davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
TALKS ON ECONOMY.

UNION CITY Tenn, May 5 tSplA-
r o. Morris, the present attorney.Ecn-
cral Of this district or circuit delivered
at the Cumberland church last night
a lecture on the subject OF Economy"
1t was a mastery effort and enthused
all his hearers with the presentation OF
facts regarding the high cost OF living
that opened the eyes Of his hearers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
ATTACKS LEVER ACT.

JACKSON, Miss, May ;. (Spl)--
The application for Injunction, filed by
proprietor, to restrain the enforcement
of the fair price schedule issued by the
state fair price commissioner. and to
test the validity of the Lever act, in
regard to department stores, will be
final disposal,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
METHODIST BOARD MEETS

NASHVILLE. Tenn May 5--Tho
general board Of missions Of the Meth
odlst Episcopal church South, win hold
the Nrst session OF its annual meet
ing here this morning. The meeting
will probably last through the remain-
der Of the week.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
MINE HEAD NOMINATED.

WASHINGTON. May 5.-Frederick @
Cpttreik OF California, was nominated
TO-DAY by President Wilson 10 be a..
rector Of the bureau Of mines, sue
Seeding Van ii. Manning. resigned.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
LARGE BAKING PLANT TO
COST MORE THAN $500, 900
is SECURED FOR MEMPHIS

Erection of of the sous largest baking plants Iowa
and Fifth by the Union Biscuit
within
this Bondurant representative
the
commissioner
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
CROPS DAMAGED.

ANNISTON, Ala. Max 5.-Farmers
from points north OF here reported to
day that severe hailstorms have swept
over that section during the last two
days, causing heavy damage to wheat
and other crops.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

CAR INSPECTOR TOO FOXY"
FOR TWO NEGRO HOLDUPS;
LOSES 80 CENTS, GETS GUN

highwaymen, whom with
pistol inspector Railway
had 80 while
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
FLEET LEAVES FOR
POSSIBLE DUTY IN
MEXICAN WATERS

NEW YORK May Six destroyers, accompanied by the
tender Bakhawk left their anchorage with the Atlantic fleet
in the Hudson river pm today and sailed for Key West for
possible duty in Mexican
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

sun sets today GAS pm; rises tomor-
row 5:O4 pm. Moon rises BIS pm. to-
Tennessee--Local showers, little
change in temperature
Mississippi-Thu
Automatically cloudy, cooler in
northwest.
-Thundershowers, contin-
ucd cool.
North and South Carolina and Geor-
gia-Partly cloudy local showers prob
able.
Alabama and Northwest Florida
Thundershowers
FTorida-Partly cloudy
Louisana.-Partly cloudy scattered
showers.
Oklahoma and East Texas-Partly
cloudy.
West TeXas-F1
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
LIsIESz w AiISEstERl

Twenty-four hours to noon May 5:
Temperature
Hour DrN hulb. Wet bulh. Humid Y
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-04-28

