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Queer Way? of T1 Complimenting Beauty Buenos Aires, Jan. 5.?The everrecurring question whether woman of 8p Anglo-Saxon blood sojourning iti Ar- ex gentina shoudl take offense at the remarks freely addressed to them in the streets by Argentine men has flared up again, this time in a lively * controversy of letter writers to the Buenos Aires Herald. rn< "Dear Little Bean!" and "Oh, my en pretty potato," are some of the exclamations to which objection is tak- 8 " when addressed to women by Strang- ^ ers in the streets. The Spanish words for "bean" and ^ "potato" are used in Argentina much ^ the same as are "peach" and "chicken" in America, and the attractive young woman who ventures into the ^ streets of Buenos Aires unescorted seldom fails to hear herself addressed ^ in these terms by passing men. The majority of the Herald's correspondents, many of whom are womon,, protest against this custom, dedaring that it shows lack of respect firo' for women, and that, furthermore, the remarks are not always as inocuous as the ones quoted. Others, , .... . , nu however, maintain that the men do . . . ?P nui. uiicnu 10 oe tusrespecnui, dui cu; merely complimentary. Argentine women accept such remarks as com- jie] pliments, they point out, although if?- on< noring the men who make them. m Indeed, the story is told that the daughters of an Argentine family, a(j, noted for their beauty, complained on returning from a visit to New ^ York that American men were all rude?not one had remarked on their jnjj good looks on the streets. Lra Move to Wipe Out Speculation 0f tht Berlin, Jan. 5.-?A united move by for federal and state governments to im wipe out speculation in necessities for of life has begun. Police and govern- me ment secret agents have gone into bul every city, town, village and virtual- fai !y every farm house in a search for evidence against usurers. Ch Stringent measures have been adopted against a continuance of plundering and rioting, which, it has I been ascertained, was instigated in An some cases by "red" agitators for Spi political purposes. Numerous ar- ed rests have been made, both of profi- be! teers and looters. Spi An effort to induce workmen to strike and join in a crusade against fha "capitalism" promptly failed, even radical newspapers adn labor leaders Prs taking the position thtat "Germany the would not tolerate introduction of tha Bolshevist methods at this time." * Recent investigations have disclos- *5e. ed that the boosting of prices and ^ the great "selling out" campaign eg which came on the heels of the da- we preciation of the mark early in the ?.xj winter was not entirely due to the 18. hordes of foreigners who invaded the ^ai country to make extensive purchases. The German profiteers bought out r whole stores and removed the mer- 101 chandise from the market, to await ma the increase in prices which was cer- a lain to follow. Some merchants hung e out the ?ign "sold out," closed their stroes and also waited. . _ . Workmen, unemployed, and the ,ri poorer people were so angered by ^ these methods that sporadic outbreaks occurred in many parts of Germany, shops were broken into and plundered, and a few proprietors were beaten or whipped. nu _ i_ i _ cl!_ r i- u/ i_ the *_/iu v^aoie Jiup Lnai norn ins Newcastle-On-Tyne, Eng., Jan. 5.? The old cable ship Faraday ended her career of 47 years of cable laying and cor repairing on the same day on which an< the new cable ship, John W. Mackay, me was launched here. The Faraday Qe was the first cable ship to successfully link the old world with the new. She has laid 50,000 miles of submarine cable in all parts of the world, ^ including nine lines across the At- ma lnntic. Her record acihevement was fishing up an Atlantic cable which ^al had broken at a depth of 1,800 feet. Pn m - ha1 Famine In Armenia bu< Constantinople, Jan. 6.?Famine in mc certain parts of Soviet Armenia is de- ma scribed as quite as terrible in the Vol- *01; ga region. Although political conditions are mor table, the general situ- '?8 ntion is considered highly alarming. P'v Aid is being sought by an economic ?