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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-05-14

A. K. soper is out OF town for week.
Mrs. Carl Tarr and three children have
weeks visit at her home.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
COAL Commission
PLANS; ADJOURNS
-
Paves Way for Starting Its
Public Hearings on
January IL,

WASHINGTON Dec. 3l.--After pre-
pairing the way for beginning Its In
vestigaton into tho bitumin0ua coal in
dustry the presidents commission to-
day adjourned its session. Rembrandt
Peale representing the operators, and
John =, white, representing the miners,
left for their homes to spend the hoii-
days, but Henry M Robinson, repre-
sentng the public, remained to guide
the preliminary work,
Tho staff Of assistants already has
begun assembling statistical data for
use In the inquiry, but puplc hearings
will not begin until Jan. II.
Tentatively the commission has de
cded not to assemble its facts by the
process Of calling coal miners and coal
operators in person to testify at hear.
ings, and II also has decided not to visit
the principal coal mining centers, IN
stead it will send out formal inquiries
to representative coal mining concerns
in all OF the various districts OF the
United States asking for cost sheets
covering operations in 1919, These Will
be analyzed with the assistance of the
federal trade commission and other gov
ernmental bodies and mining engineers,
when this data has all been assem-
bled the representatives Of the miners
and Of the operators in each field VIII
be called In to present their arguments
in open hearing, The. central eompeti
tive district viii be the first field so
dealt with. hut the other fields over tho
country will be dealt with In like man
ner 80 that the commissions decision
will be made in the light of a national
rather than sectional study of the
facts,
Commissioners Peale and white viii
return Immediately after New Year
to continue their handling Of the de.
tails with Mr. Robinson
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
u. S. MARSHAL
REALIGNS FORCES
Enforcement Of Liquor Laws
Nowin Hands of Revenue
Department

ReorgaAtsation Of the force Of the
United Stetes marshal which is effec-
tive JAM \ 1920, was announced Wed, Z,
nesday bS Stanley II Trexevant. Un-
Ger the reorganization pmn four deputy
marshals who have been attached to
the offlus since the enactment oF the
Reed anaNndment. have resigned and
the office now goes back to It's former
allotmenssaf two deputies In addition to
the chief and office deputy
Bertraut Nj. Bates, uf Methphis and
Milton bryant. OF Dgersburg, have been
named aaFegular deputies, Both men
are overYeis veterans and have beer
connected With the lnarshars office
since then return from Francd
w, u, Swain, Of Lexington.f VI Az
Waters, es jackson, and Epnla Num-.
phia, haNNstendered their resiGnAti0ns
effective4s4 the clcsc or busiHes We'd
nesday Allfsn these men WhsNe gc0t
a4eeords S8tel iit tilt egpvice pf flil, gn6l
ernssaI sAitd. ReeOfaiis, X y y M F
wgtid W retained had the 9sii dfttffieffi
Of tile liquor laws continued to be left
to his office.
deputy, John b. Jopling as office dep.
uty and Charles King deputy at Jack
son, Tenn A stenographer also is em-
ployed at the Memphis office, this po.
sition being held by Miss Glenn Silver.
tooth, who viii remain in the service
The reorganization Of the marshars
force was necessitated by the fact that
the internal revenue department as
Yumes responsibility for enforcement ol
the liquor laws, the activities of the
marshal In the future beIng confiacd tc
the service of processes issued by 'ht
| federal court and commissioners.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
Money Is Recovered.

Upon refusal Of the police to give up
the mems money Cohn says he, being
criminal lawyer, procured the services
OF civil lawyer to aid him, and through
this lawyer went into the ChancorN court
on q writ Of repleVin II was untrue, as
charged, that he did not intend to return
to the negroes any surplus Of this
money over the fee and the Jewels, Coin
declares.
After their release, and while tho Ar
kansas authorities were seeking to get
the roquisltion papers for the return Of
the men to Hot Springs. they did not
flce, but remained in Memphis respond
ont avers, Waddell the alleged Victim
sued for the property and was admitted
az an Intervening defendant IN the re-
plevin suit Cohn says all of the parties
In the suit were rowing gambling ne
groos
Cohn denies that in this case, Ms IN
the Elardo ease, he was guilty Of any
abuse of legal process, hut on the con
trary, the courts In every instance main
tanned the process and granted the re-
| lief sought on disclosure of the facts.
He denies that by improper methods or
relations with criminals he prevented
the recovery OF stolen property or
shared In the fruits Of crime.
The answer is signed by Judge Julian
| Wilson, G. J. McSpadden and elias
Gates as counsel for respondent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
TEACHER MUST GET
HIGHER PAY RATE
National Security League
Goes on Record for Proper
Salary.

