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Evening star., 1922-02-26
One Way to See Ghosts.

a. y eminent investigator has re-
ported some interesting observa-
tions on a new visual phenomenon,
which. he suggests, may have some
connection with the subjective pro-
duction,. of images. ghosts. wraiths.
telepathic visions and so forth, in GER
tain conditions of the mind and bod,
The phenomenon he describes may be
witnessed by fixing the eyes. or pref
erably one eye, the other being closed.
steadily on a distant electric light. or
very brilliant star. all other lights
being carefully screened off. After -
while the watched light will begin 10
exhibit curious movements. the origin
of which, it is thought. is in the cer.-
bral center for vision.
Evening star., 1922-02-26

chase price amount to $500, ,ooo. 900
francs. But besides this. after one
year. interest at per cent on the
amount in dollars was to be paid IN
dollars ar the exchange rate. of the
day.
You ask When is the. French gov
ernm'ent likely to be. rid of these
American Army stocks:" Well, as far
as l am concerned. !. think we shall
be in sight of the end of the whole
liquidation about: July this year, 1892
There will certainly. not be enough
left .unsold' TO need my or any other
special services.
by December accounts of 1921 the
different ministres-war. navy. posts.
telegraphs and telephones. public works
and the rest-had taken over stocks
adapted to their uses to the amount
:of 1.794. .00O.00p francs out of the orig
inal estimate of $500, ,0oo.0o francs
for the whole (s4O9. 00O. 900. reckoned
at seven francs to the dollar). Some
of these stocks that went in this way
to pubic Administrations have been
turned over to foreign countries.
But the French treasury has by no
means recovered this. part of the
amount which it owes for. the pur-
chase price. -
1T is not the. same for the sales
made to private parties. for which
the amounts have been almost entire
ly paid. The total amount of such
private sales to December I. 1927 was
1,27T.0O0. 900 francs. calculate. that.
on catalogue prices snow in force.
there remain stocks still TO. be ;sold
to the amount of from 225,oco.oeo to
25o.O00.000 francs.
Before any estimate. can be made
Of profit or loss on the American
Army stocks: for. the French. govern
army stocks the expense has never
the expenses of upkeep and sales have
been: Public opinion has been very
much excited about this. For the
corresponding liquidation of French
army. stocks the expenseh as never
been over one-half of enc per cent.
and for the American stocks'it is a
little over three per cent The up
keep Of French stocks was already
provided for-that makes the differ
ence. One year ago. the liquidation
Of both stocks employed 1000 persons
throughout France. Now. there are
only 1.76s employed -.
.In sum. at. seven. francs to the
dollar. the. French Government would
already have. a good profit-more
than 100000, 900 francs. But what
will the dollar be worth in francs
when the $500. .ooo. 900. with interest in
dollars, have to be paid. =.
Evening star., 1922-02-26

ers and others, and then with a third
for fish dealers. and for years. unpre-
tentious as were the sheds. it was
the heart of Washington"
When the civil war started, the
market and it's vicinity furnished the
scene of the liveliest activities.
Quoting John B. Mccarthy, Mr.. Top
ham recalled that Louisiana avenue
between eth and 10th streets was
then the site for the hay market,
which occupied the center of, the
avenue. 1t was only twenty years
ago that it was moved about one
block west. at the time the whole
sale market was established. During
the war days embalmers occupied the
upper floors of structures along
Louisiana avenue from 9Th street. to
the old central guardhouse and cared
for the bodies of soldiers who died
in Army hospitals. =.
The Canterbury Theater. variety
house, occupied the corner of Ninth
street and Louisiana avenue, where
all sorts of liquid refreshments. were
served during performances.
In 1870, On a cold winter Sunday
morning, the old market burned to
the ground. Firemen fought the
flames to the best of their ability,
but their efforts were fruitless; ex-
.cept in stopping the spread of the
blaze to nearby structures. But for
several years previous attention had
been called to the need for more
sanitary surroundings for the
market, and when the fire occurred,
therefore, it was hailed by tie pubs
lie as beneficial disaster, except for
Its accompanying property. loss.
"Gone at Lastr' read the headlines Of
local newspaper. So the market,
Evening star., 1922-02-26

