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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
PASSENGER ENGINE Runaway
AFTER WRECK; HALTED BY BOY

Railroad men along Railroad ave-
nue. and at the Union station prob
ably would have witnessed the I'M
usual sight of n locomotive racing
along without guiding hand had it
not been for the presence of mind
and sprinting ability OF Levcrette
Cole, White Station.
Cole raced mere than 100 yards,
pulled something" and halted the en-
gine of the passenger train which
was showed loose from its train and
started for Memphis under full steam.
II was on our front porch said
Cole, when tho second crash came.
! went to the porch to see what was
the matter after hearing the first
crash. The first thing | saw after
the gravel train hit the passenger
was Mr. Brady's engine giye.a jump.
II then started down the tack to-
ward Memphis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
Family Fights Big
Eagle To SGUe Boy

GLENDo WVo.. Nov. cat took
the combined efforts Of the Spauld-
ling family to save eight-year-
Walter Spaulding from being carried
away by a giant eagle at their ranch
near here.
When the huge bird attacked Wal
ter in the ranch yard, he grasped it
10y the neck and screamed for help.
John, his seven-year- brother,
came to the rescue, and a third boy
ran for help. Mrs. Spaulding beat
off the bird with stick and the
eagle attacked her. She was saved
when Mr. Spaulding came with a
zsnotgun and killed the bird. 1t had
spread of eight feet
The two boys were severely lac
i rated by the eagles claws.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23

Engineer Brady's first thought was
for the safety of his passengers,
when. looking back, he saw the
gravel train approaching at speed
which he knew from experience could
not lie checked In time to avoid a
crash into the rear of his train.
Springing into the front coach he
rushed through the train screaming
at the top Of his voice a warning to
the passengers to get off. He barely
had time to shout a warning in the
rear coach and get out when the
crash came. The last passenger TO
leave, n woman with a baby in her
arms jumped from the back plat,
form Of the rear coach just as the
big freight locomotive was about 10
strike.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
PRESIDENT-ELECT
REACHES PANAMA
BY DAVID M. CHURCH,
international News Service Staff
Correspondent)

ABOARD THE STEAMSHIP
PARISMINA. with President elect
Harding, Nov. 23.---The Parismina,
carrying President elect and Mrs.
Harding, steamed in Christobal har-
Dor today. The harbor was in gala
attire and a rousing reception was
accorded the president elect Gov.
Harding of the Panama Canal Zone,
headed distinguished party well
coming the visitors.
The president elect tomorrow will
take boat ride through the Panama
canal and make a call of courtesy
on President Purras and Thursday
evening will make his first formal
utteranCe to any foreign nation in a
brief address ut a formal reception
dinner TO be given by tho president
Friday the Harding party will be en-
tertained'b Gov. Harding 10 he fol-
lowed Tuesday by a stop Of five hours
in Jannica.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23

II cut across a. field and honped
aboard. Then / pulled the first lever
| saw. The jar had thrown all Mr.
Brady's levers loose and she sure
was going. | don't know much about
an engine, but there is a fireman who
lives here with us and he has shown
me little about the air brakes
The engine raced for 300 yards be-
fore Cole halted II. The crash re-
sulting from the blow given the rear
passenger coach by the gravel train
broke the coupling. Engineman Brady
explained The sape jar loosed the
Cole is 20 years old and Is cm-
ployed at the Colonial Country club,
which is only a few hundred yards
from the scene Of the accident. Cole
resides directly opposite where the
train accident occurred.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
No Mail Delivery
Thanksgiving Day

No deliveries Of mail will be made
in Memphis Thursday. Thanksgiving
day, according to an announcement
made by postotfice officials Tuesday
All windows at the postoffice will lie
opened as usual on that day, but will
close promptly at 10 o'clock. With
the exception OF the United States
marshals office, all offices in the
federal building will be closed during
the dnv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
AND BABY WE'RE LAST
TOJULMP FROM DOOMED COACH

