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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
British Strike
Order SUSPENDED

London, Sept 2l.-Thc Central News
states that tho federation Of miners
has sent notices TO the coal fields sus-
pending the national coal strike order
Tor one week Tho strike was 10 have
gone into effect Sunday.
As result OF meeting between
Premier Lloyd George and representa-
tives Of tho triple alliance OF unions,
the coal strike notices previously
handed in have been suspended for one
week.
The miners leaders returned 70 their
headquarters from Downing street
early IN the afternoon aud officially
rccommC ndcd to tho assembled dole
gates from local unions that the strike
order ne suspended In order TO enable
representatives of the miners fedora IL
ton to meet the ColNvrN owners to dis
cuss new wage scale.
Taking Every Precautlon
Under tho direction OF Premier Lloyd
George. the government Is taking every
precaution to prepare for a walkouL
Hotel accommodation In the White
hall district have been arranged for
government officials and guards have
been provided for public buildings In
the event violence Is attempted. Pro-
visions are heing stored In governmcnt
offices together with beds 50 that the
employees can convert tho worlrooms
into temporary homes.
II IN Understood that the railways
have already arranged for reduction
Of service.
Food supplies are being accumulated
at strategic points where trnnaporta-
ton and Histribution can be most easily
carried out.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
One FARM HAS GRAIN
WORTH ONE MILLION
1t Contains $4,000 Acres and
Has Single Field of 5000
Acres of Wheat.

Lethbridge Alta.-G. N, S.)--one
million dollars is the estimated value
Of the grain crop of the Nobleford
foundation farms at Nobleford. twenty
miles north of Lethbridge.
A single field OF 5000 acres OF wheat
was harvested Sixty binders drawn
by 2i0 horses passed out OF sight In
their progress from one end of the field
to the other.
The farms comprise $4,000 acres. or
more than fifty square miles. More
than 2S.500 acres are under cultivation.
OF this area 10500 acres are in sum-
mer fallow awaiting next years crop.
This year 1917 acres were in grain,
1870 acres in wheat, 3517 acres in
rye. and 1890 acres in oats, The esti-
mated yield will be 207 $50 bushels of
wheat, 70.340 bushels of rye, and 137,-
400 bushels of oats.
c. s. Noble is an American. He
learned farming in Iowa and North Da-
kota. He started farming twenty years
ago in Alberta on 800 acres. Today he
Is the head of the greatest grain pro-
ducing corporation In the world. His
farms are working on a cooperative
basis All his old employees own stock
and share in the profits. Yearly divi-
dends have run from ii to 30 per cent.
Noble attributes his success to hard
work and a definite goal. As a small
farmer he made money. He decided
he could make fortune by farming
on a large scale. He moved to Canada
because he regarded 1t as the poor
mans last great agricultural opportu-
nifty. He invested his early profits in
more land until a few years ago he
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
TERENCE M'SWINEY IN
EXHAUSTED CONDITION

london, sept. sl.--Terence Macswl-
ney, lord mayor OF Cork, was In very
exhausted condition this morning nj
Brlxton prison, according to a bulletin
issued by the Irish self determination
league, He spent very bad night
the bulletin declared. and the severe
pains IN his head, OF which he has COM
planned frequently. began again thls
morning.
The guards, around Brixton prison,
whore Tcrencd MacSwlney. lord mayor
Of Cork, Is on hunger strike, were
quadrupled today Mounted policemen
were on duty for the time, Arthur
o'Brien. who visited MacSwlney at J
o'clock Yesterday afternoon, said
Terence IL suffering great cNhaus-
ton The severe pains In his head
have returned. lie ia in the utmost
distress"
This was the forty-third day OF Mac
Swiney'E hunger strike.
An entire new guard was placed
around the prison today. The day time
guard has been increased 20 four times
its previous strength. The prison ply
stefan said that MacSwiney probably
would live several days more unless he
suffered heart stroke.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24

under this Ievel the basis OF some tart
merchandising talks. I'VE viii have
firse- class overcoat at $50 and some
excellent cloahing around $40 and Ne
and cheaper at the very beginning OF
the season" declared this buyer. The
consumer will not be forced 70 wait
until prices are cut TO begin to buy
clothing AZ moderate prices"
Hard Business Drives.
There are other indications that hard
drives will be made for business IN
other department stores, the. ultimate
result of which may be 10 lead the con-
sumer well away from $50 pastures
and go far toward altering price stand =
ards. A few Intensive drives early In
the season would bring about some
sharp competition, II is agreed, and
possibly an immediate change OF policy
in many quarters.
In great many quarters executives
are depending on the short memories OF
the American people In the aggregate
To effect partial restoration of higher
price demand II Is claimed that half
the spring revolt was due to govern
mental propaganda against fancy prices.
and with less Of this agency in evidence
to sway public opinion, matters will
to some extent snap back TO normal,
BY normal II would seem that $50
and $40 merchandise can be sold freely,
according TO optimistic prophecies.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
COX SAYS HAYS
BOUGHT PAPERS
Despite Effort to Keep Truth
From West, Nominee
Confident Success.
SPEAKS IN COLORADO

