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VOLUME 39.
MEMPHIS, TEXN., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22. 1919.
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GIVES
APPROVAL
TO MANAGER BILL
Rabbi Fineshriber Says He Is
Impressed for the Bill by
the Nature of the Opposition
v to It. ,
CITY COMMISSION IN
- COMPLETE SURRENDER
Passage of Utilities Bill, the
Real Thing the Corporations
Have Been Fighting for, Is
a Danger. . .
PLEDGE TO PEOPLE.
(Before Election.)
We pledge ourselves unreservedly
to the city manager plan of govern
ment proposed by the business
men's committee, and agree to en
act and support legislation to that
end. F. L. MONTEVERDE.
C. W. MILLER.
A. D. MASON.
PLEDGE TO CORPORATIONS.
r KiMr Election.) .
"The constitution of the state of
Tennessee provide for a referen
dum on amendment to municipal
charters and proposed bond issues.
"Let the advocates of the city
manager charter and the proposed
til, 000.000 bondssue carry out the
, provisions of the constitution, so
that the taxpayers of Memphis may
express themselves at the polls, and
we shall be satisfied. That la all
we esk.
"The people are the masters, we
their servants. Tho people are en
titled to be heard on these vital
questions, am they shall be heard.
"P. L. MONTTEVfcRDK, Mayor.
"C. W. MILLER, Commissioner.
!'C. B. QUINN, .Commissioner."
Rabbi William M. Flneehriber grot to
the meat In the coconut Saturday
when bt declared that ha had been tnr
fhtenced quite a much in favor of the
ty mandirer bin because ff-tle nature
Tinuo ui xue measure wseir. - - ; -,
' He Is In thorough accord with the
Right Rev. Thomas F. Oailor. bishop
of the diocese ef Tennessee, who gave
out an Interview Friday, giving his
whole-hearted approval of the measure.
Dr. Fineshriber and Bishop Oailor are
erne of the "politicians" so often re
ferred to by the corporation interests as
opposing Mayor Monteverrie and Com
mlssionera Miller and Mason In the re
pudiation of their platform pledge.
Commissioner Qulnn was not elected on
a platform. Furthermore they (Vn't
build fences so high that he can't jump
them. But he, like Monteverde, Mason
and Miller, usually winds .up In the
grasp of the, corporate interests.
. The spectacle of the city admlnlstra
tlon surrendering Its rights to the cor
porations is one of the most nauseating
political spectacles to which the people
of Memphis have been treated since
Ashcroft was made to surrender the
electric light franchise to the corpora
tions under threat of having the city
placed In the hands of a receiver as a
bankrupt and Irresponsible municipality.
Some of the eminent lawyers who are
at present busying themselves In an at
tempt to discredit the city manager bill
with its municipal control over public
utilities drew the bill they used to club
Ashcroft into submission.
Ho far as can be ascertained, the city
administration has permitted the utili
ties bill to past the legislature without
so much as a whimper. Without a pro
test they have approved by their silence
the removal of all Jurisdiction from
them in the matter of regulation of
utilities.
It is understood that a corporation
representative has suggested to the city
administration the advisability of send
ing to the governon a request to veto
'(ie measure they furthered In jaesaire
fcy making no protest. Notj-tfven the
corporations ex,eot the city administra
tion to lay down so comoletelr. It Was
not In the bargain and, besides, the In
terests can get better results bjr work
ing both sides of the street. T
Under the previsions of the utilities
bill every eontrsct the city has with
the public service utilities la abrogated;
the contract the oltv ha with trie street
car company fr S-eent fare and 11
ticket for SO cent I annulled; the
contract the city ha with the lighting,
company, both ga and electric. I an
nulled; the fixed price for telephone
aervlo that the elty hat with the two
companies Is annulled. In fixing rate
of fare, ef current and Iff all other mat.
(Continued on Page Column 4.)
HORSE CREMATED WHEN)
STABLE CATCHES FIRE
A $300 horse, belonging to
Marlah Carruthers, 711 Alma street,
Klondike, was cremated early Satur
day morning In It stable when the
structure burned to the ground. The
blase was discovered at 3 o'clock, but
before firemen arrived the barn was
burned down. The blase la believed
to be Incendiary and an Investigation
I being conducted. The value of the
burned ctable Is placed at $100.
LIEUT. CARRAWAY HERE.
Lieut. Thomas W. Can-away, a form
er resident of Memphis and principal
in one of Villa's kidnaping exploits, Is
visiting relatives In Memphs, and is
awaiting his formal dscharge from the
army. Lent. Carraway was kidnaped
bv Oeu. Villa In HI 4, while he waa em
Ployed by a lighting concern In No
pales, Arix,. and whs held prisoner 50
days, until his release was ordered by
William J. Bryan, then secretary of
state, v '
OLL
Tennessee Rain In east, rain or
snow and colder In west; Sunday fair
in west, clearing in east, colder.
Mississippi Fair and colder.
Arkansas Fair, colder.
' Alabama Clearing; afcd colder; Sun
day fair, colder,
Kentucky Snow In west, rain turn
ing to snow In east; Sunday generally
fair, colder.
Louisiana Fair, .somewhat colder.
Oklahoma Fair, colder.
East Texas Fair, colder, frost near
yr to coast..
... West Texas Fair.
''North and South Carolina Rain;
Sunday probably clearing, colder In
west. .
PRACTICAL PEACE
PROBLEM REACHED
BY ALLIED ENVOYS
Real Task, Simonds Shows, Is to Build Up
Big Polish State as Buffer Against the
Boche Mitteleuropa Program.
