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Evening star., 1923-02-10
DRIVING WHILE DRUNK
COSTS POLICEMAN $50
Loses License A1so-Department
Trial Board Hears Case, Too,
But Result Is Not Disclosed.

Policeman John NJ. Cuttings, of the
first precinct, charged with driving
an automobile while drunk and tried
before Judge Hardison some time
ago, was sentenced to pay fine OF
$50 in the Police Court today.
Attorney c. w. Fowler. representing
Cuttings, asked for stay OF sentence
and gave notice of taking the case
to the District of Columbia Court of
Appeals. Cuttings was released on
bond pending final adjudication Of the
case.
Early on the morning Of January
"a Cuttings, in citizens clothes and
driving his automobile, 1t was
charged, arrested two newspaper men
near the corner of 14th street and
Pennsylvania avenue. charging them
with disorderly conduct, and drove
them to the first precinct in his auto
mobile. When they arrived at the
precinct the prisoners placed charge
Of driving an automobile while in
toxicated against Cuttings.
He was convicted of the charge and
suspended from the police force. Last
Saturday he was tried by the police
trial board, but the findings Of the
case have not been made public Git
things permit to operate an automo-
bile has been revoked by the Com
nissioners.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS
By EMILE COUE.
ARTICLE XII.

methods of so many Americans in the
conduct of their business, despite a
| more prominent appearance of self
| interest.
Lack OF Self-Consciousness.
1t may be. too, that these broader
motives animating them explain par
TALLY, at least. the striking lack of
| self-consciousness in American men
which enables them to concentrate
their thought and energies more than
| Europeans.
Sometimes. by the way. that lack Of
| less pleasing manners to European
! eyes. In my hurried trip through
America i have been compelled to
! sleep often in Pullman cars, and ]
| was not a little surprised when l
saw for the first time men emerging 6
| from their beds and passing through
the car with only their neither gar
ments and thin undervest to con-
| ceal their lusty unwashed frame from
the eyes of otheI occupants, including
1 women.
On one occasion IT was full noon
when a man left his couch in such
| scanty attire and passed unconcerned
down the entire length Of the car
course, strikes the visitor from Eu-
rope. where such incidents are impos-
sible. Yet America has a reputation
for prudishness. A fine confidence ir
himself necessarily goes with the
| He knows by the best kind of auto.
suggestion conceivable that he can dc
anything and everything, and he
does it.
/ j have been told that thinkers and
philosophers are fretting over the
| dread consequences to be expected
from a new tendency which they pro-
fess to perceive-a tendency to lazf'
ness and professional fdleness in {
| class of young Americans
MiIlienaireS Sons Work.
am told that the sons Of million.
| aires do not work. Maybe it Is so.
have seen no signs of it. and, in any
case, l doubt if the tendency be
strong enough to constitute a rea
danger. A few days ago 1 met the
owner of a business whose annua
a billion dollars. He has six sons; al
six work every day in their respective
departments, and all six know thu
business from A to z. Only one ever
has been to college.
Another multi-millionaire whom
know personally. and who owns thu
largest business Of its kind in tn,
world, is able to leave it in the hand
Of his son with complete confidenc,
whenever he desires to take a rest.
know from personal observation dur
ing the past few weeks that thes
cases are not exceptional. However
America has reached stage in he
1 development when certain amour
Of idleness cannot do much harm. es
pecially IL. as appears to be the case
the idlers are fostering the CROWN,
interest in art and the refnements o
civilization.
American men might do we'll to re
lax a little. 1t would be good for tn
| country, think. There is very littl
danger Of their going to extremes Il
that sense. The men of America ar
physically and morally among tn
finest types I have ever met 1t woul
be racial disaster to allow tn
reservoir of nervous energy to be ex
hausted before the nations destinie
are accomplished.
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ain. Canada and South America. by Mort
American Newspaper Alliance and New for
World press Publishing Company. All right
| reserved. Unlicensed reproduction in full o
| in part expressly prohibited)
Evening star., 1923-02-10
HOUSE GETS BILL TO PAY
BIG NORWEGIAN CLAIMS

