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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

Petitions carrying more than 1000
names, demanding q referendum vote
on the telephone rate contract. passed
SO hurriedly by the. city commission on
Aug. 2e, viii be presented 70 the city
clerk either Monday Or Tuesday, 49,.
week and were signed by nearly every
man who saw tlKeTn. They were aligned
because II iiad becoIiie generally known
that the city administration had gone
squarely back upon the pledges made
In the platform on which Mayor Monte
verde and his pssociates were elected
last year They not only agreed to a
new contract with the Cumberland Tele-
phone aud Telegraph company, but in
that contract attempted to fix upon
the people of Memphis the exorbitaht
war rates, fixed by the federal govern.
ment as a war emergency measure,
which had been repudiated by the Ten
legal, unjust and unreasonable. The
rates were so described In q formal or
der issued by the commission.
This Is the first time In Memphis
that the law requiring submission to
the voters OF a contract in the nature
OF franchise or change IN a fran
chise, has been invoked by the people
themselves The law was passed in
1905, as an amendment to the old city
charter and Is reaffirmed In the COM
mission charter of 1903.
The gentlemen at the city hall scoffed
at first at the idea that the people
themselves could demand their rights,
or that so many as 500 could be found,
that being the number required on a
referendum petition, who would sign
the petitions. More than four times that
number had signed up to last Satur-
day night.
When the petitions are filed with the
city clerk, his duty Is to ascertain
whether or moi the signers are free
holders and qualified voters. Then the
petitions, If that be the case, must be
presented to the city commission for
action. Probably besides the petitions,
it will require the presence Of large
delegation OF citizens to induce the city
mands for referendum vote on the
telephone contract resolution
There is some question as to the
wording of the law, which the city ad-
mnistration will probably seek to take
advantage of. That has been intimated
in some statements coming from the
city hall 1t has been intimated that
it may require court proceedings to
compel the city officials who gave the
telephone company all 1t asked for, to
carry out the plain provisions of the
law as to the referendum election.
That matter will be decided at the
proper time. Just now, the petitions
demanding the vote on the telephone
rate. contract will be presented and
later the men who signed them will be
ready to back them up.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08


Gas, ms most people know, has A ten
denoy TO seek the highest altitude, THE
cost OF gas will follow the gas itself in
Memphis II the officials OF the Memphis
Gas and Electric company can convince
the Tennessee public utilities commits.
sion that they need some thousands Of
dollars more money each year, much
more than the people OF Memphis need
a reasonable rate for the gas they burn.
a hearing on the petition Of the Gas
and Electric company for a 25 per cent
nat Increase IN all gas rates, with an
additional charge on all bills of so cents
as service charge, was begun in Nash
vile Monday
That 50 cents extra on every bill,
looks like a small sum, II one does not
take into consideration that II means
W year to every one Of the 10000 con
sumers of gas In Memphis
But II means much more than that
IL means that the cost OF gas to the
small consumer who Is always the one
70 suffer most from every raise in the
necessarles Of llfe--will be not 20 peY
cent more than is now being said, but
anyhere from ~ per cent to lS7 pei
cent more, The way this increase fig
ures out Is shown by the little table AZ
the head OF this column.
The present rate on 1000 feet or less
is 81 per thousand and 80 cents per / ,00C
u,
The company asks an increase to 81. rs
per 1000 cubic feet, with the addition
OF the special service charge OF so cents
on every bill, The petition itself covers
22 pages and Is accompanied by 100 or
more pages of figures and statistics
Like the Memphis Street railway and
the telephone company. the Gas and
Electric company puts up two separate
and distinct pleas before the state rail
road and public utilities commission
one when II seeks TO increase its
charges, another when II wants to gel
its assessment Aowered, or TO prevent
| 1t from being increased.
| The Gas and Electric company, foi
| example, wa assessed for 1918 on q
total valuation Of A,07O,2i0, and alsC
paid taxes on an assessed realty valua,
| ton OF 1921 900.
But IN It's petition for higher rates
| II claims the right to earn interest or
bonds alone to the value Of $40, 1853, 900
not to mention dividends on stock Th'
| company claims that the stock anC
bond issues represent value as to tn,
gas. department of SS3OO,OO0, or one
/ third OF its holdings, the other two
| thirds being represented by the values
| of the electric light and power dc
partment,
| ]. II. Rainier. secretary Of the com
/ pany Is In Nashville with j.. j. Miles
| one OF the company's legal counsels
| The city is represented by n. j, Liy
| ingston, city attorney, and his assist
| ant, Joe Hanover, "-------'---, gas ex
| pert from Chicago win testify for tn,
| city
| A rather significant occurrence wal
| that Sunday and early Monday morn
| ing the gas pressure in a large sectior
| In the Central avenue section was s,
poor that people could not cook thei
| meals on the gas stovess Water II
| the pipes" said company officials, II
| answer TO complaints.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
HighWay Robbery
Is Confessed By
-Four Negro Men

