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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Blue Hills Suit Champions,

That day at Mystic park when the
colt trotted a heat just better than
2:20, but showing a rate of speed that
made him look like a possible champion,
was a vital one for the scion Of the
Electioneer. A little hesitancy on the
part Of Mr., Forbes might have made a
great change in trotting history.
Comparatively few persons were
aware of how many champion t|rotting
sires have had their home in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of the blue hills Of
Milton. Among them may be mentioned
Ethan Allen, 2:25h, as long ago as
1870, owned by Col. H. S. Russell. Later
Mr.. Russell owned the chestnut Fear
naught, 2:23A, whose record when made
was the best by a t~rotting stallion, and
Home farm later became the home OF
%Smuggler, 2:15%, another champion.
Later on Arion H., 2;10ia, whose record
| stood as the best for the age for man.
years, was placed at Forbes farm.
While not himself a champion, Bin
gen, 2:06h, forced himself to the front
rank. He is the sire OF the fastest trot-
ter that the world has yet produced
Uhlan. 1:5S.
Then there was Peter the Great,
2:074, who made his first start AT
Forbes farm. The son of Pilot Medium
was rather slow In forcing his way into
the front rank and II was not until he
! was taken to Kentucky that he came
into great prominence. It is rather odd
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03

The Shelby County Commission VIII
receive bids up to noon, Tuesday, March
II, for crushed limestone rock. as per
specifications to be had in the office
of the Commission.
The right is reserved to reject any
and al bids,
SHELBY COUNTY COMMISSION,
BY f. w. HALE, Secretary.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
TWO SHIPS BRING IN
SMALL NUMBER OF YANKS

NEW YORK, March 3--The steam
ship Yosemite arrived today with e
medical, infantry and forestry casuals
The steamship Polar Bear came II
from Bordeaux by way Of Bermuda
with a few caSuals. She vas disabled
at sea and the steamship President
Grant went to her assistance and aided
her In reaching Bermuda.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Skill With Rifle Didn't Help
Case of Cub Pitcher While
in Army.
az OSCAR c.

CHICAGO, March 3.-Orders to report
to Camp Funston came. He went home
and babe his mother good bye. En-
route to the camp he wondered what
was in store for him, how he would be
received and in what department OF
the army service he would be placed.
His mind revolved and revolved in the
smoker, In the diner and in his berth,
but all he could think Of was, They
will make a sniper out of me-" He
vent to headquarters self-assured this
would take place.
This was Grover Alexander's expert
ence last spring after he had been in
Quoted into the army. Being an eX-
pert shot with the rifle, he was conf
dent the army would make a sniper
out of him. He went to camp prepared
to be one. But a surprise awaited
him. After he had been examined,
placed in detention for two weeks and
released, a controversy arose as to
which regiment would get him: 1t
seemed everybody wanted him for a
baseball team, The result was the re-
port went to Washington and came
back placing him with the field artil-
lery. This was a surprise to AleXan-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
STRIKE IN COTTON
MILLS FAILS TO OCCUR

LOWELL Mass, March 3.-The strike
which ~agitators from Lawrence had an
nounced for today in, the great cotton
mills here failed to materialize at the
opening hour. Operatives apparently
went to their work In normal numbers.
Organized textile labor had no part at
any time In tho proposed demonstra-
tion
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
HOG SHIPPERS MEET.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, March 3 (Spl)
Farmers who raise hogs for the mar.
ket in Madison county held n meeting
Saturday and effected organization OF
an association for cooperative ship
ping by which they expect to get more
satisfactory prices,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
BIDS WANTED.

The Shelby County Commission will
receive bids up to noon, Tuesday, March
II, for cuIvert pipe, sizes 10 inches up
to AZ.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids,
By L. W. HALE. Secretary.
EnhrnArM o. ION
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
AUGIE LOSES AGAIN.

four Of the six fifty-polnt blocks,
Pierre Maupome, Mexican billiardtst,
last night won the 800 point, three
cushion match played with August
Kieckhefer, of Chicago, 100 to 2Sl.
Maupome's grand average vas ,S29
against no for his opponent
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
TRANSPORT ARRIVES.

