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The Keota news., 1920-08-27
THE Latest IMPORTANT Die.
PATcHEs PUT INTO SHoRT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
sHoWiNo THE PRooRgoo o.
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Usiea News 0ssvis&
WESTERN

"vwsvTU sN~WpVSVSS SosVS SvV~S OSsssSS
WESTERN
John Curl. who crosSed the plainl
from Missouri to Oregon seventy.thre'
years ago. Is dead ut Salem. Ore. HI
Was born In Missouri In 1882 aud &C
compnniesl his family west in lSl7.
Confirmation Of the diagnosis Of the
eighth case of bubonIc plague which
has occurred at Galveston. Texas. ha'
l'ccn announced by the United State'
Public Health Service surgeons. An
other case Is under observation.
Bird dogs from all parts Of the Unit
etl States will he In CrOOkstOn. Nlnn.
Sept. o for the Ali-.Americnn field trIa
club events. Announcement has beel
made by Dr. r. Benton King. xccrc
iRry Of the club. that tho field trinl'
will bc In the vicinity Of Crookston.
Clyde e. Johnston. Police Cour
clerk of l.os Angeles, who reported
ihnt the safe In the court room hat
been broken open and $4,000 In hal
money taken. was nrr estet on chnrg,
of cmbexxlcmcnt and lodged In the i.o'
Angeles county jail. bail was fixed a
SJO,OD.
Kansas raised the second largex
wheat crop In Its his .ory this year. an,
the corn crop pro,ml<es to I've the lsrE
g., In the last five years. according Il
the monthly crop report of the State
Board Of Agriculture based an can
,nss made Aug. ~. 4 total whea
yield of 1a7.OoO.OOO bushels and 4 pro
duciion Of l.7.0OO.OOO bushels of cor,
was estimated In the report.
Mrs. Ellen O'Donovam MxcNamHr~
age 6s. of New York city. IL dead al
Spokane. WASH. from, injuries sufferes
when she fell three stories through thu
skyiisht of u hotel into the lobby. Airs
MncNMniuru. according to her two cOu
sins. Miss 4. sullivan amd Airs. Flor
cncc sullivan. complained of Hines,
while they were Al meal. She left III,
table Ia seek the hotel promenade, Grul,
whiCl, Size fell.
A few hours after Macedonia Esca
Ian.c. a house painter. touched . power
wire That sent 1900 volts Of elec
tricity through him at Phoenix. Arix.
lie Was telling his father he would b,
nil right In day or two. G. l.. Baker
his foreman. saw him hanging fro,,
the wire. smoke rising from one arm,
A. Baker run to get help. Escalant,
dropped to the ground five feet below
and was taken to hospital. He hat
hcen painting the transformer hous,
ri q cotton gin. physicians tieclA res
the voltage many times enough to xii
man.
WASHINGTON
appointment Of Lewis J. Bailey n.
nss:ssunt director Of the fedora, hurca,
cf invest 'gatton. succeeding Frnnl
Burke. resigned to ioIn the shipping
hoard, has been announced by Attor
ncy General Palmer. Mr. Bailey I'm.
been in charge Ct the Atlanta office
" this bureau.
The campaign Of the National wo
man's party for ratification of III,
suffrage amen Ddment hns Gust &1iO.OOO
according 10 an announcement al
Washington. Party Officers estimated
Ut least &Sn.WW WIS spent to get III.
'hirty-sixth ratification ut icnst $40.
900 of which e set to Be raised.
The Keota news., 1920-08-27
Naturally.

