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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

where he has been vice consul, to
visit his mother, Mrs. David Brown
Davis, for. the Christmas holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. F.. Murffin of Phila-
delphia, Pa, who visited their son-in-
law and daughter. MIR. and Mrs.
Howard Gottlieb. have returned to
their home.
There will be a musical at the Chevy
Chase, Md, Public School in the as
sembly room Wednesday evening at
s o'clock. 4
Capt. and Mrs. Walter r. Gherardi,
who have just arrived in Washington,
will visit Mrs. Gherardi's sister, Mrs
J.. v. Chase. Capt. Gherardi was the
naval attache of the American en-
bassy in Berlin before relations with
that country were severed
Mr.. Walter Carter, who spent some.
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

it should be stated that older people viii
be charged a higher price for admission
and that they will not be allowed to buy
anything until after the close of the
stated hours. as the bazaar is for the
children first of all. place where they
can buy little articles TO give to their
little friends as Christmas gifts.
A luncheon at this bazaar. consisting
of small i've cent sandwiches. little cups
of cocoa and small fancy cakes. will
prove a great attraction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

The new minister of Czechoslovakia.
DR.. Bedrich Stepanek. has returned
from brief visit to New York and
has Joined his sister, Miss Anne
Stepanek. at the legation, 1884 n
apartment later in the season.
street They will probably take an
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-12-17
FIRST LADY OF THE LAND
ENTERTAlNS lie NEXT

Resultant from the opening Of the
final session of the Sixty-sixh Con.
gress, for the first time within the
memory of the Oldest attache of the
White House. a first lady of the land
entertained the next first lady of the
land.
Mrs, Florence King Harding. wife
of the President-elect was the guest
of Mrs. Edith Boiling Wilson. wife Of
the President at an informal tea for
two at the executive mansion. Mrs
Wilson met her guest in the front hail
and escorted her to the Blue Room.
where tea was served.
After Mrs, Wilson and Mrs. Harding
had chatted awhile, they walked about
the White House through the Green
and Red rooms and the state dining
room, over which Mrs. Harding will
be called upon to preside after next
March 4, Mrs. Harding did not meet
the President, who had retired to his
study on the upper floor to read. nor
was she shown over the White House
kitchen
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-12-17
HlLLmAN CLASS ELECTS

/ Clmtou.-Ofrcers of the four classes
IN Humau college have been dHfv
elected l1r the present session. ana
viii function i'm their respective OF
/ fees until the close of the school year
next June. Officers ares
Senior President Annie John.
ston, Clinton; vice president Gladys
4 Gilmore, West Pointi secretary and
1 treasurer, Della May Wilkerson. Big
! Creek; poet Norma Potter Clinton.
historian, Sara Robinson, Raleigh.
prophet Hugh Ella Niyen, Sidou.
Junior Glass - President, Bess
Pearce, Belzoni; vice president, Lau.
RE Camp, Chunky; secretary and
treasurer Fannie Nellie Robinson.
Morgan City; prohpet, Katherine Var.
nado, Gloster; poet Eva Claire VIII,
son, Clinton; historian Mabel Fetch.
err Aloha, La; sponsoh Miss Susan
Riley Clinton.
Sophomore Class-President, Mary
Louise BeasleE Raymond; vice presi-
dent Gladys Barnes, Panther Burn:
secretary and treasurer Rosa Pitt,
man, Tupelo; poet, jake Boland, Big
Greek; historian, Camille Shirley, Pine,
vile; prophet, Annie Mcdonald, Star:
sponsor; Mrs. Stella Bobo Miller,
BatesYille.
Freshman Class-President Annette
Parkinson, Clinton; vice president,
Willie Sue McCulley, Birdie; prophet
and historian, Frances Proyine, Big
Creek.
eaasa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-12-17
And the Horrid Men Laughed.

How many Missouri.born women
walked into the trap, when they regis.
tered at the polls Tuesday into which
Mrs, GeIatine Travers fell so sud.
denly? Mrs. Trayers gave her name
ana then the registrar asked "Age2o
over r." replied Mrs. Trayers can.
uousIy' "Bornf" In Missouri" How
long have you lived in the precinct?r
One year" "In the city?' Zen ycnrs
IN the stateY "Thirty-one years.
Kansas City Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-12-17
STOVALL HEADS LEGION.

