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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26

herhOOd Chief
Iries To Get Back
Expelled Strikers

CHICAGO. June 26.-w. C. Lee, pres
ident OF the brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmen, today began work In an ef-
fort TO bring back into the brotherhood
ranks tho $1,000 workers expelled for
taxing part In unauthorized strikes dur
ing the past year.
With the promise OF wage scale
decision before July 20. retroactive to
May !, there Is no reason for further
dlssenslon in our ranks" said Lee, al
ready We have taken back $1,000 OF the
$4,000 men who were expelled and we
VIII take back others who make proper
amends"
Lee remained in Chicago while other
heads Of the. big four brotherhoods re-
turned TO their homes, He was in
wire communication with leaders OF his
organization all over the country and
declared efforts to take out trainmen
and yardmen on strike at midnight
would proye futile, as result Of the
promise Of an early wage decision by
the federal railroad board.
II Is reported that the board which
has been in executive session here
three weeks, has agreed on a tentative
average wage increase for the various
crafts of 20 per cent. Members OF the
board refused to eorroborate this re-
port.
BALTIMORE, June 26.-The Western
Maryland railroad today placed an EN-
barge on freight owing TO the strike
of its swltchmen which began at Ha-
gerstown two days ago and extended to
Baltimore yesterday.
=
PHILADELPHIA, juno 26-Despite
the labor boards announcement OF an
early adjustment of the railway en-
ployes' grievances, Pennsylvania rail-
road shopmen i'm this city were reported
early today to have voted to join the
walkout OF yardmen.
The shopmen have no connection with
the railroad brotherhoods, but are af-
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor. The local situation in the
yardmens strike today remained un-
changed
Reports from upstate points showed
gains for the strikers and that the
walkout has caused a number of in
dustries to shut down because of a
coal shortage.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
Promise BGLmy
BreezeS SUNDAY

A balmy Sunday with cool breezes
is promised by the weather bureau
Fair skies with every advantage for
picnic parties Is included IN the fore
cast. Not much change in temperature
Is anticipated,
The river at Memphis will rise for
several days, The stage Saturday was
Is feet fall OF 8 Of a foot in "a hours
At Helena the stream will fall for two
days
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
CHICAGO FIRM ASKS
new SHIPMENT TRIAL

Arguments for new trial in the case
of J. G. Schaefer & Co, Chicago, W.
West Tennessee Grain company were
presented Saturday In United States
volving shipments Of $4,000 worth Of
corn Is the basis of the action. A ver-
dict giving the plaintiffs 5000 was re-
turned in the first trial, while In a seq
ond hearing verdict was given the de-
fandants. The Chicago company is en-
deavoring TO reopen the case. It was
transferred here from Jackson, Tenn.
for arguments.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
.SLAYERS OF THREE
BABIES ARE SOUGHT

ST. LOUIS, Mo, June 26-Search for
the murderers of three babies in st
Louis county within the last week was
begun today bv county officials Fol-
lowing the finding Of dead infant IN
pasture by children Yesterday. It was
revealed that the bodies Of two other
babies, each a few hours old had been
found uffder similar circumstances
earlier this week In each instance.
Coroner Denny announced, death had
been caused by stranEulation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
Says WOmen's Hats
Necessities OF Life

WASHINGTON, June 2s-Women's
hats, plain or adorned, are necessities
of life under the meaning Of that term
special assistant TO the attorney gem
eral, ruled today. Mr.. Figg's ruling
was in reply to an inquiry from the
National Retailers association as to
whether women's hats came within the
range Of the act under which the de-
partment OF justice is authorized to
prosecute for profiteering In necessities
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
HIGHWAY is READY
FOR MOTOR BRIGADE

Every mile OF the Bankhead Highway
between Memphis and the center Of
Alabama has been marked, according TO
word received at the Chamber of Com
merce highway department Saturday.
carefully inspected and all bad places
In the road repaired in readiness for
the government motor truck convoy.
which Is scheduled to reach Memphis
about July IL.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
GLASS IS OPENLY
FOR NJ 'ADOQ, SAYS
DAVID LAWRENCE
Friends of Former Secretary
Forming Militant 0rganiza-
tion Despite His and Wife's
Protests, Expert Declares.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial Correspondent Of The News
Scimitar,0

