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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
MARCH 8, 1894.

The Equitable Gas Light company
filed a petition In the circuit court
against J. ]. Williams, county trustee,
and ]. P. O'Conner, constable, protest.
ing against the payment of taxes
amounting to S ,403.
The first effects of the trouble be-
tween the Louisville & Nashville rail-
road and the Southern Railway and
Steamship association was being felt
in Memphis on lower freight rates on
hay, grain and mill products.
The Nicely Zouaves met and elected
the following as officers: f. X. Deffry,
captain; W. H. Derrick, first lieutenant;
H, A. bigger, second lieutenant, and
]. l.. Bills, first sergeant.
Plans were consummated in Memphis
for a great match race between Yo
Tambien, Boundless n Clifford, to be
run at the first day Of the Little Rock
spring meeting.
Among the visitors on Change were:
W. C. Wilson, of Russellville, KY, and
]. S. Skiff, of st. Louis, Mo.
kilograms were received announcing
the death of John II. Hopkins, Mem
phian, who had died in New Orleans.
lie was the high priest Of the Memphis
Royal Arch chapter Of Masons.
A committee reported that subscrip.
for the Cossitt library mad reached
81, 255 in money and 5000 books, The
goal had been seat at $500 each.
A lodge of the knights Of Dixie was
organized to be known as the n. B
Forrest lodge No. l.
Joe Cole. deputy sheriff in Squire
Taylor's court, announced his candi-
dacy for constable of the Fifth district,
at the August election.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
PIGEONS

The older citizens of Memphis have seen or at least heard
Of the time when the pigeons visited Memphis annually in flocks
of millions. They had a roost southeast of the city, where these
little birds halted, and so numerous were they that their weight
stripped great trees of their branches. They were captured by
the thousands, and used as a dainty article of food. OF late
years nothing but the young squad is considered fit for the
table. The art Of cooking the grown birds seems to have been
lost. Long ago these pigeons ceased coming here, and they are
no more heard OF. Many believe the race extinct, and it may
be. The war brought other breeds into prominence, These are
the homing pigeons, Between two and three thousand of these
birds were taken to France in charge Of expert birdmen, and
they were used to good advantage at the battle of Chateau
Thicrry, st. Mihiel, the Argonnc woods and elsewhere. In these
bloody battles courers on horses and motorcycles were ami
hilated by machine guns whenever they Ventured out; the tanks
destroyed all wire communication, and only the birds were left
to keep the headquarters advised. At the Marine the pigeon
detachment was under Capt. Carney. The tanks got 20 miles
ahead of the infantry, and communication was lost. AS Sergeant
Mccormack tells it: az it hadn't been for the birds head
quarters wouldn't have known how things we're going. As
regularly as clockwork the pigeons reported back. They were
released from the tanks. These tanks smashed forward, and the
birds flew straight to headquarters with their messages, after
making a mile a minute. In the future the pigeon corps will be
an important part of every army
The pigeon industry in this country is one of greater magni-
tude than was suspected. Large sums OF money are invested
in the business at such points as Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland,
Boston and elsewhere. In these places there are pigeon fanciers'
associations that meet annually and have races for which liberal
prizes are Offered. The race is through the air for a distance Of
IRON lO to loo miles, and cXCltcs as much interest as horse
racing on the leading tracks. 50 far as is known betting on
these races has not yet been introduced, but that may come in
the future. The birds are carefully numbered and pedigreed
after the manner Of fine horses and cattle, and the breeders
exercise great care in mating the birds with a view to producing
the best results. The requisites are speed, courage to go in any
weather, immunity from fatigue, good eyesight, endurance and
sense of direction. The wel-brcd birds sell for as high as SIC
apiece, and Che exceptional ones bring several times this amount
The birds are being constantly trained, and should we have
another war we will have a supply OF these speedy messengers
ready to send to the front.
A few lofts of pigeons will seem contemptible to the old
timers, who have seen the sky darkened with square miles o.
these birds; but it is pleasing to know that the type is still here
and that it IS being made useful and profitable to man.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
New, >. x .' "' "".' Twice Told Tales New, ,s |,
News Of Memphis
10 Years Ago.
RICH &. 1909.


