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The Washington herald., 1921-12-26

Coast. consisting OF I'VE Transports
ana three ice breakers.
Each feet completed its Noysea1
The Archangel group saw ice only
on the horizon. in the Kara Sea:
but the foreign group which fol-
lowed three days later. found Itself
among the icebergs for about a day
and q half.
Near the Island Of Bieloi the two
groups separated One called 10
the mouth Of the Oh and the other
10 the mouth Of the Yenisssi. At
these respective river openings they
were met by the river boats and
proceeded 10 the transfer Of their
esrgoea The Interchange of gooos
took place IN unpopulsted district,.
but. despite the oificulties encoun-
tered. was completed In four DAYS
ahead OF schedule time.
The homevsrd voyaps was much
more diheult than the outward on.
A strong north wind brought down
masses OF ice which made a con-
tinuous wall on the route Of the
vesseis. In foreins its way through
this ice the ArchsnGsl group lost
two steamers. Both were OF an old
type and were not distinguished
for strong build or satisfactory con-
dition with respect TO their ma
ehinsry.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
S0VIETS USING -
ROUTE THROUGH
NORTHERN SEAS
Expedition from Western
Europe to Kara Car.
ried Cargoes.

LONDON, Dec. zs.-Althoueh two
ships of the Soviet governments re-
cent expedition from Western Eu-
rope TO the Kara Sea were lost
plans are already being considered
for q more expensive expedition in
1922. the object OF which will be TO
further open UP this dangerous ice
ridden waterway that connects the
West with the far reaches of ST.
IBERIA, along the Arctic Ocean.
Results Satisfactory.
The results OF the 1891 expedi-
tion are regarded quite satisfactory.
especially in having demonstrated
the possibility OF arranging q
heavy goods service on a large
scale. Under the experiment. $50
532 pools OF goods from abroad
and 1oo, 900 pools OF tar from Arch
angel. were delivered in Siberia
while 2s4,5ss pools of general mer-
chandise and 534.s54 pools OF whea,
were brought from Siberia 10 Arch
angel.
Besides the purely practical re-
suit that has been achieved by the
successful exchange OF goods be-
tween Siberia and the west, the eX-
petition must be credited with an
immense scientific technical as well
as political Importance. Hitherto
the northern route has been used
but seldom. and by private con-
Germs. and always on a very modes,
scale.
According to official reports OF
the 1871 experiment, the ships par
ticipating in the expedition were
divided into two groups, the FIRST
comprising five vessels and an ice
breaker. all laden with various for
eign goods in English. German and
Swedish ports. These made their
way to Murmansk, from which
port they sailed out August Is. Al
the same time a second feet sailed
from Archsngel TO the siberia n
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
PRELATE ASKS AID
FOR NEAR EAST
Archbishop Of Baltimore's
Plea for Famine Sufferers
Read in Churches.

A plea to aid the suffering people
of the Near East was contained in
a letter from Michael J. Curley.
Archbishop OF Baltimore. which was
read in the Catholic churches
throughout the city yesterday.
Famine stalks through the coun-
try known as the Near East" the
archbishop's letter read in part.
and unless We OF this favored land
continue our splendid traditions OF
assistance God alone knows what
will happen to those unfortunate
men, women and children of the
East"
The letter directed that all funds
collected through the churches be
sent to the archoishop's residence.
40S North Charles street. Baltimore.
Checks may also he made payable
to John B. Larner, treasurer OF the
Near East Relief, 30s Bond Build
ing. Washington, D. c.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
FORTY-FOUR DEAD
IN STORMS PATH
Million Dollar Loss Caused to
Property in Three
Southern States.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 25.-The
storm that swept Northeastern Lou
isiana, Northwestern Mississippi and
Southern Arkansas on Saturday, de-
stroying parts Of many villages and
towns and razing farm buildings, Is
believed to have taken The lives Of
forty-four persons, a. but three Of
them negroes. One hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve pearsons are rspor cd to have
been injured. including many white
persons. Children are numerous In
the casualty list.
The railroads are sidetracking all
other traffic in favor OF relief work
ers and supplies. Physicians ana
nurses have been rusned TO each
center. A cold wave following the
storm has increased the suffering
Of the homeless.
Among the known dead are John
Eckhoff. an oil worker, OF Spencer.
La. and Mrs. l.. E. Spain. wife
OF the manager OF the Tinsdale plan
tstion, near Monroe. La, both
white. The property damage is
roughly calculated at 81 .0oo. oos.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
VETERANS DISCARD
SNOWBOUND HOME

