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The Washington times., 1922-11-12
No Long Skirts

The uniforms Of the soldiers
here. who crowd the streets. are
bright and snappy. Men from the
provinces with bright smocks,
bagsy trousers. low top boots and
high Astrachan caps outnumber
those In modern garb.
You may see more handsome
women and girls In Moscow than
in any other European capital.
A beautiful chain Of boulevards
encircles Moscow. These are
crowded nightly with the youth Of
the city.
The younger women and girls.
though cheaply clad. have dash
and style. Bobbed hair IL the rule.
They have not accepted the long
skirt edict. Their dresses are
short sleeved. Almost all Of the
women are stockingiess. with slen-
der ankles and shapely legs.
The better dressed wear high
heeled slippers and short socks.
Millinery Is out Of fashion. They
all 80 bareheaded.
Russians are q laughing and
singing race; also a musical peo-
ple. Sound of stringed instru-
ments and the voice Of singers
pour through the open windows
of the houses on summer nights.
They sing along the streets. Or
chestras line the boulevards. Pa
vilions, open-air cabarets and
gypsy restaurants also line the
boulevards close to the center Of
the city.
Art galleries are crowded on
Sundays and holidays. The ad-
mission fee Is about a cent and
half. Workers and peasants.
many of them in family groups,
are the chief patrons.
The racetrack in Moscow re-
opened this summer, the first time
since the revolution. They have
mixed trotting and running races.
The charge for admission is eight
million rubles. Everything, includ-
ing the horses. els owned by the
government. Drivers and Jockeys
are all government employees.
They have the pari-mutuel sys-
tenn Of betting. and a percentage
Of all wagers goes to the govern.
ment. The track is only open on
Sunday. Betting is lively.
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~ Uslverssi service.

LONDON, Nov. IL.
Two thousand new suns, in the
process Of making. have just
been discovered and photographed.
Some day they will probably de.
velop into fulksrown suns, like
ours, with their own sets Of planets
revolving round them, 90 that
there will be two thousand new
solar systems.
The discovery has been made by
Harvard University astronomers
who are carrying out observations
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

as the crops being harvested. are
eastern Kansas over again.
There are no large cities on the
line between Riga and Moscow.
Many Of the larger towns have
fine railway stations. And the
folks. especially boys and girls.
come down to see the train go by.
just as they do in Warrensburg,
Missouri.
Around the smaller stations the
peasants looked very poor. many of
them in rags. The crowds at tho
larger stations look about like ours.
The peasants sell fresh eggs, de-
licious red raspberries. plums and
brown bread at all of the principal
stations. At our first stop in
Soviet Russia, in a town Of about
$500 people. we found a lunch
counter quite as good as any on
the Sante Fe.
When>I go again shall take q
can of'"ready to make" coffee. and
let it 60 at that.
We gave away our hamper Of
canned goods. boiled ham and other
unpalatables. after we arrived in
Moscow. charging it off to expert
ence.
The Soviet army was in evidence
at every station. We snap-shotted
the first we met on the border,
to their apparent delight. The
commander, however, stopped
that performance, explaining that
cameras were taboo in Soviet
Russia.
The officers Of the army seem
to be seasoned veterans. we'll uni
formed. The uniforms Of the
private soldiers in the outlying
districts. however, were very poor.
The weather was warm and many
of the soldiers were barefooted.
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was in attendance on the confer.
ence. I had special sources Of in.
formation, and ] brought to the
comprehension of them some ex.
perlence in such chicaneries.
The English absolutely ran the
show. II they ever faltered It
was In the direction Of demand
ing too much--of abandoning all
pretense Of fair and equitable bar
gaining.
The American delegates threw
the national security into the pot;
the English put in nothing what
ever.
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All Stay Up Late

frequently made business en-.
gagements with government OFF,
cials and business men for l or
2 o'clock in the morning. The
heads Of affairs, business and off,
cial, get to their offices about IL
q. m.
walked the streets Of Moscow
at all hours OF the night. fire
quently to my home. two miles
from the center of town. at
or o'clock without molestation.
Moscow is safer today than any
American or European capital.
The Moscow cabarets are
crowded every night. The per.
formances are good. The great
est artists In Russia now appear
in the cabarets. There Is
marked absence Of coarseness OF
vulgarity. l never attended one
without an efficient interpreter.
The monologues and topical songs
are full of Jibes at the new eco.
nomic policy and humorous ref
erences to Lenine. Trotzky and
other notables. The actors and
audiences are well acquainted.
All have an air of boisterous
gaiety.
Russia furnishes the classic
example of prohibition. excepting
light wines and beer. There is not
a saloon in Russia. Vodka, the old
national drink. almost pure alcohol,
has disappeared. The most exper.
booze hound" cannot purchase q
bottle of vodka in Moscow. The
bootlegger is unknown.
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opening Moscow 1917 attracted crowds
recently in with the

