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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-09

.AFvillA Pavilion Dance, Fadden's
Grove, Saturday. July 10. Christy's
New Novelty Orchestra will play.
Now booked for Florida for the win
ter, Come. and hear them-Ady.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-09

Collections - Personal attention
given to all matters. y. A. Chance,
AttY.--Ady. @
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-09

Specially Shop for Friday and Sat
urday we offer all our colored voiles
and organizes one-third off; remnants
at half price. Georgette waists rs per
cent discount. Mail orders will receive
careful attention. Specially Shop, S11
South Third street.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-09

$40 harn dance e stewarts daEn', :,
'chestra, Saturday, July 1o.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-09

The Grand Forks Fair July 1924.
Entries IN the home department will
not be accepted later than ten o'clock
Saturday, July II. Entries will be
taken care Of in the Office of the Fair
at the court house.-Adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
METHODISTSASK
$6OO,OOO MORE
L. M. stratton Says 1t Will
Take This Sum to Finish
New Hospital.

=, The sum of 5000 600 WIS suggested as
me amount that must be raised In the
memphis, Mississippi. North Mississippi
and North Arkansas conferences to
complete the financing of the construc-
ton and equipment OF the new Metho-
dist hospital, now going up on Lamar
avenue, In Memphis. by l.. M. STRAIT
ton, Of Memphis, at the annual meet
ing OF the trustees of the hospital rep
resenting the four conferences. at the
chamber OF Commerce Thursday morn
ing. No definite action was taken re-
garding Mr.. STATIONS suggestion, be-
cause OF the fact that a quorum failed
to attend the meeting.
Mr.. Stratton said he thought the
Memphis conference should raise $780,
geo OF this fund: North Mississippi.
100000: North Arkansas, 500 900 and
Mississippi, $4,000.
Dr. T. Il. Sharp, presiding elder OF
the Memphis conference, recommended
that In raising the fund the trustees
should appeal to the presiding elders
OF the conferences to undertake the
raising of the fund enlisting the aid OF
the pastors and laymen In their turn.
The trustees also had on their order
OF business the selection OF a successor
for Thomas b. King. financial agent
for the hospital but had to postpone
this for lack of the quorum. Mr. King
resigned in order TO devote all of his
time to his work as manager Of the
highway department Of the. Chamber
of Comm cree.
Elder John II. sherard. Of Sherard
Miss, president Of the board OF trus
tees, presided over the meeting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
ARM WAIVER EXTRAORDINARY WINS
SERGEANTCY OF TRAFFIC POLICE

"A born traffic officer" is the way
Lieut.. Joseph A. Gerk, st. Louis police
traffic expert characterized Traffic OF
ficer Vincent Lucarini who for four
and Jefferson avenue.
when Lieut.. Clerk gave an illustra ton
OF how traffic should be handled al
corner Main and Madison--thus laying
me foundation for. the new method
which will come into vogue here-he
chose Lucarini to handle the corner. and
left him here to instruct other traffic
men.
AS a result, Luke" has been anpoint-
ed traffic sergeant, vice Tom Newell,
who Will retain his former rank as pa
trolmafl, The notice was given out
Wednesday night and Luke becomes
sergeant on Feb. /.
Luke will be aided In his duties by
committee Of 100 to $50 representative
citizens. who will be named as traffic
"vigilantes" by John B. Edgar, police
anu 1lre commissioner. They will re-
, port violations of traffic ordinances by
autoists and pedestrians.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
Memphis Readers
Relax; Fiction
Demands Increase

