davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
BELGIUM NEEDS PART
Of HER INDEMNITY At ONCE

PARIS, Feb, s, (By the Associated
Press,)-The financial claims OF Bel
gium against Germany are most urgent,
Baron van den Heuvel, a member OF
the Belgian peace delegation and Of
the peace conference committee on rep
aratlons, said here,
Belgium, he declared, does not have
time TO wait for an agreement TO be
reached as for the exact figures OF
the indemnity which is due her before
obtaining at least partial reparatlon,
The baron said a percentage of the in
demnity should be paid Immediately,
Belgium, he added, needs food and
machinery at n c Her working men
are idle, her industries are at a stand
still or working at a loss n her for
eign trade will 20 20 other markets
unless something Is done,
Baron van den Heuvel said II would
take much time to reckon the eXaC
figure of Belgium's losses through mill
tary operations, occupation and enemy
acquisitions The government, cities,
towns, villages and private citizens have
suffered heavy losses, Ths Belgian
government alone spent 1a0, geo, GOO
francs for feeding populations in oocu-
pied territory.
Forced wal contributions exacted
from the provincial governments during
more than four years aggregated from
80, 900, O0a TO 10000, 900 francs a month
the baron said, Private citizens have
been despoiled Of their copper anc
| other valpahles and their sufferings
through unemployment have been ac.
centuated by the high cost OF living
Gore than 10000 houses In Belgium
Have been destroyed.
In an effort TO ruin Belgian compe.
tition after tho war, the baron con.
tinued, Germany seized all raw ma,
terials and the greater part OF the ma
chinery and electrical installations Il
the iron, steel and manufacturing
plants. The Cockerill steel plant, To-
! Instance, which employed nearly 12,00l
workmen before the war, a beaI
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
STRENGTHENS
KIDNEYS--A
PURIFIES BLOOD

You can't expect weak kidneys to
hitter the acids and poisons out Of your
system unless they are given a little help
Don't allow them to become diseased
when a little attention now will pre-
vent it. Don't try to cheat nature.
As soon as you commence to have
backaches. feel nervous and tired. GET
BUSY. These are usually warnings
that your kidneys are not working
properly.
Do not delay a minute. Go after the
cause of your ailments or you may find
yourself in the grip Of an incurable dis
ease. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil cap
sules will give almost immediate relief
from kidney troubles. GOLD MED.
AL Hoarlem Oil Capsules viii do,
the work. They are the pure originAA
HARLEM Oil Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories in HARLEM, Hol.
land. Ask your druggist for GOLD
MEDAL and accept no substitutes.
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL ON
every box. Three sizes. sealed packages.
Money refunded if they do not quickly
help you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08

many would rise against such slavery
- ne Iirst opportunity aud the world
would again be plunged into war.
Anolher example: France plainly in
GGlcAtes that Il intends TO take away the
German territory OF Saarbrucken WITH
rs coal field. Saarbrueken has morn
thSn hA2 a million purely German in
naoltants. This territory was ceded 10
france through the first Paris peare ~
tolf' but only a year later was given
D1ck TO Germany In the second Paris
THE problem Of nationality is muoh
clearer n more certain here than In
Alsace-Lorratne Even II the German
portions OF Alsace- Lorraine arc given
70 france. II can safely be p~rophesied
mat a German irredenta' will spring nm
tRete very soon and threaten the peace
VI the world. This is true to a still
sreAter degree in the case when terri
cory k Saarbrucken, where nothing
Whatever that is French exists 10
Claimed by France out Of naked greed
lor power In opposition to the princlN
PIE 20 the peoples right to self-deter-
"A third example: The French did mi,
occupy the territory given them by The
artniStiee with native F%renchmen, hut
TOT the greatest part with their colored
alles These negroes are billeted on
n citizens. AS long as the war lasts
we must endure this, terrible as IL Is for
the inhabitants. Everything Indicates
THAT The French plan for q very Iong
occupation, and after peace as aelI, an.
VI Germany has paid off the WaP In
IDENTITIES. II this should really come
20 pass u would not only be a bapbarfty
but also an insult and maltreatmeWt ~
the German people which might lead al
any moment 60 IA outbreak and a new
armed conflict. 10 Is clear the world
can NOT come to an enduring peace
THAT -, a peace by justice-by the road
day"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08

