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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
RECEIVER CLAIMS
Sl92,739.85 OWED
FIRM BY BICKART
Bill Filed by 0. [. Jewell in
New York Asks Recovery Of
This Amount-TruSt Com
pany>and Brokers Named.

Charles H, Bickart. president and
general manager of National Fruit
Products company, owes Omar j. Jew
ell. federal receiver for the company,
Sl92,739.S5 alleged to have been Illegal
" removed from said company, accord
ing to an intervening bill of complaint
filed in Southern district of New York
federal court by w d. Kyser. U. ).
~district attorney, for the receiver, in
which intervening complainant seeks to
Franklin Trust Co., Albert y. Gray,
Lueius Wilmerding and Norman c.
Davidson, doing business as Gray &
Wilmerding, and the National Fruit
Products company from paying to
Bickart money it is alleged he has on
deposit with the brokers'. The cause
will be heard in the New York court
Bickart is accused of being paid from
assets of the company $2S, llO.W over
and above his salary and other amounts
10 which he was Justly entitled during
June 80, 1918. The bill of complaint
alleges further that Bickart issued GER
tain checks payable to cash. to his own
order or to other fictitious persons for
his cwn personal use to the extent OF
Ss1,50o during 1915 During the months
of December. 1919. and January and
February. 1920. Bickart is alleged to
have appropriated SIS, ,309.0S of the COM
pany's assets to his own use.
In addition to the foregoing Bickart
is accused of purchasing an automo-
bile for $3.50 with the company's as
sets and later selling the car, and In
tervening complainant seeks to recover
this amount in addition to the cash.
The Fruit Products company was ia
oorporated with a capital of $4,000,
consisting Of 100 shares of 500 each,
the bill sets out, and Bickart was own
'er of approximately SO per cent of the
stock. H1e is also charged with having
$4,000 Of the company's stock for ,whioh
the company received nothing. This
likewise is sought by the receiver.
In addition to the foregoing the COM
piafnt asserts Bickart is further IN
debted TO the United States in an un-
known sum and to j. S. McElroy in
been instituted in chancery court in
which attachment OF 5000, held in
Guaranty Bank and Trust company, and
a piece of property is asked.
Petitioner prays that he be decreed a
money Judgment against Bickart for
the amount of indebtedness, 2,T39.S IS;
for wrM Of attachment against thu
properly held Din the brokers in. New
York, and for a restraining order to
prevent Bickart from retnoving from
the Jurisdiction Of the court any funds
deposited by him With the New York
brokers. as -
Biekart Is Indebted to Others for Va
rious amounts unknown to the com
plainant, the bill says, and as he has
no other assets of consequence all OF
which are not sufficient to pay his
debts, he is hopelessly msolvent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11

peat some of the complaints they had
made to congress where they more
properly belonged.
Judge AmeS amused even the lum-
bermen. with the remark that open
competition was a good name for the
plan with two exceptions. The ekcep-
tions were that it was not open and
that it. was not competition.
II was not open, he said because the
public tand sellers of logs could not
participate in the meetings and was
not competition because only the mem
hers Of the plan were included In its
activities. VI the plan were open he
said the sellers of logs and buyers of
lumber would get the reports issued
from the headquarters of the associa
ton.
Judge Ames closed by making gov
>ernment proof out Of one of the charts
presented by the defense.
Judge Mccall announced that he
would not be long in reaching a de-
cision on the case and stated also that
he would not consider it necessary to
go through the great mass of affidavits
and trhibits filed in evidence. His final
request was for two presentations of
the merits OF the case as made during
the mornig session by Il. Carroll Todd
for the defense and g. Easterlue for
the government The statements were
submitted and court was adjourned uu-
Ill 10 O'Clock Thursday morning.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Sherman Act Has
Session Before
Lumber Meeting

