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WITH NEWS OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS.
VOLUME 38.
MEMPHIS, TENN., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 16. 1918.
NUMBER 275.
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GERMANS ID
ALLIES PLAN
FORJETREAT
Defeated Enemy Officers Meet
Belgian, British, French and
Americans in Separate Con-
ferences on Armistice.
PARIS, Nov. 16 In accordance with
Marshal Foch's Instructions, conveyed
through MaJ. SIsteron to the German
great headquarters, German military
and technical representatives met Bel
gian officers at Bruges, British at Mon
and French and Americans at Nancy
yesterday afternoon, says Marcel Hutln,
of the Echo de Paris. The purpose of
the meetings was to arrange details
of the withdrawal or the Germans
across the Rhine, and to discuss Ques
tions relative to railroads, rivers, ca
nals and telegraph and telephone ser
vice. The Germans gave Information con
cerning the different systems of com
munication and the destruction ef
fected or planned by the Germans. The
British and Belgians dealt with the
territory limited by the Dutch-Belgian
and the Dutch-Herman frontiers, the
Rhine and the line of Coblens. The
French and Americans discussed the
region south of Charlerbl and Bonn to
Southern Alsace.
Meetings begun Friday of representa
tives of the associated governments will
be largely of an informal nature. They
will consist chiefly of conferences of
foreign ministers rather than of pre
miers, with a view to reaching a com
mon understanding on International
questions and definitely arranging the
program of the peace congress.
One of the first conrerences held
yesterday was at the residence of Col.
House, the head of the American dele
gation, where Foreign Minister Sonnl
no, of Italy, spent some time. It was
expected that Foreign Secretary Bal
four, bf Qreat Britain, would arrive
later.
OPEN DISCUSSION FOR
SURRENDER OF FLEET
LONDON, Nov. 16. Preliminary dis
cussions concerning the handing over
of the Qerman fleet were held last
night at Rosyth on the Firth of Forth,
Scotland, between Admiral Sir David
Beatty and delegates from the Ger
man soldiers' and sailors' council and
the German vice-admiral Meurer.
When the cruiser Koenigsberg, which
brought the German delegates, was 50
miles off the Isle of May on the Scot
tish coast this afternoon It was met by
British vessels which escorted It to
Rosyth, The preliminaries so far have
been carried out without a hitch, and
It Is not expected the Germans will
quibble over details. The discussions
probably may end at Saturday's meeting
of the delegation.
American officers will be present at
the surrender of the German high seas
fleet. It has not yet been determined
whether the United States will be repre
sented at Constantinople.
FREE RUMANIANS TO
AVOID FEEDING THEM
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
ALSACE-LORRAINE, Nov. 16. (By the
Associated Press.) Rumanian prison
ers began reaching the American lines
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Airplane' 8 Part
In Allenby Push
At Last Detailed
LONDON, Nov. 16. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) The de
tailed story which has just reached
here of Gen. Allenby's great advance
In Palestine shows that the airplane
played a big part In the operations
which led to the taking of Nazareth.
The chief object of the airmen was
to prevent the Turks from gaining
knowledge of Important cavalry move
ments. Big bombing machines re
mained throughout the night of Sept.
18 over the principal Turkish airdrome
at Jenln, which was subjected to a con
stant rain of explosives, tremendous
damage being caused
At daybreak the airmen's methods
became sensational. Fast machines In
pairs, each carrying a number of
twenty-pound bombs, "sat" over Jenln
all day, each pair being relieved at pre
arranged Intervals. Any movement In
the airdrome brought a bomb and the
enemy did not get a single machine off
the ground, thereby permitting the
British cavalry to execute Its critical
turning movement without being ob
served: The result was that Naiareth
was entered at 3 o'clock the next
morning.
JUGO-SLAVS PLAN TO
HAVE STATE LIKEJTALY
Y.ONDON, Nov. 16. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) If the Jugo
slavs achieve their aspirations they
will have a state of about the game
urea as Italy. Dr. Ante Trumblg, presi
dent of the Jugo-Slav committee, who
has Just arrived In London, gives a
comprehensive outline or his peoples'
alms, the first of which Is that all
the Jugo-Slav lands shall be liberated
from Austro-Hungary and united with
the independent kingdom of Serbia and
Montenegro Into one Jugo-Slav state.
"Our state," said Pr. Trumblg,
"should comprise the territory bounded
on the east by Bulgaria and Rumania,
on the north by Hungary, on the west
by the Adriatic, on the northwest by
German-Austria, and on the south by
Greece and Albania."
These boundaries take In about 100.
000 square miles, with a population of
12,000,000.
SOFT DRINK MAN WILL
FACE LIQUOR CHARGES
On a charge of violating the liquor
law, after police claim to have discov
ered approximately $1,012 worth of
liquor in his possession, M. J. Merts,
partner In the soft drink establishment
of Mertz & Wiley South Second street,
will face trial before Police Judge
Fltzhugh next Tuesday.
A raid was oonducted by Assistant
Chief Pass and a squad of officers at
S o'clock Friday afternoon, after sev
eral complaints had been registered
against the place. The liquor, consist
ing of 11 cases of quarts, pints and half
pints, was concealed In a rear room.