NEW YORK. March 3-The army
transport Great Northern arrived today
from Brest with 93 officers and 1850
troops, 1891 Of whom were sick and
wounded, The troops include a large
number Of negroes Of the 92d division.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
CHICAGO FAVORED,

CHICAGO, March 3.-The University
Of Chicago basketball five is regarded
as the ~favorite to win the Western con
ference championship az a result OF its
unbroken string of ten victories. The
Maroons have not lost a game this sea-
son, and only two more games remain
on their schedule.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Bingen Big Factor
In TrOtting World

ance at the Readville track than 1t was
a certainty that he would supplant
Arion as the leading sire of that noted
breeding establishment.
No one had before seen as much nat
ural speed as was displayed by the
first Of the Bingen produce. Apparent.
ly they needed little training and were
all pure-gaited trotters. If Forbes farm
had been continued it Is hard to tell
what he might have accomplished.
Mr., Forbes untlmely death compelled
the dispersal OF the wonderful breeding
establishment that he had established
at Milton. How great had become the
renown of Bingen is shown by the big
price that he brought under the ham
~ % DoaI,ina
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
RAILROAD SCHEDULES.

Th. Sc,lowinR schedule figures published as In
formation and not guaranteed
tp" Central Standard Time,)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03

ITH THE TASK Of ar
ranging a schedule for
the 1919 season confront
ing them, the Southern
league schedule commit
tee is in Memphis today
ready to go into the in
tricate details of arrang-
ing a calendar of games
suitable 10 all hands
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Grouer C. Alexander
Wanted TO Be o. Sniper

Burns, former White Sox left-handerr
and several others. With that he
whipped out a AZ automatic, one he
had borrowed from Burns, and started
to pop at crows and quail that APP
peared along the road. He thought Sc
much of his craftsmanship that he did
not ask the driver to stop the car He
aimed and fired as the automobile sped
along at the rate of 80 miles an hour
1t would not be ''squealing'' to say he
did o score a hit, although he came
close several times.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03

suitable to all hands
around In the Dixie major. The com
mittee Is composed of Mike Finn, now
OF the Texas league, but late of Chat
tanooga; Chas. Colsson, of Mobile; j.
a. Hutchinson, OF Nashville, and Presi-
dent John D, Martin, of the Southern
league who is an ex-offico member OF
the committee.
Owing to the fact that the court Of
civil appeals in session at Nashville last
week ruled against Sunday baseball in
the capital city, the schedule committee
Will be facing a stiff ask in lining up
the calendar of games this year. The
decision Of the court OF civil appeals has
followers Of baseball hope that the game
viii be permitted as heretofore in the
state.
The schedule makers will probably
follow the course of making two sched-
ules, one to be used in ase the ruling
by the supreme court and the other to
be brought into play in case the
supreme court reVerses the lower court
and permits the king of sports to be in
dulged in all seven days in the Southern
league. This is believed to be the wisest
course, and in the event the decision Of
the higher court is not received until
almost time to begin the season, the
schedule will have already been drawn
and there will be no delay in framing
a new list Of games to include Sunday
ball.
Sessions at Headquarters.
The committee is meeting at the
league headquarters in the Exchange
building, and 1t is expected that the
session will last all day and far into the
night, as the work of framing a sched-
ule is far from a simple task, and there
are so many angles to the proposition
that considerable time Is required before
the schedule is anywhere near complete.
In making up the calendar Of games,
the fact that every club In the league
| desires the choice dates Is borne in mind
and the schedule makers accordingly
give every club absolutely the best that
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
FAST BATTLES
In SOCCER
LEAGUE
@. B. G. Wins Over Phoenix
While Floyds and Wisharts
Battle to a Tie.

In the Memphis Associated Amateurs
soccer double bill Sunday the newly
entered Floyd's Candy team tied the
Philippi-W ishsrts by a 2 to 2 score
and C. B. c. maintained their winning
stride by defeating the Phoenix Short
entngs by the score Of / 70 O..
With Duff in the Wisharts' forward
line, the four teams are wonderfully
well balanced and promise some great
sport from now to the end Of the
season.
The real sensation of the afternoon
was the playing of the team which
Manager Hagerty got together. This
aggregation consists Of the Winfreys,
with the exception Of two.
The first game was an example Of
raal soccer, fun of snappy. passes,
three essentials that count in the asso-
citation game. From the time the whis-
tie blew for the kickoff until it sig
nailed the end Of the game there was
not a single idle moment, and though
the Phoenix team played up to their
pld standard, one could easily see they
we're outclassed by their more expert
enced opponents,
NJ Second Game.
The Floyd Wishart game was pc
culiar in that the playing would swing
from end Of the field to the other,
where one team would lombard the
others goal for four or five minutes,
then the play would return to the OPP
posite goal to have the performance
repeated there.
1t was nip and tuck until about the
end Of the first half, when White put
the Wisharts again on top by rolling
a slow one past Epps, which a more
experienced goal hinder would have
kept out. .
Reams wal substituted for Epps at
the beginning of the second half and
put heart into the Candy kids by some
spectacular stops.
The team work OF the sporting goods
men was becoming frayed, while their
opponents kept closing in on them
After several masterful pieces OF work
Senior was rewarded by getting a loose
ball from a scrimmage and rolled 1t
into the corner Of the goal for the
final count about five minutes before
the final whistle.
"Dickey'' Hayes made his debut as
a referee and looks to be the tind OF
the season. He will be on the Joo Ill
future.
Tho League Standing.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
LOUISVILLE a NASHVILLE RAILROAD.
.Daily except Sunday, 'ssunday only.
NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA a ST. LOUIS
pAII pnAO

