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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-26

Saturday special Women's silk
and gcorgette waists worth up to So
VIII bc sold at sos. d. W. Robin
.-Advcrtisemen lw
Evening star., 1922-01-25

stuffed alligators and bottled mon
strosities and skulls standing around.
Modern chemistry has found some ele-
ments that may be called new. That
is to say, it has subdivided the ele.
mental materials in some cases and
broken down composites into unsus-
pected elements. But SO far there has
been no synthesis. Many combinations
have been effected. New meals, SO to
speak, have been made by alloys and
the use Of the intense heat permitted
by modern electric furnaces. But still
A gold brick, it seems. was shown
In Berlin, and when tested was found
to be 80 per cent pure. OF course. that
proved that particular brick. but it
did not prove that 1t was made out of
mercury treated by an electric vacuum
furnace process. as the inventor
claimed, Nor was there anything to
show how much It cost. 1t might be
granted that synthetic gold Is possible.
and yet there Is no likelihood of its
disturbing the standard Of value which
is the basis of the worlds monetary
system.
But all speculation is now discount.
ed by the acknowledgment Of the dis.
tinguished American economist who
started the story on its travels that
the supposed inventor was just an.
other one of those shrewd chaps who
play upon credulity and bid for real
dollars in a supposed search for -arti.
fetal dollars.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

rule. unless caro- 10 bestowed and
weaknesses attended to In. season the
fence gives way. and the dreaded In
vasion takes place. ~
Nobody is taking anything for
granted this year. so much is In con.
fusion, and SO many are involved, the
man who two years ago had q host
behind him Is as keen for details ot
the existing situation as the one who
squeezed through then on the mar
rowest Of margins.
This should, and probably will. in
sure the election Of a strong Congress
When all the seats are warmly con.
tested the winners will represent al
least a capacity for sounding as well
as shaping public sentiment.
A strong Congress will come in
very handy" For some years Uncle
Sans affairs will require skilled atten.
ton. The men who gather on Capitol
Hill will find many difficult questions
pressing upon them. and should be
well prepared to give to the country
of their best.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
Fourteenth Street Extension.

Passage by the Senate Of the bill to
extend 14th street through the grounds
Of Walter Reed Hospital should be fol
lowed quickly by passage in the
House. This bill represents the best
Judgment Of those most concerned in
both the city development and the es.
tablishment and maintenance Of the
great Army hospital. 1t provides for
the proper extension of one Of the ar
terial streets without endangering life
or becoming a nuisance in the hospital
area. It is an effective compromise
between the general street plan and
the desire Of the hospital authorities
to preserve the reservation free from
encroachment.
Until 14th street is cut through as
this bill provides there will be- no
north and south access from Georgia
avenue on the cast to 18th street on
the west. There can be, moreover, but
one line Of cars in this region, where
as the extension of 14th street will
permit a second line, GREATLY needed
to accommodate the growing traffic.
All objections have been allayed by
the measure as it now stands. with
the Senate's approval. It would be
well to have the bill passed by tho
House promptly, 50 that any appro-
prtations necessary to start the project
of the extension can be added to the
District bill now about to start on its
passage.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
Money and Campaigning.

Political campaigning - legitimate
campaigning-comes high, as is shown
by this dispatch from Chicago: 1.-THE
republican national committee still
owes $70s.161.32 for the campaign of
1920"
At the close Of that campaign the
committee was in the hole for over
sixteen hundred thousand dollars The
republicans from the start had had
brilliant prospects. but still collections
had not been good. They pulled up
with heavy. shortage. and here. fif.
teen months later. half Of that short.
age remains unpaid.
The democratic committee, it was
reported. pulled up In similar trouble
though the sum was smaller; and
there has been no announcement OF
its liquidation.
A good deal Of money is necessary
in carvassing this country. From
ocean to ocean Is FAR stretch, and
various means are necessary to at.
tract and hold the attention Of the
voter:
Hence the advisability Of always re-
ceiving with barrel Of salt excited
talk about the corrupt use Of money
in campaigns and the demoralized state
Of the electorate. The country has
not been corrupted. and stands in nc
danger from that source.
with a new man at the head, are Just
beginning work for this year. Whether
collections will be better than they
were two years ago is a guess. The
presidency is not now in the scale,
and appeals for money will lack the
strength Of those made in a presiden,
t!al year.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
Influenza in New York.

