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New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Worry Makes Skipper Ill
Ferguson Feared the West I'm.
bOden Was Unseaworthy

QUEENSTOWN, Sept. Tn re-
sponse to a wireless call Mr.. Mean
drews. the American Consul; Captain
Collins and a physician day met the
incoming American steamer West I'm
boden and found Captain Ferguson of
the steamer i'll in bed. 1t was said
that he became i'll four days ago. due
to worry and anxiety over the alleged
unseaworthness OF the West lmboden.
Captain Collins took command of the
steamer.
The West Imboden is a vessel of
1859 tons net and is owned by the
United States Shipping Board. She
left Norfolk August 20 loaded with
grain for Liverpool.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Transports Due the Nert 7tco Days
To-eloy

fromN nrre
artmen
ohm J.
General ohm
obert andB
PincesM Matoia fromB
mBrstAu Supply
,fomBo rdeauxA August 3
Tomorrow
Pacific romB no
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
HotU the War Saued the Schools
Actual Figures
Decrease.

SO factors enter
that
based the
other things equal and the schools filled
additional child
ha BEEN owe medi he war nota ved
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Humidity
Other Peoples Weather


WASHINGTON, Sept. High tempera-
lures prevailed during Sunday the CEN
tral and northern districts east Of the Rocky
Mountains except in the extreme Northwest,
the maximum temperatures ranging gem
orally from 80 to "a degrees. Temperatures
have risen also west of the Rocky Mountains
except in California.
Pressure is rising slowly over the
Western half of the country and falling
over the Eastern half with generally settled
weather except in the extreme South, South
west and Northwest and the North Pacific
states. including Northern California, where
there were rains.
I'hr weather will prevail Monday and
Tuesday in the Ohio valley. the upper lake
region, the East and South. except in the
extreme South where local thunder showers
probable. and in the northern upper lake
"cRion, where showers are probable by Mon
day night Tuesday with falling tempera-
lures. Otherwise warm weather will con-
tinue generally
Forecasts for Special Districts Western
Pennsylvania and Western New York, fair
and continued warm Monday and probably
Tuesday.
Eastern New York, fair and continued
warm Monday and probably Tuesday.
Southern New gland fair Monday and
Tuesday, little change in temperature
New Jersey and Delaware. fair and contin-
ued warm Monday and Tuesday.
Eastern Pennsylvania. fair and continued
warm Monday and probably Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
FOREIGN PORTS

Antwerp Sept 4.-Arrived: Steamer
Ardgowan. New York.
BATAVIA. Aug. 2s.-Arrived: Steamer
Madden putch), New York via St. Vim
I BEACHY HEAD. Sept 5-Passed
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Total Officially -Four Legal
regis Oh pnrt hours or Actnnl cnpnc-

The figures used are those for
March, the month on which the budget
estimates are based, and show how
far the city is short of having room
to give proper care to all it's school
children. Included in the number
having four hours instruction or
under are the frst-year children,
four hours is a full day under a rul-
ing by the board. The falling off in
the number of actual sttings about
1917 was due to the fact that at that
time it was decided to limit all classes
to fifty so that any excess of sittings
in a room above that number were
dropped from the count
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08

Hlgnest temperature yesterday, W degrees
lat p. m.) lowest, 68 lat 7 80 n. m.)
average. 70; average same date last year, 62
average same date for thirty-thre years. 50
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
10000 Are ON
Part Time as
Schools. Open
Continued from page I

cover part-time condition and to save
room. There are nearly hundred
thousand children in the first grade,
and although many are in buildings
where there is plenty of room to give
them five hours instructions there has
still be a conside erable saving.
There is legal measure of the in
adequacy Of the plant which New York
has provided for its children. A state
law fixes the legal capacity" of a
;schoolroom, according to floor space,
headroom and ventilation. Under this
law, though the city has school
registration of S17,149, it has only
6s9,o44 legal sittings." Actually there
are 742,374 sittings provided in the
schools, or about 10000 more than the
average attendance, but they are so
badly distributed with reference to
population because Of it's shifting in
recent years that there are hundreds
of vacant rooms in come parts of the
city, while in others the children sit
three on bench, or get only part Of
fair days schooling
The growing shortage of seats is
shown in the table:
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Shipping News

High Water
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Court Finds
Transit Lines
Need Relief
Continued from page /

ton, based Gas all just determinations
must be) on an accurate knowledge of
the facts"
Letter of Stone & Webster
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Weather Report

