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New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
American Group Buys
German Electric Stock
25,OOO.OOO Marks Worth of
Shares in Berlin Corporation
Taken Inv IT. s. Finauc;ers

BERLIN. May s.-Dr. Walter Rattle
nau, president of the German General
Electric Company, surprised the share
holders to-day by announcing that a
prominent group of American inan-
ciers had purchased a $4,000 900 mark
block of new shares, part of the 1OO,-
100000 increase in the capital stock.
The announcement was complete
surprise. although President Rathenau
said negotiations had been initiated
several months ago.
The Americans will pay on the basis
of the prevailing exchange They
voluntarily consented to restrict the
voting power in connection with their
stock and agreed that the block shall
remain intact, under the surveillance
OF committee of three, two of whom
VIII be Germans and the third an
American.
DR.. Rathenau says the protective
measure had been adopted to prevent
american or other foreign interests
from gaining ascendancy in the COM
pany's affairs.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Cures Others, but Can't
Get Rid of Rheumatism
Greenwich Sufferers Declare
PublisIher-Healer Has Made
Them Well Again
Sneciol Disnntch to The Trjb,

SPECIAL DtSpdtCh 10 inc 1TtOthe
GREENWICH, Conn, May S.-Fran-
els w. Wilson, a publisher of Ver-
million, Ohio, an unheralded layer-on
of hands, apparently has been effect
ing remarkable cures among the peop'c
of this region while here on brief
business trip.
Mr.. Wilson's power appears to be
similar to that excrted by James
Moore Hickson, who is demonstrating
his gift in New York, Among the per-
sons who say he has cured them are:
A butcher of Port Chester, whose
rheumatism was eliminated; a grocer
whose lumbago has disappeared; a
landscape gardener, who has limped
for years because Of rheumatism and
has now thrown his cane away; a
woman of Sprngdale, Conn, who had
not walked for two years, but who
is crippled no longer.
at is a blessing l was born with"
Mr.. Wilson said Yesterday "While I
can cure the pain of others. l myself
s,.fer from rheumatism and have no
cure"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Silk Thieves Captured
After One Is Wounded
Detectives Bullet Pierces Lung
of Fugitive; $4,000 Theft
la Frustrated

A motor truck standing in front of
the Towers Storage and Warehouse.
64l-543 West Twenty-irst Street. with
engine chugging slowly. drew the at
tention of Detectives Westervelt and
Sievin, Of the West Twentieth Stree1
station. last night
In the hallway of the warehouse thev
met two men who were about to roll
out two cases of silk. The men ran
Slevin chased one and caught him in
garage at Sill West Twenty first
Street. Westervelt, when his quarry
would not halt. fired two shots. One
pierced the fugitive's right lung. but
he ran into the fiat of Mrs. Mary
O'Connor, 5l4 West Twenty first
Street. and leaped into bed, where the
detective found him.
The injured prisoner, who said he
was John Shannon, of 322 Tenth Ave
nue. was taken to New York Hospital
me other said he was Charles Spencer
OF oo7 East Sixteenth Street. The de-
tectlves say the silk they were about
to take is worth $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Seven Workers Killed
I'm Aetna Plant Blast
Explosion Fatal to All in the
Celatine House at EN-.
pOrium. pa.

EMPORIUM, Pa. May s.-Seven men
exn1odnn were instantly killed as result of an
tine mix house of the Aetna Explosives
Company, at o'clock this afternoon.
The exact cause of the accident is
not known, as all the workmen in the
Interior and vicinity of the gelatinc
plant were killed.
The bodies of six of the victims were
blown to shreds, identification being
possible in the case of Patrick Burke
alone. Burke was driving a car con-
tanning supplies from the storeroom
and had just reached the door of the
mix house when the contents of his
car exploded and the house went up
win It, the detonation shaking the
country for three miles around.
The dead were all Americans and six
were residents of Emporium. George
Iompkins, one of the victims, had
stepped into the mix house just three
minutes before the accident to sneak
to one of the employees.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Lampmakers Close Plant
Bridgeport Firm, Unable to Get
Raw Materials. Suspends

