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ed here from Berlin. 1t is reported
an official representative Of the Unit
ed States is in Moscow and is willing
to submit the offer to the allies.
KILLING OF MEADOWLARKS
TOBE PERMITTED IN S. c.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 16.-The
Secretary of Agriculture has issued
an order permitting the killing of
imeadowlarks> in South Carolina by
persons owning or leasing farm land
On which sp.nutins coz. AMI cats are
being grown, and also by members
of such persons immediate family,
and by his bona fide employees. I'm
der the order weadowlarks may be
killed by shooting, from half an hour
before sunrise to sunset from Noycm-
ber 1, 1919, to April 80, 1920, in
elusive, in fields of sprouting corn
and sprouting oats when the birds
are committing or are to commit.
sclicus injury to these srrouting
grains. The order contains a lre-
striction prohibiting the killing of the
birds from artificial or natural
blinds. Furthermore, it DE: not per-
NIT ory of the birds killed to be
wantonly wasted or destroyed, sold
or offered for sale, or shi iopsi. trans
ported, or carried in a,'v manner, ex-
cept that they may be carried by the
person killing them to the residence
o" the lands of the owners or lessees.
there to be used for food purposes by
the persons authorized to kill them.
Meadowlarks killed within the period
above mentioned may be possessed
not longer than May 10, 1920.
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KIND OF MEN WHO
WILL TAKE CENSUS

Washington, Oct. 23.-Sixty-five
former soldiers and sailors have been
appointed supervisors for the Four
teenth Decennial Census, according
to to announcement issued to-day
by the Bureau of the Census.
"The Census Bureau was particu-
larly glad whenever it found a for
mer service man for the job of su-
pervisor," announced Director Of the
Census Sam L. Rogers. ''Most of
the applicants who qualified, however,
were men of more mature age and of
broader experience than the majority
of soldiers and sailors" ..
Three women appear on the list of
supervisors, one having been appoint
ed to serve in the State of New York,
one in Texas and one in Nevada.
This is the first time in the history of
the Census Bureau that women have
been selected to fill these positions.
OF the 372 supervisors chosen ap-
proximately 100 are lawyers. Ex-
service men come next in numbers
and editors rank third with more
than 40 appointments. Farmers are
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Peace Offer Proposed.

London, Oct. 23.-Michael l. Ter
estchenko, former minister of for
eign affairs of Russia, who fled to
Sweden from his native country in
1913, has proposed to the state coun-
Gil at Moscow that a peace offer be
made to the enemies Of Russia, ac-
cording to a wireless dispatch receiv-
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Steamship Hat....s .c-A at Sea.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 14.-The steam
ship Hatchie is afre off Cape Henry
and is proceeding to Hampton Roads
in tow of the revenue cutter Gresh-
am according to wireless reports re-
ceived here Monday. A call for assist
ance was received last night from the
Hatchie and the Gresham went al
at once to her aid.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
FIGHT WAY OVER
DUNA IN RIGA BATTLE

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 16.-Lettish
forces have fought their way across the
Duna river at Riga and operations there
are now developing favorably, accord
ing to a dispatch received from Libau
last night by the Lettish press bureau
here.
A state of siege has been declared
throughout all Lithuania and the mob
ilization of three classes of soldiers has
been ordered, 1t is %nounc in a tele-
gram received here from Rovno. Rus
sian troops under command Of Col.
Nerkolitch have been concentrated In
lithuania and with the help of Ger
mans have occupied telegraph and tele-
phone stations and converted schools
into barracks.
Trhe Lithuanian flag has everywhere
replaced the Russian colors. Col, Vier-
kolitch has issued a proclamation saw
ing II the lithuanians voluntarily re-
unite with old Russia, elf-government
viii be given Lithuania under Russian
sovereignty. The proclamation saws
that on the other hand, II the I.ithuan-
ians resist the Russians. they will be
regarded as traitors"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
SWIFT DENIES CHARGES
MADE BY COMMISSION