Sun rises. 6 :2S a. m Sun sets Z 10 p. m.
Moon rises. 10 D. m Moon SETS. AS a. m.
Local Forecast.--Fair and continued warm
to-day and probably tomorrow; moderate
winds, mostly south and southwest.
Local Official Record.-The following Of
fetal record shows temperatures during the
last twenty four hours in comparison with
the corresponding date of last year:
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
P. G. in

rent nry Salaries for Number Of Average
'ades. instructors. instructors salaries
New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Netu York School Expenditures
Expenditures

ENEJeHUIVUIcc co
excluding P. G. per
investment. pupil.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
Rupture Kills
1000 Annually

Seven thousand persons each year are
laid away-the burial certificate being
marked Rupture Why? Because
the unfortunate ones had neglected
themselves or had been merely taking
are of the sign (swelling) of the af-
Fiction and paying no attention to the
cause. What are you doing? Are 70,
neglecting yourself by wearing a trusa
appliance, or whatever name you ciAoosd
to call 1t? At best, the. truss iSS onIJ
a makeshift-a false prop against a. col
lapsing wall-and cab not be expected
to act as more han a mere mechanical
support. The binding pressure retardd
blood circulation, thus robbing the
weakened muscles of that which thew
need most-nourishment.
But science has found a way, and
every truss sufferer IN the land ~ in
vited to make a FREE test right Il
the privacy Of their own home. Thy
PLAPAO method is. unquestionably the
most scientific, logical and successful
self-treatment for rupture the world
has ever known.
The PLAPAO PAD when adherind
closely to the body can not possible
slip or shift out of place, therefore, cafI
not chafe or pinch. Soft as velvet
easy to apply-inexpensive. To be used
whilst you work and whilst you sleep
No straps, buckles or springs attached
Learn how to close the hernial open
ing as nature intended so the rupturd
CAN'T come down.. Send your name to-
day to PLAPAO CO., Block 6S5, St|
Louis, Mo, for FREE trial Plapao and
the information necessary. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
NEGROES IN FRANCE ARE
APT AT FRENCH TONGUE

JACKSON, Miss, July 81. {Spl.)-
American negroes In France picked up
the French language more rapidly thar
white soldiers, according to Capt. Ar
thur Fridge, OF the quartermaster's
corps, United states army, who has re-
turned home after a years service with
the American expeditionary force.
Il can't explain II except on the the
ory that the negro has a reader ear
for Nsound than The white man. sa d
Capt, Fridge. ut was astounding how
quickly many Of the negroes In our
labor battalions picked UP a working
acquaintance with the French language.
They never obtained It's fundamentals,
Of course, but II didn't take them long
to pick up enough French to make
themselves understood among the ma
tives,"
Capt, Fridge had a very unusual mill
tary record, He was serving ms adju-
~tant-general of Mississippi during the
Brewer administration, wearing the sim
gle star OF a %brlgadier. After reslgning
that office he entered the quartermas-
ter's corps as a civilian clerk at New
orleans, having been promised n com
mission In the regular service. A hitch
at Washington delayed the issuance OF
the commission, Fridge was In a hurry
to get TO France, NO he enlisted as a
private in the army, and was sent 10
h port OF d~ebarkation ut Newport
News, His knowledge of military mat
ters was quickly discovered and wo,
for him the stripes OF u sergeant. 4
few weeks later he was given n cap.
tain's commission and sent to Franc,
to the work OF supplying the army With
fuel. He landed In New York on july
I and received his honorable discharg,
a few days ago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
Bureau Aids
West Tenn. TOWns
To Market Stock

The farm development bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce has assisted the
county agents in II towns in West Ten
nessee to make cooperative shipments
Of live stock since the last report of DIR.
Il. R., Lloyd. director of the bureau
was filed, The last report was filed
during the latter week of June at a
meeting Of the farm bureau committee.
The towns from which shipments
were made are as follows:
Bolivar, n car Of sheep and hogs:
Somervile, n car of hogs, three cars
of cattle. one car of poultry and one
car of lambs: Brownsville. one car of
lambs; C~apleville, one a Of hogs;
Whiteville, one mixed car of sheep and
hogs.
"These were the first cooperative
shipments ever made from three of
these points. and the car of poultry
mentioned was the first cooperative
poultry shipment in the state" said DR..
Lloyd in his report of July 10.
Aid has been given to between 40
and so county agents and farmers in the
three. states in disposing of Irish pota-
toes" he continued. Practically all
shipments were in carload lots, This
service included furnishing the shipper
information on how to pack and load
and to what market to ship and to
whom to sell.
similar assistance has been given ir
a smaller way to the marketing Of
peaches, tomatoes, roasting ears and
hay"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
MISSISSIPPI BAPTISTS
CLOSE ENCAMPMENT

