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New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

which actually need trouble few of
us-at least until railroad rates and
the prices at hotels come down. But
lust suppose it was for you to make
. choice, Imagine that you stood
on an eminence and all the fair
places of the earth We're spread be-
fore your feet.
On a High Mountain
On the one side rise the slender
minarets and graceful domes of
lands softened by centuries of NOV.
ing tradition and history. Your
senses are soothed by delicate and
haunting odors from languorous far.
off clmes. You hear the muezzin's
call to prayer and the lure of slen-
der fingers sweeping the strings of
the dulcimer. The Riviera, sparkling
in golden sunshine; the Nile, bur-
dened by her endless procession of
sow-moving craft; China, Japan,
the somber majesty OF the frozen
North, Africa, Asia, India lie be-
fore you.
Yours only to point the finger and
say, Here's where III live" Which
place would you choose?
| asked Mrs. Charlotte Cameron,
O. B. E., F. R. G. S., an approxima-
ton Of this question. | asked her
which of the places she had visited
in her travels she liked best. | con-
fess was not the first newspaper
writer to ask distinguished globe
trotter this question. Doubtless it
was the first query that greeted the
first troglodyte after he had
crawled around the Red Sea to
Mount Ser, and it is very likely, too.
that while the troglodyte was having
his baggage inspected or undergoing
some other ordeal that was similar
. he murmured politely that the
Mount Ser country was about the
best he had come across; that he
q had never seen such handsome COM
plexions on women; that the archi.
atecture was unique and the climate
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
BY Arnold Prince

r Y ANING the whole world
- to choose from, in what
Il part of it would you like
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

| MRS. CAMERON 2vas the
4.A guest of the Sultan of
Morocco. She quas not IN
vlted to 3oi1a the harem, but
accs photographed IN q hor-
en- Ueil
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
Hardest Man 7 EUer
Quizzed, " Says Chief

Sim E. ("Red") Harviell, expert
electrician for the Union Electric
company, confessed murderer of b.
L. Belote, Illinois Central railroad
flagman, laughed occasionally and
smiled continually as he told how he
shot Belote.
In the opinion of Detective Inspec-
tor viii Griffin, who obtained Har-
WELLS confession. along with those
of Philip Ray ! Payne and Berthe
Ticer known Jas "Broncho" Ticer
Harviell is the hardest man he has
ever had torcontend with.
A smile, which at times approach
ed imbecihty, remained on his face
as he told OF how he waited for Be-
lote at TIE entrance to the alley on
market avenue while Payne sat In
his autQfnobile, and how he shot the
Old mas, who was about so Years Of
Takes Il as Joke. IL
1t was not until darkness ap-
preached and shadows crept into the
small room in the police detective
bureau, where the crime was re-en-
acted. that Harviell began to sober.
He seemed to take his arrest and
the crime as joke, and gave the
details willingly.
aarviell never once broke down,
nor did he ever seem to have the
slightest remorse for his act
Never in my experiences, said
Inspector Griffin, have | had to deal
with man as hard at heart as Red
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
BRITISH ARREST
FATHER DOMINIC
Was Spiritual Adviser to
Terence MacSwiney.
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(By international News Service.)
DUBLIN, Dec. 1.-THE Rev. Faith
er Dominic, personal spiritual ad-
wiser to the late Terence MacSwiney,
was arrested here today. Another
Roman Catholic priest was arrested
at the same time. but was later re-
leased.
British troops were active through
out the night and morning. They
raided two monasteries. 1t was dur
ing a raid upon a monastery that
the Rev Father Dominic was ar
rested.
(The Rev. Father Dominic was
with, the late Lord Mayor MacSwiney
during the greater part Of his hun
ger strike in Brixton Jail. The priest
was with the lord mayor when the
latter died, and accompanied the
MacSwiney family to Ireland to at
tend the funeral)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17

Harviell. never heard q man tell
sof committing murder with the
calmness and reserve that Harviell
displayed. He was as cool as the
proverbial Turk"
Almost as the last minute of the
twenty-fourth hour after the brutal
mui6 der of Belote licked from the de-
tective bureaus clock Inspector
Griffin wound up the case as far as
the police department was con-
derned.
Predict CHAR"
1t is the opinion of police ana
members Of the Memphis bar that
Harvtell can not escape the chair
! His statement, given in detail, with
all the gruesome facts, and OF his
own free win eonyicts him Of one
Of the most ldsblooded murders
uncovered in Tennessee In recenl
years
Al ktrange angle Of the case, when
developed Friday gives rise to The
opinion that Belote probably had an
intuition that he would be robbed.
The old man usually carried roll
of about 35 $40 bills in his pocket
part OF the money found by Detec-
tive Sergts Joyce and ChiozZa in
the ashes under stove in Belote's
railroad shanty. Wednesday night
he was without the money, carrying
nothing OF value but his watch and
Continued on Page 20, Column 2)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
GOVERNOR MAKES.
THREAT TO USE
GUN ON EDITOR

