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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26


WASHINGTON, March 26.--Charges
that the navy department took steps
To prevent reports reaching the public
regarding shortage Of personnel in
the navy before the United States en-
tered the war were made before the
senate naval investigating committee
today by Capt Joseph X Taussig. Of
the Naval War college, at Newport,
II |.
Capt. Taussig, who was on duty az
the navy department prior to the war
and later served on destroyers over
seas, said that Secretary Daniels In
his annual report In 1914 stated that
The numerical strength Of the navy was
ADEQUATE and In 1915 said that only an
additional TO- 600 men were needed. while
the navy general board in its 1914 re-
port had stated that 1880 men were
necessary.
The general board the command -in-
chief or the Atlantic fleet and many
officers OF high rank brought the de-
plorable and unsatisfactory condition
OF the personnel TO the department S
attention with emphatic and repeated
recommendation that immediate steps
be taken to remedy the situation, capt.
Taussig testified.
The witness told the committee that
the departments policy with regard t.
personnel was one Of unprepaTednesE
rather than preparedness even when
war With Germany apparently was in
eEitahle.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
Do Your ErtyemitieS
Tingle? See Doctor

NEW YORK, March 26 II your fin
gers and toes tinglc--with excitement
or otherwise--consult q doctor
This Is the advice of Dr, keTnedy,
alierist who declared In an address
before tho li4th convention nf the
Medical Society ~ the state ef New
YosG last night that tlngling eXtremi-
Ties are the firsS symptoms of . new
disease known as "neuronts' The
tingling, ne said Is followed By weak
ness in the upper PARTS OF the arms
ard legs which becomes worse until tha
ia ,ient can rot lift hands or feet,
Few ceses of the disease have been
seen In the United States. nr Kennedy
said explaining that II appeared to re-
SUIT from severe shock 20 the nervous
system 4 number OF cases have bee
observed among the soldiers of France
: he said
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
.iOWENSTEIN ROBBERY
INSIDE JOB, SAY COPS

An inside Joh IS the way police Fri
day classed the robbery some time
Thursday night OF Is. Lowenstein 4
Bros, when s233 worth OF miscellaneous
wearing apparel. napkins and a wom
ans beaded bag were taken Employees
OF the establishment discovered The
robbery Thursday when they went tu
work. Activities chiefly were confined
10 the basement However, some ar~
ticles we're taken from the first floor.
Confusion generally made the loss ats
first appear great A list Of urticles
missing and given TO police placed TIM
value a, S232 Report 90 DETECTIVES
Chief Jake Gwalney Thursday result
cd In the detailing OF bishop and Juyea
ON the robbery The detectives DIS
covered no elews but Friday continu4d
Investigations,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
SUGAR PRODUCTS MEN
SEE BRIGHT FUTURE

A. l. kaplan, president OF the Sugar
Products company, of New York, and
FL e. kanlan, OF the same company,
spent Friday in Memphis. They had
at luncheon at the Hotel Gayoso a
number of the local members OF the
mixed sweet feed manufacturing trade
the molasses situation was indulged in.
These gentlemen had not been here
since their big mo'asses storage and
unloading plant in South Memphis had
been completed and expressed them
selves az well satisfied with the out +
look They also offered some encour-
agement to the trade as to the pros
rect ( getting more back-strap mo
iasses here. which commodity has been
extremely scarce for several weeks.
Another cargo is expected IN week
or so on one Of their large barges from
Cuba.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
DisGpprOUe Note
Sent TO Chile

VALPARAISO, Chile, March 26 -
The American chamber OF commerce
here today unanimously registered It's
disapproval of the terms Of the note
recently sent to Chile by the United
States government requesting Chile
to use all her efforts to prevent a con
flict between Peru and Bolivia. II
has been declared by the press that
the note gave evidences of suspicion
that Chile had fostered the differences
between Peru and Bolivia.
The action by the chamber, at a
meeting this morning, took the form
Of message 20 Joseph II, Shea, sht
an e-ican ambassador.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
Who Has Large
Garage To Rent
To Government?

