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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17

PARIS, Feb. II, (By the Associated
Press. )-Premier Borden's speech here
last night in which he criticized the
delaX in concentrating peace While
the troops are anxious to return to
their homes has made an undoubted
impression here. The same view is
said to be taken by some Americans,
while the British are not Indifferent to
the demands OF their territorial con-
tingents, which are supported by the
labor element of England.
Stephen Pichon, in discussing OBJ
stacles to an immediate peace during
a talk with newspaper correspondents
today, said there we've many reasons
why the treaty could hot be signed at
once, even though the league of ma
tons project was out of the way.
Many issues that will form the basis
of peace, he said, were being carefully
studied. Among them is the DISPOSE
ton of many Of the fragments into
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
PREMIER ACE IS
WELCOMED HOME.
Capt. Rickenbacher Reaches
Columbus and Parade Is
Staged in His Honor.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. l7.-Capt.
Edward v R~ickenhacher arrived here
this morning from Washington and
was met by a reception committee OF
his fellow townsmen, The premier
flyer was kept in retirement until the
official greeting Of Columbus was
given him this afternoon by a pa
Fade In which more than a half hun
dred organizations took part. A
The mayor declared a half holiday In
order that the entire city may honor
Rickenbacher, a banquet viii be given
In the airman's honor tonight. More
than 80 aviators are expected to at
tend,
R~ickenbacher went to France as Gen.
Pershing's chauffeur, He soon went
into the air SERVICE and after he had
received his commission as first lieu
stenaut, was made an Instructor at an
aviation camp in France. Shortly he
went to the front where he won the
premiership Of American aces by shoot
ing down rs Huns,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17

luxury, and It still remains as a COM
pietc example Of the house Of a Ger
plan n0bleman at the beginning Of the
nineteenth century.
Goethe devised the house to the grand
duke for the nation The trust was
s~acrcdly observed. For 50 years after
the poets death the fittings, the furnl.
ture n the details of the study and
bedroom remained precisely as they had
been IN Goeths'a NE, when the con-
ditton 81 the house necEHsitated recon-
t%lructton In 1885, this arrangement OF
thp interior was carefully marked, and
after repairs the fittings were moves
hack Just ae they had been before, M
lheN still ronbain In place.
The schiller house IL a humble
structure IN Sehilisratrasga. In which
Schiller lived and died. Ills life d
none az the show on brIlliaaey Of
Ioethe'et but tho two graves. together
M the ehurshyafd, tell how his genlug
VA recognized, The bronze statues Of
The two poets are grouped on \
pedestal In front Of the lheater. The
most beautiful monument OF Goethe =
genius In the tosn. mol excepting the
t~heat"rt N The park, laid out without
enclosure Of any Kind. fnet beyond the
park ts this garden house" q wooden
cottage With a hlEh pitched rood, II
which Geetla passed the greater part
OF every summer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
RON WORKER IS TO FACE
INDICTMENT FOR MURDER

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb, lid
Hsuer, Ir., foreman at the Columbia
Iron works. win be placed on trial here
tomorrow charged with the murder Of
ual circumstances Preceding the trag-
edy. several foremen at the plant had
been ''ducked" In an odoriferous oil pond
ny unruly workers and on the night
of Aug, 81, a crowd of the men seized
mess. When he succeeded in extri-
eating himself he procured n revolver
and opened fire on the crowd. killing
Taps and creating panic at the works,
Hauer, who Is a German, and member
Of a prominent family, following the
killing was accused of being u~nfriendiy
to the government and 1t Is expected
that this phase of the case will bring
interesting developments.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
NEW YORK'S NEGRO UNIT
GUEST OF GREAT CITY

members Of the S69th infantry. formerly
the 18th, New York's negro regiment,
who achieved a great record in France,
are the guests OF the city today. The
regiment came from Camp Upton and
formed in East Twenty-third street for
a parade up Fifth avenue
The Rocky Mountain club today Is
sued a call to all New Workers, former
ly residents of Western states, to join
in the movement to extend a welcome
to the famous Rainbow division and
other divisions made up Of Western
boys, when they land in New York.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
BORDENS ATTACK ON DELAY
To PEACE AROUSES INTEREST

