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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23

penalty orders previously issued In
volvlng a charge including demurrage,
Of from si3 to sl6 per day FOR .evsiy
& ,en-top car held beyond Is hours,
either at the loading or unloading Tolnt.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23

II you feet bilious, headachy, consti-
pated and all knocked out. just go to
your druggist and get bottle of bod
sons Liver Tone for a few cents, which
is harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel Take spoonful
and II II doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calone' md without maxi
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
OFFICER KILLS
| INES

4 LISBON. Aug. 2l.-Cou u,rC
$ widely known Portuguese. LINEN
was shot and killed yestt LAlVAAD
e army officer OF high rank
0 aliEhuuE from carriage VII nf thN
e Gers wife, The ASSASSIN Orleans,
y upon the woman who wa OF ire
t enter the offices Of a firm,lnr Inc
II which he had retained tos shippers
I divorce, in which she allsd on he
- She was slightly wounded railroads
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I s,sig TO the
I urance protec-
;. Id given BY tho
Slgarsos Orleans into the
efrttory eoAa.. the barge line and
Is rail eonnecnShr Is enc OF the heav-
est movements Z The ali-rail rate to
Il, Louis IL s4.b cents per 100 pounds
large line $50 cents, saving cents per
90 pounds or s54 carload with mini
mum OF $4,000 pounds, This same saw
ng will hold good on shipments
onnectinR rail lines.
The rail rate on coffee to St Louis Is
3 cents per 100 pounds, barge line 81 b
ents, saving by use OF river SIS cents
er 100 pounds, Moasses, all rail, %
ents per 100 pounds; barge line 20
fuNEs sANHAk D ttHlHs
AS the largest movement OF freight
! downstream principally for export.
he aggregate saving would be much
arger Grain from ST. Louis Is loaded
ato barges direct from the elevators,
rought here direct TO shipslde at II
ents per 100 pounds The all-rail rate
} 10 cents. Cotton from Memphis and
djaoent territory Is delivered ut ship
ide at 40.b cents by the barge line and
0 cents per 100 by the rail lines. max
ID saving OF approximately 30 cents
er bale,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
.WRANGE[' $ FORCES MOVING N0RTHWARD
Have Captured 4,000 Bol- sheviki and 40 of Their
 100 Big Guns
By As,scIated Press

5Constantinople. June 14---The forces of General wrangel. nti-bolshevik leader on the Crimean front. are nov. ing northward from the Crimea and Sea of Azov in three columns They have been phenomenally successful against the bolsheviki and have estab- lished a front along Kaskovka on the Dnieper eastward through Melitopol to Mariopol.
 General Wrangeps troops have cap- tured 4.o0o prisoners and forty big guns of the one hundred estimated In pos session of the bolsheviki. They have lost only 800 men. General Slahoff is in command of the eastern wing and General Koutop of the right wing of the bolsheviki concentrating from the Mariopol region to Alexandrovsk.
 The anti-bolshevih forces advanced simultaneously from Perekop, Kuenitz and Mariopol clearing the bolsheviki from both Crimean peninsulas and the shore of tre Sea of Azov General Wrangels army is adequately provided with airplanes and armored cars. The bolsheviki offered stubborn resistance in the Perekop area, where the bol- sheviki first attempted their concen- tration which was later transferred eastward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
SLAYER IN
 LEXINGTON, BELIEF sf Seek Father or Brother of
 Girl Named Annie,
 Swann Announces;
By Assoclated Prem

New York. June i5.-District Attorney swann announced late tonight that sev- eral detectives had left here for Lexing- ton, Ky, where they hope to arrest the murderer of Joseph B. Ellwel. wealthy sportsman and whist expert. Elwel was found shot through the head at his home here last Friday.
 Several detectives left this morning on an excellent trail for Lexington. Ky, NIT. Swann said They are looking for thnfather or the brother of girl named AnHie, one of whom we believe to De the man who fired the shot.
 "we got the information from an ex- cellent source. but cannot divulge the name of the man who gave it to us.
 eve know that Mir. Elwei spent ten weeks in Lexington up 10 June l, when ne left there. and not because he wanted to-"
 MT Swann gave this information az he was leaving the Elwell home, where he and Assistant District Attorney Joyce had spent more than two hours tonight
 Urged to throw more light on the identity Of the girl he named as Annie, MT. Swann said
 That is all I am able to tell you now"
 Asked if the girl was member of a prominent family in Lexington. he re- piled:
 50 far as we know. she is"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
100000 D|ED0F
 CANCER IN 1873 Half Million in U. s. Are Af- flicted With Disease, Med
 ical Association Told
By Associated Pros.