CHICAGO. Oct. 16,-Louis f. Swift,
president of Swift e Co, today an
severed charges made against his COM
pany in part four of the federal trade
commission report. he said:
THE packing industry is again put
In a wrong light by the latest INSTALL
ment OF the series of attempts on the
part Of the federal trade commission
to scare the American people into the
belief that the large packers are get
ting control Of the food supply OF the
country. In the first place the pack
ers do not control anything. Swift and
company is In active competition with
all other packers in the purchase and
sale of every product bought and sold.
The charge that the five packers have
divided the field. each specializing on
certain lines, Is absurd. Swift & Co.
handles only such products as logically
result from being in the packing bust
ness and such other products as can
be handled efficiently through its sale
organization and refrigerating equip
ment.
THE net result is that the lowering
OF selling costs, more direct marketing
from producer to consumer and better
service to the public. This statement
we stand ready to prove to any i'm
partial tribunal,
1T is silly for the trade commission
20 say that our statement that Swift
& Co. does not handle coffee, rice or
cereals proves that we have agreed
with other packers TO divide the field.
There Is no ground for the claim that
the large packers bid fair to domi-
ante the wholesale grocery business.
Swift & Co.'S sales Of grocery products
amount to a little owe one per cent
Of the total Wholesale grocery busl-
ness The five large packers together
handle not TO exceed three ner cent.
The trade commission's figures show
ing the percentage OF poultry, butter
and eggs handled by the large packers
are greatly exaggerated.
I'VE have issued figures based on
department OF agriculture reports shbw-
ing that Swift & Co, handles only about
six per cent Of the total quantity OF
these products sold in the United
States. There Is no combination or
agreement with other packers in the
handling ,of these prodNcts or to d.
vide territory in their purchase or sale.
II believe that the public is begin
ming TO learn that II can not rely on
the prejudiced and sensational charges
made by the federal trade commission
and that this commission Is doing the
country \ positive injury by stirring up
discomfort and misunderstanding.
L.E
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
GLASS OF SALTS
CLEANS KIDNEYS
-
III Your Back Hurts Or Bladder
Bothers You, Drink Lots
of Water,

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore. don't get scared and
proceed TO load your stomach with a lot
81 drugs that excite the kidneys and ir-
ritate the entire urinary tract. Keep
your kidneys clean like YOU keep your
bowels clean, by flushing them with a
mild, harmless salts which removes the
hody's urinous waste and stimulates
them TO their normal activity. The
function OF the kidneys IL to filter the
blood, In "a hours they strain from it
500 grains Of acid and waste, so we can
readily understand the vital importance
Of keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots OF WATERFOWL can't drink
100 much; also get from any pharmacist
about four ounces OF Jad Salts; take
a tablespoonful in a glass of water be
fore breakfast each morning for a few
days and your kidneys viii act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid OF grapes n lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations TO clean and stimulate
elogged kidneys; also TO neutrali2e the
acids in urine so It no longer IL a source
Of irritation, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
lad Salts Is inexpensive; cannot In
lure; makes a delightful 'e~rferVesceut
~lithia.water drink which everyone
sh%& take now and then to keep their
Kidneys clean ~andVactiVe. Try this, also
keep up the water drinking, and no
doubt you will wonder what became OF
your kidusy trouble and backache. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
TROOPS CONTINUE BIG
GARY BOMB PLOT WORK

GARY, Ind, Oct. DEMONSTRATION Of
radical bomb and antigovernment plants
and surveillance of suspected raids con-
tinued today In Gary, where army intel
ligence officers and federal operatives
already have uncovered a number of al
legged plots and arrested a score or more
agitators. Seven men, taken in a Sc
ries Of raids Tuesday night, are held on
deportation warrants, it was stated to-
day, and three others remain in Gus
tody.
An official report by Col. w. s.
Mapes, commanding the federal troops
sent here when the situation growing
out of the tseel strike got beyond the
power of state authorities, presenting
what was said to be documentary EVIL
denoe of the connection of radical lead
ers with the steel strike in Gary and
elsewhere were in the hands of MAJ
Gen. Leonard Wood. commander OF the
central army department. e Wood
declared Gary is a hotbed of anarchy"
The evidence submitted in the report
was said to be of a sensational nature.
alleged radical plot to capture the civil
government Of Gary and other steel
cities in the strike area. No official an
nouncement regarding the report has
been made, but 1t was stated 1t might
be made public later.
Anton Gorsko, detained n ques-
toned by the military authorities in
| connection with the bomb plot of last
| June, denied completely in the con-
| spiracy and also disclaimed informa-
ton that Alex ~Ivanoff, for whom the
| authorities are searching, had taken
| mart in IL.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
PACKERS CONTROL
OFFOODM MARKETS.
SHOWN BY REPORT
Continued From First Page)

