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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
GETS LETTER FROM HIS
SWEETHEART; KILLS SELF
Pine Bluff Man Believed De-
spondent Over Love Affair.
ESPECIAL to The News seimitar.)

Especial to The News seimitar)
PINE BLUFF, Ark. Nov. 10
Carl Watkins, aged 80. well-known
local man, committed suicide We'd
nesday afternoon by shooting HIM
self through the head, at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. @.
Watkins.
Watkins appeared to have been
laboring under a severe mental
strain for the past week, according
to officials at the Saline River
Hardwood plant, where he was en-
ployed. He received a telegram
which is said to have been from
Miss Kathleen Venable, a former
Pine Bluff girl, who is now nurse
in a sanitarium at Nashville. Tenn
Watkins and Miss Venable have
been sweethearts for some years II
is said Shortly after receiving the
message the young man told officials
at the mill that he was i'll and went
home where he talked to his mother
| for q. moment and then shot himself
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
arkansas TOIUn To
Haze Harding Street

HAZEN, Ark, Nov. 19.-Warren G..
karding has been showered with tel
Grams and messages Of congratula-
on on his election as president of
he United States. parades and meet
4. rgs have been held in all parts of
( he country in Jubilation over his
ection, and other signal honors have
cen conferred upon him, but it is be-
eyed to have fallen to the lot of
( his town to name the first street for
lin.
A new addition to the town of
fazen had Just been completed and
( ne day following the election the
Z city fathers, were naming the new
sreets. The first one was christened
Harding street"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
ARE YOU FAT?
Here's Your Chance to Join
a Joy Club.
fsneoiaI 20 The News scimitar.)

Especial to The News Seimitar)
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Nov. 10
How many fat men are there IN
Memphis?
Fred r. Hart, of Boston. weight
264 pounds, wants to know. The rea-
son for Mr., Harris agitation on the
subject is due to the fact that he
organized in 1914 the Fat Mems
club of the United States, which, he
saws, NOW numbers $500 members
ali in good standing of 200 pounds or
over. j.
For reference he gives James 5.
Spencer, president of the organlza-
| tion. also of Boston, and G. Ever
EFT Stackpole, of Stoneham, Mass,
| the secretary, and to show what
/ those who are "toting excess bag :
gage" as he expresses 1t, can no. ne
points to the beautiful home the RAT
Mems club of the United states Is
erecting at Linnfield, Mass. for the
aged and infirm fat men ana their
wives.
If the rock ribbed coast of New
England andN it's illustrious pie
belt" can boast of local lodges, why
not the sunny Southland" asks Mr.
Hart. And he repeats the lnterro :
cation by saying, especially, since
there are no dues to be paid"
Without doubt Hart is one OF the
Imost interesting of the Spas many
visitors. He is registered at the
Majestic hotel and he declares ne
lis not violating any of the ritual VI
his priced organization by coming
to Hot Springs and in the owrlu IA
Imous radio active hot waters taxing
loft some of the surplus fat that ma
Iture has decorated him with. he
will be here all winter. Already
local lodge is sprouting. After ne
Iorganized Hot Springs he will tackle
some of the other larger cities o.
1.-The state and then, he says, the pat,
tile cry will be ION to Memphis!
There is no "stinger" to Harris
proposition, either, for, as he says
. members do not have to pay dues O.
initiation fee for. the privilege o
forming a Fat MEMS club. He want
TO hand the "cherubs" together Il
a better fraternal spirit. Aside iron
that however, his one ambition, aIte
a winters course in the hot oaths
ia TO return to his native heath anc
IN rhe historic Boston common, eX
lhibit a sylphy-like form that WI
make Mack Sennett's bathing beau
: ties turn green with envy. he
regarded here as a genuine old Tim
err" for he made his initial Visit wa
, back in the days of '7S, WIN nc
Springs was mrely a camp, ana
rough Que at that. y "
Mr.. Hart states. there are just tw
/, exceptions made regarding member
!, lwho do not weigh 200 pounds. News
: paper men and ministers may be ao
, United. The former are necessar.
: he AYERS, for publicity purposes, an
3 the membership needs the latter 1e
q spiritual guidance.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
EARCH FOR SLAYER OF
\ KENTUCKY PASTORS SON

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 10
entucky and Virginia authorities
I've ordered an investigation of the
hiding of the body of Leonard Webb,
he %, son of Rev. Chas. Webb, near
roadside In Letcher county, Ken
I cky, according to information re-
lived here. Webb some time ago is
Lid to have turned in" certain
loonshiners of the border mountains
/ nd gained their sitter enmity. In
cations were that he had beer
eaten over the head with club, &C
Birding to report. His pockets ha6
so been rifled and his money taken
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
KANSAS TOWN
% FURNISH RICH
MINERALS S.
5bnet Cove May Become
Magnetic Supply Center If
Government Tests Prove
1uCCeSSfui.

TITLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. 10
net Cove, Arkansas most ia
, mineral producing area, again
been called upon to furnish a
p or less rare ore-this time for
nitrate division of the war de-
ment. The mineral sought, is
hetite, rich iron ore usually
| in the manufacture of high
Ie steel.
lie frequeset for the mineral, or
PR information which would
& out the possibilities of obtain
lit in large quantities, has been
lved by the state department of
rs, manufacture and agriculture,
Richard c. Tolman, director of
fixed nitrogen research labora-
of the division. Mr.. Tolman
tioned Magnet Cove as a posi-
source of the mineral and John
tmall, commissioner Of immigra-
in the state department of mir1es
led him information as to the
hi of the magnetic deposit in
tove.
be presence of magnetic in the
i was discovered in the early
l of the territory of Arkansas,
was responsible for the name
IN the area. This area is a basin
.hted in Hot Spring county, which
late has produced more than SO
tnce minerals, and which is the
Iect of many traditions among
Iolder residents in the vicinity.
early as 1886 Featherstone Hall
'htist, reported that the presence
ioadstone in the basin was SC
1t it was impossible to survey the
Eict because of the influence OF
magnetic ore on the needle OF
compass. Since that time the
J has become internationally ia
s and scientists from many for
! countries have made pilgrim
j to the spot to view at first
h the source of the many speci'
s. in mineral cabinets all ovel
world. .' .
he cove also has been the sub
of many geological works. prob
the most comprehensive o
ch is that of DR.. John c. Branner
kident emeritus of Leland Stan
university, and former state ge
hist of Arkansas. DR.. Branne
of the peculiar formations il
basin and calls attention to
hber of pits of various sizes OF
side of the cove, persistently re
led to by residents of the section
spanish diggings." He declare
Re is no evidence to substantial
tradition that the basin once wa
scene of Spanish mining project
attributes the pits to extinct he
1tngs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
| $4,000 BEING SPENT
ON M'KENZIE SCHOOL

Special to The News Scimitar,)
M'KENZIE, Tenn. Nov 19.-The
Nv $4,000 plant for Greater Nc
eire schoolsis now under way, To-
ed on the west end Of Walnut
ieet in West Mckenzie.
4 -Four buildings will constitute the
u school, including one of the most
JGArn dormitories to be found in
b South; also the athletic depart
ent will be complete and modern.
Material for this work is arriving
lilly and the contractor hopes, with
svorable weather, to soon have the
.brk making good showing.
'The study hall and chapel are OF
se latest design and when completed
is school will have as complete a
iant as is to be found in the South
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19

recent unpleasantness with Ger
many. She has since taken an eX-
animation and has held q regular
appointment since June, 1919. she
has the distinction of having the
longest route from here and there
are five others, all worked by the
sterner sex but not worked any more
efficiently, for Miss Bertha" as she
is known by the patrons on her
route, has made good in wonderful
way. Ha *.
During the winter months when
the roads are too bad to use car
she uses a horse and buggy and
comes in with her mail as promptly
as any, of the other carriers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
HURR1Es TO PINE BLUFF

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Nov. 10
Miss Kathleen Venable, nurse at the
City View sanitarium here, and
sweetheart of Carl Watkins, who
killed himself at Pine Bluff. follow
ing the receipt of letter from Miss
Venable, left Nashville yesterday for
Pine Bluff. Miss Venable received
telegram from Watkins during the
day and left the sanitarium hurried
ly, saying that she was going. al
once to Pine Bluff. 1t is thought that
Watkins telegraphed her of his ins
Itention to kill himself.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
Helena STORE RAZED
y IN EARLY MORNING FIRE

HELENA. Ark, Nov. ia fire Of
Unknown origin which started We'd
esday at am. on Cherry street
10 principal street of Helena, com
sletely destroyed stock and fixtures
( the Sanford Gardner Jewelry Co.
took and fixtues partly covered by
Insurance.
The office OF w. T. Lyford e. Co. in
, ne building adjoining was damaged
smoke and water.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19

News Sclmltar
is challenged
by Milan. This
city has anoth-
er woman car
rier in the per
son of Miss
Bertha Greer,
who handles a
regular route.
Miss G r e e 7
took charge OF
the route when
a cousin of hers
was called to
war during the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19

