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The Washington times., 1923-04-15

A cow kicked over a lamp and
set fire to Chicago in 1873, which
served Chicago jolly well right
for not having incandescent
lights. Since that time they have
been installed.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15
Coeitations of a Cuckoo

Sefinaated always rising in their estimation
years drink himself into the
Now night will do it.
way using their eyes their hooks
Some men have such model they pattern all their
afanities after them
girls their shape they too much
excess baggage.
After doctor has given life he leaves nothing
for us to pay the rent with.
When girl a bound to be on
the wrong track --~zz-~>-.--.s
THOSE HAPPY DAYS.
How to my in that lunch room
fondr recollection presents them to views
"strRshtups" and "overss
tall stacksO Of pancake that burst view
The old leather HapjAcks
The asbestos Hapjaeks,
The reinforced hapjackS
My bachelOFh0od knew.
hauling Germany the GOALS seems to be starting
fire not easy to bank.
Many called but have the patience to "Od the wire"
Some men only manage keep above By
duckng the bill collectors.
Many man life when pretty girl riveted
her gaze him.
The only time cOntented with his lot is when he
buried in it.
Turn backward, backward
o Time, in thy flight
And make cocktail again
Just for tonight
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

Pocahontas was a heroic In
dian maiden, and so they named
q brand of soft coal in her men,
DRY. Her complexion, however,
was fairer than that.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

Long Island is so called be-
cause it is the longest island off
the Connecticut coast.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

A passenger in the subway sus-
tanned severe decorations when
his face was knocked against an
earring wearer during the rush
hour free-for-all.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

A fashionable gambling house
was raided the other day and
dozen society matrons caught
shaking their earrings.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

A strip poker game ended in q
fight recently when one Of the
players refused to give up her
earrings.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

A good many suburbaniteS
raise chickens, but not a. often
as the butcher does.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15
Know Your Own Country

K TINETY-EIGHT per cent Of
IN the people Of this country
aim to obey the laws, but
some Of them are very poor
marksmen.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

A woman who drives her own
machine was almost electrocuted
last week while examining the
motor. One of her cut-steel ear
rings made contact with spark
plug. The shock was so great
that she couldn't hear any gossip
for two days.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

Some men only manage to keep their heads above
ducking the bill collectors
The Washington times., 1923-04-15
The Ears
Have It
MAN In a restaurant the

n NAN in a restaurant the
n other day broke a tooth on
a jade earring. The wait
ress had accidentally shed one Of
hers In the soup.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

France in hauling Germany the Goals, seems to b.
fire not easy to bank.
Many are called, but few have the patience to 'hold
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

IL MARRIAGE is to be made
lN compulsory in Turkey. It
looks as If the people over
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

The only time a man is contented with his lot i
buried in it.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

~ IVORCE is one of the most
popular games in the
United States, but most
The Washington times., 1923-04-15
Turn backward, turn backward.
o Time, in thy fight,

And make me q cocktail again
Just for tonight.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

Many man has been shackled for Life when pre-
her gaze on him.
The Washington times., 1923-04-15