hla r%lsAsaru pfasl lan - sal
! shem. .in, y, ielu hnt, TAI n
snu icas nemssll A IN - pNl
i4anns'i it,e. dslei i. iak sAn
! tssumis, u "a nee nrsrham' Al
! ld,hsch Il mohl rad,is tab h,el
Il Iaill. aLss al.ua lel.0 mas a.,
nasttAAl
A ~ ii ital uamince. H. i
nam lsk nAicdnou aipusiila =
rtal 81 Anloniu.
II "Tn VI "a rf.lchasii Aanka a
SladkSm ii usia,iena : potadno
s,i sirasi, a 10 VIZ. maminka b,
pfccc icnom neiradsi yhsiala NJ
ehnlups PAM al 10 smrti PAX tn
Ls fik6 H. Eda ~ ncma nikoh,
i.nom a ~ mu musi X smrti Pc
slouiit Ale Eda ii pivtka. us,
dis My pofad myslime, he IT, Eds
iiv ien pro'o, ably co neidfiv u,
mfcl. ale Eda ma dobre jadro.n
"A 60 81 maminka udslala 81
lankon . karlouf'' ynoyu Sc ptaI
Antonin
"Xanka by omrzela Syateho, po.
rad chodi. nafika q Zebra, ID Sc ma
mince nediyim. A karla 10 : ma.
minkou nikdy neumala. Maminka
jc pysna. karla ie pysn6 u : ton
rovahou ~ ~ dyi nikdy ncscj
dou
Dochazeli ku pobeiovicke fof.
tovnc. Jan So zastavil n sc zalibe-
MIN zadival Sc ma krajinku. kie.
ri So mn, kdyz 2 lesa vykroeili.
pred oeima ndhlc otcvfcla.
"Tonicku. kdybych ID mel 10
HE, co ~ mas" prayil zanicena,
"nikdy do nejdelsi smrti bych 81
tn Rabskou chalupu ma kirk ne.
vazal. Vadyf to mas tady jake Y
raj. Ale ty isl take takovy ne
spokoienec. ~ 81 fikas, re je Y TO.
BE- laskn ku vlastni 2emi, ale ic
to jen HAD po nedem novem, pc.
ustayicnfch zmcnach."
XVII.
Nea Sc okresni sud- rozhoupal
o stani k dedicnt p%ofadnosti po
startm pdnu rabsktm nafidil, H.
tally mlode kachny ma rybnice, Ger
venec NJ byl. Praktikant Krb M
m)ade kachny ma rybnicc hi.
dial. A pobezovickt foftovne III.
sot b3zcl, iakoby nebozka stara
PAM nikdy nezila. Anna vsecko "a
stain a tepryc kdyS zne byly skon.
porodiia tax lehce a rychlc,
10 nebylo PAM baby Podzimkove
potfebi. ! PAM baba pfibshla do
ud}chanG a spocena,
potu il = dvoiittho podbrad
ku pc mastns XIII do pootevfent
(dusila Sc, jak bezela, a til
Il jupky kartounoyt ro-
zepiala) ma tukem piclite ,prsy
kapaly.
Brodecky vypravil do Rabn
'c~hvalniho posla, ale ponevadz
byly inc tam uz psenice u
sladali do stodol), zadal matky,
nejezdila a klidna byla, ac
e Use V pofadku, Re Sc Ease kluk
larodil, hezky, po name cerno.
Ky, 4 pichlavyma oeima, ze hol'
jako o mich, ably 81 po6ka-
a maniinka ma holtiGku, Re to ne.
dlouho trvati a tentokrate ze
Dude holcicka.
kftiny tedy ncbyly slavnostni.
koGaru sedl Brodecky s pani
Podzimkovou a y novorozenl |
EN-, jeli do T5nistS, a velebnicek !
;. Sourek ditto okftil. Kmotra ko.
jakdby chalupa hofcla. I
Iinotr kostelnlk v modrgch kal. !
otach spodnich, We kvapu jcn SCI
o cernebo sosaku ustrojil a ma
rul'e kalhoty zapomnel. Velcbnf. Z
ck Y nazehlcnt rochetce tile Sc 7
smfyal milSm 1smevem a ospalc
mobility, do nichz mu b
. stodoly "a krehovcm 1dcry ce.
Il vesele ypadsly. Y SpaGki n
vspnt mandcle mlAtili, ably bylaIs
anna ma poyfisla. IS
RAbska PAM nepfijela ami pc Y
ftinach. Anna j dychtive oceka-
ala. Zabolelo Annu, ze je pc pryt|i
tech vecech opustlna, he nikoholi
rm&, ale uspokojiIa sc, kdyz Vi .
sla, al tohoto porodu folik So o. n
lyala a desiIa, M vseckO bylo v
OdbytO. Vstnla tent0krlfaly
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-04-28

