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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
ROOSEVELT HAS FIRED
HIS OPENING GUN AT
G. o. p. NOMINEE
He Lauds The Progressive Thought OF
The Country, And Takes Issue
With Republicans

Chicago.-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic candidate for vice presi,
dent. has opened his campaign.
Before a crowd of three thousand
at the auditorium theater here, he
urged Republicans and Independents
to Join the Democrats in support OF
the platform adopted at the San Fran
cisco convention, and of the ticket
nominated there,
He told the Republicans their party
had been split by a quarrel among
tn eleaders, and the faction represent
ed by Senator Harding was the odd
guard" which Theodore Roosevelt op-
posed. Addressing himself particular
ly to those who are not Democrats, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
THE day is past when it is either
popular or useful to damn everybody
and everything connected with the op-
position.
THE Republican leaders, however,
show no signs of having taken to heart
the drastic lesson taught at that time"
he told the big audience.
Seven hundred women were given
the places of honor on the stage.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
INCREASE IS IS CENTS HOUR
II Is Stated BY Union Heads That Tn
Award Is More Generous Than
Had Been Expected

Chicago.-The railway labor boards
decision awarding an annual wage in
crease Of thirty million dollars 10 the
employees Of the American Express
company, will be submitted to the
eighty thousand men affected in a ref
erendum with a recommendation thai
the award be accepted, officials OF the
four unions included in the decision
say.
The award amounts to an increase
to 16 cents an hour for each employee
The decision is retroactive to May l
1920.
Under the terms of the Esch-Cum
Minis transportation act, the express
company will be permitted to raise
its rates sufficiently to meet the in
creased labor cost. Arguments in the
rate case already have been presented
before the interstate commerce com
mission at Washington.
The award does not go into the
question of rules and working condi
tions. AS was the case last month.
WuGu IuS DOdIu ldLlCu q Ola huAANA ~
million dollar increase to railway EN-
ployees, it is announced that deci
sion covering new working rules viii
be handed down later.
The express decision applies to all
express employees save $500 shopmer
who were given an increase of 1:
cents an hour in the railway award
recently. The award to expressmen
is slightly better than the average in
crease to the railroad men, the board
finding that express employees, as a
class, were not so well paid as men
in other lines of railroad work.
Four unions are affected by the de
cision of the board. They are:
The Brotherhood of Railway ant
Clerks, Freight Handlers
Express and Station Employees.
The International Brotherhood o
Transfers
Chauffeurs Local No. 720 of Chica
go, Ill.
The Order of Railway Expressmen
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
ROBBERS PUT TO RoUT;
ONE KILLED, ONE BADLY
WOUNDED, IN ATLANTA
The Police Claim That One OF The
Bandits Was A Woman, Who
Got Away

Atlanta, Ga.-The attempted robbery
of w. D. Chapman, white man, by
three negroes in an alley, resulted dis
astrously for them, Skin" Lloyd,
negro ex-convict and highwayman, be-
ing shot to death by the police, and one
of his companions wounded.
When Chapman offered resistance
he received a severe stab in the shout
der and other cuts and bruises. His
cries attracted the attention OF Pa
trolman Malone, who rushed to the
scene and engaged the negroes.
Just when it appeared that he was
about to get the worst of the battle,
Officers Mcdaniel and Davis came to
his assistance, and their arrival turned
the tide. Officer Davis opened fire
and Lloyd fell.
All the fight taken out of them by
the fall of their companion, the other
two blacks fled, one of them wound
ed, it is believed, by Chapman in the
fight before Malone came to his res
cue.
Patrolman Mcdaniel and Davis then
proceeded to the Grady hospital,
where they found James R. Taylor, %
years old, a negro barber, whom they
identified as one of the negroes in the
fight. He had a deep knife wound
in his arm. The police officers claim
that the third negro who escaped was
a woman,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
POLAND ASKS FOR
HELP FROM U. S.
U. S. NOTE EXPECTED TO RESULT
IN PROPOSED CONFERENCE
WITH SOVIET AGENTS
WARNING OF new WORLD WAR
Poland, With Back To The Wall, vii
Ask Immediate Material Aid
From United States

