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VOLUME 38.
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MEMPHIS, TENN., TUESDAY AFTHKNOON, NOVEMBER 19, 1918.
PLANS FOR FINAL PEACE CONFERENCE NEAR1NG COMPLETION
3HD
EDITION
GERMAN FLEET
QUITS KIEL ON
FINAL
First Section To Be Surren
dered to Allies Puts Out to
Sea Formal Surrender Is
Planned for Thursday.
COPENHAGEN-. Nov. 19. The first
section of the German fleet to be de
livered to the allies left Kiel on Sun
day for the North sea.
This section of the fleet comprised
the battleships Bayern. Grosser Kur
furst, ty-onprinz Wilhelm, Markgraf,
Koenlg Albeit and Kaiserin and the
battle cruisers Seydlitz and Moltke.
LONDON, Nov. 19. German subma
rines to be handed over to the allies
have, passed through the Kaiser Wil
helm canal on their way to England,
according to advices received in Copen
hagen from Kiel and transmitted by
the Exchange Telegraph company.
U-BOATS READY TO GO
OUT IF ORDERED TO
LONDON. Nov. 19. Considering the
surrender of German ships to the allies,
a German wireless message received
here says that at a meeting of U-boat
crews at Wilhelmshaven, Nov. IB, It
& resolved to take the submarines
oat whenever the necessary orders were
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PROGRAM CALLS FOR
SURRENDER THURSDAY
LONDON, Nov. 19 The program for
the surrender of the German fleet as
the result of conferences held between
British and German naval authorities
is that the ships will leave German
ports on Wednesday and will be taken
over by the allies on Thursday. King
George and the prince of Wales will re
view the grand fleet at Rosyth on
Wednesday. Later the fleet will sail
for the rendezvous assigned "for the
surrender ceremonies.
PLAN CITY OFFICES
TO SAVE BUILDING
If the plans of the auditorium-market
house committee meet with the favor
of Mayor Monteverde and the city
commissioners, every city office in the
courthouse, in addition to the offices
oi me city board of education and the
water depaunient. will be moved to
auditorium building. At present all'
KlUr. offices are -locate in the coxmXy
courthouse except those of the water
department and school board, which are
In the Goodwyn Institute.
H The audltorklm-marKct house com
mittee, composed of R. K. Ellis, chair
man: w. C. Duttllnger. secretary; John
T. Walsh and Max Allen, of Cordova,
was scheduled to meet Tuesday to or
ganize. They planned to conTer with
the mayor and commissioners later to
discuss moving city offices to the pro
posed new building.
The bond issue of J760.000 for the
auditorium-market ,house has been
authorized, but the sale of the bonds
has been deferred because the city did
not wish to compete with government
Liberty bond issues.
RUSSIAN QUESTION TO
FORE AS PEACE DAWNS
TOKIO, Nov. 19. (By the Associated
Press. 1 Negotiations are proceeding
between the powers concerning the
handling of the Russian question which,
mis come strongly to the front since the
signing of the armistice In n.urope. Be
lieving tjfiS the smooth operation of
the "Trans-Siberian and Chinese East
ern railroads is of prime necessity in
the reconstruction of Russia, It is un
derstood that the United States has
suggested the appointment of a man
aging directorate composed of repre
sentatives of the powers who have
technical experience in the operation
of railroads. It Is reported the com
mission led by John F. Stevens now In
the far East has been delegated to do
this work.
Russians are willing to co-operate
and' France and Great . Britain have
agTeed to the plan, but Japan's attitude
Is still Jthe subject of negotiations.
WINTERS, ARGUING OWN .
CASE, IS FOUND GUILTY
W. M. Winters, charged with Issuing
three worthless checks on the Peabody
and Chlsca hotels, and who addressed
the lurv at the close of argument in
his case Tuesday with the ability of a
trained lawyer, was found guilty of an
attempt to commit a felony. The ver
dict carries a. sentence of from one to
five years. Motion for a new trial was
filed.
Winters said that he had a wife and
two children In Indiana. He said that
sufficient money was in the Cumber
land Valley National bank in Nashville
to have covered all the checks he
issued and that lie was not guilty of
the charges against him.
On the stand Monday afternoon and
Tuesday morning. Winters protested
his innocence of the charge against
him.
BIG CUT IN TELEGRAPH
RATES JAN. 1, ORDERED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 Reduction
in telegraph rates on night messages
which would cut the minimum toll fropi
one dollar to fifty cents between At
lantic and Pacific coasts, was ordered
todav by Postmaster-General Burleson,
effective Jan. 1 next. Such messages
are subject to delivery by postofflce
carriers.
WILL CANCEL PRIORITY
LISTS ON WAR PLANTS
WASHINGTON, Not. 19. The prefer
ence list of the war industries board,
under which war plants were given
priority of material, fuel, transporta
tion facilities and labor to complete
the war program, will be cancelled Im
mediately, Priorities Commissioner Ed
win B. Parker announced today.
POSTAL RIGHTS OF HUN
PRINCESSUPPRESSED
PARIS, Nov. 19. The German post
office department has suppressed the
postal privileges of the German ruling
princes who have not yet abdicated, ac
cording to a telegram f.'om Dresden.
DIES IN FRANCE.
BELEN, Miss., Nov. 19. (Spl.) Word
has been received by relatives here of
the death In France Oct. II, of Private
Willis A. Ikerd, aged 25, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John fj. Ikera of Belen. Pri
vate Ikerd way a victim of pneumonia.
