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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
COSTLY NEGLIGENCE

1T will probably not be disputed and it cannot be gainsaid
mat the Mississippi river is the most valuable commercial asset
possessed by the city Of Memphis. Up to this far the great river
serves as an estuary or arm of the sea, giving Memphis all the
advantages OF a maritime city. Steamboats, and barges and sea-
gong vessels come here when they can 60 no farther. The river
IS a regulator OF freight rates, and for that reason Memphis is a
great distributing point, a great eddy OF commerce. In order to
utilize the river we must have harbors and terminal facilities.
When a vessel comes here it must be so arranged that passen-
gers can come ashore and so that they can unload and reload
ireights. At the present time this cannot be done. We are neg
Letting this great asset, and the neglect is expensive. 1t tends to
lessen or destroy the value of the river. An island has been per
rntted to raise its head above the water in the harbor where the
deepest ~soundngs should be found, and the wharf is covered
with mud and slime so that there is no getting through it. War
ships, submarines and chasers have been here and their educa-
tional value is not easily computed, Young people who occupy
the hinterland back from the sea have a vague and an imperfect
conception OF Sea-gong vessels. Ocular demonstration puts them
in possession of the facts and teaches them at a glance more
than they can learn from books in months, no matter how STU
dious they may be. They see the actual things themselves and
are not merely told about them. The advantage is great. We
are displaying very poor civcism in permitting the river to
become OF least value to us when we should be doing everything
in our power to make it the most value to MS. The war craft
that have visited us arc manned by fine young Americans and
We cannot tell what embryonic Sir Richard Gresham or John
Paul Zones is treadng their decks nor what inspiration the sight
OF them will have for Memphis or Arkansas boys who are per-
mitted to see them. 1t is a great thing for Memphis, great spirit
ua1ly and great materially. is this river, and we should not ham
dieap it, but make the most OF 1t.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
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10 Years Ago Today In Memphis.
JUNE 30, 1909.

Memphis enjoyed its final legal jag
when for the last time "~schooners'
were served ovcr the bar, and boys in
white concocted toddys and h%ighballs Ia
the open, Saloons closed In Memphis
that day at midnight and Main street
appeared like a young ocean swayed by
a stiff breeze. The words of the wise
went wrong and Memphis, the largest
city up until that time known to have
been placed in the official dry column,
behaved extremely well.
II was announced that both the four
mile law and the act prohibiting the
manufacture Of beer or liquors would
be tested in the courts by the stock
holders of the Tennessee Brewing COM
pany.
Another partially successful test of
their airplane was made by the Wright
brothers at Washington for the bene-
fit of the government officials and
senator's and congressman, Orville
Wright was the pilot,
Justice Frank M, Guthrie formally
announced his candidacy for the office
Of criminal court clerk,
James T.. Hunter was elected chair
man OF the financec ommittee which
was to work to procure subscriptions
OF 500, 900 for the dormitories connect
ed with the state normal school of West
Tennessee which the general commit
tee was seeking TO have located In
Memphis.
When Alfred McNalr, negro, cas-
Gaines avenue. leveled a repeating rifle
at Patrolman W, G, Holt, the latter
shot him through the heart. McNair
had abused his sick wife and compelled
her to leave home, When policemen
went to quiet McNair he faced them
with his rifle.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
ADJUSTMENTS
Loew's Lyceum.

Little Lord Robert, who has appeared
before nearly all the crowned heads of
Europe, and who is one of the most
talented and versatile of diminutive
persons, is heading the new bill which
moved into Loew's Lyceum Sunday af-
ternoon for the first four days Of the
week.
Lord Robert is a brilliant performer,
an im"personator and a comedian. He
Is only two feet tall. but excels as a
sure cure for the blues, for most of
his act Is given over to amusing things.
Another feature of the bill, which is
OF interesting proportions, is VIM. S.
Hart, who is billed in his new photo
play. THE Money Corral where money
plays an equal part with Hart
Is first cast in the role of a sharp
shooting Westerner, who Ia espied by
a banker of the East carried thence
as a guard for big money. Hart frus-
trates a daring plot to rob the bank
and does some startling work. in con
nection Herewith. A romance of inter-
esting type also runs through the five
reels.
Others who aid in making the bill a
pleasing one are Tom Gordon and Ed
ward Lambert, who are seen in a bit
OF musical comedy revue Billy Wat
kins n Gladys Williams In a lively
skit, when East Meets West" Cow
boy Williams and Daisy in a Western
stunt comedy and Seabury and Price in
a novelty painting act.
Loew's news weekly and other short
reels complete the program,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
Remarkable Sea Trip.