UNITED STATES
RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE
60 North Main St. Bell Phone Main 1907
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Sire Of Uhlan, 1 :58, and Other
Speed Kings of the Ameri-
can Turf.

The death of E. H. Greeley. the vet
eran Maine horseman, is a reminder Of
how little things may change the whole
course of equine events, as undoubtedly
they do in greater affairs OF life,
There is no doubt hat Bingen has
velopment Of the trottlng horse in the
last 20 years. At one time It looked as
though the son OF May King, 2:20. by
Electioneer, would dominate the whole
trotting structure. He has certainly left
a wonderful impress upon it and his
family Is constantly increasing in i'm
~portance.
Bingen was purchased in Kentucky as
a yearling by George w. Leavitt, who
disposed OF a half interest in the colt
to Mr., Greeley. As a ~2-year-old the colt
was turned over to Henry liter, and In
a race at Mystic park showed such a
wonderful speed ability for those days
Of a stampede on the part Of we'll
koown horsemen to become his owner.
If the story is rightly told, Mr.. Leavitt
priced the youngster to j., Malcolm
Forbes before the ace for $4,000. The
latter got a short time option on the
colt at that price,
Colts Show Natural Speed.
In the meantime E, V. r, Thayer
took a notion that he would like The
! colt at the figure named, and at least
another man, afterward prominent In
t~rotting horse circles was ready L
make out his check for the price thai
was asked for the chunky bay colt.
Mr.. Forbes finally decided to close thu
deal and Bingen went to the Forbes
| farm as a stable mate for Arion, 2:07%
for which Mr.. Forbes paid the recort
| price OF $125, 900.
What Bingen did at Forbes farm Is Q
| matter of history. His first crop o
J foals had no sooner made their appear
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
Crows Are His Target.

by gosh, I must be off form said
Alexander after he had emptied the
automatic several times without bring
ing down a crow. He refilled the fire
piece and set himself for at least one
successful shot. A few minutes later
the party came to a flock of crows One
was perched on a low bush about 20
yards from the road.
Slew down to about Is miles and
I'll bet I'll get that baby shouted
Alexander. The driver complied. Alex
ander took aim and fired. That was the
last of the bird, and was the only one
he nailed on the entire journey, al
though he emptied the automatic many
times. After he had made that shot he
felt satisfied his y was good for a
sniper's job in the army, he said.
Hand Steady and Eye Keen.
Now know | am set to be a sniper.
/ didn't think It was in me to make a
shot as good as that, but the hand is
steady and the eye is keen
Alexander did not get a chance to do
any shooting with a rifle in the army.
His time was confined to the field ar
tillery, and he saw action in France,
From the last report received, he was
with the army OF occupation In Ger
many. He Is a good shot with the rifle,
as he has engaged In shooting contests,
once making a trip with Chief Bender,
Christy MatheWson and Harry Davis,
He was not the star shot OF the group,
but he broke the clay pigeons with
enough regularity to show he knew
something about shooting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03

= ,-cIose- Up" Of Ty Cobb as he looks
today since his return from France
Smaller picture shows Cobb when ne
Joined the service.
to date. While Cobb saw no active ser,
vice in the war he went through a rigld
course of training, The technical work
called for long hours Of reading me
practical work brought his eyes IN toucl
made for the foe, These might possibly
have affected his eyes. The chances
are, however, that Cobb took good care
Of his optics. His newest photo, above
shows the old sparkle and snap still ir
his eyes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03

Further to Regulate the Operation Of
Street Cars in the City Of Memphis,
and to Provide a Penalty for the
Violation Of This Ordinance.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-03
ST. LouIs.sAN FRANCISCO RAILRoAD,
URicn Station,
RAILROAD,

4Daily except Sunday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
RAINS HAMPER
DEVELOP ENTS
Oil Men Unable to Get
Supplies to Wells in
McCulloch County.

