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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-20
Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Warns
of Peril to Country.
421 MEMBERS NOW
Associations Secretary
Reports Largest Num-
Der in History of Or
ganization.

Especial TO The Richmond virCfnian
Fortress Monroe. Va, June Is.-The
opening here today of the twenfy-sixth
annual convention of the Virginia
Bankers association was marked BY a
seemingly universal spirit Of optimism,
both In the formal discussions in con-
ference and in informal opinions ex-
pressed around the hotel lobby and
other places where the delegates
gather.
Bankers seem confident that vir-
Einia. as well as other Southern states
is 10 snare largely In the era of pros
perity which awaits the country after
the declaration of peace and the com
pete return to peaceful basis OF the
hole world
Interest In the early stages OF the
convention seems TO be concentrated
On the problem confronting the bank
ers when the enormous foreign bust
ness has TO be financed. Several OF
the papers which are to be read before
the convention will deal with this alb
Sc rbing topic.
Bankers reported a most promising
IL crease in the number and size of saw
ing accounts.
Robert NJ Woolley, Interstate COM
nerce commissioner. warned the con-
ttntion In an address of the grave
ps rii which would attend Nthe return
1T this time. of the railroads to pri-
vste ownership. Mr. WoolIey said tina
the Importance of this subject could
not be exaggerated. stating that such
a. ton at this time would cause :,
rise in prices. the apex Of which no
man could truthfuliy predict"
tHis address Will be found in full
Oh page -
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
In the annual address Of the presi-
dent, Garland e. Vaughan, OF Lynch
burg. stated that. II by virtue OF un-
happy contentious at Washington" the
league Of nations should fail. then
america could not be said to have won
what she entered the war to accum-
plish."
He said that all good American citi-
gems should be solidly behind the pro-
manent world tribunal. where all ques-
tons OF an International nature could
be settled equally and justly without
recourse to the brutal means Of set
t.ement employed in the last great
war.
President Vaughan lauded his fellow
Virgin!an. Carter Glass. for his brill
liant part In the establishment Of the
federal reserve banking system.
He also endorsed the extra session
Of the general assembly. called by .
r. ajority of both houses to deal with
the good roads problem.
Secretary Augustine reported = total
Of AL members. the high-water mark
in the history Of the association.
Treasurer Fred d. Maphis. OF Stras-
burg, reported balance on hand OF
$3,eS0s3, with receipts during the year
OF slo.s74s1 and disbursements OF
s7.31A2S.
oliver J. Sands, Of Richmond, sub
nlitted committee report on taxation.
and Fl. n. Phillips. Of Richmond. read
a report on good roads
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-20

Brussels. June, 19Presdcnt Wilson, upon his return III
Washington will propose congress raise the American e
cation here to the rank of embassy send United
ambassador instead of minister in recognition Belgium
complete independence and equality the ranks Of the eo
nations.
Tremendous cheers greeted the president he
this the Of long speech in the Belgium chamber All
deputies here today.
The burden Of the address strong plea for the
Of nations which, the president said virtually had its begin
ming in the formation Of sleague of rights that bound
civilized nations Of the world together in fastening to 4
martyr kingdom s defense
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-20
ASK COX TO PREVENT
WILLARD DEMPSEY GO

Columbus. Ohio, June IA resoiu-
tion calling upon Governor Cox to
protect the good name OF the state by
preventing the holding OF the willard
Dempsey night at Toledo on July
Fourth. was adopted by the lower
house OF the Legislature today.
The resolution which was presented
by Representatives Pearson, Of Miami
county. 4 Republican, was opposed BY
the solid Democratic minority.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-20
HUNS WILL PRAY FOR
FURTHER RESPITE, is BELIEF

Berlin June 19The Ebert government is reported to-
night to be planning to request proongaton of the time
limit for answering the allied ulmatum the purpose
holding national referendum accepting rejecting
peace treaty 8@s
Theodore Wolff editor Of the Berlner Tageblatt hints
that fresh Germany by the allies fortheom
ing. His article is believed to be inspired.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-20
TRIBUTE 10 BELGIUM !.