which the former Austrian empire has
been divided and another Is the treat
ment to be accorded Bulgaria.
The French people, he added, want
peace, but they realize, at the same
time, the danger of precipitate and
unsatisfactory solutions. He agreed
with Premier Borden there should be
no unnecessary delay. but did not share
his opinion that time had been wasted
at the conference. A full discussion Of
all questions must be permitted SO
that settlement which might be de-
cided upon would be unanimous, NJ.
Pichon said there was nc obstacle to
recognition being extended to the new
German government, but added the
Germans must be made to realize they
have been beaten, a fact, he said, of
which great numbers Of them do not
seem TO be aware. The new boun-
DIARIES of Germany, he remarked, would
be- up for consideration within a few
days.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
HENDERSON PLEASED AT
SUCCESS or SOCIALISTS

PARIS, Feb. Il. .(Havas) - Arthur
Henderson. British labor leader, who
has arrived here froms Berue. where he
attended the socialist conference, states
the success Of the conference EXCEEDED
his hopes He says II would not 81 ex.
act to Say the conference Endorsed the
policies Of the nacifist elements OF the
labor parties OF France and England.
and declares that in his opinion, Inc
failure Of allied socialists 10 participate
In the Stockholm conference last year
was Il political error"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
KANSAS CITY BANKERS TO
ATTEND OKLAHOMA MEET

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 17.-Eighteen
bankers Of Greater, Kansas City, repre-
seuting banks OF both Kansas City. Mo,
and Kansas City, kas., will leave Kan
sas CITY late this afternoon to attend
meetings of the Oklahoma Bankers as
ISOLATION at five points in Oklahoma.
Dir, George II. Combs, pastor of Inde-
pendence Boulevard Christian church
here, will accompany the party as the
principal Kansas City speaker. DR..
combs recently returned from France,
where he was engaged in Y. M. c. A.
work, and he will tell of his experiences
overseas.
The first group meeting of the Okla
homa Bankers association series win be
held at Shawnee tomorrow. Other meet
ipgs will be he'd at MeAlester Wednes-
dap; AT Miami Thursday. at Enid FRI
luN and At Erederick on saturday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
EDUCATORS WILL GO
TO CHICAGO MEETING

A party Of near a dozen Memphis
educators Isl preparing TO leave for Chi
a ueXt Monday To attend the an
nual session OF the National Educators
association, the highest body in the
country educational circles, The meet
ing will open Monday and continue for
five days. Educators from all over
the United States will convene there.
The marty to go from Memphis in
cludes Mr.. and Mrs, Walter Gray, Prot.
VS.. Jones, city school superintend-
ent; Miss Chart Williams, county school
superintendent; Or. A. al. kincannon,
president Of the Normal school. Miss
Leila Pritehett. also Of Normal. and
Prof. A.. G.. Mute. principal OF SNOW
den school. +estf ~
The city board Of education has
granted a leave OF absence for the
five days TO any school teacher in the
city who wants to go. Under these
conditions. the party probably viii be
greatly augmented by the time Of de-
parture.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
FRENCH NAVAL LOSSES
TOTAL2lO,OOO TONS

naval losses in the war. which has been
published, Includes four hattleships-
the Bonvet, SSuffren, Gaulois and Dan
ten; four tarmored cruisers, the Leon
G%ambetta, Arniral ChatRer, Cleber ana
nnpetit Thouars. and one fast cruiser,
the Cbateaurenauit. There were be-
sides IA ~dsstroyers, eight torpedo boats
and IA submarines lost.
one Of the submarines, the Durie. was
relocated by the enemy, but later was
recovered, The minor ships which were
sunk were five auxiliary cruisers, four
~Runboats, 92 submarine Chasers, one
sloop arra seven small craft.
The loss In tonnage was 1000 tons.
against $50, 900 tone for England: 5000
tons for Italy and II, 500 tons FOR the
United States.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17

