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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
MISS TAGGART HOSTESS

Miss Julia Taggdrt entertained, Thurs
day evening with lawn party at her
home east OF Missionary ridge.
Those present were: Misses Pauline
Bearden, Jeanette Dagley, Marietta DE
Ogburn. Harriet Seagle, Julia Taggart.
Mary Eunice Coffey, Marguerite peitzen.
Louise Dietzen, of South Plttsburg; Lee
haba Hyatt Elanor Ireland, Mrs. ID.
l.. Coffey, Mrs w. N. Taggart.
Messrs. Ernie Branam, Robert l..
Coffey Andrew Ireland. w. N. TaggRrt.
d. l.. Coffey, Phillip ireland, William
King, Norval Taggart. 4
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
TOBACCO SALES INCREASE

New York, July NI---NHI0N OF w
American Tobacco company Increased
approximately ia per cent, during inc
period Of 1919 TO 1919. according TO
report Of the companN's business Tor
last rear, made public today.
sales in 1919 were NGe.0ssf ao, COM
nsrcd with SCI, $50 2S7 In 1919, an IN
crease Of STs07s.47s
with the distribution OF a 10 per cent.
stool, dividend in Adjust, the total capt.
tai, including the funded debt. VIII have
been increased NO Si6t 0be. ino, an m
crease OF 81 per cent. over 1918.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
AT MOUNTAIN HOUSE

Mrs, s.. y. Mitchell, OF SevIerville, and
Miss Martha u. Davis, OF East Lake,
are the guests OF Mrs. Nan Trollinger at
the Lookout Mountain house
Among the new arrivals at the Noun
tain house are: Mr., and Mrs. d. II.
Cooper, oxford, Ala; Miss N. M. Carr.
OF Memphis and Sam II. Revine, of the
city. Mrs. Revine will spend the week.
end with her husband. Miss l., M. Carr
was called TO Memphis this morning on
a matter OF business.
Mrs, Trolllnger is making speciality
OF chicken dinners on Sundays, and n
large crowd usually goes up from the
rity
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
PROGRAM FINE ARTS

Beautiful Katherine Macdonald Will
he seen at the Fine Arts in a return OF
"rhe Beauty Market" one OF her DIG
gest successes.
Monday and Tuesday bring ION
with the Dance" the Paramount Art
craft super special that has proven a
veritahle sensation. Chapter No. "a OF
"The Lost city" is on the same bill.
ia La LUCILLE, a five-reel COMEDY
Lyons and Moran. the two
well -known comedians, ana chapter II
''The Silent Avenger" will be the at
fractions Wednesday and Thursday.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
BIRTHDAY PARTY

Mrs, Rex Erie Welser entertained
with a birthday party Friday ut her
home on North Dodds avenue. honoring
her little daughters, Eileen, age tan,
and liberia. age five years.
Mrs. L. T. Walker assisted Mrs.
Weisar in entertaining the little guests.
An ice course was served. Those az
tending were; Alice Houeer, Bonnie
and Ruby Longley. John y. Bledsoe,
Dclphia Weiser, Emily Barnes, Robin
cite Walker, Eileen Weiser, Jenette
Moore, Eugene Bradford. Mary Elizabeth
Walker, Albert Welser.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
U. p. HAS NEW PRESIDENT

New York, July 81 .-Announcen'en
was made today by the United Press
association 81 the promotion ~ w. w.
Hawkins, for several wears its vice.
president and general mansger 70 the
Roy w. Howard, president Of the or
sanitation since 1919. The change is
effective Aug I. Mr. Howard Is leav-
ing the United Press TO accept the no-
sitiop 81 general business director OF
the Scripps. McRae league OF newspa-
pers. with headquarters at Cleveland.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
REV. STEELE RETURNS

Rev. l. n. steele has returned from
MonteaEle and will flll his pulpit AT
the Third PRESBYTERIAN church Sunday
morning. He will preach on The World
Hunwer 90 Know God" He reports n
rood time and that Monteagle has
great crowd this season,
Mrs steele VIII remain NJ Monteagie
for the month Of August
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
Rnx SLIPPER AND DANCE

The Young women's Hebrew associa-
ton viii give box supper and dance
at the Warner Park dance pavilion on
Thursday night, Aug, g. The affair
which Ia for the members and friends
will no doubt prove another social sue
cess In Y. M. II. A. activities.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-31
MEDITATION CIGARS

Get your Sunday supply Of Meditation
cigars from your favorite dealer today
You win enjoy, Sunday more, whether
you stay at home, go on q stroll or
take an auto ride. ChaneySScott Cigar
&C., (AdvD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
SIGNS SUGAR Bill
President Prevents Equaliza-
ton Board From Dissolution.
Signature Attached to McNary
Act Shortly Before Midnight.


