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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-29

equivalent to about $1,000. oOo. 600
Her total national income is es,i-
mated AT 5.o0O.000.0oo drachmae Her
budget dritcit FOR this year Is 1000.
100000 dTachmac. Her issue OF paper
money Is nearl! 100000. 600 drach-
mae. Fortunately. this is largely COW
cred by gold reserve and by securities
- iorclEn countries. The states i'm
dcatcdness :" ;hv national bank dou-
hled during the last year. amountin.
on January /. 1921. TO nearly loo.
100000 drachmac Tho greater part
Of this money was used for Asia
Minor campaign
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-29
HAPPENINGS IN EUROPE AND IN THE EARTHS ST
Artist Finds Picture Painted by Him
on Sale in Shop as Genuine Whistler

PARIS MAY - n Classy.
Partisan painter. -, strulliug
past an art Dealers shop som" time
ago when ne recognized land
scapc winch hc had hastily splash
ed ON the canvas in his Latin
quarter days years ago and then
disposed of 4 for a sous curious
10 ascertain what price was ASKED
for tn. picture, he entered the
shop ana nearly suffered a S'rul\c
when the dealer said TO. QUO
frames
You dealers are great hu-
morlstS. he admonishcd the shop
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-29
LOCOMOTIVE Is MEMORIAL
TO RAILROAD WAR HEROES

J LONDON. May 2S.-A locomotive
has been selected a. memorial to
the employees OF the Great Central
hallway here VINO f"ll In tho war
The engine. which - Il modern on,
ANA In use ON tn" main Inc. han
been ehistencd 'Nnlor," and be-
meath tn" title has been placed the
inscription in Large letters In mem
DRY OF the employees of this company
who fell la the war l9li-iS"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-29

council provides for IN. ,ppro
priat!on Of $i.000.00J yearly for
nuin5cr Of years to construct
i"ur-room homes for tn. ponr.r
people. costing about s.: 600 each.
Ky selling these homes on a
hartiaI payment plan. it is de-
cIar"d that the proceeds. turned
INTO the construction OF more
homes. would soon solve the hous-
lnS problem. and. incidentally,
eliminate the rent profitccr
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-29
Great Britain Will Go Down
Grade Unless Reforms Are
Made. Declares Dean.
DECLARES u. S. WILL
LEAD IN SUPREMACY
Saws America Will Be Greatest
Power in Word If Labor
Conditions Do Not Grange.
-, Dr. ". Il. Ingr.


On the following article poan
Inee rrorhsSics world changes which
viii leave America in i position of
und,sputcd Supremacy
I.oNpuN. May 2S-l do no; th.nk
that Great Britain is moving toward
State socialism or Rolsh"vism az
violent revolution. Hut as long a}s
tho workmcu ~ other nations give
better value for thcir wages Ne must
slide down hhl TN we arc i'm much
the same condition as spain in the
eighteenth century, unable TO help
our friends or harm our enemies
In 1914 prophesied that whatever
was the Issue oi the war. it would
lose our naval supremacy II We
won. the Americans would take IT.
ii We .os, the Germans. y nation
whose foreign trade is dccayinE cam
not AFFORD to huild warsh'ps. and
does not think IT worth while l"
hulld them mink that our do
mtriuns Will probably remain under
INC Union Jack. but that they w'il
Also try TO insure themselves Win
America ana that as time goes IN
'hry vii, lean more and more -
VIA, will then be the dominant
Neutrality-suspicious. mower.
So much for our own country. The
ration H. not played out ny any
means; hut IN peace tim" II - no
LONGER willing to pay the price which
made our little island a great world
puw.r. and thai chapter 10 our his
tory il accordngiy nearing ITS e"d.
Ru>>-Grrpnn Peril.
10y Hf ~
was that some ambitions genera
would lead an army on MOSCOW aud
Te'-ograd max" an end ot the Ter
roristS and establish :. Napoi"oula
monarchy. But men who snow RUS
ga. as dp nor. thun that I w;ll
settle down into "a mode rate r-puh-
lie They tell m. iha; tn" i5olsarv!s,s
have given w ,he attempt 10 De-
stroy Chrlstrn,ty n't ( 80. ta-y
OF abolishirg 'Hr family aud ~ save
property. for these three fandarrn-
tai instincts 90 humanity --el!=I o-.
the family and private p-opr--g-
stand or fall together.
A. soon a. civilized government
IS set up IN Russia i; wfl seed ras
help ~ Germauy and We may ~.
r"ct an alliance between the t@o -.
lions Germany Viii ma an ire1-
haustibi- field TOR expansion IN the
peaceful penetration ~ Poland and
Russia and Nil. soon be relatively
- strong a. before the MAR. The
Indemnity vii bee rvpudldtoa In very
!cW years and neither England nor
france Viii bc able :" exact il ] do
not mink Tie fvr'uans viii wish 4"
atra,n as in plain terms ~ shall
not he worth u The Russians Will
order as out Of M"S"potamia. which
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-29

