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The border vidette., 1919-03-29
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIIed> From Our Exchanges.

Arizona leads every state in the union in paying up it's pled- ges in the united war work campaign with 96 per cent of all subscriptions in. This statement was made today by Director $. B. Lind. It was further an nounced that the department of Arizona being the southern, comprising Arizona, New Mex ico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, leads all others in paying it's pledges.
 More than 274,OOO acres of land have been returned to vari- ous Mexican communities by President Carranza, actlng un- der the new constitution of the republic and executive decree. President Carranza has author ity to restore the land to former owners or make outright grants to new claimants. In the Feb ruary list it wasgnoted that of eighty two tracts returned only nine were by restoration.
 Col. Charles Harris, state ad- jutant general today denied the report that he was considering launching suit against Governor Campbell for stopping money allotments to the military de- partment The colonel said he had legal advice that by so do-. ing the Governor had laid him. self open to a charge under the penal code, but" continued the adjutant general, that is a mat ter for the attorney general and not for me-"
 Land withdrawn from home stead entry recently in northern Arizona near Etedonia and not far from the Utah boundary, has just been restored to entry ac- cording to information recently received at the Phoenix land office. The land was withdrawn temporarily pending survey and accomplished the land is now again open to entry. The land consists of one township, but out of this there have been taken a townsite and number of homestead settlements.
 George A As~Macdonald of the state land department, held a land sale at the Court House yesterday in which more than thirty thousand acres of land lying along the Gila river in the eastern part of this county was sold to the public, says the Yuma Sun. This is the second land sale within the month at this place and in toto more than 13O, ,OOO acres of state lands has been disposed of. When the big project is put in on|the Gila near the Maricopa line the land which is now being sold will be very valuable, and the land pur- chasers of today will find that their money has increased many ! fold.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
AMERICAN SILK

Since Princess Patricia ordered silk goods from America,
out of which her trousseau was made for her recent wedding,
the production of American silk has come prominently before
the public and its growth has been marvellous. Before the late
war we imported all our silk in a raw condition, as yarns or
thread, and our wonderful skill in machinery enabled us to
manufacture it and sell it abroad at a large profit.
While the German chemists were experimenting with wood
pulp, out OF which they made leather and fabrics Tor clothing,
our own chemists discovered a substance in the pulp which,
after being processed, became almost identcally the same as the
substance which the silk worm carries in his body and from which
he spins the thread of his cocoon. Factories were established in
Virginia and Pennsylvania for the development of this product,
and a tariff tax of So the pound on raw silk kept the foreign
product out of this country, and the industry grew so rapidly
that in 1918 we exported nearly $20.000O00 worth of artificial
silk products, one item in the list being 100000 dozen pairs Of
silk stockings. In another year we exported $l0O00OD worth
Of artificial silk dress goods. While American women were
wearing cotton stripes and stintng themselves to feed starving
Europe our exports of silk have grown to $500000Wo a year,
and much Of this was sent to countries that were reported
famine stricken and dependent upon us for food.
So great has the production of artificial silk become that we
have practically ceased importing yarn or thread from abroad,
and we produce our own raw silk, thus, by our machinery, put
ing the silk worm out of business. American artificial silk is
not equal to the natural silk, but it is silk, dear to the heart
feminine, and it is much sought after because Of its advantage
in cost. We are, exporting our silk goods to seventy foreign
countries, and some of these countries are calling for our old
clothes to clothe their naked.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
Committees in Charge.

