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Careme, his defenders assert, was the
first to insist on the artistic prepara-
ton of food, on the balanced compo-
sition of meals, and particularly on the
Importance of pleasing the eye as well
as the palate. 1t may be granted that
he carried his theory further than
modern taste would allow, but he was
cooking for kings and emperorS and he
undertook to bring the dining table
into harmony with the sumptuousness
of the background. At a time when
gentlemen wore powdered wigs. bright
velvet clothing, jewels and gold lace
M. Brousson's honest, Straightforward
lamb stew with French peas would have
been incongruous.
There are many stories about Careme
particularly during the time he was
working for the foxy Talleyrand. One
of the most typical concerns a small
diplomatic dinner which Talleyrano
was giving. Much depended on the
success of the affair and Talleyrano
instructed Careme to outdo himself
Careme managed to acquire two Of the
largest turbots ever seen in Paris, each
weighing upward Of 20 pounds.
Talleyrand. when he saw them, bii
his lip In vexation.
1T is too bad we cannot serve then
both" he said Nobody ever saw two
such fish on the same table. But il
cannot be done With only IL at table
1t would seem too ostentatious"
But Careme thought of plan. Wher
| the first turbot was served, amid ex.
carnations of wonder, the butler, fol.
| lowing instructions, slipped on thu
| M hSI
fell in a heap. The guests gasped anG
turned compassionate glances towart
their host.
Talleyrand, well styled in advance b.
Careme. waited until the butler hat
picked himself up and then said non.
chalantly: Bring another!"
(Copyright 1881
Evening star., 1933-04-09
Treasure Hunt Planned to Seek
Il What King John Lost in Wash

LONDON.-In treasure hunt to be
undertaken here soon it is hoped to
solve a riddle of seven centuries-what
did King John, younger brother of
Richard the Lion Hearted, lose in the
Wash?
Legend has it that this famous an
cestor Of King George lost great
quantity of his own jewels, as well as
the crown of King Alfred the Great and
a rich hoard Of booty plundered from
the abbeys and castles Of England, the
value of which would run to several
million dollars. His negligence and the
mystery surrounding his loss in the
Wash has made him the butt Of anna
teur and professional wise-crackers.
The unfortunate monarch suffered
this misadventure in trying, one day in
October, 1915, to wade with his army
and baggage train across the wide,
shallow inlet Of the sea on the east
coast Of England known as the Wash.
His intelligence service must have been
wanting in knowledge of tidal condi-
tions, because his forces were overtaken
by the tide and, though the King him
self got across safely. MANY of his SOL
diers we're drowned and the whole Of
his treasure and baggage engulfed.
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ence at the present time? If not, why
not?
Will they demand as a. condition
for their attendance further progress in
the matter of disarmament and the So
called equality status?
Is it possible to get further either
toward disarmament OF the equality
status without discussing the entire
problem of treaty revision?
Can such discussion probably be
pushed unless it is known in advance
just what points of the treaties the
Germans wish to revise?
These are some of the points the
American Ambassador at Large, Nor
man H. Davis. and his assistant, Allen
w. Dulles, will endeavor to clear up
during their short stay in Berlin. be-
gun today. For, short as their stay is,
It will be packed with important meet
ings.
Today the Americans saw Foreign
Minister Baron Constantin Won Neu-
rath, President Paul Won Hindenburg,
Herr Posse, German economic expert,
and Chancellor Adolf Hitler, in the order
mentioned.
Davis also had long talks with Amer
lean Charge d'Affaires George A. Cor
don and Consul General George S.
MeSSerSmith. In addition, he informed
himself concerning the situation of
American correspondents in Germany
Foreigners here believe that, although
Hitler himself is unquestionably trying
to be reasonable and moderate In
matters Of foreign policy, he is con-
stantly being pushed by hotheads
within his party.
The influence of Baron Won Neurath
does not seem to be what it was. Some
persons even claim that the real policy
Is dictated not by Baron Won Neurath,
but by the head of the newly formed
foreign political affairs department
within the Nazi party, Dr. Alfred Rosen-
berg, editor of the chief Nazi news
paper, the Racial Observer.
DR.. Rosenberg halls from the Baltic
countries and is Of Germanic origin,
but became a German citizen only five
years ago. He is said to be hostile to
Soviet Russia and an anti-Jewish
fanatic. In Great Britain he is sup
Evening star., 1933-04-09
BIZ Pct. of Canada's
People Live on Farms

