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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
PLANTER IMPROVING.

Earle Quinn. SO, planter Of Oseeola,
Ark.g who was shot IN the stomach
on his plantation last week and brought
to the Baptist hospital for treatment
is reported as improving. The bullet
struck him in the stomach and lodged
near the spinal column, causing par
tlal paralysis An operation to remove
the bullet was successful and recovery
is apbarently certain.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

letter, a score OF other prizes are Of
fered for the second. third, fourth, fifth
and up to the 20th best letter.
These prizes, offered through the
courtesy of the Memphis Enterprises,
Inc, are in the form OF season passes
to the Strand and Majestic theaters
The lesser prizes will be good for two
admissions to the Strand next week
where Cecil DeMilles great photoplay
on married life, why Change Your
Wife," will be shown. This photoplay
deals in striking way with married
life and asks rs well as answers the
uueStion,' which Is TO blame" when d.
NorCe disrupts a home.
All letters must be of 200 words or
less and must be addressed to the
why Change Your Wife7' editor OF
The News SCimitar, All letters are TO
be written on one side Of the paper
only. The subject matter, the handling
Of the Ideas and neatness will deter
mine the winners
There care no conditions 10 the con-
test and awards Of prizes will be made
by a committee. The contest will close
al midnight Thursday, May a. and
the important winning letters will be
! published in The News Scimitay
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
CURTIS WILSON BETTER.

Curtis Wilson, ~. cmploye of the l.
q. Wlungham Hardwood Manufactur-
ing company, who was struck with a
hand ak, welded by Bennie Sanders
negro. also an employe Of the company
recovery at the Baptist hospital Ht
suffered fractured skull Sander,
has been arrested by Sheriff Perry
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
WASH0UT ON Y. & M. V.
NEAR BELZ0NI, MISS,

JACKSON Miss, May 19.-Ralroad
officials at this place were notified late
Tuesday of a washout on the YazOo
& Mississippi Valley railroad between
Silver City and Belsoni Train service
on that division has been discontinued.
A considerable portion OF the track is
under water and it was said much
damage has been done
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

Sun SETS today b,by pm. KIbeb To-
morrow ASA am, Moon sets s;46 pm.
tonight. Precipitation, none.
Tennessee Partly cloudy, little
change in temperature.
ssisslppi-Generally fair.
Arkansas-Partly cloudy to cloudy.
KsntuoRy--Generally fair. little
change in temperature.
North and South Carolina--Cloudy,
probably showers,
Georgia, Florida and Alabama-Gen-
orally fair, except probable showers in
east portion.
Louisiana--Partly cloudy. not much
charge In temperature.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

great treasure as the perfect wife?
The News Scimitar Tuesday an
nounced that 1t wanted to find just
what attributes were required for the
perfect husband and for the perfect
wife. offering cash prize OF S25 for
the best letter Of not more than 200
words on the subject one noted
writer on domestic relations not long
ago said that there was no such thing
as a perfect wife or husband
But there are thousands Of men and
women in Memphis who are married
and have been for some time who con-
slider that they picked a peach in the
garden of love" From those, as wen
as those who picked Of the Citron va
liety OF materimoniial fruit, opinions are
sought. That there will be answers
from those with sympathetic natures,
and who are satisfied with married
life, as we'll as answers from those
who will dip their pens In vitrol goes
without saying. But II will be inter
estinR 10 hear all about these perfect
husbands and wives.
The men are confined in their dis
sertations 10 remarks about the fall
sex while the women are to be heard
from only as regards mere man. IN
edition TO the cash prize for The best
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
EFFECT OF MODERN HAMP
MAY INFLUENCE LETTERS
IN "W7FE-HJ7BBY" CONTEST

Is shimmeryclothd
fearful fancu danger
n o
modern
opinions what constitutes vampire Others have felt
the influence will pooh-pooh
But all husbands vampproof? How possess that
anmathe perfect husband? And how
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
PRIVATE LEvEE BREAKS

YAZOO CITY, Miss. May 10. (Spl.)-
Reports reached here OF break in the
Sterling busk private leVee Just above
Silver City. on the YaSoo river and that
the Atchafalaya dam had given away.
A steady 24-hour rain ended today at
noon registering one inch
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
FOES SEES WORLD
c. .lFLICT AHEAD:
DISTRUSTS HUNS

PARIS May l9-Warning that France must in the midst
peace make preparations for future by Mar
shall Foch who presided at the meeting of the Poly
echnc School for Army Engineers today Discussing lessons
the great he said the present struggle first
of the program but preparation for the second
part.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
MEAT IMPORTS LARGE.

