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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02


Upon receipt of the figures the
squires began at once figuring on
what the tax rate should be. the
assessment last year, including puo-
lie utilities assessment was approx
mately $115,907, ,636. A tax rate OF
$1.71s was fixed on that assessment.
The states proportion of the tax
rate that is to be fixed this year
will be 26 cents. Using last years
rate and the present assessment
would make a rate of approximately
46.7 cents. Add 10 cents for the in
crease, in teachers pay, would bring
it up to 81 cents. Deduct the 70
cents the states part, would leave 81
cents. These figures, prepared by sew
eral members of the county court, 40
not include the assessment for pubic
utilities. Q
w. 7. McLain, county attorney.
claims that the states proportion OF
the tax rate is 80 cents instead OF
26 cents, as announced bv the stats
board. He explains that the STATE
board adds 6 cents for schools Wnlch
comes back to the county, but II ls
added to the states proportion and
naturally lessons the amount OF tne
total tax rate for the county, all
though the money actually comes
back TO the county for expenditure.
Based ON the county's claim tnat
the state rate is 80 cents the fie4irea
fixed by the squires in computing
the probable rate would have TO De
changed on a basis of 80 cents for
the state, instead of rs cents.
No Dollar Rate.
In discussing the probable tax
rate that the county court Will make
this wear, based on the assessment
lust announced some Of the squires
saw there will be no necessity for
making a dollar rate Some time ago
when II was figured the total assess
ment would be approximately 1873, :
0O0,0 900 there was some talk OF
dollar tax rate. .......
Some members of the court say
that even with the increase pay Tor
teachers taken into consideration
they can see no reason why the rate
should exceed 70 cents and there are
sobhe of them that contend that IL
should be much less than that tlg-
ure
One argument put forth by those
favoring the lower rate is that when
fthe taxes based on this years rate
are ready for use, dollar VIII pur-
chase considerably more thar 1t will
purchase at the present time. They
point to the declining markets and
say that if cotton is down and every
thing else declining, road materials
and other things used by the county
can be purchased more cheaply,
The tax rate probably will not be
fixed by the county court until the
third Monday in the month, which Is
the last meeting day of the term. The
tax rate committee will have TO GO
over last years budget and anticl-
pate this years needs before 1t can
make its recommendation to the court
and the court can take action.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
To Charge Soldier
With Robbery After
Recovery Of Ring

Sidney A. Law, former soldier, will
be returned fgom the workhouse
whore he is serving sentence for
vagrancy. and charged with high
way robbery and assault and bat
terry, according to Inspector Of De-
tectives Griffin Saturday The new
charges grew out of the theft of
diamond from the store of Marcus
Samfield, South Main street jeweler.
Law admits hes entered the store.
struck woman clerk in the face
and dashed out with $3.50 diamond
ring. The robbery took place sew
eral months ago. The ring was re-
covered in Birmingham.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
SAYS ARRESTS BARE
RING OF FUR THIEVES

NEW YORK. Oct. 2,-Operatjans
of a fur ring" in this city, Phfla-
delphia, Washington md Pittsburgh,
have been uncovered through inves-
tigation of a 100000 fur theft from
a manufacturers loft here last April.
This assertion was made by Assist
ant District Attorney Markewich
when three men indicted on charges
Of receiving stolen property We're ar
raigned in the court of general ses-
sions and held under heavy bonds.
Mr.. Markewich said the ring"
shipped furs from New York in
trunks to a private house in Phila
delphia, where they were repacked
in wooden cases, sent back to New
York and to Washington and Pitts
burgh and sold.
The men arraigned yesterday gave
the names of Harry Pearlstein,
Louis Ellert and Samuel Kaplan.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
FUND FOR HERO Of
MESgCk-F|RE IS
OVER ONE, HUNDRED
Citizens Respond to Call and
Will Award Medal to Daring
Fireman Who Saved Eel.
low Worker.