Relaxation following the var has
caused an Increase MI the demand of
iMemnhlasS car NJ til III. ctlens asA Ord
ing to Charles H.. Johnston, OF the Cos
S S l,prary In his annual. report to the
BOARD OF directors Thursday Mr. john
sion furnished figures which showed
" per cent of the 6s0,016 books issued
during the past year were fiction.
rms, according to Mr., Johnston, Is
sllght increase over the preceding IL
months, accounted for in several ways.
but principally through the desire for
war period. Mr., Johnston also pointed
out that present-da authors when they
had a new philosophy to promulgatc,
Drought 1t out in a novel naturally at
tracing readers. Then, he said, the
percentage included story books issued
in the children's department.
me total Issues also was In excess
The total number of books in the main
library and its II branches totals 1867
645, an addition of 1919 in 1919, There
are al present 81 1853 registered borrow
ers at the main library alone. Over H.
0OO volumes were rebound during the
year past at an average cost of 26 la
cents.
G. W. Macrae was reelected presi.
dent. as were other members of the
board, constituted as follows: Bishor
Thomas +. Gaior and James S. Davant
presidents, and Alfred D. Mason
secretary and treasurer. Mr.. Johnston
was reapponted librarian.
Thursday borrowers were permitted to
take out with them four books instead
of the customary two This policy will
be pursued until the influenza way,
subsidies. Reading rooms were CLOSED
and the library will be closed entirely
Sunday, following instructions from tht
city commission.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
HARK, THE DIN, WHISTLES
BLOWING; STAND UP, YE, BE
TOLD; AID CENSUS SHOWING

Friday will be census day--the last
before the counting Of polls is com
peted Saturday.
MAYOR raine has issued a proclama-
ton calling on the people to assist in
every way.
The Chamber Of Commerce and other
organizations will help. Factory Vhis-
ties will blow and all win be asked TO
aid in getting everyone in Memphis
counted for tho future welfare of the
CITY.
Special census enumcrato stationed
in the Hobbies of the principal hotels,
the puStoftiCo and the courthouse We'd
nesday succeeded in securing the names
OF large number Of persons who had
either not been enumerated before or
thought they had been missed. The
majority Of those who had been missed
were dodgers either at the hotels or
boarding houses.
Owing to the fact that a city's popu-
lation is one OF its principal assets in
attracting new industries and CONNER
cial enterprises the publicity section of
the Chamber of Commerce lined up
with Charles G. Dean, local supervisor
Of the federal census, to assist him in
the final drag OF the enumerating fine
comb before the close OF the census
scheduled Saturday night.
The publicity section decided TO re-
sort to the unique eXpedient OF cessa-
ton OF business at il4S am. Friday
long enough to ascertain whether every
one has been included In the census.
All steam factory, boat and locomo-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
AMERICAN + i
FLYERS Mi Held
FORT ANNOUNCES
Officials Say AviatOrS Forced
to Land in Mexico Will Fly
Back to U. S. and Are Not
CaptiveS.

BROWNSVILLE. Tex, Jan. 29.--
Lieuts. f. +. Davis and G. E. Grimes,
American army aviators, who yesterday
made forced landing near Guerrero,
Mexico. are not held prisoner by the
Mexicans and probably viii fly back to
United States territory today, it was
announced at Fort Brown shortly before
noon.
a Guerrero is about 80 miles south Of
Apata, Tex, and about 140 miles up
me Rio Grande from Matanoros, the
Mexican city opposite Brownsville.
Capt W, B. Bradford, assistant dis
trict adjutant, went to Matamoros to-
day to arrange with the Mexican off
Gals to get gasoline and oil to the
av2tors Capt. Bradford said the ayi-
ators are not prisoners and when 1.-THE
usual preliminaries' have been disposed
of their return to the American side
will be facilitated -
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
MANY LAND TITLES
MAY BE INVALID

Title to all property sold during the
past year. In cases where the deeds
were acknowledged outside the state,
may be questioned and possibly invali-
dated, II law passed by the iegis-
lature in 1918 is constitutional, in the
opinion OF Murray Stewart, county reg
lister.
Mr.. Stewart has but recently discov-
cred the existence OF this law which
requires on all deeds acknowledged out
side the state OF Tennessee, certifi-
cate from the secretary Of state or
clerk OF court setting forth the fact
that the person before acknowledgment
was taken, to be duly authorized to
take such acknowledgment
Mr.. Stewart stated Thursday that
very few deeds recorded in his office
since the passage of the act had com.
piled with the law. He was unable to
give any estimate Of the number oS
deeds recorded during the past year
that come within the puryiew Of the
act.
He pointed out that the act only ap-
piled to deeds Acknowledged outside the
state. In every instance of this kind
he said, a certificate from the secre.
tary of state or clerk OF court should
be attached which shows that the per-
son taking the acknowledgment of the
conveyor OF property, to be a person
duly authorized to take such acknowl-
Judgments
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
Sergt. Cledry Has
Greater Faith In
Nose Than TOn0ue