ptastl lnn sss ~ ~ issls her
\ ~ y kalu 1vlik iohsila
,sehe A irsis Az, ~ \ kueh,n
ctstslu q pin 'uiik lisin watts
katla ~ nrms Ia vlA,aii. mislall
nrprus,cislW tous.k De ,im, b
lsI, llss u ~ ,;sels t.s,a.L !,
tuie
"A proe BY l%ito,slsf ~ j.
sssd nsce gesleell'"
Il saslechl a nvgaslechl. odra
vidal lan mrruis, "io VIZ /, lcs'
I'D hah lcdaco se pfrslcchne. Syak
kunes ie hodny ilovsk. moe po
fadns tlo,sk. . hospodu ness,ad,
donna cele dni sedi a ienom nj
~harmonium hrale. ale je mrsout
Ne karle ~ nehodi. ia " Kari,
nedi,im. Mus kdyby nskdo cel.s
den kostelni pisns M tom bruta.
ku hrsl. TAX bych We : MIN jal
ro,vsst na hodinu. kdyi isl SO o.
ienil a mladon ienskou isl dostal,
mas sedst u ieny a ne u michu .
Antonin Sc ~zastayil.
fla ii nerozumim. 60 tim chccs
.ficif" pravil %pos,raSens.
ian mavl mrzuft rukou. jakoby
dofsrnou mouchu odhanal.
"Tonicku, neSadcj toho ode
mne,' odpovidal ~proscbns, "kle.
by delat ncbudu, beztoho To iscu
gen klepy, ale kdyby TO byla pray.
da, TAX by me to taky mrzelo. -
lnu, zkratka, povida se, Re karla
,ie cele dni ma fare a svakr ie do.
ma hraje ma harmonium,"
u mich ma fafe?"
"Ano Il mich Ale az to ma nne
nepovis, ja jen poviddm, co sly.
Antonin Sc ma chvili zamyslil a.
ma jednom mista postal. Ma ko.
nee Sc aasmal a dale kracel.
"To .ie hloupost,'' pravil pre-.
'vedcive, "tomu w rozumim, Ma.
j tam farafc, jak mne svakr wy
Drdvel, mladeho q vzdelaneho clo.l
yeka, jenz .ie Sc Svakrem uS Cd
moe "a dobre, a kdyi|
am karla nikoho nemd, Ike komu
81 vysla, tax chodi no faru! vi
omhle docela mic nebude, jsn lid.
zlost. Kdyby chodila pc Sc.
nikdo by nepipl, ale to-
Karla je ma sedlGky moe pyk.
u, q proto tyhle feci. Ne, v tom.
lie docela nic ncni."
Ale kdy2 se neco iakovtho 20.
ida, namital dan, days 10 se bra.
rem pfesvedciti, TAX Sc tomu
yihnoui. Jd vim, 90 lidskt
Iuby doyedou! Co jen toho 0 mns
osnasely a bylo vSdy vsecko
sfovna jcn asi polovice
jt mel rozun, o Karla no ne.
u, kdyz Sc o mns poealo
re n6kam chodim, hned
sem pfestal a chodil jseln j..
"A co je S nssim d~edicnym po.
adkem," zavadel Antonin rec j..
am, "po pofadnosti Sc nikdo nc.
hanis" |.
Jan Sc rozesmAl. Hlavou mn
militia ustarana postava svakfi. {
ka Sladkeho dfdictyim NJ omrze.
Jests nedavno, kdyz byl u
sho V lese pro hromsdy, Jan
.rsSliye no s dedictvim poskadlil. I
ITO umlklo nadobro," pravil
an v~esele, "svakfickovi Sladke. ]
kdyz We o d9dictvi zminim. |
lcpe 81 usi a utfka. Nechce 0 nj. 4
ami slyseti. Cert mu medal
ut, zase Sc i Kritzmanein ndo. \
Ill o dokonce MI sm6nku pode. !
val - co4, Kritzmann ie virtues, b
,mu se svakficek Sladky pode- d
se M smSnku, ten w n4Gemu pol d
dnemu rozun,f! No, = ted musi {
att To jsem se doved3l jen tax n
ID ruko,i, lance ~ on 0 tomlie 0
ma nezmfni. B1Sel X sudimu On .
fad do Mmkn jako Silence q H.. =
'lali pry 10 TAX, ze Dude sud- k
ritsmannovi mesi6nS ma ten duh 81
ltku strhovat, vic strhovat me-
k
Antonfn se shovivav9 usmival v
'akra nelitoyal. "Dobfe W may
praviI, "kdyby se byl tax. n
spalil NJ davno, bylo by vie. d
0 vyffseno. y takovgm cloy6. b,
M se sspletc! A karlA ~ taktist
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-04-28

