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New Britain herald., 1919-12-02
CLOSE VOTE ON STRIKE

London, Dec 1.-The South Wales miners have voted l2y q slight ma jority in favor of strike over the question of onforcinG the raising Of the incompetent relief limit to 3oO pounds annually. The official figures o7, the balloting available today, show 73,307 votes for a strike and 72.837 against one.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-02
AMERICAN STEAMER
 RUNS INTO MINE
Frci@lltcr kcrNood in Distress in in North Sea-TuGS PrOCceu-
 ing to Rescue.

London, Dec. 2.-The American freight steamship KcTwood from New York for Hamburg has struck a mino off Terschelling, an island in the North sea. Tugs are proceeding to the as sstance of the ship.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-02
There's No Corn "Cets-It' Will Not Get


 is "Gets-It" It is because of this fact that "Gets-It" is today the big Rest seller among corn-removers on this planet. It means the end Of "corn-tiddling." For hard corns. soft corns, very old corns. young corns, corns between the toes ana calluses, it means a quick, certain finish .Gets-It" is applied in or 8 seconds. All you need ie or ? drops. As easy to do as signing your name. It does away forever with tape, plasters. bandages; knives, corn-diggers, scissors, ules and blood bringing razors. Ease your corn-pains. be corn-free at last.
 "Gets-It," the only sure, guaranteed, money-bacl1 corn-remover, costs but a trifie at any drug store. Mrd by E. Lawrence & Co.,. Chicago, Ill.
 Sold in New Britain and recon mended as the worlds best corn rem edy by The Clark & Brainerd Go Crowell's Drug Store and Nathan No week.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-02
steefs-lt" Feels Your
 Corns Right Off
Two Drops Will Do It Without Fuss
 or Trouble. Never Fails.

There's only one way to get rid of a corn, and that ie to peel 1t oH as you would a banana skin. There Is only one corn remover in all the world that does it that way. and that
New Britain herald., 1919-12-02
YW.: Wy, CA. Notes, v Plans,

The sewing class will not meet to- night.
 Miss McCreadie will leaVe tomorrow for New Yorl, to attend tho indus trial conference.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
TALK
OF APPEALING
ON PHONE RATES
Might Be Able to Force Refer
end1m and Save Consumers
Nearly 100000 in Phone
Rates.

Since the passage last Tuesday of
the ordinance permitting the merger Of
the two telephone companies in Mem
phis, and the contract resolution per-
mitting the Cumberland company to
continue the increased war rates for
the next TWO years, there has been
much indignant comment upon the ac-
tion Of the mayor and the city COM
missioners in granting every demand
made by the Cumberland telephone in
terests without even submitting the
matter to the people Of the city,
The contract resolution was never
published. 1t was passed practically
without change from the memorandum
submitted by the Cumberland officials
The people of Memphis and the tele-
phone subscribers had no opportunity
to protest. for the resolution was con-
sidered a conference of the commits
sioners and attorneys for the telephone
company Tuesday morning and was
passed Tuesday afternoon, Reporters
of the daily papers did not get sight
of II until within 80 minutes of the
time of its final passage. The ordinance
permitting the merger was published
as required by laws but in that ordi-
nance there is no reference to rates
or regulations.
Ine law permits a referendum to the
voters of the city on ordinances of this
kind. There was in fact little or
no opposition to the merger, but there
was and is a decided opposition to the
increase in rates which the city ad-
ministration has attempted to fix upon
the people in return for the support
Of the public utility corporations.
There is no doubt that there is a
decided sentiment in favor of taking
the question of rates up by demand
for a referendum.
If the city admiDistration had madi
an honest and earliest effort to protect
the subscribers and users Of the tele.
phones in Memphis, and the rates hat
then been advanced, the people wOult
have had to submit.
But in face of the positive statement
of the state commission, no such steI
was taken, but the contract, binding
or attempting to bind, the people y
Memphis to pay from $4,000 to 500, ,00(
more every year for the use of the
| Cumberland telephones, was rushed
| through and passed. before a single cit
| izen outside the limits of the city hal
4 knew what the rates were to be.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
R. D. BRIGGS FACES
TROUBLE IN COURT
Former Policeman Arrested
Along With Velton Green
and Others.

