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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
NO TINE WASTED
|. ON AUTO THEFIS

In years gone by the report that a
nejrhbor's horse was stolen, even ii 1t
was q broken-down old equine OF Cd,
solete model, spawned, ~windgalied ana
stifled, was sufficient to arouse tne
countryside and put the consta6ies on
edge. Horse stealing was looked upon
with greater horror than the roooing
Of a bank.
But in the swift cycle Of time many
changes are wrought, Old Dobbln has
deprecated in the respect of his former
worshippers, even II ne has Increased
in price.
Instead Of the faithful horse the auto
mobile now holds sway, but how DIFF
ferent is its Importance In the eyes
Of the guardians Of the law. No mid
night vigil on lonely country tof
stolen cars-not even on sheltered street
corners where telephone poles furnish
admirable resting places. Rather, It's
something like this when the telephone
tinkles 1t that handsome stone palace,
known as central police headquarters:
rs this the police %station?'
Yeah, whatcha want?'
my automobile was stolen a whue
ago and ! would like to have you Keep
a watch for It."
Eat so? Why don't yer buy a lock?
What's 'er NUMBER
The unfortunate owner supplies the
information.
alright, wei DO Wct we can, 10
the comforting reply.
Whereupon the minion of the law set
ties back in his comfortable swivel
chair, relights his pipe and begins to
blow smoke circles-pretty circles in the
air,
II is no small wonder that but a very
small per cent OF cars stolen is recov-
cred. often the effort of the police is
represented in taking down the num-
| hnTg pf tho automobile.
Three automobiles were stolen Mon
day night in Memphis. ]. H. Rast,
Millingon. Tenn, drove to Memphis and
parked his car at jefferson avenue and
Second street. When he returned he
found his machine was missing. The
police are still looking for it, perhaps.
Pete Pappas reported his car was
taken from in front Of Jansen's cafe.
on South Main street, in the center OF
the business district. There was no
report at police headquarters Tuesday
morning to Indicate it had been found.
j. W. Simpson, S52 Jackson avenue
was the third owner to report his car
stolen. He furnished the name OF a
suspect to the police. Neither the sus-
pect nor the automobile had been
found Tuesday morning.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
Sent To WOrkhOuse
By Testimony OF
Divorced Wife

Pleading guilty to an assault made
on a. l.. Grady, Of Forrest City, Ark,
with brass knueks i. A. Soften, charg-
I'd with assault to murder, was given
30 days In the workhouse late Monday
and d fine Of $50 by n jury in the Sec
ond criminal court. .
Soften did not change his plea Of not
guilty TO that Of guilty until all Of the
testimony was in.
Soften was indicted by MS former
wife, Mrs. D. &. Foster, VINO was d.
vorced from him. She testified that
while she was returning to her home in
company with Grady, Soften attacked
thorn knocking Grady down with a pair
OF brass knucbs, grabbed her umbrella
from her and knocked her down. She
alleged ne also had a knife In another
hand.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
The standing of the teams to date is;

Total ..........,. 1884 $l01,62
The large recent subscriptions were:
$1,000-R. W. Bailey.
$500. A. Hayley n Pidgeon-
Thomas Iron Co,
$4OO-w. b. Mallory & Sons Co.
$250-E. c. Atkins & Co.
$20O--I. Samelson & Co., Virginia
Bridge and Iron Co. and H. Wetter
Mfg. Co. "
$I5O-Clover Farm Dairy Co.
$t00-Dillard & Coffin Co., Chickasaw
Bldg. o,,'Lewis R. Hardy, ]. II, Hines,
Lee Lumber Co, Julius Levy & Sons
Co, G. w. Macrae, Memphis Stone and
Gravel Co., Mrs. ]. X. Millen, Reed 4
Duecker, Shelby County Cotton Oil
Mills, w. N. Taylor and S. c. Toof &
Co. -,
SOW. P. Battle. Thos. Bufard, Phil
M. Canale, Chevrolet Motor Co., "A, G.
Even, Clifford Crowell Crockery Co,
House Bond Hdw. Co.. James I: Ken
dali, Memphis Rice Mill, B. l.. Mallory
Harry Schrock and X. T.. FAINT.
$45-Jos. Fowler Electric co.
$40-W. D. May.
$30-E. J.. Gardiner.
$50. Il. Ewing & Co.. J. p. Gam
| mon, L. c. Going, l.. l.. Hldinger. Jones
& Furbringer, J. T. Jordan, c. T. KEEL
ley, Jeff B. Marmon, DR., Moore Moore
| e. l.. MCGEE, Thornton Newsum, J, r
TAYLOR, Kenon Taylor, Jewel Tyson, NJ
f. Verret, E. T. Warnock n j. Ii
Watson,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARkEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
end Glossy.

