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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
OPENING Of RHINE
AND KEEL CANAL
ALLIED DECISION
Commission Recommends Use
Of River for All Nations
WithpsA DISCRIMINATION and
Controlling Board.

PARIS, March 12.--Recommendatio
that dhe navigation OF the Rhine be
opened to all nations without discrimi-
nation was made in a report to the
peace conference today by the COM
mission on the international regime Of
waterways, railways and ports. 1t is
suggested that the Rhine be controlled
by a commission similar to the Danube
commission,
The status of the Kiel canal has been
settled by the commission on the basis
Of the freedom of use for all nations
Tor merchant vessels or warships In
time of peace, The canal would con-
tinue under German ownership and
operation. The question of fortified
ton of the canal Is left by the com
mission to the decision Of military and
naval experts
The report OF the commission was not
favorable to allowing the Belgian claim
that special duties be imposed on Ger
man vessels,
The report further recommended that
a general conference be held within a
| year to deal with all questions pertain
ing to the navigation of international
| waterways which are regarded AZ toe
intricate or complex TO be settled final
| ly within the limited life Of the peace
| conference
A sitting Of the peace conference is
now contemplated before the final com
pletion of the terms Of peace to be pre-
| sented to the Germans, according tC
| Reuters Paris correspondent The eX-
| PLANTATION of this step as given by ar
| authoritative British source Is that the
question Of peace with Germany is one
that concerns only the powers that tool
| part In the war against her and tina
| 1t Is unnecessary to require the confer
| enCe to permit the delegates Of othe
| countries to take part in deliberation
in which they have no direct interest
| The peace conference commission oI
Czecho- SoVak affairs has almost com
peted its work The official com
munique of the commission given Ou
after.lts fifth meeting yesterday unde
the presidency of Jules CambOn, mad
this announcement and stated that di
rection for the preparation Of its repor
| had hpan
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
sls!sslEa IVY! X!Es:! S.!lISlsiEsEE

Tennessee-Fair, warmer; Thursday
partly cloudy, becoming unsettled by
Thursday nightJ
Mssissippi--Fair, followed by cloudy
Thursday; warmer.
Arkansas-Fair, warmer; Thursday
threatening, colder in northwest.
Alabama-Fair followed by cloudy
Thursday warmer.
Kentucky-Fair, warmer; Thursday,
cloudy, becoming unsettled by Ihurs-
day night,
Louisiana-Fair, warmer except in
southeast.
Oklahoma-Cloudy, colder in north
west, warmer in southeast, freezing in
northwest and extreme north; Thurs
day cloudy, much colder,
East Texas-Partly cloudy, warmer
Thursday cloudy, colder in northwest
West Texas-Partly coludy, colder in
Panhandle with freezing temperature
colder Thursday.
North and South Carolina and Geor-
gia--Fair, rising temperature.
Florida-Fair, somewhat warmer in
northwest.
Kansas--Fair and warmer; Thursday
increasing cloudiness, becoming unset.
tied by night
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
GAS COMPANY IS
SUEDFOR $4,000
Mrs. Annie Varnell Webb Asks
Damages Alleged Due From
Stove Explosion.

Declaring that she was victim OF
an explosion In her gas stove on March
g. caused by the willful negligence Of
the Memphis Gas and Electric company
In furnishing impure and dangerous gas
to its customers, and that as result
OF the explosion she almost lost her
hair, eyebrows and eyelashes and was
otherwise seriously injured Mrs, Annie
Varnel webb, through her attorneys,
Bearman, Cohn h Bearman, Wednesday
filed the first damage suit growing out
Of the bad gas furnished by the gas
company during the past few months,
The action was filed In the circuit
court and $4,000 damages is asked.
The plaintiff In her declaration says
the corporation, for the past several
months, had furnished the public with
an inferior grade OF gas thereby vlolat-
ing It's contract with the city, She al
leges further that the company had
been substituting soft coal and oil when
1t should have used coke to make
standard gas a grade that meets with
the requirements of its contract. She
sets out that the requirement OF the
city IL l6-Candle power gas.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
HEAD OF EACH SIDE
MEET IN NASHVILLE

