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WEDNESDAY, MARCH SO. 1918.
THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
EDGERTON IN
RECEPTIVE MOOD
Manufacturer Has Some Doubt
but He Talks Like a
Willing Barkis..
Several days ago a meeting of prom
inent men from over the state was
held in Nashville for the purpose of
discussing: the advisability of prevail
ing upon a business man to offer him
self for governor of the state in the
August primary. Those attending that
meeting were of one mind, i. ., that
J. K. Edgerton. of Lebanon, president
of the Tennessee Manufacturers' asso- " have always regarded my oath of
ciaiion, was irom every Bvanuyuini. nu I,- .uau- -n aj ,,,-,: -ij
irinn i ' man f n.ok. thn race. Conse- omo oov all and everything, and
quently at another meeting he wasjhava as conscientiously and as' ac
urged to consent to enter the race. I tively discharged the duties of the of
BUSH DEFENDS CONDUCT
DURING LABOR TROUBLES
Sheriff Takes Stand in Own Defense in Ouster
Proceedings and Reviews Conditions in Strike
Period Denies He Allowed His Sympa
thies to Sway Him in Official Duty.
SPEAKS HERE THURSDAY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY FOR GREENLEAF,
PREDICTS COL. HENRY PAGE IN TALK
Mr. Edgerton did not at that time
consent to run and he is still in doubt,
according to a letter written George
J. Hardwick, of Cleveland.
In a letter to The News Mr. Hard
TOlrlr aava: .
"You must be familiar with the
financial condition of the state. You
must know that the state government
ha been conducted in a way that
there has been for several years
deficit of $1,000,000 a year, and you
must further realize that unless the
business men of tne state ibks ihjiu
of the situation, and this includes the
newspaper fraternity, that this deficit
will continue to exist until the state
will bo ruined financially. .
"These are the considerations the
committee, of which I am chairman,
.in the matter, and which
prompted the committee in selecting
Xlr V'flB'prton to mane vim iw, j..-
n ... nersnnallV a CO uainted with Mr,
TJMoertnn. of course you admire him
vou could not do otherwise. If you are
not personally acquainted -with hlin.
you will naturally be drawn to him by
his public utterances, provided we can
prevail upon mm 10 emer in
urn,. nmmHten has made a trior
ough canvass of the situation and up
to the present .time we find that at
, on -e -ent nf the Deople have
not. riven the matter any thought
whatever. We believe that shouiri wr.
Kdgerton make the race he would be
the next governor oi icun,
Still Considers.
t - Mr. Hardwick Mr,
Kdgerton states his attitude a fol
"I am still unable to reach', a definite
i.Mn to what my duty is with
reference to becoming a candidate for
governor. Ever since your comiui"
presented the matter to me. I have
thought much about it, and quite a
number of people from different parts
of the state have written me re.1Uct
h.f t aet favorably in your prop
osition. I feel thit I should frankly
make known to you some tnings mv
complicate the situation ror mo
"First, let me say that I am not a
man of wealth. On the other hand,
living is an actual and vital problem
with me. I have no source oi
except the sms.ll salary I draw as
president and manager of the Lebanon
Woolen Mills and the small block of
stock I have In that enterprise. I took
charge of these, mills six years ago
when the corporation was practically
bankrupt. The stock was selling freely
at that time at 20 cents on the 1. I
had taught school ever since leaving
college and had accumulated little
surplus. Naturally I had to accept
only a small salary from the mills and
liave worked hard for six years to put
the institution on its feet. It is a
source of great personal pride to me
that I have succeeded in that work.
The stock of our mills today is worth
more than 200 cents on the $1 and is
hardlv purchasable. The time for my
reward, therefore, is just now arriving.
"You can readily see that I have no
material means to sacrifice in an ef
fort to become governor. On the con
trarv, it would involve some personal
embarrassment and what I regard as (
a great personal saennoe, lor n i
went "into a public office I would ex
pect to come away from it poorer than
1 was when I entered. Then, too. if I
should become a candidate and should
Vie elected, I would go into the offtca
with no thought or purpose of perpet
uating myself in politics. I would ex
pect to retire to private life again at
the end of mv term. Getting started
in business again after having been
disestablished would be, I fear, a dif
ficult proposition. A consideration of
these facts in connection with the fur
ther fact that I have no inherent po
litical ambitions and am personally
disinclined to 'mix up' in politics, will
enable you to see one side of the prop
osition. "But there is another side for which
1 have proper respect. 1 don't want to
even appear to be a slacker, and there
op' Tnanv wavs in which a man may
be one. I have always contended that
a man ought to be willing to serve his
In any capacity wnen inn
his services. Tne
tie with which the people have en
trusted me for two term and with
which they entrusted my father for
three terms as I knew how," said
Sheriff Nick , P. Bueh, when he took
the stand Wednesday morning to tee
tify in his own defense in the pro
eeedings seeking to oust him from the
office of sheriff of Hamilton county,
For three hours the sheriff remained
on .the stand and recited the troubles
he encountered during the textile
strike last summer and the two street
car strikee last fall. When the noon
hour was reached and an adjournment
was taken, the sheriff had recited in
detail the labor dieturbanoes up until
the coming out of the barn of the car
which led to an assault and the sub
sequent killing of Will Massengale.
