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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
KlWANlANS LISTEN TO
INSTRUCTION ADDRESSES

speeches on merchandising and ad-
vertising by prominent men attracted
to Memphis by the Cotton States Mer-
chants convention featured the
luncheon meeting OF the Kiwanis club,
held at the Hotel Gayoso Wednesday.
Friends and customers also Of many Of
at the luncheon.
A musical program and the awarding
Of the prize of a free ride in a taxi aft
err midnight were features Of Wednes-
days luncheon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
POLITICS INTERESTS
DYER'S WOMEN

DYERSBURG, Tenn, Aug. 20. (Spl.J
More interest than was anticipated is
being taken by women In the county in
the registration now In progress. Fope
Fields, in charge here, states that there
have been 1906 registrants here, slight
ly more than one-third Of whom are
women. The registration for the re-
naming two days will be very heavy,
and 1t is estimated that there will be
nearly 700 women here who have awaited
themselves Of the privilege Of register
ing. For several days a drive has been
on here for the purpose Of arousing the
women to register, and excellent results
are being obtained. It is believed that
when the period Of registration here is
over, there will be few women in the
county who will have failed to avail
themselves Of the privilege now theirs.
They will cast their votes in the mu-
nicipal campaign here on Aug. 20. when
a mayor and board Of aldermen will be
salocted
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
MOUNTED OFFICERS

There have been more burglaries in the residence section
and more holdups outside the business district since the aboi-
ton of the Barksdale street mounted police station than there
was all the time it was operated. 1t would be well for the can
didates for municipal offices to give the question of re-establish-
ing the station their serious consideration. 1t may be that an
intelligent direction of the police department from the main sta
tion would be sufficient. We are satisfied that there would be
a marked improvement. But whether the fault is entirely with
the department or due to the discontinuance Of the mounted sta
ton is a matter that might be determined by a few weeks OF
intelligent operation. The mounted station cost the city consid-
cradle money, but the vast majority of the citizens felt that IT
was not a luxury, and had come to regard it as a very essental
part of the protection to which they were entitled, and OF which
they are now SO sadly in need.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20

District Attorney Kysers announcement that there is no
profitering in Memphis among the grocery people is a quality
hope he is correct, and certainly il his endeavor to enlist the
interest of the people in his effort to find some trace of profiteer-
ing has proved unavailing he has done his duty, for the govern
ment cannot set about to correct imaginary ills or even real ones
if those who are victinized make no complaint. We take it that
the investigation is conclusive that the vast majority Of our
merchants are content with a reasonable profit, and that the fear
of the law is a powerful deterrent for the remainder.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
MoDing Pictures
Majestic.

Marion Davies, who does the finest
work or her screen career in the film
version Of that famous Robert w.
Chambers story, The Dark Star"
which comes to the Majestic theater
almost as soon as she began to work
and her record as a dancer is almost
as great as the n she holds undisput-
ed as a beauty whose physical perfec-
tons have been Internationally &C.
claimed by the worlds greatest mas
tiers of the brush.
Her first public appearance was
achieved in Chin Chin In which she
obtained a role, against her parents
wishes, and her success before the pub
lie was so instantaneous that she was
quickly seized as one OF the bewilder-
ing beyy OF girls In the ziegfield Fol-
lies. Today Is the last showing OF Mar
guertte Clark's newest comedy romance,
Girls
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
ENJOY
REASONABLE PRICES

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss, Aug. 20.
pound, a fancy roast at is cents a
pound, fresh eggs for 25 cents q dozen,
nice country butter at 80 cents a pound,
and good cooking apples at $1.00 a
bushel, may require a vivid imagination
to conceive them-but these are the
prices Blue Mountin housewives are now
finding themselves able to secure these
articles for by buying the beef directly
from the wagon OF the butcher from
the country.
While congress is discussing remedies
for high cost Of living these thrifty
housekeepers are taking advantage OF
thehe eXceptional prices for their tables.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
A%RBlTRAT0RS WILL TAKE
UP GARMENTS WAGES

Roane Waring, attorney, will repre-
sent the street car company and H. p.
Hanson. former head Of the local typo
graphical union, now foreman of the
Western Newspaper Union, will repre-
sent the carmen on the board OF arbi-
tration to settle whether or not the
men are to get an Increase In salary.
These two arbitrators will select a
third member of the board.
The increase in wages, II granted,
will date from Aug. /.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
TELEPHONE CONSOLIDATION
AND INCREASED RATES,


