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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21

According to arreSting officers, Bell
is alleged to have confessed that he
had taken part in robberes in which a
trio of negroes are believed to have
had part and to have implicated 9TH
ers. More arrests were expected Sat
urday afternoon.
Mrs. Mcdonald discovered a negro
man under her bed last Monday morn
ing and locked him in her bedroom as
she tried to telephone the police. The
negro, however, broke down the door
and made his escape. Mrs. Mcdonald
gave a description of the man to the
police and since that time plain clothes
officers from the Barksdale station nave
been on his trail.
Saturday morning Lieut.. of Police
Paul Waggener, accompanied by Of
ftcers Adkins and Doyle, went to the
Mcdonald home in an effort to secure
finger prints of the negro to aid in
the police search After they had fin
ished taking imprnts, the officers
started to return to the police station
on their way back they noticed ar negro
man on Evelyn avenue answering the
description of the man wanted and took
| him into custody
They brought the man to Mrs. Nc
Donald and after she Identified him,
she tainted, according to the officers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
soLoNs REACH DECATUR.

DECATUR. Ala, aug. 21,--Twenty-
five members OF the Tennessee house,
which was TO take final action upon
the federal suffrage. amendment today
arrived here early this morning on the
l.. q n. train from Nashville.
According to members OF the party
several Of their associates have gone
to other cities outside the Tennessee
state limits, and viii remain away
from Nashville until the state has
been given an opportunity to voice an
opinion upon suffrage"
+. S. Hall, of Nashville, leader OF
the party, declared there will be "a
members OF the house in Decatur when
the afternoon train arrives from Nash
Vile Four of the % already here
are Republicans and the remainder are
Democrats.
we viii stay in Decatur until the
people Of Tennessee have been given a
chance to express their sentiment on
suffrage" said Mr.. Hall. We feel
that they have not yet voiced their
opinion and we intend to see that they
have an opportunity to do so. We tried
to delay action on suffrage until jan
uary in order that our people may be
heard. but the ratificationists refuse
to permit us. We are acting in ac-
cordance with the dictates of our con-
science"
MIR. Hall gave out the following list
Of Tennessee house members who came
here with him:
+. {. Howell G. C. Harvill, Percy
Sharpe, L. NJ Whitaker, ]. H Gall
breath, J II, Womack, II. W. Brotam,
J. H. Sipes, NJ r. Long, Sam A. Hays
James B. Cole, w. r. story, w. p, Wei
don, A. G Keislin, George Francisco,
]. A. Moore. w c. Wilson, Carey Car
ter, Dan Wolfenburger, John n Yinson.
W. r. Swift, l.. III. Jackson. w. A.
Milup, C.. A. Travis
Representative Hall criticized severely
Gov Roberts for his stand in the sur
frage fight, declaring the Tennessee
governor, through appointments, had
obtained control OF several members
of the house who wished 10 vote against
ratification. but were forced to cote IN
favor Of II at the instance of the chief
! executive Hotel lobby discussions this
morning also turned to criticism OF the
manner in which the suffrage fight be-
fore the Tennessee legislature has been
conducted. Charges were freely made
I that members opposing ratificathsn were
tsluaultadh at the canitNH
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21

cemeM and concrete manufacturers the
car shortage also has been severely
felt. Recent embargo orders and other
conditions seem to hold but little hope
of relief in the future.
An interesting fact in connection with
the manufacture Of monuments in Mem
phis Is that this city lis the home of
the only concrete tombstone factory In
the United States. There have been
several concerns of the kind started
but none other is actively engaged in
the business of building gravestones ex-
clusively.
This concern is the National Cement
Monument works and has been estab-
lished for about year. moving to the
city from Brinkley, Ark. Products are
shipped to all parts of the south and
the trade even north is developing fast.
In the rush one thing is outstanding,
this being that orders are being re-
ceived from families for markers for
graves of relatives who had been dead
| for several years. The general wave
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
RETURNS HOME, FINDS
THIEF HAS PAID VISIT