* mission headed by A. Garinian, Armenian Commissar of Justice. an< In some of the eight districts of en Soviet Armenia, Garinian says, crops have been fairly good but in others Kel the drought and the Turk have strip- 'nc ped the country and the people are me starving. ^ 001 '.'The total number of refugees de- t? pending upon government is upward of 200,000," Gariman said. "We have besides 50,000 orphans, most of whom are looked after by the American Relief Committee. In addition to this enormous figure, thousands of starv- rot ing peasants in the districts affected Bu V>y the drought are hopelessly strug- the tfling fyr food. The government is Ita utterly impotentto check the evil', tui Thousands of Armenians will perish th< this winter, unless help is extended to me them from abroad. wil "The Soviet government of Armenia cal would welcome foreign capitalists to ' exploit the country's natural riches, a They are confident that their capital Th would prove an excellent investment." Ur 1 am Handkerchiefs used to be exchanged goes gifts even by monarchs in the six- to teenth and seventh centuries. at Elephants neyer recover from pneumonia. / . I* ffatfet Threatened With Extinction Moscow, Jan. 6.?Russia's greatest ort, the ballet, is threatened with tinction. The various municipal viet# are tiring of the deficit which ey have to make up in order to keep e operas and the ballets going. Bal; and operat alternate in the hi* eaters. The ballet pays, but doesn't ike enough profits to carry the op? and the great orchestras necosry to satisfy the music-loving RusHUT. Ballerines are the subjects of endis discussion. Families break up over differences out the merits of Smirnova, Gelser, rdt and others w ho are now hold? the spotlight in Petrograd and >scow. To a lesser degree the same ttle rages at Kazan and Kiev and lessa. Just at the moment Lukem is i hot favorite in Petrograd and Gelr in Moscow. Youth and beauty do not count with issian ballet fans. It matters not the ballerina is old. In fact she nerally has to be fairly mature here she can master the intricate steps on which Russians give points. She ty have muscles which give her the pearance of a strong lady in the cir1 and still fascinate Russian spec;ors if she can spin fast enough on r toes and shift her weight from 2 big toe to the other at just the unent prescribed in the rules. i\t first a foreigner is inclined to mire the beautiful young neophytes 10 dance mazourkas, and have all i charm which grace and flowing lite robes can impart to youth dancf to the music of a superb orches.. That is the result of utter ignor:e. Uelser, the strongly featured player the Moscow circuit, recently fell on ! stage and had to beat a retreat bce catcalls and howls which made it possible for her to reappear for a tnight. Russian balet fans are as rciless as the crowds at a Spanish ll-fight. There are no excuses for lure. arges Denied n A. ? ? ay Ambassador jondon, Jan. 6.?The charge that lerican or British members of the anish Foreign Legion were marchinto battle with their hands tied lind them has been denied by the anish ambasador here, Senor Don rry del Val. The ambassador said it was field punishment resorted to en confinement to barracks was not icticable but he denied that any of men actually came under fire in it condition. )ther charges of bad faith and atment made by the Americans and itish soldiers who quit the foreign ion in October and November also re answered by the ambassador. In Sanation of the charge that the <jnment bonus of 200 pesetas was not d to them he said the Spanish cusn was to withhold part of this uis as a guarantee against desern and that a deduction was also de, according to custom, from the n's daily pay to meet the cost of ir uniforms and messing. rhirteen Americans and about 55 itish members of the Spanish Forn Legion quit that service in Octer and November and on arriving aris and London complained of rdships and crpel treatment. The aericans said that none of the >mises made in recruiting in the ited States were carried out, that received uiuy line pc?i*ui ?i uuy tead of four as promised and that ( food cooked in olive oil made them They also criticized the sanitary iditions in the Moroccan service 1 described the hospital arrangents as deplorable. rman Cities Threatened With Bankruptcy Berlin, Jan. 6.?A number of Gertn cities have informed the central vernment they are threatened with nkruptcy because of the rapid deviation of Germany money, and ve asked advice and assistance, rhe fall of the mark disrupted city jgets and, on the heels of changing iney values, labor came with deinds for more wages, prices of maials increased