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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
Disarm Cop and ThrOW
Him Into Cell After He
DrdWs Gun On Sergeant

Sergt. Hough was on duty, Cant.
Kehoe having been relieved by lin,
He personally answered Lotos sum
mons, finding the three men, md
Patrolman Thomas Kauerz, against
whom no charges were placed.
Sergt. Hough brought the three
policemen to headquarters. They
are said to have all been more or
less in state of intoxication.
1t was when Durrett was stripped
of his badge that he began his TRADE
on Sergt. Hough. He made tpe
statement that "he would ta,iA the
matter higher up" Sergt. Hougl
paid no attention to the man until
he drew his gun. and VannIcci
stepped in.
Lieut.. Walter Hoyle, of the do
skective sbureau, saw the threatonrd
assault, and yelled:
Look out. He's going to shoot"
Durrett was then docketed for AS
sault with a pistol, and locked up
b When Gamble and Busler ap-
peared at headquarters Sunday Eight
they were suspended. Chief Joe
Burney will give them a fair trial
II is said, IL they ask for It. a small
bottle of whisky police say. was
found in Durrettis pocket when he
was searched
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15

F. L. Durrett. police patrolman,
was released on bond from police
headquarters Monday charged with
threatening the life of Sergt. Connie
Hough.~ The assault took place just
before dawn Sunday.
Durrett drew revolver IN Sergt.
Hough when he was brought to
headquarters and stripped of his
badge following an affair in q Chi
uese restaurant on South Third
street, which resulted in the arrest
# one patrolman and the suspension
of two others.
For the second time within "a
hours Emergency Officer Julio Van
nucci was called upon to prevent a
killing. How far Durrett world have
gone can not be said, but he had
drawn mis- weapon on the sergeant.
Vannucci seized Durrett's gun arm
quickly, and the deposed patrolman,
said to be drunk. was rushed into a
cell I'm the lookup.
John Lotto, according to the police
report concerning the affair. wanted
TO close his Shanghai Chop Suey res
taurant, when Durrett. Patrolmen +,
M. Gamble and c. Il. Busler refused
to leave. He telephoned police head
quarters.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
VESSELS RUSH TO
AID Of WRECKED
LAKE STEAMER
Captain Fights Way Through
Storm in Small Boat to
Bring SscCor to Stranded
Ship Long Overdue.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Nov.
l0.-The Great Lakes Towing COM
pany tug Iowa was fighting its way
early today through the storm tossed
waters OF Lake Superior toward Pam
|Aas aiyag4 NSABs4lss ifsAt ripofs srgscsignR Z
part OF the crew of the Beckag line
steel freighter Francis j, Widlar,
that was dashed upon the shoals and
wrecked during one of the most Sc
we're storms in the lakes history.
Capt. Arthur Forbes. of AshtabuIa,
o.. in command of the stricken yes-
sci, probably accompanied by some
members of the crew, was picked up
last night by the steamer Living
stone. Capt. Forbes, who is assumed
to have fought his way to the chan
mel in a small boat in order to no.
tify the world of the plight of his
crew, sent. a wireless message for
aid Immediately upon boarding the
Livingstone. lie asked that life
savers from Crisp Point go to the
rescue of the men left on his steam
er. Capt. Forbes, in his message,
made no mention of life loss. {
Capt. Forbes message was the first
word received as to the fate of the
steamer, that had been more than 10
ACuiS ONSIdue at tHIS port. Inc VeS-
sci carried a crew of 33 men. The
Livingstone, with ( Capt. Forbes
aboard, Is due to arrive here this
morning.
The first intimation of the Wild
lars fate was received here Saturday
night when Capt. VIM. Mesier, OF
the steamer John Erickson, reported
that he had sighted the Widlar drift
ing helplessly upon the shoals during
the storm.
Twenty -four hours of anxiety fol-
lowed, during which all attempts to
learn of the ships fate failed.
The tug Iowa put out yesterday
afternoon for Pancake shoals, located
10 miles northeast of Whitefish bay,
and several miles off the course OF
lake steamers. Wireless reports last
night showed the Iowa standing
alongside the Livingstone after Cept
Forbes, had been taken aboard. The
Iowa later received instructions "a
seek aid of the life savers at White
fish Point If the tug was unable to
remove the remainder of the Widlar's
crew. Capt. Forbes message empha-
sized that the demolition of the Wild
lar was complete.
Due to lack Of telephone and tele-
graph facilities, the Crisp Point life
savers could not be notified of the
Widlar's crew plight last night.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
Wild Wild West ShOp"
Staged By Trio, Cops Say