as did 1t the Iiumorists Salon. aud
not TO defend myself aEains, an in
suit which in its personal sense was
merely iaurhahic.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-29
Proposal I:>okcs rrn,r.,S.

should themselves undertake tho pro
posals."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
High School Meet
 Planned for April
 l-2 at Alabama Poly.

On April 1 and 2, a most interesting series of contests in the inter-high school athletic meet will be staged on the ath- letic field at Auburn.
 Prof. c. L. Hare. faculty chairman of the Auburn Athletic association, is in viting every high school in the state to send delegation of not more than 10 boys under years of age from each school to participate in the following athletic events: Running broad jump running high jump. mile race, one-ha,f mile race, and quarter mile race, 220- yard dash, 100-yard dash, 220-yard low hurdles, shot put. javelin throw discus throw and relay races. silver cup will be given to the winning team by the Auburn Athletic association, with medals for the first, second and third place fin ishers in each event.
 The rules governing high school meets only slightly differs from those of col lege meets. The hurdles are 21a feet high, with 10 hurdles in the 290 yards. The shot is F pounds instead of 1G pounds.
 All participating in the oratorical con- test as we'll as the athletic contests, will be entertained without cost while in Au- burn, and where railroad fares are paid by the home institution, no expense is entailed by the trip. At this time also, visitors will have an opportunity of ses- ing the Auburn Tigers pitted in two baseball contests with Oglethorpe uni versity, who are scheduled to play in Auburn Friday and Saturday April 1 and ?. All of the visiting contestants will be provided with passes to these games
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

Modern metropolitan bandits lock like the inner circle of doughnut, compared to the crime wavers who flourished in England back in the cen- ter of the seventeenth century. The lime juicers organized a syndicate, known as the Doons Feather fingered Operators, Incorporated.
 They applied interallied politics as well as the humber home brewed methods of cleaning out tho country side. Nero's town burning system, plain and fancy stick-ups and the com mandeering of the enemy's supplies, all served their purpose, and they were left unmolested by coppers, pppulace or Parliament After a raid, they week ended to Glen Doone, near Exmoor, in Somerset county, and the entrance to the Glen was so well hidden that they never even thought to place guards there
 Thus one day when young John Ridd, whose father had been tucked away in rosewood, silver-handled dressing grown, after a frolic with the Doones, chanced to follow ascascade on a fish ing expedition he suddenly discovered dell blooming with primroses and decorated With a pretty little girl. It was dark-eyed lass who said her name was Lorna Doone.
 Papa and his gang have gone out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

the outlaws. but the very name Doonc was more terrifying to them than Blue Sunday to the modern shop girl, John was forced to bide his time but when winter came he returned, under cover of binding snowstorm, to Glen Doone. He found that Carver was starving Lorna in hopes of hastening the mar riage.
 John Kidnapped the girl and brought her to his farm. Silently through the snow season, Exmoor awaited the Doone revenge.
 Spring came and the Doones sprang. John and a few other farmers won the fight swiftly putting the marauders to rout. Big troubles always seem to wear parasites. The Doones tempora- r1ly disposed of Lorna turned out to be, not a daughter of the Doones but niece of the great earl Lord .Ougal. Kidnapped when tiny squawker
 She was taken to London by her un- cle. Poor John. only a farmer, thought he had lost her forever, when the Mon mouth rebellion broke out, nipping the innocent John with it's frost. Sum mcned to London, John chanced to learn of bomb plot against the life of Lord Dugal. King James knighted him, and it wasn't hard to overcome all objections to his marriage with Lorna.
 Engaged again, Sir John Ridd gal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
Race Crowds Sure
 Have Peculiar Way
 of Picking Heroes

