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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
QUAKE FATAL TO
ONE;;21 BUSINESS
HOUSES WRECKED
Los Angeles Windows Shat
tered by Shock Which Plays
Havoc in Business Section
OF EngleWood.

Los ANGELES, Cal. June ga sur
Vey early today OF the damage done hy
an earthquake last night indicated that
Englewood 10 miles southwest Of here.
suffered much more severely than was
at first reported. Twenty one business
buildings In the town were practically
destroyed, the town was deprived OF
light and gas and scores Of dwellings
We're seriously damaged.
Many plate glass windows in Los An
geles were shattered by the shock, sew
eral buildings were otherwise injured
ana persons were struck by bricks
shaken from chimneys. San Pedro,
Long Beach, Santa Monica and Venice
also reDorted minor damage.
The death Of Mrs. William Shlppy, of
Los Angeles, at Venice. beach resort
was attributed TO the earthquake. She
jumped from an automobile following
the tremor and fell dead from heart
disease
The earthquake area was confined to
Los Angeles county. Englewood bear
ing the brunt OF its severity.
The shock which caused the damage
was followed by two sllghtcr tremors.
few minutes apart. and at l0:i0 clock
fourth tremor was felt In the south
west section Of Los Angeles, and a.
Englewood. M damage resulted from
these.
The front walls of the Englewo5d
hotel, a theater. an undertaking estaD-
lishment, n real estate office, three gro
Gerry stores, two meat markets, two ga
RACES, a poolroom. a drug store. fur
niture store, and other downtown build
ings, collapsed. The steeple of the
Episcopal church toppled into the street,
and the buildings occupied by the Cid
Eens Savings bank and the First Ma
tlonal OF Engewood virtually we're de-
stfoyed.
Several persons in Englewood were
slightly injured by falling plaster, and
bricks and broken glass, but no se-
rious injuries were reported
The Edison building and the Laughlin
building, formerly separated by a space
OF few inches, were found to have
become closely Joined after the shock 2
Cracks over the main entrance to the
o, T. johnson building Jn Broadway
showed the effects OF the luakA.
The chimney OF the w. G. r. L.
building was loosened and a Inlioe
guard was placed in the street below
10 warn pedestrians OF the danger.
Another slight earth shock was felt
this morning. There was no additional
Inglewood residents worked all night
clearing up debris and boarding Up
fronts OF buildings which had partly
been demolished During the period
that the town lights were off. automo.
bile headlights were used by the work
crs. Many families slept in the open
air rather than occupy their shaken
dwellings
lnglawood is reached from here by a
suburban line, Its population Is about
The Inklewood water company ra.
ported its mains had been damaged
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
Variations Uncovered
In Assessments Made

One of the biggest tasks ever per-
formed by any board of equalization in
this history of Shelby county faces the
county board of equalization in the opin-
ion of its members. So numerous have
been protests. filed that members of
the board predict that unusual time will
be required to adjust matters. No ef-
forts will be made at equalization un-
til the books close on July g.
Individual members of the board have
been told in. many instances of under
assessments as well as overassessments
ana 1T is these matters that multiply
troubles of the board. An instance OF
this was cited Tuesday to one member
of the board.
Property in the Twelfth ward OF
which J. a. and NJ. D. Couch are own
ers, is valued by the state board of
equalization, at $4,000 The 1918 assess
nlsnt was s2,40o while the 1920 as
sessment, according to the books of w.
7. Condop, county, assessor, places a
valuation of $1,000 on the property.
This particular piece of. property. il
is said, is 60 by 121 feet and has a
two-story brick building on it. Modest
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22

homes nearby are assessed at $1,000, and
more.
Another instance brought to light
Tuesday was in the Idlewld subdivi-
sion, Seventeenth ward, being a lot
81 by "a by 200 on the west side of
Mclean at the corner of Madison ave-
nue.. the property of j. NJ Mccormack,
ct al. This property is listed at S.
600. When attention was called to this
property, 1t was stated to board members
that typographical error had been
made and that the figure should have
been $4,000, This property has a large
apartment house located on 1t, it is
said.
1t is poiRted out that owners of prop
erty that Is underassessed are not pro-
testing to the board but owners ~ I'd
joining property almost Invariably look
up the property owned by their neigh
,6ors and. In this manner errors are
discovered t"s T.~ l-e',t :.
The number of complaints filed with
the board Tuesday was, according to
members, about up to the usual num-
per, the office of the board being com
fortably filled throughout the day with
property owners looking UP assessments
and filing complaints.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
'|ND|CT TWO BLACKS
. FOR ROGERS DEATH
Rosemark Citizens Ask Speedy
Action-Act on Bandit
Charges.