OTTAWA, -Ontario.-Only 3.28s,5o7
persons, or 3l.7 per cent of eanada's
population of 1o,362,833, live on farms.
The rural population of the Dominion
at the last census numbered 4,7S2,135,
of which ,5o7, or 67.2 per cent.
lived on farms and were presumably
engaged in farming. The remainder
Il 500 .628. or 1913 per cent-repre-
sented the rural population which did
not live on farms-usually in small
ham1ets or other unincorporated vii
lagos.
OF the 728,623 farms in Canada
28l ,044, or 38.5 per cent, employed hired
labo- for 7,368,73l weeks at a cost of
500, ,425, $50 for cash and board, max
ing an average Of 26.2 weeks per farm
at an average cost of 1882 weekly.
fCopyright, 1887
Evening star., 1933-04-09
COURTS MAY HAVETO RULE
ON"COLDCLAUSE" INLOANS
illegal Tender' Decisions by Supreme
Court in the 1905 May Not Be
Conclusive Precedents.

nearly all lawyers continued to insert
1t. Any reader of this article who hap
pens either to own bond or owe a
mortgage is apt to find, If he reads it
carefully, that the gold clause is there.
Many insurance policies contain it.
Practically every reader, though few
may be aware of it, Is either under an
obligation to pay gold in satisfaction
of his mortgage and the interest on it,
or is entitled to receive gold.
For as long as younger readers can
remember, as far back as 33 years at
least, this gold clause did not matter.
Neither the debtor nor the creditor
paid any attention to it. They did
not, in the legal phrase, insist on, spe-
cific performance" by payment in gold.
The creditor was willing to receive,
and for the debtor it was more con-
venient to pay, ordinary paper dol
lars or bank checks. Hundreds of
thousands of persons have freely ac-
cepted billions of dollars in paper
money or bank checks without ever
even knowing they were entitled to de-
mand gold. The reason has been that
paper money has had the same value
as gold money. At all times, a man
having a paper dollar could take it to
the Treasury, or to a Federal Reserve
bank, or, as practical matter, to many
bank, and exchange it for a gold dol
lar. The Government has always stood
ready to make the exchange. That is
what Is meant by the currency of the
United States being ION gold basis"
And just because anybody could make
the exchange, nobody cared to make it.
We were for nearly half a century
as far back as the currency contro-
versieS, similar to the present, that fol-
lowed the Civil WARM the happy con-
dition of a nation whose citizens knew
that every paper dollar was the equiva-
lent Of gold dollar.
Now No Practical Effect.
And so, the gold clause" came to
have no practical effect. But the law
yers who drew mortgages and wrote
bond contracts continued to write the
gold clause in. And it is the gold
clause, existing in scores of billions
of contracts, that is supposed to be an
insuperable obstacle to America now
going off the gold basis.
Suppose now, either that the United
States 60 "off the gold basis" in the
sense of printing or minting great
quantities of paper or silver money, or
that the size of the gold dollar be re-
duced
The present gold dollar. "of present
standard of weight and fineness," con-
tains 258 grains nine-tenths fine, or
1922 grains of pure gold. Let us as
sumo now that Congress REDUCES. the
quantity of gold in the dollar to- let
US SAY. 20. grains. or Is. Or let US
Continued on Third Page)
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T<HERE Is in every quarter of the
United States, in every section
Of society - debtors, creditors,
L wage earners. farmers, investors,
bankers, lawyers an immense
amount of talk about a thing called
imitation" going of the gold stand
ard reducing the quantity Of gold in
the dollar" Issuing more paper
money" coinage of silver" in a fixed
ratio to gold, and that sort Of thing.
The subject has many aspects. To
paper, not only today but for so days.
The present article aims to pick out
one aspect-the aspect which think is
Of most direct concern to the average
reader-and deal with 1t in spirit of
attempting to achieve simplicity and
concreteness. I have written about 1t
before, but the amount Of interest IN
the subject, and the questions raised by
many readers, justify ampliflcation.
There are in the United States some
scores of billions lin terms of quantity
of dollars) Of bonds, mortgages and
other contracts, which contain the
words-I quote from a bond happen
to have access to:
%" promise to pay $1,000 Tor
some other sunni in gold coin OF the
OIltCQ OtdtcS VI hIntIlCd, VI VI CqooA
to the standard Of weight and fine
ness existing July l, 1925, and to pay
interest thereon :. In IKE goio
com.
Habit Dates From 1860.
That Is the gold clause" The bond
I have quoted from happens to be one
issued by the Kansas City Public Serv-
ice Co. But the clause Is substantially
identical in vast masses OF other bonds,
mortgages and other contracts. Other
bonds and mortgages use whatever date
the contract happened to be made
Some do not mention date, but merely
say gold coin of the present standard y
All that is immaterial. The central
and important fact Is that scores OF
billions of contracts written any time
during the past so years contain the
same gold clause. The habit of writing
it into mortgages and bonds arose dur
| ing the 1905, when a condition ex-
isted much like the present-there was
a prolonged controversy about currency
| imitation, "greenbacks," silver coinage
paper money"-and lawyers adopted
the practice of inserting the gold clause
should say off-hand that fully
three -fourths, perhaps more, of all the
bonds, mortgages and similar contracts
in the United States contain this gold
clause. Some do not Apparently some
lawyers came to feel SO confident, dur
ing the long years when we seemed as
securely welded to the gold standard
as to the English language. that they
did not insert the gold lause. But
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Consolidation Of foreign short-term
Creation of machinery for reviewing
and, wherever necessary, readjustment
Of foreign long-term debts.
Abolition of quotas and other forms
Of indirect protection.
An immediate tariff truce, followed
by general gradual reductions, but with
the maintenance of the most-favored-
nation clause.
Cessation of uneconomic subsidies to
steamship and airlines.
An international agreement for the
limitation of production of certain
easily controlled commodities.
Prices, most experts add, will look
after themselves once trade and credit
obstacles are removed and demand can
again assert itself.
But it is one thing to get experts
more or less to agree and quite an
other to get governments to act ON
their recommendations.
The chief obstacle to new war debt
settlement Is the United States The
chief obstacle to removal of devastating
import quotas Is France. The chief
obstacle to speedy currency stahiliza-
tion Is Great Britain.
There Is obviously room here for
active diplomacy on the basis Of give
and take. If Germany can be dis
suaded from rearmament, If France,
Great Britain and the United States
can be persuaded that abolition of
quotas, currency stabilization and a new
war debt settlement are necessary parts
Of one larger common interest, that is
to say, world peace and prosperity, the
whole international atmosphere, 1t is
thought, might rapidly be transformed,
confidence be restored and the long
awaited business upturn actually begin.
TREATY REVISION pRoRrrw
Evening star., 1933-04-09