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.
(Special Cable to The News Scimitar.)
PARIS, Feb 22. In the new armistice terms which have
just been accepted by Germany, with every show of reluctance,
the first step has been taken in the direction of dealing with
the practical problems of peace. For more than a month the
Paris conference has been wrestling with that creation of one of
the new states which must be the foundation of future peace in
Europe. It is a hesitating step that the allies have taken in re
spect to Poland. In tracing the line about the city of Posen, be
yond which the German armies may nit pass, the allies have rec
gonued in principle the claim of the Poles upon various districts
in ..Eastern Germany, in which they constitute the majority of
the population.
But they have not by any means made this line include all
the Polish populations, even in the, province of Posen, and they
have still avoided the great question, which is, whether the
Poles shall occupy the left bank of the Vistula from the old
Russian frontier to the Gulf of Dantzic, and thus obtain a win
dow upon the sea, and an economic independence absolutely
essential to existence of a strong Poland.
The Polish miestinn in one of the most
Intricate and at the same time one of
the most vital which confronts the
peace conference. Russia is chaos be
yond the capacity of the allies to deal
with. They have recognised thin and
practically have abandoned Russia to
Bolshevism. Nothing seein3 more cer
tain than that Bolshevik Russia and
Germany wilt ultimately draw together
and that the vast resources of Russia
will be ordered and organized by Ger
many unless a powerful rolish barrier
state is placed between the Germans
and the Bolsheviks.
To make a strong Poland, it Is essen
tial not only that the Poles of Austria
and of Russia, should be united, but
that there should be also Included .in
the frontiers of the new state four xar
five millions roles of Germany, and that
this new state should have the old
Polish port of Dannie on the Baltic.
But the creation of such a Polish state
is clearly undesirable or the Solan.
DANIELS iltaCSu;XQ , 1
PRESIDENT ON OCEAN
WASHINGTON". Feb. JJ.Secretary
Daniels transmitted a telephonic greet
ing to President Wilson today by naval
radio. From his desk at the navy de
partment the secretary's voice waa car
ried to the transport George Washing,
ton, nearly 100 mile off the Atlantic
coast.
As the George Washington la net
equipped for long distance radio tele
phone transmission, Mr. Daniels talked
without receiving a direct reply and
acknowledgment of the greeting came
by radio telegraph. :
The president's ship was reported In
a position estimated at less than 800
miles off the coast at 1 o'clock this
morning. She was in smooth seas and,
with her convoy, the armored cruiser
North Carolina, was making 16',, knots
an hour through good water. This
should bring the ship Into Boston har
bor early Monday, as she Is logging .409
miles a day. Probably speed win be-'
slowed down Sunday night to bring the,
transport Into the harbor after day-J
light
Democratic olon Is First to
Back Up 0. 0. P. j
Assaults.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Support for
the Republican attacks In the senate
upon the proposed league of nations
came from the Democratic side today,
when Senator Reed, of Missouri, Dem
ocrat, delivered a prepared address In
denunciation of the league.
Free American government, Senator
Reed declared, would, through the
league, be largely displaced by a gov
ernment controlled by "European mon
arch and Asiatic despots." He sup
ported the charge of Senator Borah, of
Idaho, Republican, that the league
would abrogate the Monroe doctrine,
Involve America In all world confllot
and compel submission of Vital Ameri
can questions to a foreign tribunal,
' England, Senator Reed asserted, vir
tually would dominate the league and
on all questions, he insisted, the United
States would be overwhelmingly out
voted. Denouncing the league as a move.
ment of Internationalism, Senator Reed
asserted that "the fangs" of Bolshevism
were plainly visible In the league con.
stitution.
The provision requiring Americans to
fight foreign wars, he said, wa "mon
strous." The league charter, Senator Reed also
denlured, plainly conflicted with the
American constitution, but he said he
would reserve discussion of that point
until eome future time.
"Shall we surrender with pen what
Washington gained by hi swordT"
asked Senator Reed. "Shall we repu
diate the nationalism under which we
have become the first people of the
earth for the doubtful experiment of In
ternationalism ? Shall we make our gov
ernment of the people, by the people,
and for the people, a government partly
by the people and partly b kings and
emperors?
"The answer Is Involved In the ac
ceptance or rejection of the proposed
constitution of the league of nations. A
situation so tragic demands the atten
tion of every loyal citlsen of the re
public, i
"America entered this war complete
sovereign. She acknowledged no mas
ter. She was the arbiter of her owe
destiny. A victor In the war shall she
nevertheless emerge a mere constituent
state of a league dominated by Euro
pean monarchies and Asiatic despots?
Shall our nationalism be stricken down
and for it substituted an internationt
alismr Shall our Indanendan-
racy come unaer ti
Whole er In part, a
or foreign Bolshevil
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REED
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vlks, who are seeking to overrun Europe
with their doctrines of anarchy, and for
the Germans, who wouia not oniy ion
direct access to Russia, but also see
- their eastern territories mutilated and
that condition restored which led Fred
erick the Grest to engineer the first
partition of Poland.
Created State.
While they were victorious the Ger
mans created out nf Russian Poland a
state which, like the Baltic provinces
and like conquered Rumania was to be
a oraeture of Mitteleuropa. Between
Germany and Austria, up to the down
fall of both, there existed bitter contro
vert as to whether this new Poland
should be united with Qallole. to make
part of the Hapsburg empire or net.
When Germany and Austria were de
feated, the Poles of Russia and of Aus
tria at once proclaimed their independ-
- (Continued on Pace 12, Column I.