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Dec. 17.--In
an open letter given out today, Gov.
Sidney J. Cats of Florida threatens
to go to West Palm Beach, Fla, with
his double barrel shotgun loaded
with buckshot" and have a final
settlement" with Joe l.. Earman.
president Of the state board of
health and publisher of the Palm
Beach Post, daily newspaper
The chief executive states in his
letter that he does not want ANY
trouble" with Mr.. Earman, but that
he is tired of his tyranny, arro-
gance and big stick bossing," and
that this is the last warning"
The letter from Gov. Cats fol-
lows publication by Mr.. Earman in
his paper of an article which the
chief executive characterizes as 70
page and a half of vituperations and
bitterness" against him ION account
of .reinstatin6 Edgar Thompson"
states attorney at West Palm Beach.
Gov. Cats writes that he is mot
with Mr.. Earman and that he
is mot going to remove" him from
office but states: II am not going
to let you rule and boss me at your
whim and pleasure. | am a man
and stand in a mans place and
do not run away from any West
Palm Beachers when they hang me
as you did when they hung
YOU"
fIn conclusion he says 'ff you pub
lish one more page in your paper
like this last one or bother me or
my business or my children any
more l will go to West Palm Beach,
Fla, with my double barrel shotgun
loaded with buckshot and have a
final settlement with you"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
Monk LeaUes
.MOnGsteryAt
Hearts Call
Renounces Vows for Romance
After Twenty Years in Ken
lucky Trappist Home.
BY MILDRED MORRIS,
international News Service Staff
Eo.nas - - dAskA

1O'FttSponu6FIsl
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.vAfter
spending 20 years as .celibate in
self denial and prayer, James G. Bid
die found life without romance as
barren as the walls of the monastery
which held him.
AS he sat with-~his bride of two
days. blissfully happy Biddle, for
mer Trappist monk, today described
the yearning in men behind monas-
terry walls for freedom to live ac-
cording to the dictates of the heart.
Biddle. a member of the prominent
Philadelphia family of that name, is
SO years old. and his bride. formerly
Miss Mary Lena Gaines, of Warren
ton, Va. 4S.
A man is never too old to follow
the golden spell of romance" said
the former monk. "The love that
comes TO man late in life is some
times the most beautiful of all love"
Biddle was 2S when he entered the
Trappist monastery in Kentucky. A
member Of the high Episcopal
GaarcI;o,1.s, church, he became convert to
AFTER 20 years renounced my
vows. unable to reconcile myself any
longer to religion without freedom" "
he said.
"The love of God is the highest
love, but life is incomplete without
the love between man and woman.
Every man must have the right to
follow the dictates of his heart.
II know that some of my fellow
monks were as unhappy as !. To me
it seemed a greater sin to remain in
the monastery yearning for freedom
than to renounce my vows. Now l
know complete happiness
Biddle has returned to the Epis-
copal church and may become a
clergyman of that faith.
He and his bride will live at Para
disc. the brides old home near War;
rentoH Va.
'Andsit will be a real Paradise to
us" said Biddle today, telling of his
plans. The bride is a daughter of
the late Judge William Gaines, a
member of "a well-known Virginia
family. Biddle met her shortly after
leaving the monastery.
He is the son of the late Thomas
Biddle, former minister to Ecuador.
Asked whether he had been in love
before he took his vows as a monk,
Biddle answered.
That is something 1 don't wish to
discuss"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
N. Y CRIME WAVE
STARTS VIGILANCE
COMMITTEE Plan
Armed Thugs Kill Several in
Daring Holdups That Net
Million in Six Weeks-Ar-
rests Few. "a
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10y international News Services
NEW YORK, Dec. 1T.--With thS
metropolis experiencing the most
violent series of robberies and hold
ups in masy years. movement was
afoot today for establishment Of Wig
lance committees to give greater
protection to life and property.
Upon the heels of The daring rob-
berry and murder of a Fifth avenue
jeweler whose place was looted of
$4,000 in gems, came the staying
early today of Floyd Horton, a police
lieutenant, who attempted to capture
some automobile bandits at 146th
street. and Broadway.
One of the bandits had entered an
apartment house, robbed the elevator
man, but fled when kicked on the
shins by tenants, after firing one
shot. He jumped into taxicab pur-
sued by several civilians. when Hor-
ton. on his way in civilian dress,
jumped on the running board of the
taxi and ordered the men to stop.
The reply was a bullet sent under
his heart which caused his death.
The bandits escaped.
Horton told detectives shortly be-
fore he died there were three men
and a woman in the automobile he
tried to halt. The woman, he said,
was sitting in front with the driver.
Horton said when he emptied his re-
volver into the car he saw the
woman drop.
A general alarm was sent out by
police today asking hospitals for
prompt report on any woman seek
ing treatment for pistol wounds. 4
More than $1,000,000 in cash, Jew
elry and bonds have been stolen by
armed thugs in Greater New York
during the last six weeks, records
show. In many of the robberies
there have been no arrests.
The Staying of Edwin w. Andrews,
manufacturing jeweler, in his eighth
floor office on Fifth avenue, caused
the Sterling Silver Manufacturers,
association to adopt resolutions con-
demning the failure of police to cope
with the crime wave, appealing to
Gov. Smith and Mayor Hylan for
greater protection and calling Upon
citizens to form vigilance commit
tees.
Police believe the three masked
men who looted Andrews shop,
killed the proprietor with gun hav-
ttt9 a AAA4AH ~ hAldIlNFEt AlLHOuEH
there were a score OF detectives In
the fashionable avenue below the
highwaymen escaped unobserved.
Not long after the killing Of Horr
ton. the hody OF "a man shot la
death was found in hallway on
l42d street, within less than 10 blocks
Of where the policemen had been
killed. A watch found in the mans
pocket was identified as the one
stolen from the negro. The man
evidently had been hit by one of the
bullets fired by Lieut.. Horton and
had dragged himself TO the hallway.
Frightened by the bloodshed he
had witnessed, the man who had
driven the murder car drove his ma
chine up. to the Beach street police
station shortly before noon and sur
rendered. He was Immediately put
under severe examination at the
hands of half a dozen detectives
The dead man was identified as
Joseph Learsh. The driver Of the
murder car gave the name of Nicho-
las Learsh. The arrest of one of the
members of the murder gang was
said /by the. police to be- a matter of
hours.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
Chattanooga Has
1856 Negroes;
Birmingham 7O,2I7

WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.-The
negro population of Birmingham.
Ala, is 7O,2l7, an increase of i7912,
or 34,2 per cent in the last decade,
the census bureau announced today.
The white population is 10S, 562, an
Increase of 2s,l93, or 351 per cent,
and nll others 27.
Montgomery, Ala, has 1926 ne
groes. an increase of 504, or 2,6 per
cent. Its white population is 23.630,
an increase Of 4,s2S, or 25.7 per cent.
and all others 8.
The negro population OF Chatta-
nooga is 1886, an Increase or 924, or
81 per cent The white population
is 39024, an increase OF 1884, or
46.4 per cent, and all others S.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
Foreign Bank Is
Being Organized

Dwight M. Armstrong, vice-presi-
dent of the Commercial Trust and
Savings bank, left Memphis Thurs
day night for New Orleans, where
he is engaged Friday in the perma-
nent organization meeting of the Fed
erat Foreign Finance corporation.
Mr.. Armstrong was appointed a
member of the committee on per-
manent organization at the prelimi-
nary meeting held in New Orleans
in November, ..........
Subscription books close Friday.
Although no .tabulation has been
made of the subscriptions of the
various Southern states. enough is
known to justify the statement that
the total is we'll over the $4,000, ,0uu
set as a minimum capitalization at
the outset.
Tennessees quota of the total was
fixed at 100000. Although total
subscriptions made by the state are
not known because - subscriptions
from East and Middle Tennessee
were reported from one source and
those from West Tennessee from an
other. it is known that the quota
has been far surpassed. West Ten
nessee. alone, subscribed within
some $4,000 to $4,000 of 100000.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
NOTE IN GLOVE
STARTS SEARCH
FOR GIRL OF IS
Authorities Seek Missing
Young Woman on Islands
Said To Be Rendezvous of
Whisky Runners.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. IA
search of deserted summer cottages
and hunting lodges on islands in the
lower Detroit river was begun by po-
lice today in an effort to. find Miss
Mary E. Caldwell, who disappeared
Wednesday night. Search Of the is
lands was decided upon after one of
the girls gloves, containing a note
from her, had beep picked UP in
street near the river. The note said
she was about to be taken away by
four men in a boat"
The attention of the authorities
was centered upon the unfrequented
islands recently by stories that bands
of rum runners had taken up head
quarters there.
Miss Caldwell, 1S years of age,
came here from the South severai
months ago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
PHILOSOPHICAL,
is THIS JUDGE
He Can Disregard Womens s
Votes-He's Appointed.

