTS.

Members OF the Capleville Co-opera.
tive association met In the office OF
j A. Evans In the Falls building Thurs
day afternoon to participate In the dis
trihution of the proceeds Of the car
load of hogs which the community sold
In Memphis last week, The distribu-
ton was made by W. NJ. Landess,
county agent, The receipts for the 90
head were approximately 81, 900.
George X, James Cooperative assoc
citation viii meet at t;ads Saturday af-
ternoon at 2 O'Clock for a similar dis
trihution of the proceeds OF a sale
maca of % head of hogs in st. Louis
Monday, The sum for distribution Is
more than $500. MIR. Landess will
preside over the meeting,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
TENNESSEE FURNACES
MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE

ROANOKE. Va, May ALI iron
furnaces in Tennessee, and all except
two in Virginia, will be forced to shut
down Immediately unless the govern
ment fixed price on pig iron is in
creased, according to a statement. given
out here today from an authoritative
source. Increased freight rates and the
reduced pig iron prices recently fixed
by the government are given as the
causes Of the shut down. Sixty per
cent Of the Virginia ana Tennessee
plants use Lake SUPERIOR ore ana under
the present freighS rates. 1t is SAID, tie
plants are operating at considerable
loss. Several furnaces In Virginia are
reported to Aave already closed. Fur
naces at Pulaski and Radford are pre-
pairing to close within the mex few
days.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
ReNOUNCES KING GEORGE
DOES PETER M'HUGH

refer McHugh, 81 years old, and a
railroad clerk by occupation, has de-
c'ded nat his name is the proper one
TO he borne by a real American citizen.
So believing. he filed application
Thursday for naturalization nancrs
McHugh has been In this country oniv
since September. 1915, coming BY way
OF London, hui proudly claiming
Gubaraney, county Cavan, Ireland, as
his birthplace. ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01

CauEhan, Elizabeth Cooper, Virginia
Hines, Mary Shannon, Mary Gambrell
Bobo. jamie Figg, Mary Elysa Revis,
Eva McLemore and Mrs. Grace Atkin-
son Ford.
The baccalaureate address will be de-
liHered by Gov. Chas. II. Brough, of
Arkansas, and the diplomas will be pre-
scented by President w. T. Lowrey.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
CENSORSHIP IT.

DOUGLAS, Ariz,, May 1.-Consorshlp
on mail matter going into Mexico from
the United States was lifted here to-
day, Nora Budd, mail censor here for
more than a year, receiving a telegram
from Washington, u, c., informing her
that censorship no longer was consid-
cred necessary and dismissed her from
the service,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
IL WILL GRADUATE,

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss, May I.
CSpl)-The following young women will
receive degrees from Blue Mountain
coliege at the forthcoming commence
ment, May 80:
Misses LaVerne Foster, Thelma Will
llams. Mildred Winters, Alline Nc
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
GOMPERs IMPROVES.

NEW YORK, May The condition.
OF Samuel uompors, who was injured
here Sunday when a surface car
crashed intoNa taxlcab In which he was
riding. has shown a decided improve
ment during the last ~ hours, II was
stated this morning by his physician.
Mr.. Gompers had a restful night,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
OPEN O O

I HELENA, Ark, May I, CSpl)-Solo-
mons lake will he open to swimming
tarties this summer. It Is announced
by the owners. every day In the week,
general public will be permitted TO use
the pool. No charge will be made.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01
U. s. COTTON BAN LIE


LONDON, May 1.-The board At
has revoked its orders relative Ab
cotton issued in 1918, as far as Am
a cotton is concerned. The Or
which regulates the prices Of raw
ton, applies in future only to the Es
tian product.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-01

United States shipping board, assured
the delegates that ships would be as
signed to regular sailings from New
Orleans for the east and west coasts
OF South America and China and ia
nan,
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01
The British Railway Strike.
(New York Tim eS. )

