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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
Wife Of DOCTOR
|. FILES SEPARATE:
maintenance PLEA

Or. John A. yallery was made de-
fendant in . suit filed, IN the chan
Gerry court Friday bv his wife. Mrs.
Mabel Ruth Vallerv In which she asks
for a decree requining DR. Nallery to
support her until the bonds OF matri-
mony are dissolved by death or other
wise.
The bill filed by Holmes and Canale
as attorneys for Mrs. Vallery. recites
that since her, return from Chicago lasI
October her husband has endeayoreti
to persuade her 10 separate from hint
and TO secure divorce.
She declares that she has conscienti-
ous scruples against divorce and does
not desire to secure a divorce. She
does ask the court however. to grant
her decree under the terms of which
DR. Nallery win be REQUIRED TO support
and maintain her and to pay attorneys
fees.
DR. vallery Is physician for the Illl-
nois Central railroad, the Union Rail-
way company. American Railway Ex-
press company. Tennessee Beverage
company, Cudahy Packing company
and Morris Packing company. the bill
states, In addition TO his private prac-
tice and that he has a large income.
and further that he has abandoned her
and failed and refused to contribute
$3.50 per month to her support despite
the articles Of separation drawn up
several months ago.
That he has abandoned her and fe-
fused and failed to live at their home.
sos Chelsea avenue, despite her plead \
lngs and that he has made repeated
efforts to induce her to leave him and
secure a divorce prior 10 the time ne
abandoned her are also listed az
charges against DR.. Vallery.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
BOARD TO HANDLE
BAGGAGE PROBLEMS

Handling of all affairs pertaining to
passenger traffic, especially ticket
problems, will be considered by the city
passenger railroad committee revived
Thursday at meeting of local agents
Regular sessions will be neld although
no definite date Friday had been set
aside for these by G. A. DeSaussure
selected as chairman at the meeting
Associated with Mr.. DeSaussure on
the board will be:
A. p. Matthews, division passenger
agent for the Frisco; Eugene Sutcliffe,
city passenger agent for the Rock
Island H. d. Wilson, division passen-
ger agent for the Missouri Pacific;
w. c. Peeler, division passenger agent
for the Cotton Belt: j. C. Galloway,
division passenger agent for the N, c.
& St. L.; q. B. Mclean, division pas
senger agent for the l.. & NJ; r. T..
Carmichael, assistant general passenger
agent for the /. C. and Y, & NJ. V,
lines
Weekly conferences are likely. At
these sessions difficulties arising in
passenger traffic and baggage problems
will be threshed out by the committee.
The committee was active befoRe the
war but during government sBhtrol
functioned merely as an advisory body,
having but three members, representa-
tives Of initial lines. Suggestions were
given TO the Southeastern department
general committee in Atlanta.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
MASKED MEN SHOOT
NECRO'S HEAD>OFF

MONTGOMERY, Ala. March H.
Wilbur Smith. negro. former soldier,
was shot to death by six masked men
near Legrand, Montgomery county. a.
dusk Thursday afternoon, after he had
been arrested by Frank Robinson, white
farmer, charged with attacking a six
year-old daughter of white farmer
of that community.
The attack on the child was made
late Thursday afternoon at the childs $
home, where the negro was a farm
hand
After the attack upon the child,
Smith was seized and tied by Frank
Robinson who prepared to bring him
to MONTGOMERY to turn him over to
Sheriff Scoggin. When the nature of
the offense charged to the negro be-
came known it is stated six white men
wearing masks appeared on the scene
and covered Robinson with pistols and
demanded that he turn the negro over
to them. Taking him half-miie dis
tant into the woods the negro's head
was shot off. Sheriff Seoggin and
Chief Deputy Phelps went to 14egrand
this morning to make an Investigation.
Smith was arrested here during the
war on charges of being a Stacker. The
county coroner has gone to the scene to
make an investigation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
WEIGH STANDING ALONE AGAINST CARFARE Boost
Holds Failure To
Pay ALiRtOHy To Be
Contempt OF Court

