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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
JUDGE THREATENS
HOWAT WITH JAIL

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec 22.-De-
clarng violations of the federal courts
injunction under the Lever act against
turtheripg the coal strike In Kansas
must stop II persons guilty have to
be put u jail and kept there, Federal
Judge Anderson today permitted Alex
andaE HQNat, pressaanA the nqhsas
unit next MandaS NJ prepare his de-
feilse OF charges or c0ntempt Of court
Henry Warrum, chief counsel for the
International organization of the miners
and Howat, were given until O'Clock
this afternoon to present to the court
some evidence that violations Of the
injunction charged against the miners
district official will not be continued
during the interim from now until the
hearing on next Monday. otherwise
Judge Anderson declared, he would be
forced to send Howat TO jail
This man, Judge Anderson de-
clared, has openly disobeyed the law.
This court and the law has been deficd
and sflouted I've got to stop it, IL the
law Is to be upheld Either | must do
ii or we must acknowledge that the
supreme to the government. This mans
violation must stop or ] viii put him
in a zen and keep him there"
Opening the case for the government
this morning Dan W Sims, special
United States district attorney. de-
cared that Howat had kept in force
local strike begun last July aud
merged with the general strike on Octo.
Der 81 In addition, II Is charged, Nowat
ments aud interviews with the press
to the effect that there WAS no power
in the country to force the miners to
return to work
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
KILLED MAN IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
AND WENT HOME
+. G. Delisi Arrested on Man.
SLAUGHTER Charge Hated to
Go to Police Station-Anr
other Nav Be Fatal.

One autoist faced a charge Of man
slaughter Monday afternoon, while po-
lice sought another. as result OF two
automobile mishaps Saturday night and
Sunday afternoon. The man whom the
police are seeking struck his victim at
Madison avenue and Cooper street
then sped away without attempting to
aid his victim.
Frank G. Delisi, q, proprietor of the
Suburban Auto Repair shop, is charged
with manslaughter following the death
of j. NJ. r. Anderson planter, OF Her
nando. Miss Mr.. Anderson died ut
the Baptist Memorial hospital Satur
day night, two hours after he had been
struck by machine which Delisi was
driving on McLemore avenue near South
Wellington street.
The accident occurred at $50 o'clock
Anderson, who just had stepped from
his own automobile, in which his daugh-
ter also was riding was hurled 20 feet
by the impact His skull was frac-
tured, several bones were broken and
he was injured internally. An ambu
lance was summoned and took the in
inred man to the hospital where he
died two hours later.
Delisi telephone to police headquar-
ters just after the accident. He failed
to come in person. and following the
death Of Anderson policemen were sent
to his home to arrest him He was not
there. But Patrolmen York an
Schoults went to his home at 3 O'Clock
Sunday morning found him lin bed
and arrested him on Il manslaughter
charge.
Delisi explained that he had tried to
arrange for bond after the accident, and
failing went home. intending to make
bond SurdaW mo-ring. Hn did n0t want
10 spend the night in Jail, he told po-
lice. lie iHade pond sunday pelore
Magistrate Aaron Cohen IN the sum Of
s., 600
Mr. Anderson was 5J years Of age
and owner of 500-acre plantation near
fernando, His body was sent to Her
nando Sunday morning by Mcdowell q
Monteverde, undertakers.
The victim Of the Sunday accident
also was Mississippian. He Is Robert
Abernathy, of Watson, Miss, He was
crossing the street at Young avenue and
Cooper street, when a car travel
ing 40 miles an hour, police say, struck
him. The driver sped on, without stop
ping to ascertain his victims injuries
The number of his car was not OBJ
tanned
Alternately received a fracture of ont
arm and one leg. He was taken to the
home of Claud Brown, Buntyn, instead
of being sent to a hospital, His injuries
according to police, are serious He
may be injured internally
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
HOW Come? Eggs
Cheaper? Is 1t
Cause NOg Gone?