Threatening a woman with her in
FAINT at her breast, forcing one man
to drink whisky ire IN his bottle, and
making a score Of negroes dance at
his will. John Summers. l140 Park
avenue, ran things to suit himself
Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of
Park street NCrth Memphis, when
he staged the most realistic Gold
Coast" performance ever seen here,
aCCordinging 10 uolice
SGmners faces SIX charges. They
are drunk and disOrderly. assault with
pistol, carrying = pistol carrying
blackjack. and shooting with intent
TO kin on two counts.
/, The curtain was pulled on the
'shuw br I..n,lrcTcy Policemen
Cruma and Markham.
Floyd Stewart, Empire street, and
John Gray. 1884 Park avenue. are the
prosecutors Of Summers on the
charges of shooting with intent to
Kill. But
Stewart and Gray were in cells
near Summers in the lookup Mon
dHv facing charges Of being drunk
and dtsoI derly.
These are the why's and where
fores" as obtained by police:
According to Gray and Stewart,
who police say, tasted OF the corn
WHEN 1t was ripe, they met Summers,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
P|Gs,.s;, ,.:;iiGdLY
STOKE ROBBED
BY 5 BANDITS
Jesse James Tactics Employed
by Quintet Of Stickups in
Daring Crime-HauI Nets
81 900 in Cash.

Forcing several customers and
employees to elevate their arms, five
men using Jesse James" tactics.
compelled E. w. Haley, manager of
Piggly- Wiggly store No.. IL, James
street an6 McLemore avenue, to
turn over nearly $1,000 the days re-
ceipts of the store, Saturday night.
The robbery occurred at O'Clock.
The stickup men escaped lin a
waiting auto, the engine having been
left running. Police are seeking a
clew to their identity.
Two of the stickup men remained
ON the outside, guarding the door.
Three went inside. ordering every
body, put your hands up. and put
'em up quick"
One man held a pistol. He made
customers drop their purchases. and
stand where they were. His two
companions, working quickly, forced
Haley to open the cash register. The
man emptfed the register. stuffing
handfuls OF bills and a quantity OF
silver into his coat pockets.
The holdup was over In minute,
and the men backed out OF the door.
The man with the pistol was the
last to leave. He held everyone in
the place until his companions had
gained the sidewalk.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
REAL ESTATE men
UNITE TO REMEDY
HOUSE SHORTAGE

~ &
AT last an. effort to relieve the
housing situation in Memphis on q
large scale is approaching realiza-
3tion. Twenty modern bungalows,
just completed in desirable locations,
were placed on the market Monday.
Thirty four of the leading real estate
firms of the city, all members of the
Memphis Real Estate Dealers asso-
citation, are behind the move to place
these new homes on terms that are
easily in the reach of the average
salary man, for whose benefit the
project w@s- largely undertaken.
The project represents an invest
ment of approximately $240,000 for
lots and buildings, and plans are
under way for the erection of an
other large group of 20 houses as
soon as the first group is distributed.
Built in large groups, so that lum-
ber, brick and other building mate
rials entering into their construc-
ton could be bought and delivered
in carload lots, and contracts let on
a scale to permit the maximum saw
ing on labor costs, the houses have
been completed at an estimated saw
ing of from Is to 20 per centAof the
cost of building single house at
time.
The bureau of research at Wash
ington, d. c., estimated the short
age of houses at Memphis at 2,300
When numerous plans discussed by
local civic clubs for relieving the
housing shortage here failed to bring
about actual construction work,
Roush, Hobbs & Bailey, local real
tors, undertook the development of
some of their holding in the Glen
View park and Overton park vi
entities. W
"The houses were built primarily
to relieve the shortage of homes,''
said E. o. Bailey Monday in telling
of the project. I'VE understand that
there is shortage of 100000 homes
in this country and that it will take
three years of steady production to
catch up. In one apartment house in
Memphis, SO families are living in 33
apartments. Only nine families lived
in this building in 1914. 1t is esti-
mated that ope-third of the homes
in the city are occupied by from two
to three families each.
I'm building these bungalows, it
was our idea from the first to market
them through the members of the
Memphis Real Estate Dealers asso-
citation. Every purchase of material
and every contract let was on a
quantity scale for cash, and the dis
counts and savings resulting will
make possible the owning of a home
cheaper than renting. The monthly
payments will be only about one half
the rental value. At the end of three
years, the buyers will have invested
less money in these houses than he
would have paid out in rent
while the completion of 20 houses
wilF not nearly meet the demand for
houses, which at best can not be sup
piled for several years, the SUCCESS OF
the project points to way whereby
the salary man may own his oVn
home at a material sewing over what
he is now paying in rent for less up
to date propertY."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
MAIL TRAIN LOOT
TOTAL MAY REACH
MILLION DOLLARS
Postal Inspectors, Federal
Agents and Police Search
vainly for Two Bandits and
Record Haul.

