Evening star., 1923-09-24
TALKS ndTALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS


time. - ..
Such Is Guatamaia City, which rests
5000 feet above sea level, where tha
mercury never falls below so degrees
In. winter nor climbs above so. in
summer.
THE climate of the Central Ameri-
can republic is IDEAL. said A. II.
Geissler, United States minister to
Guatamala< With his wife he Is
Hotel. preparatory to a short trip
abroad, after which he will return to
his post. 1T is most even, never too ;
cold and never too warm. Something
like May In Washington all the year"
He said that while Guatemala was
little known to the people of this
country, great undeveloped resources
awaited the energetic American.
There has been very little tourist
travel from the United States in the
past" continued Mr.. Geissler, but
since the excavation of the Maya
ruins it will not be surprising from
now on TO see many excursionlsts,
Much interest is being displayed by
which depict life of those prehistoric
Indians"
Mr.. Geissler is citizen of Okla
homa City.
Nothing could be more pleasing to-
old-linc democrats than to know that
never before in the history of the
party have its members in the little
state of Delaware been on more hMr-
monious terms.
This was learned from Senator
Thomas F. Bayard as he stroiled
through the lobby of the Lee House
with the Sunday papers under his
arm.
Really. there is nothing to say
smiled the tall legislator. who Slip
ped down to Washington with Mrs.
Bayard to place their two young
daughters in school Delaware is
Our party is enjoying regular old
time love feast. Not a semblance of
discord to mar the peace of all fac
tions.'
How about the other crew, sens
ator?"
split wide. All, wait a minute.
1t Is not for me to express an opin-
ion. 1t is said, though. that the fight
Ds1%een S,nd Everybody See irreSpective ee'ef of
party. has the best Of feelings toward
President Coolidge, and 1t is the wish
of all that he have successful adj
ministration."
Never in It's history has the Great
Northern railroad enjoyed a more
prosperous year. This information
! was obtained from w, P. Kenney.
vice president and director of traffic
Of the company made famous by the
late James J. Hill, as he sat cooling
/ himself in the Hotel Washington.
YES" said Mr.. Kenney. 1T has been
good year for US. chiefly because
| the northwest is fast coming back to
| it's own. Hauling has been tremen-
dous. so great. in fact. that the road
has Joined the new Western Fruit
Express Company. formed to handle
| the vast output of the states or
Washington. Idaho and Oregon. Right
at present there are $4,000 carloads
of Wenatchee apples to be moved
from Washington and all will have
! to be in refrigerator cars.
The off1cial said further that while
| his company had expended vast sums
| for maintenance-of-wa work, all
such improvements had been COM
| pleted and from now on there was
nothing to be done but move the
principal commodities OF the section,
with the resultant increased revenues
! for investors.
Mr.. Kenney stressed the rapid trans
! formation of farming methods in Min
nesota from the old one-crop system
| to the diversified plan, and proof
! Of it's benefits gave figures 10 show
| that this year the Gopher state would
produce 15e.000.0o0 bushels of corn
and 144,0o00oo bushels of oats to 2o.-
0o0, 900 bushels of wheat, which
should prove conclusiyely that no
longer can Minnesota be classed as q
WI eat state exclusively, The truth
is that wheat is less than 10 per cent
of the states total production.
The railroad man also said that
crops had not been so large in Min
| nesota and Dakota this year as last;
/ when they were exceptional. and
! that bad weather had been another
| factor in curtailing production. 1T
has been pretty good, even at that
and out came the cigars.
Nor have England. Scotland. Ger
many and other war-ridden countries
! of Europe a monopoly on the unem-
word from South Africa, land of dia-
monds and metals, that it has more
1 than 10000 white unemployed.
| The situation is rather acute" said
the Very Rev. J. J. A. O'Donnell, O;
| NJ. l.. rector of the Durham, Natal
Cathedral, who has spent thirty eight
years in missionary work through the
| Natal Free State, Transvaal and Cape
I, provinces.
men," exclaimed the priest, as he
rested in his rooms at the New Will
| lard Hotel. 1T is difficult to adjust
wages. The reduced output of the
mines with the comparatively high
has caused q serious condition during
the past six months. Little was lett
for a profit to the owners
The missionary said compromise
was sought whereby certain stand
ards of wages would be maintained
for Europeans, by allotting to colored
labor that which had hitherto been
reserved for the white man, but thao
the solution did not meet with ap-
proval of unions, and in consequence
: many OF the smaller mlneS Sioeeo
The British labor party has been i'm
formed of the situation. with demands
being made by the South African
workers for redress, but 10 GATE
nothing has been accomplished.
From present indications the DEM
| ocrats OF Nebraska will back VIII
t tiai nomination in 1924, This is the
( firm conviction of Judge Arthur =;
| Wakeley of the district court OF
| Omaha, who. with Mrs. Wakeley, mas
! been making an extended Tip
1 through Maryland and certain parts
i Of Virginia and is now at the Hotet
. ut is a bit early to think about
! the nomination." said Judfe Wake
i lev, but from the little I conld
! learn from those familiar win senti-
/ ment in Omaha, Mr.. McA doc is the
/ most talked-of candidate at pres
The iurist said that President
i Coolidge had the good wishes OF all
| Nebraska people, and that while he
was not in position to talk for the
! opposing party. he would not be sur
| prised il Nebraska republicans cast
! their vote for the Chef Executive
at the convention of that party.
I Judge wakeley enjoys the distinc-
tion of presiding over the same
court as did his father, Territoriat
\ Judge Eleazer wakeley. appointed in
! 1857 by President Pierce and reap
/ uointed by President Buchanan. the