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New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Memorial Rally To-day

Representative James A. Gallivan,
Of Boston, will speak to-day at the
Roosevelt Memorial regional confer
ence at the Waldorf Astoria. The CON
ference is one of the many to take
place in several cities to prepare for
the S5.00o,000 drive October 20 to 27.
To-day's meeting will be. attended
by delegates including New York. New
Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia., West
Virginia and the District of Columbia.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03

widespread suffering, which will inev,-
tabiy result if the railroads should be
tied up by general strike.
THE right to strike h.-s heretofore
been recognized in our laws, particu-
larly in certain provisions of the
Clayton act. Those laws should be
modified and strikes of employees on
railroads engaged in interstate COM
merce should be forbidden"
The Cummins bill, according to Sem
ator Robinson, who was a member Of
the drafting subcommittee. amply pro-
tects the rights of employees, employ
ers and the public.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
4. +. of L. Optimistic;
Leaders Think Railroad
Shopmen Will Not Quit
Netr York Tribune
II GShlnotO,a bureau

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-An opti-
mistic view Of the labor situation was
expressed to-day at the A. F. of L. Of
hces here. While the railway shop
mems referendum will probably favor
strike. and though the executive com
mittee has promised to carry out the
mandate, leaders said they did not ex-
pect to call a strike.
If the men vote TO strike but remain
at work the leaders viii take that
course as an expression of confidence
IN their determination to await devel-
opments. Some unions have already
voted to strike and have struck, but il
is noted that those that struck before
are not striking now. Under the in
fuence of the prevailing confidence
that better times and practices are
coming the new strikers are expected
soon to return TO work
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
State Department Denies
Col. House Is Coming Home

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Colonel
E. NJ. House, who is in London confer
ring with officials there on the organ
ization of the league of nations, will
return to Paris to resume his work. as
member of the American peace dele
cation as soon as his present mission
is completed, according to an an
nouncement to-day by the State De-
partment. Reports that Colonel
House would return to the United
States were denied
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Robinson asks Lau to
Prohibit Rail Strikes
arkansas Senator Declares Con-
gress Must Act No,o to Pre-.
cent National Tie-Up

WASHINGTON, Sept "A law to
prohibit strikes or lockouts of railroad
employees and thus protect the public
from transportation tie-ups was advo-
Gated by Senator Robinson, Democrat
Of Arkansas, in an address to- day in
the Senate.
1.-The time has come" he said, when
Congress must protect the public
against loss of life and property and
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Disputes Settled by
Financing

Revenue used to pay
1) Operating expenses.
60 Surplus to be divided equally
between
(A) Government to be used
(a) Improvements and extern
sions.
OBJ Retire bond issues
(c) When exceeding per cent
of gross revenue to be
absorbed by spond-
ing reduction of rates.
(B) Men ("dividend on etficicncy")
(a)- Two thirds to managerial
force.
(b) One-third to classified en-
ployes
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
AT YOUR SERVICE

A clean and comfortable din
ing room, prompt and cour-
teous service and, of course. a
high standard of food-these
are the things to be expected
at CHILDS.
If in any respect the servers
are unable to satisfy you, ask
tor the head waitress or the
manager-they are at YOUR
service and anxious to please
Crullers, Drowned en
cFnp perfection and
enI:ncing in flavor
CHuDS speciality.
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New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Have You a DAUGHTER? :?

Perhaps you feel that business life NAV
take her into surroundings none too health
full physically and mentally You hesitate
to have her make the
We wish to help you to decide your
daughters future. Come and talk to an
executive Of the ninth hoor). What
you learn of our policy will give you new
insight into business possibilities which
open to her.
In effort to develop character and
goodwill in our business realize the i'm
portanoe Of such development people and
Try to surround members of our organza-
ton with personal comforts, and with that
individual attention Of trained executives
that enables to help their development
and to pay salaries commensurate with
their ability
LORD & TAYLOR
38th St. & 5th Ave.
New York City
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03

Financial return to owners limited to
fair" dividends on properties in
stead Of government guarantee Of
income; revenue excess over fair"
return goes to Railway Transporta-
tion Board, one-half whereof goes
() To promote amelioration Of
labor conditions.
CD To extend and improve hos
pital relief.
(3) To supplement existing sys-
TENS Of insurance and pen
SionS.
"a To give technical educations to
employees.
60 To establish a system of profit
sharing by employees.
Remaining half to go for equipment
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
PLUMB PLAN
CUMMINS PLAN
Ownership