Senators Mckay and Kelly announced
that the Shelby county legislative dele
cation a reached an agreement on
the building Of the new police head
quarters.
DR.. Ira c. Landrith, secretary OF the
Anttsaloon league, discussing in New
York how Tennessee went dry, decla1ed
that it had cost the league $50, 900.
Methodist ministers Of Memphis
planned for a united revival with the
Rev. John Brown, D. D., noted evan
gelist in charge of the meeting.
The Madison Heights Methodist
church, Claybrook street and Monroe
avenue, was struck by lightning and
badly damaged.
Harry d. Wilson, former prominent
railroad man and a member OF the firm
of Rice, Wilson & Chapman comnanv
was hurt in a fall from a street car
while getting off. near his home on
Vance avenue.
Ben Hilbreth, prominent North Main
street Jeweler, in a fall on the Sidewalk
on Main streetN suffered a severe frac-
ture of the hip
The congregation of the Central Ran.
ttst church at the morning services
Sunday subscribed SO, 900 toward hriId.
ing the Tri-State Baptist Memorial hos
pital. "'S
Men and boys, white and nevroes
AFTER strenuous efforts rescued a pipeon
that mad become entagled in electric
wires at Main street and Gayoso ave.
hue' Inc pigeon. in building a nest.
was carrying a long string that wrapped
"iouhu me wire and the pigeons legs.A
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
Shown by Map.

A simple fashion in which to make
clear the real meaning for France and
for Belgium OF the creation of this
new Rhenish republic is to take a map
OF Western Europe and outline in black
the regions between Belgium, Luxem-
burg, Alsace-lorratne and the Rhine.
Ry doing this II ia made perfectly clear
that so long as this state stands France
and Belgium have between themselves
and German invasion a wide belt OF
territory containing between four and
five millions of people a new state
which, like Switzerland, separates et-
fectively rival nationalities and removes
immediate danger of collision from the
frontier incident, Il this state shal''
when the hour OF self-determination ar
rives, vote to continue its separate ~.
istence, It viii become one more OF
the small nations whose existence viii
be guaranteed by the league of ma
tons. II, on the oaher hand, 1t chooses
to return to Germ any. II will unQues-
tionab'y, after its years of separation
from Prusslan influence, contribute ma
terially to the reinforcement of the I'D
eral element In Germany, and thus TO
the modification Of the peril of new
attack upon the west by German i'm
~perialism and German m~ilitarism, The
presence OF the allied armies OF occu-
patton will insure the escape of this
district from n revolution with Bolsh-
evik consequences, which now threat
ems Germany, and 1t will also enable
the inhabitants to escape the burden
Of ccnscrtption and acquire a habit Of
peace. It must be clear that such q
republic will have to expect only the
NEST friendly treatment from France
because the whole object OF French
policy must be to win the sympath,
Of this buffer state; but It should bt
said again that there is not the slight
est French purpose to seek to anne
this territory, either now or hereafter
In sum the Rhenish republic is not I,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
The Public Be SerUed
-OK65PaT
~ Roy K.Noako1:

A LITTLE SLICE o. LIFE.
NJ The other day a friend
Eased himself into our office.
His neckte was under
His left ear and his hat
Was at an angle of forty-tve.
He placed each foot carefully
Before the other when he walked,
And finally brought up
At our desk with a crash
And made fast
1t might be alleged, without 4
Fear of successful contradiction,
That the gentleman
Was carrying contraband.
Pm going to stop"
He said, just before
Making the usual touch.
Pm goinsh quitsh drinking.
When 1 shay I'm goingsh stop, q,
I'm goingsh stop. Yknow me-"
1t sounded interesting,
Though he had said it often before.
Sure go thish time" he said.
"Goingsh stop forever
When are you going to quit?"
We asked. We always liked him.
Pm goingsh stop Jooly ftrsh,"
He replied firmly.
And we believed him
For the first time
In his life.
Now that the shimmy dance has been officially abolished, we may
expect to sex more of it than ever before, and it is hardly worth look
ing at, even when censored o abolished.
JOHN BARLEYCORNs FAREWELL.
And that inverted bowl, already shy,
OF Pommery, Madeira and of Rye,
Lift not your hand to it-for 1t
AS impotently moves as you or l.
Jesse Mittelmann.
Lucas tells us that Miss Ida Kline lives in Pitsburg, and adds that
it ought to be perfectly safe to ask her to dinner or to get married, or
anything like that.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08