Almost everyone knows thai Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ca. brings back the natural color and
lus.re to the hair when faded, streaked
~ prav' Years ago the only way to
x.t this mixture was TO make, it at
Tome, which Is mussy and troublesome,
Nowadays we simply ask at any drug
store for "Wyeth's Sage and sulphur
~Compourd.'. You viii get q large bot
IN III this old time recipe improved BY
tnh addition OF other ingredients. at
Wv little cost. Everybody uses this
preparation now. because no n can
possibly tell that o darkened your
bsir As Il does Il so naturally and
eVenl,, You dampen 3 sponge or soft
T,usH with X and draw this through
totr hair. taxing one small strand at q
Time: by morntng the gray hair dlsap-
tpw9,your hair becomes beautifully dark
fhitk and glossy aud YOU LOOK years
younger, "NN
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
RED CROSS NAMES
NOV. DAY
American Legion Will Open
Membership Drive, Aided
by Woman's Division.

The American Legion Will go over
he top for the third annual Red Cross
roll call on Monday, Nov. 3.
Although the drive opens officially
on Nov. 2 for one week, no actual work
solicitation will be done on the open
ing day. because it is Sunday But:
from their pulpits, the ministers of
Memphis and Shelby county will laud
the drive. This Sunday will be known
as Red Cross day.
Legion day was fixed for Nov. 3 at
a meeting Of the chairman and execu
tive committee of the American Legion,
Mrs. K. G. Duffield and Mrs. Harry
the woman's division for the drive, and
John f. Lippitt, Memphis and Shelby
county manager of the campaign. The
meeting was held Monday.
w. NJ. Stanton, chairman Of Memphis
post No. l, American Legion, assured
the ladies and Mr., Lippitt that they
could count on the legion battling as
Naliantly for memberships in the Red
Cross, at 81 each, as ever many of
them did on the fields of France, in
the CORY days of war.
But the legion alone viii not do all
of the work Monday, Nov. 8. The wo-
mems division. both in the city and
county, will start to work on that day,
as will the members of the Parent
Teacher association, which win can
vass the residential portion of the city
while the legionaiTes and the woman's
division work the downtown section
among business and professional men.
Completion of the organization of the
women for the drive will take place al
the Savoy theater on Thursday morn.
ing at 10 o'clock. All women interested
in the drive will attend, If possible. AT
inspiring motion picture Of three reels
entitled the Heart of Humanity vii
be shown. II illustrates the work th'
Red Cross has done and will do.
Members Of the legion are urged T.
attend a meeting at headquarters Tues
day night at s o'clock, when team cap
tains will be named, and the plan o
solicitation worked out, Members ar
urged to recruit memberships amont
their W families, and in the factorie
and offices in which they work.
Headquarters for the legion on lie
gion day will be at the booth at Mai
street and Union avenue, while tn
women of the city and county, who vii
work throughout the week, will hav
headquarters at the Memphis chapte
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28

negro exercised patience and the Amer
lean white mar would be just there
would be no ace problem.
The better element Of negroes ana
white men, he said, did not precipitate
the a riots of recent weeks, but
these disorders we're largely due TO the
foreign element in cities Of the North;
His Experiences In France, England
at the peace conference were related In
a highly intresting ann -
III the American white mai would
not transfer his affections from the
American negro, who speaks his Ian
guage and knows his customs, TO a
foreign born people who neither speak
the English language or know Amer
can customs, there would be no race
problem simmons averred. And, what
the American negro wants from me
American white man is justice, but, in
our desire for justice we must exer-
else patience and there will be better
times ahead"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
Y. NJ. c. PASSES
HALF WAY POINT
Clarence Saunders Sends His
Check for $1,000 to
]. R. Hyde.

