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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
PRICES HIGH
in GERMANY
German Prices Continue TO Advance
But Never Come Down.

BERLIN, Jan. Foreigners So
iourning in Berlin have learned that
prices go up. but never come down"
regardless OF the rise or fall OF the
German mark. Visitors here, COM
PEELED TO live in first-class hotels. may
secure rooms al prices which they
consider reasonable compared with
home prices, but the illusion OF
"cheapness" soon vanishes.
At least once a month prices are In
creased. and the usual increase is 100
per cent The notice OF increase is
sent the day before the new rates are
effective. There is no recourse but
to pay. The only furnished rooms u
apartments to be had are in the
suburbs, and are impractieable because
of the frequent strikes on the trans
portation lines.
Disadvantages in living in second
class hotels in addition to the absence
of modern conveniences, are multi
piled by the resJlessness OF the work
ers. Hardly a week, passes without a
strike Of electric workers, porters,
cooks maids--in which case the hotels,
as well as the office buildings in which
the foreigners must work, are dark and
without service.
Within the last three months there
have been strikes on the underground
and surface railways, in the electric
power plants, of all the employees in
restaurants. the chaffeurs, as well as
workmen in such trades as tailoring,
printing and other lines. The last
strike was called by the janitoTs OF the
apartment and office buildings, which
were left without heat during the cold-
est days of the winter.
And to every bill which the patrons
of the hotels and restaurants must pay
there is added a diversity Of taxes or
surcharges for the state, the city, or
the help. Also tips are still expected
and received, although hotel and res
taurant employees recently consented
to abolish the tip when granted a 10
per cent commission on all bills, an in
crease in wages, and a percentage Of
the weekly incomes OF their employ
eTs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
WORK AND KEEP OUT OF THE
EASY CHAIR


DIR. Stephen Smith, founder OF the
American Public Health Association,
will be 90 years old next February
and is, therefore, one who can speak
with authority on matters of health
and longevity. His recipe for long
life consists of two parts, the first
Work and keep out of the easy
chair" and the second pertains TO
diet, which, as based on his own regi-
men, is Don't eat too much meat.
Drink lots of milk and get plenty of
Sleep He told his hearers at the
Public Health Exposition at the Grand
Central Palace the other day that he
ar smoked or drank spirits or slim
ulants of any kind. even tea and cof-
fee, and he also places a ban on sweets
and candy.
DR.. Smith also holds that 100 years,
not the threescore and ten or four
score of Scripture, should be the ordi-
teaches that man should live until he
rounds out a century. If he lives as he
ought to live. Yet, as a matter of fact,
in most Occidental countries, however
it may be in occidental chimes, the
man or the woman who attains the
century mark or passes beyond it
achieves notoriety by that simple fact.
Even in the case of Thomas Parr,
"Old Parr," as he was usually called,
and described by one of his contem-
poraries as an "old, old. very old man, :"
achieved fame by living to the age of
152. So interesting is extreme old age
that probably there is no other kind
of news read with more avidity by
most people than that pertaining to
these veterans of humanity and the
manner by which they We're able to
live so long. Every hint and sugges-
ton as to diet and exercise given by
these isolated conquerors of time is
eagerly read, and sometimes, perhaps,
acted upon, for a time at least. The
only difficulty is that the recipes differ
so widely, in most cases, that COM
parison of them is fatal to the belief
in the efficacy of any one of them
and so most people fall back upon
their own regimen, which is, at least,
| a pleasanter thing to do than follow
the rather difficult rules such as even
DR.. Smith lays down.
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be believed, there seems to be no reas-
on why the centenarians should con-
tinue TO be OF such great general in
terest, or that their numbers should
be so limited as they are at present.
DIR. Sadowein, professor of physical
chemistry in the University of Kieff,
claims to have found village in the
mountains near Temir Khan Shura,
the new capital of the Republic of
Daghestan, in which centenarians are
so common that they do not attract
attention. Out OF total population of
l2O in the village, the professor asserts
that eighteen are more than 100 years
old. His inquiry into the dietetic hab-
its of this group of centenanians dis
closed the fact that they live exclus-
lively upon cows milk, soured, cheese
made from Sleeps milk, and white
bread
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
. Newberry's Unlikely Story

Friends of Senator Newberry are
said to have declared that his speech in
his own defense was Impressive" 1t
would not be so easy, however, in an
alizing it to point out the impressive
features. In it's salient outlines. it was
so manifestly and preposterously I'M
reasonable that the impression Gre
ated upon thoughtful persons must
have been more painful than favorable
In the circumstances, it is difficult
to avoid the conclusion arrived at by
blunt John Sharp Williams that the
self-serving statement was false as
hell" Every step taken in the long
toward the justification of this view
Admitting, however, everything the
senator says makes precious little diff
ference so far as the real merits of the
case are concerned. The amount OF
money spent is matter of public rec
ord. Nobody disputes its use. 1t was
used in Mr. Newberys interests and by
his own friends. That it was calculated
to influence the result profoundly is
the basis of the contest now in prog
ress. Inasmuch, therefore, as Mr.. New
berry had the benefit of the big cor
ruption fund he should be made to as
sumo responsibility for it, whether he
knew of and sanctioned it or not. Evil
dence in his criminal trial, however,
indicated that he did know of it
Chattanooga News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
What the "Bloc" Wants