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, May S.-The
Hawthorne Manufacturing Company,
makers of automobile and bicycle
lamps, tonight announced the perma-
nent suspension Of business. K. A.
Hawthorne, vice-president, said the
shutdown was caused by inability to
get raw materials, and that the affairs
of the company would be liquidated at
once.
The plant has been here for ten years,
employing three hundred persons.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Japanese Goods Burned
San Francisco Chinese Make
Bonfire of ImportatiOns

SAN FRANCISCO, May s.-China-
town to-day was discussing a huge
bonfire last night, in which thousands
of dollars worth of imported Japanese
goods were destroyed. After a parade,
in which hundreds of Chinese par
ticipated, the merchants carted the
Japanese goods, including silks and
other fineries, from their stores to the
street, and with a ceremony the torch
was applied. No explanation of the
incident had been made known to-
night.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
workers TO Boycott
49, Suga: Until Price Fal,s

n, Su,dp.A.llE PALESTINE. Ohio, May g.
'ssas: arsc .n,a rsnployess OF a ,ire scj
~. .sa. y. not 70 use sugar "a ~ tb.tr
The =, .,s sa:s eAmnoGty idecl,nss ~'
n 1 numhe, nuh';n' IS said to 70 the fi,st
va Cost osr W IN, IN an attack against tns
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
B. X. 7. Union
TOTakeS Strike
Vote Tuesday
Leaders Say Unrest Among
Younger Element Makes
Meeting Call Imperative; {;
Ask Mayor to Arbitrate
Garrison Rebuffs Men
Receiver Refuses to Meet
Committee; Asks Proof
Workers Are Inundated

Although the Executive Committee
of the Ama!gamatcd Association of
Street and Electric Railway Employees
of America asked the Mayor yestcr-
day to arbtrate its quarrel with Lind
ley NJ, Garrison, receiver for the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit lines, a mass meet
ing of the union will be held Tuesday
night, at which a strike vote will be
taken.
Members Of the executive committee
made that announcement soon after
their appeal had been sent to the
Mayor by special messenger. Unrest
among the union members, especially
the younger men, it is said, made the
calling of the mass meeting imperative
The letter to the Mayor was sent
after the executive committee had re-
ceived Mr.. Garrison's reply to the de-
mand that he put a stop to the organ
ization Of the Cooperative Brotherhood
of B. r. T. Employees and instruct
starters. and inspectors to refrain
from intimidating union men who were
reluctant to join the rival organization.
Garrison Refuses to Meet Committee
Mr.. Garrison refused to meet the
executive committee and demanded
proof that methods of intimidation
were being used. The union would
have to give the names of the offend
ing starters and inspectors and of the
men who they threatened, he said,
if it expected him to issue any such
order.
Members of the executive committee
declared it was out of the question to
give the names of the men who were
threatened because to do so would be
to subject them to "houndng" by the
company. They were pessimistic as TO
the possibility of averting a strike and
said that at the meeting of the COM
mittee tomorrow night call would be
issued for the mass meeting Tuesday
night.
1t was learned that the calling of
such a meeting was avoided Wednes-
day night by only one vote and there
were rumors that the dissension prcva-
lent among B. r. r. employees extend
cd to the executive committee.
Union Organizer Is Criticized
There was much criticism of F. ]
Shea, union organizer, who has done
much to restrain the men from strike
and is trying to persuade them to wait
until their agreement with the COM
pany expires next August.
Discomfort among the men was obvi-
Gus at the car barns yesterday, al
though the impetuous element in the
union is made up largely Of guards or
elevated and subway trains, who are
younger men than most of those eni-
ployed on the surface lines. The latter
are said to be reluctant to strike until
~ oyorV nj her rprOnrSn has failo1
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-04-03
PROGRESS OF VENER|AL
 DISEASE CONTROL

