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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
WILL TRY TO SECURE ,
R.R. BILL VOTE TODAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.--Evory ef-
fort will be made to bring the Cummins
railroad bill to vote in the senate to-
day before adjournment. Should the
senate be unable to agree on the meas
ure by Saturday when the proposed
Christmas recess would begin, II would
be held In session until the bill is
passed.
Under an agreement reached by Re
publican leaders Of the house and sem
ate, the house will suspend business
Saturday to permit the representatives,
to go home for the holidays, even
though the senate is held by delay on
the railroad bill
An amendment TO the bin by Senator
Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, which
would strike out the clause providing
that authorization be obtained from tho
transportation board before the rail-
roads undertake new construction was
up today.
The substitute OF Senator McCor.
mick, Republican, Illinois, for the anti
strike provision which was lost yester-
day by vote of 81 to 81 will be
brought up again. the senator an
nounced The proposal Of Senator Stan
ley, Democrat Kentucky, to eliminate
the whole section OF labor clauses was
rejected.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
BY A. aoopFELLoM.

YeW Grand Goodfellows--You Ger.
icvsa ana we W teach 5'a our chic children 10S about out
Yes. y0u have the spirit and that Is
santa.
ION, l just love 10 read Of your great
work Rhe JOY OF filling little stockings
AZ Chrletmas time is the greatest In
the world. | am sending my mite, and
WISH 1 were able TO increase II a hun
aredfoln II Is my duty that | dare not
Fhirk, for 'lf We did 1t not to these
ye did Y not to Me
May God bless YOU, and all like
you, MAY your spirit catch everyone
sq that ell the needy little ones viii be
supplied. A MOTHER"
What q measure Of encouragement we
lind IN that letter, GoodfellowS, Accom-
panying Ahis communication was
( Mothers Donation. The spirit OF this
letter can not but spur us on. Those
who Aeo lagginR IN Goodfellowst Santa
Claus work must be inspired by "A
MotherlsH message,
Its 4 grand and glorious feeling, as
t'Art0onlet Briggs would say, Goodfel-
lows the way NJ ney Is rolling In for
the ES1tys Cihlls1idtb. We are going to
make this Wv (est Christmas socle-
tx N VI =. he Goodfellows, the
his ~ lavender, taieth
NA..,....,.....,.h .harity that Is real
at - heart heneficenct
z ssfhIIipA 40 eY1f fpaili erqlNoid II any thing
sion Afilut eniy f6 keen the fitlle fol,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
ROY FENTRESS GOES
TO WICHITA FALLS
Memphis spitball Pitcher Sold
Outright to Manager Salm.
Goodbred Next.

Roy Fentress, Memphis spitball
pitcher, has been sold to the Wichita
Falls club, of the Texas league. This
announcement was made Friday by
Thos. r. Watkins, president of the
Memphis Chicks. Under a recent de-
cision of the Southern league at its
annual fall meeting here. no spitball
pitcher Is eligible to perform In the
Dixie major. Fentress is one of the
best of the moist-ball performers and
would have been retained had 1t not
beer for the ruling against his brand
Of moundmen.
Other clubs are. making preparations
20 sell or trade their spitball pitchers,
now that they have been outlawed by
the Southern. There is another spit
ball pitcher on the Memphis club who
will likely be sold or traded before
the 1920 season. Tiny Goodbred, CO.
median and clown. will get the gate,
for he can no longer be permitted ia
perform with a Dixie major team.
Walter Salm Is president and man.
ager OF the Wichita Falls club, and
made the deal while here attending
the Southern league meeting,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
43DROWNED WHEN
BRITISH STEAMER
IS LOST At SEA
Vessel Founders in Mid-0Cean
According to Wireless Mes
sage Received From Ship
Which Rescued Survivors.

