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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
Judaeans Meeting
In First Interstate
Convention Here

The first annual interstate conven-
ton of the Young Judaeans, comprising
the states Of Tennessee and Alabama
is In session at the Y. NJ. II. A. build
ing, Madison and Dunlap. II opened
Sunday afternoon and will close We'd
nesdaY evening with a banquet.
The organization has been formed for
the purpose Of instilling Jewish ideals
in Jewish youth; to help in the restora-
ton of Palestine; the participation In
flower and flag day and the thorough
gates present
There was a public mass meeting
Sunday at which 1t Is estimated over
400 were present, The following pro-
gram was rendered:
America .,.,..........., Audience
Israel Kanarek Memphis.
Zionism VS. Patriotism .............#
A Weiper. Chattanooga. Tenn.
Vocal Selection ...................
Miss Flora Iockett. Memphis.
The Future OF the Jew. ....;,....''.
Harding Perez Memphis.
Birmingham Activities ....,.. ~,....
Miss Rose Mendelson Birmingham.
Piano Solo ..................,
Miss Frieda schafter. Memphis.
Hatikva ...,...,...:.;.... ..r.... Audience
by an iced course at the Peabody
soda room. Monday night there was
TO be dancing party at the OVerton
casino.
Tuesdays program calls for a busi-
ness session In the morning, n sight
seeing tour OF the city in the after
noon and boat ride on the steamer
Idlewild by moonlight in the evening.
Wednesday the final business session
will be held in the morning, with So
cial tea at the home of Miss Frieda
Schaffer. 636 Poplar avenue, in the att
ernoon and farewell banquet In the
evening at the Y NJ. H. A. hail.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
Women Voters Plan
Huge Celebration

Women-newly enfranchised voters
Of all creeds politically, met Monday
afternoon in the Shelby county court
room to plan a fitting celebration OF
their elevation to the ballot. The meet
ing opened at o'clock.
The session was called by Mrs. j, b.
Puryear, president Of the Memphis
League Of Women Voters. But 1t was
an open meeting, the understanding
being when the call was issued that all
women were welcome to attend.
Date for a formal celebration OF the
suffrage victory in Tennessee was to
be fixed Monday. before the meeting
adjourned. A barbecut preceded by
a parade seemed to be the form the eel
ebration would take. Mayor Rowlett
Paine previously had agreed to issue
a proclamation for general observance
of the day the women choose.
Although Governor Roberts was In
vited to attend the meeting, he was
unable TO remain over In Memphis to
do so He left Sunday night, following
a conference on commutation OF sem
tence fo' Allen McNamars. Mrs. Pur-
year thanked the governor during his
visit for the part he played in giving
the ballot TO the women OF Tennessee.
and thus to the nation, Tennessee being
fhe 36th state to ratify.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
Negro Chauffeur
Held After Death
OF Girl Aged 10

P. NJ. Johnson, negro chauffeur. wa.
TO appear in city. court late Monday
to answer a charge of manslaughter
in connection with the killing OF Edna
Sheets, 10 years old, 1900 Cummings
street, at 3:15 O'Clock Sunday after
noon when she was struck by an auto
mobile driven by the negro at Trigg
avenue Sand Cummings street.
According to the pblice the little girl
was crossing the street when she was
struck by the Automobile which was
going west on Trigg aVeHue. She was
Immediately rushed to the Baptist Me.
mortal hospital but died short time
after her arrival there.
Johnson was arrested by Officers
Williams and Schoffner and taken TO the
police station where he was docketed
on a charge Of manslaughter and plated
in the city jail. According TO the po-
lice the negro was under the influence
OF liquor at the time Of the accident.
Other negroes were in the car with
Johnson and the police say they were
also intoxicated.
The body Of the little girl was taken
to Little Rock, Ark. Monday for burial
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
REDS ENDEAVORINGO
SEVER P0LISHRONT