The feature Of the Y. NJ. c. A. cam
paign at the noon luncheon Tuesday was
the arrival Of q check from Clarence
Saunders, Piggy Wiggly magnate, for
$1,000, sent through ]. r. Hyde.
More than one-half of the $4,000
budget for the Y. NJ. C. A. has been ac-
counted for by 755 subscriptions. Less
than o~ne-fourth of the 5000 names on
the prospect list supplied the cam
paign workers has been c~anvassed. On
account of the u~nfavorable weather
conditions the teams labored under a
handicap that made impossible the ag-
gressive drive as planned for the early
days Of the drive, but the success at
tanned for the amount of persons seen
has exceeded the expectations OF every
one connected with the drive.
Beginning Tuesday noon, the teams
did not confine their efforts to the
prospect lists, but waged a general AN
VaSs.
y - - H.. A.a-.. 10 1aAn de-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
Simmons Lectures To
Blacks On Patriotism
For Roosevelt Fund

Roscoe Conkling Simmons, noted lee
turer and leader of the negro race was
the speaker at Church's auditorium
Monday night. He addressed an au-
dience of nearly 1900, many being turn
ed away.
Simmons lecture was given in con.
nection with the Roosevelt Memorial
campaign and the money derived from
the admission fee charged will be de-
voted to the memorial fund being raised
in Memphis by the negroes.
The subject of the lecture was
"~Americanisn, the character OF Roose-
Welt and the relation of the races In
the South Simmons asserted his
Afnerfcanism in no uncertain manner
and declared that II the Americas
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28

Of the American Red Cross, Court ave-
nue ana second street. "A woman with
buttons and blanks also viii be STA
toned at the legion headquarters to
supply workers.
There arc $4,000 memberships for
1919 in the Red Cross, to be renewed
in Memphis and Shelby county durlng
the week Of the drive. Then the worh-
crs have set their hearts on obtaining
several thousand new members. the
cost is alike in each case, 81 for the
dues for 1920. One-half the money coli
lected will be expended in relief work
ia Memphis. The other half goes 70
national headquarters Of the American
Red Cross, washington, d. C.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
Women's !.
Suits, Coats,
Dresses.
Third Floor.
|. 0. 0. F. GRAND LODGE Is
MEETING AT J0NESB0R0

JONESBORO. Ark. Oct. IS. (Spl)-
The session of the grand lodge of the
l. 0. O. T.. convened in this city this
morning with about 800 delegates and
visitors present.
The regular routine work of encamp-
ment and secret work was carried on.
Tonight they viii be rendered a receD-
ton by the city at the Empire theater.
The Elks' home, the knights Of
pythias club and the y. NJ. G. A. quar-,
tiers have all been thrown open for the
use and pleasure Of the !. O.. o. +. Wis
itors.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-28
Highly Endorsed

| BY all who have smoked them. Samel-
| sons Extra Cigars, Regular lie
smokes fur fc. adr'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
TWO ARE WOUNDED IN DOCK BATTLE
SAILORS SHOOT
LONCSHOREMEN

Two men shot, several received minor injuries
and four arrested the result of battle be-
longshoremen and shipping board sailors. who
acting water front guards, at o'clock this morning. at
the Hanford ST. dock. About 80 participated in the dis
rbance. Walter Dunbar and Donald Beaon longshore-
men, in the city hospital. seriously wounded
Frank Spring, 81, shipping board sailor and special
guard is alleged to have shot both.
Spring and two other guards, w J. Flynn, So and c.
Campbell Az in the city JAIL A. Nelson longshore
man, is held witness.
Officiousness the part of the guards, said to have
been drunk toward the ongshoremen caused the trouble
according to the police. The guards alleged TO have
been consuming liquor obtained from Japanese ship
moored alongside the dock. Spring and another guard
off their beat and out of their province at the time
Of the shooting say the police
The trouble is believed to have originated between
Beaon. foreman of the ongshoremen, and w. j. Flynn.
Of the guards. According the police Flynn had
been subjecng various longshoremen to displays of
toty Beaton, in behalf of the longshoremen is said to
have demonstrated with Flynn. and ordered him off the
dock This resulted in fight between Beaton and Flynn
IN which Spring according TO reports compiled by the
police inerposed drawing his revolver Dunbar then joined
h and Spring alleged to have shot both him and Beaton
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Taylor Opposes
Tomorrow the Day