It is affecting to see Robert Smillie head of the British Miners federation adding his good offices to those of the British railway men. These have left the country in the lurch. Except for private and public activities, largely due to the development of motor ve- hicles, England, Scotland and Wales are put back hundred years because the executives of the National Union of Railway Men, subsidized frequently and recklessly in the last five years were not allowed to impose their sell fish will upon a government which had yielded to them too often. The emil nept MT. Smillie, super-altruist among all those altruists, says that, within, a few days, 90 per cent. of the miners will be idle. "All industries are so interlinked.'' That is. the railway men had gone "out," the miners will go "Out.' No coal, no transport, no business, no steamers, nothing. The miners add their passive resistance to that of the railway workers. Doubt less the transport worker, the third member of the irresistible triple alli- ance," will add their passive resist ance," which should be called, rather, an active resistance to work. unless that work is overpaid.
 The British public seems to be talk ing this last manifestation of the pow CTS of idleness, the new leisure class, calmly and not without a certain en- joyme The government has been indulgent enough to these Favored classes" Democracy is extraordinarily good natured It is som metlmeS fOOlish- ly indulgent, but after all, the wishes, the interests. of the British nation must prevail. 1t is about time.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01

must be much the same as that in Passaic. There never was a time when every municipality had such grave problems to deal with. It is just as much to the advantage of the ex-servfce man that these problems be handled by men of brains and ability as to the advantage of the other citizens.
 Given equal qualifications, there can be no objection to crowning the soldier with office in his own town. If he Is not qualified, the wrong will be to him as we'll as to his fellow. townsmen. There is nothing more stultifying to ambition, to honesty and to progress than an easily gained political office, held by reason oS pull rather than efficiency. Such a job would be a poor offering for a truly grateful community to make to any servant.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01
YOUTH.

Who passes by this way? I see the grasses Still quiver and the laurel branch eS sway, Swift and sure-footed, whosoever passes,
 tangled masses, Not one pink petal falls! Who passed this way? Our secret path, that leads down to the river Down through the fields, down from the sun-sWept hills Sacred and sealed to our two hearts, forever! At whose fleet footsteps do it's grasses Quiver? Whose light touch in it's laurel branches thrills? Trespass who dares amongst our blossoming closes, Winding our ways, shade hidden to the shore? What cruel chance to alien eyes ex- poses Our dear, adventurous road beneath the rose? Oh, child, all ages passed this way before.
 CAROLINE DUER,
 in Harpers Monthly.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01

the smoke went up, and up, and up in a big long curl. Then, too, we knew that those on the ship would know that it was a signal fire for it was far too hot to have fire on that island.
 Pretty soon we saw a small boat put off from the ship in the direction of our island. We danced Nike two Indians on the smooth sandy beach. We ran out into the water and met the boat The ship was bound for home. Tom and I were the only ones of our ship that were left. The others had all gone to the bottom of the sea.
 NOW" said MT. Modem, "had not Tom been smoking and had the South Wind not been blowing, I probably would be on that island still. So, you see, I have every reason to be thankful to the South Wind"
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01
Omaha Furnishes An Object Lesson.

| (NeW Ofk sum-
 In Omaha, where a mob of race l rioters fired the court house, as- saulted the mayor and lynched ne- gro, the authorities blundered as au- | thorities in other comm unities fre- quently blunder when the spirit of violence seizes considerable numbers of the people within their Jurisdiction. | If one man, or half a dozen men, | set out to commit arson and murder | the 1aziest and least efficient police man or sheriff will take effective steps as a matter of course to put an end 1 to the trouble. The incendiary and 1 assassin will be captured if it is pos sible. If it is necessary to shoot him to prevent the commission of crime he will be shot
 But. when a great number of vio- lent men plan to commit arson and murder the authorities too frequently wait until the attempt is actually under way before they adopt measures to perform their duty. They let the mob form, they allow it to approach the spot where it's victim is and only when the final act of it's law1ess de- sign is imminent do they resort to those measures to maintain the peace
 
 by mobs. Because of this neglect of preliminary precautions such dis graceful crimes as those committed in Omaha occur, and their disgrace is made blacker by the fact that the authorities might prevent them by exercising reasonable foresight. Unless the newspaper despatches from Omaha utterly misrepresent conditions there, the outburst on Sun day had been preceded by minor dis orders which disturbed the peace for Ia period of several days. These dis orders should have put the public of ficers on their guard. They should have been prepared to suppress the riot at it's beginning, to thwart the plans of the disorderly to gather in numbers, to render impossible the creation of a situation in which the mayor felt it necessary to imperil his life by oratorical appeals to a mob to behave. The human units composing a mob may be amenable to reason as individuals, but that mob itself, in toxicated with rage. will heed noth- ing except force.
 The race riots which have brought shame to Washington. to Chicago, to NOmaha and to other cities may be the result of revolutionary agitation, as some persons assert. If this is the fact the case against lax adminstra- tion of the law is made stronger. Should such a conspiracy exist it would be the duty of the authorities to use extra vigilance in maintaining order.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01
NEW YORK IS MOVING

