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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
Girl Declares She
Broke Watch Chain
For naturalization

The girl, In statement to De-
tective Inspector Griffin, Saturday
morning, declared that she knew she
was going to be assaulted when the
negro seized her. and that she de-
liberately broke his watch chain in
an attempt to furnish police clew
for Identification later.
Detective Inspector Griffin OBJ
statement from the girl at st. Jo-
seph's hospital She told him she
had gone to a barber shop at about
o'clock Friday night. to have her
hair trimmed. She wears her hair
bobbed.
From the barber shop she went .
the home of her friend, Miss Nellie
Stevens. 120 Mississippi avenue.
After attending a picture show, the
girls returned to Miss Stevens home.
and 1t was from there that Myrtle
started walking to her home on
Vance avenue.
Everyone but Chief Griffin was re-
quested to leave the room while
Myrtle told her story, which was
said to have been given in detail to
Griffin.
She said she was struck by a
brick, but police are Inclined to think
tr@t the negro struck the girl with
his fist.
she told Griffin that her purpose
in breaking the negro's watch chain
WIS IN permit II 10 fall on the
ground so that he could be identi-
ned later, for she realized she said
that she would be assaulted
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
Teacher Who Bans
Patriotism Fired
For Peace Day Act

CHICAGO. Nov. 20.-Miss Frances
Lloyd, teacher in local school, was
suspended today by Superintendent
Mortenson On charges preferred
against her by Miss Mary Taylor,
principal of the school, that Miss
Lloyd ignored the instructions of this
school board and caused the pupils
of her room to be the only school
children in Chicago who were de-
prived OF the opportunity to pay
tribute to the nations dead when,
at Ii am. Nov, II, the 100000 pu-
pills stood at attention for one min
ute in memory of the second ami
versary of the signing of the armi-
stice.
Miss Lloyd did not deny that she
failed TO obey the orders for the
observance of Armistice day. but de-
Tended her conduct on the ground
that she did not believe in patriot
ism" Mr.. Mortenson said.
Miss Lloyd will be tried before the
school administration committee.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
GIRL COULDN'T
GET into HOME
FRIEND STATES
Mrs. Stephens, WHOSE Home
Victim Had lust Left, Says
Myrtle Found Front Door
Locked. n

Myrtle Morris was locked from Nor
home and after going to friends to
secure q place to remain all night,
was returning to see again If she
could not get in home, according to
Mrs. J. G. stephens, 100 Mississippi
boulevard. The girl visited Mrs.
Stephens and 1t was from the lat
ters residence that she was COM
ing back to town when the assault
occurred.
The Morris girl did not reach the
Stephens home until nearly mid
night, Mrs. Stephens declared. At
this time she had not been attacked
or showed any signs OF n struggle,
the woman declared,
Myrtle came here and told me
she wanted to stay all night" Mrs
Stephens said. She said she had
been to the barber shop to get her
hair cut. She has pretty, black,
bobbed hair and II had just been
trimmed last night"
Il asked why she did not go home
and she told me that after she left
the barber shop she did but that the
| front door was locked. She said her
little sister was sitting on the front
steps crying, also locked out"
| 11du INO OdE AhIC.
"T was afraid to crowI in the win
dow the girl told me" said Mrs
| Stephens.
| When Myrtle left here inquired
of my brother-in-law II he thought
she could catch car Her mother
this morning told me over the phone
that Myrtle did not have car fare
She must have walked to town ant
am positive that she walked ou
here.
II met the girl at Oliver Finne's
where + was employed for time
The Morrises only about three week,
ago moved from Alabama street L
the Vance avenue house. l do no
know the mother we'll, having seer
her only at the Oliver-Finne place
where she at times has been fore.
lady"
Myrtle had on a long brokn coat
a dark skirt and, ] think. a whit,
MILDLY. She had on no hat last night
Mrs. Morris told me this morn
ing that she thought Myrtle hac
come out hereto stay All night. Sew
eral times the girl has stayed her,
all night"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
COLLIERVILLE SECTION
QUIET AFTER MURDERS
No Race Outbreak Expected
Following Killing of Farmer