The fund being raised for G. r,
Brown, repair shop foreman, for the
Memphis fire department, for the
purpose of purchasing a medal for
him as a reward for his act OF hero :
ism in saving the life of fireman
as the Messick building fire, last
Tuesday, has grown to Sill.
Several citizens requested The
News Scimitar to handle the funi
and number OF men who witnesse l
Browns act have sent in their checks.
The fund stands today as follows;
Previously acknowledged ......$ As
Firemen at Engine Co. No. I IL
Walter p. Armstrong, city attor-
Total Observation-Disclosures s117
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
PRINCE ARRESTED in
ILLICIT RIFLE DEAL

BERLIN. Oct. 2,-Prince Gottfried
Hohenlohe- -Langenburg, with other
officers, has been arrested, according
to the newspapers, on charge of at
tempting to get possession of q
100000 rifles left in Holland during
the retreat of the German army, with
a view to selling them unlawfully
The prisoners were professionally re-
leased after a preliminary eXamina-
ton by the public prosecutor.
Prince Hohenlohe- Langenburg last
April was fined 1000 marks for his
connection with the attack on mem
bers of the French mission in the
Hotel Adlon early in the year. This
attack was led by Prince Joachim of
Hohenzollern, a cousin of former
Emperor William.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
BOMB CLEw SOUGHT

wAYCRoSS, Ga. Oct. 2.-Police
are investigating an explosion that
shook Hebardville, a suburb, early
yesterday. A fuse that apparently
had been attached to bomb, was
found at the scene of the explosion in
the rear of the house OF John w.
Hopkins, superintendent of the He
bardville mills, and general manager
of the Waycross & Western railway.
An automobile and garage was de.
stroyed and other property damaged.
/. but no one was hurt.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02

the 18th most populous state. It's
relative ipcrease for the last ten
years was the same as that during
the previous decade.
South Dakota, with a population Of
6S5,S39, an increase of 51,951, or S.S
per cent, falls into .37th place, having
been passed by North Dakota. The
state showed both its lower numerical
and relative increases since its ad-
mission as a state in 1889.
Oklahoma passed Mississippi in
the standing of the states, the latter
dropping several places as a result
of the decrease in its population.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
WHITE MAN TO HANG.

ABBEvILLE, Ga. Oct. al. C.
Wilson was found guilty of murder
in the first degree by a jury in the
superior court, Judge O. T. Cover.
sentenced Wilson TO hang November
10. This is the first white man to
hang in Wilcox county in more than
80 years. Wilson shot r. r. Span
nmgton. a bank cashier. in the post
office at Seville. August %.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
ARKANSAS MAN SLAIN;
BODY CAST IN RIVER

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Oct 2.--The
body Of r. j. Howell was taken from
the Ouachita river. II miles east of
this city. His head bore marks of
having been beaten with a knotted
club. The officers are looking for a
relation Of Howell's. Howell has
been missing since last Monday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
Fair And Warmer
Is Weather Pledge

Fair and warmer, although the lat
ter term is qualified by the word
somewhat" is the prediction Sc
out from the weather bureau
Memphis covering Saturday al
Sunday.
The river at Memphis will r
slightly during the next two
The stage Saturday was S.e
fan Of 3 Of a foot In "a hours
river will continue to fall at
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
NEGRO EXODUS SAID TO
BE CAUSE OF DECREASE

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 2.-Missis-
sipn's decrease of population during
the past decade is attributed wholly
to the steady exodus of negroes %
Northern states, which has been un-
der way since the first year Of the
world war.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
STRIKE AGAIN PUT OFF.

LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE coal strike
notices which were effective TO-DAY
have been postponed another fort
night. This action resulted from a
conference between Premier Lloyd
George and representatives of the
miners and owners.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02

sun sets today :43 pm; rises to-
morrow 5:56 am. Moon rises 9:12
pm. tonight. Precipitation none.
Tennessee-Fair, warmer.
Mississippi-Fair, warmer.
Arkansas--Fair warmer.
Alabama--Fair, warmer
Kcntucky--Fair. warmer.
Louisiana-Fair
Oklahoma7-Cloudy.
North and South Carolina, Geor-
gia and Florida-Falr
East ana West Texas-Fair.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
~ On!