q, indictments charging Arthur Bill
iigs iihgs and Jim Wilson, negroes, with
iIrst degree murder, in connection with
tne death OF Frank Rogers, aged white
farmer. were returned by the grand
jury Tuesday, A delegation OF Rose
mark citizns waited on Sheriff o. H.
Perry, Tuesday morning and requests N
that he present the case to the grand
jury at once, which he did. Rogers was
found saturday In an unconscious cor,
dition at Rosemark and died Sunday
while en- route to Memphis for medical
aid. Robbery was the motive for the
murder. the sheriff said. According to
officers the negroes each blamed the
other with the deed
John Logsden and Tommy LayYnon
each were named twice on Joint indict-
ments charging robbery. They were ar
rested recently by police following
charges. Of highway robbery and opera,
tions Of auto bandits. Morgan Nessen
and William Annadale, also were In
dicted Jointly on charges OF robbery
Fifteen true bills and three not true
bills, the latter relative 10 cases of
Arnold Wilson, Leon Pazella and Vic
Jury
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
NJ 'ADOO WILL Be
NOMINATED, SAYS
KANSAS LEADER
Name To Be Placed Before
Convention With Or With
out Consent, Publisher Sc
leCted to Make Address.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June u. Burril
A. Jenkins. clergyman and newspaper
publisher, issued statement today de-
claring positively that the name OF VIII
liam Gibbs McAdoo wotIid be placed In
nomination before the Democratic con-
vention In San Francisco. with or with
out the consent Of MIR. McAdoo.
Dr. Jenkins had been selected to make
the speech placing McAdoo's name be-
fore the convention up to the time Mr..
McAdoo issued statement In which
he said he must decline to allow his
name to be placed before the conyen-
ton.
whether nominate Mr.. McAdoo. or
whether someone else does" DR.. jenkins
said, this much Is certain-his name
will be placed in nomination at San
Francisco"
DR.. jenkins said he had been in
formed by Thomas B. Love, Democratic
national committeeman from Texas
who yesterday travelled across Kansas
with the Alabama delegation to the ma
tional convention, that is out of the "a
members Of the delegation insisted that
the name Of the former secretary OF the
treasury and director-general of rail-
roads ought to be laid before the con-
vention Such action will be taken, Or,
Jenkins aVerred.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
GOSIUick DiSLOCates
Hand Upon Negro,
But Captures Him

Deputy Sheriff w. +. Goswick re-
ceived badly sprained hand and dislo-
Gated &nuckle Tuesday morning about
o'clock, when his clenched fist came
into sudden and smashing contact with
the head OF Fred Askew. negro. wanted
for jumping his bond In criminal court.
Goswick's little finger knuckle was
moved about Is degrees out OF plumb,
but with his remaining good hand hs
fastened upon Fred's collar and escort
ed Fred to jail
The deputy suffered more pain while
Dr. T, c, Graves, county health off
GER was swapping the dislocated
knuckle back into place than he aid
when he struck the negro After the
doctor had pressed the injured hand
four different ways for Sunday, Cos
wick dryly remarked: DOC, | don't be-
lieve that hurts you a bit"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22

Furniture is handled also. Chairs for
The children and also those made for
beauty rather than comfort are often
sent through the mails
Queen bees and companions which
cause persons 20 leave these chairs II
placed in strategic positions also are
found
Just plain ordinary junk is slipping
through the mails. Even scrap iron,
scrap copper and other sundries are
found daily.
II you have any Coclroaches in your
home which mother in law might ap-
preciatc. mailing Of them is permssi-
BILE. recent shipment went through
10 Alabama. but they were designated
for use as fish bait
One man entered the postoffice re.
Gently and asked permission to mail his
b-year-old son to the boys mother up
in Cairo. The father was called to New
Orleans and could not take the boy
Permission was denied.
For the proud owner OF a Lizzie" or
any other profanity encouraging motor
car, the parcel post il invaluable. Any
thing from new dffcrential gear. a
spark plug, a tail-light to the honored
and respected crank is mailable. Never
a day passes but there are several au-
tomobile tires sent through the mail.
Other automobile accessories OF all de-
sCriptions are now transported by Uncle
Sam instead OF resorting to the express
companies.
The parcel post division is short
handed and 1t takes hard work on the
part OF the depleted force to keep
abreast with the amount of mail han
died. No relief Is in sight, except that
the dun season is near
The parcel post scope seems to be
that when a person has anything he
does not know how to send otherwise
he brings 1t to the postofflce,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
LONDONDERRY CIVIL
WAR DEAD INCREASE

