Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-04
Washington Briefs

Special TO Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-Nipplns cold,
little tempered by brilliant sunshine,
utterly failed to chill the enthusiasm OF
the multitude that waited to say Happy
New Year to the President and the first
lady of the land Monday. Conference
notahles from abroad. viewing the I'M
familiar spectacle i'm the streets leading
TO the White House found it graphic
manifestation Of American patriotism.
Few capitals IN the world know its like.
In Europe and Asia IL is the classes. not
the masses. that ON occasion are per
mitted to brush shoulders and touch
hands with the high and mighty. Democ-
racy nowhere outside of the western
hemisphere not even in France, has
progressed so far.
StatiSticians reckon that the President
and Mrs. Harding prof ably broke the
worlds handshaking record New Year
day from the speed standpoint. On the
basis that five thousand Of the plain
people" were received ut the afternoon
N9ty Years reception in two hours, the
rate was a fraction over forty to the
irute. If that was the percentage. tue
White House callers on the average hal
about H.. seconds per person with ne
had been systematized by the President
himself and by his military and naval
aides and secret service stan,
Everybody is wondering whether VIII
II. Hays Will yield to the seductiveness
Of a S1O0. 900 salary IN the business end of
the movies, or stick with the Harding
Administration. If the postmaster gen
o Il L. .s.
he has not communicated his inrentions
to the President. Mr.. Hays is reported TO
have invited the magnateS who are
angling for his services to conference
I'm Washington, so the impression exists
be may be on the fence. The hustllng
postmaster general. The baby Of the Cabi-
net-he was - in Nove@aber-is believed
TO cherish political ambitions that reach
to the highest within the Nations graft
,tication Perhaps he conceives that the
direction OF the American motion picture
industry would carry with il political
possibilities as potent as any the Cabi-
ret offers.
4 humble home in street. No 2016
suddenly has become the center Of con-
ference interest There in an old fash
toned two-stOry red brick dwelling is
the headquarters Of the delegation from
the Far Eastern republic. A brass tab
let proclaims the identity of the estab
Ishmeut The Chita delegations chief
spokesman. Boris Svirsky. speaks fluent
English Following the conference fash
ion, the delegation since it placed Chita
on the map three days ago, receives cor
respondents daily at . =. m. 1t is sup
piled with maps, pamphlets, propaganda
literature and all the other accOUtrements
Of an up to- date conference squad. and
anybody that looks like a friend is warm
Iy welcomed. A piquant note AT the press
receptions is the presence OF japanese
journalists.
American numismatists will be inter.
ested in the league of nations unique
money token, the gold franc. 1t is the
basis Of all the monetary transactions of
the league but is solely an expression
Of values and does not exist as metal
currency. Only a single coin TO repre-
sent this monetary unit has been struck
and it contains the exact ingredients in
value. 1t is small piece CT gold about
one-third of the size of an English farth-
ing, octagonal in shape and very thin.
1t rests permanently in a small Jewel
case at Geneva. Inscribed on one side
appears rs n (SOciete des Nations)
1921" On the reverse is l franc or"
tone gold france.
The coin is O.S225SO5 of gram OF gold,
90 per cent fine and worth 0,1925 of a
dollar expressed in American currency.
All state contributions to the league treas
urv and all payments by the league. In
Guiding salaries, are reckoned on gold
frame value. The symbolical coin was de-
signed as an octagon to represent the
councils membership Of eight.-COpy-
right, 1922, by Public Ledger Company.