Evening star., 1923-08-25
TALKS and TALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS

mas called them 10 washington in the
last two weeks had only thought be-
fore leaving home TO slip a nugget
or two of the precious fuel in their
pockets there would be little to worry
lover capacity supply herea bouts this
winter. Every MOTEL register in the
city has been crowded with names of
men prominently identified with the
| President, some by their organiza-
tions, while not "A few have dropped
in Just to see what was doing"
! Looking in the pink of condition.
~. q. Bradley, president of the West
| Virginia Coal Association. and him
self an operator, with headquarters
at Dundon. w. Va, is guest at the
Shoreham Hotel and when asked lis
opinion Of the situation was most
/ emphatic in saying that as soon rs
the American people decided VINO was
| TO run their government, John Lewis
or the constituted authorities. then
all arguments will cease and both
sides can 20 TO work"
If" continued Mr.. Bradley. Mr..
Lewis, who only last year made the
piunt statement that the public was
at the mercy Of the union. is to bc
| at the helm then the sooner this Is
made clear the quicker the end OF tha
controversy. In the meantime the
key to the situation is for the public
! serious"
! referring to the present wages cf
the miners. the operator said that
| compared with those received hv
! workers in other lines. the coal dig.
gers were getting their fun shal.
| The trouble is, the relationship be-
tween miners and men employed in
| said Mr.. Bradley. The public a.
| large has the mistaken idea that the
| coal squabble is purely a fight be-
tween the miners and operators. when
nothing could be farther from Tho
! fact. The fight is between miners. and
every working man in the country.
| while, doubtless, desirouS that the
! coal workers receive their just dues.
II he understood the true situation.
would be willing to grant them a sub
! sldy. for in the end il is the public
/ that has to pay"
Mr. Bradley said that New England
was big factor in the psychology Of
the situation, but that the bituminOus
! fields could be relied upon TO run up
tits output. as IL did in war times from
the present delivery of more than
| !o,50o.0O0 tons week TO as high as
100000 tons every seven days.
The Coal Association president is
well known in Washington. being ii
| grandson of the late Senator Donald
Cameron OF Pennsylvania and great
! grandson OF Simon Cameron. who also
served in the upper house from the
! keystone state and was Secretary Of
War in President Lincoins cabinet.
For the benefit Of those nae embers
of the fair Sex. who shivcr al the
thought of a burglar climb trees al
the sight OF snake or 90 into hys
terics at the mere mention OF mice, II
might be well TO tell here Of the ab-
solute fearlessness displayed by Mrs.
lC. ID. WalZ, young Chicago matrcn.
who with nc other protection than
he rcurley- headed three-year old boy.
Chester, has just arrived III the city
by motor from her Highland Paya
home in the mid-wcs;rru city.
The young woman, N..u is stopping
rest before cont. her trip TO
Westport, Conn. VIII. she Is to NEE.
her husband, detained there on busi-
ness, seemed amazed that notice
| nothing at all"
Why, how perfectly foolish" size
smiled, when asked if she eXyerierced
any fear on the road. 81 wouldn't
be AFRAID TO drive around the world
by myself Thought of fear never en-
tered my mind. My husband was dc
tained in Connecticut. and as Ne
wished TO take trip through The
woods Of Maine I just naturally de-
motorist need fear nothing in hi,
country so long as she attends To her
I drive"
| The comeiy tourist then went into
I
on her trip, which sha made over the
national highway, and said: "Really.
every one should travel if only 10 az
preciate what America is. So entranced
was that l made 275 miles the 1irst
day out. | stopped over at Newark.
Ohio. and at the Wheeling Country Cub
FOR bit of rest. but truly believe |
could go on for weeks at Il time. 80
cry"
Persistent quizzing. however ELECTED
the fact that Mrs. Waz had done yso-
man service throughout the war as a
motor car driver with the Red Gross
She was detailed at different periods III
the states OF Wisconsin and Iowa. drove
for weeks during the "fu' epidemic and
was known throughout the west for her
devotion to duty.
Asked If she carried a Shooter" the
pretty motorist smoothed the soft ha.r
OF her little boy. and said, With hi.n
along. how could you?"
81 can see nothing but light ahead .c'.
America, and darkness tor Germany
said Carl Schreiner, general manager
OF the Munich Reinsurance Company cf
New York. as he sat on sofa in th"
Hotel La Fayette lobby. waiting for his
friend. Judge l. NJ Mcekins, head Of
! the insurance department of the alien
property custodian.
Mr.: Schreiner, who is one Of the most
widely known insurance men in the
United States. having developed tho
company that reinsures insurance COM
! panies, declared that nothing could dim
! the country's bright outlook
| with the simplest precautior and
a firm stand by the administration all
petty difficulties will be overcome and
! America will so onward" he said
! The New Yorker, when pressed for
| an opinion as to conditions in Ger
many, was far from optimistic. Ger
| many is doomed, ] am afraid, despite
1 the many cheerful reports brought
| back to this country. She cannot
| bear up much longer. True, her farm
ers are going ahead, and agriculture
| ally she might appear to tho visitor
! within so per cent OF what is needed.
and with the best part of her rich
! lands cut off. l can not possibly see
how she will survive
Mr.. Schreiner is stopping at the
New Willard Hotel, and said that the
| insurance business Is good all over
| the country right now.
Never in the history of the great
| highway between the Mississippi
river and the Atlantic coast have
| motorists enjoyed better roads nor
| fewer detours than this summer. ac-
| cording to II. S. Melton of Paducah,
| KY, who with his family are at the
| Hotel Washington after IL continuous
/ motor trip from his home to Detroit
| TO New York and thence to Wash
! ington.
! Mr. Melton is one Of the best known
automobile distributors in the south
with headquarters at PaduCah. and
: was enthusiastic over business con-
ditions in that section. which he said
| were abnormal right now.
| 'Paducah is the livest place in Ken
| lucky" he said. 'fiverybody'S work
ing. The Cadillac Hotel Company Of
Detroit has just purchased the old
l House.