Committees in charge of the conven-
ton are:
Executive-I. H. Barnwell, chairman,
Cotton exchange; e. L, Rice, Clearing
house: w. H. Hayley, Chamber of
Commerce; Mark Fenton, industrial
commissioner; C.. P. j. Mooney, press;
j. j. Heflin, Federal Reserve bank;
DR.. Il. B. Lloyd, bureau of farm de-
velopment; Leon S~ternberger, cotton
acreage reduction committee, and Hen
ry Hotter, secretary.
Reception-J. p. Norfleet, chairman;
Gilmer Winston, Hirsch Morris, John T.
Walsh, NJ. G. Bailey, d. M. Armstrong,
Ckas. w Thompson, Harry. Cohn. F..
q. Dixon, R. Brinkley Snowden, Frank
Hayden, ]. d. Allen, Jr.. j.. r.. Holmes.
W. w, Fischer, June RudisiIl' 3 n
Fisher, ]. W, P%roudfit,, G.. F; Farms
Williamson Villa T. g. AshoroftST. K. Rid
dick, S. e, Ragland, Ben g. Humphreys,
r. L, Dickson, NJ. G. Evans, Robt. NJ.
Metcalf, J.. T. Fisher, T. B. Hooker,
], M. Walker, Meacham Stewart, Jas.
M. Beley, Frank M, Crump,G. w. But
Ter, Cleland X. Smith. f.. w. Porter,
Jas. A. Harvey. w. P. Maury, Hugh
R. Wynne, M. II, RosenthaI, DR.. TAFT
Butler, H. r. Chears, M. w. Swayne,
w, w. Deupree, R. B. Barton, Paul
billiard, H. A. Ramsay, ". H. Withers,
w. e. Gage, Robert Wilkinson, ]. 7.
Fargason, w. w. Trigg, r. S. Bryan,
J. w, Gates, w. j. Prescott, Prather
Mcdonald, c. c. Breeder and w. c.
Publicity-Geo. L. Fossick. chairman;
George Williamson, Ralph l.. Millett.
and Il, C.. Leech.
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ible sum, and the very limit in human calculations. A greater
sum was seldom heard of.
When Tom Reed was speaker of the house Of congress he
People thought that they were robbed, and many imagined
hunger and starvation was upon them.
Since the war began we have been dealing in terms of bill
lions, and a billion seems no more to us than a million. The
human mind can grasp neither sum. By comparison the million
has grown small and contemplate.
We may as we'll get used to the billion because it seems
10 have come to stay, The federal budgets for the three years
1917, 1918 and 1919 are, in round numbers, fourteen, twenty and
twenty-seven billions, or nearly $o3OOO0N,O0 in all, and with
our increased army and navy, and the money that the govern
ment is going to spend on good roads, schools and other matters
that our fathers would have gasped at, the annual budget is
LIKELY to continue large, Uncle Sam has issued a great many
Il. o. U.'s-mostly to his own people-but interest must be paid
on these and provision made for their redemption when due
We have got in the way of spending money like drunken sailors
on shore leave, and it will be difficult to get out Of it.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
APRIL 0, 1894.

NTNl@ y low
Jamboree, at 30 to |, won the Ten
nessee Derby. Buchrene, the favortte,
was second; Vassal, third. Mile and
an eighth; time, 2.04h. 1t was run
in a heavy rain; track was sloppy ana
weather cold. The Montgomery park
officials were: s. r. Montgomery, pres.
e. II. Pettingill. starter.
Emma Brown and Jennie Parrish, ne
gro womeIl, fought TO near death
at 90 Winchester street. Jennie used
red pepper and Emma a gun. Both
were casualties,
The magistrates composing the coun-
ty court In a torrid session deadlocked
In awarding bids for the burying OF
paupers, John Walsh and Mr.. Oberly
were the only bidders and the matter
was held over. Members OF the court
accused each other OF politics and
trickery and worse.
At n meeting OF the Shelby county
| Democratic committee, with X, b. Ar
mour serving az chairman, rules were
formulated for tho fall primary, II was
decided that poll tax receipts were
not necessary TO be displayed by the
voters,
Members Of the Nineteenth Century
club and guests assembled at the Pea
body hotel TO hear Joseph jefferson
lecture. His subject was THE Drama"
Bodies of negroes we're being reoov-
cred from the debris OF an old house
at the northeast corner of Beale and
peSoto streets that had collapsed. Six
were killed and seven or eight injured.
An investigation was under way as TO
who was at fault.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
News Of Memphis IT. -, T11 7 News Of Memphis
% Years Ace. - VIM NAN NAN0I 10 Years Ago.
APRIL Q. 1909.

APRIL 3, 1909.
1t vas announced that railroads CEN
tering In Memphis would make rates
of / cent for the Confederate reunion
to be held in June.
Robert Pinkerton fell down the stairs
at the Read hotel, Main street and
Washington m
Mr., and Mrs. II. II. Goodloe, of Louis
vile, n.y., arrived to make Memphis
their home. Mrs. Goodloe was former
ly Miss Fannie Horton, of Memphis.
William Lee, So years old, Confed-
crate veteran, was found dead in the
bathroom Of his homo, 1886 Poplar
The South Memphis Savings bank
was sold to c.. S, DeFord and asso-
ciates. The bank was to continue at
Its present location, 1876 South Main
street. The new Officers were: M. ?.
Estes, president; C. s, DeFord, vice.
president, and e. II. Becker, cashier,
Two cases OF whisky and a case Of
wine were stolen from the store OF j..
Newman, st. Paul avenue and Walnut
quarters and Detectives Roper and
Turner were assigned to the task OF
catching the selfish thieves.
Special services were acid in all the
Catholic churches Of Memphis In OBJ
servance OF Good Friday.
John r. Pepper returned from To-
ronto, Canada, where he had attended
the great laymen's missionary confer
ence OF the British empire. There were
over 1000 delegates present from Eng
land. Canada and the provinces. Mr..
Pepper represented the Southern Meth
odists.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
Safe Crackers
ELude Police;
Boy Is Caught

