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More Money Likely
For Building Loans.

Baton Rouge, La, Feb. GA
shortoge of more than a million
homes in the United States is one
of the results Of the war, accord
ing to a statement received by
the State Council Of Defense from
representatives Of Building and
Loan Associations in Washington.
This shortage must be made up at
present with many men being re-
leased from the army and navy.
The Department of Labor is now
working with the building and
loan interests in working out a
way to make more money avail
able for home building loans.
Ths statement said that at nor.
NAL times, 800, 900 homes per year
are required to supply the normal
growth of the country and, to re-
place the losses through fire and
destructive agencies. For the
past two years home construction
ie
has been practically suspended
due to the shortage Of labor and
the restriction on the use Of build
ing material.
ssrhe Rehabilitation Of the
military and naval forces now in
progress and the release Of work
men from the ship-building and
munision plants and other war in
dnstry furnishes the, supply Of la,
Dor which has hampefed build-
ing for the past two years,' the
stateInsrlt reads. The removal
restrictions on the nse Of ma
geriaI ind transportation which
so largly contributed to block
h',tsse conss ruction makes the re-
sslInption AZ hame building now
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Everyone is interested in an
item Of local news. Ifyof know
|of any local happening that is
not generally known, communi.
cate the fact 10 this office,
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Sheriff Sale-No. 3178.
W. H. Thomas
VS.
Louis B. Blackwell.

Notice is hereby given that by vir'
tue of an order of seizure and sale Is.
sued out of the Goth. Judicial District
Court of Louisiana, in and for Wash.
ngton Parish, in the above entitled
cause, and to me directed, will pro-
ceed to sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, on
Saturday. February Is, 1919
at the principalfront door of the court
house at Franklinton, La, between
the legal sale hours for judicial sales,
the following described property, be-
ing and situated in Washington Par
ish, La, to.wit:
Forty acres of land, situated in the
northern part Of Hr. 80, Township
four a. south, Range twelve az
east, St. Helena Meridian; Commenc'
ing at stake set in the edge ola gum
pond on the west line of said Section
or Hr. 30, 10.40 chains south OF the
northwest corner of said section;
thence south 7So east 1870 chains
thence north 22o east 4.47 links TO
corner; thence south 79o east 14.4s
chains to stob; thence south 50 west
13.47 chains to corner; thence nortn
7So west 21.40 chains to corner;
thence south 500 west 11.6S chains 10
an old stake on the west line of Sec
tion 90, the south east corner OF Cai'
vim Talley's land; thence north on tne
old headlight line 17.1O chains to tho
place of beginning.
Terms of sale.-Cash with benens
of appraisement.
This the 7th day of January, A. v
1919.
J.E. Bateman, Sheriff.
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In the Matter of the Estate of
Maurice Rateman, Deceased.
No. 307.
10Th judicial District Court, State
Of Louisiana, Parish of
Washington.
Notice is hereby given to the
creditors of this estate and to all
other persons herein interested to
show cause, within ten days from
the present notification, if any
they have or can, why the final
account presented by Mrs. Sadie
Bateman, administrative of this
estate should not be approved and
bomologated and the funds dis.
tributed IN accordance Herewith.
By order of the Court.
This February 1st, 1919.
NJ. A. THIGPEN,
(Seal.) Clerk of Court.
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The National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress proposed that a
secretary of transportation be
added to the Presidents cabinet.
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Petit Jurors.

Following is list of the petit
Jurors drawn for service for the
March term of court, beginning
March 3rd, 1919:
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Wanted.
Judicial Adv ertisement.