Moscow swelled in population
following the revolution from lit.
tie over a million to two and a
quarter million. Every available
foot Of housing space is taken.
Palaces Of the rich and the resi-.
dences of the former bourgeoise
are crowded with workers and
peasants. In many of these houses
the heating apparatus has fallen
into disrepair. Each parlor. recep-
ton hall and bedroom. house whole
families. Where necessary. the
new occupants just punch hole in
the wall. stick a stovepipe through
and set up the old kitchen stove.
passed many of these palaces,
every room filled with workers and
peasants; priceless paintings still
hanging on the walls. covered with
canvas. a grand piano. canvas-cov.
cred in the corner. the evening
meal cooking on a stove in the
same room, with the family wash
hanging on a line overhead.
The policing of Moscow Is done
by red soldiers. But few are in
evidence. except the traffic cops"
in the downtown streets.
Twenty Of our Irish policemen
could police the city. I saw few
actual arrests being made.
Moscow is freer from ordinary
crime than any other large city in
the world.
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II the only ,first-class hotel open to
the public. It is7operatsd by the
government on the European plan,
A single room without bath costs
sixteen million rubles. or four dol
lars a day and upward.
The cafe is small. but the meals
are excellent. A table d'hote din
ner is served in the evening cost
ing twelve million rubles. The
hotel is clean and well managed.
especially the restaurant.
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A Great Plain

have had much harder travel.
ing In Oklahoma. to say nothing
Of Arkansas and Mississippi.
The country is a great agricul-
tural plain all the way from the
Latvian border to Moscow. The
topography of the country, as well
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They have the usual rush hours.
Every bumper and projection 10
covered with childSen stealing
rides. The government has built
three miles of new extensions
during the past year out Of the
surplus earnings.
Two great hotels of Moscow,
the Metropole and the National,
comparable in size and ornateness
with the leading New York hotels,
are now the first and second
houses of Soviets. SThe stores on
the ground floors are railroad
ticket offices, food stations and
various government departments.
The rooms are the living quar-.
ters Of government officials and
employees. factory workers. school
teachers, street sweepers and an
occasional favored, newspaper cor
respondent, or other foreign trav.
eler.
The Hotel Luxre. one of the
largest Moscow hotels. a half mile
from the center OF the city, is the
headquarters of the Third Interna
tionale Of the Communist party.
Officials and delegates live in this
hotel and are supplied with lodging
and meal tickets by the organiza.
ton.
The Savoy Hotel, a modern, we'll.
constructed building occupying
half block in the center of the city,
The Washington times., 1922-11-12
Machine at Work

As say. the American people,
IL they understood what was done
to them. would be full Of indisna.
ton. But they are not likely to
acquire that understanding.
The machine 10 still working too
smoothly, too many OF the chief
American newspapers revoive with
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A crowd aboard q street
car in Moscow. The service
il said to be as good as in
many American cities. The
fare ranges from 8 to B
cents.
Every one stays up almost all
night in Russia. Cabarets open
at 1880 and close at Q. The
downtown streets are full Of peo-
pie at midnight and the boule-
wards are crowded until 1 o'clock.
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pute, were indentical with the In.
terests Of France-that without
submarines we'd be just as help.
less against a British attack or a
combined British and Japanese at.
tack, as the French would be.
But 10 efficient was the Eng.
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within a week the whole country
had been inoculated with Franco.
phobia. and soon afterward the
principal French delegate, despair.
ing of making any progress in
other directions. went home.
There he was ousted from office
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lish press service In Washington
that within twenty.four hours all
the morons who represent the
great American journals at Wash.
ington had been convinced that
the French caveat was barbarous.
immoral and against God. and
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for his failure at the conference.
That failure was due to the deser
ton Of the United States. and the
desertion of the United States was
due to the control of American
opinion by English propaganda.
hear speak by the book.
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resentatives-consider, for exam
pie. the lethargic and ignorant
Underwood as a diplomat pitted
against Balfour. and young Teddy
Roosevelt as a naval expert.
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Americans than any other people
In Europe. A very small proper.
ton of the males wear clothes
like ours. Most OF them wear
smocks. some OF silk and linen.
beautifully embroidered in hand
peasant work. But the great ma
jority are garbed in canvas and
khaki.
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BY FRANK P. WALSH.

