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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
Mrs. l.. r. Carson.

JONESBORO, Ark, April IL. (Spl.)-
Mrs. Louise +. Carson died at her home
Wednesday of paralysis. The deceased
by her husband and two daughters.
The funeral Thursday morning was
conducted by Rev, T. A. Bowen,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
Warren-Page

YAZOO CITY, Miss, April II, (Spl)
Miss Roma Page, daughter OF the
keeper of tho bridge across the Yn2oo
river near this place, has been married
to John A. Warren by Judge s. Il.
Montgomery at his office in YaZoo City.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
TO M JEWISH BOYS.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, April II. (Spl.)
The Jewish congregation will hold a
demobilization service Friday evening,
giving honor to the Jewish boys who
we're enlisted during the late war,
there being SO of their number In the
service.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
Hammond Hull.

GREENWOOD, Miss, April II. (Spl.)-
Mrs, Frances Hull, OF Greenwood, and
c. A. Hammond, Of Inverness, were
united In marriage Tuesday evening at
$40 o'clock at the Methodist parsonage
In Indlanola.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
RAIN HALTs SERIES,

PHILADELPHIA, April l7.-Rain
yesterday prevented the opening OF the
five-game series between the two Phil
adelphia major league baseball clubs,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
willard Is Remarkable.

He NAV not be able to fight quite
enough to whip Willard, however, l
have always contended that Willard Is
rather a remarkable fellow. Assuming
that he Is now around 40, as l do as
sumo, he did not begin fighting until
he was past so. an age when the aV-
erage fighter la getting through with
his career, AS a rule, they begin early
and end early.
Strictly a manufactured fighter, with
nothing In his favor but his size at the
start, and lacking even the fighting
instinct and the heart for the game,
Willard nevertheless became champion
of the world inside of five years after
he first crawled through the ropes. /
hold that was an extraordinary achieve
ment.
He will weigh probably so or 70
pounds more than Dempsey on July T.,
and viii have a big advantage in height
and reach. Stanley Ketchel was n
! mighty fighter, but he could not take
less than that physical handicap and
| beat Jack Johnson, And certainly no
body ever thought ketchel was a false
alarm"
This Is not said by way OF an adj
vance alibt for Dempsey. 1t is quite
immaterial TO me whether he wins or
loses. II win not profit me a dime ohe
way or the other. | am not at all s0re
| am going to nick him to beat VIII
lard, | want first to see II the freakish
Jess can accomplish the pugilistie i'm
possible and get himself into condition
at his age and after his fistic idleness.
But this Q~ueensberry custom of al
ways undertaking a victor by dlsparag-
ing the quality Of his opponent ever
makes me weary-almost as weary us
the custom OF saying that the fighters
Of today are not like the fighters OF
old.
Dempsey has been likened TO Stanley
| Ketchel in style. Some experts have
called him "a big Terry McGoyern."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
----~-----%
COLLEGE BASEBALL,
At Atlanta, Ga:

At Atlanta, Ga:
r. H. u.
University of Alabama ......6 10 4
Oglethorpe university ...,a..2 s
McGowen and Styles; Holbrook and
Chestnut, Walton.
At Athens. Ga:
r. II. e.
University of Virginia ...,....4 10 4
Tniverpity of Georgia ......,.,5 2
Pettway and Gwathmey; Moore, Phil
pot and Crawford.
AT Georgetown, KY.
University Of Tennessee 4; George
town college. :.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
Darnell- Hunt,

HICKMAN, Ky, April II. (spl)--J.
M, Darnell ind Miss Bette Elizabeth
Hunt were married in West Hickman
Wednesday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17

Names running the gamut of war and
love. beauty and majesty; fighting and
peaceful names galore; names allitcra~
tive and names, and still more names,
have almost swamped the tank editor
OF The News Scimitar. Probably about
the most ~ferocious, and at the same
tins most flippant, Ia the n accom-
PANIED by the above poem.
Along the more ferocious lines were
suggested Hell Cat, Teuton Tanner, Fire
Splitter, Tank Junior, and n host OF
others. Inspired by patriotic impulses
others have suggested such names as
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
RAIN PREVENTS GAME.