OMAHA, Neb,. Nov. rs. tBy Inter-
national News Service Postal in-
spectors department OF justice agents
and the police forces of, Council
Bluffs and Omaha today are seeking
clews that might enable them to run
down bandits who robbed the Chi
cago. Burlington 4 Quincy fast mail
train between Council Bluffs ana
Omaha
Reports OF the amount of the loot
obtained vary today. 1t is declared
by detectives working on the case
that IL will total S1.000e0G. Railway
officials declare that the aEnonnE
taken will not exceed $4,000
Ten pouches OF registered mail We're
taken, six of them consigned to Chi-i
cago. lit is believed that thes9
pouches contained shipments OF gold
currency. bonds and stocks being sent
by banks in California TO their cora
respondents in Eastern cities The
value of the loot will not be definfte-
ly known until these shipments are
traced and valuated.
The robbery was discovered late
Saturday night when a postal clerk
was found chained to the floor Of his
car. II occurred between the union
passengers transfer at the western
edge Of Council Bluffs and the Bur
lington city depot on the southeastern
edge Of the city.
The stolen treasure left San Fran
cisco Wednesday on a Union Pacific
train and was transferred TO the
Burlington route at Omaha.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
HARDING T0MAKE
ANOTHER TRY AT
ENDING VACATION

POINT ISABEL Tex, Nov Is. (By
the Associated Press. His vacation
broken up and roadways to the out
side world temporarily blocked by
one of the worst storms in the his
tory of this section OF the gulf coast
President-elect Harding planned to
make another attempt TODAY to get
into Brownsville to spend in comfort
the remaining two days of his visit
to Texas.
He already had said good -bye once
tc the frail seaside cottage that has
housed him through three days of
wind and cold but his effort to get
away came to grief when his special
train, narrow-gauge and gasoline
propelled, broke down lust outside
Point Isabel. After a dismal fonr
hours on the wind-swept prairie he
returned after dark last night, hut
his train was held for another try
about noon today. They offered his
only avenue of departure. for the
wagon roads were impossible to au-
tomobiles.
In Brownsville Mr.. Harding is to
meet Senator Fall OF New Mexico,
swho was chairman of the senate sub
committee on Mexican affairs, and
they are expected to talk over border
conditions. Members OF the presi-
ent-elect's party say there is no
special significance in the meeting.
however. Nr. Fall merely is to.make
a call to pay his respects while the
next chief executive is in this part
of the country.
During the morning Senator Hard
ms, did some more work on the
speech he is TO deliver next Thurs
day at New Orleans just before he
sails on voyage to Panama. He
has not indicated what subJectsWhe
will discuss, but the economic pos
sibilities of the South are expected
generally to be feature Of the ad-
dress and it would not surprise some
OF those near him II he took particu-
lar notice of recent developments in
the general financial situation. II is
known Nhat he has watched stock
market fluctuations with unusual in
terest and is making a study of q
possible remedy for threatening
economic tendencies.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
GREEK PREMIER
CLAIMS VICTORY;
VOTES UNCOUNTED