WARSAW, Aug. 30. (By Assoc
ciated Press, 1.-The Russian soviet
forces are endeavoring to driv,wedge
designed to sever the Polish At. ac-
cording to an official statement the
fighting operations. Violent khting
Is reported north of Belzec to Tnorth
of Lemberg, where the soviI cav
airy of Gen. Budenny is trying new
encircling movement against Lbere
An advanced soviet detachme has
reached TysZowiec.
In the region of Bobrka, aniles
southeast of Lemberg, the Polhaye
repulsed repeated Russian attaI in
tended as a drive against L&erg.
The Poles are counter r-attackiN at
Sarnik and have smashed sevefto-
Wet squadrons. ~ N#S
Farther south Gen - PawieS's
Ukrainian army has forced the Dntr
river In an outflanking moveIt
against the soviet forces and is n
inc northward. There is Weak cont
with the enemy along the entire no-
ern front from Grajevo, to the moi
west of Bialystok, to Wlodawa on !,
Bug river.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
M'KELtAR SHOWS
HOW REPUBLICANS
FOUGHT SUFFRAGE
G. 0. P.'s Wanted Ants to
Win in Tennessee So Re-
publican Connecticut Could
Turn the Trick.

Republican interests moved hand in
hand with the antisuffragists In the
recent Nashville battle, in the opinion
Of U. $. Senator KENNETH d. McKellar.
did he believe that the legislatures s
ratification of the Susan b. Anthony
amendment was legal beyond all doubt,
but that Tennessee's adoption of suf-
rage was one of the greatest and most
timely occurances for the South in re-
cent years.
Had the legislature failed to rati-
fy," declared Senator McKellar Con
necticut, whose legislature already has
been called in session extraordinary,
would have been approached by the
Republicans with the plea that Ten
nessee turned suffrage down; now is
the time to ratify, to swing" g"the wom-
aAs vote to the G. o. P. standard
in November"
Senator McKellar further declared
that II the. upper layer of soil in the
recent Nashville controversy was re-
moved probably one would discover
traces of strong Republican influence
back Of the opposition to suffrage and
in many forms.
However, Gov. Cox Is tearing things
out by the roots, the senator thinks,
and is sailing merrily along to vie
tory this fall. Chances for q Demo-
cratic victory are brighter at this time
than at any since 1912, Senator Nc
Kellar thinks. The fropt porch and
old family rocking chair tactics are by
no means any better, the senator thinks,
than Hughes extended tour four years
ago.
1T is natural that there should have
been a division of sentiment and opin-
ion in Tennessee as to the wisdom OF
ratification" declared Senator Nickel
lar, reverting to the suffrage. while
both state and national Democratic
conventions had declared for it with
cut open protest from any single Demo
crat in the state, still our side at any
time has not attempted to impugn any
mans democracy or any Democrat !
honesty who has opposed it, nothwith-
standing it's unanimous Incorporation In
both of our platforms" the senator
continued. "If we had been defeated
in Nashville in our efforts for ratifi-
cation / would, of course, have accept
ed the verdict of the majority and
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column ID
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
U. S. Troops Take
Charge OF MingO
Strike Situation

Z WILLIAMSON, W. Va, Aug. sAa4Fed-
eral soldiers today took up their sta
tions in the Mingo county strike region
headquarters having been established
here yesterday by Col. Burkhardt who
commanded the troops from Camp Sher-
man, Ohio. Preparations were at the
same time made to withdraw the state
constabulary who have been on duty
the greater part of the time since the
union.
Details of the troop disposition were
not made public, but it was understood
that Col. Burkhardt has under his COM
mand a sufficient number of officers
and men to completely patrol the en-
tire region including Pike county,
across the Tug river in Kentucky,
where Kentucky national guardsmen
have been stationed.
Reports received by coal operators
here were that number of mines were
in operation and preparations were be-.
ing made to reopen others which have
been closed since the strike was called.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
new MAIL TRUCKS TO
BEGIN WORK TUESDAY

Eighteen mail trucks will enter postal
transportation work in Memphis Tues
day, according to Superintendent Of
Mails Ed Kline These trucks will re-
place all old vehicles formerly used in
hauling mails and viii give rruch
speedier results, MIR. Kline said
There arc eight one-ton trucks winch
will be used In hauiing malls from the
customs house to railroad stations and
from DcSoto station to the railroads
as well as between the various local
stations, The other trucks will be used
in collection Of parcel post Within tne
near future six additional trucks win
be nut into the service. Parcel post
trucks are half-ton carriers,
The machines are Quartered IN 'he
government garage at Union avenue
and Barksdale street
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
Says Vets Back Cox.