Again, the chamber broke iSH&&s
tumultouA applause when the prAAfss
dent said plan was now beannfI
worked out in Paris to secure foeE
getting raw materials, machinery and
credits to tide her over the recon-
struction period. He paid q warm M
eloquent tribute to ReIgium,a part M
the war.
Briefly touching the .fundamAntsI
outrage OF al with which Germans
violated Beigium's neutrality, thH
president denounced the Get man WSfs
methods in bitter terms.
He called the league OF nations -
child of this great war" and aaIxi
any nation which declines to adher3.
to covenant deliberately turns aWa
from the most telling appeal that ~
ever been made to its conscience" a1its
turns back to the bad days OF national
greed. selfishness and lust O.
power, @ss2
BY way OF indirect enforcement m
peace terms with Germans. hi s1o1sX4
of the firm resolve that Ger:Ss ys1e
violation OF Belgium shall now 9z4s
punished" while the league, he 80 u
lis to prevent the recurrence 81 aucl &
acts. SA
He gladdened the hearts Of h1<S
hearers by picturing an Armada
merchantmen playing between alitQ#
American and Belgium porsA
WISHED TO DO MORE a
We often had the feeling that 4 &
were not doing as much - ~ co1il
do. We knew all the time that N
were not doing as much ~ 10 Wane
to do. and 1t is in this spirit. and 8
what was done. which deserves.
hope. to be remem bered." I'VE
President Wilson thus spAko u
address before the Belgian ohanlJ I
of Deputies here today. He aid /;
Your Majesty and Gsntismaa: D
10 with ouch profound emotiea
express my deepest apprecaat Ito
the generous welcome you have I'M
me that / am not at all sure thSE
can find the words TO say WHIST RI
my heart to say. ~ III sssSi3&
m. Hymans has repeated t.
some OF the things which ADDS
tried to do tn show her ptofS1
friendship and sympathy
GUM. but NJ Hymans w1S- H@1n1
testify as am to the heart 6ks
that was back Of her efsoff
America did not do th4ee
merely because she cencafu11 -
duty to do them, but hscxi1
toiced in this way to shaw hGk
humanity and her real knoWIG
these needs OF an old and Il
friend, and thesA things. h0&
be dearer in your memory tqcS
the spirit which was behind #
They were small in thems63ve1ss
I'VE often had the feeIin&
were not doing a. much .
do. We knew all the tlndn
We're not doing a. much a. ~ r.
to do. and II 10 this nptFts.
what was done which, n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-20
President Wilson, Upon His Return n
Washington, Will Propose to Con
gress the Sending Of a United States
Ambassador Instead Of a Minister
to Martyred Kingdom.

Executive Recognizes Little Country's Complete
independence and Equality in Ranks II lFrisstt
Nations---Makes Strong Plea For League d
Nations, and Is Scathing in His Denunciation
Of German War Methods.
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PARTTsANsHTP MANIFEST.

CONTINUED on Page rwol
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
EAST AND WEST LONGITUDE
Generally Determined by Imaginary
Line Around the Earth and Pass
ing Through Greenwich.

East and west are relative terms,
that is, whether given spot on the
earth's surface is in the east or in
the west depends upon the point
from which you begin to measure.
Throughout the British empire, in
fact throughout the greater part of
the civilized world, the starting
point is the royal astronomical OBJ
servatory in Greenwich, five miles
southeast of London, England.
Standing at Greenwich and, facing
north, that is, toward the north star,
to the right hand is east and to-
left hand west. An imaginary line
drawn around the earth and passing
through Greenwich and the two
poles is the line from which east and
west longitude are measured. An
aviator flying from this continent TO
Ireland is always approaching from
the west the Greenwich meridian.
St. Johns, Newfoundland, is about
65 degrees west Of Greenwich; the
nearest part Of Ireland is about 10
degrees west Of Greenwich. The avi-
ator who flies from st. Johns to Ire
land, will pass from 55 west to To-
west. He will be IS degrees east Of
bic starting point when he arrives il
frnl6nd.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
PRESERVE LOVE OF LIBERTY
Centuries Of Russian Oppression Have
Not Extlnuulshed Divine Spark
Among the lIthuanians.