lHHuenZa EaS feacneu new olk.
and is now prevailing there at such u
rate as to cause Health Commissioner
Copeland to issue very solemn warn
ing. He says that the city is worse
off today than it was during the .epi-
demic OF 1918, on account Of the
greater crowding: There are 225 cases
Of pneumonia and influenza. a larger
number than for any single day since
the subsidence Of tho epidemic three
years ago. 1t is necessary to segregate
these cases as far as they can be
reached and put under care and isola.
tion. In New York. however. complete
t,segregation is very difficult.
This outbreak in New York has oc-
Cured within the last three days. Last
week there was an increase OF 100
deaths from all causes over the week
previous. This increase was largely due
to influenza and other respiratory dis
eases. During the third week in Janu-
ary deaths from these causes were 3O3,
compared with III from the same
causes the last week in December.
The present cold. clear weather is
helpful in situation Of this kind. Pull.
monary troubles occur chiefly during
damp, raw" weather. 1t may be that
with the clearing up Of the skies and
the drying of the air New York will
regain some of its lost ground. Its ex.
perience, however, should be regarded
as warning through all other cities.
They should begin intensive precau.
tionary work. The people are to be
warned against neglecting colds" 1t
is possible to catch the influenza in the
first stage and greatly lessen its
malevolence. Inattention is one Of the
chief factors Of its virulence and
spread.
It is not to cause needless alarm
that attention is called to these condi-
tions. In the autumn Of 1918 not
enough thought was given to the dis
case before it became 50 violently
epidemic. When it did get Its head
way little COULD be done to check it.
and its victims were numbered by the
tens Of thousands. Now Is the time
by constant cautiening to put the peo-
pie on their guard against exposure
and neglect. which are the two chief
factors Of influenza malevolence.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
Contradictions at the Armament
Conference.

The American delegates ought to
have upheld the principle of the in
volatility of private property at sea
during the war, just as private prop
erty must not be taken on land.
There Is no basic difference, The
seizing of enemy or neutral COM
merce carriers by war vessels is abb
solutely nothing but piracy. A coun-
try with weak navy cannot protect
its commerce against enemy cruisers,
whilst England with her overwhelm-
ingly strong fleet need fear nothing
now that the submarine nightmare
has been dispelled by the obliging at
titude of the armament conference.
Yet a much more serious decision ap-
pears to be the permission to wage
unrestricted war in the air against
the civil population of an enemy
country, while forbidding at the same
time the employment Of poison gas
against the fighting forces. OF
course, that injunction will be broken
like others. but 1t Is a most disheart-
ening hypocrisy to- protect soldiers
for reasons of humanity against
being gassed and to, allow the killing
Of non-combatant civilians by bombs
dropped from the air.-St Paul
Taegliche Volkszeitung German, in
dependent), st. Paul, MINI.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
The Gold Fake.

That synthetic gold story that came
from Berlin sometime ago has fliv-
vered. just as one might have thought
it would. Prof. Fisher, who was tho
medium Of communication. has now
declared that as far as he can find out
the thing is fake. He got the story
from one in whom he had the utmost
confidence, and who now says that the
man who claims to have invented q
process Of manufacturing gold has a
prison record and is a fraud.
Little notice was really given to the
manufactured gold yarn. It was just
a recurrence Of a familiar theme. For
centuries past alchemists have been
seeking transmutation. They are no
rearer today than they were In the old
times, when they wore long figured
gowns and fantastic caps and messed
about with retorts and alembics in
dark and creepy laboratories with
Evening star., 1922-01-25
More Water.

