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The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05
POULTRY SHOW MAY BE
MUCH LARGER THIS YEAR
Requests for Catalogs Are Coming
In from Many Breeders
Prizes for Winners.

INC lhteenth annuai show OF iht
ncone oouniy Poultry Association to be
neid mere Farmers Week January 10 to
~ Is giving promise OF attaining its pre-
war si1s' according TO Dr. virgil Blake
more Inc president OF the Association.
IN iorIer d'spiays as many as eight
hundred birds have been exhibited, but
uue 10 'he eNtremeiy nigh cost OF feed,
winch rose TO f"lce It's present price.
Dreeoefs allowed their stock to d~indle
ana The effect was noticeable on the
SHOWS me last two years. The many
requests ior eataiogs' not only from the
residents of bOcre County, but also from
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05
UNIVERSITY JOURNALISTS
GREET CHINA'S STUDENTS
Feeling of Comradeship for Class at
st. Johns University Is
EXPRESSED.

The following greeting from students
Of the School Of Journalism Of the Uni
versiiy Of Missouri to the students oi
Journalism in ST. Johns University,
Shanghai, China, the first class in pro-
fossional journalism in China, was mail
ed from Japan by John r. Morris, Sec
re,ary 10 Dean Walter Williams. The
greeting appeared in the st. Johns Dial
for November 25, 1921. The Dial is pub
lished weekly at St. Johns University,
Jessfield. Shanghai. China. Dean Will
liams leciured at ST. Johns University
shortly afterward:
The WEST CREETS THE EAST
As comrades one to another do We. the
students in the School of Journal n Of
the University Of Missouri, sends this
greeting by our Dean. Waller Williams.
to you. the students of Journalism in St.
Jchn's University at Shanghai.
We realize that at this hour the signif-
icance Of the Orient is greater than ever
before Europe has been forcibly placed
in the background. The people of the
earth are emerging from a terrible i'll
ness. and not only do they need support
but also they seek for means by which
10 prevent the return Of another such
calamity.
Today the future stands a huddled
heap Of uncertainty silhouettcd against
the dying fires of a great war. The world
razes unon it and awaits for the revela-
lion Of its details. Expcc,an,, fearful.
ihe people pray that the sunrise Of a new
lay will show the mysterious figure to be
that Of peace. 1t rests with the journal
sm Of tomorrow to bring this about. and
he journalism of tomorrow resis with us.
Together the students Of America and of
he Orient are 10 bear the responsibility
If letting their light shine on world
peace.
We are looking forward TO this day
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05
CLEVELAND OFFICER QUITS
John Rowlands Resigns After Serv.
ing 20 Years as Policeman.

B. United Press.
CLEVELAND. (By Mail ilD-Cleveland's
best police officer" has quit the force.
Inspector John Rowlands, who the
records show was never late single
DAY, retired from the department after
20 years Of efficient service.
He's left it. folks say, because he
thought he would be going out anyway
shortly after the new city administra-
ton took power.
Twen,y-seven of Rowlands' % years
as policeman were spent ION the street
as a patroIman, sergeant, lieutenant, and
captain.
Rowlands was the undoing Of the men
who committed the famous Santa
Claus" murders in 1902. In 1913 he
wrote a story on it for a local paper.
Now he's getting up a movie scenario
on the crime and those responsible for it.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05
TRADE EXPERTS
ARE PUZZLED
No Cause Can Be Found for
Precariousness of For
eign Exchange.