He Is survived by his parents, three
sisters, Mrs. Kate L. Vanderburg and
Bonnie Belle Ikerd, of Belen, and lrs
Carrie E. Ware, of Le esque, Ark., and
two brothers, J. E. and Jesse L. Ikerd,
of Belen. - ---
VOYAGE
petaTn is given
marshal's baton
French Commander Now on
Equality With Poch and
Jdffre.
PARIS, Nov. 19. Gen. retain, the
commander-in-chief of the French
armies, today was named a marshal of
France at a meeting of the cabinet
presided over by President Polncare.
Gen. Petaln today is entering Metz at
the head of the French Tenth army.
The raising of Gen. Petain to the
rank of marshal will increase the num
ber of marshals of France to three, the
others being Marshal Joffre and Mar
shal Poch.
Gen. Petain. formerly chief of the
general staff, was on Hay 15, 1917, ap
pointed commander-in-chief of the
French armies operating on the French
front, which command he lias held,
while Marshal Foch, as generalissimo,
commanded the French and other allied
armies throughout the field of opera
tions. Qen. Petain, before Ills appointment
as chief of staff, won his chief dis
tinction for the heroic Oefense of Ver
dun under his command. He was a
retired colonel at the outbreak of the
war. but arose rapidly through the
ability he displayed, as commander
on the French front he added notably
to his earlier Uure:s, particularly in
He later phases of the war when the
skilfully directed hammer blows of his
forces, in conjunction with those of the
British, Americans and other allied
commands, were breaking down the
resistance of the German army and dis
integrating it to the point where the
German command was forced to apply
for an armistice.
Gen. Petain is 62 years of age.
Xmas Parcel Label
May Be Secured By
Nearest Relative
The nearest relative of a member of
the American forces in France who
does not receive a Christmas parcel
label by Nov. 21 can secure one by call
ing sit me local itea t ross receiving
slat lop.
I " Anyone who has received aucn a lanei
WMtimtom PMdH mm
the Red Cross, accorafng to a late
ruling made by Postmaster General
Burleson and announced Tuesday by
Postmaster C, W. Matcnlf. Jr.
Parcels to which such labels are af
fixed will be accepted by the post
master in Memphis up to and In
cluding Nov. 30. All ru:es governing
size and weight of such parcels must
be closely followed.
The first ruling was that a soldier
must send one of the parcel labels
in order to secure a Christmas remem
brance. It develops that many labels
forwarded by the soldiers have been
delayed In the malls or lost. Hence the
new ruling which makes it possible for
near relatives to seenre these labels
and remember their boys at Christ
mas. "
FIVE GIVEN SENTENCES
BY CAMP PIKE COURT
U'rt'LE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 19. (Spl.l
Numerous court-martial verdicts were
announced from the judge advocate's
office at Camp Pike last night. They
include :
Hosea Brown, Sparta, Tenn., 25 years
far desertion and larceny. Brown was
a conscientious objector.
Murphy Whitehead, isola, Miss., five
years for desertion.
George Harris, Hollywood, Miss., one
year for desertion.
Roy Crowder and Nash Mobley. ne
groes, home addresses not available,
10 and 15 years respectively, for mu
tiny. Private Lee Estelle, an Iowa select
ive, arrested here with Grace Manning,
wife of a former Cedar Rapids news
paper man, was found not guilty of
violating the 95th article of war.
NEW AMBULANCE
SMALL HOSPITAL
The new 60-horsepower ambulance re
cently purchased by Thompson Bros.,
undertakers, Is a miniature hospital
for the emergency care of badly In
jured patients enroute to hospitals.
The car cost 15.000. On the outside
it is finished battleship gray and old
ivnrv and the inside Is enameled a pure
white. Included in the new ambulance
is a water system, a thermos outfit, a
double-deck cot and various other es
sentials. ....
J. V. Vaughan will drive the car for
the firm.
ASKS $50,000 FOR
DEATH OF HUSBAND
Mattie Gleason McHale has filed suit
in the circuit court against the Wlilte-Wilson-Prew
company, wholesale groc
ers, asking damages in the sum of
(50.000 for the death of her husband.
The petition alleges that In April,
1918, McHale, while crossing Madison
avenue, was run into by a boy on a
bicycle and was so badly injured that
death resulted. The messenger was in
the employ of the defendant company,
it is alleged.
NEGRO KILLED.
Police are seeking the assailant of
Arch Fondren, negro, employe of the
Frisco vards, who was struck down
Monday' afternoon while at work and
fatally lniured. He died at the Gen
eral hospital of a fractured skull with
out regaining consciousness. No one
could be found by officers who could
throw any light on the occurrence.
Tennessee Fair; Wednesday, fair In
east. Increasing cloudiness in west.
Mississippi Fair, slightly warmer
Wednesday.
Arkansas Fair. slightly warmer;
Wednesday unsettled.
Alabama Fair, slightly warmer
Wednesday.
Kentucky Fair, little change in tem
perature. Iioulslana Fair, frost nearly to coast,
Wednesday rising temperature.
Oklahoma Cloudy, colder in west
Wednesday.
Kast Texas Fair, warmer except on
west coast; Wednesday probably fair,
warmer In northwest.
West Texas Fair, slightly, colder In
pan handle; Wednesday generally fair,
colder In north.
South Carolina Generally fair.
Georgia Fair "
AIK ROAD
IMOIITE
Speculation
Enemv,.1
Take
A war,"
.jarding Exact
.resses To Be
er by Yanks
J as They Proceed.
RY FKANK H. SIMON 1)8.