TX ZEN, have you dropped any
nv stitches7
Evening star., 1923-09-27

[, Five years ago Cxechosievakia was
built by wrecking AUSTRIA Hungary
and part of Germany. Those nations
before were all prosperous economic
units, supporting a combined popu-
lation of one hundred millions of people.
Today each Is an economic wreck,
incapable of supporting, above the
bread line even one-half their former
population. .. -, =. =. E.--...
This new nation was handed more
than S5 per cent of all the industries
of old Austria and Hungary COM
bined, AS a result she is today one
of the richest countries in EUROPE; ]
believe the richest in agriculture.
She is capable Of raising three times
the food necessary to sustain her
own people. Her surplus food export
is the largest OF any nation in Eu-
| rope. Het forest and mineral re-
sources-wood, coal, iron. copper,
gold, stlver--are very great Her
Industrial activities are also very
iarge-nsarly as large as her agri-
culture. Her government is demo-
cratic and efficient. 1t is modelled
after, the French system, with g.
, chamber Of deputies. senate and a
president elected by the two houses.
representation are included in their
constitution adopted in 1920. Her
area t54,264 square miles) is slightly
smaller than that of Iowa. while her
RRopuiasion POP is.i ns'5ss, 9ool is more than
nVe times that of Iowa. What makes
this country so interesting?
X y
She is entirely surrounded by ma
tions whose economic and financial
positions have grown steadily worse
since the war. These nations are
Germany, Poland and Rumania, on
the north. and Austria and Hungary.
on the south. Yet Czechoslovakia has
not only kept from currency infia-
ton. but has actually practiced de-
nation. The contrast Is striking, as
we shall see.
In a national way her exports are
more than her imports, She is one
OF the few countries in Europe able
to say that. She has no problem to
meet along this line.
We can say that Czechoslovakta
mas the natural resources and indus
trial expansion at this time to main
tain herself as an economic unit
to all her neighbors.
In government finances she has de-
liberately adopted the policy OF de-
fiation. Let us follow the procedure.
1t is extremely interesting.
xx
In March. 1919, DIR. Raisin, the min
lister of finance, closed the borders
of Czechoslovakia for ten days. No
paper money was allowed TO go in
or out. He called in all the paper
money for stamping and retained as
a forced loan half of the notes pre-
sented. That act reduced the bank
notes by nearly q per cent. Then
he established the banking office of
the ministry of finance" and gave 1t
the sole power to issue all further
paper money.
The next step was a capital levy
placed OF all property to cover the
unsecured bank notes and treasury
notes outstanding.
The amount of paper money de-
creased from 12,300, ,006.o kronen In
December. 1921, with less than / per
cent gold reserve, to S,827 900, 900
kronen on May 2i. 1923, with 30 per
cent gold1reserye.
She has actually Debated her cur
Evening star., 1923-09-27
More Money for Streets.

The District of Columbia division
of the American Automobile Associa-
tion has presented important facts to
5tbe director Of the budget in support
;of more liberal estimates for the i'm
provement of streets and roads. The
representatives of the automobile as
sociation say that many of our high
ways and streets ARE in a deplorable
condition and there are hundreds Of
:. blocks where houses have been built
during the last few years which are
provided with no permanent or even
temporary pavements enabling resi-
dents of those neighborhoods to use
the streets in bad weather. The
point is made, as 1t has been made
many times before, that these resi-
dents pay real estate taxes to the Dis
trict as well as personal and license
taxes on their automobiles. ..
s District automobiles paid in taxes
and fines last year $S53,26s, which is
considerably in excess Of the sum that
will be spent this year on the repair
of streets, avenues and roads in the
District. The association believes
that motor vehicle revenues should
be used for street and road nainte-
nance and that out of other revenues
should come the money for new work.
With the federal government paying 20
per cent of the cost OF Improvements,
the association says that the District
would be justified in spending at least
81 100000 on highways, Of which the
motorists would pay about ss5o.o00.
Various tables are submitted :in sup
port Of the figures. :.
i. The streets of the Capital OF the
United States should at least be as
good as those Of any other capital.
This cannot be brought about unless
the estimates submitted by the Com
missipners ARE allowed to stand.
Evening star., 1923-09-27

labor, bscs use Of imminent trouble in
the steel malis and because many men
high in the industry believed that an
eight hour DAY would be more hu..
name. that it might promote peace in
ths industry and might, be financially
profitable frop, the employers view. I
. 1t is said by the philadelphia Ledger
that 1.-The twelve hour day still chains
men to red-hot furnace doors here In
Philadelphia, burt instead of melting
steel they are. malting gold and silver,
no less hot for be Ing more precious" !"
These men are workers in the united
States. mint. They work in two twelye,
hour shifts because it il more -eco-
nomicaf' to the government. The
steel compa niss used to harp ON that
economy" string; -, g.. -.
The mint workers, turning out ''coin
Of the realm" get from 81, to $3.50 for
eight hours work, and. for the other
four hours are paid at the same rate.
They know nothing about time and
half time" unless they have heard
about II outside the mint. 1t is said
that the Treasury and mint officials
would correct, the situation If they
could. They lay the blame on Con-
gress. There is SO much work to be
done, and there is only enough money
appropriated TO do it with men work
ing twelve hours a day. 1t is, likely
that the situation will be discussed in
Congress at the next session.
Evening star., 1923-09-27
The Auto and the Streets.

