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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-13
TOMORROWS so FAR AWAY. TOO.

TOMORRoVrS so FAR AWAY. TOO.
Drive dandy little
q I'd the kdds'
it.. o
and Es SIN have cocktail now and then"
How about
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-13

RAILWAY MAGAALE DIES
santa Barbara Calf. July Is
Frank Trumbull Of New York city.
former railway president and banker,
died here last night
Three northern California munich
palities have recently elected women
as city clerks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-13

The woman who wants her husband found REGARDLESS.
nesty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-13

As proof thar FL Paso is speedy town here IS on
July and there is q on baby carriages.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-13

Some knowledge of foreign tongues extends a man
horizon wonderfully.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27

bo secured for tho services bv 'nc
pulpit supply committee. OF "n''h %
g. VI pritchnrd is chairman
REV. L. D. BEASSO$. pastor ~
tho Orcutt Memorial church and
campaign director of tho iutorDhuroh
world financial campaign 800 this dis
trict VIII spend tho FIRST pIr OF tuIs
Wcok lu perry Ncwktrk and Pou'a
'ity Boo tho interest of the campaign
llo went to- Perry yesterday morn
INK -
THE FREIGHT TRAFFIC do-
pnrtmcut ~ th, Missouri Pacific
railroad. now located in the N"hris.
kt hu.Iding. win r,mov, N1y . to
5Ot.los World null,rs
REV. IS. BARTON pastor 81 .hc
Boston Avenue Method. ,1u..u.
IoO sunday evening to attend fUn un-
uul meeting uf tho general board ~
education Of Tine " I church, south.
bon \ashylllo. Toun Eov - ~ Aston.
OF TULSA presiding elder OF tur Tu ..s
dI-rIct ulI occupy fb, ruluu "U
sunday NtF
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27
POOLING OF DEBTS OPPOSED
Allied Proposal Opposed In senate
ny Lodge and iiitChCoCk

WASHINGTON April 26,-The
peace treaty ana the league of ma
tions got into senate debate today
for tho first time In several wceks
senator Lodge starred the discus
sion by reading a press report quot
ing Former President poincarc oi
France, Andre Tardieu, the Fcnch
economist and others as saying al.
lied diplomats proposed pooling OF
all belligercnts' war debts and AS
sumption by the Untei states Of
the financial burden Of restoring
Germany
This presents very serious dan
ger 10 the United States and the
American people" Mr. Lodge said
Senator Hitchcock OF Nebraska.
administration leader, declared the
report was "prepostcrous"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27
WILSON ALLOWS
RACE TO START
TALKS TO CONVENTION
No Statement to BE Made
Until Democrats Meet at
Frisco-Controls Party.

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International N,wa S,rNiDr '"If"'
.ponuru'
,,1II%gTD\ NrrI 20 PROSE
don't WILSON r be- understood has
rri,,i,I. p,H,d iu, word hu ali
good d,mu,raa m, r,r fo DO He
Ibpt pI,,.r regarding running iur
I,, ,r,,,d.rt,i nomination nI Sun
Itrar,I.,o No one i4 tn hang back
rp bis. .c,ouut
Secondly tho imprr.Uou i- strouE
bc,s fb,t mo- statement outlining Jb,
prc.ldcuI'g rolItIsaI aspirations. or
i,.l .,f tn,tt may b, rNuo,fpd from
t,. ubti, nous, bofni, ih, san
1t,,u,lsg, convention rrNt Juno
There have nccn many rumors ~.
GENTLY tnut I'm, urrsIdrut was about
g., hr,4t tts long .IIrn,, and como
u,r win a prochmaiiun iu the of.
f,ct thnt no WINS not tn b., regarded
ns candidate for IA hitd tern.
Hut ,luao adhctruta tn tho admul.-
tr,tion while admitting the prc4i-
dent has not taken them into his
rnnfid.rrr nrc emphatic in stating
il a. their boIirC that he has a.
solitcly bo such intention II Jos
knoNn. however. that considerable
nrcsstir, Inns brcu brought to bear
upon the white house ana THIS
prcssuro has hccu constant during
In. nuHt .cycrnl weeks to get the
prcsidrnt 10 spcak but thus far u
h,. moi O.nb no rosponac Other than
mo ,,su.l ronnlcto silence.
What is oXpcctrd OF tho prc.-
idonT l.
no vim continue tn make II
plnin that his failure to como ont tn
nn omen docInrntinn ptHtlng lac does
not desire the democratic nomina FOL
lion need not act AS "a hrnke to tho
aspiratious of any othcr democrat
. lie will go ahead. untu the end
OF Juno precisely as during the past
eovorsl months. keeping his own
coinscl and faNorinr no particular
candidate
q Al Tho San Francisco convcu-
tion he viii snenk through "A mes
slgc 10 his pnrty This message Will
take the form of n farewell address,
announcing his determination To- roe
tire from active participation In poll
tics
1 In his message which is cxpcc. b.
ed to he one of the finest things the
president has ever done. IL Is he.
lioyed hc will rcstatc hia principles
uN To tho urdft treaty. INC ltuEOt,
etc. and outline what ne believes
should bc the party's policy In the
future
Even this farewell address to his
marty, those who know the president
wen do not expect him to declare,
In ~ many words. that ne IL not u
candidate for a third term, but viii
leave II To- inference of an unmis-
takeablc character
The reason for this. according to
some OF the presidents friends, IN
that he feels he has given no grounds
for thought that he wishes a third
term and II being tradition that no
president should run "A third time, II
constitutes "a Rratuitous offcnse 20
attribute to him such desire.
\ message OF the kind many be-
llevc the president will address to
the san Francisco convention. 1t Ia
a
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27
CLARK IN RACE
FOR PRESIDENCY
Former Speaker T ell S
Women He Is Seeking
Nomination.