uuASlok AAN VI
United States District Court For
the Eastern District of
Louisiana.
No. 2308 In Bankruptcy.
In the Matter of John f. Faust,
- Bankrupt.
By virtue of and pursuant to
an order of the Honorable Will
liam A. Bell, Referee in Bank
ruptcy, dated at New Orleans,
Louisiana, February 9th, 1919, |
will sell at the front door of the
Court House in which the 18th
Judicial District Court in and for
the Parish of Washington is held,
in the town Of Franklinton, Lou
isiana. on -
Saturday, March 22, 1919
between the hours of eleven
O'Clock a. m. and four o'clock p.
M, the following described prop
erty for account of said Bank.
ruptcy, to-wit:
"One hundred and sixty acres
of land more or less situated in
Washington Parish, Louisiana,
located in the Evan James head
right No. 81, Township one N,
south Range nine (9) east St.
Hell. Mer., and bounded north
and east by homestead of Monroe
j. Miller, south by lands of j. D..
Magn, and west by lands OF
Thomas James, and heing the
l
same land acquired by J. F.
Faust, Bankrupt herein, from
James E. Forest and by Jamea E.
Forrest from W. 7. James, titles
to which are recorded G. O. B. g.,
pages 114-215, and G. O. B. s,
pages $3.50, together with all the
buildings and improvements there.
on"
Terms of sale: Free of all
liens mortgages and encun-
brances thereon. The purchaser
.or purchasers to pay cash and to
pay in addition to the purchase
price the costs of all certificates,
the fee of the Notary for passing
1.-The Act of Sale, United States
Internal Revenue Stamps, and al
the taxes on said property both fo1
the years 1918 and 1919, the Ac1
of Sale to be passed before Maget
W. OFT, ESQ.,, Notary Public fol
the Parish of Washington, and
l deposit of ten (1O per cent to be
exacted at the moment of adjudi.
cation.
]. E. BATEMAN, Sheriff,
ADAM P. F'RYMIRE,
Trustee.
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Grand Jury to Meet.

BY order of the Court, tine
Grand Jury will meet on MOI
day, February II, 1919. at 11W
o'clock A. M.
This February 4th, 1918.
M. A. Thigpen,
Clerk of Court.
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No. Name Ward
/. Dolph Mizell ..s... 4
2. Geo. Hunt ......... 6
3. Robert Mizell :. 6
4. G. T. Spring -. 49,. l
s. John Q. Adams. -. :. 4
6. G. B. Reeves. ;. -. l
7. H. H. Bankston. -. 2
s. Claude Bankston.. =. 2
9. M. A. Miller. :. 9
10. Dewitt Afford. ..,..... Z
II. Geo. W. Varnado Jr -. 8
IL. Tom Moore 6
13. Arthur Grain. :. -. 7
IA. W. 0. Holiday 80. -. 2
IS. L. L. Schil.ing -. Z
16. G.. D. Parker. 2
II. Arthur Ott.. 2
Is. H. N. Bateman ........ 2
19. R.. s. Magee 8
20. Andrew Seal Z
I2l. S. L. Jenkins. =. -. 8
%. N. E. Varnado ........ /
%. Ohio Blackwell. 5
"a. Norris Fortinberry 80. 9
%. M. J. Clayton. 4
26. j. R. Mccain. 7
~. W. W. Jenkins. 49,. s
%. Howard Fussell. 2
20. Homer Carter. 8
30. M. M. Burch.. 2
| herebp certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and cor
rect list of the petit jurors drawn
for service for the March term of
court beginning Monday, March
3rd, 1919.
M. A. THIGPEN.
Clerk of Court.
Help your government and
yourself at the same time-buy
War Savings Stamps
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BIZ II Savings Stamps
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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
SHERIFF ROUNDING UP
MANY MEMBERS OF MOB
TEN ON CHARGE ASSISTING
PRISONERS TO ESCAPE.
Rioting Caused Property Loss
of $50,000-Reward Of
fered for Escapes.