4SSA EAOb4S WV @AAF'
This trip across is regarded as one
of the really remarkable accomplish
ments of the service. Fifty of the
chasers, of the type now in the Missis-
sippi river, were sent across with a
mother ship, from which they drew oil
and food by hose and line without
making a stop. No ships yer had a
wilder fight with the sea. But they
made the trip and for months did
coast.
by the time the armistice was
signed it was discovered that Nc
Cutcheon was a photographer. He was
at once sent to Pauillac, in the south
of France, and without any ceremony
air stations of France, not from the
ground, but from the air, being an
assistant to Lieut., Ruttan, the aviator
photographer, His next detail was to
take a balloon trip from Brest out to
sea and photograph the George Wash
ington, which was then bringing the
president into port on his first trip to
France.
AT this time l was directed to or
ganize a Photographic unit and make
motion and still pictures for the navy
official records of all the battlefields
on which the marines had fought and
also their operation Of the Rhine river
| HGLl WI WIS UP A"NNcNNilCS' $3.50
of the still photography. The motion
| pictures, more thar 1910 0 feet Of film,
were taken by Chief Woman Harold
Wenstrom, who, before enlisting in the
navy as a seaman, second class, mad
been the photographer of all the Sidney
Drew comedy pictures.
"Still another sailor who had the
unexpected opportunity of all this travel
in France and Germany was a young
man named Kenneth Keefer. who, in
| the midst of a university course in
Kansas, enlisted in the navy and saw
a large part of the world not through
a portfolio, but as the chauffeur OF
the navy truck which carried our pho
tographic party over 5000 miles in
France, along the Rhine and up to the
farthermost outposts OF occupied Ger
many. ,,
ut will be noted that all of this
travel came to these young men after
the armistice had been signed, But
they had earned it for believing In
the opportunities the navy so willingly
| and quickly gives. They had gone into
the service as seamen second class,
and by hard work and application won
not only advancement in grades, but
the sightseeing of a part of the world
| and under conditions that few men
had the chance to do.
Opportunities in Navy.
IF one will follow the plans being
announced now for the fleets Of the
navy it will be seen that now, more
than at any other time, is being pre-;
sented the opportunity to see the world
and get most of the training at sea;
For instance, the fleet being organized
for the Pacific will take the biggest
ships of the navy through the canal
to the western ocean and to the south
ern seas. other ships will go to Asia
and the far east, while still another
squadron is going to South American
points. Thus the young man who en-
ters the navy now is assured of seeing
the world, and what more could he
ask when to this is added all the SER
care that can be extended"
Commander Hawks left Memphis
Monday morning to arrange for the
flotilla's visit at river ports between
here and New Orleans,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
The Public Be SerUed
FOREIGN WART IS
MENACE TO POTATO
Serious Plant Disease Has Not
Yet Appeared in Tri-
State Region.

