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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10
PLANE CATCHES FIRE:
THREE PERSONS KILLED

WICHITA kan, March 10.--r:miir
Saeguesser, IN ailplane pilot, and Miss
Claris Hart and John y. Ratclff. the
latter II years old. were killed when
an airplane IN which they We're riding
caught fire 500 feet in the air near
Cunningham late Tuesday and fell. "
earth
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10
TREATY CERTAIN TO
Be BIG ISSUE IN
1920 CAMPAIGN
Third Term Talk for Wilson
Revived Following Firm
Stand Taken on Article Ten.
Lines Drawn Closer.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial Correspondent of The News
Seimitar,l

WASHINGTON. March l0--Were u
not for the fact that the political cloud
hangs heavy over everything nowadays
INF. Wilson's desire 10 go campaigning
for a third term being suspected on
Capitol Hill Just as much rs the White
House holds the treaty foes guilty OF
political motive), the latest contribution
by President Wilson to the literature OF
the treaty debate---his letter TO Senator
Hitchcock on article 10-Would have
fallen on more fertile soil
But the white House and congress
have rubbed each other the wrong way
so long that MIR. Wilson's appeal on
the merits OF article 10 Itself-whereln
he pointed TO the dangers Of militarism
and the return TO the old order Of
things in Europe unless the United
States put the weight Of its moral in
fluenca In the scales-hardly had the
effectiveness which might have attend
ed the same argument under otDer CIR
Cumstances
The president continues to hurt the
sensibilities Of senators. both Democrats
and Republicans. forgetting that, while
they themselves may not be disposed
TO see the broad outlines Of interna-
tional policy with the same clarity that
he does, they nevertheless have enough
votes to ratify or reject the treaty.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10
NEW TREASURY NOTE

WASHINGTON, March 10.--Secretary
Houston has announced Il new offering
of AZ per cent certificates of Indebted
ness, bearing date of March Is and ma
turing in one year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10
CUBA RATIFIES.

PARIS March l0-Thc rualn min
lister to France has deuositcd at the
ministry II foreign affairs the peart.
tr"atr and protocol with Germany, as
ratified ~ cuba
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10
American Loans
Abroad OUer

WASHINGTON. March lO-The al.
lied governments will receive no fur
Their loans from the American govern
ment. Secretary Houston announced to-
day
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10
Alters Obligations.

The new Republican reservation fol-
lows the general outline of the one
adopted in November, but il puts into
different and more specific form its
declaration regarding the articles OBJ
legations. Some Of the Democrats were
satisfied with it, but 20 was the peak
of Democratic votes which its Republi-
can advocates claimed for II lin any
eventuality, and it would take ut least
30 and probably 81 to make ratification
possible
In presenting the new draft of article
10 TO the Democrats, the Republican
leaders are understood to have repre-
scented it as embodying the farthest ster
they ere willing to take in the direc-
tion of a compromise. and have refused
plea from Democratic senators thai
the words 'or to interfere in contro-
versies between nations, whether mem.
beers of the league or not be stricken
out.
In these negotiations both Senator.
Lodge and-Hitchcock refrained in takins
an active part, but friends Of the Re
publican leader declared they felt Ger.
| tain he would give his assent to the
substitute. Mr.. Hitchcock, on the 9th
er hand was represented as unwilling
to accept the proposal.
The reservation as adopted Tuesday
reads
Until part /, being the covenant o
the league of nations, shall be S,
amended as to provide that the United
States shah be entitled to cast mum,
Der Of votes equal to that which am
member Of the league and its governing
dornnions, colonies or parts Of en-
pire in the aggregate shall be entitled
to east, the, United States assumes NJ
obligation to be bound except in case
where congress has previously given it.
consent, by any election, decision, re
port. or finding Of the council or assem-
| bly, in which any member of the leagu,
and it's self governing doninious, colo
MES or parts of empire, in the aggre
gate have cast more than one vote.
"The United States assumes no OBJ
! legation to be bound by any decision, re
| port or finding of the council or assem-
| bly, arising out of any dispute between
| the United States and any member o
| the league if such member. or any self
governing dominion, colony, empire o
lpart of empire united with it politically
has ysted."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10
Wilson Impatient.