WHEN HE was a boy,
AND LIVED at home.
THEY KEPT horses.
AND HE knew all about them.
ss
AND WASN'T afraid.
WHEN THEY'D put their ears back.
AND COULD walk right up to them.
AND LOOK at their teeth.
s
AND TELL you their ages.
AND FOR twenty years.
HE'S BEEN in a city.
AND 1T just so happens.
AT THE present time.
HE'S HERE on the ranch.
FOR A week or two.
AND THE other day.
WI WENT to the village.
IN THE single buggy.
AND HE drove.
AND SO far as I could see.
HE DROVE all right.
BECAUSE HE kept in the road.
WHICH, HOWEVER.
THE HORSE might have done.
If SHE'D been alone.
AND ANYWAY.
WE GOT to the village.
AND DID our shopping.
WHICH INCLUDED tobacco.
AND THE city papers.
AND STARTED home.
AND AT a corner.
IN THE village outskirts.
AN AUTOMOBILE passed US.
AND OUR horse SHE'D.
AND WE went in the ditch.
AND HIT a post.
AND THERE was a crash.
AS OF something breaking.
AND THE next moment.
MY FRIEND, the driver.
WAS FLAT in the ditch.
ON HIS stomach ard face.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08

Discussion Of the western frontier OF
Germany remains open at the moment
this article Is written, but learn from
unquestioned American sources that
very great progress has been made to-
ward an agreement. AS Il matter OF
fact. the appearance Of any question
upon the calendar OF the peace con-
ference is fairly good indication that
the great powers are already 30 near
an agreement that discussion can be
had without any peril OF division. In
a word the conference only discusses
after the conference has agreed.
Many times in the course Of my cor
respondence ! nave pointed out that
there never was any question on the
part OF the French OF the annexation
OF purely German territory on the left
bank Of the Rhine. Despite certain III
natured suspicious and despite certain
extreme statements In tho most i'm
perialistic OF French quarters, not in
the least indicative of the wish Of the
French people, there has been from
the very beginning perfectly frank re-
nunciation on the part OF the French
government OF any claim to annex Ger
man territory, except In the case OF
Alsace-Lorraine. which was French un
til 1871 and the Saar coal district, part
Of which was French until 1915, and
all Of which was French up to the
treaty Of Parts in 1914. The whole
spirit and the whole purpose Of French
policy has been to seek protection
against a new German attack by
achieving some form of naturalization
Of German territory between the Saar
and the Rhine, so that in case OF an
other war the struggle would begin
not in the heart of French territory,
but in German territory.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
Marked Differences.

Throughout the course OF the con-
ference there havo been marked Diff
fercnces In the American point Of view
AS to the question OF financial payments
which Germany should make to the
countries she has devastated, but CO.
existant with this difference of view.
which in reality leaves opportunity for
satisfactory compromise, there has been
developing in American quarters a very
profound sympathy with the French de-
sire for security and an increasing I'M
Outstanding OF the French mood in
this respect As we stay longer in
Europe we Americans grow to appreCi-
| ate the European problem much more
accurately. A result OF this develop
ment OF American understanding of
French feeling with respect to the
western frontier Of Germany Is now
found In the very general expectation
that within the next two weeks the
whole question will be resolved in the
following manner
In the first place, despite German
bluff and menace in recent days, the
question OF Alsace-LOrraine will not
be r%copened and the preposterous Ger
ma demand for n plcbiscite In Al
sace-Lorrraine will not he granted. lr
a word, Alsace-Iorraine will be re-
garded ~henceforth as French territory
stolen from France in 1871, ~regained fol
France at tho moment of the German
| SURRENDER IN november lflAs III Ll'
second place, France will be permitted
to annex without qualification the rela
lively restricted Saa valley area, i'm
portant because Of its great coal dc
posts, and necessary to French Indus
tries nov that the Germans have pu
the French coal-producing territorie
on the north out OF business for a perio,
Of at least five or ten years. Thirdly
between Belgium and France on tn
west and the Rhine on the east. Their
will be created a Rhenish republic
which will serve a. a buffer state be
tween Germany and the countries whtc
she invaded in 1914, n I am informc
that while there has been no decision |
the matter Of the Saar and OF tn
Rhenish republic, there Is no longt
any real question Of America oppcsin
this solution.
The question OF a Rhenish republi
Is TO be solved in the following manner
First OF all. there il no question {
' French or Belgian annexation OF an
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08

