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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
EXPECT PRICES OF
HOGS TO Be HIGH
WELL KNOWN BUYER DOES NOT
BELIEVE THERE WILL BE
ANY DECLINE.

81 believe that hog feeding is going
to be profitable for some time to
come" said Clarence ]. Akin, one OF
the cattle and hog buyers of the coun-
ty, this morning. "We are preparing
to feed a number and | am confident
farmers will find this business profita.
Bile. l do not look for any decline in
hog prices even should the Food Adj
ministration get entirely out from I'M
der the market and leave prices to
be regulated by the law of supply and
demand. of course there will be de-
clines and advances. but on the whole
with corn at present prices it looks
to me like hog feeders have bright
oafloo1<
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
\. A. MILES MAY
Be MURDERER WHO
ESCAPED ASYLUM
MAN POSING AS GHS AFFLICTED
SOLDIER SUSPECTED AS KEN
TUCkY CRIMINAL.
DESCRIPTIONS CORRESPOND
Maury County Minister Recognizes
Description As That of Man He
Knew in Kentucky Who Killed Wo-
man in That State.

H. A. Miles, the soldier or imper-
senator of soldier, who passed a
bad check for $25 on T. l.. Cunning
ham, filched 500 from the safe of the
Maury Undertaking Co. and beat a So
board bill at the Bethel House while
claiming to be soiurning here as pro
fessional embalmer receiving treat
ment for the effects of chlorine gas
while fighting the Germans, may be
the Arthur Miles wanted in Kentucky
as an escaped inmate from an insane
asylum, where he was sent after being
sentenced to death for numbering a
woman.
This possibility has been suggest
ed by the Rev. w, A. Blades, pastor of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
at McCains, who formerly resided in
Kentucky and knew Arthur Miles. Mr..
Blades related the story of Arthur
Miles crime and escape to Mr. Gun
ningham soon after reading the story
in The Herald about the escapade of
H. A. Miles in this city. He said that
the description of the man who oper-
ated here fits that of Arthur Miles who
about eight or nine years ago muir
dered a woman on the streets of Ben
nettstown, KY, and was sentenced
to death. A plea of insanity saved
him from the galloWs and he was
committed to an insane asylum, While
there he overheard a conversation
among the doctors of the institution
who believed he was sane and thought
he ought to be sent to the penitentia-
ry This led him to make his escape
by sewing a turnkey in a cell of the
asylum Since that time he has not
been heard from.
The Kentucky murderer was a man
of keen wits, widely travelled and at
the time of his crime weighed about
IT'S pounds. He was 5 feet and 6
inches tall, had light hair and blue
eyes and past 80 years old when he
escaped. This description perfectly
fits the man in uniform who so clev-
erly operated here.
Mr. Cunningham said that he heard
Miles say that he formerly weighed
IFS pounds, although he had fallen
off to 1876 pounds since suffering from
chlorine gas. His conversation also
indicated that he had Travelled much
He appeared now to be about 40 years
old
A physician who treated Miles
while he was in Columbia said that he
was not treating the man for the eff,
fects of gas. Because the man wore
a uniform and appeared to be strand
ed, the physician made no charges
for his services. 1t probably would
have been all the same to Miles if he
had.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
WILLIAMSON FOUNTAINS
MARRY IN COLUMBIA

James Thomas Brown and Miss
Bertha May Southern were married
Saturday afternoon by Squire I. NJ.
Jones. while seated in their automo-
lille at the courthouse. 1t was not a
runaway marriage, but the couple
merely slipped away from their
friends in Williamson county and ran
down to Columbia to begin life to-
oether Squire Jones is of the opin-
ion that if they always use as much
GOOD Judgment the matrimonial ven
t,,re ON their part viii always be har-
,onnio,fs
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
KNIGHTS Of PYTHIAS
ELECT AND INSTALL
MEETINGS TO BE MADE ATTRAC.
TIVE FOR MOTHERS THROUGH.
OUT THE YEAR.
saturdays Daily Herald

tSatufdayS DAILY Herald
Phinteas Lodge of knights of Ply,
thias elected and intalled officers last
night as follows: Frank Swansburg
c. c.; Mora B. Farris, V. c.; R. s.
McCarty, prelate; c. T. Stanley, NJ
A.; H. w. Mckee, X. Of R.. S.; Miles
Cook, K of E.; ]. T. Anderson, M. of
W.; w. A. Reaves, l. g.; Frank West
0. C.
This lodge is being rehabilitated
after several months of rest and it is
expected that new members will be
added and the regular meetings made
attractive. Special thought is Icing
given to the maintenance of Ovoca,
the orders widows and orphans home
near Tullahoma, which is considered
the most nearly ideal institution Of the
kind in America.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
SLOAN men Dine
AT ANNUAL BANQUET
AFTER DINNER SPEAKERS CHAR
ACTERIZE PAST YEAR AS BIG
GEST IN HISTORY.