AT stanton, Va;
Boston Nationals Detroit Americans,
rain A GH E1fs H-.=G
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17

playing for Harvard, won the indivld.
ual intercollegiate championship OF
Eastern colleges in 1915.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
Imagination Is at the Bottom
of All the Worlds Advancement

Develop your childs imagination with the wonders of a
Faryland that has a message for grOwn-ups as we'll. No lv-
ing writer of children's tales talks to a larger or more en-
thusiastic audience than [. Frank Baum, the Wizard of Or"
man.
Perhaps your boy or girl is already acquainted with the
Or stories. Then you don't need to be told the intense pleas
ure that children find in these delightful tales. The News
Scimitar considers itself extremely fortunate in having made
will appear next Tuesday. And they will be in The News
Scimitar each Tuesday and Thursday thereafter.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17

ssTillie the Tiny Terror"
10 that a good name for a tank7
Could there be a monicker rarer
For the fighting blood OF q Yank2
laundering little Hun Rcarer
Splitting fire into enemy rank
Al crown you must haveA-a tiara
A crest on your brow, dour and dant
SO "Tillie the Tiny Terror"
Might be q good naine for a tank.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17

~
Many followers of the prize ring are
inclined to the opinion that Jack Demp-
sew will defeat Jess Willard.
They base this opinion on the belief
that Dempsey Is the greatest natural
fighting man the ring has produced
In years. He seems to be one of those
yeritable pugllistic geniuses that the
old game displays about once every
decade,
A John L. Sullivan, a F1tzsimmons,
a Jeffries, a Joe Cans a McGovern
or a Stanley Ketchel Is a fistic rarity.
They were, ! think, examples OF the
truly great fighter, In between them
are shoals of ordinary and even eX.
~traordinary fighters-champions ana
near champions. For 1t does not fol-
low that because a man Is a title
holder he is a great fighter. The truly
great fighter comes along no oftener
than a truly great singer.
Dempsey has flashed many of the
signs OF the truly great fighter. The
signs OF the truly great fighter in
ciude ability to quickly dispose of an
BY Knockout. The fellow who
knocks 'em cold Is the fellow the fight
fans adore, Just as the baseball fans
make an idol of the chap who slugs
the ball over the wall with great fire.
In Is fights since June, 1917, Demp-
sew has scored 25 knockoutS Twenty
Of them were In the first round. He
has lost two decisions and been knocked
ott oneA
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-17
He Knocks EN- Gold.

Doubtless Dempsey's opponents in
some Of these fleeing affairs would
he rated as %"stiffs' by the discerning
patrons OF the Queensberry craft.
Meaning they were not men OF fistie
class. But 1t is interesting to note
mat Dempsey knocked out just as
MANY chaps who, before meeting him,
were accorded rather high ability by
the experts.
II you follow boxing at all you may
have noticed that a man who gets
Knocked out in short order by some
coming youngster Is always CURLY dis
missed as a stiff and a false
ALARM 1t is his lack of ability, rather
than the ability of his opponent, which
gets the most notice.
Though q victory over Jess Willard
would assuredly mark him as one OF
the greatest ringmen of all time, l
hold that II Dempsey Is defeated by
Jess It will not necessarily mean that
Dempsey is a false alarm" Rather
will II stamp the huge Kansan the
superpugilist he was acclaimed when
he defeated aomber Jack Johnson.
For, in beating Dempsey, Willard Will
be beating a tough opponent. No fight
err with the ring accomplishments OF
Dempsey behind him can be much of
a false alarm" And | think everyone
who has seen Dempsey in action viii
q yrea that he can light.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16
S0TAs DE TEsORERIA

SE Ata dado 6rdenes, a los Colec-
torn ile Rentas lnternas de Ia q
isla2para que suspendan la venta
de sestampas de gaDantia para ta-
bacS pues de acuerdo con la deci-
si6iEEe Corte de Circuito de ape
lacianes, para el primer circunito,
en- Easo de la Company, VS.. Jo-
sc HBenedicto como Tesorero de
Puegp Rice, ~dichas estampas pue-
denSsee tlespaehadas los trait
cantksen tabaco. Sc estan prepa-
rando Jos nuevos reglamentos al
efeetoy s. el Departamento ha hecho
una gelnpifacion de las leyes nu-
meFSs31 de mayo II de 1915 y 90
de dfeiembre 3 de 1917, como han
de Qnedar en- yigor despues de la
refeiida decision de la corte de cir
cuif0sG
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16

Sc vende malojillo para semi
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16
. CON LICENCIA

Ell Tesorero de Puerto Rico ha
concedido dos meses de licencla
al ST. E. de la Peila, jefe de la
Division de Importation y expor-
taci6n, del Departamento de Ha-
.cienda. Eel Sr. de la Pena es uno
de los cmpleados mas antiques en-
Tesorerfa, pues hace mas de diez
amos que presta servicios en- dicho
Departamento.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16
MAS Information GENERAL

ma para el debut de las dos ar
Iistas que tanto exito han alcan-
zado con sus collplets y bales.
Coralito dcbutara cl pr6ximo
sabado en- el Puerto Rico, con un
programa eseogido. Maria Calvo
dara cuatro funciones, empezan-
do el lunes. Sera una semaha de
gran delectaci6n para los asiduos
Iespectadores. del cine del senior
Ramon Lloveras.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16
ARTE

