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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-05
MISCELLANEOUS


KANSAS CITY, Nov Butter, eggs
and poultry unchanged,
Potatoes--Lower, $2,40@3l0
NE WYORK. Nov. 6.--Butter steady;
receipts 1895 firsts, 6iq SOC.
Eggs--steady, receipts ll,S5S firstS'
59G64c. -
age run 81 n32l4c,
Live poultry steady; chickens, "a
CSC fowls, 10000. Dressed, steady;
chickens, 2i@45c; other prices un-
changed,
NEW YORK, Nov. Bar silver,
Sl23%. Mexican dollars, 9G}ec
>
CHICAGO. Nov Butter lower,
creamery, b2@G6c
Eggs Higher; receipts 2,2S$ cases;
firsts, 5ga SOC: ordinary firsts, 5Oh5215ci
AT mark cases included, O2n5Sc, stor-
age packed fir Is, 59hc
Poultry--Live, higher springs &c,
fowls, 1Glsd2ic
ST, LOUIS. Nov 5.--Corn--No, 2,
81 81. No. white. $l59,
Oats-No. white, zoe, No, white.
74la@ 75c.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-05
MEMPHIS COTTON

Memphis cotton closed steady at ad
vance OF 100 points. Mddling, Acc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Loyal, But

" HOLLAND. In harboring the
kaiser lis being loyal. she says,
to her best traditions. But isn't she
being too loyal?"
The speaker was an Official of the
shipping board. He went on:
Holland in her loyalty reminds me
of a story. A certain man went out
in his automobile, and failed to turn
up for dinner. Bedtime came, and still
he hadn't turned up. The small hours
and no sign of him
Then the mans wife, frantic, sent
OF kilograms to his six best friends,
all worded the same. namely:
is George passing the night with
Well. George turned up at breakfast
in farm wagon. He had had an ac-
cident in the depths Of the wilder
ness. Oh. George had had a horrible
time. truly.
AS he recounted his adventures and
deyoured ham and eggs, the maid
brought In on silver plate six tele-
grams that had arrived Simultaneous
ly. Georges wife opened and read
them one by one. They were all word
ed alike. Each said: ..
George passed the night here.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
A Natural Inquiry.
:. ORD GEORGE WELLESLEY ga

! ORD GEORGE WELLESLEY said
Lat a luncheon in Philadelphia:
"one result Of this war will be that
the English workingman will be
better paid. He'll be content no longer
with the wages OF the past.
"The English workingman is Shove
ing in numberless ways his resolve
to have better share of the good
things his labor creates. know q
lady who, when the submarine crisis
was at its worst. lectured In the east
end Of London on Cheap and Tasty
Dishes for the Masses
My next DISH the lady said in
the course of her lecture. is boiled
Gods heads. A boiled Gods head, dear
friend, Is. properly prepared, a dish
fit for the gods. You take four Gods
heads of good size and quality, place
them In casserole with salt and
pepper, an onion and
Wait bit,' ma'amv
"a gaunt chap had risen from q
front seat. He was pointing his long
forefinger at the lady and scowling.
Wait bit. ma'am!" he repeated.
What | want to know is. who gets the
cod"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

was enabled to build a wagon road
iO5 miles long. through canyons 5000
f f deep and over mountains 10000
rect ans nigh n to q gold mine that he
on 5000 acres of land
Graduated at Yale. Senator Brandes
gee studied law and practiced many
years at New London. Senator Mcs
Cumber. born in Illinois. took the law
course at the University of Michigan
and moved to Wahpeton, N. D. He
mas been in the Senate since 1899.
The remaining democrats on the
present committee are Key Pittman
or Nevada. aged forty -six; Atlee Pom.
creme an or Ohio. aged fifty-five; Charles
ntty-sI; Charles Spalding Thomas Of
toioTado, aged sixty-nine; Marcus
AureIius Smith Of Arizona, aged six
ty-six: John Knight Shields OF Ten
nessee, aged sixty: Willard Salisbury
OF Delaware, aged fifty-seven. and Jo-
seph T. Robinson of Arkansas. aged
forty-six. Mr.. Salisbury will not be
a member of the next Senate and Mr..
Ihomas and Mr. Robinson will hardly
oe on the committee when the peace
treaty Is analysed.
,,S senator pr Shields has been chief JUS
ice OF the supreme court of his state;
Mr. swanson has been Governor OF
virginia; Mr.. Pomerene has been
lieutenant governor Of Ohio: Mr..
smith has been in Congress, OH and
on. Stree 1887, and Mr.. Pittman. go
ing to the Kiondike when the gold
rush began. steered the first boat
through White Horse rapids. helped
10 reform the civil government of
nome and Dawson and. returning to
the Tar west. went at the head of the
procession of adventures into Tono-
pan. where. at law and mining. he
amassed large fortune.
Copyright. 1919. by James b. Morrow.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