Mr.. Hays submitted to the commit
tee a letter from George T. carroll as
president OF the New Jersey Assocla-
ton OF Liquor Interests" He read from
It sentences soliciting funds to carry
on Cox propaganda with the ultimate
object OF obtaining an amendment to
the Volstead act to permit s9le OF
light wines and beers. The letter called
Gov. Cox a pronounced wet
Senator Kenyon asked Mr Hays II
the committee had received any con-
tributions from corporations.
mo" the witness said.
You estimate, then, that the cam
paign will cost about 50. .O0O,OoO2"
Yes but that includes more than
81 900, 900 spent in state campaigns and
assigned to the states.
"The campaign budget or estimate
was worked out beginning as OF July
l. OF total amount which would be
needed for the actual campaign and this
was SS,079. .O37 90" Mr.. Hays said.
This does not, OF course, Include
collections for states where there is
mutual agreement that such collect
ing for state and national committee
shall be done Jointly" he added, after
describing the budget in detail,
Mr.. Hays then charged that the Dem
ccratlc organization had planned to
raise from S5. O0O. 600 to 100000 600 to
finance it's presidential campaign and
called attention. In that connection. to
| the New York Worlds issue Of Aug.
! "a. 1919, reporting a meeting OF the
/ Democratic national executive commit
| tee at Atlantic City. He said this
account quoted w D. Jameson Of
| the Democratic national committee, as
! telling Of plans to finance the 1920
campaign by campaign fund OF from
! S.. 600, 900 to S10,000,00O. Similar state
ments were quoted from the New York
Times. Aug 26. 1919. and the New York
| Tribune, OF oct. 26. 1919.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
WALKER CLAIMS
HE WILL BEAT
SUFFS ON VOTE

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 30.--When
the two houses of the Tennessee legis-
lature meet this afternoon it is ex-
pected that quorum will be present in
both houses. When the senate recessed
for the weekend assurances were re-
ported that the house, which has been
meeting without a quorum since Au-
gust 20 would have a quorum today
and senators were notified to be on
hand.
Interest centers in the possibility of
opponents of suffrage ratification at
tempting to call up Speaker Seth Walk
er's motion to reconsider the ratifica-
tion resolution. At Saturdays anti
ratification demonstration in Murfrees-
boro Speaker Walker publicly declared
that the house would meet today with
a majority opposed to the resolution
and would defeat it.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
Food Cannot SGUe
MacSuUeney, Hunger
Striker, Wife Told

LONDON, Aug. SO.-The hunger
strike OF Terence MacSweney' lord
mayor Of York. has progressed so far
that he is in such condition that even II
he took food now 1t would do him no
good. according to a statement by the
Brixton prison doctor to MacSweneys
wife who visited her husband this
morning.
Mayor MacSweney is said to be even
more gravely i'll than at last reports
and a change for the worse may come
at any time in the next q hours:
husband for three hours, She said ne
was conscious and recognized her, but
was unable TO speak. Mrs. MacSwe-
ney was pale and bore evident signs
of the terrible strain.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30

In a printed notie to all customers
me Clover Farm dairy sets out its
prices that will jecome effective on
sept. l. A compaison between present
prices and those 10 be put into effect
Tor their various products follows:
Pasteurized MIX, quarts. 20 cents
Old price is certs; pints, IL cents. old
price 10 cents
Certified milk, quarts, 30 cents, old
13 cents.
Pasteurzed cream X. quarts, ss
cents. old price ~ cents; pints, A cents,
old price 80 cents; half ptnts, 20 cents,
old price IS cents.
Pasteurized cream Xxx, quarts, $1.4o.
Old price $500; pints 10 cents, old price
90 cents; half pints, S5 cents, old price
25 cents.
Bulgarian butterrnilk, pints, 12 cents.
old price 10 cents,
An official Of tie Clover Farm COM
pany stated that the reason for the
because the city lad increased the per-
centage OF butter fat from 80 to SO
per cent" The dty ordinance affecting
cream does not specify any particular
grade OF cream but says: Cream shall
contain not less than 20 per cent but
ter fat"
On Oct. 21, 1919. another ordinance
was passed BY the city relating to
whipping cream only in which the re-
qutrement for whipping cream was put
at 35 per cent. DIR. Durrett asserted
Monday that this ordinance did not
raise the percentage of butter fat as
to cream other than whipping cream
and that since this ordinance. date Oct
Il, 1919, there had been no changes
whatever made in the percentages Of
butter fat necessary for any cream,
THE city has made no new regula-
tions concerning the percentage OF but
ter fat for cream since l have been in
charge Of the health department" DR..
Durrett said Monday. I'VE are opera
ting under the ordinance adopted IN
1917 and the only thing we have done
Is to instruct dairies that they must
live up TO these regulations. A great
many haven't been doing this In the
past but It Is our intention to bring
them into line as quickly as possible.
"The city health department dis
claims any responsibility for the in
crease in prices and It is needless 70
reiterate that we have nothing to cause
an Increase unless 1t is to make the
dairymen and bottlers live up to the
old regulations and some OF them are
not yet living up to all OF our re-
uuirements but we are working on the
matter every day and improvements are
being made"
ducers of milk for some OF their prod
ucts, the dairy official said Monday,
but insofar as the cream was concerned
he attributed the increase to the city 8
regulations only.
DR.. Durrett says that he knew OF no
difference between one X or two =
cream and that he had been unable
to find anything in the city ordinances
that distinguish between grades o.
cream, only the one reoutrement-zV
per cent butter fatz-being .specitieu'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30