enormously, and lities were operated at such heavy ses that the municipalities were inged deep into debt. The majority tax levies are insufficient to meet i running expenses of the towns, d the portion of taxes due the govlment cannot he paid, rhe central government, also in urnt need of money, has answered by reasing its own budget, which augints the burdens on the cities which nplain they are already too heavy bear. rect Cable Between Italy And South America Buenos Aires, Jan. 6.?Juan Calio, an Italian engineer residing in enos Aires and chief promoter of i project for a direct cable between ily and South America, has rerned from Italy where he obtained t support of the Italian govcrnint and anncurces that the work II soon commence. He expects the >le to be finished in two years, rhe Italian government will allow subvention of $8,000,000 annually, e cabla will touch Spain, Brazil, uguay, Argentina and the Canary d Cape Verde Islands. The Italian vernment's control over it is limited the extent of preventing its falling any time into foreign hands. The Union Times $4 a year. ,11 I I 1 II "1 federation of La&or Split In Two Paris, Jan. 6??The French Federn[ tion of Labor has been for some time practically split into two factions. ' One is led by Secretary Leon Jouhaux end the other by Communists who re-, gard the present organization as too moderate, and demand that it join the Third Internationale of Moscow. Now it is fnced with the active opposition of extremists who have tuken the name of the French Revolutionary Federation of Labor (I,a Con| federation Generale du Travail Revi olutionnaire). The program of the revolutionary i group is the same as that of the old I organization in general. It demands nationalization of public services, such ; as railroads, and mines and a better i share to labor in the profits of indusI try, but it purposes to gain its ends ; hy methods that are more ene-getie i than those of the old federation. It advocates general strikes carried to the bitter end, insurrectional movements, international agitation and an intense anti-militarist campaign. The first act of the new organization is expected to be its formal adhesion to the Third Internationale of I Moscow. 1921 Year of Economic Battling Moscow, Jan. 6.?Nineteen hundred and twenty-one has been a year ot diplomatic and economic battling for Soviet Russia. It brought the abandonment of the government monopoly of domestic trading and gradual reversion to capitalistic methods, tempered in such a way as prevent dangerous splits in the small Communistic group which dominates the government. But the trade for 1921 has been many times what it was in 1920, and the reopening of shops on the old capitalistic basis has afforded an opportunity to sell in a legal way manufactured articles which are in great demand. i TT 1 1 ??- - ' * * nampvrcu uy tne unpie aesire to establish trade relations with important foreign powers, to protect the Third Internatonale, whose headquarters are in Russia and to hold the Communistic party in Russia intact, Lenine and his nsociates were in a precarious situation even before the drought produced widespread famine in the Volga area. Krassin managed to negotiate trade ^ agreements with England, Germany and several minor powers, but the foreign trade commissions which came to Russia failed to find the large supplies which Bolshevist leaders had heralded throughout the world. The concession plan which Krassine and his associates had devised did not appeal to foreign investors. Confidence was lacking. Old owners had no desire to invest more money in factories which had been taken away from them and other foreigners could not be induced to take factories whose title was clouded. The Bolshevist government lacked the gold necessary to buy abroad and could not find creditors. The government announced it would make import and export business possible for individuals and corporations, under government control. This belated statement came in October. Commissions are working out customs tariffs and 1922 probably will se a far larger export and import trade if the government makes good its promise to release its grip on foreign business. Leslie Urquhart, a British mining man, who attempted to obtain concessions to work the mining properties which he controlled in Russia before the Bolshevist regime, said it would be impossible for him to operate in Russia