"tAtt tiN hNftAhN AltHA fAhi
letan iallad tetat AZ ma nel,us
va ghbse A kefa nolmkka. milan
nm uctek Alc 10 IA y hlasa "a
knyon fantas mol Ne1 n IA M
,t uht~Il. sctifl ma dyptc. PISA "a,
iiska mel megi nnhama q TAX y.
MIN tu01il. jake 5 tlovshem. \
dobte b II obtsil. ga D, dalai
kdybN hyi Rivi
XVI
kupka = Rabu pro PAM nrpii.
.icL u kdyS nrbNI II lgc odjczd od.
tladali q Niari PAM ncdosedla
m1irpdeni mkrtli, nstavient ii
ga nelhnlce sleluiic, uial - wei
Rrodecff.
ITO sile, maminko, ia vas ne.
Whanim, pravil, kdyi Sc naSky
Tia pfileiitosi, ''ale M yas 10 u
nds omzi, fcknatc si u il dam
2%apfdhnout, .lak poyidam. neyy.
bdnim Wis. ale mann 2 loho roz.
UNI"
81 yzdyf jd. Tonicku. od vas
rcpospichdm, %odpovcdela skoro
p%ohu6vane. "kterak bych ID mo.
lla cd sytch deti pospichati. Ale
to Wis, tady idc o porddekl Ne
chdS dun prazdnS a nevis, jak 10
5 domem dopadnel Eda by Sc sam
mel doytipit a Kupkovi poru6it,
Fdya otdlf. To Wis, Tonicku, .ic
TO ysecko tyojc, ID ii TO jake oko
v Have opatruji, a kdybych il ii.
10 neopatroyala, ysechno by ii.
rozkradli n roznesli.
"Jen 81. maminko, feknete. a
hncd budeme zapfahat, il YAM
ro2umim,' pravil, "domov .ic do-I
mog a tfeba byste taky II mas by
Ia donna, precc Sc yam zastesk-
ne"
"ViS, TonickI, n6iak to udflci,
il bych Anince nerada bolcst II.
d6lala, yidiS. Tonitku, il .jscm IA.
Dis u vas okfGla a jake z%noynzro.
ycna jscm. Ale cd tamt0ho Sc uSI
taky nemohu odtrhnoul .Jak byclI
mobIa ia. stnra osoba, tatinka o
pnstii, Edpz M tam chuda6ek pod
lin druem Iezi n nikoho nema.
lido by bo opatroval, jcn me. A to
mn6 srdce rozkrajuje, jake pi-
toma jScm n pofad 81 fikam: Sva-
IS Duchu, sesli ma me jazyk mou-
drosti, abych TO nejlip udelalai''
ia teda dam hned zapfah
noutl
"Nc, T%onieku," odpovidala
rozcilene, ito mne pro Boha ne
d6lcj, nepospichcj, Tonicku, ia cd
Wis Iaky nepospichdm. Jenom
starost nam, ably Sc ii tam neco
nestalo. A NJ Dude zapotfebi. jen
posla posli, il okamzit6 prize
du -
TAX Sc jeji odjezd 0 nekolik
dnd prodlouzil, ale pfece odjela.
A zas bylo smutno Y p~obtzoyic- ]
kt foftoyne. Tentokratc pc rabske
PAM. Is
"Dlouho-li name do svaiki,"
Antonin Annti, kdyz V man. /
ddvtrnosti 0 sv9ch ylcech
fozpr1ytIi, "a zas III budes miti
naysteyu Jana. VelkonoGni svat-I
jsou jcho, ja M no IMAM. Nal
no 10 chytne a musi vyraziti
le ysedniho zivota. IA NJ no vi. 4
pfibfhnc zas jake s kesc. b
rem" b
"Aspo6 81 $ MIN trocbu popo-
prayila, "ten nikoho ne.ls
'armouti! A yidis, Tonicku, pres
o, Ne - 0 mem tolik povidA. jan d
nj dobre srdce a je dobrg clo- d
'1k. Jcnon ~ ohnifky kdyby VI
nehofely, ably taky Amalka q
,yla y MIN sfastnai Ale on IN Sc k
,e pcm6zei v tomhIc jstc ysichGi 81
ia vim, kdybych tebe talk u
peblfdaIa, ~ bys taky oku- n
u oyocr " zapoyfzenfbo sfro. d,
Is
Antonin 80 upfImnf rozcsm6l.
Zen kdyz me pnstis aspo6 do X
uk1rny "a Janeckoyou," odpoyi- III
nj ycseIe, n kdyz se nebojis, by u,
mo b6ba HencarovaIs." VI
~ jdi ty," praviIa M oko tn
Iostnf h zhljbDt pIeskIa jcj pres
rokA zhda, s..
10 je muz, proIetflo j jake ji-
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-04-28

