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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
BERNsTORFF AT SPA
1y Associated Press

By NyS0otAteu
 Iondon. May 23-Chancellor Scheire- mann. pr Bernard Dernberg, Count Won Rernstorff and Mathieus Erzberger, left Berlin for Spa on Thursday, to meet Count von Brockdorff Rantzau. and de- eide upon the final wording of the coun- ter proposals to be presented by the Germans at Versailles, says Berlin dispatch received here this morning.
 It was announced the meeting arranged to be held at Spa was necessary because communication between Berlin and Yer sailles had become difficult for technical reasons.
 Moreover. it was added, the German government was determined to enlighten the German people at the earliest possi- bl moment concerning the counter pro posals and the prospects for peeace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
IN WELL
 FOR MORE THAN WEEK
ey Associated Pres,

Montgomery. May 23.-Falling into an abandoned well at 9 o'clock Thursday night. Harry Burg of New York. a visitor here. remained xo imprisoned, 75 feet below the earth'S surface until 2 o'clock this afternoon when he was rescued iu an exhausted condition. Drug, dur- ing bis enforced incarceration bc- low terra firma. had manaEed to dig his way upwards about 40 feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
 TWO PERSONS KILLED AT RAILROAD CROSSING

Two persons were killed and several Injured when motor truck loaded with young people, returning from n dance, railroad crossing on the Valley road, near DOlomite. The accident occurred about o'clock this morning. Ambu- Iances from Birmingham were rushed to the scene and the injured taken to of the accident had been ascertained at hour of going to press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
Chinese Delegates
 WiH Sigr, Treaty,
 WashingtonLearns
Part of German Delegates Who Went to Spa Will Re- turn to Versailles Today, While Others Remain for Longer Period
By Associated Press

Washington, May 23.-Con- firmation of the report from Paris that the Chinese plenipo- tentiaries are disposed to sign the peace treaty has reached Washington. Probably the ap- proval of the Chinese govern ment at Peking and perhaps that of the Chinese Parliament at Canton in the south of China will be regarded as necessary by the Chinese delegates, how ever.
 The plenipotentiaries under their credentials in fact are fully empowered to sign the peace treaty without au- thorization but it is believed that as precautionary measure they will afford the home authorities an opportunity to express their views
 The reservations under which the treaty will be signed is regarded here as ample to secure the Chinese govern ment opportunity to bring before the council for the league of nations or league assembly their claim for an ab- solute restoration of the Shantung peninsular notwithstand the ef- forts made by the Japanese delegates to have this matter of title declared res arjudicatur.
 It was pointed out in Chinese circles today that by signing this treaty the Chinese delegates would prevent China from being excluded from the league Of nations and would ensure the protec- tion of the league against unjust treat ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
ALTITUDE RECORD
 FOR SOUTH MADE
 AT MONTGOMERY
Rx A.soniatea nrsss

Montgomery, May 2S.-Using DeHayiiand four, equipped with Liberty motors, Capt. Albert (. Lord and Lieut.. 4. T. steele of the aviation depot, scared fd,3O0 feet in the air this afternoon, setting new altitude record for this part of the south. it Is believed. The men were aIoft n minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
ECONOMIC NOTE PUBLISHED


 Paris, May 2S.-The note from Count von Brockdorff-R -Rantzau, head of the German peace delegation at Versailles. regarding the economic effect of the peace treaty, dated at Versailles May IS, was made public today. The note reads:
 "Mr President: In conformity with my communication of the ninth in- stant, I have the honor to present to your exceilency the report of the eco homie commission, charged with the study of the effect of the conditions of peace on the situation of the Ger man population.
 ~In the course of the last two een- erations Germany has become trans formed from an agricultural state to an industrial state As long as she was an agricultural state, Germany could feed 10000. 900 inhabitants. In he quality as an industrial state she could
 GCentinued sn Page Twe)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
TWO NOTES PRESENTED
 a.. As.o.;~ksS prase

Paris, May 23.-The German peace plenipotentiaries this morning handed in two notes to the secretariat or the peace conference. They had to do with the subjects of internal legislation, re- garding labor and German properties in allied countries.
 The council of foreign ministers took up the protest of Belgium against the failure of Germany to turn back the Belgian government archieves taken by the Germans from Brussels. It also discussed reports received regarding German maneuvers in connection with Poland as we'll as the Hungarian ques- tiOn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
METHODIST FUND
 HAS PASSED THE
 2S MILLION MARK
ey Associated Press