Washington.-POland, its back tc
the wall in its fight against Soviet
Russia, will ask immediate material
aid of the United States, it is an.
nounced by Prince Ludormirski, the
Polish minister. More than that, it
will seek to develop precisely what
the United States meant by the an.
nouncement in its note TO the Italian
government that it would employ "all
available means" to maintain q free
Poland.
Expressing complete satisfaction
with the United States note, the minis.
ter declared he was convinced that it
would inspire Poland with new spir.
it of hope. He added that this country
was sorely in need of war materials
of all kinds, and that it probably
would seek credits from the United
States with which to purchase them.
Simultaneous with tn eminister's an.
nouncement, the legation made public
a proclamation issued by the Polish
council of national defense at War
saw W lAlu6 INC lotlOho thob AS"
world war hangs over the world" and
that if Poland should be crushed by
the Bolsheviki it would be due ste
the indifference of a world which calls
itself democratic"
Copies of the United States note to
Italy, it is said at the state depart
ment, have been delivered to the rep
of the allied and associat'
ed governments and distributed to all
the news centers of the world, prom,
Using it's widest dissemination, even
in Russia itself. Diplomats generally
regard the document as having three
fold purpose:
First, the extension of moral support
to the Polish government and peo'
pie.
Second, an appeal to the masses in
Russia to throw off the Bolsheviki
yoke and establish constitutional
government.
Third, the influence of other nations
to refrain from recognition of the So,
Wet regime.
The dispatch of the note to Italy
followed a series of information con-
5ersations that had been in progress
'or several weeks between officials
If the state department and the ItaL
an embassy. n,
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
RENTS INCREASED
TENANTS THREATEN TO
PUT ON BIG STRIKE
Women Say That Rents In Atlanta,
Georgia, Are Higher Than In
New York City

Atlanta, Ga.-Atlanta is to have a
rent strike" if intentions of occu-
pants. of the Knox apartments, on
Peachtree street, are carried out, ac-
cording to the statement of Mrs. Emma
Garrett Boyd, one of the tenants.
It Is understood that SO per cent
increase in rent has been asked by the
owner of the apartment and, in an
swer to his demand, a committee was
appointed among the occupants OF
the apartments, which called upon Mr..
Knox in an effort to have the proposed
increase trimmed.
According to Mrs. Boyd, the COM
mittee was unsuccessful, and tenants
have announced their intention of call
ing a strike and seeking other loca-
tons.
For the past four years l have
been a resident of New York City,"
Mrs. Boyd said, land on returning to
Atlanta, where l have previously lived,
| was astonished at the eXorbitant
rents being charged for apartments.
in New York City apartments may
be secured in some of the most fash
ionable sections cheaper than in At
lanta. The action taken by the ten
ants of the Knox apartments is just
beginning of a movement by peo-
pie who are able to afford the best
apartments, but who are determined
not to submit to the whims of land
lord"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
POINTS CLIENTS
MAY LOSE HEAVILY
MILLIONS INVESTED WITH PoNZI,
REPORT OF AUDITORS
WILL SAY.
Wife RETAINS CONFIDENCE
Farty Thousand People Paid Fourteen
Million Dollars To Famous
Boston Wizard