Whether or not It is because Of tho
scarcity OF ''nOg actual or expected
something has helped materially to re-
duce the demand for fresh eggs, with
a consequent lowering Of the price by
wholesale dealers. How long It will
take for this to get to the retail selling
price time alone can tell.
on Front street Monday morning best
grade Of fresh eggs were generally Of
fered at rs cents Il dozen, while some
dealers claimed to be selling fresh
at a lower price than that. II has
not been many days since the same
grade of eggs We're held at 80 to 81
cents n dozen. 1t Is said that the chief
cause for the slump Is smaller demand.
which has resulted In offerings heCom-
ing a little larger
Storage eggs are stll selling to the
retailer at 30 cents dozen, and de-
mand for them Is good, the big differ
ence in price compared with the fresh
inducing many dealers to handle more
Of them.
With the passing Of the holiday de-
mand unless the weather turns off
very bad, dealers look for further de-
cline In eggs, although they do not eX-
pect them to be cheap for long time.
Holiday demand for turkeys, even
with dry picked ones selling at whole
sale around a to AZ cents u pound
ana IlNe ones NJ Az To az cents, started
out big on Monday. There seem TO
be enough here and III prospect to sup
ply all wants at those prices, which are
several cents above the Thanksgiving
level
Other poultry was in reasonable sup
ply, with dressed hens selling at 30 to
32 cents a pound and live ones around
25 to y, Geese and ducks were not
so plentiful as hens.
Rphhita ppptiunn in rrodptuIa uu,,t1t,
at 1926 to SO 80 a dozen for choice
ones
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
COAL BILLED DEALERS
AT OLD u. S. PRICE

rhe bulk Of the coal being delivered
to Memphis dealers is being billed at
tile prices fixed by the government eff
fective on the date of shipment, eX-
cept coal purchased on contracts made
previous to Oct 80. which is being de-
livered at the contract price,
The Galloway Coal company, which
operates six mines in Walker county
and one mine III Bibb county, Ala,
producing now about 60 cars per day,
is delivering all its coal IN strict ae-
cordance with the government regu-
lations, Billing all coal on the basis
of the government fixed prices and alb
sorbing the IL per cent increase in
wages granted the miners, except such
coal as was sold on contracts made
before Oct. 1, which is being delivered
at the contract price, said Frank ~
Fisher. Monday. No riders or condi-
tions OF any kind are being attached
to the billing, Mr. Fisher said, 81
Practically all of the coal sold by
the Galloway Coal company on contracts
made before Oct. 30, is railroad coal,
according to Mr. Fisher which repre-
sents about 40 per cent of the COM
pany's output. About 10 cars per day
are being delivered to Memphis trade
territory OF which about four cars is
for Memphis proper.
The Brown Coal company operators
of and agents for a number of Ken
lucky mines, is delivering it's coal to
Memphis dealers at the prices specified
nv the government effective on the date
Of shipment, except where contracts
were made prior to Oct. 30, using no
riders or reservations in its billing
a number of local dealers are said
TO be getting their coal at the present
time on contracts made previous TO
oct. 80, for prices at from so to 10
cents per ton higher than the govern
ment prices, but the higher prices are
not effective on the bulk of the coal
arriving here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
TUBERCULOSIS FUND
STILL $4,000 SHORT

Workers in the Shelby county anti
tuberculosis campaign to secure s92,
600 Monday morning startd the third
week sof the canvass stlll $50, 900 short
Of their goal. Although seven DAYS past
the originally scheduled time directors
Of the campaign declared 1t was their
intention to continue until the sum was
secured. The exact total to date IL
ST pcs.
Some few divisions yet have to rc-
port various branches Of business and
professional territory they were award
ed. Included ls the theatrical profes.
sion, c. 4, McElravy is IN charge.
Ihil Waldron also declares that sew
era unions Of the trades council have
yet to report
The sum of S1O9,0S was secured Sat
urdav by Girl Scouts in tagging auto
mobiles
Reports to headquarters Saturday In
Cmded one from employees OF tho Lee
Lumber company for A2 so, This was
turned In by Jim Hutchinson, who Sc
cured the sum from fellow workers
through voluntary subscriptions Other
donations were one from the Memphis
Consolidated Gas and Electric company.
bringing that concerns total to 500 .
Layne & Bowler, SSH Chickasaw Coop
erage company, $50; Shelby Biscuit
company S2l.05.
A four minute speaker will attend
every union meeting scheduled this
week and Phil Walden hopes to bring
his divisions total to a high mark by
this plan.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
THIS IS OUR REWARD
AND IT IS QUITE ENOUGH