A frame house on the top OF a
Pennsylvania hill. six miles from a
railroad and frequently snow
bound for a week at time is
hardly a suitable place for 200 sick
war veterans TO pass the winter.
Pocono Pines, therefore. passes.
as far as the Veterans Bureau il
concerned. Leased at sss.00o a
year as training center for dis
abled former service men, the hu-
reau announces the immediate
closing of the institution.
Pocono Pines was invest. cated
after complaints were received
from patients and physicians. Rep
resentatives of the American
Legion found that heating facilities
were Inadequate. The medical Of
ficer declared tubercular patients
could not be given suitable care
during the winter The 200 patients
will be transferred to other institu-
lions
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
BIRTHS

White.
Thomas and hary Dore, boy.
Frederick @. and Lucinda Y. Brown, girl.
waiter Z. and Catherine A. Thompson,
bov. L.
Joshus R. and Nellie ". Taylor. boy.
Euxene n. and Louise J. erosion, boy.
John t. snd Ethel o. Kennedy. girl.
william R. r. and Elsie A. Hines. girl.
George ". and Anna J. Young. girl
Ferts and Dorothy n. Yoakum, boy.
Allison A. and Ruth A. Hoof, girl
Dsniel J. and Alice Cleary, girl.
Grenrille L. and Dora z. Willard, girl.
Charles ]. and Leila Dienelt, girl
]. Eris and MARY +. Powell, boy.
VINCENT and Florence Nocers, boy.
Colersd.
Jacob A. jr., and Lucille B. Handy, girl.
Alfred and Emma Minor, girl.
Guynsnd Mabel Wills. boy.
James A. and viola Carter. girl.
ROddie and Augustine Dorsey, girl.
Charles and Bernice Beasley,, boy.
willsan A. and Dors Sullivan. boy.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
NEW PROSECUTORS
WILL TAKE OFFICE

Frank ]. Kelly and Bertrand EN-
erson, jr., will take up their duties
the first OF the year as assistant
United States attorneys for the Dis
trict. Their appointments by Maj
Peyten Gordon, Federal attorney,
have been confirmed by the Depart
ment OF Justice.
Bernard d. HeYernan will be a
special assistant in charge OF pros
ecution for violations OF liquor laws.
He succeeds Charles g. Baker, a spe-
cial Assistant. who now becomes a
regular assistant.
The designations OF Charles W d.
Arth and Lucien Vandoren as assist
ant District attorneys have been for
warded to the department by Maj.
Gordon. Emerson will take Van
doren's place.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
PEDESTRIANS LEAP
RIGA DROSHKIES
SPEED MOSTLY BY
One-Horse Phaetons Give
Patrons Hectic Ride
In Russia.

