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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
HARDING HAS BIC
MAJORITY IN OHIO
All Democratic Delegates Are
Pledged to Support
Gov. Cox.
BULLETIN,

COLUMBUS, April 2S.-Additional re-
turns from yesterdays presidential pref.
erence primary election in Ohio today
gave Senator Warren c. Harding a lead
Of almost 10000 votes over Mai.-tien
Leonard Wood. The vote from i.667 out
Of 5,SS2 precincts in. the state gave
Harding 1o27S2 and Wood 1896
COLI MBUS, c. April 2S.-Returns
early this morning on yesterdays presi-
dental preference primary election in
ONO from all but l,ill precincts out
or total Of 5.SS2 in the state. showed
mat Senator Warren &. Harding. Of
ONO, was leading Gen Leonard Wood
hy little more than 5000 votes The
Vote stood: For Harding. 1896 for
Wood, SS,3Sl
Fourteen counties, including the larg.
er cities OF the state, had reported com
pete and incomplete returns had been
recc'red from each Of The other -
counties.
Although their names were not printed
on the ballots. Hiram johnson, c" Cali
iOrnia, received ~, 16S votes aud Her
bert Hoover. Of California received s.
2S3 votes in 3.440 scattering precincts.
The name OF Gov. James NJ COX OF
Ohio was the only one appearing on
the Democratic presidential ballot In
several districts over the state how.
ever, the name OF William G. McAGoo
was written in All Democratic Candi-
dates delegate to the national conven-
tion were pledged TO Cox
Returns from 3,69l out OF a total OF
5.SS2 precincts in the state showed
three Harding candidates and one Wood
man leading in the race for delcgate tee
at large to the national convention.
The vote stood:
Myron r Herrick. CHardlngp. s7.425,
John Calvin, CHarding) 1896. Frank
B Willis. CHardlngl, 76,o91 William II.
Boyd, wood, TO- 4S4; Edward c. Tur-
ner. Wood, 69,774 Harry NJ. Daugh-
erty Harding. 69174
Additional returns indicated that
Harding candidates for district dele
eatos had been successful H. II of tbr
?2 districts OF the state while wood
candidates apparently had won I'm three
districts. Five districts were sim m
doubt
h daylight saving ordinance passed
by the Cincinnati city council was APP.
proved by III" voters of that city by
a vote. OF 1905 TO 1876 Cncinnai
" Il advance Its clocks one hour next
SUNDAY, effective until the last Sunday
in September
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
SONORA REVOLT
IS SPREADING IN
NORTH MEXICO

Ell PASO, Texas. April 2S Fight
ing in Chihuahua city, between revolt
ing and loyal troops WAS reported by
Carranza officials in Iuarez. carly to7
DAY following the establishment OF wire
communications as Car south as Ter
raZaS, n station on the Mexican Cen
tral railway 80 miles north OF the
state capital
Developments Ia tho situation up to
early today, as complied from official
press dispatches, were:
Six hundred men Of the ed infantry,
under Col FiRueroa, had revolted In
chihuahua city.
Reported that Gen. y. Martinez and
Lieut. Col. Almada. who have no
troops, had Joined the revolving forces,
Revoltng troops proceeded as far
north on Mexican Central train as
Moctezpma, after which they returned
to the state capital. burning bridges
along the way 10 cut oft troops from
the north.
Col. Francisco nel Arco reported on
Tuesday afternoon In command of the
revolving troops, is In Ortiz, at the
head of the 43d infantry
Reports that the garrisons ut Moe
tezuma, Gallegas and Sauz had revolt
ed were discounted by Juarez military
men.
Two thousand troops from Torreon
and 5000 from Zacatecas are Being
rushed to Chihuahua CITY TO put down
the uprising.
Troops concentrated at Casas Gran
des for the Sonora campaign probably
will be brought to Juarez tomorrow to
be held In readiness for possible cam
paign In chihuahua,
Two hundred and fifty men of the
Juarez garrisons were rushed south last
night to repair bridges
Troops at Villa Ahumada were to be
brought to Juarez today,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28