way to the market house. From this
observation alone, according to his
torians, the onlooker might pick up
an entirely foreign jargon, used only
by the. slaves driving the oxen.
In 1882 Asiatic cholera descended
upon Washingtn. Center market be-
came the center Of precautionary
measures. The board of health.
which had been instituted in 1922, i'm
mediately took special steps for the
inspection of foods there and placed
in effect a warning for 1.-THE avoidance
of fruits of all kinds and watery
vegetables" :.
X y x
TWO years previous to the vista
tion Of cholera. however, the city
was subjected to the first visitation
of the plague of which there is the
first recorded mention on March 80.
1880, when "a grand circus Of. ami
mails visited the town and set up their,
tents on the open space In front of
the Center market
At the beginning of. President Ty-
ler's administration, in 1s41, WASH
ineton had a population of approxi-
mately $4,000. but there was an entire
lack of protection In the city during
night hours. Disorderly gatherings
and incendiary fires had become SO
common that a voluntary night patrol
was formed. AS a necessary preiimi-
nary to such service a second story
was added to the scale-house build
ing on Center Market Square, and IT
was then used as guardhouse. in
stead Of the one formerly utilized In,
Judiciary Square. In December. 1S4l.-
President Tyler called attention to
the need of an efficient police force.
From this recommendation resulted
legislation establishing the auxiliary
guard, a police force paid from the
Evening star., 1922-02-26
Mark TWain'S Story

IJENRY WALLACE, Secretary -s
IL Agriculture, recently. when Hat
teringly introduced to an audienc'.
expressed trepidation that if hn
should undertake to make a speech
after such fulsome eulogy he would
lay himself open to the charge which
Mark Twain. made against Bob Bur
dette on a certain occasion. Secr"-
tarN Wallace told the story thus:
Bob, you know, was one of our
Iowa humorists. In his latter years
he became a minister, and he started.
a little mission church out in Califor-
MIA Not long iafterward Mark Twain
happened TO he there over Sabbath,
and went around to hear Bob preach.
Speaking of il afterward Mark said
THAT. after Bob had been nfsx-hing
some fifteen or twenty minutes rs
made up his mind that when the
collection was taken he would give
500 to put that little church on its
feet, but as Bob continued he grad
uaily lost his enthusiasm, and when
they finally passed the basket he
stole a nickel out Of it."
Evening star., 1922-02-26

watched generations come and GO
1t has watched business houses spring
up on all sides of it. Contentedly. il
saw a green-scummed canal skirt its
borders. bringing on it barges with
products from neighboring farms. 1t
frowned on the slave traffic. 1t sigh
ed with relief as the old canal was
filled in. 1t gasped one day when it
happened to glance at the growth of
the city away from it TO the north
west. but it settled back comfortably
when it found that at its back door
the front door of the new National
Museum was now opening.
= I: 4 =
Mr. ToPHAM has collected much
W valuable information about the
Center Market. which he proposes to
incorporate in the twenry-fourth an
nual volume of the history of Wash
ington. issued by the Columbia His
torical Society. He provided the
Evening star., 1922-02-26

United States treasury and used ex-
clusively at night. .
The old canal about this time was
beginning. to reach the declining
years Of usefulness. The fish
mongers along wharves near the
river threw the cleanings OF fish into
the already stagnant waters. The
condition of the Potomac flats also
aided in the creation of an insanitary
situation. which resulted in the breed
ing of countless hordes of mosquitoes
and in the production Of malarial and
typhoid fevers.
Regarding the market OF the early
days. The Evening Star. IN 1901. is
used as an authority fo- quotation by
MIR. Topham in. compiling his history
of the market, and he quotes the
following from the issue of June. l9
of that year:
Originally of but one shed. it was
enlarged by a second one for BUTCH
Evening star., 1922-02-26

ings. On st. Patrick's day OF that,
year there is q report of 4 meeting
of residents OF the city here ito con-
slider of and adopt a suitable ticket
of persons to represent them in COM
mon council" James Hoban was
chairman Of that committee. The
Sunday observance. .reformers were at
work in those days. A man. named
Thomas Thorpe. by trade an auction
eer. was penalized for removing earth
from Center Market Square on the
SABBATH. But on September. 26, .1s0s.
by an act of the councils Of the city
of Washington; there was remission
of fine for Mr.. Thorpe.
The first headquarters of the met
ropolitan police department. vas in
the scale house of Center market. Oh
the south side of Pennsylvania. built
IN 1926. In 1871 an additional story
was erected. and it was afterward
occupied by the auxiliary guard. es-
Evening star., 1922-02-26