The government wants someone to
rent it garage or to build one of
about $4,000 square feet floor space to
fact the government will want the prop
in commssion in postoffice service in
Memphis, announces C.. w. MetcaIf, Jr.,
postmaster.
George G. Baker, superintendent of
Motor Vehicle company. Philadelphia
is in the city arranging for the install
lation of number of government
trucks to be used in carrying mail to
and from the depots and to deliver par
eel post matter throughout the city
space, it is said, and in view Of the
fact the government will want the porp-
erty for an indefinite period, Mr.. Met
calf is ANXIOUS 10 get II at once in oU-
der that the trucks can be brought here
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
Soft Drink Company
Sued For $4,000

Jesse Brooks, by his next friend and
stepfather, William Randolph sued the
damages and Randolph entered suit
for $4,000 additional in bill filed in
circuit court Friday The suit follows
an automobile accident, in which Jesse
received a broken leg alleged to have
been due to the negligence of the de-
fendant. Jesse was knocked from the
running board of a truck on which ho
was riding on Jan. g.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
Westminster Plans
Special Serrice

Westminster Presbyterian church Is
planning a great service Friday night
at The revival liz progress there.
Row w. n. Coleman. pastor of 81
Johns Methodist church, viii preach
pr Coleman's church has just con.
- rludcd a most successful re,iyal and h.
VIII assist Dr Charles w Sommcr-
Vile. pastor Of Westminster church
i'm this service
D The original Westminster male quar-.
'ct orc ~ the best male quHrtets u
Memphis. will assist the large chorus
choir In tho musical program \ wei.
tppd
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
Local Bankers To
Attend Convention
In Cleveland, Ohio

Preparations are being made by sew
egal OF the local members OF the Re-
serve City Bankers association to at-
tend the eighth annual meeting, TO con-
yene on May "a, for a three days ses-
sion at the Hotel Statler in Cleveland,
Ohio. Announcement of the date was
received Friday, and d. NJ. Arm
strong, one of the local members, says
Memphis, as usual. will be well rep
resented.
This association is not affiliated in
any way with the American Bankers
association, and its membership is linn
tied to 400, being made up OF individ-
uals who are executives in banks To-
Gated in what are known as bank re-
serve cities. Memphis has about eight
members. II meets twice each year
and there is said TO be a long waiting
list for membership.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
MARSHALL TEACHERS
TO JOIN STATE BODY

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, March 20.
(Spl. AT the Marshall County Teach
ers association monthly meeting at the
courthouse in Holly Springs. speeches
were made by Prof. E. f. Pickett
Prof. J. NJ. Consley, Prof. j. P. Horton
]. M. Thomason, C, H. Curd, Miss Sal
Plans were set on foot to have every
teacher in the county join the State
Teachers association
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
NO VOTE OH SUFFRAGE.

DOVER. Dell March 20, Plans for
disposal Of the resolution to ratify the
woman suffrage constitutional amend
ment were uncertain when the Della
ware legislature reconvened today. The
struggle OF suffrage workers and an
tagonists reached a climax with the
time for voting, and the result is in
doubt
with the fight at high heat. and ad
journment planned tonight until Mon
day, vote in either house before next
week was doubtful
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
PLAN TO BAKE AND
SELL BREAD Ar COST

MONTGOMERY Ala. Starch 26.-
Of agriculture, and Mrs. Belle Allen
Ross president Of the Montgomer,
Fearration Of Women's Clubs. are CO.
operating IN movement 70 ESTABLISH
bakeries here to bake bread and sci
at cost plus one cent profit per loaf
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
SET DATES FOR
TEACHERS EXAMS

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. March 26.
ent of education, had advertised the
regular spring examination for teach
ers to take place in April for whites,
April |, 2 and 3, and April IS, 16 and
II, and for negroes, April 5, and 10,
and April %, % and "a
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
CHAMBER INTERESTED
in VITAL STATISTICS

The Chamber OF Commerce Is inter-
ested in vital statistics Of the city and
wants to know about each young citi-
zen born In Memphis. Secretary Hay
ley said Friday that 1t Is neeesk ~ for
very important He declared - vital
statistics are now showing moi i births
than deaths and that il insaiea9 81 phyr
sicians are cooperating WITH bu-
reau and complying with ths ShAnher
of Commerce request that births be re-,
ported To The proper authFfktiHs
Parents and friends of ths new ar
rivals are asked to notify md Chamber
of Commerce ii nBder that 9ay 0e
sure tils~ bitth is prepeTlyeT I'd and
recorded ~ Us
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
SPEEDING TAXI
INJURIES WOMAN

Mrs. Anna May Brown aged a,
saleswoman for 8. Lowensteln Bros,
was seriously Injured Friday when she
was run down by taxieab at s:15
o'clock on Madison avenue just east
Of Orleans street. She was taken to
the General hospital where attaches
said the extent Of her injuries could
not be ascertained at once. Hurried
examination revealed no serious hurts
She lives at 500 Madison.
Mrs. Brown was run down, accord
ing to the police report, by machine
driven by j. p. Smith, 1866 Foster, chauf-
feur for the Star Taxi company. The
taxi company, police say, owns the
machine which struck Mrs. Brown.
Smith was arrested and placed on the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
HOLLY SPRINGS PLANS
new TELEPHONE Line