bl hsfed Ffcss.
WASHINGTON. by Main.-Foreigl
exchange, or rather currency deprecia
tion. is playing queer pranks on erudit,
students Of finance and economics il
many countries of the world.
The situation with regard 10 exchang,
is, TO say the least. confused and NAM
scholars are being left high and dry. moi
only in the United States. but even in
England and in many of the lesser coun
tries where they are not supposed to be
so smart on economic subjects.
There are several schools Of though,
on the subject of currency depreciation
as expressed by foreign exchange. First
one school and then another has been
proven first right and then wrong so
often. that the experts. at least those
on close view in Washington, are becom-
ng cay
First off, Russian. German and Aus
trian exchange went so low that authority
everywhere was convinced that these
countries, or at least their financial and
economic systems. would disappear. But
they didn't. German marks particu-
larly found lower and lower levels and
the country internally was prosperous.
Then it began to threaten world mar.
kets. Experts took another tack. They
said that Germany, with marks so cheap,
could grab all of the markets of the
world.
1t was held that Russian rubles and
Austrian kronen would cease to be a
medium Of exchange. Butthey haven't.
Discussion has ranged up and down
the scale. with first one viewpoint and
then another apparently vindicated. Now
comes the Department of Commerce with
a series of official announcements on
trade conditions in many countries. One
OF them shows that recovery Of the ex-
change value of German marks. ascribed
to many causes, including the Arms Con-
ference and the possibility of a repara-
tions moratorium, has not only brought
no improvement in German conditions at
home, but had actually caused unres,
and disturbance. Marks are still being
printed rapidly, Cermanyis floating debt
Is consequently increasing. The Com
merce Department refrain from giving
an ultimate answer.
Along with the official statement of
German marks and German trade and
conditions, however, came a host of other
,fiicial statements on depreciation of
Turkish currency, caused by unfavorable |
rade balances and one thing and another.
md similar conditions in these countries
have been made worse by further depre. |
'iation in currency.
Italian trade is reported as improving.
hough there are many qualifying factors. |
Economic difficulties in Spain continue.
The Peruvian market for American goods
$ improving. Austrian industry is dis.
organized by currency initiation.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05
COLLEGE GIRLS GIVE PLAYS
January Will BE Month of Shows at
Stephens College,

Two plays will be given by different
societies of Stephens Colleges, the lat.
ter part Of January.
The Dramatic Club will present "The
futurists.' the theme of which j. a
meeting of woman's club in the early
eighties. Those taking the leading paris
are: Rachel Siefkin, Dorothy Burlington.
Alene Tryer. Dorothy Lee Brown. Ber.
nice Turner, Ester jenkins and Mabel
Ansley.
The Phi Theta Kappa sorority will
give Suppressed Desires" which gently
pokes fun at new thought Those tax.
ing leading parts in this play are: ia.
netie Smith, Hazel Mcclure and Helen
Stufflebesn.
The exact date Of the plays will be an
nounced later.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05
GIANT MILLEPEDE IS SINGLE
Milton" a Rare Specimen in the
London Zoo, Loses Wife.

By United Press.
LONDON By Mail "Milion," the
giant Khartoum millcpcde- in c:G.na:y
language, ihousand-leg-is living a life
Of pampered idlencss while the London
200 is securing the world 10 find him 4
new wife.
Milton, rare specimen. suffered the
loss Of his wife. Mile. few Gays ago.
He was moved into a luxurious bachc-
Tor apartment Of special glass. yard
each way all aroused. specially heated and
has since been fed on bananas lettuce
and condensed milk. for fear he might
get fed up and follow her.
Zoo officials are trying hard to find
a wife Of his own breed-a difficult task.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05

The quality impression that
one always has after a visit
TO a Harris booth is not the
result of accident. Rather it
is the combined effect of the
Harris desire TO please, the
care taken by every employee
to make sure that everything
is attractive and distinctive
and,
The Harris habit of always
having the seasonable and
different thing on the menu.
1t is the sum total of all these
that makes the Harris meal
one of the many things in
Columbia that is favorably
known wherever a former
Missouri student is found.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05
NHerent---

In every community there is some place that stands
out as different that has become traditional center
of community activity.
This is particularly true of an educational com
munty. In Columbia this tradition has gathered
around Harris. Successful civic and student organ
cations frequently gather in the Harris Tea RooM1
for luncheon or dinner meetings; committees sav{l
time by combining luncheon and discussion in Al
Harris Booth County Clubs establish social contad
between members by line-parties which end with a
delicious Harris Special or Parfait and n
When it comes to Missouri Spirit so many discuss
ions of the tean Basketball prospects, track records
etc. etc., that the walls of Harris Booths fairly RAJ
diate Missouri Spirit.
New students will find in Harris Dinners, Han1k
Fountain Service and Harris Quality Candy the sane
attractions that have pleased for many years.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-05
Program at Elementary School.