After the reconvening of court for the
afternoon, Sheriff Bush finished his
direct examination and was turned
over to the state for cross-examination.
The sheriff was on the stand
the entire afternoon.
Served Under His Fsther.
Sheriff Bush stated when called to
the stand that he was 44 years old,
and, before being elected to the office
of sheriff, was a 'plainclothes officer,
and had been in the police department
for eight years, two of which be was
captain of detectives. He stated that
his first experience as an officer was
under his father, Sam C. Bush, who
was three times .elected sheriff of
Hamilton county. He said that the
men who- opposed him for office dur
ing both his races were men of high
standing in the community and that
despite this he was both times elected
by a handsome majority. He said he
was at present a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and carried a card in that organiza
tion, and had formerly been a mem
ber of the Tin, Sheet Iron and Cor
nice Workers' union, having formerly
followed the trade of a tinner. He
said that his sympathies naturally
leaned toward the union, but he had
thrown aside those personal feelings
and adhered strictly to his oath of
office. He said that when the labor
troubles began he Instructed his men
if their sympathies so leaned toward
the union that they did not think they
could conscientiously discharge the
duties of their offices, then and there
resign and save him the embsr-
ewn protection, but that I would
commission Joe Chambers, which
"He then asked me to send him four
deputies, or, I volunteered that I
would, which I did, the men to go sc.
cording to the instructions of Mr.
Miller. I was short of deputies at that
time, nut am all I could, for the United
Hosiery mills.
"The first I ever know of any dis
turbance at the United Hosiery mills
was wnen J. was notified a disurbance
had occurred there following a labor
parade from the union hall.
"I then went to the mill Immediately
no icarnea tne racts rrom Special
Deputy -Cliadwlck, who was present
v iuru ui n uuuie occurrea. ,
West Gate Disutrbance.
"It Is known in the record her
the west gate disturbance, and some
of the crowd were pushing:, trvinir to
get in tne gate or tne mill, and several
t I
Permanent Institution That Will Train Reserve Officers in Post
Graduate Work Even After War Gen. Girmingham Speaka
at Chamber May Build Hotel at Chickamauga.
J. FRANK HANLY.
Ex-Gov. J. Frank Hnnly. of Tndl-
women and children were belnir ana, will speak at the First Runtlat
crusnea. unaawicK told me about the cnutvn Tnursciny night at 8 o clock
arralr, but could not give me the under the auspices of the flying
names or name of the facts regarding squadron.
the trouble. a large attendance is exneeted.
T ...... i, j I . ... .
X IU1U mill II. WRS mnnv n VAi Mr Ilanlu annliA .( 4l.a 1. '!.. 11...
un ouiy Hna co,,ia nol Klve SOme tlst church lust year. His Kubject will
mini niauuii, wnrn nn was snnnnseti Ik. rnhii,iin,. ii..i,i.,. i.
h ,a Tu ' . nr nnor- will arrive in Chattanooga Thursday
Xnoi: "it 'i1,08 c"-UBln "J? d,s- morninc. coming from Macon. Oa.
turbances were strangers and. it was ., cl .m " i. .rj ...',,..
llnderatnnrb wpr Cl,.,v,l,l T wnciu win p..-r n vxmrmmy niKl".
wnrirnr Announcements, have hern iniidc
r'hnrtn.iv tniA . .k.. .u. from the pulpits of all the CliHtta-
tlna- In hl faVn .Art ; hi nooga churches. lr. W. V. Smith
his nlstol and rtartln .. pastor of the hirst Methodist Church
was then I told him not to p-o nn M8 general chairman of the committee
ine outside or the fence, for the reason
that I knew him i hp hnt.h,HBnj
had known of him havlno- h..n ,... they could conscientiously do this
unsatisfactorv under m fnm.r h,.ii then to resign. They nil told me per
with whom he linil prvpd i i,i,i ' sonally that they would enforce tho
er have riven him a mmmluinn hH h I law.
not worked for the mill, and that' thp "The same night of the disturbance
only reason I ever dirt. He airrppd at Ninth and Market there were dls
with me and said that it was the right turbances at the corner of Market and
course to pursue. I already had Joe l'"ifth street and one In Ksst Lake, and
Chambers and a man named Johnson, both these 1 investigated personally
whom I knew were competent officers, r"i found that some of my deputies
maiioneq at mo mill amlans I saw no in notn instances nno nrrivra nrinre
impending danger, I thought this was I did
sumcienu
to
rassment of having to ask for their
commissions.