ut looked like gin and smellcd like
gin" testified Police Sergeant Martin
Cleary Thursday morning at the hear
ing of H. G. Cooper, contractor. Niese
street before George II. Poole United
States commissioner Cooper is charged
with violating the federal prohibition
law.
Did you taste it?" 0ueried Thomas
J. Walsh, assistant district attorney.
Came the emphatic reply:
NO, ! haven't tasted such stuff for
over 80 years, but | can tell whisky,
beer and gin by the smell"
Cooper was bound over by Mr.. Poole
to await action Of the federal grand
jury. No witness was introduced by
the defense but it was intimated that
the defense would be that the fluid
contained In two gallon jugs in Cooper
possession when seized by officers
Tuesday is Intoxicating CoopeI
was arrested by the Police while driy.
ing a wagon which contained the two
jugs. Officers at the time declared
Cooper made the assertion that the al.
legged gin was his own product and
for his own personal use.
Cooper made mond in the sum of $500
Separate bond will have to be mad.
for the team and wagon under pro.
visions OF the government permjttjnr
seizure Of a vehicle in which II is al.
legged liquor is being transported Abt
Eohn represented the defendant.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
TREATY COMPROMISE
EFFORTS POSTPONED
Bipartisan Committee Meeting of Senators Scheduled For
Thursday Put Off Until Friday and Delay Is Vel
coined By Both Sides.

WASHINGTON Jan. 29.-Negotia-
lions between Democratic and Repub-
hca7 eaders of the senate who ap-
arently have approached a deadlock on
the peace treaty compromise will not
be resumed until tomorrow. the meet
ing of the bipartisan committee plan
ned for today having been postponed
because OF the absence of Senator Len
root. OF Wisconsin, one of the Repubh-
can leaders.
There were indications that some
senators. on each side welcomed the
delay and there were many conferences
during the day to perfect plans for the
committee meeting which may bring a
tiinai showdown on the question Of con-
tlnuing the negotiations.
There was much discussion of what
course friends of the treaty should
TAKE II the bipartisan negotiations end
ga without an agreement Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska. the admins
tration leader, has told the Republicans
that in such an eventuality he proposed
to move to take up the treaty in the
open senate. but he said today he would
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
Robert Buckingham
OF Old Family Dies
After Iona Illness

Robert Beverly Buckingham. 30 wears
old, son Of the late II. Gum Bucking-
ham, prominent in business and society
circles Of Memphis, member OF one Of
the most prominent families OF the city
and the South, died at $50 Thursday
morning at his home, 207 Buena Vista
place, after an Illness Of almost year.
Mr.. Buckingham was a director in
the buckingham company. Wholesale
dry goods concern, successor to the
Lennon & Gale company and was
universally popular as a business man,
4 citizen and clubman.
Surviving Mr., Buckingham are his
widow. two small children and two
brothers. Quinn Buckingham and NAL
colin Buckingham.
H. Gum buckingham father OF the
deads man, was brother OF the late
Miles s.. buckingham and to Hugh l..
Buckingham.
Funeral services will be conducted
Friday morning At 10 o'clock from the
residence, the Rev. r. DUN. Devall,
dean OF st. Marys cathedral, Official
ing. lnterment will be In Elmwood
cemetery.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
Chief Cox Goes To
Jackson; Successor
Plans Recruit DriUe

Chief Machinist's Mate s, NJ. Cox,
who has been in charge OF the local
navy recruiting station in the Goodbar
building for a year or more, will be
transferred TO Jackson, Tenn, accord
ing to an order received Thursday. Chief
Cox viii be succeeded by Chief Boat
swains Mate D. NJ Maxey, formerly in
charge of the recruiting station here.
and whose work during war time won
for him high praise from the DEPART
ment.
One of the first drives by the new re-
cruiting officer will be to augment the
complement of men for the super
dreaduaught Tennessee. Although the
roster for the gigantic fighter Is about
complete and its filling by native Ten
ncsseans assured. Chief Maxey is de-
sirous of securing more Memphis boys.
An allMemphis gun crew to man one
OF the i6-inch guns, a baseball team
later to tour West Tennessee and mu-
sicians are wanted especially at this
time.
To aid in the recruiting drive Lieut..
l.. II. Robb, L. NJ. Nave. fireman; 9. W.
Miller, foreman and X. ID. McLendon,
yeoman, first class. viii arrive Friday
to asst in augmenting the list OF re-
cruits for the navy's greatest fighter.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29