, The long-distance radle telephone
equipment had been set up when Mr.
Daniels reached his office. With Rear
Admiral Griffin, chief of the bureau of
steam . engineering, and Commander
Hooper, the radio expert of the bureau,
supervising the experiment, the secre
tary's regular desk telephone Instru
ment was eenneeted up through the
telegraph wire to the transmitting sta
tion at the see, coast, where hie voice
was projected by radio waves- to the
aerial-1 of the George Washington. '"
Mr. Daniel opened his message by
Stating that It wa the secretary of the
nvy talking and that the message waa
for the president. Whether Mr. Wilson
waa personally at the receiving Instru
mene on the ship or not, did not de
velop here. The secretary said that a
great welcome awaited the president In
Boston and again in Washington when
he reached the capital. Mr. Daniels re
peated his sentences several times to
make sure that he wa understood.
"Good-bye," the aeoretary said Into the
Instrument. "J will see you Tuesday;
good-bye."
PROTEST PLAN TO
Telegrams prof (ting against the
discontinuance of the United State em
playment service at a time when un
employment Is spreading over the coun
try and the military forces are yet to
be' demobilized have been sent to Sen
ators McKellar and Shields and Renre-
sentallve Fisher by a score or more of
Memphis commercial organisations and
inoiviouai employers.
New from Washington that th fed
eral employment service may be abol
ished April X cam as a great surprise
to icores of Memphis employers who
are relying upon the service to provide
the labor they require.
"It would be suicide to discontinue
the service at this time," said L. K.
Srlebury. president of the Memphis
The United State employment serv
ice is the only governmental agency
Seekina to find iobs for returned an.
dlera, sailors and marine, and for labor
returning from war. During the war
tne service airectea j.&mj.ooo parsons to
war work and since hostilities ceased,
In the face of industrial stagnation, the
service has placed men ana women In
employment at the rate of 180,000 per
Two office i.f the United States em
plojtnent eervtne are maintained In
Memohia. the main office being at 103-
10S South Court avenue and one for
negroes at 863 Beale avenue. The
Memphis office are finding employ
ment for more than 100 'persona per
day.
One of the most important phases of
the employment aervice work at this
time Is to find lob for returned sol
diers, sailors and marines. A separate
bureau for returned lighters recently
wa established in co-operation with
th Chamber of Commeroe.
Private employment agencies are
working hard to bring about the abol
Ifhmant of the government service. In
Memphis certain agencies actually are
charging oldlers, sailors and marine
It per cent of three months' wages as
commission for directing thorn to em
ployment. '
Among those who have telegraphed
protests against the discontinuance of
the United State employment service
are L. K. Salsbury, president pf the
Chamber of Commerce; L. B. Lovett.
president of the Merchants' exchange!
D. M. Crawford, vice-president of the
Builders' exchange: June H Rudislll.
president tetf the Memphis Employers'
association; II. 3. M. Jorgemen, presi
dent of the Lumbermen' club of
Memphis; O. L. Biggs, business agent,
ef the Carpenters' -union; J. D. Baroe.
chairman of the community labor
board for the sixth (one of Tennesitee;
F. N- Fisher, president of the Patter
son Transfer company; C. J. Haaae,
chairman of the Chamber f Commerce
farm development bureau! Bart Palmer,
chairman of the Chamber of Commerce
committee on soldier employment; the
Bry-Block Mercantile compaay, u
Lowenstein- A Bros., the John Oerber
ompany, L L Tool Co., JL. IL lay-
ABOLISH BUREAUS
r es .19. awu vinei.
PffiLcE FgajrouCEWmil RIOTERS SEEK
COHBEPIEA f A PRIVATE BUSINESS
Arkansas and Tennessee Doc
tors and Nurses Hear Noted
Physicians' Views on Bet
tering Institutions.
Complete and Immediate standard
isation of hospital service, laboratory
diagnosis Instead of perfunctory bed
side examinations and mutual co-operation
between natlent and hosnital at
tache were urged at a conference of
nospitat superintendents, nurses ana
physicians at the Chamber of Commerce
Saturday. .
The conference was called at th In
stance of the American College of
Surgeons, a national Institution with a
membership of more than 4,000. Dele.
gates from Tennessee and Arkansas
were in attendance.
"We've reached the period." declared
it. jonn a. nnrnany, oi wasmngion,
D. C, who spoke on "The Hospital and
its Community." "when the diagnosing
of rases ceases to be a mere bedside
affair. The doctor who limited hi
examination of a patient s condition to
a mere bedside diagnosis did wis best,
but most of the time he guessed wrong.
"Consider the case of a patient who u
neither well nor sick. Perhaps be has
a lever, ir, instead -of a bedside diag
nosis, he Is given a laboratory diagno
sis, a Wldal test may show typhus. We
will know, then, that we re doing. We
cease drifting. The pntlent Is accord
ingly given proper treatment. i
Frankness In Informing a patient of
nis condition was urged by Dr. Horns
by. "The patient has the right to know
the nature and extent of his ailment
and his chances of recovery. If hi ail
ment haa been pronounced aa appendl
citiea he ha the right o ask and to
be informed whether every scientific
am in tne diagnosis ot ms case nas Been
reached, or whether his condition- haa
been determined with a knife diagnosis.
"I know of one hospital where th
percentage of losses In appendicitis
cases runs as high as II. Who want
to be operated on In that II per cent
Institution? Who want to take th
chance? The only way t find out an
Institution' efficiency in this respect
la to keep record on eanh and every
patient admitted to the hospital so that
an honest, Intelligent apawer can be
made."