The sheriff said that he did not at
any time and does not now think that
organized labor was in any way re
sponsible or in sympathy with the
disorders which occurred during last
summer and fall. He said the acts
of disorder were committed by out
siders who never at any time had the
interest of organized labor at heart.
I arrested and ordered arrested
every one who I knew was In any
av responsible for the disturbances
durlnr the strike times or who T could
gain information about," said tho
sheriff.
"However, the most serious thing
which I had to cope with in regard
to the discharge of my official duty
was the complete silence which was
maintained by those !n possession of
names and facts regarding disorder
and who refused to furnish me with
them. "I could at no time," main
tained the sheriff, "get any Informa
tion or make any arrests unless I or
some of my deputies were present and
saw the unlawful act committed."
Sheriff Bush was then asked by his
leading counsel to recite in his own
war the disturbances durintr the fer
tile strike last summer. The sheriff
said:
Sent Out Deputy.
"After this occurrence I than
sent out four regular deputies and
lateF sent two other officers.
These men stayed there some time
and were told ta reonrt all Hi.nr.
ders snd trouble to me, but none
occurred and everything was quiet
with the exception of a crowd
congregating at noone and even
ings at tne west gate.
'This crowd was not Hiiardarli
and I heard of nothini they did to
warrant their arreit. After the
weet gate trouble I out two man
on motorcycles and told them to
patrol thoroughly each day ' the
textile sections and make arreete
where they eaw any trouble.
1 got a call or two from th mill
about crowds gathering and when I
went out some few neon were ath.
ercd on the highway near the gate, but
they were peaceful and I saw no rea
son to make arrests and did not make
any.
"I told the manaa-ement at th miiii
to go into court and get an Injunction and as the tall-end of the parade
against the people conarreiratlno- there reached me I saw several people leave
an una was tneir only recourse. This the parade and run ivk towards
tney did and the following day after Ninth and Marhrt. alrcets. 1 then ran
tne injunction was got out I served It to that point and got ihruugh to the
In person. Ijiter. there rnmp rnm I H,f rur Thin n NirniiH car L'aitlP tin
Plaints about people violating the tn- and the crowd started towards that
Junction and I investigated and found and I ran and pushed my way throiiKh
nuinms; in mis. ,he rlod n.l aalned the back plat
form. Several policemen were with ine
with Kicat dltlli ulty, kept back
Investigated Disturbancei.
"Several other little disturbances oc
curred and all these I Investigated or
had investigated. I attended the meet
ing at the court house of labor organ
izations and adrfreHsed the meeting and
told them that I had all my deputies
at the car barns and the police were
on guard there and if the crowd went
there, which several insisted on doing
it 'would bo immediate suicide. There
was an agitator at the meeting but no
one seem to know who he wits snd all
efforts to find out proved futile. The
meeting broke up without any trouble
after I and several other officials had
addressed the crowd.
Labor Parade.
'The afternoon of the labor 'parade
during which Massengale whs killed I
had my deputies stationed from Ninth
ami Market and around to the court
house, where a public speaking was to
tako place.
I was stationed, myself, at the
corner of Seventh snd Market streuJa,
Wiley Haney Trouble.
"'Th. 'n,. i.i a .... ana we,
iroui.ie csme tip .... ...owf, ,,. trvinir to Kvl fll
country in any
rnimtrv enlls for
nnnciinn with me in this connection is.
isthe state of Tennessee calling for
mv services in this capacity? And is
the opportunity for service sufficiently
rirh to Justify the sacrifice of other
opportunities and obligations?
"These are questions that I cannot
now answer, snd since I cannot dot
answer them, and since I have no per
sonal ambition to serve, I am not in a
position to state what I shall do. I
feel that, out of deference to your com
mittee and other friends who have
solicited my acreement to make the
race I should continue the considera
tion until such time as I can make a
decision that will leave me with an
absolutely clear conscience and the
consciousness that' I have done the
best thing for all parties concerned.
"With these disclosures before you.
T should like to have from you any
dvte that might h inspired by
them. I must decide the matter soon
and shall do so.
".T. K FTK-.F-RTON."
P. P. BISHOP. BROTHER
OF CHATTANOOGAN, DIES
News has been received here of the
Heath of P. T. Bishop, brother of J. W.
Rls-hop. well-known Chattanooga In
surance man, which occurred Tuesday
rueht at 11 o'clock' at his home at
llaleigh. N. C
The deceased had been a resident of
Ka'eigh for fifteen vrars. end is sur
vived by his father, W. B. Bishop, of
Fall Branch. Trnn.: three brothers,
Thomas, of Ball Branch: C.eorge H..
of Free Water. Ore., and.r. W.. of this
city, snd a sister. Mrs. J. B. White,
of 'Atlanta Funeral services will be
held at Haleigh Thursday afternoon
at I o'clock.