Education to the tune Of she'll fire
became the custom during the war
in Lithuania, whose people, like
those Of Serbia and Roumania, found
themselves constantly invaded by the
enemy, run over by armies and fee
ing refugees. Food and shelter were
first offered to the victims; then, as
the Lithuanians, trained as they
were to hardship after centuries Of
oppression, began to recover their
poise, they took up their educational
activities again.
The Lithuanian society for the re-
lief of the war stricken, acting as a
clearing house for its loyal people,
moved the secondary schools to Rus
STA, established new ones there, as
sisted financially thousands Of stu
dents in universities and other insti-
tutions of higher education in Rus
STA, and even kept the babies busy at
their lessons in primary schools set
up at every children's refuge.
Education has always been a pas
sion with the Lithuanians, and even
though their country has long been
forbidden by Russia to teach, print,
or in any Z her way disseminate the
Lithuanian language and literature,
they have contrived to smuggle them
in somehow, with the result that the
percentage Of Lithuanian literacy is
very high and her language and ma
tional unity have persisted.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18

it had never ha;; : telephone, and
never before had it's cobbled streets
and picturesque alleys been cleaned
as they were by the United States
army. The townsfolk watched the
signal corps putting up telephone
lines, and stared curiously at the
American telephone girls who soon
arrived to operate the exchanges. A
new interest was added when the
military bands began their concerts
in the town parks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
WOULD SOON BE PULP.
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh Is a local disease greatly influ.
onced by constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of the Sys-
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gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature In
doing its work. $4,000 for any case OF
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRE
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free
+. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
100 head of Improved South
down Sheep.
J. r. PATRICK
BBrandcn Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
GETTING THE WORST OF IT.

did you write these passionate
letters to the PLAINTIFF"
"Why-er-those letters were writ
ten by my subconscious SELF an
swered the unhappy defendant.
CLAP sneered the lawyer. "I'll
leave it to the intelligent gentlemen
Of the jury to decide if your sub
conscious self also implanted kisses
on this young woman's chaste lips"
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18

r. F. D. r. No. 2,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
CHANCERY SUMMONS.

The State Of Mississippi,
Rankin County.
G. S. Thrash, Complainant,
vs. No. 2473, Chancery Court.
r. w. Bowling, Defendant.
To R. w. Bowling, P. O. Address,
Vernon, Texas, Defendant
You are commanded to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
county Of Rankin, State Of Missis-
sippi, on the End Monday in jan
uary, 1920, to defend the suit in
said court Of G. S. Thrash, COM
plainant, wherein you are Z de-
PENDANT.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
THE OFFICE BOY.

"Boss, I'd like to get off Saturda,
afternoon"
"All right, Tommy"
81 got business to attend to-"
"So?"
'sIf it isn't raining"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
A WET APHoRISM.

Zone swallow doesn't make a sum.
mer."
Cali of which sounds wise enough.
But did you ever meet anybody who
really thought it did?"- Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-18
This the goth day of November,
1919. J. A. ROBINSON,
Chancery Clerk.
"A BARGAIN"

One five passenger Ford car in
fine shape, new engine, new fend-
ers, new up-holstering on the back
and front seats and etc.
See L S. MAY, Brandon Miss. !,
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Continued from Page Four)

Jubilee meeting" with the centenary as the subject
 Morning service Q1 O clock: Organ Pre- iude; Anthem: Be Glad Ye Righteous. p eWoodward); How Long Wilt Thou For get Me" (Speakes); Organ Postlude.
 Evening service 6 o'clock): Organ Pre- Jude: Anthem: Now the Day is Over,' (Speakes); ''T'he Sun Shall Be No More Thy Light (Woodward); God is Love-. (Harry Rowe Shelley; "The Land Be- yond, F. VinaD; Organ Postlude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

Mrs. Bessie Roberts announces the mar rage of her sister, Miss Amy Louise Powers to MT N. B. Phelps, on the even- ing of May 15. 1919, at home after June l, in San Antonio, Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
Horrors of Bolshevism

