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Evening star., 1923-07-25
PetWorth.

A locality continually improving in beauty,
where the jority OF people are home own.
ers. Six rooms and full tfied bath; front ana
back porches; hardwood trim throughout; eiec-
tricity and hot-water heat; large hoored attic.
$s 1850; equity cash and $75 per month
Evening star., 1923-07-25

TAkOMA PARK, MD-&, 500; $3.50 Cash, 500 Per Month
untwo warn red two
BRIGHTWOOD PARK-Sl25OO. Terms.
gl
o st Is
COLUMBIA A-HEIGHTS-S6I5O.
modern home IN
Is
90
NORTHEAST-$625O; $500 Cash, S5o.5O Per Month
Ind gas sink o
CHEVY CHASE D. C.-S11 SIS. Terms.
condni fontpo
to $
TAKOMA PARK, MD-S10o5O Terms
leaving wi
MORRIS CAFRITZ COMPANY, INC.
o13 18th Street Main 6l7
Evening star., 1923-07-25

HOOVER KIDWELL.
S85o-These beautiful detached homes located IN brookano
convenient Stores churches schools and within
line.
six large
rha,eect
rockf
foot alley
In
immedia
Sample House, No. Otis St NE, Open and
and Lighted Until PM.
$IooAn exceptionally fine 8room tapestry brick containing
aesmanto howyo property
$I275o-A Mt Pleasant Bargain.
beautiful bath hotwa hars
lis priced
c
S75oo-Northeast Location.
fine sxloomb
in room
frontIa beauh
cash payment balance less than rent
S85oo-Near 4tf and Rhode Island Ave. NE.
Awenbu sixroom
Terms-Reasonable cash payment, balance SIS per mo-
HOOVER & KIDWELL,
Sales Observation-Disclosures
I1o0 HSt. NV Main 634I
Evening star., 1923-07-25
Mt. Pleasant.

Near Mt Pleasant street car line. One OF
the clty's most desirable localities. A choice
home containing rooms and baths; mod
ern In every detail; 2-car brick garage. can
be bought for $13, $50; most reasonable price
for this section Terms arranged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
EVANSVILLE

Mrs. Elizabeth Lohr was hostess to
the Lutheran Missionary Society on
Tuesday afternoon of last week, the
meeting being held at the home of
her sister-in-law, Mrs. VIM. Schaef-
fer, who assisted Mrs. Lohr in enter
tanning. About a dozen ladies were
present. One new member was ad
ded. The topic was Japan, the society
having taken up the mission study Of
Japan for the winter. Refreshments
were served. Mrs. Wiley was chairman
Of the meeting.
Mrs. F. f. Osborne was hostess to
the Reformed Missionary Society on
Thursday afternoon, the meeting be-
ing held in her apartment at the We
toria Hotel. There was good attend
ance, a splendid topic and fine pro-
gram. Refreshments followed the
devotional period.
Mrs. VIM. Morgart, of Jennings, en-
tertained the Grantsville Sewing Club
in a very charming manner last Fri
day afternoon. Owing to the inclem
ent weather not so many members
were present as usual, but all enjoyed
the afternoon and the delicious re-
freshments that followed the work
routine. The guests included Misses
Gertrude Hone, Christine Winter
berg, Ethel Broadwater, Mary Dor
sey, Mrs. G. C. Keller and Mrs. j. O..
Getty.
Miss Ethel Broadwater delightfully."-
entertained in honor of the Ladies'
Bridge Club on Tuesday night, there
being twelve guests present. Refresh
ments followed the evenings diver
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
finds WEATHER
i. Proverbs 0. K.
Meteorological Expert Explains
Accuracy of Sayings.
ALL BASED on EXPERIENCE