ter of cttyS growth, pros
= perity and opulence. 1t was
the original community center i'm the
days of ancient Rome. and the trad
ing places where members of all
classes betook themselves to barter
and exchange. to obtain necessities
of life. have always held Il most i'm
portant niche in the historical struc-
ture OF a city To the market go
rich and poor. buyer and vendor.
There the lady of furs rubs elbows
with the lady of the threadbare shawl.
All of which has probably caused
Washington Topham, member of
the Columbia Historical Society and
an authority on Local history. to say
that "the history of Washington city
would be incomplete without refer
ence to Center Market. which holds
the unique record of 120 years Of con-
tinuous service to the people of the
nations capital"
Sturdily, since the dawn of the
nineteenth century. old Center Market
has remained in the same stand it
occupies today. The market has
Evening star., 1922-02-26

g TERLING HElLIG, The Sunday Stars
- Special Correspondents in France, Writes
of Battling Feminine Personalities Who Cause
Considerable Trouble for the Paris Police.
One Queen Who Now Lives in "a Penal.
:Colony-The Mysterious Shadow. - =.
Evening star., 1922-02-26
w a ashington Topham,
Member of Columbia
Historical Society, Pre-
pares Interesting Story
on Famous Mart-The
First Buildings, Fights
for Sanitary Condi-
tions, and the Fire
The New Structure.
The New Structure.

\ ROM earliest times the market
4 place has been the thermome-
ter of a city's growth, pros
Evening star., 1922-02-26
BY STERLING HEILIG.

PARIS, February 16. 1922. I
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Evening star., 1922-02-26

ira money, when Degory, like a fool,
| turned up, suspicious and accusing.
He had followed her to Neuilly.
| And the police were following De-
fgory.
None knew why the little queen
was SO excited. She dared not tell
| that. they were all in danger by De-
gory-they would 2 ak why? Yet these
| poor boys trusted her. Quick. sepa-
| rate! Bah, there's no hurry! They
were joking her. outside. as they
sought separate taxis at the station.
| Goodbye. goodbye! You have full in
! structions! You take that car, we
take this one.
| 'Haut les, mainsl Hands up! Po-
| lice"
They heard these words as looming
| figures surged around them in the
dusk. One grabbed Degory. And the
f, queen saw red. Five times her auto
matte pistol spit red. The policeman.
Charter, fell. But all was useless.
The entire band was surrounded.
/ They were caught because Degory
robbed his pals of few diamond
rings.
1he queen knew. but the queen
loved Degory.
At the Grand Cafe-the most COM
| Portable and. on the whole. the BEST
frequented-the BLACK Band" took it's
/ ease for thirty years. I always saw
! them.
It can be told now, because the
Grand cafe has ceased to be-a de-
partment store will remodel the
| building. Also, in such a big place,
Nine. Taciet, the proprietor, could not
be everywhere.
| to Apaches. You see two perfect gen
Evening star., 1922-02-26
AROUND
THE CITY

.HE had lost her government po-
sition and, az keeping company
with a wolf has absolutely no
- ,ttr,cfion for an aspiring
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-06
ARE YOU a LONG sLEEPERe"
Those Who Sleep Little Hard to Get
Along With

Sleep away half your life, and then
you viii have double enjoyment from
the other half -
That is the advice of Professor. Karl
Ludwig Schleich, natural scientist, ply
sician and philosopher Men or women
who sleep little are hard to get along
with. Ask the girl or man whom you
want to marry if he or she is a HElong
sleeper before YOU propose. Many
a matrimonial craft is wrecked on the
hidden reefs of '.too little sleep. y This
is the theory expounded by Professor
Schleich in his latest book, Some
Everyday Facts, saying that anyone
who gets his full quota of sleep can
work three times as rapidly and enjoy
life with hnndred-fold intensity
Happiness is nothing moro or less
than a matter of having had enough
sleep. Marital unhappiness would be
avoided, and the world s register of
crimes would be diminished if the
laws of sleep were not Systematically
disregarded The capability and eff
cheney of a nation, indeed, its entire
cultural niveau in the last analysis,
rests upon the recognition of this great
law of nature.
A scientific examination of the sympa-
thetic nerve complex. which, like net
work of fingers produces the most ravish-
ing accords upon the organ of the brain
reveals the injuries wrought upon the
phsyical and mental organizm by too
little sleep. During sleep. this nervous
apparatus shakes off all the exigeneies
of everyday life, and becomes more,
or less negative in its operations.
If not granted this respite, deep
assures are rent in the very foundation
of life, and the blood coursing through
the veins is given no chance to be gener
ated. Night workmen and "night
hawks, - who like to "bum' - into the
wee sma' hours, are always pale and an
aemic persons who suffer from uneonr
Iquerable sleepiness. because they are un-
consciously longing for the regeneration
of blood which can only occur during
sleep.
Sleep signifies the rebirth of the body
and the re-oiline of the millions of
wheels and springs by which the machin-
cry is kept up to full power during the
waking hours.
Professor Schleieh declares that all
stories told about people who require
only three or four hours sleep are hum
biIr
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-06
CALL BREAD LOAN a SUCCESS.
Soviet Officials Also Give Glowing Re
ports of Crop Prospects.