Mertz was arrested In the place,
police say, but Wiley escaped. The
raiding squad, besides Pass, was com
posed of Officers Berryhlll and Olive.
DAIRYMAN FINED.
Because he put a small piece of Ice
In hl milk to cool It, R. L. Seward,
dairyman, Poplar pike, was fined in
by Police Judge Fltzhugh Saturday on
a charge of violating the city's pure
food ordinance. City Chemist Mantel
testified be found 10 per cent added
water.
WELFARE WORKERS NEED
SUPPORT, SAY8 YANK.
"The seven welfare organisations
now seeking the united war work
fund in the United States are just
as they are represented, and what
the; do Is more needed now than
ever before, as the hard work be
gins and the glory of a good fight
Is gone. If It were not for these
organisations, the situation for the
men would be bad.
"I want old Memphis to go
strong. Good old Memphis. How
pitiful and small are the sacrifices
of the many individuals left at
home. How eagerly they should
try to do more for our boys over
there.
"They can not cross the ocean
and extend help personally, but
they can furnish funds which will
enable the seven national welfare
agencies to look after our boys
overseas." Lieut. Carl Vanden
huefk, Post Quartermaster, Camp
Forrest, Georgia, In a letter Just
received by a member of the edi
torial staff of The News Scimitar.
War Loafing On
Decline Reports
Here Indicate
Even with inadequate co-operation
from business firms and individuals, the
Memphis war work committee has suc
ceeded in greatly reducing the number
of "war loafers" in Memphis.
Saturday used to be a day when the
fewest men worked. It Is gradually be
coming as other days, according to let
ters from various firms to committee
headquarters. But the committeemen
are seeking more complete co-operation
In their work of keeping every able
bodied man "on the job" six days a
week. They urge that every employer
who has an employe falling to report for
duty, or any person whose neighbor Is
not at work, telephone Main 6193, com
mittee headquarters, and an Investiga
tion will be made at once. The organ
isation asks that these reports be mads
before 11 o'clock on the morning that
the alleged loafer falls to go to work,
that an officer may be sent during tha
day to Investigate. If the man has no
good excuse for falling to go to work
his arrest will follow.
The special officers working with the
committee have been following up ev
ery report turned into headquarters and
several arrests have been made. If
there Is no one at the house where the
supposed "War loafer" resides this no
tice is left under the door:
"The United States government em
ployment services requires the report
ing of all men who do not report regu
larly. You will be arrested unless you
go to work at once."
Hays Flowers, secretary of the com
mittee, declares that "war loafing" Is
gradually being reduced In Memphis
He adds, however, that Its absolute
stamDing out is impossible unless com
pete co-operation tnrougnout mo city
s obtained.
C. OF C. D&EGATES TO
ATTEND MANY MEETINGS
Chamber of Commerce representatives
will attend a number or important meet
ings In the various sections of the coun
try during the coming month.
A representative Is to be sent to
Rochester. N. Y., Nov. 20 to 22, to the
meeting of the National Municipal
league, where a general discussion of
municipal proDlems incident to tne re
construction that must follow signing
or articles or peace win tie discussed.
Another delegate will go to Baltimore
Dec. 8-15 for the meeting of the South
ern Commercial congress, where plans
for the work of the South In the days
to follow the war will be mapped out.
One hundred speakers from all parts of
the United States and from the allied
countries will he on the program.
Thomas B. King, of the good roads
committee, will attend a meeting of
good roads enthusiasts In Washington
Dec. 15, when plans will be completed
for Introducing legislation In congress
allowing the government to take over
the Bankhead highway as a military
road from coast to coast.
A larger delegation will go to New
Orleans Pec. !) and 10 to a meeting of
Mississippi valley shippers and others in
terested In development of the North
to South waterway and the opening of
a Southern gateway to foreign trado.
With the exception of Chairman King,
of the good roads committee, delegates
have not yet been named for the va
rious meetings.
s. c. vTmay meet
DURING CENTENNIAL
The 1019 reunion of Sons of Confed
erate Veterans may be held In Mem
phis during the centennial celebration
of the founding of the city in May,
The board of directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce Friday adopted a
resolution inviting the organization to
meet In Memphis at that time. This
resolution will be sent to a conven
tion committee appointed to select the
1919 meeting place. The committee was
named several weeks ago when the
Sons of Confederate Veterans met In
Tulsa, Okla.
It has been further suggested that
the pageant that was to have marked
completion of the Harahan bridge over
the Mississippi also be arranged for
the same dato.
BUY SMILES FOR BOYS,
LUNCHES FOR SAILORS
"Help us to help keep them smiling,"
was the slogan of hundreds of stu
dents from Central high. Vocational
and grammar schools of Memphis Sat
urday, as they sold candy, lunches and
papers In the downtown districts to
raise money for the united war ork
fund.
"Buy a smile for our hoys and a good
lunch for yourself," they said to busi
ness men and shoppers, and few of
them refused.
Central high's contribution to the
fund was $1,000 and Vocational high
raised a like amount. Results for the
grammar schools have not been an
nounced. Tennessee Rain, colder In west,
warmer in northeast; Sunday fair aid
colder.
Mississippi Local rains and cooler;
Sunday fair.
