davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
COTTON FUTURES
 RIDER TO WHEAT
 BILL IN EFFECT
By Assoa sse -.s"

Washington, Mn. eb 4-The cotton futures rider to the EuHrantce wheat price hill. which was signed today by President Wilson, becomes effective tonight at midnight. un- der 1t only 14 grades of cotton from low middiing up-can he de- Hvered on future contracts and all cotton SO delivered must be ciassi- fed by government graders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
OF THOSE MEN WHO OPPOSE LEAGUE;
Declares First Thing He Will Tell People on Other Side Is That Overwhelming Ma
 jority of American People
 Favor League of Nations.
BOARDED SHIP AT l2:O5

By NssocIateu PFtss [. New York, March 5.--Prcsidcnt Wilson went aboard the United states steamship George Washing ten at 12.05 o'clock this morning with Mrs. Wilson and other metn- bers of his party. The steamship Is scheduled to sail for France at S'io q. m. today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
Cold Wave On Way,
 Says Weather Bureau
.u a.secia.ed Pres.

EV""I7feu TTtss = Washington, March 4.-COld wnve warpipxx have becn ordered for western and central portions of Tennessee. Mississippi and Ala bama. Winds for Wednesday and ThursdRy:
 south AtInntic: Fresh southeast and south cloudy weather. prob ably followed by rain Wednesday night.
 East gulf: Fresh sOufhcast winds, probably strong over north portion, cloudy weather. probably rnin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
BIG LOANS ALREADY

The war finance corporation, 1t was announced today. already has lent $',- ,000 to railroads.
 It has authorization to issue several hundred million dollars additional un der war powers, on adequate collatet a, and at rates al least l per cent higher than current rates for 90-day paper.
 The officials questioned. however, whether the terms Of the act could be 'interpre ed liberally enough to per- init the corporation to go into tais wholesale financing.
 only a few million dollars remain in the railroad administrations orig ina! sinking fund-barely enough ta run the administration machinery it self. In addition to paying $2S1.000,000 to railroads for settlements of 1918 ac- counts. the railroad administration had planned to use this year $491. .00O,c9J for improving and extending tracks. erecting new buildings, installing bridges and other capital enterprises. $2S6, 100000 for cars and locomotives already ordered, s20.00o,000 for financ- ing the Boston and Maine and $1E,- S40.000 for inland waterways Unless funds can be privided soon, the ra'l- roads will remain unpaid, and in turn they may be slow in paying their bills for supplies and materials. it wai pointed out.
 ine iS dHAiouo to aNo'H throwing railroad securities on the market before the Victory Liberty Loan campaign, and for this reason will try to arrange means of sup plying credit through the war finance corporation if this Is possible.
 Loans already made by the war fl- nance corporation to railroads as an- nounced today are as follows:
 Baltimore and Ohio, $450,000; South ern, $6.562 900; Rock Island, S10,430,- G00 Illinois Central, $12.000000; Chesapeake and Ohio, $2,370,000, Cen tral of Georgia, $910.060; Chicago. Mil- waukee and St. Paul, $11,500,000 and New York Central. $20.500,00o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
HINES UNDECIDED AS ID NEXT MOVE TOWARD SOLVING
 RAILROAD MUDDLE
Failure of Congress to Make Appropriation Leaves the Railroad Administra- tiOn Practically With
 out Funds for Work
By Associated Press

