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The spectator., 1921-05-10
TEN DAYS RESPITE
 GRANTED GERMANY
BRITISH AND FRENCH coMpRo MISE CONFLICTING VIEWS
 ON PREPARATIONS,
BElGlANS AVERT A SPLIT
Allies Will itemize Their Demands While France Prepares To Ad.
 vance and Occupy the Ruhr District.

London.-The British and French government have reached an agree ment on how to deal with Germany to compel payment of separations un- dert exact, immediate guarantees. In broad outline, it is agreed that the al lies will make a declaration soon, but not to Germany
 They will announce that the Repa- rations Commission will notify Ger many as to the amount she is reqUir- ed to pay, and how it is to be paid, together with the proposed financial controls. The allies then will an nounce that within 10 days, this pc. riod being subject to possible modih- cation by the Supreme Council, they will proceed to carry uto the penalties if the terms are not acceeded to.
 The plan provides for a comprehen- sive scheme of supervision and con trol of Germany's sources of revenue. It is not yet completed, but while the experts are working on it France will proceed with all her military prepara-
  The French government will order the mobilization of one additional class for the occupation of the Ruhr.
 This is the general result of an agi- tated day of conversations and cor ferences that seemed likely to end in sharp disagreement among the allies. The agreement was brought about by the intervention of the Belgian for eign minister, NJ Jasper, at meet ing" of the Supreme Council The whole subject will come up for discus sion again at another meeting of the council later.
 Both sides feel that they have meas ureably succeeded in having their pol icies accepted.
 The French premier asked for Brit ish naval cooperation. suggesting the blockade of Hamburg. The British prime minister replied that American public opinion would no approve of such a course. and he could not agree to blockade. which would bring the allies into controversy with the United States.
 NJ. Briand agreed to this point of view He added that the course of the United States has been absolutely correct.
 Uneasiness still exists among the French delegates over the possibility that Washington may endeavor to mediate; they declare this would not be acceptable 10 them.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
MAY MOVE TROOPS
 FROM THE RHINE
REMOVAL OF U. S. SOLDIERS TO BE SOUGHT BY
 SENATORS.
TWO TREATIES PROBABLE.
Administration Officials Are Silent as to the Effect of the Prospec- tive Adoption of the
 Knox Resolution.

Washington-Con that tho. president has abandoned his inten-- tion to resubmit modified version of the Versailles treaty to the Sem ate. irreconcilable senators are plan ming another move toward the full fillment of their program to isolate the United States from European af. fairs. This move, while not definitely agreed upon, contemplates the adop- ton of resolution declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that Amer ican troops should be withdrawn from Germany.
 This contemplated action has caus. ed some perturbation among Repub- lican senators who do not desire to be classed as irreconcilables or are anxious to avoid even the appearance of trying to force the presidents hand or of offending him by approaching the line of trespass on the constitu- tional functions of the executive. In their view, the legislative branch of the government has no right to fn- struct the president as to the dispo- sition of the troops under his com mand. They point out that the occu- patton of Nicaragua and Haiti by the armed forces of the United States were executive acts that have not been questioned by Congress. Irrecon- cilable senators counter this by say ing that American troops were sent to Nicaragua and Haiti to protect American interests, while in the case of Germany there Is no warrant for any such course, once peace has been established between the United States and Haiti are on the American conti- nent and this fact warrants the Unit ed States government in regarding those countries as exceptions.
 Administration officials are silent as to the effect of the prospective ! adoption of the Knox resolution passed by the Senate on Saturday and expected to be acted upon by tho House this week-on the status of American relations with Germany and Austria. Among the irreconcilablo senators. however. it was said today that it will be necessary for the United States to negotiate a separate peace with its Teutonic enemies. There probably will be two peace treaties, it was said, one with Ger. many and the other with the allied governments. to be followed by the same process with respect to Austria.
The spectator., 1921-05-10