Provisions of the Sherman antitrust
act under which the open compett-
tion plan" case was tried in federal
court this week, was brought to the at
tenton of lumbermen again Thursday
during the morning session of the South
ern Retail Lumber Dealers association
at the Hotel Chisca, The question
which brought.sforth 1he comment was
passed after considerable discussion
without any action.
Reference to the sherman act fol-
lowed an address by r. X. Curie, OF
the alleged policy Of wholesale lumber
dealers in selling carload lots OF lum-
ber to consumers and men who, he
said. naturally were customers of the
retail lumber trade. His inference was
that the wholesaler depended on the
retail dealer for trade but also com
peted with his customer by selling car
load lots direct to the consumer.
=, Mr. Curre attacked the alleged prac-
tice as unethical. He said some of the
wholesalers carrying on such trade were
members OF associations. Mr.. Currle
recommended that a resolution be
adopted showing the wholesalers that
the retail dealers condemned their ac-
ton.
Several speeches We're made in favor
OF Mr.. Currie's criticism but l.. II. Put
NAM director of publicity for the
Southern Pine association, offered ad-
vice against the resolution. He said
united action might be considered a
conspiracy under the Sherman act and
advised lumbermen TO oppose the action
Of the wholesalers individually II they
took any steps.
Mr. Putnam presided at a meeting
which closed the convention THURSDAY
afternoon The convention was to ad
jouFn after election of officers.
!. n. Fito. of Jackson. Tenn. made
an address favoring conservative boy
ing to stabilize the market. He ar
gued against keeping large stocks on
hand because heavy buying tended &c
advance the market He said the lum-
Der market must be stabilized so that
the retail dealer and consumer could
tell on what basis they were doing bus
mess.
MIR. Fitc said there was no market 'bc
cause OF conditions that had brought
about uncertainty and instability.
Charles Treas OF Aberdeen, Miss.
spoke on Market Conditions but was
not as hopetul OF decrease in prices
side LiucS' was discussed by II. e.
Canaday. of Mayfield. KY, and Charles
Lansdell OF Paris. Tenn.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
R. r, OFFICER KILLS YARD CONDUCTOR
Motorists Mourn
1900 Gallons Of i.
Gasoline Spilled

Motorist. mourn!
Thirteen hundred gallons of gasoline
tat 29 cents a gallon) was spilled on
the asphalt surface of Poplar avenue
Wednesday at 5:45 o'clock, when a
Poplar avenue street car. No. 56S
crashed into the rear end of big
gasoline tank truck owned by the In
dian Refining company, The faucets
on the rear end of the truck were
knocked off, allowing the gasoline to
pour into the street
The truck was turning into a garage
about 100 yards east of Dunlap street
and the street car was eastbound As
the truck swung across the car tracks,
turning. the driver, n. Moore claims
that the motormah became confused,
and put more current to the car in
stead Of applying the brakes The
street car company had not received a
report from the car crew at noon
Thursday.
Moore was almost overcome by geo
line fumes. while trying to stop the flow
of the fluid
Computed by the claim of some en-
thusiastic automobile salesman, that
their cars will travel 20 miles on gall
lon on gasoline. sufficient "gas" was
lost to send a flivver $4,000 miles, or
more than the distance around the
earth.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Lines Are Shifting.

This determination sent some OF the
mild eSseryationS Republicans on the
,.ts.,ny, n, NM nI11dnced confusion on the
ESar,. .osss.atic sideg also, where aeifators
had worked several days tc line up votes
for the Republican Substitute. Caught
in 4 eross-fire from Reservation Re-
pubiicans and reservation Democrats,
the Republican leaders withheld their
final decision, but indicated they prob
ablv would present the substitute II
assured of enough Democratic defec-
tions to adopt it.
Meantime disagreement among the
psrtIy SSefat' as result result of alr meeting in the
office Of senator owen, Democrat, Okla
homa at which a number Of Democratic
senator's are understood to have ex-
pressed disapproval of the course OF
their leaders and to have promised ac-
five s,innort to the movement to break
away from President Wilson and accept
the hest compromise they could get.
Among some Republican advocates of
compromise it was declared last night
So Democratic votes could be mustered
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
; e MEMoRY MleoRI