That failure to nay permanent all
mony Is not debt but an order OF
court for which punishment for con-
tempt Of court can he imposed was tho
glst u a ruling made Thursday by
Chancellor Isarel Peres IN q hearing on
= divorce case. This Is the first tinaa
that decision OF this character has
heen made in Shelby county and IS Of
far-reaching effect. Previous rulings
nave been that permanent alimony
should be paid In lump sum and that
after the final decree had been render
ed in a divorce case that the court
granting the decree had no jurisdiction
and could not force collection Of the
alimony. except under civil process OF
attachment.
Whether or not an appeal trom
Chancellor Peres' decision will be
taken has not yet been decided, but
the ruling that failure TO pay alimony
after the rendition of final decree for
divorce can be handled by the court
and punishment for contempt imposed
raises question that is an interest
ing one for attorneys, particularly those
who handle divorce cases.
The case on trial was Bond against
Bond and in this case Jesse Edging-
ton, as attorney for the defendant.
contended that permanent alimony was
debt and that man could not be
imprisoned for failure to pay a debt.
Chancellor Peres. rendering his decis-
ion agreed that under the constitution
q person could not be imprisoned for
debt, but that failure to pay the
amount OF alimony as fixed by a court
was not debt but punishable for con-
tempt of court.
Y If Chancellor Peres' ruling is sus-
tained on appeal 1t viii mean that the
court granting the final decree for di-
vorce will retain jurisdiction indefi-
nitely and that at any time after the
granting Of the final decree failure to
nay alimony can be brought to the at
tention of the court and unless salts
factory excuse is given the defendant
punished as for contempt.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
BR|TONS' BIG NAVAL
BUILDING PROGRAM
EXC|1ES SUSPICION
Plan of Building Ships in Each
of Colonies Doesn't Coincide
/ With Retrenchment Idea
| Expressed by GeddeS.


X WASHINGTON. March 12.-The navy
department of the United States looks
askance at the plans of Great Britain
to stimulate the building of navy
in each of her colonial possessions, in
emding Canada, Australia and New
Zealand, believing that thus the COM
bined naval strength of the British
empire will be greater tnan 1t has been
before and will virtually nulify the
public statements OF Sir Auckland
Geddes, the new British ambassador,
and other British officials. to the ef-
feet that England is planning reduc-
ton of naval armament.
The discussion here is occasioned by
the completion of a report by Admird!
Jellicoe, after/a trip around the world,
in which he has advised the British
colonies on plans for naval defense
Particularly did this arouse comment
here in connection with Canadian naval
defense, for there has never been any
feeling here that the two neighborlng
countries needed any naval vessels on
the Great Lakes, and from this TACT
ii has been usually supposed that spe-
5cial naval defense for Canada would
never be attempted,
On the other hand. it can not be
said that the question has been thor
oughly canvassed, and II is early to
reflect Washington opinion.
entire British Aavy through separate
colonial naNies is coming in for good
deal of adverse comment, and Canada
is not singled out especially.
Indeed, coming upon the heels OF the
controversy over the right of the Brit
ish colonies to vote as six units in the
league OF nations, the question OF
building Aavies for the British nations
Continued on Page IL, Column 10
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
C0RONER'S JURY
EXONERATES BOYD
Holds stipe Killing "Justifi.
able Homicide" Case.

Justifiabe homicide was the verdict
returned by coroner's jury Thursday.
after hearing evidence Vat the inquest
over the body of j.. L. Stipe. Frisco
conductor, shot and killed Thursday by
George l.. Boyd, Frisco special officer
Two negroes, living in a 1ouse at
the scene of the killing, Kentucky
street and Virginia avenue, substan-
tiated Boyd's story that he shot in self
defense, after Stipe, resisting arrest on
a charge, of stealing shoes from box
car struok twice at the special officer.
Boyd claims that Stipe tried 10 take
his pistol away from him. after he had
arrested Stipe on a charge OF stealing
shoes from a box car, Pending prelim-
mary hearing, Boyd is at liberty on his
own recogni2ance.
Detectives assigned to investigate the
Killing reported to Detective Chief
Gwaltney that they believed Boyd shot
in self-defense. when he fired thea
bullets into the body of Stipe.
Stipe's body win be sent to Pleasant
Grove, Tenn, at II O'Clock Friday night
for burial. His widow and three little
sons will accompany the body.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
.125FACE CHARGES
VIOLATING LEVER
FUEL CONTROL ACT
Operators and Miners Sought
Following Indictments on.
Federal Charges, Many Of
Which Antedate Late Strike