Dr. Hornsby declared that th fceet
field for practice I in proeperlou com
munities, f ' -
"Where there Is a lr of ilcknes
there is also poverty. It all tommy
rot to say that dootors a j more pros
corona wher neonle arei .tick. A pros
perous person with a paM In his big
toe will consult. physielaY,;lne times
out of ten. andi nine tim ,out
ne nas ine money 10 pay jtxr ireafnu'itf.
Th contrary Is true in HmmunlUe
wher sickness is ever prevalent."
Dr. Hornsby asked that ''If hospital
can't be leader In matters of sanita
tion what are they here forf"
"A hospital," he said, "mutt be some
thing more In a communny than a
boarding house. It must bcom the
health center of th community, and
the doctor ought to be deeply con
cerned." Dr. John B, Bowman, of Chicago,
director of the college, who was on the
program for addresses at buth the
morning and the evening sessions, de
clared that great changes In hospital
management and treatment of patients
have been brought about by the war.
"Hospitals of today," he insisted,
"must nave a definite policy of guar
anteed service backed up by community
interest. Absolute written record of
diagnosis, laboratory diagnosis, when
ever necessary, must be kept both for
the benefit of the patient and the In
stitution. Today the hospital Is In a
striking period of transition, changing
from the kindly disposed boarding house
for sick people to an Institution worth
while on Its own account, rendering
service to the sick for which It as
sumed responsibility."
Dr. John M. Maury, of Memphis,
chairman of the Tennessee committee,
presided. Other speakers were Dr. Wil
liam Krauss, Dr. Marcus Haae, Dr.
Frank Smythe, Dr. E. t. Holder, of
Memphis; M. J. Weaver, of the Mem-
ghis General hospital; Dr. Wells F.
mlth, of Little Rock; R, O. Johnston,
chairman board of trustees, Memphis
General hospital; C. P. J. Mooney,
editor of the Commercial Appeal; J. F.
Ward and P. C. Wilkes, superintendents
of the Memphis General hospital and
the Baptist Memorial hospital, re
spectively; A. B. Knlpmeyer, of Mem
phis; C. B. Moullnler, president Cathollo
Hospital association, of Milwaukee;
Mrs. C. W. Garrison, of Little Hock,
president of the Woman's club of Ar
kansas. The meeting scheduled for Saturday
night at 8 o'clock at Goodwyn Institute
Is open to tho public.
FORCES ACTIVE
On Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock
a general meeting of the Memphis Cot
ton exchange will be held, at which time
the committee on reduction of acreage
will make it report as to what haa al
ready been accomplished ,nd plan for
the future. Other subject of general
Interest to the cotton trade will be
given consideration, Included among
which will be employment of returning
soldiers, a more uniform quoting of
grade difference at the ten designated
cotton markets and the advisability of
having warehouae receipt show ths
grade and weight of coltom
The acreage reduction committee, con
sisting of JT P. Norfleet. chairman; W.
H. Withers, H. A. Ramsey, Rlchsrd B.
Barton and Leon Sternberger, lias been
busily engaged in the work of pushing
propaganda for th cutting of cotton
acreage nd Increase In production of
food crops, several of Its members hav
ing attended the conference In New Or
leans. It contemplates continuing Its
work, and during the week plans to fur
ther Its organisation by having commit
tees named for every district in Shelby
oounty, whose duty will be to see that
the reduction takes definite form.
In connection with the cutting down
of cotton the movement Includes the
effort to have more food and feed orops
grown. Onf Saturday at the Chamber
of Commerce a conference was held to
outline this work. Dr. H. A. Morgan,
dean of the College of Agriculture of
Tennessee and director of the suite ex
periment stations, and C. A. Keffer, di
rector of experiment stations, were
present a representatives of Oov. Rob.
erts, who has taken keen interest In the
movement regarded as so Important to
the general welfare. Representatives of
local cotton and banking circles, to
gether with the farm development bu
reau of the Chamber f Commerce were
also present. The conference waa pre
liminary In character, but Indicated
that there 1 going to be every possible
effort made to-make no mistakes If they
can possibly be avoided.
Th keynote of the meeting was that
by having the state become more In.
dependent a to Its home necessities
a big step toward helping to better th
price of cotton, now and for the future,
will have been accomplished.
Announcement will be mad shortly
COTTON
ACREAGE
a to cnrcret !.
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Is
MlbS GRACE N. OVERMAN.
Senator and Mrs. Lee 8. Overman, of
North Carolina, have Just announced
the engagement of their youngost
daughter, Miss Grace N. Overman, to
E. N. Snow, of Greensboro N. C. MIks
Overman was a debutante last season.
Physician Finds Wounded Pre
mier Fatigued After Strenu
ous Day of Receiving Forty
Persons Friday.
PARIS, Feb. 32.-"rremier Clemen
ceau Is somewhat fatigued and will re
ceive noi one today," said Dr. Cautra,
of the medical staff attending Premier
Clemehceau after the examination of
the premier shortly after o'clock this
morning.
"He la absolutely forbidden tq talk,".
Dr. Cautra added. "HI Umperattir
1 37.1 (Centigrade) and hi Dulse I
normal 7S."
The dootor s statement was tinner-
stood to be a synopsis of the official
bulletin which at this hour, 8:30, had
not yet been lamiad.
Alexandre Millerand. former minis
ter of war, was one of Premier Clem
enreau' earliest visitors today. .
The premier, said M. Millerand.
after his visit, "is rather mor tired
today. Tou know he was a naughty
boy yesterday and overexerted himself.
However, hi condition is generally
satisfactory.