Three negro youths caught as they
were ~endeavoring to batter open the
safe in the Kress store, 9 North Main
street, Tuesday night, resulted In send
ing a dozen policemen and detectives
into action with riot guns. The two
Oldest of the trio of black burglars
succeeded in eluding a Gordon Of police
men thrown around the building, pos
sibly having made their getaway be-
fore the arrival of reinforcements. A
little negro, who said he was Willie
jackson, IA years old, Rayburn boule-
ward, was pulled from a coal pile In the
basement.
nation knob from the safe doors with a
hammer and hatchet, but their work
according to the detectives, was crude
and not likely to have been successful
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
MOB SEEKING NEGRO
FRUSTRATED BY JAILER

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w, Va, April
s~,-Popular feeling is at a high pitcn
here following the arrest OF John Per-
kins, a negro, charged with an attack
upon a white woman at Hancock. Md
When news of the negro's arrest
spread, a mob estimated at 1000 per-
sons surrounded the jail last night,
clamoring for the negro, and a Gordon
of ten deputies armed with shotguns,
held the irate citizens in check.
During the confusion about the jail,
the negro WAS slipped out by officials
II carried away in IN automobile for
safe-keeping. When the crowd learned
the negro had been taken away. It Is
said, a number OF men gave chase In
automobiles, but failed to overtake The
officers car.
After the crime the negro escaped on
q freight train and was captured near
here by county Officers and placed in
the local jail.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
HELP THE FRENCH

Memphis has been asked to contribute $4,000 for rehabili-
taton work in devastated France.
1t is small sum for an enterprise of such magnitude. No
doubt the people will contribute generally and literally.
The need is pressing. What is to be given should be forth
coming at once. The people are in distress and in want. The
children are suffering and dying.
The pictures of the devastated area, where once the peace
full villages stood. the shel-torn fields that once smiled with the
abundance of their yield, are too fresh in the minds of the people
to need recounting.
Those who have come back from over there tell us that the
devastation and ruin left an ineffaceable picture upon their minds,
It is a duty and a privilege to have a part in doing something
for those people who can do nothing for themselves. What is
asked for in this drive of the next few days involves no sacri-
flee. 1t is a cause so worthy and yet so pressing that the appeal
cannot be denied.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
CARLOAD RATES ON
ACID ARE UNREASONABLE

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Carload
rates on ~sulphuric acid from Atlanta
to Roanoke and other points to Cop-
per Hill, Tenn, attacked by the Aetna
against a score Of Southern railroads.
were held by the interstate commerce
commission today to be unreasonable.
A schedule of new rates was ordered
made effective not later than July l.
the new rates not to exceed by rs per
cent the following amounts per net ton:
Atlanta, $1.75, Roanoke and Tallade-
ga, $2.15; Montgomery, $3.50; Valdosta,
S2.S6; Troy, Ala, $2.62; Meridian, Miss, /,
$3.50; Gulfport, Miss, $S.S5.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
GERM FOUND
IN FAMINE VICTIMS

COPENHAGEN, April Q. Correspond
ence Of the Associated Press, )-Accord-
ing to a Vienna telegram, says the
Central News, a leading doctor Of the
medical society in Vienna read a pa
per demonstrating the presence of a
hunger germ in the bodies of victims
OF the present famine In Austria.
Experiment showed this germ at
tackled the bones of the body and the
only remedy the doctors could suggest
was phosphorus dissolved In cod liver
oil together with constant and ample
n~ourishment
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
ADJUSTMENTS


