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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-26
BANKS SUIT AGAINST
CAR COMPANY DROPPED

A new note has been executed by
the Memphis Street Railway company
In favor OF the Bank OF Commerce n
Thust company and for that reason the
suit which the bank had against the
company and the cross-bill, were dis
missed in chancery court late Friday.
Litigation began some time ago over
a note for $3.50, 900 which the bank held.
The note was due last November In
December the bank took $751; 900 which
the railway company had on deposit and
applied It to a note and sued for the
balance, The new notes, under the
decree, take care of the $3.50, 600 and
the $57, 900 is turned over to the re-
~ceivers Of the street railway company,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-26

in each drivers pocket The only
source Of income Is painting signs EN-
route and II the colonel draws a check
or wires home for money he loses the
wager.
Col Stanley Is a picturesque charac-
ter. Although G. years old he looks
about 40. He chased Indians with Buff
fAlo Bill and has already crossed the
and Via Naxws,I Next wear he saws
he Is going to fly from coast to coast,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-26
SAYS HARVEST HANDS
FINDING LITTLE WORK

That harvest hands in Kansas and
the Dakotas are more numerous than
the amount Of work available win take
care Of, is the statement OF O, r.. Lock.
man, OF Big Sandy, Tenn, who visited
IN Memphis Saturday, en- route home
from the harvest fields. Lockman
spent two weeks In the fields with a
view OF locating In Kansas, but comes
back feeling that Tennessee Is as good
o state rs any.
He declares that many young men are
going into the fields expecting TO find
plenty OF work but are being disap-
pointed. The harvesting now is practi-
ca1ly over and jumps necessary from
one job to another, leave the worker
with very little capital. Several weeks
ago. he states work was plentiful but
conditions In the harvest fields since
have changed.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-26
Quality Motor Company
Acquires New Quarters

Forced to seek larger and more modern quarters because
of the tremendous growth of its business within the last few
years, the Quality, Motor company. SIS Madison avenue,
truck and car repairers, and distributors OF the Pnest-O-Lte
battery, has found it necessary to separate the two branches OF
its rapidly expanding business. .
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-26

T, Some Of the finest Duroc blood
strains In the country are in the ami
mails which viii be offered for sale In
the Grand Southern sale circuit which
will open on July 2S, Undoubtedly
some OF the very best individuals OF
the Duroc breed are located on the
circuit. The farms are as follows:
Eastern Arkansas demonstration farm.
at Brinkley. Ark, July IS; Duntreath
farm, at Forest Hill, Tenn. July 20;
Pine Crest farm, at Charleston. Miss,
July 80; Whites Duroc farm. at Co
farm, at Fernwood, Miss, August l..
Buyers are urged to see the adj
vantage OF making the entire circuit
Of sales and special Pullman service
has been arranged to take the buyers
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-26

to the Duntreath farm, which liz IL
miles east Of Memphis on the Poplar
pike, from the Peabody hotel, on the
second day Of the circuit, July 20.
Parties from a distance will be enter
tanned at the Peabody hotel. Lunch
will be served at the farm at IL O'Clock
and tire sale viii start at / O'Clock.
Goodbar, hal he distinction OF having
as the head * it's herd the phenomenal
Jacks Top King, a boar for which
the present owner had to bid $40, 500
to secure at Ira Jackson's sale on Feb
ruary 10 OF this year. This great sire
class. both at National Swine show
and Southeast Live Stock show at At
lanta. Then In Jackson's winter sale
he broke the worlds record In that %
yows and gifts bred to him averaged
$1,000 each
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-11-20
Dish Runs Away With Spoon.