Washington, March 4.AAd- .iournment of Congress with out appropriating $75O,0o0,OOO for railways lefs the railroad administration with practical ly empty coffers, about $3S1,- back debts and no funds with which to finance the eX- tensive programme of improve ments planned for this year as a measure to take up slack Ill the materials and labor market.
 Immediate relinqulshment of tho roads to private management loomed as possibility, but officials said this would be done only II it finally app peared not feasible for the railroais to borrow the millions needed or tj have the war finance corporation ex- tend large loans to the companies.
 Director General Hines. after confer ences tonight with Secretary Glass and Eugene Meyer. Jr. managing director of the war finance corporation. made this statement:
 The railroad situation is so com plicated by this recent development, and there are so many possibilities, that 1 cannot say at this time what may be done with the railroads. It will take a good deal of consideration before a conclusion is reached"
 Several treasury officials in close touch with financial conditions cN- pressed belief that the railroads couiI obtain loans privately to tide them over the next few months. although perhaps al high rates of interest In this connection, conference of lead!Es bankers with treasury and railroad ad- mfnfstration officials was proposed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
BITTER CONTROVERSY BETWEEN e PRESIDENT AND SENATE MARKS
 ENDING SENTATIVE CONGRESS
Obstructionists Must Assume Responsibility For Impaired
 Efficiency, Says The President

passage of necessary legislation. have taken all this into consideration. and are willing to assume the responsibility sot the impaired efficiency of the gove ~
 ment and the embarrassed finances &t the country during the time of my S S forced absence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
COTE MAKES STATEMENT

Former Supreme Court Justice John w.. Golf made the following statement re- gardng the incident:
 At the request of the committee, MT. Justice Cohalan declined to say anything at the present time, as it is not per sonad matter with him.
 "A message, was received through an author itative channel stating to me that the President woHld not enter the room where we were if Justice Cohalan was with spontaneous unanimity said they would leave ather than permit Justice Cohaian to leave. Then Mir. Justice Co., halan entered the circle Of members dis cussing the matter and said; The cause is bigger than any one man; bigger than I ain. |"
 Among the documents seized by agents of the department of justice when they raided the offices in this city Of WolS Von Igel, the German agent, accordsno tc disclosures made by the committee or public information, was oac marked very secret and signed by Count Won Bernstorff. then German ambassador, in which he said Judge Cohalan requests the transmission of the following re- marks The message said in part:
 STOOD FOR GERMANY
 "The revolution in Ireland can only he successful if supported from Ger many. Therefore, help is neces- sary.. This should consist, primarily, of
 (ContInued on Page Nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
A SUPERFLUOUS LUXUR'

 We are willing to take that rel
 bility,' said Senator Sherman of 49S ,, republican, in a reply to the Prf 3S s statement. "If the constitutior 8 he league of nations is the result at tendance at the Paris confet and his administration of the ra of the United States is the re his constant attendance upon Cos both Paris and Washington will be-> ter off without him. He is superfluous luxury, and how q do not believe" sad Senator France of Maryland, republican. that the American people ever condemned men who have the courage to do their duty as they see it. l believe it is ap- parent to the whole nation the interests of the country demand that Congress be in session in order to deal with the press ing reconstruction problems which are upon us and which have not as yet re- ceived that careful consideration which would have resulted in constructive ae- tion. Under the theory of our govern ment with it's equal and independent CO., ordinate branches I believe that Con gress could be and should be solving these reconstruction problems during the Presidents absence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
UNITED FORCE NECESSARY

The united fierce Of league of na- tic ms is necessary to stabilize conditions among the new nations, said the former President, citing armed conflicts already in progress between war born powers Hacking self restraint and not. coinpre- hending the scope 5f their powers.
 Mir. Taft saw no threat against the Monr roe doctrine iE the league covenant under which, he said, America would take. the initial steps anu presumably would te in charge of repressive action in case of vio lat ieus or tie American continent. Euro pean members would attend to Europe and Asiatic members toe'Asia, unless cor flict of such seriousness developed that the peace of the world was endan- gered.
 Yet the Monroe doctrine itself. he de- clared. was subject to limitations. In some speeches in the Senate, he added, 'intimations have been made which en- large this doctrine beyond what can be justified.
 "Those who seek to enforce the Monroe doctrine which makes the western hemi-
 (Centi.ped on Pase Twe3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
1700 NOMINATIONS PASSED