"Whcn you 8" I" Europe NOW. you
have 1" have your birth certificate" :"
'Of course y"u ,i". II y"n haven't.
s''imcl'siy else "n the steamer might
get your berth"
The Keota news., 1920-08-27

None breaches better than the ant.
snd she says nothing.
The Keota news., 1920-08-27
YoRK1oN

aboard Q destroyer otter haS'pS W.
found guilty Of ssdition by coustmar'
tial.
Ten million pesos Of the 100000
carried of during the flight Of Car
rama from Mexico City. have besu ~
covered. according to . statement BY
the treasury department Of Mexico.
The court.martial which tried Ter-
ence MacSweensy. lord mayor Of Cork.
on a charge Of having under his co..
troll the secret police cipher and sedt'
tion. sentenced him to two years IN
prisonmsnt.
An official list Of imports and -
ports from Jan. l to July 81. lo90.
shows increases Of 178s. 502. 900 francs
In. Imports and 7.230. .22A 900 francs in
exports over the same period last year
In France.
China IL confronted with . serious
situation a. Q result Of the retirement
In Siberia of between 1900 and 30.0o0
Semenoff and Kappsl .Isoishevist
troops eastward toward the Manchu.
Ian frontier.
The Swiss police have taken meas.
ures to protect the British premier.
David Lloyd George. declaring they
have discovered plot against his life.
The police claim 10 have the plotters
under supervision 10 Geneva.
Polish emlgrants for America to she
number Of $50 have been stopped BY
the Danxig authorities ON the Polish
frontier on the pretense that many OF
them are Of military age and might bs
used In the warfare against the BOlshe.
visits. according to Berlin dispatch 70
the London Times.
French troops clashel with the In.
habitants Of kattowitx, an important
mining town OF Upper SIlesla. eleven
persons heing killed and twenty.sIx
wounded. Polish troops attempted to
break up q mass meeting at RybnIk.
near kattowitx. One person was killed
and four wounded.
Collapse OF q mountain top near
Manila. T. l.. In recent storm buried
an entire lsorot village under hun.
'irctls of feet of earth. blotting out the
lives Of seventy natives, according to
official adviccs received at Manila.
The village WAS located In the noun
tain province within .OO miles Of the
city of AaUIlla. The tcr slid down
upon the village st midnight. No
bodies have been recovered.
Soviet Russia has concluded an
agreement with Armenia by which the
provinces knrnbnxh and Zanxgourg, In
Southern Armenia, will be neutralix~si.
Entente circles ara alarmed Regarding
this convention. which they believe 10
equivalent to permission BY Armenia
for the Bolshevisis to crosx the coun.
try from Baku into Anatolla, where
Soviet forces cam Join those led by
Mustnpl'a ke,nai Pashs, Turkish M.
t'onnlist leader.
0ENERAL
The Pennsylvania state highway Do.
partment Is erecting standard scales
at various points along the main hish.
ways for testing ovcrwcights Of trucka
Every indication points toward q
total motor registration In the United
States BY 1925 Of double the present
f'eurrs--or i5,0OO.0OO passenger cars
and trucks.
George Griffin, millionaire Chicago
sportsman. who died recently in Cali.
forn'a. left an estate valued at 81 800.
NO. Including s2O.OU worth Of liquor.
II was learned when an inventory was
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
SENATORS HAVE
SPIRITED TILT
Hitchcock and Edge Differ
Over Result of College
Vote on Treaty.

Washington, Jan. 19.-Another
brief but spirited tilt occurred in the
senate today when Senator Hitch
cock. of Nebraska, administration
leader, presented final figures in the
recent college vote on the peace
treaty and expressed satisfaction that
large majority was against what
he called "the destructive Lodge res
ervations." He also commented on
the size Of tho vote for unqualified
ratification for which, the Nebraska
senator said, the democrats ARE
ready to stand"
Senator Edge, republican. of New
Jersey, replied that the college vote
was 2 to 1 against unqualified rati-
fication. while Senator Mccormick,
republican, of Illinois. said the League
to Enforce Peace intervened in the
college referendum by furnishing
speakers and material for speeches.
The discussion ended when Sena-
tor Brandegee, republican, of Con-
ne, ticut, presented a protest from
the China Society of the United
States against the Shantung award.
adding that he would refrain from
submitting the Shantung question to
"a straw vote of college boys of the
country"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
PROBE EXPENDITURES
AT MUSCLE SHOALS