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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27
Combine O,crnII clubs

MUSkDGEE, Okla. Aprl 20 -
Tho various old clothcs and overall
clubs ot MuskoRoo VIII hr united
Wednesday night nnd . rit' wide or.
RunIlntiuu formed which viii COO
operate with the state organization.
\ mass meeting of an interested u
the movement has hocu called for
Wednesday night hy tho federal or.
.nmIAMIInm.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27

CHICAGO, April 26.- Dr.. William
Cleaver Wilkinson, aged 81, pro.
fessor OF poetry and criticism at tho
University of Chicago, died yestor-
day as the result OF Injuries sustained
Two weeks ago in fall
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27

barber slop were con plctoly burned.
The alarm was turned in al .
O'Clock but high winds famed the
blazcs and soon the cLurc block was
af,amC. \ high corrugated wall On
the Howard Sucker building stoppci
the fire. and aided the volunteer fire
department to keep things In check.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27

kuowlcdgc Of our history and who
cen rcudrr Impartial Judgment ON
tho merits and achievements Of tn"
various candidates.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-27
Prohibition Enpt,cs jail.

OTTAWA, III, AprA 26,--Sheriff
e. :. Ayers announced today thar
The Ottawa Jail will be turned into a
hotel because prohibition has
cmptied 1t %; prisoners.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30

rama has made. however stubborn and
difficult he may be, Gen. Obregon and
his army friends incur the suspicion of
planning to carry the election in the
traditional Mexican way, that Is to
say. by revolution"
Not everyone is willing to make ex-
cuses for Carranza, however. He has
made himself dictator" says the Buff
falo news CRep), and the Phiadel-
phia Inquirer (Rep.) has a good word
or two to say for his opponent
"Obregon is not an ideal character,
and unless greatly belied there are
some black spots on his record but at
the war: his attitude toward the United
States has been consistently friendly"
While standing up for Obregon, the
Binghamton Sun Und. Dem,) considers
that it is his duty to repudiate the
revolution and permit his campaign, II
progress in an orderly fashion. Says
the Sun:
TT is impossible for any government
TO carry on under such conditions. II
Massachusetts were to revolt from the
American union unless Gov. Coolidge
We're elected president. the condition
would be similar to that prevailing in
Sonora"
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
tDem) is willing to reserve judgment
as to the cause of the present out
break. 1t may Indicate. It says. "a
general spirit of rebellion. or may
merely mean that Obregon has deter
mined TO reach the presidency by the
usual Mexican route" and concludes
with the assertion that 1.-THE Ameri-
can people cannot tolerate another
Carranza policy toward this country.
but Obregon seems to hold friendly
views and 1t is to be hoped that with
the N gginu ~ "a ehan
the old friendly relations that had been
built up during the DiaZ regime"
That Ohregon will benefit by the
revolution the Manchester Union Ond
Rep) considers well within the
bounds of possibility" and while it feels
''over a question of state rights" it
may spread throughout the country and
end in placing Obregon in the presi-
dental chair"
To the San Antonio Light Qnd1 the
recent events in Sonora have no OBJ
security at ALL but are merely pre-
iminary to a general movement to
establish constitutional government in
Mexico, which Carranza's violation
OF the Mexican constitution" has made
necessary.
Quite aside from purely internal pol
itics the Sonora secession is question.
in the opinion OF the Memphis News
Sctmitar lnd) that must affect the
United States. 1t says:
Foreign interests in these tnorthern)
states are very large and powerful
They own rich mines and large oil
fields These interests may not favor
me new republic, although tired Of
the old. What they want is to have
the United States come in and police
the country \ new republic would
merely be trading the devil for
Bur To establish order tho S,ir,itar
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
Tag Day.
Woods Barrel.
Georgia's Delegates.
Overalls.
Penalizing Efficiency.
Greed.