Twenty-four hours to noon octo-
ber 2, 1920;
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
Weather Forecast

Fair skies probable,
with slowly rising
temperature.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-27
TOO OLD NOW
TO HUNT GOLD
Indian Insists Treasure Is
There and Should Be
Found
FATHERS DYING WORD
directions We're Not Clear
Directions We're Not Clear
and Treasure on Hillside
Still Awaits Finder
speelaito Tho world.

spaclai 10 Tho World.
k1NGFISHER, Dee. Ca big
not Of gold and silver lies buried
beneath the soil on "a hillside along
Kingfishcr creek west OF this city.
according to the interesting story
mat Is being told by Rig Foot, an
Indian. who lamcnts the fact that
he has become too feeble to go in
search of the hidden treasure. For
Years he declares he has gone
day after day in search of the hid
don gold without telling his closest
friends. 1t was not until he became
100 feeble to go in quest of the un-
discovered pot OF coins that he
rourided the secret with IA close
friend. who is inclined to put
credonce in the story Of the aged
red man,
Big Foot did not give up his
search for the glittering treasure
until he was compelled by the grad
ual creeping on of many yeats. TO
rplinduish his quest. Before his
father died he called him to his
vigvam and told him whore he
would find the hidden pot Of silver
and gold. But when the Indian Of
about 40 years of age went to the
spot expecting to find the treasure
he became conscious OF the fact
that he had not been exact in OBJ
taining information from his dying
father, and found the hillside
stetching out before him without
knowing just where to set the spade
and dig up the coveted coins
since that day he has been trying
d, find the gold. He laments the
fact of having to pass over into the
nanny hunting grounds, where he
homes TO meet his father, without
having found the hidden pot OF gold
and silver. He still believes that the
gold will be found. Many of Bic
Fo0t's friends are inclined to believe
mat he Is relating to them what nc
helieyes to be real story or mo-
don not of gold and silver.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-27

Special 80 Th' world.
DUNCAN -. 26.--Penny Fow-
lcr a young iran about 22 years
old. was arrested 10y local officers
In this city last night after an un'
succes,ful attempt TO take PACK
age from the postoffice belonging 10
g. 4. Howe. Fowler was turhc"
over to "a deputy United States mar
shal. and was taken to Chickasha W
be arraigned before the iederai
,ntirt there.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-27

This armless man can PICK up
pins with his toes.
That's nothing.
Nothing ?" ,;o,
No: / know girl who can PICK
ii, , man with her eyes
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Hungary to Be Monarchy
As Slap at Radicalism,
Premier Hussar Ayers

Berlin. Feb. 6.-The Hungarian
national assembly. which convenes
for its first session on February
II. will restore Hungary to the
monarchy as a natural reaction
from the worst form of radicaIism
under Bella Kun-to the other ex-
treme-dynastic rule.
This prediction is made in a per-
sonaI telegram just received from
Premier Hussar, in which he says:
THE result of the Hungarian
national elections means a complete
victory of the Christian and Ma
tional parties. and the men thus
elected by the will of the Hun
garian people will undoubtedly re-
form of government.
This may well be regarded as a re-
action produced by the soviet rule un-
der Bella Kun. 1t would be premature
today to speak of the future of Hum
gary, as the draft of the peace treaty
presented to US deprives the country
of all essential conditions of exist
ence. and the treaty cannot be accept
ed without considerable modification.
1T would be equally premature to
speak now of the man who may be-
come the head OF the Hungarian state,
for his election will be the right and
the duty of the nation through its
elected representatives constituting
the national assembly.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
VIRGINIA BREVTTIES

had the endorsement of Gov. Davis
and State Health Commissioner
Williams. proposing recess of
twelve days during the influenza
epidemic. was voted down in the
house of delegates. The condition
In Richmond Is really serious, as the
number of cases is growing daily.
At Roanoke and Danville the in
crease in the number of cases is
alarming. At Danville the Memorial
Mansion, wher Jefferson Davis held
his last cabinet meeting. has been
opened by city health authorities as
an emergency hospital for victims of
the disease.
Norfolk. = The st. Luke's Church
property here has been sold for
$606.0o0.
Danville. - Plans are being made
by Danville Masons to rebuild the
Masonic Temple, which was destroy
ed by fire several weeks ago.
Norfolk. - LOSS of s25o,ooo was
caused by a fire which destroyed a
part of the Anheuser- Busch cold
storage plant here.
Charlottesville. Miss Virginia
Breeden. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Newton Breeder. died at her home
here.
Pocahontas. Miss Hattie Pearce.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Pearce, died at a hospital in Hunt
ington, w. Va.
Charlottesville. - John S. Tilman,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, died at his home here from
pneumonia.
Salem.-The Carpenter Cottage, a
part OF the Baptist Orphanage here.
was badly damaged by fire. The cot
tage was used as home for boys.
Harrisonburg. There are 500
cases of influenza in Rockingham
County, and nifty cases in Harrison
burg.
Lynchbarg-An increase OF %
per cent in the pay of Lynchburg
teachers has been granted.
Roanoke.-Organize labor here Is
greatly interested in a cooperative
store which will be opened soon
Many men in Industrial plants have
staked all their savings in the en-
terprise.
Norfolk. - The heavy rain during
the storms of the past week, has
brought relief to this city, which
has been suffering from a water
shortage for several weeks.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Winchester News