r. D. Briggs, $50 South Fourth
street, former city policeman, who
was dropped from the force within the
last week, was arrested on charge
OF disorderly conduct by Officers
Drummer and Bailey at noon Thursday.
Douglas b. Schwartz salesman, Pop
lar avenue; Velton Green, booney
street and Frances Williams, Poplar
avenue, we're arrested on similar
charges.
Citizens in the neigrborhood OF Pop
lar avenue and Fourth street COM
planned to the police that rowdy
bunch were in car cursing and raising
an unusual amount of noise early
Thursday morning. The arrest OF
Briggs and his companions followed
later in the day.
Chief Burney stated he did not know
what connection Briggs had In the af-
fair other than that he was there at
the time The report to the police
showed that Briggs was receiving the
big end of the abuse. Chief Burney
ordered them all placed on the docket
and the matter threshed out in city
court
Velton Green was the only one able
to make the $50 forfeit required for
his release to appear In city court Fri
day afternoon. Frances Williams Is
being held for examination by the
board Of health.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
"Let No Bell Toll
End OF Perfect MeGL'
Says Sergt. Cole

" Pom my soul, let no bell toll,
To end my eats and chill my soul
These were the words from well-filed
iowl,
Shouted aloud by Sergeant Cole.
Workman spare that bell do not
let it toll the end of a perfect meal"
added the genial Joe Cole, planter of
prisoners at central police station and
giver of good advice, when he was just
about, to finish bounteous repast
Wednesday with Capt Mike Kehoe,
Dan Reeder and Billie Eckford, of the
police department W. l.. Kearney
superintendent of the workhouse, was
giving them their annual dinner
"Workhouse it was declare the
other officers so far as the genial Sergt.
Cole was concerned, 'for he certainly
worked hard on the viands," they say.
1t is the custom at the workhouse to
ring a bell at the beginning and end
of each meal.
All the guests save one had their
fill and the superintendent was on the
point of signalling for the ringing of
the bell officially to end the meal
Hold that fool bell,' shouted the
sergeant through the muffling depths
of mouthful of food, I'm not through
yet"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
NAME DELEGATES
TO ROAD MEETING
Southern Division of Scenic
Highway Association To Be
Formed in Vicksburg.

Delegates to the organization meeting
of the southern division Of the Missis
sippi River Scenic Highway association
we're selected by Thomas b. King.
chairman Of the Chamber of Commerce
god roads division Al meeting held
Thursday at 1890 p, m, They are as
follows, Walter Smith, j. II. Weather
ford, W, H. Hayley, c, @. Oglesby,
Jack Harris, George w Fooshe c, M.
Bryan, A. j Donelson, George Canalo.
Harvey Pearce, Robert Yates and Mar
tin Boyd Mr., King will also go to the
meeting
The meeting will be held in Vicks-
burg, Miss, on Sept 4.
At the session held Thursday plans
for the convention of all the division
Of the scenic highway association which
will be held In Memphis on Sept l9
was also discussed and Mr.. King was
authorized to appoint committee OF
five to make all arrangements for the
convention This will require some time
as the convention will be a large one
and possibly several hundred delegates
from St Paul, MINI, 10 New Orleans
will attend
A motion was carried also TO send
Mr. King to the annual convention oi
the Ozark Trails association. which viii
be held in Roswell. N. NJ, Oct |,
and ..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
MISSING,AR DERBY
AVIATORS ARE SAFE