There are many limitations hut only
one real Tag day In Memphis. The
real Tag day is Monday when the pub.
c-spirited and humane women make
their annual appeal to the sympathy
and charity OF all the people for the IN
mates Of the Home for Incurables. They
are asking for SIS. 900 this year in or.
der TO pay off an Indebtedness OF $I6,-
600 and get rid of interest charges that
eat deeply into the vtals OF the an
nual revenues and thereby deprive the
inmates Of the few remaining comforts
that loving hands can give. When you
make your donation make II with
sense Of gratitude because you are not
afflicted with hopeless malady: make
II the size OF your sympathy for those
who are classed as incurabe and have
nothing 10 look forward to but death;
make It the size Of your gratitude that
your own loved ones have escaped so
great an affliction. The exercises will
be opened with a minister, a priest and
q rabbi presiding. Any other denom-
nations wishing to have a part on the
program can do so by making appli-
cation TO the proper authorities. At
least every one can give and after all
that Is the greater part. Every dollar
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
Building Stone.

The announcement that an mex
haustible supply OF first-class building
stone has been discovered within 80
miles OF Memphis is a matter of great
importance to the city. 1t means moro
than the discovery of OIL which would
enrich only a few fortunate people
Building stone will benefit every one
who has any building to do Competent
biologists have examined the deposit
and pronounced II silica. There is no
better or more durable building ma
terial than silica. which is an oxide OF
silican mixed with other Ingredients,
with exposure to the sun and air, be-
coming flinty and indestructIble
The Mississippi valley, being alluvial,
was not supposed to contain any rock.
II is comparatively new soil and rocks
are the petrifed bones OF dead and re-
mote centuries. This find will cause
the scientists to revise their estab-
lished conclusions and convince them
that conclusions. no matter how eau
upon less than full and complete data,
are not permanently dependable. The
deposit is in uniform layers or strata
and may be removed and cut into
blocks and used for building or paving
purposes. An intrastate or an inter-
state highway constructed Of silica
rocks would be as impershable as the
Amman hau 10
days OF the Caesars Streets paved
with silica blocks will last indefinitely,
no matter what the traffic that rolls
over them; and. with such an ample
supply convenient, the primary cost Of
street building will not exceed that Of
more perishable material II the de-
post indicates present prospects 1t
win be OF incalculable benefit to Mem
phis and contiguous territory II Is al
ready reached by railroad and work
on the great quarry may be begun at
any time. With this silica as a build
ing material, edifices may be erected
that will last throughout the coming
centuries. and it will give to the build.
ings of the present day permanence
that is not possible with less durable
material
Memphis on the Nile Is only a mem
DRY. The great buildings which were
once there were torn down and the ma
terial carried down the river to build
Cairo. Buildings can be erected in
Memphis which will last throughout the
ages to come Providence has surely
poured its choicest blessings uDor this
section Of the country, and this build
ing rock discovery is not one OF the
least
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
Bullets for Ballots in Mexico.

