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The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29
joint Intervention I'm
Mexico BY United
States, France and
England l. Urged


FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 29.
Francisco Lopez, d time ksepor fol
the Mexican Eagle Company, was kill.
ed and robbed BY eMxican bandits
while en route from San Diego, Mex
leo To Lepetste. according 70 reports
received here He had 1900 pesos
with which to pay workers ii the oil
fields. The Oil company isa Dutch-
British company
LONDON, Dec. 29.,Joint inter-
ve:ltion III Mexico Nv ! ,aixed foreign
commission, on which Great Britain
and the United States would occupy
tho chief places, is advocated BY H.
Grahame Richards, former British
consul-general to Mexico.
Would Protect lnvesfpaents.
Such intervention, Mr. Richards
holds, would protect foreign invest
ments in Mexico, amounting To $3.-
500,000,O00 and upon which no re-
turn has been received Tor several
Years and would allow Mexico to de-
yelcp ii pcace.
Mr. Richards points out that Great
Britain has $1,000, 100000 invested
in Mexico, most of the railways hay
ing been built under the Poefrio Diaz
regime with British money He de-
clares that, with the heavy war debt
and 4 deprecated pound sterling,
England can no longer neglect her
Mexicon interests.
"The fact that the United States
has 81, 100000. 900 invested iii Mex
ico' III eexistcncc Of the Monroe Doc
trine and also strategic and political
considerations that must Be taken
account would make It necessary
for America to occupy first place hi
any settlement Of Mexican chaos, :"
paid Mr.. Richards. "But Washington
would welcome assistance"
Urges Prompt Decision.
Il feel certain that the American
would be only too pleas
ed with some solution Of the Mexican
trouble. The past reluctance Of the
United States to take any bold acticn8
has arisen from fear tnat she might
be accused of aims at territorial ag-
grandizement. A mixed commission
would preclude the possibility Of such
an accusation. This Is a matter for
decision BY the British gov
ernment.
Our tremendous war debt will not
permit us longer to neglect invest
ments totaling millions in pounds ster-
ling. Mexico, which is larger than
France, Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary combined, Is still only half ex-
plotted. Our past labors entitle us
to future benefits. The Central Amer
ican republic presents us with an ex-
tensive and expanding market for our
industrial productions and now, in
view Of this fact alone, any measure
adopted to give it a stable govern
ment again and to render its activities
normal will necessarily gain approval
on this side.
Mr., Richards desur1aes President
Carranza as 'anti-American and pro-
german
The former consul general suggests
that the proposed mixed commission
direct Mexican affairs until sable
Mexican government Is established.
Ell recommends that it be composed
Of the United States, Great Britain.
France. Holland, and possibly a South
American republic.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29

forded ample opportunity to appear
and present their proof
Hon. E. f. Creswell, Of Sevierville,
was elected chairman, and n N. u.
! Dennis was elected secretary Of the
district committcs for the ensuing
two years. The suIl membership Of
| the committee was present. The COM
lmittee meeting was held in the court
house and the public was invited to be
present.
A committee consisting Of z. f..
IDonnelly Of Mountain City, DR.. Willis
Idol, Of Granger, and Rod Armstrong,
of Hawkins county was appointed to
draft the resolutions, fixing date
and formulating plahs for a conven-
ton
Mr.. Sells Makes Address.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted During the time the com
mittee was engaged in drafting the
resolution the audience was enter
tanned by speeches from prominent
republicans.
On the adjournment Of the COM
mittee meeting the audience called on
Representative Sam X. Sells, who was
present for a speech. Mr. Sells re-
sponded and turning TO his services
in congress, he told his hearers that
he thanked them for the fayors they
had bestowed upon him, and said he
felt If he should remain in congress
80 years he could never repay them.
He also told Them he had heretofore
refrained from making any announce
ment as to hsi future course until he
could have an opportunity to talk with
them personally; that he did not know
how they felt toward him, and that II
they felt that some other would bet
ter represent them in congress-, that
they need not further consider him,
and that he would leave the matter
in their hands. Mr.. Sells then left the
room whercupon Judge Boren forcibly
pointed out the great service which he
said Mr.. Sells had performed for the
district, and declared that Mr.. Sells
experience had qualified him for great
er service, that Mr.. Sells stood high
in Washington, and with the leading
Republicans of the nation and that It
would be a great mistake not to re-
turn him to congress-.
Judge Boren then made motion
that the people present-friends of
Mf. Sells endorse bis past course II
congress. ard that they demand Of
him that he make the race fer con-
gress. and that they pleige hin their
hearty support The motion ssas sec.
pzded. tie question put, aaa SaEEled-
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29
Demurrers Filed Claiming Indictments
Against Senator Newberry Faulty