EN- ARTE NO HAY MAS
QUE DOS GENEROS SUPRE-
MOS Y DEFINITIVOS: LA
POESfA LfRICA Y Ell POE
MA SINF6NICO. TODO LO
DEMAS ES TRABAJO MATE
RIAL, LABOR DE NORA, Do
MIMIC DE TECNICA, LO DE-
LEZNABLE Y LO MEZQJ1INO.
PEDRO MATA.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16
UN TRASLADo

FL Sr. Francisco J. Mascara,
agente de Rentas Internas de Pom
ce ha sido trasladado a las otici-
mas del Departamento de Hacien-
ra, en- San Juan.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16
UNA RENUNCIA

Eel seiior Luis A. Palmer, quien
ven1a desempeIando EN- Caguas Ell
sarge de Agente de Rentas Inter
mas ha presentadO la renuncia de
dichO cargo. Eel Tesorero lie adj
miti0 la renuncia.
MARIA CALVO Y CORALlTO
Estas dos canzonetistas espa-
nolas trabajaran en- la semana en-
trante en- ell Cine Puerto Rico,
en- cuyo edifciO Sc estan hacien-
do importantes mejoras.
Sc esta delineando ell progra-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16
OTRO TRASLADO

A Ponce ha sido trasladado el
agente de Rentas Internas Sr. I.
A. San Antonio, quien venfa de-
sempenando ese puesto en- esta ca
pital.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-09-16
yELADA-CINE

Con el fin dereunir fondospara
urAeaseta que Sc destinara a los
tuheFeulosos, la Logia Oddfellows
esti 0fganizando una velada-cine
quS fendra lugar en- el Cine
"Ysnksa
New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
Undertaken in Calliess
Case Faces Civil Suit

A civil suit will be Instituted by the
Department of Health against George
II. Kelly. undertaken, 337 Columbus
Avenue, as Il result of the investiga-
tion of the burial OF MIS-. Anna Cal
less. made by DR.. William II: Guilfoy,
Registrar of Records. DR.. Guilfoy fin
ished his investigation yesterday. He
recommended to Commissioner Cope
land that legal action be taken i'm
mediately.
DR. Guilfoy said yesterday that the
evidence submitted disclosed that
kellys undertaking establishment vio-
lated sections SO and 1877 of the SAM
tary Code in arranging for the burial
Of Mrs. Calliess. after she was struck
by taxicsb October 9. DR.. Guilfoy
will recommend that Kelly's license be
revoked.
Matthew Lough, Formerly office man
ager for Kelly, was questioned by AS
sistant District Attorney Lazarus yes
terday afternoon. Lough testified that
when the body of Mrs. Calliess was
brought from the hospital John
kearney, an employee Of Kelly's, de-
cided to bury the body in a 81 box.
Later. however, said Lough, kearney
met K. j. Kelly. adjuster for the Ter
minal and Town Taxicab Company,
who agreed to pay $75 for the burial
Of the woman. 1t was then decided.
Lough declared, to bury Mrs. Calliess
IN a pine box costing IS.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
Frosty Flyers Oil Faces
Army Air Patrol Aviators Mix
Alcohol With Fuel Gas"

The second flight of the army aerial
coast patrol was started yesterday
when two airplanes of the DH-4 type
left Mitchell Field. Mineola. for Lang
ley Field Virginia. This patrol was
started two weeks ago, bat because
OF unfavorable weather conditions no
fight was made last week.
TO prevent the gasoline from "freez-
ing while on this flight the fuel sup
ply ha, been mixed with alcohol. Extra
heavy cardboard was placed over half
Of the radiators to prevent the water
from freezing
The pilots and observers smeared
their faces with heavy castor oil to
prevent freezing. as lieutenant Earl
Manzelmann suffered from this on the
first trip. Lieutenant Claude Duncan
and Russell ". Fox are the pilots and
Master Electrician F. Whitman and
servers. 1t is expected the planes will
be back to-morrov.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
''Curly'' Brown Is Silent
On Shooting of Cuban
Accuser, Alberto Piedra, May
Recover; Defendant May
Get Hearing To-day