BLUE MOUNTAIN. Miss, July 81.
tSpl)-The 1919 midsummer session OF
the North Mississippi Baptist encamp-
ment closed here Sunday evening after
having been under way for eight days
and having established a record for
both attendance II excellence Of Its
program.
The 1920 session will convene here
July li-l6 and will remain in session
for six days In place Of eight AS in
previous conventions. by this short
age Of the time OF meeting, more min
listers and religious workers can more
easily attend the whole gathering,
thus being able TO be- present the en-
tire time with absence from their
charges Tor only one Sunday.
The naw officials chosen for next
year are: Or. Webb Brame, Drew,
Miss, president; ]. T, Swain, New AL
hapy, Miss, vice-president; A. A. Ora.
ham and Or. r. A. Kimbrough, Blue
Mountain, Miss, treasurer and secre.
tary, These gentlemen with the fol
lowing make up the 1920 executive
committee: j n. Berry, Tupelo, Miss.
Roland Leavell. oxford, Miss; j. +,
Tull, New Albany, Miss, Il. w. Knight,
Corinth, Miss, with DIR. W, T. Lowrey,
president Of Blue Mountain college, as
chairman.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
. DELICIOUS SPREAD
A Syrup That's Good
All the Year

Domino Golden Syrup is n real sur.
prise TO the sweet .aste-so satisfying
so appetiEtns, 1t appeals to every
body with it's delicate flavor.
A pure cane product-so wholesome
YOU can drink II. Eat it every meal
and mover tire Of It. A fine food for chill
dren-a treat for the grown
You viii like Domino Golden Syrup
1t is so different, 1t has a most
tempting "smack'-sweet. but not too
sweet, a taste that's just a little bit
better"
Just tho proper consistency, neither
thick nor thin. Speads easily and
makes everything better. Try II on
bread, cakes. waffles and biscuit,
There's nothing half SO good.
You win find Domino Golden Svrur
at your grocer's in two slzes-is OF
and 20 %. ans. Order some today
1t is made by the American Sugar Re.
filming Company, r~efiners of Domino
Package Sugars-Granulated, Tablet
Powdered, Confectioners, Brown. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
GLAD TO PASS IT .
ALONG, He SAYS
Elmer DOonan Declares Tan
lac Relieved Him of Rheu-
matiSm.

u am glad to tell anybody about a
medicine that did me as much good as
Tanlac has" said Elmer Doonan, Of
4S4 Fisher Ave, Detroit, Mich, re-
Gently.
1T was what I read in the papers
about Tanlac that caused me to try II"
he continued, "and I want to pass the
good word along for the benefit Of
others. For a long time / had rheuma-
tism so bad that my hands and wrists
would swell up and pain me terribly.
and | would hardly be able to sleep at
night. on account of my sufferings. /
would get up in the morning feeling so
tired and worn out / could hardly drag
myself off to work, I got so bad that l
was losing time from my work and
simply couldn't keep up.
after trying everything else with
out getting any better / got some Tan
lac, and 1t has done me a world Of
good. l sleep fine, have a splendid APP
petite, and am entirely relieved of my
rheumatism"
Tanlac is sold in Memphis by War
mock Drug Co. and Weiss Pharmacy
and by all the leading druggists in
practically every city, town and viii
lage In America. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
DR.. LAWRENCE HEADS
MISSISSIPPI DRIVE

Or. ]. B. Lawrence, corresponding
secretary of the Mississippi State Bap-
fist convention, has been appointed
state organizer for the Baptist $75, 000,-
600 campaign. He will. be assisted by
n. T. Tull, state budget man, and ]. f.
Byrd, state Sunday school secretary.
DR., n. NJ. King, pastor of the Second
Baptist church Of Jackson, Miss, has
been appointed special solicitor OF large
donations.
r, B. Gunter, for nearly two years
executive secretary of the Mississippi
Baptist education commission, has been
given a leave Of absence by the com
mission until Dec. l to serve as state
publicity director,
Mississippi will be divided nto six
districts with a district organizer for
each district. The states quota is
$500, 900, apportioned as follows: For
eign missions. $933. $780,; home missions,
S56S, 900; Christian education, 1894, 900;
state missions, $685., 600; ministerial re-
lief, $4,000 orphanage, s105, 900, and
hospitals, stB5, sol,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
DEATH CLAIMS OLD
CITIZEN OF MILAN