Three vaudeville entertainers who
have been making a constantly repeat
ing hit at Loew's Ly,eum this week,
namely, Dreamer, Barton nnd Sporting,
will make their last appearances here
Wednesday afternoon n night in their
revue OF songs and music. They leave
Wednesday night to make way for the
new bill which comes TO the playhouse
Thursday afternoon with a feature OF
especial interest, This Is Sweets to
by those two we'll known writer's OF
vaudeville sketches, Frances and Marie
Nordstrom. Both these girls have
written some OF the most successful
OF vaudeville playlets and this offering
Is replete with comedy situations and
delightful humor. The incoming bill
is an all star one and has pretty Billie
Burke as the film star in her latest
release, Good Gracious Annabelle," a
comedy Of delightful proportions.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
WAR VETERAN HEAD IN
ARKANSAS Is APPOINTED

CONWAY, Ark, April 8. ~(Spl.)--Jas.
]. Harrison, formerly a resident of this
city, has been named by Lieut., Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr,, as temporary
head Of the State Association of War
Veterans to be formed in connection
with the national meeting at ST. Louis
MAY /. Granville Burrow, the first Lit
tie Rock boy to be wounded IN acton, Is
temporary secretary of the body.
Mn. Harrison was an instructor in the
Camp pike officers training camp with
the rank o. major. At present he is
connected with a Little Rock printing
firm,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
AND BRITISH TRY
TO GET CAPTIVES BACK

ARCHANGEL, April 8. (By the AS
ISOLATED Press. "A delegation Of
American and British officers, under
a flag Of truce, went into the Bolshevik
lines to negotiate an exchange of pris-
oners. 1t was proposed the allied COM
mission should go to Plesovskaia to
arrange details, the Bolsheviki sending
an equal delegation into the allied lines
as hostages. r
subsequently Rev, Father Roach, a
chaplain with the British forces, who
was captured on Oct, 81, and who vas
later released, returned from the
Bolshevik lines with letters from Bry-
ant r. Ryall, OF Bloomfield, N. j., and
other captives, saying they had been
sent to Moscow, where NJ. V. Arnold.
of London, Ont, had previously gone.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
EARL CURZ0N SEES DARK
WAR CLOUDS IN FUTURE

LONDON, April a-Defendlng the
military bill In the house Of lords yes
terday, Earl Curzon, president Of the
council and government leader In the
house OF lords, declared Vienna being
In a serious position and apprehenstVe
lest 1t should share the fate of Buda.
pest had turned TO Great Britain and
said; If you send 10000 British troops
we can guarantee the situation
Earl Curzon was not sure war condi-
tons would not revive,
He said:
II see clouds on the horizon which
may burst at any moment In a more
sinister form than anything yet seen.
II the critics OF this bill can show the
government how to rule Ireland without
maintaining 40, 900 troops there, they
viii confer a great favor on the gov
eminent"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
Crpheum.

Hobart Bosworth at orpheum this
week Is known as n Of the best
character actors OF the day, He has
given innumerable fine characterize
lions but none to equal his Wolf Lar
sen, Most everybody is familiar with
the Jack London story. Mr., Bosworth
begins II with n bit OF film showing
tho rescue OF Van Weyden from the
sinking ferry boat and the picking up
at sea OF Maud Brewster, with the cur
tain going up on a sectional view OF
"The Ghost" the sealing schooner Wolf
Larsen commands, Tho VOLTS infatu-
alton for the girl. his brutal insistence,
and ultimate death are told In the
sketch as they are In the book and
the telling is tense drama with an
abundance of thrills, Mr., Bosworth In
acting the part OF the Sea Wolf, the
strong mastsrful brute, Is a living re-
production OF the London creation,
Tho Sea Wolf Is welt and adequately
staged,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09

Baxter Woodbridge, the young man who killed two young
women while ON a wild automobile ride through the heart of the
city, and received a sxImonths sentence in the workhouse for
killing one Of them, perhaps will not go to trial soon for the
Aother crime. Perhaps it is just as we'll that he should not be
&ried at all. The conviction in the first case was another
&xample Of the breakdown of justice. II he was guilty the
Nnalty should have been commensurate with the crime, and il
was not guilty he should not have been put to the incon-
ence of going to the %workhouse, 1t is the despair Of seeing
&c done that inspires men sometimes to go outside the law,
n the final analysis the blame goes back to the people,
ncourage disrespect for law by the lack OF conviction that
Id be upheld.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
CAMDEN ADVERSE TO
BIG ROAD BOND BILL