~ NNh ta@ ~ y" " iANkN sAnNA
shA, ale on, lon, vslpn.isl.. BIZ
sen pnaNl ; h@ltoa prf,mml
1T IN tnhlc ~ OH hodlail ud,
lai nrslaeil b, snl dulonal, ~
wa IL ns,im, ham i,ch Ia TASK
l 0s.Nas.ns await, nv, .s ).
~ 'akosea Ntatdst p,slu,ou Al,
~ va lim 10 ueenlu tssulon.sl
"a, :, fir ucdail l,uoW Ito nm,
l'ch ~, - W tab dan s,vn d.
hroivu FavadSi,
Rrodeck> yasmusile se ma les
misira sadisd a neodpoyidal. Ne
slobil se ma ntho. nesasliyal mn
Ami proio, le ho nelaskavs blar
hem naval.
Jak b,ch mu 10 v.svstlosal
kmi,lo mu hlavou. kdyi nechape
60 TO je. pfich,tiii Ne kofinky &c
II by,osti Ike kusu ylastni rene.
spoiiti sy1l osud sc ,emi. utiniti
81 a svym pevnou domovinu, ne
zmanitclnou a ustasicna steinou
Tohoio on ncchape a nikdy nepo.
.ehopi. On ien cisi rmi. cisi
atromy IN plat osetfujr u nikdy
X clximu nem0ie pfilnouti.
"Rdteji dovolit" prayil 10
dlouht chyili. ia vim. ie zistna
nejednam a ic j skoda mn1 y toho
sxcide, ale ja jinak .jednaii ne.
mohu. Ma konec TO pfece jenom
ysecko Dude mne a mym dstem a
mich dati dttcm nalcSct."
Anton, 10 mysleii hodne 10
daleka, usklibl sc lesmistr, Ito
ID zas man zasadu. Re vsade les,
Gem pane. A nikde SC K nicemu
neva&u. No, mali Sc III dobfe. a
nealcbeji Sc, kdyz isem jim nala.
du pokazil."
Pedal mu ruku, pfatclsky .icho
ruku stiskl a pozorns 20 ieho pc.
moci lei do tfinena. Kons Do
krku poplacal q klusem od.iizdtl
"On by mne 10 nejradsi ysc.
exc aosklival,' pravil 81 Brode.
cky p~ohrdliye, "jakoby clov6k
musil fiditi Sc icn poaty n ne
u
Ma Jana v tonic pfemyatistm
rozechveni dplne zapomnel, ale III
Ian po pasece $ prudkym hvizda.
nin pasackym piichazel. Mel je.'
sta rty naspuleny a yesnickl pis-
T. nich mu unikala, kfys ST.
ahltdii. Bratrsky " pFivitali.
ia mel dnes ceiy den.trsent
ie pfijdes,' v~yprdvfl Antonin.
'ac jsi nepsal." "A
"A Ja sc u 1as dies rGuo roz.
IA iednou Ii mne neco uvnitfN i1ka-
o: Homo, sober se . maSiruj do
'obezovic! TAX jsem Sc Ii nal
obratil, el jsem domd, |.
'rcstrojil jsem Sc, q ut jscm tady.
70 Wis, ID Ne 5 nicim dlouho ne.
ozmyslim, kdyz nne to napadne,
ak to hned ndslam!" /
Anton sc shovivave usual. O..
Sem nikdy o bratrove zbrklosti,
z jeho naladove, rozteka-
e bytosti, nepochyboval. |.
"A Amdlka tx bez ySeho pu.
ptal Sc Jana.
"Tonieku, my jsme ted s A. |
nalkon zivi jake diva and6le, w /
rozumime. ia vim, he je bruG. /
mrzuta nenapraviteln6, a ona 4
/, BE, kdyz Sc neco stane, ze to
eddlam re 6patnosti, 10 10 je vsc. ]
hno takova krev digoka q blaxni. !
ale sfdce ze o tom newt, jen :
alhoty! AmAlka w vi, he md ja. 1
0 pofadnA zena mu2ovy chyby s
q pax taky, COZ je hlay. b
! wee, nema Ike komu b3hat sci
vrchAiovic nem& q ny.k
pAnovi 4 hloupostmi ne-r
nj M oci!" II
"Jen kdys 50 dobfe snasitc! "p
rsvil Antonin, "a ' Rabu jsi ne-p
la
II taky jssm Ne tam tuhle roz. o
zrovna kdyz byla mSminka a
vas nsvStevou. Ale Edovi 10, X
k re mne zd&, moe nsbylo who'd d
dyz jsem yypozoroval, re hlida n
acku jako drak, ncdalo mns to
kde jsem mobl, tax jsem se k nj s
ien bych no pofAdnt po- 81
,bil Inu, name ka1dy syou stn- h
! radistkul yidfs, Toni cI
TO mn jA pro tohle nikomn X
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~ sltpAnNs~ku Amla e Nhs
IahN %kuliurni,e iaho dome
NNpra,'N4
lalai do koleha ehsli iaku
letan lallad crtpi ~ ma npl,as
va Whbsn A kerd nclmska. miko.
nm nctek Ale 10 ~ y hlasa "a.
koyou fantas mtl Ne1 sc M nN.
ot oh~ll, stelel MA ,lyatc, l,.a Va.
fisla mel megi nnhama a TAX ~
81 MIN bufil iako 5 tlovshem. \
dobte b II obtsil ga by dalai.
Adyby byl 1iy,.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
BENSON WOULD
KEEP VESSELS
New Shipping Board Head
Opposes Sale Held Up
By Court Order.