Indianapolis, March 19.-(SpeciaI.)- Automobile race crowds sure single out their heroes. It will be interest ing to note the manner in which the crowd that will witness the ninth in- ternational 50o-mile race to be held at the Indianapolis motor speedway Mon- day. May 30, acts toward Ralph De- Palma and Dario Resta, speed cham pion in 1918.
 Each driver has won an information I race at Indianapolis, and both nave pushed their mounts to the pits after their cars had broken up, with victory within their reach. Their achieve monts have been parallel in many ways-but the crowds have performed differently for each.
 Ralph DePalma became a hero in de- feat at Indianapolis in 1912. With two laps to go. connecting rod on his flying Mercedes broke, tossed him out of the race and literally knocked the S20000 purse out of his hands. De- Palma jumped out of his car and pushed it down the home stretch to his pit amid the cheers of the ex- cited thousands. When Joe Dawson in No. 8 whizzed past him, DePalma waved him on to victory-and kept on pushing his disabled car-and smiling. Joe Dawson won the race, but Ralph DePalma was the hero of the day.
 That's that. But with Resta, it was different. Resta and Johny Aitken were providing the major portion of the thrills in the Hardness trophy race at Sheepshead bay in 1915. First, Aitken would be ahead and then Resta would come storming down the stretch in the lead. The crowd was on it's feet most of the time. The race was for 100 miles. At 5S miles Aitken stopped for a tire change. Twenty seconds later he was off, but the fleeing Resta was nearly a lap ahead of him.
 Aitken was soon racing at his old pace, facing the task of overtaking Resta. when the Italian was seen to slow up on the back stretch and at SO miles he limped into his pit. A speedy change and in less than 20 seconds he was in flight again. Aitken got four seconds lead on Resta, but the next lap Resta cut it down to 2.5 sec onds, and it appeared as though es miles would see the two running radiator to radiator.
 But it never came. Resta slowed, entering the back stretch. and his pace dwindled and dwindled When he reached the third turn. he stopped. A broken crankshaft had put him out oi the race. Resta and his mechanic valiantly pushed the silenced race car nearly half way around the course ts the grandstand, but the thousands of spectators did not even greet the heroic gladiator and splendid sports man with a faint cheer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
Tm it freckd"
 John, quIed Lorna, Ire suha apoet"

loped back to Exmoor to clean out the Doones. With an army of blow -direc- I tors, he conquered and laid waste their stronghold. only Carver Doone and his father escaped.
 At last John dressed with extra dili- gence and almost ran hot-box get ting to church in time to marry Lorna. A GUNMAN FORBIDS THE BANS
 Just as Lorna was promising to love. honor and compromise, blunderbuss shot rang out, and Lorna fell back, shot in the orchids. JohE handed Lorna to bridesmaid and flung his leg over a horse. He knew none other than Carver Doone could have been such a good shot with a blunderbuss. Madly he pursued the villain. At last Carver's jaded horse gave out, and John Ridd bounced on him.
 TEorax to thorax they founght like first-class giants. Carver huggeo John so tight he crushed a rib, but John came back with a headlock and flung him in a quicksand bog, where the rascal was slowly swallowed up. Thus was John Ridd of Carver, as the paraerarhers would say.
 In the meantime, what had Lorna Doont ?
 Lorna got well, and she and John l.. H. l.. A. ed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
1RA|NMAKER" HAS
 CONTRACT WITH
 CANADA FARMERS
Moisture Plant Will Receive Credit for All Rains in AL berta District During
 Hot Session
Rr Asaocintod Prors

Medicine Hat, March 19.-"Rain- maker" Charles M. Hatfield who has contract with the United Agricultural association to produce rain, has come to this district from Los Angeles, Cal, and according to arrangements made by the Agricultural association, is about to begin work on his new project.
 Hatfield, according to the terms of this contract, agrees to construct and build rain precipitation and attrac- ton plant at favorapIe site to be chosen by him for its operations. In outlining plans to meeting of the United Agricultural association, F. S. Ratliff, secretary announced that the "rainmaker" has been offered induce ments to visit the district of Nobleford. in southern Alberta, and Foremost. Saskatchewan. Farmers, in general, are highly enthusiastic over the pros- poets.
 The main rain precipitation plant. according to the plan announced, will be located at Chappice Lake, about 20 miles from this city, The matter of financing the project was referred to the executive committee, as was also the selection of locations for the rain gauges, which Hatfield is expected to bring with him. What methods the rainmaker intends to pursue in pro- ducing the rain has not been disclosed.
 The contract between the United Ag- ricultural association and Hatfield set forth that his plant is to be kept in constant operation from the first day of May, 1921, to the first day of Au- gust, 1921, in the endeavor to bring about the largest possible increased precipitation over and about that DOT ton of Alberta, Can., and a section of territory at least 100 miles radius with the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, as a center."
 And it is hereby understood and agreed" tho contract read, that of all rain falling from the first day of May, 1921, to the first day of August, 1921, in the above described district, said Hatfield, through the efforts of his op- erations upon the atmosphere, shall be given credit for one-half of the pre- cipitation that falls at the uniform rate of $4,o00 per inch up to four inches or fraction thereof. The maximum consideration of the contract is $S,000 for a four-inch rainfall.
 "AIl rainfall in excess of four inches, no extra charges whatsoever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
CHILEANS PLAN TO TURN CRUSOE'S OLD
 HAUNTS INTO RESORT
Bv Associated Press