RIGA. Dec. IS. Rigas several
hundred droshkies give ths psdes-
trian. hectic time.
1nfthe narrow. noisy cobelestone
streets Of this little Baltic port. the
humble pedestrian Is even more
helpless than in the taxi speedways.
sometimes called streets, OF Paris,
where tradition has II. a chauffeur
can run over q man and then have
him up for obstructing trafac.
Their bewhiskered drivers sing
ing yea, yea" swinging their
whips over their ponies back. and
occaAonaily slashing at some slow
moving pedestrian who didn't step
out OF the way quite lively enough.
the droshkies 60 tearing about the
city with even greater abandon
tsaa-the Paris taxa
A Arst ride IN a Russian droshky
is almost as novel and celebrating
as sewhirl in the roller-coaster at
the beach. 1t is much more of a
surprise. after your first glimpse of
the sleepy looking little horse and
the shabby vehicle, with its bushy
driver. bent over his reins in a
drowty question mark.
Classic Mode Of Travel.
WHAT the Ford now 10 to Amer
lea. the rickshsw to Japan. ana the
csm43 to the desert. the droshky Is
to Russia For centuries IL has
been Russia's classic mode of con-
veysnce. 1t has carried wealth and
poverty, fame and obscurity. saint
and scoundrel through the winding
streets of Russian towns from the
Black Sea to the Baltic. Russia
WITHOUT the droshky would not be
Russia
Physically droshky Is a smali
low slung one-horse phaeton. much
like those that can still be picked
UP occasionally on Fifth avenue in
New York. Its most striking char
acterfstics are its ability to turn in
an inconceivably small space
have seen them twist around in q
street hardly ten feet wide-and a
fortunate faculty of remaining up
right at ALL angles and speeds.
A driver begins with a price two
or three times what it should be
and comes down, gesticulatingly,
in proportion to the wisdom or
stubbornness of his passenger.
Driver Qsaint Type.
The driver himself, the "izvosht-
chik," II one of the quaint types"
In the transportation world His
delightful sense of the dramatic,
his bandit-like exterior over the
most harmless Of souls make him a
whole show in himself. He can
change In a jiffy from an attitude
of deepest dispair to the sunny
hlissfulness Of a babe-in-arms-
under the stimulus Of a few extra
roubfes. He has a pathetic past, as
a class. For centuries he has been
cuffed about and sworn at from one
end OF Russia to the other. He
was the lowest Of the low. Fol-
there was no one who at some time
did not ride In a droshky and give
him orders He received little more
consideration than the horse he
drove.
He IL now wondering what the
revolution will bring to him
whether, perhaps, even the poor
isvoshtchik" may not have his
day"
Copyright. ls2l)
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
JAPANESE CHEER
FINANCE MINISTER
WHO CUT BUDGET
Living Costs and Taxa.
ton More Than Coolies
Want to Stand.

TOKYO, Dec. aS.-Ths japanese
people are roofing for the watch
dog OF the treasury"
They are fed up on high living
costs coupled with constantly stiff
ehing taxation.
Finance Minister Takahashi has
been trying TO trim the budget of
next years government appropria-
tons, and IL he puts 1t over. he'll
probably be the most popular per-
son in all these parts.
Has . Hunch.
The average coolie may not know
an awful lot about international
affairs. He's hazy regarding the
zap cable and the open door in
China and the naval aspect OF
Guam. But he has 4 bunch. gained
from the popular press, that II
would cost him less for living II
the government spent less money
on the army and navy.
The same papers tell him that II
the Washington conference sue.
ceeds the government can spend
less for the army and navy
w n6TGuDOn cHllls luEll
"Banzai" for the Washington con-
ference.
In every grade OF society tn.
sentiment Is the same. For weeks
the officials have been wrestling
with estimates and, at present
have made reduction Of abou,
S7o.o00.o0o in next years budget, as
compared with the present. How
ever, that Is only on paper for the
present. and there will be other re-
visions before the budget Is finally
prepared and presented to the Diet
Spend Less for Navy.
The tentative budgets for the
next fiscal year have been made
upon a basis of a continuation OF
the eight-eight naval construction
program and also continued main.
tenance of the expeditionary force,
in Siberia. The hope is. however
that these proposed expenditures
will not have to he made.
II. present indications here are
realized the naval items can oe
considerably reduced as a result OF
the Washington conference. Tn.
prospect is that no withdrawal OF
the Japanese troops from Siberia
can be expected for some months
but even IL the soldiers are or.
dered out by next spring, none,
will be saved from the tentativ,
budget.
A great hue and cry has beer
raised over all suggestions that tn,
educational appropriations nigh
be reduced. without exception, al
the principal Japanese newspaper!
hoped into the ring and howled
They declared that OF all thing
that mustn't be touched-that must
indeed. be tilted II possible-th,
education budget heads the list
One OF the arguments commonl!
made was that the education
budget this year 10 only about g.
per cent OF the naval estimates. anc
that the total army and navy ap
propriatlons amounted to almost s.
per cent of the entire government
revenues.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
Approve Betrothal
Of Princess to Rich Lord
All. Classes Happy at Match Of Monarch.
Daughter to Commoner Who Represents
Ideal Type of Britisher.