. cjemenecau was able to rest well
during the nlcht and seemingly suf
fered no adverse effects from his exer
tions yesterday which caused ennHldcr
shle anxiety to physjclsns and family.
During the day he saw no less than 0
persons which the doctors considered
excessive for a man of his age with a
nuiiot in his Back, nut M, i lemcnceau
Is an srhit.rnrv rftnt.leman who dnea ex
actly as he ulenses.
All the physicians agreed that the
action of the premier's Itlngs should he
reduced ss much ss possible, as move
ment causes the edges of the wound to
rub against each other,
The only way of effecting this was
n Injection of morphine which no on
eared to propose to the premier, fore
Seeing how he would receive the sug
gestion. At last Dr. Lsubry volun.
leered, says the Petit Journal. He ap
pealed to thi premier as a "brother
doctor," hut M. Clemenoesu sprang up,
seized the physician by the shoulders
ana enouiea:
"What, what, morphine, morphine!
Tou want to finish me? Are you in the
pay or the HoisneviKir
IT. IM
ubry threw up his hands and
said:
"Thsr vou are. W want to give
your chest rest and you nearly burst
TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY
NAMES NEW OFFICIALS
Officers for the coming year have
been elected by the board of directors
of the Shelby County Tuberculosis
ociety as follows; President, Bishop
r. p: (tailor; vice-prvstaenis, iaien
Wellford, C. G. Smith, (he Rev. A. B.
Curry and Dr. W. T. Pride, and med
ical director, Dr. Wllllnm Krauss.
The organlrntlon voted to change It
name from the Memphl and Shelby
County Antituberculosis BOrlety In ac
romance with tne aesire oi tne jvs
Tuberculosis society.
Other officers named bv the society
Include Mrs. Shuhael Tieasley, execu-
,.. II.. I .., V.l.bll fl.M
secretary, and the following elected to
fill vacancies on the board of directors:
Mrs. Ed Oerher. Miss Charl O. Williams,
Mbs Leora Pelfetto, Mrs. J. R, Paine.
Educational waM will be the chief ob
jective of the society during the coming
year in co-operation with tne Red Cross
and county school authorities.
RED CROSS SEEKING
ADDRESSES OF FOUR
Addresses of four persons, for whom
the Red Cross has Important Infor
mation, ar sought by the home serv
ice section. The records received by
local Red Cress officials from the war
oepanmeni oo noi inatcate whether
the persons are white or nerro. hut
any Information concerning the where
about of the following,- may be tele
phoned to the lonal office, Main ITlt:
Mabl Bradford, Faroe Campbell, Ophe
lia Allen and Mary Barnes, whose ad
dress 1 given as II East Fifteenth
etre-f
lis VT;,;" 5
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CLEMENCEAU TIRED
AND WILL NOT SEE
ANYBODY FORDAY
'.'fll IT ( m
Officer Declined to Let An
other Undertaker Take
Charge of Body of Suicide
in Hotel Chisca.
SAYS ORDERS ARE
FROM HEADQUARTERS
From Room of Suicide Officer
Robinson Calls for Mayor's
Undertaking Firm and Its
Ambulance Gets Case.
"W have been Inatructad by th
police department to revert all auoh
case to McDowell A Monteverde,"
Emergency Offloer Robinson.
The solemn presence of death
In the' warm blood of tragidy.
lying
Is no
deterrent to the rapacious and
well-
oiled system of gralt operated for th
benefit of R 1. Monteverde. mayor of
Memphis, according to statements of
Dollco officer on th scene. A dead
man. according to his order, must ride
In the anilnilKiii'i of the firm of Mc
Dowell A Monteverde, funeral direc
tors, go lo the undertaking eslabllnh
ment of that firm, and there be pre
pared In the customary manner for
the interment. Any other method of
procedure is "vcrlioten," lo use the
shlliboleth of the Prussian autocrat.
Kmergenr.y Officer Robinson, on the
morning of Nov. 50, 10IH, shortly after
1 o'clock, sternly forbade Mr. Pennel
ton. an employe of the J. J. Collin
undertaking establishment, to mov
the dead body of a. W. Parr from hi
room In the Hotel Chlsca, where he
had Just shot himself to death, be
cause, an Hohlnson said:
"We hnvo been Instructed by the po
lice department to report all uch
cases to McDowell A Monteverde.
Thereupon, Officer Robinson went to
the phone In the room of the dead
man. room 114. and called tin th fu
neral parlors of McDowell & Monte
verde (Mayor Monteverde) telling them
to come to the Chlsca for th "caae.
Accordingly the body was moved out
bv the employe of McDowell A. Mont
everd. and th rime handled by them.
These stiitements. are vouched for
I Vy, W, O, Hlagle, acting manager oil
MfcA iMoieW t'hieca, an,;"8 O. ,dnerf
Hnleri of 'the Hotw lJtl
when the suicide lEnta-ed. ' ' . - .. ' 1 Ti
l 1 "
Collins First td Arrive.
Tenhelton' narrative of the Incident
would indicate mat .1. J. Collins com
pany had every tight to handle Mr
Kitrr. Jl dtwinreit that h received a
hurry call from the hotel and rushed
there expecting to; have to take a seri
ously wounded t,Mn lo the hospital
When he arrived the man had expired,
Penneltoii then according to a state
ment made )o The New Scimitar,
wanted to nnove th body, but Mr,
Hlagle objected because he wantd th
matter haiwied officially under direc
tion of tlrf, coroner, aa n customary
"1 then Hulled Huiilre Ingram, th cor
oner, evflr the nlione from the room."
said Mr. Pennelton, "and he said.'' it
would no,t he necessary for him W go
to the ty0tel for n Inquest, but that
I might take the body on down tw our
piece enei he would hold th inquest
there. This 1 frequently don,"- he
10ntmueuj "imt Robinson Interfered and
lout ran ifo Keep my minus orr."
