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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
FARMER FREED.O OF
MURDER CHARGE

Thomas Paudert, farmer on Island
80, Wednesday was acquitted In First
criminal court OF charges of Killing
Hubert Carruthers. negro. The case
went to the jury late Tuesday. The
jury reported when court opened on
Wednesday. PaudeEt was indicted tor
shooting the negro in a dispute which
grew out Of thefts Of corn and other
supplies on the Paudert place last
August. Pauder testified that the
black was advancing on him with n
drnwn knife. His WIFE two daugh-
tiers and son corroborated his
Matthews we're the defending law
tprG
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
FEAR FAKE COIN
CIRCULATED HERE;
TRIO is JAILED
Three Alleged CounterfeiterS
Arrested at Birmingham
and Spurious Money Seized.
Say They Were in Memphis.

Has Memphis been flooded with
counterfeit coin? ~ =
This was the question that was be-
ing asked today following the receipt
of news from Birmingham that per-
sons held there on counterfeiting
charges told the police they had
come from Memphis,
The Birmingham dispatch follows:
-
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. IA
man and woman, claiming to be
husband and wife, and giving their
names as Fred w. Poole and Vivian
Poole, are claiming Coz nbia, S. G.,
rs their home. were arrested by de-
tectives late last night on a charge
Of counterfeiting, arresttnG officers
announcing the discovery of over $50
partly completed counterfeit silver
dollars and $50 in the finished prod
Uct, with number Of halves and
quarters.
There were about u dozen coun-
terfeit $40 gold pieces in the room,
according to the officers.
Within few minutes after tho
arrest of tho couple, w. J. Walker
was arrested in q poolroom charged
with passing counterfeit money,
having in his possession IL counter
felt dollars. police report. Some of
the spurious money was almost per-
fectly made, 1t is said. =
The two men say they came to
Birmingham Sunday from Memphis.
First intimation that counterfeit
money was being circulated here
came yesterday when u fruit dealer
~ - - L, 4
received some of the coins. Detec-
tives and United States secret SER
vice men Immediately began an in
yestigation which led to the arrest
of the men and woman and con-
fisca ton of the counterfeit coins.
According to the officers, Poole
has served prison sentences at Fort
Leavenworth and Atlanta federal
penitentiaries on counterfeiting
charges. The three arc being held
in tho county Jail.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
GREETING TO.
E. LEAGUE IS
. SENT BY .
. WILSON
President Sends Personal
Salutation to World Council
in Reply to Message Sent
to Him.
(By the Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON Nov. l7.-Presi-
dept Wilson. in a message sent today
t. Paul Hymans. president OF the
league of rations assembly at Geneva,
Switzerland. extended his personal
greetings to the assembly and ex-
pressed the hope and belief that
their labors will be OF immense value
10 the whole civilized world"
The message was~an acknowledge
ment to one from President Hymans
conveying an expression of sympathy
voted President Wilson unanimously
upon the opening of the assembly of
the league last Monday NJ Hymans'
message said;
THE assembly of the league Of ma
tons has by unanimous vote instruct
ed me to send you its warmest greet
ingS and to preseVt its earnest wishes
that YOU may speedily be restored to
complete health. The assembly rec
ognlzeS that you have done perhaps
more than any other man to lay the
foundations of the league, It feels
confident that the present meetings
will greatly advance those principles
of cooperation between all nations
which Npu- have done so much to
promote
The reply of President Wilson was
as follows:
THE greeting 50 graciously sent
me by the assembly Of the league
of nations through YOU has gratified
me very deeply indeed. am indeed
proud to be considered to have played
any part in promoting the concord
OF nations with the establishment
of such an instrumentality as the
league to whose increasing useful
ness and success look forward with
perfect condolences Permit me to ex-
tonG my personal greeting to the as
sembIy, II they will be gracious
enough to receive them. together with
an expression of my hope and belief
that their labora will be Of immense
value to the whole civilized world"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
TRAIN LOOT MAY
REACH S3,5OO,OOO
REPORTS DECLARE
by International News serviee.)