Drilling operations in Mccullough
county are being hindered by prac-
tically impossible roads. II rains
every week. making It extremely Gif-
ficult to do hauling required in get
ting in heavy materials and supplies.
The status OF some Of the sIcCul-
Tough county wells is as follows:
The c. s Thomas test in survey No.
1887. at Whiteland. is over 1900 feet
deep.
The Thomas Salt Gap well. on sur
vey No. 1851. has had to close down at
1900 feet because it cannot get the
S Ia inch casing over the bad roads.
Contractors Price & Beagle are
making slow progress in the hard
lime in George F. King well, on sur
vey No. 401. two miles southeast Of
Brady.
The Texas Eastern Oil eompany's
test. on survey S02, is going down be-
yond 1880 feet. where the eight inch
casing has Just been set.
The Douglas Oil company has had
TO shut down its wei on survey No.
1884 for want Of oil for operating pur-
poses. It had reached 1866 feet and
the s II inch casing had been set
go feet, on survey No. ~. They have
shut down their 1000 foot test on
survey No. 1881 at $50 feet.
The Texas OIL and Refining COM
pany has been drilling past a lost
string of tools on the J. H. Gibson
survey No. zs5, which is down below
100 feet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
TUCUMCARI TO DRILL
AND BUILD REFINERY

Tucumeari. y. II. June 2S.=The
Peco Producing and Refining com
pany has been organized here with q
capital stock OF s250.G00 to put down
a test vel near Tucumcari and to
build a $1,000 barrel refinery. which
Will manufacture gasoline. Kerosene
and lubricating oil
Work on the refinery VIII be start
ed within the next thirty days and
rushed to completion as fast as pos
sible. The crude oil will be hauled
from the Burkburnett field until
production IS secured in Quay county.
The plans of the company call for
filling and distributing stations in
about twenty-five towns located in
New Mexico, with their own agents in
many other towns and VILLAGES
throughout the state.
The company was formed through
the efforts Of J. n. Bowen. formerly
vice president and general manager
Of the Golden Belt Refining company
OF Oklahoma City.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
NEW PRODUCERS
IN TULSA POOL
Oklahoma Has Many Good
Wells and More Coming
in Okmulgee.

Tulsa. Okla, June 2S.-Several COM
pletions have been made in the Okla
homa fields during the past three
days as follows:
J. C. Mcdowell has a 50 barrel wei
on the L. T. Johnson land. the north
west quarter Of section 33-12-12, Ok
mulgee county
The Deeds Oil and Gas company has
a 50 barrel well in its first compile
ton on the s Tiger land, the north
east quarter OF section 2-12-14. Ok
mulgee county.
The Sinclair OIL and Gas company
has drilled a second test on tha Crews
land, the southwest quarter Of Section
1s-22-sw CARRIER district This well is
now making 100 barrels Of oil at a
depth Of 225s feet.
D. II. Smith and associates have
completed a well that Is making 200
barrels on the NJ sunny. land, the
northeast quarter Of section 20-13-12,
Okmulgee county.
Sinclair oil and Gas company has
completed an initial test on the Dive
" land, the northeast quarter of Sec
showing for a good well at 1885 feet
r. R. Black has a gas well at 1890
feet IN the southwest corner location
Of the southwest quarter in section
mas opened up a new pool IN the
southern part Of Okmulgee county. as
this well is situated just three miles
northwest Of Henrietta
The discovery well in the new Hew-
lit pool. drilled by the Texas COM
pany. is increasing its production
The well is IS feet in the sand and is
making near 1000 barrels OF oil.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
NAMES RECEIVER FOR THE
TEXAS GLOBE OIL COMPANY

Phoenix, Ariz.. June zS.-The Texas
Globe OIL and Gas company, an Ari-
iona corporation. was today declared
by Judge Stanford Of the superior
court Of 8Iaricopa county to be an in
vestment company. and A Guy Alsap
was appointed receiver Of the affairs
Of the corporation Notice Of appeal
from the order Of the court was given
by George Purdy Billiard, attorney for
the company, but the court held that
an appeal did not operate to keep
receiver from taking charge OF the
eompany's affairs. Officers OF the
company, which was recently investi-
gated by the corporation commission
contended that the company was not
operating under the blue sky law OF
this state and that the commission
had no Jurisdiction over the sale OF
stock Dissolution proceedings were
brought by attorney general Jones at
the request Of the corporation COM
mission
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
Personnel OF Italy's
Mem Cabinet Is Giren