Sheffield, Ala, Jan. 10 Especially
Late this afternoon the congress
sional investigating committee which
/ investigating government ar ex-
penditures. headed by Chairman Gra-
ham, republican, OF Illinois, will ar
rive here for the purpose of inves-
tigating alleged wasteful expendi-
lures in the construction of nitrate
plants Nos. ! and 2 in West and
East Sheffield, both OF which were
erected during the war period. Ac-
companying the visitors Is Congress-
man Ed Almon. of this Alabama dis
trict
The committee will first make n
tour OF inspection Of the nitrate
plants Tuesday morning and will
then hold n hearing at the mammoth
nitrogen plant at Muscle Shoals. one
mile east o. Sheffield. II Is under
stood that fifty witnesses have been
summoned 10 appear for examina-
tion.
While here the committee will he
conducted on n tour of the Wilson
dam enterprise at this plant. where
5000 men are engaged in building
the great monolith. The party will
he extended every courtesy and will
he rendered a banquet at 2 local ho-
tel
The visit here OF the congressional
committee has occas stoned no fear or
anxiety lest the investigation shoiird
lead to consequences detrimental 10
the future usefulness OF the nitrate
enterprises. II Is recognized that the
nitrogen plants were not only built
for the war emergency but also
have heir true worth as peacetjme
ind istries. Preparations even az this
time are under way by the govern
ment 20 start the plants In fun oper-
alton in the immediate future.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
RIDLEY FREED ON
MURDER CHARGE
VIII Ridley Freed by Jury on
Charge of Murder of slack"
Bowen, a Friend.

On the recommendation OF Atty
Gen. chamlee a verdict of not guilty
was returned against VIII Ridley
this afternoon.
win Ridley. young white boy, was
tried in the criminal court Monday
charged with the murder of his friend
Jack" Bowen. The pool room of Ed
Price on Main street was the scene OF
the killing and the habit OF hang
ing around II and playing pool
seems have been the indirect
cause. The state Is insisisting the
murder was wilful and in fulfilment
OF threat Ridley had made Bowen's
life. The defense Is claiming that the
killing was one OF self defense. that
Bowen had threatened Ridley's life and
had bought a pistol on the day of the
killing for that purpose. The state is
represented by Atty.-Gen George w.
Chamee,~ assistant Atty,-gen w. II. Nc
Gaughy, w. ]. Counts and A. l.. Emer.
son, the defense by Henson school
field. The trial will probably last
throughout the day.
Attorney Schoofield was able some-
what to break down the states case
by their own witnesses, when he made
who were with Bowen at the time OF
the killing. admit that they had heard
Bowen say he would get" Ridley. and
that the day after he said this he pur-
chased the pistol with which the shoot
ing was done.
A great deal of amusement was
caused In court when It was stated
how scared Whiteside was when the
shooting started. He, admitted that
when Ridley started TO fire he dropped
to the floor and that bystanders had
to pick him up before 1t was found he
was not shot. He admitted he was so
frightened he didn't know what he saw
Trouble over Pool Game.
Whiteside stated that Ridley and
Bowen had had some trouble over n
pool game the night before and Bowen
on the way home said he would tlx
Ridley and the next day bought n pistol
Witness stated that he. Bowen, Jesse
smith and Ivy Brannon walked into
Prices pool room and that Ridley who
was standing near the fee box reached
in hiA bosom, drew a pistol and began
firing. Bowen then drew his pistol and
shot Whiteside' said he was fright
shot, Whiteside said he was fright
enedN TO death"and dropped on the floor
and iaid there until someone picked
him &up. He admitted that Bowen
had said he would get Ridley and had
bought\a pistol the day of the killing.
His testimony was greatly weakened
on cross examination.
Ivy Brqnnon told about the same
story MS Md Whiteside, only declaring
that Whiteside Mt the first shot fell to
the floor and showed plainly he was
frightened almost to death. He said
he saw Ridley fire first and then
Bowen returned the fire.
At this juncture the court adjourned
for the noon hour
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
WILSON HOLDS OUT FOR
STRAIGHT RATIFICATION