NASHVILLE. Tenn. March 12.-No
material change was reported early to-
day in the situation resulting from the
walkout yesterday Of the Brotherhood
clerks of the Nashville, Chattanooga &;
st. Louis railway and the Tennessee
Central railroad following the refusal
of w. l.. Mapother, federal manager,
TO dismiss A. p Ottarson, federal audi
tor. on the ground of alleged unfriend-
illness to the brotherhood. c. f. Jack :
son, chairman of the clerks, claimed
this morning that $50 of the 400 non
brotherhood clerks, employed had
Joined the brotherhood clerks since the
walkout
M. NJ Murray of Lawrence, Mass,
chairman of the grand executive board
of the Brotherhood Of Railway Clerks
and II. C. DeGray, of New Orleans,
vice president are expected here to-
night, coming at the request of Chair
man Jackson, A. NJ. Banks, of the
department of labor, Is coming some
time today at the request Of the rail-
road administration.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
DIR. JekyL and Hyde
VIII Turn In Grave
If "They" Hear This

Swapping his cues in a flash that
would have been a credit to a quick
change vaudeville artist, a negro bur-
glar who looted the store of Sanders
& Co, III South Main street Sunday
in wink was doubling aS substi-
tute porter, filling well the place of the
negro, regularly employed, obligingly
, obeying orders and sweeping and DUST
ing to suit the whims of his boss.
While detectives and policemen have
been on the trail of the black burglar
since Sunday, the true facts of how
he oamouflaged himself as porter and
made away with more than ST 900 worth
OF clothing and wearing apparel, did
not come to light until late Tuesday.
Here is the way the police tell it,
E. y. Sanders, of the firm, went to
the Grand Central station Sunday morn
ing to- meet c. II, Graves, of Nashville,
who is connected with the company.
Together they went to the store The
front doors were fastened, but hear
ing noises on the interior, Mr. Sanders
believing the porter was busy cleaning
up, called out; rs that you Sam?"
In answer the door was swung open
by young negro, wearing a new over
coat who, bowing and smiling, said
Vas, sah gentlemen, walk right in
sah.'
TO Mr.. Sanders query as to who he
| was and what he was doing in the
| place the negro answered: Sam am
sick dis mornin' and Ise here to serve
| fuh him."
To prove it the negro had a broom
| in his hand and Immediately started
| sweeping the floor. Some few chores
| that Mr.. Sanders wanted attended tC
at once the energetic porter did will
| agility,
Having an appointment with Mr. Les.
| ter, of the firm, at the store, Mr.. San.
| ders asked Sans substitute where
| that gentleman was.
"Oh, vas sah boss, why Mister Les
| ter he been here and gone to his ho
| tel"
That explanation being satisfactory
Mr.. Sanders and Mr. Graves left tn,
store in the care of the negro. Mr.
Lester was found In few minutes
and when he said he had not beel
near the store that morning, back t
/ the store the three raced.
The front doors were fastened. NJ
noise emanated from the interior. Whel
entrance was finally gained the 'por
ter" was gone. SO was a truckload o
the choicest goods that had CAREFUL.
| been selected from the stock,
| 1t developed that the overcoat worl
| by the negro when he bowed MesSrs
Sanders and Graves into their store
| had been taken from the stock
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
No Decision Yet.

There never has been any decision
regarding the title to cables outside Of
territorial waters in time of war and
the Americans now are extremely anN-
ious that no precedent should be es-
tablished that might place American
business at the mercy of foreigners or
prevent free communication between
the u, s. and Central Europe after
the conclusion of peace
In addition to the trans Atlantic
cables, several German cables In the
Pacific also were seized by the British
as prizes Of war. One Of these runs
from the Island Of Yap one Of the
Carolina group, to Singapore, connect
ing with the Dutch and British cables,
Another connects this cable with the
Island Of Celebes, TnsaeSslon Of these
lines, 1t is held, insureR business CON
troll Of fair proportidal Of Australia
Polynesia, which Is regarded as prop
erly within the field Of American COM
mercal effort.
The possibility Of these cables pass
ing In some degree under the cOntro
Of Japan alone In case the latter Ii
made the mandatory Of the captured
Pacific islands, also iS regarded with
disfavor by the American representa-
tives unless some plan to preN2nt any
possible discrimination Is adopted.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
j. s. PREPARES TO
RESIST BRITISH
CABLE MONOPOLY
American Peace Delegates
Will Oppose EngIand'S
Claims to German Lines
She Cut and Appropriated.

