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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-01-04
e.ssino and Giving.

What. makes the Dead sea deadi
Because Il II all the time receiving.
never Giving out anything-D. L
Moody.
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CHIPS

Mrs. Della Lewis, $500 South Park
avenue, has been confined to her
home the past week with a severe at
tax Of indigestion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-01-04

Il want you to know" beloved the
angry man. -that I'm not as stupid a.
You think I ami. -Sure not replied
his friend. You couldn't be-.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-01-04

No, Carrie. the expression piping
times Of peace" has nothing to DO win
smoking the peace pipe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-01-04

Masterpieces haye never been pro-
duced by men who have had no mae
ters.-Henry J. van Dyke.
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PEAT Il an insuls..r.

Compressed peat is being developed
BY European inventor ~ . sound h
sulating materisL-ohio State Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-01-04
Current cnp.

Do yoa know that great light bills
from little glass bulbs growf
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-01-04
optinIsfie Thoaoht.

The ssinxy man loves to give adxicss
h costs n5thing.
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palIv Thouoht.

A little wind kindles. much puts out
the frc.-Herbert-
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shaw, IS one of the leading colored
Deneen Republicans in Chicago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
LEGAL NOTICES.
TRUSTEE SALES.
TRUSTEES SALE.

Default having been made in the
payment OF the debts and obligations
secured to be paid in certain warranty
deed with lien retained. executed the
18th DAY of August, 1918, by L. l.
Oliver, to the undersigned as trustee,
flee of the Register Of Shelby County.
Tennessee, in Book SIS, Page 315. and
the owner OF the debt secured having
requested the undersigned to advertise
and sell the property secured by said
instrument, this is to give notice, that
we will, on
FRIDAY, JULY %, 1919,
commencing at IL o'clock noon, at the
southwest corner OF the courthouse,
and at the Adams avenue entrance
thereof. proceed to sell at public out
cry to the highest and best bidder for
cash, the following described property,
to-wit:
Situated in Shelby County, Tennes-
see, as follows; Lot 1909 OF the Hill
crest subdivision as peS plat OF record
In Plat Book 6. Page rs Of the R~egister'e
office OF Shelby County. Tenn, and
Said lot No. 100 fronts fifty (5ol feet
on the west side of Hudson street by
a depth of one hundred, forty-nine and
siS-tenths (l49,6) feet between parallel
lines.
All right and equity of redemption,
homestead and dover waived in said
instrument, and the title is believed to
be good, but we will sell aud convey
BANK OF COMMERCE & TRUST Co,
BY S. ]. SHEPHERD, Trust OFFICER.
LAMAR H~EISs<ELL, Attorney,
This Tune 10, 1919,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
WARTIME PROHIBITION IN
FULL EFFECT NEXT TUESDAY

members Of the committee to conceal
their satisfaction In having ordered the
three bills sent 10 the house In one
so as to prevent more than one fight
Some members intimated that Title
One. the wartime enforcement meas
ure, would still be unpassed when act
ual wartime prohibition was declared
ended. II was pointed u by others
that the laws made Il mandatory on
the president to say when demobiliza-
ton was completed which automatically
permits saloons TO resume operations
until Jan, 16, 1920. when constitutional
prohibition viii become effective.
Members of the judiciary committee
said that while they did not look for
actions by the president this week or
next. the general view that with the
signing OF the peace treaty by Ger
many ana the government assurance
OF speedy rehabilitation, issuance Of
the presidents proclamation might not
he Aeld up longer than Labor day at
the latest. Indeed, II appeared to be
the opinion among many members Of
the house that saloons In cities where
the sale Of lidpor now Is permitted,
will be serving drinks much sooner than
the public imagihes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27

