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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
GRADE CROSSING
CAUSES COPS TO
FAIL TO CAPTURE

Warned that the Piggy Wiggiy
store. Jackson avenue and Peyton
street. was being held up and robbed
by three masked bandits at o'clock
Saturday night, police would have
caught the trio ed-handed had II not
been for an l.. & N. freight train
which held up their Stutz racing car
Tor three minutes at the Jackson
avenue crossing.
While several customers were in
the store, two masked men entered.
one forced customers and clerks to
stand against the walls while hts
confederate rifled the cash register OF
81 900, part of the days sales A
third member of the gang remained
in an automobile in which all three
sped away after firing several shots
into the floor.
A, c. Boreland manager of the
Jackson and Peyton store. was talk
ing over the telephone to r. o. Daw-
son, a department manager, at the
King Piggy Wiggly store, Main street
and Adams avenue.
Suddenly Boreland whispered into
! the mouthpiece:
I'VE are being robbed, Come
quick"
Dawson's Stutz was outside. He
| Ndhutu dtbuhu AHb COTntI 10 pUtlC6
| headquarters In few seconds De-
| tectives Carter and York were in the
machine, and Dawson was sending
| it at the rate Of 50 miles an hour to-
wards Jackson and Peyton.
| Counting that 1t would require
three or four minutes for the men
to complete their job, Carter and
York believed they would catch the
| highwaymen
They reached the Louisville &
Nashville railroad tracks, and the
gates came down Just in front of
them. Nothing could stop freight
train Just crossing Jackson avenue.
and the fast car was held up fully
three minutes The men had left
less than 8 minute when Dawson,
| Carter and York arrived.
Police believe the trio are part OF
the gang of five who two weeks ago
held up another Ptggly Wiggly store
getting $1,000. The leader OF the
gang is middle aged, medium height
and Of dark complexion.
$. II. Butler, 5S5 Peyton street and
w. NJ. Wallace, 54S Alabama avenue
were making purchases in the store
al the time Of the holdup. p
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
BY EARL C. REEVES,
international News Service Staff
Corresnondent.O


LONDON, Nov. 29-Police precau-
tions were taken today to guard King
George and other members Of the
royal family, now that Irish terror%
lists have opened their warfare in
England with the burning of part OF
the business district Of Liverpool.
Scotland Yard detailed a detach-
ment of picked men from the secret
service section to protect Bucking-
ham palace. -,
In addition to the police and mill
tary guards, secret service agents
are employed as gardeners in the
palace grounds and as cleaners In
the palace proper An persons APP
preaching the home Of the royal fam
lily are carefully scrutinized.
Scotland Yard has asked the news
papers to make no mention OF the
public movements of Premier Lloyd
George, A. Bonar Law. Sir Hamar
Greenwood. Sir Edward Carson and
other public figures who are be-
lieved to have been marked for at
tack. .
Police in the vinieity of the house
of commons and other government
property were armed with service
pistols, contrary to all traditions OF
the metropolitan police. Guards
have been provided for all members
OF the cabinet. All women were
barred today from the spectators
gallery OF commons. Men who APP
piled for admission and who were
not personally known to the guards,
were searched.
II believe for certain that IL any
terrorist should dare to lift his hand
against the life of Premier Lloyd
George, or any member of the royal
family. he would be torn limb from
limb by a maddened mob" 1t was
declared by Col. Carver, secretary to
Sir Basil Thompson.
Secret service agents, who have
been opening. copying and resealing
all Sim Fein mail in ireland and
England, declare that the latest plot
embraces the burning of all English
homes of members of the royal Irish
constabulary and the black and tan
| police,
The government claims to have
evidence that Sim Fein terrorists
were responsible for the Liverpool
fires and that similar attacks with
the torch are planned in London anc
elsewhere throughout England. Ar
/ attempt to set fire to- lumber YARD
| in North London was frustrated by
! the police. A policeman was Shot
dead at Liverpool while attempting
to arrest a Suspected incendiarist.
British army officers at London
derry have been warned to leave thu
city on penalty of death at the hands
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
LEAGUE SELECTS
MANDATE BOARD
TO MEET YEARLY
by the Associated Press.)

