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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
Hen Has Nervous
Collapse; Matches
Young Alligator

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Sept.
27.-A hen owned by DR.. L. f.
Wills, Of this city, is suffering
from something akin to nervous
prostration, according to the ply
stefan.
DIR. Wills found d nest filled
with alligator eggs while on a
hunting expedition recently. He
brought six OF these eggs home.
A sedate hen in the Doctors
barnyard was determined to set
and, although the sun would have
Matched the alligator eggs, DR..
Wills decided to humor the fowl,
and put the eggs under her. She
waited for but one egg TO hatch.
according to the physician, and
then left the nest on a run. cack-
ling wildly. She made no effort
to mother" the alligator.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
M'CRAW TO TESTIFY
ON BALL GAMBLING

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-John J.
McGraw and Magistrate Francis X.
McQuade, manager and treasurer,
respectively, of the New York Ma
tlonals. today accepted telegraphic
srequest of the Cook county, Illinois,
grand jury TO testify in it's investiga-
ton of alleged baseball gambling.
They planned to reach Chicago in
time for Mr.. McGraw to testify either
tomorrow or Wednesday.
Mr.. McQuade explained that they
could not be compelled to appear be-
fore a grand jury Yin another state,
but they were both anxious to offer
their services in order to clear up
this business
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
.Memphidn Elected
By National Body
Retail CLOthierS

Dave Halle, of the Oak Hall. has
been elected vice president of the
National Association of Retail Cloth
iers at the annual convention held
in Chicago, according to information
reaching Memphis Monday.
MIR. Halle also Is president of the
Tennessee Association of Retail
Clothiers
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
Villagers SdUed
By Wine And Beer;
Water Is Cut Off

GENEVA, Sept. 27.-The in
habitants of the village CT Mar
tigney face the prospect of be-
ing able to drink only wine and
beer for some time, the result of
the town waterworks being
washed away yesterday by the
food which swept through the
Chamonix valley, caused by the
bursting of a glacier pocket. The
flood Is recedlng. but 1t viii be
many weeks before the water
works can be rebuilt.
Damage done through the val
ley totals many millions OF francs,
but no lives were lost.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
MdcSWiney Spends
18th Night AWake

LONDON. Sept 27,-Lord May
or Terence MacSwiney of Cork
passed another bad night at
BriXton prison and was in n very
weak and exhausted condition
this morning. said bulletin is
sued by the Irish Self Determi-
nation League. He had a little
sleep before midnight. but none
after that time. This Is the 18th
day Of his hunger strike.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27

that The News Scimitar will award
twenty cash prizes for the twenty
best ESSAYS on the writer's reasons
for loving America.
The first prize is SIS Cash. The
second Is $40 cash. From the third
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
BY A. MEXICAN.

r h re e more
days!
That's all, be .
fore the why |
Love America"
contest closes,
and with 1t the
opportunity for
the schoolboys
and schoolgirls OF
Memphis to win
some of the cas-
lest prize money
ever offered.
by this tine all
of you know
about the contest.
All of you Know
Fl.@ ,st1I anrlFtl
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
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sIs eZsIs 81 ERs

Sun sets today 5:5U pm, rises TO-
morrow 5:52 am. Moon rises 5 81
pm. tonight. Precipitation none.
TennesseeEShowers. cooler.
sissippi-Unsettled.
Arkansas-Cloudy, cooler.
Alabama--Unsettle
Kentuckv--Showers.
Louisiana-Cloudy.
Oklahoma-Cloudy.
North and South Carolina and
Georgia-Cloudy.
East and West TeXas-Cloudy.
Florida-Showers
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
POLE ARMY TAKES
IMPORTANT TOWN
FROM BOLSHEvIKI

WARSAW Sept. 27.-Grodno, an
important town In Northwestern
Russia. near the Lithuanian from
tier has been captured by Polish
troops after heavy fighting says an
official statement issued here this
morning. A large number of pris-
oners and much war material was
taken by the POLES, it is sand For
some days Polish forces have been
gradually aorking their way around
the city which MAS been the con-
centratlon point OF Russian Bolshevik
forces on Ihe northeastern Polish
front
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27