Valparaiso, March 19--Juan Fernandez Island. 450 miles west of Valparaiso, widely regarded as the spot around which the story of Robinson Crusoe was written. is to be turned into health resort according to present plans of the Chilean government.
 The island is 13 miles long and four miles wide. Vegetation is abundant. Many kinds of fruits thrive there and the sea in the vicinity swarms with species of codfish and quantities of seals, according to a recent visitor.
 The actual original of Defoe's story of Crusoe was said to have been Alexan- der Selkirk, one of a crew of buca- Heers. who quarreled with his skipper and was marooned at his own request on Juan Fernandez, where he spent four lonely years. The grotto where Selkirk is supposed to have lived with his man Friday still is to be seen A British warship visited the island in 1868 and members of the crew erected a tablet in memory of Selkirk
 Some years ago the Chilean govern ment attempted to colonize the island and gave free passage to emigrants, but the scheme was failure and the island now has only 200 inhabitants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
ENGLAND PLANNING TO
 COLONlZE HER DISTANT
 UNDEvEL LOPED TERRITORY
Bx Associated Prcss

London, March 1s.-The British gov ernment has decided to hold confer ence with representatives of the Brit ish dominions in order to formulate 2 policy of promoting the settlement Of British colonists in new and undeyel- oped parts of the British empire.
 This plan is intended to serve ths double purpose of distributing the pop ulation of the United Kingdom so as to populate the empty spaces of, the empire and insure that the additional of these undeveloped terri tories will be British both in birth and spirit. By these means, 1t is hoped to provide for the defense as well as the of the empire and to re- the population of the United Kingdom. duce the surplus of women over men In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
FELL CITY DEFEATS TALLADEGA COUNTY
 NINE IN BALL GAME

Pell City, March 1s.-( Special 1.-The Peli City High school nine defeated Tal- ladega County High school here yester- day in fast game, 8 to O. The game was we'll played and was featured by the brilliant pitching exhibition of Stine of Pell City High. who struck out 14 Lincoln batsmen in the seven-inning game. Only two hits were registered off Stine, both of them being singles The Pell City High lads gave their pitcher good support. not having an error marked against any man on the team. Merkls also pitched a very good game for Lin- coin. only allowing the locals five pm gles, one of them being for two bases.
 The next game of the Pell City High school schedule is March 25. when they meet Leeds High on the local diamond
 Score R.H.E. Pell City High school ...'.......... o Talladega County High ....,.....o 4
 Batteries: Pell city. Stines and Clay ton Talladega County. Merkle and Nails. Empires. Winkler and J. Mitchell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

to rob mayor" she lisped, "and you'd better shimmy back down that hole be- fore they catch you here"
 John Ridd shimmied away, but he boomeranged back often in the next six years.
 Lorna was 14 when John first spilled the Limas about love.
 I'd like to be Mrs. Ridd, but I'm scared of the giant Carver Doone," she said. He's harder Il concentrated pig iron"
 John drew himself up to his six feet seven odd and winked.
 Pig iron? Phooey I'm so near iron myself that whfen it rains I rust and people say I am freckled."
 "Oh, John" pulled Lorna, you're such a poet to think of those romantic things, I'm your own lii bambino for keeps"
 THE BANDIT GIRL WARNS JOHN But when John came again he found his little love-bud in greate trouble. Sir Ensor Doone, head of the Black jack Clan, and her only protector against the terrible Carver, was dying. Carver was closing the net around Lorna. seeking to force her into marrying him. THROUGH THE SNOW TO HIS
 SWEETIE
 John Ridd begged the farmers of his community to join him in war against
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
ARKANSAS BOASTS
 GENUINE DIAMONDS
Only Mine of Worlds Most Precious Stone in Western
 Hemisphere in That State
By Associated Press