burst out again, but Wang Foo was
missing! Yes. Wang Foo was gone,
but look! Who Is this elegant Chinese
official coming in through the other
door?
Ladies and gentlemen" said ;he
consul, allow me to present to you
His Excellency Chang. formerly prime
minister of China, He wears, as you
all see. the Identical robe Of state
which the daughter of our charming
hostess Is to wear as an opera cloak
at Covent Garden next winter"
safely passed through the flames"
added Wang. as with a most gracious
bow he approached the astonished
Mrs. Wadleigh and sat down beside
her with the mandarin coat adjoining
his handsome figure.
You see" he said, II have brought
something mysterious with me-"
Explain it! Explain 1t at once :.
they ali cried in unison.
"A perfectly simple matter, when
one knows the secret" calmly replied
the woodworking Wang. II hap
pened to find mandarin coat Of pa
per In a native shop that was such a
clever imitation of the genuine article
that 1t occurred to me to show II to you
as an example OF Chinese skill. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
fsctiy at his case Mrs. wndleigh was


fectly at his case. Mrs. Wadleigh was
charmed with him and Nothing must
90 but that he must consent to be one
OF her guests at little birthday gath
ering which she was planning in her
husbands honor.
'Now, Mr. Wang" she added. you
surely must come and do, please. bring
something very mysterious with YOU"
Wang smiled gracious acceptance
OF the invitation. saying, as he did so ::
mrs. Wadleigh. your request reminds
me OF the English iady's invitation to
Mark Twain, the American humorist,
you remember. when she said to him:
Mr., Twain, please come to my house
and be funny One cannot always do
these things to order. you know"
The problem Of being very mysteri-
Gus offhand rather perplexed the de-
tective as he took his departure. but
his ride home through the streets of
the settlement suggested to him an
idea which he proceeded to develop as
the evening wore on. It happened to
be the evening before the ascension
heavenward of Tsao Chuin, the god Of
the Kitchen, and all the native popula-
ton were preparing their paper Sc
dan chairs and coolies and garments
to accompany him on the celestial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
Why Not?

CHAIRMAN BARUCH of the War In.
dustries Board said at Washs
ington banquet:
II was brought up to consider that
1t was impossible for soldier to
carry an umbrella. A soldier with an
umbrella seemed as absurd to me al
a soldier with fan.
well, the other day, in a deluge OF
rain, l beheld a soldier, big una
brella over him. stepping along brisks
ly. i stopped my car and said:
young man, this Is the first time
l ever saw q soldier with an umbrella
well boss he answered, maybe
it's the first time you ever saw q real.
live, up to date soldier" .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

through the carelessness OF some Arab
dropping spark on the wrappings
] am told that the same thing has
happened In India and have no
doubt, Mr.. Wang"-turning as he
spoke these words to the detective
that the ~same Is true in China. Is 1t
not?"
quite So" answered the Chinese
visitor, who. up to the present time
had been disappointingly natural and
not bit mysterious. NOW, that beau
tiful mandarin coat of Mrs Wad-
leighs, for instance'--he rose and
approaching the glass case in which
his hostess had hung it. to the utter
surprise and dismay of the company,
took the garment out, and, without
removing the gauze cover which dim
ly concealed it's beauty, before any
one could protest or stop him, struck
match and touched its lower border.
There was binding flash, burst
of flames and in an instant the price
less mandarin coat was nothing but
a bundle of crumbling ashes. He
threw open the glass door and, rush
ing out with 1t. deposited it on the
veranda--as he did SO. every electric
light in the room suddenly went out
1t was only moment before they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