WASHINGTON. June 27.-Wsrtime
prohibition will become effective next
Monday at midnight without enact
ment meanwhile, by congress Of add
tional legislation for it's enforcement
out OF a maze OF confusing develop
ments this fact stood out sclearly today
with the decision OF the house judiciary
committee, charged with the duty Of
operating and submitting enforcement
machinery, 10 report three bills in one,
eachN standing on its own legs n
capable Of holding its own In the event
the others were made invalid by con-
gress or the courts.
Chairman Nolstead, Of The commit
tee, declared last night there was no
possibility OF the passage of the joint
measure before July l. but that there
existed ample means of enforcement
and ample penalties "for violation or
the wartime act. The fun and ex-
plicit definition Of intoxicating liquors
any beverage or product containing
more than one-half OF one per cent al.
cohol-set by the bureau Of internal
revenue, left no doubt, he said, as to
how the courts would coustrue the law
or deal with offenders.
No attempt a made by prohibition
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
VETERAN RESTS UNDER
MAGM0LlAS IN ELMW00D

The body of the late Charles w.
Richmond was laid to rest Thursday
afternoon under the shade of the group
of magnolia trees which stand sentinel
near the Confederate monument In
Mmwood cemetery. The grave was
covered with floral offerings. includ-
Ing q beautiful pillow in the form Of n
Confederate flag, sent by the Confed-
crate Historical association, Of which
he was a member.
The services of the Episcopal church
were conducted by the Rev. Alex NJ,
Rich, rector of Holy Trinity parish. OF
which Mr.. Richmond was a member.
The 'casket was borne to the grave by
six OF Mr.. Richmond's old friends,
former Confederate soldiers, most Aoi
them members of Company A, u. c. V.
Mr., Richmond rode with Gen. Nathan
Bedford Forrest as II boy, and was al
one time a member of the regiment
commanded by the late Col. Nicely. He
had lived In Memphis since the close OF
the war and was a civil engineer. For
nearly two years he had made his
home with his eldest son, Walter Rich
mond, In Chicago. =
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
FRIDAY, June 81. 1919.
r n ~ T,u- IIi1b patp

State Of Tennessee, Shelby County,
91S49 A, ID.
j. II. McBee, doing business as McBee
Engine and Implement Co., VS., the
Cleveland Tractor Co.
In this case, II appearing by affi-
davit that the defendant, the Cleveland
Tractor Co., a corporation, is justly in
dehted to the plaintiff and Is a nom
resident or the state Of Tennessee. so
that ordinary process OF law can not be
served on II, and an original attach
ment having been sued out, returnable
to the circuit court of shelby county,
Tennessee. and the same having, been
levied on the defendants property stu
ated In Shelby county, Tennessee. il is
ordered by the clerk that publication be
made for four consecutive weeks in
The News Scimitar, a newspaper pub
lished in Memphis, Shelby county, Ten
nessee. commanding the said Cleveland
Tractor Co, to appear before the said
court, at the courthouse in Memphis,
Tennessee, upon the first Monday OF
August. 1919. to make defense to the
said suit against II, or 1t will Ne pro-
ceeded with ex parte,
JAS. BRETT. Clerk.
BY W, r, SHEA. JR., ID. C.
II, Ii. ,Stlckiey. Attorney for plaintiff
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27

American participation Is summarized
IN the report In the following table;
Total armed forces, including army,
navy, marine corps. $500, 900.
Total men in the army 1910. 600.
Men who went overseas, loss, 900.
Men who fought in France. 1890. 900.
Tons OF supplies shipped from Amer
lea TO France, $500, 900,
= Total registered In draft. "a S4.0 21
Total draft ihductions. 2.s10, 296.
CoTt OF war to April 80. 1919. s2l,-
Battles fought ~ Aperican troops. Ia
DAYS OF battle, 200,
Days of duration OF Mouse Argonne
battle, ~,
American battle deaths In war. so, 600
American wounded in war, 3s6, 900,
American deaths from disease, Sc, g9i
Total deaths In the army, 1la, &22.
Under the head OF sources of the
army" the report shows that IS pei
cent came from the regular army. II
per cent from the national guard anS
" per cent from the draft,
A concise history OF rhe military
operations In which American trpops
took part il given In a chapter headed
Two Hundred Days OF Battle" Atten.
ton was called to the fact that tive
et every three american soldiers wnS
reached France took part In battle"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
OREGON IS SEEKING
MEXICAN PRESIDENCY