CHICAGO, May 19.--Chicago, meat
center OF the world. is eating meat i'm
ported from Australia and New Zealand.
THE price Of lamb has been forced down
2 cents I'm the Chicago market, packers
say, by large importations Of frozen
lamb from the Antipodes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
PROSPECTS FOR NEW JAIL
BRIGHT; JUDGE RICHARDS
WILL ASK COURT TO ACT

The for Jail for Shelby looked better We'd
neday than before when Judge Ed Richards OF First criminal
would before
fE ElLL III
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
Platforms Made in Haste.

It doesn't make much difference what
anyone thinks Of the Republican party
or the views that have been sum
married. In the big report brought here
by VIII Hays az a fair reflection of
American public opinion But the fact
is that heretofore platforms have been
made In the excitement and haste OF
committee meetings at she national
Continued on Page 6, Column 10
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
sIS ASIsEsI EsESs

Twenty-four hours to noon, May 10:
Temperature
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
HAVE
ABANDONED OLD
PLATFORM POLICY
Work of Chairman Hays
Marks Epoch in History OF
Party--ACtion Of Conven-
ton ProbIematiCal.
by DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial correspondent Of The News
SClmitar.l

. WASHINGTON. May 1g.--Entirely
apart from the question Of what the
Republican National convention may 90
with the volumnous report Of the spe-
cial committee OF policies and platforms,
today may be said to mark an epoch n
the evolution uf the party PLATFORM,
Win Hays. chairman OF the Repuh-
Fcan National committee. and his rignI
tower State Senator Ogden l.. NILS.
Of the New York legislature, came
TO town and exhibited to a room fuit
Gs Washington correspondents the re-
suits Of months oF research on pub
lie questions. Later they submitted the
% reports Of their subcommit7
tees to the members Of congress who
ara 10 help draft the Republican plat
form 81 Chicago.
The reports are IN pamphlet form
and covcry every subject Of import-
ance except the peace treaty ara
league Of nations, planks on which
members OF the senate are drafting.
The unofficial platform COMMITTEES
conducted a mail canvass, sending a
printed form broadcast asking every
conceivable question The queries were
not phrased suggsstively but In way
that would bring out variety OF ans
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy, little
change in tempera-
ture.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

OMAHA, Neb., May 19.--Dealers in
automobiles and dentists today an
nounced material reductions in their
prices, while among the larger depart
ment stores all but one had placed on
sale their entire or greater portion
of their stocks at discounts ranging
from 90 to so per cent. Several shoe
dealers also announced discounts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May ia re-
duction of 20 per cent in prices of
nearly all goods was announced today
by one OF the large downtown depart
ment stores.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-19

BOSTON, May ,19.-Price reductions
ranging from Is to so per cent were
advertised today by various retail
stores.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-24

SOME RECENT
FRANKLIN ROAD RECORDS
Cory Ne 1ia1 AseaGa5lsH4~sAsass<sa ,ss)
New York to Boston
and ret,rn (4s6.8 mae))iin12aous,smn-
indianapolis to Syracuse
and beyond 1926 maes}}ia, 2z55zkshom-
Cincinnati to Cleveland
and return (5s3 nilcs) in Is hour, 4 min
Boston to Syracuse
and return 1853 miles) in q hours, 40 min-
with . Woman Driving
New. York to Montreal
1898 miles, in 9 hours, So ninutes-
Waterloo, Ia, nonstop,
dirt road record, 1854 uailes)) IN "a houa.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-24