The secession of Sonora may be the
beginning of the end of Mexico's trou-
bles," thinks the FL Paso Herald Und)
Tor. II points out, Northern and South
ern Mexico have little in common aside
from language" and this new republic
OF the north, friendly to the United
states, might act "as a sort OF buffer
state between the American and MeXi-
can frontiers"
While all of the American press does
not share the views of this border
newspaper, there is nevertheless general
agreement with the sentiment express
ed In the Birmingham Age-Herald
tDemD that the latest upheaval in
Mexico threatens to become the most
serious that the country has exper-
fenced in a long time"
Not a little sympathy is expressed
north OF the Rio Grande for the revo-
luton; which, in the opinion Of the
Philadelphia Inquirer (RepD could
hardly fail to be a substantial improve
ment on Carranza's discredted and dis
Creditabe regime" but there are also
those who cling TO the belief in things
as they are, among them the Pitts
burgh Press Ond), which declares
ut is Carranza's paramount duty to
subdue the Sonora rebels"
Whispers Of annexation are audible.
but few writer's echo the warning OF
the Christian Science Monitor Und)
TO refrain from interference. for $50
nora is not another Texas" The Provi-
dence Journal Qnd) insists that this
country should hold strictly alOof' and
the Bangor journal HndO assumes
that TO leave Mexico alone Ito fight
out their own differences" is. indeed
the general sentiment OF the country"
Nor does this appeal for a neutral at
ltude come from New England alone
for the Phoenix Republican (Ind. Prog)
In "A STATE that knows Spnpra a. q
door neighbor, expresses the hope that
there will be no ill-t timed talk of an
nexation to the United States "a thing
that would be advantageous to neither.
The Detroit Free Press nndD al
though friendly to the revolutionists,
pleading for benevolent neutrality
toward them, admits that:
There are even conceivable Condi-
uons under which the United States
might be justified in undertaking to
protect the new and orderly republic
IN Northern Mexico against cncroaCh-
ments from the South, being careful,
Of course, to avoid any assumption
Of overlordship
Without granting that there would be
reason for us to help the discredited
Mexican chief pull chcstnuts out OF the
ilr", the Boston Transcript lind. Rpp)
thinks that with Sonora's independence
American interests in the whole re-
Iion would grow apacc" But the Min
n"appIlS Journal Ond. Repl is willing
IN 20 further, for Il secs parallel be-
tween sonora course and that fol
lo"'d by Texas suggesting that while
the United States would scarcely care
to take territory of such alien non
HlAtln II might hr NmcrlrauiZed in
iImo, AS Texas VS.
but. rather than n struggle for In
a'F'ha'hc'' many So" Sonora'S recourse
10 arms as mere election contest he
tween tarTanXA Is "uarfy' and ,)br,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30

Amrrlra and vas vrittor ahout ~,
year $50 ''''
O-V.bg, "a, 81, .,,,,,,,. .,..,,., - \, ,
( This was chair ~ STATE ac,,i,,aL
lent to a thrlrc in rsa among me a.riy
Romans The chair was usually orna.
mcntcd with ivory or gold, had curved
legs, hut no back. and could b. folded
as a camp stool Is folded II was used
hy curulr magistrates. dictators, con
suls plaetor. and curule ardiles on
formal occasions. The right to sit in
the presence Of others was one Of the
precious privileges Of certain officers
Q-Who said 1--WE love him for tho
enrmir, he Tas ,,.,,d, q" 70 nun i T' '"e
A.-,ien Bragg Of Wisconsin saiI
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
MEMPHIANS TO CONTEST
IN CONVICTION MEETING

CONVICTION, Tenn, April 3OACSplD
The commencement exercises of the
CoVington schools will be held on May
3 to A. and the following program
will be carried out:
Sunday, May commencement ser
mon. grammar school auditorium.
Monday, May 10-Last assembly OF
high school and high school picnic at
the lake.
May II. s pm.-Senior class program
and stunts, grammar school auditorium.
May L., s p,m.--High school alumni
banquet, grammar school auditorium.
May 10, noon--Dinner on the ground,
grammar school yard,
May 10. 2 p.m,-lntersCholasti track
and field meet at the athletic field
May IA, 3 p.m.--Grammar school clos
ing exercises, grammar school audi
tOrium.
May IA, s p.m,--High school gradua-
ton exercises. grammar school building
This year a new program has been
arranged for the track and field meet,
and promises to rouse more interest
than is usually manifested in a track
NEE. or field day. Instead OF all the con-
testants being local boys, as usual
there will be representatives here from
the Central high school, Of Memphis
and from the Ripley high school
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
Rendering A Service.

