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VOLUME 40.
MEMPHIS, TENN., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 31, 1920.
NUMBEIt 1S2,
GIRL QUIZZED BY
FOLLOWING
DEATHJF LOFTIS
Stories of Pretty Cashier and
Fiance Differ Concerning
Diamonds Merchants' Sud-
den Demise n Apartment.
CHICAGO. July SI, Miss Ruth
woods, a pretty hotel cashier, who was
alone with Samuel T. A. Loftis, head
of the diamond firm of Loftis Brothers.
when he died suddenly In his luxurious
apartment last night, today told the
police that Loftis crumpled to the floor
dead after they had engaged in' a
"friendly struggle."
Although the police believe that the
diamond merchant died as a result of
concussion of the brain, probably caused
by a fall, they express ' dissatisfaction
with conflicting stories told by Kilos
Woods, and Roy M. Ehayne, son of a
late millionaire tnerchant, who also is
held pending the Inquest.
Miss Woods, who described Shayne aj
her fiance, said she was called by Loftis
to his apartment at 1 o'clock yester
' day afternoon, that they danced and
drank together and finally Loftis at
tempted to attack her.
"We were having a playful struggle,"
Miss Woods declared, "and my atten
tion was momentarily distracted from
him. The next Instant I was startled
by the sound of his body falling to the
floor. I was at a loss to know what to
do and rushed to the telephone to turn
"mon Mr. Shayne."
According to the story Shayne told
the police, he reachtd the Loftis apart
ment at about 8 o'clock, that Loftis
opened the door to admit him and sud
denly crumpled to the floor. As soon
as Shayne arrived Miss Woods fled
from the apartment.
In the meantime Shayne called a
physician and when he arrived the body
of Ixjftis was cold, Indicating that Lof
tis had been dead for some time. The
police express the conviction that Loftis
. died before Shayne arrived.
' Loftis gained wealth as an originator
of the Jewelry mail order business. He
was widely known In the city as a
"good fellow" and regarded as a ready
spender. He started the plan of selling
. diamonds on the Installment plan of
SI down and $1 a week.
The diamond merchants' marital trou
bles, his quarrels with his brother, and
his escapades In -the night life of Chi
cago gave Loftis a picturesque career.
In 1907 Loftis was shot by his brother
In a quarrel over partnership and two
years later was expelled f-om one of
Chicago's best-known clubs because he
flapped his wife's face while on a dance
floor. Later they were divorced.
A coroner's physician reported today
that his examination disclosed Loftis
died frcm cerebral hemorrhage, but no
marks of violence were found on the
body.
Loftis' housekeeper, Miss Hulda John
son, told police her employer had been
drinking heavily recently. She returned
from a visit to Michigan a few hours
after Loftis' death. V.
COTTON RECEIPTS -SET
NEW RECORD
IN MONEY VALUES
vARDON
AND
RAY
Figures compiled Saturday by Henry
Hotter, secretary of the Memphis Cot
ton exchange, show that net receipts
of cotton here for the past year were
614,846, valued at SllS.376,300, compared
with 644,728 the year before, valued at
(77,609,847. The averkge value per bale
lor the season just eaoed was (192.53,
an increase of J50.24.
Total gross receipts were 1.222,075
bales, -compared with 930,679, and stock
on hand is 58,608. Of this stock It was
estimated Friday that 191,000 bales were
in the hands of factors awaiting sale,
the approximate value being in the
neighborhood of 825,000,000.
Total shipments for the year were
1,082,697, compared with 968,817. Aver-
' age weight of bales handled here was
S19.ES pounds, an Increase of 8.48
' pounds.
Average prices received for the va
rious grades were as follows: Good or
dinary, 17.60; low middling, 33.15; mid
dling,. 39.26; good middling, 41.04.
: Receipts by states were: Mississippi,
178,772; Arkansas, 406,696; Tennessee,
153,232; Oklahoma and Texas, 168,273;
Missouri, 30,046; Louisiana and all oth
ers, 95,056; total, 1,222,075.
Call Meeting For
Modification Of
' Cotton Quarantine
JACKSON, Miss., July 31. (Spl.)
For the purpose of considering the
advisability of modifying the existing
quarantine against cotton and cotton
products from Texas and Louislan, the
State Plant hoard of Mississippi, will
. hold a meeting In the office of Hon.
P. P. Garner, commlsisoner of agricul
ture and chairman of the board, Tues
day morning, August 3.
The quarantine regulations referred
to and which will come under consid
eration at this meeting were adopted
March 17, In order to prevent the In
troduction of the pink bollworm of cot
ton into Mississippi. The purpose of
this meoting la to consider such modi-
flcattons of the present quarantine as
will make It interfere as little as pos
sible with the normal trade conditions
and at the nam - time give as much
protection as . sslbfe to the cotton
Industry of Mississippi,
PROHIS TO PUBLISH
NOMINEES' RECORDS
N- MONTGOMERY, Ala., July SI Dr.
A. P. Baker, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League of America, said
today that a committee of seven ap
pointed recently from . that organisa
tion, would meet August 11, In Birm
ingham Ala., and publish the records
of Senator Warren O. Harding, of
Ohio, and Gov. James E. Cox, of Ohio,
candidates for president on the Repub
lican and Democratic tickets respect
ively, on the prohibition question.
Superintendent Baker is chairman of
the committee and four of the seven
memberse of the body are from the
South.
MAN ARRESTED AS
BLACKMAILER MAY 4
PLEAD INSANITY
t
BULLETIN.
At 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon R. C. Edmondson was placed on
the docket charged with arson.