LOS ANGELES, Cal. June 27-For-
NAL annouDcement Of the candidacy OF
Gen, Aware Obregon for the presidency
OF Mexico at the election In 1920 was
made public today. In a manifesto pub
lished In Sonora, a Spanish language
newspaper printed here. Gen, Obregon
declared he enters the field as n lib
eral. explaining that although there are
many small political groups in Mexico,
there are but two political parties
liberals and conservatives.
Six points make up the policy he has
formed in regard to international af-
fairs, as follows:
The i%nviolability Of Mexican sover-
eighty; absolute respect for the SOW
ereignty and institutions of other peo-
pies; complete recognition OF all the
rights legitimately acquired in Mexico
or absolute conformity to its laws by
all strangers; to give all facilities to
capital that desires to invest In Mex
leo for development OF its natural re-
sources; extension in the most ample
manner to foreigners resident in Mex
leo Of all tho guarantees and preruga-
tives Mexican law comedies them; a
frank tendency to reinforce and widen
MeXlco's foreign relations"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27

KATZ-At Baptist hospital, Thurs
day afternoon, June 26, 1919, at 9
o'clock, Annie Levitch, wife Of Jake
Katz, aged SO years; mother of Victor,
Lena and Sam KatZ.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence, SCI Concord avenue, this
friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends
invited. Interment in Baron Hirsch
cemetery.
BICKHAM-At residence Of her
daughter, Mrs. NJ. L. Harrison, 1046
Barton street, Friday morning, June 81,
1919, at s o'clock, Mrs. L.. M. Bickham,
aged So years; mother of Mrs. M. l..
Harrison.
Funeral services conducted by the
Rev. G. H. Martin will be held at resi-
dence tomorrow saturday. afternoon
at 8 o'clock. Friends invited.
SOLARI-At New Orleans, La,
Thursday morning, June 26, 1919, Frank,
husband of Amelia Foppiano Solari,
father of Mrs. John Antonelli, Alvin
and Peter Solari, son of Mrs, Mary So
lari and brother of Mrs. Joseph Accaro
and Miss Louisa solari, of Nashville
Tenn.
Funeral will take place from the resi-
dence, 346 Washington avenue, tomor-
row Saturday morning at 9 o'clock,
Requiem mass at st. Peters church al
$50. Friends invited. Interment in
Calvary cemetery.
REYNOLDS-The funeral OF the late
James f. Reynolds will take place from
the residence, 1886 Washington avenue
this (Friday) afternoon at 3 o'clock
Friends invited. Interment In Forest
Hill cemetery.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
BIRTHS.

Arthur L. and Beulah Hail, Baptist
Memorial hospital, June %; girl.
Joseph T. and Mary Stevens Halbert,
CARLY Ramsay hospital. June %; boy.
Delmar p. and Gertrude u. Wood, 666
North Dunlap. June %; boy.
Dave and Esther Sokol, 929 Leon
place. June 25; girl.
Grather and Urisiole Gabcab, rs
Gaines alley, June 10; boy.
Frank and Georgia Lotion, $40 North
Pauline, June IS; boy.
Will and Annie Allen, Speedway, June
IS: girl.
win and Susie Anderson, rear 707
Arkansas, May 81; girl.
Dan and Esteile Murphy, 14s Walker,
June rs; boy.
Frank and Bernice Correll, 22S South
Fourth, June "a; girl.
Carl and Sammie Mcknight, Midland
street. june II; boy.
Henry and Julia Davis, reaN 1888
Madison, June 81. girl.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
DIGEST Of is. WAR LOSS
BY EXPERTS MADE PUBLIC

