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fell over night No one could do
business. The merchant dared not
buy. fearing that he could not get
back the price OF his goods when he
sold them. The banker saw the
value OF his accounts disappearing.
The laborsr could not figure on the
amount OF his wages. and the house
wife could not calculate upon her
expenses. Our money had no value !:
It fell to $4,000 to the dollar and
our credit was lost.
Then DR.. Seipei, our state chan
cellor. took matters into his hands.
He counseled with our nsiEhboring
states. Italy and Csechoslovakia, and
we decided to see whether tho league
OF nations had any value or not. We
did not know that IL had any value.
We doubted 1t. but our case was
desperate and 1t was our only hope.
Well, to make a long story short,
we laid the matter before the league
and II has come to our aid. Owing
20 that aid. we are now q new nation
In spirit and action. Owing to 1t, we
have the most stable currency In
Europe. and our money has gold
value In the markets Of the world.
It has been fixed at 10000 crowns
to the dollar. It makes no difference
whether q dollar 10 worth 100 cents
or whether it II worth 10000 crowns.
provided the unit OF value is the
same. Our unit has been fixed for
tho past year. and our merchants are
doing business ~ usual. Our people
have regained their courage, our
factories have started to work, and
almost every one has come to be-
lieve that life Is worth the living and
that 1t will be so for the future"
X
THE people are thrifty. hard-work-
working and peaceful DR.. Grun-
berger tells me there Is no danger
Of bolshevism. He says that even
although the people were starving
when the bolsheviks came up the
Danube within two hours OF Vienna
and when they came down from
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Bavaria within q like distance Of the
Austrian border and were pushing az
well as they could their propaganda
in from Poland and Russia, there was
no inclination here to Join with then.
These people speak German and
they have a large amount of German
blood, but they are mixed with the
other races about and their German
blood is like that Of the Bavarian
rather than Of the Prussian. They
are a happy people. easily satisfied
They are Intelligent. with the ability
to invent and contrive, and they are
q conservative people who believe in
doing business after business meth
DDS. as Is evidenced by the banking
community, which Is famous all over
the world.
Among the assets Of Austria are It's
mines and its forests. Many think
the land has no mineral resources
The truth Is there is high grade iron
"a mountain Of it, which in normal
times yields 1000. 100000 tons a year
That means 10000 carloads at fifty
tons per car, or about enough to
NIL q track from New York to Phila-
delphia- Most Of these ores are used
for making opsn-hearth pig iron. and
the metal 10 adapted to the making
Of fine. steel and high speed tools.
There are now ESQ iron mills, more
than 100 machine. factories, seven
locomotive works, and nine automo-
bile factories. The country has also
magnetic. which is shipped in large
quantities to the United States
AS to forests. the new Austria is
more heavily wooded than any Of the
countries Of Europe except Finland.
Sweden and Russia. 1t has so much
forest that IL its woodlands were
lifted up and dropped down on New
England they would cover the state
Of Massachusetts, with timber as
thick as when the Pilgrims first
landed. A great part Of this Is soft
wood At for making wood-pulp and
paper, and a large part OF western
Europe Is supplied with such articles
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, from here. They are turning out
Isl, 900 tons of mechanical pulp and
almost that much cellulose- every
year. They are making 100000 tons
Of paper and 47,000 tons of this is
news print. which is shipped all over
the world.
coal to speak Of. but the Alps give
1t great quantities of white COAL" or
waterfalls. which will develop cleo
trio power. Only q small number Of
these powers have been developed.
but those available are equal almost
to the water powers of Switzerland
and almost half the water power
possibilities Of France or Italy. They
have already begun to electrify the
way which, when completed, will an
nua1ly save in the neighborhood OF
half a million tons of coal. The water
powers capable OF being developed
are in round numbers something like
5000, 900 horsepower. This, IL re-
member correctly. Is almost half of
the potential water power Of Niagara.
On my way up the Danube ! saw
electric trains moving along the Aus
trian banks and I was told could go
from Bratislava to Vienna by cleo
trio trolley. I understand that they
have invented a new electric loco
motive which 10 superior to any I'VE
have in America The idea Is that
all the railways will eventually be
electrified.
- - - -
A USTRIA cannot feed herself and
a she will always have to rely to
q certain extent upon her factories.
commerce and other industries to
supply. what cannot BE- raised on the
farms. Nevertheless. the farms put
together equal q trAct one-f1fth the
size Of Ohio or Just about az large
as Massachusetts,. They are found
largely In the valley OF the Danube
and in lower Austria and also on the
slopes Of the Alps. Tho farming is
about the same - that have de-
scribed in Bohemia The chief crops
are wheat barley. rya oats and corn
and the country annually raises
something like 100000 tons Of such
grain. One ton IL . good load for
two horses. and II you would load
that grain on wagons. allowing each
wagon forty feet on the roadway,
and start the caravan at New Or
leans. supposing it could travel the
ocean, IL would reach from there to
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capital of Slovakia. which lies on the
banks of the river. There I took an
Austrian steamer and came upstream,
fighting the current, to where I am
now. On this trip cut through
Moravia. am surprised ut its wealth.
1t is bigger than MASSACHUSETTS,. and
it has as many people as Baltimore
and Philadelphia combined. Much OF
the country is beautifully rolling,
and the hills are covered with forests.
We passed many sawmills. and at the
stations found lumber stacked up for
shipment. There were mountains of
telegraph and telephone poles on
trucks going out of the country. The
forests are well cared for. I saw no
underbrush anywhere. and on my
way through Slovakia met old wom-
en- bent half double carrying great
loads Of poles strapped to their backs.
Each had small CARLOAD, and the
poles extended three feet out from
their heads.
The villages of Moravia are pros
porous, and the farmers are rich.
Most, of the houses are rooted with
slate. and their succeed walls have
been recently whitewashsd. There are
many industrial centers and towns at
every few miles. ! spent some time
at Brno. the capital 1t has more than
two hundred thousand thousand peo-
Pile. and is a little Pittsburgh in the
heart Of a fat farming region.
X
EARTHER south the land grew