Insanity will probably be the pica offered by R. C. Edmondson, 320
Mulberry street, being held on the secret docket Saturday by local police
as an alleged blackmailer. Police say Edmondson sought to secure
910,000 from Claude H. Moore, prominent lumberman, and assert that he
may have figured in similar schemes for a period of several years
previously. They also declare that Edmondson may face charges of in
cendiarism in connection with the recent $40,000 fire at the plant of
Moore & McFerren, lumber concern, of which Claude H. Moore is
manager.
Edmondson has enraged as his at-O
torney Jesse Edgtngton end Mr. fc.u-
gington alter conferring wun nis cnenc
Saturday Indicated that insanity would
probably be the defense plea offered.
Local police say that Edmondson has
confessed to charges of attempting to
extort money from Moore.
Edmondson was arrested Friday night
by a squad of officers. headed by In
spector of Detectives Griffin. His ar
rest followed six weeks of endeavor to
nab him and came only after a tele
phone rush. He will be docketed Sat
urday, according to Griffin, who says
as soon as the case Is worked out fed
eral charges also will be placed against
the man.
Edmondson is alleged to have threat
ened Moore's life and also to have
threatened to set fire to the lumber
plant In letters now In the hands of
Inspector Griffin. Hiring of special
telephone operators, watch on several
avenues which have thrown suspicion
on Edmondson and a trip to Missouri
by Moore figured In the details which
worked out what police say is a clear
cut case against the alleged blackmailer.
The scheme which Edmondson used,
according to the Inspector, is one of
the best planned to come under the de
partment's eyes in years. Threatening
letters first were sent to Moore sign
ed by "Baker," They were in series
and were to be answered by classified
ads in newspapers. One ad was to read
that the lumber company desired tim
ber cutters in one instance. In another
it was to say that Moore and McFerren
wanted a cheap grade of Cottonwood
lumber. They were Inserted In news
papers. Following receipt of the first of
these communications from "Baker,
Moore went to the police. He was
told to bring all such letters to the
detectives without opening them. The
letter, mailed to Moore and McFerren
company, were contained n two envel
opes the inside one addressed: 'To be
opened only by Claude H. Moore.
Newspaper clippings were forwarded
by "Baker" all being of fires and de
struction saying It was part of our
work. One was of a fire at Yazoo City,
Miss.
Operators on Watch.
With two special operators at the
teleDhone company to advise officers at
once of all calls at either the Moore
residence, 826 Court avenue, or the
plant, when the call was for Moore
himself, police waited for several weeks..
Friday night a "Mr. Bmlth" phoned
atHnnA and asked for Moore.
Police, on learning that the call came
from a Linden avenue house, accord
tn a VnanAflnr Griffin, rushed to the
dace and found Edmondi on talking
over the phone. He had been enraged
1 . jMvnMit .nvsrsfttfnn with a
mimhrr of the Moore family. The
Linden avenue place is a rooming house.
Haled to headquarters Edmondson
was questioned and also his photograph
and finger prints laaen. rui
goner, Bertlllon expert,, made prints of
both immeaiaieiy, 1 ne miner iuik..
Inspector Griffin declares, correspond
exactly with those on letters received
by Moore. .
About three weeks ago Moore re
ceived a demand to come to Haytl, Mo.
He went, accompanied by Lieut. Boyle,
of the police department. According to
instructions In the letters he was to
walk down the railroad tracks until a
piece of white paper was found. There
a consultation was to take place be
tween the . blackmailer and his victim.
No sign was discovered.
Fire Follows Note.
Shortly after returning to Memphis
Moore received anomer letter saying
that only one more was to follow. Then
In a few days the lumber plant suffered
a fire and was saved only by the hard
est fire fighting.
Taken at Edmondson's home, which
dvertises for roomers, was a trunk con
taining stationery, said to be of the
same variety on which letters to Moore
were written, and a typewriter which
Saturday was declared by Grifgfln to
be the one on which tpe letters were
typed.
Edmondson's wife, officers allege, told
them that her husband on numerous oc
casions locked himself In a room and
wrote many letters. None was permit
ted to go near this room at these times,
she Is further said to have declared.
"Mechanic" was the occuoatlon
given by Edmondson. He is 45 years of
age. fouce say the letters, all written
in a crude style and with numerous
words misspelled, were merely methods
01 a stau. jpjamonason is eaucatea, or
fleers declare. One In demandlnr 310.
000 stated that unless the request was
not complied with "You will be blown
sky high. If you do the good ship Zlon
will sail smoothly along for both of us.
Edmondson was arrested In June
charged with carrying a pistol. He
was a "squatter" on land owned by the
Moore & McFerren company In Arkan
sas, ponce say.
WHEAT HARVESTING IN
DYER OVERCOATS LARGE
NEWBERN, Tenn., July 31. (Spl.)
Wheat threshing Is now practically
over, and local thresher men report the
grain to be the lightest yield that
was ever known in the history of the
crop. There have been several loads
placed on the Newhern market at s
a bushel. Reports from everv territorv
are that one of the largest oat crops
on record was harvested.
The present crop outlook has made
a remarkable growth for the past two
weeks In this section. Corn and cot
ton will make one of the best yields
this year than was ever known before
in the history of the county, and the
prospects are good for a big second
crop of clover.
Will Show What u
Associate v
.V V-
NEGROES FLEE AFTER
ATTACKJJN WOMAN
OZARK, Ala., July 81. Following an
attack on a white woman at Midland
City, south of here, and the killing of
two negroes, Mils rlpinks and Juster
Jennings, several negroes have been
"given twenty-four hours to leave and
have fled the community," according to
1 ' specials received here today.