seven persons were injured. one Sc
riously, and two river steamers dam
aged when fire broke out suddenly upon
me river packet Helen Blair, lying at
ne NE toot Of Union avenue, at 1:SO
O'Clock wednesday afternoon. The in
Juries occurred when a police patrol
and fire truck crashed together at Main
ana Adams while responding to the
alarm.
The two machines also struck another
aulo' ford sedan, injuring the driver.
In addition to the Helen Blair, which
was damaged to the extent of $40, 900,
the steamer Grand, tied up alongside
was also damaged to the extent of
$l,oOO. The three autos concerned in
the crash were wrecked
The injured are:
Capt. Jack Hanlon, engine company
NO. 4; Emergency Officers Julio VAN
hucci and j, S. Sheriff., central head
quarters. Al Wilson, S. p. Richardson
ana hallh Roddy, newspaper reporters
and M. j. Carimi, driver of the Ford.
The sedan and the patrol were com
pletely wrecked and the fire truck was
Jammed against the curbing and put
out OF commission. Only for the fact
that the curbing at this point is very
hlgh the engine would have plunged
through the front door of the Airing
ton hotel
The fire truck, belonging to No. 4
company, was racing south on Main
and the patrol was going west on Adams
When the crash occurred. The Ford
stopped to allow the fire truck to pass,
but the force of the impact tossed the
truck against 1t.
Hanlon, Vannucci and Sheriff. were
taken to st. Joseph's hospital, where
their injuries were treated
Hanlon's legs were crushed badly
and may have to be amputated to save
his life. Vannucci suffered a broken
kneecap and Sheriff. was bruised about
the body. Wilson and Richardson es-
capped death by rolling free of the
wreclSage, and Roddy lost three teeth.
wv !soiIestfsS ftiehardsDn were walking
up the street when the patrol dashed
by. They swung on the rear, and had
Just secured a place, when the smash
occurred.
The fire broke out in the kitchen of
the Helen Blair and gained rapid head
way, spreading to the deck and sweep
ing the superstructure. The steamer
Grand, tied alongside, was quickly
moved to safety but suffered slight
damages.
The Helen Blair was 300 ton steam
er, the property Of the Tri-State Packet
company, and was not insured. II
reached the Memphis port Wednesday
at am. with a general cargo from
st. Louis and was due to return to st. |
Louis Thursday. Thos. Ledger was cap
tain of the vessel, and Mitchell Flana- |
gan mate.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
Responsibility For
Kaiser Is Hollands

THE HAGUE, April 2S, Responsible
ity for the continued residence In Hol-
land OF former Emperor william OF
Germany was placed squarely and cx-
clusvely on the Netherlands govern
ment In a note sent by Premier Lloyd
George of Great Brlteln on March "a
and published today fos the first time
In the Orange book, containing docu-
ments relating to the demanded extra
ditlon of Count Hohenzollern
Mr.. Lloyd Georges note says:
The allied governments have learned
Of the royal decree assigning to former
Emperor William definite place Of
internment in Utrecht this decree he
Ing accompanied by an undertaking by
the Netherlands government TO assume
complete responsibility for the custody
Of the former emperor and control OF
his correspondence and reiations with
the outside world.
The note pointed out that William. In
spite Of precautions. is IA very serious
danger so long AZ left within 30 kilome-
ters of the German frontier ana is a
potential center of reaCtionary propa-
ganda and constant menace to the
peace of Eurupe."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
JACKSON TROOPS GO
TO SAVANNAH, TENN.

JACKSON Tenn. April 2S. CSpl)-
A corps of about Is officers and two
national guard companies. including Co.
l. OF Jackson, and a contingent made
up from the three Memphis companies,
left Jackson at 10 o'clock this morning
over the M. &c o. railroad for Savan-
nah, Tenn, in charge of the six ne
groes now held in the Madison county
jail for safe-keeping. and will stand
guard while these negroes are being
tried before Judge n. X. Barham in
the Hardin county criminal court on
the charge of numbering and robbing
Harry Allen, white merchant, at Hoop
er's Bend, last Wednesday night.
The contingent leaving Jackson was
commanded by Adjt. Gen f. b.
Sweeney, of Nashville, who issued or
ders for the guardsmen TO accompany
the prisoners as precaution aEainst
mob violence at the request of Attor
ney-General H. G. Anderson. Major
Roberts, OF Nashville son of Gov A II.
Roberts. who arrived in Jackson today.
will accompany the guardsmen to Sa-
vannah. Maj. r. s. Rochelle. Capt r.
II. Bond, Capt l.. G. Penland, Lieut..
Clyde A. Thomas and Lieut. $. II. Will
son, Jr.. are the officers that will go
from Jackson. Seven officers and about
80 enlisted men under command of Col
Robert j. Moss arrived in jackson at
$3.50 o'clock this morning and joined
the local contingent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
Reach Agreement On
Water POUer Bill

WASHINGTON, April 2s.--An agree
ment on the water power bill was
reached today by senate and house con
terees but the changes in the bill agreed
upon WIFI not be made public until the
conference report is ready for subms-
sion TO the house.
Representative Esch. one of the
house managers. is preparing a state
mcnt on the bill explaining It's objects
Prompt action by both the senate and
house Is expected by the conforees
thus ending fight for water power
legislation which began 10 years ago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
BULLETIN.
BY {. A. ROPER.
(Staff Correspondent.