. 49, 06AHt
which they operate, and even a thor
ough-going examination may fail to I'M
case"
y Four of the packers. Swift. Wilson,
Armour and Cudahy, the report states,
through their subsidiaries and not in
GLIDING family controlled companies,
handled in 1918 49.5 per cent of the es-
timated otal of shipped dressed poultry
and 80 per cent Of shipped eggs. The
same four handled 40 per cent of all
factory made cheese in 1918, the report
says, and adds: 80,
THAT the big five are in a position to
control rs to 80 per cent OF the cheese
of the state wisconsin, is generally
conceded"
Libby. Mcneil & Libby, a Swift con-
Germ, alone handled 1914 per cent OF
all evaporated and condensed milk in
1918, according to the report.
The Armour Grain company, a factor
in the cereal and breakfast food bust
ness, reported a surplus undivided prof
its for the year 1917 of S5,426, $50, after
deducting a rs per cent dividend on
capital stock, the report says, adding:
THE years net earnings amounted
to 81, sos, 912, or 900 per cent on the
capital stock, and 81 per cent on the
net worth Of the company, including
capital, surplus and undivided profits,
as reported at the close Of the fiscal
year 1916"
Production of lard compounds and
substitutes by the five packers dusing
the first six months of 1917 was placed
al 49,4 per cent Of the total, and oleo-
margarine at 81 per cent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
Catarrhal Deafness
and Head Noises
TELLS SAFE AND SIMPLE WAY
TO TREAT AND RELIEVE
AT HOME.

" you have catarrh. catarrhal deaf
ness or head noises caused by Catarrh,
or II phlegm drops in your throat and
has caused eatarrh Of the stomach or
bowels YOU will he glad 20 know that
these distressing symptoms may he en-
tirely overcome In many instances by
the following treatment which you can
easily prepare in Your own home at.lit-
tie cost, Secure from your druggist /
ounce Of Parmint Double strength
Take this home and add to IT q pint Of
hot water and a little graduated sugar,
stir until dissolved. Take one table
spoonful four times a day An improve
ment Is sometimes noted after the first
days treatment. Breathing should be-
come easy, while the distressing head
noises, headaches. duAness. cloudy
thinking, etc, should gradually disap-
pear under the tonic action OF the treat
ment, Loss of smell, taste. defective
hearing and mucus dropping in the back
OF the throat are other symptoms which
suggest the presence Of catarrK and
which 10y often be overcome by this
~efficaciSWE treatment. 1t Is said that
nearly ninety per cent OF all ear troubles
are caused by catarrh and there must,
therefore. be man people whose hear.
ing may be restored by this simple,
harmless, home treatment. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
ACIDS IN STOMACH
CAUSE INDIGESTION
Create Gas, Sourness and
Pain-How to Treat.

MedfealS authorities state that nearly
nine-tenths of the cases OF stomach
trouble, indigestion. ~sourness, burning,
gas, bloating, nausea, etc, are due to
an excess Of h~ydrochloric acid in the
stomach and not, as some believe, to
a lack Of digestive juices. The delicate
stomach lining is irritated, digestion is
delayed and food sours, causing the
disagreeable symptoms which every
stomach sufferer knows SO well.
Artificial digestents are not needed
in such cases, and may do real harm,
Try laying aside all digestive aids and
instead get from HamneT-B Ballard Drug
Co, or Washburn-Lyle Drug Co., or
any druggist, a small package of Bis
Mag Tablets and take two tablets in
a quarter glass OF water right after
eating. This sweetens the stomach,
prevents the formation of excess acid
and there Is no sourness, gasNor pain.
Bis-Mag Tablets are harmless to the
stomach. inexpensive to take and are
used by thousands of people who enjoy
their meals with no more fear of in
digestion. adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
H 0 W TO OAR K E N
GRAZ HAIR
Cincinnati Barber Tells How to
Make a Remedy for Gray Hair.

Mr. Frank Harbaugh, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, who has been a barber for more
than forty years, recently made the fol-
lowing statement
Anyone al prepare a simple mix
ture at home, at very little cost, that
will darken gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. To a half pint of water
add | ounce bay rum, a small box Of
Rarbo compound and Y ounce glycerine.
These ingredients can be bought at any
drug store at very little cost, Apply to
the hair twice q week until the desired
shade is obtained. This will make a
gray-haired person look twenty years
younger. 1t is easy to use. does not
color the most delicate scalp. is not
sticky or greasy and does not rub off.
adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
Canned Goods Also.