Traffic congestion and the parking
of cars were discussed by the Motor
and Accessory Manufacturers Asso-
ciation, in convention at Boston. and
great number of suggestions were
made by men familiar with conditions
and who have a sincere desire to i'm
prove them. 1t Is doubtful whether
would be considered practicable by
merchants and autoists in Washing
ton. and the problems are clearly of
immense difficulty. The representa-
tive of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce advocated new
boulevards, detours for through traf-
fic, parking spaces in Easements of
business buildings, and the use of
open lots for parking. In Washing
ton there is no parking space in busi-'
ness buildings, nor are there available
vacant lots.
A special deputy commissioner Of
the New York police department sug-
gested that heavy trucks be operated
only between midnight and 6 O'Clock
in the morning. This would be revo-
lutionary and business methods would
have to be made over. Hardships
would be placed on builders and mer-
chants, and we would have the prob.
lem of night noise. One of the sug-
gestions of the editor of the American
City Magazine was that streets be
widened. We would have to tear
down and rebuild the central part Of
Washington. The superintendent of
police of Chicago told that Chicago
has a no-parking ordinance from Z
to 10 am. and to pm. applicable
to the business section OF the city and
thirty minute parking rule for all the
other hours of the day. This would
be a hard rule for Washington, but
we are probably headed toward the
adoption Of one like it.
Chicagos chief Of police said that
the city is under no obligation to fur
nish parking space for automobiles,
and that auto owners travelling be-
tween home and Office and who do
street cars. The commissioner Of
public safety of New Orleans said that
one-way rule will have to be adopted
for all streets less than sixty feet wide
and that office buildings and depart
ment stores will have to provide
checking garages for tenants and
patrons. .-.
1t may be that in the future we
shall come to the construction OF CEN
trail checking stations, and that Office
buildings and department stores will
set aside the basement and first floor
for parking cars, but these measures
are some way in the future and would
entail vast expense. Another author
ity would Keep trolley cars out of the
business section and operate them to
the edge of the business zone, there
transferring passengers to busses.
Washington and other cities are face
to face with. stir proposition be-
cause of the increase of automobiles.
Evening star., 1923-09-27

chicken salad, biscnit, cake and ics
cream will .bs reksd en- to make the
5000 electragists feel at home. There
will be plenty. of electricity. There
will be no candelabra twinkling With
the yellow jets. of candles, sach as
these electrical. workers wotifd have
seen had they cosne to Washington a
century or so ago. There wla be. no
kerosene lamps gsearning through
smoky lannpshades. The eAectragfsts
will not read the bill of fare by gas
light, which a few years ago was a
bigger marvel than the classic seven
wenders. Perhaps the light and pow-
er experts who will come to Wash
ingt0n. century hence will light their
banquet with sunshine drawn from
Sol during the day and stored for use
at night.
One feels that in some ways Wash
ington may disappoint the electra
gists. They will not see as much
electric light in our grand avenues -
ought to. shine there. If, after sup
PCT, tNvy ailNe LII cu6h Tie IeSiuS2iCc
streets they will note with what eau
tion, nay, with what stinginess, cleo
trio. light is used, though taxpayers
stand ready, anxious. to set up a 1928
style of street lighting. If the Wis
itoRs go into the close built and high
taxed parts of the city which used to
be 1.-The suburbs" one fears they may
say something. about Cimmerian
darkness, the blackness of the Styx,
and all that. Then, if they go to
Great Falls and down the river to
Little Falls, they will see millions of
tons of water doing nothing but per-
forming an act Of scenery. They will
say: What . waste Of powery' and
How long have the Washingtonese
been asleep al the switchm But the
electragists nust forgive this seem
ing fault. Washington can prove an
alibi- Plans have been drawn and
surveys made for ''harnessing" the
Potomac river ever since man found
that electricity could be generated by
water power.
Evening star., 1923-09-27
German Troubles.