-Four negroes who police claim have
been committing a series of organized
robberies in Memphis for some time are
now in the city jail on charges Of high
way robbery. The negroes have been
identified by several Of their victims,
officers stated.
Emergency officers Robinson and Fitz-
hugh arrested Win II. Jones, III Florida
street Saturday afternoon. and 1t was
through this negro that the arrest OF
the other three negroes followed.
Upon information divulged by the
negro who was caught by Robinson and
Fitzhugh on Trigg avenue Saturday
afternoon James Petty, South yelling
ton street; Ed Pettis and VIII Lee,
Kentucky street and Jackson Mound
avenue. were later arrested.
The negroes are alleged to be the
ones who robbed laundry man of $32
a short time ago by pushing him into
the open door of a negro cabin where
he was delivering a package OF laundry.
He stated one OF the negroes held n
gun in his face while the others went
through his clothing. Police claim they
have identified the negroes In several
other robberies. ~f
They admit being implicated in the
robbery of Tony lombard, Pontotoc
and Rayburn, about week ago when
he was held up and robbed OF $40 on the
Parkway near Florida street, police az :
serted. Several other victims of rob-
berries will have the opportunity Mon
day to identify the negroes.
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JACKSONVILLE IS QUIET
AFTER D0UBlELYNCHlNG

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Sept. g.
Jacksonville was quiet today following
the lynching last night of two negroes
by mob which forced the county jail.
The negroes, Bowman Cook and John
MoriutA were held as leaders OF q mob
which. on Aug, 20. beat to death George
w. Dubose, an Insurance man. 1t was
the first lynching in the history Of
Jacksonville,
fhe two negroes were taken from the
city jail here shortly after midnight. A
mob Of so men stormed the jail in
search of a negro who was being held
for attacking white girl, but who had
been secretly sent TO st, Augustine by
court officers early last night following
threats Of violence.
Finding their intended victim gone,
the crowd seized two negroes charged
with the murder recently OF George
Dubose, u white man, took them TO the
outskirts OF the city in automobiles
and shot them To death. They then
placed ropes about the necks Of the
bodies and dragged them through the
City streets. One body was dropped In
front Of leading hotel.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
PETE SAILORS DOG
MAKES BAD ERROR
Retrieves for Sheriff Liquor
Hidden in Field Behind
Petes House.