Washington, Jan. President Will
son has signed the MeNary bill con-
tinuing the United States sugar equal
ization board thru 1920. 1t was an
nounced at the White House that his
signature had been attached before
midnight last night.
Secretary Tumulty. in making the
announcement issued this staten ment: ::
THE president has signed the su-
gar control bill. The bill eonfers dis
cretion on the president in the matter
of purchasing sugar from Cuba. 1t is
doubtful whether it will be practical
bic or wise for the president to exer-
else the power conferred so far as the
purchase and distribution of sugar are
concerned"
BY making the McNary bill into law
before the end of the year 1919, Pres
ident Wilson continued in power the
sugar equalization board and prevent
ed the dissolution of that body, which
under old statutes would have ceased
to exist with the end of the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
Equipment To Be Installed in
New Ten-Story Building.
Biggest Public Service Improve
ment in City in Years.
MAY START PLANT THIS YEAR
Project To Go Before Official
Board Before Spring.
Location on jackson Street
Facing the State House.

Plans for the new general office
building of the Southwestern Bell
Telephone company may be conn
pieted before spring, according to re-
ports in Topeka. Arrangements have
already been completed for the in
stallation of automatic service in the
plant department of the new building
Ihe new automatic equipment yyiK
probably be ordered at once. as q
mucn longer time will be required to.
nuiid and assemble the new equipments
than to construct the proposed tens
ture
Since the Bell interests leased sew
erai fioors of the Central National
bank building and established gene
eral state headquarters In Tonelxa
plans have been laid for erection ~
new building which would house the
entire operating force and office staff.
properly owned by the Bell company
on jackson street facing the state
mouse Will become the site OF the new
building, which will probably he an
course of construction some time thi=
year NO estimate has as yet been
made concerning cost of the rev
building and improved local telephone
service. -.oAi@
At Enormous Cost.
installation of automatic eoufnr,ent
Tor the plant department would ynaan
a complete overhauling of the Tonelxa
service. The new service would he
PROVIDED at an enormous expense. b,,t
would perhaps be the greatest i'm
provement in public utility service IN
TINS city in number of years.
Berore his transfer to the general
managership of the Texas systen1 with
headquarters in Dallas. E. F. Carter 3
general manager for Kansas. had laid
plans Tor the new office building. Thru
MS efforts tentative ARRANGEMENTS had
been made for a modern eight or 9ass
story office building here which would
mouse the executive, adnainfstrative
ana legal departments of the connay1v.
as well as provide adequate space for
business offices and plant Operation.
carriers transfer delayed Completion
or plans for the new building The
fact that the company now plans TO
install automatic service in its new
building, has, given strength to the re-
port that early construction of the
new structure is probable.
Officials of the Southwestern Bell
Co. have asserted that no deffna
time has been liked for construction
OF the office building. It has been
stated, tho, that plans will be SUBJ
mitted to the official board this win
ter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
CRAZED BY RED TAPE
Wakceney Man to State Hospital
Pending Adjustment of Army Claim.

Wakeeney, Kan. Dec 3O.-Harvey
A. Norman, ex-soldier. was adjudged
insane today by Doctors Herrick and
Burneet and will be sent to Topeka
for entrance into the state hospital.
Norman was discharged from Camp
Funston last December after having
gone thru a series of attacks of the
flu, measles and cracked rib. The
young man maintains that he was sent
to drill while thus physically disabled.
For a year he has tried to get an
allotment thru the disability clause of
his government insurance and has
been to three boards at Wichita and
Salina. He started to Salina for his
fourth examination last week, but
changed his mind at the station and,
after purchasing a ticket to Salina,
crawled on the rods of a west-bound
passenger train. He lost his suit case.
froze his feet and finally landed at his
brothers residence near Denver. He
was Immediately returned to Colley,
Kan.- and wheri brought before the
probate court at Wakeeney and ques-
toned. he said that he had lost faith
in the government and shat he be-
lieved that they thought his claim
was a fraud.
According to statements of Doctor
Herriclz, the young man became men
tally deranged because he worried
over being physically unable to work
his farm and the delay in getting
cared for by the government made
him believe that they were attempt
ing to prove his claim was false.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
PRICES GO HIGHER
Necessary Foods s Per Cent
More Costly Than Year Ago.
Only Slight Decrease Caused by
Federal II. G. T.. Dr;ye.'