Boston.-An infuriated crowd Of in
vestors stormed the Offices OF the Old
Colony Foreign Exchange company
here and sought to attack c. NJ. Bright
well, president Of the company, which
he admitted was insolvent.
The crowd, which had been gather
ing some time, demanded return OF
its money.
Cries of Kill Brightwell! Lynch
him." went up.
Charles Ponzi, whose net of fifty
per cent in forty-five days" enmeshed
so many customers that he had to
use bushel baskets to hold their money,
was nearing the end of his rope on
the 18th of August.
The selfclaimed financial wizard
was at liberty on $4,000 bail-$25,OO 900
the federal charge of using the mails
to defraud and the other $4,000 on a
state charge of larceny.
The report of the audit. Of his books
by federal officials was expected to
be made public. Forecasts were that
the report would show Ponzi had 49,
900 customers; that they had invest
ed" as high as $14,OOO,0O0 in his
scheme; that he repaid approximately
Sc. 100000 before the doors OF the Han
over Trust company were closed, and
that he still owes the remainder.
Federal officials declared that there
was no question but that the savings
of thousands we're tied up in the Ponzl
venture.
Bank Commissioner Allen stuck to-
his statement that the capital of the
Hanover Trust company was badly
impaired if not wiped out" despite de-
malls of officials.
Ponzi declares that he is happy be-
cause his girl wife still processes love
for him and faith in his integrity.
Rose Ponzi pretty, dark-eyed ltal-
ian girl, proved her love and faith
by the simple statement: He is my
husband"
After his surrender to the authori-
ties, Ponzi rushed home to his wife;
she was waiting for him on the lawn
of their beautiful estate, and received
him as tenderly as if nothing at all
had happened.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
INVENTIVE GENIUS
ROBS CALOMEL OF
NAUSEA AND DANGER
Doctors Favorite Medicine Now
Purified and Refined from ALI
Objectionable Effects. "Calo-
tabs"-the New Name.

What will human ingenuity do next?
Smokeless powder, wireless biography,
horseless carriages, colorless iodine, taste
less quinine,-nOw comes nauSealess calo-
mel. The new improvement called "Calo-
tabs" is now on sale at drugstores.
For biliousness, constipation and indi-
gestion the new calomel tablet is prac-
tically perfect remedy, as evidenced by
the fact that the manufacturers have au-
thorized all druggists to refund the price
if the customer is not perfectly delighted"
with Calotabs. One tablet at bedtime with
a swallow of water-that's all. No taste,
no nausea, no gripping, no salts. By morn
ing your liver is thoroughly cleansed and
you are feeling fine, with hearty appe-
tite. Eat what you please-no danger-gO
about your business.
Calotabs are not sold in bulk Get an
original package, sealed. Price, thirty
Eve cents.-(adv.)
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
72.Year.old Fined For Drunkenness

72.Year-Old Fined For Drunkenness
Atlanta, Ga.-Edward Gordon, Y, ap-
peared IN recorders court on charge
of being drunk and disorderly. 1t was
charged that Gordon engaged in a
fight and drinking too much whisky.
He was fined S. and costs. Gordon
was one of the oldest men who has
ever appeared in the local police court
to answer such a charge. He pleaded
guilty, and stated to the court that
he had been drinking liquor in moder-
ate amounts for sixty years, and that
he appeared in court for the first time
in his life. He is a pencil peddler.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
BRITISH TOBLOCKADE RUSSIA
Meanwhile All Reports Tend To Show
That The Russians Are Closing
On The Poles

Hythe.-RussIa has caught the allies
at time when these war stricken
countries have had about all the war
they will tolerate. And in the diplo-
matte exchanges that have been go
ing on for days between the Soviet
regime and the allied spokesman, Rus
sia's knowledge OF the real attitude of
mind in the allied countries brought
her out Of this situation a winner. She
has done exactly as she intended to
dO-has utterly foiled the diplomatic
efforts for a truce carrying on long
argumentatye discussions, and finds
allied premiers have decided against
carrying out their early threats of war.
The conference between Lloyd
George and Premier Millerand here
has come to an end with the two states
men officially lin complete agree
ment." The decision reached as to the
future course toward Russia, how
ever, would indicate it fell far short
of the militant promulgated by Off
Gals of both sides several days ago.
Threats of warlike measures failed
to Tease the Soviet regime. Then fol-
lowed efforts to bring about a truce,
which failed. Now both the French
and British governments believe that
Russia is determined to crush Poland
and set up a Soviet regime in that
country. Lloyd-George admits that
three months of effort to negotiate
with the Soviets to eject peace in CEN
trail Europe have utterly broken down.
The big and very serious question
asked on all sides now is: Where will
this Russian movement end?"
The premiers decided upon measures
in support of Poland limited to mill
tary advice, munitions shipments and
naval measures, which imply resump-
ton of a naval blockade around Rus
STA. Allied troops. in so far as yet
definitely decided upon, will not par
tcipate in the aid agreed upon.
But there seems little doubt that the
Russian problem carries with it
threats more potention than at any |
time since the Soviets obtained firm |
grip upon that nation.
After Poland will come Germany"
has been the promise" held out by
Soviet newspapers in Russia. And
old-time threats of German-Russian
alliance still cast their shadows over
allied councils.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19