The Elementary School Of the
University High School gave an inter.
esting Mother Goose program at its reg,
ular assembly yesterday. These Assem-
blies are informal gatherings of the
school held at 1000 o'clock each We'd
nesday. The program consisted Of Moth
cr Goose songs. the narration Of the his.
;ory Of Mother Goose and q series Of
charades presented by the older stu
dents.
Evening star., 1922-09-17

cations pertaining to a given industry.
Thus it is proposed by them to estab-
lish IL general railroad union, to in
Clude on the same basis Of member
ship every branch of railroad crafts
manship. replacing the many sep
arate organizat tions that now exists.
Had there been such a general organi-
ZItion the strike of the shop crafts
would have carried out of service
every other railroad worker. The
strike would have been general, coU,-
plete and devastating in its effects. 1t
is for the purpose of making the strike
so general and SO effective that the
advocates of this system are urging
it They desire the power to call
general strike as weapon of revolu-
tiou.
ON the ether hand, railroad opera
tivcs favor the organization of COM
pany unions, through which direct
dealings may he had between the i'm
mediate employers and the workers,
without reference to other groups.
The settlements just effected are vir-
tuuiIy along this line of relationship,
each company dealing with it's own
men. THUS ii would seem that the
present settlement of the shop crafts
strike has been decided step away
from the "We big Union idea and a
Step toward the company union plan
which! il i>s believed. is calculated to
lessen the likelihood u! strikes and
thereby to promote the prosperity of
a." workers as we'll as OF the en-
p!oycrs.
l. This has been the effect, to lead
to surcr methods of wage adjustment
without strikes, the contest that began
July /, however costly. will not have
been in vain.
Evening star., 1922-09-17
Straw Hat Idiocy.

According to a so-called unwritten
law September Is is the extreme limit
for the wearing OF straw hats in New
York. Any person wearing a hat OF
that fabric on the 10Th Of September
runs the risk Of assault. Yesterday.
according to a dispatch from Manhat-
tan: hoodlumism prevailed in that city
with straw hats as objects Of attack.
Thousands Of hats We're smashed,
snatched from the heads OF their wear
ers by hand and even by hooks made
of nails driven through sticks. Street
cars were boarded and hats were torn
from the passengers. Personal en-
counters resulted, and the city was in
Il state of uproar throughout the day.
How unutterably silly is such per-
and boys make it their business to in
sist upon a rigid observance of an arbi-
trary rule of dress regardless Of the
weather? The very element that COM
mits this sort of hooliganism screams
frantically in denunciation Of the in
vasion of personal liberty permitted by
prohibition. Yet a man is not at liberty
on hot day to wear the kind Of hat
that suits him, simply because a GER
tain date has passed. 1t is all childish
and futile to crusade against straw
hat wearers when there is so much
work to be done that means some.
thing.
One of the customs Of the hot
weather is for men to leave off their
vests. Why not attack the non-vest
wearer after the 18th Of September?
There is just as much logic in that as
in the smashing of a hat.
We are too much governed in this
country by certain traditions and GER
tain fears. Many a man changes his
headgear not because he wants to do
so, but because he is afraid Of being
noted or booed, or. as in the case Of
New York, assaulted. In no other
country does this tyranny prevail.
Evening star., 1922-09-17
Railroad Settlements.