Investigations recently made in tbi,
section by state plant pathologists failed
TO disclose any signs of the Irish NO
alto wart. a dangerous new disease
affecting Irish potatoes which has come
to this country from Europe.
The local Investigations were part NJ
a nationwide campaign to locate tina
disease wherever it has spread and
stamp il out The Chamber of Com
merce farm bureau win with
the state and federal agricultural de-
partments in keeping watch for the
malady in the tri-state section. ANY
person discovering signs OF the disease
is asked to report the fact to the farm
bureau in Memphis. to the nearest az
ricultural experiment station, or Stale
college, or to the Plant Disease Survey.
u. S. department Of agriculture, Wash
ington, D, c.
The potato crop OF the United States
which aggregated 400, LOG, 900 bushels in
1918, and was worth $47S, 1876, 900, is said
to be endangered by the disease, which
was first discovered in this country in
Pennsylvania in September, 1918, and
may occur elsewhere in the United
asked to keep watch at digging time
for potatoes with warty outgrowths
which are light brown when young,
black and decayed when old.
The rough, spongy outgrowths Of
varying size are produced on the tu-
bers, especially at the eyes. These
warts are light brown at first, but
become black and decayed with age,
Sometimes all potatoes in affected hill
are worthless. The disease does moi
attack the vines above ground.
The wart is believed to have come
to the United States on potatoes I'M
ported from Europe, where the disease
has been gradually increasing during
recent years. In the hope Of keeping
the wart out of America, the United
States department of agriculture in
1912 placed an embargo on potatoes
coming from countries where the dis
ease was known to exist. Before this
embargo took effect, however, several
million bushels Of the crop of 1911 had
been shipped to this country from Eu-
rope, and other smaller importations
took place in previous year. These po-
tatoes were widely distributed over the
eastern half of the United States and
may have introduced the disease into
other states beside Pennsylvania.
The infested area in Pennsylvania Is
quarantined and every precaution is be-
ing taken to prevent the spread Of the
disease. Investigations on the nature
of the wart and on it's eradications are
under way, and both domestic and for
eign varieties of potatoes are being test
ed for resistance to the disease.
Potato wart causes very serious losses
in England, Ireland and other parts
of Europe. In some places the disease
Is so seYer that potatoes can not he
grown profitably. The parasite which
causes wart is spread most frequently
by using diseased potatoes for seed.
Soil once infested remains contami-
mated for many years.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
OdkUiUe To Haze
Fresh Air Camp
States Cleveland

w. b. Cleveland, chairman Of the
board of trustees Of Oakville Memorial
sanatorium, returned Monday from
Nashville, where he inspected the John
w. Thomas fresh air camp, located at
Craggie Hope. about 30 miles from
Nashville, with a view of Incorporating
some Of its features in the proposed
fresh air camp to he operated In con
nectIon with the sanatorium at Oak
vile.
In speaking of building plans. Mr..
Cleveland stated that the trustees were
ready to proceed IN the matter, but
that they had been advised by attor-
neys to enter into no contracts until
the bonds of the city and county have
been authorized, sold and the money
paid over to them.
The city commission has already
passed the necessary ordinance on third
reading and 1t will take effect in about
two weeks, after which the city COM
mission may offer the bonds for sale.
The county court agreed to issue the
bonds through a formal resolution
passed at the last meeting of the court
and instructed the county attorney to
draw the necessary resolutions and
present them to the court for final ac-
ton at the July term,
The county and city each win issue
bonds In the sum Of $3.50, 600. and when
these bonds have been sold and the
money paid owe to the hospital trus-
tees work will begin, +
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30

n Ru K,Wouhon.
~ WILL"

II WILL
In every man, taking them as a whole,
lhat something lies dormant in his soul
1t consists of ambition, confidence and power,
And compels him to fight and win hour by hour;
t ousts disappointments, discouragements, and all,
ana Keeps him plugging where many men fall.
Lies dormant, sleeping beneath your vest;
SO wake it.. man! Do not dare delay
1T can be done" though many say, may"
Play the game well, you'll win the fight
To hades with discouragements-out of sight!
Rise. fight, and win-do the best you can
u no gutter, but a man, son, a man.
D. Lewis Clinton.
Somehow or other W re miss the old war. 1t has left a N aching void
ness deals in view to tell the wife about, but, of course, they were held
up by the war. The excuse was 100 per cent efficient. Now-but
what's the use?
LEARNING ALL ABOUT NEW YORK.
Sherrys famous New York eating place is closed and will be made
over into a bank Enough cash has been paid into that institution to
capitalize several banks, but, of course, a great deal of it was in tips,
now sailed away back in the old country'"-KansasC City Star.
DOES THIS HAPPEN IN YOUR NEIGHBoRHooD? SURE.
| know some fellows in this town who think they're simply great.
Each night they they hang around my house and try to syncopate.
Beneath my window they appear and start to harmonize.
w. Siverman.
HOSTING THEIR OWN PER CENT.
A noted food expert has reported that the serized apple juices
oought IN ne open market, contain more alcohol percentage than the
Justly famed 275 per cent beer. That may be important to some. but
we'll with beer.
cocktail glass tied about with pink ribbons and placed under a glass case
would make a pretty paror mantel whatnot for those who care to go
Can't see why they have to have any particular season for straw
berry shortcake. Got a piece of strawberry shortcake in a cafe for so
cents yesterday and we haven't discovered the strawberry yet.
Not many men can boast of being married seven times "-Edito-
AT least not many do, whether they can o r not.
One man claims he plays the pipe organ to reduce flesh. He might
both hands and both feet.
Things re normal in Chicago again. They have dug up another
police scandal.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
Orpheum.