Ownership
to
y courts to define Legitimate
Ida
boardc
nc dPres - S Va
from board of
Operation
Pubic-Uder direction of board a
President five by the
of the
Rates Fixed by
Interstate Commerce Commission a
euaze special each
Wages Fixed by
Board Of directors. Commission on Wages and WORKING
to
Disputes Settled by
Special boards,
officials
and Final board Railway
the Inters
pen
Financing
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Jew Railroad Bill Bars Strikes
Different Plans to Run Railroads

F The hotdoSe" plans suggested
railroads the fos attention are
t 1not naoe oy Glenn e. Plumb
orohrhood presented Congress of
organized roroad employees the
~ noe suggested oy Senator Albert
s"om'tted yesterday the
m"ee foo1oing points each:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
MONARCH USED AS
CENTER Of CRIME
Court Testimony Says Ne
groes Went Forth Armed
From That Dive for Raids

Charged with dlsorderly conduct,
slim Lawson Anderson and Otto
Lloyd, negro chauffeurs, arrested by De-
tectiyes Heckle, Hoyle and Drummer, al
a result OF the shooting Of four negroes
on Beale avenue March &, we're each
fined SIS by Judge Fitzhugh in the po-
lice court late Tuesday afternoon, while
Tom Miller, another negro chauffeur,
was fined $50,
1t developed at the trial that the
white gunner had intended their bull
let's for Anderson when the automobile
was first fired upon on Fourth street,
Anderson stated that the men had made
a mistake and were hunting for an au-
tomohile Of a similar model to the one
he was driving,
Detective Heckle stated that he heard
that the negro gang to which Anderson,
LLOYD and Miller belonged used the Mon
arch, notorious for II decade as n negro
soft drink house on Beale avenu as .
rendezvous. From there they sailed
forth at night armed with pistols, shot
guns and rifles, on whisky "htgh-1ack-
Ing" expeditions, disguised in army uni
forms or ~overalls. Heckle declared that
when they returned they left their pis.
tolls aud gum In the New York cafe and
dispersed.
lie also stated that many homes OF
citizens had been searched for whisky
by the negro band, and that complaints
were slow in coming in On account of
the victims being timid about beinE
exposed,
Lloyd, while testifying, stated that he
had heard slim Anderson and other ne.
gro ehauffeurs had been in the habit
az taking depraVed white women out
on 10y rides, after making hauls o.
whisky and high lacking expeditions
and diSposing of II at fabulous. prices,
The four white women held on tn
secret docket, caught w a raid on
house on North Manassas street, wer'
not called on TO testify at the trial O
the negroes,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
MISSISSIPPI
SHIPS MANY HOGS
Lafayette Go. Leads With
Shipments by T~rainload
to Her Credit.

The remarkable result being accom-
plished in the cooperative marketing
of hogs by r, w. Bailey, county agri-
cultural agent OF oxford, Lafayette
county, Miss, was cited Wednesday
by II. o. Pate, market director Of. the
Memphis Chamber OF Commerce farm
bureau, as a mark Of encouragement to
ali farming communities of the Mem
nhis territory. Under Mr.. Bailey's
direction Is carloads Of feeders n
stock hogs were shipped out of Ok
ford on Tuesday when Mr.. Pate hap
pened to be present, Ten OF these airs
Of Count Agent Heath, OF Holly
Springs; four cars from Taylor, with
the aid OF T. NJ. Patterson, market
specialist for Mississippi; car from
Abbeviiie, with the aid OF |. b, keriin'
assistant state agricultural agent.
These hogs were sent to st. Louis
and IL is expected they win bring close
around $40, 600,
but this Is not the full story Of the
accomplishment of Lafayette and Rd-
iacent counties OF Northern Mississippi,
Ten cars OF hogs were shipped to st.
which brought $26, 900 into the county.
Three to four cars OF corn were shipped
out of oxford on the same day the
is carloads OF hogs moved out, Mr..
Bailey is planning to ship from oxford
on April . and 10, Is to 20 more cars
OF corn. On May 6 he win make a
shipment of finished hogs larger than
the iS-earload lot shipped Tuesday: The
hogs for this shipment are now being
fed out. A, G, Sphinx, county agent
Yaiobusha county, shipped carloads
OF hogs Tuesday, A. q, Hamilton, coun-
ty agent, Calhoun county, s cars Of
hogs Tuesday; Edwin Bonner, county
amart rarrolton. four cars of hogs
Wednesday. c. L. Mcneil, county
agent, Tate county, -four carloads FIN
ished hogs Tuesday,
The Tate county shipment was sen
| to Memphis and MIR. Mcneil was II
! the city Wednesday d~ispostnE OF then
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26