The News Scimitar's Military Expert.
NEW YORK. Nov. 19. The an
nouncement that the Third American
army, our army of occupation, has
already begun Its march to the Rhine,
will naturally awaken much speculation
as to what portion of the German ter
ritory marked for occupation in the
armistice will receive our garrisons.
As yet we have no official statement
to guide us, but the first news of the
progress of our troops would seem to
sunn y -nm-n ant. v c are ininrmeu
that Pershing s i '
... .. .. ...
un uie nne nurrgB y-uircj , im.ii.n wv.
pleted their first stage from the banks
of the Meuse. This can only mean that
we are taking the historic route, which
leads through .Luxemburg and down
the Moselle valley to the Rhine at Cob
ler.z, where the Moselle enters the larg
er stream and where Rhine tourists for
half a century have been called upon
to note the reluctance of the Moselle
waters to mingle with those of the
Rhine, as indicated by the extent to
which the French waters retain their
individual color.
Southward along the road we arc
now following, in the opposite direction
came the army of the German crown
prince in the first days of the present
war, borrowing the historic gap of
Bfenav, recently reconquered by Amer
ican troops, to enter France. Mont
medy, which we have occupied; Long
wv, which we are to enter today, were
fortresses blocking this road and both
of them were taken after very gallsnl
resistance, that of Longwy memorable
for all time, in the first weeks of Au
gust, 1914.
Historic Way.
But bask of the day of the crown
prince other invading armies Isave bor
rowed the Moselle-Meuse road to In
vade France. By this route the Prus
sians came to Valmy in the first days
(Continued on Page 12. Column 5.)
CASUALTY LIST!
WASHINGTON, Nv.' 19 Two army
casualty lists, made .public hre today
contain a total of 1 509 names, di
vided: ' " , ' ?
Killed In action. J27: died fro
wounds, 09: died, accident and other
causes, 2: died of disease, 401: wounded
severely. 99; wounded, degree undeter
mined, 247: wounded slightly. 36;
missing in action, 40; prisoners, 48.
Included in the lists:
TENNESSEE.
Killed in action: Lieut. Henry Guion
Armstrong, Memphis: Corps. Roby
Hendrlx, Johnson City; Onle Sanford,
R. F. D. 1, Tazewell; Privates Gordon
B. Collins, 408 North Hayes ave., Jack
son; Samuel If. Bolton, R. F. D. 1,
Hoop; Robert L. Brock, R. F. D. 1,
Straw Plains; Lee Sharp, Knoxville;
Estle R. Skeen, K. F. D, 4, Dandrldge;
Thomas W. Armes, R. F. D. 8, Hum
boldt; Ed Evans, Stantonvllle; Fred
Fanner, R. F. D., Cleveland; Claude
Long. R. F. D. 4, Church Hill; Harold
L. Mowl, Bailey ton; Ross C. Tucker,
Roan Mountain.
Died from wounds: Limits. Charles
B. Coster, McKenzie; Robert E. Per
kins, Chattanooga; Private Charles C.
Free, R. F. V. 1, Newport.
Died of disease: Corps. Van C. Un
derwood, Kodak; John Donahoo, Chat
tanooga: Rufus Motley, Lcnow; Pri
vates Jim HtHlard, Oakland; Ambros
S. Sherrell. R. F. D. 7, Sparta. Claude
L. Riles, R. F. D. 1, Pulaski; Leonard
Black, R. F. D. 1, Camden"; Walter B.
Boyer, Bristol: Edison P. CUburn, R.
F. D. 1, West Moyeland; William E.
Davis. R. F. D. 5, Humboldt; Robert
T. Dunn, Greenville; Charles Simmons,
R. F. D. 4, Plkeville; Paul Peevyhouse,
R. F. D. 3, Hohenwald; Mark L. Po
teet, R. F. D. 7, NeWbem.
Wounded severely; Corps. Clinton F.
nellus. Lnfollettc; Ttromns Petery, R.
F. D. 1, Jelllco; Privates Oda Cope,
Ijaurelburg; Jim L. Love, Medon.
Wounded, degree undetermined:
Sergt. Oscar Brummett, Boom: Wag
oner Alvis W. Pyles, Andersonville;
Privates Gibson Bell, Lebanon; Wm
W. Wright. 506 Ury St., Union City.
Wounded slightly: Lieut. Joseph E.
Heard, Brownsville; Corps. Albert S.
Marks, R. F. D. 2, Dellrose; Elmer E.
Trapp, Gallatin; Roy M. Hicks, K. F.
D. 4. Dversburg: Privates Arthur Sul
livan, R. F. D. 2. Centervllle; Herbert
(Continued on Page 2. 'olumn
VETERINARIANS OPEN
STATE MEETING HERE
The Tennessee Veterinary Medical
association will open a two-day con
vention in Memphis Tuesday. Follow
ing the closing of the business meet
ings the visitors will be entertained
with a sight-seeing trip around the
city, including the city parks and Park
field. Mllllngton.
The officers of the association are:
Tit. F. W. Morgan, Chattanooga, presi
dent; Drs. J. M. Jones, of I.ewisburg,
and W. S. Shaw, Knoxville, vice-presidents;
F. R. Youfee. Lebanon, secre
tary; A. C. Topmlller, Murfreesboro,
treasurer, and brs. J. W. Scheibler,
Memphis; S. H. Woods, Murfreesboro
and J. hi. McMahon, Columbia, mem
bers of the executive committee. Dr.
SI. Jacob, state veterinarian, is a .mem
ber of the legislative committee.