Proverbs used by country folks in
predicting the weather are accurate
guides, according to w. J. Humphreys,
meteorological physicist of the United
States Weather Bureau at Washing
ton.
Doctor Humphreys in book
"Weather Proverbs just published
proves scientifically that many of the
old sayings of the farmers and sailors
are founded on fact and are excellent
guides to coming weather conditions.
He demonstrates in his book the sound
truth back of the Old sayings. For
instance take the prOverb:
IAN evening gray and a morning red
VIII send the shepherds wet to bed"
Red Sky Indicates Rain.
red morning sky, he points out,
indicates that the whole atmosphere
up to considerable elevation is
humid and rain is, therefore, probable
later in the day. A gray evening, he
says, means much the same thing.
AS to the proverb: 'Ranbow at
night, sailors delight, rainbow in the
morning, sailors take warning" he
says: In the evening a shower which
causes a rainbow is commonly moving
farther away from the point of obSer-
walton thereby promising fair weather
for that locality. In the morning the
reverse is true.
Here are some proverbs which have
20 a., III -, oil Of ,;,r,
by Doctor Humphreys to be based on
sound observation and reasoning:
Sunshine and shower, rain again
tomorrow
A shower means rain from a cloud
of limited extent. bus it also implies
quite humid air and indicates that
further showers are quite probable.
He says the following proverbs are
based on facts which lie points out:
''When the dew is on the grass
Rain will never come to pass"
"When leaves show their umdorsides
Be very sure that rain betides."
"When the smoke goes west
Good weather is past.
When the smoke goes east
Good weather comes fast"
"Whel the wind is in the south
The rain is in its mouth"
Referring to the last proverb he
says in effect:
Winds from the south are warmest
and commonly most humid. They usu-
ally form part of a cyclonic storm and
blow from its raintest region.
"Curls that kinll and cords that
bind
Signs Of rain and heavy wind"
Increasing moisture in the air is re
sponsible for The phenomena recorded,
rs also for the truth embodied in the
painful proverb that
"A coming storm your Shooting cons
Drcs0Se,
And aches will throb your hollow
tooth with rage
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S3
TINGER

Santa Claus may be delayed en-
route by tire trouble or too much Of
load for high power car, but Ma
dam Stork, with her trusty little Ford
arrived as per schedule at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bowser on
Tuesday, Dee. 18th, and contributed
a little son, to the joy Of that home
and incidentally to help consume the
$40 pound porker butchered q day or
two before. On her return trip the fol
lowing day Madam Storl. donated q
like gift to Nj. and MIS-. Irwin Hare.
Among the large porkers butchered
in this section this fall Clarence Ste
phens reports one weighing 568 lbs.
The box supper held in the gram
mar school building last Saturday ev-
ening was we'll patronized and yielded
profit Of $15 to apply on the pur-
chase OF library for the school,
Thomas Wiley, who is q student in
Wittenberg Academy, Springfield, O.,
is home for the Christmas vacation.
John Campbell, Of Youngstown, Pa,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
friends here.
Miss Edna Wiley spent part of last
week in Cumberland with her mother,
who is a patient in the Western Mary
land Hospital in that city.
The Mennonite Brethren held a con
ference in their meeting house in the
Amish settlement near here last week,
May The Republican and all its
readers spend very Merry Christ
mas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
ROBIN UNABLE TO GROW TAIL
Bird Can Have Its Freedom When It
Gets Feathers.

Mimi, a pet robin owned by Mrs.
Margaret Reader of Boston cannot
have freedom because Ter tail feath-
ers will not grow. Mimi has been in
Mrs. Readers care since tiedging-
hood.
Sad to relate but, alas, true, Mimi
is doomed to life of pampered ease
as a house pet because she hasn't got
a tail-that is tail that could be prop
erly called one.
No less than three promising SETS
Of tail feathers has Mimi developed
since she came into Mrs Readers
hands as a fedgling, but each time
she aspired to full grown robinh0od-
no pun intended-her embryo tail
would sicken and die. Mrs Reader
says that if her unique pet manages
to grow a tail with which to propel
herself about the void, the bird may
baYe its freedom.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
CIVIL WAR AID famine
RUIN RUSSIAN RIVIERA"
Crimea, Beloved Health Resort,
Now DesoIate-Vineyar and
Fruit Gardens Gone.