Nashville, May 23.-Subscrip- seriptions for the centenary fund of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, aggregnting s.s.I33,0G0 have been officially reported to head quarters here.
 A 0ne-day drive has been ordered for Sunday. the closing day of the campaign, by the director general. Eleven conferences have reported over x1 1,OG0,OOO subscribed and two have passed the E30OO.0O0 mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
CLAYTON SOLDIER
 RECOMMENDED FOR
 U. s. VALOR MEDAL
ax As..-,,,ed rr...

Clayton, May 23.-4Accrcdited with having killed 10 Germans in hand-to-hnnd lighting, Fred He'll, of this town. member of the Rain bow division. has been recomrend~ ei for the distinguished service cross, information received here to- night says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
CAPT. CHAMBERLAIN
 FREED OF CHARGE,
 IS LONDON REPORT
By A..oei.t.a Pres.

London. May 23.-It fs unofficial ly reported that the court-martiai which has been trying Capt. Ed mOnd q. Chamberlain of San An- to have performed many thrilling exploits over the German lines has acquitted him of the first charge of perjury and forgery. The vote on the first specifications Is understood to have been : to 1 and on the second specification solid1y in ChamberIain's favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
Posse After Negro

Camden, s. C., May 23.-Moses Wither- son. negro tenant farmer was being pursued tonight by a sheriff's posse and number of other persons with blood hounds as a result of the killing today of Luther Horton. 45. a well-to-do farm CT. The negro was tenant on Horton g place. near here The cause of the shooting is not known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
ing the port works. rhc alites hnve oc- cupied heiHhta surroundinE tho town.
CALCULATING MOSCOW
BY Asaoclated Frees

London, May 23.--Thc Bolshevfk have begun the evacuation of Moscow according to reports brought from Pctrograd to Copenhagen by travellers and forwarded by the Exchange Teie- graph company. Typhus Is raging In Moscow and the situation there Is con. sidered desperate.
 The railway lines between num- bcr of places in central Russia hGvs been dismantIed, the reports say, in or. der to improve main line service out Oi Moscow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
FLIGHT TO LISBON
 AGAIN POSTPONED

PONTA DEL GADA. May 2a Lieut.. Com. A. (. Read. U. s. N. announced tonight that stronK east erly winds off the coast of Por- tugai would prevent his starting In the seaplane NC-4 for the flight to Lisbon before daybreak Sum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
HEADQUARTERS MOVED
By Associated Prcs'

London. May :3.--Generai Maynard, commanding the allied forces on the Murmansk front in Russia. has re. removed his headquarters 400 miles southwnrd of NIurmansk to Kema. on the White sen at the month of the Rem river. according to Renters corresponds cut with the British Murmansk expe, diti0n.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
DEFICIENCY BILL IS
 PASSED BY SENATE
By Associated prsss

Washington, May 2S.-The Senate today DE ssed without debate or amendment the deficiency appropriation bill. adopted yes terday by the House. carrying A5,0Oo,C C., for war risk allotments to families of soldiers and sailors and for dependents of civil war veterans. The measure now goes to the President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24

ton of the President for repeal or amendment of the law.
 The injunction granted was in the suit of the Jacob Rapport Brewing company against District Attorney CaHey and Acting COilec- tor of Internal Revenue McIci- ligOtt. This Is one of series If cases raising identical questions and engaged to test the prohibition act in the New York district, thus settling n precedent for brewers operation throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
Price Submitted by All Bid ders S47 a Ton, Exact
 Price Agreed Upon by the Steel Manufacturers and
 Industrial Board
By AssooIated Press

By Associated Press
 Washington, May 23.-Uni- form bids based on the prices agreed upon between repre- sentatives of the steel interests and the recently dissolved in. dustrial board have been sub mitted by six steel companies in response to the railroad ad- ministration's request for bids on open hearth rails.
 Director general Hines announced to- night that he had placed orders with these companies for 20O,OOO tons of rails, but that he had done so "under protest" and with "emphatic disap- provnI of the prices and the manner in which they were estabIished.'
 A uniform price of SAT per ton for open hearth rails, which Director Sem cral Hines said was in strict accord ance with the prices approved by tse industrial board" was submitted to the railroad administration by the Car uegje Steel company, the Illinois Steel company and the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, all subsidiaries of the United States Steel corporation. and by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, the Bethlehem Steel company and the I4ackawanna Steel company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
Summary of the News