New York. June 15---Medical experts estimate of the number of deaths from cancer in the United States in 1919 place the figures at 100000, and the number of persons afflicted with the disease at present at 500.000. Dr. Fred erick Dugdale of Boston, vice presi : dent of the Allied Medical Association of America. declared today at the or ganization's ninth annual convention here.
 Sufficient evidence nas been gath cred, he said, to support the theory that the disease originates in constitutions al or blood ailment, that the individual has within his body the predisposing causes of it and that it requires only certain exciting causes" to develop. Cure is possible, he said. if the excit- ing causes are removed and the pre- disposing factors properly treated
 Mrs. Helen l.. Penrose, secretary of the Vivisection investigation League of New York, declared the result of vivisection did not warrant its con- tinuance She declared there had been "a great increase in the number of people who oppose vivisection because of it's crue4ty."
 committee was appointed to con- duct a thorough investigation of the viyisection question.
 The convention also adopted a reso- lution commenting psychological as well as physical training of children for the betterment of the race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
B NEGROES \ LYNCHED
 BY MINNESOTA MOB
Vicious Falsehood, Says Wood in Reply to Buffers Charge of Backing Of Stock Gamblers

liclous falsehood. I would Ignore it If 1t were directed at me alone. but l cannot remain silent when my loyal friends and supporters are villified.
 'Col. William Cooper Proctor, who was chairman of my campaign com mittee, Is man of extraordinary high character, known throughout the length and breadth of the land for his absolute integrity and honesty. His as- sociates were men of like character, most of whom responded to their countrys call during the war. They typify group of progressive Ameri- cans. The attack upon them is in famous.
 "The forces which brought me before the convention with preponderant force were hundreds of thousands of patriotic men and women in every walk of life, who have indorsed me in na- tion wide poll of unprecedented size.
 This action of Nicholas Murray But Ter Is an attempt to ingratiate himself with certain elepents which exercised a determining influence at the conveR- tion and possibly to explain his own political weakness. It is a self-seeking cowardly attack, made under the cloak of an alleged public service, which was never intended or rendered.
 T regret to make a statement Of this kind, but it is necessary in this instance to brand a fakir and to de- nounce a lie"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
MEDICAL COLLEGE ] CASE UP THURSDAY Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Injunction
 Proceedings
By Associated Pros.

Montgomery. June 15.-Arguments on injunction proceedings filed against the board of trustees of the University of Alabama by Dr. Eugene Thames, member of the faculty and secretary of the Alumni Association of the Medical College. will be heard before the su- preme court here Thursday.
 The injunction sought by the Alumni Association would prevent the removal of the college from Mobile to Tusca- loosa. as was ordered by the trustees following its dissatisfaction by the council on medical education of the American Medical Association.
 The proceedings were first filed in Mobile county circuit court before Judge Joel w Goldsby, who. after talk ing the case under advisement, rendered decision granting the injunction Att torneys for the trustees appealed the case to the supreme court. which hears the arguments Thursday.
 It is contended that the law under which the trustees acted is invalid be- cause it was repealed by a later law. The 1915 statute provided that if the college fell below class A the board of trustees should ord8- it's removal from Mobile. It is claimed that the educa- tional act passed by the 1919 legislature repealed this law and that the trustees have no authority to move the school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
MOVE TOURGE J. s.
 ID RECOGNIZE RED
 RULE IS BLOCKED
Labor Convention Adopts Report Opposing Such Ac- ton After Heated De-
 bate on Recognition
sy A,,ocIatsd rr,ss