1 III
CoRlNTH, Miss, April %. (Spi)--
Frightened into a state Of terror by so
many soldiers and the sureng crowd
around the coach, Chester Graham,
negro, ~, broke down today, and con.
fessed to hitting Harry Allen, murdered
merchant, with hammer. His five
companions, two of whom were his
brothers, of 13 and IS years, acknowl-
edged their part In the crime, with ex.
ception of viii Allen, 35. The purpose
was robbery, they said.
| SAVANNAH, Tenn, April 28. (SpL)-
Memphis guardemen, Joined at Corlnth,
Miss, by the company from Jackson,
eroes to be tried here for the murder of
Harry Allen, white planter, reached
this town late this afternoon, after a
hard trip from Memphis. The Memphis
am, and waited there until the Jack
son company reached that town at 1880
am.
Upon the arrival at Corinth the SOL
diers were greeted by crowd of about
100 men at the depot This crowd,
however, proved merely curious to see
the guardsmen and greeted the soldiers
with smiles, no threats of violence to
the soldiers or negroes being heard.
Persons at Corinth say that the send.
ing of troops to guard the negroes has
prevented a possible lynchng. as the
men in this section had determined on
summary punishment of the blacks un-
til it became known that militia would
be sent to protect the negroes.
From Corinth a journey of % miles
was made by stage road to Shiloh park
by the troops with the negroes. AT
Shiloh park river steamer was taken
for the enmile trip to Savannah.
1t was expected that the six negroes
would be arraigned late today and the
trial hurried forward as much as pos
slble, the actual trial being begun by
tonight or by tomorrow morning at the
latest.
While encouraged by the attitude
shown by residents of this section into
believing that serious trouble will be
avoided, officers of the guardsmen are
taking no chances and the soldiers are
prepared for any emergency If such
arises.
En- route to Corinth each soldier was |
issued so rounds of steel ball ammuni- |
ton and more than 1000 rounds of As |
automatic pistol ammunition was is |
sued officers. Total ammunition |
brought along consisted of 4S00 rounds |
Tension at Savannah, according to re- |
ports, was increased by threats made |
to Attorney-General Hugh Anderson |
that II he did not obtain a conviction |
of the negroes charged with the muir |
der. the white people OF the neighbor- |
hood would run away all of the ne
groes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
WOOD HAS SLIGHT
LEAD IN JERSEY
Gov. Edwards Heads Demo-
cratic Delegation to Frisco
Convention.
BULLETIN.

