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happens to go astray or become de-
layed, may not realize il, but the
transmission of mails is tremendously
speeded up over recent years. Bust
ness men everywhere are co-operai-
, ing. and the results will grow as the
years go by.
Mail robberieS have been check cd.
and United States marines guard mail
trains, terminals and post offices
With the exception of one large rob
berry. caused through dereliction of
duty, there have been comparativel!
few robberies since postal employees
were armed last May. The guarding
by the marines now seems to have
put the quietus on mail robberies.
Legislation has been inaugurated to
increase the utility of the postal saw
| ings and give its depositors higher
rates of interest. Tremendous savings
in money have been effected in the
administration of the entire postal
service, in cooperation with the bu
reau of the budget.
The joint congressional postal com
-, mission is working with the postal
heads upon various problems. such
as the Redistribution of the tube sys
TENS Of transporting mail in New
York and other large cities, giving
sick leave to employees of the mail
equipment shops. who are now denied
such leave. and determining the
| actual cost of the transportation 81
the various classes of mail.
x * = X
These are some OF the things which
have been done, and are being dom.
to help bring about that greater
postal service Of which POSTMASTER
General Hays dreams. Sometimes he
! las a nightmare, such as that which
confronts him when ardent politicians
desire him to throw out of office two
postmasters who are regarded by the
/ postal administration as being the
best two poStmasters" simply be-
! cause they are democrats? The Post
master General is q politician. but H.
| doesn't believe in that sort Of politics.
and those two postmassers are still
on their jobs.
| Whether Postmaster General Hays
| accepts that big-paying position with
| the movies" or not. he has put the
| postal administration on its feet.
+, upon the 100000 feet OF it's 100000
| employees. IL you please. Whateve,
| may happen now. the postal service
| is safe. It is "humanized."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08

Here is the cold geographical fact:
Almost contemporaneously with the
issue of the mandate of administra-
lion for the Island of Nauru, famous
Tor it's rich deposits of phosphate OF
lime, was the rediscovery of the great
sulphur mountain of Vanua Lava in
The Banks group of the New
Iiebrides.
But here also is fairy tale Of
science, a happy chemical coinci-
dence or a problem in relatively,
suggests bulletin from the Wash
ington headquarters of the National
Geographic Society.
"Scene one might disclose little
American Polly Smith dropping PEN
MES in a box to take to Sunday school
10 the heathen.' Scene two might
portray some waving green field OF
our fertile west, and close up show
Farmer Blank buying fertilizer at
the village store. And the fertilizer
enriched the soil. which grew the
grain, which sold for the money
which little Polly Smith put into the
box to give teacher to send mission
aries to the heath
Here a second geographical fact
must obtrude: The special agent
needed to change Nauru's phosphate
rock to a soluble state for sale to
farmers is vauna Lava's sulphur u
At Worlds Jumping-O6 Place.
Then the bulletin continues with
the following information about the
island of trees that grow on stills.
where missionaries have gone and