(By international News Serviee.)
OMAHA, Neb,, Nov. 17.7-Postal in
spectators from score of cities are
stlll at work in Omaha and Council
Bluffs today endeavoring to clear up
the mystery surrounding the theft
from a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
mail car of several sacks of reg
istered mail.
Despite earlier denials, tho belief
is growing that the loot obtained by
the robbers will run as high as $3,-
100000, while the lowest figure men
toned in local Newspaper reports is
100000.
The estimate of $4,000 OOO-has been
tentatively confirmed by L. ]. Pat
terson, superintendent of mails at
Council Bluffs, who admitted that the
amount stolen might be pretty close
to that One sack OF mail taken,
according to reports. contained $780,
900 In government bonds being sent
from San Francisco to Washington.
Merle Phillips, 20-year old postal
clerk, who is said to have confessed
to acting as a guard for the robbers,
is being drilled further bv the po-
lice. He sticks strongly to his story
that he was double crossed by his
pals and received none of the loot. -
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
BANKS
Will. BACK
EXPORT
PLAN
Clearing House Banks win
Favor Subscribing to City's
Quota Of international
Banking Corporation Stock

Memphis bankers viii favor the
subscription by local banks OF Mem
phis' quota to the stock Of the Fed
eral International Banking corpofd
tion, when the Memphis Clearing
House association meets to discuss
the matter Wednesday afternoon at
O'Clock
This fact was made practically
certain Wednesday morning when
repre- Sentatives Of several of the larG-
or banks stated that their banks were
enthuSi&ic1llN back Of the move
ment ana would give the corporation
their thorough support 49,
All legal restrictions 20 state hanks
entering tho banking corporation
were swept away by act nf the last
session OF the Tennessee legislatures
according 10 T. Brinkley Snowden,
vice. president Of the Bank OF Com
merec and Trust company, and 2
member OF the board Of directors OF
the banking corporation. Mr. Snow-
den pointed out that senate bill 30. :
1926, psIt through thellast legislature
authorizes state, banks to enter the
federal reserve system 'as hereto-
fore and hereafter amended"
Tho Edge act, under which the ~
nance corporation is being organized
is an amendment TO the federal re-
serve act, being section 25 OF that
act. The phra seology of the state
law makes it legal for state banks 70
enter Institutions formed under
amendments TO the federal reserve
act, no matter whether these amend
ments were made before or after tho
passage of the state law.
Tho quota of Memphis banks, fig
ured on the basis OF per cest~aefs
total capital and surplus, Is slightly
over 100000. While II is said that
some of the smaller banks may not
take stock on this basis. il was the
general opinion "wednesday morning
that the quota would be underwFitteusl
The quota for Tennessee was plaf-
ed at 100000 and meetings will DO
called in Middle and Eastern Tehnes-
see probably some time next week 70
discuss subscriptions. Reports from
Nashville stats that Middle Tennef-.
see bankers win be called 70 meet %
that city one day next week, wis,le
- as anenl on Of Chs kanQefr haAr =
4 s. i IS III the cainpafkS& com u lgf.
tennessee, has stated that East Ten Il
nesseo bankers woulu DO callad tc-
gether soon. He added that C.hatta-
noogn bankers were falling In behind
the movement. West Tennessee
bankers will be called TO meet in
Memphis soon.
Exact figures were not available,
but indications at the moment are
that should Memphis go over the top
Wednesday afternoon, the total OF
actual subscriptions to date would
fall very little IL any short of the
minimum Of 100000 needed before
the corporation starts actual bust
ness.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
3 Children Die In Fire

Three negro children, small sons
and daughters of George Hall, SOC
Jeanette street, were trapped and
burned to death at 1880 Wednesday
morning when their-home burned to
the ground. -ta .. ..
= Firemen discovered their charred
bodies in the ashes Of the home.
The children are:
Z VIOLA HALL. aged 3.
ARTHUR HALL, aged 1.
GEORGE MAY HALL. aged /.
According to brief details obtained
by the fire department the woman
had left the three children alone in
the house.
She had just started fire in the
kitchen stove. ~
How the children were caught in
the burning home will probably
never be known, but it is believed
they, had fallen' asleep and were
trapped.
For q time firemen' working on
the burning dwelling did not know
the children were in the home.
The mother went on an errand
and did not return until too late to
rescue the children.
The house was, completely de-
stroyed-
Damage of $500 was done to a
dwelling next door.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
SHOWS TRAIL STORM
FROM SOUTH TO N. Y.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE
southern storm moved rapidly north
ward. gained greatly in intensity and
this morning its center is in the vi
cinity of New York city, 1t has
been attended by general and heavy
rains in the Atlantic states and
SHOWS in the Ohio valley. 1t has
also been accompanied by strong
winds aud gales on tho entire At
lantic coast. where storm warnings
remain displayed ut and north of
Cape Hatteras.
Heavy SHOWS have fallen in West
Virginia, Ohio, Western Pennsylva-
mia and New York. The snow was
IL inches this morning in Buffalo.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
Cop Captain, Shot
By Girl, May Live