MOSCOW, July 6.-The Soviet govern
ment's first internal loan is a success, ac-
cording to the Russian newspapers, the
10000 000-pood bread loan having al
ready been subscribed
Russia's 1922 grain crops, according to
present estimates. viii reach minimum
of $500 100000 pools (63,000,000 tons),
or 100000, 900 pools more than those
of last year. acting Premier kameneff
told the correspondent yesterday.
From practically all sections of Russia,
except the north. reports are pouring into
Moscow showing that the grain is -four
ishing in ideal weather beyond the fond
est hopes of early spring If the yield is
as large as expected, it probably will be
RusSia's greatest crop since the war.
NJ. Yakovenko, commissar for agricul-
ture, who recently returned from Siberia
says the crops there give excellent prom
Use, although the sowing area was 40 per
cent short of expectations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-06
TWENTY BUILDINGS
BURN IN DUBLIN
of Insurgeat Republicans Fol
lowed by Conflagration - Four
Sinners Shot

DUBLIN, July 6-Twenty buildings
in O'Connell street, Dublin's main thor
oughfare, were destroyed by fire after
the surrender of the insurgent Republi-
cans who had turned the building into
fortresses in their resistance to the pro-
yisional Free State government. The
fires were not under control today. Only
smouldering ruins remained where the
insurgents made their last stand, 1t is
believed the damage will reach several
hundred thousands of pounds.
-Four snipers were shot dead during
the night Robert c. Barton. former
minister of economies in the Dali Fir
eann cabinet, was arrested at the home
of Erskine Childers.
SackvilIe street was Jthronged with
Sightseers today despite the danger of
falling masonry. The crack of snipers'
revolvers was beard in the center of the
city. National army troops were on duty
everywhere.
A call to arms was issued this morning
by the provisional Free State govern
ment in the form of a proclamation open
ing the way for the enlistment of those
citizens who last week We're declined
by the government because it was con-
fident of the ability of the army single
handed to meet and defeat any attack
made upon it
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-06
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS
BEAT ALL RECORDS
Total of $3.50, ,44S,3S7 Highest in Our
Hist0ry-Indicates Business
Prosperity

WASHINGTON, July 6-Generally
improved business conditions in the
country are reflected in increased Gus
toms receipts-the highest during the
past fiscal year for 133 years, accord
ing to a statement issued last night by
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Elmer Dover. in charge of customs.
THE United States customs receipts
for the fiscal year just ended he said,
amount to S3j6, 443,3 ,3S7. which is an
increase of $4S, ,41S.2S5 over last year.
The highest previous year in the history
of the customs, covering 133 years, was
1910, when receipts amounted to $685.
GS3, 40. so that the receipts for this
year are nearly $23,000,000 in excess of
the highest previous year.
This result may be taken as an indl-
cation and result of general improve
ment in business. For several years our
importations were at the lowest obb. but
the revival of business in this country
has produced corresponding increase in
importations While this is undoubtedly
the principal cause some credit IS due TO
the reorganized customs service, which
is now at its highest standard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-06
CAN'T LOCATE
EAMONN DE VALERA
One Rum0r Says He Is Not Known to
Be Alive-Another Says lie
EScaDed