tive whistles and automobile horns ara
requested TO be opened wide at least one
minute AT that time for the sake of re-
ln'ndins the people that they must act
quickly II they have not been enumer-
ated
In q letter sent out by ]. A. osoinach.
assistant secretary of the chamber. the
cooperation of the business men of the
city with this plan is urged. as "this
means much TO the commercial growth
Of Memphis In the future. Rival cities
are making every effort TO outstrip us, -
said Mr., OSoinach please do your
part In every way possible The fig
ures shown in this census will stand FOR
ten wears, Wont you help?"
There Is some of the flotsam and let
sam of Memphis population that win
i possibly never be enumerated In the
federal census These people who have
| their beings in the substrata Of society
are extremely reluctant to give anv
official persons their names and ad-
| dresses. In fact, many OF them have
no names, but aliases, and no perma-
nent addresses.
census enumerator remarked the
other day that II was amusing to see
gambler ponder when an enumerator
asked him about his occupation. Most
| of them turn out TO be clerks, after
pause, during which they do some des-
| perate thinking" said the enumerator
| well, what occupation do the boot I,
| leggers protest." one asked
'Oh, most Of the bootleggers claim TO
| be chauffeurs."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
CLEAR WEATHER =.
MAY RAISE BAN
CAUSED BY FLU
Mayor Paine and Dr.. Andrews
Hope to ReSCind Closing
Orders If Number of Cases
Decreases by End of Week.

brlght skies and clear, frosty weather
thursday morning with indication Of
continuance brought smiles to the
|aces of Mayor Paine and DR.. j. l..
hndrews. even before they reached their
prices in the city hall.
IF this weather continues" said Or.
Nhdrews, and the number of cases of
l1lluenza shows a daily decrease be-
|Ween now and the end Of the week.
re hope to be able to rescind the clos
llg orders, or at least to modify them
Mayor Paine merely said that he
Rould be guided by DR.. Andrews rec
lamentations, but that he hoped that
Hhe influenza situation viii be so much
PETER, that by the end of the week
anger OF a serious spread of the dis
Aase will be at an end in Memphis.
lhere Will be no modification of pres
NJ regulations unless spread of the
lsease Is shown to have been checked
Up to noon Thursday Sc new cases
al been reported.
This Is more than on any previous
ay at that hour, but indicates little
= Il Is the totals for the day which
nov the progress of the disease.
The report of new cases wednesday
light showed a total OF 10, about the
Average daily since last Saturday, when
he reports were first asked for.
i estAarty every case reported is mild
but in all cases physicians are ordering
UGH patients isolated, or at least to
emain at home, so that danger of the
pread OF the disease may be avoided
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
TWO DIMES A DRINK;
TWO TENS FOR ROOM
Emerson's Law Works on
Thirsty Tourists at Havana.

Somebody is always taking the Joy
out OF life. With the hest grades OF
liquor selling over the bar at 20 cents
per drink or at around $3.50 per quart
at Havana. Cuba, the hotel proprietors
have jumped Up the price OF rooms to
$40 per day as minimum charge with
rates OF from $40 to $50 per day COM
monty asked in all the first class ho-
tells, according to B. l.. Clarke, chief
clerk at the Southern railway local
freight office. who returned to Menu
phis Wednesday night after spending
several weeks with his brother, Mai.
B. II. Clarke. United States marine
corps, stationed at Havana.
But even AT such rates the city is
crowded with American tourists (c)
since constitutional prohibition went
into effect Jan. Is, and hotel accom-
modations are hard to find Three
large hotels are under construction,
backed by American interests, but the
progress OF the buildings is slow on
account Of labor troubles. Strikes are
common in all lines of work. Mr.. Clarke
says. and often result In incidents
amusing to Americans, as when re-
striCtiOns were placed on the sale OF
matches at Havana when a shortage
in the supply developed as result OF
a strike Of the match workers. The
racing season Is now at its height at
Havana and all transportation lines to
Cuba are doing a capacity business.
Mrs. Clarke. who accompanied Mr.
Clarke to Cuba, stopped off at Key
West TO spend few weeks with friends
there
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29