Knoxville. Sept. 2.--Although still
under heavy patrol by national
guardsmen and special officers fol-
lowing the race riots of Saturday
night and Sunday morning in which
two men were killed and sixteen sent
to hospitals with wounds. Knoxville
yesterday passed n peaceful holiday.
Two Of those wounded in the main
battle Saturday midnight are not eX-
pected TO survive the night.
Sheriff Cate last night caused the
arrest of ten white men on charges
of assisting prisoners to escape when
the Jail was attacked Saturday night.
other arrests on this charge and that
of rioting are promised. Those ar
rested last night are Dave Fox, Ar
thur Clinton. Won Luttrell, John
Couch, James Finney, Dewey Lay
man, VIII Davis, Bruce NJ. Chaffey,
Jim Dalton and jeff Claiborne.
The situation has so far improved
that Adjt.-Gen. f. b. Sweeney to-
night sent home the third battalion
Of the Fourth Tennessee infantry,
from the western counties OF the
state, and expects to release all other
outside companies Tuesday, leaving
il'lt Ailt itit'llll' SUI company anu
one rifle company which have head
quarters in Knoxville
Troops still are patrolling the busi-
| ness district and the negro sections
with machine guns In position in the
heart of the black belt but search OF
! ,itizens for weapons has been dis
continued and the barred zones in the
negro districts have been abandoned
Special Deputies Named.
Two hundred and fifty citizens
sworn in as special deputies or police
men are assisting the military au'
thorities. Squads are patrollinE al
! suburban sections in automobiles
with reserves held at the courthouse
to answer calls from nervous citizens
| The special officers are under com
mand of Col, DANES A. Gleason, late
Of the 114th field artillery. and othe,
demobiized army officers are acting
| as lieutenants.
A special session Of the grand jury
! has been called for Wednesday tC
| investigate the riots and to consider
the case of Maurice +. Mayes, the
negro accused of numbering Mrs
BERTHE Lindsey early Saturday morn.
ing, which crime inspired the storm
ing of the county jail Saturday nigh
' and the subsequent race riots. Maye.
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

gressmen chiefly recruited ?-T. II. c..
A. A study of the last congress
shows that 60 per cent. of the mem
bers were lawyers, 10 per cent. bust
ness men, per cent. journalists, b
per cent. educators, per cent. bank
ers, 8 per cent. real estate operators
and Q per cent. miscellaneous,
Q. What is the origin of the part
the rabbit plays in the observation OF
Easter?-W. j. ii.
A. Norsemen are credited with
first celebrating the festival Of the
divinity as Easter. "Ostava' was the
word they used. 1t means the sea-
son of reproduction. The rabbit and
the egg were used as examples OF
the possibility of prolific reproduce
ton.
t. F F. C. ""' - '''
A. George f. ROBBERS is statis-
tician for the National City bank. of
New York. He was at one time direc-
tor of the mint for the treasury de-
partment. Before that he was pub
Usher of newspaper in Iowa. He
is an extensive writer on financial
problems and has a reputation for
making them clear to the man on the
street.
@. How much would $4,000 in
gold weigh?-W. A. ID.
A. This amount of gold coin would
weigh about thirty-eigh pounds. 1t
is obvious that a thief could not
carry a fortune in gold very far.
(Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The News
Information bureau. Frederic J. Has
kin. director, Washington, d. c. Give
full name and address and inclose
2-cent stamp for return postage. BE
brief. All replies are sent direct to
the inquirer.)
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
|EXICO'S MOVE
[AYBESOLUTION
mate Vote to Recognize
Property Rights Tends to
End Dispute.
|TERvEN TON POSSIBLE
i'll An Undetermined Cues
tion--Jingo Spirit Not
Likely to Prevail.

(BV DAVID LAWRENCE.)
Washington, Sept. 2.-(Copyrighted
Chattanooga News.)-Mexico has
Ide a move which may mean a
lat deal toward q peaceful solution
the troubles that have kept the
htions between the two countHes
the edge of break in recent
eks. The Mexican senate has
ted to recognize the rights of all
'pperties, oil and other minerals,
'luired legitimately before May l.,
liz, when the new constitution Of
.xico went into effect.
Should the lower house in the
,xican congress adopt the same at
ude and the bill become law, every
ng that Ambassador Fletcher and
} department of state have been
Intending for in this most vital dis
te between the two countries will
We been granted. There will still re-
lin as a source Of irritation the
btection of American lives in Mex
| and 1t is an open secret that the
hshington government is much
Ire concerned about that phase of
! Mexican problem than 'the legal
estions involved in property con-
,versies.
Important Moral Effect.
Nevertheless a recognition by Mex
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
ACCUSES COUNT KAROLYI