Montreal. June Reinforcement to call upon the United States to recognize the soviet government or lift block ades against soviet Russia. was blocked in the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor to- day after heated debate. James A. Duncan of the Seattle Central Labor Council. led the fight in behalf of the soviet with the aid of representa- tives of the Ladies' Garment Workers, nut the convention adopted by an over whelming vote the report of the reso- iutions committee opposing any action | The committee report declared the federatoin would not be Justified in taking any action that might be con strued as an assistance to, or ap- proval of the soviet government, so long as 1t Is based upon authority which has not been vested in 1t by a popular national representative as- sembly of the Russian people, or so long as 1t endeavors to create revolu- tions in well established civilized na- tions of the world. or so long as it to labor and prevents the organizing and functioning of trades unions and maintenance of free speech, free press and free public assemblies"
 John Frey, chairman of the resolu- tions committee. said it had ascer- tained on the highest authority" that the soviet government is an auto cratic, militaristic government that
 tContinued on Page Three)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
By Associated Press

Chicago. June 15.-Major General Wood, in a signed statement tonight characterized as vicious and ma hcious falsehood," declaration by Nicholas Murray Butler. that a mot ley group of stock gamblers, oil and mining promoters. munitions makers and other like persons" backed the generals campaign for the republican nomination.
 General Wood said that he regretted to make the statement, but 1t was nee essary to brand a fakir and to de- nounce a lie" Declaring that the mon who managed his campaign were of Extraordinary high character" the general said that the attack upon them lis infamous and that MT. Buffers action was "an attempt to ingratiate himself with certain clements which exercised determining influence at the convention"
 The statement follows:
 T have just read the statement is- sued in New York by Nicholas Murray Butler to the effect that motley group of stock gamblers and others tried to buy the presidential nomina- tion for me. and that the forces who were defeated in their insolent attempt to buy the nomination represent all that is worst in American business and political life.
 The statement Is a vicious and ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
Government Ls Considering
 Embargo on Coal Exports
Two Days Supply of Coal In Some New Eng land Municipalities, In- terstate Commerce Com- mission Told In Pleas for Relief
By Associated Press

Washington, June l5,--An embargo on coal exports as a means of relieving se- rious fuel shortages in various sections of the country, notably In New England. was taken up for consideration today by several departments of the government
 Reports from New England, received in the past few days by the interstate commerce commission, have told of actual shortage so serious that in some munich tpalities only two days supply is on hand. Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts has made repeated requests for relief to the commission.
 Other sections of the country are said to be facing similar problems, although relief has been effected in some cases.
 The railroad congestion. from which the country has not Iuily recovcre-, and the strike of marine workers in a number of Atlantic ports are held to be the piin- cipal contributing factors to the present situation.
 Eradication of the harmful influence of these two factors was the subject of conference today between Attorney Gen eral Palmer and members of the inter- state commerce commission. Means or dealing with rail congestion ana maTiHe labor troubles were understood to have been agreed on although no statement was issued after the conference.
 Restoration of normal transportation conditions by rail and by water, however, officials conversant with the situation said would not bring complete relef from the coal shortage, and fir that req son the matter of an embargo, similar 10 that in effect during last falls coal strike, is being considered.
 During the war the fuel admiDistra- ticn was possessed of power to declare an export embargo on coal but the trans fer of fuel administration powers to tns director general of the railroads and the more recent placing of the director gen erals powers in the hands or the secre- tary of the interior have clouded the question of whether an embargo could ns laid without additional legislation. some legal experts hold that no official now has power to declare an embargo ana cite as support of their contention tnS effort made in the closing days or the last session of Congress to pass Dit providing for such an embargo.
 Members of the interstate commerce commission are said to hold that me commission could not put an embargo on export coal except indirectly by means of car assignment orders. which wouio eliminate the supply of cars for the trans portation of such coal to the ports
 Should the embargo become sufficiently great. some officials declare that the at- torney general might act under the Lever food and fuel control act to place HI embargo on coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
Louisiana Not to
 Ratify Suffrage
 Is Made EUident
By Associated Pros.