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, Aug. Is
Lieut.. H. E. Slater and Sergt. Strick-
land. believed to have been lost in
Lake Ontario or to have been blown
out of their course and landed in some
out Of the-way region during their
flight from Buffalo TO Toronto in the
international aerial derby, New York
TO Toronto and return. yesterday, are
safe at Selfridge field, here, Lieut.
Thomas Gill, commandant, announced
this morning.
Lieut.. Gill reported that Slater's ma
chine developed engine trouble, causing
him to head for his home field instead
OF continuing the flight to Toronto. Sla-
ter was in wireless communication with
Selfridge field throughout his flight
after leaving Buffalo 1t was said.
Compelled to land shortly after leav-
ing Buffalo, the aviators made tenn
porary repairs to the motor of their
plane They reached .Selfridge field
late in the day. No apprehension for
their safety was entertained here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
NEGROES DEMAND
LEAGUE EQUALITY
Blacks Serve Notice Upon
Solons Asking Amendment
to Peace Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S-Asking for
an amendment to the peace treaty so
as to provide FOR racial equality, a
delegation Of negroes, speaking for the
National Equal Rights League, told the
senate foreign relations committee to-
day that serious trouble might be ex-
pected unless better treatment were ac-
corded negroes In the United States.
The black man has given notice"
said A. Whaley, a New York negr> y
that what he has suffered in the past
will not be endured in the future. He
means business nov. There can be no
compromise"
William Monroe 'Trotter, Of Boston,
secretary of the league, vocing a sim
liar opinion. said the oppression" Of
the negro in America was reaching a
point where no one could be sure that
our land will be land of peace"
Neither witness was questioned as TO
what he had in mind by these decara
tiOns. only five of the II committee
members, all Of them Republicans, at
tended the meeting.
An amendment to give the United
States mandatory over the Kamerun,
a German colony In Africa, was re-
quested by Joseph 7. Thomas, a negro,
Of Cleveland, o., representing the Ma
tional Race Congress. American ne
grOes, he said, could be recruited to
rolice the territory under white Of
ficers.
petition that all African colonies
taken from Germany be divided be-
tween Egypt. Abyssinia and Liberia, -
was filed by the League OF Darker Peo-
pies of the World
Two amendments were proposed by
the Equal Rights League. One would
provide in the league Of nations cove
nent that the members would agTce
and vouchsafe 70 their own citizens
the possession Of full liberty, rights ot
Democracy and protection Of life, with
out restriction or distinction based on
race, color. creed or previous coudi-
tious." The other would add a similar
guarantee as separate section OF the
treaty
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
P|GGLY VIGGLY'S
CAPITAL RAISED TO
SEVEN MILLIONS
Increases in Stock Voted and
UnderWritten-GeneraI Of
fiCeS Move to Washington.
Will Invade Foreign Fields.

Increases in capital stock of the Pig
gily Wiggly corporation voted by the
stockholders, have been underwritten
BY New York and New Orleans firms
end as soon az details of the transaa=
ti0n are completed all stockholders Will
be. afforded the opportunity of dou-
bling their present holdings, cashing In
OF their stock at par or of remaining
as stockholders as at present. The gem
eral offices of the corporation have
been moved to Washington, d. c., and
at least 10 employees of the offices here
have already departed for Washing
ton.
Stockholders OF the Piggy Wiggly
corporation held<a meeting Wednesday
at which time they voted to increase
their preferred stock from $600,0O0 to
$2'OOOO0O, The common stock was
increased from 81 100000 to $4,000, 600.
J. s. Bache. & Co, of New York.
John H. Watkins, formerly of Memphis,
but now of New York, and Isador New
man & Co., of New Orleans,
have underwritten the stock Of the
corporation,
Patent rights on the Piggy Wiggily
self-serying stores plans have been OBJ
tanned in large number of foreign
countries, including England, France,
Belgium, Spain, Canada, Mexico and
Cuba. No definite announcement has
been made to that effect but the re-
moval of the general offices of the
company to Washington. it is believed.
is but the first move toward extend
ing the Piggy Wiggly system of stores
to foreign countries.
Clarence Saunders, inventor of the
Piggy Wiggly plan for stores, has pur-
chased a home in Washington and will
make his future home there, The gem
eral offices of the corporation will be
located on the 18th floor of the Mum
sey building.
chain of Piggy Wiggly stores will
be operated IN Washington at an early
date, according to announcement made
Thursday.
Ten new Piggy Wiggly stores were
opened in st, Louis Thursday and bust
ness started out with vim, according
to advices from the Missouri metrop-
ist of that city, and Lew Dozler, vel
known In financial circles there apd
social circles here, are leading stock
holders in the organization of the Pig
gy Wiggly corporation in st. Louis.
Every day stores in various cities and
towns throughout the nation are open
ing. At present only one city in q
foreign country has a Piggy Wiggls
store-Laredo, Mexico. However, prac-
tically every state in the United States
has been invaded and at this time the
system is in successful operation from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the lakes to the gulf.
Whether or not Piggy Wiggly
stores would be opened in New Yorl
and Philadelphia soon, could not bt
stated definitely Thursday by Off
cals yet in Memphis, but it is consid
cred only a. matter of time before
several hundred of the stores will b'
operated in New York city.
All office furniture and equipmen
has been shipped to Washington ant
the offices will be opened in the ma
tion's capital as soon as possible
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
SOUTH CALLED TO
CONSIDER GREAT
BUSINESS CRISIS
President of Mississippi Valley
Association Sends Notice Of
Meeting in This City Sep
tember 18,