Sweeping changes in the policy
of the Shipping Board toward sales
of former German ships are under
stood to have been discussed yes
terday at a conference Of Admiral
W. S. Benson. Chairman Payne and
other members of the board. Ben
son soon will succeed Payne as
chairman.
1t is believed that Payne's policy
of selling the former German ships
will be abandoned. and that Ben
son will institute a new policy OF
retaining some OF the vessels for
the army transport service. and dis
posing OF the others under such
regulations that they will always
fly the United States flag. and be
ready for navy service in time OF
war
Justice Thomas Jennings Bailey
in the District Supreme Court signed
the formal decree restraining the
former German ships.
Persons close to the Shipping
Board believe that Benson will
recommend TO Congress n program
of legislation that will make provi-
sion for the army transport reserve
and while forbidding transfer of any
of the ships to a foreign flag. will
make II possible for American ship
pers to profitably operate the ves-
sells in competition with foreign
craft
Heavy appropriations will be nee
essary to make the program work
. able.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
MEAT CONTROL
BY U. S URGED
Rep. Anderson, Minnesota,
Calls Palmer's Agree
ment Inadequate.
NINTH HEARING STARTS
Officials of Federal Trade
Commission to Be Heard
By COMMITTEE.

Federal supervisor of the packing
industry Is necessary. in spite OF At
torney General Palmer's dissolution
agreement with the big Five" pack
ers, according to Representative Sid
ney Anderson. of Minnesota, who tes-
tifed yesterday before the House
Agricultural Committee.
Opening the ninth Congressional in
vestigation of the meat packing in
dustry in the past four years. Mr..
Anderson declared that the agreement
with Palmer is not sufficient from the
standpoint of eitte er the consumer or
the producer.
He declared that legislation should
provide government supervision, as
surances that independent packers
will not be Disseminated against in
the use of refrigerator cars. separa-
ton of stockyards from packer con-
troll and the development of cooper
ative and municipal packing plants In
centers of production.
The purpose Of the hearings. Chair
man Haugen declared, is to determine
whether legislation is needed to sup
plement the packer dissolution decree
negotiated by the Attorney General.
officials of the Federal Trade Com
mission are expected to be heard to-
day.
Announcement that the retail meat
dealers were to be called to account
was made by Palmer a few Gays ago
in Chicago. He pointed out that
wholesale prices of most kinds OF
meat have been cut in the last three
months, while many retail dealers
have made no change in their prices.
Some even have increased prices. he
said.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
MAN, 45, WEEDS
CHILD, AGED II
Search Made for Husband; +;
Judge Threatens to
Prosecute.

Nashville. Tenn, Feb. 24.-Mar-
ried February at the age of IL
years, Florence Lambeth today was
in the care Of the United Charities
Commission while police are search