With dubious measures "ralroaded thru" without pub
lie hearings with needless armores obtaining hundreds of
thousands of dollars, with inconsequenta get
ting quick attention the Lampng bi-one of the most
important presented this sessonhas been sdetracked
wayad and postponed in the state senate until there are
but two weeks of the session left.
1t is scheduled to up tomorrow-Senator Lampng
has been promised that by the senate leaders is to
be hoped that they will be chvarous enough to keep their
promise.
1t appears now, that despite the organization leaders,
the bill has chance of passing the senate But the battle
will not he over then 1t must still run the gauntlet in
the house
The senate has held it up long it could Maybe
the organization leaders hoped that it would get to the
house too late for action. That hope must be crushed
Tomorrow, the senate must give account of itself
And the house must follow suit-n quick order.
Today The Star again prints on page the petition
to members of the legislature in behalf of the Lampng
bill Send it TODAY to the senator in your district 1t is
the last opportunity to reach him before tomoows
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Chancellor Ebert
Favors Modified
Soviet in Germany

United Press staff Corresponding
WEIMAR. Feb. 2s.--The creation
OF a national workers soviet NJ tho
lower legislative branch Of the Ger
man government IL favored by Presi
dent Ebert as the only solution Of
the political and economic situation.
Ebert believes the sovicts cannot be
crushed. and would not be pacified
until formally recognized and given
governmental responsibility. lie
would have the proposed national
soviet deal with all Industrial qucs.
lions. but without power To veto
measures passed By the reichstag.
Chancellor Scheidemann and others
deny the necessity Of recognizing
the soviets. hoping they will disap-
pear.
However. many strong leaders
side with Ebert a decision Is ex
pected shortly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
BILL TO Be VOTED ON IN
SENATE THURSDAY, IS PROMISE

port Three other house -ncrnbcrs
have pledged support
The KING county senators who are
now back of Lnmping aro: Wray.
Rockwell HastiggS. Renick. O'Hnr.
"a and I.audonM
House members who attended the
meeting and pledged support were.
Allen. Luun. Jones. Thomas. Hodg
don. Bohlke Cotterill
Hun. Pease and Manogue. house
members from King. are for the bill.
they have declared but they were
not at the conference.
-Four In Doubt
Whether Conner. Grass. Cute or
Myers will be for the measure is not
yct known.
Charles Winders. chairman OF 30
veterans organizations. addressed
the delegation and told them that
1000 returned soldiers had held n
meeting TO indorso the bill. and were
cageriy watching action at olympia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Phone Girls Say
Wilson Calm as
He Waits Number

NEW YORK, Feb, 26. Two in
teresting passengers on the Unit
ed states steamer George Wash
ington. which arrived here Tues.
day. were the telephone girls who
were in charge OF President WI
sons private switch board I'm the
Murat mansion. Paris
They were Miss Martha Car
roll. Fort Wayne. Ind, and Miss
Beatrice FRANKFORT New York
city. a third telephone operator,
Miss Lillian Noble, Of Los An
gcles, remained In France
I'VE saw the president fire.
qucntly." said Miss Carrell. and
he was always most courteous
and considerate OF our welfare.
lie was patient and quiet at all
times when calling for numbers"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
PHONE STRIKE
UP TO WILSON

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Feb. 20
President Wilson will be asked to
ndius, tho difficulties Of telephone
workers of the Northwest, who have
voted to strike, according to decision
today OF the executive committee OF
the international brotherhood OF
Electrical Workers.
The executive committee viii act
today on referendum strike vote
of telephone linemen, switchboard
onorators and electrical workers In
Washington. oregon. California and
Nevada
Alleged refusal Of Burleson to an.
ewer the demand caused $4,000 West
ern workers to vote for the strike,
Approval of their action by the con.
tral committee probably will lead To
immediate action. II was said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
French Admiral Is
Opposed to Wreck
of Germany Fleet