With sledge and anvil, leather aprou
and a Chinese assistant George r.
James made his first bow into the world
Of business industry. A helper in a
earned salary of $3.50 week, SO Of
which went for board and the rest for
candy. cakes and other things that
are won't to separate a youngster from
his money. The shop in which he
worked was on South Second street,
and by taking on extra work in the
mornings and after quitting time. he
soon boosted his earnings to a good
figure, making $3.50 a week gross, after
about 1S months.
Memphis Sept. IL, 1865. Twenty years
later, at the death of his father, he
assumed charge of the blacksmith shop
and wagon works founded by his
parent, gaining complete control of all
stock in 1899.
Dry Goods company after the failure OF
the old company and guided it to
financial security, until today he heads
corporation doing a business in ex-
cess of $l2,000,000 annually. Fortunate
deals, including the reorganization of
the old State National bank, gave him
his real start. In the mercantile bust
ness ne says that his success is based
alone on the theory of giving not at
tention to price or personal profit, but
only TO service. -
Building of homes for the working
man, selling them to him and founding
a city of home owners is his idea OF the
best use to which 81 ,000, 900 could be put
in Memphis, the houses being sold
without profit and on terms the work.
ingman could meet negro orphan
asylum Is another need which he be-
lieves worthy of donation.
Mr.. James hobby is his farm and
his grandchildren. II is with them his
spare time is spent So fond of his
two grandchildren is Mr.. James that
he gave them the checks he received
from the United States government
for two years service during the re-
cent world war, amounting 10 the sum
Of one dollar each e.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
Mother Believes
Son Lynched At
\ Tulsa Innocent

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Aug. 30. (Spl)
Il believe my son was guilty OF no
crime when he was killed by tnat mob
of Tulsa, Okla, because he was pro-
tecting a woman at the time taxi
driver was shot, declared Mrs; @;
Bolton today. The mother, Win otnJt T.
ifiOuTning the death OF her l9-ye9Ad at
noy, Roy Summers Bolton, whe
4 son. @PSuf Beiton, OF nashville, ieft
today for Tulsa to make funeral ar
rangements and investigate the lynch
ing The body will be either taken 10
johnson City, Tenn, where the family
has a burial lot, or to Springfield, MO,
where a sister resides.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
REDSTAKE FOUR
TOWNS IN THRUST
At BREST-LT TOVSK

LONDON, Aug. 30.-Hssian soviet
forces engaged in a outer-offensive
against the Poes east of rest-Litovsk
have occupied Iour village in that vi
cinity. Near Iemberg tire is heavy
fighting going On, and in be vlodava
and Grubeshoff regions, ere is local
fighting, This informatit was re-
ceived here this morning a wireless
dispatch from Moscow Qtaining an
official statement issuedthere yes
terday.
Bolshevik forces also he captured
a fort a mile and halfrom Brest-
Litovsk, says a dispatch the Daily
Herald from Minsk, date Saturday.
The message declares I'll the reds
are gathering strength foa new Of
fensiye,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30