Story of Strikes.
"During the summer of 1917 I
was ss active ae I knew how in
keeping down dieorder snd mile
ina arrests, and in every incident
where I found the law had been
violated, and, where I could learn
the facte, I made arreitt, regard
less of unions or nonunioni. , The
firt etrike was, of eouree, the
textile etrike amonq the various
textile mills about the county.
"The first I knew of the strike was
when I learned of an orcanizer bring
in the county making arrangements
Incident to organizing the various
textile workers. The first time I was
ever railed on for assistance was by
Garnett Andrews, head of the Chick
amauga Knitting mills, who aslrd me
to come to his plant. w hirh I did.
"I talked over the labor trouble
with Mr. Andrews and his superin
tendent and told them I would asslt
them In any way, snd this I did by
sending him several deputies.
"These deputies, VV.'"""!, disturbs
and 1 had no reports or any lnfoniin-
uo rrom the mill that, such a thing
was Impending or that there was a
probability of it occurring. I was
called and told that Hanev had shot
IJoyd I'hlllips and I immediately got
in my car with several men and went
to the scene. When I got there things
had qulted tlown and a small crowd
was congregated near the gate and 1
asked them for information regarding
the shooting and they said they knew
nothing of it: that it was caused bv
anoiner crowa wnicn nad dispersed.
"I Put oftlcers to work on the case
and learned that the man who bad
done the shooting bad been arrested
by one of my deputies and was at the
jail. I left deputies at the mill with
instructions to Investigate thoroughly
and report to me. I then went to the
jail and talked with Haney and the
deputy who had arrested him snd I
learned the facts.
Haney Protecuttd.
Haney has been proseeutcd and sen
tenced and Is now waiting an appeal
to the supreme court. The trouble at
the mill finally faded away with the
exception of two assaults on the F,Bt
Chattanooga street ears. In both thene.
Incidents the (rullty parties were ar
rested and prosecuted.
"When the rangers were called here
they were headed by Mat. .1. Ferry
Fyffe, who co-operated with nie snd
who told me that he saw no rraaon for
any further trouble at the mill.
"The astault nn I!. K. lirr i n was re
ported to me and I Immediately Inves
tigated and arrests and convictions
subsequently followed. After the two
tnrea on the street car K. P.
r , 1 J . . V. mill
and on ZS the" Ml,' until !?' "V" ?
Andrews said the mill hud no further
KORES. OF VOLS. GOES
TO LOUISVILLE TEAM
l
Tui. ille. Kv.. Mar-h fa.
Arthur Kcrrs. third hii-finsn,
has bi en secure,) bv the Ixiul
vllle American nelation club
from Nehil!e of the South
ern aoci;i t ion. according to
announcement here today.
use for them, as the Impending trou
bles had all been settled.
"The manarer of the mills com
plimented the men I sent there very
hichly, and said he wished he had
some regular work for them to do.
Purlnr the time the deputies were at
this mill. I frequently went out snd
conferred with them, beaides commu
nicating with them over the tele,
phone on different occasions.
Outside of a ero d or two'rsther-
inp no further disorder occurred. The
next tima I experienced any trouble :
was wnen I wa cancn in ine i nn'n j
Ho.-lrry mills, where a strike had or-
curred. j
' I went to the mill anl conferred ,
with Mr. Miller, snd h asked roe to I
deputize some men and I said I would j
If they were competent men and he
would furnish m with a list. In the'
meantime no disorders occurred, with i
the exception of crowds ronrre-atinc
nbout the mill, laiirhin- and Wring
thos wno had remained at work.
Refuted te Deputue Men.
"Within a day or so. Me. Miller
came te the jad and with him he
brought fo ee five men. He eairf
four of tho men were htsds ef
different departments it hit mill,
and the ether wae Joe Chamber,
a former policemen. I told him
that th men were partisan and I
could not depytue them for my
cars snd I gaxe them to hlin and they
rode the cars until be dismissed them.
No further trouble then ficcurred.
There wes not one dollar's worth of
property damaged that I know of dur
ing the texfllp trlle. At the textile
mills tn Fast Ijke some disorder nr.
curred and I sent help out but It was
of minor Importance. I went out my
self on srveral wcnslons.
Street Car Strike.
"I had no knowledge of the im
pending street ear strike eacept
general hnowledqe, and th, I had
been hearing for vtral dayi. I
did not get the coy ef The Newt
that earned the announcement that
there would be a etrib at a ctr
tem time far th rtaton I hvtd at
that time in North Chattanooga
and dd not get my paper until I
went home to Supper. On thit
night I flurried homo and hurried
back and did not get time to rted
the paper. When I got bank to
town I learned ef th etrike end
went immediately to the pobce
(tation, where I learned that a (bt
turbance had occurred at the
corner of Ninth and Market.
two men on the Inside, of the car. Fl
nnlly the patrol wagon came and we
succeeded in getting the men out of
the car into thp wagon and I then
mounted tho reur step of the wagon,
intending to get off at the corner of
Klghth and Market, but by that time
the wagon was going so fast I could
not get off and I rodo to the pullce
station.