FORT WORTH, Tex. Nov. IL
Capt Burnett, or tho police motor
cycle squad, shot yesterday as he sat
at drug store soda fountain with a
young woman, is in a critical condi-
ton at a local hospital today. The
young woman, Miss Bess King, who
1t IS alleged, fired the shots and i'm.
mediately afterwards drank from a
bottle and collapsed, is expected to
recover, Burnett married five weeks
ago. He and Miss King had been
friends for five years, according 10
police. and she had just learned Of
his wedding.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
ARGENTINIAN WANTS
U, S. IN WORLD LEAGUE

GENEVA. Nov l7.-Honorio
Pueyrredon, head of the Argentine
delegation, took the floor first after
the opening of the assembly session
today. Speaking in French, he re
viewed the attitude Of Argentina dur
ing the war. lie followed this by de-
claring that the success If the 4eaguc
required a most complete member
ship, referring 10 the necessity, In
his view, of the United States COM
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
Marriage By Proxy
Vering Uncle San,

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE house
immigration committee soon will
take up the very important prob
!em' connected with Spanish and
Portuguese marriages by proxy,
which give to women in those coun-
tries the status of wives of resident
aliens in the United States" Chair
man johnson said, on arrival with
four other committeeman at Ellis Is.
To
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
U. S. VIEWS TO BE ASKED
ON COVENANT REVISION
(ay international News Service.)

(Ry international News Serviee.)
LONDON, Nov. 17,--The United
States will be invited to submit pro-
posals for n revision of the NcoHe-
nant of the league OF nations at a
meeting of the league of nations as
,sembly in March, according 10 a
Geneva dispatch to the London
Graphic today.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
TwO Children Die
In Arkansas Fire

BEEBE, Ark, Nov. lI,--word was
received here late yesterday that two
children of w. /. Parks of stony
Point several miles west of Eeehe,
wero burned 10 death late last night
when the Parks home was destroyed
by fire. Mrs. Parks was severely
burned but will recover.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
HARDING LEAVES FOR
new ORLEANS VISIT
(By the Associated Press. J

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Nov. H.
President elect IIarding's reply to the
invitation 10 visit Mexico during his
Southern trip probably will be de-
termined during the next - hours, as
no travels by the special train from
Brownsville TO New Orleans,
Leaving this place ut 10 o'clock
this morning at the end Aof nine
day vacation, Senator Harding was
to reach New Orleans at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning, and during a five
hour stay was 10 deliver an address
before the New Orleans association
of commerce
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
CONTINUE ARMY POLICY.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Secre-
tary Baker has announced that no
important recommendations for
changes in army policies would /be
made to this session of congress,
This decision was dictated partly, he
said, by desire to allow the incom-
ing administration TO make its own
recommendations
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
Won BERNSTORFF TO
ATTEND LEAGUE MEET

GENEVA. Nov. 17,--Count Won
Bernstorff. former German ambas-
sador to the United states, is re-
ported to be due here ~ an early
date. He is to act on behalf Of the
German league, which is DESTROYS of
Germany entering the league of ma
tons, according to the report,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
FEDERAL RESCUERS
RUSH TO BURNING MINE

PITTSBURGH, Nov 1.-THE mine
mine rescue car at Seco. KY. to
ton of the bureau of mines, when
informed of the fire in the mine at
Darlington. KY, Immediately ordered
d mine rescut car at Seco. KY to
proceed to the scene of the disaster
and give all possible aid in Fescueing
the entombed men. The car which
is manned by a full crew and
equipped with standard apparatus,
Is being hurried TO Darlington as fast
m The raiIfnadA can move it.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
UKRAINLANS' SWEPT
FROM KIEV BY REDS
dan the Assooiated Press.N

WARSAW, Nov. 1.-THE Ukrain-
fans have evacuated Kiev and other
towns they bad occupied and are
fleeing defeated before the new
Russian soviet offensive. The Boil
shevik cavalry has swept through
the Ukrainian lines at variouspoints.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
INDIANS DEMAND
FULL CITIZENSHIP

ST LOUIS. Nov. l7.--Full citizen
ship is the inherent right of mem
bcrs Of the Indian race, delegates as
serted in addresses at tho ninth an
nual conference of the Society of
American Indians, in session here to-
daN.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
Steamer
Sends Out s. o. S.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-THE Span
ish steamer Yute, bound for Dunkirkl
from Baltimore, and 240 miles east
southeast OF Cape Nav. n. j.. sent
out a wireless call for help early to-
day, the naval communications office
announced.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
WINTER SKINNY
SOON TO CEASE
New Boilers on Way to succor
Shivering Cops.