stripped of all machinery and rendered
useless,
Out OF the 5000 orewer,es in Bel
GUM, 1880 have been roppeu or their
copper material OF AL kinds.
The Belgian farmers, the baron said,
have lost all their horses. especially
blooded stations, so sorely needed now
All the cattle have been requisitioned
md sent TO Germany. and tina very
land itself Is poorer In the Walloon
provinces and Flanders for lack OF
fertilizer. The foundations Of salt water
Of the province and rendered that part
Of Belgium sterile for seven years.
while the foregoing losses" the
baron said, may be figured In francs,
what can not be reckoned In money
Is the very lrlSlS rayages in health
prNations. one hundred and twenty
thousand workmen were forcibly de-
ported 20 Germany or to the zone I'M
mediately behind the fighting line. One
hundred thousand have returned ema-
eiated and In such a state Of health
thai they are an easy prey to tuber-
Mn order that life may resume its
normal trend In Belgium many things
are indispensable which do not depNffd
altogether upon the Belgians. What
Belgium needs is the immediate re-
establishment Of means OF communlca-
ton, machinery. raw material, customs
tariffs to protect home industries and
the immediate payment by Germany
Of the war indemnity to the fun limit
of Its resources"
Asked II he thought his ountry had
a claim to priority on the first install
ment on the Indemnity TO be paid by
Germany, Baron van den Heuvel said,
"Can you name any ountr which
Is more deserving OF priority than Bel.
gium2 However, arrangements have Just
been concluded by which France, Greai
Britain and America guarantee to send
10000, 900 francs worth OF products and
raw material TO Belgium"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
MISS DAILY WAS
BARRED OUT Of
MITCHELL HOME
Sole Beneficiary Under Carroll
Will Says Objection Was
Because She Taught Dane
ing and Never Made Debut.

To the fact that she was not a society
girl Miss Norris DAILY, sole beneficiary
under the Will of Miss Annie NJ. Car
roll, attributed the dislike for her which
relatives of Mi8s Carroll entertained,
according to her testimony in the de-
tense of Miss CAROLS will before Judge
Pittman, Of the Third circuit court, late
Friday.
II asked Annie" witness testified,
why her uncle prohibited my calling on
her at her home, and she said thai her
uncle objected TO me because | had
never made a debut into society. She
told me that he said she should not
people who worked for a living, espe-
cialy at such an awful thing as teach
The witness declared that she first
met Miss Carroll when the latter, ac-
companied by Mrs. Andrew Carroll,
called at the DAILY residence 10 fill q
dancing lesson engagement between the
witness and Mrs. Carroll. That was
nearly Tour years ago, witness testified,
a year later Miss Carroll moved
into the DAILY home as a boarder,
Miss Days testimony was brief. She
occupied the witness chair less than
hall an hour, and her testimony, for
The most part, was limited to denials
mat Annie Carroll had spent her money
!aVfshly on the witness. She declared
lot hilb lONbu MISS CdTTOll ana lnhl
MISS Carroll loved her in the sense that
one friend does another, and that Annie
frequently attended parties at the DAILY
nome and at. the homes to which they
had been invited.
"She wasn't attractive to men," wit
ness asserted, but she was very like
able when one knew her remarkable
personality"
Attorney J.. W. Canada, OF counsel for
the defonse. asked. A. W Bacigalupo,
Former manager OF the CASTOR hotel,
and now city inspector o. weights and
measures, If he knew how Andrew Car
toll made q living.
The witness replied that Carroll was
q 0amhler ana a race-track bookmRker.
Further questioning vas excluded un-
Der a ruling by the court, who sustained
ain, OF. counsel for the plaintiffs, on the
grounds of i~rrelevancy.
whom Miss Carroll and Miss DAYS
mother carried separate accounts for
drugs and sundries, In answering q
question from Attorney Canada as to
whether, from his personal observations
OF the conduct and speech of Miss Car
roll, he noticed anything strange or alb
normal, said:
Not a thing In the world. I certain
~ thought her mind was all right, and
In a business way she was above the
average In intelligence"
Tom Morgan, an automobile sales
man. who testified that he frequently,
called on Miss DAILY and Miss Carroll,
oorrohorated Tamm's testimony that
Miss Carroll was OF sound mind.
Testimony In the ase will be re-
aumed Monday morning and the case
may go to the jury Tuesday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
MEETING TO PLAN
WORLDLEAGUE| IS
COUNCIL FEATUR
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