WASHINGTON, June s7,~AmerIcan
casualties during the 47-day Meuse-
Argolme offensive aggregated 100, 900
men, or 10 per cent Of the total Of
100000 engaged, %adcordthg to n sta
tistical summary of the wal with Ger
many prepared by Col, Leonard Il,
Ayres. chief Of the statistical branch
OF the general staff and published by
the war department.
"Of every leo American soldiers and
sailors who took part in the war with
Germany" the report said, two were
killed or died Of disease during the
period of hostilities, In the Northern
| army during the Civil war the number
was about 10. Among the other great
| nations in this war between 20 and Is
In each 100 called TO the eolors were
killed or died"
Best information obtainahle by the
general staff places the total battle
deaths for all helligerents at 1850, d.
| vided as follows
Russia, 100, 900, Germany, 1900. 900;
France, 1885. 500. Great Britain, aOU,O 600
| Austria, 500, zoe; Italy, $50. goo, Turkey
| ESQ, 600; Serbia and Montenegro, 1875,
COOS Belgium. i02, 900; Rumania. 100. eco
Bulgaria, 100, eco; United States, As. 400,
arsere. iippps FprtugaL asQgg.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
LABOR MEN OF THREE
NATIONS TO PROTEST.

SOUTHPORT. England. June 81
British, French and Italian labor rep
r~esentatives have decided to make a
general demonstration on July 20 or 81
to protest against allied Intervention in
Russia. This announcement was made
by Arthur Henderson, British labor
leader, at the labor conference here
today.
Mr.. Henderson explained that the
demonstration would be an attempt TO
prevent the governments Of Europe
from adopting n r~eactionary policy
throughout the continent.
Il would be left to each country, be
added, to decide whether the demon
s~tration would take the form Of polit-
teal or industrial action. Resolutions
would be adopted protesting against
any Intervention in Russia and de-
handing the abandonment Of conscrip-
ton,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
CORN AND COTTON BOTH
SHORT IN SHELBY COUNTY

Neither corn nor cotton Is more than
65 per cent Of n normal crop in the
northern part Of Shelby county, accord
ing to reports from that section,
J, III. Barrett, of BarretsVille, who was
In the city Friday, says that cotton will
scarcely average 6b per cent Of last
years stand and that except on the
best cultivated farms, much cotton will
be abandoned. He also says that con
siderable corn viii have to be %replanted,
or the ground will be put In some late
summer crop. Cotton Is smaller and in
worse condition In his section than for
many years at this time OF year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
HANDSOME CAR GIVEN
TO DR.. W. H. F~INESHRIBER

The Rev, w, II. Fineshriber and Mrs.
ttneshriber are the happy owners OF
was presented to them by a number
Of their friends this week. II is equipped
with every modern device, and In ad-
dition to the car there accompanied the
gift n package Of tickets calling for
1920 worth of gasoline.
Some of the donors are members of
DR.. Fineshriber's congregation and 9TH
ers are among his personal friends In
other denominations or whose friend
ship he has won In his numerous public
and civic activities, The gift was ac-
companied by "a letter expressing the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
CROWN PRINCE F0RESEES
WAR IN TEN YEARS

LONDON, June 27,--"After peace is
signed | viii return to Germany to live
on my estates In Silesia and perform
my duties as a land owner" said the
former German crown prince in an In
'terview last week at Wieringen, ac-
cording to n Brussels dispatch to the
Daily Mirror.
The prince is also quoted as declar-
ing that East Prussia and Silesia will
never consent to be governed by Po-
land, There win be another war in 10
years.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
ENGLISH LOSE THEIR
MEXICAN LAND GRANTS