Baton Rouge, La, June l5.--The nineteenth amendment to the consti- tuition of the United States will not be ratified by the Louisiana legislature, it was made evident today whenNthe low CT house not only voted down a reso- lution of ratification but immediately afterward adopted a resolution putting that body on record al being against federal suffrage.
 As was the case in Mississippi ad- vocates of the principle of states rights were credited with defeat Of ratification measures. With the lower house conceded to the ratificationists by their opponents leaders of both sides bent their efforts toward secur ing a majority in the senate. Finally. when what was thought to be the op- perfume time arrived ratification lead CTS called up the senate bill and it was defeated. Then it was seen that ths lower house had turned The bill pro- viding for state suffrage through an amendment to the state coistitution was passed in the house, but action on 1t was delayed in the senate Finally 1t was decided to call up the ratifica- tion resolution in the house today. The vote against 1t was CT to A. Then by a vote of 60 to 39 the house adopt ed resolution opposing federal suf- frage.
 The states rights bill has been made a special order in the senate for next Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
IENROOT EXPRESSES HIS
 REGRET AT NOMINATION

Superior. Wis. June lo.-" hie o" nr essing regret at the nomination of Sem ator Harding by the republican conveh. lion. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin. In a |tsatement here today, declared that Tn |this situation there can be but one choice. if seems to me, and that is to heartily support the republican ticket.
 T frankly regret the choice or the re- |r,b,ican convention, as l believe a ma p,ha had heen allied with the liberal wing |of the party should have been selected. |Senator Lenroot said
 au,wever, Senator Harding is most |,ovable man of the Mckinley type and makes friends easily lSr ,ern1;ves, but they must choose De
 u san Supporting the republican ticket
 amd having another four years of demo
 arstir rule and all that it implies. In this situation there can be but one cnoice' fContinued on Page Three)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
< xENYON DISAPPOINTED
 BUT WILL TAKE STUMP

Fort Dodge, Ia, June 15-Senator Ken
 yna. who has returned to his home here
 4gs a rest. declared today he was disap- AGalnted because the republicans failed to
 Nominate progressive for President,
 buf said he was willing to take the stump
 to help insure a republican victory m
 November. Prior to the convention Sen
 e- Kenyon campaigned for Johnson.
 The people are so disgusted with the N. son administration said Senator won, that they will elect Harding. republicans, however, may as well ge, over the idea that the election IS q cnch, and it behooves every republican to buckle down to hard work Tor the ticket. Governor Coolidge's nomination for vice president strengthens the ticket in the east and undoubtedly throughout the whole country As usual the country west of the Mississippi is forgotten. put ina part of the country also Will De forgotten by the democrats. Either MIG Adoo Marshall or Cox will be named ny the democrats.
 F.The most disappointing part of the re- publcan convention was to see the deie- gates unable to act until they received word from a sick boss in Philadelphia There vii be a strange parallel at san Erancisco when the delegates will await word from a sick boss at Washington Tbere never was a chance in this poss- Icortrolled convention for man or Hiram |Tohnson's type. The convention was strong for Roosevelt-he being dead. Roosevelt had been alive he would nave had about as much chance in the con kvention as Johnson. If Johnson had been Mead. he probably would have had as hnucl condolence as Roosevelt The kihu IIS man the people want are the kind or l,oer the bosses are determined the people |spaIl not have The men who support ed Johnson will be found working TOT IsSk ticket, and working in the next con |nI |NsIess as they have in this fors egisla- I tion in the interests of all the people, ana will be found fighting against dofnlna- tjon of Congress by those seeking spec,ai favors and special privileges in ieglsia- tion'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
TWO ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH
 MURDER OF GIRL
sy Associated Prsss

Savannah. June 1.-Two men have been arrested at vidalia in connection with the murder in Effingham county last Friday of Miss Anna Jaudon, ac- cordins to word received here tonight.
 While holding these men, "noss narnes were not given in advices here. officials of Chatham and Eftngham counties are seeking Philip Gather, negro suspect. Bloodhounds are being used to aid the posses. One or the men detained at Vidalia was said 10 have had blood on his clothing
 Miss Jaudon. who had been employer here, had left for her home in Firing ham county. where she was to have been married next month. She got orr the train at flag station mile from her home and finding no one to meet her started to walk home. when iound she had been choked and showed evil dence of having been beaten with an dX. <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
CHAUFFEUR HELD
 IN CARUSO THEFT Held Under Bond on Charge of Carrying Pistol In Vio-
 latiOn of Law
By as.oeiatss pr.s