Journey He was writing his record of
the year and would report on arrival
the behavior Of all the different MEM
bers OF the household. This explains
the avidity with which they pur-
chased packages of molasses taffy (of
which the divinity was exceedingly
fond) and placed IL in his mouth be-
fore his departure. so that when he
reached the heavenly shores he would
be SO busily engaged in chewing that
he would be unable to talk! As the
jinriksha passed a very large estab-
lishment where paper garments to be
burned In Tsao Chuin's honor were be-
ing sold, Wang stopped and, entering.
requested an interview with the pro-
prietor. What they said and planned
over the tea-bowls and pines leads up
to very interesting event which we
mustn't anticipate.
Yes. II is quite true" remarked the
consul as the company passed into
the drawing room after the elaborate
birthday dinner, that aged cloth and
even silk becomes very infiamma BILE.
j remember when l was stationed In
Egypt that often valuable mummies
were destroyed in this way just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

house-boy kindly exchanged II for m(
before dinner and the covering %
gauze prevented your Diet Getting II. Ouf
good friend, the consul. entered into
the secret with me and kindly introa
duced the subject OF infiammable gar-s
ments at the opportune moment. You
all recognize the fact that every good
magician requires confederate"
And do you mean to tell me that II
was the paper coat and not the real
one that hung in that cabinet alt
through the evening"" inquired Mrs.
Wadleigh.
Words were never more truly
sroken---you see the real one waa
waiting for me outside on the vel
randa when the proper time came to
put 1t on
Jim. the tailor, still continues bust,
ness at the old stand In Shanghai
and makes uniforms for his majesty'a
navy and every variety OF garment
Tor European civilians, but, needing
the timely advice of the inspector q
police. he no longer deals In mandaS
rim coats-even at their fabulous valA
yes
Copyright. 1910, by Mcclure syndcats.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19

March. Mr.. Lodge has been student
Of foreign affairs for many years.
Geographical, political and racial lines
are as familiar to him as are the
woods and fields to the farmer who
owns them and can find his way
among them, no matter how starfess
may be the night. All men know
about his militant Americanism. an
Americanism that is the one great
passion of his political life. and yet is
made both safe and reasonable by his
conscience, culture, philosophy and
learning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19


All of the committeeman are law
lers. although the real profession of
Mr.. Lodge is literature and the bust
ness Of Mr.. Hitchcock is the publish
Ing OF two daily newspapers. Hitch
cock, tall, nervous and alert physi
calIy and mentally, young lawyer
in Omaha waiting proverbially for
clients. Unconditional as block of
granite, sternly tireless in his pur-
suits and purposes. was seized with a
desire ITO start something" as lie has
told the writer.
So he organized a company and es-
tablished an afternoon newspaper.
which he named the Evening World.
Since then. exactly "A generation $50,
he has been an editor and publisher.
He founded the World in 1885. and
in 1889 purchased the Morning Herald
and hyphenated the names of the pa
pers. 1t was in 1887 that William
Jennings Bryan, aged twenty-seven.
settled at Lincoln. not far from
Omaha. and began practicing law and
politics.
At banquet. soon thereafter
Hitchcock made the acquaintance of
Bryan. Both delivered addresses. and
sat side by side at the table. Bryan,
visibly anxious, held the manuscript
of his speech on his lap and diligent-
ly studied 1T while other men were
talking. When he arose to speak,
however. he was sure of himself and
master of his subject.
Bryan. a candidate for Congress in
1890. received the support of Hitch
cock and became the editor of Hitch
cocks papers in 1894. Hitchcock, then
a free silver man, employed Bryan. as
a matter of business. paving him lese
than $1,000 a year, and Bryan. desir
opinions to the public, was glad to
leave the law and turn to Journal
ism.
The phrase about the cross of gold
and the crown OF thorns. which nomi-
mated Bryan for President in 1896,
was thought out by its author while
he was writing editorials for Hitch
cock. 1t was not printed, however, but
was tried on one OF two country
audiences and found to be wildly ex-
citing to some temperanents. Hitch
cock knew about 1t and believed that
1t would start the delegates to yell
ing when they heard II from his edi-
tor. And SO IL did.
Mr. Hitchcock is fifty-nine years old
and was elected to the Senate in ts11
after service of three terms in the
House Of Representatives. He was
born in Omaha and was educated
there, at Baden Baden In Germany
and at the law college of the Uni
versity OF Michigan.
The experiences of Philander Chase
Knox give him special and notable
qualifications for the work OF the
committee on foreign relations. He
was Attorney General in the cabi-
The Keota news., 1919-11-07

The Teachers Center meeting was
held 1t the school house Saturday at !
o'clock. Mr.. Sterrett was chairman,
with oil members present. Miss Gala
han was chosen chairman for the next
meeting. when study Of the Reading
Circle books will b taken up.
The grade pupils gave an informal
hallowe EN- program Friday afternoon.
and served light refreshments after
ward.
The Workman children are out OF
school because Of . severe attack OF
mumps.
Emmett Poush has enrolled in the
grammar room. making total enroll
ment Of 80.
A health crusade has been started as
. practical application Of hygiene les
sons. and will last for the next fifteen
weeks. 1t IL hoped that there will be .
number Of Knights and Knight Ban.
nerets. /,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-19
Fighting Parson to
Speak
Chaplain of the Old First South
Carolina To Deliver Address
on 27th.