The agricultural bloc" as it is
called, will try to bring about the pas
sage of three important measures in
the regular session of congress which
is now just beginning. While it will
attempt to do other things in the hope
OF improving conditions in agriculture,
il will center especial attention for the
present on these three measures.
The first bill which we viii try to
pass is the one to require that agricul-
ture shall be represented on the fed
eral reserve board. II IS the intention
to bring this up in the senate and pass
it at the earliest opportunity. The SEN
ators who are backing this measure
intend to provide, if possible, that the
person appointed 10 the federal reserve
board representing agriculture shall be
a genuine farmer. one who is actively
and. in good faith. engaged in farming
and not simply an asriculturist.
The second bill which viii be pressed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
NEGRO YOUTH is
BELIEVED INSANE
Birmingham Woman Is Murdered and
Husband Seriously Wounded in
Store.

One of the most revolving and tragic
crimes ever chronicled by the press
was that OF the murder of Mrs. c. :.
Crawford and the serious wounding OF
her husband, Chem Crawford, in Biz
mingham, and a very sincere sympa-
thy has gone out to Mrs. Ava N. Fem.
of Pensacola, stenographer OF the
Knowles Brothers agency, who is a
sister of Mrs. Crawford.
City detectives of Birmingham have
arrested two negroes. John Pearson
and William Eubanks, charged with
the crime.
The Crawford murder is one Of the
most fiendish crimes committed in
Birmingham in recent years. Mrs.
Crawford came from a prominent
s7uth Alabama family, and is eur
vived by her mother. who lives at
Clayton, six brothers and four sisters
Mr. Crawford's family was also well
known. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. y.
B. Crawford, reside in Montgomery.
His father has been warden Of the
River Falls state prison for several
years.
Josephine, the little three-year-oId
daughter of the Crawfords, was I'M
harmed, and when the bodies were dis
covered she was asleep in her crib
about four feet from the dead body Of
her mother.
The theory as to the murder is that
negro, supposed to be a customer,
entered the store after Crawford re-
tired, and asked for a sack Of meal.
Mrs. Crawford, who is supposed to
have waited on him, was given a one
dollar bill, which she had to change.
It is thought that she was struck
over the head with an axe or Ratchet
while making the change. Crawford
apparently heard the struggle and
went to his wife's assistance, and waF
struck down.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
ARE YOU LIKE THIS ?

Our good friend James Bowe was
telling me the other day the story of
the man who lived in a rented house
to whom someone gave a dog. OF
course the dog had to have kennel.
The man got some old packing boxes
and made it himself. He had never
built anything before and making this
house for his dog gave him so much
pleasure that he bought a small piece
of land on the outskirts of the town
and with the help of a local carpenter
built a house for himself and family.
1t is likely that he would be renter
to day if someone hadn't given him
that dog. Most of US are like e old
fashioned automobiles without self
starters. Some one has to crank US
5efore weu run.-Tom Dreier, in
Forbes Magazine On. W
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
VENTILATION

Ventilation has a direct bearing
upon health, although, contrary to the
former belief, the actual amount of
oxygen in the air is not ordinarily the
most important factor; even badly
ventilated rooms contain more than
enough oxygen to support life. The
factors of prime Importance in venti-
lation, are temperature, humidity, air
movement and the number of persons
in & given space, since the greater the
distance from one to another the less
the probability that disease will be
spread.
Room temperature should not be
above 10 degrees F., and except for the
aged or sick it is better to be between
60 and SIS degrees. Some moisture in
the air is desirable, but as there is no
apparatus to reduce the moisture in
the air, in summer we are obliged to
endure humidity no matter how un-
comfortable we may be. But in WIN
ter the air in most houses is too dry,
so that the mucus membrane of the
nose and throat often become irritated
and susceptible to infection. Most
heating systems make no provision for
supplying 0moisture. The following is
a simple but effective device to in
crease humidity: Roll an ordinary
desk blotter into a cone about eight
inches in diameter at the base, and
keep it constantly submerged for
about one inch in a dish of water. The
water rises to the top of the blotter
and a large surface for evaporation is
thus afforded.
Stagnant air is harmful. Air should
be in constant though not necessarily
perceptible motion. The three factors
heating, humidity and air motion must
be considered together. Every person
requires each hour about 5000 cubic
feet of air, and the problem of heat
ing and ventilating is that of provid-
ing this amount in gentle motion, at a
temperature of about IS degrees F.,
and of proper humidity. Higher tenn
perature and stagnant air cause dis
inclination to work headache, nausea,
restlessness or sleeplessness, and if
continued are likely to result in loss
of appetite and anemia. The tuber-
culosis movement has clearly shown
the benefits, both for the sick and for
the well, of living in the open air and
has caused great and beneficial change
within a generation.
Although fresh air enthusiasts are
still too few, yet some go to the ex-
treme and think that, because cool air
in motion is good, the colder the air
and the more violent the motion the
better. On the contrary, chilling the
whole body or part of the body low
ers resistance. Draughts of air have
no bad effects upon persons in good
health, particularly those accustomed
to changes in temperature. But
draughts are apt to be injurious to
aged or sick persons and babies, by
diminishing their resistance to such
infections as common colds and pneu-
monia. 1t should be remembered
however, that draughts or cold alone
cannot cause colds; the specific germs
must be present.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
THE INFALLIBLE CURE
BY S. Il. Kiser