where we may get fertilizer-infor-
nation extracted from a communica-
tion to the society by Rosamond
Dodson Rhone:
'.Nauru, or Pleasant Island is al
most at the jumping-of place of tho
world: it is not xactly east of the
sun and west of the moon but 1t Is
almost the farthest east, being only
thirteen degrees west of the inter-
national date line. and it Is half
degree south Of the equator. 1t is
one of the Line islands
Before 1t fell to Germany 1t knew
no white rulers. but was governed by
it's own immemorial laws, enforced
by it's own chiefs; but white influence
had impinged upon 1t for many years.
Whaling ships from New England
ports called there and traded firearms
Tor drinking cocoanuts and island pigs.
1t was rather a poor island In those
far-off days. before its great wealth
was discovered. It had no sandal
wood or tortoise shell: no pearls or
beche-d e-mer: not even copra, for
sropra was net made in the Pacific be-
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cepted as part Of the law OF ma
lions, they now accept that pro-
hibition as henceforth binding as
between themselves and they in
vite all other nations to adhere
thereto.
The signatory powers. desiring
to insure the enforcement of the
humane rules Of existing law de-
clared by themselves with respect
to attacks upon and the seizure
further declare that any person In
the service of any power who shall
violate any of these rules, whether
or not such person is under orders
of a governmental superior, shall
be deemed to have violated the
trial and punishment as II for an
act of piracy and may be brought
to trial before the civil or mill
tary authorities Of any power
within the jurisdiction of which
he may be found.
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Resolution I simply restates GER
tain existing valid provisions Of
international law.
Resolution II invites the other
civilized powers to concur and
make public profession of their
adhesion to the laws Of war there
in restated. Such public profess
sion from a certain nation which
lately so egregiously fiouted those
provisions would be particularly
appreciated.
Resolution III binds the five
powers not to use the submarine
az a commerce destroyer and In
viteS the other powers to adhere
to such prohibition.
Resolution " defines as an act
of piracy violation of any of the
rules Of existing law" by any per-
son in the service of any power.
This resolution lacks lucidity. BY
existing law" is doubtless intend
cd international law" The reso-
luton marks back to resolution 1,
which restates certain rules OF IN
ternational law. Apparently 1t has
no reference to resolution III, SO
that use of submarine Of one Of
the five powers as commerce,
destroyer in violation Of resolution
III, but not in violation of resolu-
ton 1. is not declared an act OF
piracy.
But all these rules lack definite
ness and leave large loopholes for
plausible evasions and violations
through absence of definition of
the term merchant ship" When
does a merchant ship Through
what extent or character Of ar
mamcnt) cease to be a merchant
ship: One of the delegates asked
the pertinent specific question: rs
a submarine stopped from attack
ing a merchant vessel trying to
run a blockade" But he got no
answer. The French and Italian
delegates strongly urged defni-
ton of merchant ship" Perh~.;
IL definition may be evolved in con-
nection with 1.-The regulations to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
BY HENRY w. BUM.