"I gut off at the police station and
came back down on Market street,
when I learned that thn third car and
the one which was assaulted and re
sulted In the death of Massengale had
been brought out."
At this juncture Chancellor flarvln
adjoiii-ned for the noun hour. - The
sheriff risnmed his testimony linme.
dialely after luni h.
Deputy Tettiftee.
The direct and cross-rxainlnation of
former Deputy Sheriff Futhrr l.acewell
consumed the entire alteinoon session
of the Hush otisurr suit Tuesday.
I.acewill's testimony followed that of
Fill her Cordon, both of whom were
placid on the stand bi-fote the sheriff
because they wire in t lie city fiom
Hheltu Id, where they are now wnrkliiK.
and weic anxious to testify and Ret
buck to their work. I.itcewell told of
his activities nml thoie qf other dep
uties and the slierlfT during the strike.
He testified, as did Luther tlordon,
that the sheilff had a sscinbU bis dep.
titles Bt tbe jdil on the rilKlit of tho
strike and given thrill thorough In
slriictloMS as to arrirts flint tnust be
miidp in e,ie of any disorder. He
stated that the sheriff rid arresta
milNt be made regardless of any svin
pathle. I that If anv d puty found
be could iiot conscientiously do bla
duty, b boiill hiind In bi mminls.
stun and there would be no hard feci.
Iris:.
"What did the men do then?" esked
T. I'ope Mi'ph'rd.
"Well." rMcd the wltnepa. I didn't
ace anybodv knockfd down In the
eciatnble bi hand b;ck their conunia
sions." rplil the witness.
S lines snld be was amorg those on
dntf at the car barns and at other
places diirli e the rtrlke. He said he
made sverl arrests In Hill City an I
V.at f 'h.'.t'a oooga hen T k throwine.
was a ptirrie in thot-e suburbs. He
said tbst mnnv tunes tn Hill t'y be
and other d'pntl's nd In the wie.ls
in the r-ar fif t'.ipt. Frarier'a place In
an effort t- appr- h'-nd ro k thrower. ,
He st.itr.) fl .it on one , hsk.o when J
some one t'id assaulted a atirrl ear,
rrew In Notth 1 battaiiour he went'
to make an ,ri't and In-t a fie and
anrithrr d'b"'v S"' I''' l,r w tier,
the man w rl" 'le as li-. n.i hber.
i can "men .iiw.i'uu to build a
university so strong that I can't even
Bmcl a violet," said Col. Henry Fago,
sftcr ho hud outlined his d renin a, fov
the future of Camp tireetilcaf Tuesday
night to members of the chnmher of
commerce, "However," he added, "I
can't see it."
It was Col. Henry Fnge who enme
here almost a year ago und assembled
the few medical men, who had been
sent to Camp Orccnleaf for training,
and from that timo on he has been the
man at the wheel who lias made Camp
Grcenleaf the largo medical camp that
It la today. ,
Col. Fagc stated Tuesday night that,
on March 11, when the first era of the
medical camp had ended, the things
that had been accomplished wero even
more expanded than tlm dreams them
selves, i He further said thai what had
been accomplished, up until the end
ing of tho first era, had enabled the
training of the medical profession for
Immediate work abroad. "With this
much realtied," said the colonel, "the
dream la not ended, but brinira sforth
a still grertter dream, of which I see
more prospects n this dream coin
ing true than I did th first."
The dream which Col. Faae hrouirht
before the members of the chamber of
commerce was this: The building of
great medical university at t'amn
Creenleaf that may Inst for all time:
this university to be known as the
great national medical university for
the training of tho medical profession:
such a university that would draw to
It the most learned men of the coun
try, who wish to learn more about
their profession. To make a tinlvcr-
ally of this kind, such learned men as
wern here at the dedication at the
medical camp on March It. should be
secured as instructors.
Col. Page stated that last November
when Dr. Chns. Mayo was here and
visited him at Camp Hreenlcaf
they talked over th" future of Cinnn
iiieeniear tor one entire afternoon, and
in referring to the possibilities of their
plans, col. Fage said "the sky was our
limit.