the world target of misin-
formation and misrepresenta-
ton. The main difficulties
of which / was warned in
going into Russia did not
materialize. The things that
I was told would be easy
were the ones that turned
out to be hard.
I went through Riga 60
ing in and had t,.c ad-
antage of a thiry-houl day
light ride through Latvia
and Soviet Russia. | had
with me an American ere
ry and my own Russian
interpreter from New York.
Our train had three Sec
ond-class Russian sleeping
cars and ten day coaches.
The sleepers have separate
compartments, with berths
crosswise instead of length
wise, each compartment ac-
ommodating four Pc sem
.ers.
The car n which l
Travelled was as clean and
much m comfortable than
a Pullman tourist car.
There are no dining cars.
There were as many Amer
leans in my sleeper as /
meet on the New York
Central when I go to
Croton-On-the- Hudson. q.
Filled with stories Of
harsh living conditions in
Russia, picked up in Berlin
and Riga, reeking with ad-
vice as to how we should
travel, and the amount and
character Of the food, cloth
ing and currency we should
bring with us, we Jared
forth fully equipped, es-
pecially with food.
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OF
SURPRISE
LAUGHTER
AND SONG

Observations Show
Much of American
Understanding o I
Russia Is Erroneous.
~ HIS is the second OF a
1 series of articles on
Russia by Frank p. Walsh,
fresh from a visit to that
country, in aohich he made
a thorough study Of condi-
tions, As the first Ameri-
can laDyer to study labor
and economic conditions in
all parts of Europe, Mr..
Walsh rs especially Weu
qualified to discuss them
from an international Vie,O-
point. Mr.. Walsh aOas
joint chairman With e1-
President Taft of the War
Labor Conference Board.
By FRANK p. WALSH.
~ USSIA today is the
X land of paradoxes and
The Washington times., 1922-06-27
MARKET SLIDES
BACK FROM TWO.
T0F|vE POINTS
Moderate Advance In Oils and
IndustriaIs Feature
Opening. -
BY w. 8. COUSINS.

NEW YORK, June 27.--After q
somewhat hard opening. featured
by moderate advances in the oil
and Industrial stocks. the market
ran Into vacuum. buying support
was withdrawn and prices OF the
speculative leaders fell back from
two to five points before the end Of
the first hour.
Sentiment in the financial dis
trict was bullish on the whole, in
dicating the hope II not the belief
that most Of the vexing problems
connected with the coal and rail.
road labor situation would be solved
before matters reached the critical
stage.
In most Industrial struggles, It
is always darkest just before the
dawn, and matters have never yet
been 90 bad that the future Of the
republic has been endangered. Ne
gotiations looking toward solu-
ton Of the coal strike have gone
right up to the President of the
United States and. when the wheels
Of the Government begin to grind.
they can generally be relied upon
to. produce the desired result.
New price advances in heavy
rolled steel products was a bullish
factor for the steel stocks. which
responded with moderate advances
In prices at the opening.
There was less activity in the
Mexican oil stocks in the morning
session, though Mexican Petroleum
gave an exhibition of lightning
changes that reflected extreme ner.
vousness among the operators In
that stock. Opening at 200, a five.
point lead over yesterdays close,
the stock was battered down to
1917 then rose to 1913. and held
around 1876 until the noon period.
New York Central dropped down
to s4k. Off 2 points from yesterday g
high: Gulf States Steel sold off to II
and then rallied beyond IS; General
Asphalt declined to 64H, st. Paul
preferred retreated from yesterdays
high Of 43k to 40M. Sinclair from
33ia to 30, Atlantic Coast Line from
l04 10 102, Atchison from 99h to
sSt. California Petroleum from 65Ts
to 63h and Baltimore and Ohio from
5oh to ~.
Great Northern and Northern Pa
cafic were steady in today's falling
market. and a good demand was
maintained for these stocks.
A number Of prferred stocks
some OF them with important profit
sharing privileges. have received
more than the usual amount of at
tention in recent weeks. Among
these may be mentioned Studebakei
| preferred at lis. United States Stee
preferred at l2o. Woolworth pre-
ferred at 122, American Car and
Foundry preferred at 121 and Corr
Products preferred at 11S. Stude
baker preferred has been unusuall,
active, selling up from 100 to lis or
reports that all or a large quantity
| of the stock would be retired at 1875.
The Washington times., 1922-06-27
McNARY BACKS BILL TO AID
WOODEN SHIPBUILDERS