Many of Arizona's cities are mak- ing headway in the effort to stamp out venereal disease. The Federal Government is helping in the work. Congress decided to spend a million dollars each year with the different states. This action was taken be- cause scientists have proven that the venereal diseases which once baffled their skill can now be cured. Since this is the case, it is necessary only to insure scientific treatment for all victims, and the quarantining of those who may be infected, in order to stamp out this awful menace and put it with small pox, diptheria and ty- phoid fever, among those things that exist where people are careless, but can be avoided. In the following cit ies arrangements have been made whereby those who cannot raise the funds necessary to pay for treatment
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-04-03

will be treated free:
 Casa Grande, Florence, Flagstaff Winslow, Clarkdale, Parker, St. Johns, Clifton, Nogales, Stafford, Kingman, Wilcox, Yuma, Douglas, Prescott.
 In a number of counties the coun- ty physician will treat the indigent infectives not only of his own town, but of the other settlements of the county where the cities themselves are unable to provide such treatment. In conjunction with this, campaign has been instituted to make it unprofitable for druggists to sell patent medicines for the treatment of these diseases The improper treatment of venereal infection is likely to have a serious eff feet upon those afflicted that the treatment of this disease by druggists has been made misdemeanor in many states, including Arizona.
 Nothing can be done towards the control of yenereal diseases in Mari copa County until a free general pur- pose clinic can be established at which poor people who may be afflicted can be treated without charge. Such a clinic is contemplated by the Public Health Center, the organization of which is now under way.
 In Pima County and Gila County similar conditions exist. In Cochise County the work of controlling ven ereal diseases is being advanced in Douglas and Wilcox, but the county as a whole cannot enter into the cam paign successfully until Bisbee is able to take care of it's indigents.
 The estimate of venereal disease in lection as exposed by the army ex- aminations of draftees was surpris- ingly large. It was found that 37 of every thousand Arizona draftees in the first million were infected. In the second million, which was made up of older men, the proportion grew to nearly 60 in each thousand. It is the opinion of the health authorities that the amount of venereal diseases exict ing in Arizona has decreased mater ially in the past three years. This is due largely to the fact that prohibit tion lessened the activity in immoral practices, while the efforts of the army surgeons did much towards erad- icating a large portion of what had existed mong the men on entering the forces.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-04-03
DO YOU KNOW?
Would you believe it? Listeni

Would you believe it?
 Listen!
 The first New York automobile show was held in 1900.
 In 1898 gasoline sold for six cents a gallon.
 The first four cylinder car was brought out in 1900.
 In 1896 Barnum & Bailey announced that they would exhibit horseless carriage.
 In 1898 Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Chauncey M. Depew and John Jacob Astor were judges of the second auto mobile contest held in this country.
 There were only four automobiles in the United States in 1896.
 In 1906 the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company made but 25 tires a day now 43,000.
 The first long distance auto tour from Cleveland to New York was made in 10 days. . The first transcontinentar run from New York to San Francisco was made in two months
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-04-03
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MO-
 HAVE COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA

Kingman March The Board of Supervisors Mohave County Arizona day nine o'clock M Chairman L. H Foster and A. M. MacDufee, members and J. s. Wither The following claim against pad Fund Demand Mo- To Whom Purpose Drawn Salary 2O9 Pay Roll of the Officials
 County for the period ending 15th 1920 - s2445O1 Notary bonds of Marion Damon and approved the Chairman of the Board February 18th, 1920. There being further business before the Board they until nine o'clock A. M. March 18th,
 GEO. B. AYERS ATTEST s~. Chairman Board of Supervisors of J.S. WlTHERS, Mohave County Arizona. Clerk Board of Supervisors Mohave County Arizona
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-04-03
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF MOHAVE COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA

Kingman, March 18th, 1920. The Board Equalization Mohave o'clock A. M member and A. M MacDuffee member and Wthers, compliance with H. 92o Board Equalization the following changes the Rolls Standard Co-
 
 authorized to make the following changes For the 1918:
 Tangible and intangible From To property above
 as set forth in Par. 4S47, Statutes of Arizona, Civil 167 as For the follows the Standard Oil Company
 Tangible and intangible property s2725433 You are further ordered compute the 1918 and 1913 ae respectively applying the districts erty is located, adding penalties delinquency
 After correction 1918 e16733 and $272545 ~ ~ ~ There being further
 GEO. B. AYERS, AllEoI Chairman Board of Equalization of '. D. VIII Mohave County, Arizona Clerk Board of Equalization of Mohave County Arizona.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-04-03

