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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
deal WITH FRANCE
FOR WAR MATERIAL
WILL PAY s4ooooo,Ooo FOR SUR.
PLUS PROPERTY AMER.
lcAN FORCES.
CONTRACT IS NOW CLOsEV
Payment VIII 30 Made In ren-Ysar
Gold 5onds-Aeeepted Price
Less Than Appraised
Valuation.

Washington.-Sale to France for
$4O0,OOO,O00 OF all American expedE
tionary force property in that country,
except that withheld for return to the
United States and for the use of troops
remaining, is provided for in contract
signed with the French government.
the War Department was advised by
its special liquidation commission. Pay
ment viii be made in ten-year gold
bonds, bearing interest at the rate OF
five per cent from Aug. /, 1920.
The bonds are to be redeemed in
gold at Washington on a dollar basis,
or at the election Of the United States,
In francs. The contract covers all
fixed installations" such as docks,
wharves, railroads, storage warehouses
and barracks and refrigeration plants.
as well as surplus clothing, subsistence
stores. motor equipment and munitions.
Although the price accepted repre-
sented 80 per cent reduction from
the value set by the commission, War,
Department officials expressed them
selves as satisfied with the contract
The material was all imported to
France free of duty. II arrangements
were made to sell 1t to any purchaser
other than the French government.
payment of all duties legitimatelY
could have been demanded. and these
would have amounted TO s1500O0. 900.
on conservative basis.
The cost Of storing and guarding the
materials during the six months which
would have been required to salvage"
officials said. would have easily been,
$25,G00,000. and with depreciation thsl
total loss from all factors probably
would have reached $2O0,000.0OO.
An official inventory of the expedi.
tionary forces material and fixed In,
staliations gives the total cost to tina
United States as $7,7OO.OO0,0 600 and ths
present estimated value as $969,000.-,,
OOO,of which $749,OOO,oOO was reported,
as available for sale to the French
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
PROBE OF OIL STOCK GAME
Law To Prohibit "Wlld Cat" Stocks
Proposed BY American Petro-
leum Institute.

Colorado Springs. Col.-The appoint
ment of committee of three mem
bers of the American Petroleum Insti
tute to investigate and draft law
prohibiting the sale or advertising
OF wild cat" oil stocks was made et
the closing session On the institute
The committee is composed of r. l.
WEIGH, general secretary of the insti
tute; Judge C. D. Chamberlain, general
counsel Of the General Petroleum AS.
ISOLATION, Cleveland, and r. w. Stew
art, chairman of the board OF directors
of the Standard Oil Company of In.
diana.
The institute also Endorsed the plan
for the foundation OF $1,0O0,O0O re-
search bureau. The institute adj
iourned to meet in New York three
months hence.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
FIRST DIVISION MEN RE TURN
Vanguard Of Famous Outfit Arrives In
This Country After Two Years
Service Abroad.

New York.-Nearly 1900 officers
and men Of the First Division, the
first members of that outfit to return
home after more than two years serv-
ice overseas, arrived from France on
the transport 0rizaba, while 10 off
GERS and 30 enlisted men, comprising
the advance section which is to make
arrangements for the divisions recep-
ton, returned on the transport Pas
torres.
Other units of the division are due
to arrive within the next 10 days on
the transports Suwanee, Liberator,
Freedom, Amphion, Callao, Santa
Teresa and Leviathan. which is en-
pected to carry Gen. Pershing and his
staff.
Tentative arrangements have been
made for parade OF the division on
Fifth Avenue September 10. 1t Is ex-
pected that Gen. Pershing will ride at
the head Of the procession.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
BIG PACKERS
RESENT REPORT:
REPRESENTATIVE or swIFr & CO.
SAYS UNlusTIFIED ASSAULT
COMMITTED.
CHALLENGES STATEMENTS
Government Monopoly Of Meat Care ls
Urged in Report Submitted by
Federal Trade Com
mission.