Berlin. Sept IA. P)-Baron Rad
venszky, brotherin-law of former Hun
garian Premier Count stephen TisZa,
has filed charges with the police at
Budapest against Count Michael Kari
olyi, also a former premier. alleging
that Count Karolyi agitated the murder
of Count Tisza and participated in the
crime, according to a Budapest dis.
patch to the Tages Zeitung.
Bella Szanto, peoples commissary for
military affairs during the soviet re-
gime in Hungary. and brother Of the
late peoples commissary. Thor SZa
muely. is reported to have been ar
rested near Lake Platten and it Is said
a huge sum of money belonging to the
Austro Hungarian bank was found in
his possession. Bella Szanto. as chief
executive of the revolutionary courts
of Hungary. was charged with respon-
siblity for many executions during the
soviet regime.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
in FEW DAYS
PAINS HAD LEFT
Chattanooga Man Says He
Had Bronchial Catarrh
About 20 Years.
STRENGTH PROVE ED
Lung Vita Did More Good
Than Any Medicine He
Had Used.

an August, 1917, tried Lung-vita
for bronchial catarrh from which
had suffered about twenty years"
says Mr.. John witt, who lives at sol
22d Street, Chattanooga. Tenn. In
statement given recently.
'In only few days after begin
ming with Lung-Vita my condition
began to improve and the pains in
my chest and head gradually sub
sided. My appetite improved. slept
better and was more refreshed on
waking, and my strength was i'm
proved. passed through the dread
full weather we had last winter better
than through any previous winter in
many years. i was not nearly so easy
to contract cold as l had been, my
general health improved and my
weight materially increased, getting
back to normal. No other medicine !
had ever taken benefited me as
did Lung-Vita."
Your druggist or dealer should
handle Lung-Vita. but IL he won't
supply you. write Nashville Medicine
Co, Nashville, Tennessee, for free
booklet
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
CATS SPOKE ANYWAY

Pensacola. Fla, Sept. ..-Accum-
panied by the sheriff and with the
speakers platform surrounded by dep
uty sheriifs, Gov. Sidney ]. Cats,
of Florida, addressed Labor day gath
ering here yesterday. The governor
spoke Notwithstanding tho statement
TO him by members OF the Labor day
celebration committee that he was not
wanted at the celebration.
The speaking was held under the
auspices OF the Central Trades council.
of. Pensacola. When the governor arr
rived in the city he was visited by
members of the committee and told
that no political speeches We're to be
made at the meeting and that the
speakers would be confined TO lew
union men.
The governor replied that he had
been invited to speak by mempers or
the boilermakers union and he pro-
posed to carry out his engagement II
the services OF fifty deputy snerins WINS
necessary. "Old Cats will be there
and he will speak If he has to swear
in every citizen as a deputy"
At 2 o'clock he mounted the speak
ers' platform and made his address.
being accompanied to the grounds by
the sheriff and several deputies. No
organized attempt was made to prevent
his address.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02

leo that her new constitution is not
going to be retroactive and affect
titles acquired previous to its pro"
mitigation in May. 1917. would be a
step that would have an important
moral effect in official circles here for
II would be looked upon as a willing
ness at least to discover what are the
roots of Mexican American friction.
With a disposition on MeXico's part
to investigate the true causes of the
estrangement which has been, grad
ually coming to the surface in recent
weeks, progress will have been made
toward settlement without the use
of force. President Wilson and Sec
rotary Lansing are not sponsors. d.
rectly or indirectly, for the talk of
armed Intervention which has lately
been filling both the American and
Mexican press but the inroads on
American public opinion made by the
repeated failure Of the Washington
government to establish harmonious
relations with the CarranZa govern
ment are a factor that has not es-
capped attention.
Significant Incident.
For instance, 1t is significant that
Ambassador Fletcher remains in WASH
ington as a sort of counsellor at the
department of state. 1t is true that
he is taking Mr.. Folks place at the
side of Secretary Lansing and is ad-
vising on all Latin American affairs.
but were the department of state OF
the opinion that he could be OF more
good in Strengthening out it's troubles
with Mexico he certainly would be in
Mexico City. George Summerln.
charge d'affaires,' is well able to care
for American interests, but Mr.. Fletch-
er's prolonged absence has definite
meaning. He is not going back to
Mexico until 1t is apparent that his
efforts to establish good relations are
received with better grace than they
have been. The action OF the Mexican
senate is the first step in that direc-
ton and is of such an encouraging
ing to see Mr. Fletcher returning to
Mexico as soon as the oil controversy
is settled and begin negotiation in
person with the Mexican authorities
relative to the importance of concen-
trating attention on the protection OF
Americans resident in Mexico.
OH People In Denial.
So far as armed intervention is con-
cerned, the oil people nave repeatedly
denied both publicly and in their con-
tldcnt:el conversations with the state
department that they are behind the
propaganda for armed intervention.
The existence of such a propaganda in
side the United States is recognized by
the department of state, but it feels
powerless to combat It so long as
Mexico's efforts to give protection to
American lives are without avail. The
sending of troops into Mexican terri
tory after bandits had become set
tied policy of the Washington govern
ment There is no intention to occupy
Mexican territory for any length of
time. Indeed It is doubtful whether
anything as extensive as the Pershing
expedition will be sent into Mexico un-
less armed intervention is decided
upon. Operations on the border for the
present will be confined to an imme-
date pursuit of any bandits who at
tack the Americans. This pursuit will
be ordered into any territory where the
Carranza government may be unable to
cope with bandits. Just as soon as
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
Wilson Refuses Lodges
Request for Peace Data
President Believes Senators
Will Not Wish to Create
precedent Involved.