richer and the soil seemed to
fairly shout with the harvest. On
both sides of the track large fields OF
wheat. oats and grass waved to and
fro under the wind. and we could see
nothing but crops reaching on to the
horizon.
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only one cent. the people have recov-
cred their courage and spirit and they
are doing business as usual. Wages
and the cost of living have come very
nearly together. and the savings bank
accounts are greatly increasing. Ths
stores are again dlisd with fns goods
The people are buying. and I under
stand that ths factories are again
making money. There 10 no doubt
that Vienna IL coming back rapidly
The cafes and beer halls are full,
Most Of the industries arc busy, the
bank deposits are piling mp and the
bankers are lending to finance new
undertakings. The opera houses and
theaters are filed night after night
and it seems to be only q question
Of time when Vienna will regain the
prosperity she had in the past.
1t takes moro than politics to sup
port big city. Vienna under the en-
pire had thousands OF supernuous Of
ioials who are not needed now. These
are being cut down under the new
arrangement with tha league Of na-
tions, and tho civil service clerks an
finding their way into other busi-
nesses. They will bs producers rather
than parasitss. and they will add &c
the growth OF the city. The vtenns
Of the future does not depend upon
political conditions. It's growth In the
past came largely from economic rea-
sons, and the same conditions are in
existence today. The reason why VI
6hna Is q great oity 10 to q large OK.
tent it's geographical location. and. a
DR.. Grunberger. the minister for for
eign affairs, said to me this after
noon:
you cannot move a city like this
any more than you. can change the
stars In their orbit Vienna. IL In the
heart OF Europe. and at the Cross
roads Of the Continent. Tho powers
could do much to weaken her. but
they could not. like the old esnii vha
lifted up Aaddin's palace and bore Il
away In . night. lift this caty out ol
it, place here on the Danube. Just
whore the nations must pass on thsis
way east and west and 1t the cross
roads Of the north and tho south II
was its geographical location that
has made the Vienna OF centuries
past. It IL that location that Will
make It the gerat meeting place Of
the bankers and traders of the futura
We are tho strstsgio nnanntal and
commercial heart OF this part Of the
world, and will contlnus to be %
until the Lord chaugss the gsosrsphy
OF Europe"
TT was In the forsign ofaea. nsas
= the enormous palace in which ths
Hapsburg monsrchs held their courts,
that talked with Dr.. 0eunbsrgsr.
A tall. lean. wiry, angular man ei
perhaps nfty years. dressed In the
froek cost Of the diplomat. he looked
like . practical business maa. and
his actions and words we're business
like from my introduction to the
close OF the interview. He speks IN
English. whieh doubt not 70 the
bsttsr from the fact that he has "a
American wife; and he was not
avsrs> to saying just what hs
thought. I had asked him 70 put the
.ituati In = nutshell. He replied:
~ little more than year ago oul
condition was dsspes1ts. Our mepsy
was a. unstable az that of any OF
the aations about nss II Foss--and
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The land is owned in small plots
Many of the fields are ribbons OF
grain. potatoes or grass, which rur
along side by side. Often a potato
field will be thousand feet long and
not more than fifteen feet wide. with a
rye ribbon Of the same length on one
side and a wheat ribbon sewed to the
other. The farming is good and the
weeds are few, and not an inch OF
soil Is wasted.
There are trees on the sides OF
every road, ditch and stream. They
are all fruit trees, for these people
expect every highway and stream te
learn its own living. We found the
same type Of country in that part oi
|Slovakia through which We passed.
I spent the night In Brptisiava =,
q good hotel. where my room cos
me S1.25. and drove through thu
cobblestone streets In q one-hors<
carriage before taking my steamer
,Bratislava belonged to Hungary and
lit was here that tho Hapsburgs were
Icrowned kings. The town was known
as Pressburg to the Austrtans and
Pozsony to the Hungarians. Its pop
lation numbers 100000. mostly Slo.
walks and HungarianA. many OF whom
are not over-enthusiastto about thu
new republic Of Czechosiovakia.
The steamer which brought us ur
to Vienna was one Of four boats
which ply between Rustchuk, in Bull.
garia, past Belgrade to the Austrian
capital. It was originally known a,
the Monarch Line and, when plan.
ned, the four boats were to be
named after the four great rulers OF
the time One was to be the Kaiser
Wilhelm, another Franz Joseph. a
third Ferdinand OF Bulgaria, and the
fourth. Mohammed ". who succeeded
Abdul HAmid ~ Sultan Of Turkey
Two of the boats were built during
the war. and they were named re-
spsctively Frsns Joseph and Will
helm; but after the treaty Of peace
1t was decided to throw down the
!, monsrchs and put up the planetsn. ~
stars which could not be subject tc
the wars Of the future. They then
changed the Kaiser and the Empsrol
Frans Joseph to Jupiter and Saturn
and the two new boats which have
since then been added have the
, names Of Neptune and Helios
4 + + i
III TOOK = taxi and drove to. the old
palace. which IL my hotel. The
| streets were full Of vehicles. and ths
pavements crowded with the same
good-natured. happy-go-lucky people
whom I knew here In my visits bs.
fore the war. since then I have been
moving about through . igrVat paEt
| Of the town. ana on the surface at
least one sees bat few chAngss
There arc some bsgxars, Il II true,
but they are easily satisdsA With one.
seventh Of . cent whieh means loe
kronen. and svesy one seems TO give
have seen hundreds Of school chill.
dren with their books In packs on
their backs. Asy are fat sad healthy
| and look no deterrent from similas
children in an American city. Tha
people on the streets are fairly well
dressed and the crowd one ssss In tha
Prater or at 6ohonbfunn on Sunday
10 apparently a. prosperous ~ those
| Of Paris or Brussels. Vienna has had
. terrible tfsns ana she has. perhaps
lost some b. starvation. but now thai
her oureracy 70 statilissd, even though
It takes 100 kronsA. .os N amount
that -formsrir- -nneaat <1lo. - saual
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shops; one woman OF social prestige
who wants to earn a living. has
opened a luxurious place where one
can get tea. learn Chinese games. be
photographed as one plays In Chinese
costume, and buy Chinese jewelry,
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seurs quarters OF the city are earn
Ing . good living teaching the fash
ionabie set how to play the various
gambling games that 60 by exasper-
ating names. These rooms are placed
in big department stores, In sports
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mot
of the
Republic O and a the Danube
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15