The remains of r. T.. Edwards, who
died Saturday night after a long ill
ness at his home, l643 Madison avenue,
were taken Sunday night to his former
home in Milan, Tenn, for i%nternnent.
He has been a resident of Memphis for
several months,
Mr., Edwards was one of the leading
citizens OF Milan, having been engaged
for many years in the cotton business,
and had filled the position Of mayor.
When his health broke he moved to
Memphis. where two of his daughters
reside. One Of them, Miss Birdie Ed
wards. has been associated with the
Baptist Memorial hospital office for
several years, while another. Miss Merle
Edwards, is a graduate nurse. Another
daughter resides in Mississippi.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
FULL PEACE TERMS
GIVEN AUSTRIANS
BY ALLIED CHIEFS
Drastic Reparation, Finan-
CiaI and Military Clauses
Will Render Former Enemy
Helpless.

PARIS, July 21.-The full peace con
ditions of the allied and associated
powers are now in the hands Of the
Austrians. The first section Of the
terms was presented TO the Austrian
delegates at st. German June .. The
final sections were delivered to them at
the same place yesterday without cere-
mony by M Dutasta, secretary-geneTaI
OF the peace conference. The terms
comprise the whole treaty which Aus
tria Is asked TO sign, including repara
ton, financial, military and certain
other minor clauses NOT ready when the
official ceremony took place.
In an accompanying memorandum
the Austrians are granted 10 days III
which to make their final observations,
although they have already submitted
a large number OF notes.
In addition to the published sum-
mary of the terms of June 2, the new
clauses provide for PREPARATION arrange
ments very similar to those in the
treaty with Germany, including the es-
Establishment Of an Austrian subsection
Of the ~reparations commission, the pay
ment OF a reasonable sum in cash. the
issuing of bonds and h delivery OF
live stock and certain historical and ART
documents.
The financial terms provide hat the
Austrian prewar debt shall be appor-
toned among the various former parts
VI AhsNI lh I'll Nild lllt Auoll lhil oiAt
age and war bonds circulating in the
separated territory shall be taken uf
by the new governments and redeemed
as they see fit.
Under the military tennis the Aus.
trian army is henceforth reduced e
30, 900 men On n purely voluntary basis
The army shall be used exclusively
for the maintenance of internal order
and control of frontiers. All Officers
must be regulars, those of the present
army to be retained being under tht
obligation to serve until 40 years old
those newly appointed agreeing to al
least 20 consecutive years of active ser
vice. Noncommlssioned officers and pri'
Yates must enlist for not less than /
consecutive years. including at least sil
years with the colors.
Within three months the armament
of the Austrian army must be reduced
according to detailed schedules, anC
all surplus surrendered. The manufac'
ture of all war materials shall be con
fined to n single factory under thu
control Of the state and other sucf
establishments shall be closed or con
verted. Importation and expectation o
arms, munitions ana war materials o
all kinds Is forbidden.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
Edison Succeeds
As Fire Fighter

WEST ORANGE, n. j., July 2i.-
Despite his Y years, Thomas A.,
Edison qualified az a fire fighter
yesterday, when. after a small blaze
broke out in a bakery connected
with the Edison plant here, he or
ganlzed a number Of employees into
a bucket brigade and eXtinEuished
the flames before the arrival Of the
fire department.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
Accepts Responsibility.

The allied and associated govern
ments affirm and Austria accepts the
responsibility Of Austria and her allies
for causing loss and damage to which
the allied and associated governments
and their nationals have been subjected
as a consequence Of the war imposed
upon them by the aggression of Austria
and her allies.
While recognizing that Austria's re-
sources will not be adequate to make
complete reparation, the allied and as
ISOLATED governments request, and Aus
tria undertakes that she will make com
pensation for damage done to civilians
and their property, in accordance with
~categories Of damages similar to those
provided In the treaty with Germany.
The amount OF damages is to be de-
termined by the PREPARATIONS commits
sion provided for in the treaty with
Germany, which Is to nave a special
section to handle the Austria situation.
The commission will notify Austria be-
fore May l, 1921, of tRe extent of her
liabilities and of the schedule of pay
ments for the discharge thereof during
a period OF 30 years.
As immediate reparation, Austria
shall pay during 1918, 1920 and the first
four months of 1921, IN such a
as provided by the r~eparations COM
mittee "a reasonable sum which shall
be determined by the commission
Three bond issues shall be made, the
first before May /. 1921, without inter-
est, the second at ~ per cent interest
between 1921 and 1925 and thereafter
at 3 per cent with an addition and
ming in 1926, and a third at five per
cent when the commission Is salts
fled that Austria III meet the inter
est and sinking fund obligations, The
amount shall be divided by the allied
and associated governments in proper
tions determined upon on a basis of
general equity.
The Austrian section OF the repara-
lions commission shall include repre-
sentatives Of the United States, Great
Britain, France, Italy, Greece, Poland,
Czecho- Slovakia. The first four shall
each appoint a delegate with two votes,
and the other five shall choose one
delegate each yea to represent them
all. Withdrawal from the commission
I l.. -. "a
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
AUTO TIRE