LONDON, Sept. 27.--A retirement
by the Russians in the Grodno re-
gion Is admitted by the Russian So
Wet war office In Sundays official
statement ON military operations. re-
Ceiving by wireless today An ad-
vance to the southeast OF Grodno.
however, where the capture of Vol
kovysk IS claimed. Is recorded by the
statement, which reads.
In the Grodno region, after a num-
Der OF battles, our troops were with
drawn to the right bank OF the Me
men After fierce fighting we occu-
pied Nolkoyysk and a number of vii
lagos Seven miles westward"
The Washington times., 1920-10-29

than the Democratic campaign. The
movement for Harding reached high
tide weeks ago. Any doubt on this
point can best be answered by re-
ferring to the overwhelming vote for
Harding and against Cox in the
September election in Maine. To al
most everybody. II has been obvious
that IL this tide could be kept NOV
ing at anything like the height It
reached some weeks ago. Harding
would be elected by a heavy ma
jority.
There Is now, and there will be
until November 3, difference OF
opinion among impartial observers OF
conditions whether the Harding wave
has experienced any recession since
It reached it's altitude OF September
and early October.
ELECTORAL VOTE UNCHANGED.
But there Ia little difference Of
opinion on this: that the prospective
vote for Harding and Cox in the
Electoral College remains today sub
stantially as IL was weeks ago. On
the popular vote, there has naturally
been some shifting here and there,
some of II favorable to one candls
date and some OF u to the other.
SO far as electoral votes are con-
cerned, IL Is probable the situation
stands today, in the wind-up of the
campaign, about where Il stood in
September.
There IL. indeed, this noticeable
change in the contest as IL gets closer
to the final: More and more atten-
tion IL being directed to the sena-
laI flnhN, g, ...l.
the result is in doubt. Republicsn n
leaders assert that the Democratic
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The Washington times., 1920-10-29
SEE END OF STRIKE
IN BRITISH MINES

LONDON. Oct. 29.-Although the
Welsh coal miners are still hostile,
belief was expressed in responsible
quarters today that the strikers
throughout the British coal fields will
ratify the agreement reached by the
government and the Federation OF
Miners.
The referendum vote will be held
Tuesday and the result will be known
about twenty-four hours later. II
the terms are ratified. the 100000
strikers may return to work Thurs
day or Friday.
The compromise calls for an imme
date wage increase of two shillings
per shift for miners and one shilling
for boys until January 3. when the
whole question will be reviewed
At that time, the output for the last
two weeks OF November and the first
two weeks of December will be COM
pared with the output of September,
to see IL production has increased un-
der advanced wages.
The government reserved the right
to cut the miners advance TO one
shilling per shift on the basis OF a
sliding scale which would enable the
miners to increase their wage ad-
vance IL production were increased.
In the meantime the wage board
will continue its investigation until
the end OF March.
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
Harding and Cox Both
Confident As Battle
For Ohio is Launched
Senator Scheduled to Attack
Democratic ''Incapacity" in
Speech Before Cincin-
matt Crowd.

AKRON, Ohio. Oct ca series of
impromptu rear-platform speeches
were to be delivered today by Sens.
tor Warren G. Harding. Republican
presidential candidate. en- route TO
cincinnati. where tonight he will de-
liver his last but one prepared ad-
dress before election.
He planned to review tonight what
he declares to be the Fundamental
incapacity" of the Democratic ad-
ministration and to outline the Re
publican plans for retrenchment and
reconstruction, along both national
.Aa2 tIsternationaf~ lines 81 -
y Senator Harding's campaign party
left Akron before breakfast, quite
satisfied that this section OF Ohio
was amenable this year to Republi-
canism. The Senator was more than
ever Impressed by the patience sand
enthusiasm Of the Akron audience.
1000 of whom had to stand in the
jammed armory during the ninety
minutes OF his address. which dealt
chiefly with foreign affairs.
There was a large percentage of
women and factory workers in the
audience. and they cheered every
reference by Senator Harding to un-
adulterated American independence
of action In conduct of all foreign
affairs. In a sentence his theme was
II want an America that does not
take it's orders. industrially. economi-
calIy, or politically, from anybody
else in the world"
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
Governor Rigorous in Offensive
Against Old Guard-''Sena-
torial 0Iigarchy" Is
Today's Target.