Representative Moore's bill Just in
troduced in the House to establish the
legislative foundation for the new
conduit work properly puts this enter.
prise upon a broad basis. 1t contem.
plates an ultimate expenditure Of $9,-
$4,000. OF course, it is not contem-
plated that this sum will be appropri,
ated or spent in any one year. The
conduit plan is an extensive one and
Will take several years for completion
There is at present a working fund ut
100000, which will be expended along
the lines OF the adopted plan. An ad-
ditional sum Of $3.960,000 has just
been cut out Of the District bill by the
House appropriations committee on
the ground. It is said, that there is
some doubt as to the effectiveness Of
the project On this score there is a
decided difference Of opinion between
the House committee and the en-.
gineers, but there Is an expectation
that when the matter Is considered iii
. the Senate the item will be restored.
Meanwhile, Representative Moore's
bill. which merely recites the enlarge
ment project In legislative terms,
should be pressed to passage. giving
the necessary foundation for any fu-
ture appropriative enactment beyond
the range OF point Of order or objec-
ton.
Assuredly Congress will not tempo
rize further with this question Of water
supply. Its own personnel is affected.
The health Of every government off,
cial as well as the health Of the local
community Is in the balance. The
margin between sufficient water and a
failure Of the supply is so slender that
1t Is dangerous to continue without
enlargement.
Responsibility for this condition now
rests upon Congress. The facts have
been repeatedly stated, the engineers
have reported, and only recently a
slight accident at the filtration plant
has specifically demonstrated the risk
that is run by continued dependence
upon a single conduit and filter sys-
tenn.
Provision for this work by driblets
will be the poorest economy. AS much
money as can possibly be expended ef
fectively IN any one year should be
appropriated annually until the work
is done. Curtailment. IL an Invitation
to disaster.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
BUSINESS possessing main
Office employing nearly 1000
men. with fifty-nine branch

A BUSINESS possessing a main
~ Office employing nearly 1000
w men. with ffty-nine branch
Offices Throughout the city,
would be considered quite a thriving
institution for the busiest municipal
ity.
Yet few washingtonians stop to
consider that this Is the situation In
regard to the Washington city post
ONCE. with It's main ONCE. and thirty
ono classified and twenty-sight con-
tract stations scattered throughout
the District.
The growth In the number of clas-
sified stations since Postmaster
Chance took control six years ago
has been especially gratifying. Their
number has been increased from six
to thirty. each station giving to the
territory 1t serves y post office com
plste in itself and equivalent in
every way to post offices enjoyed by
small cities and towns.
y + + 4
These classified stations differ from
the contract stations in that the
clerks in charge OF the former are
experienced postal employees. whereas
the men at tho head Of the latter are
merchants who have contracted with
the post Office to conduct the stations.
At the head Of the array OF thirty
one classified Offices stands the fine
and II streets but which is to be
moved shortly to i new building of
its own on l4th street between IL and
streets. The volume of business
done by this station alone is so large
that were it making the same stamp
sales and conducting it's other bust
ness in a city by itself 1T would be
entitled to a postmaster at a salary
Of $4,000 year. This is remarka-
BILE fact that in itself tends to show
the magnitude of the postal business
in the National Capital.
Thirteen OF the thirty-one classi-
fed branches are known as carrier
stations" letter carriers reporting to
these branches for work. sorting their
mail there and delivering 1t at once
to the adjacent territory. instead OF
working from the main city post Of
nee building. The growth Of this d.
rect delivery Is an indication Of the
efiicient postal service now being
given Washington. Plans call for the
establishment of more Of these clas-
sified stations as rapidly as possible.
+ 4 + \
Before tho war the number Of drug
store stations as the contract sta
tions were popularity called. exceeded
tho number Of classified stations. Dur
Ing the war many Of those who had
contracted to run stations gave up the
work, owing to various causes 1t was
declared. In some cases, that persons
coming to mail parcels sat In all the
available chairs and caused the stores
to lose their legitimate business
When the postmaster saw that this
form Of station was losing its popu-
Evening star., 1922-01-25
Washington City Post Office
A Huge Business Institution