change iof goods at the prevail
ING rates of exchange of goods
at the prevailing rates OF eX-
change. An American buying IN
= German store otter offers or
more often is required to pay IN
dollars or pounds. This saves the
merchant the trouble and expense
of changing marks into dollars.
The natural question-what be-
comes of all the paper money
Germany prints-is partly answer
ed by the enlarged amount OF
money German must carry
around. Back in July 700 marks
would buy meal at an average
quick lunch. Now it takes from
five to ten thousand or more.
The Germans pockethook bulges
with notes, his coat and trous-
ers pockets carry Surplus and
he replenishes his stock each
morning before venturing forth
into the days work. The average
man can carry only e7ough notes
for one or two days expenses
to carry more would involve too
bulky bundle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
ny United Press

Berlin. March 15.-"EXtra! the
dollar quotation of the day. TX
ira! New slump in the mark,
While American newsboys cry
their extras on the days big
eest news. the louisiana, Ku KhX
or the European war" situations
The German newsboys appeal
Aailv 10 the public interest by
making the most direct appeal
to the buyers pOcketbOok-the
quotation Of the dollar in marks
Germans everywhere are IN
terested in how the dollar IS
quoted in marks, because Ger
mans everywhere own dollars,
English pounds, Argentine pesos
and all sorts Of comparatively
stable foreign currency.
Nobody in Germany-or any
whereelse for that matter-wantS
10 retain mark notes very long.
Rack in July a 500-mark note
vas worth Sl.OO and would by a
dollars worth Of goods on the
German market. At this writing
q 500-mark note is worth less
than two cents and buys about
two cents worth in German stores.
So IL is easy to understand
why a German who has any in
cl.nation 20 save. wants TO save
something other than marks. If,
in July, the German turned his
500 marks into an American dol
lar.( he is able now to turn 1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
Girls Work For
S. A. Is Great
Leaders Proud of Achieve
ments of Young
"SoldieretteS"