TINE following is a brief sum-
mary of the most important
news Of the world for the
seven days ended January Z:
The Conference, The week has
been an important one in the con-
ference. The two Root resoIu-
tons concerning the behavior OF
the submarine were redrafted, and
reappeared as four resolutions.
which the delegates of the live
great naval powers adopted.
quote them in full because of their
Importance, and because they call
for certain comments:
|.
The signatory powers, desiring
to make more effective the rules
adopted by civilized nations for
the protection of the lives of
neutrals and non -combatants at
sea in time of war. declare that
among those rules the following
are to be deemed an established
part of international law:
1. A merchant vessel must be
ordered to submit to visit and
search to determine it's character
before it can be seized.
A merchant vessel must not be
attacked unless it refuses to sub
nit to visit AMI search after warn
ing or to proceed as directed after
seizure.
A merchant vessel must not be
DESTROYED unless the crew and pas
sengers have been first placed in
safety.
not under any circumstances eN-
empt from the universal rules
above stated and, if a submarine
cannot capture "A merchant vessel
in conformity with these rules.
the existing law of nations re-
Quires it to desist from attack and
from seizure and to permit the
merchant vessel to proceed uEmo-
Tested.
The signatory powers invite all
other civilized powers to express
their assent to the foregoing
statement OF established law, so
that there may he a clear public
understanding throughout the
world of the standards of conduct
by which the public opinion of the
world is to pass Judgment upon
future belligerents.
H.
The Signatory powers recognize
the practical impOssibility of using
submarines as commerce destroy
ers without violating. as they were
violated in the recent war 1914
1918. the requirements universally
accepted by civilized nations for
the protection of the lives of neu-
trails and non -combatants. and 10
the end that the prohibition of the
use of submarines as commerce de-
stroyers shall be universally ac-
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gone, immemorially gone. How or
why is a mystery.
"Then in the alembic of nature a
transformation occurred Guano is
chiefly phosphoric acid and nitrogen:
coral is chiefly lime. Somehow. by
the close contact, the guano became
changed into phosphate of lime. which
is guano raised to the nth power.
1t had now become hard rock. odor-
less and generally colorless. although
some specimens show fine. dark strait
fication and take high polish.
Another day-perhaps the same
day-Gt is startling to see how close
~ this follows the, Genesis story of
creation )-vegetation appeared. mar
rowly limited in species, but album
dant in specimens; and finally man,
the brown people of the South Sea.
This must have been the order, for
where there is no vegetation there is
no population.
"The vegetation owed nothing to
the wealth of phosphate beneath it.
Phosphate is not soluble in water.
It needs treatment with sulphuric
acid, which converts it into super
phosphate to let loose its treasure Of
stimulation for plants"
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fered "A resolution which pro-
poses general European finan-
cial and economic conference at
Genoa during the first weeks of
March. He supported the resolu-
tion (Which was adopted) by an
exceedingly clever speech. IN
which he vaguely outlined his
long been busy, for the recon-
struction of central and eastern
Europe. In that plan the subject
of German reparations is subordi-
mated to larger considerations. 1t
does not follow that the German
reparations total must be reduced.
but, in order that Germany may
pay, She must be aided to recover
her export trade. Her reparation
burden must be eased for the pres
ent and she must be assisted by
credits.
Russia, too, must be assisted to
her feet; not for her own sake
only. but also in order that Ger
many may recover her former very
profitable relations with that coun-
try. A beautiful plan. but one in
volving at least temporary sac
rifices for France and the prospect
of a Germany grown dangerously
powerful again. France, then,
must have a special inducement to
fall in with the plan. There's only
one inducement that can win
France to hearty corporation
namely. treaty of guarantee
against German aggression. Is
Lloyd George prepared to concede
that?
The subject is, indeed, too com
plicated for more than the most
cursory notice here. ] have reserv-
ed. however, little titbit. which
now present to the reader: The
resolution proposing conference
definitely offers the soviet govern
ment of Moscow political recogni-
ton on certain conditions. chief of
which. of course, are recognition of
czarist debts and other financial
obligations. ard an engagement to
cease propaganda activities.
Some people will be. shocked by
this offer of recognition. But, as
the resolution humorously OBJ
serves tglancing at Russia: at is
the right of each country to choose
for itself the system which it pre-
fers."
United States Of America: Sena-
tor Penrose is dead; a terrible loss
to the republican party and admin
iStration. BY the seniority rule
Senator McCumber should succeed
him as chairman of the Senate
finance committee. and he probably
will.
The Newberry case will probably
be decided within the coming week.
At the instance OF President
Harding Secretary OF Agriculture
Wallace has summoned to a nation
al agricultural conference. to open
at Washington. January 81. the
ablest representatives Of agricultural
production and suitable represent
atires Of industries closely asso-
ciated with agriculture
our foreign trade continued To
fall off seriously in November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
APPROVE BIG LOANS.