meeting he was named chairman of the temporary executive committee.
 Returning to the United States, he was elected commander of the Illinois department. In II months the mem- bership in Illinois increased from 19.- GOO to more than 65000, and the num- Der of posts from 220 to 6S2.
 While serving with the First Hi nois cavalry, in 1891, Mir. Foreman ac- quired an active interest In military affairs He served with that organi- zation during the Spanish h-American war and rose to the rank of captain.
 After the war MT. Foreman began the practice Of law in Chicago, and be- came major in the First cavalry. In 1914 he was promoted 10 lieutenant colonel, and two years later commits stoned colonel of the regiment. He was in command of that organization during the border troubles.
 With the outbreak of the World war, Colonel Foreman requested the trans fer of his regiment to field artillery, which was effected in June. 1917. Col onel Foreman took the regiment to France in 1917 and commanded 1t throughout the war. He received three citations for saliantry and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for achievements in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives.
 While not in the military service, Mr. Foreman practiced law in Chica- go and took an active interest in pub lie affairs throughout the state. In 1899 he was elected to the Chicago city council and served six consecutive terms. He was chairman of the Chi cago charter convention whose work has become a model for planners of new city charters.
The spectator., 1921-05-10

committeeman of the American Le- zion. Let's walk to Washington and tell them what the Legion wants for its disabled and for its whole member ship"
 According to Mir. Kurtz' plan, dele gates from each state department of the Legion would hike. overland to the nation's capitol, arranging their sched- ules so as to meet on the White House steps on the same day. However, h" would permit representatives from the other side of the Rockies to ride the cushions across to this side.
 Legion posts along the way would feed and shelter the hikers. "Tll lead the way, and outwalk anyone in the Legion" the Kansas pedestrian de clares.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
To Merqe Rail Lines.

Washington.-A plan to consolidate all the railroads into five great trans continental systems has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Com mission by Fred Brown Whitney of Waukegan. H., as citizen of the United States and stockholder in various railroads.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
C. O. Q.

An old darky visited doctor and received instructions as to what he should do. Shaking his head, he was about to leave the office, when the doctor called out:
 Hey. there, uncle. you forgot to pay me"
 "pnv you fo' what?'
 "Fcr my advice
 "Nossuh, boss, I'se compluntated it from all angles and decided not to take "--American Legion Weekly
The spectator., 1921-05-10
SIPS, 900 In Bonds Gone.

New York.-Disappeara of $126.. 900 in nonnegotiable securities, be- lieved to have been stolen by a youth who represented himself to be a mes. senger furnished by reliable stock messenger service, was reported by H. c. Duval X Co.,, stock brokers.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Second Hano.

'I want two sheets of fly paper" said the lady entering the corner gen eral store.
 The nonS -too-brilliant clerk extracted two sheets from the window.
 "Ten cen;S," he said.
 "How embarrassing I've only n nickel with me"
 "Aw, I s'pose you can have the two fer five censs," he grumbled. "They're half full of flies already. ."-American LeCich Weekly.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Texas Bankers To Meet.

San Antonio. Texas.-lndications point to an attendance of 2,0O0 bank. CTS and members of their families at the thirty-seventh annual convention or the Texas Bankers Association, which meets here May 10, Il and l2.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Many Rescued at Sea.

Block Island, R. I.-Three hundred passengers were taken off the Portu' guese steamer Mormugao. which ran aground on the west side of Block ls' land in a thick fog this morning. while bound from Lisbon for New Bedford and New York
The spectator., 1921-05-10
British Leave Persia

Riga-A wireless message from Moscow announces the withdrawal of the British from Persia. A Russian diplomatic mission has arrived in Te. heran. the Persian capital, the mes. sage adds
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Benson Seeks Funds

Washington. Chairman Benson Of the Shipping Board has asked Con. gress for an appropriation of Sl3l,. 0O0.000 to finance operations of the governments merchant fleet during the next fiscal year
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Schooner Burns At Sea

New York.-The American scooner C. w. Mills. bound from Pascagoula, Miss. for Havana with lumber is on hre on the Florida coast. said a wire. less message received hele from the steamship Agursun.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Creeks Repulse Attacks.