Of this territory apart from the Saar
valley and two or three F~rench-speak-
ing towns on the Belgian frontier, OF
which Maltmedy is the most consider
able. This Is the decision both Tor me
present and for the future, There is no
idea that at any time this country Will
be absorbed either by the French or
by the Germans. It Is recognized to be
German. 1t Is recognized that to an
mex 1t to France would be to create a
new and dangerous Alsace- Lorraine,
and to arouse German patriotic emotion
which might prove as legitimate an op-
stacle TO future peace as the annexa-
ton Of Alsace-Lorralne constituted az
ter 1871.
BY contrast there Is a belief that,
separated from Prussian influence
which save in the Palatinate has pre-
vailed on the western bank OF the
Rhine for a hundred years-inhabttants
OF the region who were naturally UNI
sympathetic with the Prussian Idea and
were once permeated with the spirit of
the French revolution, will achieve a
degree of independence from the evil in
fluence of the Prussian idea, and that
they will in time arrive at sympathetic
relations with the Latin countries oil
the west. But 1t Is recognized that II
you'd be impossible and inequitable per-
manently to deprive their people OF the
right OF self determination. As a result
1t is agreed that the Rhenish republic
shall be created &c exist only until sucl
time as Germany has paid her financia
debts to France and Belgium, and dis
charged all obligations which Will b'
fixed by the new treaty at Versailles
when this has been accomplished, the
armies of occupation which will up q
that time stand guard on the Rhine WI
be withdrawn. and 1t will be for tn
people of the Rhenish republic to decid,
Of their own free will whether they VII
rejoin Germany or continue as an indie
pendent state. 80,
The extreme hope on the French sid
Is that the period Of separation fron
Germany and the extent OF friendly re
lations with France may bring about
desire on the part Of the Rhenish dis
tricts to continue an independent exist
ence. II this shall happen, then ther
will for the future exist a considerable
state separating Germany from Franc
and Belgium and abolishing the imme
diate peril of a German invasion.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
FINAL DECISIONS
NEAR ON BIGGEST
PEACE QUESTIONS
SimOnds Asserts Fixing of Western and
Eastern Frontiers of Germany May Be
Accomplished Shortly.
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.
Especial Cable to The News Scimitar.)

PARIS, March 8-The next two weeks are not i~mpossibly
to see the solution of two great problems before the Paris
the fixing of the western and of the eastern from
Of Germany. The decision with regard to these frontiers
means, in some respects, more than any other decision that the
Paris conference can take, because it means on the one side the
giving of security to France against a possible return OF German
the creation on the other side of a Poland capable
of resisting German and Bolshevik attack and OF becoming
a considerable and an important European force.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
(RES.u.S. PAT. ORD
81 K.c.B ..

AND THE horse had jumped.
AND HAD broken the harness.
AND HAD left the buggy.
AND WAS running wildly,
.
IN THE direction of home.
AND l was there.
SITTING IN the seat.
AND HOLDING tight.
AND I stayed right there.
UNTIL I was sure.
THE HORSE wasn't coming back.
AND BY that time.
MY FRIEND had arisen.
AND WASN'T hurt.
AND WE were completely surrounded.
BY THE village p~opulace.
AND THEY asked us questions.
AND EXAMINED the buggy.
AND PICKED up straps.
FOR A block away, !
AND BROUGHT them to US. d,
AND A kindly gentleman.
WITH AN automobile.
OFFERED TO take us homs,
AND WE accepted.
AND JUST as we left. "
WE HEARD a little girl say.
THAT K, c. B. and a gentleman
HAD HAD a runaway.
WHICH WAS more or less true.
EXCEPTING FOR the fact.
THAT AFTER the horse left.
WAS merely a spectator
h. %NSsM A$21S
H. hA w. G[N w
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08

approval, satisfied all legitimate French
requirements and as | have said many
times before neither government nor
the masses of the people have ever
favored annexation. real or covert, of
German territoy beyond the old from
tiers of France Of 1914; that is, be-
yond the boundaries of Alsace and the
Saar district.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08

All of our boys who arc soldering in France are not suf-
fering ~martyrdom. The crowd that was arrested in a clubhouse
in Paris the other night had a privately supported gambling
house, half a score of beautiful women and champagne that cost
SIS every time a cork hit the ceiling. The boys at home must
get along on creek water,
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1919-10-30
SOLDIERS TO DIRECT DRIVE
SAILORS, TOO, IN SOME CASES
WILL RUN CAMPAIGN.
Willingness of Returned Fighters to
Direct Red Cross Roll Call
Encouraging.