NEW YORK Dec 3t--She National
Security league places itself emphatic
ally on record in advocacy Of increased
compensation for teachers generally, In
announcing action by its committee on
management toward securing relief for
underpaid teachers in all parts of the
country.
At meeting of the leagues commit
tee on management a resolution was
passed requesting the leagucIs national
executive committee to authorize such
steps as may be necessary to make the
force of the league felt in this direction
This constructive effort on the part
Of the league is in line with its square
deal" program In explanation of the
definite application of the league $
square dear' platform in this mat
ter, Charles d. Orth, secretary Of the
Security league, said:
"The connection OF the National Sc
curity league with this question is not
1918, Arthur S, Somers, the then presi-
dent of the board OF education OF New
York city, made strong plea for prop
er compensation for teachers at a league
meeting in Carnegie hall.
There can be no question that teach
erS everywhere are Scandalously under
paid. The National Security league be-
lieves in the square deal which is the
first in itself an all-sufficient reason
why teachers should be properly paid.
II, however, 1t Is necessary to appeal
to the selfish instincts of the people to
do Just and proper thing, II would
be well to bear in mind that any abuse
such as the persistent underpaying Of
teachers, or any other class In the COM
munity, constitutes grave economic
danger
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
BANK CLEARINGS GO
OVER BILLION MARK

Tipping the billion for the citys
Memphis bank ceangs for the 1919 nearly
% per cent 1918 The John Mcdowell
manager of the Memphis Clearing House association $112S10
2S571 which compares with $73847S,6075S.
Cearngs for 1917 $62OS351956 in 1916 they
$469,576799.57.
The increase is partially by
values practically line although development city
contiguous territory therein
unparalleled prosperity this section.
The ceangs only portion of business
debts which win be available later will
idea of 1t.
December Increase of
600 being $14s1t7l661 compared with $96
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
NEW NJ. JR TAKES
OATH Of OFFICE .
AND FILES BOND
COmmiSSionerS-EIeCt Ire Also
Sworn in-WiII .!5e Hosts
at Reception Thursday in
Council Chambsr

Rowiett Paine took ,ho on,, ,,, .,,,,,,
as mayor OF Memphs Wcdnesda,, after.
n,,tl ,'oVn %',u n.,eu n's official bond with the
u'f9''E =, ,maso' Following MIR. Paine
abn.,,, ID. AusaI' n,5 -. r. shannon. Horace
49, ~o',al'Or st.S "mu Thomas It, Allen in turn
NJ, NJ TSo, an. in as commissioners OF
yrba 'na nst, "i'' filed their bonds
n N Gnthri ere administered by Judge
III, ", ,,..i,. at n special meeting Of
',si,,o tts LIS commission held to re-
kara,,onios is. There was no special
~ aeS az Ne, w score or so OF friends
attended thr snssjor "'O '''''''''''''
|, 49,, ,,issnbers of the new administra
o'elnA vi be at the city hall at 9S0
pa,ss,S Sk Thursday morning, where in the
mayors office they will officially take
over the departments OF which they
will be the heads Later, the first
be held at which the formal assign.
mept to the departments viii he made
This is required by the charter, foT
the commissioners are not elected az
heads Of specific departments,
At II O'Clock in the council chamber
an informal reception has been arranged
by friends OF the new mayor and com
missioners. There will be several In,
formal addresses musical program and
their desks and the walls OF the council
chamber will be garlanded with flow
ers, 1t is intended TO continue the re.
ception from II to . O'Clock pm.
Members Of the new administration
will take office under unusual cir.
cumstances. They made their cam.
paign for office on q platform demand.
ing an administration free from fac,
tional politics, return to more eco
nomical methods OF administration, bet.
ter financial support for the city
schools, and strict law enforcement
They made no pledges outside of thost
IN their platform, and are unhampereC
by any political promises
In the appointments thus far an
nounced by the new mayor II Is evi
dent that he is endeavoring to carr!
out his pledges to the people Of Mem
phis. W. r. Armstrong, the new cit!
attorney and H. II. Barker the new
city judge, are lawyers Of high stand
ing,
Few changes in any of the depart
ments are to be made for the present
The mon now working for the city ar
to be given an opportunity TO max
good. II they do, they will be KEEP
at work. ff they desnot, their resigna
tfpns will bpeediiy he nalled tfof
MIR. paihe and MI, E,dgat Will ad
dress the fday relief Of policemen a
roll call Friday morning, when sucl
changes as are to be made in that de
partment at once win be announced b,
Mr. Edgar together with a brief outlin
| Of his policy in the department
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
DARING ROBBETS SECURE $115,OO(
Here'S HOlO Wise
Ones Figure Out
Police Lineup