The Chattanooga News of Satur-
day had the following report of the
]. A. Sloan Company's annual ban
quet:
Statesmen and employees of the j. A.
Sloan company, wholesale gorcers,
met at the Patten Saturday noon for
their fifteenth annual banquet as the
guests of the management. There
were more than thirty of the repre-
sentatives present at the big event
In addition were several well-known
local dealers, who attended as guests
of honor. Among these were John
Stagmaier and w. E. Brock. The
banquet was entirely an informal
social affair, during which general
discussion of the past year and the
prospects was INDUCED in. The year
1918 was characterized by the grocers
as the biggest year in the history
of their organization, and they pre-
dict an even bigger year for 1919.
j. A. Sloan, head Of the organiza-
ton, has been in business for thirty
four years-seventeen years at the
head of the present organization.
The company operates chain of
wholesale stores in Columbia, Fay
etteville, Lewisburg. South Pittsburg
and Dayton, Tenn, and Florence,
Ala. The main offices are in Column
bia."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
LESLIE n, SIMMS
IS MADE CAPTAIN.
FORMER MEMBER OF THE HER
AID FORCE GETS HoNoRS
IN THE ARMY.

Another Maury countian that made
good in the recent emergency was
Leslie Simms formerly of The Herald
force, but who has been residing in
Texas for some time. He entered the
service as second lieutenant OF
cavalry and was then promoted to
first lieutenan and later to Captain
and made regimental adjutant. He
was disappointed in not getting over.
He writes that he recently was with
Col. Davidson of the 125th infantry,
who was near Captain Meade Frier-
son when the latter fell in action. He
said that Col. Davidson spoke Of
Meade as a brave and fearless Off
Ger. Col. Davidson won the cross of
war and other honors on the fields OF
battle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
TAX COLLECTOR FOUND
GUILTY ENLIGHTENMENT
(By United Press.l

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. THE
jury in the case of John w. Rast, for
me rtax collector of Duval county,
charged with embezzlement of $685.
900 of state and county funds, today
returned a verdict of guilty. His at
torneys appealed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14

Herald Cheap Column AZ. Pay.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Peace Conference Fears
For Hungary's Safety
Hears Rumanians Are to With
draw Without Organizing
Police Force

PARIS, Sept. Is (By The Associated
Press ).-The Hungarian situation is
causing the peace conference consider
able uneasiness, as the Rumanians are
reported to be about to withdraw from
Hungary hurriedly. without giving the
Budapest government an opportunity
to organize police force. The Ru-
manians disbanded all sorts Of mill
tary and police forces in Hungary, and
in consequence there may be great dis
order throughout the country.
The peace conference has urged the
Rumanians to leave sufficient forces to
guarantee order pending Hungary S
establishment of protection to prevent
reversion to Bolshevism and disturb
ances.
The peace conference makes it clear
that Rumania will be responsible for
pest and other parts Of Hungary If it
ignores the request of the conference
to leave a limited force IN the capital
and surrounding districts. where the
extremists are awaiting an opportunity
to bring about chaos again.
Brigadier General II. II. Bandholtz.
Of the American army, has returned
from Bucharest and Budapest. His
visit was without authority from the
American peace delegation, and it is
declared that any conversations he may
have had with Rumanian officials in
Bucharest we're informal and unof-
fci2l
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
German Wire Rates
Jumped $50 Per Cent