NEWARK, y. J., April 2S.-Maj Gen
Leonard Wood was leading Senator
Johnson, of California, by 1872 votes il
the New Jersey preferential presiden.
llal primary contest at II o'clock this
morning. Revised returns showed the
Californian had cut his opponents leat
by 4O6 since 7 o'clock.
NEWARK, n. j., April 2S.-Revised
returns from 1902 out of 2,O25 clecting
morning showed that Mai Gen. Leon
ard Wood was leading Senator Hiram
Johnson. - California, by 1873 votes in
the New Jersey preferential presidential
primary contest The vote was: John
son. 41654; Wood. 1882.
incomplete returns indicated Wood
had carried l3 out of the u counties
in the site, Woods vote was heaviest
in the rural districts of the central and
southern part of the state, while John
son poled heavily in the Industrial dis
tricts of the north. Out of 223 missing
precincts l42 We're in counties which
gave Wood majority in the early re-
turns
United States Senators Walter L.
Edge and Joseph S. Frelinghuysen.
pledged to the presidential choice Of
the voters as expressed at the primary.
have been elected as mcmbrs of the
Republican big four" by substantial
pluralities over their eight opponents.
Former Gov. Edward G Stokes.
pledged to Wood, seems assured of third
place. Former acting Gov. William n
Runyon, pledged to Wood, Is leading
in the race for fourth place although
City Commissioner Thomas l.. Raymond
of Newark, pledged to Wood; Mulford
l., Ballard, Of East Orange, and Thomas
i. Layden, of Paterson, both pledged
10 Johnson, and Former United States
Attorney General John w. Griggs,
nln1up6 IN Wood fpllputinfr 81.
behind in the order named,
With only 223 precincts missing, the
vote was: Frelinghuysen Sc 503 Edge,
55,791; stokes, 4S, 1885, Runyon, 43,239;
Raymond, 10000; Ballard, 40,633; Lay
den 4O,532; Griggs, 39,372.
Complete returns from five districts
showed the election Of five Wood and
four johnson and one unpledged district
delegates. Incomplete returns from
six other districts indicated the
election of eight Wood two Johnson and
two unpledged delegates, although the
trict, the 18th. had not been heard from
at o'clock this morning.
GOV Edward ]. Edwards, who has
announced he would carry the fight
against prohibition on the floor of the
San Francisco convention. was elected
head Of the Democratic big four"
Other Democratic delegates at large
elected, all without opposition, were
NJames r. Nugent, Essex county Demo-
cratic leader; Mayor. Frank Hague, Of
Jersey City, and Mayor Frederick w.
Donnelly, OF Trenton. Democratic voters
did not have an opportunity to register
their choice for president. there being
no candidates names printed on the
ballot. although all OF the big four"
and virtually all Of the district dele
gates are pledged to the candidacy Of
Goy. Edwards.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
LUMBER CASE IS
MOVED TO JACKSON

Further developments in the suit
against F. r. Gadd. statistical mapoger
ana 5S3 firms Of the American Hard
WOOD Manufacturers' association. we're
expected Wednesday, when Gen T. e
Boyle, 6; Carroll Todd, of Washington
W II. FitzHugh and Harry Anderson
OF Memphis, attorneys for the defcnse'
WI VII confer with Judge John H. Mccall.
duflng the regular session of federal
court at Jackson. Tenn Henry Z
Mitchell special assistant to the al
torney- general, representing the gov
ernment, was also expected TO be pres
ent -
A writ OF supersedeas, requesting
that the temporary Injunction rnnder"5
against the open competition plan he
lifted. will be asked for by the defense
to permit the distribution Of sales data
and stock reports, pending final decis-
ion of the supreme court
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
Local Fair Price
Committee To Fight
Retail PrOfiteers

Campaign against retail profiteers In
Memphis was launched Tuesday when
local Mir price committee was or
ganized In the office OF w. d. Kyser,
United States district attorney. in ac-
cordance with request from Lee Brock,
state fair price commissioner.
General discussions of the high cost
Of living in Memphis followed orguniza-
ton proceedings, and although no con
crete evidence or charges against any
one firm were brought before the com
mittee. II is expected that definite ac-
ton will be taken next Tuesday al
the second meeting OF the committee
and steps taken toward the prosecu-
tion Of offenders.
The local committee, heated by A
n. Cameron chairman IL representa-.
tive Of the various interests OF Mem.
PMS and several prominent citizens ol
both sexes are among the members
They are; Mrs Fairfax -Proudfit Walk
up, secretary. Mrs W H. Barker, Il. a.
Gullfoyle, Thomas G Sherron. Arthur
n. Seessell, Il II Kline Dan Wolf.
W, +. Markle and Hayes Flowers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28

ARKANSAN HELD
ON SERIOUS CHARGE

Il, +, Ridgeman. of Bassett, Ark. was
brought to Memphis Wednesday by a
deputy sheriff of Bassett and delivered
to United States maj Shal here on a
federal warrant. charging him with
violating the Mann white slave act.
II is alleged in the warrant that
Ridgeman persuaded woman. Ollie
Wright to accompany him to Memphis
for immoral purposes. When arrested,
after his return to Bassett, Rdgeman
expressed a desire to return to Mem
phis voluntarily and answer to federal
charges, which he understood had been
preferred against him.
He was to be arraigned before George
Fl. Poole, United States commissioner.
at a preliminary hearing late Wednes-
daV
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
COYOTES INVADE FARMS.

