The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-12

prominent local banker, and uncle Of
J. z. Miller. III, governor of the Kan
sas City Federal Reserve bank, Is dead
at his home here. He had been Ill sew
eral months.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and 1tal-
ian troops have clashed at Nazilli, -
miles northeast of Adm. in the Italian
zone. The Greeks claimed the right
to enter the Italian zone in pursuit of
Turkish nationalists organizing attacks
there against the Greeks. The Italians
claimed that they were policing the dis
trict and declared they were not willing
to permit the Greeks to intervene.
DOVER, O.--Jeremiah +. Reeves rs,
wealthy pioneer iron and steel manu-
facturer, is dead from apoplexy at his
home here, In 1883 he founded a sheet
and tin mill here which developed into
one of the largest in the country
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HAZARD, Ky.--John S. Burgill was
shot to death by a posse when he bar
rlcaded himself in a vacant house after
killing Deputy Sheriff r. s. Wooten
and Robert Galbraith, a negro, while
after knocking him down and taking
ms revolver. Galbraith was killed when
Burgill fired into crowd that at
tempted to halt him.
CHlCAGO-James Hamilton Lewis,
FORMER united States senator from I'LL
nols, has been urged by Democratic
leaders in Chicago to become a candi-
GATE Tor the Democratic nomination for
governor of Illinois. SLewis said he
would give his answer by Wednesday.
MoSCOW.-Peace between the soviet
government and Lithuania will be
signed within few days, according to
statement made by Adolf Joffe, who
is conducting the negotiations on behalf
OF the soviet government.
PAR1S.-Law, making compulsory the
physical training of school children, was
adopted by the senate The body ad :
Journed until July 20, when it will con-
Vene to consider the budget.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - About three
thousand bituminous coal miners in
the Broad Top field of District No. 2,
are idle on strike order issued by the
district officers and approved by Inter-
national President Lewis, of the United
Mine Workers. The miners alleged that
the operators refuse to pay the full
mining rate due under the government
strike of last winter and the district
wage scale later signed.
NEW YORK.-Rear Admiral Harry S.
Knapp, commander of the American ma
val forces in European waters, sue
ceeding Admiral William S. Sims, ar
rived here from Southampton on the
steamship Imperator.
MADRID.-Horror is expressed by all
newspapers at the sale of so-called
canned tobacco" large quantities of
which are being distributed throughout
Spain. The product is declared to con-
tain a considerable quantity of opium
and to have caused numerous cases of
illness.
MONTENEGRO, Uruaguay.-A bill
was introduced in the chamber of depu-
ties providing for gradually prohibiting
the manufacture, sale and importo ton
of distilled liquors, wines, beer and
cider. so that complete prohibition
would be reached in eight years. No
government indemnity for losses by the
liquor interests through this legislation
shall be given, it is stipulated.
TOklO.-The government received a
vote of confidence by large majority
In the house of representatives. The
house debated a resolution of want of
confidence in the ministry by 145 votes
for the resolution and 2S3 against it.
LFAST.-Numerous outrages took
place in and around Cork. Sergt. Seery
is dying in the Cork military hospital
from several bullet wounds received in
an attack upon him, while he was car
rying the police mail to the Grenah
postoffice near Cork. His assailant
seized the mail and fled. The ser
geant of the Baltimore, Cork, barracks,
was killed by a bomb and two consta-
bles were wounded while defending the
barracks from an attack. Three aban-
doned police barracks in Cork city were
burned today.
DUBLIN.-The Cork courthouse was
occupied by troops who erected barbed
wire entanglements, sand bags and 9TH
err defences, The troops removed re-
publican tri- color, which had floated
over tn building for several weeks.