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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
GIVE WOMEN VOTE,
-.s-erassasYssti"t't rsss4 y 49,,
~. ma. GOVERNOR URGES
"This Country Is No Longer an Asso-
T. citation OF States, But
T. A Nation"

Raleigh, N. C.-Declaring that WON
on sbould have the first right tc
speak when the issue is whether OF
not the world shall henceforth be ruled
nv reason and righteousness, or by
blood and IRON" Governor Beckett, in
special message, called upon the North
Carolina legislature to accept the IN
evitable and ratify the federal woman
suffrage amendment.
The governor warned his Democrat
ic friends that the most they would be
able to do by defeating the ratification
to defeat" He urged them to accept
resolution would be to delay "for SIX
months a movement you are poWerless
it as the part "of wisdom and OF
grace" adding that within the period
of few months some other state Will
open the door and women will enter
the political forum"
' I'VE may just as well realize, gen.
tlemen," the governor continued, that
this country is no longer an association
of states, but a nation. Whatever
majority of the people OF the natloh
want is going to be the supreme law
of the land.
whenever l really want to think
seriously about states rights, go
and muse for an hour over the grave
Of nv Confederate grandfather, for
I realize now more keenly than ever
before that states rights have passed
away.
al the famous words of Grover
Cleveland "A condition and not the
DRY confronts u.s. for woman suffrage
is at hand"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Passenger Injured In Fall OF plane

St. Paul, MIMI. Krowley, st.
Paul, a passenger in an airplane, Off
ciating in the welcome of the first
aerial mail plane, was seriously injured
when the place fell seventy feet. Pat
Malone, the pilot, escaped with slight
injuries. The plane, one Of score
of stunt" filters, went into a nose
dive and crashed to the ground be-
fore the pilot could regain control,
The mail plane which left Chicago for
this city arrived shortly after one
o'clock of the same dav
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Pleasing Father.

An Indianapolis resident, who re-
Gently visited his former home in Ken
lucky hill country, took along the usual
gifts and remembrances for members
of the family One of these, a dog,
obtained at the city pound, part bull
and with only half a tail, stood out.
you see, it will please father" he
said. "He has II dogs now, but this
one is different. No" he said, there
is no dog tax in Kentucky"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Preacher Spoke; Lightning Came

Preacher Spoke; Lightning Came
Laporte, Ind.-"If lightning should
strike this tent tonight, how many
would be ready for it," the Rev. John
Timber, evangelist, asked a congre'
CATION of Free Methodists crowding a
tent at Springfield, near here. Out
side a storm was threatening. A few
moments later bolt of lightning en-
tered the canvas top, killed two minis
ters on the platform, burned Rev. Mr.
Timber dangerously and knocked down
many of the worshipers. The dead;
Rev. Henry Lens Of Belvedere, ILL.,, and
Rev. L. w. Huston of Evansville, Wis
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Nickel By Nickel She Made $4,000

Newark, N. J.-Mrs. Dominica Naz-
zazi, who from the profits of little
fruit stand amassed a sum of $685.
600, which she invested in tenements,
died at So, mourned by her tenants
as 1.-The generous one" Year after
year Mrs. Zazzazi built up her fortune
nickel until a year ago, when remod-
cling of building forced her from the
corner where she had occupied
stand for years; she then retired to
give her whole attention to her real
estate. Her tenants declare she has
raised her rent only once.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Homeless Love Makes Couples Suicide