Athens.-Attacks against Greek forces along the Meando. river west. ern anatolia, have been repulsed. The Greeks also have been successful farther north in holding their posi-, tions against Turkish assaults.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Typhus in Consulate.

Austin, Texas.-A case of typhus fever in the Mexican consulate at La redo has been reported officially to Dr. M. c. Carrick state health officer. The patient has been quarantined and all precautions taken, the report said.
The spectator., 1921-05-10

noiS department of the American
 Legion, is a Chi cago lawyer, who for many years has been active in public and mil itary affairs. His connection w 1 t h the Legion dates back to the orig inal Paris caucus at which time the idea of forming a Legion was con- ceived. At that
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Will Remind Germany,

Paris. The Preparations Commis- sion has prepared a brief formal noti- flcation to Germany. which will be de- livered at once. reciting the fact that Germany has defaulted in the pay. ment of 12.O00.0o0 900 gold marks due before May l.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
srews Beside Courthouse.

Shreveport, La.-Calmly beating a connection of raisins, chopper apples, meal. sugar and other ingredients, Clifford Moody. negro janitor. was caught by police in the act Of samp ling his brew preliminary to bottling. The stin was found in a building on ly 800 fee, from the federal courts and postofflce building.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Child Killed by Horse.

Pitcher. Okla.-A fiye-year-old girl was killed and five persons were in. iured when a race horse dashed from an unfenced track into crowd Q, spectators.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
THE LEGION BODY OF FRANCE
Ex.Patrlated Former Service Man Re. mains Abroad and serves In irn-
 portant Capacity.
When the last of the American ex- peditlonary forces left France, Il con

siderable number of eNservice men remained in that country as repre- S en yes of American il I Ill S and in various ot CT positions. Among this group was Col. Francis E. Drake, com mander of the de- part m C D t 0 f France, American Legion.
 T h c eX-patri-
The spectator., 1921-05-10
TyroI Is Pro-German.

Vienna.-Nearly complete returns from the sentimental plebiscte held in the Austrian Tyrol, indicate that 9S Der cent of the inhabitants voted in favor of fusion with Germany.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Postmaster Resigns.

Mammoth Spring.-John F. Hunt, who has been postmaster for the last eight years. has sent in his resignar ton. effective Juns 1.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Armistice Car Preserved.

Paris.-The railway car. in which the armistice was signed has been transported to the army museum ir the Invalides.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
New Envoy Selected.

Washington. - President Harding has nominated Montgomery Schuyler of New York to be minister to Saliva dor.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
Fire Destroys a Town,

Jackson. Miss. - Fire destroyed the business section of Madison, al small flown north of here, with tbe exception of three stores.
The spectator., 1921-05-10
HIKE TO NATIONAL CAPITAL
Plan Suggested by Kansas Committee man to Tell Lawmakers What
 Legion Men Need.
"Join the army and walk around the world :" Do you remember that slogan

D Q Il g n D Q y \ whose weary feet ate up the kilo- meters on the oth- CT side and the miles on this side so paraphrased the advertising of I il c recruiting service during the war. But walk ing won the war.
 Lets keep it up." urges w. F. KurtZ, Kansas na- tional executive
The spectator., 1921-05-10
ONE OF LEGION'S FOUNDERS
Col. Milton Foreman's Connection Dates Back to the Original
 Paris Caucus.

Col. Milton J. Foreman, national executive committeeman of the 1lli-
The spectator., 1921-05-10
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 LEGION tCopy foG This Department Supplied bl the American Legion News Service.)

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
LIKE McLUKE SAYS

You may not believe it. but the best way to call attention to the fact that you are bald is to wear a toupee.
 Some men admit that there are seven days in week. But they will dispute any other statement you may make. Love is something that will make a selfish man and selfish girl think as much of each other as they do of them selves. But it doesn't last long.
 One reason why doctors are prosper ous is because when a man has no ap. petite he keeps on trying to eat
 Some people are so afraid of fresh air that they would enjoy living in the vacuum of thermos bottle.
 A hermit is about the only man who has his own way in this world.
 One husband will refer to his 20-year- old, 100-pound wife as The Old Wom- an," while another husband will refer to his 200-pound, 40-year-old wife as The Little Girl"
 It may seem paradoxical. But it is a fact that the most accomplished men do not always accomplish the most.
 And it makes heap of difference whether people are laughing with you or laughing at you.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
UP COMES A NEW TOWN