Mr.. Wilson Is naturally inpatient
with Democrats who are ready 10 sur
render TO the Lodge reservationists lie
minced 10 words In his letter 10 Sem
ator Hitchcock because he does not
think the senator's have been particular
ly mindful OF his own sensibilities.
To catalogue the effects Of Mr.. Will
sons letter to Senator Hitchcock is
only to paint the perpleSing picture, not
only OF the legislative and executive
branches Of our government still at
odds since the people voted for q di-
vided government In 1918. but TO add
now the obvious break between the
titular head OF the Democratic party
and senators of thai political faith.
For Mr., Wilson's letter defending ar
ticle 10 against even interpretative res
ervations, and certainly against all 9TH
er kinds of reservations, does several
things II separates Mr. Wilson from
Nh. Hoover, Who declared recently that
hgss had enough faith III the League oi
nations 70 Try X even with the Lodge
reservations
II discourages Democratic senators
who have been working for a compro-
mise on article 10 and who have Of
feied interpretative reservations,
These Mr.. Wilson dismisses as a work
of "Supererogation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10

WASHINGTON, March 10-The peace
treaty ratification fight in the senate
entered its final and most bitterly con-
tested phase today. with article 10 and
the reservations theretp the unfinished
business until disposed Of.
While debate on the much-disputed
section of the league of nations cove
nant is in progress, negotiations looking
to q compromise on the Republican res
ervations will be continued3 though
both sides frankly are without much
hope that an agreement will be effect
ed. Several Republican, leaders draft
ed substitute reservation yesterday
for which they said they obtained the
support Of % Democrats, but even that
number Is. from two to six short OF the
minority votes needed by tho majority
to ratify the treaty carrying qualifica-
tons which President Wilson has de-
ciared cut the very heart from the
pact. .Me "a
The reservation on voting power In
the league, declaring that thee United
States declines 10 be- n lIYe j1eci-
esions to,iwhich COS sWsfSent-
Nd lntf voting power IS mite equal,
was feadopted yesterday 81 TO 20.
Some Democrats favoring reservations
arranged for conference today in the
office of Senator Owen. OF Oklahoma
in an effort TO expedite ratification.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10

] WASHINGTON, March fo.-About &C
Democratic senators attended the meet
Ia peace treaty. Those present said
eoncrete action was taken but some
fhem predicted afterwsrd that more
@an a score Of Democrats would vote
ratification with the modified Re.
publican reservations.
1here were evidences as the debate
erRRrticle 10 began that the situation
on Moth sides, Of the chamber aeaIr
was in flus, though in general senators
expressed little ROPE o. an agreement
that would bring two thirds Of the sen.
ate together for ratification.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-10
Weather Forecast

Probably showers,
slowly rising tempera-
ture.
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IE BACK HURTS
 BEGIN ON SALTS
Flush Your Kidneys Occasionally il You Eat Meat Regu-
 larIy.

No man on woman who eats meat regularly can make mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says we'll known authority. Meat forms uric acid which clogs the kid ney pores so they sluggshly filter orFstrain only part of the waste and poisons from the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, head aches, liver trouble nervousness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from slug gish kidneys.
 The moment you feel dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of pas sage or attended by sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of lad Salts from any reliable pharma- cy and take a tablespoon in a glass of water before breakfast for few 1 days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer caus- es irritation, thus ending bladder disorders
 lad Salts is inexpensive and can not injure; makes delightful eff fervescent Whitewater drink, which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complica- tions. Adv.
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Keen Rivalry in
 the Manufacture
 of Airplanes Now

Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 13 There is Ia keen rivalry between airplane man. ufacturers of the United States France. Great Britain and Italy for the privilege of developing conner. cial aviation in Brazil All of them have had representatives here for months endeavoring to interes. the government in their projects or to obtain concessions permitting them to operate aerial freight and passenger lines.
 The British Handley-P Page compa ny has obtained a government con cession to establish an air line fo, passengers and cargo between the principal cities of Brazil but 10 British machines heve yet arrived It is said that 100000 pounds has been set aside to develop air routes by this concern along the entire coast from Pernambuvo to Buenoe Aires with stations at eight points on the way. It is stated that pow erful machines of the four motor type capable of carrying ton of freight and 25 passengers will be used. The British company proposes to operate the lines until the Brazil ian companies are organized to take over the business and buy the air planes.
 One American company has two expert aviators and four machine' here but it is not known that thev have done anything other than V give some exhibition flights. An- plication has been made to the gov ernment for permission to establish a limited passenger service in the vicinity of this city.
 A representative of large Amer ican financial institution who re- gently investigated the possibilities of commercial aviation in Brazil said that this country did not at present offer profitable market for American airplane manufactur- CTS, but he added:
 "The foreign manufacturer who remains on the ground during the lean years and aids in the develop ment vii ventually receive finan- cial reward, and what is more inn portant, he will place the nation he represents in a position of greatest influence in South American aero nautic::."
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there can be no doubt that many men are avoiding marriage altogeth- CT because of the severe financial strain which it imposes.
 The world is in gay mood; the at fractions of domestic life on sal! ary barely enough for two are not conspicuous. As a bachelor, man may indulge in his tastes, preserve his freedom of action, and can af- mord to amuse himself with his friends. He shrinks from the alter native of stern, hard work, frugal living, minimum of pleasure as that word is understood in our cit ies, and maximum of anxiety.
 Moreover, the age question has t, he considered. The proportion of bachelors marrying during 1911-1A was about 39 percent. In 1ss6-9o it was 50 percent. It was 37.6 in 1917. The proportion of bachelors marry ing at ages over 35 has also increas- ed notably during 1916 and 1917. Of spinsters marrying during the later eighties about 63 percent were under 25 years of age; of these mar flying during the last few years only 55 percent were under 25. The proportion in 1917 was 54.S. The war of course has proved a disturbing factor in all statistics, but it is not to be doubted that among the mid dle classes marriages are becoming not only fewer in number but later in respect of the age of the con tracting parties.
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Death of the
 Middle Class in
 England is Fact

All over England the decline Tn birth rate continues irrespective Of the end of the war. The London Times presents the following table:
 Birth rate per 1000 living at al! ages, 1s51-6O, 34.1; 1s61-70, 35.2;
 1S71-8o, 35-4: 1ss1-90, SPA; 1891 1900. 29.9; 1e01-10, 27.2; 1918, 17.7.
 Tn the same period G851-191O) 1t is true the death rate fell by 30 per cent A large proportion of the fall is to be ascribed to the reduction of the infant death rate and to meas ures of public hygiene. The result has been that, especially among the very poor, the falling birth rate has been to some extent compensated for.
 It is this point which requires to be emphasized at the moment. the Times observes, for unless 1t De ap. preciated the true significance or the situation will be missed. Fall inp birth rate has been compensated for by falling death rate among the working and industrial classes, m which notoriously, the annual gain and loss were very high thirty years ago. But that state of matters does not prevail in the middle classes of the country. Their birth rate Is falling rapidly; their death rate. never very high, is not falling ana can not fall rapidly. Thus the mid dIc classes are sinking in the mat ter of population. We are witness
 ;np what can be described without Iayapperation as the death of the md dle classes. Statistics as between classes are not available. But the testimony of medical men forms safe guide. -, - cost of living, the present taxation, tbc nresent price of houses, a fam ;iv D as that term used to be under stood. is impossible. It means nos discomfort. but privation, with con senuent deterioration of health. IL ;s therefore, felt to be better to hiring up one healthy child ana a1- ford if reasona ble education than to attempt to bring up three chil- dren on insufficient food and Witn,
 out the hope of being able to atfosn thom a training for their life's work
 Rut the mischief does not stop +hare bv any means. The marriage rate has also fallen, In 1917 1t was 1ss rcr 1000 of the population at all ages. This rate was the towss' hitherto recorded in this countsy: :, z being 1.1 below that ot lslo ana 20 below the average rate ot tne qulh- auennium 1911-15. Early in the war, 1915, a maximum was reacnea at 1914 per 1000. It is common knowi- now. edce that marriages, and especially ,n;ddle-class marriages are pelhe nostponed at present on account or pousing and food difficulties, ana
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P0rtly Woman is
 too Much for a
 Train Conductor