MINER WANT ADS ARE BUSI-
 NESS WINNERS.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-04-03
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MO-
 HAVE COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA ,

Kingman, Arizona, March The Board of Supervisors Mohave day at nine o'clock A. M Present. and A. M MacDuffee, Members and J.
 communication received Company Cincinnati who are handling the legal pertaining stating that would He new report with the Board been filed will for the Board on the issuance of the lHEkEFORE: The Highway Commissioners new report and file with the Board possible There being no further business the Board again at nine o'clock A. M. Monday, April 9th, 1920
 GEO B. AYERS, 7. Al 1EoI' Chairman Board of Supervisors of d. D. "llHEks' Mohave County, Arizona Clerk Board of Supervisors of Mohave County Arizona.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-04-03

MINER WANT ADS ARE BUSI-
 NESS WINNERS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
C., Gao. RAILROAD
NAMES OFFICIALS

BRISTOL Tenn. March o fSpi -
The Carolina, Ciinchneld g. Ohio rail.
road, which reverted 20 private owner
ship. announces the following officials
Mark W. Potter. New York city. presi-
dent. Isaac McQuilken. vice president,
accounting. l. n Phettelplace, general
manager. H. c. Morrison. general So
tciior; C. A. Smith, general freight and
Passenger agent: S. O. Smith. Ir. trav-
cling freight agent. and Frank Leake.
Jr.. traffic service agent
10 Is also announced that the Clinch-
field will. establish offices IN Atlanta.
Jacksonville. SpartanburE. Charlotte,
Detroit Chicago, Pittsburg. Cincinnati
Columbus and Columbia
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
NEGROES no MEET AND
CONDEMN SHOOTING

MERIDIAN. Miss. March 8. (spLl-
a mass meeting % negroes has been
called Tor Sunday afternoon when steps
win he taken 20 aid the officers and
ln condemnation Of the shooting Of ].
r. TyreH and killing Of II. w Davis,
bv Henry Lloyd and viii Eckles. A
preliminary meeting was held and the
leading negroes Of the city passed
strong resolutions condemning the crime
and piedging themselves to aid In run
ming down and otherwise helping in a
crusade for better conditions.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
KILLED MAN JUST ITO
GET GOOD PISTOL

MERIDIAN. Miss. March 5. tSpl)-
To procure what they believed to De q
good pistol was the reason for the Kill
ing OF u. W Davis. night Waterman
az the Wine Lumber COMPANY. who
Was shot 70 death early sunday morn
ing according 20 police officers who ar
rested Henry LLOYD and VIII Eckles.
negroes, and charged them with the
crime. Mr.. Davis had good weapon
and the negroes after shooting a. p
Tyrel. according 20 Lloyd who said he
shot Tyrell and Eekles shot Davis. said
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
G. O. P. PICKS DELEGATES

NEWPORT. Ark., March S. tSpl)-
A meeting Of the Jackson county Re
publican central committee was held Ia
Newport Tuesday for the purpose Of
ClDcting delegates 20 the Republican
state state convention At Little Rock
March a. and the congressional con
vention 10 be held az Newport April
r. The meeting was presided over by
". l.. Remmell, Of Little Rock, and was
county.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
Pneumonia Fatal
To Baby Daughter

Norma Talmadge Robinson, 10 months
old, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs, G, S. Rob
inson, 20S9 Walker avenue, died at the
home OF herr parents following pro-
tracted illness OF influenza and pneu-
monia The funeral was held from the
residence and burial was in Forest
Hin cemetery Five uncies Of the child
acted rs pallhearers. They We're:
II. T. and j, NJ Barnes, Of Marked
Treey Ark, c, L.. @. f. and a. w.
Barnes, Of Memphis.
Besides the bereaved mother and
father there Is another child, Coleman
S. Robinson, JrY surviving.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
NEWPORT RE ELECTS
IT'S CITY OFFICIALS