Arkansas Fair In west, showers In
east, cooler In northwest; Sunday prob
ably fair, cooler.
Alabama Rain, cooler in extreme
south; Sunday fair, cooler.
Kentucky Rain, colder in extreme
wait; Sunday fair and colder except rain
in northeast.
Louisiana Unsettled, showers In east;
Sunday partly cloudy.
Oklahoma Fair, cooler.
East Texas -Generally fair, cooler In
north; Sunday cooler except in south
east portion.
West Texas Fair, cooler In north.
South Carolina Rain; Sunday proba
bly fair.
Georgia Rain; Sunday probably fair,
slightly colder in northwest.
Florida Rain except fair In extreme
south, cooler In extreme northwest:
Sunday probably fair.
Kansas Fair and colder.
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FINDING
TOTALLYUNKEAOY
Delicate Period for Which
Europe Has Been Preparing
All During Conflict Finds
Nation Without Plans.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,
The Ntws Scimitar's Special Washing'
ton Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 16 Re
construction that delicate period In a
nation's emergency from war which the
people of England and France loresaw
finds the American government almost
totally unprepared. Even In tne aays
wnen peace seemea remote, uib powv
Ical parties in European countries In
sisted upon proclaiming programs of
reconstruction, but in the United
statei AYnont for n occasional bill in
troduced In congress and sporadic dis
cussion, the coming of peace has been
Ignored even as a possiDimy.
While the fault is partially that of
congress, It is almost entirely that of
the executive branch of the govern
ment, for there Is absolutely no ques
tion that both houses would have been
willing to consider any recommenda
tions on the subject which the presi
dent would have made. And If any
partisanship had developed American
public opinion, which has been so as
sertive during the late days of the war.
would have Insisted upon passage of
some measures that might have Beemed
adequate for future emergencies.
As It is something of a panio has
fallen on government organization. Ex
ecutives and subordinates alike are at
a loss to know In which direction they
must go, how soon their work must be
curtailed, to what degree expansion
or contraction of certain agencies must
be carried and what must be done to
preserve the industrial situation and
stabilize credit.
No Reply Known.
The most pressing question, "When
shall the troops be permitted to come
home from France?" remains unan
swered. It is quite true that America
cannot answer that question without
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HUNS ADMIT ARMIES
ENTIRELY EXHAUSTED
PAHIS, Nov. 16. "Field Marshal von
Hindenburg, In his message to the
German army, said that the threat of
famine caused the acceptance of the
armistice." says Marcel Hutin. "Al
though food difficulties played a part
in the defeat of Germany, the deter
mining cause of the German collapse
was the fact that the enemy's army
was on the brink or disaster.
"The first words the German plenlpo
tentiarles said to Marshal Foch were
In substance: 'Germany's army Is at
your mercy, marshal. Our reserves or
men and munitions are completely ex
hausted, making it Impossible for ut to
continue tne war.
SUITS AGGREGATING
$68,000 ARE FILED
Four suits for damages aggregating
168,000 Saturday were filed in district
court by Anderson & Crabtree, attor
neys. Tho list of defendants includes Wil
liam G. McAdoo, federal director-general
of railroads. Mrs. M. E. Deffcn
baugh asks $50,000 from the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis railway and
the director-general for the death of
her son who, Is It alleged, was knocked
from the top of a car and killed.
Mollle Worley wants $15,000 from the
American Car and Foundry company
for the death of her husband.
O. B. McGlothlan asks that the Mem-
?hls Street Railway company pay him
2,000 for alleged Injuries sustained
when caught between the closing doors
of a street car.
A. Schwartz says his motor car was
damaged by a machine owned by J. E.
Harris when the Harris car ran into
It. He wants $1,000 damages.
WORK RESUMED AFTER
MUTINY IN PRISON
CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 16 Work
has been resumed In the shops at the
New Hampshire state prison after a
mutiny, which oegan a ween ago.
Lieut. -Commander Thomas Mott Osborne.-
commandant of the naval prison
at the Portsmouth navy yard, who
came here to investigate, said today
the mutiny was led by 40 federal pris
oners from the United States navy,
who took a dislike to a new warden.
GILLESPIE REPORTED
KILLED IN ACTION
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Gordon Gillespie, Memphis newspaper
man, who enlisted In the national army,
was shot to death Oct 18, according to
a letter to a friend In Memphis, writ
ten by Thomas Faunileroy, another
local newspaper man serving In the
same command In Francs- The letter
stated that Gillespie's funerai would lie
held the next day.'
Gillespie was made top sergeant soon
after enlistment and later was pro
moted to lieutenant. According to
Fauntleroy, he was leading troops in
battle when he fell.
AVIATORS TO FLY.
COIUMRUS, Miss., Nov. 16. (Hpl.)
Payne field, near West Point, Is to he
given a complete supply of athletic
Sooos. A leuer nas oeen receiver irotn
Irs. Charles A. Van Hensst'laer, chair
man of the national aeronautic com
mittee. in which she states that a ship
ment of baseball, soccer and basketball
outfits, together with boxing cloves and
punching bags, is now on Its way to
the post.
STORE IS BURNED.