Sious Falls, s. D., Jan. 10.-A port ly woman, name unknown, with arms like those of a prizefighter, for 10 minutes forcibly held Conductor Pa- lin, in charge of an extra passenger train operating between Belle Fourche and Newell, near the Black Hills, until belated relatives could arrive at the Newell depot to take the train.
 The pugilistic woman herself ar rived at the depot only few min utes before the train was due to de- part. The conductor had strict or ders to leave on schedule. The wom- an rushed into the depot and re- quested the station agent to have the departure of the train delayed a few minutes, as some of her rela- tives were on the way and had to make that particular train.
 The agent advised the lady that it would be impossible to accommodate te her. Then she dashed out of the station and approached Conductor Palin, repeating her request to him. The conductor very courteously in- formed her that much as he desired to grant her request, his orders were very strict and he would have to pull out on time.
 He was ready to give the engineer the signal to start when, without warning, the woman suddenly. threw her arms about him and held him fast. She was determined that the train be held until her relatives reached it and boarded it. Con- ductor Palin was too gallant to strike the woman and the situation was so amusing that the bystanders decided not to interfere, so she had her way.
 When the relatives arrived and boarded the train she released the conductor and the train proceeded on it's way.
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New York, Jan. 13. - Street cleaners have supplanted street beggars in Jerusalem under the guiding hand of American Jewish relief workers.
 Paying for labor instead of idleness, providing employment for jobless and penniless men, women and children, teaching useful trades and providing small loans to rehabilitate ruined in dustries, is the way in which re- lief is now being administrated in Palestine, according to a report made public today by the Joint Distribution Committee, which disburses funds of the American Jewish Relief Committee and it's allied bodies.
 I've are trying now by deter mined effort to encourage self help and to bring about eventual ly independence among those to whom American funds are giving relief the report reads.
 We are substituting for the mere giving of bread and clothing, loans to artisans, workmen, laborers, property owners, to prac- tically all classes of society. These loans are made without interest and we consider them as relief work without any taint of char ity. They enable the borrower to business or to establish himself as a breadwinner.
 Even the sum of 20 lira has meant a great deal to the fam lilies, who, by it, were enabled to hold out and become self-support- ing. The loans are repaid only after the borrower has solved his present needs and has found a way to provide for the future"
 Vocational education, not only to supply present labor needs, but with a view toward the future in- dustrial life of Palestine, espec- ially in the training of women and girls in specialized employment fields, has been introduced to all lay present misery in the Holy Land.
 Considering the purpose of coH- structive relief, there can be no more satisfactory kind of help than that of creating for the workers opportunities for employ ment, giving them wages instead of charity" it continues.
 "We pay for labor instead of for idleness and thereby help to teach
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WEDRNESDAYMv
7 Million Dollar Jump in Banks
 Assets in State