To The News Seimitar;
In an article appearing in The News
Scimitar Of Aug, II. headed Better
Service Is Promised by Phone Compa-
NY emphasis a placed upon the esti-
mate that the increase In revenue from
the present rates upon which agreement
with the board Of commissioners OF the
city Is being considered would be APP
proxlmately $4,000 per annum,
felt pretty confident when the article
appeared that the, estimate of increase
in revenue was excessive, and am now
advised b. -General Counsel Hunt Chip
ley. OF the Cumberland company, TO
whose attention the article of .esti-
mate we're called, as follows;
ave know that these estimates were
made In good faith, for the basis upon
which the estimate was made is the
basis, so frequently adopted by those not
familiar with telephone rate schedules
and the result of their. application 70
telephone development Upon a basis OF
20, 900 stations, the estimator evidently
applied an increase Of $500 per month
on 10000 business stations and soc pet
month on 10000 residence stations and
develops an increase charge 10 be paid
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
Strand.

Madge Kennedy exchanges her beau
tiful silk stockings and slippers for a
pair Of John Bowers clumsy Indian
mocoasins In her new picture,
Through the Wrong Door" which Is
to be at the strand for three days, be-
ginning Thursday, and seems delighted
with the bargain, She has been caught
In a terrific storm and by mistake en-
ters the wrong house, Here she is
greeted by a stranger who appreciates
her embarrassment and seeks to make
her comfortable. Part of the process
consists In looking after her health.
which he does by exchanging footgear,
and seeing that she does not miss her
dinner, From this comradely beginning
romance swirls the man and the maid
into q much closer relationship which
Through the Wrong Door completely
reveals.
To-day Is the last showing Of Mabel
Normand In upstairs"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
D. S. CROSS STOLEN
FROM YOUNG CLERK

DYERSBURG, Tenn, Aug, 20. (Spl.)
Two robberies were committed at
Yorkville Monday night, when both OF
the stores at that place were entered
and robbed of cash and merchandise by
unknown persons. Among the articles
stolen was the Distinguished Service
Cross belonging to Carmen Dozier, en-
ployed at one OF the stores, This young
man had only recently been decorated
the cash drawer, which was taken along
with the money.
There is no clew to the robbery,
B~loodhounds we're summoned to the
scene Tuesday morning, but no trace Of
the thieves could be secured Officers
are on the lookout, n 1t is hoped that
the miscreants win be apprehended.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
wooDMEN WILL PICNIC.

Members of the local camps OF the
Modern Woodmen OF America, will
gather Friday afternoon and evening
at Overton park for their second an
nual picnic. A supper will be served
at the Trezevant avenue pavilion at
1880 o'clock. II will be an old fashioned
basket picnic, Every member Is priv
LEGGED TO bring as many friends and
guests as he wishes and the members
expect to have an enjoyable afternoon
and evening.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
TlPPAH BAPTlSTS TO
FORM CONVENTION

BLUE MOUNTAIN. Miss, Aug. 20.
(Spl)-Tippah Baptists have just is
sued a cali to every Baptist Sunday
school In the county to send delegates
to C~halybeate, Sunday, Aug, ~. when
there is to be organized a Tippah Coun-
ty Baptist Sunday School convention.
which win be the first Of ifs kind in
the county.
Hitherto. Tippah Baptists have been
cooperating with the Sunday schools
OF other faiths In a big annual midsum-
mer convention, but from now on plan
To limit their convention activities to
Sunday schools OF their own particular
denomination
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
SCOTT BACK
FROM OVERSEAS DUTY

BLUE MOUNTAIN. Miss, Aug. 20.
(Spl.)-Capt. z. ]. Scott, who has just
received his release from the U. s., med
ical corps after more than a year Of
service overseas, has returned to his
family here, and viii move them back
to Winona, Miss, where he will re.
sumo his practice as a physician, Capt.
Scott and two of his sons, though all
exempt from military duty, saw SER
vice In France with the A, T.. r
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
LUMBERMEN HEAD
EXPORT COMPANY
Main Office Will Be in Mem
phis With J.. H. Townshend
President.