until the government stops the activities of the Cheka, or secret service, which he insists is stronger j than the central government with which concessions are negotiated. The Cheka always has had an important part in directing foreign trade arrangements. Many commissioners selected by the Foreign Trade Council have not been permitted to leave Russ:a. Forigners are unabl to understand th relations between the Cheka, which operates under Umslicht, and the socalled central government. It is not clear whether there is a dual government, or whether the men who are generally recognized as heads of the government use the Cheka and thus avoid dfrect blame for acts which meet with public disapproval. Official figures for the foreign trade of Russia during the first nine months of this year show that the exports totalled roughly 100,000 tons. These exports were chiefly raw materials or partly manufactured articles, such as timber, railway ties, leather, fur, tar, bristles, hair, asbestos and graphite. Thirty-three per cent of the exports went to England. Forty-si* per cent, chiefly wood and flax, went to Latvia for exportation to various countries. The value of goods exported abroad from January 1 until August 31 was about $1,140,000. Experiments Prove Successful Paris, Jan. 6.?Experiments with internal combustion motors as traction power for branch railroad lines in France have been so successful that they are to be continued on a larger scale. Ordinary automobile motors of 40 to 60 horsepower hauled rural trains at -an average speed of 16 miles an hour. With higher power motors better adapted to traction by rail it is thought sufficient speed for all needs of local and branch lines will be attained. To a woman of the Marquesas islands tattooed legs are the highest reach of art. iMMegBHftwaaaafeBagggeBgaegBgB 11 ? ? * ? aaa a ? T'**I You are cordially invited to attend our ? I Grand Auction Sale I B OF THE S I BOBO PLACE I B Located about three miles south of Spartanburg, S. C. P I MONDAY, JA1M. 9th, 11 A. M. ' H IMPROVEMENTS: The beautiful brick residence now occupied by the Bankrupt, and n number of good M tenant*houses and all necessary outbuildings. k M ACREAGE: About 250 acres which has been ideally subdivided into a number of most choice residential L 9 lots and small tracts. fl This fine farm is said by those in position to know to be positively the finest in the country, the residence on 8B j? this place with its lovely grounds is the show place of Spartanburg. H H By virtue of an order of His Honor, H. E. 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Berlin Jan. b.?ln consequence ol paris, Jiyi. 0.?A modern Methuse the low buying power of the mark, The aged Turk .s a skeptic on the Mlamj m.a(.h Ca, Jan 7?.Miami Germans are gradually reverting to ' . . . . . . oldest man on subject of matrimony. Having tried |; , , , )jk t h , f trade by barter, or to counting com- has Parted out to see the world (ho experience four times he says h, l" V' "li Uncle Sam Ju readv modities and articles as the real mon- before he gets ' too old to travel, speaks with a certain amount of . el unit aructes 88 ine reai mon Zoru Mehmed, 140 years old, of Con- authoritv P Krcate.r P?rt of the flect stantinople, has arrived in Paris, Zora ? . . ? ... , . an(' *be Cit.v C ouncil has voted to forIt is reported from Pomerania that who hag Wn workinR prettv consist- Women, said Zora shaking his muj|y ,0(iuest that the Navy Departpeasant fanners have pledged them- ont, for uo yonra js in' excellent hea^ bittor,y. "women. they may seem mPnt scn(i two vessels here to be selves to sell eggs and butter at prices health and boasts of being able to swoet as tbo rosy dawn, but verily Sllnk off the jetties at the entrance to measured in pound, of nails. c ft 200-pound weight. thoy are move oftcn ,ikc. th? S' hid* Biscayne Bay. The Councilmen think In Berlin, Persian carpet, are re- 7/,mi producM i(|entiflration papers! d'" by " <""<'r"" " il'ey would make an imposing h.rgaided as money. ^ provo he was born in 1775 nnd he _ . ,. . . Ka*e . ... . Phoenicians, according to legend, ? - ? refers to his closest competitor for The population of Iceland is nearly longevity honors, n Sioux Indian in, l'hont 380 B. C., were the first to make Siberia produces more fur than any 10,000. the United States, aged 137 years, asi glass. other region in the world. ' < . ? .hi . liiiik... -