James and Sadie Leonard, well-known
travesty artists, are coming to the Or
pheum today for Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. James and Sadie Leonard
need no introduction here, as they have
appeared at the Orpheum on several
occasions in seasons past and they can
always be depended upon al having
something new to offer in the way OF
travesty, This year they are bringing
with them a new version of when
Caesar Sees Her." and 1t is said to
be funnier han ever. Robbins and
Fulton, IA jolly, good natured young man
and a very pretty young woman, com
prise "A duo Of vaudeville entertainers
who present a very funny rural skit
entitled, AT the Town Pump which
gives them ample facilities for exhib-
ting a smart line of comery in which
they both specialize. Marion and Jo-
vita in classic interpretative dances and
the Princess Mai Tai Tai, the Chinese
wonder, complete the vaudeville bill,
The feature picture will be Madge Ev-
ans in Home Wanted"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
Friends Will Bring
J0y To st. Peters
On July Fourth

The thousands of friends of st. Pc
ter's orphanage will bring JOY to the
good sisters and to the 900 little or
phans who are cared for there on July
4, when the annual picnic for the bene-
fit of the orphanage will be given.
The sisters for years have depended
upon the donations and the receipts
which come to them on these annual
occasions for a large part of the funds
which are needed for the maintenance
Of the orphanage during the year, The
need this year is greater than ever be-
fore, for the cost of everything used
has increased, and the great buildings
are filled with little ones who must be
fed and clothed. The good sisters give
them tender, loving care and see that
they receive the best instruction. AL
though st. Peters is a Catholic institu-
ton, no sectarian line is drawn, and
children whose parents have been
members of other denominations or who
are not allied with any church, are ad-
mitted. Therefore the %orphanage is an
institution in which the whole city is
interested and deserves most liberal
support.
The spacious grounds will be elabo-
rately decorated and all the customary
amusement features will be provided
for the entertainment of visitors. The
grounds will be open to the public all
day and the dancing floors in the open
air will be open until midnight.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
SHRUNKEN MONEY

II you deposited $1,000 in the bank in 1915 and some fine
day in July, 1919, you should 60 to the bank to draw it out and
the banker should tell you that your $1,000 had shriveled to $500,
you would feel that you had a RICH. to proceed legally against the
bank for the remainder.
But il the banker should hand you the $1,000 in the clean
est, crispest federal reserve notes imaginable and tell you that
The value had shrunk one-half in four years, he would be stating
4 cold and unavoidable truth.
For we are now circulating a 50cent dollar, or, in other
words, a coin that will purchase just about half what it would
in 1915.
II the money on deposit has not been lost, what has become
Of it? ....
only half maintenance now, Fortunes invested in securities with
liked incomes have shrunk to half their former value, although
the proceeds remain the same,
We cannot adapt ourselves TO the present situation until we
can think OF a dollar as 50 cents or s., as formerly we thought
Of one dollar.
Those who are struggling to make both ends meet are Civ
ing the problem a good deal OF thought, but no solution has been
reached. What are we going to do about it?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
CRUISERS BRING HOME
AMERICAN SOLDIERS

NEW YORK, June 3o.-The cruiser
Charleston and transports Orduna and
Rt1ndam arrived here Sunday night
with more than $500 American soldiers
and 553 repatriated Americans who had
served with the British and Canadian
forces.
Making her last trip as a troop car
rler, the Charleston. which ran on slow
sneed after developing engine trouble,
Friday, arrived from Brest with the
Fourth regiment air service mechanics,
field and staff headquarters company,
medical detachment n First to Sixth
companies, inclusive, third regiment air
service mechanics, Second. Fifth and
Sixth companies, and casual companies.
Aboard the Rijndam from st. Nazaire
were the Second cavalry headquarters,
sanitary and ordnance detachments.
supply, machine gun and headquarters
troops, troops \ to M inclusive. Me-
ohanics 18th, 18th and 10Th companies
and casual companies Of Western men,
Maj Gen. H.. Keppel- Bothell, new
military attache to the British embassy
at Washington, who was accompanied
by his staff, is said to be the Youngest
Encouragement in the British army.
Horace Lee, American consul at
Liverpool. arrived for his first visit
to America in five wears.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
HOME AGAIN

