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AUTO TAGS OF MANY HUES
SEEN IN CAPITAL STREETS

u person shoui6 take the color
Aehernes displayed on the various license
plates seen upon the streets of Wash
ihgton, and have them made into n gar
inent, he would discover that he was
the possessor of veritable Joseph s
coat: his garment would comprise all
the coiors in the rainbow and then
some.
I'm no other city of the United States
uoes one see the variety of combIna-
lions of license tags as i'll Washington"
says Milton u. Smith, a member of the
Metropolitan Police Department and an
authority on street traffic regulations.
Great Narief, of Tags.
standing Oh the corner of Madison
place and Pennsylvania avenue, the
busiest morning crossing in Washing
ton. ! counted 80 autos with tags from
other states. not counting Maryland and
Virginia. y little over a year ago |
stood al 9Th avenue and And street,
New York. said to be the busiest cross
ing in the world and in all the maze
of vehicles | could only count 103 autos
with other than New York tags: This
count did not take In New Jersey.
''Of course" said Mr.. Smith. "all is
not gold that glitters. Whereas sena-
tors and representatives and some Spe-
cal employees use the tags of their home
states, Yet Il good many cars with an
out -of-town license never touch the
roads OF the states in which they are
registered"
I'm view of the various tags used il
IS sometimes very confusing for a per-
son 10 distinguish the licenses of the
dnferent states. for an example. the
1913 ID. c. tag is white and brown. the
la2S Georgia tag is Identical in color
and size. The only distinction is that
the latter tag has the letters Ca
in front of the numerals, while the D. c.
Tag has the letters after the numerals.
The same colors are used in a num-
Der Of states. but all have some slight
difference. Illinois has white and
green. Michigan is practically the same.
illinois uses very small numeral and
Tag, while Virginia has the same color
scheme but Il larger tag.
Nevada has probably the most orna-
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ANANlAS BAD FOR
MOTORISTS; DEPRIVES
OTHERS OF HELP
lContinued from sixth Page. ,

interests would be after him IL he did
any better, but contented myself with
remarkinG feebiy: "Didn't know any
six-cylinder bus would do that we'll
You never owned Suffrln six,
that's why" Ananias argued
"Is she proportionally economical on
tires?'
10000 Tire Record.
rs sho? Why, friend. the Sunrin
six / had before this did 10000 miles
on one set of tires-and, mind you,
never a puncture."
did not care to question it, Men
tally, j was punctured. Did this man
think I could possibly believe all he
said, or half of 1t, or mere eighth?
Did he imagine that he was selling
me Suffrin six through these ex-
travagant claims or that he was i'm
pressing me as particularly saga
cious motorist?
1t Is difficult to understand his real
purpose. Apparently he is just try
Ing to live up to the traditions of the
order over which he preSides The
trouble Is not so much with his sue
cess In the art of fbbing. but in the
bad influence he exerts over motor
lists in general. For isn't it fact
that nearly every car owner will hide
his repair bills and keep among his
darkest secrets the details of road
breakdowns?
Isn't It the truth that the car owner
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who doesn't tell you his car lis the
about as rare as the proverbial needle
in the haystack? And aren't accounts
of gasoline and tire miieages about
the widest fiction you are likely TO
encounter?
Bad for Mot0rdom.
Ananiaa is threatening TO make
motoring ono round of yarns, some
big, some little, but all wild. He is
breaking down that spirit OF fellow
ship which hasn't beer any too
healthy az ii is. He may huin IL
entirely. When all owners start fbbing
to each other cars will be taking on
wings and wearing halos, Repair
men will go back to the professions
they were better suited for. Cars
Will run on their owners own hot
air. And all will seem TO be Utopia.
But they Will discover that IL is
merely boredom. Members OF the
Ananias club will yearn for a little
novelty, some Innovation; as, for
example. an owner who admits that
his carburetor is In rotten shape or
that he ruined his uniyersals because
he forgot 70 grease them. Perhaps
there are some of these unusual peo-
pie on deck at the moment. If so. l
hereby urge them to try telling the
truth and nothing but the truth as
a habit just to see If IL doesn't have the
effect Of an innovation. A little word
of fact about what happens to some
Evening star., 1923-02-11