Washington, Jan. 19.--President
Wilson is keeping IN close touch with
all movements now under way IN the
senate to effect compromise on the
peace treaty.
Today the president received n
complete report on the bipartisan
conferences which We're held last
week between Senator Lodge and re-
publican and democratic senators.
Senator Hitchcock, IN ocrat C
leader, and Secretary Tumulty held
n long conference yesterday, walking
for many miles in the brisk winter
weather and discussing fully the
treaty situation.
The president, 1t is understood, in
tends to maintain his present posi-
ton and will not make any state
ment until a compromise has been ef-
fected and submitted to him. Sena-
tor Hitchcock has instructions to
follow the presidents pronounced
course of straight ratification of the
treaty without changes in the text.
That there are some who are de-
termined to make the treaty an issue
in the coming presidential campaign,
whether or not a compromise is ef-
fected, is evidenced today by Sena-
to- Borah's letter to Maj,-Gen. Leon
ard Wood inquiring as to his posi-
tion towards the treaty. This letter
is similar to that sent to Gov. Low
den, OF Illinois, and Senator Borah
has announced his intention of ad-
dressing the same letter to all pres
idential candidates.
Senator Owen. of Oklahoma, gave
some hope today in a statement de-
claring 1t to be his belief that the
president will approve the resolution
of ratification which is passed by n
two-thirds vote OF the senate.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19

BRITISH SHIPS
GO TO BLACK SEA
Admiralty Hints They win
Protect Subjects and Inter
eStS Against BOlSheviki.

Malta. Jan. 1J.---Orders were re-
coived Thursday night for number
or naval vessels TO leave Malta, np-
Tpnrently for the Blacl, sen. Vice
Admiral DeRobcck sailed Friday on
tho bnttleship Iron Duke. nccompn-
med by the destroycrs Scrnpis and
Steadfnst, and. the steqmcr Hibiscus.
Every other Ship available is pre-
pairing TO leave Sunday. fllod to It's
capacity with stores
Taken for Granted.
London. Jan. 10.~-With regard 10
the Malta dispatch received here to-
DAY announcing an apparently i'm
portnnt naval movement, the nd-
miralty said II may be taken for
granted that the ships IN question
were going 10 the Black son to pro
tcct British subjects ana interests I'm
case they were seriously threatened
by the holshovik advance 10 tho
coast
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
CONVICT GUARD
OVERPOWERED
At Pistol Point Five County
Prisoners Escape From
WorkhouSe Gang.
W0 LONG TERM MEN

Five county. eonviots, two of them
desperate long term prisoners, early
Monday morning overpowered Guard
George Rodgers and, taking his pis'
tol away from him, forced him 70
unfasten the shaokIes from abou,
their feet and made good their es-
cape.
At o'clock this afternoon none OF
the escaped men had been caught,
Five other prisoners who were with
tho Ave who made their escape ala
not attempt to e. away, The men
escaped from the Hixson pike n short
distance from Hixson, where they
We're at work. Two of the prisoners
have effected their escape before
Immediately upon the escape OF the
prisoners the road commissions Of
flee was notified and description OF
tho men given and n So reward Of
ferod for the capture OF each.
The men who escaped were Wal
ter Edwards, alias Van Sewell; John
Elliott, John Scotland James,Thomp-
son. The name OF the fiftl man has
not vet been furnished the road com
missions office. Scott and Elliott
beth have escaped from the work
house before, and during Scotts trial
he walked out OF the criminal court
room and did not return for n long
time, Edwardf was serving long
term for larceny, Elliott for selling
whisky, Scott for larceny and Thomp-
son for larceny
shortly after the escape OF the mon
the county jail was notified and Sher-
iff Bass sent several deputies TO the
scene, The capture OF the men Is ex-
pected at an early hour. as they are
all well known.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
OFFICIALS HERE FOR
OPENING new BRIDGE