The bodies of the two negroes killed
by possemen late Thursday night lay
out in the road until Friday morning
at 11 o'clock. Andy Splnks, chargod
with making an attack on the white
woman, whose hame was entered
Thursday night, and resulted In the
double killing of his son and Jennings
Is in Jul! In Montgomery. He will be
' brought back here and tried some time
In August. Feeling here is very high
again' ' nd several other ne
fsruea : '
BUILD ADDITION TO
SCHOOL AT TRIMBLE
UNION CITY, Tenn., July 81. (Spl.)
The board of education of Trimble
Tenn.. part of which town Is In Obion
county, Is erecting a two-story addition
to the school hulldlng. The addition
win be ready for the opening of schoo.
In September.
A department of .agriculture has been
added and an experienced teacher will
nave charge of this line of work.
CALLED TO DOOR. SHOT.
ASSAILANT ESCAPES
YAZOO CITY. Miss., Julv 31. (Spl.)
Kenneth Smith, son of Albert Smith,
of Mechanicsbure. an Inland vlllare 1.1
miles southwest of Yaxoo City, was
cauea 10 me ironi aoor and snot down
by an unidentified man, at 8 o'clock
jrruiay nignt.
The younr man was taken to Jackson
for treatment and the extent of his
injuries could not he learned. Gant a
bloodhounds arrived this morning from
Crystal Springs, and were put on the
trail 01 tne woulrt-r murnerer.
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
GRENADA. Miss., Julv 31. (Spl.)
Emmett Thomas, indicted Jointly with
his two brothers on a chnrire or mur
dering S. A. Duboss, In this county In
uecemoer, isis, is on jrial in tte circuit
vviu h unit
WILLPWY HERE
Famous British Golfing Stars
to Give Exhibition
Sept. 6.
BY AL WILSON,
Memphis golfers will be given oppor
tunity In early September of seeing
how Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. Great
Britain's celebrated professionals, swing
a driver or Iron and tap with a putter.
Information Saturday from Walter C.
bherwood, former local pro, said Itin
erary lor me two, now en tour the
united tSates, Included Memphis on
Sept. 6 when an afternoon will be
spent on the Memphis Country club
course.
Several Southern cities are included
In the list of engagements which Sher
wood forwards. It will be the first time
two such distinguished golfers and mas
ters of the royal and ancient game
have visited the South. At present Ray
and Vardon are in the East where they
are giving exniDltlons. Their swing
South will start at St. Louts on Sent.
6 to be followed by Memphis, Birming-
nam, Atlanta, cnattanooga, Knoxvllle,
Nashville, Louisville (two days) and
then back North.
Sherwood's letter declares Columbus,
O., will close their tour on Sept. 15.
They return to the Atlantic coast and
sail tor home early in November, he
says.
Memphis already has had one golf
ing treat this season In the Western
amateur championship, which brought
out "Chick" Evans as the winner. In
the past many stars have competed
here both in exhibitions and tourna
ment play. However, golf that Is ex
ceeded by no player In the world In
Bysieinauc juogment ana execution
probably will be furnished by Ray and
Vardon. The latter Is six times win
ner of the Brittsh open title. Ray also
has taken the coveted crown of open
champion of Britain. The latter is re
garded as one of the game a longest
men off the tee, not even excepting
the mighty and sweet driving Jim
Barnes. Vardon 's class comes In his
iron play and his steadiness on the
green. Not as long with his wooden
ciuDs as nis compatriot, varaon, how
ever, is considered as the one man
who always is straight for the flag.
Kougn seldom ootners mm.
1913 Recalled.
Everyone who remembers 1918 and
who has ever heard the word "golf" re
calls how Vardon and Ray came to
Brookllne, Mass., for the TJ. S. open
and how, for the first time In their
careers, they met defeat In tournament
play at the hands of an amateur. Fran
cis Ouimet was the amateur. They lost
In a triple playoff for the title that
year. This season marks the Britishers'
first return to this country since that
occasion. Reports from various matches
In which they have participated indi
cate their game Is at top form now.
Of course, they have suffered defeat,
but on these few occasions it has been
by but the barest margin, generally no
greater than a single hole or stroke,
and then at the hands of home stars.
The two will have a fine mark to
shoot at In playing the Country c'.ub
links. This is a 69 made by the re
doubtable Bobby Jones, In taking med
alist honors in the Western a couple
of weeks ago. The best a professional
has ever done over the course is 7U,
hung up by Sherwood. "Chick" Evans
has never been able to shoot better
than a 72.
There will be but one match In all
likelihood. This will be In the after
noon and find Vardon and Ray matched
arainst two local amateurs. It will be
a best ball foursome affair. Invitations
will he Issued Dy tne country ciud to
all Memphians to Join the gallery. Of
course, no admission will be charged.
ORPHANS HAYE BIG
TIME AT OVERTON
Overton park Saturday afternoon pre
sented a picturesque appearance when
the orphans of the several Memphis In
stitutions were guests of the Klwanls
club In a big picnic and general good
time. The orphans were met by mem
bers of the club in autos and conveyed
to the plcnio grounds where good things
galore to eat and drink were await
ing them and where the children were
given the time of their young lives with
games, races and prizes for contes
tants until time for eating arrived.
Preceding the picnic, a parade was
given through downtown streets where
the kiddles had good times yelling and
voicing their enjoyment as the well
filled autos passed. A feature of the
picnic was that all expenses of every
kind were borne by the Kiwanis club
without appeals to any outside source
for help.
W. R.
nrmriTn mm mi in
BOOM III If I
NEXT SIX IV10NTHS
KINO.