1-Chinese to sign treaty. BOlsheviki meet defeat on every
 hand.
 Hines places order for 100000 tons
 rails. 2-Peace treaty subject of hot Senate
 debate. a-Wcakley's candidacy complete
 suprprise. -EditOrial comment. '5-Veterans indorse Age-Heraid edt-
 t0rial.
 Weakley to oppose Underwood
 for II. s. Senator. Excessive prices for plumbing hold
 back new buildings. 6-Ensley ene~ Pratt City to Join c.
 of C. drive. S-9-Soctety.  13-Marketn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
RETURN TODAY

BY Nssocfdteu TTcss
 Versailles, May 22.-( (Havas. )-The German peace delegates who left yes terday for Spa will divide into two groups one group, headed by Count Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau, will return to Versailles tomorrow, while the other will remain at Spa for few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
COMPLETE SENATE COMMITTEE
 SLATES YESTERDAY
Penr0se and Warren to Be Chairmen Finance and
 Appropriations Commit
 tees Despite Opposition
By Associated 2 'sss

Washington, May 23.--Framing or Senate republican committee sIates was reported completed today by the republican conference committee on committees. The programme, it was poses Senators Penrose of PennsyI- vania and Warren of Wyoming for chairmanships of the finance and ap- propriation committees, respectively. despite the opposition of the progress sivcs.
 The committee slates will be pre- sented at a conference of republican senators to be held next Monday be- fore converting of the Senate. The progressives at that time arc expect ed to take final action in opposition to Senators Penrose and Warren. but it was reported tonight that the factionai troubles would be settled in the confer ence and probably not reach the Sem ate floor
 The chairmanship assignments un- derstood to have been agreed upon by the committee on committees follow
 CHAIRMANSHIP ASSIGNMENTS
 Foreign relations, Lodge, Massachu setts: finance, Penrose Pennsylvania; !; appropriations, Warren. Wyoming; mill itary affairs. Wadsdortn. New York, naval affairs, Page, Vermont; judicid AA> Nelson. Minnesota; interstate commef ce, Cummins. Iowa; agriculture, Gronra, North Dakota commerce, Jones, Wash ington; rules Knox, Pennsylvania; puU- sTI..- elections, Dillingham;. Vermont; manu factures, LaF'ollette, Wisconsn edu- eatier and labor. Kenyon Iowa; mines, PeihdeNtes Washington; immigration. EoIt, 3hade lalaNa Indian affairs, Cur fls fs wefipa and reclama-
 ffeA9as 9fap Hhf nes.
 ~ ie4s New
 a 4e4zfN urHvN lsgtd eEe Con necti,U
 Under the d eAe sena tor Page instead ot e oindd ter ould head tine naval Col. ttee reason of strict adherence by the con mittee on committees to the seniori I rule Last moment changes in the co mittee assignments also placed Sena- tor Shoot at the head of the public land committee instead of the appro- priations body for which he had been mentioned.
 Three new members of the foreign relations committee reported chosen were Senators New, Indiana: Harding, Ohio, and Moses of New Hampshire. The committee on committees decid- ed to hold majority of three republic ans on the finance. interstate com merce. foreign relations and elections committees, but in compliance with re- quests from the democrats decided to reduce the republican majorities to two
 The ruling today that committees of the last Senate continued with au- thority of Vice President Marshal was considered by experts to have hasteEed the work of the committee on commit tees The ruling was also expected to have bearing on the controversy be tween the progressive and regular groups of republicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
Administration Places
 70, 900 Tons Rails
GOUe f1vueY2r aa x 7tsl With BreD..qg z oj N4
 7W Courts Pass Up0n Cldlnl

peeauaea # until the tn United Brewers association pere
 
 inter ce4itbi itsm manuf cture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
ASKED COMPETITIVE BIDS