Or. C. C. Brown, of Memphis, will
deliver the address of Welcome. Dr.
J. W. Scheibler, Jr., of Memphis, will
read a paper on "Canine Infectious
Diseases and Complications."
JEWS DIE IN RIOTS.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 9 A nti-Jewish
outbreaks with numerous fatalities to
Jews In several towns In !he western
part of Polish Gallcia, are reported by
the Jewish press bureau here.
In Sledlce, Tolish leglonalres killed
six Jews, the bureau's advices state.
while at Chrtanow nine Jews weresl
slain. Other anti-Semitic outbreaks
have taken plsce, It is stated, at Dom
browa, Jaworzno and other cities.
RECEIVE HUN HELMET.
PINE BLUFF, Ark , Nov. 19. (Spl )
Mr. and Mrs. C. J Lake have re
ceived a German helmet from their
son, LeRoy Lake, who Is In France,
and it Is now on display In a show
window on Main street. The helmet
was worn by a German prisoner and a
sniper. The helmet Is considerably bul
let scarred.
COMMISSIONER ARRIVES .
ROME, Nov. 19. Count Carlo Sforsa,
former Italian minister to China, has
arrived at Constantinople, having been
appointed high commissioner for Italy
in Turkey.
Falls In Final Fight
Against Savage Hun
Battling to the Last
Lieut. Roy H. Treievant Dies
. on Field of Honor Had
Premonition He Would Not
Return. m
Lieut Rov Hayne Trezev
naiiv V. sixty-first infantry.
vision, was killed in action t
Oct. 16. according to a mei
ceived Mondav evening bv his
Stanley 11. Trezevant. United
marshal. The message came front tha
war department at Washington ami
contained no details.
Prior to the entrance of the United
States in the war Trezevant was ona
of the best known and most successful
young business men In Memphis. Ha
numbered his friends bv the hundreds,
He entered the second officers' train
IllaC 'il til r I tilt
ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe and wu
jw,rdl i lieutenant's commission. For
a time he was stationed at Camp Green
and sailed for France In April.
The Trezevnnts are of French-Hucue-not
descent. They settled in South
Carolina in the early days, fV the re"
public. One branch of ttuK family la
descended from the Hayne to whom
Daniel Webster made ills famous reply.
Father a Veteran.
Lieut. Trezevant's father was thf
late M. ft. Trezevant, for many yeara
a prominent attorney, with whom Stan
ley Trezevant was associated In th
practice, of law until appointed United
States marshal. He was a veteran of
the Civil war and came out a lieutenant
after four years of splendid service.
Lieut. Trezevantis mother was a Mis
Simmons, also of South Carolina and
a member of a distinguished family.
His father died about four years ago
and his mother shortly afterward.
His wife, Mrs. Lois Hunt Treaevant,'
with her two small children, Annie
Marie and Eleanor. Is with her family
at LaGrange, Tenn. His other brother,
Marye, resides in Baltimore and is in
the advertising business. His Sisters
are Mrs. M. H. DePass and Miss Nellie
Trezevcant, of Gainesville, Fta., and
Mrs. E. H. Little, of Los Angeles, Cal.
Lieut. Trezevant was 36 years old
March 23.
Lieut. Trezevant had a premonition
that he would not return. The feeling
was Imparted to the members of his
family, w1k have been greatly con
cerned during the past few weeks be
cause they did not hear from him. Hla
affairs relating to the future of bis
family were all arranged and farewell
letters to his wife and children were
left In the keeping of Stanley to fck
delivered upon receipt of the news -of
his fate, ... "
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GERMANY SEEKING
TO CHANGE TERMS
LONDON, Nov. 19. Germany wants
the terms of the armistice modified so
that she can have economic Intercourse
with the territory on the left bank of
the Rhine, as before the armistice.
Dr. Solf, the foreign secretary, says In
a wireless dispatch received here. The
message Is addressed to the govern
ments of the United States, Great Brit
ain. France and Italy.
In view of the close economic rela
tions between the country west of the
Rhine and the remainder of Germany,
the preservation of which is necessary
"to the continued peaceful development
of Germany." Dr. Solf asks the modifi
cation ef some dosen points concerning
this region. He asks permlslson for
German owners to exploit, as hereto
fore, the coal, potash and Iron ore mines
and the general free use of the Rhine
for transport within the old boundaries
of the German empire.
The foreign secretary also asks per
mission for free navigation by way of
T
CAPITAL PAPER
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19At the
opening of the hearing today before the
senate committee Investigating the pur-
base of the Washington Times wun
money furnished by brewers, evidence
was offered to prove 'that funds from
the same source were provided for pur
chase of the Montgomery (Ala.) Ad
vertiser. C. W. Feisenspan, of Newark. N. J.,
who handled the money furnished Ar
thur Brisbane to buy the Washington
Times, was one of the flrat witnesses
He Identified as brewers the under
writers of the loan said to have been
arranged for acquisition of the Ad
vertiser. Documents were put into the record
to show thst collateral security was
used at a Philadelphia bank to the
extent of $100,000, and that the pur
chase of Ihe Advertiser was negotiate''
by Charles H. Allen and William D.
Sheehan.
HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC
FORMALLY PROCLAIMED
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 19. Formal
proclamation of the Hungarian repub
lic was made Sunday, according to a
Budapest dispatch received here. Arch
duke Joseph took the oath of allegi
ance to the new government after
Count Michael Karolyi, president of the
Hungarian national council, had made
a speech. He declared he personally
had great sympathy with the people's
government
EX-AUSTRIAN RULER
REFUSED CLOTHING
PARIS, Nov. 19. An official of the
Austrian court, who was sent to the
Schoenbrunn palace to get some cloth
ing for the former emperor, according
to Austrian newspapers, was refused on
the pretext that all crown property iad
been confiscated by the state.