Reaction against the Gerplan gov
. ernments decision to end passive re-
stsistance in the Ruhr has come after
all. 1t takes two forms, an outbreak
of communism in the Ruhr and a
nonarchical separatist movement in
' Bavaria. In the Ruhr some 5000
miners have quit work in three dis
triets under call for general strike
promoted by radicals. In Bavaria a
dictatorship has been declared under
Gustave Won kahr and the constitu-.
tion has been suspended. At Berlin
/ President Ebert has issued a decree
which virtually places the republic
under martial law, restricting several
constitutional rights, including the
d. freedom of the press, speech and pub
lie assembly, and authorizing domi-
ciliary visits and seizures. Gessler
has been named military dictator of
, Germany. -
=. This, in brief. is the situation up to
tthe latest available reports. Whether
the Berlin government can hold its
own remains to be seen. 1t is men
sced by two completely distinct and
fundamentally opposed forces, the
radicals and the monarchists. Those
two have nothing in common. The in
'dustrial communists of the Ruhr have.
Ii is intinlated, in mind the establish
nlent of separate state in that area.
f But the French are there in force
and unless it is the policy of Paris to
effect the breakup of Germany it is
hardly likely that there will be any
serious secession movement in the oc
cupied region.
In Bavaria the situation would seem
to be much more serious than in the
signed there has been a marked
tendency in Bavaria to leave the reich
or federal state and to restore the
Wittelsbach monarchical regime. Won
kahT, just named military dictator by
the secessionists, is reactienary
friend of Crown Prince Rupprecht.
An interesting sidelight on the Ger
man situation develops In a dispatch
from Moscow, which shows that close
communication has been maintained
between the German communists and
the soviet government with view to
the most effective program of coop
Grafton. This dispatch indicates that
Moscow is not well disposed toward
starting anything in Germany for the
present. The communist center in
Germany lies at the extreme west of
that country. If the area of radical
reaction were contiguous to Russia
there would be greater chance of
practical corporation in the event of
adoption of definite program to
sovietize westward. But Russia has
q problem of its own just. now of
great domestic Importance. 1t is far
more vital to the soviet to put its own
house in order than to carry on the
propaganda in foreign lands. So it
would seem to be the present policy
at Moscow to hold back and let Ger
many develop it's own situation.
Evening star., 1923-09-27
Coinmakers' Long Day.

AS an employer Of labor the govern
ment Of the United States Is often
behind the procession, though 1t reads
many lectures to private. employers.
There cannot be doubt that the gev-
ernnlant has played an impressive and
successful part in bringing about inn
provement in many lines of private
employ. and in various ways it has
improved and is seeking to improve
further the conditions In it's ewn work.
shops. Attention is being called In
PHILADELPHIA to the fact that the
twelve hour workday Is practiced in a
government plant there. d
. One of the great things done by
President Harding in the days near
the close Of his life was to align public
opinion against the twelve,hourf day
in the steel industry. The steel COM
panies came to the eight-ho day
through pressure Of public opinion,
because Of the oppositiea< Of organized
Evening star., 1923-09-27
Can Europe Hold Together?
XIV---Czecheslovakia--The The Champion Of
DefatiOn.
DeHatiOn,
by JOHN F. SINCLAIR

rency. What, happened?
When the volume of goods in
ereases faster than the volume of
money, prices In terms of goods go
down and the Y6ue of money. based
on Its purchasing power. goes up.
In Czechoslovakia the volume of
goods Increased. The volume. Of mon
ey decreased. Prices went down.
Money went up.
! reeeiysd So kronen for 81 when
the first time. in July, 1921. In June
OF this year l got only SO kronen
for 81,
Her money was rising even against
that Of the United States. - -
X X r -: .et
What about prices of goods?
They reached the peak,in Deeem ber.
1921, when the outstanding uncovered
paper money was greatest.sa Since
then prices have been going down.
1t takes Just 800 now to purchase
what slss did in 1921. Who gets
the benefit?
Mr., Roth. a banker of CzechosIo-
yakia, loaned Mr.. Hirst, a merchant,
$1,000 to purchase goods in Decem-
ber. 1921. The loan was to draw 6
months. That would seem like a
fair proposition. All right Pay
ment day arrives. Mr.. Roth must
have the money. But Mr.. Hirst finds
he must dispose OF 1850 Of his stock
to pay the $1,000 note. Prices have
It. What did the banker make ?
Based on purchasing power. Mr.. Roth
got $50 interest plus $3.50 of Mr.,
Hirst's stock of goods, or total of
hot 10
nually when the merchant expected
to pay the banker s per cent. That's
defation!
Defiation is social pickpocket. He
works against only one class of peo-
works for only one class-those to
whom money is owing. He never
changes tactics, friends or enemies.
l believe defiation is even worse
curse than imitation. pefiation robs
those least able to bear il and the
consequent suffering covers much
larger area OF society than does the
suffering caused by its evil brother
imitation.
This is not quite all. Defiation has
plunged Czechoslovakia into an eco
nomic crisis of the first magnitude.
Her export trade has fallen off.
costs of production have, risen and
unemployment has grown to huge
proportions. Today one worker in
seven Is out of work and two more
in the seven work part time. Bank
ruptcies, failures and suicides have
followed in ever-increasing numbers
Two large banks have closed their
doors. The national income is shrink
ing. making taxes much harder to
raise.
No nation has tried harder than
Czechoslovakia to walk the straight
and narrow path. She followed
strictly the doctors orders and took
the defation dope. The medicine has
hurt and not helped her. But Czecho-
slovakia is beginning to see now that
il isn't imitation or defiation, but
liability, that is needed.
Her first line OF defense. therefore,
is not large army, which she, un-
fortunately, has, nor a feet of bat
tie planes, which she also has, but the
good will of her neighbors working
out together new industrial ma
chine of exchange to replace the old
one the war destroyed.
Copyright, 1928. in United States and Great
Britain. by North American Newspaper
Alliance. All rights reserved.J
Evening star., 1923-09-27
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL y. COLLINS