Clarksdale.-At meeting of the
Clarksdale post of the American lie.
gion, held here at club quarters, the
officers for the next year were elect
ed, William Stoyall being chosen to
fill the highest position offered, that
OF post commander, to succeed w. K.
Herrin Jr, who has served In this
capacity since the organization of the
order. During the world war William
Stoyall was the only ace in the serv-
ice from Coahoma county and receiy.
ed numbers Of medals for distinguish.
ed service.
Chrleston.-Fire of unknown origin
completely destroyed the large mer-
camille establishment of the Harvey
Thornton company. The fire original
ed within the building, and when dis.
covered had gained such headway that
all efforts to enter the building proved
futile and the entire stock and build.
ing was consumed. The stock Of
goods was valued at 100000 which
was partly covered by insurance.
BatesyiIle.-The Yocana-TaIlahatcb-
lie Drainage District case, which came
up for hearing before a special term
OF the Pamela county chancery court.
was postponed to the first Monday in
May 1921, by Chancellor MCGOWAN TO
allo" attorneys for both sides to pre.
sent their views more fully. More
than $4,000 acres Of delta lands are
IN the proposed district. The hearing
Will be resumed here.
Meridian.-W D. Hawkins OF Nerid-
lan' president of the Mississippi Con.
ference Epworth league. and President
l1aIph Hays Of the Meridian CITY
league, will attend annual conference
OF hp"orth league presidents and
other Epworth league workers to he
neld IN st. Louis Dec. 20 and 30
'sss
Meridlan.-The board of supervisora
d this county has decided to retain
nome demonstration agent for
mother year. A successor to Miss
elmer Wilson, who resigned to accent
position in Louisiana. will he namad
n few days.
Aoerueen.-Mrs. w. A. Thweatt was
burned to death when her home wag
destroyed by fire. The fire was caused
rom an oil stove exploding. Mr. and
lrs. Thweatt moved to Aberdeen
rom Livermore, Ky, last month.
sssss
Merldlan.-Miss Annie Wilbourn is
ne Valedictorian and Mcneil Smith
ne salutatorian of the midyear grad
athg class of Meridian high school
mich finishes in January.
Sss*s
fohtotoc'-Webster Carr and Miss
Ella Davis We're married at the Tula
aptist church.
biue Mountain.-The Tippah county
saIth unit, directed by DR.. A. D. Tis.
tie, IS doing much toward eliminat-
& nooR"orm from the county. More
IAN 1900 people have been examined
T this disease and many have been
ven . the treatment by officials of the
Merldian. - Miss Elmer Wilson.
UNITY home demonstration agent,
haered her resignation and officially
Yered her connection with lais coun.
Miss Wilson has accepted the
ate poultry agency Of Louisiana.
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r II ''. ''' N.N.lW'.au1 Victory
s... .., guy y" ,' N..' .'-9 '''.lIeates The
.'''... y. 0-. ''.. OBJ me Government. must
y. .....,. ''.''.',, Ml.H reference TO these
..'.. ''-,s' "''n IL-'d economy Wig
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-12-17
MORE THAN $50 NEW BILLS

D ltN FlCD in HOUSE
More tlop q1o pou.. hiIls NM, ..o,.,,,.
films vara i,tr,d,,o,1 nn... ~.
ON the opening day of the final session
of the SiXty-siXth Congress-. The now
measures dealt with almost every con
ccivabe subject, including pronosaIg
for repeal of war laws. for anDronrio-
tions of millions of dollars for nv
riad of purposes pensions and many
measures for farmers, relief 0n,c n
few were of general inheritance An
of them and thousands from nrecpd-
ing sessions will die unless enacted
before March 1
AMONG tba now rrorso. ,,,,.,.,,,.,. ,,...
Il hin nv Renrasanrottro 0.,.a,.., " va a.
uublican California 70 o-o,,,,. a an r Nv
ertv and Victory honds fron, ta "a i,''
REPRESENTATIVE poor pornl IlI,,o,''
North Dakota fntrodncod ,.n,a J,,t''',,
tl nrovide for nm i,nrnodiot -.
ON wheat ''''N ''''''' -
REPRESENTATIVES, christo,,,,o.-.u ~
nubIican Soutb DoI,o+a olra,.,..I "
Iution IN stabilize nrioo, 90 ~, , . ~
farm nrodncts " '''' '''''''7
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-12-17

Meridian. - Miss Elmer Wilson
county home demonstration agent,
rendered her resignation and officially
severed her connection with Eais coun.
". Miss Wilson has accented the
state poultry agency Of Louisiana
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Urges Economy.