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March t.
One hundred and twenty five coal OPP
orators or miners of Indiana, Illinois,
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Satf
OF an indictment by special grand Jury
here, charging them with conspiracy
In violation OF the Lever fuel control
act and the federal criminal code.
NO names OF those indicted will be
made public until capiases are served
on them, and no arrests are expected
before next week. However, it IS
ber are operators and that many of the
alleged violations of the federal statutes
antedate the strike of bituminous nit :
trs which brought about the lnvestiga-
ton by the grand jury.
Bond for those indicted was fixed by
Federal Judge Anderson at $4,000 in
some cases and SIS 900 in others PEN
atty on conviction Of the charges pro-
yldes for a fine of not more than &c.,
600, Imprisonment for not more than
two years, or both.
An indictment charging conspiracy
in violation of the Lever fuel control
act and the federal criminal code, nam
ing 125 coal operators and miners as
defendants, was returned in federal
court here late Thursday by a special
grand jury, which has been investigat-
ing the coal industry since Dec. 10,
1919 More than half of the defendants
are operators, it IL said. The defend
ants will be arraigned on May T.
Names Of those indicted will not be
made public until they are arrested.
Ten overt acts are charged against
the coal men in the Indictment which
contains Is counts. 1t is understood
that many of the violations charged
have no connection with the strike OF
bituninous miners, but occurred prior
to the signing of the armistice.
The INDICTMENT was brought under
sections and of the Lever act and
section 81 of the criminal code, and
charges in general that miners and op-
orators conspired to enhance the price
of necessities by restricting distribu-
tion, limiting manufacture ard by other
means, and by conspiring to commit Of
fenses against the United States as de-
fined in the criminal code, The penalty
on conviction Is a fine not exceeding
10000, imprisonment for not more than
two years, or both fine and imprison-
ment
While no names were public, it was
learned practically all those faciug
charges are active in the central com.
petitive field, which embraces Indiana
Illinois, Ohio and Western PENNSYLVANIA
The grand jury was instructed to &c
fully into all reports of violations of The
Lever law, without regard to the place
nj origin Of the reports
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
HUGE POWER DAM
ON WHITE RIVER
INPERIL Of BREAK
Missouri Cities Threatened
With DarkneSS-Storm's
Toll Heavy and Flood Men
ace Follows.

eRANsoN, MO-. March 72.--Fiooded
streams today added further Henaee
TO life and property IN Southwest Mis-
souri,, where yesterday a tornado killed
at least IS persons, injured number q
others and did property damage AZ yet
unestimated, Every creek and river ct
the Ozark hills region today was re
ported either overfloWlna or running
bank full from the torrenttal rains that
preceded and followed the tornado.
Should the precipitation eontnus 4 was
said the danger from floods would hs-
come serious,
chief concern apparently wss felt sver
the situation al Powersite, on the White
river, where q large hydro electrical
plant y located. The water at Power.
site ls held back by q dam 80 feet hluh
and 600 feet Wide. The river was re-
Field and number Of other Southern
Mlssourl towns and cities obtain their
electricity supply from the Pewersits
plant.
Observers agreed today that one tor
nado instead Of two swept the affected
district Apparently Il struck first az
Nevada, Mo, where three persons wefe
Killed and property damaged Sl00s0U0
or more, Lifting, II swept above four
counties before X descended and spent
its strength in rush through Taney
county and the Turkey Creek valley,
with toll OF 10 additional lives
Tie victims in the latter vicinity I'M
cluded the seven children OF Ran" and
William Box The wives Of both men
we're seriously injured. William Marty
and Mrs, Alva Howard and her child
were the others killed
II was believed that the death list
! would be Increased today when full re-
ports from the devastated district were
| received. Rescuers sought John Gross
and his wife. whose home disappeared
! during the storm. No trace OF il was
| left
| The district over which the tornado
| spread was In the picturesque Ozark
hill section visited annually by hundreds
| of tourists,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
QUOTASASSIGNED
BYPRESBYTER|ANS
TOLOCAL CHARGES
Amounts for Memphis Presby-
terry Show Ten Churches
Must Raise $43,897 and
Entire District $92,039.