Like to make guess at the person
mel Of the police department heads. un-
der the Incoming administration
Here's how q majority OF the prognos-
ttcators have II figured out,
Joe Burney certainly to be retained
as chief
Hulet Smith to hold over as chief oI
detectives for q time ON probation.
Mike kehoe to be retained as cap
tain
\ j. O'Hearn to lose his captaincy
SerEt, Win Lee OF Barksdale station
60 get O'Hearn's job
Patrolman w Il, Ham TO be appoint
cd sergeant, giee L~e.
Sergts. gs Bob Grossly, Joe Hendricks
and 'Conate" Hough TO lose their gold
John q Lanigan. Ira l-olland and r.
G, KunNsrrle. torner u frolmen, TO bt
Sergeamt vica Crosby, Hendricks and
HouEh. ~
Sergts Redn Davis. l.. N. Haynes
r, OF klaSmes TO he retained In their
preseht rhnk
Sergt. Lee Qulanthy Is reported 10 be
hanging IN the balance
Tho detective department viii he cut
down to about IL men aud chief
There now are 20 men on this payroll
This is not official It merely IS the
way close observers have doped out
the new department
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
WOMAN SOUGHT IN
MURDER Of MAN
GIVES SELF UP
Strong AIibi Is Claimed by
Mrs. VeSter, Police Chief
Says After Talking to Her,
Two Others implicated.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, Dec, al -
Cecil heatrice NCster WAS SURRENDERED
to the authorities here shortly before i
o'clock this morning and placed IN tho
county tail. on a ch8rgc Of numbering
!, stanley Brown wealthy Detroit man,
She had already been questioned hy
Ehlef o. Police Allan straight, il has
. become known, previous TO her formal
arrest
In the company OF two uewgnapor
men, she was brought csterday to u
point near here and the police chief
summoned.
Straight, dissatisfied with the man
ner IN which the investigation was be.
ing conducted, had previously an
nouneed his withdrawal from the case,
Notified that Mrs, Nester desired to
talk with him, however. he changed
his mind, and questioned her for ak
According to Chief straight, Mrs.
Vestcr gives an apparently unshak
able alibl and duplicates two other
persons previously Questioned by the
authorities,
Prosecutor johnson has been quoted
as saying he believes the woman was
not directly responsible for Brown )
death, but that she knows the guilty
person and viii he able 70 aid In clear
ing up tho mystery
The brief session OF the coroner's In
quest last night was unproductVe Of
important new evidence and was ad
journed until Friday Physicians tes.
tilted that Brown was shot nt close
range from within the automobile IN
which his body was found near here
a week ago,
her cousin, Lloyd Provost who had
previously been held as material Wit
nesses and released refused unon the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
COIN DENIES HE
SECURED FEES BY
ILLEGAL CONDUCT
Attorney Maintains His Action
in EIardo Case and Other
Litigation Was in Conform
lty With Proper Conduct.

Abe Cohn. attorney, made defendant
IN a petition for dlsharment by com
mlttee named by the Memphis Bar as
soctatlon, "Wednesday filed answer TO
the charges Of unprofessional conduct
made against him, denying that he has
been guilty OF such conduct
Cohn admits that he became attor-
ney for Tony Elardo, fugitive from
Justice from the state of Ohio last
spring and that at the time OF his
employment as such attorney he and
Elardo agreed on q fee OF $4,000, hut
explains that this amount included pay
ment for services OF local counsel at
Fremont, Ohio, to assist him as well
as stenographor's charges Cohn also
admits that Elardo paid him cash S24b,
and q certificate OF deposit In the bank
nj Fremont and also says II IN true
ltlardo promised to raise the balance
Of tie fec.
Cohn emnhatically denies ,hat he
took no step toward representing
Elardo or that he did not concern him-
self further with the case or bccahlt
neglectful OF the rights Of his Clknt
or dismissed the idea Of gopg q. Free
mont OHIO, to appoaf aaY oqpsbei III
Elardos behalf at the ttmqEspf lIrhtl
after Elardo had been takcA back Ia
the place where he hNa f9mmltted
murder,
cohn In his ayawer3 I'm n explains
IAhp charge OF ufn,refeE a1le aQnduoi
iHad,s sisltaN Res NJ ~ gtht
rambling ease. Nsf N ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
CUMBERLAND TAKES -
OLD MEMPHIS COMPANY