The cessation Of the Governments
borrowing except through short.ferm
certificates Of Indebtedness has been
q matter of great consequence to the
people of the country at large. as well
aS to the holders Of Liberty Bones and
victory Notes, and has had an impor-
'a"l bearing on the matter Of effective
credit control The year has been
characterized by the progressive with
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-12-17

Hazlehurst-Mrs. Sarah Kate Me.
Alpin' mother of the late A. A. Meal
pin once superintendent Of education
here, died al her daughters home In
Drookhavea and was buried here,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-12-17

hiue Mountain.-The Tippah county
neaith unit, directed by DR.. A. D. tbs.
aale, Is doing much toward ellminat-
ing hookworm from the county. More
enah 1900 people have been examined
Tor this disease and many have been
gwen the treatment by officials of the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-23

of the coming cities of Siberia. It has long shop lined streets, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, three libraries, a large number of schools, a large theatre and several cabaret shows which are more or less questionable in their per formance.
 The railway platforms are always filled with American agricultural ma chinery for the Russians, who emil grated here before the war and have learned the value of the American harvester-a machine which can be seen in all parts of Siberia. In fact, Omsk is the Chicago of Siberia in it's exports, skins. hides. meat and butter. In one year 12,250 sables alone were sent to the great fur market in Leipsic.
 One days journey eastward brings us to the city of Tomsk, not on the Siberian railroad, but on a branch. This city is known as the city of orgies and education as there is uni versity of no little merit where there are hundreds of students and dance halls and cabaret shows which would be closed in the United States five min utes after they had opened, but some thing must be done to amuse the peo- pie, and men whose shows were too vile for Paris seem to have settled here The hotels are very like the hotels of Russia, about as unconfort- able as they can be made. They have no running water in the rooms and very little in the pitchers and after a few days stay in one the traveller comes to the conclusion that cleanli-
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axis. The tube contains oil, which, expanded and made lighter by the heat, ascends through the tube. The latter is continued to form a loop out side the half-cylinder, making it an endless arrangement.
 Descending through the loop, the oil cools. But the suns heat, forcing the oil up through the part of the tube inside the ha1f-cylinder. compels the cooled oil to follow it, else there
 would be a vacuum. Thus, while the
 sun shines, there is a continuous cir
 culation of oil up and around.
 The "loop' passes through a box | that contains an oven. Heat from the
 oil, as it runs through, warns the oven
 and does the cooking. With this con- trivance pr. Abbot has baked bread
 and roasted meat on the summit of
 Mount Whitney, in California, in the
 midst of everlasting snows.
 More Suns Heat Far AIoft For years past pr. Abbot has
 worked in an observatory on that
 mountain top, three miles above sea | level. He says that his machine will
 cook more rapidly up there than in San Francisco. because the suns rays
 are hotter. Much of the suns energy
 is lost in passing through the atmos- phere, and so one gets more of it high
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ceiye the suns rays, and shelves in side of it are so arranged as always to adjust themselves horizontally. On these the pans of bread are placed for baking, or other dishes to be cooked. One gathers, then. a notion of the fact that the business of putting the sun to work is no longer purely a matter of theory. It is beginning to take some sort of practical shape-suffi- ciently, at all events, to offer reason able expectation that what has already been accomplished in a small way will before long be carried out on a large, perhaps an enormous, scale.
 In California many thousands of dwellings are provided with roof. boxes that supply all the hot water required for domestic purposes. Such a box | is shallow, glass-covered, bottom ed
 with sheet copper painted black, and 1 insulated. It contains black-painted pipes, and is filled with water by a
 pump; the glass is double. The water | is raised nearly to boiling-point by
 the sun, and it will stay hot for forty
 eight hours if the weather happens to | be cloudy.
 | Science has learned a whole 1ot
 about solar radiation, that was no
 known even @ few years ago. On {
 clear day, at any time in the year
 one-eighth to one-sixth of the tota | energy that warns the earth come
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was invented by an Englishman named Adams. It was conical, eight-sided wooden box, lined with silvered glass and having at it's bottom a small cop per boiler-the latter being provided with a glass cover to retain the rays concentrated upon it by the mirrors. In this contrivance any sort of food was quickly cooked. Ratfons for seven men, including meats. were prepared in it in two hours.
 As far back as 1882 a printing press was run by sun power during an ex- hibition at the Tuileries. A huge re- Hector in the shape of a hollow cone l concentrated the solar rays upon a boiler and drove an engine which ran the press and printed a little newspa- per, appropriately called the SoleiI Journal.
 i At Pasadena, Cal, in 1900, a rather similar contrivance, on a far larger scale, was set up at a cost of -S5, 900. Its mirror-refector, in the form of a flat cone, looked like an immense wheel, being 33h feet in diameter. This was so arranged that it could be made to face the sun at all hours, the rays of that 1uminary being concen- trated upon a, boiler. The outfit de- veloped four horsepower, and lifted 1,400 gallons of water per minute It was meant for irrigating purposes. but proved only an interesting experiment. It is undeniable that steady advance is being made in the direction of sun power utilization. We have as yet taken only a few ha1ting steps toward a wonderful goal. Some day in the not-distant future we shall reach it,
 