- MEXICO CITY, June 27.-ln response
to an unofficial inquiry by the British
charge to Mexico, H. A. c. Cummins,
the department of agriculture an
nounced that greatla concessions held
by English companies in the state of
Chiapas had been abrogated by the
governments In accord with the present
laws. The concessions were granted by
previous governments and, according to
the department, can be renewed only
under the provisions of the present law
which, for the present, only authorizes
a temporary lease, subject to revision OF
the existing arrangements,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
LISTENED TOO WELL
AND CHOSE UNWISELY

Mandy Anderson, Promise McKln2ie
and Relia Easley evidently have con-
cluded that they did not choose wisely,
when they listened to the matrimonial
propositions put to them by Robert An
derson, Lollie Mckenzie and viii
Easley, Though each accepted her re-
spective proposal, and ACCOMPANIED her
liege lord TO the preacher. they now
have enough OF II, Mandy and Promise
FLEA suits for divorce In the circuit
codtt, while Relia sought to have the
chancery court sever her matrimonial
ties. The declarations were filed Thurs
day afternoon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
LICENSES.

Joseph r. Marchiaio and Susie Par
.rett, Charles G. Moon, Jr.. and Dorothy
Hume, f. O, Warner and Elizabeth
Rogers. John L. Hughes and Eta May
Archie, Joseph H. Ferguson and Agnes
]. Matthews. Virgil Evert Bledsoe and
Lou Ellen Pritchard, Rollo W. Miller
and Marye Emerson Cooper.
Benson w. Novels and Made MCGEE.
James Yates and Susie Polk. John
Isam and Lizzie williams, Ike Robinson
and Caroline Rose, Clarence Ford and
Abinar Watts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
MlAIN'S SMILE (AND
SHlRT) ARE MISSED

William Tyler McI.ain, assistant
states attorney, took a layAoff Thurs
day, following 10 straight days of the
Mr.. Mcl.ain prosecuted the 'Dr,' r.
w, Schoultz case, which lasteds all of
last week, Then, Monday, he began
the prosecution OF Namp Gholston, ne
gro murderer. The Gholston ease last
ed through Wednesday.
As sam. q, Bates, states attorney.
returned from Nashville Wednesday aft
ernoon, Mr., McLain announced he was
going to take n one-day vacation, His
cheerful smile (and rainbow shlrts)
were missed in First criminal court
| Thursday,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
JAPANESE WORRIED AT
SOCIALIST MOVEMENT

TOXIC, June 81, Correspondence of
the Associated Press, japanese au-
thorities are somewhat disturbed over
what looks like an organized effort to
start n socialist movement of an cx-
IRENE nature in this country, Several
secret meetings have been held ut which
speakers have proclaimed radical doc
trine,
Tho police and gendarmerie are ac-
lively engaged In the search Of danger
out thought propRgandists. Recently
postcards propagating radical socialist
principles have been sent out from
Toxic. to petty officers aud men of all
divisions throughout the emnlre
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
Wilson's Seal
Made Of Nugget

PARIS. June 27--President Will
sons personal seal, which he has
decided to use instead Of the presi-
Dental seal In signing the peace
treaty. was made OF part of a gold
nugget presented TO the president
four years ago by the state OF Cali
fornia with which to make a ring
for the presidents wedding.
After the wedding ring was made,
enough gold remained for a seal
ring OF which the president had
Woodrow Wilson engraved in
ste~nographic characters, AS the
s~tenographie signs are Joined on the
ring they resemble Arabic lettering,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
~LITHUANIANS BEGIN
new RUSSIAN DRIVE

PARIS, June 27.- Gen Zukauskas,
with a Lithuanian army of 5000, has
greater part of Llthuafla, and now Is
commencing an offensive against the
Bolsheviki near Dvinsk and Czarascy,
according to a dispatch received from
Capt. Howell Forman. Of the American
Baltic relief administration headquar-
tiers, dated Kovno. Luthania, June "a,
by Herbert Hoover, chairman of the
interallied relief commission, today.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
APPROVE SENTENCES
IMPOSED UPON HUNS