The address at the Memorial and
Thanksgiving Services on the 2Tth
will be delivered by Rev. john S.
Lyon who was chaplain Of the 11Stn
Infantry Of the Tfirtieth Division.
This was the former First South Car
olina of the State militia.
The selection Of Chaplain Lyon to
make this address is peculiarly ap-
.propriate, as he is himself a man
who was at the front. Mr.. Lyon was
wounded in the fighting that the
Thirtieth saw SO much of. so what he
viii have to say Will be right from
the heart, for he will know what he
will be speaking about.
The Memorial and Thanksgiving
services will be held at four o'clock
Sunday the 9th, and will be part one
Of the celebration for the soldiers
and sailors; part two being the pa
rade and reception the next day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-19
Division of Money Expected of
Germany Expected to Cause
Trouble
SMALLER NATIONS DIS
SATISFIED WITH PLAN
Belgium Has First Claim But
Share Allotted Her Is Not
Satisfactory

Paris, April 15.-Thc reparatlon
problem and settlements still have
troublous times ahead in connection
with the question Of distribution OF
the indemnity to be paid by Ger
many. The smaller powers that SUI
tered under the German invasion are
still to be heard relative to their
shares Of the PREPARATION fund, par
ticularly Belgium. whose claims are
entitled TO first consideration under
various pledges
The tentative scheme of distrjbu-
ton which France and Great Britain
have advanced apportions probably
S5 per cent of the total sum TO these
powers, leaving the remainder to sat-
isfy the demands Of Belgium, Italy,
Serbia and others. This is smaller
than the secondary powers expected
and they are almost sure to be dis
satisfied with it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-19
Killed At Church
Negro Shot to. Death at Union
town ChurchsNear St. Charles

Albert Montgomery was shot and
instantly killed at Uniontown church..
near st. Charles. Sunday by Thomas
Jefferson. Three shots We're fired
from {; 80 caibre revolver, two
taking effect. one in the shoulder and
the other in the neck, which broke
The small column and caused in
stant death. After the shooting JEFF
ferson walked Off without molesta-
ton. none of the large crowd of ne
,roes present at the meeting making
any attempt to arrest him. Later in
the afternoon the rural police were
notified and they made an effort to
locate Jefferson. but he left that sec
tion of country, leaving no trace.
Jelferson's home was in the Lynch
burg section Of country and he and
three other negroes from Lynchburr
attended the meeting. It is stated
that Montgomery, who was a. st.
Charles negro. was sitting in bug
gy with a woman when he was shot
The origin of the troup.e has NOT
been learned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-19
Belgium in Council
Given Representation On Su'
preme Economic Board

Paris, April Is (By the Associated
Press)-The supreme economic
council has decided that Belgium may
be represented thereon in view Of tbs
many questions affecting that coun-
try
The council has received the report
Of the director general Of relief meas
urcs effected by the United States
showing that 5000 tons Of supplies
TO the value of S111.2S0,000 have
been distributed. The council consid-
cred measures to increase supplies
and shipping during the current
month.
The serious deficiency in coal in
Italy today led the economic couacil
to appoint committee to devise
means for an immediate increase Of
the supply.
The official statement Of the wo"x
of the council says:
The supreme economic council
held it's fifth meeting at the ministry
of commerce on Monday. April "A,
at 10 a. n1., under the chairmansIlir
of Vance Mccormick.
ct was decided, in view Of The
large number Of questions coming be
fore the council which particularly
affect Belgium that tlie Belgian gov
ernment should be invited to notni-
nate a representative who shall have
the right to attend the meetings Of
the council and of its sections.
The disposal of surplus stocks Of
raw material in possession Of the ~
lied government for sale to the Ger
man government during the per5oc
prior to the treaty of peace undel
arrangements to be worked out by
special committee in conjunction with
the blockade and finance sections of
the. council, was approved.
The director general cf relief Sub
mitted a>rev;ew Of relief measures Of
fected by the United States. Great
Britain. France and Italy during the
month of March through the coortli-
nation Of the supreme economic coun-
Gil which shows that supplies amount
ing to more than 3SS,000 tons. to
total value Of Sill. 900 were dis
tributed during the month. director
General Hoover's figures recently
given out were 3$S, ,O41 tons. to the
value Of $95. 100000.
The council considered the meas
ure necessary to increase the supplies
finance and shipping required for the
following months.
The council again considered the
serious deficiencies in the Italian coal
situation and Il committee was ap
pointed to devise definite measures for
the immediate increase Of the insult
fcient supply
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-19
Senate Will Adopt
Treaty
Senator Hitchcock Says Changes
in League of Nations Cove
nant Insure Ratification