 gantic plants will convert solar energy into electricity, which can be trans mitted over wires far and wide, for use wherever it is wanted It is even possible that the continuous sunshine of tropical deserts may furnish power, heat, and light for the cities of tenn perate zones.
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ness in a Siberian hotel is not next to Godliness. but next to impossible. Somehow the very curiousness of the traveller is willing to even put up with the various kinds of cockroaches which parade about the bed room walls.
 The market on the banks of the river at Tonnsk is wonderful in it's way-little wooden huts, hundreds of them where all sorts of gilded ware, bright colored knickknacks and col ored picture books are offered to brighten the cheerless homes of the Siberian residents. Women squat about in the snow outside the huts offering second hand goods for sale and while they sell little they are often remembered by the prosperous passer- by. There is also one part of the market devoted to the sale of Siberian ponies, those sturdy little animals who are very gentle driving yet possess the strength of a horse.
 Irkutsk
 Irkutsk was at one time perhaps the vilest city in the world due to the fact that in the old days many of the worst prisoners escaped from the mines and came to Irkutsk to set up business and in the old days before the war robbery and murder were the frequent night sports in that city. It finally became so bad that a vigilance committee was organized and at pres- ent Irkutsk moves along in a law abiding fashion and is growing in it's
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not from the sun direct. but from the blue sky. The sky itself is a heater.
 But, to come back to matters purely practical, we know that in desert regions of Northern Africa irrigating machinery, for pumping water, is now being operated on a considerable scale by sun power. One plant of great size, purchased by the Egyptian Gov ernment and set up in the Nile Valley, replaces 2,50O laborers, working eight I hours a day.
 Outfits Built In This Country This plant was built in the United States; and so likewise were others. ordered by the French Government, and which have been installed in Tunisia for running irrigation machin- cry. They are said to have given ex- cellent satisfaction. Such outfits are admirably adapted for use in rainless regions, where the sun shines all day | long every day.
 These sun plants may be said to rep resent the furthest advance in sun harnessing to date. One form em- ploys trough-shaped ref1ectors ar ranged in batteries, the solar rays be- l ing concentrated by them upon tube shaped boilers that run through the troughs. The banks of reflectors are automatically heeIed over toward the east in the morning and toward the west in the evening.
 Another form employs a congerie' Of flat metal boxes containing water and covered with two sheets of glass upon which the sunshine is concen trated by mirrors. With twenty-si1 banks of boxes. covering a total arei of 1O,29O square feet, all the rays tha lfau upon quarter-acre of surface tare taken up and utilized. The wate in the boxes is converted into steam
 which runs pump, lifting 300 pound
 of water per minute to a height of fleet.
 First Steps Toward The Goal
 The first practical solar cook-stov
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milton and other military supplies
 could be obtained from the United
 States when the port at Archangel was closed. In 1915 over $45, 1000, 900
 worth of goods was sent to Russia by
 way of Vladivostok and the trans
 Siberian railroad.
 Even before the war the freight
 travel of goods to and from the United
 States was so great that the Consular
 office in Moscow had to be changed to that of a Consul General in order
 that the business might be properly handled.
 The four great rivers of the country
 are the Obi, Yenisee, Lena and Amur and with their tributaries they afford about 30,000 miles of interior naviga- tion. At present there are over 400 steamers on these waters and they
 carry large amount of freight from the railway and bring the products from the interior to certain points where they are loaded on the train for
 Moscow.
 The climate of Siberia has little to recommend it for the summers are short and very hot while the winters are long and severe but dry, that is, 1 it never rains but snows and snows