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, March o6.
ganized to build a telephone line from
Holly Springs to Ashland The NOV
ing spirit in this organization is Mr..
W. s. Kirkman of Ashland. When the
line is completed it will connect with
the Cumberland at Holly Springs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
syzgs: 2sS::IsIs Err

Twenty -four hours TO noon, March 26
Temperature
Hour, Dry bulb. Wet bulb. Humid'v
I pm ycs'day SIS 81 -
I am today 80 II s6
Noon today 81 ~ "a
Maximum, Y: minimum. SO sun
sets today, 6;l6 pm Rises tomorrow,
5:a am. Moon sets :06 am. tonight
Precipitation, ,t2 inch, .
Tcunessee--Fair and cooler.
Mississippi-Fa and slightly cooler.
Arkansas Fair and slightly cooler,
Alabama Fair and slightly cooler.
Kentucky Fair and cooler
Louisiana Fair
North and South Carolina and Geor
gia-F'air and cooler.
F1orida-Fair in northwest: fair and
cooler in central and north portions.
Oklahoma Fair,
Texas-7Fair and warmer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
DIGNy E'ARIES
PISLOPAL CHURCH
SIGN RESOLUTION

NEW YORK, March ga resolu-
ton siuned by more than 200 clergy
men requesting President Wilson ITO
exercise all possible Influence to re-
move the sultan forever from govern.
mental control Of any part OF Europe"
has been forwarded 10 the White
House, the presiding bishop and count
Gil Of the protestant Episcopal church
announced here today. The Rev. Or.
Randolph Mekinn, Of Washington, was
entrusted with delivery Of Il.
Among those who signed the rcsolu-
tipn We're Bishops Philip NJ. Rhineland-
err and Thomas j. Garland, of Philadel-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
FIRE FATAL TO
CHILDREN
Parents Lock Them in House
Which Is Destroyed. :

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn, March 26.
(Spl )-One hour after Jim Sykes and
his wife locked the doors of their home
on their three little children and were
at work in the field at 1880 o'clock
this morning, fire caught the building
and all three children We're burned to
death,
sykes and his wife hurried TO the
home when they saw the flames, but
the high wind and the inflamInable con-
dition of the house made it impossible
for them to rescue their young. Sykes
lived one mile from Colierville. The
children's ages were 5, and ] year,
respectively The house was burned
to ashes
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
OLDEST GRADUATE DEAD.

NEWTON. Mass. March 2s.--Charles
French. who was the oldest living grad
uate at Harvard college, died at his
home here last night. He was grad
% years old He had charge OF a
private preparatory school. in Boston
where among his early pupns was
President Emeritus Charles w. Eliot
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26

docket charged with reckless driving
Of an auto. He made bend 70 the sum
of 81 COO.
Mrs, Brown was proceeding across
Madison avenue from the south side.
She was uoing TO work ard was hasten
lnu to take a street car, police say,
when Smith came east n the taxi. Ae-
cordnu to Emergency Diilcers York
and Oliver, who were MARTY ~ the
emergency patrol, Smith was speeding
at a rapid rate. Mrs. Brown was ac-
companled by Miss LupN Grisfin, also
a resident OF 500 Madison
A. A. Munsell, 1855 tsdison avenue,
was passing Ia his amtontoblie an5
rushed Mrs. Brown 70 peneral hos.
pital.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
TURKISH CABINET
HANDS IN RESIGNATION

CoNsTANTINoPLFi March 26.-The
Turkish cabinet headed by Sail Pasha.
formed on March ?. has resigned and
the sultan has asked rafnad Ferid Pa
sha. former grand vizier and foreign
minister, to form 4 new government
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
FIRM WANTS $1,000.

Lee Wilson q Co., an Arkansas firm,
filed bill in circuit court Friday,
seeking to recover from Fl. l.. Ellison
and N X Bass the sum of SI,S00,
which the plaintiff alleges is due on a
note they hold.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
DISCOURAGE EMIGRATION

MEXICO CITY, March 26.--Circu-
lars urging measures to prevent emf
grafton of Mexican workers to the
United States were sent to all state
administrations yesterday by the in
terror department.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
TWO SEEK DIVORCE.

Cruel ami inhumau treatment were
the grounds set out by ldeh Bledsoe for
desiring divorce from George Bled-
zoe, in a bill filed Friday in circuit
court Estella Horton asked a divorce
from Oscar horton on the same
grounds.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26
NAVAL CENSORSHIP,
CAPTAIN CHARGES
BULLETIN.