En- Route With Gov. Cox, Trlnl.
dad, Colo, Sept. 24.--Elphteen sup.
posedly democratic newspapers In
the state OF Arizona. Gov. James NJ.
COX charged today, have been pur-
chased with the funds OF the repub.
lean national Committee, and he
believes similar operations on even
a larger scale are being carried out
In a number Of other western and
northwestern states. Nevertheless,
the governor entered Colorado TO.
day, eastward bound, convinced
that he will carry q majority OF
these states.
Il am going back east" he said, ito
tell the people of the effort that Is being
made to keep the truth from the people
OF the west. IL isn't fair to them.
they deserve to hear both sides and
they are going to-"
The governor charged that personal
representatives OF WIN II. Hays. chair.
man OF the republican national COM
mittee, have preceded him for weeks
calling upon editors in cities where the
governor was TO speak and endeavorinp
TO perauade them 10 print as little as
possible concerning ethe governor
meetings and q misrepresent. the i'm.
IAN through Oregon, Washington
and California" the governor said. u
newsnaners nr,rttng snr,n p"e -, n',n.,I
lions iust a. arrive IL tboir tcIt,,
questions All. bearing Inc same earmarl,s
and all designed 10 befoa the renl jssuos
OF this campaign"
Tho vovernor srer, n, hour q, rr-,n,
dad this morning and addressed an
audience that was large eonaider,nv
The earlness OF the hour. He left here
ut $40 for Pueblo. where he speaks
early this afternoon. He leaves imme-
diately afterward for Colorado Springs
and Denver. where the principal speech
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
BLOCK TRIES TO KILL
HIS WIFE'S ATTORNEY
Millionaire Draft Dodger Be-
comes Personally
Belligerent.

indianapolis. Ind, Sept. :i.--William
II. Block, Jrn millIonalre's son. who
was tried during the war on charges Of
draft lodging, was arrested here today
for an alleged assault and battery
with intent TO kill Othnell Hitch. an
attorney, who IL said TO have called
Block q liar" during an alteration IN
divorce.
Block, son OF William IT, Block. Sr.,
millionaire Indianapolis department
store proprietor, accused Hitch in the
courtroom late yesterday OF having
branded him a liar"
'Well. you are a llar," Mrs. Blocks
attorney Is said to have .retorted.
Block then Knocked Hitch 10 the floor,
II Is said The attorney caused Blocks
arrest today.
Mrs Block is suing for divorce and
$500. 900 alimony. charging cruelty.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
Flying Squadron Energy
Less Active.

New York There are several factors
to be considered IN the retailing OF
clothing this fan and winter that are
now taking shape hut whose effect is
still 10 he felt In the local market, one
Ot these is the policy to he inauguratcd
In the department stores, several 81
which have Still 90 announce their
course OF procedure Another Is the
possible effect Na,at will result from an
apparent lack Of activity IN department
Of Justice circles rs represented by the
dying squadron" Little of the former
aggressive spirit Is apparent IN the last
mentioned quarter and little Is antlci-
pated, Merchants are specializing freely
on the possible restoration Of conf
dcucc that win follow when newspaper
stories 81 governmental activity In
keeping down prices are omitted from
the columns ~ tho daily newspapers,
CLOTHING as Low as SsS,
n WAS announced ny the buyer Of
clothing for one OF the largest depart
ment stores IN tho city yesterday that
clothing would be done In the way "
specifNinr prices until next week,
when tho opening announcement is
forthcoming Il viii be opened with a
popular priced hroadsidc This cstah-
lishmCnt viii offer clothing as low as
S2b, some purchased IN this country and
some ahrnad. Instead OK onenlng AT
$50. this house will make prices well
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
FIRST PLATINUM SOLD
FOR DOLLAR A POUND