DEPUTY IS SHOH.
BRISTOL, Tenn., Nov. 19. (Spl.)
Deputy Sheriff J. B. Anderson was
probably fatally Injured this morning
when he was shot three times by two
men whom he had arrested on a rharge
of stealing an automobile. His assail
ants escaped.
200 KILLED IN BLAST.
PARIS. Nov. 19. Two hundred per
sons were killed in an explosion at
Wahn, southeast m Cologne, Germany,
according- to reports received here.
ASSER
BREWERS
BOUGHT ALABAMA
i'- ''
LlrSUT. ROY H. TREZEVANT.
Kreat shock to his many friends, who
'Were grieved to learn that ho had
fallen
Fought to the End
From the beginning of the war Treze
vant was possessed of a passion for
retting Mlto It The call of La Belle
France, the home of bis fathers, was
strong within him, and he counted the
material lacriflce as nothing compared
with his desire to tight with his coun
try for te preservation of France.
He was a. splendid young man, quiet,
unassuming, but possessed of ft strong
personality, lie was gentle and kind,
but absolutely fearless, and he fell as
his friends predicted that lie would,
if fate decreed It, facing the enemy
and fight lug lo the lust.
Stanley Trezevant went lo La Iriingn
Tuesday morning lo break the news
to the widow and to deliver to her
and the children the final testimonials
(4 the lovjkand devotion of the hus-
PP
w- . '-V
Rotterdam and the coast for the pro.
visionlnp' of Germany, the continuation
of industrial pursuits on the left hank
of the Rhine for the use of the re
mainder of Germany and free railway
traffic in occupied territory.
Tho old frontier of the empire. In
cluding Luxemburg. Dr. Solf suggests,
Is to be regarded as the customs
boundary and custom duties are to be
levied by Germany.
Or, Solf declared that without these
modifications Germany will "advance
toward more or less Bolshevistic con
ditions, which miRht become dangerous
to neighboring stales."
He repeats the previous protest
atrainst the surrender nf means of
transport and protests against "enn
linuatlon of the blockade. Tim for
eign secretary concludes by saying dial
attempts by German delegates to dis
cuss these matters al Spa had been
unsuccessful because the representa
tive there of tlie allied countries lacked
tire necessary powers,
ARKANSAS HAS 63,632
MEN IN U.S. SERVICE
UTTLK ROCK, Ark., Nov, 19. (Spl.)
Arkansas, exclusive or men ia the
service prior to the declaration of war
exclusive of all men injthc S. A. T. C.
and men commissioned from civilian
life, has 63.63:; men in me nation's ser
vice, Lloyd BJngland, adjutant general,
announced last nlghl
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079 jVffers on courrtTrinks seeorid
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reserve, 102; national army, J.l.lfj; navy
and marine corps, 105.
Phillips county furnished 2,087; Se
bastian, 1 ,984. Other counties furnish
Ing more than 1,11110 me., are: Arkansas,
Ashley, Benton, Chicot, Clark, Craig
head. Crittenden. Drew, Garland,
Hempstead" Lee, Lonoke, Mississippi.
Poinsett, St. Francis. Union, Washing
ton and White.
PADUCAH MAYOR
HEREON BUSINESS
-
Mayor Frank . Hums, of Paducfth,
Ky., arrived in Memphis Tueidfl on le
gal biiRlnesH, He will mmiin onlv long
enough to take deposition from Witness.
A etirioiiH (tide of the cwne wan pre
sented with Mayor Burns' arrival, hm he
learned the witness is wanted in f'a
duoah on a fhwrge of passing :i worth
yess check. Chief of eDt$oiIvea Smith
placed his department at Mayor Burns
dispoisal and wltnesi will return with
Mayor jBurns.
Tuesday the mayor inspected the new
police station and met Mayor Motile
verde. PLAN EARLY WORK
ON JOINT HOSPITAL
The ooiBmltte In charge of construc
tion of the joint city and county tuber
CUloslfl hosnltal olatis to heirin the erer-
j tion of the neeersary huUdlntis pur
chased some time nfo, near Qakwlle,
Tenn.
The rlty rtk! county each are to fur
nish $24,njft, niVkhiK a total of $48,000
a year, for the erection and mainte
nance of this institution.
The committee, accompanied by May
or Monteverde, will inspect the site at
an early date.
BUSY REPAIRING
STREETS OF CITY
C, B. Quinn, commissioner of streets,
bridges and Hewers, mild Tuesday that
his department was going rich' ahead
repniring gravel and dirt streets of the
city. '
"We are getting gravel and other
materials to repair these thoroughfare)
In ample quantities now and the work
will go right along," Mr. Quinn said.
"However, we are still having trouble
getting cars to transport the material."
FREEDOM OF SEAS
FUNDAMENTAL FOR
WARLESS FUTURE
President Wilson Regards This
as Absolutely Necessary If
End of Present Conflict Is
To Be Permanent.