mental tag. orange numerals on a black
background with an orange stripe around
the border. This years tags show that
white predominates as color for
numerals, while green is the most
favored for backgrounds.
"On account OF the fact that some
states do not issue tags until March and
July, every 1928 state tag is not yet
represented in Washington, hut before
the summer Is over 1t Is expected that
every state will be represented
with the granting of reciprocity be-
tween Maryland and the District these
other state tags will give way to r. G.
tags and II will be of great assistance
to the authorities to have at their
finger tips record of each and every
auto in daily use on the streets of the
city
The following is the list compiled by
Mr.. Smith for the police depa artment
The list includes every car seen in
Washington UP 70 February 1:
Evening star., 1923-02-11
JAPANESE GOOD DODGERS,

Dispelling a popular illusion that
Japanese mortality statistics have
been swollen by reckless motor car
drivers dashing through narrow
streets crowded with children. the
imperial department of home affairs
has announced that in the past three
and half years only 1876 persons
have died as the results Of motor car
accidents in Japan. or about one to
every 100000 Japanese, and that the
number of those hurt, but not killed
by motor ears has been only 1858
Considering the congestion of Jap
anese cities. through which motorists
are forced TO drive, and the growing
number of cars In the country (il,75e
according to latest available figures),
the percentage OF accidents argues
we'll both for the skill Of the Japanese
driver and the agility of the pedes-
trtan.
Evening star., 1923-02-11
Flat Garter Invented.

From rntruit News.
A little contribution TO the history Of
womens garments: the origin OF the
garter-not the round kind, but the
other variety.
II was. invented, for his personal use,
by one of the most illustrious German
philosophers. Kant, who had observed
that the type Of round elastic garter he
had been using TO hold up his silk stock
ings stopped the circulation OF the
blood.
Kant set his brilliant mind to work,
and finally devised a combination Of
elastic and catgut harness attached at
the top to his vest. Thus the hose sup
porter was born,
Evening star., 1923-02-11

motorists thankful of gas may save
the day.
Ananfas is IN again. and mctordon
IS being calcimimed with white lies.
know that you had to be towed home.
but to know 1t and try to make
others believe otherwise 10 painful.
THIS sort OF thing doesn't get any-
where. II skins the surface. 1t
breeds distrust. Ananias, here's the
door
Evening star., 1923-02-11

the y. NJ. A., would indicate that this
leg islation will aim at equal oppor-
tunitiCs in the future for all pro-
GuccrS. rcfincrs and independents in
the sale Of gasoline.
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THURSDAY MARCH 18th 1928
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story Of the Easter Bunny.