Chicago.-U. N. s.)-Two pesos. or
81 a pound, was the earliest price ever
quoted for platinum, now worth $50
an ounce. This original price OF a
metal with which Russia Is now PLAN
ming TO finance its international trade
and form a reserve for its money sys-
tenn was established in the middle OF
the eighteenth century, after the DIS
covery of platinum in Colombia.
When first found platinum was re-
garded as worthless. The amount
thrown away on the gold mine dumps
of Colombia would be worth seVerai
million of dollars today. Later the
metal was used for making pitchers,
at about the price OF pewter.
After the discovery of platinum IN
the Ural mountains. in the middle OF
the last century. Russia for snort
time issued a platinum coinage. Inc
intrinsic value of the coins was reck-
oned at six times that of silver ana
one-third that of gold
Before the war Russia produced 250.-
900 ounces of platinum annually, or 70
per cent of the worlds supply. us
output fell off during the war TO all
most nothing. The Ural mines are JUST
beginning to be worked again.
A rough estimate places the totai
amount OF platinum so lar prouuceu y,
the world and still extant at 4.0O0ooV
ounces. at least a quarter OF which IS
in the United States. Though the de-
mand for platinum jewelry has been
world wide for years among persons OF
wealth and fashion, only 100000 ounces
of the metal have been used for jew
elry purposes. Because of its durable
ity and intricate jewelry designs ana
is regarded as the most effective foil
for the brilliancy of diamonds.
The more shiftless man is the more
he shifts from one job to another.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
COOK WARNED NEGROES

Greenvlllc. Ala. Sept 2i.-Texanna
McChondico, negro servant at local
hotel, whore twenty-six persons were
poisoned Tuesday night from eating
biscuit In which arsenic had been
plnced, told two other negroes employed
at the hotel. not to eat any OF the bis
cults that night, as she had mixed bug
poisoning In tho -four
The statement is credited TO Katie
Mae Sanders and Jesse Goldsmith
negroes. who are also employed at the
hotel and were arrested in connection
with the case. the proprietor having
been summoned to the jail late yes
terday afternoon by them, but being
unable to go as he was one of the
poison sufferers, brother acted for
him and received the statement.
Five negroes were arrested during
the day for completely in the case, but
later the Sanders and Goldsmith
woman and Joe Washington were re-
leased. the McChondico woman and her
husband being held without bail for fur
Their investigation. None OF those suf-
fering from the poisoning are yet able
to leave their beds.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
FO0DSTUFFS, RETAIL
AND WHOLESALE. DROP

Denver Colo, Sept. 24.--Foodstuffs,
both wholesale and retail, In Denver
In the last two days and merchants
predict a further decline before the end
Of the month.
Potatoes. which started the season
at $2.1b per hundred pounds for the
p ssw crop. are a selling At siss in the
made n proportionate decline
No. northern wheat has dropped 3
cents cent :; At -. ccioraSp elevators since the
Hogs on the hoof, which started the
week at 1880 per hundred for tor light
weights, were selling at st6.7b this
morning. Cattle have skldded 30 cents
TO 81 live weight IN the past four days.
Sugar mt Sit n hundred is predicted
by wholesale houses TO be effective be-
fore the end OF the canning season"
oreenvIle Cuts Prices.
Greenville. 8. C., Sept. 2i.--Local
restaurant proprletors. here have am
prices averaging 20 10 cents per item.
They contend this ia possible because
OF declines in wholesale prices.
Gasoline Price War.
Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. ga gaso-
line price war began here today when
the two big refineries and fiing sta
tion owners reduced the price Of Easo-
line 2 cents n gallon, while two COM
patitors refused to meet the cut
Some filling stations today are sell.
ing gasoline for 30 cents cash and 81
cents credit. while others have main
tanned the price at 81 ana 30 cents. re-
spectivelv rf-a.
Steady In New YORK.
New York Sent. 2t.--Slipping prices
are not. hitting New York with notice
able effect yet. Manufacturers, hotel
owners and restaurant keepers today
said they had failed 20 notice any re-
duction that would warrant them In
sending prices down perceptihly.
One OF the most interesting bits of
Information gathered IN n hunt for
price cutting was the news that out
pf-town retail buyers have begun
stocking with wooden clothing and wool
clothes as heavily as they did year
ago.
III the people are refusing 10 buy"
said st. Louis ready to-wear buyer.
I'VE have not noticed IT. 4
An official Of bin clothing mnnufac-
turing house declared wooden mills are
going back TO work with full forces
and that buyers who had Cancelled or
ders In panic last spring were begin
going 20 fall because there II no short
age of cloth ms there was year ago.
$3.50 per Cent. Cut on wool.
Cleveland, O., Sent, ga price re-
duction Of IL 20 30 per cent. In woods
was announced today by officials OF the
cleveland worsted Mills company
George H. Hodsson, vice president OF
the company. In announcing the reduc-
ton, said the lower cost of raw mate
rials was the cause,
"The price reduction r. effective
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
SEEKING TO END
IRISH TURMOIL
Government to Punish Those
Responsible for Soaking
of six Towns.
TERRORISM RUNS RIOT
Houses Burned-Number Are
Killed in Fighting Between
Police and Civilians.