sf Washington, March 3.-Seventeen hum Edfed nominations, including those of A.
 Mitchell Palmer.i to be Attorney General.
 and John Skelton Williams, to succeed
 himself as comptroller of the currency. re- msined unconfirmed today when Congress  (ContInned on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
tContfnued on Page EighD

world point of view, no higher duty ever was laid upon the United States than now at this critical juncture in the worlds affairs to unite with the nations with whom, it has won this war in arms and brought Germany to her knees to keen her in that supplicant attitude and save her and Europe from the chaos and des- pair of further war and the inevitable triumph of bolshevism. Efr
 There must be the united force of league of nations 10 stabilize conditions and hold them until the new nations ere ated for the purpose shall have the strength with which they can play their part in making the treaty Of peace eflec tive.
 If it be said that the Eilropean na- tions should unite in q league to maintain those independent states and settle the difficulties arising between them and the older states in the sphere of war and in resisting bolshevism, it is sufficient to say that the withdrawal of the United States from the league of nations will eaken it imneasurably. The disinterest- edness of the United States. its position as the greatest power in the world, in view of it's population and their intelli- gence and adaptahility, it's enormous nat ural resources and it's potential military rower, demonstrated on the fields cf France and Belgium, make it's member ship in the league indispensable The confidence of the world in it's distinterest- edness and in it's pnre democracy will enormously enhance the prestige and power of the league and the faith of the world in the leagues earnest desire for peaca with iuStice v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-05
ID SEE |R|SHMEN WHILE
 COHALAN PRESENT
President Gives Justice Five Minutes to Leave Room, When He COnfers With
 Delegation Half Hour

New York, March 4.--Presidcnt
 Wilson refused tonight to confer
 with the delegation named by the
 Irish ri,cc convention in Philadel-
 pIia to urge his support of Irish
 freedom until Justice Daniel F.
 CohaIan of the New York state su- premc court. mentioned in the
 BernstorT correspondence. had
 withdrawn from the room at the
 Metropolitan Opera house. in which
 the meeting yvas held.
 According to Thomas J. Brcslin, 9 mem Der of the delegation, the President asked w. J. Moran, who headed his secret serv- ice bodyguard. to inform the Irishmen of his refusal to attend the conference if Justice Cohalan was present.
 At the close of the Presidents address at the Metropolitan opera house, Bresin said. Moran appeared in the room as- signed for the meeting and delivered the message, Justice Cohalan insisted upou leaving the room rather than interfere with the conference.
 Meanwhile the President, with Joseph P. Tumulty, his private secretary, remained in an anteroom after having stated he would give Justice Cohalaii five minutes to leave. On receiving word that he had done so, the President remained in con ference with the Irish delegation for nearly half an hour.
Evening journal., 1919-12-29
TO CnNsInER OpEN cAlIp EInE.