III it pleases the court" said W.
c. Carr, in city court Thursday, II
guess l was speeding a little. You
sae, had a puncture, and had to
fix 1t, and | was in a hurry to get
to a young lady friends home"
Mr.. Carr" said the judge, Il can
readily understand your feelings at
the time. Women are the cause Of
a lot Of trouble in this world"
Cars fine was santed from the
customary s25 to SIS.
The city judge is not elected by
the people. Instead, he is appointed
by the city commission.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
Be GOOdfeLLOW;
Dance At Garden

Goodfellows- Santa Claus club:
Gentlemen: Wednesday night,
Dec. 22 | will donate the receipts
of the Merry Garden ballroom to
the Goodfellows- Santa Claus club.
| have arranged cards for adver-
tising purposes, have arranged
admission cards now on sale, and
also details incident to the sched-
ule Of a dance which / am sure
will do much to fill the Golfers
of the Goodfellows.
Any suggestion that you may
have relative to this entertain
ment l will be glad to receive. We
have Burke's number one jazz or
chestra, which, in my opinion.
can furnish the best dance music
in the city. Our ballroom, as you
no doubt know, is located at
Bellevue and Linden.
Attendants have agreed TO
furnish their services free that
evening. Also the musicians have
likewise agreed.
Wishing the Santa Claus club
every success, | beg to remain,
Cordially, J. N. TALLEY,
Manager the Merry Garden.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
Fall DOlUla Shaft
Nay PrOUe Fatal
TO Arkansas Lad


v Bryant Graishe, age 3, son Of ]. H.
Graishe, Parkin, Ark. fell several
stories through the freight elevator
shaft at Goldsmith's department
store Friday at noon and received
injuries that may prove fatal. He
was rushed to Baptist hospital in the
Spencer companys ambulance where
examination showed him to be suffer-
ing from internal injuries.
The lad, with his mother and lit
tie SISTER, came to Memphis Friday
to da Christmas shopping. While IN
the Goldsmith store he wandered too
near the elevator shaft and in some
way fell through.
X-ray pictures will be made later
Friday, hospital attaches said, to de-
termine extent of the lads injuries.
He was only semiconscious when ta-
ken to the hospital.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
OF CRIME
SHOWS, Increase
AMONG. HOLDUPS

The trend of crime is changing in
Memphis.
The number of holdups and cases
of purse snatching in Memphis in
November. 1920, increased more than
100 per cent over the same month
last year, according to police rec
ords. There were more than four
times as many cases of losses
through pickpockets this November
than last, the report SHOWS.
House and store robberies, and
cases of larceny of all kinds fell off
considerably.
Figures given out follow:
House Robbery-November 1919,
100; November, 1920, Al.
Store acknowledgements, 1919,
100; November, 1920, IT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1919, 1876;
November 1920, 49,
Holdups and purse snatching-No-
vember, 1919, u; November, 1920, 2s.
Pickpocket - November. 1919, 81:
November 1920, 10.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
LON SCOTT OPENS
FIGHT TO BLOCK
GARRETT'S CHANCE
Congressman Elect Protests
to Senator Nelson and Other
G. 0. P. Leaders Against
His Confirmation as Judge.
BY JESSE S. CoTTRELL,
Especial Correspondent Of The News
Scimitar.)

WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec. H.
Accompanied by Congressman Sam
r. Sells and J. Will Taylor of Ten
nessee. Congressman-el elect Lon 4.
Scott, of the Eighth district, late
yesterday made good his threat to
protest against the confirmation by
the senate of Congressman Finis j..
Garret, of the Ninth Tennessee dis
trict, for federal judge of the West
Tennessee district.
Mr. scott went upon the floor Of
the senate with the two Tennessee
congressman. had a long talk with
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota,
chairman of the senate judiciary
committee. and later saw Senators
Curtis of Kansas. and Watson of In
diana, leading Republicans on the
judiciary committee, and asked that
Mr.. CARROTS confirmation be held
up until he could be heard along
with other Republicans Of West Ten
nessee.
He was assured by Senator Nelson
that nothing would be done in re-
gard to the matter until every per-
son who desired to he heard in pro-
test had an opportunity. Mr.. Scott
then had a long conference with
Senator Watson, who is one Of the
G. o. p. national leaders, and it is
reported that Senator Watson told
Mr. Scott that Mr.. Garrett would not,
in his opinion, be confirmed by the
senate.
Mr.. Scott reached here quietly and
went to the Washington hotel where
he is stopping and then got in touch
with the two present Republican
congressman. He told them that the
Continued on Page %. Columne 1.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
HARDING CALLS ON
BRYAN FOR HIS
PEACE PROPOSALS
Ex;Secretary of State First of
Former Democratic 0ffici-
ais To Be Called Into Con-
ference by President-EIect.