NEWPORT, Ark, March g. CspL)--
The city primary election was held at
Newport TUESDAY Little interest was
manifested only one office having an
opposing candidate. Claude 81. Erwin
was rC-ssrCted mayor over ". D. Nc
I..lr - a vote Of i97 70 s. Gus c.
Martin was reelected marshal, b. G.
Graham recorder, and Charles p. Band
treasurer The aldermen elected were
Jesse Williams, W. IL Suetser, c. ].
Saenger and Tom Huts0n.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
SELL 334 BALES OF
COTTON FOR $4,000

HUNTSVILLE. Ala, March 5. (spl)
The Marten Cotton company We'd
nesday bought S34 bales Of high-grade
cotton from I, Schiffman & Co. OF
Huntsville, issuing TO the sellers a
check for nearly $4,000 The exact
price paid for the cotton was not dis
closed but IL WAS estimated to be
around 40 cents This is believed 10
have been the largest sale OF the sea-
son in Huntsville.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
Refuse To Let Hope
Er-SOLdiers Vote;
Had No Tax Receipts

HOPE, Ark March g. CSpl There
was much excitement In the city pri-
mary election here Thursday when
election officials refused TO permit ex
service men who did not have 1918
poll tax receipts to vote One OF the
candidates for mayor. John Vesey Is q
returned soldier and he has no 1918 poll
tax receipt lie was opposed by w. S.
Atkins, who was chairman Of the draft
board here There were several com
paints bpt no real trouble
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
Let COHUict attend
Funeral OF Wife And
Child Without Guard

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, March s. tsplt
M. l. Harrell, the Pine Bluff father 81
10 children. who arrived here Wednes-
day 90 begin a tWo-ycar prison SEM
tenCe for forgery Thursday Is free
temporarily on order Of Gov BFaBgh
he was furloughed To attend his wife S
funeral lie LEFT without guards. tits
wife and her infant babe died Just be-
fore he Was brought TO the peniteutiary
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
Resources Checked.

Information about every conceivable
activity from natural resources TO farm
Ing TO shipping to manufacturing
every phase OF human endeavor--is re-
corded by the government through in
come tax returns. Access 70 other gov
eminent records IN available but no.
body else In the government no other
department or bureau, can get hold
of income tax returns These are care
fully guarded from prying eyes. Yet
a mass OF statistical Information OF in
calculable value will be ready within
the next two or three years. Mass fig
ures win be given out some day show
ing the average cost TO run bakery,
q candy shop, shoe factory, n steel
mill, and the profits made In each group
and the costs Of production in each
classification.
In fact. that is one OF the ways the
government detects false returns, All
the bakers are grouped, all the butch
ers, all the doctors, all the lawyers all
the farmers in certain sections OF the
country, all the country cotton grow
ers, Each has filed return showing
his cost OF production and deducting
the expenses which ne thinks he should
be allowed to subtract from the total
Of his income. Now, OF course, II Is
improbable that all the bakers, for eN-
ample, acted in conspiracy TO put
down exactly how much their costs Of
production were IN any year. Competi-
tors do not engage in conspiracles. So
on the face Of II, the government has
general collection Of statistics on
each trade, profession or business, And
then when somebody comes along and
wants TO claim that he paid an en-
ploye or manager $4,000 a year when
nobody In the whole business, whole.
sale or retail, included any such re-
turn, the government investigator takes
the matter In hand To be sure, some
odd cases have arisen. And some biG
concerns have been on the carpet here
about excessive" salaries And tn,
government has in many cases decidoC
that the allowance for salary was be,
yond the average aud the employer die
not prove that his employe possessed
the extraordinary qualifications or per.
formed extraordinary duties which en-,
titled the latter to be considered IN
exception to the rule. The returns oil
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
MERIDIAN B. o. P. TO MEET

MERIDIAN. Miss, March 8, (Spl)-
c, l.. Davis. chairman, and W. y. Block
secretary, have called a meeting OF all
Republicans in the county at the court
house Saturday. Delegates will be Sc
lected for the county, district and state
conventions
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-05
.SOUTHERNLAYSO OFF
300 AT KNOXVILLE

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. March s tSpl .
More than 500 men at Southern rail
way cOster shops here viii be laid of
Saturday according 10 reports. Off
cials refused 10 make any statement
II Is believed it is an economy measure.