PARIS. Feb. 26.---"Sinking the
German fleet would be economic
hercsy." said French admiral. who
commanded a naval division during
tho war
The world has immcnses losses TO
repair. Both labor and steel are now
precious Even to demolish the Ger
man ships In drydocks and utilize the
steel TO build new ships or devote to
other purposes would be inadvisable
Why not simply keep them? We
would not even have TO replace the
munition for them.
81 suggest that the German ships
be divided among the allies or be sold
at auction"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Wilson Pen Busy
Signing 26 Bills

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-Presi.
dent Wilson, in his first few hours
at the White House yesterday. sign
ed 26 congressional bills and joint
resolutions.
Chief among these were the $780,
100000 famine fund bill. the deficien-
cy bill, the invalid pension bill. a
measure allowing soldiers, sailors
and marines credit on homestead en-
tries while they. were in the service.
the public buildings bill and the joint
resolution granting pension to Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
CASERTA and
men OF 63RD
ARE DELAYED

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Believed to
be encountering serious head winds.
the steamship Caserta. carrying the
6srd Coast artillery regiment. has not
yet reached port. A wireless mes.
sage is expected at any minute Civ
ing the arriving time of the vessel.
Fear that the Caserta has been
delayed an unusual length OF time
by III epoor coaling facilities at Glib
raltar has been expressed by army
debarkation officials at Hoboken
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
X-Ray Shows Cause
of Mayors Illness

Following an &.ray examination
Of Mayor Ole Hanson's jaw. attend
ing physicians announced Wednes-
day that the mayors attack Of neu-
ritis was caused by poisoned
tooth. The offending molar WAS re
moved and aitho Hanson suffered
a slight relapse. the physicians ex-
pect his complete recovery within a
few days. He Is still transacting
city business at his home thru the
medium OF his secretary, @. \
ConklIn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Prepare TO
Ballot for
Strike End
Seattle Metal Trades Coun-
Gil Holds Meeting Until
$3.50 a. m.
PLAN FOR JOINT MEETING

Striking shipyard workers of Sc.
attic. Tacoma. Aberdeen and Ana.
corteH are preparing Wednesday TO
east their ballots on the ending of
the shipyard strike. following an
eighthour meeting of the seattle
Metal Trades council which lasted
until $3.50 q. m "Wednesday.
Polling Of a reiurn.to work vote
was made contingent on the holding
OF conference between yard own
ers and government officials togcih-
cr with the workers on the Pacific
coast. This conference is planned
70 take the plac. ot msetlng al
ready arranged for Washington. ID.
G.. on the suggestion of Charles
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Governors Prepare
TO Meet President

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26--Gov-
ernors and city officials thruout the
country today We're wiring President
Wilson, accepting his invitation for
conference here March and 1,
promising every assistance In the
great task OF establishing conditions
OF business and employment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
New Victory Loan
for $1,000, 900, 900

WASHINGTON. Feb. .26.--The
Victory Loan bill, authorizing "A
81 900 600 900 short term note issue,
today Mas passed by the house, 34s
TO ,. following futile efforts TO
strike out sections extending power
OF the war finance corporation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

-~r~~~~~~~~O~~r>S~~srN->~
Picz. director general Of the Emerg
ency Fleet corporation.
Tacoma strike leaders. in addition
10 representatives of the Aberdeen
and Anhcortes workers took part In
the Metal Trades council debate. All
state yards will be bound hy the de-
cision reached 10 take referendum
on returning to work,
II the government officials fan To
agree to a conference on the Pacific.
the Metal Trades council will hold
another special strike meeting to de
eide a course OF action,
Washington state shipyard work
crs win not take part In the refer
ondum on proposed general coast
wide strike unless thcy first return
TO work This was announced at
the Metal Trades meeting. Authori-
ty for this procedure was made By
the Portland Metal Trades conven-
ton, which did not wish % have
workers In other cities forced out Of
employment by the natural desire Of
the Seattle workers TO make their
waikout general.
Ballots for the local vote on re
turning to work will be distributed
Immediately. It Is learned that the
conference between workers. gov
ernment men and yard owners. has
been slated for the Pacific coast.
The meeting was largely given
over TO debate between the leaders
tcoNr'D on PACE TwELVE)