London Sept. Adj. N. S.)--The
government moved today to end police
terrorism in ireland. A military H.
curry into the sacking of six Irish
towns is underway and II will be fol-
lowed a judicial investigation.
Those responsible for the ransacking
and shooting up OF towns and con-
flagrations will be punished whether
they were policemen or soldiers, 1t was
announced by the Irish Office today.
Numerous arrests hove been made
this week as result of the increased
efficiency OF the secret service men in
Ireland, which has now surpassed the
mark OF, efficiency, in war. time.
The best method OF restoring
zion furnished by the secret service
agents."
This has been a week OF violence,
fires and sudden death In many parts
of Ireland. The chief outbreaks were
"Sunday--Battles between Sim FoIn.
-BalbrIggan sacked ana
two civilians killed.
"Tuesday--A man believed to have
been a Sim, Fem spy found shot TO
death in field In County Carlow.
Observation-Disclosures -Malbay, Le-
hinch and Ennistown attacked the po-
licemen. Violent flghtlng occurred be-
tween policemen and civilians In which
ten persons were reported killed. Many
houses destroyed by fire. Councillor
.Tohn Lynch. OF Limerick. a Sim Fein
leader, snot 10 death at Dublin,,'
Body guards now protect the higher
officials OF the Sim Fein organization
az Dublin and elsewhere as a result OF
the increased activity OF the "black
ane tan" policemen.
Quiet prevails at Belfast. The Irish
ofiice has decided against further arm
ing of civilians In Belfast.
One OF tine chief causes for alarm
now is the possibility that Terence
MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, or
some Of the eleven hunger striking
Sim Fem prisoners in the Cork jnil
may die. precipitatlng more violent dis
orders than any which have yet oc-
Cured in Ireland. Threats OF strong
reprisals are being made openly by
the Sim Fein.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
ROBERTS WILL FIRE HIS
OPENING GUN SEPT. 20
Democratic Committee Fixes
Madisonville, Monroe
County as Place.

Nashville. Sept 2i-(Specai. Dem
ocratic headquarters today announced
that Governor Roberts would open his
campaign for recollection al noon on
Sept. 80 at Madisonville. A change IN
the opening date announced yesterday
tOct. u having been decided under the
new program. the governor win speak
the day before AR Taylor opens. Other
all IN East Tennessee. follow:
Sept. 70, night Etowah.
sept 30. noon. Benton; night. Cieve-
Oct !, morning. Athens: night. JEFF.
fersun City,
Oct ,. noon. NoMnort
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
GOVERNMENT TAKES
EXTRA PRECAUTIONS
Demonstrations Are Planned
in Case of Lord Mayor
MacSwiney's Death.

London. Sept ai.-upon receipt OF a
tip from reliable quarters that demon
stratlons are impending In front OF
BriNton prison, where Lord Mayor Mac
Swiney. Sf CorN Is near death from
hunger striking, the authorities have
intensified their precautions stu FUR
Their.
The air n nlled with rumors that cx-
citing events may develop before the
night In over,
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24

, now" he said. 'It viii not reach the
people until spring, when goods we are
manufacturing now win be placed on
the market"
New Yorker Foresees Drop.
New York. Sept. 2A.--A decline ~
food prices and n gradual reduction In
prices charged by restaurants through
out the country was predicted here TO-.
day by August Jansen, president OF
the society of restaurateurs. In New
York, he said, restaurant prices VIII
drop as the result OF n cooperative
purchasing plan under which number
OF restaurants have combined 10 buy
their foodstuffs.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24

Oh experts are unable. TO explain the
why and wherefore"
Negro tenants for several days pump
ed the product and threw II into the gut
ter. not knowing what 1t was. They
thought kerosene had been poured into
the well. OIL company men were called
and pronounced the fluid gasoline.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24

had largest farm IN Canada. Halt tns
land he farms today was raw praiIiy
three years ago. He established woria :
record IL 1915 by averaging ffty-IouI
bushels OF wheat TO the acre on
1.000-acre field.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
Gasoline Oeing Pumped
From Tulsa Water Well

Tulsa, Olka.-U. N. S.)-A water
well in the industrial section Of this city
is pumping sixty gravity gasoline. and
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24