HUNTSVU.LK, Ala.. Nov. 16. (Spl.)
The general store of Charles Steger,
north of Merldlanvllle. was completely
destroyed Thursday morning, together
with a large stock of goods. The loss
Is estimated at (12.000, with a small
amount of Insurance. A cotton gin
that stood less than 60 feet away from
the store and containing about 100
bales of cotton and as many tons of
seed was not damaged.
ALABAMIAN LOSES ARM.
HUNTS VI LLE. Ala., Nov. 16 (Spl.)
J. A. Kllett, a prominent fanner of
Owens erossronds, has received a let
ter from France stating t hat his son,
Jesse J. Ellett, of a machine gun com
pany ill the Thirty-ninth infantry, had
lost an arm In the fighting early in
October. Private Ellett was reported
to be doing well snd he expects to
come back home In a few weeks.
LEARN OP SON'S DEATH.
COVINGTON, Tenn.. Nov. 16. (tfpl.l
W. A. Somervllle, of Mason, has re
ceived news of the death or his son.
William, in a hospital In France. His
death occurred Oct, 24, four days after
he was gassed in action.
ARMY'S RETURN
FROM OVERSEAS
BEINGPLANNED
General March Announces Scheme to Re
lease 30,000 Men Daily Permanent Force
Already Being Arranged for.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.Orders have been issued, Gen.
March announced today, for the gradual deniohilization of all
troops now in this country. Demobilization will be in the fol
lowing order:
First, development battalions, 71 in number and comprising
98,199 men.
Second, conscientious objectors not under arrest.
Third, spruce production division.
Fourth, central training schools for officers, with some
modifications.
Fifth, United States guards, now numbering 13(XX) men.
Sixth, railway units.
Seventh, depot brigades.
Fightn, replacement units.
Ninth, combat divisions.
There are now in the United States 1,790,000 men under
arms, Gen. March said.
,1t in
200,000 men are already issued,
homes in the next two weens.
When the reduction plan is
staff explained, 30,000 men each
anil).
KegardinK the return oi uio
order in which the divisions will
Pershing, it is tne intention oi ina war u.. , - -. -- -
. . i, j(vToir, to tho incalltv from which tne
as is pracucaoie, 10 mmm
majorltv of its men came and to
so that the people may nave a cuam; w e" "T " ....
Orders have been cabled to Gen. Pershing to begin the return at
once of all casuals, sick and wounded who can be moved, and conva
lescents. A steady stream ot these
Camps nt home will be cleared out to prepare for the return of
the expeditionary forces and the general Indicated that the procedure
would be expedited. A unit of regular troops will be left at. each camp
to guard and police It in preparation for the arrival of the overseas unit.
Because of Its unusual composition, Gen. March said, and Its brill-
j ... -.. k. 49i1 iliainhowi division will be given spe-
u .!.. 4 Hnmnhiilxfltlnn niiia. The purposo of the
department was not outlined specifically, but the Impression was gained
that the division will be paraded In Washington befpre It is mustered
0U'- nkka n Charleston S. .. Oon. March said,
Atiant ic puna tiuiu uuotvu " -: - . ... .,. .
are being organized to handle returning troops, and It Is possible that
ports south ot cnartesipn vm ue uw:H. .. . x .
The question of final disposition of the great caiitortlnents ib oeing
studied, Gen. March said, and no decision has been reached. New con
struction already largely has been stopped.
Steps already have been taken toward the organization of the
permanent army. All men now In the army have been or will be of
fered an honorable discharge from the emergency enlistment and an
immediate re-enllstment in the new forces. A furlough of one month
will be given as an incentive to re-enltstment.
It was announced that congress will be asked to give each man
discharged from the army, regardless of whether he ro-enllsts, a bonus
of one month's salary. Gen. March pointed out also that all soldiers
are entitled under law to wear their uniforms for three months after
discharge. This will make less difficult the Immediate task ot supply
ing civilian clothing to the demobilized army.
The return of commissioned personnel of the army to civilian life,
Gen. March said, would bo effected by dividing the present list of offi
cers Into three classes those who desire commissions In tho regular,
those who are willing to hold themselves available for future service
as reserve officers, and those who desire honorable discharges from the
service.
Instructions have been issued to the army staff corps to carry out
reduction in their commissioned and enlisted personnel lists, keeping
pace with the reduction of the land forces.
Gen. Pershing has been directed to expedite complete casualty lists
of his forces, showing the name of every man killed or wounded or
missing up to 11 .m., Nov. 11. Oon. March would not hazard an esti
mate as to what the final total would be.
Replying to a question as to the number of American prisoners in
Germany, he said official records up to Oct. 15 gave the total as 5,738.
Gen. March sketched the official line held by tlie allied armies and
the Americans along the west front when the fighting stopped. The
front held by the First and Second armies at that hour measured 52
miles.
Of the American force, Gen. March said:
"It had reached its highest point of military excellence on the dnv
tho fighting stopped and had ondcared Itself to the hearts of the Ameri
can people,"
MUSCLE SHOALS BUSY
ON HOUSING PROBLEM
SHEFFIELD, Ala., Nov. 16. (Spl.)