Washington, Jan. New Years
day found the American people pay
ing an average of 6 per cent more for
necessary foods, as compared with
January 1. 1919, according to figures
at the bureau of labor statistics today.
Prices of some staples have gone
down, these reports showed, while
prices of others have increased-but
the average has been upward during
the last year.
That the government is making a
little progress in its fight to lower liv-
ing costs is indicated by the fact that
since August, the month the president
directed Attorney General Palmer to
investigate and to use all means to
bring prices back to normal, there has
been a drop in the cost of some food.
Round steak, for instance, has
| dropped since August from 3912 to
37.9 cents per pound. Bacon is down
more than 2 cents to 55.6 cents a
pound. Flour dropped a small frac-
ton of a cent, as did sugar Potatoes
were down more than a cent pound.
Against this there has been an in
crease of cents in eggs, close to 2
cents in butter and one-fifth of cent
| in milk per quart.
Here are the figures on living costs
I of January, 1919, August, 1919, and
4 the latest available:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
ABRlE IS NOT WOMAN
Husky Jewish Boy in Chicago
Hunts Joker Who Put Up His
Name for President in Dakota
Primary.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-She's man, or
rathcr he's not a woman.
In other words, Abbie G. Wisier
alleged candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination in the South
Dakota primaries, is a husky male
living in an unpretentious section of
Chicago. Incidentally. he is cunning
for the joker who notified the secre
tary of state in South Dakota that
Abbie wanted to run for president.
1.-The fish didn't even spell my name
right" Wisler said indignantly to the
interviewer. No, and I'm not a
woman either And I'm not going to
run for president and that's all. Oh,
Wait a minute. I couldn't run any
way; I'm only % years old"
1t seems that Abbie ran for state
representative on the Republican
ticket in the Fifteenth district a couple
of years ago. He suspects some of
his bitter opponents in that battle of
perpetrating the hoax which has been
cluttering up the Wisler mail box with
official documents from South Dakota
for the last few days.
Were plain Jewish people," said
Abbie's mama. "and we don't like
such foolish business Abbie does
not want to be president"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
Military Opposition to Bolshe-
Wiki CrumbIing ON All Fronts.
British Representative Already
in Conference With Reds.
KOLCHAK and DENIKINE OUT
All Russian Chief Is Driven
East at Irkutsk.
Denikine's Forces Scattered and
Retreating Before TrOtzky.

London, Jan. Military opposition
to Russia's soviet government is
crumbling on all fronts, according to
dispatches here today.
Admiral KoIchak's an-Russian
forces have been driven from Irkutsk,
according to dispatches from the ST.
berian front. Desperate flghtlng con
finues near the city, the dispatches
said, with anti -Bolshevik forces appar-
emily making a futile effort to retaKe
Irkutsk from the forces OF war Mlh-
ister Trotzky.
In the south, the forces of General
Denilxine continued their retreat with
the victorious reds driving the poorly
equipped -Bolshevik forces towards
the sea of Azov and Odessa
Denikfne it was indicated, vlrtually
has ceased to be an important factor
in the military situation. his army
split, allied support Withdrawn an an
his Ammunition exhausted, the anti
Io1sheviI, leader was reported pre-
nared to abandon his headquarters at
Taganrog and seek safety on war
ship in the sea Of Azov.
Meantime, a dispatch from Helsing-
fors today quoted advices from Dor
nat that peace negotiations between
Esthonians and the BolsheNlAi i4''U
been broken off.
The Bolsheviki, heartened by the
MILITARY situation, were said TO haVe
accused the Esthouians Of raising too
many difficulties. They u " 80 L. g
20 send a great army against the Es-
fbonians. the dispatch said, ana une
Esthonian delegates left the conner
ence. ,t..io,, in T,on-
ao1, todav that the statement OF LN :
ireff Given in the interview caDleu
rom C,openhagen yesterday that peaCIS;
is nearer than generally pelleVeu VIZ
be horne out by future developrneIl!'ss %
british official circles, 1t was sllu,
ara beeinninE to swing to the WY
that some saat of s's-%iet - > S,-Is,a5e bs
Ii.le .esis'Vtfs Inevitable. Observers pe-
Aae-ee5sd important developments may
come from the conference petWSs go 5i
,farnes O'Grady, NJ. p, and LiNlhoAA IA
Copenhagen o,cordinq 10
4be only official statements gwen ou !;
is primarily to effect the eXcnall l.tl.,,'a cd
,s,;eoners. there was a well grounaeu
Ps'lt ~ that General conditions tor
sotSe sort of a peace agreement VIII
Se or possibly already have oeen us
The capture of YekaterinoslaV on
++e southern Russian front ana NoEo--
,,,osIovsk fifteen miles north east 1l
Yelxaterinoslav is announced IN PMoL- M
.LaH,ilsi official statement issued To-Day
THE reds also are fighting hercely
so, oossession of Tcherkassy, on tne
Dnieper. 95 miles southeast OF hieV: ::
Tbev have occupied Mariinsk' east ol
-ron1sk- on the Siberian 'front.' the
statement adds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
THERE'S Difference
New Jersey Says Alcoholic Liquor Not
Always Intoxicating.