Litte Rock, Jan, 13.-An increase of $tl7,995,5S0.26 in bank assets in Arkansas from the period of Novem- Der to, 1915, thru the last call of the bank commissioner on November r, 19lo, is shown in figures compil- ed by Norma T. Webber in the of flee of W r. Maxwell, state bank comm' ~ioncr
 The entire assets of all state haHls private banks and lrust com pan'es on November 10, 1913. were $G" i123T9.i6, as compared with $1SIIo2 .559.i4 on November 11, 1918. The assets ia thc intervening years wore: November IT, 191G, $laf,t9S,- 65$.97; November 20, 1917, l33,249,- G@6 '@. and November |, 1918, $l35,- G3 1.1G,3 ,33
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nasty way each big cotton crop is marketed, will tend to stabilize prices and insure proper distribu- ton ot the crop, which now is worth more than S2,00O 100000 9 year.
 Men Behind It.
 Among those identified with the organization corporation are: Robert Amory, Boston; Bernie L Anderson, Fort Worth. Texas; James T. Broadbent. Columbus. Ca; Edward s. Butler, John r.. Clark, Frank B. Hayna and Will liam B. Thompson, New Orleans: c. |. Cobb, Rock Hill, S. C.: A. J. Dossett, Waco, Texas; w. B. Drake, Jr', Raleigh, N. C.; Ar thur J. Draper, Charlotte N. C.; Randall N. Durfee and w. Frank Shove, Fall River, Mass; J. ". Evans, Houston, Texas; G A. Gordon, J. K Livingston, M. A. O'Bryne and A. J. Ritch, Savan- nah, Ga; ". s. Griffin, Green vile, 5. C.: Llovd M. Hooper an.l James B. Ellis, Selma, Ala; F. M. lnman, Atlanta, Ga; w. L. Lan- Latham, Greensboro N. C.; John A. Law, Spartanburg, s, C.. Will liam L. Lvall, Passaic, N. J.; James R. McColl, Pawtuckett, R l.: ". Gordon McCabe. Jr.. Charleston, s. C.; Elias Porter, John Flippin, Joseph Newberger and L. K. Salisbury, Memphis, Tenn; Edwin c. Seibels and T. B. Stackhouse, Columbia, S. C.; E. Kent Swift Whitinsville. Mass. !; James Thomson. New Bedford, Mass; Sidney Y, West, Little Rock, Ark; and forty or fifty more equally representative men.
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Martens Will Deny
 Propaganda Charge

Washington, Jan. 13.-Evdenee intended to show that neither Lud- wig c. A. K. Martens, self-styled Russian Soviet ambassador to the United States, "nor any of his off cial associates had anything what ever to do with bolshevik propagan- da in this country" will be presented when Martens appears before the senate Investigating committee. For mer Senator Hardwick of Georgia, Martens counsel. announced today
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Louisville Girl
 Murdered in Park

louisville. Ky, Jan. i3.-The death by violence of Miss Rebecca Lowell. 21 whose body was found in Shawnee park here today, with her head almost severed, Furnished Louisville with it's second woman murder mystery within month.
 The young woman, who was par tial deaf mute, had been missing since Saturday night A park guard found her body at the basement to the Shawnee refractory.
 Apparently her throat had been hacked with an axe or hatchct. Motives for the mprdcr or clues to he1 sIaYer are lacking.
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Street Sweeper Replaces the Street
 Beggar in Jerusalem Where American
 Relief Work is Changing Historic Ways

the poverty stricken Palestiniane the necessity and dignity of la bor. On construction work eSpec- ially we are having employment | for hundreds of people We take the ordinarily unemployable man and find something for him to do, paying him a few piasters a da! for street cleaning instead uf street begging.
 "We are teaching him to ba- come self-supporting through stonehewing and building, SC that when materials become available, there may be large number of Jewish workmen prepared to earn their living through our help.
 Girls and women are given en- ployment in the workshops which we have established. Only re- gently women's work was litt.e now widows and girl orphans have been taught to make their way by the work of their hands.
 Our orphan department was very large and presented a serious problem in the prospects of hum dreds of homeless street beeeaYs. We have partially solved this problem by teaching them in our workshops and affording them a possibility for economic indepen1- : ence."
 While Poland and adjacent East- ern European countries have been the largest recipients of funds raised by the American Jewish Relief Committee and it's kindred rganizations, the Palestinian work, although it has involved no great expenditure in comparison, has been of the utmost import ance and extremely successful from the standpoint of results se- cured, the report concludes The Holy Land program is being car ried out by committee organ ized by the Zionist Relief Commit tee in Palestine.
 For relief work in Palestine. outside of Jerusalem, 4.235.570 Egyptian lira were expended dur ing the last month reporter, while in the Holy City. where the needs are greatest, S,773,566 lira were spent, Throughout the Holy Land, in Hebron, Jaffa, Haifa and other spots sacred through their Biblical associations, thous- ands of destitute men, women and children have been found, inclul- ing 1414 refugees from Egypt. ~,~0-o~~~o1~~O~1~~~ O1Oo-~~-.~->l>< ing secretary. opened national head