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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
maintenance WAY
MEN GROW RESTLESS

CHICAGO March Whether 400. :
600 maintenance OF way employees Of
the railroads win accept the agree
ment reached by other rail unions and
give the new rail bills trial viii not
be settled before Monday, J. J. Far
nan. vice president OF the United
Brotherhood OF Maintenance of Way
Men has announced
Officials of several grand lodges de-
clared ii was becon1ihg increasingly dit
ficult to hold their men in check,
They claim so many promises have been
made the men that they have become
tried of promises and want action"'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
GEORGE B. WEBB IS
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

George 3 Webb 20 son Of George T
Webb, 1883 Carr avenue, Is at the Ban
tist Memorial hospital, recovering from
the effects OF a bullet wound, sustained
in the accidental discharge Of a .2J
caliber pistol Thursday morning at !
O'Clock
Mr. Webb was eating breakfast in a
restaurant near the Union depot. after
returning from Il several months stay
In Oklahoma, when the pistol. accident.
ally was fired In the pocket OF an uni
IDENTIFIED man nearby. No arrest was
made
The bul'et entered the leg Just above
the Enee and lodged near thp~b bone M
Webb was removed - the hospitar
whore Or. +. f. Haynes performed the
operation
Hospital attaches rCpuried Friday
that b" was recovering rapidly and was
in no immediate DANGER He win be-
removed to his home IN "n,v davs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
Mayor Paine's Statement.

"In arriving at the rate base, or the
amount upon which the owners OF the
present street car company are entl-
tied to return, the state public utili
ties commission allowed as superseded
property $1,752. Alb This is a tremend-
Gus sum, and upon this large sum the
people OF Memphis viii be required 10
pay a return Of fis per cent to the pres
ent owners OF the street car company
and will furthermore be required u
pay it as long as the act creating the
present state public utilities commission
il in effect,
superseded property, In short, means
property which has been worn out OF
discarded l-
'"rhe state public utilities commission
slstains this absurd claim and permits
the Memphis street car company to
include in it's rate base street cars
which been worn out, and any and all
property which has been used by the
street car company for years past, even
though long since worn out and dis
carded
represented by the enormous amour
above indicated, is now in existence
AS a matter of fact, some of 1t never
even belonged to the Memphis street
Railway company, but belonged to the
earlier companies, which the Memphi.
Street Railway company bought out
Or part of the property was used by
the Memphis Street Railway company
and earned on by them for periot
from to 10 years. BY this use of the
property the present street car com
pany had benefit in the way OF re-
turns; -, , a.. ,,,,.
was reduced, necessarily, but when the
state public utilities commission con
SSdered superseded property 1t a4lowet
the present street car company Tor su'
perseded property at it's original cost
This allowance, manifestly unfair
= and unjust, composes large part o
This absurdly high rate base. But ever
including that amount scent far
will stili yield the present owners {
fair return on their present invest
mentp
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
NEWSBOYS PLAN CLUB
AS BUCKNER MEMORIAL
Definite Arrangements For Erection OF Building TO Be Made
At Meeting of Members of the Rotary Club and
Other Friends Of NewsbOys

club plans to give an entertainment for
the memorial fund and probably will
open a drive for funds.
Leaders In the newsboys organlza- :
ton can not give out any details and
refuse TO state where II probably Will
be located as plans are not yet com
plete. Because OF the immense popu :
laritv OF the late DIR. Buckner It is
predicted that such movement will
meet with instant success.
The Newsboys' club was organized
several years ago. DR. BuckneF was
one Of the prime movers In the club
and did much work among its mem
bers during his life. He established
headquarters for the organization at
his church when the club came into
being and it's offices remain at Calvary
church.
Rotarians have been asked to Join
In the movement to build the club be =
cause of their interest In boys work
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
CAN'T BLAME MANUEL;
OUTING IN RIVIERA

LONDON. March 4.--Rumors OF
revolution In Portugal with the estab-
lishment Of a soviet government there
are not credited al the Portuguese le-
cation here, Il is pointed out that
spanish frontier and are notorionsly
untrustworthy. Dispatches from Lie.
bon We're received today by the lega
ton, dated last night and no mention
of trouble was made
Former King Manuel with his wife
ls enjoying the season at the Riviera.
His intimgtes in london know that
nothing Is further from his desire than
70 become a figure In Portuguese poll
tics lie Is contented with the lie OF
plain gentleman IN London and has
no ambition TO re-establsh a monarchy
ia Portugal
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
WILL REVIVE SUIT.