HAVANA, Dec. 17.-Alberto Piedra
who was shot yesterday at the Oriental
Park racetrack and accused II. d.
r"Curly') Brown, president of the Gu
an-American Jockey Club, of having
wounded him, was reported to- night
by his physicians as showing improve
ment: Hopes for his recovery are en-
tertained
Brown remains in jail at Mariana He
probably will be given a hearing Fri
day and released on bail if Piedra's
condition continues favorable He still
maintains silence concerning the shoot
ing.
The charge that Brown had shot him
was made by Piedrs, who is Ii son-in-
law OF Juan Montalva, Secretary of
the Interior of the Republic Of Cuba,
according to dispatches received in
New York yesterday. Piedra is said to
have been in Browns office at the race
track when he was shot Brown is
widely known as a builder of tracks
in new territory.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
Clothing, Dry Goods and
Shoe Men TO Meet Dept.
of Justice Agents to Work
Out Economy Program
Spring Prices Go Higher
800 Merchants From All
Parts of Country to Aid
inPrcventingP Profiteering g

Retailers throughout tho country
will concentrate upon tho sale, adver-
dsing and display Of lower priced
merchandise to conform with the De-
nartment of Justices efforts to reduce
the high cost Of living. A committee
at seventeen, representing the Ma
tional Retail Dry Goods Association !
the National Garment Retailers As
sociation, the National Association Of
Retail Clothicrs and the National Shoe
Dealers Association, will meet soon
and confer with the department on
definite plans.
In response to call from the De-
partment of Justice, issued through
the National Retail Dry Goods Asso-
citation, more than 800 merchants from
all parts of the country, or their rep
Yesentatiyes, met at the Hotel Penn
sylvania yesterday to talk over the
present aituation with Howard E. Figg,
assistant to the Attorney General Of
the United States, and Miss Edith
Strauss, also of the Department of
Justice.
Economy Points Outlined
As result lengthy resolution
was adopted, setting forth the will
irgness of the retailers to concentrate
on the lower priced lines of merchan-
disc and take the smallest margins of
profit possible. 10 recommend plain but
substantial grades Of goods through
the medium of window display and ad-
vertising. but not tc stampede the
public into buying orgy by other
r,al M
the Department Of Justice to obtain
the cooperation of producers and sell
ers Of raw materials, manufac turers
aud jobbers in the project and for the
inauguration OF a publicity campaign
on the part of the department to set
forth the idea that present high prices
are the result of under production.
In the discussion several retailers
asserted that textile mills, jobbers Of
were profiteering. Mr. Figg asserted
that the public had come to regard all
retailers as protiteers and that the
governments campaign to reduce the
nigh cost of living was started at the
oehest of the general public. In the
opinion OF the department, he said,
cases OF protiteering among retailers
were rare. The next step in the gov
ernment's plan, according to Mr.. Figg,
will be general conference in Wash
ington, probably early next month, at
which labor. manufacturers of textiles.
clothing manufacturers, retailers and
all other factors in the production and
distribution of apparel from the raw
material to the finished product will
be present and talk over present con
ditions with view of remedying them.
Predict Higher Prices
Among the salient points made by
retailers during the discussion was
that the public cannot hope for q lower
level of prices on spring merchandise,
but will be faced with higher prices.
According to table prepared by F. W.
Coombs, of the j orda n Marsh Company
Boston. the following percentage of
price increases in spring merchandise,
compared with present fall and win
New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
Maynard Charge of
Drinking Aviatol's
A Closed Incident
''Flying Parson's'' Assertion
That His Statement Was
''Carbled'' Flatly Denied
by Anti-Saloon Official

Tho Maynard incident" concerning
intoxication among army fliers, was
closed yesterday, when Lieutenant
Maynard said he had no further COM
ment and the Anti-Saloon League
issued a statement declaring it was not
responsible for any garbling of May
nard's original statement, if there was
such.
In reply to Maynards formal state
mont through the American Flying
Club, accusing the league of "garbling."
William H. Anderson, superintendent
Of the league. said:
I'VE understood from the beginning,
and still understand; MIR. Maynard's
original statement to apply to general
conditions, and not to the tr2nsconti-
nental air race. except where he spe-
ciAcally so applied 1t. We believe that
such general application is the only
fair Interpretation of his statement.
Original Statement Preserved
"The Anti-Saloon League refuses to
be made the goat by Lieutenant May
nard. The only reply that we care to
make TO his accusation that the league
'juggled' his statement is the fact that
we still have in our possession the
original typewriter statement, covered
and identified by a letter signed by
Lieutenant Maynard and sent by him
to US in response to our request for
statement for publicity purposes.
"Lieutenant Maynard complains that
the league robbed it of its Introductory
paragraph. The only words left out
were: In response to your request.
am very glad to give you d synopsis of
my observations in regard to the use
of alcoholic beverages in the air SER
vice These words were omitted be-
cause they were obviously surplusage
and do not in the slightest degree
change the meaning"
Since making his original statement
on December 8 Lieutenant Maynard has
issued two explanations and has been
before General Charles I. Menoher,
director of the air service at Washing-
ton, to explain. At Mitchell Field yes
terday he declined to comment further,
declaring the incident closed.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
Poor Phone Service
Due to Low Wages,
Says DIR. Copeland
Operators Receive Less Than
Should Be Paid, Opinion
of Health Commissioner
on Cause of Help Shortage