Washington, April 13.-Senator
Hitchcock Of Nebraska, retiring chair
man Of the senate foreign relations
committee. in a statement tonight
declared that the change made in
the league of nations constitution as
officially announced in Paris would
remove virtually all objections to the
covenant He predicted that the
peace treaty containing the league
covenant would be ratified by the sem
ate.
1.-The changes that have been made
in the league of nations covenant"
:sfactory. and are conclusive answers
to all the objections that have been
made to the pan. l think they re-
move most of the objections that
have been raised by senator's. Where
the constitution has been a little in
definite, it has been made definite and
certain. 1t is materially improved in
sorm and language. President Wilson
has won a great victory
Most Of the senator's who signed the
Lodge resolution were out of the city
tonight and could not be reached to
obtain their views regarding the
changes that. have been made and
the probable effect of the alterations
upon opposition sentiment in the SEN
ate. Senator Lodge. Republican
leader, left Washington carly today
for his home in Boston. Senators
Borah of Idaho. Knox of Pennsyl-
vania and PoindeXter Of Washington
(Republicans) and Reed Of Missouri
(Democrat) who have criticised the
draft of the covenant first proposed,
either are on speaking trips in con-
nection with the league plan or are
1T their homes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-19

ernment in making acreage estimates
and crop estimates was fully dis
cussed, it being brought out that the
representative Of the government IN
Sou:,, Carolina IS one Of the most ac-
tive AID painstaking in the entire
belt. This entire matter was referred
to a special committee consisting Of
y. S. Wannamaker, chairman, T. C.
Mcleod, John D. Frost and 3. y.
Hare, with instructions that they
prepare the most practical form for
the securing Of accurate and correct
crop acreage and estimate reports
and use their best efforts to have the
same enacted into law at the next
session of the general assembly.
a full and lengthy discussion of
the cotton seed situation resulted in
passing u motion instructinS the
chairman to take up with the secre-
tary of agriculture and also with the
pure food department, the matter OF
the importation Of oriental oil and
the cotton seed situation as existing
today, using every effort to have
same relieved.
On motion Governor cooper was
requested to write Governor Pleas
ant. chairman OF the association.
Baton Rouge, La, informing him full
w OF the various matters handled by
the South Carolina Association yes
terday and urging that he, as pres
ident of the Southern Cotton Associa-
ton, be requested to immediately
urge each Of the governors of each Of
the cotton growing states to appoint
30 delegates to attend q; meeting Of
the representatives OF the various cot
ton growing States on May ii. 15 and
I6 Or as near those dates aS possible.
said convention being hcIti for tho fol-
lowing purposes: The first day TO be
given to reports or acreage reduc-
ton, crop preparation. and various
other matters touching the campaign
for acreage reduction and holding Of
cotton for remunerative prices: the
second day TO be given to the COM
pIetion CT the organization Of the
foreign marketing and exporting cor
poration and the third day to be
given to the adoption of plans. by
laws and constitution and tho organ
iZation of q permanent cotton asso-
citation throughout the entire cotton
belt: also for the discussion Of the
financing and banking of cotton and
such other business as touches these
subjects.
/; was decided that the great bene-
fits to be secured by, the farmers,
merchants, ha,4l.e,-c; md l,,,cilaee:; lnc,.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-19
News From Russia
American Commander at Arch
angel Says Situation is
Satisfactory

Washington. April 15.--Brigadicr
General Richardson. the new Amcri-
can commander in Northern Russia.
reports the military situation salts
factory in his first official dispatch
since his arrival The message is dat
ed April 18th. about two weeks az
ter the mutinouS conduct the Ameri-
can company. which refused to go to
he front from Archangel 1t is as
sumcd re that by satisfactory mill
tary situation he means that proper
discipline prevails among the Amer
;can troops generally.