T S.
 Whatever may be said about the theo-
 achievements of bolshevism constitute
 record beyond all dispute Bolshevism
 has done it's best to turn Russia inso
 madhouse and graveyard. Fugitives
 struggling into Switzerland describe life
 ins Russia as nightmare in a lunatc asylum" Dogs and men and women fight
 for the flesh of a starving horse that
 drops in the streets. Famine and fear
 have combined to produce an epidemic of insanity. Asylums are overcroSded,
 and 1unatics stalk through the streets.
 Funerals have been ''nationalized' bodies of the dead being carted away and dumped into common grave at the cost of the state, no religious ceremony be- ing permitted. In some of the towns
 women have been "nationalized' for the
 garrisons. While the people are Defng swept away by starvation and disease,
 bolshevist leaders live in luxury and fill
 the nights with indescribable oSyies.
 David R. Francis. American ambassador to Russia, has confirmed before the Sen
 ate propaganda committee the horrors of bolshevism as revealed by travellers and refugees.
 To those who fancy America is im- mune from BolsLevism, there should be a
 warning in the report to the Senate com mittee of the discovery of plots through the mails. The I. w. w. and the radical socialists have been planning to over tl row the American government through A bloody revolution and to establish a bolshevist republic. The bolshevist regime in Russia has become the inspiration and example for radical and anarchistic ele- ments in = -~.-Eries- Kerensky went
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
She will be re

pital two weeks ago is improving and will be removed to her home in the next few days. Mrs. William Streit, Jr., is the guest of relatives in Louisville, Ky, and was among the attractive women noted at the Churchill Downs races Monday.
 Mrs. Rowe Jones and son, Wynn Jones, of Huntsville, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Frank Clements. Mr. Jones is en route home from Marion where he at- tended the M. M. I. Miss Jamie Orman will leave early in June for Florence Ala, where she will teach vocal music for the summer term at the State Normal school. Mrs J. T. Stiles will leave today for
 Philadelphia where she will attend the graduating exercises at Ogontz college where her daughter, Miss Mary Stiles, will be valedictorian of her class.
 
 | Mrs. S. T. West will leave today for | Newport News, Va, to meet her son, MT | Holland West, who will land on Tuesday 1 on the boat Matsonia from France where l he spent the past year as member or | the 29th division. Mrs West will be joined in North Carolina by her son, MT Paul West, who will accompany her to Virginia En route home Mrs West will I stop in Charlotte, N. C.. to be the guest , of MT and Mrs. Paul West. l Miss Bettie Rosaline Gilmore is spending the weekend at the University of Ala bama as the guest of her sister. Miss Frances Gilmore. who is a student at that institution.
 | TN will return tomorrow from visit to the formers brother, Gen. M c. Smith, at Columbus, Oho Mrs. w. H. Kettig left yesterday for Philadelphia to attend the graduation of her daughter. Miss Milred Kettig, al Ogentz college this week. Mir. and Mrs. Herman Saks have gone to Wilmington. N. C.. to be present al at the announcement of the engagement of their son, Lawrence. to Misss Dorothy Einstein.
 Mrs. B. F. Sawyer of Atlanta is the guest of her daughter. Mrs. M. $.
 Black, at Terrace Court named their little daughter Marjorie Hooper.
 The Rev John MacNeill, who has | spent the past week with Mr. and
 Mrs. James Bowron, is now the guest l of Mrs J. T. Plunket, at her home, l4oa | Twenty-first street, south. He VIII
 be join later by his family, who are now in London. l MT. Michael Hoke, Jr., has returned l home after being in the navy for the 1 past few months. 1 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith and Mrs. John 1 Tomlinson will leave tomorrow for 1 Washington, where Mrs. Smith goes to l attend the National Congress of the ] Colonial Danes as the state president l of Alabama After spending a few days in Washington they will visit Tate Springs.
 l MT. William Edward Gupton of Nash
 vile is spending the weekend in the city at the Tutwler
 Mrs. James Freeman and little daugh- | ter will spend this week with relatives ] in Georgia.
 i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS

There will be call meeting of the on Tuesday morning at 10:3O o'clock at the school for the purpose of hearing reports from the recent pageant and tor the election of officers. All members are asked to attend.
 The Woman's Missionary society of the Bethel Methodist church will give sil- yer tea tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. c. G. Jacks at Ketonia.
 The regular semi-monthly meeting of L. Alliance Franchise will take place Tuesday evening, at s o'clock at the club rooms of the Civic association. All the members are urged to be present, and visitors are cordially invited.
 The Westminster guild of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church will meet tomorrow. afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. E. Robinson. 1881 Fifteenth avenue. north.
 