GRAND RAPIDS Mich, Dec 29--(By United Press De
alleging indictments returned against Senator Tr
iii Newberry be faulty fled in federal court here
today and will be argued January 5th The demuers claim
III indictment that can't be held under United States
for what may have occurred In state primaries.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29
Will Ask For Return Of Indictments
Against Charles White For Murder

HAMMONTON, N. j., Dec 29.-tBy United Press. Pros
ecutor Gas announced today that he would ask the grand
Jury January 18th to return indictments against Charles
White for murder with Mrs. Edith Jones accessory.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29
Trail Of Missing Dancey Boy
Grew Suddenly Cold Today

TULSA Okla, Dec 29.(By United Press THE hot trail
Of the missing Dancey boy apparently suddenly cold to
day when the boy found Colnsve turned out to be Billy
Holmes
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29
Approximately Sixteen Persons In
And Near Augusta Die From Drinking
Wood Alcohol In Past -Four Months

AUGUSTA Ga, Dec 29.--(By United Press )-Approxi-
nae sixteen persons here and In Richmond county mostly
negroes have died from drinking wood alcohol within the past
four months, the coroner announced today
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29
Our 1920 Rates

Following will be the rsics
on The Daily Sun after the
last day Of this month. The
advance in paepr and mater
ials making it necessary:
Daily by Mail, | year s4.oo
Daily by Mail. s mos. $3.50
Daily In GreeneviIle by
carrier boy ---s5.00
Weekly BY carrier i5c
-
Cur display adgertis.ng
rates win be 25c per inch to
everyone after January ist.
J. J: : ! !. j.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29

.e:s'a tFuck drivers Tzsho are charged
with hrinsins tie iilis..A== iaze the val.
les
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
ENFORCE PROHIBITION

Says William Howard Taft. in a
copyrighted article in the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger:
What is the present duty of those
of us who opposed the adoption of
the eighteenth amendment to the
Federal Constitution forbidding the
manufacture, transportation. impor-
tation, expectation or sale of intox-
icating liquor? Many of US opposed
it not because we thought that prop
er personal liberty was denied by
legal prohibition, but first because
we doubted whether practically pro-
hibition would prohibit in large con-
gested communities where local pub
lie opinion did not sympathize with
the purpose of the law. and, second,
because to vest the national govern
ment with the needed police power
and patronage, normally parochiaI,
would so disturb the proper consti-
tutional balance of central and local
powers between the Federal and
state governments as to imperil the
stability of the union. Now the
Secretary of State has by proclama-
ton declared the adoption of the
amendment by action of Congress
and the approval of the requisite
number of State Legislatures. 1t is
now the duty of every good citizen
in the premises, no matter what his
previous opinion of the wisdom or
expediency of the amendment. to
urge and vote for all reasona bile
and practical legislative measures nv
Congress adapted to secure the en-
forcement of this amendment"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

members will go out of ONCE on
March 4, and 80 new Senators ap-
pear to take their places. To say
that the Senate as now constituted
has a right to pass judgment on the
membership of its successor in the
next Congress is putting a construc-
ton on the Constitution never in
tended by its trainers. But the Dem
ocrats know that their only chance
to deny seat to Mr.. Newberry and
declare that Edsel's father was right
fully elected is before March 1 while
they have a working majority of six
in the upper house. Strong arm
methods can be brought into play
under those conditions, and it is evil
dent from what has transpired al
ready that the Democrats will stop
at nothing to prevent the Republi-
cans from ousting them after March
4.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
A Meaningless Compromise