The House appropriations committee
today reported out a joint resolution
carrying appropriations to settle Nor
wegian claims against the United
States growing out of acquisitions by
the United States Fleet Corporation.
This measure provides for the pay
ment Of $11,955,000 to the Norwegian
claimants, out Of $20,000.o00 remain
ing OF the s50.000,000 fund given two
years ago to the United States Ship
ping Board for the payment Of claims.
Against this $11,955,000 there Is an
offset of $22,S00 due Page Bros,
American citizens. Tho entire claim
against the United States was de-
termined by the arbitral tribunal es-
tablished under the special agreement
concluded June 80, 1921. between the
United States Of America and the
Kingdom of Norway.
The action of the House committee
was taken on recommendations made
in letters to Congress by President
Harding transmitting a letter ex-
planning these claims submitted to
him by Secretary Hughes
Evening star., 1923-02-10
PRES|DENTFACES
TWOR|VALS|N "a
Republican Leaders Expect
Johnson and La Toilette to
Enter the Lists.
TOUR TO SIFT SENTIMENT
MIR. Harding Will Get Better Ac-
quainted With People in Cir
Gle Swing.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Republican leaders-some of them
in the confidence of the men in ques-
tion-believe President Harding, in
the event he desires denomination in
1924, will have to face the rivalry of
at least two other candidates. They
are:
Senator Hiram w. Johnson Of Call
ifornia, and Senator Robert NJ La
Toilette of Wisconsin.
If the nine different states which
are contemplating the enactment of
presidential preferential primary
systems adopt them. it is possible the
number of aspirantS for the republi-
can nomination may be even larger.
The primary system invites an en-
courages personal ambitions. ire
spective of the question as to whether
there is any popular call for can
dfdate or not.
In the case of Senator Johnson
Senate colleagues, who rank as his
intimates, insist a Johnson candidacy
may be put down as certainty
Whether Mr.. Harding aspires for
second term or whether he does not
these authorities declare Johnson will
run; that he will conduct char
acteristically aggressive fight in the
primaries of many states, as ne DID
in 1920. and that he will wade into
the national convention in June with
to the bitter end.
JOhnsons Candidacy.
The men who essay to interpret
JohnSonS intentions say he viii enter
the lists as the savior of the repub-
lican party" Johnson, they claim,
sees the justification for his candidacy
In the conviction of many republicans
that they are doomed" if they go to
The country in 1924 with Warren G.
Harding as their standard bearer:
The pro-Johnson republicans pretend
to possess nation wide proofs that
the Presidents nomination would be
a mistake tantamount to suicide for
the G.. .. P. If such a fate is to be
averted, the men who are talking
Johnson have persuaded themselves
candidate other than Mr.. Harding
must be put up. In their extreme mo-
ments you'll hear them saying that
another Harding candidacy means
handing the democrats the Whlte
House next year on silver platter
They believe Hiram Johnson is the
Gratis really fear. largely because of
his reputed ability to capture the
Irish and German vote.
Harding Drift Expected.
Mr.. Harding's intimates concede
that at the moment his prospects
may look a. bit gloomy. But they hold
that time is working for him. They
are very certain he is going to run
again and that reaction in his fa-
vor will set in after he has had a
chance to get out among the plain
people, who are not influenced by the
anti-Harding sentiments Of disaffect-
ed politicians.
MIR. Harding's strongest political
asset is his amiability. 1t captivates
nearly everybody he meets. as do his
transparent sincerity and simplicity.
The country does not know that side
Evening star., 1923-02-10