Washington Reports of the fed
9ral trade commission on the five large
packers and their alleged control of
she industry are absolutely useless
&c basis for passing legislation" l.
d. H. Weld, representative, OF Swift &
Co, assured the senate agriculture
committee. Summing up his two-day
argument against federal regulation of
the industry, proposed in the Kenyon
and Kendrick bills, he challenged the
truth of the commissions findings in
half dozen particulars and ended by
assailing the commission itself.
Don't you resent having this sort
Of evidence put before your" he asked
the commission members. do you
think you ought to allow govern
ment bureau to make this unjustified
assault on a useful and necessary In
dustry?"
Mr.. Weld said he had demonstrated
before the committee that the five
packers, far from controllinE rs per
cent of the Wholesale grocery bust
hess, did less than per cent of 1t;
that they did not control prices either
for live stock or meats; that their
profits were as moderate II not lower
than the profits of any other industry.
and that in numberless details, as to
capital investment, operations in
England live stock pools" the
commission. and especially Commits
sioner w b. Colver, who opened the
hearings, aid dealt in misstatement,
Misrepresentation, insinuation and in
aocuracies."
What possible motive can pub
lie body have for doing the sort Of
thing you say the commission has
.done?" Senator Harrison, democrat,
Mississippi. asked.
Il prefer not to go into personals
ties" Mr.. Weld replied. "but theories
of members of the commission on eco.
monte subjects are not what | call
sound. There isn't business man on
the commission. Principally they are
newspaper men,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
U. S. MANDATE IN ARMENIA
Charles n. Crane Draws Pitiful Pic
ture Of Conditions In That
Stricken Country.

Paris.-With the return OF Charles
R. Crane, Chicago banker, from Ar.
menia and the Near East, where he
served as head OF the American mis-
sion making an investigation OF con-
ditions there with regard to the as
sumption by the United States of the
mandate for those territories, II Is
understood here that Mr.. Crane win
report in favor of the United States
taking the mandate for the stricken
pstion, whose only future lies in the
- of American aid"
- interview Mr. Crane drew q
h picture OF conditions in Ar
menia and Syria. both remnants OF
the Turkish empire. He said the
only hope for relieving the situation
Is effective assistance from America.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
NEGROES SHOULD
REMAIN IN SOUTH
CHICAGO INVESTIGATORS SAY
THAT ATTACKS ON SOUTH
ARE uNJusTIFlAsLE.
ARE ENTIRELY CONVERTED
Chicago Negroes, Who Spent Ten Days
In Mississippi, Are Convinced
Reports of Conditions Were
Unwarranted.

Memphis, Tenn.-The widespread
northern propaganda against the south
relative to FALSE negro labor condi-
lions is repudiated and denounced in
the face of existing conditions by
three efficient investigators from Chi
cago, who nave just completed an ex.
tensive ten-day survey of the state of
Mississippi, termed by insidious prop
uganda the BLACKLIST state in the
union"
These Investigators, two. OF them
negroes of high citizenship in the
north, brought down by the Mlssis-
sippi Welfare League for the express
purpose of bringing them personally
in touch with the conditions as they
actually exist, declare themselves en-.
tirely converted from their previous
stand and believe the south offers a
fitting place Of residence for negroes.
Accompanied by Jack G. Wilson of
Jackson, Miss, executive secretary Of
the Mississippi Welfare League, the
investigators. whose names are emit
ted by request In order that outside
pressure cannot be brought to en-
barrass them in the compiling of their
report, passed through Memphis after
completing their survey, en- route to
Chicago.
They declare they can now recon.
mend that negroes come south to find
work; they assert they found no basis
for the northern allegations that Mis-.
sissippi would bear such a libelous
epithet; they investigated farm labor
conditions near dozen cities and at
the archman convict farms; they dis.
covered that negroes could walk on
the sidewalks Of Mississippi cities
without being lynched. and they made
many other discoveries revealing false
statements about this section which
they themselves, never having been In
the south before, had been almost
compelled to believe In the face OF no
coutfaulCtOiy efluonCc.
Arriving in Memphis they were
taken by Bolton Smith. who helped
found the Mississippi Welfare League,
to Woodstock. where they viewed the
negro School there Their report was
similar 10 that Of their Mississippi
findings. that they believed II to be
one of the best Institutions they have
ever seen.
When invited to deliver short ad
dresses before the meeting OF the
Chamber OF Commerce bureau of farm
development, they openly stated their
converted views OF the south declar.
Ing they were astonished at discover
ing the conditions were so reversed
10 those which they had expected to
find.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
LIVING COST MUST DROP
Executive Heads Of Unions Seek tt
Avoid Strikes With This
Understanding.