Al of the high officials of the South
cIn railway lines west arrived In the
city Monday for final inspection OF
tho g. $ Fridge before trains are sem
across sometime Tuesday. w. $. An
drows. superintendent of transportation
Tor the southern, has been in the city
Tor several days mud VIII remain until
tho bridge is completed.
Among the officials who are IN the
city ARE " IS. Audrcws D. NJ Durham.
chief engineer OF construction lines west
with headquarters tn Cincinnati A. a.
Wood chief engineer. Washington. e.
u. GIbrrt rhirf engineer bridges, tln-
riunafI. ". % DnoieN. super lntcndcut
Of motive power Cincinnati; C. NJ.
Mitchell superintendent OF g.. \. O. q
r. r.. uauyiile and W. J. Edwards.
superintendent Of A. @. g., Hirmiug-
ham.
The officials. together win local Of
nciais. made an inspection OF the bridge
the structure by N. ", Jones. engineer
in charge Of the bridge. wuu explained
points In the construction.
While the new schedules uf the South
cfn afo effective az 10 O'Clock Tuesday
mornirE the bridge will probably not he
ready f0r trains until later in the after
noon or night according TO Jones. The
last of the heavy Eirders viii be placed
during Monday but ties must then be
'aid and rails placed bc-ore trains can
cross. Through train No. I from Ctu-
ciunau which Is due 40 the Terminal
&C SEQ O'Clock IN the evening, viii
probably bc the first to cross other
trains arriving earlier win be- dotoured
and II nual work is not completed the
train may ne held az the bridge for an
hour or more.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
WORKING WOMEN OBJECT
TO G. 0. PROPOSITION

New York, Jan. 19.-The Women's
Equal Opportunity league has notl-
fed VIII II. Hays, chairman Aof the
republican national committee 1t
was announced here last night. that
working women are opposed to the
proposed plank in the republican
platform that would limit their hours
OF toll. The women who are urging
the plank, the Nleague claimed, do
not represent working women in the
full sense of the word"
we are confident" a letter TO
Chairman Hays said, that you will
not support legislation which applies
only to women, restricting their prog
ress and making competition with
male labor impossible"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
|REDSOPPOSED
TO SABOTAGE
Carl Radex Says Workers
Should Not Destroy Today
What They Will Need
Tomorrow.
(sY FRANK MAsoN1

Berlin, Jan. 16.- Delayed Rus
sia welcomes the return nf bolshe-
vik sympathizers deported from the
United States. for Rms = requires
either German or Amer IN help for
construction" declared 1ar' Radek,
former chief or the pr Saganda sec
ton of the soviet gS 5rnment, and
formerly Lenine's ma clieutenant, in
Germany today.
Radek has been leported from
Germany, being sen 5ut of the coun-
try by way of PotSid, but he gave
a long and import.-: It interview set
ting forth his im9i55 im95 ession" before he
left.
A report has been received from
the United States that Ludwig Mar
tens, the So o-called "soviet ambassa-
DOR" was about to be deported and
Radek Immediately began to discuss
this subject
$50 they may deport Martens and
keep George Bakhmeteff, the minister
of a non existent Russian govern
ment," he commented. "Bakhmen-
teff is living upon money from un-
fulfilled Russian war contracts
Hope for Martens Return.
I'VE would be glad If Martens re-
turned. He is an engineer or the
highest technical ability and such are
needed for the rebuilding of Russia,
we can use all that the United States
has deported. Their education and
experience in America will be val
liable to our government. But you
Americans should have put your
statue of liberty on board the depor-
tation ship, sending it to Moscow
along with the bolsheviks."
Radek then went into a long political
dissertation declaring that the Uniteo
States is not free. but Is autocratc,
whereas Russia Is the new land or iree-
dom. He continued:
"Deportations make the best propa-
ganda in the world for us. 1t calls
attention to our growing American COM
munist party which now numbers
$4,000"
Radek was asked II Martens had any
relations with the /. w. w. in America,
he answered.;
None what So lever. The l. w. w.
members want revolution the same as
ours but we are against sabotage by
workers The workers should not de-
stroy today what they will need to-
morrow.
Russia requires either American or
German help. Martens had been ad-
vocatng American aid"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
COUNTY COURT
RESCINDS ACTION
Resolution Providing for COL
lection of rs Cents Auto
Tax Repealed.