JACKSON, Tenn, July q. (Spl)-
While filling an auto tire with air at
a pumping station here yesterday Har-
vey LAWYER, a young man, came very
near losing the sight of an eye when
the tire exploded, blowing particles of
and in his eyes. At the sanitorium 1t
was stated that while his eye was In
bad condition the sight could probably
he saved .H
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
"Y' MAN AND ARKANSAS
PRIVATE ARE HONORED

WASHINGTON, July 2l.-Wm. n
Farmer, a Y. M G. A. secretary ~
Pittsburgh, has been awarded the Dis.
tinguished Service Cross, the war de-
partment announced today. for extra
ordinary herolsm In action while at
Other awards TODAY ,ynre
PriVates. George w. Gardner, Lonoke
Ark, and Calvin Atchavit, Walters,
Okla. ''
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
HUNS RETURN LOOT.

BRUSSELS, July Il. (By the Assoc
ciated Press 1.-THE work of recovering
stolen Belgian machinery from Ger
many is proceeding with full swing,
approximately 5000 tons Of machinery
are being shipped back weekly to the
original owners by German industrial
firms who have set them up In their
own factories. Total tonnage returned
on July | Is $4,000,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
WAR VETERAN FLIES
ACROSS mediterranean

PARIS, July 21.-Capt. Morchal, an
aviator who tried to fly from France
to Russia during the war but was
Saturday flew in a hydroplane from
Strappael, DEPARTMENT of Var, across
the Mediterranean to Bizerta, Tunis.
Capt. Morchal covered the distance
Of about $50 miles in five hours and
40 minutes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
o STRIKES END.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2l.-Except
In San Grancisco Oakland, Sacramento
and a few small towns, the strike Of
telephone operators and electricians
which was called June is for increased
wages and changed working conditions.
came to an end today. The strike af-
fected all Pacific coast states and Ne
ZadQ
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
BLUE MOUNTAIN GIRL
|r' TO TEACH AT NEWTON

BLUE MOUNTAIN. Miss, July 81.
(Spl)-Miss Mary shannon, Of the 1919
senior class OF Blue Mountain college.
who enjoyed the special distinction of
being queen OF the May, the highest
social honor OF the school, has just ac-
cepted a place on the faculty Of Clarke
Memorial college, Newton, Miss, for
the coming session.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
R WILCOX BACK.

NEW YORK. July 2l.--Mrs. Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, the writer, who has
beer seriously III in a London hospital,
returned to this country yesterday or.
the Cunard line steamship Aquitania.
stretcher. Her condition Is improved
and hope for her ultimate recovery Is
expressed.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
Codes All Vessels.

Austria, recognizing the right of the
allies to ton-for-ton replacement of all
ships lost or damaged in the war, cedes
all merchant ships and fishing boats be-
longing to nationals of the former m
pire, agreeing to deliver them within
two months to the re~parations COM
mission, with a view to making good
the losses in river tonnage, she agrees
TO deliver up 20 per cent OF her river
fleet.
The allied and associated powers re-
quire, and Austria undertakes, that In
part reparation she will devote her
economic u to the physical
restoration of invaded areas. Within 60
days Of the coming into force of the
treaty. the governments concerned shall
file with the r~eparations commission
lists Of animals, machinery, equipment
and the like destroyed by Austria and
/ which the governments desire replaced
in kind. and lists OF the materials which
they desire produced In Austria for
work OF construction and which shall be
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
TWO INJURED WHEN
R, R, BOILER LETS GO

MONTGOMERY. Ala. July 2l.-win
Simpson, fireman, was probably fatal
" scalded and 4. b, Sigler. engineer,
was slightly injured when the boiler
Of n freight engine on the Atlantic
| Coast Line railroad exploded hear Leila,
GA Sunday