LONDONDERRY, Ireland. Juno -
(By the Associated Press )-Civn war
continued throughout today with one
more death. bringing the total list 10
eight, Troops were protecting some of
the principal streets this afternoon. but
enough firing was going on to terrify
the citizens and keep them indoors re-
sulting In stoppage OF all activities
General suffering is expected II de-
liVeries Of foodstuffs are not resumed
soon.
Cross channel sailngs have been sus.
pended. Several boats are lying I'm
the harbor awaiting an opportunity 10
discharge, which is impossible at pres
ent. with firing going on about the
docks.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
PLATFORM MAKERS
CLAIMED BY DRYS
Fight Over Beer Plank" Ex-
pected on Floor of Demo
cratic Convention.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 70. While
hotel lobbies began today to take on
the appearance OF national political
convention. only a few. cf tho Demo-
cratic chief.ains who will ii cure Irom-
inently IN the party's auadrennial gath
ertng next week had reached the ron-
Vention city,
Direct developments OF the Cay were
confined to physical preparation cf the
municipal auditorium for the convention
and the work was well advanced, lut
there was much discussion IN progress
as to elements that would be Involved
In shaping the platform and there was
strikingly little talk about IA ldidates.
Out Of the talk Of the day came an
maneuvers. No definite statements
were obtainable from leaders who have
reached the scene Of battle. but II was
clearly indicated that they looked for
ward to a fight on the fl3or 4 ne
convention over efforts to make the
Democratic platform advocate modlfica-
ton OF the prohibition enforcement law
through a beer plank"
Some observers who had counted
noses on the resolutions committee.
which will frame the tentative draft
of the platform, said the "drys" would
control by a sufficient margin TO as
sure defeat OF any wet" plank in the
draft. 1t was added, however, that II
the question OF permitting manufac-
ture of mild beverages was brought be-
fore the convention Itself. the result
would be more in doubt. Pending ar
rival Of Senator Glass Of Virginia, slat-
ed to be chairman Of the committee,
no direct step toward sounding senti-
ment In the convention on the issue ap-
peared likely.
The league of nations issue did not
fill a prominent place in talk among
the leaders today, but possibility OF a
struggle over japanese exclusion was
suggested after Gov. Stephens letter 10
Secretary Colby declaring the situa-
tion serious in California, had been
read, coupled as ii was With the state
ment Of Senator Phelan, of this stale,
that the Democrats should deal with
the Oriental problem in framing The
platform.
There was no marked activity among
supporters of men seeking the l,resI-
dental nomination.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
SHIELDS CASE IS
SIMILAR TO THAT
= Of SEN. LAMAR
Mississippi Legislature Gen.
Sured Lamar, Commended
>YHis Negro Colleague, Then
Reelected Him. Z

The condemnation of Senator Shields
by the Democratic state convention,
made up principally of delegates
drummed up by his political enemies, is
not without it's parallel
Inc passions Of men have risen SUI
perlor to their Judgment before. They
nave been used as the willing tools of
designing politicians who have no con-
Viction on anything and are actuated
solely by an impulse to take advantage
of an opportunity to pillory an honest
man.
1t is history repeating itself for the
leaders in the crusade to be men and
newspapers that have privately and
publicly expressed the same views that
Senator Shields holds, to lead the cry
to cruelty him.
Senator L. Q. C. Lamar, of Missis-
sippf passed through the same ordeal in
1878 and came out vindicated and with
a stronger hold upon the affections of
the people than before.
There is not the slightest doubt of the
eventual triumph of the views of Sem
ator Shields holds on the covenant Of
has begun to recede. A few months ago
there were some who had their pas
sions famed until they were ready to
burn the senator at the stake. 1t Is not
necessary to state that scarcely one of
the detractors but has been the recip-
lent of favors at his hands. Some In
high places in official life, state and ma
ton, that are leading in the deuncia-
ton, were elevated by the friends OF
Senator Shields and who still hold him
first in their esteem.
Senator Shields has been honored
more highly than any living Tennes-
l1-s.$ He is grateful for the honors he
has received at the hands of his party.
In early life he was a chancellor. Aft
erward he was member of the SUI
|preme court of the state.
Stands by Conscience.
" 1910 he refused to obey the man
date of his party and with four as
|sociates was elected on an indepen-
dent ticket to the supreme court by
h majority of more than 10000.
Senator Shields has never been CO.
|ereed into doing anything and the peo-
lple have stood by him for 20 years.
Following the election in 1910 he be-
came chief justice of the supreme court.
PIE held that position until he was elect
ed as the caucus nominee OF the Demo-
cratic members of the legislature to
the United States senate.
In 1918 he again asked for the nonl-
Enation and received an Endorsement
of the Democrats in a statewide pri-
lnary with all the machinery and a
horde of pie hunting politicians against
him.
1t is charged that he promised to
vote any way he was told. as is the
fContinued on Page 8. Column ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
PREACHER PLEADS NOT
GUILTY OF MINE FRAUD