What are the benefits to be derived
from the Cotton States Merchants' association?
This question will be answered ty
W. R. King, chairman of the execu
tive committee of the association on
the second day of the convention in
Memphis, Aug. 10, 11 and 12.
If anv member of the organization
should be able to answer that ques
tion Kina Is the man. For three years
he has been named as chairman of the
executive committee and for a longer
period than that he has been one of
the most active members.
Kins- oredlcts that the convention
to be held this year will be the most
successful of any conducted so far.
F
ERNANDEZ
AN
LEROY SAME MAN
OFFICER STATES
DETROIT. Mich., July 31 A photo
graph said to be that of Oscar J. Fer
nandez, reported to be In Saltlllo, Mex
ico, was identified today as that of
Eugene LcRoy, wanted here in connec
tion with the Detroit-New York trunk
murder mystery, th- police announced
today.
The photograph received from San
Antonio was shown to Patrolman Leo
Trumbull, who knew LeRoy Intimately,
and five other Detroit residents. All
re said to have declared postively that
the photograph Was tnat of LeRoy.
Authorities here today still were wait
ing word from Mexico on their request
for f ernanaess apprenension.
SEARCH FOrTlECOND
TRUNK IS FRUITLESS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 31 A three
days' search for a second trunk, said
to have been shipped here from De
troit, and believed to contain vital part)
of the body of the young woman found
In a trunk In New York, was without
results early today. No further trace
of the trunk delivered to the house of
Mm. C. L. Johnson, 800 Twelfth ave.
nue. and for which the police are look.
tng, had been found.
Lieut. John P. Smith, of the Detroit
homicide squad, remained here to assist
local detectives In their search.
MANY MEMPHIANS GO
TO SEWANEE SCHOOL
A large delegation of Sunday school
workers of the Episcopal church will
leave Memphis Sunday night to attend
the Episcopal summer training school
for Bible study workers at Sewanee.
This will be the tenth session of the
training school for the fourth prov
ince of the Eplscopnl church, which In
cludes all of the Southeastern states.
The session will last about two weeks,
and will be attended by the bishops,
clergy and prominent laymen through
out the province, virtually every par
ish being represented.
Two Memphis young women will be
instructors. Miss Mabel Cooper will
teach child study and Miss Nettle
Barnwell will teach manuel training
and craft work. In addition to the
training school, all the various church
boards for the various provinces will
hold meetings at this time.
Among those who will go from Mem
phis are:
Mrs. Davis Taylor, Mrs. P. S. Smith,
Miss Pauline Smith. Miss Evelyn Smith,
Mrs. Hal P. Phelffer, Miss Mabel
Cooper, Mrs. Jack Harris, Miss Annie
Morton Stout, Mrs. Stevens, Miss
Nettle Barnwell, Mrs. W. F. Ormberg,
Mrs. W. B. Rogers. Mrs. W. F. Wltxell,
Miss Harm, Mrs. LeRoy Taylor, Mlsa
Sallle Barnwell, James Howells. Wil
liam W. Deupree, John F. Robinson,
Miss Mildred Cash, Miss Jane Wash
ington, Miss Elsa Geratcl, Mrs. W.
H. Clement, Mrs. William Myers and
Mrs. T. J. Deupree, Miss Elizabeth Hor-ton.
ELECTION SUIT
ECHO SOUNDED
An echo of the William B. Gray-Mll-ton
J. Anderson flection commission
suit In chancery court during 191. was
sounded In chancery Saturday by W.
Tyler McLaln, county attorney, when
McLaln paid over to the chancery clerk
and master $836.60 salary due which
ever one of the pair is found, on hear
ing, to be the election commissioner
for the period.
To decide who shall pull down the
salary McLaln paid In to the clerk and
master Saturday, a hearing of the case
on Its merits mint be held. Neither
man can take office, though, for since
the time of the controversy, new elec
tion commissioners for the county have
been name,rt.
SENATOR C0LDWELL TO
CANVASS FOR ROBERTS
VNIOM CITY. Tenn., July 31. (Spl )
State Senator D. P. Coldwell, of this
city will open a vigorous campaign at
once In this county In the interest of
Gov. Roberts, making speeches and dis
tributing literature, showing just what
has been done and will be done by
him when he assumes the duties of his
second term.
The field here Is full of local can
didates for representative: Squires S.
R. Bratton and McPade, both for rep
resentative, and Clarence Cloys, an ex
perienced farmer ana politician, ore
mnklng things lively In the county, and
are making active campaigns before the
county primary Is held, on Aug. 5. The
outcome of the race for representative
Is looked forward 10 with much interest.
OXFORD ATHLETIC FIELD
IS N E A R I NG. JC0 M PLETI 0 N
OXFORD. Miss.. Julv 31. (Sol.)
Work on the new athletic field at the
university Is moving right along and
about one-third of the gradina has
been completed. When completed this
will De one ol tne Best atliletlc fields
In the South, and will have a first
class clnitcr track, football field, base
ball diamond and a landing for air
planes. It Is Ideally situated between two
small hills south of tne science hall
and near the tracks of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad. The plans are to erect
concrete bleachers on both sides of
the field.
R. M. Hammond Asserts Man
ufacturers Are to Construct
Homes for Emplyoes Be
cause of Shortage. ,
'The next six months will witness A
tremendous amount nf homt huihllnar
by larire manufactures eomnantea. the
homes to be used b yemployes of the
company," said R. M. Hammond, or
tne -oca i real estate firm of llammono
Sons, Saturday. V
'With the home problem In Memphis
growing m re acute every week, with
more peop'.. moving to Memphis to
work unU' the favorable conditions
existing h . and fr.llng nowhere to
live, the b 'Wing of . small horrw,n on a
large ec:il4i'y the more progressive of
the manutj Ing :"icfniaiut la I!e
only solut,' to the prMiWm.