GENEVA, Nov. 29,-The council
of the league of nations this morn
ing approved the final draft. of the
protest for the permanent mandates
commission, definitely accepting the
tentative proposal to have the com
mission comprise five nonmandatory
and four mandatory powers. 1t was
decided that all the members be
chosen by the council,
The permanent commission, 1t is
forecast, will probably meet once a
year at Geneva and review the ad-
ministration of the mandate Ncoun-
tries.
Detailed rules for the commission
also were ratified.
The council did not consider today
the proposed invitation to the United
States for its participation in the
discussion over disarmament.
A successor&o Reginald Tower as
high commissioner at DanZig was an
important matter before the council
of the league of nations when IT met
here today. It is believed that some
of the most important work before
the council and the assembly Of the
league will be accomplished during
the coming week. Committee reports
are rapidly being put into final form,
and several will be laid before the
assembly before Saturday night, is
is said.
Among the important questions
which will come before, the assem-
bly, this week is the question of ad-
hitting Austria and Bulgaria to the
league of nations. Despite the strong
opposition of Serbia, Rumania and
Greece to the granting Of member
ship to Bulgaria at this time, a large
majority of the delegates seem in
favor of taking that step. There is
virtually no opposition in the case
Of Austria, the application of which
probably will be favorably acted
upon in few days.
Delegates to the meeting of the
assembly are awaiting with keenest
fnterAt the probable discussion to-
morrow of a motion promised by
George Nicoll Barnes, Of Great Brit
ain. regarding the conflict between
Poland and Russia. 1t is reported
Mr.. Barnes may attempt TO put the
league In position of defending its
inactivity in that war. but there is
a disposition on the part of the dele
gates not to permit the subject to
reach any decisive issue.
Most of the delegates have the i'm
preston that the first reply of Presi-
dent Wilson to the councils Pote
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
Another Angle ~
In Loving Case

, Another angle to the divorce suit
OF Elliott Loving against Hattie Lee
Loving and the subsequent attach
ment suit for the residence at SIS
IHnden avenue, made its appearance
Monday when Robert ]. Moore at
torney for Mrs. Loving. filed her am
swer to the attachment suit.
The answer filed Monday charges
that Mrs. Loving has paid for the
home except for the original 500,
and that the sale was negotiated with
Moore. The Cancelled checks show
ing the payments were filed with
the petition.
The case was taken under advise
ment.
The divorce suit, which Mrs. Low
ing filed against her husband, Is
pending. Both the original petition
and the answer filed contained sem
sational charges and counter charges.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
CONFESSES
HE WAS LOOKOUT
mi. c. WRECkPLOT

Benny Barksdale, negro, arrested
here Sunday night on advice of po-
lice Of Covington, Tenn, confessed
that he was one Of three blacks who
attempted to wreck fast passenger
train Of the Illinois Contra railroad
near Covington Saturday Barks-
dale was arrested by Capt, Waiter
Hoy1e.
Had not railroad men seen a pile
Of crossties on the tracks officials
believe the train would have been
wrecked, with probable great loss Of
life.
Barksdale will be returned to Cow
ington Monday. What specific charge
will be placed against the black is
not known. Feeling against the ne
gro and his two confederates, who
have not yet been arrested, Is
high in Covington, Memphis police
were informed during telephone
conversation.
Barksdale said the attempt to
wreck the flyer was made to dis
Loredit the section crew. He and the
1.-TWO others, he said, had been dis
charged from the railroads employ,
and they planned to wreck the train.
believing that officials would think
1t the fault Of the section/crew which
was given their jobs.
| Five minutes before the arrival OF
the train, Barksdale admitted, his
two companions piled several cross
ties on the tracks. Barksdaie acted
as lookout for the pair,
| According to the report reaching
here, railroaders discovered the ties
on the tracks just a few minutes
before the arrival Of the train. They
lflRgged Il,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
PNEUMONIA ENDS
LIFE OF POPULAR
YOUNG PHYSICIAN

The funeral OF DIR. Fontaine Bruce
Moore, who died at his home, 1889
Vinton avenue. Saturday night at I
o'clock. was held at the residence
Monday afternoon at 2 O'clock, AMI
the burial followed the service ~
Elmwood cemetery.
DR.. Moore's death came as a sur
prise and shock to his friends in
Memphis and the surrounding ter
ritory. He was taken i'll Tuesday
evening and double pneumonia de-
veloped Wednesday. He grew stead
ilv and rapidly worse and from FRI
day night the attending physicians
offered little encouragement for his
recovery.
DrS. Moore. during the seven years
of the practice of his profession In
Memphis. had taken rank among the
first In the treatment OF the ear.
eye, nose and throat, in WHICH he
specialized. Although only 81 yea.s
old at the time Of his death he was
rated as one of the foremost speclal-
lists in the country and enjoyed q
large and lucrative practice.
Following the completion Of a spe-
cial course in the foremost ear. eye,
nose and throat hospitals in New
York and Boston, after his gradun-
ton from the medical department OF
the University of Pennsylvania In
1909 DR.. Moore located in Memphis
in 1913, and Immediately established
himself as a surgeon of extraordinary
ability.
Dr. Moore held a commission as
| first lieutenant in the medical re-
Continued on Page 10, Column 81
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
BY A GooDFELLoW.