THE Business Crisis" win be CON
sidered at convention Of zone >,
which Is the Southern zone OF the Mis-
sissippi Valley association, at meet-
ing called In Memphis for Sept Is by
II. II, Merrick, Of Chicago. president Of
the association.
In a letter to w. II, Hayley secre-
tary OF the Chamber Of Commerce, Mr
Merrick expressed the hope that enough
interest could he aroused in the meet
ing to draw at least 500 delegates TO
the convention, consisting of state Of
ficialS, United States Senators and
congressman, mayors, representatives
OF the press, of manufacturing orgRni.
cations, bankers, planters and mer.
chants OF the Southern states.
Mr., Mcrrick promises TO have some
man Of national reputation to address
the convention on THE Business Cri-
sis which viii be handled under tho
following headings;
(N, Government interference with
business (what the valleys SO per cent
can do TO stop III.
(hl, Shall we permit the government
to wreck the railroads?
: c), The menace of industrial UNI
rest (productionl,
Mr. Merrick plans also to address
the convention on some important phase
Of the general subject Hugh Hum
phreys, vice president Of the associa-
tion and leader of zone 2, will preside
over the convention. II viii be held
at the Chamber OF Commerce.
On Sept II, the day prior to the
convention, meeting Of the directors
OF the association. which includes big
men from every section of the Mis-
sissippi valley. will meet In Memphis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
Carnegie's Estate
Under 30 Millions
Last VIII Shows

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.--The will OF
Andrew Carnegie. made public today,
estimates the value OF the ironmas-
ters estate at between $25, 100000 and
10000 600
The will leaves the real estate and
all the works of art and household
goods to Mrs, Carnegie. The financial
provision for Mrs. Carnegie and her
daughter, Mrs. Miller, was made during
Mr. Carnegies lifetime.
A statement issued by Elihu Root,
Jr, says that Mr.. Carnegie's public
gifts and charities during his lifetime
exceeded $3.50, 900, 600.
The fourth article OF the will con-
tans a series Of legacies to charitable
institutions, while the NTH article con-
taius annuties to relatives and friends.
The Carnegie corporation of New York
is the reeiduary legatee
An annuity of $4,000 Is made to for
mer President Taft and annuities OF
IS 600 each to Mrs. Grover Cleveland
Crow Mrs. Thomas j. Preston) and Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt. widows of former
presidents.
An annuity Of $4,000 is made to Pro-
mier Lloyd George Of England
Public requests include Cooper Un-
ion New York, 100000; Pittsburgh uni
verslty, 5000, 600; relief fund OF the
Authors club. OF New York 00,O0Q;
Hampton institute, Virginia, $500, ,000;
stevens institute, Hoboken, n, j., $780,
Oo0: St Andrews society Of New York.
500 OO0
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
EPISCOPAL CHURCH is
PLANNING EXPANSION

Extension of the work of the Episco-
pal church in the United States will
be the object of nation wide cam
paign ito be launched following a meet
ing Of the national committee to be
held in New York City, Sept. TO- The
Rev. w. ]. l.. Clark, of Chattanooga,
chairman Of the campaign committee
in the diocese of Tennessee, will attend
as we'll as other prominent members
of the clergy and laity from all Sec
tions of the state.
At the general convention of the
church to be held in October the pro-
gram as outlined at the preliminary
conference will be, presented for ap-
proval.
The membership Of the national com
mittee for the nationwide campaign
numbers 125 Of the leading clergymen
and laymen of the church.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
WILSON INCLUDES
MEMPHIS IN TOUR
---s--V------
President Informs Senator
McKellar That He Will
Visit Bluff City.

President Wilson will include Mem
phis In his speech making tour which
will begin next Wednesday. Sept, Q. The
chief executive notified Senator X. ID.
MckelIar, at Washington. Thursday
that he had decided 10 include the
Bluff city In his itinerary.
The exact date of the presidents
visit and details are TO be arranged
later,
THE presidents journey In the in
terests of the peace treaty will include
n number Of Southern cities The first
stop will be at Columbus, o., where
he will probably speak In the evening,
Secretary Tumulty announces Indian
apolis probably will be the next stop
for the president, but the complete
itinerary has not as yet been worked
out
Accompanying the president will be
Mrs, Wilson, Admiral cary T, Gray
son, Secretary Tumulty and corps
Of secretaries and stenographers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
WILL ORGANIZE STATE
FOR JEWISH Relief