Observation-Disclosures peace In the
United States depends on the results
the government can show in the next
30 days in its campaign to reduce the
cost of living.
=. That time limit was tacitly set to
lay by the executive council OF the
railroad shop crafts in suggesting te
union locals throughout the country
that President Wilson's compromise
offer in response to their demand for
higher wages should be accepted pend.
ing the outcome of the effort to restore
a normal price level.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
SALARY RAISES ARE FAVORED
House Postoffice Committee Favors
Increase Of $3.50, But Depart
ment Opposes.

Washington,-A flst increase in sal.
AIRY OF $3.50 for each postoffice employee
for this fiscal year is proposed in a
resolution favorably reported by the
House postoffice committee. Minimum
wages of so cents an hour are pro-
posed for substitute employees.
The proposed increases have been
opposed by the Postoffice Department,
Assistant Postmaster-Generai Rooms
having written the committee that 9
deficit OF s40,OO0,O0O would result,
placing an unjust burden" on the
public,
Representatives OF postal employees
called at the White House to lay be-
fore the president problems the EN-.
ployes are encountering in meeting
the high cost of living on their pres.
ent salaries.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
ENTER SUIT TO SEIZE MEATS.
Prosecuting Attorney at Cleveland
Follows Up Ruling Made BY
the Supreme Court.

Cleveland. Suit to seize and sell all
meats alleged to have been held in
Sheriff street storage and market
house longer than the legal period
was filed in common pleas court BY
County Prosecutor Samuel Doerfler.
The petition asks that an injunc-
ton be granted to prevent the Sheriff
Street market from disposing Of the
meats and that receiver be appointed
to take charge Of the meats and fix
prices.
Doerfler's action is the result Of the
state supreme courts ruling holding
a similar seizure OF meat in Columbus
legal.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
BANDITS HOLD UP BANK
Secure Only 500 Escape In Auto.
meblIe-Posses Are In Hot
Pursuit..

Oklahoma City, okla.-Three un-
massed bandits held up and robbed
the First National Bank Of Lindsey.
Okla, forty-five miles south and e.
capped with $500.
That the bandits did not secure
more money In their raid vas due to
r. NJ. Bell, cashier. who upon noticing
their approach from the rear quietly
notified Miss winifred Gardenhire. his
assistant, who slipped out the front
door and spread the alarm.
Armed posses are securing the counr
try In seapch Of the bandits. who made
their escape In an automobile.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
TO AUCTION NAVAL CRAFT
Hundred Vessels, Including yschts.
ounboats. Etc, VIII Go Ts
the Highest Bidders.

Neutrality-suspicious. tnan 100 naval
vessels Of widely diversified types. In
Guiding seven old type gunboats. sew
eral converted yachts. one monitor.
tug and about 30 standardized submar
rine chasers Of the 11O-foot type. win
be offered for sale TO the highest bid
ders in the near future, the Navy De-
partment announced. Among the ves
sells to be sold are several historis
ships OF the old navy.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
podson DESTROYED Fleet.

London.-The Daily Express reveals
tho identity Of the British naval Off
Ger responsible for the recent destruc-
ton OF Lenine's Russian Bolshevist
fleet. He is Commander Dodson, d.
S. o., who captured a number of guns
and 800 prisoners.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
WOULD BUY GERMAN DYES
Alien Property Custodian Requests
Permission to Purchase Six Months
Supply in Paris.

Washington. = Francis P. Garvin,
allen property custodian, asked Pres.
ldent Wilson to issue an executive or
der permitting him 20 send an agent
to Paris to purchase from the repara.
tions commission a six months sup.
ply OF German vat dyes to tide over
American manufacturers until German
secret formulas for dyestuffs now
owned by the alien property custodian
can be utilized FOR commercial pur-
poses.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
, ruo Realments 10 Europe.

washington. = The Fifth infantry
regiment at Camp Taylor. KY, and
the 18th at Camp Dix. N. J.. with two
regular field hospitals and one regu-
lar ambulance company are to be sent
10 Europe in the near future to replace
similar organizations Of the First d.
vision. (which could not ewithdravn
from Europe were they not replaced"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Prs,lden, To Visit m.mphI..