" TO ENGWU 0ClHltVHEsN
PARIS, Feb, s,-The meetings Of the
special committee on the league or
nations have become the central feature
OF the peace conference. President
wilson as chairman OF the committee
has been keeping the delegates work.
ing late every night, Progress thus far
u considered to have been good, but II
IL admitted the most vital clauses have
not yet been reached. Actually the
committee has Professionally agreed
upon one-third OF the % articles in the
tentative draft, This, however, does
not dispose Of any Of the subjects as all
clauses are interallied.
II seems certain that besides the per-
manent se~cretarial there will be an ex-
ocutiVe council composed OF tho rep-
resentatives Of the large powers and
q certain number chosen In rotation
IRON me smaller, nations. This council
WIN select u chairman from among
those present, though the details have
not yet been arranged, The permanent
meeting place win be Geneva probably,
The United States doubtless will send
O, special ambassador TO be present con-
unnously' as y unlikely that presl-
attend except on extraordinary occa-
sions,
As 70 the structure of the league,
while there ls some disappointment as
to, tho Inability 10 include compulsory
arbltra ton nevertheless, 1t Is not Inn
possible to accomplish this later as per-
manent meetings to be held yearly is
u decided Improvement on The Hague
conference. II also assures a settlement
q many international affairs which are
likely TO cause disputes.
The addition Of Premier venizelos and
others to the conference Is calculated to
speed up the agreements,
Copyright 1919, by the New York
Evening Post, 1nc.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
MEMPHIS HONORS
ROOSEVELT'S WORK
-
Bishop Gailor and Gen. Wright
Will Be Speakers at st.
Mary's Cathedral.

Memphis will Join the other cities OF
the country Sunday In a nation wide
tribute to the late Col. Theodore Roose-
welt with n memorial service at ST.
Mary's cathedral.
Tho service will be held at II o'clock
and the principal addresses win be de-
livered by Bishop T. #. Gailor and Gen.
Luke n, Wright, Bishop Gailor is n
personal friend Of the Roosevelt family
n was intimate with Col. Roosevelt,
who reeiprocated his admiration. Gen.
Wright was secretary Of wal In Col
Roosevelt's cabinet.
While the services VIII be held at
st, Mary's 1t is proposed that they
shall be more In the nature OF a city's
tribute than that OF one church. and
the public Is cordially invited to at
tend.
A meeting called at the Chamber OF
Commerce Saturday afternoon by w.
+. Omberg, and atteded by Mr., On
berg, Bishop Gnilor, Gen. Wright. s.
b. Anderson and others decided upon
the memorial service and selected the
speakers.
A special musical program has been
arranged TO include the favorlte hymns
of Col Roosevelt,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
COMMISSION ADVISES
STATE TO SAW LUMBER

NASHVILLE Tenn, Feb. S, (Spl.)-
The special commission appointed by
tho governor to investigate the timber
assets Of the state on the Brushy Noun
tain tract made its report to Gov. Rob-
ertS Friday afternoon, The governor
was on the point or transmitting the
report to tho general assembly when
both houses adjourned for the week
end.
The commission, composed Of Tom
Wilson, @. +. Pile and State Forester
Il. =, Maddox, recommended that the
state begin the manufacture of lum-
Der from this tract at once and that
Gov, Roberts be given full power to
act. II also recommended that II the
state found II inadvisable to manufac-
ture this lumber at present, private
interests should be allowed TO develop
this industry for the state. The COM
mission found vast tracts OF ash, oak,
hickory, poplar and chestnut available
for manufacture. The report will be
sent to the legislature on Monday az
ternoon with recommendations by Gov.
Roberts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
COTTON REDUCTION PLAN
LIKELY TO DEFEAT ENDS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb, s,-vig-
orous protest against efforts TO secure
a voluntary reduction OF the South's
cotton acreage vas telegraphed tonight
by the Arkansas Profit Farming bu-
reau OF the Little Rock board Of COM
merce to governors Of all tho Southern
states and 70 all cotton exchanges, The
protest says that the propaganda will
nave an effect exactly opposite to the
desired one because "if the farmers and
the men who finance them become con-
WINGED that there will be a reduction
IN the cotton acreage such as will In
sure q high price for the 1919 crop.
each farmer will increase his acreage
to secure the high price and there will
he planted the latoest acreage ever
The message says that this has been
the result Of every similar effort In
the past, II suEUests that efforts be
limited to encouraging the farmers 10
nlant food and feed crops large enough
for their own use n SAYS that II this
Is done the cotton acreage win take
care OF itself.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08