Especial Correspondent of The News
-.. Scimitar.l
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.-The veil
Of doubt concerning the McAdoo candi-
dacy is lifting. Friends of the former
secretary of the treasury have formed
militant organization, determined to
nominate him over his own protest. Tel
egrams are coming to several of these
men to stop their activity and take
Mr., McAdoo at his word, but they are
unayalling Indeed the latter Is relia
bly, reported to have told Senator Glass
in conference in New York last week
that II his name was presented for nom
ination, the Virginia senator was au-
thorized to say 1t was being done with
out his consent or sanction.
Nevertheless, Senator Glass is openly
for McAdoo's nomination and will make
q fight for it. The story told by mon
in the confidence of Mr.. McAdoo bears
out the reasons given publicly by the
former director-gener Of railroads.
They say he has considered the ques-
ton from every angle and that he has
horror of having the crown prince"
argument and criticism of similar vein
concerning his relationship with Presi-
lily during political campaign.
Mrs. McAdoo Opposed to 1t.
They declare, moreover, that Mrs.
McAdoo has been consistently opposed
to the return of her husband to public
life. She knows the extent to which
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Continued on Page 10, Column 1)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
TYREE TAYLOR'S BOND
PAID TO GOVERNMENT

Another chapter in the case against
femuel Tyree Taylor, former ehlei
tive from justice following his indict-
ment by federal grand jury IN con,
nection with alleged bribery and graz
in liquor shipments to Memphis, has
been written with the payment OF $S
600 the amount OF three bonds under
which Taylor secured his liberty atteF
his Indictment, by his three bondsmen
The bondsmen, NJ. w. Koehler j. +
Carthell and II, c, Oppenheimer, made
payment Of this amount to the govern
ment recently, acknowledging that they
were powerless to produce Taylor for
trial.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
FIREMEN TALK OF
QUITTING; ASSERT
3O-DAY LIMIT UP

members of the Memphis fire department receive
increases demanded than 80 days result Wholesale
designations by the members Union
cordng officers the union committee
Officers members the union
the latter part May Ellis
nerce specified that they would of time
before the designations
resolution published
ON May %, does not mention a time limit
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
NEW COURTHOUSE OPENS.

HARRISBURG, Ark, June 26. (Spl)
--Tne county officers have moved into
thV new courthouse They have been
scaNered around town in various places
rtmore than two years and it will
be kuite convenience to the officers
and TO the public to have them all in
one building again.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26

Negotiations are now under way, 1t
is understood, to relieve the situation
by giving the firemen wage increases
Members of the union say, however,
that they have heard nothing from the
Chamber of Commerce, and that the
30-day limit expired last Thursday.
Definite action by the firemen will prob
ably not be taken until Tuesday or
Wednesday, but one officer of the union
stated Saturday that ''unless something
was done Memphis would be without a
fire department next week"
During the month Of April the fire
men presented to John y. Edgar, fire
and police commissioner, a petition ask
ing reorganization of the department
and increased pay for all of the men,
After some discussion, Mr., Edgar ad-
vised the firemen that under the law
the city could not increase the pay Of
the men without an enabling act from
the legislature
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26

Grand total. s.. .492, SIT II &2,944,7 1871
In addition to these figures, which
show the condition OF the city on Jan.
/, 1920, the present administration in
herited an ovedraft amounting to
$3.50. .244.05, and the statement must also
include two nonbudget ltems-ss. 900 for
wharf cleaning and $40, 900 for front foot
construction.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
C|TY'S FINANCIAL
SATUS IS SOUND,
STATEMENT SHOWS
Annual "TriaI Balance" Sheet
Made PubIiC-Reveals As
sets More Than Double LA
biIitieS From All Sources.