Washington.-Memphis is included
in the tentative draft of President WI.
sons itinerary. which is scheduled to
begin Wednesday, Sept. 8. and con-
templates the delivery of rs speeches
in the middle west. northwest, the
Pacific coast. the southwest and south.
The exact date Of the presidents visit
to Memphis was not stated. as the
dates are subject to revision.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Criminal Action MAY Result.

Seattle, Wash.-Criminal proceed
ings are contemplated by the Depart
ment OF Justice in case, growing cut
OF government shipbuilding In Wash
ington. according to Testimony given
by Howard q. Cosgroye. Seattle attor-
ney for the emergency fleet corpora
ton.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Comet Ahead Of. sehedule.

Cambridge. Mass.-The probability
that Brorsen's comet, discovered in
iS47. has come into the range Of OBJ
servatfon three years before it was
again due has developed in connection
with observations Of the first OF two
comets recently reported from South
Hert. W., hy the Rev. Joel II. Met
calf.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

London.-Fighting has broken out
everywhere In Montenegro and the
whole country h In state OF rsvolu-
ton. 1ccor1ing to news received here.
The Servians are using strong meas
ures in an attempt to suppress the up-
rising.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Chance for Ex-soIdIer,.

Washington.-Employment Of about
$500 partially disabled soldiers is
available in the quartermaster corps
Of the army, Maiden. H. L. Rogers,
director Of purchase and storage, an
nouneed.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

New Orleans.-walter Parker, gen.
eral secretary Of the Mississippi Val
ley Association. announced that the
board Of directors OF the Mississippi
Valley Association has been called to
9 Get in Memphis. Tenn. or Sept. II.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

washington.--In warning Turkey
that massacres Of Armenians must
stop. Rear Admiral Mark L Bristol,
commander OF the United States naval
forces In Turkey. was acting under
instructions from the State Depart
ment
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Burn Negro Churches.

Eastman, Ca.-The charred body OF
Ell Cooper, an aged Laurens county
negro. who resided two miles from
Caldwell, was found in the ashes at
Petway's Gift Church, which was
burned by i1cendiaries. Three other
negro churches and a negro lodge near
Caldwell ware burned.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

Pretoria, Union Of South Africa
Gen. Louis Botha. premier and minis
ter OF agriculture OF the Union OF
South Africa, died suddenly early this
morning following an attack OF inffar
enza.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Ole Hanson Resigns.

Seattle. wash.--Ole Hanson. Seattleis
mayor. who gained nationwide fame
as a result Of his stand during tha
general strike here last February. pre-
sented his resignation to the city sup-
Gil. It-was accepted Immediately.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

vladivostok.-The American trans
port Thomas, with 500 replacement
troops. arrived here and win sail Aug.
% with so American soldiers aboard
for Manila by way OF Nagasaki. arriv-
ing at San Francisco in about As days.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

Washington. - Russian soviet inter
ests are supplying funds for propa-
<anda to stir up race antsgonism in
the United States. according to infor.
nation now In the hands OF the de-
bartment Of justice.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Renserls In Chihuahua.

FL Psso. Texas.-Jesus RentsrIa "a
not dead. According to a report
reaching here the bandit who held
Lieuts. Peterson and Davis for ransom
vas seen in Chihuahua City.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Poisoned Olive, KIN sIx.

Canton. Ohio.-Poisoned olives were
the cause OF the death Of six persons,
including Col Charles c. weybrecht.
who attended dinner party here.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

Paris.-The sentence OF death In
posed upon Pierre Lenoir. convicted
In May last Of having had dealings
with the enemy, win be commuted to
life Imprisonment on Devils Island.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Storm On Ocean.