Early Monday morning there ap-
peared at The News Scmitar II
little red-head that shone through
a big lot Of choice buttercups, to
which this note was appended;
The entire family OF children at
the Church Home send Christmas
greetings of good cheer to the
Goedfelows They wish them all
the happiness that they received
from the Goodfellows last Christ
mas"
The Goodfellows- Santa Claus club
this year is, thanks to the Goodfel-
lows Of the territory wherever The
News Scimitar goes, prepared to
help such worthy institutions, az
Wen as worthy and deserving indI-
viduals, in greater measure than
ever before. We pass the thanks
of the Church Home to those Good
fellows who made 1t possible for
this to be done.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
A. c. LAKE DECLARED
Of UNSOUND MIND
Member of Prominent Family
Said to Have Holdings
Near Half Million

hlva G. Lake. wealthy and member
Of a prominent old local family, was
Cocarcd to be 3f uusound mind and in
capable of caring for himself and his
extensive holdings, ly a Jury In the
probate court Monday. r., B. Cren-
shaw. deputy probate court clerk pre-
sided over the hearing, The Union &
Planters Bank n Trust company was
named AS guardian, that institutions =
bond being fixed at 100000
Miss Mary Lake, steter and Lorenzo
Lake, Of Buntyn, Tenn. brother filed
the petition OF inquiry into A. G. Lakes.
sanity On the stand Monday, they
testified that A. G. Lake laborcd under
dclusion that certain persons were
seeking TO ruin him with the govern
mcut and that he was obseSsed with
the idea that detectives were trailing
him day aud night, They said tl.eir
brother wax u years old and a bache-
Tor. A. G, Lake was not present at the
hearing
The schedule Of his properties pre-
scented at the hearing shows that Mr.
Lake holds $lO4, 600 of city Of Memphis
~ per cent gold bonds $4,000 %
Panama canal registered bonds; SSa-
GOO l.. s, registered Liberty bonds, one
eighth interest in notes of tho park
board Of the city for the sale Of ueSoto
park prosrty amounting 70 SS5.000; n
$40 600 paid un policy Of the Mutual
Benefit Life. Insurance company Of
Newark, n. J. $500 annuity during
life with the National insurance COM
pany; $3551.7S in the New York Trust
COMPANY paving . per cent interest
from July /. 1879 $S,O9O.1O, cash on de-
post in the Union & Planters bank;
one eighth interest in several 5000 an
nua rent notes Of Armour Packing
company; a certificate OF deposit In n
Los Angeles, Cal, bank for $650N; $40
900 stock in the Union & Planters
Bank q Trust CO., and property IN
Memphis and outside Of the city bring
ing in considerable revenue,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
IRISH HOME RULE
BILL EXPECTED To
PROVE AFA|LURE
Premier Lloyd George Ready
to Give DetaiIS-TWo Leg
iSIatureS Are Provided Sim
liar to American Form.

LONDON, Dec. 99.--Premter Lloyd
George was ready at Nhe opening ot
parliament today to announce the do
tails Of the governments Irish home
rule bill This measure. which will, 1t
Is believed. give large amount Of
autonomy to Ireland has been, accord
ing to recent stntemonts, modelled after
the state governmental system OF the
United States
Two legislatures, one for Ulster and
one for Southern Ireland, would be
provided and the way Is left possible
Tor union Of the two sections, should
they decide on this Fullest possible
freedom would be accorded the Irish
legislatures In administering affairs Of
the Island while In matters affecting
the empire, Ireland would have a voice
in the imperial parliament,
Comment In this mornings newspa-
pers reveals general hopeessncss re-
garding any Improvement in the situa-
tion ms being likely to result Much
interest Is evidenced but the outlines
OF the home rule bill are quito well
known and nobody expects the govern
monts proposals TO be accepted by the
bulk ~ the Irish people.
Neither Joseph Devlin or other nation
alist members OF parliament are expect
su W sltehp Il9 meeting today, Wnl'n v
rskhtned ~ showing tnelr mlhuS are
alreany 1nanc up ~ an ADVERSE sense
sA.eu t0al sir Edward carson
and his followers will accept tho plan
for serarate parliament for Ulster, hut
tnF ~ HktlF 70 hhlAkunlse rather thAh
reconcile me rest on ireland
IL Is conceded, even by opponents ol
tne goNerhihent that the Attempt
aRa'hSl the ne OF NlsGouht trenCn,
lor9-neutenant OF lfelAnd, on rrlaay'
WI, hoi aitect tne government attl-
tuue ~, II " salu tnnt ms Ms Wil 10y uS W,
tpui'Ieu "S EehtI1S''S ny tHo e"o''''cS VI
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
HALF MILLION
DOLLAR PLANT
LOCATES HERE
Iten Biscuit Co., Of Omaha,
Buys Tract on Florida st.
Will Employ 500 Persons.
To Build at Once.