MARION, Ohio, Dec. 17.--William
Jennings Bryan. former secretary of
state under President Wilson, and
for many years an earnest advocate
of world peace, was called into cone
,ultation today by President elect
Harding regarding the plan for an
association of nations.
The first former official of the
Democratic administration to be
summoned to the Republican presi-
dent elects council table here, Mr..
Bryan brought a fund of special
knowledge by virtue of his expert
ences in negotiating more than a
score of. arbitration treaties while he
was head of the department of state.
1t was understood that these treaties
constituted one of the principal SUBJ
jects of Mr.. Harding's inquiries.
Recently another former secretary,
Elihu Root, suggested that arbitra1
tion treaties throughout the world
might be amended so that all jus-
would be referred to the new league
of nations court rather than to tenn
porary arbitration boards. On the
possibility Of making such amend
ments In the American treaties, Mr..
Bryan was in position to give first
hand information.
The Bryan treaties also have been
discussed many times as furnishing
in themselves a Basis for reaching a
world agreement in the interest of
peace. s
"A proposal that nations bind them
selves not to go to war except by
vote OF the people has been another
OF Mr. Bryan's suggestions as basis
for a world league and 1t Is known
that Mr.. Harding has considered It
in his conferences here. 1t is as
sumed that TO discuss the practical
working Of such an agreement was
one of the purposes Of today's con-
ference
The former secretary was "A warm
advocate of the Versailles league, but
after unreserved ratification failed
he entered the fight actively to OBJ
tain Democratic acceptance of. the
Republican. reservations. 1t was not
revealed what opinion he expressed
regarding the present practicabtlity
of American acceptance of the cove
nant.
Arriving here late in the forenoon,
Mr. Bryan had most of the remain
der of the day set aside for him on
Mr. Hardlng's appointment schedules.
Tonight the two will speak from the
same platform at a Presbyterian
church rally here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
MEMPHIS GIRL
MURDERED At
REFORM SCHOOL
ESPECIAL to The News scimitar. J

Especial to The News SctmltaF.l
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. IL
Blanche Glenn, aged 16, Of Memphis.
an inmate Of the Tennessee Indus
trial school, was killed at the instf-
tuition Wednesday night by Gladys
Pratt, aged II, Of Shelbyville, another
inmate, after dispute which arose
while the two were serving coffee at
supper.
Governor Roberts and State Super
intendent OF Public Instruction Al
bert williams went TO the school this
morning TO make an investigation OF
the tragedy.
According to affidavits Of other pu-
pills, the two girls were waiting on
the table at SUPPER. aud had words
concerning the serving of the coffee.
Blows passed and later In the
kitchen. II is alleged, that the Pratt
girl seized a scruhbing brush with
which she struck the Glenn girl on
the head, death resulting about 15
minutes later.
Blanche Glenn had been sent to
the State Industrial school at NASH
vile. by Judge John Galella, of the
juvenile court. 1t is said no specific
charge was placed against her as
she had been an inmate OF the
Church home, an Episcopal orphan-
age on Jackson avenue. Former at
tendants at the court state that the
girl was sent to Nashville because
she objected to the discipline at the
orphanaEe.
Upon the death of Miss GIenn's
parents, several years ago, Harry
Speers. local attorney, was appoint
ed her guardian. 1t isf said smalt
estate was left her. Following ar
rival of the body Friday morning.
funeral services were held from the
parlors of Mcdowell & Monteverde
at f0:30 o'clock. burial being in
Elmwood cemetery Rev. b, b. Ram
age conducted the services.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-17
PROPOSE WAGE CUT ;
TO BOOST BUILDING

EASTLAND, Texas. Dec. IL
Claiming that the high wage scale
here was retarding building activities
and development, leading building
contractors at u meeting, have draft
ed the following proposals for a re-
lduced scale, and requested labor
leaders to accept the reduction:
Reduce carpenters pay from $40
to So d day; bricklayers, 1880 to
S11; painters, $40 to $S; electricians,
$40 to $S: plumbers, $13.25 to $11;
common labor, to 81; mortar max
ers So to S.: cement finishers, $1S
To s1l; piasterers, $13 to $11, and
lathers, $40 10 IS. The unions have
not acted on the proposition.