The story Of the Easter bunny Is
told by Christoph Won Schmid In
Schuflers book on Easter. A Ger
man lady living among the poor In
email mountain village, where eggs
were unknown, wished to Introduce
these delicacies to the peasants. She
had . coop Of fowls brought into the
village and taught the people to use
the eggs. When Easter approached
she decided that eggs were an appro
pirate gift, ~ sign Of the reyivin.
spring. She boiled them with mosses
and roots, to give them variety OF
brilliant col0rs, "as the earth has just
laid aside her white mantle and dec.
grated herself with many coiors." On
the Easter Sunday she had the little
children make each for himself . lit
de nest Of moss and hide It in tht
neighboring wood Afterward. when
they went to the wood. they found
each nest .nIled with coiored eggs,
Tho children's efforts to account for
the presence Of me eggs resulted in
the BELIEF thaE the hares had Laid
then.
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and sat upon It And. through fear,
al Of rs soldiers became ms dead men,
and could neither fee nor speak : III
The soldiers, worried lest the dis
appearance Of the body bring punish
ment upon them, sought advice from
the high priests. who gave them
money. saying. "Say you His disciples
came At night and stole Him away
while w wore asleep" The priests
promised to square the matter with
P1lats. and % the affair was adjusted.
sHs 10 Rlssn.~
Ths same morning Sunday, after
Msry Magdalen. Peter and John had
visited the tomb and gone away again,
women came to embalm the body In
accordance with the Jewish custom,
bringing myrrh and aloes fos the pur-
pose. On entering the sepulcher they
saw according to st. Mark), an angel
"a young man sitting on the right
side, clothed In long white garment"
They were frightened. But the angel
said: BE not affrighted. Ye seek
Jesus Of Nazareth, which was cruel
fed He is risen; He is not here"
The immediate followers Of Jesus
were not only overwhelmed with dis
tress by His death, but felt very
natural alarm for their own safety
They could not fail to perceive that
they were In great danger At any
moment they might be arrested as
criminals. and meet the same hideous
fate as that which had overtaken their
Master.
Their best chance was to scatter
and hids. and to remain hidden untn
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Hither the body wrapped in white
linen, was taken and laid out to await
embalming
Thereupon it was that certain Jews
went to PLATE and said to him: "Sir,
we remember that the Deceiver said,
while He was yet alive: After shree
days | will rise again Command.
therefore, that His sepulcher be made
sure, lest His disciples come by night
and steal Him away, and say unto the
people, He is risen from the dead"
PLATE granted the request, and sent
q squad of soldiers to guard the tomb,
against the opening Of which they
rolled large bowlder, to close it.
But In the night an earthquake came !;
the bowlder was rolled away, and
when the soldiers entered the sepul-
cher, little later. the body had dis
appeared
An Angel Appears.
We read: Zone Of the soldiers
came and said, Know that Jesus is
risenr The Jews said, 'Howk And
he replied. First there was an earth
quake; then an angel Of the Lord
bearing lightning, came down from
Heaven and rolled away the stone
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1t is strange to consider the fact
that the most extraordinary event in
the worlds history was witnessed by
no human being.
Jesus rose from the dead, but no
body beheld His resurrection.
The soldiers placed as guards at the
sepulcher were first to discover that
the body vas gone. They saw the
stone (which sealed the entrance)
rolled away, and soon afterward, go
nag in, they found the tomb empty.
Mary Magdalen was first to arrive
at the tomb the next morning. which
was Sunday. Finding 1t empty. save
for the white linen cloths In which the
body had been wrapped, she FASTENED
b great distress to Peter ana John,
her superstition being that It had been
stolen.
Peter and John could hardly believe
what she told them, but, going to the
sepulcher thereupon, they verified her
statement.
John had been an eyewitness Of the
crucifixion. He knew that Jesus was
dead, and to his mind that tremendous
fact was final. To all the follow
ers Of the Master His death was a
shock peculiarly dreadful because
they had taken 1t for granted that He
could never die. After His execution,
they had no notion that He would
return to them and. as will presently
be shown. even the apostles were at
first wholly incredulous. Of His resur.
rection-
John tells how he saw the soldiers
break the bones Of the two thieves,
AZ they hung on their CROSSES, to
hasten their death: and. further,
that they did not do this to Christ
because He was dead already-a fact
which was made sure BY Z spear which
one Of the soldiers thrust into Jesus
side.
Tomb Guarded BY SOLDIER.
Jesus had preached doctrines which
the authorities In Jerusalem regarded
~ dangerously socialistic. In addi-
ti0n. His teachings had given offenss
to the Jewish priesthood. which stirred
up popular feeling against Him. Ar
rested on trumped-up charges, He was
condemned to death to satisfy the
mob and appease the rancor OF His
high-placed enemies.
Plate though he weakly yielded to
the demand for Jesus condemnation.
had himself no sympathy with the pro-
ceedings. 1t was therefore with en-
tire willingness that he granted to
Joseph Of Arimathea permission to
take down the body and see to its in
terment.
Joseph Of Arimathea was a rich
man. He had, short time previous
ly, ordered the construction of a burial
vault, cut cut Of solid rock-presum-
ably fse tn ~ 1t his own family.
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hy local applications, as they canno2
reach the diseased portion of the ear,
tional treatment. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE Is constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube When this tube II
infiamed you have q rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when 1t is entire
ly closed Deafness sis the result. Unless
the inflammation can be reduced, your
hearing may be destroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system, thus reducing the in.
fiammation and restoring normal condi-l
tons.
Circulars free. All Druggists.
f. j. Cheney r. Oh galaGo. Ohio.
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Is a F ire in
| Easter Legends