Deficiencies In the telephone service
may be traced to the .ficient mum
ber Of operators" due to Glow wages"
DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Health Commits
sioner, declared yesterday in a report
submitted to the Board OF Health. The
report was tho result of an investiga-
tion of the establishment and service
of the Now York Telephone Company.
started on October ID, last. by Or. S.
Dana Hubbard, chief of the Industrial
Hygiene Bureau, after the Commis-
sloNer had declared telephone service
here menaced public health
The report also contained a resumed
Of violations Of the sanitary code dis
bacterloioglst. Recommendation sug-
gcsted will be carried out by the Health
Department in co0pe ration with the
telephone company.
Trouble Due TO Low Wages
IN the conclusion Of the report DR..
Copeland stated:
hard's, as we'll as my own visit to the
telephone exchanges, convinced me
that the great difficulty with the tclo-
phone service may be traced to the in-
sufficient number of operators. Then
when we seek TO Nnd TIE cause Tor the
dltiiculty in obtaining these operators.
we reach az once the conc,t.slnu that
the whole trouble is due to the low
wages paln the operators These tcle-
phone girls begin with $11 week in
brooklyn and S12 a wook in Manhattan.
as understand It. Beginning with the
second month the wages ave incroa sed
TO $3.50 week. Beginning with the
second yea, the wages are Sll q
week. At Che end OF the alth year 1t
amounts 20 si6 week. 1t has beer
pretty clearly established tina. from
Slo TO ST week is the minimum
wage, or should he The minimum wage
Tor women OF the type employed by
the telephone company.
Personally, | doubt eXceedinglv :.
under present economic conditions il
pnny to maintain the sort az service il,
used to give without a material IN
crease in the wages paid. It may be
wondered why the Board Of Health has
any interest III an economic problem of
inns sort It has been clearly pointed
out IN this report tha. limited mum
Der OF employees attempting to do tn.
work formerly performed by II largo
group must result IN conditions prcju-
deal TO the health Of a large group oi
citizens. who naturally look to the
Health Department for protection.
with higher wages the shortage Of
help would be met and the overwork
and its i'll effects disappear. These
facts will be brought forcibly 10 the
attention OF the telephone company Of
ticals"
The report announced ,hat steps had
been taken by the company to remedy
faulty ventilation conditions in certain
exchanges. Fifteen violations Of saui-
tary code plumbing provisions were
found. This is better than the aver
age industrial showing, in view of the
fact that none of these violations was
found to be particularly serious" the
report saws.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
Fight Lures Fan From
South America to Jail
Prisoner Who Came to See Viii.
lard-Dempsey Bout Is Accused
of Brokerage Fraud
SnecioI Corrcs1,oudrnce

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 17.--William
A. f. Moore, fight "fan." came all the
way from South America to Toledo to
see the Willard-Dempsey championship
battle last summer, and his passion tor
boxing bouts to-day resulted in his ar
rest. After the fight he came to this
city to see his wife and five children,
was persuaded by them to remain over
the holidays, later was recognized by
detectives and taken into custody.
Moore is charged with illegal opcr-
ations in the conduct of an insurance
brokerage business in this city and OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses. He
is charged with having realized more
than 900 on the sale of securities
which were not his own.
Earlier in his life Moore served six
years of nineteen years sentence in
Sing Sing prison, following a trial in
New York on charges or pcrpetrating
the "padger" game. His first wife,
Fayne Strahan Moore, an actress, was
acquitted at tho same time and di-
vorccd him later
New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
Bride Falls Down Air Shaft

Mrs. Isaac Bohrr, of 17e Orchard
Street, who was married Tuesday, ex-
cused herself from party of friends
who had called TO offer their felicita-
tions yesterday. A few minutes later
she was found at the bottom Of IN air
shaft, four floors below her apart
ment. A thigh and foot were frac-
tured, but she probably will recover
Mrs. Bohrr was Miss Rachel Myer.
She met her husband in Constanti-
nople before the war.