HIAWATHA, KAN April o. CBy In
ternauonal News Service Due, "a Is
believed. to their inability 10 obtain
food during the last protraCtcd cold
speh coyotes in this vicinity have be-
come very daring ana are making in
roads on such livestock as pigs and
lambs on farms near here.
Many OF the animals bave fallen VIC
time TO charges Of buckshot. hut IL is
believed That ii viii take an organized
drive to clear this county OF the pests.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
MISSISSIPPI TO RISE
HERE FOR FEW DAYS

According TO official bulletins the
Mississippi river at Memphis will rise
at an increasing rate for several DAYS
Thu crest stage, 3s feet. IA expected
10 be reached by Saturday Reports
"wednesday showed tho river at the 3j )
mark. q OF foot rise during tho past
"a hours.
official Torecaster Scott had smile
on his face Wednesday when lie an
nounced that the weather would be
fair Wednesday night and Thursday,
With slowly rising temperature.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
Urge Qualification
Of Divorce LdlUs

g.. LONDON, April 2S.-LegisIation mod
lying England's divorce laws will be
urged by the present session of the
house of commons. The government it
is contended will in that event be
morally bound to facilitate the passage
of a measure which will sanction di-
vorce on the following additional
grounds:
Wilful desertion for three years :;
cruelty; lunacy; habtual drunkenness
and commuted death sentences.
The church view comedies the de-
mand for the cheapening of divorce
proceedings, the equality of the sexes
and increased grounds for nullity but
declines 20 go further.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
THEY WILL FIGHT MAN.

1t is said that in England the weasels
sometimes hunt In little packs consist
ing Of "A dozen or more, and that there
are well authenticated cases Of their
having resented the Interference Of
man, promptly attacking the latter. and
absolutely placing him in danger Of his
life, SAYS the American Forestry Maya
zine, Washington. d. c.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
BRICK MEN FOR TREES

resolutions urging conservation Of
our forests and Of timber we're Dassed
at the annual convention OF the COM
mon Brick Manufacturers association
Of America, says the American Forestry
Magazine, Washington. y. c. Thcy
urged the national and state govern
ments put into effect comprehensive
plan for a system of scientific cutting
of timber and reforestation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
46 LOCAL BOYS MAKE
UP GUARD CONTINGENT

Led by Lieut.-Col r. j. Moss and
Maj, Wilson II, Moore, Q. NJ. G., 46
guardsmen from headquarters company
day at 5:45 am. for Savannah, Tenn.
via Jackson, and Corinth. Miss
equipped with knapsacks, packs, rifles,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
$4,000 BRITISH ON RHINE.

LONDON. April 2S--British troops on
according To statement made In the
house Of commons today by Winston
Spencer Churchill secretary for war.
There are 95O0O French troons in that
district. 10000 American and 20, 600 Bel
gan.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
SEVEN HURT
IN FIRE ON
) RIVER FRONT
Fire Truck Hits Patrol
Answering Alarm and Three
Autos Are WreCked-Fire
Captain Badly Injured.
BULLETIN.
BULLETIN,

Shortly after the fire was gotten un-
der control, the Helen Blair sunk at the
spot where she was tied up, A launch
was trying to tow her to a sandbar to
beach her when the vessel went down.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28
scSSISSsS% -'gz"sS--1srx-Sre
y2. e zSSIS II ER2

Twenty four hours to noon April IS:
-Temperature--
Hour. Dry bulb. Wet bulb. Humid Y
! pm. yes'day So - IS
Z am. today. 80 10 n
Noon today 81 80 A
Maximum .... 5S
Minimum Co.,. 4N
sun sets today 6.43 p m. rises tomor-
row oil a-m' Moon sets 3.05 am to-
night Precipitation. none.
Tennessee--Fai not much change IN
temperature.
Automatically cloudy warmer
ississippi--Generaly fair, moderate
temperature
Kentueky-Fair. probably light frost.
North and South Carolina and Georg-
la-Fair and cooler.
Florida--Fair and cooler
Alabama and Northwest FlorIda-Fair.
moderate temperature.
Louisiana-Fair and slightly warmer.
Oklahoma-Partly cloudy and warmer.
East Texas--Fair and warmer.
West Texas Generally fair; warmer
In south portion,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28

Twenty four hours to noon April IS:
Temper
Hour Dry bulb Wet bulb, Humid Y
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-28

NEWARK, y. J., April 2S,-Maj. Gen
Leonard Wood was leading Senator
Johnson. of California by 1882 votes in
the New Jersey preferential presiden-
tial primary contest at II o'clock this
morning Revised returns showed the
Californian had cut his opponents lead
by 4O6 since 7 O'Clock