EN- ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR
cox. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Oct. 20
Governor Cox met the Republicans on
their own ground today when he un-
dertook to combat their insistence
that the people want a change.
He coupled with prediction OF
dire things 'that would follow Senator
Harding's election charge that the
opposition leaders are STOPPING to "a
creed of poisonous hate" against
President Wilson. a stricken victim
of the war, Unable to defend himself y
to create sentiment for D change.
-rs-A pcsstStsnt. sttefn1t A., bstng .maAe;
he declared. as he returned to ONO
for q full day OF campaigning. to get
into the public mind an impression
that Wilson rather than Cox Is the
candidate in this campaign. The pur-
pose behind thist effort, he added. IL
to divert attention from the vital
issue. the League Of Nations.
, ANTI-ADalINISTRA WORK.
Feeling aroused against the Ad-
ministration. the Democratic candi
date believes..is responsible for what
ever desire there may be for a change
IN the political complexion of the
Government, which the Republicans
claim nov looms UP as one OF the
controlling influences Of the battle for
ballots.
In an impassioned defense of the
President, the governor had this ia
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The Washington times., 1920-10-29
MARY GARDEN CUSHES .
OVER COOD-LOOKINC COP
Singer Says Policemen Must
Make Wonderful Husbands.

CHICAGO Oct. 29.-Mary Garden
would rather lose her voice than her
waist line. She said so when she stop
ped in Chicago between trains. And
she believes in her ambition and she
sees no reason why a society woman
should not marry a policeman.
The opera star was in a most de-
lightful mood when she reached her
hotel. A mounted policeman had re
cognized and spoken to her as she
left her car.
HE was the handsomest thing ]
have ever seen." she said. Absolute
ly gorgeous. And he made me feel so
happy. DO you know, a lot of New
York society women are marrying
policemen. One did just the other
day. And I'm sure they'd make just
as good husbands as anybody"
Mary is a prohibitionist.
The famous opera singer said so
herself today.
"Whiskey and alcohol are the roots
OF all evil" qouth Mary. "Prohibi-
tion is the greatest thing that ever
happened to this country. SION there
will be world prohibition. TE, for it,"
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
MANIAC IN AUTO
CHARGES ON CROWD
Car Kills One and Injuries Dozen
Waiting on Corner for
Trolley.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Oct. 29.-An auto
mobile driver. believed to be maniac
Is responsible for the death Of one
man and the serious injury of an
other, when he charged down upon a
group OF persons waiting for a car
here today. The dead man is JOS
eph Segrum. of Toledo. William
Armstrong. a laborer, was seriously
injured.
About a dozen persons were stand.
ing in the street waiting to board a
car when a man in n large touring
car approached at terrific speed. with.
out warning he apparently swerved
purposely into the crowd. Segrum
was killed instantly. Several others
were knocked against the street car
and severely bruised.
Without stacking speed, the death
car sped on in the direction Of the
city limits.
High-powered police motor cars and
private autos set out in a wild race to
run down the death car. which was
headed in the direction of Genoa.
The Washington times., 1920-10-29