COLLIERVILLE Tenn, Nov. 20.
No further trouble Is anticipated
in the Morrison farm district fol-
lowing the killing Of John Harris.
aged 40, and Gus Key, negro. aged
about 20. Threats of violence heard
Immediately after the crime have
ceased and the incident apparently
has ended.
Reports today show that Harris
was making the rounds Of the negro
homes to locate some corn stolen
from his uncle He met Key and
asked him to accompany him to the
home of another negro. On reach
ing the home, Key opened fire ON
Harris, who returned the shots, KILL
ing the negro before he fell dead.
Harris is survived by a bride Of
three weeks
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
Davis Says Freedom
GiUen Army Negroes
s. TO Blame For Crime

with one exception the assault
on Myrtle oMrris Is the most brutal
in this part of the South in recent
years" IL
This was the statement Saturday
of Ralph Davis, well-known Mem
phis criminal lawyer.
THE case, to my mind. has no
parallel, with the exception of the
Rappal assault and murder about
five years ago." he said. 49,
A girl named Antoinette Rappal
was accosted by negro while on
fer way to school on the Macon
road. He assaulted her, then
chopped off her head. The negro
was caught and burned to the stake.
His name was Eli Person.
"The facts in this case as they
have been presented 10 me are re-
voting. 1t is terrible to think OF
this child, walking on a light, pub
lie street, being assaulted. ! trust
that the negro is apprehended."
Davis blamed the crime on prac-
tices which negroes with the army
in France were permitted to, carry
on.
They vented to continue these
practices in America when they re-
turned" he said.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
Other Big Games Today.

While Yale and Harvard are bat
Ting at Yale bowl today no less
than a dozen big games between old
rivals In various sections of the
country will be under way.
|. Dartmouth and Brown will hold
the stage at Boston in a game that
promises to be one of the hottest of
the season. At the same time SYRIA
cuse will take on Colgate at SYRIA
cuse. and Columbia win meet Penn
sylvania at the Polo grounds in New
York. Another game at Boston will
be that between Boston College and
the strong Marietta College eleven
from Ohio. The Buckeyes have had
great season, numbering the Mich
igan Aggies among their victims.
Carnegie Tech will take on an old
rival at Pittsburgh in Washington
and jefferson. This game always at =
tracts interest in the Smoky City and
should draw a fine crowd
The biggest game on the schedule
outside Of the Yale Harvard contest,
however, will be staged at Urbana,
ILL.,. where the Illinois will clash with
their rivals for the Big Ten cham
pionship--the crack eleven from Ohio
State. Other conference games will
be played between Indiana and Pur-
due at Lafayette; Minnesota and
Michigan, at Minneapolis, and Chi
cago and Wisconsin at Chicago.
The strong Nebraska Cornhuskers
will entertain the Michigan Aggies
at Lincoln today and are touted to
win with comparative ease. Notre
Danes great eleven will tackle the
Purple gridders Of Northwestern at
Evanston. Iowa State will meet Iowa
ct Ames.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
nine PERISH IN
Tenement FIRE;
C|GARET BLAMED
Butts" Tossed CareIesSiy
Into Baby Carriage, Said to
Have Causeds Disastrou
BIaze-WhoIe Family Dies.
(By international News service.)j I

(By international News Service.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Nine per-
sons were suffocated and burned to
death here early today when fire
swept a HISTORY apartment house
in West 146th street. Firemen are
searching the ruins for more bodies.
Five of the dead were children the
rest were adults. At s am. the fire.
men had succeeded controlling the
flames and had removed nine bodies
from the building.
The cause of the fire has not been
determined. According to firemen, it
started on the ground floor of the
building and swept upward. shutting
off from escape those who lived On
the upper floors. -
The building housed 16 families,
nearly all of whom had children.
Find Family Dead.
Firemen discovered five members
of one family dead on the top floor,
three children and the parents. They
were huddled about the window lead
ing to the fire escape and appar-
emily had suffocated before the
flames reached their bodies.
The fire started about 80 am
So rapidly did the flames spread
that within few minutes the lower
floor was ablaze and IhoFe who lived
on the upper floors wsre cut off
from escape through the halls.
Scores of residents fled down the
fire escapes attired in their night
clothes and carrying such personal
belongings as they could hastily grab
up in flight.
Firemen made many spectacular
rescues, carrying unconscious chill
dren down the fire escapes to the
street below.
The building itself was practically
destroyed, along with the belongings
| of the occupants.
As soon as the flames were under
control firemen started checking uI
the 16 families which occupied the
building to find out IL any more were
missing.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
Starts in Baby Buggy.