Returned soldiers and sailors in a
large number of Red Cross Chapters
of the Southwestern Division of the
Red Cross-Missouri, Kansas, Texas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma-have ac-
cepted the dictatorship of the Third
Red Cross Roll Call, Nov. 2 to II, ac-
cording to recent announcement.
That this willingness not only to be
come members of The organization but
to engage actively in the campaign to
perpetuate the American Red Cross
for future work indicates the high re-
gard in which service men hold the
Red Cross, is the belief of Alfred Fair
bank, Division Manager.
1.-THE fact that the young men who
have served their country so cour-
ageously, and who have seen the Red
Cross at work, are willing to assist so
actively in its continuance should APP
peal to every man, woman and child
in the country.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1919-10-30
TEACHERS WILL CANVASS
Dallas, Texas, instructors vauntee,
As Red Cross Roll Call
Workers.

School teachers of Dallas, Texas,
have volunteered their services as
canvassers for the Third Red Cross
Roll Call, November to IL. They
already have perfected an organiza-
ton and plan to make house-to-house
canvass on the second Sunday of Roll
Call Week in an effort to swell the
total OF Red Cross memberships
for 1920.
"As we each intend to canvass in
our own district" one teacher writes
to Red Cross headquarters, 1--WE expect
to accomplish much by this unified ac-
ton. Many teachers have mentioned
that they had been unable to give as
much time to war work as they wished
and therefore desired now to aid the
Red Cross in furthering its peace pro
gram.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1919-10-30
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 2
TEMPERANCE LESSON.
Worlds Temperance Sunday.)

LESSON TEXT-Jer. 35:1-s. 12-14, Is, 10.
GOLDEN TEXT-Whether therefore we
eat. or drink, or whatsoever ye do. dc ala
to the glory OF God.-I Cor. 1881.
PRIMARY TOPIC-A true temperance
story
JUNIOR TOPIC-What alcohol does
Prov. 1881, 80.
INTERMEDIATE ToPIC-The clean
strong life.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Our per-
sonal responsibility for temperance re-
form
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1919-10-30
RED CROSS DRIVE
GAINS NONE MUM
ACTIVITIES OF EACH DAY OF
NOVEMBER CAMPAIGN
OUTLINED.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO AID
Also Women's Clubs, Municipal EN-
pIoyees, Labor Organizations
and Business Men.

That added momentum is being
given by the Third Red Cross Roll
Call. by the approach of the opening
day of the campaign, November 2, is
indicated by hundreds of preliminary
reports reaching Southwestern Diyi-
sion headquarters in st. Louis from
Red Cross Chapters in the five
States = Missouri, Kansas, Texas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma = composing
the division. The drive closes Novem-
Der H.
An outline, giving in detail the Red
Cross activities that will characterize
each day of the Today campaign,
recently has been made public The
opening day as been designated Red
Cross Sunday" and will be the
occasion for sermons on the Red Cross
that will be preached in churches
throughout the United States. Special
programs are to be held at morning
or evening services.
On Monday, November 8, the
Governors proclamation in each State
will be made public, mass meetings
will begin and the first check of the
progress of the campaign will be made
at a workers dinner in the evening.
Municipal Employees Day has
been set for Tuesday, November 4.
On this day a proclamation from the
Mayor of each city and town will be
arranged for, while on the principal
municipal building the Red Cross flag
will be RAISED to be displayed through
out the remainder of the campaign
Department store speeches will be
made by "four-minute men" to be
followed by lunch hour enrolment.
Wednesday, November 5, is to be
"Womens Day" on which special
tribute is to be paid to the work which
women are doing in the Red Cross.
Meetings of women's clubs, special
exercises in Red Cross workrooms and
Chapters will characterize the day.
which also will mark the peak OF the
housetohouse canvass that is to be an
additional feature of the campaign
Homage to the support which the
laboring man is giving to the Red
Cross will be paid Thursday, Novem-
Der 6, which is Employees Day"
Noon meetinge will be held at fac
tories and large Industrial plants.
The school children OF each city
town and county will be the central
figures on Friday, November Z, when
special exercises in the schools will
be held. The following day is special
feature day for business and fraternal
clubs. On the second Sunday of the
campaign, November 8, patriotic SER
mons will be preached. November 10
is Button Day." when all not wearing
Red Cross buttons, will be solicited,
while on Tuesday, November II, the
first anniversary of the Armistice,
final reports will be made, and the
campaign will close.