ATHENS. Nov. 15.-Victory in the
Greek elections held yesterday Was
claimed early today by Premier Ven
izelos. actual returns, however, are
as Vet meager4 Throughout the cam
uaign. which was conducted with un
paralIeled bitterness. the premier
was the storm center, and his asser-
ton that his followers were Success =
| fui, iff ffconfirnea ssy = actuaA c0nnE
fof the votes means for fiin Y psF 4.
eonai as we'll as political triumph
The issue OF the campaign was me
return OF former King Canstantine
10 his throne. from which he was de-
posed during the world war. Fol-
lowing the death of King Alexander.
three weeks, ago the throne was or
fered his younger brother, Prince
Paul. who, in answer, virtually de-
manded that the Greek people pass
on the question whether King Com
stantine should come back from exile
Only in the event the people decided
against Constantine, he said, would
he consider accepting the Greek gov
ernment's offer.
Premier Venizelos led the forces
opposing the return OF Constantine
and IL he has succeeded in the cleo
tions. It is conceded he viii have
deciding voice IN tHe selectioH VI Sto
next sovereign of this country.
The day was calm throughout
Greece. no grave incidents occurring
except a few minor clashes between
supporters Of Premier Venizelos ana
the opposition. They were promptly
dispersed by streams from fire De-
partment hose, which sprinkled
alike the Venizelos and adherents OF
Demetrio Gounaris. former premier
and opposition leader All meetings
had been forbidden since Friday. but
newspapers carried on the fight up
till yesterday.
Opposition journals printed dis
patch they alleged had been sent BY
King George of England to Queen
Sophia. wife of former King Com
stantine. This purported telegram
read:
Dearest cousin: am glad you VIII
soon return to Greece"
They also printed assertions that
public opinion in the United States
favored the return of King Constant
tine TO the throne. Newspapers loyal
10 Premier Venizelos countered with
an interview with Edward Capps,
American minister here. denying
these statements. He was quoted as
saying that Americans, as well as
the allies, did not favor Constantine
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
WeII-KnOwn Man Dies
Of Injuries Received As
Car SwerUed TO Miss Dog

Clarence H. Caldwell, CHAIRMAN oil
the Shelby county jury commission
died at Baptist hospital Monday
morning shortly after 4 o'clock from
injuries received in an auto accident
Friday night. He was 81 years OF
age and had lived in this county all
his life. -.s
consciousness after the accident
which occurred On North Parkway
near Decatur. He was riding in a
car with DR.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Manire'
llOS Faxon avenue, when a large
dog ran in-Sront OF the machine In
endeavorinE to miss the dog TOO
sharn s0erve overturned the auto.
The iurv commissioner received Sc
we're cuts about the head and bruises
about the side. 1t was said by
Friends Monday that had Ne. Cald-
we'll survived he would have been
paralyzed in this side. He first was
taken to his home, 1174 FaXon, but
Saturday morning was removed to
the hospital
Mr.. Caldwell had not been in best
physical condition for about eight
years and this initiated against his
recovery. Four years ago he went
West for n period, but returned after
brief stay.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed Monday He very' likely
will be buried in Elmwood ceme-
terry.
His widow, Mrs, Lucy Miller Cald-
well, and one daughter. Miss Lucille,
sppyiye aydNco Several SeaTs arovnsS 4sS ia fG@ tba
t.i1 Tho hnIy pnuar
was recovered. Thomas y. Caldwell.
a brother. associated In the revenue
agents office here, is the only ether
immediate relative.
Mr.. Caldwell was born near Bart
lett and attended the public schools
OF this county. For a time he en-
gagged in the mercantile business at
Bartlett and also at Raleigh. While
following this pursuit he was elected
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
SEBASTOP0L CAPTURED
BY 0N-RUSHING REDS

PARIS, Nov. Is. (By the Associated
Press.)-Sebastopol has fallen, the
Russian Bolsheviki having occupied
the city last night according to un-
official information received by the
French foreign office. The Bolshe-
wiki are reported to be masters of
the whole SGimean peninsula.
Gen. Wrangel, members of his staff
and NJ, Martel, French high commits
sioner at Sebastopol, were taken on
board the French warship Waldeck
Rousseau and are expected to arrive
in Constantinople late tonight or to-
morrow.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
THIEVES GET $4,000
FROM STEEL WORKS

PITTSBURGH. Pa, Nov. IS. (By
International News Service Federal
and private detectives today are
hunting for $4,000 stolen in transit
between Pittsburgh bank and the
Weirton Steel companys office at
Weirton, w. Va. They also are look
ing for the thieves who took the
money.
A package of newspaper clippings
was substituted for the money, which
was intended to meet the steel COM
pany's pay roll.
The robbery occurred, last Thurs
day, but was not made public until
last night, when Edmund w. Nudge,
president Of the steel company, con-
firmed the report to a reporter.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
POOIrOOna Patrons
Again Subscribe
To WidOW's Fund