 The Frances Willard union will meet Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. Coates. 1900 Tenth ave- nue, south.
 There will be a meeting of the Bir- mingham Equal Suffrage association to- morrow morning at II o'clock. All members are urged to attend as the election of officers will be held.
 The final meeting of the year of the Birmingham chapter of the Southern Association of College Women will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. F. w. Hopkins and daughter, Cor nelia are at Pablo Beach, Florida, where they will remain for several months.
 The many friends of Miss Flora Milner Harrison will be glad to know that she is in the city on a months furlough and is at present the guest of Mrs. E. N. Hamill, 1709 Woodland avenue.
 Miss Harrison is the efficient business secretary of the hostess house at Chmp Pike, Ark. This camp was for some time past a replacement camp but from now until October will be demobiliza- tion camp.
 Miss Alma Blach, after an extended trip through the east, accompanied by her parents, MT. and Mrs. Max Blach. has just returned to her home on Four teenth avenue, south.
 Miss Glenne Pearl Simmons who un- derwent an operation at St. Vincents hos-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

Birminham, pastors from the district and returned soldiers.
 Dr. Simpson made the address of the evening and the choir rendered special music
 Dr. George Stuart will give one of his humorous lectures at the church tomorrow evening, under the auspices of the Mothers club of the church, and funds received will be devoted to the carpet fund of the church
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
AsTRAEA LITERARY SOCIETY

The Astraea Lieerary society of Central High school held it's semi-annual election of officers Friday. Those elected were: President, Marjorie Moore; vice presi- dent, Esther Merrel: recording secretary, Elizabeth Bethea; corresponding secre- tary, Dorothy Forst; treasurer, Dove Whitfield.
 Executive committee, Mary Kinney, Ruth Williams Dorothy Winters.
 Membership committee, May Hamilton Horton, Clhra Coplon.
 Supervisor, Jewell Hagood; critic, Ethel Harris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
HOME COMING
 DAY CELEBRATED

The Methodist church of Wy1am, Of which Dr. I, K. Waller is pastor, has recently been remodeled and the first meeting since was held the past week, on Wednesday evening. The day was celebrated as Home Coming Day. and basket supper was served to about 300 people, included were friends from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

deported a number of dangerous aliens The discovery of plot against the gov- ernment. and the use of many publica- tions to further the project. should be dealt with by every power of the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

MT. William Edward Gupton of Nash vile is spending the weekend in the city at the Tutwler
 Mrs James Freeman and little daugh- ter will spend this week with relatives in Georgia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
WOMAN AS AN AID
 TO CZECHO-SLOVAKIA
Lady Paget Discusses Relief Work in New Republic With Which She
 Has Been Entrusted
Rv Assoclated Press

Paris. April 1S.--A woman has been entrusted with with the big task Of oe- ganizing and administering relief work in one of Europe's new states-Czecho- Slovakia.
 Lady Muriel Paget, an Englishwom- an. whose devotion to the Czecho- Slovak cause is well known, arrived here from Prague today after months tour of the new republic, and outlined to tke Associated Press correspondent her scheme for the relief of that coun- try. Her plan, which has the approval of the Czecho-Slavak authorities. is to enlist a body of able and willing social miniStrative work that the Czecho- Slovakia in social welfare work. Her ambition is to interest patriotic Czech woman in America in the welfare of their native land.
 "Tbere are roughly 5,OOO.oo people in Czecho- -Slovakia today who have just enough to keep body and soul to- gether." said Lady Muriel Against these, who may he described as the rural Population. there are 100000 who are below the line of bare eN- istence. They are, broadly speaking. the industrial and mining populations"
 Food, most of it from America, is now coming into the country through Triest at the rate of about 100 CS,- loads q day: yet 100. .00o people in east ern Slovakia are starving. and even in the better situated parts the flour ration is only three pounds a hear per month"
 Lady Muriel explained how this sit uation is utilized by the Magyars in Hungary to SOW discontent among the Slovaks.
 "Practically all the intelligent classes have left Slovakia," Lady Muriel cua- tinued, and it is during the present crisis and until their own people can be trained to do constructive and ad- miniStrative work taht the Czecho- Sluovak government and the people have asked me to organize temporary assistance and provide advice"
 Lady Muriel will establish her re- lief headquarters at Pressburg, from which center the 16 necessitous Slo- vakian districts will be fed, clothed and medically assisted.
 deported number of dangerous aliens. The discovery of a plot against the gov