| larity, he decided that the time for a
reform had come. and so set to work
to increase the number OF iull-hedged
classified stations. The work went
slowly at first, but after while high
+. officials in the Post ONCE Department
authorization for new stations must
come directly from the department.
The result Is that today Washing.
ton probably enjoys as fine a chain or
postal branch stations as any city II
the country: in relation to its extent
the finest postal service In the land, II
II already may not be said to possess
the best service.
In addition to these branches. back
ed by the full twenty-four-hour serv-
ice at the main city post office. sew
eral stamp agencies have been estao-
lished around the city. where persons
are authorized to sell stamps.
The latest phase of this service Is
the installation of automatic stamp
vending machines at several places,
under the authorization OF postmaster
General Hays. For a long time there
market in which the owners were al
lowed to make a profit of one cent on
the sale of two two-cent stamps.
nickle being required to bring forth
the two stamps. Postal author1tee
believed that the people should get
their full value, and now nave NUM-
ber Of machines which give the patron
Ave two-cent stamps for dime, nVe
one-cent stamps for nickel, etc.
!, These machines. which are attractive
in appearance, have been" "estaDlished
in the lobby of the business once OF
The Star, at the National Press eiup
, and a few other places.
The machines are under the dlrfct
and entire supervision Of the post
office, being loaded with stamps, ana
the money taken from them. solely
by post Office employees. These ma
chimes are an experiment, and at thls
time it Is not known whether they
will be generally installed. The in
stallation of the automatic stamp
salesmen. however. points out IN a
striking fashion the essential busi-
nesslike character Of a great modern
post office. 1t sells stamps and money
orders, and must show profit at the
end Of the year like any other busis
ness
The more stamps a post ofice can
sell the more postal business it does
| and the larger office 1t becomes. With
increased postal business the post
| master gets an increased salary, and
supervisory officials under him and
| clerks in charge of stations get in
creased salaries.
A modern post office, Of which the
Washington Office Is a fine example,
is truly great business establish
ment Its postmaster must be bust
ness man. When a business firm does
a business of $3,747.sS2 in a year. as
the Washington city post office did
| during 1921, it is entitled to be called
: a success.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

Figures involved in propositions to
ference reach such vast proportions
that the average intelligence cannot
be expected to handle them In terms
Of ordinary mathematics. It may yet
be deemed desirable to call in old DR..
Einstein to formulate "a theory Of rela-
tivity that will apply to international
finances.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
The American People Take Over
Their Foreign Affairs.

The American people are adding an
uhwritten amendment to our written
vides that treaties shall be made by
the executive with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, The American
people have decided they must be
made with their advice and consent.
In S 1914 % It was hardly discernibie. @ if
indeed, 1t had begun to be. Columbus
discovered America in 1892. and the
American people discovered Europe
in 1914. In 1929 the American public
has completely parted with IS ',ad.-
tional indifference to old world af-
formation concerning them and pom
dering the problems they disclose.
The American people, In short, are
going to be their own state de-
relations Of the nation according to
their own instincts and convictions.
America and the world will be the
safer and the better for it.-Chicago
Tribune Independent republican,
Miss Alice Robertson is friendlier
to suffrage now. She wants to be re-
elected to Observation-Disclosures
News.
Just when 1t looks as II peace had
come to the conference window 1t
seems to go out at the open door
Detroit News.
Now let us have congressional in
vestiRation Of the alleged Hanging
Of tho Crane, which probably was
without warrant in law.-Kansas
City Star.
Charles M. schwab says. "Just
smile and times will be better" That's
what we've all been doing so long
that smiling hurts.-Portland Press
Herald.
Well, when the chips are scrapped
we can salute visiting royalty by
waving q plowshare twenty-one
times.-Richmond News Leader.
The wireless telephone sermon df-
rect from pulpit to the home is now
said to be entirsly practicable, ex-
cept AZ to taMnG M the collection.
l-Columbus Otspatch
Evening star., 1922-01-25
Fence Mending.

Tho time for fence inspection has
arrived. and the politicians-particu.
larly those in oft1ce-are on the alert
The departure Of Senator New fol-
home last week on such a mission
shows that the hour has struck
Others will follow in q sort Of order,
and presently every Enclosure IN the
country Will bear the evidences Of re-
pairs in progresa
The stoutest fences need constant
care. Now and then one is budt which
seems to defy time and ,tida. hut - q
Evening star., 1922-01-25
A Sea-Calrying Policy.