Quotas for the S5 churches Of the
Memphis Presbytery for the $4,000, coo
progressive program campaign OF the
Southern Presbyterian church to be
waged throUghuut the II states In
which the church is represented, as
announced Friday by Rev. D. W. Ward
low, Of Oakland Tenn. chairman Of
the systematic beneficence committee,
which fixed the individual church al
lotments. in this presbytery. call for
$43.S97 from 10 churches In the city
Of Memphis, and a total OF SO, ,059 from
the entire presbytery.
OF the 10 Memphis churches, Second
church has the largest quefa, with SlS.-
l44, Next ON the list is Idlewild church
with SS,S59. first church with ST,6S2
and Alabama street church with S4,Sl3
are next In order Westminster church's
quota is Si,3s2, McLemore Avenue
church 1926. Chelsea avenue church
Ssl27 Evergreen church sSO9s, Bun
tyn s5S7 and Glenview 1853.
The quotas were based upon the
Splllman plan, as adopted by the gem
eral assembly. which provides that
one-third the amount to be raised be
equally apportioned among the resident
membership OF the churches; one-third
based on the average gifts OF the
churches for benevolences for the last
three years, and one-third based on the
churches for the same period.
Members OF the committee in charge
of the allotment Of quotas for the Mem
phis Presbytery in addition TO Rev. Mr.
Wardlow are:
Rev. ]. b. Carpenter, pastor OF Ever
green church. Memphis; j. r, Hall, el-
der of Covington, Tenn. Presbyterian
Tenn; Rev. w. T. Powell and Rev
Lynn f. Ross OF Trenton, Tenn. ant
j. ". Currie, of Rosemark, Tenn.
The meeting was held at the Y. M
G. A. Wednesday and the quotas hav,
since been approved by the proper au'
thorlties.
Quotas assigned to other churches II
the Memphis presbytery are:
First, jackson 1856. First, Covingtoi
s3,SlS. Brownsville sl,s96 Dyersburl
81, 500 Trenton $1,572, Somervil8 ST..
545, Oakland 81, 426, Ripley st,2% MI
Carmel 1905, Humboldt $3.50, Masol
S949, Bolivar 1888. Rosemark S567
Whitehaven $s46. Hickory Wythe S52t
New Hope sS2e, Arlington Si9z Collier
sltS, Union city si06. union ySsS, Stan
ton $3.50 Lamar Heights ss77, Ne'
ShiIoh ss73 lSsFrville $3.50, Coneor
s347. Iirand Junction s3S5, Bethesd
| $3l5, Morris Ave- s3l6. Atoka sSii
| Dancyville $3t0, Mfilletge s272, Cheste
| S27O. Made $25S, Saltillo $246, WilsO
Memorial $242 Zion $224, Reagan sci.
Hooker SAT-, Perdue 5000, Hlnklef s1sl
Eaton s1S9. Flat Bush $l76, Rehobot
s167. Lagrange $te3, Rose Hill sl43, An
derson $143 Valley Mills $l40. Eastlan
$40, Marlbluff sl36. Logan SIPS SAILS
bury $l25, Hebron (Ruth) SIPS. Upton
vile sl15, Rethel Springs s113. Cente
sos, Hebron (Fayettel $l03, Unio
Grove $50, Proctor City $40, Shad
Grove $50. Ebenezer $42, Nutbush 81
Middle City $40.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
NEWBERRY MANAGER
SUFFERS COLLAPSE

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March H.
Paul King. Newberry campaign mana
ger made n vain attempt to resume
testimony in the Newberry elections
conspiracy trial today. Suffering from
effects of nervous collapse. incurred
last Tuesday. King was exhausted after
five minutes effort to recolect hap
penings of the 1918 senatorial campaign,
Court was susnended while the two
physicians and Mrs. King attended him.
Then the doctors ordered him back to
bed,
Court was then adjourned until Sat
urday.
DR.. James h. Bradley. former auditor
general OF Michigan, and one of the de-
PENDANTS, was one of the physicians who
attended King in court. He said the
chief defense witness was Complete
physical wreck" and doubted whether
he would fully recover from his attack
for year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
Dragged To Death
By Mule While In
Funeral COrtege

ARGo Ala, March 12.-George W.
Coleman, brother of the Rev. Parker
Coleman, was dragged to death by a
mule in the presence of the pastor and
mourners at the funeral of w. r.
Keith here Thursday.
Coleman had gone TO the funeral in
a conveyance drawn by mule. Dur
ing the services, which were conduct
ed b. his brother. he tripped over the
traces. frightening the animal. which
ran away and dragged Coleman to death
in full view of those assembled for the
ohseauies
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
LODGE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ARTICLE TEN
SPRUNG IN SENATE
Follows Lines of Draft Agreed
Upon in Bipartisan Compro-
mise Negotiations Sue
cess Seems Probable.