A. T.. Hill, Of Nashville, was elected
president OF the woman's division OF
the Tennessee Baptist association, IN
session here Mrs. J. IL. Anderson,
Knoxville; Mrs. 4. +. Burnley, Co
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19

umbfa, and Mrs. A. +. Bailey, Mem
phis,. were elected vice. presidents.
Other officers are Mrs. L. A. McMbr-
raw, Nashville, recording secretary
Mrs. Margaret Buchanan, nashville
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
STINS0N NAMED AS
YAZO0 POSTMASTER

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Will B.
Stinson was given a recess appoint
ment yesterday as postmaster at
Yazoo City, Miss.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
Knoxville Claim To
Only Woman r. F. ID.
Carrier Challenged

ESPECIAL TO The News Seimitar2
MILAN, Tenn, Nov. ls.-Ihe
claim of Knoxville to the only WON
an rural free delivery carrier IN Ihe
state as reported recently In The
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
WOMAN TO
LEAD BAPTIST WORK

JACKSON. Tenn. Nov. 1s.-Mrs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19

corresponding secretary; Mrs. ]. T.
Altman, Nashville, treasurer, and
Miss Agnes Whipple, Nashville, sec
rotary for young peoples work.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Hearst Men Quit; Ask Raise
Ninety Per Gent of ''Wisconsin
News" Staff Walk Out
Special Correspondcnc.

Specidi Correspondence
MILWAUKEE, Feb l.-Twenty edi-
torial employees of The Wisconsin
News " R. Hearst's Milwaukee news
paper, walked out yesterday, when the
management refused a reonest for a
33 Is per cent increase in salaries
Ninetv per cent Of the staff qu. work
after the final afternoon edition
According to Paul Dallmann, one of
the strike organizers, the average pay
Of the reporters on The Wisconsin
News is $2S a week and the average
pay of the cop readers Is S32 Il week.
I'VE thought that when Hearst took
over The Wisconsin News several
months ago that we would be given a
hving wage, bat were disappointed. y
said Dallmann. "A week ago we sent
a petition to the management. request
lnrg salary boost, with the alternative
that there would be general walk
out. Ninety per cent of the editorial
room employees signed the paper. and
all of them quit work to-day. Several
already have accepted positions foreign
to newspaper work, and others probably
vii! move to other cities to follow their
profession"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
ro-DoIshcyi!1i EIeclla
(. A. NaaaderIip al I orulnl
Banker Is Told Time Is Coming
When He and Friends
NIlI Have Nothing

Frank A. Vanderlp was hecked by
pro- Bolsheviks last night when he had
finished an address al the Community
Forum in a public school at Third
Avenue and Forty second. Street.
The first man I'D after the banker
had finished, Bolshevik far removed
from the parlor class, so far as an
pearancc went, declared he understood
Mn. Nanderlips antagonism to the
cause" Bolshevism was threat. the
speaker declared. not only to Mr.. Van
derlip but to his "entire parasitic
class There was a time coming, he
warned Mr.. Nanderlip, when he lthe
speaker and his friends would have
everything and Mr.. Nanderlip and his
friends would have nothing.
woman dressed in silks and frrs
rose to remark ii was too bad people
like Vanderlip and President wilson
wouldn't take the trouble to fnd out
the truth about Bolshevism. Russia
was misunderstood, she said.
Earlier in the evening Mr.. Wander
lip had declined to answer "a question
as to whether he approved of the de-
portation OF revoiutionists. He re-
marked ignihcantly, as the last heck
ler took his seat, that he was ready to
answer that question now.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Japanese Arrest Women
In New Raids i'm Corea
Young People Accused of Secret
Organization to Seek In
dependence
Nec York Tribune
ltcshi,,cto, p,


WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-Japancse
officials in Corea are continuing the
arrests of Corean students active in
the campaign for independence, accord
ng to advices received by the Corean
commission here. Copies of the Seoul
Press printed in the capital of Corea,
received here to-day show that thirty
one young ne nand women recently
were taken into custody at Taiku. The
aewspaper's version of the arrests
said:
"A plot to start an agitation by
some Corcan young men and young
women recently has been unearthed in
Ialku, and number of arrests have
been effected. The gist Of the affair is
that these men and women formed Sc
cret fraternities aiming at securing the
independence of Corea, and attempted
90 collect funds for pushing through
their scheme. This became known to
the authorities at Taiku and VI Pyong-
chol and eight other young men, and
Oh Hyunsu and twenty-one other
young women were arrested. The ar
rests were limited to the leaders, but
even so, these, especially among the
girls, include many who were involved
IL the agitation in March, and after
being detained in prison for few
months were released only recently"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
DIR. Wise Urges College
To Get Rid of Loafers
Many Schools Are Merely Places
Where Rich Boys Pass The
Time. He Saws