WASHINGTON. Marsh 26.--The Ger.
mans, by their superior gunnery,
burned the British or their heads" al
the battle OF JutIand, Rear Admiral
Plunkett declared today before the sen
ate committee.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26

phia. Chauncey 3. Brewster, Hartford,
Conn. and Charles r., Brent. OF Bui-
falo
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26

Fair and slightly
cooler temperature.
Evening star., 1920-03-22
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS,
THEME OF DR.. MEEKER

HARRISBURG. Pa, March ~ (Spe-
ciaD.-Astonishing ignorance on the
part of the public, the employers. the
workers, the legislators and the om-
cials who administer the workmen's
compensation laws. in regard to the
cost of industrial accidents to the
community, were discussed TO-DAY py
Dr.. Royal Meeker, commissioner OF
labor statistics. in an address belore
the Pennsylyania Safety Congress
here.
To Industrial accidents as common
ly understood Dr. Meeker added un-
employment, which. he said. although
It is not yet regarded as an Industrial
accident, Is really the most important
Of all and causes vastly more slowing
down of production. demoralization,
distress and suffering than all otner
Industrial mishaps"
"An analysis Of workmen's compen-
sation laws in the different states
showed surprising lack OF uni
formity not only as to the Industries
and occupations covered. but also lot
the waiting period, the amount OF
money compensation and the medical
benefits derived" DR.. Meeker SAID
"Compensation payments are increas-
ing year by year. Some OF this IN
crease is due to the extension and
greater HberaIity of the laws: but we
/ do NOT know whether Industrial acci-
dents causing personal injury are on
| the decrease or increase, because
LEGISLATORS administrators and the
public have thus far preferred bliss
full ignorance to wisdom. which may
prove painful"
Evening star., 1920-03-22
PLAN SCULPTURE EXHIBIT.
Works by Mrs. Lithgow Osborne to
Be Shown at Hisada's Studio.

| Announcements are being sent out
! for an exhibition, to begin tomorrow
and continue until April 3, at Hfsada' 8
| studio, 1143 Connecticut avenue. OF
the sculpture of Mrs. Lithgow Os-
borne. Mrs. Osborne, before her mar
riage, was Countess Lille Raben--
LeVetzau Of Denmark. daughter OF
! the former Danish minister for for
eign affairs. OF particular interest
| to Washingtonians is the fact that
Mrs. Osborne's grandmother Is Nine.
| de Hegermann Lindencrone, the
iAmerican-born wife Of the Danish
minister to Washington in the '7os
and who is the authoress OF In the
Courts of Memory and other diplo-
matte memoirs which deal with ia
nous figures of European political
and diplomatic life from Louis Napo-
| leon to the ex-Emperor William OF
,Germany
Mrs. Osbornes husband is second
secretary of embassy in the United
States diplomatic service, and is at
of State. He served under Ambassa
dor Gerard in Berlin, and after the
outbreak Of war with Germany at
the American legation in Copenhagen.
iSubsequent to the armistice he was
lin the secretariat of the American
peace commission at Paris,
i Mrs. Osborne has studied for many
! wears in various European countries.
| Her work is little known in this coun-
try as she has been in the United
States only few months. Since her
arrival in Washington last December
she has devoted herself largely ia
portrait statuettes and the present
exhibition will mainly consist of ex-
amples of that kind of work.
Evening star., 1920-03-22
BoLSHEV1sM SCORED.
David Goldstein Glasses It ''Men
tai and Moral Disease"

More than three thousand persons
listened to David Goldstein attack boil
shevism as a mental and moral dis
ease due to a lack of right reason" in
a lecture delivered under the auspices
of the Knights of Columbus last night
in Liberty Hut,
"Bolshevists prato of equality" said
Mr. Goldstein, while tho vote of q
red guardsman is worth eight of a
a peasant. Equality-where the vote
others
The speaker said the aim of a 30
c.aifst Is a dictatorship of the prole-
tariat. according to Karl Marx. who
cites the capture Of Paris as an ex-
ample of such a Dictatorship"
Now we can see what this dictator
ship of the pfeietariat brought about
in the resulting wholesale confiscation n
of property. unjust equalization cf
wages, dissertation of church proper -
and massacre of mere than 100000
persons who opposed their terrors." "
Mr., Geldstein said. Yet the regime
set up by tha followers of Marx fell
in two months"
According to his usual custom. Mr..
Goldstein. following the lecture. asked
him, Asked If he distinguished be-
tween the boisheviki, socialists and 1.
w. W., Mr., GoldsteiR said that "bol.
shevism is but socialism in operation.
but the 7, w. W. Is an organization
brought together by Eugene Debs
when he could not get control of the
A. b. Of L."
Evening star., 1920-03-22
CAPT. JOHN THOMAS,