Washington. Sept. 2.-Following Is
President Wilson's letter to Chalr
man Lodge, refusing request OF the
senate committee relations for treaty
data: A., va
"AlJow me to acknowledge the re
oo,nt of vour letter of Aug. %. and
70 saw that I shall take pleasure IN
Iavinr before the senate the treaty
With Poland. signed at Versallies on
The oSth of June; and the agreenlen'
hetween the United States, beisiui
the british empire and France OF tne
ono mart and Germany of the othet
mart with regard to the milltars t ~
cnpation of the territories vi w
Rhine. also signed at Nersallies vi
the 2Sth of June. ~. ,e+b of
"The declaration or the ~ 80
Tune TO which you refer was d mo not
declaration of policy ana ooeS wifi
become in any way peI'l4ilea
the treaty is ratified MY my, r
is that a certain degree Oh en-. 70 the
men, men states. but to the countries
oi III, ,,bicb we must necessarily CO
VIZ o+e In many particulars IN .ne
op enution of the treaty II u W.
,or,,,1nicated now. 1t Will, Oh couiS0'
", ,nade public in due time. .,.n
with regard to the treatles w. W.
,,,stria hungary, Bulgaria ana ~
~, - vould be out of the quesllon
Fo,. me- TO submit them in their plt9
III forn, even to the committee ol
Saroign relations They are IN piot
a acc Of negotiation, are suo1ect ~
oI,onge and reconsideration un.l
cnnnleted and signed. am 81,
co1itp tbe committee on foreign reIa-
t tnar Wv, viii appreciate the undesira,
n ti,its, W We creating the precedent which
pllity I he created by submitting trea-
ties in their draft form. 1t would
YES ~ r. take the function of negoti-c
ting .tu treaties out of the hands Oh
tbn eexecutive, where it is expressly
, rn hv the Constitution
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02

Is in jail at Chattanooga. where he
was taken saturday noon before the
trouble started here.
In addition to the casualty list, the
rioting caused property loss of more
than $4,000 In damage to the Jail
and store buildings and loot Sc
cured by the mob. according to care
full estimates yesterday. Railroad
men report that many negroes have
left the city.
Governor Offers Reward.
Nashville, Sept. Gov. Roberts
offered Monday night. a reward Of
$3.50 for each Of the two prisoners
sentenced to electrocution, who es-
capped from the jail at Knoxville
when the pail was stormed Saturday
night, and 5000 for each of the two
life termers who escaped. Following
a conference by telephone with
Sheriff Cate. the governor decided to
offer no reward for the apprehension
of mob leaders in response to a res
quest to that effect from the sheriff.
Doesn't Want Reward.
The governor said that seven OF the
ringleaders of the mob are under ar
rest In Knoxville and that the sheriff
believes he can round them all up
better without a reward being
offered.
The situation in Knoxville Is still
very tense, according to Gov. Roberts,
The husband of Mrs. BERTHE Lindsey
whose murder by negro named
Maurice Mayes. precipitated the riot,
arrived there yesterday for the fune-
raj services of his wife. The funeral
stirred the populace again to such a
pitch that the sheriff informed the
governor that the situation still held
many elements of danger Monday
night, Knoxville and Athens units OF
the state troops septn the night
in Knoxville. Gov. Roberts said, and
nIl u ~ lnnEnr IL nnnlnl