[From the New York World
Under private ownership and oper-
alton the American people had rela-
lively the best and cheapest tele-
phone service in the world. What
ever the faults of private manage
ment may have been, the telephone
became a great public utility that
reached to every nook and corner of
the country, and the public had lit
tie reason to complain of either the
cost or the quality of the service.
Since the telephone systems were
taken over by the federal govern
ment as a war measure and put in
charge of the Post Office Depart
ment the service has steadily de-
Perforated. Nothing has come out of
government control except annoy
ance, -vexation and increased charges.
In his argument for the extension
of the period of federal operation the
Postmaster General stated that he
had been informed by representa-
tives of the teephone companies that
deterioration and confusion would
follow IL the systems were turned
back without legislative guarantees.
The deterioration and confusion are
already here, personally conducted
II.
There are only two obstacles to the
immediate return of the telephones
to private ownership. One is Mr..
Burleson's ublic-ownership cam
paign. The other is the desire of the
companies to have their rates equal
lied and stabilized by the United
States government before the prop
critics are turned back to them. The
Post Office Department has under
taken to do that particular Job for
them, and issnow engaged in litiga-
ton with a dozen states over arbi-
trary changes in rates.
The action of the House commit
ace in providing for the return of the
properties on December 81 is a
meaningless compromise but wholly
characteristic of Congress. Having
no telephone policy and being in
capable of framing a telephone pol
icy, the committee postpones the in
evitable day of action in the hope
that something may happen.
There is no reason why the United
States government should not get out
of the telephone business at once.
There is not even the shadow of a
reason why it should operate the
telephone systems until December
81. The longer it is in charge the
worse the service is sure to be and
the more complications will arise.
The sooner the properties are re-
turned the sooner the private owners
can be compelled to restore the for
mer service and give subscribrs what
they are paying for.
AS an operator of telephones the
Post Office Department leaves about
everything to be desired that could
be desired. and IL Congress had any
capacity whatever for transacting
public business it would hand these
properties, back to the companies
without days needless delay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
TUo Women in the War
tFrom the New York SUM

tFrom the New York SUM
The natural hope cherished in the
minds of all that the report of the
death of the Misses Cromwell was
unfounded has been removed by the
testimony of their fellow passengers
on La Lorraine and the receipt of
messages in which their decision to
end their lives is made clear. Their
selfdestruction is to be attributed to
physical and nervous collapse result
ing from their labors in the Red
Cross in France, in the course of
which their strength was overtaxed
and their senses overcome by the
somber and depressing incidents of
war that were their daily fare.
These young women, like scores
and hundreds of others, were engag-
ed in canteen service. The work is
arduous. putting a heavy burden on
the physical endurance of those who
take it up, and the mental strain is
continuous. The Red Cross made
every effort TO exclude from the
ranks of its workers women who by
disposition and training were not
fitted to perform the functions fall
ing on them, but it was unavoidable
that among the many who volunteer
ed and were accepted there should
~ q &C" VIM SOdIu IlOI SIdnQ the
pressure. Even those who have been
able to maintain their poise will not
escape entirely the effects of their
experiences in doing war work.
The women of the United States
have given with open hands and
hearts of their strength in the SER
vice of their country. They have
richly earned the praise that has
been bestowed on them by all. They
have earned more. in fact, than
most of us have given them. for If
has not been possible for the ma
jority of Americans to understand
the tremendous exertions that have
been necessary on the part of those
who conducted the various relief
stations behind the lines in war
torn France. The tragedy of the
Misses Cromwell should bring home
to all the sacrifices our women have
cheerfully made that our military
effort should lack nothing of com
pleteness or of effectiveness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
Card Indeced For Peace
Isaac T. Marcosson in the Saturda
Evening Post