'The rrrvrnufucturer la tii.i. onlv man
able te-'do the building In thee times,
with the high retail price of materials
of all kin , but the manufact'itvr Is
able to ,'et all the materlnl fan can
use at wholesale prices. The lumber
man can get the lumber, and the oement
man the cement, and Interchange tiielr
proaucts tnat both would get the
benefit of- the wholesaler's purchase
price, and both could build the houses
for their employes. It is merely a mat
ter of Investment. When the workman
Is given the chance to acquire a home
of his own at a very low price, which
win ds pam lor oy very tow mantniy
payments, he becomes a permanent
fixture of the company. He becomes
thrifty, and is able to save, as the
monthly payments would not be pearly
as high as the rent he would have
to pay for the same sized house."
Mr. Hammond went on to say that
the owning of a home by the workman
would do more toward stamping out
Bolshevism than any other thing. The
Bolshevist, he said, Is the man who
Is poorly fed, and Is hard put to it
to pay his rent bill each month. And
the owning of a home at from IS to
60 per cent less than the market price
would convince him that this country
is after all run on the most sensible
plans possible, as well as furnishing
the concern which made the home pos-
siDie wun a loyal, . nonest workman,
and a permanent one.
"There Is much evidence in' other
sections of the country that the work
man will be soon given the chance to
own him nwn hnma1' ha bu M "In ant
some of the largest firms In the ooun-
try have already started the erection of
such homes. One of the largest real
estate iirms in tne country has estab
lished a system of loaning from 1500.-
000 upward for the benefit of large
corporations who desire to build such
homes, the monev loaned for this spe
cific purpose. This is the spirit in
which to tackle the ' oroblem. And
for these reasons, I say that Memphis
will not be slow In inaugurating aucn
a stabilizing system, and that the next
few months will witness the erection of
many such 'profit-sharing' homes .for
the benefit ot tne Memphis workmen.
. i i i i hi
Clufstetisen Would
Meet Candidates In
Nashville On Aug. 9
NEW YORK. July 31. Parley P.
Ohrlatensen, presidential nominee of the
third, or farmer-labor party, today Is
sued a personal challenge to Gov. Cox
and Senator Harding to visit the Ten
nessee legislature and Influence a ma
jority vote In that body In favor of
ratification of the suffrage amendment.
Mr. Chrlstensen charged that the
Democratic and Republican parties are
In a conspiracy to stifle ratification ny
Tennessee, the remaining state whose
approval Is necessary to make the
amendment effective.
Mr. Chrlstensen Is conferring here
with third party leaders on national
campai gn plans.
FAST FREIGHT TO
ATLANTA ANNOUNCED
A new fast freight train between
Memphis and Atlanta, with a sched
uled running time of 19.66 miles per
hour, will be put on Sunday by the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
railroad. It was announced by John C.
Ryan, general agent, Saturday. The
train will be known as the grain ami
meat special and will handle high class
manifest and perishable freight.
Leaving Memphis at 9:30 a.m, the
train will arrive at Nashville at mid
night; at Chattanooga at 1 p.m., the
next lny: and at Atlanta at 11:69 p.m.
that night, the entire running time be
ing about 38Vi hours. Stops will be
made only for fuel, water and change
of crews. This will be one of the
fastest through freights In the South,
Mr, Ryan said.
LUMBERMEN INTERESTED
IN RATE BOOST PROPOSAL
Memphis lumbermen are greatly In
terested In a hearing before the Missis
sippi state railroad commission Tues
day on a proposal of the Southern rail
way to make a heavy Increase on its
charges for loading logs. There will
be no objection to an Increase In dally
charges for the use of locomotives from
$62.50 to 1100 per day. as It Is be
lieved that the Increased coats of op
eration may Justify such an advance,
but a vigorous protest will be made
niralnst the proposi-d charge for load
Ing logs on cars, which Is considered
excessive by local lumbermen.
POLICE UNCOVER
EVIDENCE ABOUT
NASHVILLE MAN
BULLETIN.
NASHVILLK, Tenn., July l.4ohn Thompson, Jr., who d'sappmr
cd Thursday nlplit from the Memphis-Nashville slwpor en route to his
home here, was located today at Texurkana, Ark., on the Iron .Mountain
railroad train, according to message telephoned to his wife.
Memphis police, aided by a special aent of the X., C. St. L. rnll
road, Saturday afternoon were ensafted In Invest lat Inn the mysterious
dl8appearanc of John Thompson, Jr., at Nashville, Tenn.. wealthy con
tractor, JTrom the fart N., C. & St. I train en route to Xa,hville frons
Memphis Thursday night, with rumors rife about the t'entral police sta
tion Saturday that Important facta may be uncovered here in Memphis.
While Inspector of Detectives Griffin and police officials are reticent
regarding latest developments In the caae. It was known that Special
Agent Martin, acting under orders of Chief Agent Krnnk Fltrpatrhk, of
the railroad forces In Nashville, waa In Memphis working with IlcteetJve
Remount Will Joyce upon the case.
PARTY ATTITUDE
ON COVE
BE MADE
NANT TO
CLEAR
It Is known that local firms with
whom Thompson has had dealings wetr1
RED CAVALRY HAS
REACHED PRUSSIAN
FRONTIER, REPORT
Polish Morale Stiffened by
Arrival :: cf Anglo-French
Missions-Gen. Haller In Su
preme Command. -' .