The 24-hour shimmy at police
headquarters is soon to be over. In
Cidentally' there was joy when the
rows "shimmied" down the corridor.
The Eskimo-like atmosphere
win disappear within few days If
predictions of Commissioner J. b.
Edgar toe the line. He says the po-
lice station boilers will arrive shortly.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
Squirrels Winter Pdntries
RaUished, Big Cop Laments

Speaking abou the heirhth of mis-
fortune" said the big cop at Court
avenue and Second street, "Thesc
little squirrels are sure in bad luck"
Facing him was Court square,
filled with empty benches and bar
rem trees, under which several hum
bred little squirrels were busily run
nng To and fro. Immediately in
front of him were two Of the little
animals prancinG wildly about. stop
ping internationally to scratch fran
tically at the frost covered sod and
after diving a little brown nose UNI
derneath. sitting smartlY up on their
launches and looking about for an
nfhPr likplN SnOt
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
PARLIAMENT ADJoURNs.

SOFIA, NOV. 17.--Parliament has
adjourned until Dec. | after passing
drastic laws Intended to hasten the
surrender of goods taken from other
countries during the war and other
wise aiding the enforcement OF the
pence treaty.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
4 School Paper
Each Wednesddy

The School News Sciulitar Is a
new feature which The News
scimitar win print each We'd
nesday II appears friday on
page 49, II YOU arc interested
IN the activities OF schools In
this locality don't miss this min;
iature newspaper printed for the
boys and girls who arc engaged
in one of llfc's greatest problems
getting an education.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
Was Dirty Trick. -

"Ycs. sir,' c0nlinuFd FllE COZ.
that sure &Gs 10 Siifiy tFiCk 90 Nlay
on those littlS squirrels st this time
Of the yeaF."
No one asked any Guestions. Ar
,gc Ea gr Ipe did H5 ne. s'"" !. receive
the the s svn Of the pas tsrsSy thcv
seemed 10 sense the injury that bad,
been done them.
Throughout the summer little chill
drcn as well as grown ups have fed
the squirrels Thousands Of nuts
have been fed them by loving hands,
and thc greater portion Of these
nuts were promptly buried in court
square. Squirrels. unlike many poo
pic. realized that klntcF WAS coming
and that u time would come when
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
EXPECT LLOYD GEORGE.
AT LEAGUE COUNCIL

PARIS, Nov 17.-Premier Lloyd
George OF Great Britain is expected
to arrive in Geneva soon, according
to newspaper dispatches from that
CITY
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
Winter Stores Taken.

Then came an order from the park
commission TO dig up the sod of
Court square and plant a new stand
OF Bermuda grass. one morning a
squad of men appeared and for sew
eral days they diligently skinned the
surface Of the park, making ready
Tor the placing Of the Bermuda sod,
and removing or destroying the little
winter pantries Of the squirrels. They
sRFcad 0uiCklimc over the surface OF
N' newly disturbed cnrth. Lime is
a dcadfy poison 10 little animals. The
loss It Ueany squirrels will probably
be aTttteN, however. duo TO the
depth ~ the Bermuda sod that was
placed On top of the lime.
. Reconstruction Of The parks sur
face has practically been completed
now, but the hearts of the little
squirrels ore sad. All day long and
into tho night thcr may be seen
scurring back and forth trying 20 re-
splcujsh their raNishcd winter cup
boards, once in q whlln tile Zig cop
stops ut the fruit stand and pur-
cha 2cs a bHg of peanuts or nuts. hut
he docs not cat them umself-thu
squirrels get every one.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17

they would have TO, resort 20 their
little horde Of nuts discrctely hidden
under the sod for their subsistence.
There was not squirrel In Court
square that did not have hidden a
store Of nuts which. when the time
came he could uucarth and feast
uuoD
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17

gun sets Roday S;5S PM; rises CO.
morrow 6:3S am. Moon sets 1900
pm. tonight. Precipitation none.
Tennessee-Fair; warmer.
Mississippi-Faff; warmer. -
Arkansas-Fair; warmer.
kentucky--Fair; warmer.
Loulsiapa-~Fair; warmer
Oklahoma--Cl Cloudy; warmer,
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida--Fair; frost.
East and West TcXas--Cloudy;
v armer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-17
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Twenty -four hours to noon, NoY
II, 1920:
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-04-02
DRINK A GLASS
OF REAL HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
Says we will both look and feel
clean, sweet and fresh
and avoid Illness