There is one man In Memphis who
Is a Goodfellow,' real Godfellow-
every 1877 pounds of him. Monday
when / called at his office he remem-
bered me from last year and Christ
mas seasons before that. Not a word
did he say, but picked up his check
book and wrote payable to the Good
fellows Santa Claus club a check
for $500 This man is Clarence
Saunders.
4 knew Mr.. Saunders would do as
fine thing for the Goodfellow's Santa
Claus club. In the past he has never
fad led. But l expected nothing like
the sum ne contributed for this years
fund, Five hundred dollars, Goodfel-
lows, is just the tiniest fraction UNI
der SO for every pound Mr.. Saunders
weighs Some Goodfellow, huh?
Think how many stockings that
will fill on Christmas day Mr. Saun-
ders may not weigh as much as
Santa Claus, whose picture we all
are more than familiar with. Neither
does he wear the red costume and
missing is the long, white beard. But
this Yuletide he's going to be Old
Santa to a number OF Riddles Just the
same.
Several years ago, when the
GoOdfe,lows first started their club,
you remember we had quite a tlne
struggling along one Of the early
contributors was Clarence Saunders.
Me was. ready with his pen when |
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
Hold NEGRO AS
BRUTAL SLAYER
OF NIGHT GUARD

Faced by damaging evidence which
he could not deny, Manuel Meri-
Wether, negro, rear Its McLemore
avenue, was charged bygpolice Mon
DAY with the cold -b1ooded murder of
Capt. Thomas w. Murdoch. night
Natchman for the Pioneer Pole and
Shaft company, on the night of Nov.
Murdoch, his head terribly pound
ed by a scantling, was found in the
f'puzzle," part of the yard of the
Pioneer company. His weeks wages
$50, was missing from his pocket
IN Detectives Sergeant w. ]. Joyce
arrested Meriwether 80 minutes after
the murder. The negro could give
mo account of himself. He was iden-
tified by Henry Terrill. aged negro,
as being one of the two men who
attempted to hold him up at his
home, less than a block from the
Pioneer plant. The attempted holdup
occurred Is minutes after Murdocks
murder, the time of which was estab-
Iished ~ an American District Tele-
graph man as 1880 pm.
94 j. N. Miller, residing near the
plant, identified Meriwether as the
han he saw entering the Pioneer
yard and later saw running away.
28 Police bloodhounds Ieashed by
Cooney Brown and Frank White,
trailed the black over the ground
where Miller claimed he saw Meri :
wether. The dogs followed a hot
scent to a negro dive a block away
where Meriwether Is known to have
stopped for a few minutes. They
Followed the trail to the Terrill place,
where the holdup occurred. Then
they lost the scent. !
When Meriwether was arrested he
\ was playing pool. He told Joyce he
had not tbeen out of thet place foi
several hours. Joyce, who was as
sisted by Detective Sergeant John
Long, found the black had been gone
for 30 minutes at the time of the
murder.
Police now are searching for Meri-
mether's partner, a negro whom Ter
rill said took part jim the attempted
holdup.
Meriwether stiffly denied he had
q part in the killing.
a Capt. Murdoch died at General
Z Hospital 80 minutes after the attack
4 His skull was fractured in several
blaceS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
PATRONS
GIVE FOURTH TIME

Patrons Of r. Az Edwards pool
room, South Second street, have
Contributed for the fourth time to the
fund being raised for the widow OF
VIII Prescott, chauffeur, shot down
as he watched two men at play. The
fourth donation amounted to $1775
and swelled the total for this estab-
lishment alone to $325.50.
Donations from all sources aggre-
gate $5t1. OF this amount a check
for $372.75 has been sent Mrs. Pres
colt. The rest will be forwarded i'm
mediately.
Donors to the fourth list are:
]. H. Harris, 81; A. B. Haysr>S1; M.
+. Evans, IS; T. L. Young, 81; cash,
81; g. w. Hutchinson, 81; cash, 81;
John Wynne, So; w. c. Seegley,
$3.50; Arthur D. Hood, 81. Total,
Sl775.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
MASTER MIND IN
TRAIN ROBBERY
HELD IN CUSTODY