Relief for the wooden shipbui!ders
Of the United States whose contracts
were Cancelled after the signing Of
the armistice is proposed in a bill In
troduced by Senator McNary Of Ore
gan yesterday. ~....
A plan Of reimbursement. for
which an appropriation of $1,000 900
is provided, is proposed by the Ore
gon Senator. Claims running into
millions Of dollars are now pending
before the United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton on behalf of wooden ship build
ers. and so far a satisfactory basis
Of settlement has not been reached.
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U. S. TOOK IN 4s MILLIONS
IN YEAR ON RUM AND DRUGS

Collections Of taxes on alcoholic
beverages and narcotics during the
past twelve months have totaled
s4s, ,sas, ,ss6.77, Prohibition Commits
sioner Haynes announced today.
During that period Approximately
b5, 900 field officers reports have
been received and reviewed. more
than $4,000 involving liquor viola.
tions, and over 5000 violations OF the
narcotic laws. There were 1s,iss
civil liabilities under the prohibition
act and 1870 under the narcotic law
determined and assessed.
The Washington times., 1922-06-27
OFFERS
NEW. BILL FOR
! PAWNbROK|NG
Substitute for COMMITTEES
Measure Would Limit Inter
est to 3 Per Cent.

Chairman Focht of the House
District Committee today intro
duced a new bill to regulate the
business of pawnbrokins in Wash
ington. The measure is q substi-
tute for the committee bill on
which there were several disagree
rnents but which was placed on the
House calendar several weeks ago.
The bill introduced today pro.
vides that IL interest and charges
on q loan In excess OF the rate OF
3 per cent a month up to and In
Guiding $35, or Of the rate Of per
cent a month over $35. be charged
that the loan shall be declared void
and of no effect.
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new ENGLAND
FEARS Famine.
OF HARD GOAL
Empty Bins Within 80 Days,
If Strike Continues, Walsh
Is Advised.
In.srn.t,o..l Se~. Service.

tntoFumttOu8I NOWe BCrvhce.
Empty coal bins will confront the
people of New England within
thirty days unless anthracite coal
mining is resumed by July is, ac-
cording to a warning of the m
creasing gravity Of the coal strike
graph to Senator Walsh DemJ
Of Massachusetts,. member OF the
Senate Labor COMMITTEES.
The telegram was sent by e. A,
Wilson, president, and T. T. Haze
wood. secretary of the Lowell
(Aiass.) Coal Merchants Association
and read:
Representing the coal trade of
Lowell and we believe the senti-
ment of northern New England, We
urge upon You the necessity Of
action that will cause the resump-
ton of anthracite coal mining not
later than July is. There appears
to be a deadlock and some national
action necessary in order to get the
men back to work. II the mining
of~anthracite coal Is not resumed
by July is, there will be great
mental and physical distress In this
north country later in the year.
Stocks In Ne wEngland coal yards
| are rapidly decreasing and within
thirty days will be exhausted In
80 far as domestic coal is con-
cerned. As citizens of this country
we are shocked beyond expression
at the atrocious massacre at Her
| rim" .r s-a
Protests from all sections of the
country against the coal strike
being permitted to continue were
| still pouring In upon Senator
Borah RepJ of Idaho, the commit
tee chairman, and himself, Walsh
stated. and he intimated drastic
| action by the committee might be
expected within the next few day.
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Local Stocks.
SALES.

Capital Traction. 5000, 291oo. IL
@100.
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred, 25@74h, s@74h.
Washington Gas Light. 25@5sh
s@5sh. 25@5sh. 2696sh. 1o@5sh
American Security and Trust Co..
10@255. z
National Union Insurance Co.. 20
AFTER CALL.
. Capital Traction, $1,000, $4,000.
Washington Railway and Electric
common, 2@491k. ... ..-- :.
Capital TTactipn, SIS: 81 ,ooo@ss
81 ,Ooo@ss. ii ,o0o@ss, $2.o00@sS.
Washington Railway and Electric,
preferred, b@74%, 6@75.
washington Railway and Electric
Is, $1,000@75.
Commercial National Bank, 100
40.
Money-Call and loan. S and per
cent
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bond MARKET
TO Squirt AFTER
JUlY4 RECESS
Pronounced Activity Already
RefIected-SaIes for Last
Year Summarized.
BY MUNROE ROBETs,