PARIS, March IL Realizing the
possibility Of virtual monopoly Of
cable congratulations by Great Brit
ain should her claim to the captured
German cables he sustained with the
consequent submission Of the great
foreign business interests Of the United
States to alien control in this respect,
the American delegates to tho peace
conference are endesyoring to make a
strong presentation Of their case be-
fore the legal authorities to whom the
subject has heen referred The naval
exports who first considered the ques-
tion We're unable To agree and the
supreme council, upon motion Of Sec
retary Lansing, referred to the legal
experts the question of title involved,
These experts are being pressed by
the Americans for n decision.
Early IN the war the British cut
the two German cables from Emden
to America by way Of the Azores and
also the cable betW cen MOnroNia, the
l.iberian capital, aud Brazil They took
one end uf one of the German Ameri-
can cables to Halifax, thereby secur-
ing another transatlantic line for
themselves. The other cable they gave
to the French government which sc
far has made no attempt to utilize II,
probably because Il the scarcity OF
submarine cable material and of cable
laying ships
The British now claim these cables
are prizes of war They do not intend
to allow their return to Germany OF
to regard them as subject to dsposi'
tion by the peace conference The
American delegates, however, contend
that the cables were unlawfullY cut
and unlawfully reConneCted. because
the United States was not at war when
this was done and had an interest IN
Them az being one Of the lermtni. Nor
they claim, was there proper warrant
| for the cutting OF the cable between
tries were neutral at the time 1t was
| done
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
800 TROOPS THREATEN
TO SINK TRANSPORT

HALIFAX, March 12.-Threats of 300
troops of the British army, who en-
listed IN the United States, 81 of them
American citizens, to sink the trans,
mort Toloa unless Immediately allowed
to land and proceed to destinations In
the United States by rail, were report
ed to the Canadian authorities today
by Capt. Jackson, commander OF the
transport al.
The Tooa, after debarking Canadian
the American bound contingent on
March 10, but was ordered back to
this port to coal for the return trip
TO England because of the outbreak OF
the harbor strike in New York, -.
Cant, Jackson told the authorities
that he had no guns aboard and that
his ship was at the mercy OF the SOL
dieTs
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
ElCHH0RN SPEAKS TO
BRUNSWICK SOCIAL lSTS S

AMSTERDAM, March 12ssAa iehhorn,
the former Spartacan police ahlef Of
Berlin. who fled from the &lFs Ia oApt-
tai during the disorders there WI Iatiu-
airy, and who has been living under an
assumed name in Brunswick, Germany,
addressed a meeting Of independent
socialists In that city Monday 1t ls
reported that Eichhorn has been aid
ing movement to establish an inde-
pendent state in Brunswick,
The city Of Brunswick is becoming a
place of refuge for Spartacans and in
dependent socialists driven from other
German cities by the government.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
KNOCKOUT BLOW
a TO DOPE DOCTORS

Physicians and the public generally
will be interested in a ruling of the
United States Supreme Court, March
3, according to w. d, Kyser, district
attorney, which holds that it is con-
trary to the provisions of the Har-
rison narcotic act for physicians to
issue an order for morphine to an
habitual user thereof, fer the purpose
of providing the user with morphine
sufficient to keep him comfortable by
maintaining his customary use.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
NEW SPEED FUEL FOR
AIRPLANES ANNOUNCED

WASHINGTON. March 12.-Develop-
ment too late for use In the war of q
motor fuel which adds 10 miles an
hour to the speed Of airplanes and has
possibilities for use In automobile rae
ing was announced today by The bu-
'feau of mines.
The liquid, combination Of benzol
and cyclohexane called hectar costs
about 81 gallon, so while Of military
value 1t is not regarded as practical
for commercial purposes at present
Another combination developed by the
bureau consisting Of benzol and gaso e
line, has been found to be more pow
erful than gasoline alone, Is expected
to prove Of value In industry The
comparatively scarcity Of benzol, how
ever, makes its production to supplant
gasoline on a large scale improbable In
the immediate future.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
BIG STRIKE IN SlLEeIA
WITH 10000 MEN OUT

BASEL, March t2.--The Frankfort
General Anzeiger reports general
strike in the mining district OF Beu-
then. Silesia, 1t being said 10000 work
men are idle there. Another report
from Beuthen states Spartacan bands
attacked a military post and seized a
number of rifles and that another SINH
lar attack was repulsed with hand
grenades.
A telegram from Graudenx says mar
tia law has been proclaimed in the
Briesen, Kuhn, Thorn and Strassburg
districts of West Pressuria, owing to
an advance Of Spartacan forces in that
region.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
PARIS SETS ASIDE
HOPE FOR ENDING
Of CABLE CENSOR
Elimination of Double Censor
ship by Britain and America
Little Progress in Actual
Relief Business Men Want.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Tho News SeImtar's Special Core.
spondent.