While Sheriff Perry was watching
Pete Sailors, Of Binghamton, selling a
man some whisky Saturday night. Dep
uty Sheriff Goswick followed Petes dog
out to a corn field and there flushed
a case Of liquor hid In the grass In the
field.
Sheriff Perry says after he arrested
Pete and told him about his dog lead
ing Goswick to the case of liquor that
Pete declared he would kill the dog no
matter how smart he might be.
Tho sheriff claims he caught Sailors
with the goods on him." and not only
has case Of violating the liquor law
against him but real sale OF the fluid.
Saturday night the sheriff and all Of his
deputies went out for general round
up.
The first place they raided was that
Of Frank Solly, who he alleges runs a
bootlegging joint right In the shadow Of
the shelby county workhouse. Solly was
arrested and four half pints OF booze
were confiscated
The sheriff and Goswick then left the
crowd and went to Pete Sailors house
just beyond Binghamton. A stranger"
to Perry, but known to Pete. was sent
to make a purchase. He knocked on
the door and Pete asked who 1t was.
Wait" the sheriff said Pete replied
Then Pete went back TO the field prob
ably half mile, and returned with a
sack, according to the sheriff
AS Pete handed the liquor to the
stranger" Sheriff Perry stepped out
from the dark and said, "Pll take that
Pete, and you, too
Il didn't know YOU were along, "
stammered Peter, the sheriff said.
Then it was that Goswick returned
with the dog and the case Of liquor and
Pete declared he would kill the wise
canine.
Sailors Is brother Of John Sailors,
chief of police of Binghamton. He had
Sc, 900 in bills on him when arrested
Later the sheriff flushed some negroes
with whisky on Poplar avenue near
Ayers street. The negroes escaped but
loft three sacks OF liquor behind.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08

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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
Airship Drops Messages,
NEGRO SHOOTS WHITE
MAN IN AUTO; ESCAPES

Daniel Howard, 1889 Riley street, was
shot IN the right arm by a negro whom
the police claim was Bayless Green, a
driver for Newsum Tire and Vulcan-
izing company, on Dunlap street, near
the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
Sunday night The negro fired into the
car.
Hambrick Smith. 17-year old son Of
Hulet Smith, chief of detectives, was
out riding with young lady and sew
eral friends, and as they were going
out Dunlap street the traffic became
jammed by several cars, among which
was the service car OF the Newsum
company,
The negro driving the service car
followed young Smiths car for block
or So and then fired into the car, ac-
cordng to Chief Smith The shot took
effect In the right arm of Ran Howard.
Chief Smith was Immediately notified.
He went to the tire company where
the negro worked. but arrived too late,
The negro had driven the car In, left II
In front of the shop and had dtsap-
peared, He is being sought by the de-
tective department.
Chief Smith stated that some argu-
ment might have occurred between the
men while they were jammed in the
traffic but that the boys stoutly deny
that any alteration took place.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
Eggs Lead List Of
H,292 Pounds Of
Foods Condemned

Eggs aggregating 2,SS5 dozen were
condemned and destroyed as unfit for
human consumption during August, ac-
cording TO the monthly report Of r. A.
Mantel, city chemist Pork lead the
list Of foodstuffs condemned during the
month with 1858 pounds, Eggs came
next with 1916 pounds or 1855 dozen.
Beef was third with 2,504 pounds: fish
took fourth place with Il, 1875 pounds and
vegetables came fifth with 245 pounds,
The rest OF the condemned list included
liver veal fruits. etc. making a total
of the foodstuffs condemned i,292
pounds.
Five dalrymen, II. r. Briggs, J. W,
Brownlee, James e. Gibson, D.. G..
Lowery and r. r. skinner were tried
in police court on charges OF violating
the pure food ordinance. The fines
and forfeitures In these cases amounted
to $ll0.
The department inspected 2S7 dairies,
excluding two for lnsantary condi-
tions. A total of 10 head OF cattle
were tested for tuberculosis, eight
of that number being condemned and
slaughtered and three held up for fur
ther examination. one new silo was
reported erected In the county The
department during the month made o.
s25 Inspections Of food establishments.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
LEADER OF YANKS
GETS TREMENDOUS
OVATION IN N. Y.

NEW YORK Sept. s.--Pershing is home again Standing
the bridge Of the huge Leviathan itself symbolic of victory
Germany the commander of the greatest host gath
cred under the Stars and Stripes slowly the bay today
worldfamed and hailed eonquering hero should be-
Sad of face and impassive splendid figure of sol
der he might have been thinking the familiar landmarks Of
New York came into view day 81 months ago when he
slipped secretly out of the habor his way Europe to
pare the way for the hosts that follow Then he was
only maoorgenera He back today with four stars
his shoulders-he fourth since Washington to them
under the American flag
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
REPORT TREATY
OUT WEDNESDAY
Debate Upon Pact Planned to
Begin Next Monday
in Senate.

WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-The peace
treaty will be reported to the senate
next Wednesday noon, Chairman Lodge,
Of the foreign relations committee, am
nounced today, 1t is planned to call
up the treaty for debate beginning next
Monday.
Senator Lodge declined to predict how
long the senate would require to dispose
Of the treaty 1t will be considered, ar
tce by article, and Mr.. Lodge said, the
first amendment to be taken up probably
will be that providing for equality Of
voting between the United States and
Great Britain
The majority report Of the committee
on the treaty Is said to be unusually
brief comprising about $500 words, in
GLIDING texts of all proposed amend
ments and reservations.
The minority report also is nearing
completion, but the time of its presen-
tation has not been determined.
Senator Simmons, Democrat. of North
Carolina, announced to the senate to !.
day that while he favored ratification
OF the treaty without amendment or
reservation. he was convinced conces-
sions must be made to those favoring
reservations and that he had been dis
oussing with Democrats Compromise
on conservative resolutions OF an in
terpretative character"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
PRESIDENT BEGINS
STRENUOUS WEEK

on BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON'S S
SPECIAL. TRAIN, Sept. S.--Carrying his
appeal for acceptance Of the peace
treaty into the heart OF the Northwest,
President Wilson began today week
Of travel that will take him over the
Rockies and all the way to the Pacific
coast
Two addresses were on the presidents
cmwded schedule again today one at
the Auditorium at Omaha, Neb., and
the other at an evening mass meeting
in Sioux Falls, S, D, Departing at mid
night from Des Moines, la, where he
had spent Sunday. the. president had
arranged SO as to reach Omaha some
hours before the address, but he wanted
to sleep late, and local plans had been
adjusted SO as to give him a fun nights
rest
on the advice of his physician, Dr.
Cary r. Grayson, the president is con-
serving his strength for the three weeks
Of travel and speech making ahead of
him. After his breathing spell in Des
MolneR, Mr. Wilson was said 70 be In
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
Plan to Hold Ward Meetings,
Followed by Delegated Con-
vention, Adopted Sunday at
Woman'S Mass Meeting.
SOME OF NEW VOTERS : =,
WANT ENTIRE NEW DEAL
Only Opposition Voiced by
Members Of the Citizens
League Who Predict DiW-
sion of Forces.

third ticket for mayor and city
commissioners probably will be launched
IN the local political field within ten
days.
It win be backed by a strong organ
lzatien of women led by Mrs. Isaac
Reese, member of the city board of ed
ucation and a leader in the suffrage
movement in Tennessee
The movement. launched at mass
meeting of women held at the Lyric
theater Sunday afternoon, brought the
newly enfranchised voters of Memphis
into ,sa, the political llmelight in a way
that promises some interesting develop
ments. The women present voted, by
an apparently heavy majority, to adopt
the plan proposed by Mrs. Reese for
holding ward meetings or primaries to
select delegates to a convention, which
shall nominate a complete licked for
mayor and commissioners. Four dele
gates are to be chosen for each ward
two women and two men.
The convention will be held within 10
days, so Mrs. Reese stated Monday.
Whether leaders of the two municipal
tickets now in the field, the candidates
Of the Citizens league, and j. j. Will
liams and his associates, will attempt to
capture the ward primaries and secure
the Endorsement of the proposed con-
vention, had not heen decided Monday
The new movement presents q mum
Der Of interesting political possibilities
along that line. The old line politicians
have been at sea ais to what the result
of the woman's vote would mean in the
coming city election. The Citizens
league has secured the cooperation oi
large body Of influential women and
had organized %oman's executive
board even before their campaign com
mittee had been completed. The wom-
en- have been organized in most Of the
wards for the league ticket already
The meeting Sunday was dominated
by Mrs Isaac Reese, who presided de.
livered the principal address and pre-
sented the plan for selecting u new
ticket
The proposed plan came as a com.
plete surprise to most of the women,
and the comparatively few men, who
composed the audience of about 800
Most of the audience seemed to think
that the call for the meeting contem-
plated only an adjourned session of the
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excellent trim. but DR. Grayson will
insist that be take things easy wher-
ever possible.
It was principally on account of a
slight cold impairing the presidents s
voice that DIR. Grayson prescribed
against ar-platform speeches. AL
though mis- voice is holding up well, 1t
has broken once or twice during his
addresses and to one audience he re-
marked that the circumstance was due
to "the remains OF & Paris cold. J."
On the presidential private car May
flower" the president and Mrs. Wilson
are well taken care Of Mrs. Wilson's s
maid came along and there is one Of
the White House cooks aboard to pre-
pare their meals. The remainder of
the train also is fitted up with a view
to reducing the fatlgues and inconven-
fences Of the l0,00o-mile trip to mini
mum, The dining car Is to be carried
all the way and there is club car
which the newspaper correspondents
secret service men and secretaFies use
as lounging placA
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
sI5IE Us! NXI IL iIsIslE lEsRl