Leaders of the Salvation Army
Drive soon to open, in listing the
achievements of the Army in
Alexandria, foremost among the
accomplishments to which they
refer with especial pride is the
work done among the boys and
girls Of the city The work of
organizing the Girl Life Guards
is particularly commendable and
to show the high standards to
pirc, a copy Of their pledge is
given:
The Life Saving Guards Pledge
I promise to the best of nv abii-
ity TO fear God and serve Him to
give of my strength and Sympathy
to the weak and suffering to be
loyal to my country, to be true to
the lifc-saving guard declaration.
I promise:-
To seek to obtain a sense of
the favor of God and to learn
how to extend his kingdom in
and through the organization.
To see. u hear, to speak and to
read with the intent Of directing
my thoughts Alright, and thereby
to esssit in the formation of an
upright and womanly character.
To abstain from the use of in
toxicating LIQUORS, tobacco, gamb-
ling. and any practice or habit
likely to interfere with a sound
healthy condition CT body.
To acquire efficiency in various
methods of life saving, to be
watchful for opportunities to as
sis to The weak the aged. the
needy. and to help others by all
means in my power, to show obed
fence and respect to my leaders,
TO be sister to every other
guard. to live at peace with all.
to be thrifty trustworthy court
cous and pleasant under all cir
cumstarces, and to be kind 10 an
imals.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
Bill Brennan Suffers Severely From
Blows Inflicted by South American

twelfth round or Monday night,
before thousands of spectators
who had gathered in Madison
Square Garden to watch the
fighters, both Of whom are seek
ing a battle with Jack Dempsey
Brennan received rs bad a
beating as if he had been hit with
a sledge hammer" Or. Splitter
said today. when ] was called
to attend him. / found him in &
daze, although it was Unen some
80 hours after the bout. He had
received the worst battering of
his career, but despite that, SEEM
ed to think that he would get
over it as he had got over beat
ings. There is no cause for alarm
however.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
Speculation in Bootleg Money
Repressed by German Ruling

into thousands of marks and buy
practically as much as he could
with his 500 back in July.
The German government, TAX
ing coenizance of this fact, reali-
zed that much speculation was
going on and, some time ago,
issued anti-speculation regula-
tons. This merely took specula-
ton out of legal, public places
and put it on an illegal "boot-
logging" basis. The German still
buys dollars and sells them at
a profit. He does it through
friends, who have dollars to sell,
through banking houses and con-
Germs who take the regulations
with a grain Of salt and through
relatives and associates in fore
ign countries.
Germany IS flooded with fore
IGN currency which passes for ex-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15