WASHINGTON, March 12.-Hopes
that a ,or,,,ot, ro,,o,,ol ,f>ou oousor-
u''' ''''i''''o i','''N"' u "'' '',''V'
snip on commercial messages would be
put into operation this week were set
asido ,,o,torda,, h,. tho rncoint ~ word
"''ue So9t''o"S "S ''e '''eIp' VI "o'"
that the Paris economic conference was
na, ,au tto ,,naaaot ,,.hnt T., i,non.,, NO
'hat lol Tue p''Sell "h"t Is N"'" i" 40
the double censorship as between Great
Britain and the United States would be
eliminated Tboros,ro esfe..i,,o Thurs
e''''''''a.e"' lI'I''o'c' e,'e~'Fe 'nu'H-
day. Great Britain, through whose
hands the majority of the messages
destined for Europe and Africa as well
as Asia have passed. will no longer
delete cabIegrams originating in the
United States and which American cen
States in turn will exercise no censor
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
SHIPS BRING IN MORE
RETURNING SOLDIERS

NEW YORK, March 12.--With 1.922
troops the steamship lowan arrived mere
today from ST, Nazaire Units included
the S15th trench mortar battery, three
officers and IT'S men of the Goth di-
vision (national army troops of Texas.
New Mexico and Okahoma) for Camps
Bowie, Dix and Travis. .u-
The steamship Amphion brought 1T
TheChinampa brought 80 casuals from
La Pallice. po.aox
brought "A casuals, including a detach..
ment of Company No, rs tnegro), OF
Kentucky. ~ ..,,.o1 e.
The hospital ship Mercy arrived TO, o,
dav from Bordeaux with S3l sick and
Wounded men, most of them bedridden.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
EXPLOSIVE BARS FOR
USE ON LAND LIFTED

WASHINGTON. March 12.-Explo-
sives may be purchased without IL
cense except by enemy aliens, after
March 10 for reclaming land, stump
blasting and other agricultural pur-
poses, the interior department an
nounced today in modifying a war time
regulation.
Enemy aliens are not permitted 10
manufacture. buy or sell explosives for
any purpose.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
FLOOD CONDITIONS IN
ALABAMA IMPROVED

MONTGOMERY Ala, March Ia.
Flood conditions along all the rivers q
the state were improved today with
waters rccedtng everywhere except In
the lower reaches of the Alabama.
The crest of the flood was passing
Montgomery today This condition was
due, weather bureau officials said, to
lack of precipitation forecast for Mon
laN and NMnnAnW.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
YAQUE CHIEF AND THIRTY
or HIS MEN WIPED OUT

NOGALEs, Ariz.. March, r., joaquin
Ochoa, Yaqui chief, who led the Yaqul
band which attacked Mexican can rail-
persons, was captured and executed and
his band wiped out at Sierra Bacattette
in the Rio Yaquis district, Sunday, ac-
cording to official Mexican advices re.
ceived here. The dispatches. said that
besides Ochoa 80 members. Of the oand
were either killed in the iight OF exc
cllted later.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12

The great majority Of the soldiers
recently discharged from service have
already found work. probably the lar
gest percentage of these returning to
the old jobs held open for them. This
is the statement of Col Arthur Woods,
recently appointed by War Secretary
Baker to cope with the soldier employ
ment problem.
The number discharged who are still
without jobs is estimated at between
20 and 40 per cent of the entire num-
Der released
Woods plans a campaign to enlist
civic and business organizations In the
larger cities in the work of placing
every discharged service man.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
PAPER MEN INVITED
TO BIG CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, March l2.-All man
ufacturers OF writing and book paper
were Invited by the federal trade com
mission today TO meet In n general con
ference here March 2S to explain the
mysteries Of trade names such as
linen" "velum," parchment" etc.
Complaint has been made to the com
mission that loose use Of these names
amounts to unfair cnmOe etitton,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
PROTESTS ON PRACTICES.