the Issue at stake. British policy has
fixed upon the league of nations and
ceded everything which the president
chooses to make an issue, They have
gone a long way to persuade their colo
MES to abandon even reasonable claims
to German soil. They have been ubiqui-
tous in helping everywhere. The league
of nations project was in danger; and
1t is the conception of the British that
the future belongs in a great measure
to America, that cooperation with
America Is of the utmost Importance
to the British empire, and that any
solution of the Paris conference which
misses this will be q total disaster for
Britain.
1t is not accurate to think of the
British as opposing Americans in the
matter of the league of nations at any
point. Difference of opinion between
Americans and British on the league of
nations does not exist, and has not ac-
tualy existed. By contrast, 1t has been
the British who have saved the league
Of nations, after the project had been
brought to Europe by Mr.. Wilson, and
British policy frankly seeks American
cooperation, British comment frankly
recognizes that 1t will never again be
within the power of Great Britain, ven
IL there were desire, to challenge Amer
lea in war or In peace. There are thou
SanuS OF BnRIlShnen OF WnOfn TINS tnlnG
is not a matter of calculation, but a
matter of instinct; these see in Anglo
American friendship the realization of
lifelong dreams. But it is essential to
realize that alongside Of this is the
working of an intelligent clairvoyant
policy.
The English, unlike the French, are
not chained to some fixed problems,
and some fixed solution of as many
problems. They do not, like the French,
have to insist on any neutral zone
along the Rhine, or the destruction of
German strategic railroads on the lower
Moselle. They are able and can yield
where the choose and they have with
great readiness yielded, and with great
skill and adroitness got around any
case OF difficulty hitherto. A quarrel
between the British and Americans is
impossible, so far as the British are
concerned. The league of nations is in
evitable, for while 1t is an experiment
in idealism for America, it is a fixed
doctrine OF foreign policy hereafter with
Great Britain, the one possible means
Of escape from the burden, great now
and bound to become greater in the flu
ture-an escape achieved by dividing
the burden without increasing political
complications.
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
BIG LONDON RAIL
STRIKE IS ENDED

LONDON, Feb. S.-Sir Albert Stan
ley, president q the board of trade, an
nounced at 2:20 o'clock this morning
that an arrangement with union exec
utives had been reached and that rail-
way service would be resumed as soon
as possible.
Acting Secretary Hudson, Of the un-
Ions, subsequently declared that he was
satisfied with the agreement reached.
He said accredited representatives would
be appointed by the union to care for
the physical needs of the men pending
establishment Of an eight-hour day. He
said he expected that tube trains would
be running normally at noon today.
The electical trade union has called
off its strike, at least until Sunday,
when there will be another meeting
with government officials 10 discuss
the situation. A six-hour conference
was held yesterday at Belfast. Propose
ais were submitted by both sides, but
nothing was settled when the confer
ence adjourned.
The Scottish miners have all resumed
work pending discussion Of the whole
situation at the miners conference at
Southport on Feb, ~.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
TWO KILLED, ONE HURT
IN PLANT EXPLOSION

BARTLESvILLE, okla, Feb. S.-Two
men were killed and another seriously
injured by al explosion at the plant
Of the American Glyoerine company,
near here, The dead are.
ALBERT BROLLIER,
CAL SEXTON.
l.. J.. Vincent, the injured man, Is
expected to ecove
The explosion occurred, II Is said,
when one OF the men struck q coil
Of pipe with a hammer, They were
cleaning up debris from an explosion
that occurred less than a month ago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
DECLARES HUNS MAY PLUNGE
WORLD INTO WAR ONCE MORE

BERLIN. Feb. g. (By the Associated
Press)-n the allies persist in lmpos-
ing upon Germany demands which, will
make that country the wage slave" Of
its enemies, the allies must keep Ger
many In subsection for decades by
armed force, against which the Ger
mans would rise n an opportune mo-
ment and again plunge the world into
war, Prof. Hans Delhrueck, historian
and publieist. declared to the CORE
spondent during a discussion Of the
Paris peace conference. Prof, Del
brueek said:
THE question Of what constitutes a
peace Of Justice can best be answered
by investigating the last separate de-
mand made to see whether II is cal
culated to light the fires Of war again
at some future day or whether Il serves
tho ideal Of an enduring peace. Let me
single out some Of these questions. II
Is proposed 10 impose upon Germany
a burden which II can not throw off in
a short time, but which would make the
country the wage slave Of its enemies
for decades. This could be carried out
only II Germany were 20 be kept sub
dued by armed force all this time, But
there can not be any doubt that Ger
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
GERMAN WOMAN ASKS TO
SEE SON IN U. S. RANKS