Complete figures to show the packer
interest in AIMED foods, such as fruits
and fish were not available, the report
says, but the business Of the big five
was shown to be large and growing.
The Libby company's canned food sales
alone showed a 225 per cent increase
in 1918 over 1915. Libby sales of canned
salmon increased from 4.6 per cent OF
the world pack in 1915 to 81 per cent
in 1918, the report shows.
80 complete has become the con-
troll, especially by Libby, Mcneil &
Libby, over the pineapple supply" the
report reads. that one Of the largest
| wholesale grocers in the country was
unable In the summer of 1918 to secure
any supply whatever
There is sufficient evidence, the re-
port continues, that the big five are
dividing The field among themselves.
IF Armour's grocery s~pecialties are
largely concentrated along such lines
as rice, cereals, certain kinds of canned
foods and cheese, and each of the
other of the five great packers con-
| centrates his s%pecialties along a few
well-chosen lines, the profitable fields
become pretty well covered and pretty
we'll ruled by the five"
The report declares the meat pack.
| ers ARE large speculators" and thai
their control OF capital and credit en-
ables them to buy in SUCH a way as
| to resell upon q Market IN which theil
/ purchases have forced up the price
It also asserts that the packers have
| extraordinary buying and marketing
power due to certain advantages, per,
haps not always unlawful, but Ger.
| tainly often unjustifiable."
Among these advantages are enumer.
ated packer control of AIS per cent O
orator car service, the highly favorabi,
rules obtained by the packers foI
mixed carloads Of fresh meats ant
packing house products, permitting
them to include a great variety of good
foreign to their slaughtering business
with resulting determinations, not alon,
in service, but also in rates.
Until the packers are shorn of tn
transportation advantages granted then
by the carriers" the report says, "ther
Is no way Of measuring their true in
dustrial efficiency"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
AGED WOMAN WALKS II
MILES TO GIVE TO CHURCH

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. l6-An aged
widow, living on u farm of a few acres
hat Craggv Mountain, n. c., the sole
support Of foul< orphan grandchildren,
l walked II miles to the West End Bap-
tst church Of Raleigh to contribute 80
cents to the Baptist SIS, 900. 600 cam
paign, making, according to Or. l., r.
Scarborough, general campaign direc.
tor, the largest In proportion to ability
| and most sacrificial gift that has been
made to the campaign.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
coucHEo SO HE COULDN'T sLgEp.

Bronchial coughs, tickling in throat
and asthmatic spasms break ones rest
and weaken one so that the system is
run down and serious sickness ma re-
suit, Enos Haibert, Paoli, Ind, writes;
coughed continually at night; could
hardly sleep. The first bottle OF Foley's
Honey and Tar relieved me, entirely
curing my cough" 1t covers irritated
membranes with a healing and soothing
coating, loosens phlegm and clears air
passages, Sold everywhere. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
FIND MAN SLAIN.

JOPLIN, Mo, Oct. 16.-With a bullet
e. Williams. ~, a lumber dealer of
| Springfield, Mo, and Miami, Okla, was
| found in a room in a hotel here. Sur
| viging williams are his widow, two
| daughters and a son, all of whom live
I'm Snringfield.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
HELD FOR KILLING.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct. la
Harry Howard, son OF a former chief
Of police of this city, was held 10 the
grand Jury after a hearing in
police court here Wednesday on the
charge OF killing II, Goldstein, we'll
known merchant, u few days ago. Gold
stein had discovered the presence OF
an intruder in his store and when he
entered vas shot and iatnllN Monndnd
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
FIND WoMAN'S BODY,

MACON, Ga, Oct, l6.--'fhe body Of
Miss Katherine Long, music eacher.
was taken from the OCmulgoe river late
Yesterday. The young woman had been
In III health. Witnesses told the core
ner's jury that they saw her crawl out
On the limb Of a tree on the river bank
and let go.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
ALLIED REPRlSAL ON
BALTIC FAR-REACHING