Olive Thomas (top). movie star, wife
OF Jack plckford. died in the Amer
lean hospital, near Paris. from mer-
curial poisoning. Mr.. Plckford was with
her constantly. She and her husband
dom has lost several OF Its stars In the
last year. Robert Harron below.
Grlnlth star, died in New York. recent
~, from n bullet wound. II was stated
he accidentally shot himself when he
dropped u loaded revolver. Last April
Clarine Seymour (thlrdD, another Grit
nth star, died suddenly OF pneumonia
In New York, Lieut.. Omar Locklear
(second), the daredevil stunt" flyer
OF movie land, was killed at Los An
geles. recently, during work on movie
thriller. Other movie stars who have
died in the last year or so include Sid
ney Drew and Harold Lockwood.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24
A bird ike %his
makes a model husband

HER NICE new husband.
STEPPED OUT of the house.
WRESTLING LIKE a bird.
WHICH ALARMED young wife
ESPECIALLY WHEN.
CHE FOUND she'd picked
THE WRONG package.
AND INSTEAD of oatmeal
HAD GIVEN him birdseed.
BUT DON'T think from this.
THAT EVERY guy.
YOU HEAR whistling.
HAS NECESSARILY.
BEEN Ro6BING the canary.
OTHER THINGS inspire.
THE ALMOST human male.
TO BLOW through his lips.
AND MAKE shrill noises.
A RAISE, for example.
OR A day Off when.
A DOUBLE header Is on.
OR AN everyday thing.
LIKE A good drag.
ON ONE of those smokes.
THAT SATISFY.
WHICH CERTAINLY are.
III
THE REAL birdseed.
FOR MAKING men.
THRILL THEIR pipes for Joy.
so LADIES, If hubby.
GOES AWAY whistling.
YOU NEEDN'T worry.
ALL's SWELL.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-24

NIHEN you say that Chesterfields Satisfy"
w you're whistling. You know-the instant
you light one-that the tobaccos in it are Of
prime selection, both Turkish and Domestic.
And the blend-well, you never tasted such
smoothness and full-f1avored body! No wonder
the satisfy blend" is kept secret. It can't be
copied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-23
|sORS Are
lOUNCED FOR
|)lLEcE DRIVE
x lAelers n Business, and
l,uelsns Back Augustans
Campaign.

e.hess Of the sponsoring COM
- snd the executive commit
- he Augustana college cam
~ $4,000 havc been an
~ for Rock Island by J. l..
~ campaign organizer for
n AZ. The list included lead
,asipsss and professional men.
: o6ered by the campaign lead
= evidence OF the assured sue
Il the campaign and OF the ex-
.sve interest the drive 10 arous-
/ the community.
fsmpaign plans for the drive are
= nearing completion. Yesterday
lunrheon Mr.. Vernon had his
hers together and many details
~ drive we're worked out. The
/, i 10 be covered by 81 teams Of
/, zach. Three Of these teams
y. been drafted from the college
s.isnis under the leadership OF
Ssrh swedberg. Conrad Bergen
"A and Eugene Youngert. At the
..su,st OF the local committee In
~ campaign these students have
ind up with the campaign and are
srns aside their books to be at
J. 4, heck and call OF the campaign
r,uise.' and his majo>s.
me college students were also
std to furnish an equal number
n the Moline campaign and knut
netson, formerly a Y. M. c. A.
sfetary and partaker in many
campaigns. but now q student In
!, divinity department of the local
aItut!on, Is in charge OF the Mo-
ne contingent with Elmer Swan
4 y bis second captain. These
mas have 10 men each with two
Llrnates and they will take up
IL campaign under the direct sup
r1sIon Of the Moline committee.
Stimulate Pep.
These captains and their team
,enbers had a pep meeting last
eenIng at luncheon in the gym
,,sIum at the college and a men,
kr OF the executive committee
ave them the details for their
Ircihc part in the campaign.
President Andreen was POSTMASTER
md called upon the captains to
| Mix to the students and give the
ylsns as outlined at. the captains
netting In the two cities.
Al the conclusion of the speeches
Ne two competing contingents for
Rock Island and Moline in the
nancteristic college way made the
Old gym ring with yells, eaM one
rTng to Guido the other. 1t was
rident at the meeting that the two
ams are going'to start out Thurs
by morning with the avowed pur-
pose Of going over the top in their
respective campaigns.
The following is the sponsoring
committee for the campaign:
Lie. Abrahamson, X. T. Ander-
nn. G. A. Andreen, d. Beckstrom
". Bender, John Bengston, S. P.
Bst, G. A. Brandelle, Samuel Bur
cess. II. S. Cable, o. 2. Cervin, c.
C. Clarke, John Clemann, H. H
cleveland. H. A. Clevenstine, Ber-
hard Connolly. Hugh Curtis. s. S.
Davis. T. B. Davis, F. c. Denkmann