Overlooking valuable silverware or
being frightened away before he had
time to thoroughly ransack the house,
a sneak thief Friday afternoon secured
several silk shirts. a pair of trous-
ers and some miscellaneous articles
from the residence Of F. G. Smith,
1850 Vinton avenue. Mr.. Smith is en-
ployed at the Mossman Lumber COM
pany. on ,Morehead avenue.
Mr. Smiths family is away for the
summer and he did not discover the
robbery until returning home for the
night. Saturday Mr.. Smith stated that
the sneak must have walked up the
driveway from the front Of the house,
lifted a back window screen and effect
ed entrance in that manner as the
screen still was out when discovered.
Mr.. Smith thinks the visitor was
frightened away before he went
through the entire house. The loss he
declared, was negligible. Police had
no report on the robbery.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
GRAIN MEN WILL
BE REPRESENTED

Memphis grain interests will be rep
resented at a hearing before the Ill
nois public utilities commission Mon
day and Tuesday, when an effort will
be made TO have the commission adopt
the same advance In freight rates in
Illinois as ordered by the interstate
commission on interstate rates
The interstate rates We're advanced
40 per cent by the interstate commerce
commission, while the Illinois commits
sion proposes TO allow only 80 per
cent increase in intrastate rates This
difference will give the grain markets
at Cairo, Peoria and Chicago an ad-
vantage of one cent per 100. pounds, or
about one-half cent per bushel ON corn
and one third cent per bushel on oats
over such markets as Memphis, Kansas
city. st. Louis and other cities not To-
Gated in Illinois.
!. r.. McGinnis, commissioner. for the
Memphis Merchants exchange, hay and
grain division, will 20 to Chicago sun
day to represent local grain interests.
some of the local grain men may also
attend.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
UNCLE JOE SAYS WOMEN
WILL KNOW HOW TO VOTE

DANVILLE, H., Aug 21,--Comment-
ing upon the ratification of the suf-
frage amendment and the local rush OF
women voters to be registered for the
September primary, former Speaker
EJoseph G. Cannon last night said:
81 do not believe that woman suf-
frage viii materially change the rela-
tive strength of the dominant political
parties. The women of Illinois voted
for president in 1916, and as rule
they voted as intellgently as did their
nushancs, brothers or fathers. 'the
most significant thing about the elec-
tion was that the Socialists did not
make any considerable gain from the
woman vote"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE
URGES STATUE FOR RACE

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 21.-The
National Negro Business league con-
cluded its convention here yesterday
with the reelection as president Rob-
ert r. Motion principal of Tuskegee in
stttute. All other officers of the league
also were reelected
Resolutions adopted urged congress to
provide the erection of a monument to
the negro soldiers who fought in all
the wars for the United States, indorsed
the idea Of the league conducting a ma
tional health campaign; declared the
league standards for Industrial justice,
or equal pay to negroes for equal SER
vices; urged increased educational OPP
pOrtunities for negroes particularly in
the South. and advocated equitable ad-
ministra ton of the franchise laws.
LynChing was declared to be the
greatest national menace" and Cover
nOrs Beckett Of North Carolina, Roberts
of Tennessee, ana Morrow of Kentucky
We're commended for the fearless
stands they have taken on law and
order"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
THIRD Time QUORUM
BROKEN IN TENNESSEE

The breaking of a quorum Saturday
ty members Cf the house Of representa-.
tiVes with a motion TO reconsider the
suffrage amendment stu pending and
ratification unaccompllshed until this
motion is disposed Of, Is the third time
In recent years thatsa quorum has been
broken In the Tennessee legislature.
A quorum was broken In 1911 In the
senate for the purpose OF defeating
the prohibtlon laws. The abseondlna
members, representing the "wets, went
to Kentucky, where they were royalty
entertained.
In 1918 a, quorum was broken by Re-
publican and Independent Democrats IN
the house to prevent the abolition OF
state offices pnder Gov. Hooper ana
an amendment to the state election
law Increasing the state board OF cleo
tlons from three to seven members,
quorum was broken following the SHIFT
Ing Of the Shelby county delegation from
the independent ranks to the Regular
Democrats.
w. NJ. stlnton, Of Memphis, was
speaker OF the house at that time, and
the oondinp legislation passed by In.
struetinq the clerk to record the absent
members as mot voting and thereby
not showing the absence o. quorum
The supreme court held the law SC
PASSED 70 be unconstitutional.
Attendance on the part Of members
Of the legislature may be compelled
by the sergeant at arms Of the house
provided the members are In the stat'
and within Jurisdiction. No attempt
has ever been made TO torclbiy eompe
Z member 10 return 10 the Legislature
from a point outside the state.
There 10 no limit to the length
| time the legislature may remain In ses
sion except the expiration Of the term
| of the members.
The law provides that members sha
receive compensation for sevetty-flv
days for a regular session and 10
twenty days for an extraordinary ses
SION. The legislature can net adJcur'
In either branch except by Joint reso
luton. wieh a quorum present IN tn
house and senate. So long as quo
rum is not present the legislature car
only recess from day TO day and car
not adjourn. A quorum In the hous'
Is &C OF a membership Of SO.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21