BERLIN, Oct, 16. -- A semiofficjal
statement issued here says the entente
prohibition Of German ships on Nth
Baltic extends also to German ships in
territorial waters, fishing boats being
particularly affected,
Such n sharp reprisal Is calculated
to evoke bitterness" the statement
SAYS,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16

menting food and foul gases, take the
excess bile from the liver and carry
out or the colon and bowels all the
cousttpated waste matter and polsons
SO YOU can straighten up.
CascaretS tonight will make YOU feel
great by morning. They work while YOU
sleep-uever Eripe, Sicken. or cause any
Inconvenience, they cost SO little too.
? adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
VETERANS
WANT LEAGUE AM ENDED

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct, 16.-
Members Of the Society of the Army
of the Cumberland, which is holding
it's annual reunion here, in discussions
opposed the ratification of the league
OF nations without amendment.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
NEW PosToFFIcE.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (Spl.)-A new
postoffice has been established at Cen
nett, Campbell county, Tenn. Andrew
Gennett has been named as the first
postmaster.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
Pierson General Manager.

Mr.. Pierson was unanimously elected
vice president and general manager, be-
coming the only paid official of the as
ISOLATION. It will be his duty to
handle the publicity for the association
and direct the organization OF units in
states, counties and municipalities.
Other officers elected for the ensuing
year were:
Vice presidents at Large-Mai. Harry
Halves, st. Louis; Henry M. Stewart,
Laurel Hill, La; +. G, Bell, McGregor,
la. Daniel sofield, Quincy, H.. and w.
A, Morgan, vicksburg, Miss.
an aicS Georges z. Me iGf New o orleans
Mississippi, Theo. Y. Wensel, Natchez;
Iowa, q. S. Marshall, Wapello; Illinois,
Hon. Eliza Williams, Pittsfield; Mime
sofa, p. II, McGarry, st, Paul; Tennes-
| see, w IL. Hayley, Memphis; Arkan-
sas, Louis Barton, Marion; Missouri,
Judge ]. r. Palmer, Ellsberry.
Directors for s~tates-lowa, W; B,
Hitler, Oakville; Illinois, H. f.. Scar=
| brough, Payson; Minnesota, u. A. Nc
Mahon, st, Paul. Tennessee, Samuel l.,
Calhoun, Memphis Arkansas, C.. P.
Browning, B~lytheville; Missouri, G. y.
Lightfoot, St. Louis; LOUISIANA, J.: Z,
j. NJ. Robert Shaw, Greenville.
Meet in St. Louis Next.
l.. j. Halle, of st. Louis, was unani-
| mously elected secretary, and l.. J.
Brooks, also of st. Louis, was made
| treasurer,
st, Louis was selected as the next
meeting place Of the association, after
a hard fight had been made by Fred
r. Lincoln, Of st. Paul, to have the
| convention select his city. The date
for the next annual session was moi
fixed.
The feature event OF the evening was
an address by Gov. Brough, of Arkan-
sas, in which he said that the fate OF
good roads development depends upor
the proper expenditure of funds nov
being voted to build highways. II These
are dishonesty expended and pool
roads put down at ruinous expense, q
reaction will occur from which 1t woult
take the doctrine of good roads a Ions
time to overcome.
Resolutions were adopted expressing
appreciation to the Memphis Chamber
OF Commerce for the royal entertain
ment' accorded the delegates.
When the delegates scattered to then
several homes they carried with then
the determination TO work diligently II
their own communities to strengthen
the association and to secure the APP
propriation OF funds to construct thu
Mississippi River Scenic highway
wherever there is a link which has no
been built mol provision made Tor III
building.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16

Baron Goto, the distinguished Japan.
csc statesman, arrived recently in New
York, and will spend SOME time in this
country With members OF his staff
he is now In Washington. where this
photograph was taken
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-07-31
Reward Is Offered
 For Ketchikan Man
 By Express Company

Frederick E. Patching, who was agent for the American Rail way Express company a. Ketchi kan, is alleged to have absconded on July , with several thousand dollars of the company's funds. Accompanied by his wife, he was last seen in Prince Rupert B. C., on July I.
 The American Express con- pany offers a reward of S200 for information leading to his appre- hension.
 Mir. Patching is said to have taken funds from the Express company and the Heekman Wharf company amounting to S4, 20O. Mr. and Mrs. Patching have been residents of Ketcllikan for a number of years. Empire.