County court, called in special ses
sion by County Judge Sam A. Con-
ner, met Monday morning at 10 at
the courthouse and unanimously
voted TO rescind it's action taken al
the last session OF the court whereby
resolution was passed authorizing
the collection OF 25-eent tax on
each horsepower Of automobiles, the
amount collected to be spent on the
roads OF the county.
The resolution. which was drawn
by County Attorney S. Barlow
Strang, was read by Squire Horace
Humphreys and seconded by Squire
@, Russell Brown. The roll call was
Charles Il. Watson, and the resolu-
Charlese T.. Watson. and the resolu-
tion passed unanimously squire
H. II. CaulkIns was the only mem
bor of the court not present. he now
being In Cuba for rest.
Conners Statement.
Immediately upon the converting OF
the court Judge Conner explained
that the court had M its last session
passed a resolution whereby a5-
cent tax on each horsepower OF au-
tomoblles should be collected lie
said that County Court Clerk Charles
n. Watson then stated his intention
of collecting fee OF 81 for the col
lection OF the auto tax; that the nu-
Grub had objected and
stated they would refuse 20 pay the
tax for the reason that Clerk Wat
sons fees were reasonable. Judge
Conner stated that Clerk Watson was
clearly within the law ana he had the
right TO collect the Zee of 81 as nro-
vlded by law.
The county Judge then stated the
county attorney had. In nm opinion,
stated that the fee could he collected
by County Trustee j. w. Cllft, who
had agree TO collect II at cost, or II
could bo collected by the rond COM
missions office. However, he said
that Clerk Watson stated his inten-
tion of enjoining any one other than
himself from collecting tho fee. and
as this litigation would he long
drawn out ana II would he some time
before II would be settled, Il was his
opinion that the resolution providing
for the tax be repealed. The reso-
luton was then raad and passed and
court adjourned.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-19
LOCAL FLASHES

r. o. Cooke Visiting In City.
Robert Il. Cooke. formerly OF this city,
but now governor of the Old soldiers
nome at johnson city is In Chattn-
nooga.
Car Burned.
a FORD automobile, license number
1876, was totally destroyed hy frc near
the corner OF Rossvillo avenue and
Sharron street Sunday The report was
made to police headquarters 10y Onicor
Hyatt.
Here Tracing Cars.
y. a. Clements, manager trHnc ana
claim department OF CUR Pipe Line
company. Gull Production company,
ma Gun refining Company of Louis
lhna' arrived In the city Monday 10
trace some delayed cars of mntctlnl.
Mr. Clements is from Houston Tex.
Ihe cars OF materials. including plpe
ana other oil well equipment. were con-
slghed Tor export TO Mexico whore the
company IL developing oil fields
Leo Friedman.
=. The last rites over the body Of Leo
FRIEDMAN were held from tbn r,sl-
dence OF II Schwartz, 4oI Cherry street.
MONDAY morning at 10 o'clock Rabbi
mnoltzbetg, OF Mizpah Temple. onciatsd.
The interment followed In Tho Jewish
cemetery on Harrison avenue. and nail.
hearers were A. B Heller William
Schwartz. Dr. Leo Schumacher. Herman
schwartz. Maurice poss and Henry
loss The funeral WIS largely attended.
members OF the Automobile ciub and
representatives Of tho Auto Dealers na.
ISOLATION being IN attendance.
Hurt by Truck.
a utte colorcd girl sustained u badly
'iusheu ieg this morning about 10
o'clock when she was nm over lac
irnck belonging TO W A. Iesley. Tho
child was run over while swinging on
the back end. She was taken 10 e..
langor hospital after the accident
Pettiford Here
j. Robert rettiford Of the Werfhap
Bag company. henduuntters M Nes,,-
Nllle. IL In this city. the euent ~ Hotel
Patten Tor few DAYS on business