Ncans and We were the. frst Republic
cans In the union. = had one great
advantage In this work. i was an In
innate friend OF Horace Greeley,,s: and
he would always listen to ME . n po-
litical matters. .....He did mot al
ways assent to my propositions. but
In the, end he did to most Of them.
and he did to this, one after q good
deal OF nagging.. It was not one letter
that I wrote to him but a good many,
beforeS he displayed. the Republican
flag in the Tribune's3 columns"
i MI. Harvey, in his article quoted in
Mr.. Curtis book. concludes:
Bovay Not Originator.
TT is not claimed here that Bovay
IL the creator OF the Republican par
". The spirit was active in 1854, IN
every village eand*c city in the free
states, which would have created that
party even1if Bovay and Greeley had
never been born Bovay, however, Was
the hrst person who set outrin a; reso-
lutte, persistent. and practical way to
form the party; he raj the first to
suggest the Name and Greeley, thru
his paper, which had the largest CIR
culation and i~nfluenceAof any journal
in the country at that time, gave his
valuable aid In making the party prof.
ect and name known to the country"
Ike The first national Republican con-
'vention was held IN Philadelphia two
years later. 49, t +
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-24
Approach Of Big Republican
Nee III Chicago Recalls the
Early. History of the Party

Il Chicago, May 24.-In assembling ut.
@Chicago IN :Iuna ,the reni,hlican ma.
~. 80
I - - 'isentioh vii pc s't.lns = ~
where the republican party
first named and within 200 miles
#1neetinr WAS hsid a .,aar :. - s
Of tha1 convsntson recaiis
ana eaylv h,sfnrv thc,,gh u,ithS tha
nassinr of5tha vsars and 3he} davalon.
&naent Of new ;ss,,as The frst afana a
ia rtv haya ~ ssen rrnrn. cnnn nm
XEUsIew - = - 'A y
ut w;,, ,nroha h,,, ~ \. nosa,h,e -
Nfive mcetinr u,hich la - tha rcrr1a.
h finn nf ~ ne 49, ~ IT'S. !" a,r,tas psran ci.
S##C:,,rtis M Es.tcrv ~ ~ :
& narty .Iftia ou3ta Iii ei,, tho+ thera was
Hnn considarahIa .nthar;n..n nay ror
" disc,ss;SnS of n,ens ana noiicies mill
A n 49, = WIZ ~ pinnnl
wis toss.hnn ,,yuh 9 HHs po,ra, =
IAN ncr. ~ al y NJ paLar ~ Esr.s-
NMhsoiiar ;ss,od a,M 80 n,,h,;o raat
gGinr - nons,dar $500, aIarnain1 sit-
,,at;on " tAe NV y" 'elli.f ?. :
1 80 cl,,o,, n. r..,,o !
ii -, 80: - ~. H..
Inc grea ~ issue OF .ne =, nour p Wa tms
eMlens'o OF VI tne polltlca!
situation, prefacing ~ OF
\ No political party was able to elect
n enough OF congress to over
y rula the united VIII OF tne ven
n ers. ana until the anti,siavery senti,
ment otftne north should pc SO weioed
together. and Its .exponents,
united IN party. az 70 De apie
Sto SEN TO washington enough men 20
II outtote inc REPRESENTATIVES LOT me
Save power there was no nope tnat
u, a could pc
..elerence vas maze to itne Ttipon
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-24

kota. have now made another desperr-.
ate attemnt to get, the Californian 70,
allow them to handle his candidacy
in this state. This time the leaguersi at
tackled r. Selden Wilcox. the johnson
manager. and announced inSone OF the
papers, controlled that Brinton has
taken up the matter with johnson at
Washington.
Wilcox, formerly with the Public
Opinion. a farmers paper published
at Bismarck, claims ,Brinton threw
the sheet into bankruptcy soy that. he
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-24
League Said To Be Again
Counting Hiram johnson