Agreements between the individual
railroad systems and the striking
shop crafts unions have proceeded to
the point of ending the strike save for
a few cases which. however. will prob
ably be closed within Il fortnight by
the writing of similar agreements in
those instances. The strike was prac-
tically ended when the first group of
companies effected settlement. Two
of the largest companies not included
in the first arrangement have subse-
quently either completed agreements
or have begun negotiations to that
end.
1t is announced on behalf of one of
these large companies that the step
just taken is really in the direction of
a permanent peace relationship. Yet
there has been no change in the law.
Board have not been extended. No
new method Of arbitration has been
created There has been no breach of
relations between the individual Unions
comprising the shop crafts group or
between that group and the other rail
road labor unions. The situation, in
short, remains just as it was, save
that way has been found to bring
about direct negotiations and adjust
ments.
This is no new condition. The way
has always been open for settlements
between the railroad companies and
their worekrs by direct dealing. The
dinlculty heretofore has been that the,
unions have insisted upon compre-
hensive negotiations with all the main
systems at once to the end Of estab-
fishing nationwide scale of pay and
uniform working. conditions. As a
matter Of fact. uniformity is not pos
sible with equity. Conditions differ
widely between different parts Of the
country and different railroad systems.
The more radical workers demand
the organization Of zone big union" to
comprehend all the individuaA organic
Evening star., 1922-09-17
Theater Prices,

For some time past the theater bust
ness has been in state of depression
New York playhouses-these being in
general a barometer of the business in
the country at large-have not been
paying much more than expenses.
Higher prices than before the war pre-
vailed at the box offices, but the at
tendance was less, so much less that
even the higher prices did not yield q
material profit. if any. The losses Of
unsuccessful ventures ate into the re-
serves, First the public went to the
movies, at the expense Of the 'legiti-
mate houses, and then when the
movies ran their prices up to almost
the level Of the dramatic establish
ments the public began to stay at
home or went elsewhere for entertain
ment.
Recently the dramatic managers
it should rather be said the theater
owners-of the metropolis concluded
that high tprices were at fault and
resolved to drop the scale. So they
Evening star., 1922-09-17

brought down the box oflce rates to
approximately the before-the.war pitch.
Results have justified the move. The
attendance has increased. Movie
houses have likewise come down to
some extent and they also report In
creased attendance.
The theater prices had gone to a
point at which the majority OF the
people could not afford to indulge, save
on special occasions. And, moreover,
the offerings on the stage were not
up to the standard Of the past. More
money was being asked for poorer
goods. In a few cases Of extrava-
gantly staged spectacular shows the
higher prices were justified, on the
score of the cost, but as a rule the
charges at the box Offices for simple
dramatic attractions, often with very
small casts and the simplest Of set
tings, were altogether out Of proper
ton.
In former times, long before the
great war, theater prices were within
the range Of practically everybody.
The best seats sold for $1.60, without
| war tax, Of course. And this was for
the best shows. 1t was an occasion
Of the greatest rarity when the scale
was raised to permit the display Of a
great spectacle on the local stage.
When the movies were started for
public entertainment cents was the
minimum and 10 cents the maximum
Charge Then came quarter for the
show de luxe. When half a dollar was
charged for a picture show there was
public CONSERVATION, but the people
soon adjusted; but when other prices
began to fall that rate was regarded
as high, especially with the war tax
added.
Let the shows be good enough and
the people will pay Reasonable prices.
But they will not pay high rates Tor.
mediocre entertainment in any form.
The late slump in the show business,
has definitely shown the producers
| that fact.
Evening star., 1922-09-17
Central Europe a Unit Problem.