it is the best arrangement that could
be suggested.
One of the pleasing features OF the
bill is that provision which puts the
convicts on a percentage basis. In eff
feet, this section OF the measure, pro-
vides that the contracts are to be SO
shaped that the convict or his depend
ent family will receive a part of his
earnings. A reserve fund is to be Gre
ated and 25 per cent of the selling price
of articles made will be retained and
this will be apportioned among the con-
victs, after the state has been reim-
bursed for their maintenance.
Under the present lease plan, the
convicts are in charge of the ~lessees,
but the new measure puts them in COM
plete charge of the state.
The agreement on the bill is said
to have removed one of the rather vex-
ing questions presented for solution by
the present administration.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
OLINER.FINNlE CO.,
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For clearing the skin and making it
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the penetrating, antiseptic liquid: 1t
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
NEW BUREAU OPENS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.~-Establish-
ment at Hoboken, N. j., of an effects
bureau to receive from overseas the
personal effects of deceased officers
and men and distribute them to- tia
proper relatives, was announced today
garding the personal effects of deceased
soldiers should be addressed to "the
effects bureau, port Of embarkation,
Hoboken, N, j."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
TELEGRAPHlC NEWS"
FOUR MONTHS LATE

Approximately four months and a
half after sergt. William a. White, 1889
pidgeway street, was wounded while
fighting with the S0th division near
t'sFnbrai, the government has sent his
father, G.. ". White, q telegram an
nounclng the fact. Incidentally Sergt.
Willie returned so days ago himself.
The telegram came last week
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
DENY VISIT RUMoRs.

PARIS, Feb. 17,-Reports that King
Alfonso Of Spain Is planning q visit to
A%rgentina and Brazil are denied hy
Premier Ramanones, according to The
Diario Universal, Of Madrid.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
LAST %PRoTEsToR E A

PARIS, Feb. I'm. Tachard, the last
survivor of the Alsace and Lorraine
deputies, who, in 1871, signed a protest
against the annexation OF those two
provinces to Germany, is dead, aged "a
wears,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
CORPORATIONS
EXPOSE HANDS
!. AS TO CHARTER
Continued From First Page)

grave doubt Of its constitutionality If It
carried n referendum.
Meanwhile those newspapers that 80
v~aliantly supported the measure when
they thought the committee would
serve some political purpose, discovered
two things: one was that the Measure
was not written in the interest Of any
politician with Il grudge and gave them
no advantage, and the other discovery
was that the measure was more than
a city manager bill--that 1t was a cor
poration manager bill The result was
that after announcing that their hats
were I'm the ring, or their hat. which
ever the case nsay be, as one hat seems
to cover the head that does all the
thinking, they said they did not want
the hill Without q refernnlum.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17
Why Some Switched.


The leadinA opponents Of the bill at
present were actually In favor last year
Of having the committee Of 100 MONT
nate five members OF the commission,
wait upon the city commission. three
OF whom, Monteverde, quinn and Good
man, are now In office; demand that
they resign, rs being unfit. to serve
the people OF Memphis; give their
places 10 five other men VINO were not
active in politics,
II IL no violation OF confidence to
state that The News Scimitar stood
in the way Of the proposal and stood
with the real advocates OF the present
bill because 1t was seen that a few
corporation tools wanted to get a higher
rate for gas and a higher fare for the
street car company.
It was then proposed that the clti-
gems committee nominate a ticket
pledged to the city manage plan, hut
this was abandoned when the ticket
headed by O. A. Macon pledged itself
TO the city manager plan with n refer,
endum and the ticket headed BY Mon
teverde, pledged itself to the city man
Solemn Voluntary Pledge.
I'VE pledge ourselves u~nreservedly 10
the city manager plan OF government
as proposed by the business mems com.
legislation to that end"
Tho result was that the ticket pledged
uureservedly was elected and It has
violated its pledge, The legislative
ticket was likewise pledged and with
the exception Of two or three the mem
bers, in spite Of city jobs dangling be-
fore their eyes, are standing hv the
promise upon which they were elected
TO office by the people.
The advocates OF the broken pledge
are preparing to stage n mass meeting
this week for the purpose OF proving
TO the legislative delegation that a
pledge doesn't amount to anything.
And while the amendment provides
NO referendum for itself It does pro-
vide more different opportunities for
referendurns than any act ever nro-
posed amending the cnarter OF Mem
phis. 1t cnnfers more power upon the
people Of Memphis than any measure
ever proposed for passage.
Corporations and Politicians.
That is what the corporations are
driving against. They recognize the trend
of the times. The disposition is to
confer upon cities the right to gov
ern themselves and this bill is a long
step in that direction.
Anticipating such Il step the corr
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-17