CAMDEN, Tenn, April O.. (SpL.)-At
the mass meeting held here to deter
mine the wishes Of the people in regard
to the bond issue Of $50, 900, 900 by the
state, Mayor A. V. Bolwes was elected
chairman and R. A. Swindell secretary.
Committee on resolutions were S. L.
Peeler, 0. P. Lashlee, W. M. Kincannon,
Clarence Clement and D. B. Gossett,
and which committee submitted an ad-
verse resolution to the bond issue and
which was almost unanimously adopted
by the mass meeting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
E|STH0NlANS CLAIMING
CAPTURE OF 7 VILLAGES

COPENHAGEN. April 9.-The CAP
ture OF seven villages, 500 prtsone
and large quantities Of war material
reported in an official statement issued.
from the E%sthonian army headquarters
The EsthOnian troops continue to aa-
vance, according to the statement
which reads:
LAS a result Of Bolshevik defeatsi
fighting is being carried further INTO
Russian territory. On April s the Es-
thonian forces crossed the Narova river.
south of Narva, and captured seven
villages and 200 prisoners. On the same
day they stormed the town OF Gdov,
on the eastern bank of Lake Peipus,
and captured 300 men and considerable
war material"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
THE PHONE IN P

Anyone who is not satisfied with his telephone service
should think of Japan and be comtorted,
In that country the demand so far exceeds the supply that
applicants are kept waiting ten years before a telephone can be
installed. In this country if we have a wait a week we feel that
we are ruined.
When a subscriber wants to quit using the telephone he
can sell it for from $3.50 to $3.50, and in this way insure an
carly installation. The scarcity OF instruments causes the DELAY
in installation, but Japan is making her own electrical instru
ments ana will soon be independent OF foreign, countries.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
APPROVE HIGHER RATES.

WASHINGTON, April s.-Increased
rates on cotton factory products from
Albemarle and Charlotte. N, G., and
points in North Carolina and Virginia,
taking the same classification to Sc
dalia, Mo. were approved for filing to-
day by the interstate commerce COM
mission on application of southeastern
railroads.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
TIRE CONCERN OPENS.

An addition to the automobile circle
in Memphis is the tCharlestown Tire
and Rubber company, which has estab-
lished a Memphis branch at 26S Madison
avenue, and which was formally opened
to the autoists Of Memphis and territory
Wednesday morning. Tires of nearly ali
makes will be handled. The local branch
is one Of a chain of similar stores num-
herring 1876 in all the larger cities Of
the country, and of which Leon Tumim
is president.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
POCAHONTAS SUFFERS
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE

POCAHoNTAS, Ark, April O.. (Spl)
"A distinct shock of earthquake was
felt at this place at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. II was one of the most severe
shocks ever known here and must have
lasted as much as a minute, during
which time buildings quaked, windows
ratified, as well as dishes, n many OF
the Inhabitants were aroused almost In
terror. No damage was done.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
OPPOSE o N ISSUE.

Opposition to the proposed $50, 900, 900
bond issue for good roads In Tennessee
has been advanced by the Engineers
Club OF Memphis, and a delegation COM
prising w. L. Schultz, ], II. Weather.
ford and S. G. Walker win appear be-
fore the legislature to present the clubs
objections to the measure. The club
opposes the bill on the grounds that the
state highway engineer would have
practically no power In the construction
of roads authorized under its pro-
visions,
Lieut., Reilly, a Memphian. member OF
the seth division engineering corps,
smoke of his experiences in France and
OF the work accomplished by the en-
cheering corps, The weekly session Of
the club was held Tuesday at the
Chamber OF Commerce.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
FOOD v SENT.

PARIS, April 9-Prof. Frank Geb-
hart has been sent ny the supreme
food commission to Jugo-Slavia, Mon
tenegro and Serbia to arrange for the
ldH "" His mIss,on was made pos
sible for a contribution of $50, 900 by
the American -Jugo-Slav relief COM
mission.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
sIsAL TOTALS GIVEN.

MEXICO CITY, April s.-It is official
ly announced sisal exported from Yu-
catan during March was worth $24,-
900, 900. There are three commercial
missions from different localities Of the
United States now in this city. They
are from San Antonio and Dallas, Tex,
and cities in the Mississippi valley.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
DIES IN ARKANSAS.

PADUCAH, Ky, April g.. (Spl,)-A
message was received in Paducah yes
terday announcing the death of Herman
Ingram, former resident of this city,
at his home in Rogers, Ark. Mr.. Ingram
was n brother OF Peter Ingram and
Hamilton ingram, both Of whom were
killed in France. While living in Pa
ducah Mr.. Ingram was employed at
the o. L.. Gregory vinegar factory.