BERLIN, Sept IA (By The Associate q
Press).-ln conformity with its policy
to tax everything to the utmost limit,
the government has announced that
beginning tomorrow, foreign telegraph
rates will be advanced $50 per cent
This is in spite of the fact that ser
vice has been bad and it has been nee
essary usually to pay thrice the ordi-
nary tolls for urgent service, which
even then mas been slow and unre-
liable.
The decision chiefly concerns foreign
spondents, who must now pay 25
instead Of 10 pfennigs per word to Den
mark and Switzerland; So to France
and Sweden, 30 to Norway, 45 to.Italy
so to Finland, 40 to Spain and $50 to
Portugal When these rates are in
creased telegraphing will be costly, in
spite Of the advantage Of foreign ex-
change possessed by the correspondents
Telegraph service authorities were not
warned in advance Of the proposed in
crease in price, and have demanded
from all spondents deposits double
their monthly telegraph bills and have
have been made.
The Ministry Of Posts and Tele-
graphs, which is responsible for the
order, has found the plan is unpopular
with other branches Of the government,
which realize corresp spondents will be
forced to reduce the amount of infor-
nation about Germany which they
telegraph to the worlds newspapers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Wire Operators Averted
Food Famine in Paris
Refused to Send kilograms to
Producers Ordering Sup
plies Be Held Back

PARIS. Aug. 26 CORES spondence of
The Associated Press .-Nigilant tele-
graph operators in the central office
tere saved Paris from a possible fam
Inc during the recent food crisis pre-
c'pitated by the profteers
Following disorders around the cen
tral markets, where consumers raidetl
the stands and overthrew them, scat
terng vegetables. fruit fish and other
food to the ground because of high
prices. number of commission mer-
chants sent urgent kilograms 20 pro
ducers outside Of Paris telling them to
hold back their goods till further or
ders. Many Of the dispatches indi-
Gated that, owing to general decline
IN prices, the merchants were with
holding their goods from the market.
The kilograms numbered about one
thousand. They had gone past the
wickets in the operating rooms when
the operator who was working one of
the wires TO Brittany noted a batch of
Them cancelling orders for butter.
Now he had paid ten francs for pound
o. butter that morning. He consulted
With colleagues operating wires leading
TO fish, vegetable, fruit and other CEN
Tres, and their tables were loaded down
with similar kilograms. None of the
messages was sent.
In statement issued last night the
government said that it took the re-
sponslbility for the action o. the teleg-
raphers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Mayer Says Polk Erred
In Dry Proclamation

Proclamation of the eighteenth
amendment by Acting Secretary of
State Polk was defective, according to
an opinion rendered yesterday to a
committee of the natiopal distillers'
organization by Hotel Ritz Carlton by
Levy Mayer, its chief counsel.
Mr.. Mayer asserts the Polk proclaim
alton mentions among the required
thirty-six states ratifying the dry
amendment, nine whose constitutions
provide that the referendum may be
invoked on all acts of their Legisla-
lures. They are California, Colorado.
Maine, Michigan. Nebraska, Ohio, Okla
homa, Oregon and Washington.
He further stated the Washington
and Nebraska courts to date have sus-
tanned his contention by ordering the
question Of ratification to be printed
on the ballots. Mr.. Mayors opinion
was given in anticipation of litigation
in the Federal courts to attack the
constitutonality of the manner in
which the eighteenth amendment was
ratified.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Stamping of Price
10 Producer on All
Goods Is Predicted
Z. S. Rail brotherhood Chief
Tells Canadian Labor That
High Costs Must Be Cut
OH Both Sides of Border

OTTAWA, Ontario. Sept 15-"In the
United States, If we cannot lower the
cost of living in any other way, we are
going to have a law passed that the
price received by the producer must
be stamped on the commodity" said
Warren S. Stone, president Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
of the United States, to-day said in an
address before the national industrial
conference of Canada. "Then we shall
so find out where the trouble is
whether it is the wholesaler, jobber or
retailer.
"A 20 per cent increase in wage s
and 40 per cent increase in living
costs will never bring peace The
peace period must end war profteering,
and the cost of living must come
down.
Mr.. Stone declared that the problems
III the United States and in Canada
were the same-that the social unrest
was only slum berng under the crust
and could easily be famed into fame.
He maintained that the present period
was even more critical than that faced
during the war, and that in the next
few months the clock Of progress must
either be moved ahead or retarded.
Sympathetic cooperation between
employers and workers in solving post
war reconstruction problems was urged
by Premier Borden in a message read
at the opening of the conference
The Premier was absent because OF
illness and his message was read y
G. D. Robertson, Minister of Labor
who presided at the opening session
w. Jett Lauck, secretary of the for
mer United States War Labor Board
in an address cited the success of the
former United States War Labor Boart
in handling 1,245 controversies ant
bringing about many adjustments be
tween employers and workers as rea
son for the formation of similar
body to handle postwar labor and in
dustrial problems.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
City Employees Union
Holds First Meeting;
Violence Is Decried