PITTSBURG, Kan. June Gar
raigned in a justice court this morn
ing on charges OF fraud in connection
with the sale of interests in a mining
concern, Rev. Juett Mcdonald. pastor
of the Pittsburg First Presbyterian
church, pleaded not guilty His pre-
llminary hearing was set for July 20.
and his bond was fixed at $4,000. He
Immediately gave bond, with four
of his church, as sureties.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
SAYS FORCE ADEQUATE.

LONDON. June 22.-Andrew Bonar
Law, government spokesman, in repIv
TO a question in the house Of common =
today. declared he had considered there
was an adequate military force in
! I,ondonderTy to deal with the situation
This view also was held by the Chief
secretary for Ireland, he said. MIR
bonar Law said the government had
ordered Gen. Campbell commanding of-
ncer in that district to proceed from
Beltast TO Londonderry with full power
10 deal with the situation as he saw
~ 10 he sd"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
IMPERIAL SHRINE OPENS
SESSION AT PORTLAND

POkTLAND, Ore. June 22.-The first
day OF the Imperial Shrine opened with
a prospect Of fair weather and with the
clty crowded with Shriners from every
ne first parade was scheduled for
tnis afternoon, with every Shrine mand
patrol and marching organization in
llne. Sessions OF the imperial council
were scheduled to open this morning at
tertainment features were on tbe nrn
gram, reaching their climax in the i'm
perial potentate's ball tonight
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
JEWISH FLOWER DAY
NETS $l,766.S7 TOTAL

A total of $1,766.S7 gross was realized
honday by the Flower day fof the bene-
4 Of the Jewish national fund ac-
Iording to official reports of the cxecu-
i've committee Tuesday. This amount
I2es to help swell the money to pro-
lee a livelihood for inhabitants of
Palestine and restore the land there to
he Jews.
Donations of flowers were given by
Etrs. w. o. Crump and Mrs. A. l..
felden and the committee extended
banks to Johnson's Flower shop for
he, use of space in their store as head
E.gters.
The executive. committee was COM
losed of Miss Mary Blockman, chair
pan; Mrs H. Dlugach, Miss Sarah
.vensky, Ben G. Leve A. Metzer and
iorris Metzler
Mrs S. Yergin led all others in sales
( flowers for. the day with a total
urned in OF $136,23. Next came Misses
arah Evensky and Sophie Faine with
50. 26 and closely behind them came
frs. s. Karchner with SS0.24.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
ACQUIT LATHAM ON
CHARGE OF MURDER

w. II. Latham. street car inspector
% %as acquitted in First criminal court
I,9iey Iu,u9ieesday afternoon on charge of killing
, willie Moore, negro, in 1918. Moore
Tsthp as passenger on a street car when
black. shot the
-. The second verdict in murder case
va. was expected Tuesday. that being IN
the trial Of B. j. Bryant. The latter
noGso ,S racing charges of killing lee Turner
defendants witnesses consnmnS tSa oa
early portion Of the afternoon, '"'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
s. TO Cook,
Makes Escape

/ ma jackson, negress. convicted
last week of murder in the second
degree. escaped from the county
tuesday. at breakfast time. George
Reeves, jailer had taken Lena from
her cell to cook breakfast for him
self and family. Lena's previous
culinary efforts had made her a
particular favorite with George,
About the time that the fragrant
odor OF frying bacon assailed
Georges nostrils ard began 70 whet
his appetite, Lena decided that "on
the outside looking in" was better
than ION the inside looking out"
She walked out the front door Of
the Jail. onto Front street, and s,ill
is missing.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
FORMER MEMPIHAN
DIES AT HUNTSVILLE