A chain of restaurants in this city
has to purchase more than a million
Spoons, forks and knives every year.
Others tell the same story. Some OF
the help, according to the management
of q Wall street restaurant, must be
reckoned on as furnishing their homes
with borrowed" tableware and many
patrons take it for souvenirs as un.
blushingly as they would appropriate
an umbrella on rainy day.
A Wall street man was invited to a
dinner at the house of a rich client not
long ago and during the evening his
hostess proudly showed him hundreds
of spoons, forks and knives bearing
the names of hotels and restaurants
both of this country and Europe. "l1
took me ten years 70 get this collector
together" said the lady, land I didn'l
pay for one of them"
"And the dish ran away with the
spoon." Yes. in the days of OLD Mother
Hubbard, but in modern times the pa
irons and the help. And the cost,
Oh, that's passed on 10 the hungry
patrons who go to the restaurant no'
to purloin, but to eat.-Wall Stree'
Journal
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
SonninO Declines
Reelection; Urges
Unity With Allies
Former Italian Premier i'm
Message to Voters Says
the Decision on Shantung
Is Applicable to Fiume

ROME, Oct 19.-By The Associated
Press )-Baron Sonnino, former italian
Premier, in declining to be q candidate
for Parliament at the coming elections,
has addressed to his constituency,
VIII ch has returned him for forty
years. q letter in which he says:
Italy is Passing through most
anxious hour, being uncertain whether,
afta her enormous effort for victory.
she can satisfy her aspirations, or
whether she must eventually start
ags in on the hard road for the COM
pletlon or national redemption nee
cssary for her liberty and indepen-
der ce."
lie urges q policy aiming at a closer
un on with the Allies through, "a frank,
loyal and constant attitude of willing
CO. operation and solidarity"
Concerning the Adriatic question,
Ba on Sonnino insists that the Italian
pro gram must include, first Italy's
safety in the Adriatlc, and, second, the
ut ,lianity" of Fiume, cara and Sc
ber co.
lie quotes from President Wilson's
adl resses at Los Angeles to the effect
that France and Great Britain prom
isel Shantung to Japan to induce
Jal an to enter the war. and it would
be impossible to deny Shantung to
dal an without being ready to go to
Wa with those powers, and adds:
What holds for accords regarding
antung must equally hold for pledg-
es contained in the Pact of--London
regarding Italy. The unanimity neces-
saly for the decisions of the, peace
cor ference, if it makes it difficult to
obtain total acceptance of our. claims,
MAKES it equally difficult for the con-
ference to take decisions damaging
to Italy in the Adriatic or in other
que stons."
Examining the internal situation.
Baron Sonnino says that the chief
task is the economic, social and hnan-
cia reconstruction of the country and
intensifying the work Of production
Thu financial problem shows. first, an
enc rmous foreign debt requiring ex-
ira ordinary development OF Italian ex-
port 1tation-otherwise the foreign debt
mi hit imply political. besides economic.
servitude second, heavy internal
put lie debt requiring radical economy
ant the augmentation of taxation;
thi d, an excess Of paper currency,
VIII ch must be reduced at any cost.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
italians Rush to u. S.
LOCO Week Seek Passports ;
Restriction Reported Lifted

NAPLES, Oct. l9-An unusual rush
of emigrants toward America is in
progress. Two thousand Italians ap-
piled for passports to the United States
during the first fortnight of October
The increase of available emigran,
ships and the removal or restrictions
as to the vises on American passports
are given as the causes for the new
migratory movement toward America.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-State De
partment officials tonight disclaimed
knowledge of the removal of passport
restrictions at Naples 1t was ex-
planned that the department was given
war powers to wise the passports of
all aliens seeking admission to the
United States at the ports Of EN- igra-
ton, and that these powers are still
being used. The wartime legis alton
placed all immigration under the de
partment until peace is proclaimed
The House of Representatives last
week passed bill. now before the
Senate, extending these powers for
the period of one year to prevent the
emigration of radicals TO America.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
oected to be present when the confer.
ence convenes at $3.50 O'Clock to- morrow
Employers Insist
On o. Free Hand
Delegates to Washington
Conference Refuse to
Deaf With Outsiders
Near Yori; Tribune
UdSFi5nJiO7s Bftrecs4