Every American man shows in his
actions that he believes himself to be
a wheel in the complicated great
machinery that is at work manu-
featuring 4 nation; that, at least, is
the impression they give me. Their
belief in their individual Importance
may be, and often is. unconscious, but
it Is always perceptible to the
stranger. 1t is revealed in his
thoroughness In the feverish haste
with which he conducts his business
as though working to hard sched-
ule in order to achieve perfection or
success in a given time and keep
abreast of the swift national move
ment.
Without a doubt this~is the result
Of suggestion driven into ths mind
from childhood up. School books
teach it and 1t becomes autosugges-
tion. The subconscious mind of the
American man tells him imperiously
that he must not tarry. He has no
time for leisure. The nation must be
built, and if his own little wheel stops
it may check the advance of the
whole machine. and SO the American
man is the hardest worker in the
world. a pioneer and a slave to a
civilization in the making he con-
demns himself to a premature old
age. Although / have seen a few
American business men who look
young at sixty-f1ve or seventy, they
are exceptions. The average mar
here is old at fifty, because he is al.
ways at work even when he is a,
play. He carries his business with
him to the golf links and is thinking
out problems. meeting worries over
his hurried lunch.
Autosuggestion OF Success.
And too often he takes them tc
bed with him. His family life i.
sacrificed despite his naturally af
fectionate disposition. Generally
devoted husband and father, the
American is only too willing to leave
/ to his wife. He will send his whole
| family away for a holiday or 6
change regardless of the expense
for money means little to him. Ht
earn as much as is necessary. Tina
is one of the secrets of his success IL
ness-autosuggesti of success
The idea of success is in the blooC
| of the nation, for the nation itself l!
! a success-the most gigantic success
history has ever recorded. And al
ways the American business mar
seems to have the notion firmly in
grained in his mind that he is work
| ing not only for himself but also fol
| the nation, for his state and for hi
| city. I have never seen such boost
ing" as you call it, Of cities and states
as among Americans The result L
obvious in the rapid growth OF sucl
| cities and states and of the nation
| Look at the men who own or oontro
some OF the biggest businesses o.
| industries here.
| They deny themselves all leisure
! they work fourteen hours a day o.
more. / know many such. Certainl,
they exaggerate, just as some O
those boosters" of whom 1 hav'
| spoken. But that very boosting
| spurs men on unconsciously to great
| er effort to accomplish things ant
! make their own words true. I an
| quite convinced that the more o.
/ less vague consciousness that he il
an indispensable unit In the grea
| nation building plant explains thu
| element OF idealism that colors thu
Evening star., 1923-02-10
Mystery Animal
Striking Terror
In Virginia ToUn
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va, February 10
All Of the male residents OF
Churchland, a little town near
Portsmouth, are under arms to-day
searching for strange animal
that has roamed that section for
the past week killing and eating
dogs, sheep and other domestic
animals. The search was started
yesterday but was without result.
Early this morning a farmer re-
ported his dog had been killed and
eaten during the night.
y The presence of the strange
marauder was discovered early In
the week, when farmer was
aroused during the night by the
howls of his large shepherd dog.
An investigation was of no avail,
but soon after daylight the head
and hide of the dog was found In
the barnyar1. The following night
another family found the head and
hide of sheep in the rear of their
farmhouse. Still other farmers
have reported the loss of dogs
and sheep in a similar manner.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
Embargo Likely
On Canadian Coal
ToSaueNeu York

Federal authorities gave serious
consideration today to q direct
appeal from Maj. Gen. Goethals'
New York state fuel distributor,
for a partial embargo against
shipments Of anthracite to Canada.
Declaring that the territory OF
northern New York would be
faced with serious deprivation of
coal unless some of the shipments
routed through 1t to Canada were
held in the United States, Gen.
Goethals telegraphed F. r. Wad-
leigh, federal fuel distributor,
last night, demanding action, The
appeal was backed up by the
sending to Washington OF George
+. Baker, executive secretary of
the state fuel organization, who
was taken with Mr.. Wadleigh into
a conference today with Secretary
Hoover.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