The greatest fault Of American pa
their children. They bring their young
sters up to be pampered darlings and
mammals pets if they can, and II they
can't they fill their children full Of
morbid self-pity because they were not
born m~illionaires.
This is the more strange because
the great majority Sof prosperous men
and women in this country have fought
their own way up from poverty to
riches, and they know by actual ex-
perience that there is nothing their
money has bought them that has given
them the fierce j~oyousness they had
They know the e~xhilaration that
floods your very being when you feel
within yourself the ability to stand
alone and carve out your W fortune
with your good right hand. They know
you pit your wits against the wits of
the cleverest in your line OF endeaVor,
and when your whole life depends upon
the skill and judgment OF some one
quick decision.
They know that no rest is SO sweet
labor; that no food has the flavor as
that which is earned by the sweat OF
your brow; that no money has the
| purchasing power OF hat which one
/ earns oneself; that there Is M other
thrill like the thrill of the success that
we make for ourselves by our W tai
ents and abilities.
The most powerful man In the world
the greatest multi-millionaire, can give
| his children nothing that compares witr
the things that they win for them
selves, and, this being true, It Is curl
GUS that parents are so anxious tC
keep their sons and daughters from un'
dertaking the great adventure Whlcf
indeed tries mems souls, but alone sat
isles mems souls.
But they do. Parents deny themselves
everything and slave so that their emil
dren may be able to begin where thesN
leave off. They want TO give, theil
children a fortune to start with IN
stead of letting them have the fun
can not do this they beat upon thei
breasts and bemoan themselves tina
they can not give their sons and daugn
tiers the advantages" that rich peopl
give theirs, -.
vantage the young a have is neces
sity, for 1t Is only the exceptional ma
or woman who has the strength an
energy to contend against luxury.
American fathers and mothers thin
that they show their affection for thei
children by trying to saw them tror
everything that Is difficult n unpieas
ant to endure and by weeping owe
them when they can't and telling thlel
how terrible 1t is that life isn't a be
Of roses for them.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
Campaign For
Victory Loan To
Be Named Out

All the Liberty loan leaders Of the
Eighth federal reserve district will as
semble In Memphis on Tuesday, April 8,
to make plans for the Victory loan cam
paign, which begins throughout the ma
tion on April 81, w. r. Compton, of
st, Louis, chairman Of the central COM
mittee OF the Eighth district, will pre-
side over the meeting, and with him
will meet the district managers, county
chAirmen, publicity directors, sales di-
rectors and directors OF speakers OF the
entire territory, He will have with him
from ST, Louis District Publicity Direc-
tor Gardner, Secretary Carpenter, OF the
central committee, and Director OF
Speakers Wilson, OF the central com
mittee,
II il possible the meeting will be held
In the Hotel Chisca, where It was con
Quoted last year, 1t IL virtually certain
that one or speakers OF national
Importance will be present to address
the workers, Y. d, Beneke. publicity d.
rector Of this territory, said Wednes.
day,
Arrangements for the meeting will be
made by r, l.. Jordan, chairman of tht
West Tennessee Liberty loan commit,
tee, when he returns from Nashville
Thursday. Mr.. Jordan will also appoin'
O county chairman to succeed W, w
Mallory, who resigned.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
DOROTHY X TALK
THE VICE OF SELF-PITY.
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer

In reality, malice coul6 do a child
no greater harm than to teach 1t TO
be sorry for itself and to cry. over its
hurts instead OF taking hard knocks
with a smile. For the vice Of self,pity
Is {Sst as deadly a ~ thing mGr 70 lncE hsSIt
1t drugs courage, 1t deadens initia-
tive and kills energy and s~uperinduces
a lethargic state in which the poor VIC
tim sits down and sheds maudlin tears
OF his folded hands and succumbs to
fate without striking a blow.
and cutters, for nobody will have
dealings with the poor creatures who
are always bemoaning their mlstor-
tunes. A wilmer is a foredoomed fall
ure. You never saw a successful man
who was always complaining about
having to work so hard or plying him
self because he had to bear this or that
burden. Successful people are invaria-
bly, cheerful people; people who have
had the courage to take punishment
joyed in fighting against every odd,
This is a matter Of common knowl-
edge, vet in spite of that you will see
mothers deliberately turn their children
into cry babies, who haven't the
strength and spirit to contend against
who give up the moment they encoun-
ter the real struggle of life.
have heard a mother lamenting
over her son and telling him how hard
II was that he couldn't have a racing
car, and she couldn't send him off to
an expensive college. l have seen a
mother weep owe her son when she
woke him up to 60 to work IN the
morning and sob over him when he
came home at night, and pity him be
cause his boss expected him to do his
work properly.
And the boy reacted to his mother
sympathy BY becoming an anarchist IN
spirit and hating everybody who was
a little better off than he was, and
by doing as little work as he could,
and by leaving one Job for another,
irving to find the mythical occupation
in which there Is no work and good
nav, And ! have seen the boy end UT
by becoming a loafer and a parasite
on his mother, who still pitied him and
said he had never had a chance IN the
world, And he didn't, Entirely due e
her teaching him the vice OF self-pity
And / have seen another mother
breed grit and determination into hel
son as the weeping mother bred weak
ness. She told her son what a splen'
did thing it was for a boy to have
rood Job. She pointed out his oppor
tunity to him and told him to go t.
! Il. She said to him: "Of course yo'
: have to work hard, but you've got tn
! manhood to pay the price" And tn
boy will be a success,
Don't pity your children Give then
j Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc,)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
Fresno, Cal, March 10.

Fresno, Cal, March 10.
NY Dear K. c. B.-I must tell you
about Little David, l call him Lattle
David because he is so little TO be
eight years old. Almost any one oil MS
four younger sisters is as big as ne.
Early every morning, rain or SHINE,
he appears on our front porch and talks
to our younger son through the win
dow. We would miss Little David s
morning visits II he were TO move away
Such a lear figure, clad in blue over
alls, topped off with a cap which Is 100
large, and ending in shoes a at
the toes!
At first we could>not understand his
very friendly conversation You see,
he has no palate. His teachers In school
can not tell what he says. SO he Is
still In the first grade. His parents
mean to have a silver palate made Tor
him, but he hasn't his back teeth yet,
being only eight, Anorner palate would
have to be made on the appearance
Of the two back teeth. Now, my last
teeth didn't come in until ] was II,
What II David's shouldn't, and IN the
meantime he should still be in the first
You would like Little David with his
cap which Is too big and his frayed
toes. He is 80 honest. My next door
neighbor took a long auto ride the
other day and didn't get back until
1t wal moonlight, While she was away
some one entered her chicken yard and
broke a great many eggs. happened
to go out on our back porch and see
her there, large and full Of wrath, Her
arms were folded ana she looked ike
some terrible figure of judgment. And
there was Little David standing before
her. In the moonlight | could see
clearly his tiny figure thrown back. his
hands in his pockets and he outline OF
| hto onn ufhiCb fg fnn hiU
She was saying: You know the bad
man comes in the dafk and gets little
boys who tell lies" .
And David answered: Yes, ma'am,"
in his queer kind of talk,
The culprits were found, but David
wasn't one OF them. l could have told
her that 1t wasn't Little David,
l think Little David has an ear for
music, I sometimes hear him singing
the things he hears on the piano next
door. And he sings them correctly
/ have decided to give him piano les
sons. He will need to have something
later on to compensate him for being
different" You know how that would
be.
But he does need a palate. Can yol
help him get one2
Sincerely our friend,
H. L. B.
1901 Mono Ave, Fresno, Cal.
GENE BUCK,
THE LAMBS.
NEW YORK City.
: MY DEAR Gene.
YOU'VE READ the letter.
. ABOUT LITTLE David"
AND I want to ask you.
q IF YOU'LL find out,
FROM OUR doctor friend.
: WHO LIVES at The Lambs,
IF THERE'S anything,
: THAT MAY be done.
FOR OUR little friend.
OUT THERE in the West.
n AND IF you'll find out.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
HOME GAMERS TO
SUPPLY MARKET
Memphis Territory Gould Can
Millions of Tomatoes and
Compete Successfully.