The damage sut Of Monroe Littlefeld
by his next friend, George w, Little
field against Ray Black and r. l.,
Moseley for $4,000 damages as result
OF Monroe Littefield being struck by
- an automobile last Monday will be re
vived in the name of the administrator
Of the estate of Monroe Littlefield as
soon as the administrator Is named.
This statement was made Friday by
Richard Busby. of the law firm of Mar
sIilott & Dusby. who filed the suit
Wednesday. The LittlefieId hoy died
late Thursday at the Baptist Memorial
hospital, where he made a valiant strug
gle for life following the injuries re-
ceiVad Monday night.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
MARCH BLIZZARD
SPEEDS TO COAST
Snow and Blasts From West
Then Clearing Skies a..
Forecast.

WASHINGTON. March 5.-Tbe March
blizzard, which ovorspread the Middle
West Thursday, with snow and low tenn
reratures. will reach the Atlantic coast
Friday uislr, the weather bureau pre-
dicted today. The strength Of the biz
zard, It was said had been disseminated
in part and although the rain falling
along the Eastern, seaboard TUESDAY
will turn to snow the fall win be light
It will be followed J. much colder
weather.
Snow as far south as Northern Ala
bama and unusually low temperatures
over tho entire South was forecast
in store sfor interior Georgia and. an
other frost was forecast for Florida.
The blizzard has left clear COD
weather in its Middle Western wake
and prediction of similar weather wa,
made for Saturday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05

A memorial which will stand as a
monument to the service and sacrifice
of the late Rev. DR. w, y. Buekner.
former rector Of Calvary Episcopal
church, Is planned bv the Newsboys
club, which DIR, Buckner supported
throughout his career. The memorial
is to be home for the Newsboys'
club, which Is to bear the name of the
late clergyman and which will give
the club room for expansion.
Movement for establishment OF the
home has Just begun. More definite
arrangements win be made at a meet
ing OF members of the Memphis Ro-
tary club and other friends of the
newsboys with officials of the News
boys club at the club headquarters In
Calvary church Saturday night.
Further details of the plan will be
discussed at a meeting of Newsboy club
officials next Tuesday night at which
a reorganization will occur. Later the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05

Predict Little
Change In Weather

Development Of umexected atrnos-
pherie conditions IN the Southwest
somewhat tempered the cold wave due
to reach Memphis during THURSDAY
night although the temperature went
within two degrees of the predicted
mark. James H. Scott. meteorologiSt IN
charge of the weather bureau office.
declared Friday
The temperature Friday and Satur-
day wi not ba very different from thar
ef the preceding "a hours Mercury
may register as low as 20 degrees duf1
ing the night with increasing Clouds
ness and unsettled weather saturday,
II may not be quite So cold saturday,
Mir. Scott predicts, but there viii be
no material change for the present.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
British DisfGUOr
Selling Islands

LONDON, March 5.--Thc proposition
10 sell the British West Indiet to the
United States to help BALANCE Great
Britains war debt has evoked little
unless the attitude of Premier Lloyd
George has Changed recently. Is Ger
tain to be unfavorably received by the
government
Viscount Rothermere. brother &c Loti
Northeliffe. few weeks ago made
such a suggestion in a newspaper ar
ticle. II is reported Premier Lloyd
George denounced to his intimates the
proposition in vehement terms.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
l0,35O,64O SOULS
IN PHILIPPINES

WASHINGTON. March 5.--The popu-
lation OF the Philippines is placed at
lnSh0,64O. according TO figures COM
piled In the 1918 census, cabled 10 the
insular bureau. OF that number 942a, :
S67 are Christians, 6,4O5 being Amcri-
cars There are 5000 other foreign .
ers in the islands. 1876 being Chi
nese and $3.50 Japanese. The third
foreign group In point Of size is Span
ish, 4,0l5.
The figures show i760 95S Filiplnos
Of military age and 2.07l 202 American
and Filipinos OF voting age.
The number OF manufacturing estab-
lishments was reported at 5.23g, with
a capital Of SS0,372.9 934.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
SMASHER BLUFFS
GUARD AT STORE
Cracks Way Into Window and
Then Pulls Gun.