PARIS, July Jl. (By the Associated
Fre, Bolshevik cavalry forces havs
advanced to the East Prussian " fron
tier, 'according to a report from -the
French military mliaion In Warsaw
to the French foreign office. The Bol
shevik linn extends from Suwalkl, 60
miles northanat of Grodno, more than.
SO miles to a point almost directly north
of Warsaw".
Tlie Bobthevlki have not setuallv
croseed the borders of ADensteln end
Wardenwprder. but .are fraternUlna;
with th German. 1 ' - ,
The mliwhm saym H n!' rstnnrts hs
visited Hatuniay by Joyce and MarC jmans atid . Ilqlsh'evtkl
WASHINGTON. Julv II. The oosltlon
of the . Democratic narty with refer
ence to the league of nations "will be
ml nerfectlv clear" when Gov. Cox
delivers his speech accepting- the presi
dential nomination, George wnite, new
national chairman, declared today, in
answer to the Inquiry of Senator Hard
ing as to the purtri stano on tne ad
ministration's foreign policy.
Chairman White declared that until
Gov. Cox had delivered his speech of
acceptance he did not care "to engage
In a newspaper controversy with the
Republican candidate."
It might be pertinent to aax, now-
ever, he added, "wnetner former iti
dent Taft or Senator Johnson, of Cali
fornia, correctly represents the Repub
lican attitude with respoct to the
league." - ' ' , .
Mr. wnite prooaniy win leave Wilm
ington today without having called at
ha Whit Unuan. He has not lecelved
an Invitation to visit the president and
expects none, he said, adding mat n
had had an 'accidental meeting" with
Secretary Tumulty at a hotel and had
The appointment of Win. H. O'Brien.
of' Iwrencehurg, Ind., former slate
auditor, as Western campaign manager
was announced. Mr. O'Brien will have
headquarters at Chicago.
Mr. White made public a telegram
which he has sent to the Democratic
i.at.iotnr. iffi n i t Tennessee' be
the th state to ratify the federal suf
frage amendment. This would Insure
"the friendship of all American wom
en." the telegram snld.
tv. ,w r u. white's messaae. ad
dressed to Democratic members ot the
lul.lMtH fnllnVml
Th.,. a'overnor of Tour- state "has
signified his intention of calling your
i i.tn..H in hj naf future Into ex
traordinary session lor hi. f"i-"
acting on tne leaerai uiirc iu-....-ment.
Gov. Cox will make his speech
of acceptance of the Democratic noml
nniinn for nresldent of August 7. It
would be most pleasing to Gov. Cox
and Democrats throughout the nation
If on August 7. when we begin the
drive In the coming campaign that will
hroalr l h. Renublican lines In the No
vember election, we had assurances
from a majority of the Tennessee legis
lature of their Intention, in the forth
coming special session, to make Ten
nessee the thirty-sixth state to ratify
the suffrage amendment, thus en
suring the enfrsnchtsement of the wo
men of America. As the new chair
man of the Democratic national com
mittee I Invite your co-operation In this
great progressive movement and shall
greatly appreciate a favorable re
sponse by wire."
WORK ON RIVER TERMINALS
HERE TO BEGIN WITHIN
PERIOD OF THIRTY DA YS
Work on the (rovernn"'nt riv'p t'rnl'nnls at Memphis, involving- an
expenditure of approximately $500,000, will start within 30 days. Final
surveys and other details huve hcen completed and with the filing, and
approval of these papers at Waahliiffton, the flrnt real start will be made
on the long-promised Improvements.
Theodore Brent, federul manner of the government barge lines; Col.
G. E. Humphries, manager of the Mississippi division, and J. I. Hlgglns,
traffic manager, spent the latter part of the week In the city making In
spections of present terminals and looking over the ground preliminary
to the new work. A conference between the government officials and
Mayor Talne waa held, at which the entire Improvement was discussed.
SIX DAMAGE SUITS
KEEP COURT BUSY
Memphis banks were asked reaardlii
affairs of the missing man. Just wt
local police were seeking to learn from
these sources, official refused to dis
close. While advices from Nashville Bat
Urday Indicated that relatives believe
Thompson was either dead or seriously
injured and therefore unable to make
known his whereabouts, local rumors
heard were that police were not alto
gether following the theory of sui
cide or accidental death in their In
vestigations. The Memphis police have found that
Tho.npson, just previous to bardlng his
train for Nashville late Thursday night
went to a small cafe across from the
Union station and purchased a pack
age of clgarets. These el na rets were
not found in Mr. Tnompson a enecia
after he disappeared from the train.
According to advices trom rsnvni
Saturday a reward of $5M) for the re
covery of the body. If Mr. Thompson
has met death, has been offered by
relatives there.
The following telegram was receiver
by Sheriff O. It. Perry early Saturday.
It la from A. J. Banhell. chief of no
lle of Nashville: '
"John Thompson disappears on w
N C. St. L. train last night He
Is In his underclothes and possibly
demented. Relatives offer 500 re
ward for the recovery of his body, or
Information of him If alive. He 1 6
feet 4 Inches and has mashed finger
on one of his hands. Wire me promptly
If you get any Information.
Under the personal supervision of
President Whlteford Cole, of the N.,
C. & Kt. Tj. at Nashville, every foot or
the right-or-way between aiempms sou
Jackson was carefully searched Fri
day bv section men and track walkers
without finding a single trace of the
missing man. It was stated Friday that
Thompson was believed to have dis
appeared from the train somewhere
between Memphis and Jackson and
most probably between Somerville and
Jackson. -
Pickle. Painter, To
Face Pickled Charge
Pickle alanr for getting drunk.