Plans for holding an open camp fire
meeting will be considered at a meeting
Of joint committee of the G. A. r. at
s O'Clock Wednesday evening in the
rooms of Sheridan Post, No. COS Market
street.
Evening journal., 1919-12-29
.NEWSGOSSIP
IN new CASTLE
Young People Have Happy
Night at Wilson Christ
mas Party
CENTURY CLUB
TO ENTERTAIN
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Dec. 29.-One OF thC
most interesting Christmas parties OF
the season was given by Mrs. Bessie
Wilson, in honor Of her son, James,
/ Saturday evening. Many guests were
present from New York, Wilmington
and the surrounding country. A most
enjoyable evening was spent by all
The diningroOm was beautifully decor
ated with holly, evergreen and Christ
mas candles. Those present were
Scout Masters Frank Heal and John
Quinn, Scouts Harold Todd Paul Burn
ham, Paul Milligan. Of Wilmington; Mr..
Calahin, Of New York; Marie Mendin-
hall. Edna Cranston, Mary Sterling,
Gladys Maloney Helen Delhi, of Bear
Edna Deemer, Esther Berry, Emma
Challenger, Blanche Sibley. Mary Civil
son, Mildred Holiday, Elizabeth Mckay,
Louise EliasOn, Harry Ahern, Edward
Challenger, Samuel McKnltt Earl Veg
geman George and Carlylse TObin, Men
ton and James White, Douglas Proud,
John Berry, James Wilson.
Mrs. LOOms Wise and son. Ogden,
are visiting friends at SudleHTille, Md
On the 520 o'clock trolley car from
Wilmington last night. a woman drop
ped her pOcketbOok and upon return
ing to her seat, asked colored man If
he had picked up the purse. The Negro
later returned the property.
The New Castle telephone operators
wish TO thank the telephone subscrib-
ers OF this city for the Christmas gifts
sent them.
This evening In the NJ. E. Church the
Sunday school Christmas entertainment
will be held. A delightful program has
been arranged.
Members Of the Century Club expect
to spend a very enjoyable evening to-
morrow at the Christmas party.
On Saturday evening the Emmanuel
basketball team defeated Old Swedes
team Of Wilmington. 25-i0.
Members Of the High School are eX-
pecting a large crowd at their New
Years Eve dance in the Opera House.
The regular meeting OF Seminole
Tribe, No. 49, Improved Order Of Red
Men, Will be held this evening.
Mrs Leila Dessan and daughters,
Burnice Elma and Florence, Of Phila-
delphia, have returned home after Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilhelme
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Baer, OF Swarth-
more. spent the weekend with Mrs.
Annie Patton and daughters.
Mrs. Frank Moore is III.
Mark Clymer, who has been in a hos
pital suffering with appendicitis, has
returned to his. home on Second street
and is improving.
Charles II. Clewell, formerly Of this
city, but now Of Nazareth, Pa, has re-
turned home after visiting friends here.
Edward Hushabeck, of Detroit, is Wis
iting his parents here.
Evening journal., 1919-12-29

y. Il. A. Special TO the Evening OJurnai
NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Ihe doctors al
said, "Rigo cannot pull through. III
has lived too long in cafes. Pneumo-
mia is always fatal for such patients.
-reefuse-to-diew moaned the
Magyar violinist fighting for every
breath. "I-live-for-love"
And, In the face of all predictions
he remains alive, will recover COM
pletely and be back soon in Bohemia
playing wild airs on his precious vio-
lin.
sanczi Rigo insists that his wife's
love and his overmastering love for
her, brought him back TO the land Of
the living.
Rlgo should know what love is. He
eloped with a Belgian princess who
fell under the spell of his passionate
playing In a Budapest cafe years ago.
She deserted her noble husband and en-
tered the reckless half-world inhabited
by Blgo Where she is and who she
Is now, nobody knows or cares.
Fifteen years ago in Paris the Prin-
cess de Chimay, noted beauty daugh-
ter OF a Detroit vessel owner, aban-
doned her husband to join hands with
Rigo. She was divorced, married her
mad fiddler and died in the shadows
Of scandal As a token of his love for
this princess. Rigo had her portrait
tatooed on his left arm The picture
remains, ard IS actually q vivid like
ness. In return, the princess changed
from a glorious blonde to a chemical
brunette 10 satisfy a whim Of her
loverl
But now, for the FIRST time, know
what love is" said Riso. proppcd up
in bed In Roosevelt Hospital My wife
she has given me back youth with all
OF the dreams Of youth come true.
For her / fought death; for her
live always; every breath Of me is
hers; every love song I play ! play
TO her.
"And you can say that Rgo is on
the sprinkle-wagon-th watercart. Yes.
A little wine with meals. that is all.
No more brandy. The doctors say al
cohol and pneumonia always kill. II
Evening journal., 1919-12-29
S160 MONEY GIFT
FOR CHURCH PASTOR