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1a.-Labor en-
cred the industrial conference that
nas been in progress in Washington
or the last two weeks for the spe
life purpose of gaining concession
yhich would compel employers to deal
With their employees through repre-
entatiyes of the labor unions, Mag
Nus W Alexander, managing director
{ the National Industrial Conference
'oard. declared in statement to-
igIil.
Labor created the acute situation
mat is facing the conference by making
s uch a demand, Mr.. Alexander said,
and he asserted that the employers
eannot make the concession sought.
Ir. AleXanders statement follows:
"The crux of tie situation is this:
IN case of differences between an en-
ployer and his employees. shall the en-
ployer be compelled to bargain or ne
t,otiate for settlement with persons
ther than his employees? That is the
point of difference between the en-
ployer group and the labor group in
the industrial conference.
Seem Trivial to Many
"To many people it may seen trivial.
jIven the puplic group did not realize
hat it was vital and urged he en-
ployer group TO accept the demand of
he labor group in order to secure
harmonious action III the conference.
It's vital Importance was shown in the
tenacity of the employer and labor
s,roups in holding out each for its pro-
vision in the collective bargaining
resolution.
1.-THE employers insist that they must
ne free to deal with representative
mployees or with labor union repre-
entatives as may seem best in each
case, and the labor delegates insist
that their representatives must be
recognized in any collective dealing.
in fact, one of the labor leaders told
he conference that if granted their
contention labor would ask nothing
more of the conference. That state
lnent can mean nothing else than that
,abor came to the conference for the
pecifc purpose of gaining a conces-
ion which would compel employers
throughout the country TO deal to the
xclusion of every other form of repre-
sentation. with every walking delegate.
very agitator and every person claim
ing to be a labor leader. and, having
/ aimed the consent of employees, to
peak and act for them not only as TO
wages and hours. but as to everything
else affec' ing employment
"Wel, the employers will not permit
anything of that kind. Even if the en-
Iloyer delegates in the conference
should agree to the contention of the
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Grand Duke Nicholas Safe
Former Commander Said To
Be Living on Prinkipo Island

LONDON. Oct. 19.-Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch, former com
mander in chief of the Russian army,
has been living on Prinkipo Island. in
the Sea of Marmora, lying between
European and Asiatc Turkey, since
last February, according to private ad-
vices received here from Constanti-
nople. With the Grand Duke are his
wife, the Grand Duchess Anastasia and
her father, the King of Montenegro.
Since the revolution in Russia and
the overthrow of the dynasty. the
whereabouts of Grand Duke Nicholas
has been problematical He has been
at one time or another reported dead
in captivity of the Bolsheviki. and re-
siding in various places incognito. 1t
will be recalled that Prnkipo Islands
was chosen by the Entente powers fol
ho ding conference With the Boshe-
wiki in an endeavor to arrange an
failed
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20

ments that mills again were operating
on practically a normal basis and that
al of the workers except the strike
leaders had returned to their jobs.
Union heads held meetings in the
G'ry district, however, at which they
urged the men to remain away from
ths plants, declaring the strike will
be successful unless the men weaken.
A part Of the Federal troops on
duty at Gary were relieved, military
authorities explaining they believed
tn, situation was we'll under control.
striker was shot and slightly
ws unded by II deputy sheriff at the
Chicago. The deputy said the pan
re used to obey his order to leave the
vit initY
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
40 Senators
Pledged to
Reservations
Continued from page l

sion to certain questions, save when
he has direct authority from Con-
gress.
10 Providing that the United
States shall never he bound
by any assessments which may be
made by the league 20 pay the ex-
. penses. and leaving the power to
make such appropriations and deter
mine their amounts to the Congress
sitting at the time.
Senate to Confirm Members
TT Declaring the representatives
- Of the United States on the
league council and assembly must
be approved by the Senate by two
thirds vote, as is the case with most
other nominations, before such rep-
resentatlves can ofiiciate in any way.
- Expressing the view of this
country as regards what some
consider as sanction for traffic in
women by the treaty, the language of
the treaty (Article XIII, subsection
3 reading as follows: "The members
Of the league will intrust
the league with the general super
vision over the execution of agree
''NAiN'' ''ie' 'SSe'st w til- tIdiIlC III
women and children and the traffic
in opium and other dangerous drugs"
7Q Making absolutely certain that
the acts of the Alien Prop
erty Custodian in seizing German
property will be validated and all
American rights are protected
Most Of the authorities think these
rights sufficiently safeguarded. When
before the committee, however, Brad
ley Palmer, an expert with the Amer
lean peace commission, raised doubt
in the minds of some Senators on
this.
At the same meeting OF the commit
tee at which these reservations will b,
approved, it was said, there will b.
decided whether the committee shall
give a hearing to Colonel f. NJ House
who mas sent a message to the com
mttee. through Commander Mclean
his physician, that he is willing to ap
pear if the committee desires him
Senators Johnson and Borah are yer,
anxious to have him testify and sub
NIT himself to questions, as they hope
he will make as good witness 70
their side as they think Secretary o
State Lansing did.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
I'oston Rail Clerks
IorNuti0nulStrike l