Paint also slang to celebrating or
getting aoueea.
Drunk exhlllarated condition now
said hv mil Ire to be Impossible.
It Is not very often that the three
run together. Before Eighteenth
amendment days such may have been
but
J. A. Pickle, painter, spent the night
in city prison charged with being
drunk. lie was to tell Judge Barker
about it In city court Saturday.
1,1., t HuwalktJf The northern wing of
(. -r i. irnmnvviKi army now ia mena;in
-irv,w directly from tfw north as well
as from the easL ': liolsoevikl now &ra
ZS miles southwest of JBialystok.
The allied troops in Allenatein and -Marlenwerder,
which are mostly French,
win be held there until the situation
clears, although their plebiscite dutioa
have been completed.
uen. Homer, commander or tnenrtt
Polish army, which suffered most se
verely In the vital rerion northeast of
Warsaw, has been relieved, and Gen.
Joseph Haller has been given supreme
command of the northern group - , or. .
armies. ."-..
The advance of Gen. Haller. who com-
manded the Polish divisions in Franc
and la French trained. Is the first steo
In the reorganisation of the Polish arm
which was begun by the .Anglo-French t
misnion yeateruay. Aimougn important
technical services are being taken over
by French officers and advisers, an-l-large
authority has been placed with ait
tne stairs.
On the Gal elan front a Follsn bolster
offensive is being organised.
Tnree polish armistice delegate int
Warsaw yesterday. They are Oerw
Romer. Col. Snllohub, who negotiated
successfully with the Bolshevikl at; ,
Murmansk, and M. Wroulewski, vice
minister of the council.
. Finland and the Russian soviet grrr
mment have resumed the Dorpat con
ference over several Olsputed . Dis
tricts, which was broken off recently.
The mission reports tne morale oi in
Polish armv stiffened remarkably dur
ing the last week because of the mis
sion's arrival, newa of munitions en
route, and the fact of allied support.
The mission states that only the Bol
shevikl cavalry now Is effective, the
infantry being wortniesa.
OLD NEGRO FOR
ALLEGED ATTACKS
Police Arrest Giant BlacI
After Many Complaints
Are Received.
Plans as thev stand will give the
cltv one of the most comprehensive sys
tems of river terminals In the country.
Its development the first year after
completion Is estimated as more than
four times the present shipping records.
At present the annusl amount han
dled Is between 75.0no and 0.0u0 tons.
This Includes the heavv cotton move
ment and other freight. Under the
work contemplated bv the government
the tonnngn for the first year will run
between 2SO,ono and 300.000 tons. The
development Is of such a nature as to
take care of future business and ex
pansion to r.00,000 tons annually is
looked for In a few years.
The government barge line now has
In service 28 new barges of the .0nn
ton capacity model and 25 barges of ca
pacities running from MM to 1.000 tons.
Twelve more of the larger type now
sre under construction and will be
resdy If needed by the time the gov
ernment Improvement Is completed.
tine of the greatest problems', en
countered in tne expansion U the 4ea
m getting motive power. However, one
towhoat Is under construction and will
be completed within a few weeks while
others are to be rushed as fast as
possible. 1'nder this program It Is an
ticipated there will be sufficient tow
boats available by the time the gov
ernment project Is complete.
Kngineers representing the govern
ment have made complete reports on
the Memphis situation. The visit of
theso men followed the recent visit of
Hrig -Oen. Frank T. Hlnes. who marie
a thorough inspection of the possibili
ties of the city.
It is assured that there will be
enough frcluht to bring on a rapid In
crease In shipping. At the present It
Is Impossible for the few barges to
hsniile sriytlilng near the amount of
freight given them. Three barges of
the 2.4100-ton type now ere In Mem
phis and are being used here.
Announcement, on the contracts and
other details Is expected to be made
within a few weeks and first active
work begun,
All Are Tiled Within Two
Hours Before Close
Friday.
Rummertime dullness In Shelby county
courts would be banished entirely, if
all office hours of the day proved as
busy as the last two of Friday. Six
damage suits were filed In the final
two hours, with a total of almost $40
000 damages asked. It was the huslest
two hours since the courts "closed
shop" for the summer.
Mrs. Mary Wooldrldge filed suit for
J 20 000 damages, snd her husbsnd, W.
H. Wooldrldge for $5,000 additional
aralnst the city of Memphis, the Mem
phis Artesian Water department, the
receivers for the Memphis Gas A Flec
Irlc company and the company Itself.
They alleged thnt while -driving tlu'lr
automoblle out Vnlon avenue on Au
gust 1. 191. thay struck an excavation
In the street at Lumpkin, which had
been made for the purpose of Installing
sewer, water and gas pipes, and had
been left unguarded by a red light.
Their bill was filed by Attorneys
Holmes A Tannic and L. C. Going.
J. J. Trotten trailed In with a suit
for $10,000 damages against Theodore
I'rlnstein, proprietor of the American
Pharmacy. 177 Beale avenue. His bill,
which was filed by Attorney B. F.
Booth, alleged that on July 4 he pur
chased candy from the drug store, and
after eating a portion of It, found that
it contained oartlcles of elass. Plns'eln
was Indicted on a manslaughter rlvtrgo
several months ago. following the death
of Mrs. Bertha Handle, from drinking
of Jamaica ginger. whl h had been om
rounded with wood alcohol, and v.Mloh,
It was alleged, had been purchas-sd at
his slnr.