LONDON, July 6.-Complete mystery
surrounds the whereabouts of Eamonn
DeValera, following the surrender of
his besieged comrades in Dublin to the
forces of the provisional Free State
government.
One rumor declares it is unknown
whether DeValera is alive. Another
that he has been wounded and captured; /;
and a third that he escaped on Monday.
Vet another speculation is that he has
ioined Erskine Childers who is reported
to no at the head of mobile force in
the hills around Dublin. While else
where it is suggested that he has gone
to give the benefit of his counsels to
the southern Republicans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-06
HOME MISSION
CONFERENCE STARTS
Many Young Women Gather at North
field to Remain Until July r.
Tonic, The Negro i'm America

EAST. .NORTHFIELD. Mass, July 6
Seven hundred girls left for their
homes scattered all along the Atlantic
seaboard yesterday afternoon at the
at Mortified. The girls ushered in the
conference here, and five others will fol-
low in rapid succession until Aug. II.
The second conference of the season
opened last night with almost as many
present as at the Young Women's meet
ings 1t is the Womens Interdenomina-
tional Home Mission conference, and
win last until July II.
The Negro in America will be the sub
ject around which mission study for the
conference viii center. Rev. DIR. Floyd
Tompkins of Philadelphia is to be Bible
leader. Other speakers will include
Mrs. Lulu Loveland Shepard of Pitts
burgh, Pa, who will lecture on the evils
of MOrmonism, Miss Margaret Slattery
of Boston, DR.. Charles A. Brooks of the
Baptist Home Mission society Mrs.
Lila A. Wallace of New York city. and
Miss Mildred Kaminskie of New York
city.
Mission study classes win be con-
Quoted by Mrs. D. Everett Waid Of New
York city on The Trend of the Races.
by George T.. Haynes; Mrs. w. I. Lori
mer of Pittsburgh, Pa, on In the Van
guard of Race by Mrs. L. III. Ham
mond Miss Alma j. Noble of Buffalo
y. Y, on The Magic Box, by Anita ID.
Ferris
Mortified is anticipating one of its
busincst summer seasons this year.
Late in June the Hotel Northheld, con-
Quoted as part of the Northfeld schools
and conference projects, filled up to
capacity and is booked up for full sea
son for the rest of the summer. The
hotels attractive golf course is becom-
ing an increasing asset to its popularity,
and is also enjoyed by the hundreds of
summer visitors occupying the rustic cot
tages on the Ridge, and the buildings
and tents on the Northfield seminary
grounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-06
STARTING FINAL
TOBACCO DRIVE
Chairmen of Connecticut Valley Dis
tricts to Meet-15, 600 Acres Al
ready Signed

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. July 6-The
final dash in its campaign to enroll more
than 1000 planters under the banner of
the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Grow
ers association will be planned when
cl.airmen of all the districts in which
the drive is being conducted viii meet at
Hartford. Conn.,, the 10th. With Mas
sachusetts and other northern valley
states taking TO the gospel of co-opera-
tive marketing in Increased numbers, the
organizing committee, after its Hartford
meeting. should meet with full success
in securing the necessary acreage and in
completing satisfactory preliminary or
ganizatiOn prior to actual forming of the
cooperative association.
\ total of $1,000 acres has been
signed up to date. it was announced
yesterday from Connecticut headquar-
ters at Hartford This is an increase
Of 1000 over the acreage reported at
special meeting of the organization com
mittee recently. Public Utilities Com
missioner Joseph W. Alsop of Avon.
Conn. who is managing the campaign,
feels highly encouraged with the results
TO date, and Bay State leaders, including
Fred Pellissier of Hadley, Glenn G..
Seyey of Russell, and others, are certain
the organization cannot fail to secure
the required signatures before Aug. 1.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-06
FiIling Place at GreenfieId.

GREEcSTIELD, Mass, July 6-NIen
who were employed in the Boston q
Maine railroad yards at East Deerfeld
and are among the strikers held a mass
meeting last night in Washington hall,
The meeting was conducted for the pur-
pose of discussing the strike situation
and the doors were closed to all but rail-
road men. The gathering was addressed
by c. f. Keating, member of the broth
erhood of firemen, and Walter $. Hutch
ins and John r. Hegeman, both of the
brotherhood of locomotive engineers
Thus far there are no new develop
ments in the strike situation other than
a number of men from other places being
given employment to fill the places va
Gated by strikers. 1t is reported that the
company is giving these men permanent
employment.