HALIFAX, n s., Dec l9.--Forty-
three members of the crew OF the Brit
ish steamer Manxman were drowned
yesterday when their ship foundered in
mid ocean, according to radio from
the British steamship British Isles.
picked up here today. The rest of the
crew, numbering more than a dozen,
have been picked up by the British
Isles, which is due in New York Mon
day The message said among those
lost were the captain, first mate, fourth
engineer and wireless operator The
rest OF the officers, including the chief
steward, were saved.
The radio did not state how the men
lost their lives but 1t is presumed they
went down with their ship, though
there Is a possibility they may have
had time to take to the boats and that
these subsequently capsiZed The Brit
lsh Isles sighted the distressed ship
Wednesday and stood by her for "a
hours according to- another wireless
message.
Misfortune is also believed to have
overtaken the coasting schooner Louisa
Maud, A wireless message today from
steamer stated she had picked 10
two men of the Maud's crew
After four-day battle with fire
and storms, the British steamer Ian
castrlan reached here late yesterday
ciiu antnuTeu IN Quarantine. accord =
ing to Capt Wood, master of the ship,
the fire was discovered In No. l hold,
filled with chemicals, last SUNDAY
morning.
The schooner Lowell r. Parks is
missing since she left st. Johns, ". r,
Dec. %. She has a crew of five men
The Red Cross line steamer Runa,
which left New York fer ST. Johns, N
r., Dec, ;, with freight, had been driv-
| en- by the storm across the Atlantic to
the Azores, where she put in at Horta
The ship was compelled to use all avail.
| Fable woodwork TO Keep the fires goins
| under her boilers. One member OF tht
crew was lost overheard.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19

MAY PAY LESS TAX
l UNDER NEWLAWS
|anks. for Example, Assessed
/ at 10 Per Cent on Capital
and Surplus Now, Pay in
Proportion to Realty.

81 The idea that the banks now bear a
smaller proportion of the tax burden
Nnder the state assessment and taxation
mWs than the owners Of real estate,
Rhlch a number of people have held,
seems to be an erroneous one.
N AS a matter of fact, the banks prob
Ably have paid in the past consider
ably larger share of taxes than the
average owner Of real estate. This has
been revealed by the new appraisal for
assessments which shows real property
now assessed at from Is to SO per cent
bf its actual value.
The method of assessing the banks,
hnd most other corporations of that
character, has been to take the amount
8of their capital stock, plus their sur
plus and undivided profits, and sub
stracting the value Of their real estate,
(which Is assessed and taxed separately
ito fix an assessment Of 10 per cent upon
the remainder That has been the gem
oral rule at least in Shelby county, both
as to county and city assessment OF
such corporations. .,..,.
Consequently II under the new law
these corporations are assessed at 100
per cent on their capital, surplus and
undivided profits, they will be required
to pay on approximately 40 per cent
higher valuation.
1t is evident that the average prop
Ierty holder under the new system Is
going to be assessed at least double his
present valuation-many Of them foul
times that, so that the increase In as
lSessment to the average real estate
owner will certainly be at least 80 pei
cent, which would seem to give the
banks and similar corporations less
raise than the others In order to put
all on the same basis of 100 per cent
of actual value.
/ This, of course, leaves out of account
.any consideration of what the tax rate
Twill be. II the rate for strictly state
purposes is lowered from 65 cents to 2,
Eor rs, the large corporations will GER
ltainly not suffer by the change il
methods of assessment, for they are
likely to pay approximately half tht
present rate on a valuation only about
20 per cent higher to derive the same
revenue for the state.
The state appraisers, however, will
mot reach the appraisal of corporations
or have an opportunity to make any re.
view of personally or merchants ae
Nalorem returns, until some time aftel
zthe first OF the year. The force at the
Nashville offices of the state board o.
Equalization, so it is reported, will have
Ilall they can do to complete their tabu'
kate in Tennessee in time to get thu
Figures to the county assessors by
Jan. 10.
4 The appraisers still are at work IL
LIthe Memphis wards, while n force o
,!c!erks is copying the appraisal figures
for the country districts, and Mempht!
and Shelby county will not be complet
ded it is said, before the first of thu
wear
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
Palmer Calls Strikes
Ending Actual Victory

to get settlement Senator Townsend
asked,
"Dan't call It a settlement, senator"
Mr. Palmer replied II made no cont-
hftmlse, no eoneemlops With the men,
,Reept one wAtef was that the Iseeis
until they could give II 20 their union
associates al Indianapolis first. ! Yields
ed to their request on that point"
There was no material difference be-
tween DR. Garfield's plan, which called
for return of the men 10 work and n
creation Of q consultative body 70 In
Vestlgato and report as to the facts on
which new wage agreement might be
arrived at, and the presidents plan"
the attorney general said,
Senator Wolcott, Democrat, Delaware.
questioned this conclusion
u knew what the president meant
by his statement" Mr., Palmer retorted.
"'rho agreement with tho miners was
drawn accordingly"
"Did you discuss with Lewis and
Grcen how the commission was TO get
this power Of fixing wages and pricesg"
asked Senator FTelinghuysen, Republi-
can, New Jersey chairman OF the COM
mtttee
Drawn on Train.
81 did not" Mr.. Palmer replied. He
explained the memorandum OF agree
ment was drawn up on the train which
took his party and Lewis and Green
from Washington to Indianapolis.
did the president approve that mem.
orandum2' Senator Townsend asked,
"lIe did Mr. Palmer replied, II
wired the memorandum to him"
"Did you submit 1t to Lewis and
Green flrstT'
"Yes"
At the request OF the committee he
inserted into tho record the copy OF
the telegram sent TO the president
The examination OF the attorney-gen-
eral was interrupted at this point so
senator's might attend the senate ses-
sion, It was planned to continue tho
inquiry at pm.
John p. White, former president Of
the United Mine Workers OF America.
and Rembrandt peale, an independent
coal operator OF Pennsylvania, win be
named members Of the commission ot
three which Is to investigate wages and
prices with tho hituminous coal indus
try, according to unofficial reports to-
day President Wilson Is expected to
name the commissioners during the day
Both Peale and Mr.. White assisted Fuel
Administrator Garfield during the war,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
RATES ON COTTON TO
SEAPORTS INCREASED