A very pleasant surprise was given
The Rev. Leonard White, pastor Of Mt.
salem NJ. Z. Church. at the service yes
terday morning.
Just before the close Of the service
Frank p. Gentieu, president OF the
board Of trustees. on behalf OF the con-
gregation, after a few well chosen re-
marks expressing appreciation OF tho
service given by the pastor, gave the
signal when James Ponzcll and Harry
Ch8lfant. members OF the official board
came into the church carrying a bag
OF apparent great weight. Handing the
pastor the end Of a ribbon protruding
therefrom. with the injunction TO "pull
OH the life line' string Of bills began
to flow until a pile more than seventy
feet long had been piled on the plat
form.
There provSd TO be SAG represented
in greenbacks and subsequent cOntribu-
Ions by those who had not been reach
ed in the short time that the canvass
had been made brought the total TO
Si60 and as a consequence the New Year
viii be a bright and happy one at the
Mt Salem parsonage.
Evening journal., 1919-12-29
NEWPORT NEWS NOTES.

Special to The Evening Journal.
NEWPORT. Dec. 29-Mr. and Mrs
II w. Valentine, Of Detroit, Michigan
were the guests OF Mr. Valentines
mother, Mrs. B. s. Valentine, over the
Miss Mary NJ Johnson. Of the United
states Hospital No. ar Of Did Point Com
fort. Va, and Miss Alice A Johnson,
who teaches school in Philadelphia,
are spending the Christmas holidays al
their home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Pardham had
as their guests yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Slack. ST., Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Grose, and daughter, Elizabeth.
Mrs C. w. Maclary and son, Robert
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
George McNamee, Of Chester. Pa.
Miss Mary NJ. Johnson had as her
guests over the weekend. Miss Louise
Acker, Of United States General Hos
pital No. 43, Old Point Comfort. Va.
and Miss Sarah E. Mulliner. OF the
United States General Hospital, No. =.
OF Carlisle. Pa
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Slack. Jr. OF
near here. had as their guests on
Christmas Day, Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Pardham, Frank, Eleanor and Marie
Pardham, Mrs Laura Stradley, and
daughters, Dorothy and Helen. Of VIII
mington. Mr. and Mrs Thomas Slack.
Sr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Crosse and
daughter, Elizabeth.
Miss Mary Scarborough, who has
been confined 10 her home by illness
for about two weeks. is much i'm
proved
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gregg had as
their guests over the Christmas holi-
days, the Rev. and Mrs J. II. Whedbee
and son, William Harvey Whedbee. OF
Trappe. Md.
Mrs. Enooh Smith Is confined 70 her
home by a nervous breakdown.
The Rev J H. Harry Mitchell. a for
mer pastor Of Newport NJ E. Church.
but now OF New York City, was here
Saturday visiting friends.
Mrs. Bertha Stuart, who has been
suffering from a broken arm, is i'm
proving.
Evening journal., 1919-12-29
SAVEDESERTB BY
ARTIFICIAL SEA
Vast Area in Africa Pros
pective Paradise if Water
Can Be Found
IRRIGATION PLAN
is GREATEST EVER
by EDWARD NJ. THuERRY,