Loans totaling nearly $200.oeo,0oo
were approved by the, War Finance
Corporation during the year just ended
Managing Director Eugene Meyer. or,
has announced In a summary.
Of the total advances made by the
corporation during the year $145.0S2.-
039 was for agricultural and live STOCK
nurnoses. and S50,946,375 was to assist
In financing exports.
Of the agricultural loans total Of
nearly $57.000.0o0 for general agri-
cultural purposes was the largest
single item, with approximately $S2,-
000. 900 on live stock, $23.o00,00o on
cotton and $20.00o.oQo on grain as the
NEXT largest items. OF the export
loans 3S,00O,00 on cotton was the
greatest single item, with $e.e00,000
on grain as the next largest.
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Great Sulphur Mountains
Redisc0uered in Nauru
Island Has Rich Deposits of Phosphate Of Lime, Which,
Through Action of Birthstone, Becomes
Available as Fertilizer.

fore 1872 and cocoanut oil was not an
article of commerce..
Arose Dripping From the Sen.
zone day Nauru, like Aphrodite,
arose dripping from the sea. The date
of this emergence cannot be more
nearly indicated than ages ago. and
the term day is not limited to twenty
four hours. but is to be construed
literally, like the days of Genesis
The island may indeed have been
thrust suddenly into tire air. with all
her lovely polyps Easping and shriv-
cling in the trOpic sun, and scarlet
fishes and long-armed octopi leapinE
afrrighted out of the exposed caves to
the safe shelter of the sea. while
slow moving sea urchins and mol
lusks persisted in the pot holes and
labyrinths Of tire coral: or the
process of elevation may have been
gradual. life in the coral dying grad
manned in full vigor just beneath the
level Of low tide.
Eat any rate, when the upheaval
was complete, when the fairy towers
and pinnacles and the unsunned cav
ems of the sea had been lifted into
the blaze of the sun, life at it's base
beneath the sea continued, undated.
and the fringing reef was slowly ex-
tended around it.
Look Like Aquarium Houses.
Eat this period the island must have
looked like those fantastic artificial
structures which We see in aquariums.
No product of mans construction
could be more extravagant in concep-
ton than these pinnacles. towers.
bridges. flying buttresses. their shapes
always suggesting architectural fan
tastes upreared into the air. There it
stood, bare and BALD as did the earth
on that day in Genesis when the dry
land first appeared.
Then came the sea birds, millions
and millions of them. feeding on the
abundant sea food, nesting in the
coral, Matching their young in ever
increasing multitudes, and depositing
the waste of their bodies in the coral
till the lower crevices were filled and
a gradually rising body Of guano at
tanned at length level with the tops
of the pinnacles, and then rose above
them and lay in a level plateau across
the island.
Ranpafts Surround Island.
ION the margin the rains. the winds
and the breakers, spouting high
against the coral, washed away this
deposit, SO that ramparts Of bare
pinnacles stood up and still stand
all around the island; but the coral
walls back from the shore held safe
the treasure. Came another day. The
sea birds were gone; not keen red
eye or swi6t-div wing Was left,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
SEEK VAULT BUILDING.
Bill in Senate Provides 81, 500. 600
for Structure for Treasury.

Provision for the construction of a
vault building to cost $1,5O0.o00 in
the north court Of the Treasury De-
partment building was contained in
a bill introduced in the Senate yes
terday afternoon by Senator Nc
Kinley.
The bill provides that the building
shall be a three-story structure, con-
sisting Of two stories Of vault space,
with office space above, including all
necessary mechanical and vault
eauipmeut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
LOWER WAGES FEB. s.

Reduction of the Shipping Board
wage scale paid to its officers and
men will be made effective February
6. il was announced by Vice President
Joseph Powell of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation yesterday. The amount
of the cut to be made has not yet
been determined by the board. but
will be discussed with the chairman
and representatives Of merchant ma
rine officers and crew organizations.
which have been advised of the re-
duction. ~,
It was understood the reduction Will
follow the cut made in private serv-
ice a schedule of which was sub
mitted to Chairman Lasker yesterday
by the American steamship Owners.
Association. and which was reported
to range from Is to 80 per cent Tor
officers and men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
ADJUSTS SUGAR LOSSES.

The Senate late Friday adopted
the Frelinghuysen resolution proStd-
inT for adjustment of losses sustain :
ed by H. de Ronde e. Co. New York.
In connection with sugar importations
under direction of the Department OF
Justice to relieve the shortage in 1913.
It previously had acted favorably OH
q claim by the American Trading
Company. which had suffered estimat-
ed losses. of $1.7o0.000 In similar
transactions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08

SAMUEL VI. vACCLA1I.
President Of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, who is making a trip through
Europe, investigating the possibilities
of the European market Tor locomo-
tiyes. has spent n few days I'm Ger
many looking over the new German
locomotive plants. He is naturally In
terested in the fact that the German
locomotive building pool IL now work
ing ON 700 locomotives for Russia. He
would like to see part Of subsequent
orders go to Americn. but he Will In
yestixate to see II the soviet govern
ment In prepared to pay &. q. ID. or
by xOme arrangement for cOmpensa-
tory export of grain, oil OF other
easily marketable products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
POSTMASTERS GENERAL
MAY BE SELECTED FROM
RANKS OF EMPLOYEES