tanned. They also attacked Presi-
dent Harding for naming what they
said was partisan commission to
deal with what they termed a purely
economic question.
Many proponents Of congressional
approval argued that the terms not
only were the best that could be OBJ
tanned. but were even more liberal
than Congress and the American peo-
pie. had expected would be agreed
upon. Replying to opositfon argu-
ments that the interest rates in the
agreement were lower than those
paid by the government on the money
borrowed and loaned to Great Britain,
proponents predicted that the Ameri-
can Treasury soon would be able to
borrow funds at equally as low rates.
The high spot in the arguments
of proponents, however, was that the
settlement would prove a long step
toward the stabilization Of the world
and the establishment of general
peace. 80
Evening star., 1923-02-10
117 AUTOS DISAPPEAR.

One hundred and seventeen automo-
biles have been reported stolen or taken
by joyriders since January l, according
to police records, and 102 recovered.
Three macines were reported taken
yesterday and two recovered. The cars
of H. w. Morgan, 4001 Woodley road,
and s, A. Golden, sol 18th street south
east, were recovered, while the car of
Isadore Winer, 807 ~ street south
west, taken from near Pennsylvania
avenue and c street. had not been re-
covered this morning.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
PLEDGES $500 TO CHURCH.

Three hundred dollars was pledged
toward the improvement and repairs OF
ingram Memorial Church by members
of the Ingram Bible class last night.
This amount exceeds by 800 the
amount raised last year.
Following the regular order of
business, an entertainment was held.
Charles c. Jacobs, president Of the
class, presided.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
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Evening star., 1923-02-10

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Evening star., 1923-02-10

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The Washington times., 1923-04-01

the mass of droplets. 1t breaks the grip
of the dust centre and throws the drop
lets together. They coalesce into drops
big enough to feel the pull of gravitatioH
and they fall to earth as rain.
The cloud vanishcs, since all it had been
was vast colony Of droplets The fog
t;ssipatcs for the same reason.
And in the event of there having been
neither cloud nor fog, but invisible par
ticles of water vapor hanging suspended
in an apparently clear sky, these particles
rush together and strike the earth as rain
drops.
1t is, of course, highly improbable that
the aeroplane sand-shooting method would
bring rain down from a desert-dry sky.
You can't make a thing if the parts out
of which it has to be made are lacking.
But what it has been proved that the
method can do is, to all intents and pur-
poses, make rain to an entirely salts
factory degree. There are times of
drought when clouds march across the
sky for days without seeming to be able
to drop their burden and refresh the
parched earth Trying to rain and
can't" is the farmers expression for the
condition.
Under such circumstances, if the clouds
can be induced to do their duty and give
up their wetness by tickling them with
electrified sand it will be a boon indeed.
Creat Britain RIGHTS Reserved
The Washington times., 1923-04-01

too small to be affected by gravita-
ton and to fall to the earth as rain.
When these tiny drops gather into
masses they form clouds But still
they do not merge into each other.
Two things operate to hold these tiny
drops together. First there is the
negative charge of the bit of dust
which acts like a magnet. Second,
each rain drop is contained in
Skin" 1t is this "skin" which en-
ables a drop of water to roll over
piece Of clear glass or any other dry
surface without wetting the latter.
1t is the same sort of Skin" that
lets the Skating bugs" promenade
over the surface of pond without
getting their feet wet.
Something else must enter into the
combination to break the grip of the cleo
trihed bit Of dust on the molecules of
water and bring the droplets together with
such force that their "skins" will break
and allow them to coalcscc into bigger
drops, heavy enough to fall to earth.
Now, every one probably has noticed
LnaC during thunderstorm pig crash OF
thunder is commonly followed by down
pour that is suddenly more vigorous. The
thunder clap has followed, of course, a
flash Of lightning. The lightning flash was
caused by the coming together of two
masses of clouds Of which one was more
highly charged with electricity than the
other. Nature always seeks to equalize
things. The lightning flash, which was
made up of positive electricity, was an
overflow from one cloud to another.
But when that current ran through the
clouds, it neutralzed for an instant the
negative charges holding the rain drops to-
gether. The drops ran into each other,
forming the bigger drops that came down
as the sudden vigorous downpour.
The sand blown out Of the acrOplanrs
into the clouds or fogs or even into APP
parently clear air, does exactly what the
lightning flash does. AS each grain whirls
along the little charge of positive cleo
tricity it carries leaps from It plumb into
(Cl 1928 h7 American Weekly,
The Washington times., 1923-04-01