Every Easter we are accustomed to
see in the shop windows the hare with
his little basket OF eggs or standing
with some gift or rerninedr Of the sea
son in his paws.
But our grandmothers would tell as
THAT when they were young thay did
mot have the hare in any form at
lEaster.
Now, why should any ona suppose
that it is the hare and not the hen
who Is responsible for these particular
leggs. and what has he got to d with
Easter7 asks Klyda r. Steege II the
New York Times. There Is Z good DEAL
70 be said ON this subject and Il Seads
ISne Into somewhat curious paths e re-
luearch.
| Easter Il feast governed - { lsnar
period. and the hare, In many REGIONS
land countries. Is the symbol e the
hoon. There are several reaauns for
IthiA The hare (not the rabbit enc
Enust understand} Is nocturnal ami
nal, and comes out at night b feed.
Hence there IL a connection u the
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the excitement WIS over. This, in
fact, was what they did
They do n eam to have paid
serious attention 0 what Jesus told
them about His approaching death,
or to Ills promise that He would rise
again. That this is true is proved by
the incredulitv with which they re-
ceived the news of His resurrection.
At first they refused to believe 1t Vat
all.
Christ Appears to Mary.
Two women Uuke "a :1f) told them
that Jesus had appeared to them near
the sepulcher. and that they had actu-
ally taken hold Of His feet; but the
Apostles thought 1t foolish and In
credible story.
Mary Magdalen (Mark 16:11) told
them that she also had seen the
Master, though He would not permit
her to touch Him. They thought that
she was either lying o. q victim sf
delusion.
Two Of tho disciples Of Jesus stated
that they had seen the Savior; that
He had talked with them, and had
walked with them to Emmaus, VII
lage eight miles from Jerusalem
whereupon He had suddenly vanishe&
Their story (Mark 1o:1S) received no
credence, VI
All three Of these appearances %.
Cured on the very day of the resur-
rection; and 1t was In the evening Of
the same day that Jesus presented
Himself before eleven Of the apostles
who had assembled doubtless for CON
sultation) in the upper ROOM" where
In the Last Supper had been held.
Even the evidence Of their ewn
senses did not convince them 81 His
corporal reality until they touched
His wounded side and saw Him par
take Of food.
Thomas DOUBTED.
Thomas was not ono Of the com
rany gathered on that occasion; and
when they said to him eftuward,
we have seen the Lord" he refused
to believe. saying. Except /. shall sec
In His hands the print Of the nails,
end thrust my hand into His side,
WIN not believe
When Jesus appeared to tho apos-
ties IN the upper ROOM" they tocs
Him for ghost Only by talking and
eating with them was He able to sat.
isfy them that He was not a disem.
bodied spirit. The two women who
saw Him near the sepulcher on the
morning Of that day had at first the
same idea; and 1T Is likely that the
same is true of Mary Magdalen.
Nor did the APOSTLES easily over
come this first impression. When,
more than week later, He appeared
to seven Of them at the Sea of Cali
lee, they failed at first to recognize
! Him, and their first emotion was that
of fear. This, too, notwithstanding
the fact that all Of them had seen
Him again two or three days earlier,
when He convinced the doubling
Thomas that He wns truly risen in
the flesh by showing His wounded
| hands, net and side.
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\ |, ~
A-.r;e. First Justise 70 Al
HpEopLE's pApERAa
OUR BOUNDEr DUrY