Export movement of Southern hard
woods is expected to be greatly facill-
tated by the completion OF the organi-
cation of the American Overseas For
warding company, which took place
late Tuesday afternoon in the office
of j. H. Townshend, secretary-mana-
ger of the Southern Hardwood Traffic
association. The company's stockhold-
ers now control 80 per cent OF the an
nual expectation of hardwoods from
this region and among them are vir-
tually all the largest exporters, They
viii rely on the company TO get their
orders through promptly to their over
seas destinations. .
The charter Of the company issued
under the laws of Tennessee permits
the ownership and operation of sea-
going vessels and also boats or barges
on inland waterways. 1t is believed
that the company within a short time
will become the owner of such water
carriers as will expedite its work.
The functions Of the company will
not be restricted to the shipment Of
lumber alone, but will be extended to
take in all export commodities.
Officers selected Tuesday are as fol-
lows: ]. H. Townshend, president; J..
s.. Thompson. of Louisville, KY first
vice-president; A. C. Bowen, Of New
Orleans, second ice-pTesident; G. A.
New, of Memphis, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES;
R. E. O'Rourke, Of New Orleans, man
ager; ]. A. Koehler. Of Helena, Ark
general agent west Of the Mississippi
river.
Among the 10 directors elected are
the following M%emphians: George G,
Ehemann, Walker L.. Wexford, John W.
Mcclure, Ralph Jurden and S. NJ. Nick
ely. All are leaders among the lumber
men of the South.
The main office of the company will
be on the thirteenth floor Of the Bank
Of Commerce building in Memphis and
there will be branch offices in New Or
leans and other ports and in Louisville,
| KY; Helena, Ark, and Cincinnati, o.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
LESLIE MATHIS DIES,

DYERSBURG. Tenn. Aus. 30. -(Spl.)
died al the home OF his father. who re-
sided northwest of here, following 0
short illness. He was popular with his
comrades and the news of his death will
be received with sorrow by many Flu.
neral services were held Tuesday, after
noon with interment at Oak Grove GEM
etery,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
Princess,

Thrills that stir the soul are plenti-
full In Secret Service" William Gil
lette's famous drama, a Paramount
Aircraft special picture, which comes
TO the Princess theater today and
Thursday. Mai Robert Warwick, who
has DOTTED the khaki and temporarily
wears the blue Of the Federal and the
butternut Of the Confederate service in
this picture, plays the role made fa-
nous by Mr., gillette.
Caught In a desperate effort to be-
tray Richmond into the hands OF tho
Union army, the hero Is saved by a
southern girl who has learned to love
him.
A F1Arg comedy il added
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20

This isn't the Charley Ross made fa-
fcus many years ago by being kidnapped,
and never again appearing. But Il Is
Charles Henry Ross, OF 1893 Monroe
avenue.
The Boy Scouts camp, at Hardy,
Ark, already this year has turned out
some IL or IL Eagle Scouts. Charley
was one Of the number, The degree he
won Is the highest conferred IN scout
dom. He Is exceptionally young &c
have attained this honor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
RAlLR0ADERS ENDORSE
CANDIDACY OF MILLER

Brotherhoods Of trainmen, firemen,
engineers and conductors at a meeting
Tuesday night In Samelson's hall, on
McLemore avenue, Endorsed for he-elec-
finance. Mr.. Miller formerly was a
locomotive engineer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
LIEUTENANT RETURNS

DYERSBURG Tenn, Aug, 20. CspL>
I-Dr. A. J. Joyner. who was located
here previous to his entry In the army
at the outbreak OF the war. has arrived
here and opened his office. He had the
rank Of lieutenant and spent about IS
month& overseas.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
e R FINDS LIQUOR.

Bensie Jones was arrested late Tues
day by Sheriff Perry, accompanied BY
a deputy United States marshal, In his
rooms at $40 Washington avenue. Three
cases Of whisky was confiscated and
Jones was jailed on a charge OF vio-
lating the liquor Law.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
RuMANIANs PLAN DRIVE.

PARIS, Aug 20 CHavasl-Rumanian
military authorities are preparing for
an offensive east Of the Dniestar river
for the purpose of Joining forces with
Gen, Denikene's army in Southern
Russia, according to the Echo dc Paris,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20

Another way prohibition inteferes with individual liberty
No matter how firmly a person may believe in theosophy, and
no matter how many meternpsychoses he may experience, he can
never hope to pass a future reincarnation as a rich brewer, dis
tiler or barkeeper.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20

A wrecking crew digging in the basement Of an old house
In New York struck whisky. II it had been a eushcr instead
of a bottle it would have made the oil craze fade.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
CHOLERA BREAKS OUT.