East Hampton. N. r.. June 15-- George Fitzgerald. chauffeur for En- rico Caruso. opera singer. whose coun- try home here recently was robbed of jewels valued at s500.o00, was ar rested tonight on charge of violat- ing the Sullivan law by having a re- volver in his possession without a permit. Fitzgerald. with other em ployes of the household. has been de- tained on the Caruso estate since the jewel theft by order of the district attorney.
 The chauffeur. when bidding good by to his wife and children who oc- cupy a small house on the Caruso es- tate. said.
 Don't worry I am innocent. They are trying to lay this robber on me-"
 Fitzgerald recently engaged personal counsel to defend him He was in- formed by counsel today that the po lice had not right to keep him con fined to the estate and that he was at liberty to leave when he pleased A short time later a warrant was J. Kelsey. an investigator attached to gerld was arraigned tonight and held in 1000 bail for hearing Friday aft ernoon.
 Meanwhile. District Attorney Young continued his plans for a John Doe inquiry into the jewel theft. which will be held here Friday morning. Twenty witnesses. including Fitzgerald and all servants in the Caruso house. hold. have been summoned to appear as witnesses.
 We have been informed that F'itz- gerald was invited to go to New York with his attorneys" Kelsey said to- night. We thought it best to place him under arrest so that he might be kept within the Jurisdiction of the court. The John Doe inquiry will be a tame affair without Fitzgerald"
 On the night of the theft. Fitzger- (Continued on Page Threel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
DECORATE CITY HALL
 TO HONOR VETERANS

Special decorations for the city hall during the Rainbow division reunion have been ordered
 The city purchasing agent, D. c. Mo- Kinley. was authorized yesterday to see that the building is suitably draped Com missioner Brown will act with MT. Mc- Kinley in carrying out the work
 Other matters for assisting in the en- tertainment of the veterans were taken up by the commissioners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
Federal Ownership
 Advocates Numerous,
 Say New Party Men
Bv AssocIated Press

New York, June l5.-The executive cor1- mittee of the committee of forty-eight announced tonight that formation of a new party on platform of government ownership of transportation and national resources is overwhelmingly favored in replies secured to it's questionnaire from every state.
 Taxation of idle land labor's effort to share in the management of industry and the complete restoration of free speech, press and assembly were other plans .n- dorsed. it was stated
 Among those favored for the presi- dential and vice presidential candidates for the new party the statement said, 'are Senator Robert NJ Lat oiiette, Gov. Lynn Frazier. Frank P. Walsh and Chief Justice Walter Clark of North Carolina
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
Incorporation Denied
 to Soviet Aid Society
Bv Assoelated Press

New York. June i5.-The supreme court today denied Incorporation to society calling itself the Institute for Indus trial and Technical Aid to Soviet Rus sia"
 The application for incorporation gave as the object of the society the mental. cultural and technical development of the Russian colony ip the United States.
 In refusing to grant it. Justice Tierney said:
 We have no colonies in the United States and a sentiment to the contrary Is not to be encouraged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
Gist Of the Neus
.GENERAL

 Republicans not so pleased now as they wcre.dfurday. says Marshall. Supreme Girt to hear medical school injunctiop t6se Thursday.
 \. F. of l.. asks amnesty for nll poe litical prisoners in United States. Weich to go to Pensacola to study plague situation.
 Jack Dempsey is acquitted of sIacker charge.
 Easy money feature of sessiony raI- lies follow enrIy cotton decline.
 LOCAL
 Alabama Power Company offers $1 .c0O.OO0 stock.
 Alabama hotel men to gather in Bir- minGham today.
 American Legion post to hold cleo. tion tonight.
 Plans being perfected for housinE Rainbow veterans at reunion. BarOns overcome seven-run lead and win game by 0ie run. ; over z0.OOO,OOp feet by-product gas. now wasted. available for use in city.