After his failure to induce represen- tatives of the steel interests at final conference in New York several weeks ago to reduce the prices established in their agreement with the industrial board, Director General Hines am nourced that in the public interest he would request competitive bids on the steel requirements of .he railroad ad ministration. which is the largest buy CT of steel in the country The bids announced tonight were submitted Tn
 (Continued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-24
REDS IN FULL RETREAT

London, May .3---On the Murnansh front i'm north Russia. allied forces have captured Mesisycjyagora. at the north sv~sse.s 1ssG af fsts5e tstsres. ffs
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13
Well In The Van

With all the world discussing fly
lng-business flying, pleasure flying,
commercial air lines, trans-oceanic
flights, and what not-China is evil
IDENTIFY determined to be lin with the
best of them" For the Chinese
Minister of Communications has Just
made a contract, through a Picking
syndicate, for the supply of machines
and organization. The first machines
TO be delivered will be the twin en-
CINE biplane converted to commercial
uses. 1t will seat 10 passengers and
carry 1900 pounds of cargo. The con-
tract, moreover, includes experts and
pilots and the construction of the
necessary aerodromes, whilst the ma
chimes are to find their first uses in
the conveyance to the interior of
China of Marconi wireless installa-
tons. There is certainly no grading
IN the experience of the peasant of
central China.-ChT. Sc. Monitor.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13
SENATE HAS COPY
OF GERMAN TERMS
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June "a copy of
the German treaty which is said to
have been brought to the United
States by a Chicago newspaper man,
was presented to the Senate by Sen
ator Borah, and was ordered put into
the Congressional Record and printed
as a public document, by a vote of At
10 "a.
Senator Lodge on the grounds of
Senatorial immunity declined to give
the name of the New York persons
who had the treaty. Assistant Sec
rotary of State Polk testified that the
State Department had received copies
of the treaty from Paris which were
locked in the State Department
vaults.
Senator Borah began reading the
Peace Treaty before the Senate when
it was charged that the copy was un
authentic.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13
Says China Is Due
To Be Heard From

The Star-Bulletin prints an inter-
view with NJ. Lorenzen, an Chinese
born American, who was returning to
Tientsin after having served in
France for some time and stopped in
Honolulu for a few days. In this in
terview Mr.. Lorenzen is said to have
declared that in a very few years the
world will be apprehensive of the
power of China. That China has pass
ed the experimental stage in the
formation of a republic and that the
greatest national advances the world
has ever known may be expected
from China within the next few years.
He gives an explanation of the factors
which are working within China at
the present time causing unrest.
The first and most important of
these, he says, is the general opposi-
ton felt throughout China at the ter
ritorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of which she
has been the victim. The other cause
is the breaking down of the antagon-
ism which formerly existed between
north and south China. Lieut.. Loren
zen thinks for this eason that it
would be a wise move to change the
capital from Picking to Marking. The
present capital, he says, is so far
north, with only the desert behind it,
that it is in no way representative of
China, and the only thing in its favor
is the fact that it has for centuries
been the capital of the Manchu en-
perors.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13
Actin, Up

A magazine writer was gathering
Impressions of the modern west, re-
Gently, and as he stood at a soda
fountain talking with the modern
cowboy who was taking him about
the country in a motor car, four 9TH
er cowboys rode up on horseback.
These were the kind of cowboys that
a tendeTfoot would have expected:
they wore the clothes, and they carri-
ed themselves with real cowboy
swagger; in short, this was the real
Wild West. But they rather disgust
ed the cowboy chauffeur. Look at
en-" said he, with their four-quart
Texas hats. Nobody in this country
wore 'em until the movies came" And
he went on to explain that the entire
Wild West performance was an imita-
ton of the movies, which had set the
younger generation wearing the cos
tunes shown IN the screen, and
actin up to the stuff they see in the
pictures Chr. Sc. Monitor.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13
Latest News
By Wireless
Wants Covenant
Separate From Treaty
(By The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, June 1O-Senator
Knox presented a resolution stating
that the senate could not concur
with the league of nations provision
of the treaty as now drawn and asks
that the covenant be separated from
the treaty before it is submitted to
the senate. The resolution ropos
The treaty shall be so drawn as to
permit any nation to reserve for fu-
ture separate and full consideration
by its people the question of any
league of nations" but obligations of
Germany and co-belligerents under
the treaty will not be affected.
The resolution declared hat the
United States policy lin order to meet
the obligations of ourselves and the
world that when freedom and peace
in Europe is again threatened by anv
power or combination of powers the
United States will regard the situa-
ton with grave concern as a ena
to its own peace and freedom" In
such event "is the United States to
consult the powers affected in view
of devising means for the removal of
the menace and it will if there is any
necessity arising in future, carry out
the same in complete accord and CO.
operation with our chief co-belliger-
ents for the defense of civilization"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13