without doubt Engineer Brady'S
warning saved many life, as the
engine plowed into the coach about
20 feet.
Fireman i. H. Montana, OF the
passenger train. had narrow escape.
He was under his locomotive trying
to dislodge a wheel from the wrecked
auto truck which had been carried
along under the engine trucks He
was so busily engaged at his work
that he failed to hear the warning
at first. Finally when he was made
TO realize the danger of his position
he gave a lunge to set out, carrying
with him the wheel he had been tryv
ing to rerGQve, and rolled over and
over it to~safety at almost the in
slant the impact of collision showed
the locomotive forward.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
Turkey And Berries
Come High Inn. Y.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-New York
ers who express their annual thanks
Through the official medium of tur-
hey. the traditional Thanksgiving day
bird, will have to pay to Z cents a
pound more than last yeaU Mrs.
Il outs Reed Welzmiller, deputy COM
missioner Of public markets. said to-
day the prevailing wholesale price
was 50 to 50 cents a pound, which
she characterized as excessive IN
view of the fact that the birds are
moro plentiful this year than last.
She also deplored the high price of
scrarlberries, the Junior partner on
the Thanksgiving menu, retailing at
90 Gems pound.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
LEAGUE MEMBERS WOULD
OFFER MANDATE TO U. S.

(5y international News Service.)
LONDON, Nov. 23.--Persistent re-
ports are current in league of ma
tlons assembly circles in Geneva that
the league will propose that the Unit
cd States accept a mandate for Ar
menia on GonJdtion tina. The league
bears all expenses said an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Geneva to-
day. Tho telegram added that the
league hopes thus to avoid friction
among European states by giving the
inandateNahroad.
- 49,
The United States congress has al
ready rejected "a proposal from Pres
ident Wilson for America to accept
a. mandate for Armenia.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
tYWARTERS NAMED
BATES SUCCESSOR

g. W. McWarters. member Of the
Memphis police department. has been
|appointed deputy United states mar
shall, to succeed Bertram> NJ. Bates
who resigned Saturday to accept the
position OF United States prohibitions
at one time connected with the mar.
shal's office.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
Gale And DrizzLe
Whips NelO England
Coast; Plays Havoc
by International News service.l

BOSTON, Nov. ga northeast
gale, accompanied by cold, driz-
zling rain, WHIPPED the New England
coast today and carried havoc III its
wake. The sea ran higher than at
any time for seacoast towns were In =
undated and cellars flooded.
At Winthrop the waves dashed over
the sea wall Many persons were
temporarily marooned in their homes.
At Nantasket the tide dashed over
the hreakwater. Many small boats
were thrown onto the side streets and
cellars were flooded. A heavy wind
interfered with telephone, telegraph
and lighting systems all along the
coast. Vessels reaching Boston bar
bor report severe weather outside
The wind at times attained a velocity
OF GO milna an hour.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
HOW'D YOU SPEND A MILLION?

which will be awarded long enough
before Christmas to allow the use OF
the money for buying presents
Isn't that just what has been wor-
rying ,you-where to get some Christ
mas spending money? Well, this is
your opportunity. Grab 1t before it's
too late.
So far, mostly girls have been sub
hitting essays. The contest is not
limited to girls, so boys, get busy on
this, too. Don't let the girls walk
away with. the money. Sit down and
take a try anyway!
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
TWO KILLED, NINE
INJURED in Mine
Explosion Endangers Lives of
$50 Alabama Miners.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Nov. 23.--Two
b1en were killed and nine injured,
four seriously, in an explosion this
morning in mine No. Q Of the Railway
Fuel company at Parrish, Walker
county, adjoining the coal fields of
hhe Birmingham district.
"A special train brought four OF the
Injured to Birmingham hospitals.
\ Two hundred and fifty miners were
'f9 work when the explosion occurred
and those who were not killed or in
iured made their way to safety
Through an extreme rear entrance.
The killed: Reuben Phillips and
John Jordan, the Natter negro.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
MANY YOUNG WOMEN WE'RE
~~ON TRAIN THAT WAS WRECKED

Many young women, residents of
Neshoba and Collierville and SOM
erville, were passengers on THE train.
They, were en- route TO work or in
some INSTANCES to attend school.
Many crowded TO the back platform
of the passenger train when the first
crash occurred. Tho majority left
the train. but a few were on the
coach when they saw the gravel
train headed toward them,
Miss Sadie Perkins. daughter of
Capt. T.. A. Perkins. secretary of the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23

Currie- McCraw- Perkins company,
was on the last coach. She left the
coach when she saw the train APP
preaching.
Capt. Perkins was at the head of
the train. He said later that the ac-
cident might have been an appalling
one, had the passengers not left the
train to see the-fatal truck in which
Gee met his death, fatalities would
have been by the score. according TO
Capt. Perkins.
Miss Perkins Is a student at West
Tennessee Normal school.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
HEARS CRASH TWO MLLESA WA Y
SPEEDS TO DAUGHTERS SIDE