BOSTON, Oct l9-Approximately
1920 members of the local branch Of
the express division of the Brotherhood
Of Railway Clerks to-day :ndorsed
un nlnimously the proposition for a ma
tion-wide strike of the brotherhood
early next month unless wage de-
mands before the Railroad Admins
tration are granted by November g.
Th ballots were sent to the president
Of the brotherhood at American Fed
crs tion of Labor headquarters in
Wa shington, d. c.
The local union also indorsed the
pre- position to constitute the nationa,
agl cement committee, now at Wash
ing ton, national board of adjustment
to conduct negotiations with the Raj.
coad Administration.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Employing Truckmen Will
Deal With Union Leaders

Employers in the trucking industry
at meeting yesterday in the Hotel
NcAlpin voted to deal collectively
Nth the union representatives, who are
demanding S5 week increase for
all workers, an eight-hour day and a
closed shop, effective from November
J. Members of the New York Team
Owners Association, Independent
trucking Association and the Transfer
Hens Association were appointed Oh Il
committee which Will confer with the
union officials early this week.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
U. S. Warned Against
Taking Turkish Mandate

CONsTANTlNOPLE, Oct. 19 (By The
Associated Press Some members of
the commission headed by Major Cen
cral James G. Harbcrd, which has been
Investigating conditions in the Near
East, express the opinion that the
United States should not accept the
mandate over Turkey, but say that in
case of its acceptance control should
be exercised as far as the Caucasus.
They say they believe the Americans
would not encounter great administers
tive difficulties.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20

labor group as part Of the collective
bargaining resolution. the employers
throughout the country would not and
could not be bound by it. There are
thousands Of establishments. particu-
larly small concerns, that cannot agree
to collective bargaining which means
dealing with any other persons than
their employees
THAT is the point Of difference. Fur
ther concession by the employers on
.his point is impossible.
And there is still in the background
the. steel strike resolution. lowering
liae menace and influencing discus
sion and action"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Allies TO Repatriate Coolies

PARIS, Oct. ls.-Replyine in +,
Chamber Of Deputies to-day 10 q oua
-ion concerning the liberated region
Albert F. Lebrun, Minister of Bloc
'de, said the French and British 90
rnments intended to replace Chins
abor in the devastated sections q,
repatriate the coolies at the rate
$4,000 monthly.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Paterson Hears Reed
Calls League of Nations ''Da,n,
nabIe Document

PATERSON, N. j., Oct. Ex-senator
James A. Reed, of Missouri, spoke on
the league of nations tonight at the
United States Theater here before an
audience of about 9 800. The meeting
was under the auspices of the Friends
of Irish Freedom.
Senator Reed said he would be glad
to declare truce during the Presi-
dents illness if the adherents of the
league would agree, but that the "sin-
ister powers" were working harder
than ever. He called the league cove
nant "a damnable document" John
W. Griggs, former United States At
torney General, presided at the meet
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
zoo Borden Clerks to Strike;
Sheffield Men Nav Go Out

Seven hundred clerks of the Borden
1iilk Company will strike this morn ng
following vote taken at meeting
held yesterday in the Central Opera
House, in Sixty-seventh Street, east Of
Third Avenue. 1t is expected the Shelf
feld Farms Company's Office workers
will strike in sympathy.
The workers demand 40 per cent
increase in wages, thirty-nine hour
week, time and half for overtime and
double pay for work on Sundays and
holidays. These demands were all re-
iected by the companies.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Chinese Minister Goes to Italy

PARIS, Oct. 19.-Lu Cheng Hsiang.
Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs,
separted from Paris yesterday for
Italy. He will sail from Marseilles
carly in November for Shantung, ac-
eompanicd by the greater part Of the
lersonnel of the Chinese peace dele
cation: Or. Wellington Koo will re-
nam In Paris in charge of the dele
Wang.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Dublin Constable Slain