Word has been received Of the death
of Capt. John Thomas. prominent bay
and river man for many years. who
died yesterday in Baltimore, Nd, at
his home, 1929 East North, avenue. He
belonged to the coterie Of old timers
along the Potomac lin the sixties and
seventies. around Norfolk. Va. and
river landings.
Capt. Thomas was born in Baltimore
and began his maritime career at a
very early age. At seventeen he be-
came quartermaster Of the old Key
port, used by President Lincoln on
trips on the Potomac during the civil
war. Later he became master of the
steamer Lancaster Of the Susquehanna
Steamboat Company. being the young
est man in that position on the Chesa-
peake. He served with the Maryland
Steamboat Company, and when the
Columbia was the Bay Ridge excur-
sion steamer. he was selected to COM
mand it.
For some time Capt. Thomas was
attached to the coal piers of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad at Curtis Bay.
but later took up his profession in
the Chesapeake Steamship Company,
remaining there for twenty years
The City of Norfolk was his last
command. from which. because Of Ill
health. he resigned a year ago.
He was a member of the Assocfa-
ton Of American Masters, Mates and
Pilots, and Of the Baltimore Lodge of
Elks.
He leaves wife. four sons, two
daughters and stepson.
Evening star., 1920-03-22
Vast Crop Increase South
Attributed TO Reclamation
More Than Billion in Production Made by States
in the LotDer Mississippi Valley-Fmmers
Abandon Old One-Crop System.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 20.-An in
crease of more than $1,000, ,000,000 in
crop production was made by states
of the lower Mississippi valley in the
ten years from 1910. according to es-
Inmates by the Southern Alluvial Land
Association of Memphis. The develop
ment is attributed to the reclamation
and cultivation of thousands of acres
of low lands. and to the fact that
farmers are getting away from a one
crop system. producing general farm
crops and live stock in addition to
cotton.
The greatest growth in farm wealth
is shown by Arkansas, which is cred
tied with a gain of more than 700
per cent in ten years. In 1910 the
crop wealth of Arkansas was $59.-
lis. 900; according to government es-
Inmates. Last year it is estimated TO
have reached at least $400,000.000.
Enormous Gains Recorded.
Crop production in Mississippi last
year is estimated at $400,000,000,
whereas it was but $S4.000,000 ten
years ago.
The Tennessee gain was from $7O,-
00e 900 in 1910 to 1895. 000. 900 in 1919,
or more than 500 per cent in ten
years.
Higher prices for farm crops last
year than in previous years are con-
sidered in estimating, the gain. ac-
cording to the Memphis Association.
Evening star., 1920-03-22

1t is only in the last few years
that there has been a big crop produc-
tion in the one-time overfiowed areas
of Arkansas, Louisiana and Missis-
sippi. according to the Southern Allu-
vial Land Association. The assistance
given by the federal government in
the building of levees to end over
flows by the Mississippi river and
the development of drainage on big
scale has made possible the reclama
tion and cultivation of idle lands
which now are producing the added
crop wealth of lower valley states.
Hog Raising Big Feature.
As showing big strides in general
farming and live stock raising it is
pointed out that none Of the states
Of the lower valley formerly shipped
more than 10000 head of hogs a year
to outside markets, whereas the one
state Of Mississippi last year ship
ped nearly s5.000.0o0 worth of hogs
to market.
To inroads of the cotton boil weevil
a few years ago is attributed the
rapid change from the one-crop sys-
tenn to the diversified system now
being practiced. 1t is declared that
farmers no longer depend wholly
upon their cotton. but back it with
general farm crops.
The Memphis Association asserts
that the tide of immigration is shift
ing from the west and northwest t.
the south, with a very noticeable flow
into the lower Mississippi valley.
Evening star., 1920-03-22

BALTIMORE, March 22.-The use
by police of f7as bombs in instances
such as developed last Friday morn
ing. when a lone negro. barricaded
in a cellar. held at bay 200 police
men for three hours, has been sug..
pested by DR.. Robert w. Wood OF
Johns Hopkins University.
II should favor a lachrymatory
gas, commonly called tear gas, that
would temporarily blind the person
sought by the police. spelling ms
shooting aim and making MN neips
could have been projected into the
west Saratoga street cellar by the
simple act of throwing.