Winchester. Va, Feb. O. BY some
oversight or negligence. the new code
of Virginia carries no provision for
women to act as deputy court clerk,
and unless an amendment is passed
by the general Assembly. now in ses-
sion. a large number of young women
Of the state win give up their posi-
tions. They may still be. employed.
however. as, typists and stenogra-
piers. The Association of Court
Clerks of Virginia is seeking to have
the old laws re-enacted.
e The Rev. Robert A. Goodwin ar
rived here yesterday to take up his
work as rector OF Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church, succeeding the Rev.
DR.. w. ID. Smith, now of st. Marks
Church. Richmond. The Rev. Mr..
Goodwin was until recently statioLed
at Aldie. Va. He was a chaplain in
the American Expeditionary Force
and had previously been engaged in
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
SOCIETY PET
CRIME LEADER
Woman Rafles Used Inhu-
ence in Berlin to Aid
Thieves.

Berlin, Feb. GA woman Raffles is
now engaging the attention of the
Berlin courts in the person of one who
is known in society circles as the
Countess Colonna. She began her ca
reer as a dressmaker under her own
name of Ella Shutz. but subsequently
married a man named Muller, who di-
vorced her.
Ella then began a succession of
friendships with various 6iStin-
guished persons. always rising in
the social scale. until she became
the friend of the late Prince of
Thurn and Taxis. 1t is not quite
clear how this adventures came
into possession of her title. but as
the Countess Colonna she found the
doors of Berlin wide open to her.
She is a woman of great charm
and beauty, and she is always ex-
quisitely dressed. She was. in fact,
accepted as the model of the smart
set of the capital.
The countess, however. is in reality
the head of a band of criminals, and
has used her intimate knowledge of
the houses and habits of the best
families of Berlin to direct her ac-
completes to places where they were
able to secure the most valuable
booty.
One of her ablest lieutenants was
the son of n Prussian eX-minister.
The method of procedure adopted was
not only simple, but also calculated
to prevent suspicion falling on the
countess. She accepted an invitation
to accompany a friend on a journey.
and during the friends absence the
countess's accomplices visited the
residence and carried off all portable
articles of value.
The case which led to her arrest
was a robbery at the house of a
wealthy man which, during his alb
sence, was stripped bare of its car
pets, furniture, clothes-everything
in fact. The sale of a valuable Per-
sian rug was traced to the so-called
countess, who. to the amazement of
Berlin society, was arrested by the
police.
1t is TO the countess's garg that
n long list of hitherto ineXplicable
robberies are attributed by the po-
lice.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
IN
GREAT DEMAND
Competition for Man Pow
er Keen Among
Nations.

New York, Feb. 6. - With the
United States. Europe. Canada ana
some of the South American coun-
tries clamorinG for new man-power.
competition for immigration is to-
day practically on the same footing
as the world struggle for CONNER
cial supremacy.
This is revealed as a result of
study made by the Inter-Radical
Council of New York and described
in a statement soon to be issued.
The statement says:
THE present shortage of foreign
born unskilled workers, due to the
lack of immigration during the war
and the emigration to home coun-
tries, proposed anti-alien legisra-
tion and other causes. calls atten-
ton to the fact that the United
States is not the only country Of
fering economic opportunities to
the immigrant labor of the world.
THE Canadian government appro-
PIRATES several hundred thousand
dollars annually to care for and en-
courage immigration to Canada.
Agents are stationed in the princi-
pal European cities. They have
their travelling exhibits for Cana
da's opportunities The govern
ment pays bonuses to steamship Of
fees for selling passage tickets to
Canada
australian provinces are assist
ing immigration. New Zealand ar
ranges with the shipping companies
for reduced fares for desirable i'm
migrants.
Argentina is receiving large num-
bers of Italians. Spaniards and
French. Free land is given to the
newcomers. Naturalized citizens
are exempted from military service
for ten years.
''Brazirs immigration laws will
not only give free passage to all
who come to its ports as immi-
grants. but will care for them on
arrival. transport them to their des-
tination, provide them with tools
and seeds and supply them with
medicine and care for their fami-
lies.
The Department of Emigration
and Immigration in Germany has
been formed to work for the return
of Germans from foreign countries.
Hungary likewise is urging the re-
turn of former subjects.
France is counting on con-
siderable influx of italian agricul-
tural labor. 1t is stated that Italian
emigration to North and South
America will be much smaller in the
future, although the seasonal mi
grafton to nearby European coun-
tries will continue"
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
DIVIDED OVER
BRITISH RULE
Two Factions Have Arisen
In India and Each
Seeks Power.
BOTH MEET SAME DAY
One Wants independence
And Other British De-
velopment.