New York, March 15.-Bill
Brennan, pugilist who suffered
concussion of the brain as result
Of the beating ne received at the
hands Of Louis Angel Firpo, in a
heavyweight boxing bout there,
was declared today by attendants
to have spent a "cQmfcrtable'
night at the Jewish Memorial
Hospital.
DR.. Edward L. Splitter, upon
whom Brennan called for treat
ment more than 80 hours after
he had suffered the injuries which
now confne him to the hospital,
described the boxers condition as
rot dangerous" DR., Splitter
stated. however, that Firpo's
blows to Brennan's head had
caused conclusion of the brain.
Brennan's left side was mass
of bruises, the physician said and
a great swelling from the top of
his head to his neck showed the
results of the battering he re-
ceived from the giant South Anne
rican. The swelling is in the reg
ion Of the mastoid bone, llr. Spit
ger said, and come from girpo's
rabbit blow short punch dur
ing the fighting at close quarters.
Brennan's left kidney also
showed a large swelling. Despite
the terrified beating, Brennan did
not report to a physician for
more than a day after the bout.
He was knocked out in the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
Masonic Program To
Be Given Tonight

The 156th anniversary Of the
birthday of Andrew Jackson, af-
Ter whom the lodge is named, will
be celebrated tonight by Andrew
Jackson Lodge of Masons, 122
at the Masonic Temple
Edwin c. Dutton, Of Washing
ton, will deliver an address and
there will be Il social session fol
lowing by buffet supper. Mem
hers Of Observation-Disclosures
Lodge and visiting masons are
invited to attend:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
Chicken Dinner
Tomorrow Night

Friendship Council, No: 28'
Sons and daughters at Liberty
at their meeting last frlday
NIGHT received one application for
membership and also completed
arrangements for their chicken
dinner which will be given from
5 until 8 O'Clock tomorrow even
ING in their hall, III North PITT
street. The ladies Of this eoun-
ell are noted for their famous
chicken dinners and they urge all
who can to attend this dinner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
THIS PURE CREAM
ENDS HEAD COLDS
apply if Ncstrils-lt Opens AIT
PASSAGES Instantly

tpplv If Ncstrils--It Opens AIT
Passages Instantly
Colds and catarrh yield Ike
magic to soothing, healing anti
septic cream that penetrates
through every air passage ana
relieves swollen, inflamed mem
braces of nose and throat. Your
ciogged noatrils open right up and
YOU can breathe freely. Hawking
and snuffling stop. Don't stay
stuffed up and miserable.
Get a small bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm from your drug
gist. Apply little in the nostrlls
and get instant relief Millions
endorse this remedy known for
more than fifty years.-Adv.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
ALEXANDRIA CANTON To-
MORROW

Alexandria Canton No. l. will
meet THURSDAY night in !. o. o..
F.. har on North Columbus
street, at 7 p. m. Business Of i'm
portance to be transacted and all
Chevaliers are requested to be
present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
]. W. MAY DIRECTOR

The agriculture bureau of the
chamber of commerce at a meet
ing yesterday afternoon elected
John w. May a director to the
chamber of commerce for a per-
iod Of two years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
DR.. Jesse Hayes is New
Game Warden For City

Dr. Jesse Hayes has been APP
pointed Game Warden for Alex
andria, tc succeed George W.
Bontz, resigned, according to
word received today from Nc
Donald Lee, State Commissioner
of Game and Fisheries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
ST. PATRICK PROGRAM

A 81. Patrick program will be
held in Assembly hall, st. Mary's
Academy. Friday evening at eight
o'clock. The public is invited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15
CHIMNEY FIRE TODAY

A chimney fire in a huse on the
west side of Patrick between
Duke and Wolfe streets, caused
a local alarm of fire shortly after
9 o'clock this morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-15

Giraffes are attracted by red
Japan is the greatest exporter
If silk.
The mirror., 1923-05-17
MAY

Who feels not, when the Spring once more
Stepping DER Winters grave forlorn
With winged feet, retreads the shore
Of widowed earth, his bosom burn?
AS ordered flower succeeds to flower,
And May the ladder of her sweets
Ascends, advancing hour by hour
From scale to scale, what heart but
beats?
Some Presence veied, in fields and groves,
That mingles rapture with remorse;
Some buried joy beside us moves,
And thrills the soul with such discourse.
AS they, perchance, that wondering pair
Who to Emmaus bent their way,
Hearing, heard not. Like them our prayer
We make-"The night is near US
stay!"
With Paschal chants the churches ring;
Their echoes strike along the tombs;
The birds their halleluj abs sing;
Each flower with floral incense fumes.
Our long-lost Eden seems restored
AS on we move with fearful eyes
We feel through all the illumined sward
Some upward-working Paradise.
AUBREY de Vere.