Near Lemberg, the statement says,
the Bolsheviki are developing their ad-
vance after occupying the village of
Gliniany and during the fighting have
advanced to a line of villages south
and southeast of Lemberg. In the Tar
napol region, Eastern Galicia, soviet
forces have. crossed the Stripa river and
have advanced in a westerly direction,
1t is declared.
In the Crimean sector the Bolsheviki
have occupied the village of Vasilyevka
after fierce fighting during which they
captured an armored train and its aux
iliaries Farther east anti Bolshevik
forces have landed near the outskirts
of Aktyrskaia on the sea ofSktov, but
soviet troops have been dispatched to
that front and have engaged in an at
tempt to expel the landing forces. The
fighting there is said to continue.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
COTTON WAREHOUSES;
WILL BE DISCUSSED

4 meeting Of representatives Of vari
GUS sections of Eastern Arkansas and
delegates from West Tennessee sec
tions will be held in Memphis soon to
discuss the extension Of campaign
for the construction Of cotton ware
houses in the rufal districts. This con
ference is called as the direct result OF
the meeting Of farm bureau and mar
keting specialists just closed AT tn'
University Of Arkansas Fayetteville,
Ark. .
c. W. Watson, marketing specialiS"'
of the Chamber Of commerce farm hu-
reau. attended the meeting and dciiv-
cred an address, He reports about j.
ONO delegates and visitors present wIlci
lumber is more than four times Er' 'at"i
than any similar meeting h"Id
Discussion Of the warchou~ihG pr"h'
;em, soil fertility and other suhjrcl
featured the meeting \ special trii
to Rogers. Ark. to inspect the trun
farms was one Of the events,
In the meeting to be held In Mem I'M
yhis, p. G. Welty, vic, pr, sIdent OF tn
division, will preside,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
LIBERATION OF POLAND
ASSURED, PARIS THINKS

PARIS, Aug. M.-Liberation of
Poland is assured by the great victory
last week over the Russian forces ac-
cording to general opinion in French
military circles, but there is doubt that
it. will yield more important results.
The Bolshevik army probably will
escape total destruction, although its
retreat is entailing very heavy losses.
I In following up this success it will
be logical for the Poles after crossing
the Bug river to march northward to-
ward Bialystok and Grodno, thus MAX
ing the retreat of the soviet army i'm
possible. Such an operation, to sue
ceed, would have to be executed with
great rapidity and with clock-like reg
ularity, it is declared, and the Polish
organization after its long retreat and
the hard fighting of the past week can
hardly be in a position to make such
an effort
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
SEVEN HELD AFTER
RAIL STRIKE CLASH

CHICAGO, Aug. 2i,-Seven men,
one wounded. are under arrest today
as result Of an early morning riot
resulting from n clash between about
100 railroad men and an equal num-
her of strikers. Scores Of shots were
exchanged. bottles sticks and stones
were thrown and heads were broken
before police. responding to riot calls,
broke up the fight.
oIent attacks by strikers on the work.
egs who refused to walk out last April
in the unauthorized railroad strike
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
CRUMP BEING TREATED
AT BATTLE CREEK, MICH,

Edward II. Crump county trustee. is
in Battle Crcei~ Mich. In sauitaCi Cium
being treated for stomach trouble, ac-
cordiug to announcement AT his office
saturday
Mr. Crump has been IN ~ health for
some time. but postponed his trip until
after the election on Augg 5, at which
time he was victorious in his race for
recollection to the county trusteeship.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
FINAL SOLON VOTE
BLOCKED AS ANTS
FLEE TO ALABAMA

NASHVILLE Tenn Aug 2l.-Chancelor James B New
man today writ of injunction temporarily restraining
Roberts Secretary of State Stevens and the speakers OF
the Tennessee house from certifying Secretary OF
State Colby Tennessees ratification of the suffrage
amendment
Papers were served Gov Roberts Immediately but SO tar
had taken place the secretary OF state
and the speakers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
29 MISSING IN
SH|PWRECK ON
LAKE SUPERIOR
Four Members of Freighter'S
Crew Believed Saved After
Vessel Sinks-WOman Not
Accounted for.

SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich, Aug 81.
The lives of 20 persons. one of them a
woman, are believed to have been lost
after 9 o'clock last night when the
steamer City of Superior, freighter
sank four and one-half miles north
east of White Fish Points in Lake Su-
perior after colliding with the steamer
Willis l.. King.
Four members of the crew, including
Capt. Edward Sawyers, of Albion
Mich, We're saved. Names of the mis-
sing could not be learned today, as all
records of the Superior City are lost
The missing woman is known to have
been the wife of the second engineer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
O-Cent Sugar By
January Predicted

CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-Sugar will be
10 or II cents a pound BY January.
Russell !. Poole. secretary OF the civ
councils high cost Of living commit
tee stated in submitting the result Of
investigation today.
The countrys bcst crop will be from
30 to 40 per cent larger than ever be-
fore produced the report states. while
thr new Cuban crop win be about three
times the 1914 crop.
Mr.. Poole said that II consumers will
begin now to buy as little sugar as
they can get along with we will have
l0-ccnt or ll-Cent sugar by January
l. as there is no shortage"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
SOCIALISTS lNDORSE
THIRD INTERNATIONAL

PITTSBURGH, Aug. Endorsement
of the third internationale with GER
tain. reservations, by the Socialist par
ty of the United States, was announced
here today by the executive committee
as to the outcome of a referendum vote
taken under Instructions Of the natiopal
convention at New York last May.
1t also was announced that the par
ty, in another referendum, had de-
cIared against adoption of the dictator
ship of the proetariat" as practiced in
Russia
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
REDS CROSS ARMENIA
TO JOIN TURK Line

CONSTANTlNOrLE, Aug 81. tBy the
Associated Prcss)-TWo Bolshevk cav
airy regiments have passed over South
crn Armenia into Turkish territory and
joined the Turkish nationalist followers
of Mustapha NrmaI Pasha. at Baiazot.
according to advices received here to-
day.
Soviet Russia has concluded an agree.
newt with Armenia by which the prov
inCes Of Earahagh and Ian2egour
Southern Armenia will b" ncutraltzcd
EntuNo circles here are alarmed lc-
garGiUg this convention. which they be.
lIt.vr is equivalent 10 permission BY
Armenia for IN" Bolshoyiki 10 cross tn,
country from Baku to Auatolia.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
COMPANY FEARS 28 OF
CREW OF 80 DROWNED

CLEVELAND O.. Aug. 21.-Officials
of the Pittsburgh Steamship company,
owners of the steamer City of Superior,
sunk in collision in Lake Superior last
night, had received no word today of
the safety of twenty eight members
of the crew of 80 and expressed grave
fears that they were drowned. Press
reports and kilograms to the Lake Car
riers' association here said four mem
bers of the crew. had been saved.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
ENGINE CREW HURT.

necr and Irrr,an ON n Missouri, Kan.
sas and Texas meigh, train south
bound. were injured when their
engine ploughed INTO the rear Of an
other freight train, two miles south OF
Denison carly today The heavy loco
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
FRENCH ADVANCE GIVES
RELIEF WORKERS HOPE

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 1a.-- tBy
the Associated Press0 0--Advices to the
French mission here report the capture
of Tarsus, Asia Minor, August f2, by
the American Relief workers. who have
been besieged in Adana since June 90.
Tarsus is situated halfway between
Mersina and Adana.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
Varied Weather
SCOTS Forecast

Memphis is in Ene for another varied
assortment of weather. Thunderstorms
Saturday afternoon or nlgRt, with cooler
weather at night and cloudiness Sunday
is the prediction sent out from the
weather bureau.
The river will continue to rise for
several days, the stage Saturday be-
ing 173 feet, a rise of 9 of a foot in
"a hours
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
IDENTIFIES NEGRO
AS MAN UNDER BED

Ollie Bell, Euclid held
Saturday Afternoon police heE tie docket
pending further connection with
robberes
whom discovered hiding
home Monday the
have him break down door
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
RECEIVER ASKED.

NEW YORK. Aug A,--An involun.,
tarv petition in bankruptcy was filed
today in federal court against the Ma
tional Shipbuilding corporation. OF this
city. alleged to have liabilities exceed
ing s., 600. .00G. The petition was filed
In h.SAalf Of four creditors seeking to
recover more than 100000.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
800 ATTEND LECTURES.