LONDON, Dec. 2s,-Ths announce
ment of the betrothal of Princess
Mary. only daughter Of King
George and Queen Mary, to Wis.,
count Lascelles caught ths popular
ina gination os few purely royal
society items Of news could be ex-
pected to do nowadays. Every class
felt that II had cause for congratu-
lation.
First, there was the very gen.
eral feeling of satisfaction that the
monarch's daughter had been per-
mitted to choose an Englishman,
instead of being condemned to a
high political diplomatic and GER
tainly loveless alliance with for
eign royalty. There was endless
Joy for the womenfolk of the coun-
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
DEATHS

White.
beth's Hospital.
Patrick J. Mulligan, II year,, 2e1s Tven-
ty-sixsh street northeast.
C. Evelyn Gilbert, 90 years, IS Quincy
P.tsr ssat.. rs years. Al n. Y. Sv.nu.
northwest.
John Bush. 81 years. Q. s. N. Hospital.
cslsred.
Mary O. Henderson. Is years, 1905 First
street southeast
Martha Johnson. Al years, ST. Elirabeth's
Hospital
Juliss Lewis, 8 months. ass Eighth street
northwest.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
FINDS WIFE DYING
ON RETURN HOME

Uuneral services for Mrs. r. r.
Moore. wife OF the chief chemist OF
the Bureau Of Mines will he held
from her home, 1717 Lanier place
northwest. this morning at IL
o'clock. Rev Earl Wiley will con-
duct the services. Interment will
be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
Mrs. Moore was asphy1iated by
gas escaping from a leaky pipe in
the pantry OF her home. Returning
from q Christmas party. Or. Moore
found his wife unconscious and al
though medical attention was pro-
cured Immediately It was of no
avail.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26

its wishes will be respected by the
Republican leadership Of the Senate.
One OF the most striking events
in the present Congress was fire.
Quently but enormously attributed
to the leadership OF the farmer
bloc. That was the forcing 81 The
retention of high surtaxes on large
incomes. after the House had once
voted a lower rate, after President
Harding had Endorsed the lowe:
rate, and after the Senate finance
committee had practically decided
to adopt 1t.
While II Is probably true that
most Of the members Of the farmer
bloc voted for the higher surtaN.
the real leader OF that Senatorial
insurrection was not the farmer
bloc. 1t was the vital and ener-
getic senior Senator from Illinois
Medill Mccormick.
Copyright. 1917
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
DEATHS

-~~~-~~-~~~~--~~~-~~~ ~>s>-~~>~~~~>-~~~~~~~-~~~-
TRIgrLER-suddenly, Sunday, Dec. IS,
1874. at $50 p. NJ, John, beloved son
Of the late LEONARD and BARBARA
SFRIrFLER.
Funeral Tuesday, Dec. n, at 2:so D. m.
from residence Of his brother, sos Quincy
It. NV. Funeral private. 1856
SAFFoRD-On Sunday, December Is, 1921.
sCsAN O., wife Il o. lats WILLIAM
WALTER Stafford.
Funeral from the residence Of JOHN
PAUL BARNETT. 2128 " ct. nv. on
rsssday. DeesnAsr n. at 2 .. m. later
meat (prints) at Hsck Greek Cemetery.
tNerfoik. Va, papers please copy.D 135
The Washington herald., 1921-12-26
FLORISTS.