George s. Scruggs, who died in
Huntsville, Ala. last Friday was pTyyn-
inent in business circles in Memphis
previous TO his retirement several wears
ago.
MIR. Scruggs was a member or tbe
firm OF Scruggs- Robinson & Co. grain
brokers and was member Of the Mer.
chants exchange for years He was
engaged In business in Memphis Tor
more than 25 years. Mr. Scruggs was
Tor years assistant superintendent OF
The hrst Methodist Sunday school He
died at the home OF his sister law in
Huntsville and is survived by his widow
and a brother
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
PARTLY CLOUDY, SAYS
U. S. WEATHER REPORT

Real warm weather for Memphis ia
again postponed. according TO the
weather bureau forecast, which tells
that moderate temperatures will pre.
van wednesday and the skies viii be
partly cloudy "''' w
The same forecast holds Rood for
tennessee, while in Mississippi there is
no indication of cioudiness.
me river will continue to fall Tues
day night and Wednesday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
M'AD00 ASKS JENKINS
TO WITHHOLD HIS NAME

NEW YORK, June 22-Wm Gibbs
McAdoo today telegraphed Burris A.
jenkins, Of Kansas City, requesting
that his name not be suggested for
the Democratic presidential nomination.
The message was sent on receipt Of
news that Mr.. jenkins had announced
nomination at San Francisco with or
without his consent.
Il urgently requested Mr.. jenkins
not to present my name at the conven-
ton" Mr. McAdoO said.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
UNIONS EXPECTED
TO STOP STRIKE
Government Watches Eastern
Railroad oenters as Walk
out Is Expected.

=. WASHINGTON, June 22-Strikes o.
Iallroad employees which began several
nays ago in Philadelphia and Baltlmore
aHu since have spread to other East
ein Tallroad centers are being watched
closely by government Officials So
far as could be learned TO-DAY he sto, % 90
COMBAT the spreading epidemic Of walk
outs had been decided on bv anv gov
eerhment agency, officials generalIv re-
iying upon the recognized union heads
70 brlng about the return of the
PHILADELPHIA, June 22.-LittIe
change was noted in the railroad yard :
mems strike Nhere early TODAY Rotb
SIDES continued TO make contradictory
GAINS as TO the number Of men ont
and the effect the strike has had on
the movement Of freight
HOUSTON, Tex. June 22-Fiftv or
oo swltchmen are on strike here, ac-
the Brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen
OF the Southern Pacific lines. Leaders
IN the strike movement, which dev.t-
oped suddenly late yesterday. claimed
much larger number of men were
out, but gave no figures. A number Of
the switchmen, who declare they are
taking a vacation" Railroad officials
asserted, however, that all regular
ualhs were moving promptly today
BALTIMORE. June 22.-The railroad
strike situation in the Baltimore dis
trict was virtually unchanged today
An official Of the Pennsylvania line esti.
mated that between 35 and 40 per cent
OF their yardmen were back at work
while the Baltimore & Ohio reported
mat so per cent of their men were
NEW YORK, June 22.-Although the
new railroad strike has suddenly
spread to the southern section Of Nv
Jersey at Syracuse and New Haven,
gers here declared today they did not
believe the movement would affect New
YORK city 10 any great extent
Reports thai 400 men are out in the
Syracuse Divisions OF the New York
Central and the Lackawdnna are eX-
aggerated, an official OF the New York
Central said today Latest accounts
gave the number Of Syracuse strikers
on each road as four train crews or
about 80 men.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. June 22.--The
extent OF the strike OF switchmen In
the local yards Of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad was not
definitely apparent today An embargo,
however, was placed on all outgoing
freight from these yards Railroad Of
ficials said no demands had been pre-
sented 10 them
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-22
new PRODUCE HOUSE
TO Be OPENED HERE

Announcement is made by the indus
trial bureau OF the Memphis Chamber
OF Commerce OF new general produce
house TO open. It viii be operated at
66 North Main street by II. f. Lester.
Mr.. Lester formerly was with the
Bynn- Yam company and later CON
nected with the government work at
Muscle shoals
Stock will be bought from Missouri.
Wisconsin Mississippi Tennessee. Ar
kansas, Florida and Georgia The open
Ing Is scheduled July l.