Too many colleges in America are
absolutely urder the control of a self
perpetuating board of trustees, the
Rev. DR.. Stephen S. Wise told the con-
gregation of the Free Synagogue yes
terday in his sermon on college Edu-
cation; Does 1t Educate, and for
" Nhat?"
In criticizing the boards Of trustees
that in many cases dominate the entire
life of university, Dr.. Wise said he
did not believe these groups of men
would act in any way but for what they
believed to be for the best, but ne
pointed out that they might and could
work for evil if they so desired
DR.. Wise also found fault with the
lack of supervision exercised over stu
dents in MANY institutions of learning.
One of the worst things in college life
to-day was, he said, the fact that
young men are taken from homes
where they have been carefully nur
tured in right ideals and suddenly
thrown into state of utterly us.-
checked freedom which in many cases
leads to disaster
Colleges here in the East, the minis
ter said, had become in many cases
merely places where rich boys might
loaf for four years. Some colleges. he
continued, have begun to adopt a
selective style of accepting students
He said he would suggest that they
also begin an unselective evacuation OF
all ioafers of whatever degree.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Coal Strike Settlement
Hearings To Be Resumed
Commission at Washington
Hopes to Finish With Central
Fields Case Thursday

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-The coal
strike settlement commission will re-
sumo tomorrow onsderation of argu-
ments advanced by representatives OF
the miners and the operators with the
hope that it will be able by THURSDAY
to conclude its hearings in so far as
the central competitive field is con.
cerned. Operators or the first time are
to present statistics and statements
as to the actual condition in the in
dustry, its earnings ard ability to paw
increased wages
In an advance statement given ont
to-day the United Mine Workers as
serted again what has been their con-
tention since the controversy began
that they would not be satisfied to ac-
cept settlement which merely put
their members on increased scales
commensurate with the increase in the
cost Of living as based on the pre-war
standard.
" hat the miners ask is an oppor-
unity to advance and progress instead
Of going Backward" the statement said
Ihey insist on the 1920 standard of
living"
The assertion was repeated that min
ers' WAGES have never been ADEQUATE
to "maintain a standard of living
based on health and reasonable com
fort"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Dr. Goldman to Sail
TO Head Jewish Relief
Purpose Is to Cooperate With
Hoover Organization and
Red Cross Agencies

Dr. julius Goldman. mn oroon;yor
and former president of the Raron
de Hlrsch Fund, will sail to.dav NJ, M
the Mauretania to become s,,nro,no
head of all the American .Iew;sh ,ol;o r
work of the joint dstrbution conn,itl :
tee IN Europe. His title will ho ii.
rector general. Felix NJ. Warburc
chairman of the joint djstrbntion
committee, IN announcing Dr.. Cold
mans appointment. said yesterdav.
1T VIII be the task of Dr.. Goldman
to receive the reports from tho dir.
ierent countries where relief for Tho
'eWiSh populations is so urgently
needed. to negotiate with the Official
oil the various governments, to CO.
operate with the American Relief Ad-
mlnlstration European Children's Fund
headed by Mr.. Hoover, the Red Cross
and other organizations, and to trans
NIT to the joint distribution commit
tee the information which is on1v to
be obtained at first hand. so that the
committee in its appropriations and in
Its shipments of clothing and food.
stutfs may be guided by a knowledge
OF the situation as it affects all Of
the countries of Europe rather than
any one locality
DIR. Goldman's departure sion,fes
a new epoch in extending the aid Of
American Jewry to the sufferers in
the war zones abroad. whose condition
instead of having been ameliorated bv
the end of actual warfare is in monv
respects worse than ever before. due
to economic conditions and to The
scarcity of the very elements that CON
stltute life itself"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Three Rhodes Scholars
From 4. S. A,'e Named
Princeton, Virginia and Oberlin
College Graduates Receive Sig
nal Honor This Year