Sanitary science has OF late made
rapid strides with results that are OF
untold blessing to humanity. The lat
est application OF its untiring research
is the recommendation that IL II as
necessary to attend TO internal santa
tion OF the drainage system OF the hui
man body as 1t is 10 the drains OF the
house.
Those OF US who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise.
splitting headache. stufy from a cold.
foul tongue. nasty breath. acid ston1-
ach, can, instead. feel as fresh as q
daisy by opening the sluices OF the sys-
TEN each morning and flushing out the
whole OF the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone. whether ailins. sick or
well. should, each morning before
breakfast, drink . glass Of real hot
water with teaspoonful OF limestone
phosphate IN II to wash from the stom-
ach. liver aud bowels the previous
days indigestible waste, sour bile and
poisonous toxins: thus cleansing.
sweetening and purifying the entire
siimentary canal before putting more
food into the stomach The action Of
hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach il wonderfully In
vigoratinx. II cleans out all the sour
fermeutstions, gases. waste and acidity
and gives one . splendid appetite for
breakfast While you are enjoying
your breakfast the phosphated hot
vater ID quietly extracting . large vol
ume Of water from the blood and get
ting ready for thorough flushing Of
all the inside organs.
The millions Of people who are beth
cred with constipation. bilious spells.
stomach trouble. rheumatic stiffness /.
others who have saliow skins, blood
disorders and sickly complexious are
urged to get . quarter pound Of lime
stone phosphate from the drug store.
This will cost very little, but b sun
cient to make anyone Z pronounced
c1nk % the subjece q internal ran-
teatioa. -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-04-02
IRISH BILL DENOUNCED
As HUMbUG BY OEyLM
Instrument Framed Merely To
Throw Dust In the Eyes
of Americans, He
Says

GLASGOW. April2-The governments
Home Rule Bill for ireland was de-
nouncedby Joseph Devlin as a hum
bug 10 throw dust IN the eyes OF tho
people OF America and elsewhere" in
speech he delivered here recently.
Mr. Deylin declared thar Il was not
bin for Home Rule nor a plan 10 ser
tie the Irish question. but for tau
permanent division OF Ireland into two
sections The best thing the severn
ment could do, he said. was 10 drop
the bill. resign office and "ie; the en-
lighiencd iudgTnen, Of the British
electorate give Ireland what sh"
wanted.
p OConnor called the measure
AN outrage and an insult. and said
that "A more impudent. arroesnt. ir-
sulfing, lying proposal was never
made by any body OF men in the
world He characterized the act q
of the government in suggesting re-
peal of the Home Rule Act OF 1874 IS
more perfidious breaca OF treaty
than tho Gen laIs treach Of trea''
with Belgium"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-04-02

Few singer. can SC truly interpre,
she spirit OF a lofe song as John Ne
Corrnaek For his latest Victor re-
cofding he has chosen Your Eyes
Have Told Ne So" song with .
tender ard yet catching melody. sweet
f1oxing harmorics ard a refrain IN
waltz tempo that is Irresistible livery
note is as clear and beautiful as a bell
tore, and the crowning high note. az
the end, IS possible only 70 q great
Tenor Noice
Persons familiar with Massenets
opera. -herodisde. will recall the pas
saees cf extraordinary beauty and
sweetness in the aria. Vision Fusi-
tive" Fleeing Nisionl. i is In this
aria that King Herod. in drierium.
tells of his hopeless love fer Salome.
Reinald Werrerraih. on a new Victor
Record sings the aria In way that
seems 20 acccrfua'e the charm az the
music wi'hou, sacrificing any nf its
dramatic ieryor Some OF the passages
are usherei in hy a lovely oisr,onet
phrase. and attended hY softiy-croanias
strings and wood-Wiuds.
Back in the seventeenth century
there was an old gentleman nsmel
Nicola rorrora who tried 10 become