Tennessee--Fair, continued warm.
Mississippi---Fair in north, probable
local showers In south.
Arkansas--Generally fair.
Alabama--Fair, except probable
showers Tuesday IN extreme south
Kentucky-Fair, continued warm,
Ioulsiana-Gene cloudy, probably
showers.
Oklahoma--Generally fair,
East Texas--Partly cloudy, probable
showers In east and south
West Texas-Partly cloudy, probable
showers in southwest
North and South Carollna-Fair
Georgia--Fair, except probable show =
ers in extreme south.
Florida--Shower except fair in ex-
treme north.
Kansas-GenerallS fair, continued
warm.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
TACKLES CHANGES.
ASKED BY SOLONS
FOR FIRST TINE

OMAHA Neb, Sept 8-Discussng for the first time
ing his speaking tour proposed reservations the league of
nations President Wilson replied address here today
arguments advanced by those who favor reservations.
"A reservation said the president SIS with big
but We agree-'but :"
The proposed reservation providing for unconditional with
dawal from membership said the president that its
sponsors wanted s the door with their hand the
knob and if they anything they didn't like scue and
rum"
The league proviso that international obligations must be
fulfilled before withdrawal would restrain the United
States he said because this nation always would live up its
porvisions, >.,
Those who wanted reservation to article X, Mr. Wilson
continued simply didn't in now but wanted to
be late oiners."
Any reservation regarding the Monroe doctrine he added
unnecessary because the doctrine had been swallowed
hook line and snker by the peace conference and had been
authenticated by the big of the world for the first time
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
HORSE SHOE LAKE
FISH WILL SUFFER

Fish at Horseshoe lake, beware, -
Here's the crowd that is coming aft
er you Tuesday, from the city hall at
Memphis. They've sworn to make in"
roads on the population OF the finny
tribe. What they'll take along besides
poles hooks and flies, Is a matter they
win not trust to the reporter,
Here's list, with the names they'll
be known by for the day, which starts
at s:15 a. m, when they take the
steamer idlewild: Prof Latsch, Squire
Wells. Judge Kelly, Referee Haack,
General Miller, Instructor c, r. Nc
Clure, Hon. J L. Nessley, Capt Bob
Schuyler, Private Charles WEIGH, Lieut..
I'D Kennedy, Reporter Roddy, Corp,
Brust. Mayor Moss, Admiral Newton,
Tiny Wainwright and Advocate Miller.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
POLICE CHIEF DELAYS
ROBINSON SHOW PARADE

After having mapped out the route
circus last week, and after it had been
published In all the newspapers, r. Err
nest Miller, acting chief of police de-
layed the pageant about 20 minutes
Monday morning He claimed rep
resentative did not visit him before the
procession reached the downtown dis
trict and get final consent TO parade.
in the office OF the county court clerk
closing up all the details incident to the
circus showing here, and was on the
point OF again visiting the acting chief
when the order was given TO patrolmen
to hold the parade. After the legal ad-
juster called on the chief the order i'm
mediately was rescinded.