The window smasher, caught at his
favorite pastime OF cracking plate glass,
early Friday, proved cool hama on a
cool day, He just had smashed the
show window Of b. Hyman, $50 South
Main street when he saw peering at
him through the glass Of the next door
out-a big pistol
Don't YOU come out the sma&ler
warned the watchman.
Ard the watchpan dida't.
Description of the ,smasher furnished
to the police named him as Il six-foot,
li5zpound black negro. He took moth
ing from the window.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
PAINE DISCUSSES
SUPPRESSION"
IN PLAIN TERMS
Mayor Shows Injustice of
Claim for Increased Street
Car Fare Based in Fictitious
Added Valuation.

Mayor Paine Friday, in his state
ment giving his ideas on the increase
OF street car fares from to cents
as proposed by a majority of the state
public utilities commission, takes up
the subject of what street railway eX-
perts term superseded property" This
Is merely another name for depreciation
Which figures in the accounting OF
every large firm
But whereas, business firms and
business corporations generally charge
off certain percentage annually for
depreciation of tangible assets, public
utility corporations have a peculiar
system of accounting under which, in
stead Of charging off depreciation, they
add the cost Of discarded property,
worn out in service or junked for some
other reason, to the values which they
place upon their properties and calmly
ask that the people continue to pay
fare that win give them large re-
turn not only upon the actual physi-
cal value Of their properties, but also
upon, the total original cost of every
conceivable kind of property they ever
owned
This in spite of the fact that such
property while it was in use earned its
proportion Of profits and in any other
business would have years before been
chargedmto depreciation.
In t case Of the Memphis Street
railway the state public utilities com
missioTM added to the actual physical
value 1.-the company's property. which
was s. 8wn to be only slightly more
than %50e, 600, the sum of $1,752,4 Ala
for tbs superseded" property cost
In other words patrons of street cars
in Memphis are required to dig down
in their pockets for an additional cent
or two to pay the Memphis Street rail-
way a profit on worm out mule cars,
worn out rails. old powerhouse ma
chinery, rotted trolley poles and old
material of different kinds sold as junk
Is to 25 years ago,
The ordinary citizen, who has been
paying his cents for nearly year
or even the trained business man ia
1niiar with accounting will have a hard
time figuring out the justice of allow
ing nearly two millions of dollars based
on such claim to go into the present
valuation of the Memphis Street rail-
way on which return Of 7ls per cent
is to be guaranteed them.
Mayor Paine himself is a trained
business man, but he confesses thai
he can not see upon what basis of fair.
property was made. In a former
statement he termed that allowance .
rnOnstrosity eRe
Figures and estimates made by Ress
W. Harris, one of the foremost Streei
railway engineers in the country, sub
rnitted to the state public. utilities com.
mission, prove shat even with this
added valuation and the allowance o.
$7S1595 of development cost" which
the mayor discussed Thursday, s-eent
fare would produce ample revenues K
give the company 71s per cent return.
In his Fridays statement Mayo
Paine SAYS:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
PREPARE CHARTER

The charter Tor Vic Sl,j00O0J cotton
compress and warehouse company. be-
ing organized by Memphis cotton deal
ers t6 provide adequate facilities for
property handling AL the cotton that
shoull come to the Memphis market
mas heen prepared and was TO be sub
mtted TO the stock subscribers at
clock Friday afternoon at the Cotton
exchange.
It was proposed to complete the or
ganization OF the company at thiJ
- Melting I.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
NASHVILLE MAN
|. HELD ON CHARGE
| OF EMBEZZLEMEN7

NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 5.-F. III.
Compton, 20, former bookkeeper at the
Fourth and First National bank. is in
the Davidson county Jail today. having
been arrested last night by federal Of
ficers as he was entering the home Of
young lady the arrest ending a seven
months search for the alleged embezzler
Of SIl00 from the Fourth and First
National bank
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
WILL ADVERTISE MEMPHIS

vcntion OF the organization at Portland
ore, IN June viii De loaded With litera
ture eettinc forth the commercial ad :
vaptages OF Memphis. Pans to eplist
the Shriuers IN the publicity scheme
were completcd Thursday at a meeting
Of the publicity COMMITTEES Of the Mem
phis Chamber Of Commerce
The committee met at tho chamber
under the direction Of Fred y. Beneke.
chairman of the publicity section MIR
Benel,c announced the appointment Of
the following executive committee Tor
the publicity section San u Fuson.
H. ). awo Albert e, Jahl and j. A.
Osoinach
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
INQUIRY INTO
SUGAR PRICE ON