"While this neat doctor and I
talked over these plans It was several
months before I could get up ninuiih
courasn to mention It to anv one,"
continued the officer. "I felt that if I
did I would be locked up In the 'bug
house' within -fifteen minutes. Not ti
me: Is Impossible, as our president has
said, 'It is faith that makes the im
possible real.' "
While Cof, Fage an Id that lis felt
somewhat, bold In telllnsr this much
of his dream, he continued by declar
ing that there Is no reason whv a
(treat laboratory could not lie estab
lished al Oreenleaf; such a chemical
workroom as would attract Innurrter.
able numbers of students, and attract
such men as the guesla of Chatta
nooga on March 11 as teachers. The
colonel stated that hn didn't know of
any other important knuwIedKP more
needed than laboratory knowledge.
Doctors Grow Interested.
When the camp was first '"ened at
Oreenleaf, CoL Fasn said he pre
pared a questionnaire, on which one
of thn questions was, "After the war.
do you Intend stay In the reserve
corps?" Most of the answers sent In.
said Col. Fane, were to the effect that
the men did not. After this, he said,
he waited three weeks to let the
Idea get spread broadcast of the fit.
fltre lilnni file t'amn Oi,niilni.r m.I U -
sent th questionnaire out again, and 'short talk
the --swera were, this time, that they
wouldn't resign, but would come every
summer lo study.
Hotel at Park.
Col. Fage brought before (he cham
bcr plana for the erection of a hotel
to he plucerl on tho government res
ervation lit Chickamauga. A com
mittee from tho chain' r of co merce
will bo appointed to lake the project
up with Col. Fage and to extend every
co-opera I Ion necessary lo put the
plan through. Thn hotel, as explained
by Col. Fage, could he built on a mod
est scale and would be a good Invest
ment. It wll be for the accommoda
tion of officers and their families who
would not otherwise come to Chatta
nooga, Col. I'agu pointed out that
such a building would he grently
needed if the university waa est ah-,
llshed. The plans which he displayed
wore mmlo by an architect at t'amn
llreenlenf . and could be erected for
itbout 1120 per room. Col. Fage said
uftcrwanls that he thought there
should bo at least S!00 rooms, These
rooms could bo rented out for about
f 15 a week and the building would pay
ror ltsrir inside or slT months. In
nddltloVi to the rooms, the Plans called
for a large central, hall, dining rooms
and the necessary conveniences. He
said that It should be run by a per
son absolutely titled for a plac of
that kind and should be tunnngeit by
a board of directors who would be
willing to carry out almost military
discipline, lie said that It would not,
in any way, conflict w ith Clialtannoau
ind could do nothing but sn unlimited
amount or gonu,
"In case, the war should end fa ml
(Jod knows w would bo willing to
sacrifice a hotel for this lo come true)
It would attract a lingo number of
people who would like to visit Chick
amauga park more than ever before,"
said Col. Fnge.
Gen, Birmingham Talks.'
Frlg-llcn. II. F. lllrmlnRham. com
manding ollVcr at Camp tlicenlenf,
was a guest at the meeting of the
clinmhrr Tuesday night, and gift a
most Interesting talk In which lie
tlninlird the members of thn chamber
for their tine co-operation. The gen
eral slated that he hud recel.ed word
from tlen. W. C, liorgaa that the old
hospital that haa formerly been used
as a has hospital w ill be couvri loit
Into a aenerai hospital crowing jm
(II it would be equipped with 10,W0
beds.
I 'receding th addresses by th
army official, the various rnmuill tees
of the chamber mud their regular
monthly reports'. J. il. tturtnn, chair,
ninn of the hum gardening commit
te reported that, they had on (mini
over loo Kvallahln lota for cultivation
and they had received an fur anine
thing like fifty applicant. M" reported
the committer, tn thiHga of thn fertil
izer was ready to deliver fertiliser
and that, th committee on cultivation
wa prepared now to do plowing 'or
those that wanted It done. Mr. Hur
ton said that the present nullnok Is
a thnuiih vegetable were going to be
Clieaper tills year than last.
J. Kent Hoyd, of th profiteering
committee; ex -Mayor T, C, Thompson.
or tne entertainment commiltee, and
others mndn reports, C. Notting
ham, rone chairman for th next lib
erty loan corntnlttee, gave talk on
thn plan for th next drive In April.
Mnj. Harry H. Hhnw, of t amp
iirceiuear, was present and made a
INSURANCE RATE
UP.10 PER CENT.
War Tax Applies to Fire Poli
cies Accident Taxed Since
Last April..
Beginning last Mondav. March U.'
sn emergency surtax of' 10 per cent,
Was added to all flrn M,1
surance policies. This emerg...y tax
only affects renewals and new poll
cics.
. H, fl. HinC. mannffcr nf t hp Tnnj
lleSSC InXlirct Inn P.,n,r,.,nu
mat tins is not a permanent advance,
in inn mi H'nnnA mi.. u..k
...v.w ,witp, uui UIHb Plicr
ho war and conditions return to tior
ninl sgaln, this tax will be removed.
Ho states that it' has com a r4
Stilt Of the apnucntM n J 4 1 .. 1 1 -, j .