The Crimea, the beloved health re-
sort Of the old days and known as the
Russian Riviera" once filled with
beautiful palaces surrounded by flow
erS, vineyards and magnificent fruit
gardens, lies now fioweress and ruined
as a result of the civil war and last
years famine.
Many of the owners of these villas,
vineyards and fruit gardens belonged
to the upper classes and lived in CEN
trail Russia, coming here for their re-
taxation. Large numbers fed the
country years ago while others, hav-
ing thrown in their lot with General
Wrangel, became the scapegoats of his
acts after his defeat and paid the
death penalty during the terror which
followed the second occupation of the
Crimea by the Bolsheviks.
The Crimea has not escaped the eff
fects of naturalization, cOnfiscatiOn
and acquisitions, and while nOminally
the immense vineyards and magniti-
cent gardens have been declared ma
tionalized, as a matter of fact they are
| nobody's property. Vineyards and
gardens stood unguarded for several
years, with the result that everything
went TO the dogs.
The wine stocks dried, and a major
ity of the best fruit trees died.
| Thousands of acres of almond april
cot, peach and pear trees and vine
yards are today absolutely worthless,
and many a year Will have to pass
| before they can be brought to life
| again.
The same is true Of agriculture and
| industry. Despite the reconstruction
work carried on by the Crimean I'm
dependent" soviet government, Crimean
| agriculture and existing minor indus
tries are in a deplorable condition.
! The number Of cattle has diminished
| by - per cent, the total number of
working horses being today only 10000
The sowing area is only 10 per cent
that OF 1916 This years harvest will
be very small.
Industries in the Crimea are insig
nificant and play an unimpOrtant part
! in the economic life. They consist
largely Of the curing Of tobacco, tan
ming and preserving. They all Ian
gush There is no market for the
local salt, and Crimean wines go beg
sing The people are impoverished
and seem content to live with INSULT
Gent food, no comforts or pleasures,
and with little hope for the future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
THANKS u. S. FOR QUAKE AID
Unknown Japanese Woman Sends
Letter az Appreciation.

Letter al Appreciation.
A nameless woman of Japan has
thanked My dear the people of Amer
lea" in Il letter received by Secretary
Hughes at Washington for the relief
work administered by Americans in
Japan. following the recent fire and
earthquake disaster in Tokyo and
Yokohama.
'EoU we all Japanese thank you
for your great Kindness in this time"
the letter said you gave up all. You
sent as much necessary things and YOU
all are very kind to us. Our thanks
are beyond measure. We all will new
er forget them hereafter. | AM only a
nameless woman, but must write you
this, even with such a broken word, as
! could not keep secret my thanks.
Please excuse my impolite.
Hoping you are happy and peaceful
forever and thanking you for your
great kindness"
None of the letters Of gratitude, in
Guiding those received from the en-
perOr of Japan, the prime minister and
the japanese ambassador here, has
been more appreciated by State de
partment officials than that received
from the "nameleSS.'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
sion.


C. C. burst, of near New Germany,
while out logging one day last week,
had his right leg broken below the
knee caused by being struck with
log The injured member was set and
is healing nicely, but the accident will
keep Mr.. burst in confinement for sew
eral weeks at least.
The Junior C. Z. meeting was very
interesting on Sunday night. Master
Clyde Bender acted as chairman. Sew
eral members from the Senior society
discussed the topic which was "The
Real Pleasures" A pleasing duet was
sung by Misses Viola Swauger and
Christine Beachy. At the reguler
business meeting that followed it was
decided to hold a sunrise service on
Christmas morning, the offering upon
that occasion to be for the local orph-
anage. Everybody will be welcome to
this service.
Mrs. w. C. Loechel, who has been i'll
for several weeks, is out again.
Mrs. C. C. Glotfelty and baby have
returned to their home at Addison,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20

Maj. J. G. Bar, 'ay, above, eighty
five, now living in retirement at Car
linville, H., is the last survivor of the
famous military organization known
as the United States Zouave Cadets,
commanded by Maj. E. f. Ellsworth.
Organized in Chicago in 1856, the Zou-
ayes won fame in drill competitions
on tour of the country. When the
Civil war started the company was eX-
banded into a regiment, composed
largely of the New York city fire de-
partment. The commanders first or
ders were to move to Alexandria, Va.
On the morning of May "A, 1851, Com
mander Ellsworth rushed into an AL
eXandria hotel to tear down COnfed-
crate flag and was shot dead by the
proprietor, who fell from Il bullet at
the same time. Major Barclay remem-
bers well this incident Ellsworth was
the first line officer killed in the Civil
war.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
Owl parkens Two Towns.

A large barn owl darkened two
towns near Camden, N. J., when 1t
perched on a high-tension wire which
carries eleC :ricity to Swedesboro and
Mullicahall. All the lights In both
places wen out as the current crossed
through tn, OWLS body The dead
bird Ia now on exhibition in the Office
of the Eiec ric Company Of New Jer-
peZ. It's RLV spread 4 four feet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20
RECORD ORDER FOR STAMPS
Chicago Sends Requisiton for $685.
OG0 Worth.