London--Two factions are fighting
for supremacy in India-one for In
dian Independence and the other to
maintain British authority and de-
velopment.
No better reflex of .his situation
can be found than simultaneous
meetings recently at Amritsar (where
British soldiers are alleged to have
passacred unarmed men and women)
one for. one against British control.
Hakim Ajmal Khan. president Of
the Moslem league, reviewed British
'Prussianism," and dealing with
questions affecting the Caliphate and
other holy places in the ottoman en-
pire said:
Mussulmans cannot be expected
TO forget that over these lands, the
cradle of Islam, no non-Moslem can
have the semblance of right to man
datory or other rule"
5000 LoyaIists Meet.
In another part of the city 5000
delegates to an Indian national
congress thanked the King of Eng
land for the grant of a new system
OF Indian government and welcom-
ed the forthcoming visit of the
Prince of Wales.
James Brett, writer on Indian af-
fairs, asserts that Britain never de-
lloerately set about to conquer the
East. but just got let in for it, -
not because England wanted to
govern India and the rest of those
lands, but because England merely
wanted to trade and do business
there. He continues:
But at the mere touch OF the West
and Western ideas the Mogul Empire
the most powerful government estab-
lished in India during 1900 years, COL
lapsed like a house of cards.
Fortified Factories.
There was no secure government
Our unhappy traders had to fortify
their factories and depots. And from
that seed have grown our Indian En-
pire and all our present interests in
the East
Every administrator. from Give
and Hastings onward, has tried to
avoid taking over the government of
new territories. has done his best to
keep out of them, and when forced in
the interest of our ideals to pacify
them, has preferred to buttress up
some native ruler rather than the rule
of the British Empire.
And the native ruler has not been
fit for the job, the Old anarchy has
now returned, and it has meant an
other little march for the British SOL
der"
Annexations Forced.
The writer points out that despite
official instructions not to encroach
upon native authority. the force of
circumstances caused anneXations
right and left from Baluchistan to
Burma, TO uphold Western ideas.
80" concludes Mr.. Brett, there
will be more trouble in the East
lots more. And we shall not be able
to help it. And, ultimately, it will be
very good for the East"
And that means Egypt. Mesopo-
tamia. Sudan. Persia and the Indian
frontier.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Elected from Hotel,
Jury Awards $4,000

New York. Feb. GA jury in Justice
Charles b. Sears part of the Supreme
Court today returned a verdict for
s2,o0o against the management OF the
Hotel Biltmore in the $4,000 damage
suit brought by Mrs. Robert W. Her
wig for ejectment from the hotel June
q. 1918.
Mrs. Herwig had registered at the
hotel several days before the arrival
of her husband. Capt. Robert W. Her
wig, West Point graduate, who had
Seen transferred from Fort Ogle-
thorpe. Ga. The husband went to his
wife's apartment at the hotel. they
said. and later went to the theater.
They returned to the apartment. and,
it is alleged, were elected at o'clock
in the morning, despite the fact that
Mr.. Herwig's brother-in-law. Com
mander Benjamin Dutton, of the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. came to prove
the identity of the couple when the
management ordered them out.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Canadian Loan S62S, ,032, 900.

ottawa-Final returns of the Cana
dian Victory loan of 1919 have Just
been announced. and show total sub
scriptions of s6S2.O 600. The number
of subscribers was S3O,6O0. While the
total number of subscribers is much
less than in the loan of 1918. the indi-
vidual subscriptions are greater, being
an average Of sS21.7O as compared
with s629.S0. In ratio Of applicants
to population Ontario led all the
provinces with one in SIS. British
Columbia was second, with one in
rs.