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nor many years men have gath
r. cred to eulogize the pan-Amer-
lean spirit of friendship. Now
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-28

North
Home Bargains


et rasns.. best % ssk fiash sad
i.ssrs, ass. ish seaiss, pssias paid
Northwest corner .ist and sRFssas
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porch, large living raami aak ftslsh
sId floors On first fiaasl pins and ne pie
on sssaRi'' three splendid corner bed
rooms; hath sra sleeping nafehi screens
sHd storm sash for every daaF ana
slniasI full hsssmsHt. floor iFslh, gas
hsaisFl east fronts paving paid plsai,
lssVinE city and wants immediate ss'
lion, fflea has been reduced TO ia,fRo,
81 500 cash. Aek quickly,
In Mime t.uss, On haumsn ~
dream ~ a bungalow six exceptionally
well arranged rooms. snnfaoni, Hrsplsss
al buili.in features a dandy N,see,
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home OF 7 rooms, Double safass; solid
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sssT Vans ~, splendid bungalow
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wood ssas; MIR iisisinston, ksnweod
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Charles w. Martin & Co.,
REALTORS
TaT omaha Nat. Bank bldr, At. olAi,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-28
SIX.ROoM MODERN HOUSE.
q 0nn m CASH

Having large living room and dining
room finished in oak. kitchen with pam
try and ice chest room, three sleeping
rooms and bath on second floor. stair
porch, house in good order, large base
ment. lot 50xf24. at 147l Pinkney
street, close to sherman Avenue car
line. Price reduced to S5,500.0o.
w H. GATES.
SAT Omaha Natl. Bank Bldg. ia. 12St
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-28
Deal With Owner

On this strictly modern. brani new
5.room bungalow. Oak floors and oak
and enamel finish. Built-in bookcases
window seat, ca binets and ice box room.
Full cemented basement and floor drain
All taxes paid. One block to car. Near
school and park Complete with shades.
screens and light fixtures. $I7S0 buys
it with $3.50 cash. Balance less than
rent. Walnut 5704.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12

"oh, He's Maurice RodaIne."
have. The name sounds rather f.
miliar."
Then, deliberately, he started up the
street, following at a distance the
man and the girl who walked before
him.
Continued in next issue
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Hidden Woman" a story which tells
of gay responsibility and frivolous
pursuits. Freeing herself from the
more or less communicating atmo-
sphere of New York's Bohemia, she
flees to small settlement where
she discovers that in love and SER
vice for others lies the only real
and lasting happiness. ~.
= Splendidly portrayed by a cast
of stars ably directed by notable
director, this interesting story is
Further EXCHANGED by a varying
Background that includes scenes on
Broadway and in the Adirondacks.
Russell Thaw, who appears with
his mother Evelyn Nesbit. in "The
Hidden Woman" quite an artist
besides an actor. His WORK with zen
and brush has attracted the Atten.
ton of several well-known. artists,
all of whom predict bright future
for the boy. -,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12
"MOTHER ETERNAL" AT ELkO
LAST SHOWING TONIGHT

"While there is life there is hope"
is remarkably we'll amplified in Ivan
Abramson's realistic production,
"Mother Eternal" the wonder film
now playing at the Elko theater.
Primarily this feature is designed
to entertain and thrill, both of VIII. N
functions it performs perfectly. But
here lies it great quality and the
reason for it's unbounded success.
It does not rest on it laurels by be-
ing excellent entertainment, it goes
further than that.
Vivian Martin, who plays the title
role in mother Eternal" gives a
finished performance. Her beauty as
a young mother calls forth admira-
ton and her playing of the mother
grown old and grey, who struggles
to keep a little household together
only to discover that she is in every
ones way, is character portrayal OF
the highest order.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-12

"THE GIRL IN THE TAXI"
AT REX THEATER TONIGHT
What promises to be one, Of the
best farce comedies vet produced