Current report has It that the Prest
dent will address Congress on the sub
1ect Of an American merchant marine
very soon.
Now and then complaint Is heard
that We are slow about inaugurating a
seacarrying policy; that II we are to
hope for anything in that line we
must go after it with energy; that
those we are to meet as competitors
on the water are in good shape and
prepared for business as soon as busi.
Eess revives.
this complaint, it is to be remembered
that the administration and Congress
have had their hands full since taking
charge, and been approached from this
direction and that in favor Of this
project and that. The merchant ma.
rine has had to take its chances in a
press.
It Is true also that the sea-carrying
business, like every other kind of
business, has not only been dislocated
but in large measure demoralized
for several years 1t would be difficult
to describe the conditions today, they
are so unprecedented everywhere.
But, as It turns out, the Shipping
Board has not been idle 1t now has
suggestions as to sea-carrying policy,
and the President has them under con-
slderation. His message to Congress
on the subject will not lack for at
tention even at this time Of hurry and
worry over multiplicity Of matters
largo and small.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

King Constantine Of Greece Is pre-.
pairing to abdicate in favor Of Prince
George. If the prince is prudent per.
son he will not regard the transaction
as any particular favor.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

incidentally, Siberia has been &C
quiring valuable publicity as q coun-
try with q large amount Of unde-
veloped wealth and q great future.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

The press agent Of a Serbian singer
announces that he has a range that
enables him to vocalize all the way
from bass to tenor. 1t is the era OF
monopoly.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

In addition to struggling with prob
lens relating to rates and overhead
expense the railroads are expected to
improve the service and hustle for
business.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
EDITORIAL DIGEST

tion of central Europe is not realized
the slightest thought cannot be given
to the settlement of the present Eu-
ropean conditions.
If the report that the ex-Empress
Zita is returning to Switzerland to
foment new designs for the return
of the Hapsburgs to power is con-
firmed. it will only be an admission
that by the simple exile of Charles
from Hungary the Hapsburg question
has not yet been permanently set
tied. And the question will never be
solved az long as the Magyar monar-
chist clique is not completely broken
up.-New Yorkske Listy (Czecho-
slovak. republican,. New York city.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

Democrats who favor another can
didacy by JAMES NJ. Cox may succeed
in giving him as great a reputation as
a peerless leader as that enjoyed by
Mr.. Bryan himself.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

Prominent Intellectual ladies who de-
sire to be known by their given names,
and not those of their husbands, are
apparently inclined to regard matrt
mony as some sort Of a family secret
Evening star., 1922-01-25

Many earnest and uncompromising
rrohfbitionists love Bobbie Burns even
If he did write those famous lines to
the memory of John Barleycorn.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

The late Viscount Bryce was one of
the great men who have combined
sincere and sympathetic human at
tributes with the capacity for direct
and profound thinking.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
Central Europe's Consolidation.

The consolidation OF central Europe
will be impossible 30 long a. the
Magyar monarchists. who are sup
ported by certain groups of the big
designs against the neighborinE- coun-
tries. And GO long ~ the ccnso0ds.d
Evening star., 1922-01-25

There is doubtless an opinion in
Russia that three years in prison is
too light . sentence for a man whose
ambition It was to initiate Rasputin.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

Several European governments fail
to see much use in an economic con-
ference unless 1t affords opportunity
for q heart-to-heart talk with Uncle
Sam.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

Every agriculturist feels that he has
a fortune in prospect If he can only
get the mortgage paid OF the old place
and turn It into golf links.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

The young socialist in Massachu.
setts who at first refused a bequest
of million and a half. expanded his
household rather recklessly and finally
decided he would need the money.
Evening star., 1922-01-25
The United States and the Confer.
ence of Genoa.

A cable message has been received
at the White House which invited
the United States to intervene at the
conference at Genoa. Perhaps this
invitation will change the policy
which the United States has assumed
up to the present in all the European
conferences. II is hoped that Presi-
dent Harding and Secretary of State
Hughes will understand that the sys-
tenn of representing this country at
European conferences with a simple
observer with no official authority"
Is ridiculous and is regarded by Eu-
rOpean statesmen as a childish trick.
-L'Eco Utalfan, republican,. Spring
field, Mass.
Evening star., 1922-01-25

China long since gave up hope Of .
diplomatic and commercial door"
that would lock on the inside.