From the New Orleans Item.
 A few weeks ago. Haynesville was a peaceful little village in North Clai- borne with a little weekly newspaper and one day Of activity a week. Then somebody developed an oil well. Now Haynesville has three banks, a dozen new stores, daily newspaper, an un- official stock exchange and as many real estate men as there are hats in use. In a few weeks more it probably will have chamber of commerce, sev- eral "eat-and talk" clubs, and maybe a country club and a standing grouch at all public utilities-that is. if the prospect holes now drilling prove that the first stroke wasn't an accident.
 Meanwhile. the mayor has resolved himself into a committee on reception, every hand is extended in welcome, and Make yourself at home" greets every visitor. Louisianians are an adaptable people and fortune finds them ready to rise to new opportunities and condi- -tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
AN INTERVIEW WITH LENIN

larly." he said. Through the New York Times keep track of the atrocd- ties the assassinations and the new revolutions in Russia The Chicago American tells me what is going on in the middle west And the Los Angeles Times-oh, by the way, wasn't the of flee of that newspaper wrecked by dynamite by friends of the McNamara brothers, labor agitatorsT His, pro- nunciation of the name was correct and so were his facts. I told him s0. And that paper is owned by one of the members of your syndicate, is it not?" I assented and Lenin chuckled. Well now--that is amusing. I find you MT. Chandler very refreshing. He writes that I am the bloodiest assassin the world has ever seen! Now I won- der" his head went on his hand and an impish look appeared in his eyes "I wonder if when this mess is all cleaned up and I visit Los Angeles-I wonder if you couldn't arrange lunch con for me with MT. Chandler? And I say would you invite Charlie Chaplin ? I've always wanted to meet Charlie Chaplin Doesn't he, too,. live in Los AnEeles?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
THE PERILs IN A KISS

From The Mountebank," by W. J.
 Locke.
 As for Elodie-what did kiss or two matter? If one paid all that at tention to a kiss ones life would be a complicated drama of hundred threads. "A kiss is nothing'-so ran one of her obiter dicta-unless you feel it in your toes. Then look out. :"
 "A kiss must mean either very much or very little. There are maidens to whom it signifies a lfes conservation. There are men whose blood it fires with burning passion. There are couples of different sex who jointly consider their first kiss a matter of supreme im- portanee, and the temporary rapture over at once begin to discuss the pos abilities of parental appreciation and the ways and means of matrimony. A kiss may be the very devil of a thing, leading to two or three dozen honor ably born grandchildren, or to suicide, or to scelibate addiction to cats, or to the fate of Abelard, or to the Fall of Troy. Volumes could be writ ten on it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
PICKED HIS CUSTOMERS

From the Los Angeles Times.
 Highland church was in urgent need of repair, and Sandy McNab, a very popular member. had been in vited to collsct subscriptions for the purpose.
 One day the minister met Sandy walking irresolutely along the road The good man at once guessed the cause.
 Sandy" he said earnestly, I'm sor- ry to see ye in this state."
 "Ah. weel, it's for the good O the cause" replied the delinquent, happi- ly. "Ye sec meenister. it's a through these subscreeptions. I've been dour the glen collectin' fun's, an at every hoose they made me hae wee drap- pie"
 Every house? But-but surely Sandy, there are some of the kirk members who are teetotalers?''
 Aye, there are; but l wrote tat those,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
SUMMER STYLES IN MALEKuLA