All the property OF the old MemRhs
Telephone company was taken over
Wednesday by the Cumberland Te'r-
graph and Telephone company Deeds
were placed Of record showing the
transfers of both real estate and the
poles, wires, cables and other physical
property.
The real estate is valued at slo5, 600
and the remainder of the property was
valued in the deeds at less than $4,000.
The Memphis company's exchange
was burned out several months ago
and the entire interior equipment
wrecked. The underground conduits
and cables are the most valuable as.
sets turned over to the Cumberland
company. Both are in good shape ano
will enable the Cumberland to extend
its business by several thousand tele-
phones so soon as new switchboard ia.
cilities are provided-and when enough
trained Operators can be secured. There
Is a shortage of operators all over tbs
country, and that fact Is said to be one
cause for the poor quality OF service
sometimes given.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
MUSIC INSTEAD
=. Of WINES FOR I
REVELERS. HERE
Htels Arrange aaRiige for Throngs
VI New Years CeIebrantS.
Old CiStomS viii Be Carried
Uut oy Midnight Parties.

10 ~ Sprkles. 1t effervesces, it is con-
sahiea onla IN regulation bottles with all the
Ria Nv eai gold foil trimmings, it's la
@ @oeieu "Mumm's Extra Dry,"-it really
se,., es,nil' from Rheims--and it will be
81 81 ed to Memphians Wednesday night
~ the occasion of the passing of the
~ year, but alas! the extra dry portion
the name Is everything it implies.
At the Peabody hotel dining room
N which local New Years eve revels
have reVolVcd for 10 these many years,
there probably will be the dryest well
come celebration this hostelry has ever
known, In past years Memphians who
We're wont to participate in New Year s
dinner parties and. listen to the pop of
corks gathered in this dining room. The
occasion has been one strictly in keep
ing with Broadway affairs of a like ma
ture
Reservations for table space came in
months in advance and at the stroke OF
midnight Dec 81 the celebration always
reached its height.
Even as late as ~ months ago vim
tages from France wreathed in cobwebs
slgnlfying wines of delightful age found
their way to Peabody dining room from
home. cellars. Bu+ Wednesday night
promises to be strietly-in keeping With
the nation-wide pfohi edlict SeVerthe.
less festivities equal in many respects
to the occasion when certain well,
known actress toasted Memphis ther,
not with one slipper Of wine but witt
two. Table reservations closed two
weeks ago. The most pretentious New
Years program of any of the hotel,
here has been arranged for Peabody
patrons by A. H. Watson, maitre dC
hotel A musical program of variety
and excellence viii be given.
Miss jeanette Adler and her girl sex.
tet, along with Burl Grant and Pauline
Clark, will offer specialties in the wa,
of jazz orchestrations of popular music
ballads, blackface comedy and rendition
Of patriotic airs. Mr.. Grant will leat
in singing in which diners will join
The customary sounding Of a gong a
midnight will precede the singing o
"rhe Star Spangled Banner" and othe
national airs
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
PITCHED BATTLE FOLLOWS
H0LDUP IN OIL TOWN

WICHITA FAILS. Tex. Dec at.-AtlI
man Is reported dying and two othefa
are probably fatally wounded IN a re-
suit OF a pitched battle between nfer-
chants and hlghwaymen last nightaIbnE
tho principal Stret OF Waggonet City,
the oil tuwnt,i miles northwest OF here,
The bandits entered a meat market,
and holding the proprietora Mt bay With
revolvers removed a large sum pf
money from the sltfW "a general hattie
ensued when the highwaymen attempted
to escape In the darkness
More than 2b merchants and OIL work.
ers Joined In the fight and three Of the
alleged bandits Wero latef br0Hght to-
Wichita Falis and lodged III hospitals
here. Another hlghwaSRnan. believed ~
haVf received q mortal wound, is said
TO bp DIVING ~ i secluded section of the
Red river bottom, where he fled follow
ipg The fight
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
CHARGES AGAINST L0FTUS
WILKES TO BE DROPPED