COBLENZ, Feb. s. (By the Assoc
oiated Press. Mrs. Martha Greeff ar
dentials at army headquarters, Sk
planning that she wanted to see her son,
having come from her home in Essen.
American officers explained that the
only German soldiers within the occu-
pied lone we're those on special duty
American army property of the German
army and that Roland Greeff was not
among these men.
apparently you misunderstood me-"
said Mrs. Greeff to m American who
spoke German. MY son Is in Company
ID, Eleventh infantry, U. s.. A, which
will soon be stationed in the region Of
Treves."
Permission for Mrs. Greeff to visit
her son will be granted by head
quarters.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
Women To Fight
Dress Indecencu

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Asserting
that designers Of women's evening
gowns "have led fashion TO the ex-
treme limit OF indecency," which Il,
having "a most d~emoralizing influ-
enCe upon the youth OF the coun-
try" the New York City Federation
OF Women's clubs at a meeting
adopted a resolution calling on
women ito dress modestly" and on
designers and shopkeepers "to con-
troll indecency in dress"
A committee was appointed to rush
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
Y. M. C. A. DRIVE
LAUNCHED AT PINE BLUFF

PINE BLUFF. Ark, Feb, s. (spLl@
The allied drive for funds for the y
a big mass meeting held at the Con-
trail high school Friday evening. Geo.
T. stephens, the evangelist Rev. c. n
Williamson, Of Memphis, Misses Esther
NJ, Erickson and saba johnson, both
Of New York, and field secretaries Of
the Y. W, and c. J., Thomas, also OF
New York, were speakers at the meet
ing. Mr., Thomas is n "Y" secretary
who was In service IN the front line
trenches and added much to the meet
ing. Edward Lee, formerly OF Camp
Pike, led the singing, This meeting
followed q banquet given nj the cafe
terra at 6;ib pm, II Is planned TO raise
SlS,0 900 In five days.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08

Mss Rena Parker, the little lady who
plays the big part in 'Flo F1o," the
popular Broadway musical comedy now
on the road, decided that she preferred
the stage to a country estate In Eng
land. 1t seems that before her present
engagement as a musical star Miss
Rena had been a sort Of Mary Pick
ford picture OF innocence. one of the
Just too cute for anything kind Of
girls,
II was in this role that a certain
English lieutenant fell violently in love
with her. But along came the war and
separated them. He went away TO
fight and Miss Parker went into must
cal comedy. And according to Lieut..
Combes, for that was his name, the
horrors of musical comedy are far
worse than the horrors OF war.
He decided this after q brief visit to
see his intended wife, He obtained a
brief leave OF absence and FASTENED to
New York to behold the new star. He
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08
OFFICER WITH BULLET
IN BRAIN STILL LIVES

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. S.-The
case Of Lieut., Harry l., Minis. Of Cush-
ing, Okla, who has survived for one
week with a bullet wound in his head
is declared one of the most remarkable
on record by medical officers at Camp
Pike. Lieut.. Minis shot himself a
week ago today. The bullet entered
his forehead, passed clear through the
upper part Of his brain and came out
OF the back of his head. Physicians at
that time predicted he would survive
but n few hours. His conditionAstill is
described as critical but the hospital
physicians now believe ne has a fight
ing chance for recovery. He has been
UNCONSCIOUS the entire week.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-08

arrived late one afternoon and, instead
of calling at her hotel, he sent a note
requesting her to look In the upper
right-hand box II she cared to see the
sender.
When she came to the stage she
naturally looked as directed and was
delighted to see her lieutenant. But
the lieutenant, horror stricken at the
change he saw in the Innocent looking
little girl he had left behind, gasped
at the candor and simplicity Of the
Flo Flo" costume, and, ,blushing at
the box.
After the performance he visited the
stage and awaited an explanation of
how q young lady destined for the
Combes family Of England found, her
self in such a costume. Miss Parker,
who glowed in expectation Of his COM
pliments, resented his disapprovaL In
no uncertain fashion, and today the
heir to the Combes family Is said to
be looking for another bride.