The most expensive word in Amer
lea Is subsidy"
The United States taxpayer is pay
ing some s2o.o00.eOe annually-not
for it's use. but for the right to avoid
it. 1t Is like the ehild's definition OF
salt; TT makes potatoes taste bad
when you don't put any on."A"
Fxx
There are now in operation by the
government 33S cargo ships and "a
of miscellaneous classes. There are
idle sos steel. 8 wooden and con-
crete ships. besides some tugs, Total.
1885, vessels. -.- -.
A Shipping Board survey of the
vessels as to serviceabiiity reports:
Glass A, 427 steel vessels, not re-
quiring over $4,000 repairs.
Glass B, III steel vessels. requiring
in excess of s35,0oo alterations or re-
pairs.
Glass C. 81 steel vessels, with un-
economical machinery. to be replaced
at cost of 100000 per ship.
Glass D, 358 steel vessels, requiring
extensive alterations-desirab hulls
for Diesel propulsion.
Glass E, ITS steel vessels, unsuita-
BILE for. American flag operation.
s. Glass +, 40 vessels, obsolete type
Special type, 3 Army transports, 33
passenger vessels of the ex-enemy,
all but in spot condition.
Tugs-35 steel ocean-going tugs, oil
Also ss2 ships in prime condition.
being in operation, not surveyed.
**
Our coast-trade vessels. already
have a subsidy. in the form of mo-.
nopoly Of all intercoastal traffic, en-
Rbling them to, charge profit-bearing
rates; therefore. they are not in
volved in the transoceanic problem.
Railroads exist without a jubsidy
because they can fix rates. independent
of competition with other countries.
The desire of the government Is
to put the merchant marine into, .pri-
vate ownership. 1t will sell the ships
only with the. guaranty by the buyer
that they will be operated for five
years as transoceanic merchant
marine, on certain agreed lines.
The Shipping Board now spnepe operates ates
no buyers. in view of that known
loss, unless some plan can be de-
yisedg to avoid the deficit. :,
II a nation. be dependent upon alien
service for transporting its exports
and imports, that service will. inevi-
tabiy, discriminate in favor of the
commerce of its own nation. That
means a loss to farmers and all other
producers who have "a. surplus to ex-
port. 1t will fail, especially In case
of war. when We need transports. I
- y ~
Every Important nation in the
world today except the United States
subsidies It's merchant marine.
Great Britain does it by nail SUBJ
ventions. .......,..,.. .....-. >. ...,..
i Germany. prior.to the war. gave
mail subventions; since the war she
has voted the shipping interests IA
ooe. .oco,eeo:. gold { marks. to, cover
losses. SIS 1s' 's.'i' - .s-.-.s'-s
/! France sold her merchant marine
during the war, but Is now rebuilding
it, and Is subvening ave lines
Italy tried to abandon subventfons
,d riving ing them g as s.s7o, 900 .iirs-siateei,
Times more subsidy than the $780,.
eo0, 900 refused by the United States
Our neishbor, 3Canada, helps her
merchant marine with millions Of dolls
lars; part goes to sustain compatition
with our cemmereA with the West
se1as essts.,sa. . sssIa. = = Aaa.as. y.,as
Evening star., 1923-09-27
The Electragists.

Washington is to entertain the In-
ternational Association Of Electragists
early in October, and, of course, the
entertainment will be satisfactory.
Washington is an experienced enter
-tainer and is world-famous as host
sWhether the entertainment commit.
tees will ''do it with electricity is to
be seen, but likely many old fashioned
things, such as handshakes. smiles,
. awelcoms to sur city,. fried chicken,