The Muscle Shoals district committee
has under discussion the various com
munity problems which tho rapidly in
creasing population of the Muscle
Shoals district prosent. A representa
tive of the Fulled States housing bu
reau has met with Ihe committee and
Ihe matter of building houses hv the
federal government bete will again he
renewed. This project was definitely
settled 60 davs ago and ll.ono.oon was
appropriated for the construction of
bouses in the Trl-Clties. hut with peace
in sight the jjnvrrnment ordered can
cellation of Its nnntrnrt for the building
sites which had slresdy been tenta
tively purchased
It Is thought, however, that In view
of the pressing needs of houses in this
district and the. number of government
people at the two great nitrate plnuls
that a reconsideration may he obtained.
MISSISSIPPI EDUCATOR
IS DEAD IN FRANCE
JACKSON. Miss., Nov. 16 (Hpl )
News has been received here of the
death In Franco of Dr. I. M Burton,
former professor of Romance lan
guages at Mlllssps college, this city.
T ir. Burton Joined the t'nlted States
army as a private in May. 11, and
sailed in August as a member of a
machine gun outfit. . ,
Dr. Burton was a native of Mrginln,
a graduato of Randolph-Mseon and of
Johns Hopkins and one of the most
popular men who ever served on the
faculty of Millsaps.
DYER COUNTY BOY IS
FIFTH TO DIE IN WAR
NEWBEKN, Tenn.. Nov. 16. (Spl.)
I. M. Hamilton, of Trimble, is in re
ceipt of news from the war department
stating that his son, George W. Hamil
ton, who was a resident of Lane s Ferry,
died at a hospital behind the firing
lines on Oct. 18 from a wound re-celved-ln
action. Young Hamilton en
listed at the outbreak of war and Joined
Company If, Jack Green's regiment,
which was organized in Dyer county.
Hamilton had been fighting In France
since July. The deceased was a
brother of O. D. Hamilton, of Trimble
Lie was the fifth boy of Company K
to fall on the battlefields in France.
tlir imtnriiUte demobilization ol
and these men will be at their
.
under lull operation, tne cmci ui
day will be released trom tne
March self! tho
iruups
be withdrawn U being- left to Gen.
v .,. (,io0
parade the division in adjacent cities
men should begin lmmeniaimy io
PAYNE FIELD BIRDMEN
UP IN AIR OVER FUTURE
COLUMBUS, Miss.. Nov. 16. (Hpl.)
Now that an armistice has been signed,
aviators at Payne field, near West
rOUIt, are wondering what their fate is
to be. Payne field has been materially
henefleial not only to West Point, hut
to Columbus and other nearby towns,
as the airmen make frequent vista to
these towns and spent large sums of
money, the patronsi-e extended hotels
and restaurants being especially liberal
I'oncernlng the matter, the Payne field
Zooms publishes the following state
ment from Col. J. W. Heard, tho post
commandant
"Payne field is a military organisa
tion and Its duty Is to ohey orders We
have received no orders changing our
duties or our activities When such
orders are received they will bo pub
Ushed. Until such time, every member
Of this command Is expected to put all
his energy Into his work, exactly ns
though no change in the situation had
taken place. The manner in which the
troops at Payne field have discharged
their duties has enabled it to show re
sults surpassed hy no field in this
country. We intend lo maintain OUI
standard so long as the field continue'!
in operation, whether that period Is to
be five weeks, five months or flye
years."
MAGEVNEY STRICKEN
IN CRIMINAL COURT
Hugh Magevney, assistant attorney
general, was stricken with acute Indi
gestion Saturday morning In the First
criminal court while arguing a motion.
Friends carried him to the city health
department, where he was given first
aid treatment and was then conveyed
to his home.
City health officials say his condi
tion Is not serious and predict thai lie
will be able tu return to work .Mon
day. TAYLOR RETURNS.
Dr. Nftumon Taylor, KiipTlntpnd-'nt
of the city health department, ha re
turned from a week's Ntay t Jckflnn
villo, Fla., where lie rested from th
rernnt atremiotiH work connected with
the liifluenia epidemic.
BAVARIAN QUEEN DIES.
AMSTERDAM. Nov, 1 -Queen Ma
ria Theresa of Bavaria died on Tues
day, according to the Tageblatt, of
Munich.
FORMAL ENTRY OF
FRENCH INTO METZ
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Marks Return to France of
City Torn From Her by
Victorious Germans 47
Years Ago After Battle.
BY riU.NK H. SIMON 1W.
The Nt Srlmltsr'i MMItsry Espsrt,
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 The csrsinony
of Monday, when the French prssWsnt,
Tremler Clemencsau and Marshal Fooh
will enter Mets, will have a world-wide
significance. It will mark ths return to
France of a elty always French, torn
from the French 47 years ar. not on
any basis of right or Justice, but purely
snd simply upon ths German argument
that It was necessary to the furtherance
of German military purpose.
strassi.um was In language a hwn
city. It was French by ths will ot its
Inhabitants; it was French by the asso
ciation of the olly'l population In the
great revolution II was French as the
French, Italian and German cantons of
Swltxerlami sre Swiss; that is, by ths
deliberate di-Hirs anil will of the whole
people. Hut the fact that the language
of the Alsatians was Qerman, that Al
sace had been In Its past a portion oi
the German empire, supplied a colorable
pretext for German aggression.