TOXIC, Aug. 20. (By the Associated
Press. )-Cholera has broken out in For
mosa and the government has declared
a quarantine against the island. More
than 200 cases have been found.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20

II hasn't been very long since we scorned a Mexican dollar
because it was worth only SO cents.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20

1t is encouraging to observe that the actors have gone ou
on a strike. Maybe it means that they will go to work.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Renters Spoil His
Put Out Record
Seren Hundred Women
Rout City Marshal and
Maui the ''Schleppers"

The battle of Hinsdale Street, in
Brownsville, was fought yesterday,
and among the first to fall was City
Marshal David Goldberg's perfect per-
centage Of put-outs. For twenty
years Marshal Goldberg has been dec
Grating the sidewalks of East New
York with the household goods of non
paving and recalcitrant tenants.
Goldberg told Chairman Hirsch of
the Mayors Committee on Rent
Profiteering that he had gone to evict
twenty-four tenants from the houses
at 399 to 405 Hinsdale Street, the
property Of Louis Halperin. His
"schleppers,' he said, were looking
forward to day of honest and peace
full toll at the new rates they had won
by the strike.
Five families had been removed to
the street, he said, when he found him
self and his aids the centre Of the
maleyolcnt interest Of seven hundred
women. One of them swung, he said,
with good weight and judgment and
one "schlcppcr" tasted the pavement
Az if the schlepper plunge was signal,
the women changed their gestures for
blows. Schleppers are not bad lot,
the marshal said. They do not ordin-
arily assai women. But yesterday, he
declared, it was matter Of the sur
yival Of the physically fittest. So they
returned as many blows as possible,
until they reached the rim of the
gathering. At one hundred yards in
ten fiat they showed their preference
for discretion as valor's better part.
He asked for fuller police protection
Of evictions. Mr.. Hirsch requested him
10 file full statement Of the proceed
ings and asked fve Of the tenants who
followed the marshal to the commit
tees rooms to state their side in
writing.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
T,Uo-platoon Fire
System, Is Assured
900 Revenue Bonds
Voted in 1917 To
Be Put to That Use

The two-platoon system will be in
the three hundred frehouses in the
city before July l. This was settled
President of Manhattan Borough,
called the attention of the Board of
Estimate TO the existence of 1925 900
in revenue bonds voted by the Board
Of Aldermen for tnat purpose in 1917,
but never used.
Thomas j. brennan, Fire Commits
sioner, asked for s150,O0O to get the
new system installed in the hardest
working companies. But for the rec
election Of President Bowling the
matter would have to be threshed out
in the Board of Aldermen and several
weeks lost. AS it is, formal approval
can be gwen to employ $50 additional
hremen with the money at hand at the
next meeting of the board.
"Wha were the fire losses last year
as compared Win l3l dShcU May
Hylan.
Nine million dollars, or S5,000,0oo
less than in 1917,as4sepliedl Commits
sloner brennan. and if we keep our
record up, We'll have a similar de-
crease in fire losses this year"
Has there been proportionate de-
crease in the fire insurance rates." in
ouired Borough President Connolly Of
Queens.
"No; they should have been re-
duced, but New York City must carry
the burden of nearby communities
whose fire departments are not kept
up to our standard"
AS the Commissioner was departing,
the Mayor, who had been attacked by
representatives of the fremen for go
ing back on his pledge to give them a
three platoon system, said:
commissioner, you have some agl-
tators in your department. See that
they are kept busy"
yes, SIR said the Commissioners
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
No Sufferer From Lung Type
of the Disease Receivers
at City Hospital, Prcsi.
dent Van Name Asserts
Opposes Bronze Tablet
Charities Commissioner. i'm
Reply, Says 1917 Death
Rate Was 10 Per Cent