n. E.A. Staff Correspondent with Smith,
sonlan-UnIyersal African Expedition.
UPNGGTON, South Africa, Dec. o.
Irrigation on a vast scale, dwarflng
other wood projects Of the kind, is pro
posed as the salvation Of waterless
Africa.
Africa is like he'll" everyone tells
you, all It needs Is more water and
more good people"
Settlers are being lured here by land
comptny publicity IN England. And.
while there is plenty Of room for mill
lions more, schemes are being worked
out for reclaiming all the unproduclive
land possible.
Creating a vast sea IN the heart Of
The great Kalahorl desert Is the project
faihered by Prof Z. II. L. Schwartz,
Of Rhodes University College.
The sandy Kalaharl is to Siuth Africa
what the Sahara is to the north. 1t
covers 100000 square miles
1t is proposed by the magic OF irri-
cation TO create within this huge des-
ert area lake more than twice the
size OF Lake Erie.
This Is to be I'm the vicinity OF the
Makari-Kari saltpan and Lake Ngaml,
southwest and west, respectively, OF
Bulawayo, chief town Of nhodesls.
This means the gigantic Job OF dam
ming the Chobe River and turning Its
waters into Its old channel, once run
ming 800 miles to the south and now
utterly obliterated.
In ancient days, Lake NgamI was a
sea OF 10000 sqp8re miles. Even as
late as the middle OF the last century
Livingstone described Is as an finland
sea-"
Disappearing rivers and lost lakes
are as characteristic OF Africa as van
ishing native tribes. They are cited as
evidence that Africa is swiftly drying
up. Prof Schwartz goes so far as say
that unless water presentations Is car
on energetcally, half OF Soufh' Africa
VIII be a waterless desert Ike the
Kalahari In 100 years.
During the rains the whole country
Is temporarily covered with water.
This often stretches beyond the hori-
zon, leading TO vague tales by Bush
men, the only human beings who ever
managed TO exist in the heart Of the
Kalahari, OF desert ocean"
The ambitious plan to turn a ilery
desert Into q plain covered with pas
turage. living forest and cultivated
farms has been cited as a means OF
refuge for 10000 families dependent
on the johannesburg gold mining in
dustry-in case many present-day pes
simlsts hereabouts turn out to be cor
rect In the prophecy that the mines
Will soon be exhausted.
Evening journal., 1919-12-29
new YORK Tunes
|. UPFOR NEW YEAR
Restaurant and Cabaret Man
ayers Epect Occasion To
Be LivlieSt
RESERVATIONS COME
IN SINCE NOVEMBER

NEW YORK, Dec. 2j.-Thls New Years
Eve, despite its dryness, will be the
livellest In the history OF New York,
according 10 the belief expressed yes
terday by several restaurant and caba-
ret managers. one proprietor said there
would be a bigger crowd celebrating
than ever before, because Everybody is
curious as 10 what is going to happen" j."
Next year, he opined, celebration Of the
advent Of New Year viii be truly tdead "
Practically all the popular places
along Broadway yesterday reported ap-
plicatlons for reservations for New
Years Eve far in excess Of any other
year. One manager said he began re-
ceiving applications before the middle
of November and ,they have kept COM
Ing.
Technically 10 is TO be a very, very
dry New Years Eve. The '1wine lists"
will offer nothing more powerful than
cider or ginger ale. but the concensus
is there viii be pltnty Of hard stuff"
in evidence, drawn from private stock.
In one famous cafe Il was announced
that since the Supreme Court ruled
against a wet Christmas and New Yelr.
the walters would not be permitted TO
serve even the bring your own" Cork
age charge for this service has been
abolished, it was said, and 1t will be
either drink out OF the bottle or drink
soft stuff"
Rum hounds. without liquor to give
hem solace, should get some sort Of
kick out Of the prices on the prohibit
ion wine lists, however. Special golden
russell cider at 50 a quart, sparkling
grape juice at $3.50 a pint or matted
milk costing 70 cents a glass is guaran-
eed TO make those accustomed to a !
BALI at two bits dizzy.
Evening journal., 1919-12-29
ETHICAL CULTURE LECTURE.

Jean ChristOphe," by h0man B0-
land, was the theme Of Or. Nathaniel
Schmide, Of Cornell University, in a
lecture before the Wilmington Ethical
Society yesterday afternoon, in Che
Hotel dupont.
lie spoke OF the turbulent times in
1914 previous TO the outbreak Of hos
ulitics. when the author, through long
association with both the French and
German peoples, pleaded for a recon
ciliation. and after the beginning Of
the war. tried TO bring about the
preservation OF the arts and sciences
which were threatened with destruc-
tion, along with the physical accom-
plishments OF the French and German
peoples.