A suit for $721.27 damages was filed
against the receivers for the Memphis
Street Railway company by Attorney
W. T. McLuIn and L. J. Dejaeli, for
the Thompson-Graham company, paving
contractors. The bill alleged that a
street car hit one of their trucks on
Third street on January II. The head
of the firm, which Is plaintiff In the
suit. John Thompson. Jr., disappeared
from a N., C. ft St. U train Thursday
nlEht.
Bhelby county also filed a damage
suit against thf receivers for the street
car company, for a smash between the
workhouse wagon ami a street car at
Main street and Washington awnuu,
on November 25. 191. W. T. Mclnn,
who Is county attorney, filed the imt.
Thev nsk $773 34 damages.
A. K. Joyner filed suit for $2.6"0
d.-imasvs against the 818 Tire & Vul
cvnlilng company, allegii.g that on July
17. as he was crossing North Court
avenue at Second street, a service car
ururk and injured him. .KUln and
Bejash filed h,t suit also
Continued Fair,
Scott's Forecast
The weather prediction for Memphis
nnl vlunlty is fuir t-'aturday night and
Sunday with little change In the tern-
nerat ure.
The Mississippi river Is scheduled to
fail In this district for an Indefinite
period. The river stage Saturday was
16 6 feet. Indicating a fall of . of a
foot during the last 14 hours.
Rare Portrait Of
Gen. Washington
Given Museum
NEW YORK, July S A rare and
comparatively unknown portrait of
George Washington, painted In oils on
a marble slab, bv Archibald Robertson,
has been deposited In the New York
Historical society by Tarrant Putnam,
a lineal descendant of the artist. It
was announced today.
The colors of the painting are said te
be as bright as If It had been Just
completed, and shows Washington clad
as a civilian In pale brownish coat, with
broad white ruffles down the front.
A notation by the artist on the back
board filling Indicates the portrait was
painted In Philadelphia In December.
17V1. The artist had written that
when the painting was made, Wsshlng
ton did not wear his false teeth.
Girl Swimmer
Goes To Antwerp
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HELEN ME ANY.
Helen Meany, of New York, is one
of the youngest of the American swim
mers mi on their way to Antwerp to
tske.part In the Olympic games. She
was Chosen because of her suoerlor
recor In diving
ics taM
eputlitl
of at'
Jlrrr Prest. negro, ( feet ( Inches
was arrested Saturday by Denut
Palmer and Bradley on a charge of
tempted attack on a white woman. H
was hailed into Squire Maher's court
and is now In the county jail awaiting
action of the grand Jury.
The testimony produced brought out
the fact that Presti Is alleged to have
been active along the pigeon Roost
road and to have made several at
tempts to attack white women recently.
On one occasion It Is alleged that ha
was armed with a shotgun and attempt
ed to stop a car and force a woman
to get out.
Deputies have been on Ms trail for
two weeks.
MINERS TOLD TO
RESUME WORK
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. July II. Strik
ing mine workers In Indiana and Illi
nois today were ordered back to work
by President John U. Ijewls. of the
United Mine Workers of America. In A
telegram directed to every local union
In the affected districts, he Instructed
that Immediate meetings be called and
steps taken to get the men back te
work.
APPENDICITIS FATAL
TO LOCAL SALESMAN
Sam Lee Fisher, id. died Saturday
morning at :10 o'.clock at St. Joseph'
hospital, following an oneration for an-
nenrllcltls. Mr. Fisher Is well known
In Memphis, and has been a traveling
salesman for a tea and coffee company
here for several years. He is a broth
er of W. H., J. B.. J. C. and R. IX
Fisher, of Memphis, and Mrs. O. C. lie
Kee, of Colorado Sprints. Col.
The funeral will he held Sunday from
the residence of his brother, R. T).
Fisher. Ii20 I.smsr boulevard. The
body will be taken to Colllervllle. Tenn.,
for burial. Services will also Be held
at I o'clock.
PELLEY ASSIGNED.
J. J. Pellev. at one time superinten
dent of the Illinois Central railroad at
Memphis, now general superintendent
of northern lines with headquarters at
Chicago, has been assigned to Important
special work with the car service com
mittee st Chicago, and will be suc
ceeded ss general superintendent by
George E. Patterson, superintendent of
the Illinois division. J. W. Haveron.
superintendent st Fulton, will succeed
Mr. Patterson. C. R. Young, trainmas
ter at Cairo, ill., formerly located at
Memphis, has been promoted to super
intendent at Fulton, to succeed Mr.
Hevron.
POWELL AT FORREST CITY.
FORRKST CITY. Ark.. July II. (8nl.
dmesd Powell, of Camden, candidate
for governor, one of the nine, addressed
the voters In this city at the court
house Thursday. He had a good audi
ence and made the usual speech.
Twenty-four hours to noon July It:
Temperature
Hour. Dry bulb. Wet bulb. Humid'
T p.m. yes'day M 72 $
7 a.m. today 7 70 73
Noon today ..ft 72 SO
Maximum .09 .. . .
Minimum . . "5 . .
Hun sets today 7:04 p.m.: rises to
morrow, fi:00 a m. Moon rises 7:17 p.m.
tonight. Precipitation none.
e i . .
Tennessee Fair.
Mississippi Fair.
Arkansas Generally fair.
Kentucky Fair In south, sowers In
north portion.
North and South Carolina and Geor
gia. Fair.
Northwest Florida. Alabama and Ok
lahoma Generally fair.
Louisiana Generally fair exoept
scattered showers near coast.
Fast Texas Partly cloudy, robabl
showers near coast. 1
West Texas Partly cloudy. .