Chicago Sends Requisiton for $780,
oG0 Worth.
The largest requisition for high de-
nomination stamps ever received
reached the Post Office department
at Washington from Chicago.
Exclusive Of ones and tWos, the Or
der totaled GOOOO,OOO stamps with a
value of $5,599,00O, and included 1,0OO,-
coo 50-cent stamps, 100000 81 stamps,
100000 of the 20-cent denomination,
100000 10-cent, 100000 Of the 10
cent and 100000 each of the 11-cent
and 3O-cent denomination. Other
stamps of lower denomination were or
dered in lots of 100000 and 6,OOO,-
600 each.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20

after a visit with Mrs. Glotfelty's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Milt Kinsinger.
H. A. Schaffer, j. C. Miller and the
latter's children were in Cumberland
last Sunday visiting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-12-20

FOR SALE-Brass bed, springs
and mattress, chiffonier, china closet
and 9X12 administer rug. Apply at
the Giessman apartments.-Adv. 32-tf
Subscribe for The Republican.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-08-17
EVIDENCE INDICATES BIG film PLANS PROPAGANDA FOR 0PEN SHOP
North American Trade Union
Movement Leads the World

And this when critics sneer "5-cent
increases" and jabber their phrases
about future civilizations.
And this when the intelligentSia lam
guidly fiecks the ashes from his ciga-
rette and yawns advice TO "the working
class"
But suppose these trade unions did
nothing but raise wages. That alone
would justify their existence. Let oua
dilittante critics read what the United
States children's bureau has to say on
the number of baby deaths due to low
wages.
These trade unions do more, how.
ever. They establish labor papers
operate banks and cooperative stores,
maintain labor colleges, homes for aged
members, labor headquarters, life i'm
surance, health insurance and old age
pensions.
Every form of education and collec.
tive action is fostered and encouraged
by them. Their standards of yesterday
are rejected as they plant their banner
of progress one step forward, today,
tomorrow, and always.
No institution in the world can equal
the progress and development of the
North American trade unionists the
past % years. Their independence,
their standard of living, their capacity
can not be approximated in any other
trade union movement on earth.
Other movements may be more the
atrical, but for things accomplished the
trade union movement of this continent
is incompatible. And this with the inn
migration question, and its multiplicity
of languages and ideals which has
made uniication of workers by work
seYs the greatest social triumph in his
tory.
These facts are ignored by the revo-
lutionist, who sneers that the goal of
our older unions is few pennies wage
increase.
The sneers are logical, The revolu-
Zionist hates the trade union as heartily
as does the industrial autocrat.
They hate the thing they can not die
tate or control,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-08-17
"MOVE ON" ORDER
is MUCH NEEDED
AT MAIN AND |. c.

On Main street from the Illinois
Central tracks to First street tenn
porary board walk has been con
structed for the use of pedestrians
while the University avenue and
Chester street subways are closed.
This is the only crossing for three
blocks that will permit of residents
crossing from the east side except by
taking the street cars.
Every evening from dusk until III
o'clock this walk is lined with loiter-
ers who frequently take up the whole
sidewalk without regard to the rights
of citizens whose duties call them TO
cross from one side of the city to the
other.
Frequently it is embarrassing, not
to say disgusting, for women to take
this short cut, and many of them
having had one experience IN crowd
ing through, prefer to walk to Logan
street or Washington street IN order
to avoid the humiliation of listening
to the language used by many OF
these loiterers.
If sueh a condition prevailed In a
metropolis the loafers would be kept
on the move by the authorities, VINO
perhaps are not apprised OF the tact
that the board walk has been turned
into a place for men who have moth
ing to do but to congregate.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-08-17
PUBLIC WANTS
MOTOR BUSSES
is EVIDENT