- -
BY DAVID LAWHKNCK,
The New Scimitar's Soeclal Wsshlnp
ton Correioondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. -Freedom
of the seas, for times of peace ax well
as v. nr. is on.- of the main principles
which President Wilson believes tun
damental to the establishment! of a
warless world The government here
hits never expressed in derail Its pro
gram, simply because It expected to
deal with tills question In conference
with other nations Just as it sought to
do in the second Hague peace confer
ence In 1907. Hut for the moment opin
ion in the national capital as to what
the American delegation to the pence
conference mialrl advocate seems to
have crvstallzcd somewhat as follows:
FirstFreedom of the seas so far as
peace time Is concerned means an
agreement that no nation shall dls
crlmlnaU against another bj reason ol
nf, u , .i aiitaui'insm :n l ie use or
Rhipplng facilities, If there is to be
any economic punishment by withhold
ing ships or b Imposing hign rates
against any particular nation ioi re
fusing o abide ! lite general inwi-
national agreements of the peace con
ference, Hie discrimination will he de
termined bj bc league ol nnunns
America Iras a large amount of ship
ping and stands ready t" pool her re
sources so I hut discriminatory rates
shall not be Imposed an between single
nations, thus leading to war r nc -pectallon
here is that the shipping In
terests of other countries will act In
conformity with the wishes of llieir
governments to the end that tne con
trol of the world s snipping snu "
mean the strangulation at will by one
nation of another which may happen
to decline to pay financial or political
tribute.
U. S. Principle.
Second - Freedom or the seas so far
as war time is concerned I" a Iradltloll-
al American principle Intended to pre
vent wars from spreading inrougnoui
the world exactly as did lire last one
Il was first incorporated In a treaty
with Prussia and signed by Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams. President Roosevell, who has
lately been one of Ihe chief opponents
of the freedom of the seas doctrine,
recommended thn adoption of a reso
lution oh the subject by congress, in
10 dotnty he quoted s previous mes
aae uf . Pl-eslflent MnKlntey of DeeetB
F. 189S, which said;
"The United States fovernrnent has
(Continued on Page 2. Column 4.)
ONLY 25Wy)00 WILL
CONTINUE ARMY COURSE
LITTLEWOCK, Ark.. Nov. 19. (Spl.l
Only 250 of the fi.000 men, not In
cluding the November class, In the
central officers' training school at Camp
Pike have elected to continue the
course. Demobilization and discharge
of the other 4,750 will begin Wednes
day, Of 900 In the November :10 class, 700
will eompleto the course and obtain
cotimil.ssions.
WANT CITY TO APPOINT
GOOD R0ADSJ3ELEGATE
Robert Lock wood, Charles M. Bryan
and Milton IV Ros, of the t'harnhcr of
'onimeree highu'ti ys committee, were
to appear before the city commission
Tuesday afternoon and petition the city
of Memphis to name a representative
to join a committee of the Chfttpber of
Commerce which will attend the na
tional highways committee meeting to
ho held in 'hlcugo.
At the national meeting a resoiulicn
will he drafted calling on the United
States government to take over such
highways such as the Bankhead, Lin
coin, Jefferson Mavis, Digit and other
national roadways, and supervise their
construction and maintenance. A dele
gation will be named at this meeting to
go to Washington mid appeal' before
the senate committee to urge govern
ment supervision.
CORN CLUBS TO MAKE
EXHIBITS i SATURDAY
Tlic Slielliv County Corn cluh rx
IrlhllN will Im held on the fix t h floor of
lire Chamber of Commerce hulldlux Bat
nrrhiv Under Ihe Huncr-vlsion nf of M
D Brock, cmmiy demonstration afenl
The hoyH, members of the various
county Corn clubs, will make Ill-car
exhibits,
A dlrort program will hciii at 10:311
ii nr. and tallm will be made hy C, A.
Keffcr, director division of extension,
University of Tennessee, fCnoxvllle!
Prank D. Fuller, superintendent of Hie
Tri Stales fair; H, M. Cottrli, nf Ljie
farm development hureart of lire ('lurm
her of Commerce, and MIrm Charl O,
Williams, superintendent of the county
hoard of education.
CITY WILL GIVE AUTO
TIRES TO RED CROSS
Tire city of Memphis will turn over
to the local Red Cross all worn auto
mobile tires, according to Mayor Monte
verde. The gift will he made with fitting
ceremonies In Court snuarn al a date
to be fixed by the mayor.
There are about 300 worn tires now
in the hands of the city.
HUNS WARN B0LSHEVIKI
NOT TO COME TO BERLIN
BABKU Nov i9. (HftViA.) Th Ger
man authorities, according to a dls
nntcli from Berlin, have notified Mir
RUIflan Bolshevik government, that rep
ro'JcntativcH must not ho Bent to Ger
many. GOVERNORS FOR METZ
AND STRASSBURG NAMED
PAIUS, Nov. lf. (Havoa.) Gen, rle
Maud-Huy, who la a native of Lor
iHlnc, Imn bn appointed governor of
Metz. B&yi the Tempi. Gen. Bourgeois
haf been named governor of Strasn
burg. DIES OP INJURIES.
PINK BLUFF, Ark , Nov. (Spi t
Rowland Stretch, nge !. died at a
local hospital Sunday from Injuries suf
fered while working nt his mill In Lin
coln county last week. Stretch was a
well-known business man of Lincoln
county and Is survived by his aged
parents and his widow. The body was
taken to Detroit, Mich., for burial
Monday accompanied by his parents
and widow.
Iron Crosses
Sold For Penny
PARIS, Nov. 19. The Iron
crosses which the former German
emperor so lavishly bestowed dur
ing the war now are being sold In
Germany for five pfennigs. OMbOUt
one American cent apiece, ir tele
gram from Amsterdam says.