In his announcement as a candidate
for reelection as governor for n second
term. Gov. Roberts made this declara.
ton:
Il stand for the thorough and honest
enforcement OF every law upon the
statute books enacted for the protection
OF society from the iawless elements
acting singly or in concert. and II ex.
listing agencies prove insufficient or in.
effective. I would favor such additional
means as the nature OF the case may
require. l am unalterably opposed to
mob rule under any circumstances
whether the mob be seeking to wreak
its vengeance upon some helpless vic.
tim to take his life for some real or
imaginary crime. or whether by force
and violence the citizen is denied his
constitutional right to life. liberty and
property"
1t must be said to his credit that the
state thus far has succeeded in avoid
Ing the stigma OF lynching during his
administration, Notwithstanding the
commission OF brutal crimes that might
have provoked the people to summary
action in other years.
Sending the state guard to Savannah
to protect negroes In danger OF mob
violence for numbering and robbing a
merchant. cost the state thousands OF
dollars, but II will be worth 1t and
more II lynching is averted.
The criminally inclined wiz learn
their lesson and those who become
FESTIVE under the laws delay will be
satisfied IL the machinery OF the law Is
speeded up and the criminal given a
fair but expeditions trial.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
PISTOL SHOT FATAL;
CAUGHT ROBBING CAR

Romeo Lee Fobb, negro, died at Cen
eral hospital Friday from a bullet wound
in the chest received in an exchange of
Thursday night at 10 O'Clock. The
shooting took place at ROzell avenue
and the ~, c. 4 St l.. railway.
According to the report of j. r. Dunn
and T. w. Allen. Of the n. c. & St.
l., and W =. Smith, of the Union
railway special agents, Fobb and ne
say they called on the pair to halt and
that a shot was the answer. The Off
GERS fired in return and Fobb was
wounded.
The police report said Smith fired
the fatal shot. Fobh's address was
given as over the White Rose cafe on
Brale aNenue.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
FAMILY BIBLE SAVES
NEGRO YOUTHS SKIN

The old family Bible proved safe
reliance for Jack Robinson. negro, aged
16. when the case in which he was
charged with the theft Of a SIS sow and
a S. box of cigars from K G. Quiggins,
was called in first division Of criminal
court Friday
Prosecution hinged on whether Jack
was old enough to be tried in the Grim
inal court, He claimed he was born
in 1905, as did his father. The Bible
proved their statement and while Judge
j. Ed Richards refused to grant plea
in abatement asked by Jacks lawyers
A. B. Galloway and Abe Cohn, he re-
tired the case from the docket with a
word OF warning to Jack
Charley Garibaldi chief deputy sher-
it, attempted to reopen the case I'M
officially during a morning recess, when
he confided to the judge that the book
submitted in court was not the Holy
Writ, but a mail order catalogue. His
contention was overruled.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
WATER VALLEY TO HAVE
POTATO CURING PLANT

WATER VALLEY, Miss, April 80
Spl)-Progressive citizens and bust
ness men of Water Valley have orga-
nized and secured a charter for the
Water Valley Potato Curing company
corporation organized for the pur-
pose Of buying and curing sweet poto-
toes in the fall and selling them on
the Northern and Eastern markets
through the winter months after they
have been properly cured.
The board is composed of the follow
ing well-known and progressive bust
ness men Of this city: j. w. McLarty,
president; ]. Leland Trusty, secretary
and treasurer; O. r. Hammer, H. X.
Hunter, w. B. Wagner A. D. Caul-
field and ]. l.. Kirby.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-30
Discuss Cause
And Remedy OF
High Prices

NEW YORK, April S0.--Bankers:
educators and economists Of the United
States and Europe discussed the facts
and causes of initiation and high prices
and their remedies, at the semiannuall
meeting of the Academy of Political
Science which opened here today.
Dr. B. M Anderson, Jr., of the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, in New
York. speaking at the forenoon sesE
sion declared that the shortage OF
goods and the after ant speculation Is
the prime cause of present high prices
in this country.
The speaker said that increased pro-
duction had been expected When the
five million men withdrawn from in
dustry for the army and navy returned
but that it had not come.