The Board of Estimate Yesterday
heard Calvin D. Van Name, president
of Richmond Borough, charge that no
sufferer from tuberculosis of the lungs
sent to the Sea View Hospital ever
comes out alive.
The Sea View Hospital, on Staten
Island, is one of numerous institutions
maintained by the city for its poor.
1t is under the direct control of Bird
S. Coler, Commissioner of Charities.
The charges were made when re-
quest was received from Commissioner
Coler for the approval Of the expcndi
ture of $3.50 Cor bronze tablets on a
new building at the hospital. These
tablets were to be inscribed with the
names of Mayor Hylan ana other mem
oers OF the Board of Estimate, and
with Commissioner Coler's.
Il want to give word of advice to
the members of the board' said Presi-
dent Van Name. 1T is this: That no
member of this board shall permit his
name to be put on any tablets on that
hospital, for sooner or later there will
y, an awful revelation of the numbe r
of deaths from lung tuberculosis at
that institution.
Use Favorable Figures
- Ne one RECEIVERS who goes there
suffering from tksi form of consump-
tion. They have some recoveries from
tuberc ulosis of the bones, and they
give out fgurse on these. But not a
single patient afflicted with tubercu
losis Of the lungs RECEIVERS in that in
stitution. The atmospheer is bad.
The hospital is always enveloped in
fog"
81 don't think the impression should
go FORTH" said Maurice Connolly.
president of Queens Borough, "that
Continued on maze c1Cht
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
The Allies Reply

So This report ap-
4 pears to contain very in
adequate presentation of the
facts of the case and to be
marked in parts by great ex-
aggeration.
All the nations of Europe are
suffering from losses and are
bearing and will continue to bear
burdens which are almost more
than they can carry. These bur
dens and losses have been forced
upon them by the aggression of
Germany. 1t is right that Ger
many, which is responsible for
the origin of these calamities,
should make them good to the ut
most of her capacity.
"Her hardship will arise not
from the conditions of peace but
from the acts of those who pro-
voked and prolonged the war.
Those who were responsible for
the war cannot escape its just
consequences"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Moscow Being
Evacuatedbv
Lenine Forces
Are Reported
Quitting Capital Under
Allied Pressure and Ty-
phus Epidemic Is Raging

LONDON, May 23-The Bolsheviki
have begun the evacuation of Moscow,
according to reports brought from
Petrograd to Copenhagen by travellers
and forwarded by the Exchange Tele-
graph Company. Typnus is raging in
Moscow and the situation there is con-
sidered desperate. The railway lines
between a number of places in Central
Russia have been dismantled, the re-
ports say, in order to improve main
line service out of Moscow.
General Maynard, commanding the
Allied forces on the Murmansk front
in Russia, has removed his headquar-
ters 400 miles southwark on the Muir
mansk coast to KEN, on the White Sea,
at the mouth of the KEN River, accord
ing to Reuters correspondent with the
British Murmansk expedition.
British Confirm Capture
The British War Office confirms the
B y
northwestern end of Lake Omega, after
series of actions in which the Bolshe-
vik rearguard suffered severely.
The rapid retreat Of the Bolsheviki
the War Office report adds, prevented
them from seriously damaging the port
works. The Allies have occupied the
heights surrounding the town.
Reports from Helsingfors indicate
the Bolshevik forces operating
against Petrograd are meeting with
rapid success. The correspondent Of
The Daily Mail" at the Finnish capital
says the Bolshevik resistance seems to
be broken. and that they have lost sew
eral thousand prisoners and thirty guns
A great number of machine guns and
five armored trains also were captured
A North Russian corps cooperating
with the Esthonians successfully at
tackled the Bolshevik position at the
Gatchina railway station (thirty five
miles south of Petrograd).
"Reds" Join Allies by Thousands
Thousands of Bolshevik soldiers il
the Gatchna area and in the coast re
gion west of Petrograd. who surren
dered with their arms and ammunition
the correspondent adds subsequently
joined in the attacks on their formel
comrades.
1t is reported in Helsil yfors from
Petrograd that the Bolsheviki are pre-
pared to defend the city, and that al
the workmen have been armed. The de
tenders are said to number 100000
Esthonian forces are rapidly ap
preaching Petrograd from the west, &C
cordng to an official statement ISSUED
at Esthonian army headquarters ant
received here. The text of the state
ment reads:
"The Esthonians are advancing swift
" on Petrograd Besides the town O
hamburg, the railway stations at Wey
mann and Moloskowizy, on the Narva
Petrograd line, have been captured, an'
the town of Koporje and several vii
lagos near Kohganpia. on the Finnisl
Gulf. have been occupied. This bring
the Esthonians within fifty miles o
Petrograd."