WASHINGTON. March 5.-Investfga-
ton by the house judiciary COMMITTEES
of the conduct Of Attorney General Pal.
mer in connection with the price OF
Louisiana sugar WAS ordered today by
the house. Senate concurrence is not
necessary
The vote. strictly along party lines.
WAS l62 to ia
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
MRS. BoNDURANT DIES

Mrs Lottie Lee BOndurant. wife Of
Leon 5. Bonduraut, real estate man
succumbed Friday AT her home 1882
South Lquderda'e street after an i'll
ness which lasted exactly one month
She was As years Of age and native
Of Shelby county
Funeral service Will be held by the
Rev. g. w, kemper at the residence
Saturday forenoon and burial win fol-
'ow st Bolton College, Tenn, where Mrs
Bondurant was born, She had lived Ia
Memphis for II years.
Surviving are her husband and two
dau~hiers bfie Bondurant aud Mrs Il
l.. Cain, lr.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
MUST sPECIFY cHARGEs.

OKLAHOMA. cry, Okla. March 81
Unless specific charges of moral tuipi-
against President Farley. Of the Cam
eron State School of Agriculture al
Lawton, are brought 1t will be the pol
Icy OF the board of agriculture to sus-
tain him In an effort to maintain the
school with as little change as possible
John A. Whitehurst, Of the state board
of agriculture, said
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
TUKA ATTORNEY, is
KILLED BY TRAIN

IUkA, Miss, March ). (Spl,)--W. I.
Bennett, a prominent attorney of this
place, was run down by the Illinois
Central train at Red Bay, Ala, Thurs
day morning. He was placed aboard
the train but died before the train
reached Corinth. He leaves wife and
two children, mother and several sis
ters and brothers His wife and chill
dren are in Hernando, Miss, htr former
home
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
MRS. FRANK. ]. GOULD
SIGNS MOVIE CONTRACT

LONDON. March 81 Mrs. Frank jay
Gou d, whose marriage was recent y
dissolved by the courts in Paris, has
signed q contract to become film star
with new British moving picture com
bra,lon. according TO this morning 5
Newspapers. She will receive salary
which Is considered phenomenal for
Great Britain. il Is said.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
SAY BCKARTS ARREST F07z.S PLOT TO ESCAPE With CON
JAMES A. OMBERG
DANGEROUSLY ILL
Two Sons at His Bedside in
Biloxi, Miss.

James A. omberg, prominent Mem
phis banker, is dangerously III at BIZ
loxi. Miss. according to telegram
received by his son, Frank S. Omberg.
Frank S. Omberg and his brother, w. F.
Omberg, left at midnight for Biloxi.
FRIDAY no information had been re-
ceived by relatives here of any change
in his condition.
The elder Mr. omberg is chairman OF
the board of directors of the First Ma
tional bank. Last December he re-
signed the presidency of that institu-
ton, a position which he had filled for
number Of years. He is SO years OF
age.
The news of his illness came as a
surprise as he was reported to be iu
excellent health few days ago. Mr.
Omberg has been in Biloxi for several
months,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
FORECAST STRIKE.

LONDON, March 5.--Diplomatic dis
patches from Portugal forecast gen
eral strike among al government em-
ployes there. NJ present only the wage
question Is involved but II Is pointed
out thai II thcre III widespread stop
page the monarchlsts might attempt 10
turn the situation TO the advantage,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
FRANCES BICKERs DIES.

An illness of several months Friday
proved fatal to- Frances Elizabeth
Pcksrs, six-yearold daughter OF Jas,
r. Bickers former assistant states at
torney. The little girl died at the resi-
dence of her father, 1865 Higbee street
only a few days ago Mr.. Bickers had
etuIned from st. Louis with his
daughter. where she had undergone
treatment. The funeral win be held
Saturday. one sister, Virginia, and her
father survive.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
,"Sandy" Lyons
Loses His Star

Detective j, g. (Sandy) Lyons was
dismissed from the police force Friday
A letter dismissing him gave no rea
son, merely stating that after March
5 your services no longer will be re-
quired."
Lyons indicated Friday that he prob
ably would demand a reason for his
discharge. and might seek trial before
the city commissioners.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
TRAVELLERS REPORT
FIRING IN PORTUGAL
Three Cities Centers-Bombs
Thrown at Military Trains.