Cotton rates on the Missouri Pacific
railroad from Memphis TO Boston, New
York and New Orleans are to be ad-
vnnced Dec, "a in limo with the rates
effective on all other lines out of Mem
phis,
last summer by the railroad admins
tration, the rates on all lines east Of
Memphis were raised 10 cents per hum
dred pounds to New York and Goston,
and five cents per hundred pounds to
New orleans, The cotton rates on the
Missouri Pacific were not changed. This
difference threw nj 1.-The cottbn ship
ments to New orleans and the East to
the Missouri Pacific railroad.
The matter was taken up with the
railroad administration and supple
ment tariff has just been issued by the
Missouri Pacific carrying rates uniform
with those in effect on ether lines.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
PALAT|AL HOME
WILL Be Bull | ].
BY MR.. SAUNDERS
Buys Seven Acres on Parkway
and Union for $50, 900
Acquires H. P. Johnson
Home for $4,000.

Erection by Clarence Saunders, Mem.
phis capitalist and president OF the
Piggly Wiggly stores, Of home on the
southwest corner OF Union avenue and
East Parkway to cost in the neignbor-
hood Of $150000 win begin as soon as
architects" plans can be completed.
Mr.. Saunders only few days age
acquired this location through purchase
for 100000 Of the tract owned by the
A. ID, Treadwell estate. There Is d
frontage of 40 feet on the Parkway
and 4S7 feet on Union avenue. The
location is in one of Memphis most
fashionable residential sections.
For temporary home pending COM
pletion of the Parkway residence, Mr.
Saunders has purchased from Mrs
Harry Prince johnson the Central ave
nue. residence erected about nine years
ago by the late H. r. Johnson The
purchase price was $50 600
MCGEE & Lester are the architects
who will draw up plans for the Saun.
has been completed for Mr.. Saunders
approval, but members Of the architects
firm say that a good many changes viii
be made. Originally these plans were
drawn for another site and the purchase
Of the Treadwell tract necessitatcs
some alterations.
1t is understood that the proposed
home will be the handsomest IN Mem.
phis. Cost of construction will range
IL the enighborhood Of $l5O,O00. Th,
house will be a tWo-story affair o
trick and stone construction. 1t 1.
planned to provide swimming pool
billiard rooms and other convenience,
and pleasures found only in the mos
modern residences. Bids probably WI
be opened shortly after the plans ar,
completed which will, according {
McGee & Lester be within the mex
10 days. Once contracts are let every
struction.
Mr.. Saunders will take possession o.
the Johnson home, which Is located OF
Central avenue, near the intersection
Of Lamar boulevard, very soon aftel
Christmas.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
SCORE ANOTHER FOR
"JAkE" AS BEVERAGE

Deadly cake" or Jamaica ginger
caused the death Thursday afternoon
Mt the General hospital, of Robert
Smith, negro, 100 Decatur street, who
was ordered sent to the hospital by
Police Capt Mike Kehoe when the
negro complained that he had gone
blind
Smith was sent to central police
headquarters Thursday morning when
he appealed to officers at the Grand
Central station about his eSesight. He
told Desk Sergt Fitzgerald that he had
drunk a quantity of Jamaica ginger the
day before. on a visit TO Burdette. Ark.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
HITS GIRL, TAKES HER
TO HOSPITAL, GIVES UP

Severe bruises is the extent of in
jurles to Miss Mildred Dutton, S35 Lin
den avenue, who was struck by an au-
tomobile early Thursday night, at Union
avenue and Walnut street Charles ]
Creath, 273 Madison avenue driver Of
the car which struck Miss Dutton, took
her to the Baptist Memorial hospital,
then drove to police station and re-
ported the accident. He was docketed
on q charge Of reckless driving. Mr.,
Creath told police that slight rain had
dimmed his vision through the wind
shield OF his macbtne,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
L. KEANE, TELECRAPHER,
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA

Thomas Lambert keane, 81 years old,
sol Jackson avenue, better known
among his many friends and associates
as Lam" Keane, died at $3.50 Friday
morning. after a weeks illness with
pneumonia,
Funeral services will be conducted
from the home at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning and mass will be sung at st
Marys church followed by interment
in Calvary cemetery
Lam Keane, at the time he was
taken ILL., was n teIegrapher In the
office of O. A. MeFall, cotton broker
IL North Front street. He was one
of the most skilled and best-known
operators Of Memphis, having worked
for press associations and news agencies
as well as commercial concerns and the
two big telegraph companies.
Maurice ! Keane, l.. g. N. engineer,
his father, his mother, two brothers,
Leo and WIN Keane, and three sisters,
Mrs Mary Chckering, Mrs. Matt Dwy-
er and Mrs. .Tatnell Dwyer, all of
NanDhfg survive
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
SUNSHINE SPECIAL
MOVES IN TWO SECTIONS

The Sunshine special on the Missouri
Pacific railroad carried nine Pullman
sleepers Thursday night and was OPP
Grated In two sections. College girls
from Ward Belmont college, at Nash
vile, Sulfens college at Bristol, Tenn,
and Hollis school at Roanoke, Va, on
their way home for the holidays occu-
pied five of the sleepers.
The first section was a solid train
of Pullman sleepers and was run
through to Texas with only one sched-
uled stop, at Little Rock. This was
probably the first solid Pullman train
ever op<sated from Memphis to Texas.
The second section also had sleepers
for Arkansas points,
The volume of holiday travel this
year is exceeding all former records,
railway officials on all lines say. Elk
ira equipment is being carried on all
trains but the trains are still badly
crowded, and the railroads are ex-
periencing difficulty in obtaining
enough coaches and sleepers to handle
the traffic.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
MISS BERTHA SCHWARZ
DIES IN DENVER, COL

The hundreds of Memphis friends Of
Miss Bertha Schwarz will be deeply
grleved to learn of her death in Den
yer, Col, on Thursday morning at $50
O'Clock,
For the past year Miss Schwarz has
been in Denver in search of health,
but so complicated was her case, that
from. the first her physicians have given
her family and friends very little en-
couragement.
Miss Schwarz, who made her home
with her brother, Mr. Jacob Schwarz
was very charming and lovable girl,
who made friends wherever she went,
Plans have not yet been made for
the funeral which will be held from
the home Of her brother on Lawrence
place.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
NONSUlT IN CASE
AGAINST TAXI FIRM

After Mrs NJ, J, Cobb IN her dam
age suit as administrator OF the estate
OF w. u, Cobb, against tho 7S4 Taxi
company, had completed her proof, the
company declined to put on any proof,
whereupon she took a nonsult.
The case was on trial in the First
chanoery court Judge Young refused
to give peremptory instructions,
killed by car Of the taxi company
about year ago at Main street and
Beale avenue Mrs. Cobb sued tho
company for S25, 00N l.. c. Going and
w c. Rogers appeared for her while
Phil NJ Canale and Walter Chandler
represented the taxi company
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
NO NEWS IN THIS TO
KlDS-SCH0OL'S OUT

Children attending the punlic schools
OF Memphis will begin their Christmas
holidays Friday afternoon, the schools
closing Friday and will not be reopened
until Jan. s.
Many OF the teachers whose homes
are not In Memphis will leave during
the next few days to spend the holidays
with friends and relatives in nearby
townA
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
SAM SMELL SENTENCED
FOR MANSLAUGHTER

Sam Smell, convicted in the Second
criminal court last week Of involun-
tary manslaughter, was sentenced to
serve from one TO five years in the
state penitentiary Friday morning by
trial had been overruled. Walter Dug
ger, his attorney, gave notice of an
appeal Of the case to the supreme court
Smell was charged with numbering
Frank Eastman, neighbor, near Wood
stock, while the two were riding through
the woods In quest, he said, OF a mad
dog Smell claimed that the gun was
accidentally discharged, causing East
hams death.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
CITY PAYMASTER IS
SANTA CLAUS C0ADJUT0R

e G. Dave Wells, city paymaster and
purchasing agent, acted the role OF
*Santa Claus Friday morning, when 1,1O5
Achecks for half months salary were
Aspaid to city employees, so that they
#inight have coin for Christmas. Mem
7 bers OF the day police relief got their
,Achecks at Q o'clock Friday morning.
1.-THE night relief men were paid Thurs
@shay night. Ordinarily, the cops get
ss.pad only once n month, but each
@Christmas Dave writes out the extra
.checks for n half months salary.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
u 2IE AsTS IslERs