Bismarck, N. D., May 24.-Townley
and Brinton, rebuffed three times by
Hiram johnson. in their attempt to
force. him to accept the league man
,,agement' OF his campaign in North Da-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-24

could buy the paper owned by e. q.
Patterson, the Palladium.
He succeeded but Wilcox held UP
the appointment Of thk Palladium. re-
named the, Burleigh County Farmers
new Brihton paper and signed q con-
tract to assume all Indebtedness OF the
Public Opinion. This contract was OPP
posed, by Brinton but signed by Walter
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-10
SINGLE BLAST MOVES
100000 TONS EARTH

Last Thursday ut 1890 a. IN. at
Copper Flat one Of the biggest blasts
in the history of theseamp was ex-
ploded.
Twelve tons of powder wepe put
into the eight holes drilled In the
hill in the center of the pit and when
the blast was fired the entire top of
the hill wass seen TO disappear. The
material moved is estimated TO be
about 100000 tons.
The engineers of the company had
carefully planned the location of the
various holes and estimated the
amount of powder necessary to lift
the top of the mountain, and when
the tremendous pressure was ex-
pended the force was so evenly
distributed that the earth simply
lifted and rolled down the hill.
There was no great noise and lit
tie scattering of rocks as the great
mound lifted and rolled to lower
itfciS. w mt hdbs III tht opttta-
tors We're probably disappointed that
such a gigantic quantity of high ex-
plosive should cause so slight pyro-
technic display, the engineers who
had spent over month on the plans
declared ii eminently successful. in
that the force of the dynamite was
expended as designed deep in the
earth and its force not wasted. To
lift the top of a mountain quietly and
properly place where desired Is no
small task from an engineering
standpoint, and in view of this fact
the Ruth school was adjourned in
order that the pupils could witness
the operation.
F. J. McGanney. representative of
the Hercules Powder company. made
trip here to witness the upheaval.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-10
CASES SET FOR JURY TRIAL
IN L. s. DISTRICT COURT

The names of thirty-fiye men who
are to report for jury duty In the U.
s. district court October IL were
drawn Monday. Ten additional
names we're drawn for like duty be-
ginning the 13th of the month. Cases
were set for trial by jury as follows:
October 11-U. S. VS.. Buick auto.
October 13-U. S. VS.. T. II. Blum
dell. ct al: u. S. VS.. J. w. Whitney.
ct al. L. 5. VS.. Joseph Garadella:
Molfino VS.. Manchester Mining Co.
November s-Holden VS.. John
Barton Payne as director-general of
the railroads.
November i5-w. n. Duke VS..
Geo. Russell
The following cases that have been
pending in the Il. S. court were dis
missed, in most cases for lack of
prosecution:
Mammoth Mining Co. VS.. u. s..
Samuel Nelson VS.. c. II. Burkham; I;
+. NJ. Flynn. ct al; VS.. Sam McIntyre
ct al: Mary Alice Capell, ct al. ys.
Wm. T. o'Neil; X. A. Mckay. trus.
tee, ys. Robinson, eft al: Detroit
Trust Co. vs. Duffy. ct al. May
Woodruff VS.. Southern Pacific Co. !;
Commercial Credit Co. VS.. Pacific
Electric Metals Co.
The cases of Charles A. Stoneham
VS.. II. ]. Brady. and Charles Il
Stoneham VS.. G.. H.. Brady were put
over one month and jury waived in
each case. Carson News.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-10
SUSPENOs
WORK ON CITY SEWER

The building of the sewer along
Mill street will be delayed until some
time next year owing to the mis-
understanding & between the contract
or and the city engineer Contract
or c. C. Caperton had begun the work
of laying the pipes, but owing to
the lack of signed contract. the
city engineer was unable to enforce
the regulation as to the method of
laying the pipes and as a compro-
mise could not be arranged between
the contractor and engineer, the city
council paid the contractor fer the
work completed and removed the
pipes into storage for the winter.
II is likely that bids will be asked
for early next year
The special assessment roll for the
tax payers along the course of the
sewer was submitted to the council
at the last regular meeting and ae-
opted. The roll calls for total OF
somthing over $4,000 aud assesses
each lot along Mill street where
the sewer will be laid at the rate of
$500 for each twenty-five foot lot.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-10