All this was lacking in Men. i"ui.
Orleans, Tarls Itself, were not more
French. From Wi Meti had been a
part of French national soli, I he coun
tryside In a wide circle was Inhabited
tion am now hv French sneaUlns peo
ple. Put because It was mo orirssa
guarding tho road Into tho heart of
France, the Germans took It.
There is ii" sadder story than thai oi
Mtr. after the annexation. Thousands
of Its inhahltajitH emigrated to France.
Bottle ot them opened tne family tomps
that tho hones of their anceaiois might
be removed to French soil. In IMS Mets
(Continued on I'age 10. Column 8.)
SHELBYDHLEGATION
PERFECTS ORGANIZATION
The Shelby county delegation organ
ised Friday night at a banquet given
at ihe Hotel Gayoso by Frank D. Ful
ler, state senator, In honor of tho dele
gation. Mr. Fuller was elected chair
man and Ernest tf. Hell, member of
the lower house of the legislature, sec
retary. Present were Frank .1. Hlce
and Frank D. Fuller, state senators;
Ernest s. Hell, George A. Canale, John
Galella. Joseph Hanover, Carl trseu.
Hunt rhelan, C. K MoCalman and
John Morgan.
It waH decided that We llelei
should hold inihUd i
county court room, begn
ond Monday In rieoemhef, to get the
views of the general pubtlo regarding
local and general acts to be passed
ai me session in .isnuary.
No local bills were discussed at the
get-together meeting Friday night, but
It is known that several measures of
Importance will be brought to tho
attention of the public at the public
meetings before acts are drafted for
passage.
The following local measures will he
considered: The extension Of the city
limits of Memphis to take In Hlng
hamton, Mouth Memptda and outlying
districts. Ihe Inauguration In Mem
phis of the city manager plan of gov
ernment for Memphis, and a local hill
to Increase the pay of city teachers
to conform with Ihe agreement made
between the city and ihe teachers fol
lowing the compromise effected during
the recent teachers' strike.
SOLF PLEADS TO LET
HUNS COME TO U.S.
BKKUN. Nov. 1(1 (By the Asso
ciated Press ) -Foreign Heexetarv Solf
ha sent a meesasja. to Secretary of
State Lansing urgently requesting
President llson to givo permission
for a German commission to Immedi
ately leave Germany for the I'nited
Mates so as to personally lay before
the American government tho condi
tions existing here and lo assure the
taking of steps to purchase foodstuffs.
GOTOQVEWAR
MEDAL TO PERSHING
PATHS. Nov. Id. -American Ambas
sador Sharp, Gen. Bliss and Admiral
Benson went to American main lieiul
ouartcra today to present to Gen.
Pershing, the American commander-ln-
hief, the AmOtioatn distinguished ser
vice medal.
70, PLEADS GUILTY
UNDER MANN ACT
3, L Ward, aged 70 years, Saturday
entered a plea 'if guilty to a ohargS
of having violated the "white slave"
laws, and Judge McCall In federal court
sentenced him to iwo years in the fed
eral prison and assessed a fine of $1,000
against hint.
He nearly collapsed when the court
ordered him to stand while the sen
tence was being pronounced.
M'ADOO'S SUGGESTION
FOR TAX CUT ADOPTED
WASHINGTON, Nov, Id. Secretary
McAdoo's recommendation for down
ward revision of the revenue bill to
nlioiit 16,000,000,000 whs formally adopt
ed today by the senate finance com
mittee only two or three members,
Chairman Simmons stated, favored :i
higher tax levy.
FORECAST FOR WEEK.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10- Wea(hr
bureau prtdK'1 lorii for the wtek be-i-.i
Mori'lity urr:
West (iulf Htates: Generally fair
weathar indicate) during the week,
with nearly normal temperatures.
LoW0T HlNiOttrl valley: Knir weather
with normal temperature early In the
week, probably followed by rain and
warmer hy mhldln f week und hkjUii
by fair at end of week.
ACCEPTS TAX LEVY.
COLUMBUS, Miss. Nov. 10 (Spl.)
After some delaV the board of super
visor! of Iiwiides county has finally
completed the tax levy, and Sheriff
John B. Wllllama Ii now receiving and
receipting for taxes. I'eople seem to tie
plentifully supplied with money, and
while the time limit does not expire
until Feb. 1, taxes aro being rapidly
paid.
SEES FUTURE HOPE,
BERNE, Nov lfi. If the new Ger
man government can carry on its work
for six or eight weeks the future of
new Germany is assured, declared
rrledrit'h l-.bert, the chancellor, in a
speech In Ileiiin 011 lliursday.
OMAKEHIS
ORY
Facing- Trial For
Fatal Car Wreck
TIMOTHY 8. WILLIAMS.
Timothy S. Williams, president of the
Brooklyn Kapid Transit, was arrested
after the disastrous wreck of a B K T.
train on the Brighton Beach line which
killed 1M passengers and injured many
more. He faces trial on a charge of
hoinlfldo In connection with the wreck.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16 -Two army
casualty list, made public here louay,
contain a total of 1,0ft names, divided:
Killed In action, -l'-l; moo imm
rounds, 1BI; died, accident and other
three: died of disease. 17); died
111 airplane accident, one; wounded se
verely, 2, wounded, degree undeter
mined, 2. wounded slightly, 11; miss
ing in action, 27.