not do that until all hope of compro-
mise by private negotiation had disap-
peared
/ Meantime, 1t developed. some Demo-
cratic senators were inclined to the be-
lief that nothing would be gained by
throwing the treaty back into the sem
ate in the near future. These senators
disagreed with Senator Hitchcock that
a majority would be certain to support
such a move, while among Republicans
i was confidently predicted 1t would
fail.
II was suggested should the unofficial
bipartisan committee come to final
deadlock an effort might be made to
put through the resolution OF Senator
Underwood Democrat, Alabama to
create an official Cancellation commit
tee of 10 senator's. Vhe titular party
leaders on both sides, however, indi-
Gated that they saw little hope of Sc
curing an agreement by that course.
Such committee. they said. would
have to include. representative Of viEtu-
ally the same elements as now make UP
the unofficial body.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
Who'll Say NOW
Policemen Haze
Tough Big Feet?

Two half pints Of corn Kicker" which
were hidden In cache made Of box
In the ground, the lid OF which was
covered over with ashes, caused II. NJ
tRed) knoerr to call at central police
headquarters Thursday about noon. Po-
lice found the stimulant In the ward
behind knoerr's soft drink" stand at
Avery street and Calhoun avenue.
While the foot of Detective Chief
Jake Gwaltney is not so large as the
famed pedal extremity OF Sergt. Cleary,
Il must be more sensitive. for the
seuth chief, after he and Detectives
Bishop and Joyce had searched without
result, stepped Oh the tiny ash heap,
shouted Eureka" or "Ding bust it,
or something and un-ashed the white
lightning"
Knoerr was docketed for violating the
liquor law. Detective Bishop who comes
from Paducah. KY, originally, said the
contents of the bottles was corn lick
err" but no officer had the hardihood
TO sample II.
How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck, II a woodchuck would chuck
wood--alcohol?"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
FIRST REPORTS SAID
MEN WERE CAPTURED

MALLEN, Tex, Jan. 2s,-Military
officials along the border awaited word
today concerning Lieuts. Z. f. Davis
and g. T., Grimes American army avn
ators. stationed here, who yesterday
made forced landing on Mexican soil
and were first reported as taken pris-
oners by Mexicans 80 miles south Of
Zapata, Tex.
Lieuts. Davis and Grimes were en-
route from Fort Brown to Nogales,
AriZ., with military message when
they ran into a fog, became confused
and instead Of proceeding up the Rio
Grande followed the Solado river from
ZalAta into Mexico. While flying
along the river they were compelled to
land.
Military officials today had not an
nounced the home addresses of the two
avlators. ...
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
FLU EVENLY DIVIDED
BETWEEN THE SEXES

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Analysis Of
Iheis 10, 1853 cases Of influenza reported
p the New York health department
Iince the present epidemic began shows
hat the disease is very evenly divided
between sexes. Statistics made public
oday by DR.. Louis J. Harris, director
{ the bureau of preventable diseases,
hows that 1886 wee males and 9,06I
we're females
Females predominant between the
yes of 20 and 80, while males predomi-
ate at all other ages. There are only
few cases in either sex in children
Under five years Of age, and but COM
laratively few elderly persons are at
1ected. The pneumonia records show
approximately the same group affec-
ken 49,
while the number Of new cases re-
soted yesterdays, 598--exceeded the
Tally record in the epidemic last year
4 y EOS, the death rate was considerably
pNcf and physicians generally agreed
zhat the cases this year are in much
llilder form than last winter.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-29
Debs' Last Speech
Read In Trial OF
FiUe Socialists

ALBANY, n. v, Jan. 29.--Eugene V.
Debs' last speech before his voice was
"silenced' by a penitentiary sentence
of 10 years for violating the espionage
act, was read into the record today at
the trial of the five suspended Socialist
assemblymen being tried by the as
sembly Judiciary committee on charges
of disloyalty.
In his speech, made before Socialists
in Cleveland last March, Debs, declar-
ing he spoke ''as Socialist. a revolu-
ZIONIST and a Boshevist," praised I.e-
nine and Trotzky "as the greatest
statesmen in the modern world" and
expressed defiance of the laws of this
country and the supreme court. The
speech was distributed in pamphlet
form by the city committee Of the SO.
clalIst party Of Greater New York,
according TO the prosecution