In the intervening TOO years the shape
OF these isles has changed much through
sea encroachment and mans efforts at
land reclamation. The hunt for King
Johns treasure will be no deep-diying
enterprise, for during the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries hundreds of
acres of fen In the neighborhood where
disaster overwhelmed him were re-
claimed by land drainage. The coast
line Of the Wash now Is about 8 miles
from the scene Of the Kings crossing.
The traditional site of the old ford he
used still Is preserved In the name
King Johns Bank. but a 10-foot
layer of soil hides the former sea bed
at this point.
Copyright. 1933)
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posed to be a close friend Of the oil
king, Sir Henri Deterding, but other
All such matters will doubtless come
to the attention of Davis and Dulles
and prove valuable in enabling them
to give President Roosevelt and the
State Department information on which
American foreign policy will be based.
Copyright. 1933.)
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20 FOUNDATIONS GRANT
$6O,OOO,OOO EACH YEAR
Total of 5000, 100000 in Philanthropic
Institutions for Wide Variety of Edu-
catiOnal and Other Beneficiences.

Note-The funds OF the 90 largest
American philanthropic foundations ag-
gregate more than $500, 200. 600. and
during recent years their annual grants
have approXimated 100000. 900. In the
following article. Shelby M. Harrison,
director Of the Russell Sage Foundation,
discusses the work done by these or
ganiZations.
Evening star., 1933-04-09
Comedy.

Comedy.
From the Pasadena Post.
Chinese are assured by Japan that
II they make any effort to recover ter
ritory swiped by the japanese the act
will be deemed unfrIendly. So there
Is an Oriental sense Of humor,
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TREATY REVISION PROBLEM.

What Part Germany Will Play In Con-
ference Uncertain.
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.
BERLIN.-Will the Germans consent
to attend the World Economic Confer
Evening star., 1933-04-09

BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
. ARIS.-The political and econo-
mic center Of the world Is about
to shift suddenly to Washington.
This seems to be the mean
Evening star., 1933-04-09
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

w YILL France throw over her
n Polish and Little Entente al
wv lies and join Britain, Italy
and Germany in a big
Evening star., 1933-04-09
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

THERE is in every quarter of the
/ United States, in every section
OF society - debtors, creditors,
Il wage earuerS farmers investors
Evening star., 1933-04-09
BY SHELBY M. HARRISON.

endowment or permanent set
ting aside of funds for worthy
public purposes can be traced
i back many centuries, but the
most Significant deYelnnmentS in
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
WOMEN TRY TO LYNCH MAN