Representatives. of every city depart
ment, more than 1000 persons in all,
attended last night the first meeting
of the newly organized Municipal En-
ployes Association. The immediate
purpose Of the organization is to OBJ
tain salary increases, making $1,000
the minimum for a clerk in the cty's
employ. George B. Stansfield, one of
the organizers, said that every city
employe would be member within two
weeks.
There are more than 100000 city
employees" he said, and $4,000 have
already enrolled. We will not affiliate
with the American Federation of La
Dor, but will make our own demands
without violence or threat. We will
present them first to the Mayor If he
refuses the delegation will wait on the
Board Of Aldermen. If recognition
still is refused the delegates will ap-
peal to the Legislature, but You can
rest assured that will never be neces-
6Ary"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Typotheta Not to
Fix 44HOur Week
At Convention Here
Workers Demands Will
Be Discussed. but Vote Is
Not Expected: Printers
Urged to Advertise More

Educational topics involved in the
printing business were the subject Of
discussion yesterday at the opening
session Of the thirty-third annual con-
yention Of the United Typotheta of
America, at the Hotel Commodore.
Labor questions, which were the sub
lee. @; unofficial discussion between
.essions, Will not be taken up until
this afternoon, if at all. Officially, the
organization will not pass upon the
pending question of the forty-four
hour week for the unionized workers
In the printing trades. but it is ex-
pected the subject will be discussed.
"The chief trouble with printers is
that they don't know the value Of ad-
vertising" said Charles L. Estey, di-
rector OF the organizations advertis-
ing bureau, AZ the afternoon session. "A
great change has been brought about
In the advertising business in the last
few years, Long strides have been
made: there has been advancement in
every branch Of the business. But the
printer has not kept pace with the
procession The printer must learn
where. how and when to tell people
wha, they want 10 know about this
particular business
Improvements Are Cited
Some Of the changes of which Mr..
Estey spoke were elaborated upon by
Henry Hale. jr.. of the Ethridge AS
socation o. Artists, in an address en-
titled "Opening the Gates of the Gar
dem
The wonderful things that have
been happening in the advertising
business have been seen chiefly in the
newspaper and magazine fields" he
said. "a decade ago the expenditure
Of $50 Cor an advertising design was
something unusual. To-day advertis-
ers pay $500 to $500 for design and
employ the best artists for the work
and have the best writer's produce
their copy
Great Progress Made.
Pictures, said Mr. Hale, have a great
Value in carrying the punch in an ad-
*ertjslng story but he thought that
eolors we're not OF such great impor-
lance
The reports of President Arthur f.
SouthWorth and Secretary Joseph A.
'Sorden showed the organization had
grown during the last year and is con-
.nuins 70 expand. The secretary's
report showed membership of 300.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16

ltan Bongiorno is a Princeton graduate
OF the class of Is and made his home
at the Princeton Club here before he
entered the air service. He was a
lawyer, with Offices at 50 Wall Street.
he wears the Italian war cross with
Two stars and is a chevalier Of the
Order of the Italian Crown.
Among the 618 casual officers aboard
the America was Colonel ULYSSES S.
Grant, of Clinton, N. Y, son of the
former general and President. There
were 1872 officers and enlisted men on
the transport, 1856 welfare workers. 100
OF whom were women. including Helen
Goff, formerly of the Winter Garden:
seventy-five wives of officers, soldiers
and sailors, twelve civilian employees,
forty-nlne army field clerks and fifty
four civilians.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16