 until the great white stiffness of the land is so great that few people out 1 side of the natives can live there and keep from going insane.
 Onsll And Tonsl1 i OmslS is the agricultural center of about 2,000 square miles and has a l population of about 100000 It is one
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commerce.
 Of course, some mention of the great Lake Baikal must be mentioned for this body of water is the real beauty spot of Siberia. With great snow capped mountains on one side, her shore carpeted with snow as far as the eye can see her turbulent wa ters present a pretty picture. It will be remembered that some years ago the carcass of a mastodon was found in the ice along the shore of the lake and the explorer is said to have actu- ally tasted the meat of the prehistoric animal which seems to prove the theory of cold storage being real preservation.
 Village Life
 Naturally Siberia has many villages where the real life of the people can be seen, but to those who have travelled in Russia they will seem lit tie, different. The houses are built of logs with few windows which are sealed up early in September and not opened until July. They are blessed during the building by a priest of the Greek church. The land is parceled out in strips and worked under a gen. eral mayor or governor of q certain section just as in Russia. During the coldest part of the winter thu farmer takes his cattle into the hut with him and as there is no air the odor be- comes unbearable. and there is sure to be sickness in the family and usually several deaths if the winter is par ticu1ar1y severe. But the Siberians
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are a stolid people and "take their medicine'' without a murmur. If he feels the least illness he goes to bed and stays there until his family routes him out or he dies. During the old regime he was little less than a slave and generation after generation have grown up in this manner. The war is sure to make a change and these poor down trodden people may come into their own when everything is finally settled. One great thing may be said of the peasantry of Siberia-they are not criminals for there is rarely a robbery or murder in the country these always occur in the cities. VIadivostok
 But V1adivostek is perhaps the
 most interesting of all Siberia to the of the East" that our boys alongside of the British "Tommies'' keep guard and give their all to bring about 8 world of peace. V1adivostok was set~ | tied by traders a hundred years ago. Built on the slopes of several hills 1t over1ooks a magnificent land locked harbor large enough to shelter any navy in the world. It has a fortress which cost Russia (including graft) $150, 100000. The last war has caused the town to grow suddenly and from a pre-war population of So,00o has grown to at least twice that number
 The streets have been beautified, fine shops have sprung up; theatres and hotels have been opened and the American automobile can be seen on any street. The Y. NJ. c. A. and the Knights of Columbus have established
 h. c Q 7 Inn I-+a " far away and have done much to drive away the homesickness of this white silence of the Siberian winter which is now on.
 Its a place to make money all right" said one returned soldier. 'fbut you will die of homesickness before you get home to spend it.''
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up toward the sky.
 A new and rather exciting idea is that before long solar heat will be used for making artificial ice on a large scale. Concentrated by great mirrors, it will serve to evaporate am monia, thereby engendering intense cold; and the conversion of the am monia into gas will incidentally fur nish power to engine for pumping the stuff (when condensed) through the pipes, for use over and over again. Solar energy is already being turned to very practical account in parts of Africa. Thus, for instance, soldiers in
 French Northern Africa. carry on their backs a convenient little apparatus for distilling water for drinking. It con- sists of a boiler, a concave mirror to focus the suns rays, and a coil of tubing in a water-jacllet for con- denser. This machine will boil quart of water and keep it boiling. It will distill two gallons day, enough for half-a-dozen men.
 | On a clear summer day the sun de 1 flyers on the earth one kilowatt of i energy per square yard, or the equiva-
 lent of one and two-fifths horsepower
 continuously-that is to say, enough
 to run and keep running twenty-five 40-watt electric lamps.