Imposed On the inauranco comnanle.
such as capital stork tax. corporation '
" Premium tax. In addition to
theae, the fire Insurance I directly af
reeled by a number of other items. Inw
c tiding letter postage Increased. trav
e m- increased on railroad fares. In-,
eluding Ftillman charges, with a pros
pect of their now golmr higher: tele
giapn end telephone messages and
many other Items. However. th
Kren est ami most Important Item, aa
pointed out by Mr. nine la the li
crcH.cd cost of replacement, duo to
The advance in the cot. of Fb-r ahd. '
material.-Ho .(ales that li h.
estimated, that ho Increase.! cost for t
material and labor is f,o .er.cenU aa
compared with eVen one vear ro.
Ho said that these new ta xfs. wlich
in caused by abnormal conditions,
no prevailing, duo to the war ca! !
not, in anv ruse, i.n t.-. - .
irnt. These ha e no rebiiion tn ,
.u.nini cvpenac, and have nothing to
'lo with rate or underwriting, buteta
purely a aurcliaign of 10 prl. ,nt on
he. expense i; (oiislc borne, which '
he s.l.l should be assessed and vol- .
lectcd flat and will I removed
soon as tho war la i.v
slble"" l',1","r''1 " n'Bk It PO.
Accident Insurance companies hnvn
Apr"ll 8 ,h "U"BX "0
childMcaOgain
VISIT MOVING PICTURES
Order Prohibiting Attendance
Rescinded No Meningitii
Since March 11.
0"
' I went t line and later to tbe i.hii
i.'.ll, wbrre I miTmiumi ! nil in. pi -t.
end l!:n them to Jif!.l.,t
,I.t s and cave t!i,m a twlk. I to'd
tbern that, rrgnrdle of th. Ir . mpa
tiit. thiv tnu ri,r,.t. - , l.m md
if thfe were any who did not think
was maintained by those who were re
ported lo have known the real facts.
Watoft at Hosiery Mills.
He elated that when the strike was
first on at. thn textile mill he waa
placed on duty at the United Hosiery
mills and served part of the time at
night and part In daytime. He atated
that no disorder occurred to Justify
an en est except on on occasion when
two men became Involved In a dlffl
culty, both of whom he arrested and
sent to Jail. He said that Flank Mil
ler. Jr., wanted him to arrest some of
a crowd congregated outside th gates,
but he refused because, he said, they
were doing nothing other than yelling
"cbs," and that would not Justify
an arrest. in another occasion, be
stated, he was asked to a neat some
men or to get. their tiamea, whom Mr.
Miller claimed had violated an Injunc
tion of the chancery court. Icewell
said he did not arrest the men, as he
Investigated and touiid they were do
ing nothing. '
He said the sheriff rame out several
HmcM, and on one occasion a crowd
which bad gatherid dispersed w hen the
sheriff talked with them. He said be
had m orders from th sheriff not to
go outside the cute of the mill and
that he frequently was on the outside,
lie said Unit s.mie one In ftie crowd
yelled nt him one (In v. calling blm "a
scab herder," but hi laughed and paid
no attention to It,
Deniet Nlghthawk Charge,
On cio".s exiiiiiiiintlnn wltneaa denied
ttiat he was a "iilKhtliaw ker" or tbit
th lustice shops wfin run open and
trials eoiidui td until midnight. lit.
mlmlllcil Unit he winked out of the
nftlce of H.ilie M n l'..ib. biothcr t.i
the hh r I If. but said the iilte never
came to his olttce at night unless hn
waa sent for. lie said that some till
ernoun he would call lb sunlre and
link hun to come down town that night
and give turn watiants for some people
whom be bad made arrangement
about arresting.
fllber tunes, tie nld, lie called S.inre
Hush at the Jail when he bud men un
ill r aireal and witci them omm!l
te.l. He waa asked by VY. II. Miller
wbeie be on tbe dny of tbe Wiley
Hanev shooting. Witness replied thai
lie did Hot go on duly at the I nllcl
Hosiery mills until alter the stotinir
of Fhllllpr by Hanev. Wilms s.iid
he frequently role the Micrl cars, hu'
did riot know which way lie went or!
the night that C. F. fiieen was as
saulted on the Flint 'hut In n'g line.