That Memphis jobhers and whole
salers will be able to handle all the
canned goods the girls canning clubs OF
the tri-states can produce, provided the
goods can be made Of uniform standard,
was the opinion expressed at a meeting
of the canning club and home demon
stration headers OF the three states held
with DR.. E. R. Lloyd and H. o. Pate,
director and market director, respective
ly, of the Chamber of Commerce farm
bureau Wednesday.
This assurance was given by Charles
Lewis, of Bry's, who is an expert on
merchandise brokerage. Mr.. Lewis, Of
fered his service to the canning CLUBS
without charge to market their products
in Memphis, provided he could be as
sured that the products would be OF
standard quality. All things being
equal, Mr.. Lewis said, he believed local
buyers would prefer to buy from, can
ming clubs, rather h a commercial can
neries.
Each representative of the canning
clubs stated that standard quality coula
be assured, referring to the fact that
the members of all the clubs OF the
three states use the Identical govern
ment directions and that every. can put
up Is guaranteed, 1t being required that
each can bear the name ana address OF
| the Gamer so that II 1t should not be up
to standard it can be replaced.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26

at the Memphis Wyoming stock yards.
The cooperative shipment Of. hogs
and other farm products, which has
sippi, was started by l.. A. Olson. the
then county agent OF Lafayette, about
three years age, Since that time. the
production Of hogs and other farm
products has increased in Lafayette
county several hundred per cent and
the entire county is enjoying the great
est prosperity,
Mr.. Olson was moved to try the ex-
pertinent Of cooperative shipment by
the conditions which resulted from a
visitation OF the boil weevil. It is now
considered that the disaster which
forced the farmers OF the county to turn
to Investigation and cooperative
marketing and more or less away from
cotton, had many good features.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
MEMPHIS HAS SURPLUS
OF NEGRO lAB0RERS

WASHINGTON, March 26,-petatls OF
employment conditions In the south
east during the current week, as made
public today by the United states am
ploymont service, indicate q shortage of
workmen a~ggregating $500 in Jackson.
Vile, Wilmington, Charleston md
Columbia. Louisiana and Virginia re-
port the supply and demand o
equal. with a surplus OF 1900, however,
in Richmond, Georgia reports a surplus
OF $500 and Memphis q surplus Of 500
ysRro farm iaboTsra.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
LEAVES FOR NEW FIELD.

Emmett G. Moore, who has been a
member OF the Central Baptist church
for the last is years and superintendent
OF the Sunday school for six years, viii
leave Wednesday night for Montgomery,
Ala, where he will accept the position
OF state sunday school secretary of Ala
bama. In his honor the Wednesday
night prayer meeting at the church will
be held from 1880 to $3.50 o'clock. the
change being made so that Mr.. Moore
can Ieaye nj g.4S o'clock.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
SOUTH RETAINS MOST
OF PINE CREST DUR0CS

Southern farmers spoke we'll for flu
turc development Of the hog raising &C
tivities OF the South Tuesday when only
James on his Pine Crest farm near
Charleston, Miss, went to Northern
stockmen, or ~ high-class sows bred
to Champion Scissors, only one went
northward, this SOW bringing the top
notch Of SITS. The sale average was
t296. Q6, and the IL sows bred 10 Scis-
sors averaged 1901. The total re-
cetpts for the Al sows were Sl3, $3.50.
Several hundred farmers attended the
sale and allotments we're divided among
the following states; West Tennessee &,
Mississippi ~, Kentucky J, South Caro-
lima 2, Indiana ?, Florida |, Ohio .. Mis-.
souri, | and Minnesota /.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
SAY RyMAN'S
VOICE Is EXCEPTIONAL

The world will never tire of a tenor.
the ordinary run. The latest artist to
enter the lists and make a bid for
recognition as a singer is Paul Ryman,
who critics declare has a voice of eN-,
ceptional quality. While powerful
large building, he has nevertheless a
soft toned voice that oftimes bellies its
strength.
While his programs include the
classics and he handles the heavier
works with grace and ease, It Is said
songs and ballads.
Mr.. Ryman is to appear in recital
here wednesday evening, April ,, at the
Goodwin institute. Angelo Corteser
harpist, win assist him.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-26
c. B. STAFFORD GIVEN
IMPORTANT POSITION

Cyrus Black Stafford, for several
height commissioner Of the Merchants'
exchange, has been named by the
United states railroad administration
as chief assistant In charge Of rates in
the South, with offices in Washington,
ID. G.
Mr., Stafford will have final jurisdic-
ton in matters Of freight rates as the
representative OF the shipping public on
the director generals staff. His election
to this important position Is a testi-
monial 10 his ability in all matters per
tanning 10 rates, His wide circle OF
friends in Memphis are greatly elated to
learn OF the new honor he was won.