ago, to GO into the business of rain-nnak-
ing, an appropriation of $4,000 being
made for the purpose by Congress That
was in 1892. The experiment was con-
Quoted on great scale, sixty balloons and
one hundred large kites being used. A
whole train of freight cars was required
to transport the paraphernalia, togethe4
with quantity of high explosives suff-
Gent to stock fair-sized volcano.
The scene of operations was an arid
plain in western Kansas, and the heavens
were attacked with line of battle.
Wooden mortars, planted at regular in
tervals in the ground for distance of
two miles. were loaded with "rackarock,"
while loads of dynamite were sent aloft
suspended from the kites and balloons.
By this means heavy charges of explo-
sives were conveyed even into the inter-
Tor of clouds and set off from the ground
by touching button.
It was veritable invasion of the skies
While the balloons shook the heavens and
the kite-tails went bang, the mortars
erupted fire and noise all along the two
mile line. For three days the racket was
kept up. But strange to say, not drop
of rain fell. The farmers, who had been
very hopeful, were Disguised, and the
scientific experimenters packed up their
apparatus and went home in no cheerful
frame of mind.
The notion that rain can be artifcially
produced by the use of explosives is de-
rived from a tradition that downpours
have commonly followed the great battles
of history. Assuming this tradition to be
based on fact, the Weather Bureau ex-
plains it by the statement that military
commanders move armies or begin en-
gagements, when possible, on fair days,
Then, as rain falls on an average one day
in three, if it does not follow battle, its
failure to do so is due to the circumstance
that a drought prevails. In other words,
the regular operations of nature should
be expected to bring rain during or at
the close of battle begun in clear
weather.
Curiously enough, the idea that great
battles are usually followed by transforms
dates back to period many centuries be-
fore gunpowder was employed in warfare,
the phenomenon having been anciently
attributed to the noise made by the clash
ing of weapons against shields and
armor.
A very odd fact, for which the Weather
Bureau vouches, is that great fires do
sometimes make rain. On occasions the
burning of large building has been OBJ
served to cause a rain-cloud to form di-
rectly overhead in the sky. Heated air,
rising in volumes, condenses the moisture
of the air. thus forming the cloud. 1t is
MISUNDERSTANDING from numerous in
stances noted-that in this way forest
Ares sometimes produce rain, by which
the fires may be themselves ex-
kinp,1iShed.
The Washington times., 1923-04-01

sarily so, since his crops, and therefore
an important part of his food supply, is
absolutely dependent upon the vagarles
and caprices of nature. Either the rain
falls, or it doesn't, and as the Bible says,
it falls upon the just and the unjust
alike.
Therefore, anyone who ever pretended
to be able to influence the rain and could
show fair proportion of success has al
ways been honored among his tribe.
One of the earliest accounts of rain
making is in the eighteenth chapter of the
First Book of Kings, where the Prophet
Elijah COMPOUNDED the priests of Baal.
And after Elijah had made his altar as
the Lord directed, sit came to pass that
the heaven was black with cloud
and there was a great rain"
Yes, since time immemorial, attempts
have been made to produce rainfall by
artificial means. In Nncvilized parts Of
the world that happened to have climate
lacking sufficient moisture, the chief busi-
ness of the priest-wiZard is that OF rain
maker, It is so in Thibet and in India;
it is so in our own Southwest, where the
Indian mystery men invoke showers
by magical spells and religious cere-
monials.
Even our own Government was per-
suaded on one occasion, not so very long