Tenants Moving to Winter Quarters
 Pay Fabulous Prices to Trucking
 Concerns.
 New York, Oct. Flight thousand moving vans, aided by 8. motIsy pro- cession of umousines, drays. carts and even baby carriages. today attacked the peak" of the hercufean task off getting greater New York moved into it's winter quarters.
 With an estimated totNt aofS fSs& UDUp families seeking to change abode be- tween morning and midnight, the movers faced perhaps the most diff1- cult task in the history of their pmo~ fession. The process was somewhat similar to that of trying to shift two heavy suit cases from hand to hard without setting either down. for wtSh virtually every shelter in the city oo- cupied, it was necessary to move one tenant out before another could be moved in. The tenant about to be moved out on the other hand could not move until his contemplated resi- dence had been vacated
 The van men however collecting s10 to $50 an hour standing or run ming" were reported to be bearing up we'll under the strain and to be exer- cising patience when 1t was found necessary to "stand.n
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01
Political Jobs for Soldiers,
(Meriden Record.)

With the fall elections near at hand, there is of course, agitation in many communities to place army men in political jobs as a reward for their sacrifices to their country. h. teresting in this connection is a letter from one of these returned soldiers, to the Passaic N J., Daily News. He says in part
 ''As an ex-service man I cannot see why any one of us should get prefer ence for any office or job in the city because we were called to serve our country, unless we are absolutely capable of holding such job or office. While l know that there are ex- service men capable of holding almost any office the city has to offer, these men are not looking for any 'plums nor are they willing to be. the tools of any clique.
 '"The city is facing problems at present which call for men of ability and brains not fgureheads nor tools'
 The situation in other communities
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01

Courant as it did to us-as it would to anyone who has the best interests of the rentpayer at heart. Briefly, it is this: Let the city through it's as- sessors, ascertain what the scale of rent is and base the value of the property upon this scale. In addition to this, hoWeVer-and this is one of the main points-keep track of the raise in rents in each property and boost the assessment accordingly. Thus the tax of the landlord will in crease with each increase in rent and the owner of a tenement will be forced to pay excess taxes if he is will find that he has no gain in being avaricious if such a plan is intelli- gently handled.
 New Britain's assessors are work ing. We have not yet seen any of their reports, any of the figures made out by the outside expert hired by IHe clly LOT lnlS "ork, put we nave it from the assessors office that the revaluation is progressing. They may we'll pay attention to this plan; pos- sibly they are. It will benefit the city and it's rentpayers where greedy land lord profteers are concerned. There are not as many here as in Hartford which has met with a series Of them certain
New Britain herald., 1919-10-01
RELIEF FOR CORPUS CHRISTI.

Mayor George A. Quigley is acting which came by mail from the citizens of Corpus Christi who were recently driven from their business offices and firesides by a gale of vast proportions which piled the waters from the Gulf of Mexico upon the town, bringing about a property loss of twenty million dollars and killing at least a thousand people. The Mayor has appointed a committee to solicit what New Britain to aid the destitute and homeless of the Texas town in re- building their homes and acquiring g enough to eat to tide them over the period of lack.
 Corpus Christi intends to re-
 build and start anew. It is not
 discouraged and is not afraid, but looks to the future with the confidence characteristic of
 brave people. One of the oldest towns in Texas, it has never
 before asked for aid, but has
 given often and freely.
 Today it is weighted down with
 sorrow and disaster; tomorrow it
 will rise again; but it must have
 financial aid now!
 Will you help us in this hour?
 And be assured that it is needed
 and will be appreciated.
 With the close of the letter asking for help is the sentiment as, set forth above. It is bravely that the town faces it's troubles; it is with the belief that mankind will help it to do so that it turns it's face to the torn walls and ruined streets. Can New Britain help? Will you? If so, John c. Loomis, of the Commercial Trust Company has been designated to re- ceive local subscriptions and forward them to Texas in the name of the City of New Britain. That is suffi- cient information If you have the will to give.