The Ily branch of the Tonopah
lodge of Elks held their annual in
itiation ceremonies in the city yester-
day afternoon at the Bio hall.
The initiation of the eighty-five
candidates was conducted under the
direction of the following officers
from the Tonopah lodge: William
Evans, exalted ruler; d. J. Fitz-
gerald. leading knight: Henry C..
Schmidt. loyal knight: Rider Ray,
lecturing knight; Raymond Piercy,
esquire; Arthur Brooks. inner guard; !;
Lowell Daniels, secretary, and Daniel
Cain, chaplin.
The "Baby Elks" were marched
down Aultman street in formation,
lead by the Ely Band and ushered
into the hall from which various
sounds of tumult were heard at in
tervals.
AT the request of the Ogden lodge
the Tonopah officers conferred the
initiative degree on six candidates
from McGill.
There we're 22S members of the
lodge present at the ceremonies this
afternoon. Tonopah lodge now has
total membership of s72.
With the reception at the Willow
Club and the ball at the Bio hall
last night for the Elks and their la
dies the ceremonies were brought to
a close, marking one of the most
successful undertakings in the bis
tory Of the local order.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-10
COUNTY REGISTRATION
HAS SMALL INCREASE

Registration for the general cleo
ton, November 2. will close next
Tuesday. October II. Registration
Offices are now open in the evenings
until 8 p. m. Qualified electors who
have resided in the state at least
six months, county thirty days and
precinct ten days are entitled TO vote
at the general election. The time of
residence is computed up to the day
of election and those who on election
day will have completed the time re-
CURED by law for state and county
and precinct are entitled TO regis
ter.
The registration offices were open
for registration of electors imme-
diately after the primary election,
but the number who appeared for
registration up 10 the present date
has been small. About 80 new
names will appear on the registration
books in the various precincts. The
majority of the voters who have reg
istered since the primaries have des-
ignated their political affiliation as
Republican. The greater number of
registrants have been women, which
might be an indication that the wom-
on's vote this year will be for the
Republican candidates.
Electors changing their residence
from one precinct to another may
have their registration cards changed
by application to the county clerk,
but all such changes when in pre-
cincts distant from the city should
be made several days before election.
as 1t Is necessary for the clerk to
deliver the registration books of dis
tant precincts to the sheriff for de-
livery to the voting places in ad-
vance of the election.
The printed list of ell registered
voters in the county win appear in
the local papers on or before the
gard of October and every eiector
should examine this list and deter
mine If the name is on the list and
in the right ward or precinct If not
found or IL an error appears, the
elector should at once communicate
such fact to the county clerk and
have the error corrected before the
registration books are completed.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-10
ORGANIZER SANFORD
FAv0RS CLOSED SHOP

r. II. Sanford. state organizer for
the American Federation of Labor,
in a letter 70 the News. writes rs FOL
lows.
"If the companies throughout the
district would adopt the closed shop
system. it would prevent all such &C.
currences as the recent unauthorized
walkout that happened at Copper
Flat.
Under this system all workmen
would be organized under the Amer
lean Federation and affiliated inter-
nationals. A man would then be re-
quired to show a union card when
seeking employment or express his
willingness to become a member of
the union il employed. The union
would then control all workingmen
employed and all grievances would
be brought before the organization
committee, which would be governed
by the constitution of the A. +. of l..
int Couipidiut "ohiu pc tshSioe'Se
and il deemed serious enough for
action TO be taken. the matter would
be brought before the entire local
organization. In order to declare A
strike it would be necessary to put
the question to a vote and the con-
sent of two-thirds of all the unions
would be necessary before the strike.
which is the means of last resort.
would be declared.
Under the closed shop system a
working agreement would be signed
up by both sides and as long as such
agreement was lived up to. there
would be nc excuse for an unauthor-
ICED walkout by any class of men
under such agreement When an
agreement is signed between the en-
ployer and employee for the period OF
year. both sides know just what
the conditions will be for the life
of the agreement and the public is
informed of conditions at least a
year in advance.
with some men organized and
others unorganized there is no pos
sibility of forecasting what may OF
may not happen at any time. Or.
ganization is not only benefit tc
the workman and the company bu,
II is great benefit to the general
public