An announcement of Importance to
men who seek style and distinction as
well as comfort and service, is the
present daily arrival of the Walsh
Spring Patterns.
Always pleased to show you.
Trench and camp., 1919-02-06
To The Disabled Officer

shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island. once: Room ABB.
fremont Building, Boston, Mass.
District No. 2: Connecticut. New
York and New Jersey. Once: Room
I'll, $50 Broadway, New York.
District No. 3: Pennsylvania and
Delaware. ONCE: 1000 Penn Square
Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
District No. A.: District Of Colum-
bia, Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. once: 606 F Street, NV,
Washington, d. c.
District No. s: North Carolina.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
Tennessee. Once: Gambler Build
ing. Atlanta, Ga.
District No. s: Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana. Once: S22
Maison Blanche Annex, New Orleans,
La. !.
: District No. Z: Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky. ONCE: sos Mercantile
Library Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
District No. 8: Michigan, Illinois
and Wisconsin. Once: 1890 The
Westminster, 10 South Dearborn
Street, Chicago, Ill.
District No. 9: Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri. once: SIT
Chemical Building. st. Louis, Mo.
= District No. 10: Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota. Once:
Room TAP Metropolitan Bank Build
ing. Minneapolis, MINI.
District No. IL: wyoming, Colo
rado. New Mexico and Utah. Once:
9O9 Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colo.
District No. IL: California, Neva-
da and Arizona. once: 997 Monad-
mock Building, San Francisco, Cal.
District No. 13: Montana, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington. ONCE:
Seattle, Wash.
District No. IA: Arkansas, Okla
homa and Texas. once: $40 West
ern Indemnity Building. Dallas, Tex.
Trench and camp., 1919-02-06

The question that confronts every
0fflcer or soldier as he is discharged
a. how to get hack to his former posi-
ti0n, and pick up the threads where
he dropped them; or to fit himself
with his handicap for more respOn-
Sible position; or in some cases to
prepare for some other line Of work.
For those who come back in good
health this question is simply an
swered, but what of those demo-
bilized ofiicers and soldiers who are
returning to civil life with q handi-
cap? Some are disabled By disease.
and some by loss Of limbs, hearing or
sight, but whatever the disability,
many of them can never go back TO
the old vocation which they left. To
those men, with qualities essential
to the development Of the United
States, the government asks this
question:
Congress has appropriated two mil
lion dollars for the purpose OF reha-
bilitating and reeducating those men
who have been wounded in this war,
and has put the work under the juris-
dictiOn of the Federal Board for VO-
cational Education. The District
ofiicers of the Board are ready to con-
fer with you, now and when you are
discharged from the service, to re-
educate you and train You in voca-
ton suitable to your disability at a
college or university or other suitable
place, near your home, IL you prefer,
FREE of any cost to you. Your cost
of instruction, tuition, necessary
books, supplies, ETC., is betrayed by
the Government, and you are paid az
long as your training lasts o monthly
compensation equal to the sum to
which you are entitled under the War
Risk Insurance Act, or sum equal
to the pay Of your last month Of ac-
tive service, whichever In the greater.
This relieves you Of any burden while
you are preparing for your chosen
profession. IL you have been able to
support your dependents while you
have been in service on your pay, you
can continue to do it at the expense
of the Government at the same rate
Of pay.
Thousands of non-commissioned
oficers and privates are coming to
the Federal Board oGices to get the
benefits of reeducatiOn. You should
mot 1@lA I'D tAA0 duV@uS@60 Va eAe
opportunity.
You can secure Information about
what you, a disabled oficer, should
do to take advantage of the free Gov
ernment training by addressing your
INQUIRY to the Federal Board for Vo-
cafional Education or the District
once of the Federal Board for the
District In which you are located. The
District ofices of the Board are To-
Gated at the following point, respec-
lively:
District No. 1 Maine, New Hamp-
Trench and camp., 1919-02-06
Cards For ''HOt Meals"
Lured HUNS To Surremde