Advices received from W II. Haylcy,
secretary of the Chamber Of Commerce,
report more than 300 commercial sec
ietaries are attending the lectures at
the University of Wisconsin. Thcse
mercial and civic bodies. MIR HAylcy
expects to return to Memphis about
Cppt /
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
MAN INSTANTLY KILLED
IN. MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

MERIDIAN, Miss, Aug. 21.-(spD-
Elijah Clifton, of Monroe La, on a
visit here, was instantly killed and p
J. Watson, with whom he was riding,
seriously injured last night when a
motorcycle got beyond Watson's con-
troll on the streets Of the city Clifton
was thrown 80 feet, his skull being
crushed in the fall.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
YeggS Wreck Bank;
Fail To Get Money

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug 2l.--Th'
front 'of the Farmers and Merchants
bank building at White Bluff west Of
here, was torn out early this morning
when robbers attempted to blow the
banks vault
The robbers did not succeed in get
ting the money which was in another
vault
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
DECLINE RATE BOOST.

NASHVILLE Tenn. Aug. 2t.-The
state Railroad commission today de-
cined to allow railroads In Tennessee
10 raise intrastate freight and passen-
GEE rates as requested on five days
notice. and the new tariffs on intra-
state traffic will become effective on
September ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
FRANK GIBSON SOLD

SAN ANTONIO. Ten AUG ? .--
Catcher Frank Gibson Of the San An.
tonic CTexas) league club, has been sold
20 the Boston Nationals II has been an
nouced. Players win be given ta re-
turn IL Gibson makes the pace
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
SECRETARY RESIGNS

Miss Dorothy Dishmar., Secretary to
Mark Fenton, industrial commissioner
OF the Chamber Of Commerce. has re-
signed and will leave aoon for North
Carolina. No appointment OF her sue
cessor has been announced.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
ANTI-SUFFS ENJOIN&GOV. ROBERTS
CHEER UP! YOU'VE BETTER =.
OUTLOOK TO DIE NOW AS
TOMBSTONE DEMAND BOOMS
BY C. U. M'DOWELL.

problem coal short
and other things that develop hairs and wrinkles there
will have tombstone appropriate motto
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21


to
Farther the northeast
Wyszkow Stansavow
the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
SIX DIVISIONS OF
REDS SURROUNDED;
$4,000 CAPTURED

PARIS Aug 21-Sx BoIsheyK divisions consisting
10 10000 surrounded by Polish Sedc
resttovsk according dispatches received here today
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21

Memphis monumental concerns are far
behind in orders and reports show that
more people are buying memorials for
the dead than ever before, the business
Icing about 800 per cent greater than
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
sIsEslE VI ISIsiER9

T Henty-four hours to Aug 81, 1920
-Temperature--
IInlr INrNt hIllh Nnf hIIlh Hmm Ia i,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21

WARSAW, Aug. 2 tBy the Associated Press)-The
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21

Sun sets today 5:24 pm: rises tomor-
row. 6:42 am Moon sets 1925 pm. to-
night. Precipitation, none.
Tennessee. Showers; cooler.
ssissippi.-Showers cooler
Arkansas. .-Thundershowers
Alabama.--Showers cooler.
kentucky cooler
louisiana a.--Thundershowers
Oklahoma. Fair; cooler
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida.--Showers
, East and West Texas.-Showers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-21
Weather Forecast

Local showers and
thunderstorms prob
able; cooler.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-27
CHEAPER GARMENTS AND SHOES,

Prices for clothing and shoes are
going to be less in the near future.
Nobody knows just when the break
will come, but that 1t Is on the way
may be assured from the revelations
that are being made as to profiteer-
ing in their manufacture which Is
going on among both workmen and
employers.
Garment cutters in New York, who
earned from $40 to s2s per week be-
fore tho war, now demand $50, and
sometimes as high as SIS per week,
and get it. Formerly they worked
nfty-two hours Per week and aver
aged sixty-six garments cut, whereas
now they work only forty-four hours
re- week and out S.a average Of only
forty garments per week. Six weeks
ago the garment worikerS union
made . demand for IL per cent In
crease and got 1t. Then they asked
for this pay TO be made retroactive
% they could collect back wages
and build an office block a. an In
vestment for tho Union and they got
that, too. Now they are arbitratins
some other kind Of demand
The National Wool Growers Asso-