and his wife displayed much bravery
and s%elf-control. 1t is said that one
day as her husband was starting to
inspect the defenses of the Legation,
Mrs. Pichon slipped two formidable
looking pistols into his hand. When,
however, he tried to fire them off he
discovered that they were unloaded!
This incident caused the wit of the
Embassy, evidently blessed with liter
airy tendencies, to nickname him
Stephen Mallarme."
Further Diplomatic Experience
In 1901, Mr.. Pichon went to Tunis,
as Resident-General, and he fulfilled
the high and delicate duties i~ntrusted
to him greatly to the satisfaction of
the Bey, while developing French in
terests throughout the whole Protec-
torate in a most important manner.
Although he seemed definitely to
have abandoned politics, Mr.. Stephen
Pichon had never ceased to remain in
touch with Mr.. ~Clemenceau, and when
the latter became Prime Minister in
1906, he did not forget to recall his
old friend from Tunis to assume the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs.
Thirteen years have elapsed since
then. Both Clemenceau and Stephen
Pichon again occupy their respective
positions of yore, at a moment when
the reconstruction of France and the
remaking of the world are at stake.
And considering the complete har-
mony of views uniting its two great
political leaders, in spite of the VOL
ent opposition of a large part of the
French Parliament, France ought, it
would seem, to feel assured that the
peace which will soon be signed, will
be integrally that which her suffer
ings, her losses, and her damages
give her a right to expect.-Christian
Science Monitor.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13
Wives And Farms
Soldiers Desires

Taking about so service men at
random l put this question:
"If the government gave you a
chance at a job on a reclamation
project with the understanding that
you were to get a farm out of the
land you help bring back, would you
sign up, my heroic friends7"
Taking about 49h of those same
following answer, or Whereabouts:
would 1? Well, that depends.
One thing is a cinch-Tm not going
to go back to a job playing solitaire
with a deck of fling-system cards in
an Office, and I'm not going to load
somebody else's butter and canned
peaches into somebody else's car ats
$12 a week. l want an outdoors job
and farming sounds good to me.
What I'd like is about 160 acres of
nice alfalfa, some pure-bred stock, an
automobile, and-listen to me, man!
and a wife! If this secretary some
body of yours has any idea that I'm
going to keep on living in a bunk
house with a couple hundred other
guys and soap and towels furnished
once a month he's crazy as the
clown prince. Not for mine! I've
made up my mind on this living
proposition and it includes a wife.
Does that answer your question
any?"
ut does-too WELL" l would say.
About the wife matter, now; do
you suppose you could find a girl
who would be willing to join such a
partnership as you suggest?"
This answer was instant and final.
Il know it. Leave it to me. There
are plenty of girls who are sick of
the city and who would like to get
out with a fellow and make his own
chance in his own home on his own
of land."-Wilbur Hall, in the
April Sunset,
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13
ROOT HAD TREATY
FOR SOMETIME

(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 11-Secretary
Elihu Root voluntarily appearing be-
fore the Senate Committee testified
that he had copies of the German
treaty several weeks ago, which were
given him by Henry Dawson, New
York banker of Morgan firm, Dawson
said he brought copy of treaty to Am
erica but it was never read by any
nan except himself and Root who OBJ
tanned a copy as chairman of the In
%ternational Red Cross.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-13
GERMANY'S MANDATE
REQUEST REFUSED

(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, June 11-Allies in their
answer to the German counter propos-
ais have refused Germany's request
for a mandate for former German col
onies under the league of nations al
lowing her to retain control of her
former possessions. Concerning re-
partitions the total sum Germany
must pay is not yet fixed. The text
of the treaty is not changed but the
reply contains assurances for Ger
many regarding method of the repair
alton process and explaining the
workable arrangement.