YANKS TO LEAVE
T
First Overseas Units Will Be
on Way Home Within
Week's Time. '
LONPOJJ. Nov. 19. The first ship
load of 1, WO American troops now m
Kugland, which will be the first con
tingent of American soldiers t" be re
turned home as the result of the sign
ing of the armistice, will leave for the
United States within H week, and all ol
the IS. 000 men are expected to be on
their way home within 10 days after
I lie first unit departs.
The plans for clearing Kugland of
American troops arc incomplete, but
It Is desired to remove these men Itn
mediately as some shipping Is available
for this purpose. Most of the 18. ecu
men are helping the British air force
The American hospital nulls will la
left tn Knglund until a policy for car
ing for future cases of Illness among
the Americans lias been decided upon
The belief is expressed al army bead
quarters that very few will ie left long
In England, as II Is thought thai the
hospitals In France can care for fulum
needs.
Heart of Business District
Was Threatened Injured
Number Six.
,
BRISTOL., Tcnn.-Va., Nov. IP.--Fanned
by a hlKh wind, fire sept
throtiRh hc heart of the husl
nes!, riimrlct here today causing loss es
timated at 1750,00(1 before city firemen,
iildeil Irv a downpour or rain, siinnueu ii,
Kail I ns; walls svnr '! wires in the husi
ness section and V fl the city without
current for llfhtl.ig or power, while
immune to me .liurnnerisnu i riwi-n.'"
exutaaniie.out off tslepluMie. service, rtlx
inn were injured, some of .them uroh-
ablv faiMltV ;,', i- '
fhe flames originated In the basement
of Dosser Brothers' department trc on
the Virginia side of Stall' street, be
tween hvr and Moore streets, and quick -lv
snread to aitjolnlnff buildings. It
started beforn work hours, and the only
persons Imrt were firemen ami volunteer
aids, who were struck by falling walls
After the fire reports Hint water pres
sure had been insunicmm were iienitu
ami il was HHlil that recent rains In this
section caused an ample water supply
Ftusiness houses destroyed ny me me
were Itosser Brothers' department store,
Msihonsy-Jflnej lorupany's wholesale
dry good store, Miss M. K. Hnyder's mil
linery store. ,. :' .
Firms suffering danuige were i ntu
Ixrland rxcHainre. New York batitain
house. Bvsrett't cat. Perry's retail
clothing Store, Ktadrlok Brothers' re
tail clothing store
Properly loss was said to he covered
l.y Insurance. The fire was thought to
have started from u furnace
METHODISTS MAY
BREAK PRECEDENT
A movement Is on foot to secure I lie
return of lire Itev. T. W. Lewis as
pastor of St. John's Methodist church,
Pr. Lewis has served four years and
under the am-lent rule of the church
a pastor may not serve longer than
four years In succession. Hovvevr, at
a meeting of the Methodist laymen In
Chattanooga in .lufia the rule was
amended to permit the continued serv
ice of a minister beyond the four-year
period at the discretion of the bishop.
Dr. Lewis has served his congrega
tion well. The people of Memphis are
anxious for him to continue in the city,
Iml there arc no vacancies in the larger
churches ami unless he returns I" St.
John's In all probability he will Ire lost
to the city. l)r. Iievvts has taken an
active part In war work and In nil
kinds of enterprises for the advance
ment of the city ami for hulWIhg up Its
morn tone. Ills loss would be felt
keenly.
The conference meets in Jackson,
Term., Wednesday and the assignments
of pastors will be made durlnR the
week The Hev. T. fi, Sharp, presid
ing elder of this district, lefl Monday
to attend the conference and c B.
Quinn nd L. M. Stratum, lay delegates,
left Tuesday at noon
in the event the congregation nl Si
John's Is able to secure the return or
Dr. Lewis to the church for his fifth
consecutive year It Will be the first
case in the history of Southern Meth
odism, and aside from the interest
that Is fell In the pastor personally, the
Methodists arc watching the proceed
ings with Interest, as It may mean tin
breaking of one of the oldest precedents
of tire church.
STATE VETERINARIANS
IN ANNUAL SESSION
Alleviation of rinlmal ftilmantg nnd
ohacklng of eptdaiilioi that from time
to time j.ttHck droven and herds of the
three states will form the bantu of dis
cussion at the Hnnual meeting of the
Tentl 86 Veterinary Med ion 1 associa
tion that opened at the Chamber of
Commerca Tuesday afternoon
More than a. half -hundred veterinari
ans from nil sections of Tennessee are
attending the convention, while a num
ber of practitioners from Mississippi
and Arkansas are guests of the asso
ciation. t
Following tho afternoon seasion din
ner win be served at the Chamber of
Commerce and t he business meeting
will be resumed in thr evening. A final
session will be held Wednesday morning
and In the afternoon the veterinarian
will visit T'ark field.
CANCEL NAVAL ORDERS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Naval ord
nance contracts amounting to $421.45?.
000 have been canceled since hostili
ties ceased. Hear Admiral Karlc, chief
nf the naval ordnance bureau, told the
house naval committee today when the
committee began framing the 1920
naval appropriation bill.
CHARLESTON OYER.
CHARLESTON. S. C, Nov. 19 Al
though the unlleil war work drive does
not come to an end here officially until
tomorrow, Charleston hai already
passed her alkitment of $,l2r.,0t)0. latest
reports showing subscriptions, of nearly
lisn.onn in hand with several thousand
more Unssured.