The fire is believed to have started
from a cigaret stub carelessly tossed
among some baby carriages under the
stairway of the ground floor. y 1t shot
I'D the wooden stairway with great
rapidity, mushroomed out through the
upper floors and before firemen could
get hose on 1t was shooting through
the roof.
Nearly all the fire fighting appa-
ratus in Harlem was on the scene.
Tho Gibia family on the top floor
was completely wiped out. Mrs. Gil
bias body was found by firemen ly.
ing across the window ledge where
she had evidently fallen while trying
to grope her way through the smoke
to escape. Two OF her children lay u
few feet behind her. The other two
children and the father were in the
rear of the apartment.
Mrs. Frank lost her life trying to
save her husbands weekly pay en-
velope. The husband told the police
that they had got to the window when
his wife suddenly remembered the
money in a drawer, broke away from
him and dashed back TO .sget it.
Frank was carried out unconScious.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
''CRANK" GETS LIFE
SENTENCE; ADMITS
!. STEALING infant

NORRISTOWN, Pa, Nov. 90
August Pascal, alias Pasquale, 'the
crank" in the Coughlin kidnapping
case, was sentenced to life imprison-
ment today by Judge Swartz, in
Morristown court. Pascal pleaded
guilty at his trial TO second degree
murder and kidnapping for extortion.
He stole Blakeiy Coughlin, the 13-
months old baby of MIR. and Mrs.
George H. Coughlin, from their home
near Norristown June 2, and smoth-
cred the infant uncer his coat. He
was sentenced on the kidnapping
charge, and sentence was suspended
on the second degree murder charge.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
LABOR HURLS HOT
WAGE ULT|MATUM
IN FINISH FIGHT
BY MILDRED MORRIS.
} international News Service Staff
Correspondent.l

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20,-"No re-
duction in wages" is organized la
boris ultimatum to the employers.
Frank Morrison, secretary sof the
American Federation Of Labor, an
nounced today.
In line with policies determined
by the executive council. which has
Just adjourned, the federation will
call at once the ll6 international
unions affiliated with it to unite in
resisting wage cuts Morrison said.
Antiunion employers have set the
stage for bitter open war members
of the council stated, and labor will
use all the power and resources at
its command to fight them Ito
finish "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
SHUDDERS AS
SHE REVIEWS
BRUTALCR|ME
Girl Victim, Propped in Hos
pitaI Bed, Recites Events Of
Night of Horror--Describes
ASSaiIant.
Il can see his face.
ut Is here now.

Il can see his face.
ut Is here now.
Il know / will always see IT,
Il would know 1t anywhere"
Her left eye terribly bloodshot,
and almost closed. the flesh about IL
blackened and swollen, and her ten-
der neck and arms plainly showing
marks of fingers and nails, pretty
Myrtle Morris, 16 told the story of
the brutal assault upon her by q
negro Friday night. while she lay in
"a bed at ST. Joseph's hospital Sat-
urday morning.
Myrtle. black bobbed hair and
dark eyes. smiled family from her
bed as her visitor sat down, while
DR.. s. f. Strain. st. Joseph's In
terne, and nurse stood BY.
The smile was but for an instant.
The child mind drifted back quickly
TO the Friday night scene in the yard
alongside the Memphis Machine
works on Vance avenue. little more
than two blocks from the main traf-
fic artery OF the city.
The look on her face was pitifuk
The nurse in the room turned away,
unable TO permit her mind TO center
on the assault as Il was reflected IN
the suffering eyes.
Cuddles Against Pillow.
The girl was like a hunted animal.
She had punched up her pillow, and
had cuddled herself against ii, draw
ing her body up against the down.
She seemed afraid to look az other
. "a. A.. = t..s~ 1870
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
WAKE UP, BOYS!

to win all, the prizes. The boys
should get busy at once.
Write the million dollar editor how
you would spend this money. Win
one of the 20 cash prizes offered by
The News Scimitar.
Remember any school child in the
territory served by The News Scimi-
tar is eligible. e
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
BANDIT SLAIN BY
POLICE CHAUFFEUR
(ey International News serviee.l

by International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 2O,-Efforts are
being made today to identify a we'll
dressed bandit who was shot and
killed by Horace O'Dell. chauffeur,
for John AIcock, first deputy super
intendent of police, during an at
tempted holdup. Police are seeking
two companions of the dead bandit.
One is believed to have been
wounded.
The shooting followed the ban
dts attempt to rob O'Dell as he
waited in the automobile in front Of
Alcock's home. AS he stepped out
of the car O'Dell drew a gun and
routed the bandits in a revolver bat
tle
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
TEXTILE MILLS CLOSING.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., Nov. 2O.--An-
nouncement Of the closing down Of
the Chadwick Hoskins chain of cot
ton mills. four at Charlotte and one
at Martinsville. Va. the largest chain
OF mills in this section, developed
that tile majority OF the hundreds
of textile mills in this section are
ldle1, while the mills operating are
running on only part time.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK

PITTSBURGH. Nov. 20.--Stock-
holders of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufa curing company have
voted to increase the capital STOCK
from $4,000, 900 to Si25,006 coo, The
directors were authorized to increase
the indebtedness Of the company by
$4,000, 900.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20

+ Get busy, boys!
TheAgirls of Memphis and surround
ing territory are flooding The News
Scimitar office with essays on What
l would do with a million dollars If
I had to spend it for the good of
Memphis" ,.
The essays are splendid.
: But the girls should not be allowed
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
GOLD. PENCIL
MAY .FURN|SH
POLICE CLEW
Girl Attacked on Vance Ave-
! nue. Near Second-Hit With
Brick, Assaulted and Rob-
bed-TWo Suspects Held.


Arrest of the negro fiend who as
saulted Myrtle Morris, age 16, shortly
before midnight Friday, may come by
means of gold pencil and a small
pocket mirror that were dropped dur
ing the struggle.
Police held two suspects. arrested
about noon Saturday, but neither had
formally been charged with the crime.
Their detention resulted from tips
received from civilian sources and
from additional clews picked up after
daylight when practically the entire
detective force went to work on the
the case.
The Morris girl, who lives with her
mother, Mrs. Fannie Morris, at 6S
Vance avenue, was attacked, beaten
and assaulted by negro in Vance
avenue vacant lot just east of South
Second street. Saturday she was ly-
ing at ST. Joseph's hospital in a dan,
gerous condition.
Information coming from lumber
Irn located III South memphis re-
sulteu IN tne arrest OF BUD DAVIS
\ nesro, az I44 hdynuEn, rear, py Depu-
YES TpsWick anu rainier. LAWS
i ina s.ILli ms ,liio s,. me lu y.
per AirIn says ne olu not report "
"orK SATURDAY.
me second suspect was arresteu
o'clock. He was taken to head
quarters aha tnere queseloIleu W 1ne
arrestlng offlcers ana DetectlVe Joe
Blsnop. IL was SAID mat nolhihg
would De given out unth inspector
ui ~, e'uli.eu, , =
brown suit ana brown soLt nat Wnen
W TINS !. sAss " AsasiAsA
Lalfsand OF medaufh puiln.
Gaf p1ondh nrnaa
wy DA000A
bloodnounds 81 put I,, on .n rsno .1ai1
to headquarters trailed the assailant
east on Vance to Fourth street and
then in a northerly course to Beale
avenue. where the dogs halted. I'o-
lice say the negro took a taxicab
there. The dogs ran to certain
auto at this corner owned by a taxi
company. The owner and driver said
he had driven several parties during
the night, three or four of whom an
swered the description of the brown
bv the Morris girl. .,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
1000 RETURN TO WORK.

TOLEDO, o., Nov 20.--Two thou
sand men have been put back at work
in the parts department of the
WHY'S Overland Automobile COM
pany, according to announcement
made here by ice-President Kilpat-
rick, in charge of production. The
announcement carries the statement
that there has been no reduction IN
wages. The entire plant was shnt
dawn recpntly
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
FOUND pEAplIN BATH.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-Con-
gresham Manion NJ. Garland, Of
Pittsburgh. Republican representa-
tive at large from Pennsylvania, was
found dead in the bathroom of his
home here late today. Death was
due TO heart disease. Mr.. Garland
returned to Washington from Pitts
burg Wednesday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
Court Spectators
Vote On Verdict

TOLEDO. O., Nov 20.--For the
first time, it is said, in the his
tory of local courts, a police
court judge today passed ballots
through the courtroom and asked
the spectators to write the YER
dict on the slips Of paper.
Of/the 81 ballots, q were
marked mot guilty" The prison
er. on trial for alleged bribery,
was declared not guilty by the
Judge, James Austin.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
[sn the Associated Press. J