WASHINGTON, March 12 "A substi-
tute for the Republican article 10
reservatiop~to the peace treaty was u !
troducedF hi the senate today bS the
Republican leader Senator Lodge OF
Massachusetts, IN general Il follows
the form Of the drafts agreed on sew
ersii Days ago IN bipartisan compromise
negotiations.
When the reservation was offered, Il
was declared among the Republicans
that the negotiations had lined up al
most enough votes to ratify the treaty
on that basis, but that final agreement
ad not yet been reached. The Repub-
licans planned TO obtain a vote late
today.
In presenting the substitute, Senator
Lodge said he did so in the interest OF
compromise and not because the new
draft represented any substantial
change in the meaning OF the reserva-
tion
II do this" he said. "in full conso-
nance with what | have stated on the
floor of the senate several times. /
90 not feel that | should be justified In
insisting ON defeat or the treaty on a
mere question OF the phraseology of any
reservation. II thought the modifica-
ton made any change IN the substance
Of the reservation, not only should
not offer il. but ! should vote against
the treaty with il included"
As presented the reservation reads as
follows:
"The United States assumes no obll.
cation to preserve the territorial intea-
rlty or political Independence Of any
other country by the employment Of its
military or naval forces, Its resources or
any form of economic discrimination, o.
to Interfere In controversies between
nations, whether members of the league
or not, under the provisions Of article
10, or to employ the military or naval
forces Of the United States under any
article of ths treaty for any purpose
unless In any particular case the con.
oress, which, under tho constitution
has the sole power to declare war or
authorize the employment OF the mill.
tary or naval forces Of the United
States, shall In the exercise OF full lib
erty Of action, by act, or Joint resolu.
tion so provide"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
METHODISTSPLAN
TO OPPOSE UNION
Northern Mississippi Leaders
Meet at Chisca to Talk
About Fight.

About 80 representative laymeni and
ministers of the North Mississippi con-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South. who are opposed to the
proposed unification---ef the Northern
and Southern bodies of the church in
accordance with a plan transmitted to
the general conference of each branch
by the commission on-unification which
mat at Louisville, Ky. in January, met
at the Hotel Chisca Friday to discuss
methods in making their protest effec-
tive,
Or. r. A. Meeks, presiding elder of
the Sardis, Miss, district, called the
meeting to order. Chancellor J.. G..
McGowen; of Water Valley, Miss.
member of the commission on unifica-
ton that met at Louisville, told OF the
proceedings there. Judge RIcGowen
said the unification plan had mot been
recommended by the commission, but
simply transmitted to the general con-
ferences for acceptance or rejection,
without comment. Judge McGowen, as
a member of the commission, voted
against transmitting the plan.
Before the proposed plan can be
adopted 1t must be approved by two
thirds vote of the general assemblies
of each branch, and by threefourths Of
the annual conferences Of each OF the
haftes.
MS expressed at tho meeting Friday,
there are three important objections to
urfficatlon.
First--Beeause of the superiority In
numbers Of Northern Methodists, the
| Southern church would be hopelessly in
the minority in Its representation in
the councils of the church.
Second--The 10000 negro members
of the Northern Methodist church would
have to be accepted as members of the
| unified church In fhe South the ne
groes have their own Methodist organ
zation.
Third-in accepting the plan, the
| Southern branch would surrender it,
position upon the constitutional ques-
ton upon which the church divided In
| 1848. .....
| Many other objections were urged
| The churchmen met in executive ses-
sion, and the plan of action looking tc
| defeating the approval Of the project by
the conferences of the South was, no
announced.A
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
RELEASE PAT GoRMAN.

Pat German, arrested on magls-
trates warrant sworn out In Memphis
and charging that German was wanted
in Greenvllle. Miss, was released from
custody Friday on a habeas corpus pc
tition filed before Probate Judge r. NJ.
Guthrie by w r. Harrison. Gormaa
was arrested several days ago after a
Mississippi officer had secured war
rant from a magistrate. The warrant
from Mississippi was later received but
Judge Guthrie held that The warrant
upon which Gorman was held was void
and ordered him released from custody,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-12
Fighters"
Form NeU Pdrty

ST, LOUIS, Mo. March IA new
political party. with the committee Of
As as its nucleus, will have candidates
for president and vice-president in the
Forthcoming national election. il is an
nounced here.
Paul Harris Drake of Boston. a di .
Rector Of the forty -eighters," said the
proposed party would be composed Of
liberal organizations, such as tht
american labor party and various farm
crs' societies" Candidates win be Sc
lected at national convention TO be
held probably here next June, he ex-
planned.
The committee of 4s is national or
ganiyation of constructive liberals" ."
formed year ago in New York. ]. A.
n. Hopkins. OF New York. is chairman
of the executive committee Of the or
ganization.
At a conference of liberals he'd here
last December, under the auspices of
the committee. resolutions We're adopt
"a demanding public ownership of pub.
lie utilities and all natural resources.