Included In Ihe lists:
TENNESSEE.
Killed In action: Hergt. Carl A. Chel
sea 47" Morton street, iNasnviiie; rri
vates Thomas Ij Mavis, Sharps Chapel;
Chariev Klmbroufh, PUntville; Joseph
H Patterson, Waverly.
Pled from wounds: Privates Laivin
Aallneer. Ktalnvllle; I.enard 1 Hrewet
UuiiTmi Kdwaid Tavlor. 1000 Newell
avenue. Chattanooga, John
I. Fcrsu-
son. Meadow; Callle
M lllckey, ft. P.
D I, Knoxvllle.
Illud of dlNeaao:
Corp. Chester P
Juliet; Trlvates
V. P 1, McPon
11 TC ii 1 Tal-
Crittenden. Mount
Cairo V. Braun, B.
maII- ttriirv .1 Grnv
butt; Frank C. Oakley,
R. F. V. I,
While Bluff.
Wounded slightly: Corp. Douglas K.
Kendatek; ' Bud avenue. Nash
ville; rrivertea WM iwysior, u. c
P. i, Loona; Rrneei (T Terry, 123 Jos
eph avenue, ivasnvuie.
Missing In action;. Corp. Robert Mag-
f:art, Silver l'olnt; rrivates irocuoii
ngrani, Hampton , James Jonea, U K.
P. 3. East Chattanooga, Joe v. Mitf.
friendship.
MISSISSIPPI.
Killed In action: Trlvates Christo
pher Johnson, Sunflower, Allan Pat
rick, Stonewall.
Pled from wounds: Wagoner flrady
W. Jackson, Blue Mountain.
Private Charles I,.
Soldensplnner. Eort Adams
Wounded severely: l'rlvate Enoch
May, Norfleld.
(Continued OH lage I, Column 4 )
GERMAN CATHOLICS
APPEAL TO VATICAN
IINruiN. Nov. 18, German Catho
lics are appealing to Pope Benedict
against the heavy burdens ot the armis
tice conditions, according to a wire
less dispatch received here this after
noon from Berlin
U. S. LENDS MILLIONS
TO NEW SLOVAK STATE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. -By ex
tending a credit of $7,non,tifin to the
C7.eeho-8lovak national council today
the treasury added a tenth debtor na
tion among the allies to the Culled
Itatee Great Itrltaln today was given
a new credit of 20),nnu nnri, itn.iv f,o, -OOO.ntm
and Belgium 19,000.000,
SESSION IS POSTPONED
BY COURT OF APPEALS
JACKSON, Tenn., Nov Nt. (Hpl.)
Thi rourt of appeal! will not Kit In
.iRCknon until th fimt Monday In Feb
ruary Thi wan definitely announced
by ''Inrk T, B Cnrroll. today. The
UBUal "la to whon tho fipprPjito rourt
gonvenei horo Im tho flint Monday In
January.
But 77 raiPH lmve horn dockrfod no
far Due t tho fart that Shelby uoun
iy nourte have boti eJtnotl continuously
deferred to allow lawyers to work with
registrants, tho ufhkiI ct-int of ruses
from thoffn courts has no! bfr-n received.
VICTIM OF ELEVATOR
ACCIDENT RECOVERING
Frank 8. l'ogg, clerk of the Y
C. '.. who fell 20 feet down the etc
tor shaft In the "Y" building Krl
afternoon, Is reported Improved hv
laches at Ihe Baptist hospital, wl
be Was taken after the accident
recovered consciousness Haturdav.
Fogg attempting to enter
elevator to ascend with a patron to
Upper floor. The gate to the elevi
was left unlocked and Pogg step
I
was
through "' ininsing trie elevator
there A norler had Just taken it
und the fall resulted.
up
RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT
FAIR, COLDER SUNDAY
rtaln for Memphis Saturday night,
Hundsy fair and colder.. J the official
forecast made public Saturday by local
observers.
An area of low pressure covering most
of the Western states la passing on
eastward to be followed by cinder
weather.
MANY SEEK JOB.
a number of applicants for tho posi
tion of oourthouse superintendent
mad vacant hy tho death of Antonio
Caaaratto, have been announced' It is
Underttpod Jerome Richards, former
Clerk of the criminal murt, and father
of J. Bd Richards, Judge of the Klrat
criminal court, ia an applies nt. tther
hi pltranta am said to he Joe Royle,
City llcenae Inspector; John Schelhler.
courthouai policeman; Joshua Nolan,
rourihouee night watchman, and Ham
Moore, employe in the city treasurer's
office.
EsbbY HsBt ' jbsbibbbI
ICASUMH USTI
REBELS SINK
330 MEN DIE
Wiesbaden Refuses to Sur
render and Is Torpedoed by
Mutinous Vessels While At
tempting toEscape.
BERNE, Nov 16 The German war
ship Wiesbaden refused to surrender to
the revolutionists and tried to escape
to neutral waters It was pursued and
torpedoed by revolutionary battleships,
and the entire crew of S10 men, in
cluding many cadets, perlahed, accord
lnr to the 1ikal Anselger, of Berlin.