Raleigh, N. c., Aug, 25 CAMP Ac-
cepting the poignant lesson taught by
whites, a mob of colored women threa-
tened to lynch colored man for an
alleged outrage against a -year-old
colored girl last week.
Joyce Mancum, the child, was found
in a semi conscious condition in the
rear Of Lonnie Jones house. Jones is 54
Jones emphastically denied the ac-
cusations of the women. The gi ri was
rushed to the hospital where she was
treated for rape.
The women begged the officers tc
turn the frightened man loose. Let
us deal with HIM, they demanded II
the manner of an angry mob of white
lynchers.
Jones admitted that he had beer
drinking The grand mother Of the CIR
stated that the child had been missing
from home more than three hours.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
SNATCHES 4 MEN FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR
Atlanta Urges Reward To Negro
AURORA CLUB ENTERTAINED

Miss Lucille Barrett was the delightful
hostess at the last meeting of the Au-
rora Literary Art Club. Mrs j. P.
Reese, Miss Patterson, Misses Dorothy
and Kathryne Harris were the guests
beside club members who enjoyed Miss
Barrett's hospitality.
After the business session bridge was
played. The guests prizes were a
warded the Misses Harris. The fortu-
nate club, members were Mrs Laura
Harris high score, Mrs. Maggie Sum-
mral low score. The prizes were beau
tiful pieces of costume jewelry.
Miss Barrett served her guests de-
licious salad course with Russian tea
and an ice with assorted cakes. The club
meets with Mrs. Frances Eaton August
thirtieth.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
MRS. E. ID. LARKIN RENDERED
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER

Mrs. E. D. Larkin, a recent bride was
rendered a miscellaneous shower, Thurs
day afternoon by Mrs. Sarah Nelson
and Miss Martha Hardy. The shower
was given at the home of Mrs Nelson.
The living room and dining rooms
were thrown open into one large spa
cious room, and attractively decorated
with lovely summer flowers.
Miss Lizzie E. Prentice sang Gods
gift To me" with Mrs. L. E. Brooks at
the piano. The hostess served Russian
tea and cake. She was assisted by the
Misses Alice and Essie Mhoon
Thirty-six guests shared the pleas
ures Of the occasion. A large collec-
ton of lovely and useful gifts were
|received.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
Atlanta City Coun-
ell Urges Reward
To Negro Hero

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 25 CAMP By un-
animous action the City Council of At
lanta, on nomination of Mayor James l..
Key, has asked the Carnegie Hero Com
mission to award medal to DIN Miller,
a Negro porter who on June 10, at the
risk of his life, rescued two white men
trapped by an explosion of gas in the
basement of an Atlanta business house.
AS soon as the explosion occurred
Miller, who was employed in the es-
Enlistment, went into the gas-filled
basement and brought out one of the
injured men. Immediately returning
to the basement, though almost over
come by the gas, he found another I'M
conscious victim and was barely able
to drag him up the stairs to safety.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
REERIDIANITfS VISITING CHICAGO
AND OTHER POINTS IN NORTH

Mrs. C. M. Reese, wife of Prof. Reese,
principal Of the Meridian Baptist Semi
nary, and Miss Mae Ollie Harrison
left Monday evening over ,1e M. & O.
for Chicago and other points in the
North. Ms. Reese will be the house
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Davis, an
alumus Of the Seminary. Miss Harri-
son is going home; her parents live n
Chicago, but will return in time to en-
ter school September 18th.
Mrs. Reese will spend some time with
her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. S. P
Winston in Milwaukee Returning she
may stop in Memphis and take in the
National Baptist Convention and Sun
day School and B. Y. P. U. Congress-.
Prof. says it is very lonesome since
the wife has been away. He plans to
90 to Laurel to the State Sunday Schoo
and B. Y. P. U. Convention Friday.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
Snatches Four Men
From Electric
Chair

Tallahassee. Fla, Aug. Is (ANP)
Boldly charging that peace officers and
men not peace officers had brutally
n1istreated four men, convicted of MUIR
der, and forced them to confess to a
crime of which they were innocent, W.
D. Perkins, eloquent Jacksonville law
yer, saved the lives of the men last
Monday by obtaining from the state
Supreme court stay on writ OF er-
ror, returnable in October.
The condemned men who were
scheduled to have been electrocuted
Monday are: Izell Chambers, Jack Will
hanson, Charles Davis and Walter
Woodward. They were convicted OF
the murder of white fish peddler.
Perkins charged before the Supreme
court that while the men were in prison
in Broward county, they were hanged
I'm nv ropes. pistols were drawn upon
them and they were tortured Tor
seve,, consecutive nights almost with
out a letup, and persons not peace OIL
GERS were permitted to handle the prl-
soners in jail in any way they saw IL
"They are each and all innocent OF
the crime, and were forced to confess
bv reason Of threats against them by
the peace officers of Broward county
and others not peace officers.
After the Supreme court had granted
a. ,,,.;+ Sheriff Walter Clark and
County Judge George w. Tedder OF
Broward county issued statement
DENYING the charges made by Perkins
Clark stated that he not only had not
mistreated the prisoners, but had pro-
tected them when mob threatened the
jail
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
LEADERS TO ADDRESS NURSES
CONVENTION