President Wilson will soon come home.
His feelings on returning can be imagined. He has been
long away and engaged in a herculean task, rendered the more
difficult by the partisan chickering's Of the ~big-httle politicians at
home. He intends, it is announced, to go over the country and
make speeches defending his course and the work he has been
engaged in. A rare treat for the American people, but an unnec-
essary task, so far as the president is concerned. Capable cor
respondents have been there from the beginning and they have
told the story and kept the people informed. They know what
Wilson has done and they indorse it, In this day and age intel
ligence travels so fast that it may be called ubiquitous, and the
average Of intelligence is so high that what happens of impor-
lance in one part Of the world is known in every other part OF
the world simultaneously. People know, and form their own
judgments and draw their own conclusions from given facts, and
these conclusions are usually wise and accurate.
Wilson has rendered his country and civilization a great
service and he has carved for himself a niche in history from
which neither envy, malice nor all uncharuablcness can disodee
him. His fame is secure.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
CANDIDATE

In our humble judgment the fullsome eulogy pronounced
over the telephone service by the Commercial Appeal is unfair
to other contenders for first place in public cxccration, We
would not deprive the telephone company Of a single petal from
the bouquet Of stink weeds that the Commercial Appeal picked
from it's vast profuSion Of flowers that grow in its garden Of
verbiage, but what Of the Western Union Telegraph company,
with its struggles. its ambitions and its persSency? Shall we
dash its hopes to earth and leave it crushed and wounded after
has gone so far up the ladder to fame as the most indifferent,
the most incompetent, the most stupid and most reprehensble
institution in the country in its effort to render what President
Wilson would designate "a disservice to humanity?
Following the advice Of the attorney-general, President VIII
son declares that he has no right to raise the ban on wartime
prohibition. ...
The government goes out of the business of recognizing
liquor traffic at one place as a legal enterprise and seeking those
who engage in it in other places as criminals.
This should make the enforcement Of the law relatively
easy. Officials who wink at law violations while their attention is
centered upon an election some months in the future can, OF
course, make law enforcement a travesty.
The visits of Col. Bryan to Memphis are always enjoyed.
He is a great orator. Whatever limitations he has, and ire
spective Of the shortcomings his enemies charge him with, his
boundless eloquence causes his severest critics to fall temporarily
under the spell Of his power as a speaker.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
HUN TROOPS STOPPED
AT GATES OF HAMBURG

BERLIN, June 30.-The government
troops Of Gen. Won LettowVorbeck at
tempted to enter Hamburg Sunday but
retired when they were met by a large
mob including many one The COM
munists in control at Hamburg had, It
Is said, promised they would offer no
opposition to the entry of the govern
ment troops, When the troops were
met by the mob, however, II was de-
cided to retire temporarily to avoid pos
stble bloodshed.
The date for q definite advance OH
Hamburg is uncertain. The government
forces include Schleswig, Brandenburg,
Bavarian, Saxon and naval detach-
ments.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
CAPLEVILLE HOGS BRING
GOOD sum IN ST. LOUIS

The cooperative shipment Of hogs
made by the Capleville Cooperative
Shipping association last week Melted
$2,S52.02 On the St. Louis market, ac-
cording to a report received Monday
by W. M, Landes, county agricultural
agent, There were rs head of hogs in
the car, Weighing Is, $3.50 pounds. The
best price obtained was $20.35 and the
lowest SIS per hundred pounds,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-30
WILL SHIP STOCK

H. o, Pate, market director Of the
Chamber of Commerce farm bureau
went to Toone, Hardeman county.
Tenn, Monday to assist the county
agent Of that county TO make the first
cooperative shipment Of live stock
from the county ~