'Both th acting manager and the clerk
of the hotel verify bv their version
of the affair the statement of Mr. Pen
nelton. Mr. Single said Sntunjiiy morn
ing tht qulle a dispute arose between
in iw'o officers and I'enneiton anu otn
er mth In the room, presumably repre
Hontiftivaa of McDowell A Morteverdj,
befoi,, the body was finally removed.
B'th Mr Hlagle and Mr. Gardner say,
liowdver. inat lliuv did not call th Col
lins iainhulance. They folluwed the
usuail procedure, which was to notify
the nolle station, anil they bellev that
sometime from me ponce station must
have notified Collins.
Horh Mr Pennultnn and Mr. Klaglc
anil Mr. Gardner wr Joath - to' lalk-
aboiiA the affair. -and lhv ""iy d-meent-fd
tt do so reporter for The
Newi K,.n''""' tol'l them that he had
the iJiif.iniiatlon unci asked them for a
verlffoatlon.
CIVIL APPEALS COURT
HANDS DOWN DECISIONS
i
JACKHON. Tenn., Feb. !. (Ppl.)
The (following decisions were handed
down Jhls morning hy the court of civil
appeals for the Western division;
PY .IIIDGH FA W ;
Ilenton Chancery. No. I O. B. Green
vs, he N., C. A St. L. railroad; re
versed and remanded without prejudice.
Obion lw, No. 4R, B. Marshall vs.
Howell Hicks, and R. R, Marshall vs.
Will Hamlin, reversed and remanded;
arrvir In charge of court.
BY Jl.'DOB Oft'KN:
Dyer Uiw. No. 3 J. R. McCain vs.
W W, Wilson, reversed and dismissed.
Dyer I.aw, No, J.llm Jones vs. Cal
vin Han-ell, affirmed,
Benton Lew, No, 1 J. C. Perkins
vs. ,1, K. Cox. affirmed.
Weakley Uw. No. J. D. Glbbs
vs. W. ifi. Kullerton. affirmed.
Henry Chancery, No. t -Holcomb f.;
Hoke Manufnr turing Co. va. Model Cash
Grocery, affirmed.
Weakley Chancery, No. S R. M.
Stam, Jr., vs W. C. Carahan, affirmed,
BY Jl'DGIfl CLARK:
Oblnn Chancery. No. 1 Forrester A
Forrester vs J. W. Hamtnons. reversed
and Judgment for complainant.
Obion I.iw. No. I lohn Preler. Hugh
Beeler and sAlvus Peeler vs. H. C. Deal.
D. Ttrarinhnw and Hum Rradshsw, and
same appellants vs. II. Austin and Bam
Hrndshnw. affirmed.
Hardin Law, No. 1 T. a. Newman
vs. J. P. Phillips, sfflrmed.
BY Jl'DGK SANSOM:
Obion Ijiw, No. I J. T. Ransom vs.
John Henry Mi-LIn, affirmed
Gibson Law, No. 1 Mrs. Trexle A.
Boone vs. city of Trenton, affirmed.
Lauderdale Chancery R. N. Rasberry
vs. Minnie B. Rasherrv, affirmed.
RY SPKCIAL JUDGE LYTLK:
Hardeman Law, Ko. lHcnce Camp
bell vs. M Wilson, affirmed.
Bhelbv Law. No. U Western T?nlnn
Telegraph Co. vs. John Oant, affirmed.
Sheltiv Uw, No. 2 Luke Tulll and
Ruth Tulll vs. Solvent Savings Bank
and Trust Co.. affirmed.
CAPT. HUNT RETURNS.
rapt. Jaines Hunt, better known as
"Jlmmle." who saw service In the bat
tles of Chateau Thierry and th Ar
gonne forest, has returned home. He
was accompanied from New York hv
his wlf. Cant. Hunt wa employed bv
the Crane company prior to aiiterlna
th service. He wa a member of the
Fourth division.
imuinu ttuiuu
Killing of Premier and
Wounding of Other Minis
ters Is Followed by Disor
ders Equal to Civil War.
TENDON. Feb. II.-Tha troubles In
Munich took a still more serious turn
yesterday afternoon, according to a
Copenhagen dispatch to the Kxchange
Telegraph company. Church bells be
gan ringing, 10,000 workmen from the
suburbs marched Into the center of the
oily and a short Urn later violent fir
ing was heard, It I sakl. Th mob la
reported to have begun plundering
shops. The dispatch characterlr.es th
conditions now prevailing In Munich
as virtually those ot civil war.
Hundreds of civilians started to Hee
from Munich, th Kxchange Telegraph
correspondent adds, but this movemont
was stopped when tlie Spartaoans oc
cupied the railway terminus.
The reports received from this source
state that the dictatorship of tho work,
men will be proclaimed and predict
that the killing of Premier Klanor and
the wounding of Minister of the In
terior Auer will be avenged in a nioet
frightful manner. Automobile filled
with anned Spartaoans are reported
"'""'"a through the streets of Munich.
The advices state that Herr Koss
haupter, the minister of war, wa not
killed (as report irom Weimar had
stated), but was wounded during the
shooting in the diet and afterward
placed under arrest by the 8partacans.
Prince Still There.