Isaac f. Marcosson in the Saturday
Evening Post.
The whole program of adjust
ing machinery for the munitions of
peace is already in operation" Win
ston Churchill told me in London
| the day the armistice was signed.
We have arranged to dispose of
half of the government arsenals to
private manufacturers, who have
already begun to adapt the equip
ment. A lathe remains a lathe. The
other government arsenals will be
kept as going concerns. We must
be prepared for any emergency un-
til the actual peace treaty is sign
ed"
Within a week after the Kaiser
had fled to Holland the ministry oil
munitions of war had become in
reality ministry of the munitions
of peace. I will tell you why
When DR.. Christopher Addison was
shell master of England-he sue
| ceeded Lloyd George when the latter
became secretary of state for war
on kitchener's death-he establish
ed card index for every machine
tool in the United Kingdom. The
| original purpose was to. release tools
from nonessential to essential work.
That index was also started with the
| idea of having an inventory on hand
when peace came. when every bit
of machinery would be worth as
much to reconstruction as IL had
been to war. The net result was
, that on November IL British in
dustry was able to take immediate
stock of itself and know precisely
what it had on hand to work with.
The card index became .imm edi-
ately available for every British
manufacturer who by. reason of the
/ nationwide pooling of machines
had a stake in this enormous mass
of equipment. Nor was it a per-
functory collection of dates. makes
and numbers. On every card was
the type of machine. its origin,
make. capacity and condition on
October /. Those suffering from
wear and tear were marked accord
ingly. Every machine that had
been scrapped was so indicated. In
other words every tool marked
available for peace work" was
ready to start up. and 1t did.
On the day after the war ended
the ministry began to aliot this ma
chinefy to the new neeoS OF tne
country. The small manufactures
came in on the same pro rata as
the big one. The supreme lesson of
cooperation, learned through the
stress of war when shells meant life
in turn meant the safety of the
world, has been translated into
peace, and it can only mean vita
lized and speeded up industry. The
ink was scarcely dry on the armis-
tice before applications for machin-
cry began to pour in on the minis
try of munitions, and they were
filled without confusion or delay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
PUSH OUT THE WALLS

-HE "Y" huts have been the
homes of the soldiers in the
- training camps. The "Y" build
ings should be the gathering places
of the men and boys of the COM
munity at home. The local associa-
ton is urging this upon Harrisburg
this week in a drive for 1900 mem
bers. The association needs a Lew
building. The way to get it is to put
SO many members into the present
structure that they will literally
push out the walls. The new build
ing will come Just as soon as the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
country, their surrounding walls ris-
ing, almost four thousand feet.
Other Great Parks Near

ing, almost four thousand feet.
Other Great Parks Near
The present Sequoia Park will form
the southwestern cornerstone of
Roosevelt Park, which will embrace
more than one million acres General
Grant Park lies only six miles to the
westward. The John Muir Memorial
Trail, row being built, will connect
the great Yosemite Park on the north
with the new scenic reserve.
All the territory embraced in Roose-
Welt Park now belongs to the Sc
quota National Forest. 1t contains
many of the groves of giant trees that
are the marvel of that section. Some
or them tower nearly three hun
dred feet and are as much as thirty
six feet in diameter. The ages of
these veterans of nature are estimat-
ed at from $500 to 1000 years.
It's Beauty Little Realized
The real magnifcence OF the seen
cry embraced in the new park is lit
tie realized by most Americans. Can-
gres sman Gillett OF. Massachusetts.
one of the ardent supporters of the
Roosevelt Park bill in the House, said
of it in speech
TT seems to me to be a great camp
ing cut spot for the American reuple
1t is peculiarly designed as a grand
aggregation of scenic beauty where
tired man can rest and refresh him
self. Nothing could be more aUpI o.
pirate than to name it after such a
lover. of nature as Theodore Roose.
Velt."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
- oosEvELr PARK, which Con-