PARASITIC whole problem of
Central Europe. including Germany.
must be studied as a whole. according
to NJ. Victor Basch. He says. writing
in L'Erenouvelle:
The situation in Austria is becom-
ing more and more serious. SO that
everybody begins to realize that
either a radical solution must be
found or the young republic will go
to pieces in anarchy and bankruptcy.
"The methods recommended by the
reparations commission have proved
inadequate. The giddy fall of the
crown continues. In single week
the state needed 40,0o0,000,0 600 to
meet the necessities of the Treasury.
And. naturally. the prices continue to
rise, not only from day to day. but
literally from hour to hour. And the
population, not being able to procure
the most necessary articles of food,
give themselves up to despair. the
end of which it is impossible to for
see
Mgr. Seipel, the head of the gov
ernment, recently decided to act. An
official communication recalled the
fact that the treaty of st. Germain
had undertaken to prevent bankrupt
cy, as a compensation for the terri
torial mutilations which the powers
had inflicted on Austria. Either the
allies must keep their engagements
or Austria would automatically claim
same time he expressed his desire to
confer with the foreign ministers of
Czechoslovakia, Germany and Italy.
which he actually did before going to
Geneva.
The choice of these three countries
was significative and suggested>three
solutions to the Austrian problem. 1t
meant either the help of Czeehoslo-
vakia and adherence to the little en-
tente. or the union with Germany, or
kind of Italian protectorate.
Each one of these solutions meets
with serious difficulties. Hlngary's $
national animosity would oppose a
political and customs alliance with
Czechoslovakia. and adherence to the
little entente, seeing in it the reali-
zation of the corridor between
Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia, and
feeling herself shut in by the ring of
the little entente. The allies, espe-
ciaIly France. forbid a reunion with
Germany, and the little entente would
OPPOSE a union with Italy, which
would really mean protectorate of
the latter over Austria, thus aiding
italy to become the great Danube
power which Czechoslovakia with
Presburg hopes to become. Jugo-
slavia, with Belgrade. Rumania. hold
ing the iron gates, without counting
Hungary with Budapest.
"Everywhere in these new Balkans
there is discomfort. The Magyar
populations, of Czechoslovakia, con-
slider themselves oppressed. and when
we read about certain mayors being
arrested and certain papers forbid
ding the Magyars to speak their own
language and telling them to- clear
out il they are not satisfied. we can
only find their complaints Justified.
It is the same in Jugoslavia-the
Creates energetically claim their
right to complete autonomy and ex-
press their repugnance at being
united with Belgrade. even BY the
Evening star., 1922-09-17
Frances Black Army.

PARIS.-At a time when France is
recruiting her army largely from col
ored men, il is interesting to hear Fran
co.'s Lebon's opinion on the subject.
He says in L'Oeuvre:
During the war central Africa, peo-
pied with 100000 inhabintants, pro-
duced 5000 to l7,o00 soldiers; West
Africa, with 1e,2S0. 900 inhabitants, CAV"
us lS3e e02 men. The idea at once pre-
vailed that we should have an almost
inexhaustible reserve of men If Franc
were to be the victim of another ag-
eression. The idea is quite wrong.
Manual labor is wanting in Africa
at the present time. both in the west
and the center. There are about threr
inhabitants to each one square kiio-
meter (about one-half mile). Under
these conditions how is it possible 10
cultivate the soil? After that he must
help us in our commerce, our indus
try, our plantations, our transports and
our administration. Only young men
fit for soldiers can be used for this. II
we are going to put them into uniform
we shall dispose of sti!l less manu:'I
labor.
race is especially well suited for war
fare. II we are to believe the docu-
ments of Commander y, this is only
true with certain tribes becoming more
and more rare since peace relgnS near
ly everywhere on the black continent.
The truth is that most OF the natives
do not like being soldiers To try 10
make soldier OF Loango is, for in
stance quite impossible. And many
races are very untitled for fighting. II
seems too, that We have not quite done
our duty toward the mutilated blacks.
They seem to find great difficulty IN
getting their pensions. caused partly,
Of course. by the great distances ia
their country.
I'VE must remember that West Az
rica is eight times as large as Franc,
and almost without roads and trains.
Think of an invalid man being obliged
to walk or ride on a donkey for goo
or 400 miles to get to the nearest cen
ter to claim his rights. 1t seems too,
that bad health and need of money IL
making these African warriors very
discontented. Their recriminations
are not likely to make their relations
or the people of their village want to
Join the colors.
"1'he truth is that the greater num-
ber of blacks have no desire to ca
change their pants for uniform.
"It would seem that our first care
today ought to be to preserve and
increase our reserves of black men ny
fighting against epidemics and depop-
ulation. Our recruiting can continue.
then, with discretion and discern
ment In case of war we could then
recruit abuntdantly as we did"hefore.
1t would only be fair then. that the
blacks should repay those who have
helped them 20 progress by defending
civilization" ~-