Jersey City, n. J., Jan. 1.-The dis
tinction between alcoholic liquors"
and Intoxicating liquors may figure
prominently in an attempt to obtain
revocation of Secretary of State
Lansing's proclamation of ratification
of the prohibition amendment, ac-
cording to a statement by Edward I.
Edwards, who was elected governor
Of New Jersey on a wet" platform.
Preliminary investigation in Wash
ington is said to have disclosed that
scme of the ratifying state legislatures
passed resolutions reading alcoholic
liquors" while the resolutions of 9TH
ers read Intoxicating liquors" If this
is officially verified. Edwards is ex-
pected to point out to Lansing that
the states did not act upon the same
resolution and that ratification of the
amendment is consequently invalid.
"I have been informed that the err
rors in this case are sufficiently glar-
ing to warrant questioning the pro-
priety of issuing the proclamation"
Edwards said. THE secretary of
state can proclaim only facts. If dis
crepancies exist. the state of New Jer-
sey will insist that the ratifications be
re-subnftted"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
RATES FOR 1920.

AS already announced in this paper
December 6, the subscription rates for
The State Journal for 1920 will be is
cents per week by carrier; Sc per year
by mail. This is an advance of 21a
cents per week or about 10 cents a
month
The fsate Journal trusts that its
rens5ers Will ts-lze this increase With
Fthe spirit of Incorporation. The white
paper situation in this country is a
desperate one. The price for white
paper has increased enormously.
Many papers will be absolutely unable
to live.
While the increase seems a small
one yet in the aggregate it will enable
us, we hope. to take care of a part OF
the increased cost of paper.
Street Sales.
The Noon Edition will be sold here
after for three cents. the Home Edi-
ton and Postscript Edition for foul
cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
MERCURY TO AVIATE
Cold Tonight But Fair and Warmer
TOMORROW. F1ora Asserts.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS: !:
Fair and continued cold tonight, Friday
fair with slowly rising temperatures
The shippers forecast warns to protect 30
hour shipments north and west against a
temperature of 10 degrees; east and south,
against 20 degrees.
The cold wave will begin to wane
tomorrow. altho the skies over most
of the state will be cloudy, according
to S. d. Flora, state meteorologist.
Flora does not predict rain or snow
in the next "a hours.
The cold cannot continue here,
Flora says, as it has already begun
to warm up in the northwest. At
Havre. Mont, where it was 4 degrees
below zero Wednesday morning, a
temperature of Is degrees above was
recorded today. The coldest place in
the United States this morning was at
Duluth, Mimi, 16 degrees below zero.
Colder than that, % degrees below,
was recorded at Winnipeg, Canada.
At o'clock this morning the tenn
Continued IN Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
NEW HIGH RECORD SET
Bonds Sold on New York Market in
1919 Totalcd S3,zSS. .8e6 900.