From the Cannibals at the Movies,
 by Martin Johnson, in Asia Magazine
 for May.
 have never seen human beings more wretched than the women of the Big Numbers tribe on the island of Male kula in the New Hebrides At first sight they looked like walking hay stacks. They wore grass dresses con- sisting of bushy skirt that hung from the waist to the knees. sort of wid- ow's veil that was thrown over the peep-hole for the wearer to look through, and a long train that hung down the back nearly to the ground. more cumbersome and insanitary dress was never devised. It was heavy. It was hot Worst of all, it was dirty. Every one of the dresses was matted with filth. l did not see a single pig --and there were dozens of them root ing about inside and outside the houses that was so dirty as the women of that village. I afterward found that for women to wash was strictly taboo. From birth to death water never touched their skins
 Nagapate's wives were as wretched as any of the other women We had heard from the natives at our head quarters on the island of Vao that Nagapate had hundred wives, but there were only ten of them. We presented them each with a string of beads and a small glass jar of cheap candy. They did not even look at their gifts, They wanted only to get the ordeal over and to escape. Dur ing all our stay in the village the poor, browbeaten wretches never got up enough courage to look at us. Their lords and masters felt our skins and our hair and our clothes, examining us with embarrassing freedom. But when ever we came upon woman, she squatted down and hid her face be- hind her grass veil
 I got my cameras ready, but the women lid in the houses end would not come out to be photographed. Finally Nagapate, the great chief, com manded them to come into the clear ing, and they crept whimpering out of the little doors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
Most of the theatres run Sunday

From Side-Lights on Soviet Moscow.
 by Washington B. vanderlip. in
 Asia Magazine for May
 FAN the day arrived in Moscow W requested an interview with the
 president of the council of com missars. I was informed that Lenin was much interested in American business men and would be delighted to see me
 In his common -place-lookfng of- flee (just off the more commonplace looking rooms where he lives with his wife and sister. pursuing simple Ia borious routine as like as possible to that of his 20 years exile in Zurich and Paris and London) he turned his shrewd eve on me and asked cordially, in excellent English, And when is the American revolution coming?' Not in 10000 years" I replied as cordially. And any Russians you send over to make a revolution will be hanged to the nearest lamp post"
 Lenin considered me for a moment; he took another tack. I'm told that every American family has motor car. Is that so-every one? I came back: "Everybody-or else an order for one in his pocket, backed by the coun- try's prosperity" My interlocutof halted. "Tell me-" he said slowly and seriously, does anything in soviet Russia seem good to you? Yes many things I replied. And Ameri- cans. let me add. want the best where ever they find it. Whatever is good in Russia. we'll be the first to take. But we've .rot to be shown. We're from Missouri" At the last word he cooked his head "Missouri! The Missouri River? Whats that got to do with it?'
 On his desk lay copy of the New York Times, well thumbed. DO you really read it?" I asked. T read the New York Times. the Chicago Ameri- can and the Los, Angeles Times regu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
Awakened Interest

Never before in my life have seen people as crazy about movie star Ss they were about Clara Kimball Ycung," said James Williams.
 "Everywhere she went she was the center of attraction, and the morning she was in Judge Abernethy's court l think every employe and official of the courthouse had business in the court of misdemeanors. Many of the ma sculine sex were envying Judge 'Ab,' who seemed to be having the time of his life with the pretty star sitting beside him on the bench.
 Miss Young was indeed pretty ana most attractive, and it is no wonder that the people wanted to look at her"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-28
Part Women Are Playing in Life of the Nation

RRHE State Federation of Wom-
 L ems Clubs, which is now hold ing its annual convention in Birming- ham, is just another reminder of the important part women are playing in national affairs. The alert, intelli- gent delegates from clubs in all parts of Alabama are typical of thousands of other women in America who are making thls country better place in which to live.
 The old-fashioned idea that home life would suffer if women were given the ballot and concerned themselves with questions other than housework and the rearing of ch.ldfen has long since been dissipated. No great un- dertaking of public nature can sue ceed nowadays without the support of women, whether it is matter of poli- tics, legislation or philanthropic movement.
 Wherever women are active they are outspoken in favor of better gov- ernment and better living conditions. They are yitally interested in educa- ton and in that field alone they have accomplished much. Women have proved competent to exercise every function of full-fledged citizenship. And it is an injustice to the majority of American women to charge that they are chiefly interested in passing "blue" laws or organizing drastic re- form movements.