CHICAGO. Aug, Is (ANP) Cong
ressman Oscar DePriest, Mayor Ed
ward Kelley and other notables are
scheduled to address the National AS
sociation of Colored Graduate Nurses
wben their 18th annual convention
opens here August IS. The meeting
which will run until the 18th will be
addressed. among others, by MIS-
Mvrl Leonard, chief nurses Elgin State
hospital, DR.. Herman N. Bundeson'
Ch;caqo health commissioner, A. l..
Jackson, president of provident nos
pital. Georc,e R. Arthur of the Rosen-
wald Fund. Miss Nannile L. Kemp OF
Ph;pps institute, Philadelphia and Dr.
Benz. Goldberg, Tuberculosis expert
DR. Nuna P. C. Adams, dean of How
ard Medical school, DR., M. 0. Bous-
field. president-elect of the National
Medical Association, DR.. Michael DAVIS
of the Rosenwald Fund and Dr. Ra-
chelle Yarros, nationally known Birth
Control Advocate.
Demonstrations will be given at the
new Provident hospital as well as al
several Of the larger institutions Of
the city including the new Lylng-lr
hospital at the University of Chicago
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY ECHO
VISITING WORLDS FAIR

Reverend Roy L. Young, Editor OF
the Weekly Echo and pastor of Newell
Chapel c. M. E. Church is in Chicago
visiting the Worlds Fair. He is also
visiting the Woman's Correctional
Council, that is being held at the Great
Saint Paul Colored Methodist Episcopal
Church, Chicago. A large number of
the women, together with General Off
GERS and outstanding ministers, are
present.
According to reports, Rev. Young
preached at St. Paul c. M. E. Church,
Chicago, last Saturday at $3.50 P. M,
for one of the church auxiliaries. Forty
two dollars were raised.
Dr. w. E. Farmer of Louisville, Ken
lucky, preached at HOO A M. and Rev
L. D. McAfee of Columbus, Georgia
preached at 800 P M.
Being a member of the Negro Asso-
, ciated Press, Rev. Young has been sue
cessful in obtaining a pass to all exhi
! bits, shows etc, to the Worlds Fair. In
fact, he will be admitted to all depart
lments without charge.
Rev. Y >ung Wa, the l-"y9 guest Of
Bishop and Mrs. R. A. Carter of 440S
! Vmcernes Avenue for three days.
Many courtesies were shown Rev.
Young while in the home of Bishop and
Mrs. Carter. He is now the guest Of
Mr. and Mrs. w. K. Langham of 113-
45th Street, formerly of Virgins, Miss.
| According to reports, Rev. Young will
arrive in Meridian this afternoon or
Saturday morning. He will preach to
his congregation at HOO A. M. Sunday.
! AL officers and members are urged to
| lie present.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-08-25
CANGSTERS THREATEN NASH
VILE BOY

Nashville. Tenn, Aug, IS CAMP
Granville Ridley. "a, Of 1616-14 Avenue
South. was called to his front door at
his residence Wednesday night by d
"oo,1o.dn of white men believed by
the Nashville Police to be gangsters
responsible for the mystery double nior
lo, of Alias RED" Craig and Mrs.
Davenport, reported members Oh
local dope ring and liquer squad but
before he could be fired upon ne quick
~ shut his door and slippedout the
bacl, door to an unknown destination
and reported his escape to the police
with tears in his eyes and shlverlne
with fear.
It is reported that Ridley had been
driving for Mrs. Daveort, doing gen
eral work and knew too much about
the lawless ring and had been ordered
not to talk, but His racial urge could
not hold him silent" Reports are known
that Ridley has received several warn
ines not to bother with the affairs OF
big shots; but he dared not heed
1.-THE soothsayer".
Ridley is a well known electrician
and mechanic having once been
partner with Lavelle Landners former
" of Nashville, but who now is charged
with murder in New York, for the
murder Of Mr.. Erium for portion OF
the insurance money which his bene-
fciary was to receive.