SANTA FB. N, M, March 12.-Act-
ii,g gdnd on ra,oes % aIieeing that the Atchi-
son %T,'TST Topeka sia' & Santa Fe Railway com
pany is importing Mexicans to do its
construction and track repair work in
this state and that citizens, of the
United States are being discharged TO
make room for these foreigners, Gov.
Larrazolo today telegraphed Walker D.
Hines, director general Of railroads,
asking that this practice be stopped at
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
JAPS TO SEND MEN TO
PARIS FOR BIG MEET

HONOLULU, March IA mass
meeting Of 1000 Hawaiian Japanese
held here today adopted a resolution TO
send Japanese delegation to Paris to
ask that an effort be made to insert
clause In the peace treaty abollshing
racial discrimination for the sake OF
humanity and justice.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
TO MEET NEXT FRIDAY

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 12. (Spl)
Governor Roberts has called meet
ing Of the state war memorial com
mittee in his office at the capital Fri
day morning ut 10 o'clock. The spec
ial subcommittee appointed to receive
recommendations for the form and To-
cation Of the memorial will submit
its report.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
TWO DIE IN CRASH.

NEW ORLEANS, La, March "a
Two persons, whose identity could not
be learned, were killed and more than
a dozen injured shortly after midnight,
when two street cars colllded at the
corner of Carondelet and Amelia
streets here. The injured were removed
to a local hospital.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
BROKERS SPREAD OUT.

John T. Leonard & Sons, food brok-
ers, with offices in the Bank of Com
merce building, have decided to en-
large their business with the addition
Of warehouse, to be located in Mem
Of canned goods. flour and other food
stuffs. They will put IL representatives
on the road. covering IL states
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
LANDS MEAT PLANT.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 12 (Spl)
Nashville landed another mammoth
packing plant today when Chris Power
and Robert e. Power, incorporated the
Power Packing Plant at $3.50, 900.
Ground win be broken for the new
plant shortly. The plant will be To-
Gated adjacent to the new union stock
wards
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
WILL FIX RENTAL.

WASHINGTON, March 12-Annual
rental to he paid by the government 70
the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Rail-
road company will be determined by. a
board OF referees appointed today by
the Interstate commerce commit BON
The railroad complained that its Com.
pensation had not been properly ad.
justed by the railroad administfati
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
COW GiUeS Birth '
To Three CGLUeS

SAPULPA, Okla, March H.
Max Meyer, who owns "A Hereford
cattle ranch near here, has a white
faced COW which gave birth to
triplets. The COW and calves are
all in good health,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
PROTEST UPON ENJOYS.

SAL0NIKI, March ia vigorous
protest is made in Albanian circles
against the designation Of Turkhan Pa
sha, Albanian premier, and Mehmed
Bey, representatives of the Albanian
federation in Europe to submit the
claims of Albania to the peace con-
ference. 1t Is declared that they have
maintained suspicious relations" with
the Turks and Germans
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
HUNS RECAPTURE TWO
TOWNS FROM BOLSHEVlKl

BERLIN, March 12 (Havas Ger
man troops have recaptured the towns
of Laden and Schrunden, northeast Of
Bibau, Courland, according to reports
received here. The BolsheyiM were
driven back with heavy iosses.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
THREE HUN STEAMERS
WILL BE lNTERNED

DTNKIRK, March 10 (Havas.l-
Three German steamers captured by
allied warships for violation Of tn,
armistice terms have arrived here FOL
internment The steamers are the
Italia. Mercury and Pluto.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
STATES RECOGNIZED.

BERNE, March 12.-The Swiss gov
ernment has decided tn recognize the
Polish and Czecho -Slovak states and to
establish diplomatic relations with
them. Poland has already appointed
Baron Modzelewsky minister at Berne.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
MEMPHIS COLT ENTERED.

LEXINGTON, KY, March H. (Spl)-
John w Schorr, of Memphis. has en-
tered his famous 3-year- James T.
Clark, hr. C. ~, In the rich Ben All
handicap to be decided ct the race
meeting here on May l,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
KING PLANS VISIT.

BUENOS AIRES, March 70, (By the
Associated Press king Alfonso OF
Spain has informed the Argentine
charge d'affaires at Madrid that he ex-
poets to visit South America within
two years The charge communicated
this TO the Argentine foreign minister
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12

The German government troops
greatly reinforced. have. resumed the
fighting in IIchtenberg, says a Ger
man wireless dispatch received here last
night. The dispatch adds that the
Spartacans already have been obliged
to evacuate the police headquarters
and the nostoffice. N.