tween midnight and o'clock in the
morning
Mr.. Kelso said that although the
regular members of the brotherhood
were just as anxious as those on strike
to obtain wage increase an agree
ment had been entered into with the
employers association for $3.50 day
until the end Of the current year, and
that his organization intended to keep
that agreement.
Officers Of the Paper Box Makers
Union denied yesterday the report that
they had settled their four weeks
strike for a 80 per cent wage increase
with the Paper Box Manufacturers AS
sociation.
1t was said at strike Headquarters
that at least 5000 men and women are
on strike, 1000 of whom are members
Of the. union. The strikers demand a
forty-fourh hour week and q fat wage
increase Of 80 per cent. They say they
have settled with fifty employers, OBJ
tanning their demands for 1900 men
and women.
At a meeting of the Paper Box Man
ufacturers' Association at the Hotel
McAlpin it was declared by David
Friedman, executive secretary, that, re-
ports to the contrary, the strike was
III d lalr way OF Delng settled and that
most shops are beginning to worok nor
mally.
Officials of the union bakery drivers
who have been on strike against the
Ward Baking Company for twelve
weeks, issued an appeal for the moral
support of the public yesterday, ex-
planning that the strike was simply
the result Of the Ward Comany's
failure to carry out the terms of the
agreement which ended the strike last
year.
William Leary, president, c. J..
moore. Emil Upsprung and Alexander
Augencamp. trustees Of the union, de-
clared THAT the COMPANY officials had
declined to recognize the union or to
stop discharging men on account Of
union affiliations.
Fountain pen makers. members Of
Hard Rubber Turner's Union No
l6,440, who struck September for
forty-four hour week, 40 per cent in
crease in pay and recognition of the
union, announced through their presi-
dent, Charles Dunn, yesterday that q
settlement was in sight.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Carpenters Unions Disagree

Although the international Carpen-
ters' Union, made up of a group of
insurgent carpenters, declared yester-
day that 1000 carpenters are on a
strike for 81 an hour. Alexander Kel-
so, secretary Of the international
Brotherhood of Carpenters, affiliated
with the American Federation Of Labor,
insisted that less than 100 we're out.
1t was explained by one of the lead
ers of the insurgent faction that the
men on strike became disgruntled with
the slow action Of their leaders and
came to the International Carpenters
Union, at $50 East ightyfrst treet for
aid in getting their demands. The
men on strike demand, in addition to a
dollar an hour, double pay for over
time and triple pay for work done be-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Bogran Is Provisional
President of Honduras

SAN SALVADOR. Sept 15.-Dr.
Francisco Bogran has been named Pro-
visional President of Honduras. pend
ing the Presidential election.
T. Sambola Jones, United States
Minister at Tegucigalpa. is reported to
have sent a strong note to the revo-
lutionary leaders, asking them 10 con-
centrate their forces in Tegucgialpa
under the leadership of General Lopez
Gutierrez and calling upon the pa
triotic citizens of Honduras to unite
in support of the government.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Inspector Eagan in Wreck
Auto Skids and Turns Turtle
in The Bronx

Inspector Owen Eagan, of the Bu-
reau of Combustibles, is congratulating
himself that the auto in which he was
riding last night skidded and turned
turtle while the inspector was on his
way to gather up some dynamite sticks
that had been found in Westchester
Avenue and not on his way back.
The car. driven by Charles Good
mn, of 80 Division Street. a city chauf-
feur, overturned at Eagle and West
chester avenues, The Bronx. when
Goodman applied the emergency brakes
to avoid hitting a pedestrian. Eagan
was cut and bruised about the head
and body, but continued his journey
after being attended By Or Max F,n-
stein, of Lincoln Hospital The auto
mobile was not seriously damaged.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
American Legion
Plans Boston Aid
Instructs Local Posts in
Massachusetts to Make
Lists for Emergency

BOSTON, Sept. 15.-The state execu-
tive board of the American Legion in
structed the secretary to-day to send
to all local commanders instructions to
call special meetings Of their posts, at
which the commanders are asked to
urge those who can do so to join "the
organized forces Of the state which are
under the Governors control"
The commanders also are requested
to obtain the names of call who can be
relied upon in case of emergency to
assist in the preservation of law and
order,' and to arrange local emergency
organizations for those who do not join
the militia.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Strike of Teachers
Keeps Schools Closed

LINTON. Ind, Sept. 15.--The twen-
ty-five schools in Stockton town
ship. Greene county, outside of Lin
ton. did not open to-day as planned
because of differences between James
T. Roach, township trustee. and a
teachers union, which was organized
during the summer.
Mr.. Roach recently had announced
he had obtained ga complete staff of
instructors who were not members of
the union. When they went to the
schoolhouscs to-day, however, they
were induced by the union teachers
not to attempt to teach. Accordingly
they returned to their homes.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Mail 'PLane Hits T,uo
Houses, and Both Burn

CLEVELAND, Sept. 15.-Two houses
were destroyed by fire to-day when
government mail plane, bound for
Chicago from here, crashed on their
roofs In an effort to make hurried
forced landing, causing the gasoline
tank of the plane to explode. Pilot
T.. V. Gardner, flying the machine,
escaped injury by leaping just before
the crash, and later started for Chi
cago in another plane with what mail
could be rescued from the flames.