Mr. Williams remained in the vi
ciuity of the Ridgeway station and
heard the crash when the freight
struck the rear coach of the passepk
ger train.
Fearing that his daughter was m
iured, he sped the two miles in rec
ord time 20 White Station.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23

sun sets today % pm, rises to-
morrow 6;44 am. Moon sets 1853
am. No precipitation.
Tennessce-Cloudy, warmer.
Mississippi, Fair, warmer.
Arkansas--~Cloudy, warmer,
Alabama--Fair moderate.
Kentucky Cloudy, warmer.
Louisiana Fair, warmer.
Oklahoma--Cl Cloudy. colder.
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida, fair.
East and West Texas---Cloudy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23

Mr.. Williams. brother of Police
Sergeant j. h. Williams. resident
Of Ridfcway Tenn two miles be-
yond White Station, had placed his
17-year- old daughter on the Somer-
vile accommodation at RidgeYay
Tuesday morning
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
TO NAME WOMAN
CABINET MEMBER,
LAWRENCE STATES
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Of
Ohio, Slated for Secretary
of Education, New Port
folio To Be Created.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE. .
Especial Correspondent of Tho News
Scin1itar.)

Especial Correspondent of The News
Seimitar)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.--Presi-
deut-elect Harding has determined to
appoint woman to his cabinet. This
will be in recognition of the fact that
tho electorate has been practically
doubled since the Acknowledgement Of
women and that woman's viewpoint
shall be represented in the executive
councils OF the government. In or
der to appoint a woman. however, Mr..
Harding will ask congress to create
a new cabinet ortfolio-secretary Of
education. The power to add cab
met portfolios rests entirely with
congress and/ does not require any
constitutional amendment.
In all probability, Mrs. Harriet
Taylor Upton, of Ohio, will be asked
90 head the new department., though
it can not be said that final selec.
ton has been made. as a number OF
names are under consideration,
Want Representation.
Some Of the members of the party
which accompanied Mr.. Harding 10
Point Isabel, Tex, have returned and
just now the president elect has sew
eral intimate friends making Investl-
cations concerning the cablent slate.
Conferences are going on among va
rious political leaders and an effort
is being made TO satisfy not mere
ly the sentiment of the original Hard
ing men who brought about Hard
ins's nomination, but the Lowden
leaders, who threw their votes to
Harding. at Chicago. The progress
sives in the party are demanding rep
resentatiOn.
President elect Harding is eager
to have the cabinet selected before
CONTINUED on Page II, Column ID
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
Leap to Safety,

w. II. Shradcr. engineer of the
gravel train, set his brakes and leaped
TO safety, when he saw collision was
inevitable.--His fireman also jumped
Shrader claimed that no flagman
had been sent back. when the ac-
commodation stopped. lie heard no
torpedo, either. he said.
The crew of the accommodation.
headed by Conductor G. G.. Higgins,
declared that Brakeman 4. w. Bonds
was sent back to flag down the
gravel train. Bonds declared that he
went back "a telegraph poles, and
that he had placed torpedo on the
track
Engineer Shrader declared ia was
a misty, gray morning. and | didA't
see the accommodation until was
almost on it--too late TO stop"
Intenye excitement reigned in Mem
phis when news Of the wreck was
flashed in. Fpur ambulances, three
hearses. numerous private automo-
biles and reporters from Tho News
Scimitar rushed to the scene First
reports had many killed and scores
injured.
Gee, driver of county truck. was
employed by the superintendent OF
the Shelby county workhousc He
was hauling load of road gravel TIC
approached the Southern tracks from
tho south. Two empty eroyct cars
| were on n siding. in front of Tom
Walton's store. TOO yards down the
tracks from the White SeutiQr depot
Drove Into Track.
Gee evidently did not hea1the ap.
preaching train. His view was not
wholly obscured by the two gravel
cars. But he drove his truck, a s-ton
Vello. army model. onto tho tracks
| directly into tbs path Of the train,
which then was Slowing down for Tho
station. The engine hit the motor
truck on the body, just behind the
| drivers scat. Gee was tossed from
| the drivers seat under the truck
which was turned over and over. He
was killed instantly The truck was
demolished.
The big accommodation train en-
CINE carried the truck SO yards down
the main line. The big motor vohiclt
was tossed into a gully along sid
| ing Its metal sides We're warped
and mashed by the impact from thC
| great engine.
| The accommodation engine hitthC
motor truck at 1923 am. The freight
| hit the accommodation rear coach nj
1885 am. The accommodation which
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
2WyibA1AzEEaRS