DUBLIN, Oct. l9.-police Constable
Downing was shot and mortally
wounded this morning when approach
ing three men OF the street. His
assailants escaped. The constable died
a few hours later from his wounds.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Union Heads at Gary
Plead With Men Not
To Return to Mill,

CHICAGO. Oct. 19~Bu~iness meo
and steel officials in the Gary, Ind.
distr ct to-dav reiterated their state
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20

In tie Days 9f Tie Strong Box
In the sixteenth century, gold and silver almost the
sole mediums Of commercial exchange Unemployed capital
earned nothing The merchant kept his idle in strong
box home, for greater security, the goldsmhs 1t
took nearly three hundred years develop deposit banking the
check and clearing house ystem and the many other facilities
and services offered by modern financial institutions.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-20
Modern Deposit Banking

I IMPORTANT is the function of the modern
l. bank in making possible the transfer of money
through the use of credit instruments it is only one
phase OF the service which it offers the public.
lhe wealth entrusted to the bank does not remain
idle, like gold in coffers but is constantly employed
basis of credit for the legitimate enterprises of
industry and commerce, and thus is in the continuous
service of the community.
lh1s Company invites deposit 1t pays interest
on daily balances OF checking accounts and time
deposits 1t extends credit and makes loans on collateral
1t seeks to employ resources in the development OF
industry along broad conservative lines to meet the
needs OF American business of to-day and tomorrow
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04
How Character 10 Revealed.

The little things that we do without
thinking are the things that tell what
we really are. We may desire to pos
sess u character that we have not yet
attained. or We may pose for the kind
Of person we are not. but our ungua I'd
ed movements betray US. What we are
speaks more loudly than what we
say.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04
Women Doctors.

II was in 1874 that the Lordon
School Of Medicine for Women wa.
founded. This was the first OF Its
class. Shortly afterward women were
allowed TO take the medical degree of
the Universities Of Dublin. London
and Durham. But il has been in more
recent years that the fair sex in large
numbers have ventureS to practice.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04
About the Diamond,

The diamond is the hardest stone
known. Its name (French, damant) is
derived from the Greek adamao-un-
tamable. The word was probably at
tached 10 the stone because IL con
veyed the idea of invincible hardness.
No acid will scar IL; no solvent will
dissolve II. Ages may pass without
dimming the luster of its adamantine
face.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04
Rubber Easy to Cultivate.

After four or five years Of semi-cul-
tlyation rubber plantation requires
practically no care. except To see from
time TO time that other trees which
may have gotten II start. are cut out.
The yield Of rubber gum begins about
the seventh year under favorable CON
ditions, and continues thereafter in
definitely.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04
Male and Female Swimmers.

Swimming comes easier to women
than men because the specific gravity
of their bodies is less than those OF
men. The proportion Of flesh is great.
er In the body Of woman than In that
Of a man and the proportion Of bone
Is less. Therefore the woman is light.
er In proportion to her size and floats
more readily. This gives her an I'D.
vantage as q swimmer.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04

Aim at perfection in everything.
though in most things II is unattain-
able; however, they who aim at IL
and persevere will come much nearer
10 II than those whose laziness and
despondency make them give IL up as
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04
Who Could. Indeed7

English paper-"Miss Leitch played
delightful golf up To the hole, but
when once she had arrived there the
result was almost ludicrous, as she
could not hit the ball truly with her
puttee."
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04

~ the dinner table Robert was tell.
ing us that "a new kid came To school
today" As I always take an interest
H. his school affairs asked, "A boy or
e.rlf" well. don't know. cause II
wears pants. but it's got curls."-Chi.
cuco Tribune.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04

Two French scientists contend that
10 per cent Of the chickens in that
country have tuberculosis and that the
disease runs as high as % per cent
among poultry In some other coun-
tries.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04
Forests Of Gambler.

One Of the most important Of Jap
ans monopolies is the camphor pro-
ductiOn of the island Of Formosa. The
present area of camphor afforestation
is 10,G50 acres, and some of the trses
are from 800 to l,0O0 years old.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-09-04
Must Have Something to Feed On

Affection can Withstand very severe
storms Of strife, but not a long polar
frost of downright Indifference. Love
Will subsist on wonderfully little hope.
but not altogether without II.