Murphreesboro, Ark, March l9.-The only diamond mine thus far discovered on the western hemisphere is located in Pike county, Arkansas, in which this hamlet is situated. The mine is two and half miles south of here
 The diamonds are found in a pipe" the crater of an extinct volcano which ages ago boiled up through the surface, had it's terrific heat chilled by the waters of an inland sea, and left bits of carbon scattered throughout the peridotte which now fills the crater, to be pressed into diamonds by the contraction of the rock. The peridotite forms the original matrix of the diamond, and thus far the only diamonds found in the western hemi- sphere in their matrices are those of Pike county. Diamonds have been found in some 8 states in Canada and South America, but always in river beds where. geologists surmise, they have been washed by the waters, or in places where it is presumed they have been deposited by glacial action.
 The first Arkansas diamond was found in 1906 by John Huddleston, then owner of the farm on which the 60-acre "pipe'' is located, by accident Huddleston ob- served outcroppings of the gray-green rock, since classed as peridotite, and came to the conclusion that his hillside contained valuable mineral, perhaps cop- per. After pecking around without find- ing anything which looked to him like mineral, he picked up a crystal, then one day showed it to some friends in Mur- phreesboro. A Little Rock jeweler pro- nounced it a diamond, and made sure by verfcation by jewel experts in New York.
 The mining operations in Arkansas for several years at least will be far different from those of the South African fields. although the formations are the same In Africa deep shafts are sunk, the peril dotite is brought to the surface and spread on drying floors for rA'iods rang ing from to IS months. IA rock has the peculiar quality of q G ltegratins when exposed to the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
TEMPERATURES ADVISED
 TO TAG THEMSELVES AS
 H0LLANDERS-NOT DUTCH
By Associated Press

Amsterdam, March 19.-Citizens of Holland should refer to themselves when abroad as 'Hollanders" rather than Dutchmen," rules the Amsterdam Handelsblad after . long debate on that subject in it's columns.
 The correspondence in the Handels- blad has been voluminous. Especially since the war, says one writer. those Eollanders who forget that many Americans and Englishmen term Ger mans Dutch" find scant welcome in the United States and England when they say arc Dutch"
 If in England" wr1ees this corro- spondent, "a Netherfander says he Is A 'Hollander.' doors are open to him that are closed to Dutchmen.'"
 'Dutchmen" is an approbrious term
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
COTTON
 INDUSTRY INCREASES
 ABOUT 400 PER CENT
By Associated Press

Buenos Aires, March 19.-The cotton industry in northern Argentina has quadrupled in importance in three years as a result lof aid given to the farmers by the state railways. In 191S-ls approxi- mately 12OO0 acres were planted. while the l92O-2 crop embraces an area Of about 5000 acres.
 The crop yield is from 1.2oo to 1,eoo pounds per acre, according to statistics published by the railroads, one-third or which is fiber and the rest seed. A gin and a cotton seed mill have been con structed to take care of the crop Ihe great problem of the Argentine cotton farmer is lack of labor for picking the crop Attempts have been made to use machinery for this. but these have been reported as being only partially success full
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
ACCEPTING A BRIBE
 TO THROW BASEBALL
 GAME A CRIME IN N. Y.

Albany, N. r., March 19.-The Kava- naugh-Merrigan law will safeguard base ball against fraud. John A. Heydler, president of the National league, today informed Governor Miller. Under the law, which was enacted this week. the accepting or offering of a bribe to lose a professional baseball game is a felony.
 President Heydler's telegram, which was given out at the executive chamber today, said:
 Every lover of clean sport is grate- ful to you and the members of the Elm pire State legislature for the enactment of the Kavanaugh-Merr bill, which will effectually safeguard the national gamer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
"MARY JANE" MARRIES
 NEPHEW OF PERSHlNG
Ry Aasocinted pross

New York; March 19.-Sane Outcault. known as Mary Jane-- of the Buster Brown cartoons, which ner father, Richard Felton Outcau.s. created, was married today to Fran.S Edward Per shing, nephew of Gen. John J. Per- shing.
 the University of C...cago football team and during the war ne served in France, being placed on his uncle's s staff after the signing or the armis- tice-