Numerous persons with bullet wounds
were admitted to the Royal Victoria
and Mater hospitals.
Shipyard employees, who were un-
armed, were attacked while on their
way to work, 1t is charged by the po-
lice, by Sim Feiners, and shooting soon
began, Soldiers arrived soon and as
srmed strnst firing position across York
to clear the thoroughfare. Most of
the people fled.
At an early hour other disorders were
reported in the neighborhood Of Ewarts
ROW, Unioniat quarter, which was
attacked by Sim Feiners yesterday.
Shops were wrecked, and to clear the
streets, the troops opened fire from an
aTmored car. Falls road, which ira
verses Joseph Devlin's political division,
was simmering this morning. Great
excitement also prevailed In other af-
fected areas, and crowds were assemb-
ling during the early forenoon.
party of shipyard workers, headed
by man carrying the Union Jack.
proceeded up North street, wide
thoroughfare leading from Royal ave-
nue. to Shankill road, and wheeled INTO
Wine Tavern street. a nationalist To-
caiity, where there were suggestive
piles of stones. Shots were fired and
the ranks of the shipyard workers were
reduced by several who were rushed to
a hospital.
The shopkeepers of North street
promptly clAsed their stores. There
have been 135 fires since Wednesday.
In the fighting between Sinn Feiners
and Unionist shipyard workers many
shops were wrecked in York and North
streets. Soldiers got between the COM
bRtants in York street and kept them
Dpart. There were numerous baton
charges by the police. The military
held York street with armoTed cars al
elidday. A girl in a green blouse
headed the Sim Fein attack In York
street, keeping dozen yards ahead oi
her nearest male companion.
A curfew law will be introduced In
{ Belfast tomorrow night, extending from
1880 pm. to s am.
Eleven men dead was the toll of
Saturday nights fighting in Belfast.
A feature of the rioting was the ex-
tent of the destruction of property by
incendiarlsm. The Sim Feiners were
In strong force and appeared to be well
equipped with arms and ammunition.
The greatest of bitterness was displayed
during the fighting. The yells Of the
mob, the shrieks of women and children
and groans of the injured were audible
throughout the fighting.
When the rioting was at its worst.
women could be seen, clad in their
night attire, rushing from their homes,
the danger zone.
The excitement was intense until 1C
O'Clock Sunday morning. Isolated firing
was to be heard throughout the fore
noon.
. Quiet, however. prevailed at midnight
last night.
! In broad daylight Saturday. Sim Fein-
ers entered Ballycastle. County Antrim
barracks and seized all the arms and
ammunition. A we'll known republican
called at the barracks and engaged the
garrison sergeant and three constables
in conversation, when a motor dashed
up and five men, revolvers in hand
leaping out, ran past the party into
prised to offer resistance and the raid
ers got away with the booty.
A Sim Fein notice posted near New
Market, Galway station, Cork, says
that all military found outdoors after
o'clock at night, will be severely dealt
-,.N
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
Report in Full.

The report of the board covering the
action taken In the various wards and
precincts OF the county and as given
to the state board Of equalization fol-
lows!
The undersigned, composing the
duly appointed members of the Shelby
county board of equalization. respect
FUZZY submit to your honorable board
the following report:
The county board of equalization
met 81 days from the first Monday,
Jnpe 7, 1870, to Monday. Aug. 30, in
elusive
Proper minutes OF each meeting be-
ing, kept and filed. with all complaints
and tabulated list. with the county
court clerk
This board has exercised the utmost
care in making the proper notation OF
its actions on the books of the county
assessor and on the books of the state
board. but in many instances this board
found L impossible TO find in the state
books the property listed as In the as
sstion" hooks, and consequently no
THE assessors boolss s'oMs Ss N SlAse
the total amount of his assessment, =,
each page totaled, 50 this board WIN
only show the total amount OF redue-
| tiofl made and the total amount Of raise
on the valuation Of real estate equalized
and same on personal property.
"The action OF this board, by wards
and districts, follows:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
u. s. Russian Policy
Shared By Italians,
Colby Is Informed

WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-Italy has
informed the United States that the
two governments are practically In ac-
cord as to sentiments concerning Rus
sia and Poland contained in the recent
American note, Secretary Colby an
nounced today.
The communication was made
through the counsellor of the embassy
In a formal visit TO the state depart
ment, Mr.. Colby added. A reply to the
note would he made. he said. as soon
as the Italian premier returns to Rome
from Lucerne.
ed Mr.. Colby 2aid. from Poland.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-30
10000 FUGlTIVES OF /
RED ARMY INTERNE

WARSAW, Aug. SO.-The Germ
government has advised the Polish go
red army are interned in German te
ritory. The German authorities co
slider it dangerous to leave such he
bed of Bolshevik propaganda in t
neighborhood of the frontier, and i
quest permission of the Polish COVER
ment to take them across the Poll
corridor in order to convey them
the center of Germany,