ATLANTIC CITY, N j., Aug 2S.-
Joseph Newburger, of Memphis, Tenn,
who is spending the summer at Atlantic
City, has accepted the Craftsmanship of
the $275,000 Tennessee campaign OF the
American Jewish relief committee. Mr..
Newburger says he will return to Mem
phis in the near future to complete this
organization of the state, task in
which he will have the. vigorous CO.
operation of Lee Loventhal, of Nash
vile, and other prominent men through
out the state.
The drive will commence in the
second week of October and the appeal
for funds will be on the nonsectarian
basis in view Of the type of relief work
done by the Jewish relief agents abroad
and the generosity Of Tennessee Jews
toward all other drives that have been
held in that state.
The funds raised will be part Of the
s35, 900, 900 that the American Jewish
relief committee is asking of the coun-
try in order to carry its work through
another year
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
REPUBLICANS CANNOT
CHANGE, SAYS SOL0N

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.---Attackng
Republican members OF congress- Rep
resentatlve Collier, Democrat, OF Mis-
sissippi, in speech today said they
were incompetent and incapable OF
changing" He said to perfect their or
ganl2ation Republican senator's and the
Republican national chairman had to be
consulted, and even after that II was
impossible to have smooth working
machine
A blessing to humanity, Collier said
came when the Democratic administra-
tion planned and put through the war
program. The Spanish American fig
zle," Collier said, when the Repub.
lican administration found difficulty In
transporting 225000 men few miles
from the mainland. argued against Re-
war"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
BROTH1 2(HOOD TO
HELP & OVERNMENT
END TRAIN TIEUP

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s-Saturday morning has been set
the time limit by which all striking railroad employees the
Pacific return work COR the brotherhood will sup
port the federal administration its endeavor operate trains
wherever they have contractsS
This ultimaum was today from the Cleveland head
quarters of the four broherhoods the strikers and
muncated also to the railroad administration which under
stood to have completed plans for esumng train the
unauthorized strike denounced illegal by the international
officers Of the brotherhoods is not terminated
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
WOMAN KILLED, TWO
HURT IN AUTO CRASH

TULSA. Okla, Aug. 2s.--One woman
is dead and Two men injured as the re-
suit of an automobile accident Wednes-
day night 10 miles from here on the
Tulsa Bixby road. Mrs. Lena Barnstet-
ter died at local hospital shortly fol-
lowing the accident, J. w. Kitchener.
owner of the car. suffered three broken
ribs, and Elmer Barnett driver. was in
ternally injured. but has chance to
recover.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
WOMEN NAMED ON
CITIZENS LEAGUE
EXECUTIVE BOARD

The personnel OF the women's exeou-
tive board of the Citizens league has
been completed and was approved
Thursday noon when the list was re-
ported by Mrs, Samuel j. Ellis, the
chairman, 10 n meeting OF the execu-
i've committee, over which j. IL,
Holmes presided
The members are Mines Il. q. will
inghan, A. u, Williams, Sam II. Phil
lips, j. l.. Manire, ]. w, Rees, u. #.
Balton, h =. Ware, Virginia f. Boyle,
VIM, II. Fineshrlber, Il, r, Varno, r..
I. Oswald, Walter Iandrum, Theo.
Hoepfnor Emma Breoden and Miss
Dorothy Fritchle.
The membership represents nearly all
sections OF the city and nearly all of
the, woniep have been active in either
club work, In the suffrage movement
or In the various war work activities of
the past few years.
Mrs, Ellis as vice. chairman OF tho
executive committee will also have gem
eral charge OF the women's orEanlza
tlons In the wards, which next win be
named
81 regard this movement for a clean,
nonfactional government for Memphis
as one IN which women should be Inter
ested, she said Thursday, mot as a
political movement so much as n great
civic movement and | am taking part
In II for that reason"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
KANSAS CITY DRENCHED
UNDER HUGE RAINFALL

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2s--Four and
one third inches Of RAIN had fallen here
by noon today, according to the weather
bureau. and severe electrical storm
accompanied by hard rainfall was con-
tinuing. with predictions Of further rain
during the day.
Lightning and small floods of water
across a number Of streets and boule
wards interfered with street cars and
other traffic early today, and electric
current was cut off In many parts of
the city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
REPORT OAKLAND MEN
BACK; FRISCO STILL OUT

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2S.-A strike
OF yard men and switchmen of the
three big trans continental lines had
ended at Oakland, Cal, and trains were
leaving on normal schedules there, but
the strike continued here, although
most OF the trains were being dis
patched out, officials of the United
States railroad administration an
nounced here today.