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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
Photos Taken By
Telegraph NOU

NEW YORK, Nov. l5.--The
New York World last night an.
nounced the successful transmits
sion yesterday Of four photo
graphs by wire between its Of
flee here and the office of fhe
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Two photographs. one of the
Yale Princeton football game and
the other an airplane view of
New York city. were semi from
New York to st. Louis, and u
picture of an Indian chief and
one of a Mississippi river steam
boat were sent from st. Louis to
the World offices. The total time
of transmission for one picture
was eight minutes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15

who was said TO be considerably Tit
up" Summers first threatened to
shoot Cray and Stewart. but decided
to let them i've provided they would
accompany him, police say.
They decided to stage "reaF
show, police say.
A woman, carrying an infant.
whose name police could not obtain.
was the first victim. When SUM
mers had f1ourished his gun at her,
firing a few shots in the air, he be-
gan searching out negroes in the
neighborhood and making them dance,
continuing his fire. loading and re-
loading his pistol, police say Sum-
mers is said to have made one man
drink long and hearty from his bots
tie.
Summers. Gray and Stewart had
eight bottles Of whisky when searched
at headquarters. when they were
brought in by Crume and BarkhanA.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
Doctors To Meet
On Tuesday Night

The regular meeting Of the Mem
phis and Shelby County Medical So
ciety will be held at the courthouse
Tuesday at pm.
A scientific program will include
"Some Aspects in History Taking" :"
DR. A. +. Cooper; ITO Open Discus
sion" Dr. II, G. Rudner; Brain
Tumor-Report of Two Cases with
Autopsy Findings" Dr. O. S. War;,
Business matters of Importance will
be brought up. says J. J. Hobson, sec
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
Purse SndtCher
Plies His Trade

One new case of rse-snatching
in Memphis was on thesbolice records
Monday when Mrs. j. Q. Adams, $50
Rayburn avenue, reported she lost
$40, the contents Of a purse she was
carrying Saturday night.
The purse was snatched while Mrs.
Adams was walking on Main street
near Huling avenue. Mrs. Adams is
the seventh woman to lose her purse
i'm as many daVs
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
OPEN WATERWAYS MEET

GALVESTON. Tex, Nov. 15--The fif-
teenth annual convention of the Texas
and Louisiana Inland waterways league
opened here today with representatives
present from many towns along the gulf
coast in attendance. Tomorrow will be
hearing before the United States en-
gineers ->on a proposal to- deepen the
present intercoastal canal from Calves
ton to Corpus Christi to nine feet.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
ChiLd's Screams
SuUe -Four Lives

MUNCfE, Ind, Nov. is. (By In
ternational News Service.)-
Screams of the three-year-o
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Taugh-
limbaugh early today saved the
lives of four-the child, his par
ents and an uncle, Robert Harris.
The father aroused, telephoned
for an ambulance, When it ar
rived all four were Unconscious
from gas fumes. They probably
will recover.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
Marriage Of Dead
Greek King Upheld

ATHENS, Nov. t5.--The late King
Alexanders marriage with Aspasia
Manos was declared valid by the
court here which dismissed the OPP
position of former King Constantine
and ordered the seals on the apart
ments Of the late monarch broken.
Madame Manos will inherit Alex
ander's personal property.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
SENTENCE CHAUFFEUR,

William Brumblow, age IS, chauf-
feur, was sentenced to four months
in the workhouse Monday in First
criminal court after he pleaded
guilty to petit larceny. He first
faced a charge of grand larceny, II
was charged that he stole case of
knives.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
RETREAT OF WRANGEL
ARMY TERMED ORDERL Y

LONDON, Nov Is. (By the Inter-
national News Service. )-Wrangels
army in Crimea continues in full re-
treat but without panrc, according to
official dispatches received by the
war office today. The kilograms said
that the evacuation of the remaining
towns held by Gen. Wrangefs troops
has proceeded satisfactorily, despite
heavy losses in men and materials.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-15
BURGLARS BUSY.

Breaking a glass in rear door
Saturday night. thieves entered the
home of A. Q. Cannon, 1866 South
wellington street.
An automatic pistol. box con-
tanning valuable papers. a cherished
fraternity pin and several articles
of clothing were stolen