Copyright. 1929 by Cosmopolitan News
serviceJ
NEW YORK. June 27.-After a
period of comparative dullness. IN
which prices Of speculative bonds
'retreated considerably from the high
average reached in the early part of
May, the listed bond market gives
every indication Of inaugurating q
new forward movement both In ac-
tivity and In the price level. This
may be accounted for to some extent
by the paucity OF new investment Is
sues and also to the decrease Of spec
ulative activity Of the stock ex.
change. Investment bankers ara not
inclined to look for very much ac-
tivity In the bond market until the
Fourth Of July recess, when business
for a short time. at least. will as
sumo q more active character.
The heavy record Of sales Of the
listed bond market in the early
part of the year, however, more
than makes up for the present
comparative inactivity. and the 1922
records will far surpass those OF
its predecessors. The total sales of
all bonds for this year to date on
the stock exchange have been
$2.2S3. .905. compared with ST..
sol ,007,785 in 1921: 1880 .623, $50 In
1920; si.5ss.ss4. .5s5 in 1919. and
s7s1 ,2s5 500 in 1918. Sales OF Lib
erty bonds, to date amounted to
about $1,000, 900 900, compared with
Ss40. 900 900 In 1921. In 1890, how
ever. the aggregate for Liberty
bond sales on the exchange was
81 SOC, 200, 900. and In 1918 Liberty
bond sales were we'll over ,$1,0o0.'
900 900.
There is q great difference. how.
| ever, between the trading in war
bonds this year and that of the
two prior years, when liquidation
was the rule instead OF accumula
ton as at present. Holders of Lib
erty bonds who were compelled to
sell their securities for the best
lily, while those who were far
sighted enough to purchase them
at the low prices then prevailing
have cause to compliment them.
selves on their foresight.
In the sale Of both domestic and
foreign bonds, this years record Sx
ceeds those Of any of the years In
review. Total domestic bonds In 1872:
were about 1000. .0O0. 900, compared
with S412,000, 900 in 1921: s2s6. 900. .0ot
in 1920, and $277 900, 900 in 1919. Ir
foreign bonds. this years record Il
$323, ,000, 900. compared with $50. 900,
900 in 1921 and 1920. and $3.50 900, ,00(
In 1919.
According to reports from Buenos
Aires, the Argentine government ha,
transferred its negotiations for 9
new loan from New York to London
and Is now In the field for a loan oi
flo, 900. 900, half OF which will be usec
for the extension Of the state rsil
roads and the balance for the consoli
dation Of its floating debt. Al th'
beginning Of the war, the floatIns
debt of the Argentine nation wn.
650, ,000, 900 pesos, equivalent TO 81 Is
900. 900 at the current rate OF 81
change. This includes the Dollar
Loan of s50,00o, 900 short term LOAF
totaling 275.00o,00 pesos and othel
monies advanced by the Bank Of Ar
gentine. II Is also reported that IN,
Argentine government is planning Il
build two new railroad lines over tn,
Andes mountains to Chile.
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RUSSIAN ENJOYS SCORE
IN FIRST HAGUE BRUSH

THE HAGUE. June 27.-The Rus.
sian delegation to the international
conference on reconstruction Of
Russia scored a point today when
the general committee Of the powers
snnounced that credits would be
discussed first.
They were taken this afternoon
by a subcommittee. The Russians
claimed before their arrival that
credits was the big issue and thut
the others were subsidiary.
The Washington times., 1922-06-27
(. M. FULLER COMPANY
IN BANKRUPTCY ACTION

NEW YORK, June 27.--An in
voluntary petition In bankruptcy
was filed In the United States Dis
trict Court today against e; NJ.
Fuller q Co.. stock brokers and
members of the Consolidated Stock
Exchange.
The company was suspended
from the Consolidated Exchange
earlier in the day.
The petition placed the liabilities
at $500, 900 and the assets at s2So,-
900. Samuel strasburger was APP
pointed receiver under bond Of
$ib, 900.
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Dividends Today.

NEW YORK, June 27.--Dividsndfs
today, Corporations; period: rate:
payable; stock record:
Haie Detroit Motor common; semi.
annual. 6 per cent; July 10.
Ventura Consolidated Oil; quarter.
ly, 50 cents; August 4; July 10.
Ventura Consolidated OIL; extra, so
cents; August 1; July 10. r-s
Allied Chemical common; quarter.
ly: 81: August 1: July II.
Chicago City Railway; quarterly;
III: June 80: June 20. 81. :.
British Empire Steel preferred ~;
quarterly; IN per cent; August I;
July Is. -
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smsricsn Telephone & Telegraph %
IsIst Dividend.
IsIst Dividend.

The regular quarterly dividend OF two
dollars ana twenty-five cents per share
will be paid on Saturday, July 1sy 1879.
to stockhoidsrs OF record At the CLOSE Of
business on Tuesday. June 20. 1894.
" H. RLAIR-sMITH. Treasurer.
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