COBLENZ, June 81. (By the Asso-
ciated Press. )-Sentences imposed upon
Julius Mayer and Hugo Oehler, man
ayers OF a German steel works near
Prum, within the occupied area, have
been approved by Lieut.. Gen. Hunter
Cupation, The men were convicted on
charges of failing to deliver to the
American forces 300, 900 shells and shell
forgings, They were sentenced to six
months Imprisonment and fined 10, 900
marks each by a military commissions.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
PRIEST LOSES -,
LIFE WHILE BATHING

NEW ORLEANS, La. June 27.-The
Rev, James Whelan, assistant rector
of st Joseph's Catholic church here,
drowned in the New Basin canal while
swimming with boys here late yester-
day. He was SS years old, Father
Whelan was formerly professor OF
English and Latin Mt st. Vpcent's col
lege. Cape Girardeau, Mo, Depaul uni
versity, Chicago, and University n Dali
las, Tex. His body was recovered,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
DEATHS.

Mrs. Ida Shopher. age 40. st. Joseph's
hospital, June "a; tuberculosis.
Charles w. Richmond, & 70, General
hospital. June "a: cemaplegia.
Infant Ballard, Baptist Memorial
hoSnital. June rs.
Prince Johnson, age 81, 10 Yellow
Bottom. June "a; pyonephistis.
Infant Murphy, 149 Walker. June rs.
Sam O'Neal, age 10, 448 East Caro-
lima. June 3; tuberculosis.
Henrietta Wilson, age SO. 1855 North
Second, June rs; cancer.
James Simpson, age SO, General hos
pital, June "a: prostate abscess.
Catherine Woodley, age 81, 1853 East
Carolina, June "a; cause unknown.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27

For Annual Work and Supplies, Engi-
neering Department. City of Mem
phis.
Office of the Board of Commissioners,
Memphis, Tenn. June %. 1919. y
Sealed proposals will be received at
Tenn. until IL O'Clock noon. Tuesday,
July /. 1919. for furnishing the engi-
neering department of the city of Mem
nhis with the following supplies and
doing following work in accordance
with specifications on file in the office
The contract under this advertise
ment will be for work as required by
the city for a period of one year, end
ing Dec. 81, 1919.
For unloading from cars and deliver
ing on the work, when ordered by the
city engineer, limestone macadam and
cementing gravel per ton per mile.
Bond $1,000.
All proposals are to be made on blank
forms supplied by the city engineer.
Each and every proposal must be ac-
COMMANDED by n certified check for two
some solvent bank and made payable
to the order Of the city of Memphis.
Said checks will be returned to the un-
successful bidders on the awarding Of
the contract and will be returned to the
successful bidder when he shall have
executed the required contract and
made required bond for the faithful
performance Of his contract An ap-
proved surety bond will be required Of
such successful bidder in the sun as
~hereinbefore set forth within ten DAYS
after, the award of the contract.
Bids will lay open for comparison and
consideration for one week after hav-
ing been publicly opened and read be-
fore awarding the contract. The right
is reserved to reject anv and all bids.
LETTING. -
The city reserves the right in prose-
cutting street Improvement to let the
| work as a whole independent OF the
\ contract made under this advertise
ment. Specifications may be had upon
| application to the office of the city en-
| gineer.
BY order Of the board of commits
| sioners.
F. r.. MONTEVERDE NTavor
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
MEXICANS FIRE ON
AMERICAN TROOPS

NOGALES, Ariz., June 27.-A party
Of about six Mexicans fired upon a
cavalry patrol about four miles west
Of here late yesterday. The Ameri-
cans returned the fire, No Americans
| were injured.
The cavalrymen were without orders
to cross the border line and sought COW
err when fired upon. About a dozen
rounds were fired at the Mexicans who
were concealed in brush. Whether the
Mexicans were Identified with any revo-
lutionary band cannot be determined.