The Wiesbaden was supposed to have
been sunk during the Jutland battle,
May Si-June 1, 1916. She was a light
cruiser of 4,900 tuns, and was built in
1914.
HOLLAND HOLDS KAISER
AS DISTINGUISHED ALIEN
AMERONGKN, Hollsnd. Nov. 11
William lioheniollern has not been In
terned by the Netherlands government.
He Is regarded rather as a distinguished
foreigner who has sought refuge, and
who has a claim to protection. Pre
sumably he Is free to go where he likes,
but the feet that his suite has actually
been Interned restricts his movements.
Count von Bentlnck explained that
tho former crown prince, as well as
the former emperor, ceased to be sol
diers when they abdicated NotMns; Is
known at the castle concerning the
former emperor's future movements Or
aa to the whereabouts of the former
empress.
The former emperor waa seen stroll
ing about the castle grounds with Count
von Bentlnck and the count's son He
wore a gray military overcoat. Later
he wan shown over the caatle of Zuvlen-
steln, a mile sway, and the residence
of Count von Uentlnck's brother.
The members of the former emperore
suite have surrendered their swords to
Putch officers They previously had
seised their other arms, and this for
mality completed the act of Internment.
FORMER CROWN PRINtE
INTERNED IN CASTLE
LONQOH, Nov. 11. Formsr Crown
Prince Frederick William of Germany
has heen Interned at the castle owned
bv his friend, Count Olibert Wolff Mot
ternlch, st Hwalmen, a town In the
province of I.lmburg, Holland, says an
Amsterdam dispatch to the KxehanM
Telegraph company. It Is reported hie
wife is. with him.
PRINCE MAX ARRIVES
AT BADEN; STAY LONG
BASK!., Nov. 1(1 Prince Maximilian
of Haden, former German chancellor,
has arrived at Baden-Baden with his
family It is said that ho will make
a long stay therB.
BOY SCOUT CARPAL
PLANS ARE COMPLETE
The streets of Memphis will he turned,
over to the Boy Scouts Saturday night,
and these small soldiers will bo In full
charge of the united war work cam
paign throughout the downtown dl
trlct. An ethletlo carnival on Monroe ave
nue between Main and Front streets
will be the chief feature of the eve
ning. Wrestling, boxing and other ath
letic "stunts'' to lllustrato the activi
ties of camp life Will constitute the
progrn tn.
Further entertainment has been pro
vided, however, for Main street. X se
rifs of vaudeville Sets, singing and
lantern slides, all aboard huge motor
trucks, will form a moving theatrical
performance for the entire evening.
The pictures show scenes of camp life
and will he projected on screens pre
pared at various points on Main street.
While, the carnival Is In progress Boy
Scouts, carrying American flags, will
mingle with the crowds, and those de
siring to aid the war work fund will
toss their contributions on the flags.
Chief of Police Barney has given tho
Scouta permission to rope off Monroe
avenue, and all traffic la requested to
co-operate with the boys by traveling;
streets other than that where the car
nival is staged.
REDUCES WOMAN'S JAIL
SENTENCE TWO MONTHS
Mrs, J, P. Mahnney will be released
from the county Jail In time to spend
Thanksgiving at home. Judge Met 'all.
In federal court, made this ruling Sat
urday after hearing argument from
Mrs. Mshnney's attorney that serving;
her six months' jail sentence would
gre..tly reduce her health.
Mrs. Mahoney was sentenced July 1!
on a charge of violating federal liquor
laws. Hhe claims close confinement
has been detrimental to her health.
"Now. Mrs. Mahoney," began Judge
McCall, "I'm going to redtio your
sentence from six to four months. But
If you are ever brought before thli
court as ft violator of the liquor lawa
I will be tempted to send you to fed
eral prison. You are old enough to
know thst you can not ride over the
law, Aa a woman you ought to want
the lawa enforced. Ton get It out of
your mind that you can violate the
federal liquor laws. You can't do It
anil keep out of jail."
DISCUSS LUMBERING.
What the coming of peace will mean
(o the lumber industry and how the
lumbermen of America can aid In re
habilitating .u--toni Europe was the
chief theme of discussion at Saturday's
luncheon-meeting of the Lumbermen's
club at Hotel (fayoso. The discussion
followed a brief address on the meaning
of peace and victory, by Rev. C H.
Williamson.
CASES POSTPONED.
Cases of the United States against
Joe Sailors snd c. P. Powers, chars-ed
with violations of federal liquor laws,
which were to have been heard Satur
day hv Commissioner Poole, were post
poned until Tuesday. Nov. 20. The
government lacked certain evidence
that cannot be obtained until next week
according to Thomaa J, Walsh, assist
ant I'nited States district attorney.
SUITS TRANSFERRED.
Pamage suits aggregating $30,000.
filed In the Shelby county courts by
Mrs. Edward Sehmalsrled against the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad com
pany to recover for Injuries alleged to
have been sustained in an accident at
the McLean boulevard crossing of the
railroad, on Jan. 3, 1911, have been
transferred to the federal court.
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