Appropriate Funeral Tokens
Guide Bros. Co. 12l4 F St
Artistic-sxprssnvs-tn
Prompt auto delivery ssrytca-
GEO. c. SHAFFER 9. s az n,
IMPRESSIVE FLORAL EN- Pnees n
DLINB st MODERATE PRICES alieif.I
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24

practically to rebuild the export trade
the United States being the .Domifl-
ions best CUSTOMERS not at all
pleasant
Slow progress is being made toward
a more normal business situation, but
the task, large as it is, is being faced
with considerable cheerfulness. While
this English people are facing their ex-
tremcly serious worries with broad
grin, Canadians are less able TO smile
when things go wrong. They probably
are able tc grit their teeth as hard as
any one else, however, with a full de-
termination to get the mess cleaned
out as quickly as they can.
At the same time Canada Is in a
rather peculiar position in this respect.
She is not self contained country, and
she is not yet large enough to lead the
way. Therefore, it follows that she
must follow a lead. The Dominion is
depending upon the United States to
show her the way, and is following
American internal conditions more STU
diously than at any time in the past.
A quick recovery Of trade and industry
in your country will be followed here
in short order.
Meantime trade is falling off Wheat
crop prospects are quite good, although
the heat wave left its traces.
Industry is duh but trying hard to
get back to a more active plane Steel
companies are operating at about so
per cent of capacity; structural com
panies about rs per cent; equipment
companies, 25 to so per cent; rubber
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Business and
Politics Suffer
From Same Cause
Lack of Confidence Is Chief
Ailment Of the World,
Says W. ID. Ager, Brit
ish Merchant

n USINESS and politics have
much in common. Both are
suffering at present and from
the same cause, in the opinion of
w. D. Ager, American representa-
tive of Harrolds, Ltd, London, the
great British retailing and whole
sailing concern, which has branches
in this country, Belgium and South
America.
What ails the world now, politically
and economically, said Mr.. Ager, SIS
a lack of confidence, and fear we will
not find things normal again until this
confidence is restored. The interming
ling Of politics and business is so close
in our modern civilization that one
naturally affects the other. Both are
suffering extremely from purely hu-
man development arising out OF the
war. In fact, it caused the war.
"In my opinion, the cause of the eco
nomic difficulty in which the world now
finds itself, this era of stagnant busi-
ness, unstable prices and uncertainty
regarding the fut ture, began when the
Germans considered their treaties as
a scrap of paper A lack of confidence
in the value and strength of interna-
tional law swept around the world. 1T
affected individuals as much as it did
nations.
"Following the war came the armis-
tice and the uncertainty of the future
economic condition of the world. Buy
ers and sellers alike scrapped their con-
tracts.
"Then the diplomatic representatives
Of the various nations came together
to settle political and economic mat
ters, but, according to Mr.. Lansing and
others who were there, it was not long
until distrust and lack of confidence
crept into the peace negotiations.
"The post war boom relieved the busi-
ness situation to some extent, but the
jolt that came last year brought fresh
period of wholesale cancellations. Every
body seemed to be trying to get out of
his contract, and even signed orders
meant little or nothing. That spirit
still prevails. There is only one place
| in the world that I know of where a
| no matter what the consequences are
That is Wall Street. What the world
needs is to follow the example of busi-
ness conduct there.
"The lack of confidence has spread tc
| the man in the street. He no longer
has confidence in the word of the re-
tail merchant. He feels that the mer-
chant is trying to hold up prices or
him. In turn, the retailer distrusts the
wholesaler or the manufacturer, and
has much the same attitude toward him
as the public has toward the merchant
How can business be normal unde,
these conditions?
"Only to-day man walked out o1
my Office after relating some business
deal, saying 4 don't care, / have his
signed confrmation!' That is typica
of the condition in the business worlc
to-day. There is a lack of trust or
every side, and a signed contract that
will stand in court seems to be the
only thing that will actually move mer
chandise."
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Cotto,sced Oil
Butter Cheese and Eggs