After discontinuing operation for a
period of several weeks the Cham
paign- Decatur motor bus is operating
again in competition with the Illinois
Traction System. How long it will
continue to operate without interfer-
ence is a question which has not been
answered definitely. 1t is understood
that trafic has been resumed without
a schedule, the busses operating un,,
der a taxi-cab permit. What legal
technicality may be found to prevent
a continuance of the service will be
up to those to discover who are inter
ested in stopping motor busses from
operating.
After a brief run last summer the
Danville-C Champaign motor bus hne
was forced to go out of business.
Pressure from some source was
brought to bear that made successful
operation of the line practical I'M
possibility.
The public, however, is apparently
coming to the point of demanding ad-
ditional means of conveyance to near
by cities, and may In time be able 10
bring pressure enough TO bear upon
the state legislature to secure the en-
actment of a law that will settle the
question. =.
While il is conceded that a city or
even the state may grant franchise
TO a company, like the Illinois Trac-
ton company, to the exclusive night
to operate its lines in specified
territory, il is also conceded that II Is
the duty of a company thus favored
to provide a satisfactory service at a
reasonable fare And that the. fare
should be fixed at a figure below
which another company cannot fall
and declare a just dividend, is purely
a question of justice to the. public.
The motor bus as satisfactory
means Of transportation is no longer
a dream. This method Of conveying
the public from one city to another
n short distance away has already
proved practical. There is less delay
than in any other method OF trans
portation, and apparently less ex-
pense once a line is in operation un-
der good management. The trolly line
superseded the locomotive IN short
distance runs years ago, only to be
superceded by gasoline driven We
hicles. The public will demand the
opportunity to choose between thC
two In the near future and II will mol
be difficult to secure the passage of
legislation that will open the door tC
a more modern means Of conveyance
once the public demand becomes IN
sistent.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-08-17


The above sneer is included in a let
ter by Upton Sinclair in soRe contro-
versy he has with writers organiza-
ton.
How familiar it sounds!
How it recalls the mildewed phrases
of % years ago when tomorrow's sun
would greet the revolution! And when
the deposing of Sam Gompers would be
the final push that would bring the
present order crashing to the ground!
Except to revolutionists and intelli-
gentsia, such terms as "old line trade
unions" have no significance.
Some of the hardest battles in the in-
dustrial history of this country have
been waged by so-called "old line trade
unions"
They were the rallying point in the
fight for direct legislation, the secret
ballot, and free textbooks.
They started the fight against auto
cratic control Of industry. They have
destroyed the serf ideal-that workers
stand with hat in hand before the boss.
Today there are no more indepen-
dent and assertive citizens than these
same trade unionists? Who can lead
them? Who can order them? Who
can cajole them?
This spirit is everything 1t excels
all the resolutions written, revolutions
blue-printed, and programs urged. 1t
is the foundation Of collective pro-
gress and individual development. It
IS trade unionisni's greatest triumph
These unions are active in every
movement that increases the intelli-
gence and widens the capacity of their
members.
Not only in better working condi-
tions, with resultant better homes and
healthier children, but unionism is the
one force that arouses the people to
endangered liberty and encroachment
by privilege.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-08-17
GASOLINE DROP
is ABNORMAL
SAY CONSUMERS

A drop in gasoline prices of seven
cents in less than weeks time is
viewed with alarm by many consum-
ers. The whole transaction by which
this unprecedented fall is brought
about savors of price slashing
scheme to put some one out of busi-
ness, judging by the history Of such
reactions.
Following action by Governor w.
II. McMaster of South Dakota. order
ing the Highway Supply Depot at
Mitchell, S. d., to sell gasoline at
sixteen cents a gallon the Board Of
Directors of the Standard Oil Com
pany in Indiana announced reduc-
tion in the price of gasoline to six
teen cents throughout South Dakota.
On the heels OF this announcement
comes a price slashino panic through
out the entire country. though the
Standard Oil Company insists that
this reduction places the selling price
below cost of production.
With that statement before the
public ii is evident that there is
method in the madness. Somebody
must 90 out Of business, and ii will
not be the Standard Oil Company.
The movement was started some
time ago in a joint meeting of pro-
ducers and agents In Chicago. The
indications were that there had been
an overproduction of gasoline and
that many subsidiary firms were over
stocked and must necessarily move
their surplus as quickly as possible
in order to cash in. Independent
firms advocated a deereas in price.
Producers fought the increase and
threatened TO close down rather than
grant the public the benefit of the
over supply.
But the price was cut and the
Standard Oil Company not TO be out
done announced the general slaughter
Consumers are rushing to fill their
tanks. Small retailers are stocking
up to the limit in the fear that there
will be a reaction. Many smaller
companies will be forced out Of bust
ness and when the object Of the
abnormal decrease Is attained the
price Of gasoline will again mount
upward, perhaps cent or two higher
than before the price slashing came
At least that is what the far-seeinR
consumer fears.