LOTUS Wilkes. cited for contempt OF
court for failure to pay alimony to his
wife on order of Judge Pittman, will
not have to appear on this citation
Judge Plttman agreeing to let him off
Wilkes after he was cited for contempt
returned to the city and paid $3.50. the
amount Of the alimony, but failed TO ex-
plain { othe judge about his absence
His explanation cleared up things.
Wilkes wife procured divorce from
him sometime ago. together with ALI
mony at the rate OF $3.50 a month, pos
session Of their home and custody Of
their children.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
NEGROES STEAL CLOTHES
and MAKE ESCAPE

Bold negroes, armed with pisols
have pulled two clothing steals II tie
past "a hours, on as many stcref and
have escaped with their loot. Tie 10
lice, department is active in Al effort
TO apprehend the highwayme.
Just after Joe Blass opened his store
at 1888 S. Main street WEDNESDAY morn-
ing in strobe negro, wlo selected
several articles Of clothing and started
man. who pulled out pitoi thrust II
toward Blass and retreted' CARRYING
his loot. See You nef week. said
the stickup, as he@ y'nished through
RFoay, Beaie a,enne rs r.,hrolor
underwent a simia axnari iescn ~ T,'es TMS,
day night at the ands Of two armed
.nasroes. Several ustomers were IN the the
store when one legro refused to pay
loi loI tliee ! stai st,1i's he had selected, and
capped. p''i
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
DEAD ROBBER IS
STILL UNIDENTIFIED
Afford IS ALIVE
Paducah Man Thought to Have
Been Shot Turns Up With
Clean ReCord-TheOry Held
7. NJ. C. A. HoIdup Slain.

The mystery of the identity of the
whlte highwaymap who was shot and
Killed Monday night while trying to hold
up and rob negro grocery store, still
,S ,S uhsoIEed. the latest police lead that
promised to identify the dead man as
James g. Afford, of Paducah, Ky, ex-
ploded Tuesday night when Afford was
round 10 be very much alive in his home
toRn, with his reputation still unsoiled
oF criminal record which fate and
circumstances seemed determined to
fasten on him Tuesday
one man actually identified the body
held at Thompson Bros undertaking
parlors as that Of Afford. On top of this
identification came a letter addressed to
Afford at the boarding house at 1881
South Lauderdale street. This seemed
to make the evidence" conclusive, and
police were certain that they had iden-
tilted the dead man as Afford, until that
individual smashed their theory by re-
porting present in the land of the living,
and showing that he had no criminal
record. and did not make practice of
holdup jobs.
Afford applied for a position as night
watchman at the Memphis Terminal
corporation last Saturday He made
his application and was accepted by w.
j. Clark, captain of the corporation $
police. Clark, who identified the body
rs Afford later, recommended the South
Il lIduueTudle street DOdTuilS nOuSSi anu
Afford went there, ate one meal wrote
y letter TO his wife in Paducah, giving
8her the address of the boarding house
swhere he had decided to stop.
Then Afford after mailing the letter
Echanged his mind about working IN
& Memphis. and returned to Paducah. But
*Nvhen the letter arrived il furnished po-
a lice an apparently complete identified
&lon, needing only Affords previous his.
4 tory in Paducah.
A little more progress was made OF
Tuesday night on the Identification Of
the highwayman who is dead. POLES
learned that he is the same highway
man who two weeks ago last Saturday
night held up and robbed the Rev. vii
liam James, night secretary of the
NJ c. A.. getting away with SAB in casf
and other valuables. The body Of thu
dead man was identified by Mr.. james
at the undertaking parlors
On the occasion of the Y Nj. c. A
4 robbery the highwayman had two pals
Il He and one of them went inside ant
covered Mr. James with pistols, Will
"A 8their accomplice waited outside in
motor car with the engine running
ready for a getaway Thessnlau had ~
inaSk ana stood Witlsig5 A few feet 9
N n Esssnes dasang tlie FcbbeFsf Nv ~
Il &the ,Y' secretary a g0pn @pp1rtusilt
" x sxteE HIS face f5s
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
GIVEN HOLIDAY

No delivery of mail viii be made
Thursday by the Memphis postoffice,
the clerks and carriers being given a
holiday. The parcel post and general
delivery windows will be open at the
main postoffice until 10 o'clock and will
then close for the remainder Of the
day.
All Of the parcel post and letter mail
resulting from the Christmas rush has
been cleaned up and c. Nv, Metcalf, Jr.,
postmaster decided that the men de-
served u holiday on New Years day as
reward for their work during the
Christmas period