Deals for q tract OF property on Flori-
da street near Carolina avenue. on
which the Item Biscuit company will
erect a $500 600 manufacturing plant,
were closed Monday by Emmett h.
loyner, OF Emmett g. Joyner n Co.
The property was acquired for the
cracker company through Mr.. Jeyner
from l.. NJ Strattou for a price said to
be $50 000
Construction ON the plant viii start
shortly after New Years and It Is the
hopes Of the new company to start
manufacturing operations In the fall
The building will be six stories, Of re-
inforCed concrete ard modern In every
respect II win he the largest bakery
In the South aHd employ upward Of
500 persons. The homo office Of the
lten Biscuit company Is In Omaha, Neb.
Branch plants already are In operation
In Oklahoma city and Nelson, Neb, It
Is one Of the largest concerns of the
kind in the country Products Of the
Memphis plant will be crackers waters
and similar commodities,
The site has n frontage of 299 feet
on Florida and a depH Of $50 feet Rail
way facilities at the tract are excel
lent. The company will ship from Mem
phis products to all points in the South
and Southeast,
Officials of the Item people have been
negotiating with MIR. Joyner for several
weeks, j. Item. president, and @ II,
Barmettler We're In Memphis several
DAYS last week While here they viewed
the site and also conferred with Mark
Fenton, head Of the Industrial division
of the Chamber of Commerce, relative
TO shipping data They returned to
Omaha Saturday.
Architects plans already have been
drawn for the plant, It Is thought, and
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22


little boy or girl happy, for | know
What 1t is to be happy on Christmas
morning.
=
T. Todd uildors,.,,Io nan, ,.tn,
his contribution Of * ~.ritos! "'."' NIL, W,,,
help YOU and may there moi he a Iitt,e
boy or girl In Memphis but who viii he
made happy bv YOU on Christmas God
bless YOU and helm Won in the good
-
J.. NJ. Gartrell, Nesbitt Miss, writes
make the kiddies happy. Long live the
Goodfellows and success to the grand
work,
=
Shelby Miss. INV grandmother gave
me a check for $3 I am sending # to
the Goodfellows for the little kiddies
Hone il win make some little hov
happy"
no No. st..o -. -, .,,.... ,.,,,,
canaa oas, atno Eg'uiS Esnu otu, W@tiIes. @I olu
,'"nta mas h'kel LalIeu " !,llu Ile, 80
va Ma'H MO 20 Heip snoW nm me way 70
o'nel dor,a n',le 10y poSs anu BITE lncioseu Is
" VI ''
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
Finer Clubhouse
Viii Go Up On
Colonial Grounds

Appointment of a building committee
and plans for the construction of a
new clubhouse to replace the one burned
last week we're chief matters before
Colonial Country club directors at a
meeting Saturday night held at Cham
Der of Commerce. Frank r, Dooley,
Sam House. Jr., and w. ]. Prescott
were named on the building commit
tee.
Conferences already have been held
with Walk Jones, Of the firm of Jones
& Furbringer, architects, according to
Mr. Dooley. who declares that plans
will be drawn up within the next week,
The cost of the new clubhouse will be
in the neighborhood OF sl50.000 1t viii
be located near the site of the old
structure Just off the Poplar pike at
White Station.
Matters of insurance also were dis
cussed by the directors. According to
s. +. Mcdonald, president, accommo-
dations for golfers in temporary quar-
ters at the links have been completed
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
3 MORE STOLEN
CARS RECOVERED
Syndicate Took Them From
Senatobia to Oxford--Fed
eral Inquiry Continues,

Three automobiles stolen In Memphis
and taken to Mississippi have been re-
covered by federal officers and city de-
tectlvcs working on the series of auto
thefts prevalent during recent months,
1T was stated Monday morning that the
three cars Were taken from Senatobia
Saturday nlkht and driven to oxford,
where they were stored. supposedly by
some member Of the syndicate that has
dealt in stolen cars taken from Mem
phis Earl Bailey, Kerens Pumphrey
and Beverly Stegal of Memphis, have
been arrested on federal warrants
charging them with the theft of auto
mobiles and transporting them to Mis-
sssippi They are also charged with
conspiracy to violate federal law
Bailey alone Of the three had made
bond at noon Monday Fred iiaydel
and j c. Duncan were his sureties
Information reaching Memphis from
SenatOhla Saturday was to the effect
that four negroes were being held by
the government az witnesses against
the principals in the syndicate Of auto
thieves. II was stated Monday that
one Of the negro witnesses had dlsap-
peared from SenatObia at about the
time the three stolen automobiles were
taken from Senatobia to oxford
Federal officials Monday would not
state whether or not further arrests
were to be made in this case. but 1t Is
known that they are CONTINUING their
invest ,xation. Members Of the Memphis
detective department are still working
on the case No information was avail
able from that source Monday morn
ing
Detective Ira Williams, who has had
charge Of the case, had not reported to
Hulet Smith, CHIEF of detectives, at noon
Monday, and Chief Smith was unable
TO say whether or not Williams had
gone to Mississippi, Officers will be
sent to oxford to take charge Of the
three automobiles located there, and
thev will doubtless be returned to Mem
phiP.
Although federal officers would make
no statement regarding the matter, the
fact that the three automobiles were
moved from ScEatohia TO oxford, and
the addition fact that one of the four
negro witnesses has disappeared from
Senatoba. the inference is that some
members Of the syndicate are stll AZ
large and further arrests arc not UNI
likely
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
AUTOMOBILES NEEDED
FOR SCOUTS TREE