~ MEMQHN ~ MIOnD, q 4. r.
With her husband lying dead at a 70 !.
cal undertaker's place. the name ot
which she does not Il 4 and II ith saFe
srnHff clfildren an under = yea5ss 0f aeh,
clinging To her skirts, Mrs J II. Stipe,
1888 Young avenue, faces the world
utterly unnerVed and absolutely with
out knowledge OF how or when her hus-
band. Frisco yard conductor, met his
death early Thursday.
Her lot is peculiar Without close
friend or relative she sits within her
stucco and brick cottage hugging her
babies and franticaliy telling her neigh
bors she knows nothing about how 1t
happened,
"trhey Just came to the door" she
said, those policemen, and they said
to me, Mrs. Stipe, your husband Is
dead and couldn't believe it. How
did it happen? | sobbed and they shook
their heads and said they couldn't tell
me. What time was it, | begged, and
they replied, Some time this morning,
Something is wrong, and it's all so
strange. My husband was the best thing
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Mrs. Kennedy Not
Expected To LiUe

The condition Of Mrs. Sara Beau
n7of,t Kennedy III at st, Josephs hos
pital, is very critical, according TO ad-
,Ice5 from Attending physicians Thurs
dav, Sh" Waa Hot expected to live
through the day
Afler bad night Mrs Kennedy raj
lied slightly during the morning, but
began TO sink rapidly in the afternoon.
She has been in i'll health for over a
year.
Besides her poeticaI contributions to
the literary world Mrs Kennedy has
been an editorial writer and para
grapher on the Commercial Appeal for
the past 20 years. She long has been
regarded as one OF the leading writer's
of thr South
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
.SHR|NERS PLAN
COUNTRY CLUB

Erection OF country club or an audi
torium at the Tn-state fairgrounds viii
be decided on at a. special meeting of
Al chymia temple, Mystic shrine, which
probably viii be held before the first
Of tile month. Special conferences rbla
tive To the project wsra decided on
Wednesday night al the regular session
of the temple, and IL is thought that
Wal9er Taylor. potentate, viii issue his
call in the next several days
Members Wednesday night heard re-.
ports from the committee relative 10
the construction Of a country club and
also on the propose, to collahorate with
the Trl~State fair and the Memphis
Automobile association In the erection
Of a large auditorium at the fairgrounds
Definite decision was postponed until
all members could have chance to
vote on the matter
II was proposed that the temple loan
10 the Tri State fair SIS 900 toward put
ting UP an auditorium. This building
would according to suggestions, be-
commodous enough TO permit auto
shows, display exhibits by the fair dur
ing the annual expositions, serve as
grand opera centers and other entertain-
ment features. as we'll as TO be used
for lodge work.
Some time ago the golfing contingent
of the Shrine conceived the idea Of d
Country club, Two sites, one north of
Memphis and one In the southern part
Of the coulty, now are under copsideFa-
tion A nine hole golf course would be
constructed and the club would be the
home OF the annual Shrine golf cham.
ponshp. At present the golf club is
located on Poplar avenue and members
play over the Overton park municipal
links No estimates have been made
on the cost OF the proposed clubhouse.
However, II would be modern In all
respects
Joe Fowler Is chairman of the COM
littee investigating the auditorium pro-
posal Claude Mcclure is head of the
country club committee.
Informal discussion of the hegira TO
Portland for the Shrine convention early
in the summer talk Of the Shrine inin-
strels al the Lyric next week and other
routine business came up at Wednes-
day nights meeting,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11

English Unions
DisfaUOr Strike

LONDON. March 1.-THE special
trade union congress in session here,
voted overwhelmingly today against the
strike policy and in favor Of continued
efforts by constitutional means, to ef-
feet the naturalization of mines.
The vote against a general strike
came after Secretary Hodges OF the
miners federation moved resolution
in favor Of direct action to compel ma =
tionalizatiOn He took this step in ac-
cordance with instructions issued by
the miners federation Yesterday Adop-
ton Of q resolution favoring political
action in the form of intensive propa e.
ganda in preparation for the general
election followed
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
CHAMBER AGREES
TO EXTRA CHARGE

The Southern Traffic league has
CHARGED an extra assessment to all
members of the organization for pay
ment of expenses due to high prices,
but the Memphis Chamber Of Com
merce and the Memphis freight bureau
have agreed TO pay the assessment and
urge that ell other members of the
league DO likewise.
= Headquarters of the traffic league Is
at Meridian, Miss. The organization
defends Southern interest in freight
rates questions before the Interstate
Commerce commission. various other
bodies vested with power in freight
tariff questions and reprc sents South
ern interests in all sections of the
country. The protection Is worth the
extra assessment in the opinion Of To-
cal members
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11