Twenty-four hours to noon, Nov.
%, 1920:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23

Passengers on the southern SOM
erville accommodation train miracu-
lousy escaped death or serious in
jury Tuesday morning at 1:35 o'clock,
at White station. Tenn. when a
gravel train crashed into the rear
coach Of the accommodates. IL MID
utes after the accommodation had
struck a motor truck and killed the
Hdrivcr, b. W. Gee. Of Colliervillc.
The fact that the passengers had
left the train to view the wreck of
the motor truck is the only reason
that the death list did not total a
dozen or more. The road engine on
the gravel train telescoped the wood
en- rear coach OF the accommodation.
II drove in a distance of 20 feet,
splintering the floor and siding Of the
coacH, and driving the rear running
gear clear off the track and tearing
1t loose from the coach.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
Want Representation.

CONTINUED on Page II, Column ~
Arizona republican., 1920-12-29
CHARLES M. SHANNON,
 MINER AND PIONEER, VISITOR IN PHOENIX

Former head of the Shannon Copper company and one of the real pioneers of Arizona Charles M. Shannon is yis- iting in Phoenix, renewing his old ac- Iquaintances and talking over old times with his many friends. He is regis tered at the Hotel Adams.
 When I first saw Phoenix" rem inisced MT. shannon last night, ''that was in 1880, by the way, it was noth- ing but a dusty little village, number ling scarcely a thousand people. Those were the days when a saloon was the most important place in town and when a man stood or fell on his ability to consume liquor. Funny thing about it is that got by with the drinking men, probably established a reputation as one of them, when, as & matter of fact, I've never tasted liquor of any kind" MT. Shannon related how he helped to establish Globe as a town and of giving it it's name, and of doing the same at Clifton. It was in Clifton as early as 1875, that the foundation was laid for his later activities in copper mining.
 l Besides being a mining man and a legislator, MT. Shannon has been the 1 owner, at several times, of seyeraI state newspapers, notable among them being the Silver Belt of Globe; the Thirty-four of Las Cruces, which he later moved to Fl Paso and operated under the name of the Lone Star; ana last, the Tucson Citizen, where O'Brien Moore was installed as editor
 In addition, he was, and still is, a farm owner. He has several hundred acres of farming land near Florence, which is at present leased and planted in cotton. Mir. shannon thinks the cot ton situation is the natural outgrowth of mad speculation, exorbitant prices in labor and acreage, but that these things will adjust themselves and very few of those who have planted cotton will lose anything.
 At present property interests com lpel his presence in Seattle, but within the next few months he expects to so arrange his affairs that he can return to Arizona
 This state is home to me" said Mir. Shannon. T love it's desert and it's cactus and no other state can ever mean the same to me or my wife. We like the coast for the summer months, of course, but no other place has days like this I'm going to come back here
 where my friends are and where my heart is, and I hope to spend the re- mainder of my days in Arizona"
Arizona republican., 1920-12-29
JUDGMENT OF S1,8OO. DAMAGES IN WRIGHT
 CASE IS SUSTAINED

Among four opinions handed down by the supreme court yesterday was one in the case of J. T. Miles, sheriff of Pima county, appellant, against Helen Wright and her husband, J. R. Wright, appellees, affirming the tudg- ment of the court below. This was suit for damages for false arrest.
 On a telephone message from Sheriff Montgomery of this county, directing the arrest of a certain Nina Wagner, wanted for the theft of liberty bonds of the amount of $2700. George Hollo- way, a deputy of Sheriff Miles, entered Southern Pacific train as it was passing Tucson, awoke Mrs. Wright. who was in her berth, and took her off
 the train at Benson. Mrs. Wright was on her way to Texas in response to a telegram informing her of the serious i illness of her mother. She showed this
 telegram, she claimed, to the officer. as well as her marriage license setting
 forth her name.
 l After she had been taken back to
 Tucson and discharged. suit was | brought against Sheriff Miles. the Maryland Casualty company and Sher- | if Montgomery. The suit as to Sher- l if Montgomery was dismissed and a 1 jury returned verdict of $500 against Sheriff Miles. The principal defense | making the arrest was merely tres
 passer and not a representative of his office.
 In the case of the Heffern Consoli-
 dated Gold Mining and Milling com
 pany, appellant, against Theodore
 Gauthier administrator of the estate
 of Albert Keffern, appellee. from the superior court of Graham county. judg 1 ment was reversed with directions. i The matter of W. J. Davies and M 1 J. Davies, appellants, against Fred G. Johnson, appellee, Maricopa county was reversed and renanded.
 In the case of Edward N. Stearns petitioner against the superior court of Yuma county, and Fred G. Ingra- ham, judge, respondent, an application for review of an order by the superior l court of Yuma county was denied and the writ which had been issued on il was dismissed
Arizona republican., 1920-12-29
NJ SUBURBAN DAY
 TILL NEXT MONTH.