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Robert p
Hamilton jr, University of Virginia
grad duate, Charlottesville, Va. Paul
Robinson Norton. Princeton University
graduate, Princeton. \. j., and The
odore 5. Wilder, oberln College grad
Uate, 1875 East Twenty-fourth Street
Cleveland, Ohio, have been selected as
the three Rhodes scholars at large
allotted to the United States by the
Rhodes trustees because of the un-
precedented competition for the sixty
loNr scholarships filled last November.
ihlS announcement was made here to-
day by Professor Frank Aydelotte, of
the Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
nology, American secretary to the
Rhodes trustees.
=, A committee composed of Dr. P. P
ClaXton, Commissioner OF Education
yhalrman; Secretary Adyelotte, 1905
NAodes scholar from Indiana; S. K
hornbeck, 1904 Colorado Rhodes
scholar; c. a. Wilson. 1908 Nassa-
chusetts Rhodes scholar, and Profess
Ernest Barker, Of Oxford Univarsitv
now lecturing at Amherst. made the
selections
All three scholars selected are mem
bers Of Phi Beta Kappa, have creditable
mlltary records and have achieved
distinction in their various institutions
ne selections were made from candi
Gates who appeared at the November
electlon with recommendations from
,helr state committees, bat who had
lalled 10 receive appointments.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
10 Aid Women Travellers
Club Formed i'm Paris TO Heir
Nlourners Find Graves

PARIS, Feb 1.~Women relatives
of American soldiers who fell in France
need not hesitate to come to this coun
try to visit the loved ones tomb under
plans perfected by the Y w. C. A. in
thls city. Ignorance of the French
language and difficulties of travel in
foreign land will be made the object
OF special attention by the organiza-
tion, which has already engaged rotns
at the Hotel Petrograd and begun ope-
ration under the name Of The Ameri-
can Women's Club.
The club will get in touch with SOL
diers' relatives upon their arrival. pro-
vide them with comfortable quarters
IN the center of Paris, help them with
baggage and passports, arrange visits
to the Prefecture Of Police and provide
means by which they may locate the
grave they seek.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Rabbis From All Over L. =.
Convene in Philadelphja

PHILADELPHIA, Feb The eighth
annual convention OF the United Syna-
gogue of America opened here TO-DAY
with a large attendance Of rabbis rom
all over the United States The
women's league, branch Of the or
ganization, is also meeting here. In
the absence of Rabbi Elias L. Solomon
OF New York, due to illness, Rabbi
Herman Abramowitz, of Montreal
Canada, presided.
Rabbi Samuel NJ Cohen. Of New
York, spoke on the work of the United
Synagogue, which has for its object
the strengthening Of the orthodox
Jewish congre eeations.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Wife Coming Here
To Welcome Girl
And Husbands 'sBaby
Mrs. spiker Will Bring Her
Brother-in-Law With Her.
Since Latter Il Anxious
10 Marry Miss Knowles
Spectal Corresnnnieacc

Spec-dt Correspondence
BALTIMORE, Feb. Mrs. Perlev
Spiker and her brother-in-law. Guy
spiker, will so to New York tomorrow
to be at Ellis Island when Miss Knowles
the young Englishwoman who is the
mother of Perley spiker's child. is
psroled in the custody Of cousin,
Mrs. Kate Battorsby, Of Fall River,
Mass
We are going to New York Mrs.
Spiker said with the intention Of in
duclng Mrs. Battersby TO permit Miss
hnow!es to come TO Baltimore on a
trip, so that we may all get acquainted
Guy is particularly anxious to meet
Miss Knowles, and we hope that she
VIII be willing to listen to a proposal
OF marriage from him."
Guy Splker IS anxious to take Miss
knowles under his protection IL have
consulted the immigration authorities. -
he said, "and there is nothing to pre-
vent Miss Knowles becoming an Ameri-
can citizen during her time of proba-
ton in the United States. We are
ANXIOUS to give her the chance that she
and her child deserve Two wronrs
do not make d right, and shall be
Wiling. even anxious, TO marry her if
she viii nave me. Of course, cannot
say right now that love her. for |
cont know her. However, things have
progressed nicely 50 far. and we are
hoping that destiny will work out in
our favor. Somehow OF other, in the
end, destiny IS just, and justice in this
case means square deal to that little
giri and her baby
Whether in event of marriage, Guv
Spiker viii adopt the child has not
been decided. Mrs. Spiker has set her
aeart on possessing the baby and Miss
Know les is inclined to favor this plan.
Perley Spiker during the war was
at flying field in Texas for a while
and went to England in August, 1918.
While there he was at Norwich at a
camp called Mouse Hofe." There he
met Miss Knowles. who was a member
OF the auxiliary corps.
She had written to his wife, he said,
several times before he left England,
and after he returned the correspond
ence continued. Last summer, when
she was discharged from the service,
one OF the women in charge of the
corps wrote to him of her condition.
He at once wrote for her to come
to this courtrv