New York, Jan. New high rec
ords by a considerable margin were
established in the volume of business
in stocks and bonds on the New York
stock exchange during 1919.
Total dealings in stocks for the year
aggregated about 315,SS3. 600 shares,
against 141,662,OO0 in 1918 and 1885,
100000 in 1917. Sales of bonds
totalIed S37SS,S 900 in 1919.
against s2.047, ,505,oo9 in 1918 and ST.
O62, ,737 900 in 1917.
Operations on the Consolidated ex-
change and the curb market also
exceeded by far all previous yearly
records
Record breaking figures for the year
were also reported by the clearing
house. Exchanges reached s235. SO2.
634SS7 and balances S21,91S.5SS.O9S,
against s1TS.533.248,7S2 and $1S,257s-
o13,6Ie respectively in 1918
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
President Wilson Again Enters
League Pact Scrap.
Sends Tumulty to Senators for
Compromise Data.
LLOYD GEORGE is EMPHATIC
Self Governing Britannia COun-
tries Must Have Vote.
Announces England's OppOsi-
ton to LenrOOt Reservation.

Washington, Jan. President Will
son has re-entered the peace treaty
fight, in 4he opinion of well informed
senators to whom Senator Hitchcock
today told details of his talk with
Joseph P. Tumulty. the presidents
secretary, late yesterday.
Tumulty said he called on Hitch
cock to get information for the presi-
dent. Senators cannot understand why
Wilson wants information concerning
matter of which he said he had
washed his hands. unless he intends to
take it up again.
The presidents interest in the de-
velopments in the senate is due, it was
learned, to recent events in London,
where the utmost concern is now being
manifested over the proposal to make
the American strength in the league
of nations equal to the British en-
pire.
Lloyd George Emphatic.
Lloyd George, who recently made a
speech championing the right of Can
ada and Australia to separate votes in
the league, is understood to have COM
municated his views to this govern
ment at the same time, pointing out
that the reservation on this subject
proposed by Senator Lenroot and
made part of the Lodge reservations
would cause trouble.
1t disfranchises colonies Lloyd
George is said to have informed this
government. adding that Great Britain
feels constrained to oppose any action
which would deny the self-governing
Britannia nations the right to look
after their own interests in the league
The 1.enroot reservation now threat
ems to become the crux of the treaty
fight, displacing Article 10 as the OBJ
stacle to an agreement
This was indicated by statements
today of leading 1hild reservation SEN
ators.
They say that Democrats have Of
fered a definite proposal on Article 10
and other points in dispute The Ar
ticle 10 compromise suggested by the
Democrats is acceptable. the reserva-
tionists said, but, they added, the
Democrats demand far too much in
return
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
RETAILERS WON OUT
Texas Miners Not Satisfied With the
Il Per Cent Settlement.

Fort Worth, Tex, Jan. 1.-TeXas
coal miners are not satisfied with the
IA pei cent settlement, according to
Ed Cunningham, former district presi-
dent, who was in Fort Worth today
en- route to Columbus to attend the
special convention of the national or
ganization.
The increase. says Cunningham, is
not enough to guarantee Texas miners
a decent and satisfactory living. The
only thing that met their approval was
the foLe5ns- out of the fuel administra-
tnrA Says Cunningham. Cunningham
thinks the best service the govern
ment can afford the public now is to
show how much profit the operators
and retailers make in handling coal.
The retailers, he thinks, will show by
far greater profits than the Operators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
OPEN SEASON ON REDS
Year 1920 viii Be Marked by Anti
BoIshevik Drives.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The year 1921
will be an open season" for Bolshe-
visits. anarchists, and kindred radicals
who are in this country with the IDEA
of overthrowing the government IN
General Palmer announced that the
policy of the department of justice
in dealing with "reds" menace dur
ing the coming year will be one OF
"unflinching, persistent and aggressive
warfare" against this class of offend
ers. No quarter will be shown. ne oe-
clared. and every movement aimed at
the government no matter how 1t Is
cloaked, will be dealt with sternly..
The attorney general declared that
agents OF the department had traced
directly to this element rs per cent OF
the unrest in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-01
MANY BOUTS ON CARD
Featherweight Champ Leads List of
Fighters in Action Today

Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-Twentx-four
bouts are scheduled at four local box
ing clubs this afternoon. Johnny Kill
bane. featherweight champion, tops
the list of performers in a bout with
AL Shubert of New Bedford, Mass.
Jefferson Smith and Art Magiel are
to fight their bout in this coun-
try before leaving for England.
Others to meet on the holiday cards
are:
Harold Farze. Newark and Louis
lana" of this city.
Patsy Cline, Philadelphia, and Steve
Latzo, Hazelton, Pa.
George CLANCY. Baltimore, and
frankie Brown, New York.