The financial condition Of the city OF
Memphis, its receipts and expenditures
last year and amounts which will be
allotted to various departments during
the next year are set forth in the an
nual financial statement required by
law, made public Saturday.
An earnest effort has been made i'm
this statement 10 make II as brief aE
viii be easily understood by the aver
age reader. In times past, according
70 Mayor Paine, the manner In which
thes0 statements were arranged made
j. hard to grasp the meaning Of all
1t Is pointed out that provision il
being made by the present city admin
lstration to take care OF the general
liability bonds by establishing a sinking
fund, which will have reached such pro-
portions by the time these bonds are
due that they can be taken care OF
without embarrassment. The sum Of
$4,000 Ia set aside in the current bud
get as nucleus for this sinking fund.
the term Of office OF the present admin
istration will almost take care of the
liability bonds for which no sinking
fund Is required by law and for which
no provision has been made by past ad-
ministratlons.
A summary of total receipts and dis
bursements during 1919 reveals that
the city during that period received
rom all sources including taxes, inter-
est, licenses, fines, forfeitures and other
sources, the sum of S5,b9i ,84a.44, while
total disbursements were tb,46s, 49f.56.
Condition Sound.
The consolidated general balance sheet
contains summary of the city's assets
and liabilities which sets out various
accounts carried by the city for de-
partments The most interesting item
under this head, however. Is the de-
tailed statement of the eity's bonded
Indebtedness The total of this alone
is Si5, 16s, 900, This Includes park,
school. Binghamton schools, fire and
police building, North Memphis levee,
| river terminal, market-auditoTiunls
| front foot, tuberculosis hospital, refund
| ing Issues, water street Improvement,
amusement and recreation, market
| house, Binghamton street and water
and subway Improvement bond issues.
| This division OF the statement shows
| the total city assets to be s3S, ,40i ,S24 1b,
| while the total liabilities statement re-
vealS very healthy condition,
Perhaps the most interesting part
| OF the entire statement, however is that
\ which sets forth the budget allowances
fer all departments last year, tugether
| with the amount spent by each depart-
/ ment and their requests for 1920. These
| figures. insofar as they pertain 10 the
| principal division, but without the f1-
| terdepartmentai subdivisions, follow;
1919 cost. 1890 request.
Nss hai.b . Ars aS- aE q Ass gIa eE
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-26
Weather Forecast

Fair, with continued
mildness of tempera-
ture probable.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13
To Have Err shman
Basketball Team

X M0RGANToWN, Jan. 10. - The
Scrub basketball team which has
been organized each year from the
men who cannot. make the Varsity
team, has been cast into, the discard
at West Virginia University and here
after Freshman team will be sup
ported.
Coach stadsvold, the Varsity men
tor, has volunteered his services for
an hour and a half each day to coach
these men separately and has assign
ed number of men who have beer
candidates for the Varsity to come
put for the Freshmen team where he
viii have more opportunity to look
them over and where they will have
b better opportunity to show their
worth. In addition to this, 1t reduces
by half the Varsity squad which has
been so large all season as to the I'M
wieldly and will give him more time
for development Of the Varsity team
IN the hour assigned for practice for
that team.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13
BASEBALL LEADERS
TOMORROW
City League Prospects Will
Be Gone Over at
Session.

There should be an interesting base
ball session at the Y. NJ. CA. tomor-
row evening, when meeting of all
those interested in the city league for
the season of 1890 will be held at 1880
O'clock. Indications are that there
will be large representation at the
meeting and action will likely be tax
en- looking to the final arrangements
for the starting OF the league season.
There is Some talk OF county
league, but at the present time the
opinion seems to prevail that the city
league should come first and stand
sssssne- and the county league after.
'Eds, that is, If those desiring a
county league want to go ahead with
It, well and good, but 1t should MOI
be allowed to interfere with the city
league.
The Monongah Glass Co, the team
which came so close to winning the
league pennant last year, will again
he in the field with strong team.
a coach will be secured in the near
future, who will be, in full charge OF
the team. Practically all the stars OF
last years team will be on hand this
season.
= d Il n HH
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13
NORMAL NOW HAS
WONDERFUL FLOOR
Hundreds Attend Dedica-
ton of New Gymnasium
Last Night.