!, Defense of F. Il, Gadd manager OF
tie statistics issued under the open
competition pan by Judge c. 3. Ames,
government counsel, was the only new
development brought out Wednesday in
the final argument of the government
p The closing argument was made by
Judge Ames.
II want to say right here" said Judge
Ames, shortly after opening his address,
that ! don't think Gadd responsible
for all Che things with which he has
been charged in this suit 1t seems to
me that Mr. Gadd was the faithful en-
pleye and efficient agent of these de-
PENDANTS. There need not be any ef-
fort TO place all the blame on him
There is blame enough for all.
Judge Ames did not spend much
time in the final argument and pre-
scented most of it in a facetious man
ner. He showed that regardless Of
what lumhermen thought Of advice is
sued by Mr. Gadd on the lumber situa-
tion they always seemed to follow his
advice MS the history of price move
lnents and Of production revealed.
He pointed out that the suit was not
against the association, but against the
"open competition plan" He conceded
that the association was doing n great
deal of good and said those phases. OF
work had received full attentionSfrom
counsel for the defense He also ad-
Ntscd that counsel for the defense re-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11

in the world 10 me and he couldn I have
halnapd even an animal, it wasn't In
kl$ tens me anything, aud I'm
just asfting here waiting. Harry Se-
duin. theNman next door, said he would
see about things, and I'm very CRATE
full
-. L. left hcme last night at 6;l5
and early this morning | dressed the
children and prepared the breakfast.
AS he still hadn't come, | did bit of
ironing and that was when the police
men came.
What am going to do? j. l.. has
some people, but I'm an orphan and
with three small children
The woman broke down and sobbed.
Small In stature and dainty in person,
with great blue eyes and look of help
lessness about her, she looks even
younger than her 80 years
According to her, the Stlpes havesheen
III Memphis three years and Mr. Stipe 1
people live in Culoka, Tenn. from
whence Stipe himself came. Mrs Stipe
was born in Albany, Ala.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Portable Homes
To Reduce Rent

CHICAGO, March 11.--Portable homes
to force reduction in high rents will
be provided bv the Chicago Real Es-
tate board, Adolph F. Kramer, presi-l
dent of the board, announced today.
He said the board and real estate firms,
banks and business establishments
which would be enlisted in the work
would put thousands of families into
their own homes before May l." These
houses will be set up on lots outside
the fire limits, Mr. Kramer said and
the total cost per family would not ex-
ceed $l,17S for a home,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
ENGAGE EVANGELIST.

The Rev. DR. v. y. PdlrIsh. OF Nash
vile. has been engaged by the Central
Cumberland Presbyterian church 20 as
sst the pastoi. Rev. ] NJ, Wellesley. in
the simultaneous revival campaign. TO
begin March 2l, Il wac announced
Thursday.
DE- Parrish Is one Of the distinguished
evangelists OF the Cumberland church.
His services are in great demand and
the local congregation considers Itself
fortunate in getting him 10 come heres
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
RID CHICAGO OF
CRIME OR QUIT

CHICAGO. March tl.--Entiye control
Of the police derartment today passed
into the hands Of John J. Clarity, chief
of uolioo. and he announced he would
rid ChiCago Of crime in six months or
resign The city council last night
passed an ordinance removing what the
chief tened cumbersome restrictions. +"
Al pfiiceWNn NAV be ordered into
civilian "'nthes at the chiefs discre.
tiou, pHGs, ~, now law.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Col. N. W. Connolly
Steadily improves

| Friends Of Col NJ W. Connolly well
Fcorned the news Thursday that he was
recovering steadily from the effects of
a serious operation performed Monday
at the Baptist Memorial hospital by Dr.
Robert Mann, His condition Is greatly
improved attaches Of that institution
say.
sol Connolly was ono Of the most
powerful and expressive editorial writ
ers OF his day and enjoys an enviable
position in the newspaper fraternity.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
STEAMER AGROUND.