ing for her 45-year-old husband.
Ben Zumbro.
The case was brought to the at
tention of the judge of the county
court, who characterized the affair
as one of the most revolving and
pitiful he had ever known. He an
nounced that he would prosecute
persons who had anything to do
with the alleged forcing of the child
into her marriage" Divorce pro-
ceeding will be started.
When found and taken away the
child was dressed in a shabby
wooden dress which struck her a
couple of inches above the knees
and ragged stockings. All of her
clothes were in a state of inde-
scribable filth.
According to the story told by
the child. her mother told her IL
she would marry Zumbro she (Mrs.
Lambeth) would take care of her.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
Mexican Secretary Appointed.

appointment. of Leon Solinas as sec
retary of industry. commerce and la
Dor of Mexico, has been announced at
Mexico City. the State Department
was advised yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25

q member OF several Masonic orr
ganizations. He II survived by his
wife. Mrs. Alice Mccathran Powell.
Martin L. J. Steele. many years a
prominent citizen of Lanham. Nd,
died at his home there Sunday or
pneumonia. Steele was assistant
purchasing agent of the United
states Fuel Administration during
the war. He IL survived by his
wife. Mrs. Linda Steele, and five
children, the oldest being IL years
of age. Funeral services were held
at the Whitefield NJ. e. Church,
Lanham. yesterday. Burial was in
Loudoun Park Cemetery. Baltimore.
\ Dy. Gabr4el Floyd Johnston, 80
years old. who died Monday night
at Emergency Hospital following a
stroke or apoplexy, will be buried
today In Glenwood Cemetery. DR..
Johnston gave up his medical prac-
tice many years ago to accent
a position In the bookkeeping and
warrants division of the Treasury.
where he remained until his death,
DR.. Johnston's home was In the
wellington apartments. He was
stricken while attending a perform
ance at the Shubert-Garrick The
ater. Funeral services will be held
at st. Thomas Episcopal Church
this afternoon at o'clock. DIR.
Johnston was active in musical and
Masonic circles. He was a member
OF benjamin B. French Lodge and
washington Commandery. No. 1.
he Is survived by his wife, a son,
Ralph HUI Johnston. and a daugh-
ter. Mrs. A. l.. Alley, all of this city,
and brother. Thomas ]. Johnston,
ond sister. Mrs. Henry r. Elliott,
both OF New York City.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
HEARINGS ON BUDGET
TO COMMENCE TODAY

Hearings on the District budget
will begin this morning at 10
o'clock before the District OF
Columbia subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee.
Representative Charles +. Davis.
Minnesota, chairman, has announced
the committee, on orders from Re
publican leaders, intends to make
a thorough Investigation of District
expenditures and pare them to the
bone in line with the general pro-
gram of economy.
The teachers pay increase bill.
introduced by Mr.. Mayes. chairman
of the House District committee,
Monday probably will receive the
attention of the subcommittee be-
fore the hearings end.