Rome. Italy. June 2T--{By the As
ISOLATED Press-)-The new cabinet
" hich has been chosen tc succeed the
one headed by premier Orlando, which
resigned last " eek. follows:
Premier and minister Of the interior.
francesca Nitti.
Foreign office. Tommaso Tittont-
Colonies. Luigi Rossi-
Justice and worship. signor Nor
tara
War, Lieut. Gen. Albrioci.
Finance, francesca Tedeseo.
Treasury, signor Schanzer.
Marine ad interim, read admiral
SechI.
Instruction. Alfredo Pacceli-
Public works signor Pantano-
Transport. signor Devito.
Agriculture. signor Eisocchi.
Industry, commerce labor and food,
Carlo Ferraris-
Posts, signor Chizenti-
Military assistance and pensions.
siguor Dacomo.
Liberated provinces, signor Denava-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
LINE IN
PINTO COUNTY
Many Wells Drilling and
Preparing to Drill Near
Mineral Wells.

Mineral Wells. Texas. June 2s.-The
following is the condition of wells
drilling in Parker and Pinto counties:
Texas Company. Mcdonald No. /.
drilling at 1880 feet in black lime.
Midwest oil company. Robinson
No. /. shut down at 800 feet for stem.
Consumers Oil and Gas company.
Oaks No. 2. rig on ground.
Consumers on and Gas company.
Hess No 1, machine on ground.
Consu ners OIL and Gas company.
Corn No. l. rig up.
Consumers OIL and Gas company,
Jim Owens No. l, understanding at
Sinclair Gulf company. Abrams No.
1, drilling 1890 feet.
Sinclair Gulf company, Holt No. ].
understanding at 1890 feet
Palo Pinto Holding company. White
Whitesides ct al caudil No. / rig.
Whitesides ct al, Jayne No 1.
cleaning out, depth OF 2770 feet.
Owens and Wilson. Lynch No. 1.
fishing for pipe at 1890 feet.
Prairie Oil and Gas company. Ed
mondson No /. crooked hole, depth
23GO feet.
Roxana Petroleum company, Dye
No. l. drilling up pipe at $3.50 feet
Roxana Petroleum company. Sea-
man No l, bailing water. depth 1910
feet
Barkett ct al. Wilson No. I. fishing
for casing at 4312 feet
Werner et al, Pennington No. 1.
fishing for tools at Abs feet
Burlington ct al. Dalton No. 1.
shut down at 1900 feet.
Empire Gas and Fuel company. Ed
mondson No. 1. drilling at 3640 feet
Hoffman OIL and Gas company. Cos
tellO No. I shut down at 1850 feet
Magnolia Petroleum company, VIII
Eams No. 4. timbers.
Mid Kansas Oil and Gas company.
White No I. drilling I'D underreamer
Tugs at 1850 feet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
Ny Kingdom For Can
Opener, Plea From France

san Francisco. Cal. June 2s-~A can
opener. Ny kingdom for a can or
ener,n
MISS Wlnifred Jones. Of Suisun. do
nestle science teacher attached to y
roll canteen in the lie Mans area IN
France. writes friends in this CITY
that its no joke TO find a substitute
Ior an exhausted" can opener.
knives, hatchets and axes opening
cans, and declares that the absence OF
can opener-When several divisions
OF Doughboys. awaiting the magic
order TO entrain for home. are hang
ing around waiting for hot chocolate
lis serious problem.
Miss Jones is a y NJ c. A worker
N France and serves gallons OF hot
chocolate day and night. She holds
an enVianle record as a doughnut-
maker, too, and says that when she
gets home she viii have a can opener
IN every room in the house.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-28
GUGGENHEIMS BUYING
LAND IN RANGER FIELD

Ranger, Tex. June 27.-Gates OIL
company interests in this district
have been purchased by the Guggen-
helm mining interests for a cash con-
acres in the W. 7. Barker tract, six
miles northwest Of Ranger. IS now the
property OF the Guggenheim concern.
Forty acres OF the Hilly tract. near
DesdemOna- and 235 acres Of the Han
kins tract, in the same territory, is
also included in the deal
The Barker tract has a well on II
about $500 feet deep and likely to
come in any minute The well is be-
tween the Danley well OF the Prairie
Oil and Gas company. a 2000 barrel
gusher and the Perkins No. I. q 5000
barrel gusher, which sold for S1,000.-
600 several days ago
Slowly the flow OF the Trueman Da-
Wis No. !. which came in a few days
ago with 500 barrels. is increasing II
IS now making around 1000 barrels