/ have punched some thoughts togeth-
er TO be used when things go wrong.
One is this, that nasty weather won't
be nasty very long.
And another's that complaining over
what is past and done,
Never helps us to be gaining pleasures
waiting to DE won;
When it seems al IL I'm friendless, 1
pull up and say: odd Scout,
You've a solace that is endless; brace
yourself and work it out"
/ decline to listen slyly if men whisper
when I'm near;
II they don't speak Of me highly III
feel better not TO hear;
I've some thoughts that I'm keeping
TO be used in times of need:
1t is foolish to be weeping when ones
hurts have ceased to bleed.
When the chance I've taken fails me
and my plans are strewn about
There's a sure cure for what ails me-
can always work it out.
have found that fearful frettins new
er helps To get things right,
And I'm practicing forgetting when
remembrance leads TO spite:
Here's another thought I'm saving for
the chilly. rainy day;
There's no gain in behaving in a help
less. hopeless way;
when existence seems to bore me, all
my pleasures, put to rout.
And | see dark specks before me,
fall TO and work ii out"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE REG
ORD FOR 1921

The legislative record of the repub-
hcan party for 1921 is a legislative
tragedy, IL is story of huge appro-
priations and extravagant expendi-
lures; Of promises unfulfilled or will
fully broken; of legislation delayed or
so badly constructed that it satisfies
nobody; of agricultural interests de-
ceived and business interests betrayed;
OF a partly frustrated attempt to serve
only special privilege; OF a leaderless
majority cropping in the dark and dis
playing at every uncertain step its
lack of understanding of the problems
confronting it and it's inability to solve
them.
The administrative record of the
Republican party for 1921, except for
the calling of the disarmament con-
ference, upon the unfinished work of
which it would be premature and I'M
fair to pass judgment, and where the
party has followed in the footsteps of
the previous Democratic administra
ton in foreign affairs, has been an ad
ministrative failure, marked by bad
appointments in it's foreign service.
reinforcement of special privilege.
notification of the, principle of the
civil service law and a general re-
crudescence of reactionaryisn.
The end of 1921 finds the liberal and
progressive element of the party in
revolt against the reactionary spirit
and policy which dominates both the
legislative and administrative branch
es' and there is nothing to indica te
that the party intends to do any better
In 1922.
The Democratic party, on the other
hand, has a record for 1921 of irving
to he helpful. 1t has given substantial
help in the way of constructive amend
ments in specific items of legislation
which was bad as a whole. Essen
TALLY a party of economy, il has also
sought to check Republican extraya-
gance and to aid the Republicans gem
orally by its example OF progressiv-
ism. 1t has been successful chiefly
in preventing some forms of unjust
tax distribution. but only with the
ala OF Progressive Republicans from
some Western states. The Demo
cratic party offered a complete recon
struction program in 1919 which was
rejected. As minority party in Con-
gress 1t can only point to previous
Democratic prosperity when it was in
full power and cite the progressive
legislative which made that great
prosperity possible. 1t can face the
New Year secure in the past, happy in
the present and hopeful of the future
In the circumstances it would be
mOCkery to hid the 1aa ctipnar1, pan,,h
liean majority a Happy New Year
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