10Y lnteFHatIonaI views Service.l
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Nov. 29.--
Keith Collins, bogus army officer and
alleged master mind in the woAd,s
greatest mail train robbery, was held
here today in custody Of postal in.
spectors, following his sensational
capture yesterday in Westville, Okla
Collins was heavily shackled when
taken off train here today and hur-
ried 70 the postoffiee building to un-
dergo cross examination by Joe Z.
Johnston, chief postal inspector.
Collins, who ID charged by postal
IalithoTitle les viii III hlt planned the
$3,500.000 mail train robbery between
Council Bluffs and Omaha, Neb., Nov.
IS, Is said to have confessed his share
in the plot.
Postal inspectors declared he had
obtained more than 81 100000 in loot
from the robbery, most of it in nom
negotiable Liberty bonds and seouri-
ties. He is also said to have obtained
at least $4,000 in cash. Authorities
refused to state whether any of the
loot had been recovered.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
boy CONFESSES
To ROBBERY AND
duplicates TWO

Tommy Davis, IS, 1865 South Or
leans street, confessed Sunday to
Detective Sergeants Carter and York
that he was one of the trio of youths
who robbed the Moore pharmacy. $40
Cooper avenue, Friday night.
Davis implicated E. e. Watts, ~,
1888. Mcmillan avenue, and Howard
Beard. 22, 694 Burlington avenue.
Both are under arrest, charged with
the robbery. Davis told the detec-
tives that Watts and Beard had
threatened to kill him should he tell.
Davis broke down and confessed
to the robbery only after being grilled
for several hours. He finally signed
a full confession. including the fact
that Fridays robbery of the drug
store was the second he took part in
Twenty thousand cigarets, part of
the Moore pharmacy loot, were dis
covered by children of r. ]. Roach
1915 Nelly Bly, street. hidden under
the house. Their father reported the
find to police. ,.-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
PORK HEADSL|ST
AS MEAT PRICES
TAKE HUGE DROP
(By international News serviee.)

(By international News SerViee.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 2O.--Chicago, the
meat center of the world. started the
business week today with meat
prices nearer the prewar levels than
they ever had been before. Declara-
tions that the bottom had fallen
OUT and that the period of NOR
malcy" will be reached very shortly
are freely made by leading retailers
Pork heads the list with a decline in
price during the past few days that
Is little short OF sensational. Loin
pork which SOLD month ago at 80
to as cents a pound can be bought
today for from 90 to 81 cents a
pound Prewar prices for this meat
of from Is TO IS cents. Pork chops
also have declined, dropping from so
and IS cents a month ago to 80 cents
pound, today.
Grass fattened beef has recorded a
decline bf approximately IS per cent,
dealers declare, Corn -fattened beef
has not shown any marked decline as
yet but, with the drop In the price
of corn, more Of this grain is being
fed to stock and increased offerings
on the market are expected to bring
corn fattened beef to the price level
of other meats within the next few
weeks.
Other commodities that have
shown sharp declines here recently
are butter, which has dropped s
cents per pound in the last few
weeks, and sugar, which has de.
! Clined from 81 cents a pound last
spring to 10 cents a pound; potatoes
/ which were 10 cents "A pound a year
( ago, and have dropped to 81 cents
/ a pound now; coffee, flour, milk
| bread, canned goods and apples.>
/ Eggs and oranges continue to be
! the aristocrats OF the family table
| Prices Of these edibles continue I'd
Turk near the peak reached during
! fba war
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
MANTEL FALLS
r KILLING BOY

Baby Lee Smith, the 3-year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Smith, 1923
Forrest avenue, was almost instantly
killed in his home Sunday morning
when a mantelpiece to which he
was clinging gave way.
la He was thrown to the floor. the
heavy object falling on his head and
crushing his skull. Death came be-
fore DR.. George CARLY, who was
called at once, Could arrive .e
The baby was helping his mother
perform her morning household du-
ties and was trying to dust the man
telpiece. He could not reach 1t
and had crawled into chair. When
he put his weight on the mantel it
gave way.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
WOMAN IN HAMON !
SHOOTING ELUDES
NATIONAL SEARCH
(By International News servioe.l

ARDMORE, Okla, Nov. 29.--Thou-
sands of Oklhomans gathered here
today to pay final respects to Jake
l.. Hamon, Republican national com
mitteeman and multimillionaie oil
magnate, who died from the effects of
bullet wound.
Meanwhile, a systematic search was
undertaken throughout Oklahoma for
Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, cousin of
tho dead man by marriage, who is
charged with having fired the shot
that resulted in his death Police,
aided by sheriffs and marshals. were
combing every county Of the state In
their search for the woman.
The clews which first directed the
trail to California have been ADAM
d0ned temporarily as a result of the
finding Of her trunks, .ip. Kansas
City. ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29