GENEVA, Nov. 2O--An interna-
tional military force with an inter
national staff was proposed to the
assembly of the league of nations
today bv Senator Henri LaFontaiue,
of the Belgian delegation.
Senator LaFoptaine had some
what startled Tho assembly by de-
clariug that the world was not yet
ready for disarmament.
"h is necessary to say frankly to
the people" he said. That the time
for disarmament has not yet come
Before the world could disarm, he
added, entirely different ideas than
those that prevailed before the war
must be inculcated and applied"
He proposed that the ornaments
and armies be comprised in an inter
national force with an international
staff, ready to be used 9ln the cause
of right" in such case as arose
from the present situation OF Ar
menia.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
COMPTROLLER ISSUES
BANK CONDITION CALL

WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.--The
comptroller OF the currency today
issued call for the condition OF all
national banks at the close u bust
ness Nov. is.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
(Hy international News Service

LONDON. Nov. 20.--It is reported
in Geneva that the French repre-
sentativcs to the league of nations
assembly meeting have delivered an
ultmatum threatening the with
drawal of France from the league II
Germany is admitted at the present
session, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Genoa to-
day.
France. said the Exchange Tele-
graph correspondent. demands that
Germany's admission to the league
be delayed for at least six months
in order to determine If Germany is
acting in good faith. The French
seek delay for the further purpose
of ascertaining what action the
United States intends to take fol-
lowing the Inauguration of Presi-
dent elect Harding in March.
France is reported to have agreed
TO the admission of Austria and
Bulgaria to the league.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
REVISION
ASKED AT GENEVA
BY Dutch ENVOY
Reconsideration to Clarity
Article Providing for Filing
Of All Treaties Sought in
Resolution.
by the Associated Press.l

GENEVA, Nov. 20.-The first
formal step looking toward the re-
vision of the covenant Of the league
of nations was taken by the assem-
bly, Of the league at today's session.
The Dutch minister of foreign af-
fairs, H. A. Van Karnabeek, intro
duced a resolution for, reconsidera-
ton of article IS, having to do with
the registration of treaties.
The resolution provides that the
reconsideration be conducted either
by the assembly itself or by a com
mittee, to make the meaning of the
article clearer.
Jonkheer Van Karnabeek first
called attention to this article OF
the covenant at yesterdays session
He said there were several inter-
pretations of the article, which in
brief, provides that treaties between
nations shall not be binding until
they are registered with, the league
and proposed that it be studied
carefully with a view to its clarifi-
cation.
(The text of article Is reads: "EV-
cry treaty or international engage
ment entered into hereafter by any
member OF the league shall be forth
with registered with the secretariat
and shall. as soon as possible, be
published by 1t. No such treaty OF
international engagement shall be
binding until so registered.D
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20

Continued on Page IA, Column ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20

EXCLUSIVE DAY
kssOCIATED PRESS SERVICE
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-03-04
WILSON OPPOSES THE PLAN
tain ConstantinopIe Is DisaP-
proved by the President.

New York.-President Wilson may
be expected to voice his disapprovaI
of the plans of the Allies to permit
the the sultan to remain in CONSTANT
nople, if formal action to this end Is
taken. Such a solution OF the problem
of the near East is contrary to the
principles enunciated by the President
in Paris, and International authorities
here believe that only the rather en-
barrassing position in which Presi-
dent Wilson. now finds himself as re-
CARDS Turkey prevents his taking ac-
ton Immediately.
The decision to leave the sultan in
Constantinople is due entirely to the
fact that no European power will trust
another European power to hold a
mandate there. The French fear for
their zones Of influence" in the near
East should Constantinople be under
the control of some other govern
ment, while the British are Just as
Jealous in guarding their interests.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-03-04
HOUSE PASSES THE RAIL BILL
Report of Conference Committee
Adopted by Vote Of 24e to 15o-
Goes to Senate Now.

Washington.-The house has adopt
ed the Esch-Cummins railroad bill as
agreed to by a conference committee
of the house and senate by a vote OF
249 to $50.
The bill now goes 10 the senate
which is to act upon it next week
After four hours debate the house
refused to recommit the conference
report on the railroad bill and pro-
ceeded to vote on the motion for adop-
ton of the conference report. The
motion to recommit, made by Repre-
sentative Barley, Democrat, Ken
lucky, was deafeated 228 to III
Chairman Esch of the interstate
commerce committee then called for
the previous question and there was
a buzz In the chamber as the voting
began.
There never was any doubt as to
the outcome, MI Esch said, although
the effect of pressure from labor lead
ers against adoption Of the bill was
variously interpreted