l;ntter--Reeipts were fiS59 packages
Creamery, hFhcr than extras, Id. 42'4 n
49c; extras. 81 score, y GO42c; iirsts,
37is m 3le seconds "a "a 36 kc; lower
grades 81 =. &c; unsalted. higher than ex-
tras 44 y cr 4ic; extras. f3ep44c; firsts. 3s u
a42lac seonds "a u q 3sc; state dairy
tubs. finest. 40 u pAlc; good to prime. SS
a. 40c: COMMON TO fair, 3 q Sic; ladies,
current maie nrsts, 20 " a So nc; seconds,
csc; lower fradea. 2eW27c, packing stock
current tn &c, No. l. csc, No. 2 27c;
lower grads. 24ea261sc
Cheese seceipts were 4,775 boxes. New
York Stat, fats. specials. ID. Il q 81 Y
average rwl, goo 205.c; state twins. spe
cials. 2lGE.1iAc; average run. GOA 20 =. e.
Wisconsin, double Daisies. fancy. q %
3liac: sifnle psisics. fancy, II a &c Young
Americas, % CSC; state Skins, 81 lae
gathered, extras dozen, SsN 39c: extra
firsts. 5i0e s7c: t,rsts. 81 0e34c; seconds.
" J.. q 30G inferior. 20m26c; trade eggs,
81 2sc dirties, regular packed, No. /,
260 PIC no. 2 and poorer. zoo 25e; checks,
fair to choice. dry, 22Go 24c; refrig orator
eggs. oecial marks, fancy, 3b " % 36c
Hrsts. s3Gb35c; seconds 29032c; state,
rennsytania and nearby Western Henncry
whites extras. 50Gp52c; extra firsts, 46 o.
a9c; fsts. 41M45c gathered whites,
firs;s = extra rirsts Al a +0c; under grades
SO n 40t: Pacific Coast, white extras. 500
52c; ettra firsts 46M 49c; frsts 40 @45c
pndergr rades, 81 er 4Oc; other Western and
Soutrrn. gathered whites. 500 4+c; state
Pensyvania and nearby Western hen
merry browns extra, 4l@43c; gathered
brow and mixed coors, graded extras,
SO q &c: firsts to extra frsts $50 SIC.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-24
Decline in Wheat
On Big Receipts; !
Demand Is Small
Outlook for Foreign Buying
Unchanged, but Little in
the Way of Actual Busi-
ness Is Done; Corn Lower

CHICAGO. July 23.--The wheat
market was very heavy throughout
the entire session to-day and prices
closed at about the low of the day
with net losses of 2Ac. The market
was dominated largely by the tremen-
dous receipts at primary points, which
completely offset large port operations.
The total arrivals at interior markets
during the week were 21,21G0O0 bushels.
compared with 1a,391,o0o the previous
week and only about 5000. 900 last year,
Hedging operations against this great
quantity OF wheat was more than the mar
ket could stand. and rallies were feeble.
Discouraged longs were active sellers as
the action OF values during the week waa
very Disappointing
In the export market there were evil
dences OF active buying. The total sales
were not disclosed. but they were estimat ed
az several million bushels. Germany was
the principal buyer, and there was fur
ther business believed to be against the
Greek sale, while England figured In the
days operations to a moderate extent and
there was another cargo sold to Argentine
interests. presumably to so to Brazil
The corn market was dominated largely
by tho action OF wheat and prices were
easier. closing with losses of 4 to &c.
There were light rains in Iowa and Ne
braska which were considered beneficial
to the new crop but receipts were only
moderate and there were further light
export sales.