In this respect, the present cam
paign Is much the same as others
that have gone before. II one will
attune his ear and listen, he can hear
in the course Of any day now, multi
tudes of reports whispered, noised
about. and bruited abroad. some OF
them strangely clashing. confusing
and conflicting. One cannot afford to
believe all one hears in these last
hours of the contest Or, he is likely
to be in a sadly twisted mental state
by next Tuesday.
MANY SHIFTS REPORTED.
According to some OF the stories
whole blocks of voters here and there
arc shifting and moving about one
way or another. sometimes to this
side, sometimes to that, as election
day approaches. The Cox leaders
profess to believe Harding is losing
votes and the Harding supporters
picture the situation as the exact
opposite.
The best infor nation here is that
there Is a good deal of exag Eerat on
In most OF the talk one hears of
eleventh hour shifts. According to
the best testimony, the average voter
made up his or her mind weeks ago.
Hosts OF others have had their minds
made up for months.
This is not to say that some are
not undecided and that some will not
wait until the last minute to decide.
But there is every evidence that In
this campaign. the decision has been
reached by all but a small percentage
of the voters well In advance of the
election.
q. o. y. BETTER ORGANIZED.
The Republican campaign has been
better organized than the Demo-
cratic. All political observers agree
that u got under way weeks sooner
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
TRO0PSSE|zE
MAY0R'SBODY
Take Corpse on Government
Boat for Transportation &c
Cork for Burial.

DUBLIN, Oct. 29.-Charges that
British soldiers and "black and tan
policemen at Holyhead treated mem
bers of the McSwiney family with
great brutality when they took pos
session OF the body vi Terence Nc
Swiney were made here today by the
Rev. Father Dominic. former per-
sonal spiritual adviser to the Cork
lord mayor.
ATTACKED BY SOLDIERS.
The priest declared that the body
was removed from the funeral train
at Holyhead by force and that. when
members OF the McSwiney family and
their fris,.ds objected. they were bru-
tally assaulted by the soldiers and
policemen.
One, military officer particularly
distinguished himself by savagely
manhandling Nary Mcswiney," said
the priest.
The Rev. Father Dominic was with
Terence McSwiney when he died in
Brixton Jail. He accompanied the
body to Hoiyhead. e..
When the soldiers ,ands policemen
forcibly took possession of the cof-
fin at Holyhead and placed 1t up2p
Le>uspsr5nA>-esass4eUs the priest
came TO Ireland in a regular channel
boat.
= MEMBERS OF PARTY.
Among the Mcswiney party. in ad-
dition to the Rev. Father Dominic.
were Mary .MtSwiney. Annie Nc
swiney,, John McSwiney.. Peter Nc
Swiney. and Arthur O'Brien, president
OF the Irish Sclf-determination League.
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
HOLDS GIRL Up
AT GUN POINT
Takes Between $500 and $400
In Early Morning Raid
on Station.
THREATENS LIFE OF CLERK
Backs Out With Pistol leveIed
and FIees in Auto
With "Pals."

A bandit, at 8 o'clock this morn
ing walked into Postoffice branch,
No. 6, at Dupont circle and P street
northwest and leveling revolver
at Miss Mary Toomb, postmistress,
took between $500 and $400 from the
safe.
After pocketing the money, which
was in an envelope, the bandit back.
ed out Of the postoffice threatening
to kill Miss Toomb if she made an
outcry.
ELEEs IN AUTO.
a moment after reaching the door.
the robber leaped into an automobile
with two other men. on the lookout
on the outside Of the building. and
disappeared.
Miss Toomb had just opened the
postofficc, which is separated by en-
aisle from the cleaning and dyeing
esta lishment OF the Carmack Dry
Cleaning Company. and was alone In
the shop when the roboer walked IN:
II want to send a money order,
4 declared alse -baadit, as he walked to
the window of the branch postoffice.
AS Miss Toomb turned her back to
get the money-order book, the robber
rushed through the door to the Office.
and leveling a revolver at her, de-
manded that she throw up her hands.
"Tf you CRY for Aelp. viii Xiii
y0u.r shouted the r0bber.
"sive nae what money you have:"
DIRECTS HIM TO SAFE.
Fearing for her life. Miss ToomD
directed the robber to the safe, telling
him all the money in the place was in
an envelope. The bandit, with the
revolver in one hand, reached with
the other for the envelope. No at
temp was made by the bandit to
tie and gag the postmistress. ano
after the robber had fed from the
postoffice. she ran to the street and
called for help.
"I was alone in the postohice," de
clared Miss Toomb. 1.-The man seemed
bent on getting the money. and I
feared to refuse him. He held big
revolver and pointed it at my head
l felt that should ! alone attack
him, he would kill me-
After finding that the robber had
disappeared in an automobile, Miss
Toomb hurried back to the postoffice
and telephoned to the office of Mer-
ritt o. Chance, postmaster of the
District.
Although having been through a
thrilling experience. Miss Toomb did
not return to her home, remaining
on duty at the postoffice during the
morning. Soon after her telephone
message of the robbery was received
Postoffice inspectors and Detectives
Sweeney, Baur Darnall. and Fla
herty. Of police headquarters, were
sent to the scene.
Miss Toomb gave a good descrip
tion of the bandit. declaring he was
about thirty years old. and of gen.
teel appearance. She said he was
about 8 feet. inches tall, weighed
100 pounds, and wore black
Continued on Page 3. Column So
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
JACK FROST IS Due
FOR TWO DAYS.
SAYS u. s.