lie said tie did not hear about the as
sault until the following morning and
ma le no iil In connctinn with It
l.uthrr l,"rd.,n. m former drp.ilv
sheriff, wan r r osi - e a mine , bv cnin
ael f.i the state for stunt while a'li-r
coin t res'jn.ed ls Tu.sbiy afternoon
aesM'.ii. He admttte J on i ro-s.sxarii -Iria'lon
tint he nfr made an arrest
filling the Strike, for the r 4 "in thit
In run rr be 1.1 , - t Ig 1 1 , d be would j
be riven n-r I e. for 111. I inn a"d II"' fa'f
I;h,'jt eH'tl rr.ir w et e con, 1 a le. r it her
than 11I0 I lie suit th.- rliol cm em
ihie f,.r no
Hotel Men Have Jolly
Time on Signal Mountain
1 The Chattanooga Hotel association
whs entertained at luncheon at Hlgnul
Mountain Inn Tuesday by Manager II,
M. Hlandfnnl with a ftve-i ourae
luncheon. Two feature of th meet
lug were talk by City Attorney Frank
Car.leti, attorney for tho association,'
and Mr. Hlaiidinnt. Mr. landlord
discussed Hi American and Knropcun
hotel plana. This meeting wna de
vote.) solely to 11 social good time, no
business being transacted.
Flunk Caiden, cty attorney, told
briefly of hi first recollection of ho.
tela, their advantage ami disadvan
tage and outlined the benefit thn ho
tel association will be to Cluiltiinooga.
Mr. Kin 11. Ho,. I said In hla talk that
lie believed In war lime the Hiirntica 11
pin 11 wn thn only way lo conduit
hotel.
Those attending the luncheon were:
GETS CROSS OF HONOR "
ORDER RESCINDED.
Owing tt the fact that th
casra of menlnglti gradually
decreased during the. early
part of th month, and also the
fact, that no case have, been
reported since March II, It In
hereby declared that the order
prohibiting children from en
tering moving ptctur show
and other public plates is re.
Voked.
(.Signed)
C. I. KNIGHT.
Medical Officer In Charge of
FAtr -Cantonment .on.
H. ft. Ill' FFA K Kit,
rominlslsntier of Fducatioa
snd Health.
0
nr- - -...I
Children will once more frolic dirwn
th strret,. glad that school la out for
tho day and glad that they will one .
mora he admitted into thn pl.t urn
shows: glad of the chance to are their
fiivnrlt movie star, whom thrv "Just
adore." I'apn and mania wilt 'once,
more b called upon to hel out tho
Jingling nickel and dime. Just be
for fiid.lv stiirl out thn door It
work In the morning, little .lohnnlr,
Henry or Mary will sidetrack blm and
say: "Fad. won't, yon plea lucres.
my dally allowance now, beeue we,
1 an go tn plrtur show, and. you eee,
I haven't been now In long time?"
Srveral month ago, upon recotn- ,
meiulntloii from th authorities et
Fori I iKlelhnt pe. the city health oftl-
cli. Is Issued 1111 older prohibiting all
children under 14 vents of age front
alien. ling picture shows, th.utera ee
any public gathering. This order was
put Into effect s a pre. nut Ion to con
dition which tnllit develop to t
most serious from the rereluo-spinal
meningitis case.
Fr. Knight stuted W. ib.f s.lu
moinlng that there had not heen a
ease or menlnt?lti reporfc.l since
Mnich II. be fell tbnf It Was sf,v . ,
lift tbe isr.br. Iloth be i..f Coinmls.
sinner Hiiffaker feel Mint the situation
tins br en hnnitle.t lo such a vf thnf
there will be very few inn front
now on.
T R Feclor F. V Carson. If fl Hue.
per. fins Cllas. C F t:.,r.l.,n. II. M.
Mnri.tr,. id. Mr. and Mrs It M Suthei .
bn. Mrs. M. y Ceilnioiid, Mis I.U
Ts.tiot'lk. W" V li.h.ii 1:0 Tom.
bras It 11 Fiiglnlnw. H K Van fttl
sen If II Nnstln
The pent reeul.r buatnes meeting
will be hell at hn Head house neat
TlU'Sdav,
RAILROADS TO GET BEST
VALUE OUTOF ENGINES
Many to Be Taken Out of Yards
and Plucod Where More Ser.
vice Can Be Secured.
The Kgnbir mrrllng of the commit-
ftsbbt Anreham Rur.iein. recently t un railway efficiency snd economy
iie.tr.I rhi. of 1 l.n 1 lull. (a (iiih.,.iss loll In the Southern railway's
lo Jrwi.h , .,11. mutiny. I n jnsl I'trri !, , M he James bull llnr Tliesdiy.
j I'rrsrnt with th coinmtt'e to-rr ttidtiv
j it of town oftl. it1j. Incbidirg F. I
1 Clasf. If. geneial fr Igt.l agent of tb
ant s psiriil. Ill ru N!in l. O With ol.l, S",,tl" " ': t drl !.' gen-
fh. wo-.t. ' l-e.se .,,e th,. tor on "Kh "' ' V .Vnlral of
tMififlrxl thai In tttttt ItT. lJ-tit. TIi-mIh
ll-irM-Mn, M. r , l. H I: , ha b-. n
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In rr, k i riK t h r i Hf li i r r I i"tT f .r I
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