Prince Joachim, youngest son ef for
mer Emperor WUliam, I said, con
trary tn prevlou reports, to be still
In Munich.
The attempted assassination of Herr
Auer, the Bavarian minister of the, In
terior, i Interpreted as an act of re
venge for the killing of Premier Klnner,
according to advices from various Ger
man seurces. The men were bitter op
ponenta. Herr Auer Is a majority So
cialist minister and had been looked
upon a a man likely to displace Herr
Eisner as prnmler, The latter wa the
Idol of the ultra-radicals, was a staunch
defender of the oldlers' and workmen's
council, and was uncompromisingly fur
tho national assembly.
(The political situation In Munich has
been drifting rapidly to the point of an
explosion, and the ultra-radicals, who
comprlKa the Independent Socialists nd
the Spartacans, are suspected of uniting
In a final desperate attempt to save
their MlKicel control. .-...
- wTh Immediate adjv. t nt .of the
9WMlttl diet after th sHvnttng. was
! !" to the ttT that the holding oi
tner sessions wouio aggravat tne su
nation,
Claim Oesel Slain
According to an Evening New dis
patch from Berlin, Deputy Oesei. who
is a Cathollo economist, wa Instantly
killed (luring the shooting in tne Mu
nich diet. (Other advice have report.
ma that Oenutv Oeael was wounded )
Herr Carres, a representative of the
war offloe, th News' advises stivto, was
wwiutdad by tho second shot fired. I n-
aaP'V ffwveiaiy (lanrei mu
.tir t)ntrleltnr. the minister nf
HBeial affairs, according to this account.
utminfUil at the time Premier r.is,
per waa killed, he being tho premier'
C0UPr.n'd.clared In this dispatch that
Count Arco Valley, who hot Premier
enr, waa hilled by th naval guard,
fe ftrat dlsuaUhe reported Count
Area vwune and In a dying condl
tloST) Th count I I1 to have been
.young tad,nt '
TWO OTHER MINISTERS
WOUNDED IN MELEE
BKRtJN, Feb. r!. Minister of Jul
il lmm and Minister ot Uncial Af-
.i, ITnterleltnar. of Bavaria, were
wounded during tb shoo ing which
toek place at, the Bavarian landtag
yesterday, when Herr Auer, BnTtrl.ui
minister of the lutrrlof. was snot.
Having fired-' Herr Auer, a man
anrninm""K 11,8 "PiH'IN nn'l ,l;,l
Ji. ehots at tho nilnialcrs- bench.
At the sumo moment neveral sliola
were fired Irom the srnerH' gallery.
A Wen of Indescribable confusion en
sued, the dr pul lea scrambling to en.
cap from the room.
Hpartanans and Independent oclal
lt hve called for a general strike
at Munich and sanguinary incldets are
feared, us the military command has,
declared that It can not undertake any
protection and will not oppose per
sons conducting demonstrations.
The Injuries Inflicted uron Herr Auer
and Herr Tltntn nre such that they
are not expeoled to recover.
Excitement Is growing throughout
Munich, according tn latest advices
from that city and motor cars carrying
red flags and placards reading "Re
venge for Klsner are hurrying through
the streets. The stores are closed and
th factories have shut down. Work
lngmcn are parading and calling for a
general strike.
Large bodies of armed demonstrators
have collected In various parts nf the
city and there hits been promiscuous
shooting In the streets. The resentment
of the manses Is aimed at the bour
geois) press because of Its hosllle atti
tude toward Klsner. Most of the after
noon editions did not appear yesterday
and the newspaper jWits are under
military protection.'
COMMONIST REVOLT IS
RAGINGJNBUDAPEST
PARIS, Feb. 22 A communist revolt
broke out In Budapest Thursday night,
savs a dispatch tn the Matin from Zu
rich, quoting a Swiss news agency me.
aage from the Hungarian capital.
rhe revolt la umler tne leaiiersnip
of agitators, who ar for the moat part
German and ltueslans. th dispatch
state. The Insurgents stormed the of
fice of the wielnllst nowppr, Nep
sava, and oecttplad the telegraph of
fice and the railroad matton.
Count Karo yl. the provisional pre.vi-
dent, Immediately celled a meeting of
the cabinet. The ministers sat far into
the nlaht and decided to take all nec
essary measures to quell the outbreak.
Martial Isw was proclaimed.
Government troops, tho message adds.
have already recaptured the railway
station. Th metal workers of th city,
It Is stated, are preparing an antl.
communist manifestation.
WHEAT GUARANTEE
BUI PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. tt The
wheat
guarantee bill, authorising the
presl
dent tn use existing agencies op create
new ones to buy wheat of the 1918 and
mm crops at tne government guaran
teed price and dispose of It t market
price! waa passed today by the house
by a vote of 277 to la. -
JURY FINDS HAZEN
GUILTY OF MURDER
FOR SIMMS' DEATH
Plea of Self-Defense and Un
written Law Fails to lnW
press Jurors Many Wit
nesses Testified. j
VICTIM SHOT AND
KILLED SEPT. 1,1911
Tragedy Occurred in Parlor
Car at Union Depot When'
Slayer's Wife Was Found irjj
Victim's Company. 1
Fay K. Hasen, traveling almatJ
accused of murder In connection wltej
(he death of U. It. Blmms. lumberman-1
whom'. shot and killed Sept. L, 191 T,
waa found guilty by a Jury la th
First criminal court. f
When Judge Richards had th Tr
diet of the jury read and when the'
clerk slowly read "guilty H charged,
Hasen's face blanched, but he made na) ,
demonstration.