Between 700 and 800 people turned
out last night to the new normal gym
nasium 10 witness the clash between
the Normal team and Waynesburg col
.lege and to have their first glimpse
of the gymnasium. The new athletic
building VIII, when all finished accord
ing to plans, be one of the greatest
+, buildings of its kind in the entire
state. While the building is not a
costly one, IL seems adequate for it's
purposes In every respect.
4 The basketball floor is one of the
best to be found anywhere and is full
y ggulati3f size, whac there is seat
ing capacity for several hundred in
the gymnasium The lighting ar
r;lngefaent is splendid All this means
that dssoite the fact that the Normal
school Is some little distance from the
center OF The city, all the big basket
ball games in this section are going
to he staged on the Normal floor.
Z Between the halves OF the game
/, Prot. Roster head Of the Normal school
made short talk in which he gave
little history of the building and in
.yited tie people Of Falrmont to pat
,ipnizs the games staged there during
/. tho coming weeks. Sandy Toothman
also made q short speech, calling at
tertion tc the games which are to be
played ON the Normal floor during the
next two weeks.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13
LOCAL PLAYERS
STAGE COMEBACK
AGAINST RIVALS
Waynesburg Team Defeat-
ed by Second Half Rally
Of Normal.

'fhcrc was a very delightful ending
y the basketball game between way
.nesb1rg and the local Normal school
! slast night, the game being the feature
i;pf the dedication of the new Normal
gymnasium Sandy Toothman,s meg
ttwon 2s-1e. but the best part OF the
> story Is the fact that our boys captur-
led the battle after nearly every per-
son In the great crowd that attended
WIS certain Waynesburg would be
declared the victor.
~ When the end Of the first half came
the Waynesburg tossers were leading
the locals by the comfortable margin
OF 1876, and had so completely out
played the Normal lads that the uitl-
! mate result seemed to be question
,sof points. But Sandy had a surprise
. package put away somewhere and he
must have opened 1t up between the
halves. AT any rate the Normal team
came lack In the second chapter and
=, simply ran tho visitors off their feet,
making II points to their rivals three
J. It was a wonderful comeback and
Sandy's men deserved the many fine
compliments they received after tbs
}. game. There is no question as to
T their fighting spirit and that is what
counts in the long run.
The game was fast and furious all
the way, and considerable rough work
was plainly visible at many times. This
,:however. could be overlooked in the
.'closeness of the game. for every play
7. er was going up ito his limit. During
the first half superior team work and
passing together with the all-around
( playing Of Brown at center for the Wis
,,itors made the case of the locals look
( very bad In the second half the To-
Gals found themselves and knight,
& Tough, Boehm and Hamilton made
things hum. Brown and Staggers
were the bright stars for the visitors,
/ while NJ Hamilton and Knight TOOK
,,.honors for the locals. Score:
IF. s. N. S. % Waynesburq is
NJ. Hamilton $1,000. Black
Forwards
, boehm ..F......5.......... Brown
: Center
knignt 5000. 4..... Pollock
4. Hamilton ..l..i....... Howard
Guards
Substitrtions: F'airmont, Mills for
Boehm- Field baskets: Fairmont-
IN Hamilton /; Tough, L: knight 8:
Waynesburg Black l.; Staggers, q;
& Brown Il; Pollock i; Howard 1. Foul
baskets: Fairmont-H. Hamilton, 6 IN
/ IL; Knight 1 in a. Waynesburg-
:: Brown 4idn IL Time of periods-10
{, minutes. Referee, Garrett, Wesleyan.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13
Some Local Sport Chatter

That story out of Morgantown this
morning about the athletic committee
bucking on a couple Of games that
Harry Stansbury has arranged on neu-
trail fields for the coming season is
simply the climax to something we
think has been going on down Nor
santown way for some time-eyer
since Stansbury came there in fact.
Reading between the lines, 1t seems
to us that the bunch who have always
been ready and willing to stick a,knife
in the athletic director and who did
are again on the job. It seems to be a
Stansbury on some technical slush
about playing football games on neu-
trail fields. The action of the student
body shows that they want the wes-
leyan game played In Fairmont.
We hope for the good Of the uni
versity that nothing but little talk
comes out of this trouble at Morgan
town, and that the enemies OF Harry
Sansbury will be gently but firmly
taken back in the farthest corner Of
oblivion and requested to remain there
forever and ever and three days after
that. Harry Stansbury came to Nor
kantown under protest, we admit, bur
he has done more for the university
and for the cause of their athletic
teams than any other one man ever
did or ever likely will do in the same
length of time. Harry Stansbury
stands well with practically every
with whom he has ever
come in contact and because of this
fact the university gets extra publicity
that could not be secured any other
way. Not only that he has worked
hard and earnestly and has mapped
out programs in all lines of sport en-
deavor that have enabled West vir-
ginia, backed by good teams, to get
a place in the sun such as she never
held before.
If those who are bucking Harry
Stansbury want to go ahead and cali
off the games in dispute and get into a
mess OF trouble with Wesleyan and
Washington G. Lee and likely result
in the dropping Of Stansbury, SO be
ft-but rest assured they will be sorry
and all connected with the university
will be sorry for long, long time II
such an event really comes about.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13