This newspaper must frss Of sn -
dean. it must be fair, it must oe hsa-
- and without malice in IL oSsnasns
s,d expressions and II must 1t q.
dimes, devote itself unflinehinsiy ~ J
fearlessly to the psblie service IN eA IS
i.terests Of the masses Of the pecrse'
It must always combat evA ana N
iastice.
II must always Aght fer preEresa
and reform. es. s.
Il must never tsaerate cerfupssssA'
4 must be IN sympathy vasA -
.eey end unfsrtunate. se
Fer Beliastsa II nsss alvsys ssa.e
vath the uAsel1sh devotion. for "
..aieveueat At the finest ideals. q
evsry high purpose. Of every inter-.
usse, Of every step In he mafsn -
pssgrssA
n nuss stand for COED govsrnns
frsedon, equality. tse puShe vsnsss'
oavic and true patriotism snd saeyins
l6ve q country.
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And the angel answered and
said unto the woman, Fear not
yer for ! know that - seek
Jesus that was crucified. He 3
not here, for He il risen - He
said.-Matt. 70; Sc.
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EASTER SONG

Oh. I have seen the dnffodil
Dance up and down the April
hill,
And l have watched the wild
flowers go
Where trod the ermine footed
snow,
And l have herd the bluebird
spill
The silver of their song
Along
The reedy banks beside the rill
The seal is broken; ecstasy
Of life on earth again is free
For you and me.
Out of the sky, out of the sod,
There looks the conscious face
of God.
Clinton Scollard.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-02
HEAVY RAIN REMOVES
SNOW FROM STREETS
PEDESTRIANS IN BAD

The heavy rainfall of yesterday re-
moved the snow from the streets of the
city so rapidly that anyone who had
been confined to their home for week
would doubt very much that one of the
most severe snowstorms of recent
years had been experienced within
that time. Yesterdays rain was al
most as severe as the snowstorm. the
water appearing to fall in sheets during
the greater part of the afternoon. The
streets were literally little rivers and
everyone without rubber boots and
storm clothes received q severe drench-
ing.
The appearance OF what snow and
ice remained was very deceptive. and
anyone picking out what appeared to
he a solid piece Of ice or snow was
liable to find their foot buried in five
or six inches of slush and water. Con-
vcyanccs were hard to find and every
public team in the city was busy haul
ing PASSENGERS. Several public auto
mobiles also were out and they car
ried many passengers about the center
| of the City.
| The ice in the river held throughout
the day and as the weather cleared
during the evening no trouble from
that source was anticipated
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Hotel Chase Owner
Claims New Years ,
Eve Raid ILLEGAL

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 1.-The raid on
the exclusive Hotel Chase here by
federal prohibition agents and police,
which resulted in a disturbance par
ticipated in by many of the $500
jewellers of the New Year there early
today, was conducted illegally and
unconstitutionally, Chase Ulman,
owner Of the hotel, declared in a
statement tonight.
Ulman said that the. warrant used
by Gus O. Nations, chief enforcement
officer which charged Ulman with
possession and sale of Intoxicating
liquors, failed of service when it was
| NOT served on him but thrust into the
vest pocket OF his assistant manager.
Clman said he was undecided as
to what action he would take.
The raid eliminated in the driving
Of the officers from the main dining
room amidst a shower of missiles
after a shot had been fired by an I'M
| identified person, wounding two men
and woman. The disturbance
started, it was said, soon after the
agents changed their tactics of max
ing superficial inspection of the
dining tables and began to search
about the tables for concealed liquor,
pushing back unoccupied chairs and
weaving their way between the
closely packed tables.