Memphis Tenn, Dec, 10, 1919,
--Tempcrature---
Hour. Dry Bulh Wet Bulb, Humid'v.
pm, yes'day, So so 81
am. today. As a "a
Noon today -. a. 3S II
Maximum temperature, 50; minimum,
as Sun sets today 4:51 pm, Rises
tomorrow. 1904 am. Moon rises 5;27
a, m. tonight Precipitation, none. M
Cloudy colder,
Mississippi-Raina and somewhat cold
er followed by cloudy,
Internationally fair, colder; ris-
ing temperature In north and west.
Aabama---Rain and somewhat colder.
Kenucky-Cloudy. rising Temperatures
Saturday,
Louisiana-Cloudy, rain in east and
south; colder.
Okiahoma--Fair, colder in southeast.
East Texas--Generally fair, colder,
except rising temperature in north,
West Texas-Prohably fair colder In
southeast; warmer in north,
South Carolina Rain probable. warm-
or in central portion.
South Curoina--Probable rain, warin-
or In extreme nort,L
Georgia--Probable rain.
Forida--Probable rain, except fair ID
south.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
FIRST NONSTOP FLYER
ACROSS OCEAN DEAD

ROUEN, Franc, Dec. 19.--Capt. Sir
John Alcock, the first aviator TO make
Atlantic, died here this afternoon as a
result of injuries he received when his
plane crashed yesterday near Cottvrard,
department OF -Inferieure, Nor.
mandy
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
SEVERE BLOW TO automobile TH|EvERY
Plan TO HALT RISING OF CLOTHING PRICE
TAG AUTO SATURDAY;
FIGHT TUBEHCULoSlS

Saturday Girl Scouts will conduct
an automobile tag day Proceeds
will go to the fight on tuberculosis.
Every car owner should take pride
In flying one of these tags Satur-
day, displaying thoroughly that he
Is aiding in the campaign against
the dread white plague, The tuber-
culosis campaign was opened two
weeks ago. Memphians have not
responded TO the extent OF putting
Shelby county past the S92, 900 goal
Auto tag day Is part OF this gem
eral campaign, Get one OF these
tags early. Help aid In stamping
out this disease by putting Mem
phis past her quota,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
EMBARGO TO HASTEN
COAL SHIPMENTS

On account of insufficient facilities
and motive power TO handle empty coal
cars being returned TO the mines and
give coal from the mines preferred
movement. the u. e. N, railroad has is
sued an embargo on all shipments ex-
'cept live stock, perisllable freight, food
for human and animal consumption,
coal and coke; from all stations on the
line and from connecting lines at Mem
phis, destined to Louisville and to con-
Meeting lines at Louisville.
The congestion in the l.. & n. local
yards has now been cleared, and the
shipments OF coal held there have been
delivered to consfgnees, it was said
Friday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19

LONDON, Dec, 19.-Four hundred and
ninety three natives and one European
were drowned when the British steam
er Lienshing. bound from Hong Kong
to Saigon, lndo-China, sank at sea, ac-
cording TO advices today TO Lloyds from
Saigon. Thirty natives were
saved. The date of the disaster was
not given.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
ROBS CEMETERY FOR
CHRISTMAS TREES

Police are looking for the meanest
thief He Is the man who robbed For
est Hill cemetery Of three evergreen
trees.
The secretary OF the cemetery asso-
citation reported that the trees had
been stolen.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
WILSON ENJOYS SNOW.

III WASHINGTON, Dec 19.-President
e,syison enjoyed Washington's first real
4 snowstorm of the year today, sitting
seut on the south portico Of the White
vHouse for more than an hour. Earlier
b. the morning ths president walked
@About his room and the adjacent corri-
:FHors for short time, Admiral Grayson
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
''YOU ARE REAL
SANTA CLAUS"
MOTHER WRITES
Packing Time Arrives and
Brings Need of Aid and Dis
tributiOn Trucks -- Help
Make This the Best Year.

\ A complete list of contributions to
! the Goodfellows' fund will be found
X on the editorial page. Donations up
80 Friday morning amount to Sl0,-
I, Ssi.ls
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
Weather Forecast

Cloudy with colder
weather probable by
Saturday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19

Memphis, Tenn, Dec, 10, 1919,
---Temperature---
,ur DrV Rulh Wet Bulb Humid'y
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