Immediately following the making of
the bond, Hasen went Into the nail
and. meeting Judge Richards, shook hie
hands and wept. He told the Judge that
he thought he had had a fair and Im
partial trial and thanked him.
Th shooting occurred In a parlo
car of the Iron Mountain railroad at
the IMilon depot. Mrs, Haaen, wife'
of the defendant, waa a witness to the
killing, but was not present at the
trial.
Haien's plea was self-defense, and
th trial w.is his second, th first case
resulting In a hung Jury.
The jury's verdict, returned shortly
after 11 o'clock, after having considered
the rase but 4ft minutes, was "guilty
as charged," with a recommendation of
mercy from tho court. As the tragedy
occurred at a time when th Bower
iintlcanttnl punishment law was In ef
fect, Hasen cannot he executed, and
lit nee was allowed hall. He mad bond
In tho sum of llf."n. with John T.
Fisher and R. L. Jordan as sureties.
A motion for a new trial wa filed,
and If denied the case will be appealed,
attorneys for Hasen announced.
State Claimed Murder.
The state charged ana lought t)
prove, through testimony of state wlt
nesses, that Hasen deliberately kllledl
Hlmms while In a fit of anger Induced,
through learning that his wire and th
lumbermen were together on an Iron
Mduhtaln U-nln, bound- for Alexandria -Louisiana,
'
l,leiit I., H. Klnard. the state's prin-
detailed at great teiigin
,.,M.n,. , tha affair, te which he
affair, to whlcn n
Ho testified that after
hearing the first shot or two he rushed,
Into the parlor car in time to (.e
Klmms fleeing toward the front vesti
bule In a staggering trot, with Hasen
closely pursuing, and that he s:iw
Hasen shoot the lumberman In th
back. Rlinms. he teatlfied, did not have
a pistol In lils hands, and that when
he iloialneil Hasen awaiting the arrival
of an officer, (he defendant saldt
"Well, the revolver was small. I thlnH
lie's dead. If ho ain't lie ought to be."!
in th orrire or the chief or aeiea-,
(Ives a short time fter his arrea
Hasen made the statement, so a news
paper man, testifying for the tat. d-l
flared, that he J'uil gone tn the depotl
tn "get" Blmms and that he had killed?
htm because he (Khnms) had stolen,,
his wife. He added on cross-examination,
however, that Hit7.cn also stated,!
81mm had attempted tu draw a pistol. I
Mrs. Hlmms testified that when she.
learned, through a newspaper ejira,1
that her husband had been killed she;
rushed to th depot and obtained Me.
grip, finding therein the pistol, still
loaded, she hsd placed there when she
packed Ills grip prior (o his departure)!
the morning ho was shot,
in suDsrantuuion or tne plea er eenu.
defense llar.en testified that he shew
and killed ninima only after the him-.
heruwin had twice fired at him. H
Identified a coat with a lagged tear
below th right, pocket a having beta
the one he wore the morning of thej
irogeoy. i no tear, ne declared, waai
cniiHftii nv a ninct :ired at him at
close range hy Slmms. A second ahoU
he said, grased his neck.
Die defendant's testimony to th
nicer mat n nan ttrst scuttled with
hlmms in the vestibule nf the parlor
car. In which the Mliontlnr occurred
and before he fired al Slmms, was eorl
ruoorHieu ny it, ,i. uumnre, Stewart'
on tho dining car Immediately ahead,
(illniore declared that ho heM thai
scuffle first and then five or six shot.
The si ill attempted to prove that thj
only shots fired were tnose from JllaL
xen's pistol. l
It was further shown by witness)
for the defense that (bo domestic relai
Hon between Mrs. Hasen and Stmmei
were not what they should have been;1
that Slmms wss a constant visitor t
the Hasen home during Hasen's ab
sence from (ho city and that the elain
of Mrs. Hanen to having been amployee:
by Hlmms In the rapacity of a cierel
wns a mere subterfuge. i
Hasen was defended by L Clyde Go-,
Ing and Hugh Magevney and by Fr4
L. Miilllnlx, of .lonesboro. Ark. R. O.I
Hates: state's attorney, was assisted fc
John Exby and Martin Hovd.
1.,
MOOSE CARNIVAL WILL
OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT
The victory Jubilee celebration of th
Memphis lodgo of Moose opens Satur
day nlRht at Main street and Hullw
avenue. The large tent attraction and
more than f0 concessions of varlou
kinds ar in position and a moat
auspicious opening is anticipated.
The proceeds derived from all souroe)
of the carnival will go toward the build.
Ing fund of Memphl lodge No. 15L
Io,val Order of Moose, of which fun4
Israel H. Peres is treasurer.
Julian Rothschild. rUetator of the local
Mooae lodge, the other officers and the
various committees h.ve worked Inces-
santiy to make the celebration a su
c'-as. ihey have received the hearty
support and co-operation of the buU
ni'ss interests and of the Cltlaens oil
Memphis In their endeavor to urovlde a
suitable home for tha lodge.
MRS. MASON HOLDING OWN"
Word from the bedside of Mrs. Car
rlngton Mason, who Is ill In the East
Is to the effect that her condition re
mains about the same. She 1 reported
holding her own, but her condition la
still serious.
DR. MAURY IMPROVED.
Reports from the bedside of Dr. It.
R. Maury, 1S North Parkway, are'
that he Is slightly Improved. He passe,
a restful night, according to his phyal-l
clans. I
NO CHANGE SHOWN.
No change in the condition of Judge
Jacob 8. Galloway 1 reported by hi
attending physician. Judge Galloway
nas Deen in tor several aay
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