Several of the big stars of the Penn
football team last season have re-
tired from the university. This will
greatly lessen the chances of Penn on
the gridiron next fall. The election
of certain men on the athletic COM
mittee the uncertainty of the coach
for next season and the election of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13

Mike Hamilton played whale of a
game last night for the Normal school
and was one of the big factors in the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13

Out Of accumulated capt.
tai have arisen all the
successes of industry and
applied science, all the COM
forts and ameliorations Of
the common lot. Upon it
the world must depend for
the process of reconstruc-
ton in which all have to
share
JAMES j. HILL
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13
Relief utlmpalred.
WV abt1d,a Eatsz

do your children believe in Santa
Claus?'
7 d'no," replied Mr.. Growcher.
Il told mine he is a myth"
$50 did L. But they never pay at
tention to anything I say. Wash
ington Star.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13

Fred Fulton beat Frank Moran last
night at Newark, and now all the
Pittsburgh Papers that sent sporting
writers to the event wish they had
their money back. Among other
things, you know, Frank Moran was
Pittsburgher.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13

Rivals In Art.
Friens-Dauber has been offerea
$50 for that last picture OF his.
Mr.. Smiers-He must have had an
expensive frame put on it.-Boston
Transcript. h
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13

second half rally which resulted in a
victory for the home team when all
seemed lost.
Brown, of waynesburg, is some
husky lad and full Of fight Some fell
low on the side lines ran into him
during the game and Brown was for
taking him out on the floor and wall
Looping him.
The local high school team will
have busy session the last of the
week. Weston High being played here
on the new gymnasium floor on Fri
day evening, and Clarksburg being
played at Clarksburg Saturday even
ing These will be two very hard
games and the local lads will have to
go some to win both.
Chenoweth, the old varsity star, and
one of the popular players with the
Watson Building team in the city
baseball league last summer, is coach
ing the Weston athletic teams, and
will greet many Of his old friends here
on Friday evening.
DOC Garrett, who worked the
Waynesburg Normal basketball game
latt night, made one funny. mistake.
'Fair,hont committed foul, but IN the
excitement Garrett allowed Fairmont
TO shoot. The fellow on the side lines
and the score keepers had a good laugh
on DOC"
California university baseball team
will make trip east this spring to
play Harvard and several middle west
ern teams. That's long jump for a
few innings of baseball, but not any
longer than Harvard took for 60 min
utes of football.
Fred Fulton beat Frank Moran last
night at Newark, and now all the
Pittsburgh papers that sent sporting
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13

Hooper as 1920 captain are some OF
the reasons given for the sudden ac-
ton on the part Of several OF the
stars.
The local high school team win
practice this afternoon ON the Normal
floor, in order to be more familiar
with 1t before the game with Weston
on Friday night. Coach Kahn stated
last night that II was likely that all
the high school games will be staged
on the Normal floor. ss
The Waynesburg team executed
some Of the most wonderful passing
during the first half of the game last
night the writer has ever seen. They
simply had the local boys running
around in circles trying to keep track
of the ball; but when the second hair
started things were just the reverse,
Waynesburg had lost all her pep and
Fairmont took the offensive from the
start.
One young woman sitting along the
side lines got rough bump with Die
basketball when a wild pass across
the floor eluded the party for whom It
was intended and stopped with thud
against the face of the young woman.
The cheering was good at the game
last night. There was no lack OF sup
port for the home team.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-13

ETC., Etc.
There, little Kitten,
Don't you, cry:
You'll be a fox fur
BY and BY.
Penn Punch Bowl.
There, little cider,
Don't you cry;
You'll be OF some use
By and BY.
st. Louis Star.
There, little Bryan,
Don't you cry;
You may run again
By and by.