Iorient. France.-The coast Of Brit
tany for miles north and south OF here
was strewn with wreekage during q
great storm
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
Did Not Offer Reward.

wsshington.-Denial that PRECEDENT
carrhnza had authorized = reward Of
So GEO for the capture o. Francisco
villa was made b. the Mexican en-.
hassy.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
wan plan Morld ssri.n

Cincinnati. August Hermann.
chairman OF the national commission
yin leave for Chicago. where he will
eaIl a meeting OF the commission and
fslk over world series plans.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

London--An HdngaFy Is under mar
tial Law, says telegram from Prague
late today. Great political uncertainty
mas.z thu situation n Budapest
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

Brussels.-Klng Albert and Queen
Elizabeth and Crown Prince Leopold
win leave for America between Sept.
9 and Sept - On board United
statss warship.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05

Washlngton.-The strike OF actors
AID theatrical stage employees has
sTsead from New York and Chicsgn to
thiz city.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-09-05
TENNESSEE
Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
Transpirins Over
the State = -

Jackson. - With the growing inter-
est which is now being manifested in
the improved methods of farming and
stock raising the attendance at the
West Tennessee Farmers Institute,
which will be held Sept. 3, and ) at
the West Tennessee experiment sta.
ton; is expected to greatly exceed any
In the past history of the institute. The
programme, which was completed, in.
cludes exhibits of some of the latest
Developments in farming and stock
growing and addresses from some of
the leading authorities of the state
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-19
| CONTRACT AWARDED
FOR COUNTY ROADS
{. -. ana ~. Frye Successful BiS'icr-
for sand springs anh Rose iliii
Highways

Awards werc made lat" Tuesday
evening by M" county com mlssiOnefs
for the construction Of u concrete
ROAD io sand springs and out ~ far
~ the Rose llill cemetery on The
Skiatook ruhd This embraces ap.
proNimHtcly nine miles ~ The flrst
II Tulsa County'A hard surfaced
roads The contract Will be given 10
4. o. Frye and H. fryo according 10
the award made yesterday for The
sum of tISI.ti52b which wasg the
amount bid by the Frye brothers aitd
whlch was the lowest bid on IN" con
Crel" type of road.
There were live other bidders and
about five different types OF per
mauont road construction was bid
upon The commissioner consumed
two dnys tn receiving and opening
the bids and making the award
NJ, Months for Work.
The successful bidders have 10
days IN which TO make bond for
the faithful performance OF the COP
tract and the contract VIII provide
that the work must be completed
within six months
The sand Springa road viii cost
ti3g,p2l25 and the three miles out
TO Rose nm cemetery viii cost
ttl.h2t Some 0f the contractors
would not submit n bid on the con-
.rrctc type Of road for the reason
that they maintain the engineers
estimates were too low To allow n
margin Of profit lt ~ even main
tanned Ivy some OF them that the
Frycs viii he unable Ia carry out
their contract; that they have un-
dertaken 10 DO tho work below actual
cost. aud that the first difficulty
will arise In tho making OF n bond.
The commissioners provided
against such contingency by re
tanning the checks OF two OF the
other bidders. In order that they
might consider tho award II II be-
comes necessary for any reason. Mr..
FRYE told the commissioners that he
had n safe margin over his bid, II Is
said.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-19
SAPULPANS INTERESTED IN
SHAMROCK -DRUMRlGHT LINE

Jim Boyd. chairman OF the Sapulpa
Commercial club. was In conference
late Tuesday afternoon with II. n.
Adams OF the Tulsa Traffic aBsocis-
tion and Col. Clarence II. Douglas.
secretary OF the chamber of COM
mercc, over desired extension OF
the Frisco system that Is TO connect
Shamrock and Drumright. The pro-
posed line would be six miles IN
length and greatly decrease the
amount OF time necessary to go from
Tulsa to Drumrlght.
The Tulsa chamber OF commerce
~ Interested because under the pres
ent arrangement Drumright can be
reached from here only by the cir
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-19
FORT SILL BAND WILL BE
HERE FOR "vlCT0Ry" WEEK

The allied c!vic committee uhder
whose auspices the national war eH-
position and Victory Week celeora-
tion will be held here the week OF
March 3 to 4. has been Informed by
General curry. commandant at Fort
Sill, that the Fort Sill band OF 90
pieces will he sent here for the occa-
sion. The soldier band will Furnish
he music for the big battle spectacle,
The Battle Of Siesperey"
Thousands OF pounds Of powder
and ammunition will be used eacll
night In demonstrating Just what the
boys went through over there" and
clever experts of the pyrotechnical
art have arranged the material to
show the different methods OF artll'
iery and machine gun fire, grenade'
and mortar bombs and other death
dealing machines OF war employed
In modern warfare