A story Of propaganda that proved
boomerang has reached London
from France. In the closing stages
of the war when the Germans were
surrendering in large numbers, q
British intelligence Officef was greet
ed by a group of prisoners with cries
Of "Hot meal! hot meal"
The officer showed surprise, but the
Germans continued to shout, Hot
meal!" and rub their stomachs.
Nothing doing in hot meals" the
officer replied.
ThereupOn the Germans pulled out
leaflets carefully hidden away in their
clothes, and cried: Ticket for hot
meal-ticket!"
The leaflets, apparently distributed
from the air, informed Fritz that II
he came In and surrendered he would
get q hot meal.
In brief, military language the
British officer told the Germans that
he knew nothing Of the origin Of the
leaflets and that there L @ss be mis-
take, but the Germans came back
with:
"Englishmen always keep their
word. Hot meal! Coupon for hot
meal!"
According to the story, nothing re-
mained for that British division but
to set to work at once and prepare hot
food for the hungry prisoners
streaming in, thereby considerably
slowing up the advance at that point
Of the line.
Trench and camp., 1919-02-06
Wars Scrap Heap
ka Valuable Affair

at will take one year to whip the
Hun and thirty-nine more to wind UP
the barbed WIRE"
Thus an American boy wrote home
to his father from France. Barbed
wire has its uses, and 90. too. will
many other essentials created by
wars necessities.
A writer in the London Daily
Chronicle. admitting that swords can
be beaten into ploughshares. wants to
know what is going to be done with
all the rest of the war material. 1t
amounts to gigantic scrap heap
which should prove a treasure for
the explorer. He views the situation
in this light:
We know, because we have been
told. the uses to which some OF the
equipment will be put. The tens OF
thousands of motor trolleys are de-
signed to play their part In road
transport and cooperative food pro-
duction and distribution. Railway
lines and cars and locomotives Will
be brought home to replace wofn-out
permanent way and rolling stock.
Hospital trains can be converted 10
ordinary uses. These are the more
obvious Transformations.
What of the intrinsic war material
and the factories which produce 1t!
As far as the latter are concerned
there is little difficulty. Most OF the
machinery OF a munition factory can
be adapted to the arts of peace with
very little trouble. 1t has been said
that Woolwich Arsenal itself, should
the millennium burst upon US, might
be turning out agricultural and tex.
tile machinery in q week Or(twO. 1t
was announced the other day that
acid-producing plants for high ex.
plosives will, almost automatically,
furnish artificial fertilizers. Aircraft
factories are an even es.sier proposi.
ton, for every part of an aeroplane or
airship might very well be something
else.
The demobili1atiOn Of our air fleets
offers . fascinating subject for spec
ulation. without knowing their ex-
act figures. hints dropped from time
to time and the evidence OF r. A. r.
reports give us an idea of their mag
nitude and constant growth. What
ever the state OF international rela-
tions after the war, it is scarcely con-
ceivable that q tenth of the present
military air establishments will be
permanently retained. The rest may
be handed over, fully nedged, IS
peace offering to generation that
four years ago saw the aeroplane
scarcely past the nesting stage. 1t
will be the first gift that Mars has be.
slowed upon Q war-tofn world.
Trench and camp., 1919-02-06
RETALIATION

Professor William Lyons Phelps. OF
Yale, tells an amusing anecdote faat
illustrated the prosaic quality e. a
German mind. Some years ago, sls-
iting the town Of 0fIenburg, he was
surprised to see q colossal statue OF
Sir Francis Drake, the famous Eliz-
abethan sea-dog. On examination he
found that the monument was erected
to Drake Gin recognition of his hav-
ing introduced the potato into Eu-
rope"
why doesn't Europe retaliate by
erecting q statue to the Kaiser, the
man who introduced the co0tie into
Europe?-CoIlier'S.
Trench and camp., 1919-02-06
AMERICA WAS THE DECIDING
FACTOR

Marshal JO1Rre recently said In
Q conversation with nm American:
'It was the weight of America.
her moral and material resources,
and surely not the least her very
considerable army, thrown into
the balance at the crucial moment.
that turned the scales and won
the victory. And the Americans
showed themselves true soldiers
and o military power that counted
tremendously In the decisive COM
Mict."
Trench and camp., 1919-02-06

StOp-If you are thinking
of disseminating your valuable
War Risk Insurance.
LOOk-at the families in
despair because the one they
were depending upon died and
left them without insurance.
Listen to Uncle Sans
wonderful proposition - and
hold on to your War Risk In
surance.
Trench and camp., 1919-02-06
THE HIGHER THE FEWER

THE HIGHER THE FEWER
Curious One-And Gid 1t not get
ON your nerves terribly when a Hun
plane started mp in pursuit?
Aviator-Yeh, made me soar
Widow.