~ OoSE ELI HAEh, "nlcn con-
X gress is creating as a memori-
al to the former President. is
characteristically fitting. 1t lies in
the heart of the Sierras and it pos
sesses scenery that exercises pro-
found attraction for the true nature
lover. such as Mr.. Roosevelt was. Its
outstanding granite masses cypify the
rugged character of the man and its
groves of giant sequoia trees are as
distinctly and sturdily American as
was he.
Roosevelt Park, as laid out on the
map, will extend for approximately
one hundred miles along the main ST.
erras in the central eastern part of
California. Its boundary wall on the
east VIII be sentineled by ten peaks
above thirteen thousand feet in dl:.-
tude. with Mt. Whitney, the topmost
crag of all continental United States,
sholldering high above the rest. IT'S
southern and western sides are Ike
wise mountainous and nine SUBMITS
along the course, all ranging from
eight thousand to twelve thousand
feet in elevation. Within the borders
of the park is region studded with
peaks and domes. almost as high as
the surrounding heights. 1t is gashed
across by the canyons of Kings river
in the north and Kern's river in the
south. They are two of the most
wonderful mountain gorges in the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
Sold Billions Of Needles

(From the San Francisco Bulletin.
There is a scarcity of needles in
the world. and the price of certain
kinds of them, from the manufac-
turer to the jobber, has jumped
from eighty-five cents to four dol
lars a thousand, according to n. w.
F'laisig, who celebrated his eighty
first birthday the other day in San
Francisco, and who has been a
salesman for sixty-one years in the
United States for an English needle
manufacturing corporation.
II have sold, since / first entered
the needle selling trade. sixty-nine
years ago. not less than four and
one-half billion needless said Flai-
sig.
I'm 1917 and 1918 the number I
sold dropped to below four million
year. Lack of steel and war work
caused the falling off. A revival
of the trade is soon coming, how
ever"
The veteran needle man says the
Japanese have entered the. market
with needles at two dollars thou
sand. He classes them as inferior in
make and says they are a cheap ar
ticle. as was the German needle he
fore the w
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
DESPERATE DEMOCRATS

-HE determined purpose of the
Democrats of the Senate to
- dispose OF the Michigan Sena-
torial controversy while they have a
working majority has been clearly
revealed. After an attempt on the
part of the Democratic chairman of
the Committee on Privileges and
Elections to get his report by ques-
tionable means before the Senate, a
motion was made to refer the resolu-
ton of investigation to the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses in
order to get an approval for the ex-
penditure of money in conducting
the inquiry. The rules of the Senate
plainly say that "All reports of COM
mittees shall lie over for one day
for consideration, unless by unani-
wise direct" When the Michigan
report was presented Senator Lodge,
the Republican leader, made formal
request that it lie over for a DAY
uHueF the Tule. ne was peTem ptoTlly
overruled by the Vice-President. who
referred the report to the Contingent
Expenses Committee, and then an.
nounced that an appeal might be
taken from his ruling. well know.
ing that the Democratic majority in
the Senate would sustain him. As
there was nothing else to do, Senator
Lodge took an appeal. and the de.
cision of the Chair was upheld by a
strict party vote of Sc Democrats tc
26 Republicans. In that way the
Michigan investigation has been sci
forward at least one day.
The Constitution of the United
States requires that each House
shall be the judge of the elections
returns and qualifications of its owr
members" But that does not mean
that the Senators or Members of one
Congress are competent 10 pass or
the qualifications of Senators ana
Members of the next. Although the
Senate is continuing body, 1t is
nevertheless, a fact that 90 of it.