TAMPA, Fla, March 1.-THE Ward
line steamer ESperanza went aground
at II O'Clock last night on Madagascar
reef. off Progreso Mexico, according
TO wireless reports received here today
from the vessel
The lssperanZa was bourd from New
York to Progreso and carried passen-
gers. The steamer Bald Hin, bound
for New York, and the Dutch steamer
Amsteldijk, were diverted to the lGs-
peranza's relief
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
LATIN AMERICANS
INVOKE MONROE
DOCTRINE IN PACT
Wilson's 1915 Stand Voicing
Nonaggrandizement Cited
by Countries Entering the
League of Nations.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
"a Special Correspondent of The News
CetuofkarN

OCITliLdF.l
WASHINGTON, March 11.-While
the senate Of the United States Mas been
deoating reservations. especially one
that would permit this country alone to
interpret the Monroe doctrine. the gov
ernments of Central and South America
nave quietly sought and obtained an
Interpretation of that doctrine which
rivals IN Importance the original dec
laration by President Monroe.
The government of Salvador was the
leader in the movement which has now
taken on all the formalitY necessary to
make the definition given by President
Wilson an integral part of international
law ~
For the covenant of the league of ma
tions will become International law so
far as the members are cessceGtsd and
Salvador has just decided to enter the
league with the understanding OF the
Monroe doctrine officially given her by
the department Of state upon instruc-
tion from President Wilson.
Some future administration can, of
course, interpret the Monroe doctrine
,(Continued on Page 8, Column H.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
DECLARES
HE SHOT MAN TO
DEFEND OWN~LIFE

E. Stpe aged 40 yard conductor fo the Frisco railroad
shot and almost instantly killed Thursday morning $50
o'clock by George Boyd aged 2 special officer for the railroad
Boyd claims he attempting arrest Spe for having shoes IN
his possession which stolen from Frisco box Spe
resisted and attempted take his pistol Boyd claims
Boyd arrested on charge of murder released his
recognzanc Thursday morning by Police Chief Buney
He report city o'clock for preliminary hearing
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
STORM FORECAST.

WASHINGTON, March il--Southcast
storm warnings were ordered by the
wea thcr bureau at II o'clock this morn
ing for the gulf coast, from Pensacola
TO Carrshelle, Fla. The disturbance
was reported over Northwest Kansas,
moving esFt. Fresh to strong southeast
10 south winds tonight and Friday wers
Indicated FOR the coast
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
FINE LIQUORS SEIZED
IN PALM BEACH HOME

MIAMI, Fla, March l1.--Liquors val
ued at $4,000 were seized in resi-
dence at Palm Beach Monday night by
Deputy United States Marshal Allen,
who has returned to Miami with THE
700 cases of American, Scotch and Irish
whiskys and large quantity of Cuban
rum Two men were arrested as GO
between, but the principals in the snug
Cling from the Bahamas are still at
large.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
IaEsl! w .. Az fiERs

Memphis. Tenn, March II, 1920.
Twenty-four hours to noon March IL,
1920:
-Ncmptra turc.---~
Hour Dry BIB. Wet Bu'b Humid
Z pm yes day. 50 81 ~
: am. today ... ~ 5S ~
Noon today ,.,, % so Sc
Maximum, So; minimum. SO. sun
sets today s:0i pm. Rises tomorrow
el5 am. Moon rises l2H am. to-
night Precipitation. "A inches.
Tennessee. Kentucky Mississippi,
Louisiana, Enthusiastically, rain and
colder.
Alabama Rain,
Virginia Rain, warmer,
North and South Carolina, Georgia
Rain, warmer.
Florida Fair, except rain in north
portion
Oklahoma Fair. colder
East TeXas-Cloudy, colder. except in
southeast portion.
West Texas-Fair colder. freezing in
Panhandle
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
INQUIRY INTO GRAIN
CORPORATION ORDERED

WASHINGTON, March 11.-An inves-
tigation of the United States Grain
corporation was ordered today by the
senate.
Senator Reeds resolution proposing
the inquiry as the result of the recent
report of the federal grand jury at
Spokane, Wash, was adopted after
much discussion.
The investigation will be made by
the senate manufacturers committee
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
MRS. MORROW COPS.

TAMPA, fla March tf.--Mrs G. X.
Morrow. OF the Engineers club qualified
for the womcn's championships finals
at Beiiear Wednesday afternoon by
defeating Mos, c. H. Stetson. OF Phila-
delphia, and . Mrs Morrow won the
championship at Belleair in 1918.