MADRID. March 5.-Travelers FROM
Portugal report firing al Lisbon. Oporto
and NiEeu, according TO. announcement
today by the ministry of the interior
here, Reports from the frontier state
bombs were thrown and shots were
fired AZ a military train near Nlana
do CASTILLO, II miles north OF Oporto.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05

Twenty. -four. hours to noon. March s.
--- 'empeia turc
iiour 2 Dry Jlb, Wet Bu'h Humid
pm, yes day. 20 26 ca
am today . - 20 65
Noon today ... - - 20
Maximum temperature, IS. minimum,
o. sun sets today 5'59 pm. Rises to-
morrow 6;23 AM Noon rises 7;0S pm
Precipitation, none,
Tennessee. Northwest Florida. Ma e.
bama. East and West Texas. Mississippi
and Kentucky Fair, not quite SO cold
Arkansas Fair, severe freeze Sstur-
day.
nl;la hama--Fsir
Virginia and North Carolina Snow In
mounta ms. cold wave.
South Carolina Georgia and Florida
Fair, much colder in interior, freezing
to coast
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
oWNED-PAsT TENSE.

NJ @. white. l4l6 Ninton avenue,
owned an s-cy,lnder CEdsmobile Thurs
day night. But Friday morning L was
missing--not ono. Of the eight cylinders
but the entire car. A thief got 1t.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
SPARK CAUSES DAMAGE.

chimney spark which alighted on
the roof of the residence of NJ. G.
Reeder, sol North Fifth street. did $40
damage Thursday afternoon before
firemcn extinguished the blaze,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
DUTCH AGAIN REFUSE
TO GIVE Up KAISER

THE HAGUE. March 5.--The Dutch
government today for the second time
refused to deliver the former German
emperor 10 the allies for trial
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05

Fair weather, severe
freeze; not quite so
cold.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05

Twenty.four hours TO noon. March s.;
----' 'empeiaturv
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-04-15

Issued by the University Of
Minnesota, College of Agricul-
ture, Extension Division, A. d.
Wilson, Director, and distributed
in furtherance a the purpose OF
the cooperative agricultural ex-
tension work provided for in the
Acts OF Congress OF May 8 and
June 80. 1914.
Bulge in Quotations on Italian
Queen Bees.
Prices of Italian Queen bees are up
several points, in keeping with the
trend OF the times. Owing to the
increased cost Of labor and material.
the price Of purebred, leather color
ed Italian queen bees sent out the
coming season by the university divi-
sion of bee culture to Minnesota
beekeepers has raised to $3.50 for
tested queensbees and 81 for untest-
ed. Good Italian queen bees cannot
be raised in Minnesota before June.
All orders will be filled in rotation
as received. Remittance must ac-
order. Professors Francis
JAEGER and g. C. Matthews person
ally will be in charge of the queen
raising.
Short Course Offered In Home
Care Of Sick.
Seven lessons Of two hours each
on as many consecutive Friday af-
ternoons, beginning Friday, April 16.
will be given in the west wing of the
Ladies' hall at University Farm i'm a
short course in home care OF. the
sick. Miss II. J. Fisher, Red Cross
nurse and Instructor at the univer-
sity in the home care of patients,
will be in charge. instruction will
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-04-15

count Of scarcity Of houses In Askov
will now be with Mr.. Nielsen again
at Walcott.
The parent teachers meeting Fri
day evening was quite largely atten-
ded and II seemed to be the opinion
OF the gathering that a general high
school. such al In neighboring towns.
Is what Is wanted in Askov--and not
a high school that specializes in any
one kind OF vocational training. II
Ii perhaps safe to say that twenty
five per cent OF all girls who grad
uate from high schools become
teachers--perhaps even a larger per
cent-and how much vocational
training do they want? They surely
don't want four years OF II. OF
course the vocational training Is un-
doubtedly fine thing II the school
was large enough to afford that
many extra teachers. Miss Florence
Nicoll. county nurse. who visited the
Askov school that day, was also
present mt the parent-teachers meet
ing and spoke briefly on her duties
She said the principal fault with the
health OF Pine county children that
she had found was their teeth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-04-15

children suffering from malnutri-
tion do not obtain sufficient rest
even for children of and years
NJ age" she says, bedtime is be-
tween 9 and 10 O'Clock. No child can
recover from malnutrition unless ne
be given full opportunity to rest ana
he taught the value of early sleep.
For this he must have the co-opera-
ton of parents, teachers ana
health workers.