That there will be no Suburban day until January was announced yester- day by the merchants suburban day committee, headed by Dave Goldberg.
 "It was our intention" said MT. Goldberg, ito hold Suburban day be- tween Christmas and New Years, and We had made elaborate plans for a great shopping carnival. The date was to have been Dec. 31, but after con- sidering the matter it was decided that since the bond election came on that day and all voters should be in their home precincts, it would not be good judgment to invite citizens of the Salt River valley to come to Phoenix ard neglect to vote for the bonds. Next month we have our plans all laid for a very large Suburban day celebra- tion, and all during next year Suburban day will be factor in the commercial life of the community.
 Suburban day was inaugurated as day when the home merchants would make special merchandising offers, the intent being to show that Arizona mer- chants could and would sell their mer- chapdise as cheaply as mail order houses or stores in large cities. This has been amply demonstrated and the success of Suburban day has been as- sured."
Arizona republican., 1920-12-29
THE LOST PLAYTHINGS' II BE
 PRESENTED TODAY

Would you stand in the pouring rain for quite some time awaiting your turn to gain admission to a show? You wouldn't do it for the average show would you? IaG2ed, few of us would. But just such a show is to be given at the Columbia this afternoon and while there is no probability of the weather being anything but ideally perfect, there is a great probability that the doors will be closed and the $. R. O. sign hung out quite early.
 For 300 of the daintiest and most talented of Phoenix's kiddies are going to appear in that delightful bit of fairyland lore, the Lost Play things" Last year, when a similar clever pageant was presented at the Columbia, a huge crowd stood at the entrance, waiting, in a drenching rain, for their chance at the ticket window. The street in front of the Columbia was packed with automobiles and the curtain was held 30 minutes over it's scheduled time while the crowd was admitted and seated And every other theater in town raised it's eye brows and asked What in tho world is going on at the Columbia this af- ternoon ?"
 "The Lost Playthings' will be given this afternoon under the personal
Arizona republican., 1920-12-29
IF PHOENIX
 REACHING ENGLAND

For the second time within the week the chamber of commerce re- hinder to folk in less favored lands The Sun Is Shining Today In Phoe- nix, Arizona, ,"-has brought a response from a distant city, in this instance, Liverpool, England. In answer to a letter sent by Harry Welch, secretary of the chamber of commerce, to the Bank of Liverpool, and Martins, Linn ited, Liverpool, the following is an ex- tract from a letter sent by J. Hope Simpson. general manager of the in- stitution:
 T note in your letter of the goth ultimo you say: the sun is shining to- day in Phoenix, Arizona l dare say it is shining here today, but it is rather obscured by clouds and fog, which are also quite indicative of the general business position here and throughout Europe. People are feel ing rather depressed. and we should be all the betetr for a bit of your American optimism.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-29

Hoffman" Yua Sonstegarde King will interpret the theme of the song in a dance. Sylvia Caro-, a gifted young dancer, will appear in a new solo dance, while little Alma Lowey. a most earnest student, will lead the wood nymphs chorus. And what Is sure to be a decided feature of the program will be dance by baby Clela l.. Shipman. said to pe Americas
Arizona republican., 1920-12-29

French Shop, as it has become impos- sible for him to take care of every thing as sole executive.
 MT. Saltman comes here from "The Fashion," the Santa Barbara branch of Katz Brothers, of which he was manager. He has been with the Golden Rule department store at St. Paul, with Maceys in New York City, and former ly was manager of cloak and suit de- partment for Jacoby Brothers in Los Angeles.