w. j. Britton. whose business Il Is TO
get automobiles for the children We'd
nesday to attend the Boy Scouts Christ
mas tree at the police station. says
there has been a lack Of response to his
appeals and he has asked IRE News
'Scimltar to print a call for help,
The children to be cared for are Ia
ken from a list furnished by tho Asso-
ciated Charities. The Boy Scouts will
furnish the tree and the next best
thing to do Is to get them there Sixty
automobiles are needed for the $50
children
This s the program; Have your au-
tomobile AT the police station Wednes-
day afternoon at I o'clock to take the
children to the Driving park TO see
Santa Claus arrive in an alrplane. Then
take them back to the police station
for the Christmas tree. and then take
them home, II you can help this cause
telephone w. J. Britton, Main 37A.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
LOFTUS WILKES STILL
DODGES AL IM0NY

Lotus Wilkes, cited Saturday to ap-
pear before Judge Pittman, OF the Third
division Of the circuit court and show
cause why he should not he adiudged
IN contempt of that court for failure
to pay over to his wife monthly the
sum Of $3.50, ordered as alimony, is said
to be In st. Louis. and AS service had
neyer had upon him, he failed to ap-
pear on Monday.
Judge Pittman ordered the sheriff to
serve the writ on Wilkes as soon IA
he returned to Memphis and to bring
him before the court,
Wilkes wife procured n divorce from
him several weeks ago. She was given
their home, custody Of their children
and alimony in the sum of $3.50 a
month.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22

TWO RAILWAY LINES
LIFT COTTON EMBARGO

The, embargo on cotton placed re-
Gently by Missouri Pacific and Cotton
Belt railroad systems, has been lifted,
according to telegram received Mon
day morning by the local office Of the
United States railroad administration.
The telegram was from B. F. Bush,
regional director at st, Louis,
The lifting of the embargo followed
strenuous activities by the Chamber Of
Commerce, the Memphis freight bureau
and the Cotton exchange. The action
opens shipping lines from numerous
points west of Memphis, NS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
Tea For More Than
Three IN Old CrOtp
Whisky Containers

Eight pnts OF black label, The IA
nous Old Grow Whisky-Sour Mash"
appeared at police headquarters Mon
day morning, in the possession of Elmer
gency Policemen Charles Brunner Jr,
and John Pryde, The booze almost
caused u stampede among policemen
assembled for morning roll call
The officers captured the booze in a
sack found in the car~ot 76 Pontotoc
avenue, A telephone tip to Capt Mike
Kehoc had sent them to tho address,
~ know the man who tclephoncd that
tip" one of the Officers said, "Tll bet
1t isn't whisky"
And It wasn't.
II was cold tea
"Moveo ct proficio" was the inscrip-
ton at the bottom Of the coat of arms
on the label
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
SUPREME COURT TAKES
RECESS UNTIL JAN. 5

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.--'rhe SUI
preme court today recessed until Jan 3
without handing down an opinion on the
consttutionality of the Volstead pro
hibition enforcement act affecting the
alcoholic content Of beer,
The court today ordered the govern
ment to show cause on Jan. why orig
inal proceedings should not be instituted
by the state OF Rhode Island and New
Jersey retail liquor dealers TO have de-
termined the constltutionality Of the
national prohibition amendment.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
BIG DRYDocK IN USE.

BOSTON. Dec. 22.-The Common
wealth drydock. largest OF its type on
the Atlantic coast and capable OF acH
commodating the largest vessel afloat,
was placed in commission here today
The battleship Virginia was selected
for the distinction OF being the first to
test the dock The dock cost the state
$3,000,000 1t is l.i70 feet long and ia
feet nine inches deep. The depth over
the sill at low water is 35 feet.