Some men are wise, some other
wise.
selves at home.
It's nice to think girl is as white
as she is powdered.
One time you certainly pay as you
go is when you ride on train.
Keep your mind on your work, but
not your work on your mind.
%
Wives of great men oft remind them
theat their lot is not sublime.
TO understand political economy,
one must first understand politics.
America win be better off when the
knows instead of the noes have it.
There isn't much difference in
dressed chickens-human and fowl.
The Swiss have an army 100000
eatrong and cheese stronger than
that.
Dancers once Virginia reeled about
the floor; now they leave off the
Virginia.
Men shop for hats and wives alike"
says writer, And often get both too
big for their heads
Forty New Workers. are said to have
died in one day from poison liquor.
Dead drunk is correct.
%
Winner of beauty contest will teach
school instead of going into the NOV
les. Walk right in Millennium
My full name is William Jennings
Bryan; not Grape Juice Bryan he
says. Now what's your sober name ?
%
1t is significant that despite bad in
dustrial conditions the people had
plenty of Christmas money this year.
Despite the gloomy predictions of
the brewers, the barley crop of the
United States is holding its own, hav-
ing proven TO be more valuable as a
feed crop than oats.
%
The most powerful lighthouse in the
world is under construction on Mount
Africa, near Dion, France. 1t is in
tended for an air station and a guild
ing light for the great airway to the
east and south of Europe. The beam
of light thrown from two groups of
lamps Of the lighthouse has an inten-
sity OF 2,O0O.O00.O0o candle power and
the flash viii be seen at a distance OF
nearly 200 miles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

The American National Cemeteries
in France, according to plans of the
American National Commission of
Fine Arts, whose recommendations
have been approved by the War De
psrtment are to be the finest burial
grounds in Europe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

learned was an incontrovertible article
of her life creed.
It was very fine creed for her. I
reflected YEARLY. as once more
started in search OF Jim to help me ar
range my room, but rather an incon-
venient one for me.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

William kearn, OF Lyons, Kansas,
Jailed on q charge Of manufacturing
illicit liquor, said that his method Of
knowing when the mash Is ripe" Is
TO throw a rat in the container and
leave it there until the hair will slip
easily from the carcass.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

Motion pictures, showing education
al and scenic views OF Canada, are
part OF the regular equipment OF some
OF the ocean liners operating between
Canada and England Immigrants on
their way to the Dominion have the
opportunity of acquiring a definite
knowledge of the country, and tour
lists and other passengers find in the
films an additional diversion during
the trip. The films are of Canadian
manufacture and are distinctly Ca
madam.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

Despite the gloomy predictions of
the brewers, the barley crop of the
United States is holding its own, hav-
ing proven TO be more valuable as a
feed crop than oats.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

My full name is William Jennings
Bryan; not Grape Juice Bryan" he
says. Now what's your sober name?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

1t is significant that despite bad in
dustrial conditions the people had
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-17

One time you certainly pay as you
go is when you ride on train.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-25
INTOLERANCE CHANGES MAJORITIES.

When a regulatve law is drastic that very
large percentage of the population, and in extensive
sections majority OF the people refuse to accept 1t
and more less openly violate it, it ought to be
complete evidence that it should be modified. MAORI
ties have been turned into minorties through in
tolerant and ruthless assertion of their might ofener
than in any other 1t is not at all unreasonable
to believe that the modification of the Volstead Act
at this time would the important features of the
that people before have made dead letters of Con-
stitutional Amendments that forced the
minority.
One of the difficulties of the present situation is
that the prohibition leaders not of condi
lions in this country and Canada where most of the
country dry in theory it is in the United States
practically of it in fact. Another trouble
e that many the prohibition leaders politicians
and contracted the habit that is prevalent among
politicians of shutting their eyes to all facts except
those they want to
However, the polls that are being taken and the
fact that clergymen college presidents, physicians
whose interest is only that of the general
welfare joining the movement for the modification
of the Volstead Act in such large numbers evil
dences that the facts of the situation Beginning
to sink in
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-25
LESSON OF THE TANANA CROP FAILURE.

The seriousness of the effect of a crop failure in
part of Alaska such the partial failure in the
Fairbanks district will at least call attention to the
fact that agriculture has developed far in Alaska
that it is possible have a crop failure that is
serious. If the crop production of Alaska not a
matter of considerable business importance it would
not be possible to have a serious failure. We have
known what it to have failures in the rain
supply and therefore shortage in mine product. We
have known and suffered when the fish not
to normal This is the first time, however, that
the people of the Territory have felt the Gripping
effect of crop failure.
The agricultural crop in the Tanana Valley has
become of the important products of the Terri
prevented the people away from that section realize
its Importance However, it has been worth hundreds
of thousands of dollars annually for a long time. It
has kept that much money in Alaska that otherwise
would have been sent outside for foodsuf or paid
transportation companies in freight bills 1t mas been
the source of the livelihood of large part of the pop
ulation of the Tanana Valley and aided materially
keeping Fairbanks the map. The partial failure
of the this year has served call the attention
OF people to condition that they have not under
stood well they should understand it,
There is one other happy thought in connection
with the disaster caused by the early frost cold
and snow at Fairbanks, and that the first and
only time in than of years they have had
weather that would cause crop failure. A country
that can that long without such a failure GER
tainly has agricultural possibilities not to be
sneezed at.