When The News Scimitar looked
for it's Million Dollar editor Monday
morning, where DIP you think he was
found?
Right back of a big pile Of con-
tributions to the essay contest! One
would hardly think there were so
many ways to spend million dollars
so that it would be of the most bene-
fit to Memphis.
But THERE'S still plenty of room for
the best" contribution yet Is yours
among those already in, or have you
the big idea that will pull one of the
20 cash prizes being offered by The
News Sclmitar for the best essay on
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
HAVE YOU TOLD YET HOW YOU'D
SPEND MILLION? IF NOT, WHY?

How Would Spend Million Dol
lars for the Good Of Memphis?"
You still have until midnight, Dec.
4, to get in on this contest. The
prizes range from $40 to 81, and
there are 20 of them.
All you have to be in order to en-
ter the contest, Is a pupil of either a
Memphis school or a pupil in a school
in nearby territory.
Don't write over 300 words. Don't
write on but one side of the paper.
Don't forget to put your name your
home address and your school adj
dress at the top of the paper. And
then be sure that you don't get your
essay in later than midnight. Dec a.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
ARREST ORDERED
IN POISONING OF
RICH peach KING

MACON, Ca. Nov. PA warrant
for the arrest of Mrs. Anna p. Cuts,
wife of prominent attorney OF Fita-
gerald, Ca, was sworn out here to-
day. 1t charges Mrs Cults with
murder in connection with the death
here last June Of Fred d. Shepard,
wealthy Georgia peach grower
Investigation of the circumstances
attending the death Of Shepard has
resulted In the arrest on charges or
murder Of Mrs +. Il, Elmer, who was
the wife OF the peach king" Mrs.
lone Henry. sister of Mrs. Elmer, and
Ernest Hopson, son of Mrs. Elmer
by a previous marriage, These ar
rests followed testimony by experts
at a coroners investigation that
Shepard was poisoned.
The arrest of Mrs. Cults was ex-
pected late in the day, deputy sher :
iff having left for Abbeville, where
she was reported TO be.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
MURDER NET CATCHES PROMINENT WOMAN
Movie Mob" GiDes
London Irish Scare

! LONDON, Nov 29.--What at
first might have been mistaken
for a general genuine move on
the government buildings in
Whitehall was made this fnorn-
ing when a small crowd attempt
ed to pass the barriers recently
erected by the police at the en-
frances to Downing street and
King Charles street. The crowd.
however, was made up OF about
$50 supernumeraries sent by a
moving Elcthre company for pho
tographie purposes only.
The mob" whose attempt at
the barricade was amid one, was
dispersed blythe police. the cam
era men meantime cranking Wig
orously.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29
MEN GUARD
PALACE, COMMONS .
CLOSED TO WOMEN

Of the Irish republicans II they. re-
fuse, according to a dispatch from
that city 20 the Evening News.
The Irish office later issued for
NAL denial of the press reports that
American gunner had been import
ed to Ireland, or that they were con-
cerned In the Liverpool outbreak.
I'VE now have the most efficient
secret service in the world and We
certainly would know II IL profess
sional gunner were imported from
the United States by the terrorlsts,"
said an official of the Irish office.
The same government department
denied that the Irish now being in
termed would be treated as prison.
ers of war. II wasN stated that the
trials of the prisoners would be
opened within week and that evil
dence secured by troop and police
raids would be used as the basis OF
the prosecution. The government
will seek long terms of imprison-
ment instead of minor sentences as
formerly.
Suspect Bolsheviki.
Some Of the newspapers took the
view that Sim Feiners are not who'll
! ly responsible for the latest violence,
but that Bolshevilxi were also behind
it. Communication with Liverpool
was distrurbed during the night and
| this led some os the Morning news
| papers TO make the most sensational
| declarations.
+ The Graphic asserted that the third
| inaternationale (the communist or
gan of Russia) was behind the move
ment.
Government offices were to have
been bombed Sunday, but the vigil
lance of the secret service frustrated
It," said the Graphic.
at Ia a dangerous mistake to sup
pose that this is merely the work OF
Irish ruffians,' said the Morning
post.
"Bolshevism may be behind IT,"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-29

relative to Armenia will be perfume
tory, not committing the United
States in any way nor definitely re-
jecting the offer. Mr.. Wilson's an
swer is expected to arrive within the
next few days.