Watch for frost tonight. That's
the Weather Bureaus warning.
The thermometers in Washing
ton have been on the toboggan
since Wednesday afternoon, when
the temperature was rs degrees.
At midnight Wednesday the tenn
perature stood at So. Since then
II fell steadily until between 6 and
Z o'clock this morning, when q
minimum Of III degrees was re-
corded. A slight rise followed rs
the sun got on the job. But look
out tonight!
During the last three weeks the
temperature had been above nor
NAL for October, with an average
of above SO degrees. The normal
for this date is 50 degrees.
The mean temperature for today
will be very close to normal, the
forecaster says.
The cooler weather will continue
tonight and Saturday night, and
will be followed by . rise In ten.
persture Sunday. ---..6
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
ADVISES FARMERS
HOLD WHEAT CROP
Barrett Urges Grain and Cotton
Producers to Combine to
Boost Prices.

Hold your cotton and wheat, men,"
This advice was given today to the
farmers of the country by Charles ;.
Barrett. president of the National
Board of Farm Organizations and
chairman Of the farmers conference
now In session here.
The time has now come for action
Barrett continued. 1.-THE unrest, with
the price situation, IL deeper ana more
before. The Farmers Union officials
are being flooded with messages from
the cotton and grain belts to call for
"a holding movement. Since the Gov
ernment has failed u.s.. we now ask
Government officials to stop talking
price decline and give US a chance to
help ourselves"
Barrett said that he had positive in
formation that the worlds wheat sit
uation Is such that very Slight
holding movement, among American
farmers will lift the price of wheat.
II was officially announced that the
farmers attending the conference will
go home to put into effect a gigan-
tic holding movement.
1t was recommended that the farm
ers investigate the possibilities of
creating n great agricultural bank
whose directors will be selected by
all OF the farm organizations in the
country.
Recommendations were also made
restored, that the Federal Reserve
Board classify all loans that it sell
and issue in the open market short
time securities, and that cooperative
marketing be endorsed by the fern
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
GERMANS URGED TO
CELEBRATE FALL
OF KERENSKY

BERLIN, Oct. 29.-The faction
of the Independent Socialists which
is demanding a junction with the
Russian Communists has estab-
lished a newspaper called the In
ternationale."
Both the "Internationale" and
the "Freiheit," the latter the off,
cial organ Of the Independent So
cialist party, united today In an
appeal TO all German Communists
"to remember that November 7 il
the anniversary Of the overthrow
Of kerensky by the Russian Bol-
sheviki."
Both newspapers urge the Ger
mans to make powerful demon
strations on that day.
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
MEXICO FACES NEW
STRIKE OUTBREAKS
Troops Held Ready in Case
Stevedores Garry Out Threat
To Quit Work.

VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Oct. o9--A
strike OF stevedores throughout Mexico
was threatened today and a serious
labor situation confronts the country.
The stevedores issued a proclama-
tion announcing they would strike
this afternoon unless two gangs OF
dock workers. discharged last week
for completely In thefts. were imme-
diately reinstated. The stevedores
declared they would kill strike
breakers.
Provisional President DE La Huerta
has taken notice OF the serious men
ace and is ordering the governors
of all maritime states to be ready
for any eventuality. Troops are be-
ing held in readiness for outbreaks.
Practically all business has been sus-
pended at this port.