Washington.-The tragic romance
o ia wealthy man of the world and
country miss was unfolded here re-
Gently through investigation of the
deaths of ]. Ford Thompson and Mary
Sneeringer. The bodies of the 49-year-
old man and the pretty 16.-year-old girl
were found in the woods near EN-
mitsburg, Md, not far from here Both
had been shot through the head; near
by lay two revolvers. The girl was
waitress and had been absent from
home since the night of August H.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
House Votes to Aid in WeeviI Fight

Atlanta.-A bill creating a commits
sion to purchase calcium arsenate and
distribute the same free of cost among
the farmers of'the state for the pur'
pose of combating the boil weevil was
passed by the house. The funds to fl
nance the transaction are to be taken
from the fees for inspection of ferti.
lizers and oils.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
camp Gordon Is Doomed To Salvage

Washington.-There appears no like
lihood of any change in the war de,
partment's order for the salvaging OF
Camp Gordon and the removal OF
troops stationed there to Camp Jack
son. S. c. Although Secretary Baker
has agreed to hear arguments in be
half of the Atlanta camp, he says there
is little prospect of change in the
plans.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
Of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one Of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purpOses.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Body OF eorsas Reaches Washington

The body of the late Maj. Gen. Will
liam Crawford Gorgas, former surgeon
general of the army. whose death &C.
Cured in London, lay in state a day
at the parish house of the Church Of
the Epiphany. 1t arrived in Washing
ton from New York and was escorted
to the parish house by two troops Of
cavalry. Brief services were held for
the members of the immediate family
The body will lie in state until August
16, when burial will be made In the
Arlington cemetery
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Ace of the World,

John Won Muller historian, who
spent much time in research work on
the age of the world arrived at a con-
clusion which in 1920 would make the
world 1912 years old. His figures are
generally accepted, because they are
based on Biblical references and facts.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Pampered Individual.

"What is Dolblay'S income|'
Il don't know; probably about thirt
of what he spends every year"
How long can man keep up that
sort of thing?'
in Dolblay's case he can keep it uI
as long as his rich wife thinks he's to'
precious to work. "-Bilmingham Age
Herald.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19

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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Liquor Is Flowing Into United States

Liquor Is TIUWIHY IHNV OHIIeU 0IdIes
Neutrality-suspicious. smuggling into
the United States has reached such
proportions that it has brought in its
wake large illegal traffic in other
commodities, it is learned at the treas
ury department. officials have be-
come so concerned that they are con-
sidering a Encouragement of the gov.
ernments' coastal criminal chasing
arms with a view to concentrating on
what they described as a menacing
situation. The customs service, charg.
ed with protecting the country from
smugglers, has found itself wholly
inadequate" to meet the situation
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Villa che.red On Surrender To Foes

San Pedro, Coahuila, Mexico.-Fran
cisco Villa has surrendered. After
wears of banditry and defiance of both
the Mexican and the United States
vovernments, the famous outlaw de
Iivared himself into the power of the
,adarals IN the afternoon recently, and
arowned his sorrows in bottle OF
cognac The formal surrender cere'
n,onios will take place later, with
Comm and circumstances, but Villa ac'
sually placed his person In the hands
II his former enemies
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Poland Issues Warning To World

Washington.-Poland, in pnoclama-
ton, warns the world that II she
is overthrown by the Russian Bolshe-
Wiki, her fall will be due not only to
"overbearing might" but ito the in
difference of a world which calls itself
democratic"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
ALWAYS His Leap.

Hewitt-The frog would a-wOoing
go.
Jewett-why not? 1t is always leap
year for the frog.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19

For speedy ana elective action Dr. Pssry-s
Efu clean out worms or Tapsworm-AdN-
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
Commission Assumes Charge OF Bank

Boston.-Bank Commissioner Allen
has taken charge of the Hanover Trust
company. This is the institution in
which the account Of Charles Ponzi, the
financier, was shown recently to hav
been overdrawn.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
AIx.Up

John Alden approached Priscilla
"Are you sure you are me right
cOmmirteeg' she asked.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
DEPENDED UPON
IT 20 YEARS
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Has Been
This Woman's Safeguard
All That Time.

Omaha, Neb.-'1 have used Lydia E.
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