ENGLAND AT ONCE
LOSSlBRISOL
FIRE IS 515010
NOTABLES ARE
REPORTED FOR
ENVOLFLACES
LONDON", Nov. If Plans for th
approaching peace conference are dis
cussed prominently by some of tha
morning newspapers, and according to
the Ooily Express, arrangements are
nearlng completion.
The Kxpress, which is generally well
Informed on political matters, adds that
the British delegates have not yet been
selected rlnalh. but probably will In
clilile I'rem ler Lloyd George. A. Bnnar
l.aw, chancellor of the exchequer: A.
.1 Balfour, the foreign secretary; Earl
Heading, a labor representative, and a
representative of the dominions.
President Wilson's promised visit to'
Paris attracts general attention
FRENCH ADVANCE UNITS
ENTER TOWN NEAR BASEL!
PARIS. Nov. lit. French advance,
guards yesterday entered the town of (
St tiOUVis, opposite Basel, gwitseriaBd.
HEADS OF ALLIED NATIONS
WILL SEE BIG PARADE
.
PAIUS. Nov 19, When allied troops j
march under the Arch of Triumph at
the close of the war, allied sovereigns !
and chief magistrates wilt be present,1
says Ihe Matin.
it Is understood the king of Ung
land. Italy, Belgium and Serbia. Prince
Alexander of Hreere. President Wilson,
a Japanese royal prince, representing
the mikado, and official representa
tives of China, Portugal. Kumanla and
the South American republics will be
present. It Is said that each ally will
be represented by a crack regiment
which IniM fought In the most notable
battles of the war.
TRACE PROGRESS MADE
BY ADVANCING P0ILUS
PAHIS, Nov. 111. -Progress by French
troops advancing to occupy territory
west of the Itlilne Is traced In the of
ficial statement Issued at the war of
fice last night. It reads:
"Our troops continued their march
thin morning and are being received
with growing enthusiasm by the popu
lations of the occupied regions. Tho
enemy h&r. abandoned enormous quan
tities of material, locomotives, railroad
oari, automobile nd magaslnes of all
mrts. Thousands of French. Uusslan,
Kngllsh and Italian prisoners are enter
ing our lines from Herman prisons.
Their condition Is Indescribable.
"In Belgium we have passed the
rullroad tvunniiMf between Benrabi aqst
Fltuen villi, rtrther east we hv
reached the line Of Hoffagne, Bcrtralx.
(Continued on Page 12, Column 40
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Pros
pective loss to the government thi'ouRh.
operation of the railroads and gunran
tei'liiK fixed returns to the companies
haH been reduced to about JSilO.Otlll.OOO
for the nine months' period ending Oct.
L from approximately 1690,008,000, the
threatened loss several months ago.
Thin wns Indicated loday by the Inter
state commerce commission's report
that the net sum which the government,
will receive from operations of the
lending railroads for the nine months
Is Bli,5,000,
The Share of the estimated $9r.0,00.
000 guaranteed return for the year,
due to the railroads from the govern
ment for this period is calculated at a
little more tlinii $700,000,000, or nearly
$800,000,000 more limn the railroads
earn for ihe government. This does not
lake into consideration big sums loaned
to railroads by the rallrod administra
tion for financing Improvement, equip
ment purchases and similar purposes.
Railroad administration officials pre
dict that by the end of the year, the
governments liws will be reduced t
less than $HW,HOIi.n0O, and this will be
recouped Inter as the increased earn
Inus from higher rules continue to
pour In.
CAMP PIKE MAY BE
DEMOBILIZATION SITE
UTTLK HOCK, Ark.. Nov. 13. (Spl I
Every Indication points to the prob
ability of Ciinip I'lke being utilized us
one of the bin demobilisation camps.
The order received vestcrday stop
plng all work on the 16,009,000 addition
to the camp, also provided for a con
tinuation of work bfl the $liiri.niin laun
dry building, which is bearing comple
tion and which when flnlsTied will he
iarge enough to do the "family wash"
for 40,0011 or 45,000 men. Other per
manent Improvements, such as roads,
also were ordered continued.
READ THIS IF CHOSEN
FOR CAMPf REEM0NT
Definite Instructions as to the course
to he pursued by Memphlans and oth
ers, who. as draft registrants, have
been selected' for the Camp Fremont,
School, are contained 'n tho following
messaKe rec eived Tuesday from Wash
ington. D. C.:
"Telegrams .from department com
manders state that they have received
written Inquiries from draft registrants
Who were selected for Camp Fremont
school, statlnc they have been inducted,
furnished transportation and ordered to
report not later than Pec. 1 at Camp
I'remnnl. ,
"In all such cases direct these draft
registrants to report to their lojcal
boards The local board will direct the
registrant lo turn In his transportation
and will cancel his Induction."
ADVERTISERS FAVOR
TENNESSEE DIVISION
First steps towarcl organisation of a
Tennessee division or acvertislni clubs
were taken Tuesday at the Segular
weekly breakfast of the Memphis Ad
vertising cluh at Hotel Gayoso.
Practically every sta;e with the ex
ception of Tennessee has such an or
ganisation and in order to supply It
with one a committee was appointed.
This committee, among Its other duties
will arrange for representation at the
meeting of associated ad.vertlslag rlubs
of the world at New Orleans eafly next
spring. A. i
It decided to co-operate with the
Chamber of Commerce in securing sites
in the Memphis territory for soldiers"
farms as part of the government's re
construction plans and a commit (M was
appointed for t.ns purpose.
BIG CUT IN OSS
TO NATION ON R. R.
OPERATION MADE