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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

Bulgaria SurrenderS Internationally
to the allies and hoStilities ceased OH
cially at noon today, following the sign
ing of an armistice at Saloniki last
night. Bulgaria is to evacuate ell ter
ritory won diSband her army and give
the allies free passage for war opera
tions. American forces con-
tinue to participate in fierce fighting
along the Argonne and Mouse front.
The heaviest fighting occurs in the VI
cinity Of Apremont, when the Germans
threw fresh divisions into the battle,
driving a wedge into the American line
until Pennsylvania troops attack them
from the east and drive them back
with terrific losses. The Ger
mans are doing everything possible to
hinder the American advance as they
work feverishly to finish defenSes on
the Kriemi1ilde line, behind which they
have placed heavy forces of artillery
and have concentrated a number OF
fresh divisions. I" Germans rush
up reserves to save Cambria, and the
assaulting British encounter fierce ma
chine-gun fire They continue to adj
vance, however. and bag an enormous
number of prisoners. Amerl-
can forces are clearing the Argonne
Forest, and have to contend with nun
dreds of snipers. many OF them in trees
Americans turn two complete batteries,
taken from the enemy, on the Germans
and infiict heavy damages. AL
lies make real gains in Flanders. The
Eelgians occupy Roulers and the Brit
ish carry Messines Ridge. Sew
en- hundred and twenty-five casualties
are given out by War Department to-
day: 104 KILLED in "ction,',' 526 severe
ly wounded, 26 dead Of wounds and %
missing.
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gaging personality and extraordinary
intelligence and ability He was taken
on by the mission board, escaping at
that time a search into his past life
Millions of dollars were placed trust
fully in his hands. He was admired
and respected in the community and
lived in luxury.
In his getaway, supposedly with
enough funds to last him for the rest
of his life. he thoughtfully provided for
the delay in the search for him by his
subterfuge regarding business trip, al
lowing himself ample time to reach 4
distant point Disguised and with the
means to live in responsibility. he
probably believed himself safe from APP
prehension.
In picking up the absconding Carnes
within a month and half of his dis
appearance from Atlanta, the Canadian
police, while demonstrating their own
efficiency. have merely shown that the
path of the criminal is becoming in
creasingly difficult. Society rejoices at
the presentation of this open and shut
case to serve as a lesson to weak
minded and easily tempted persons
throughout the world that with present
day methods of communication it is
almost impossible to evade the long
arm of the law.
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archaic, inconsistent and difficult
pounds, inches, yards. pints, quarts.
gallons and bushels, not to mention
links, chains, perches, poles and faith
oms. to which the Anglo-Saxons cling
SO fondly, yet not with mutual con-
sistency will be replaced with the
metric system. 1t may be decades. 1t
may be centuries, until this logical and
simple system is universal. Its growth
and spread already are amazing, and
the time will perhaps come when every
land will be entirely "in step" save the
United States and the British Empire.
Science and the Treasury Department
already use the metric system; manu-
facturers and trade must inevitably
follow. Lacking a Renal. a Mussolini
or Peter the Great, we will prob
ably never undergo the crisis caused
by ukase; our change is likely to be
more gradual, with the older units of
measurement dying of inanition.
Perhaps, on the other hand, such
drastic change is better gotten over
with in one agonizing wrench No
matter which way it comes, in the
meantime it behooves every school boy
and girl to learn the metric system,
and learn it thoroughly, against the
time when ounces and rods shall have
become as Anticipated as cubits and
talents. It is wondered if Americas
have seized on the pres
ent opportunity of pushing good old
alphabet soup" in the Near East.
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HOOVER is ALSO TARGET OF
WHISPERING" CAMPAICNERS

scandals was led by some of his imme-
date aides and advisers, who seem to
know little about national affairs, into
intimating that Hoover in April of 1922
had knowledge of the iniquity of the
Teapot Dome naval oil reserve lease and
connived at it by telling an inquirer
merely what the criminal negotiatorS
of the lease wanted to have told.
Now, every informed person in Wash
ington knows that the lease was a Sc
cret lease and never had been discussed
in the cabinet. The inquirer-the Texas
Oil Company-was asking Hoover
about something that he had never
heard Of He demonstrated his ignor-
ance by sending the inquiry not to the
Interior Department, which had made
the lease, but to the Navy Department.
When he wrote back to the Texas
Mr. Hoover conveyed information
which was news to him, namely that
the lease had been made, and his Sec
rotary added:
II wish to advise you that Mr.. Hoover
at no time has had any knowledge of
any arrangement-pending even-in
this connection"
* y X
1ndeeu, people IN washington SeloOm
take Mr.. Hoover into their confidence
when they are going to commit crimes
any more than the people at Albany
confide in Gov. Smith when they are
going to commit them in New York.
Yet. in effect, he has been charged
with completely in crime in Wash
ington, precisely as certain Repub-
Leans in the East have in eject
charged Gov. Smith with guilty knowl-
edge of illegal gambling pools in the
New York State capital.
This campaign started as contest
between two of the undoubtedly strong
est and honestest characters that have
ever commended for the presidency in
our whole history. Their hackers are
proceeding to turn it into a dog fight.
Neutral political observers here. famil-
lar with the lives of both candidates,
would most of them say to the voters:
If you read or hear anything damag-
ing to the character of either candi-
date, it is, if true, trivial and not
worth a second thought, and If it
seems to be genuinely important. it Is
then without any doubt at all absolutely
and totally false.
Copyright 1927
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benefit to the consumer who does not
overeXtend his own credit, and the added
benefit which would come in the form
of avoiding grief to the careless con-
sumner who unwittingly plunges too
deeply into debt.
Merchants now exchange credit infor-
nation, as to reliability of applicants for
credit. through their bureaus. But there
are only about $4,000 members of the
National Retail Credit Association,
although the nearly 1000 credit bureaus
organized under its auspices serve ap-
proximately 10000 merchants. With
an estimated total of l,315,O00 retailers
in the country. however, this means
that 1,l45,000 of them would be going
blindly If all extended credit, which they
do not, as there arc several hundred
thousand spot cash stores.
InStallment sales have been the Sub
ject OF widespread controversy for the
last half dozen years. during which this
system of merchandising has spread to
many new fields. but few definite facts
are known about it. With retail sales
estimated at $4,000, 100000 a year
upward, it is further estimated that
more than an eighth of this total is on
the deferred payment plan. Despite the
dismal forebodings of some economists.
savings deposits, life insurance policies
and other forms of thrift have increased
at the same time that installment sales
have grown.
* X X y
Naturally, installment merchants
themselves want all the information
they can get, as we'll as other mer-
chants. The Association of Credit
Apparel Stores, Inc. an organization
of approximately 1000 retail credit
stores, is discussing national campaign
to educate consumers on deferred pay
ment purchases, which if undertaken
would involve the expenditure of several
hundred thousand dollars in newspaper
advertising.
Differences in the requirements as to
the proportion of total cost required as
a down payment and the period of
time covered by deferred payments
exist among localities in the conduct
of deferred payment sales. Wide diff
ferenceS in practice are known to exist
in open credit accounts.
The study now undertaken will pro-
vide definite statistical information.
from which trade organizations and
individual merchants may work out
conclusions which are expected to
stabilize business in general, and thus
help both the retailers and their
customers.
(Copyright, 1924
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. d, LII. d.
Bishop of Washington

day worship, our devotional practices,
indulgence in any form Of religious
enterprise-theSe we classify as sacred.
In a right conception of life these dis
tinctions and classifications are wholly
artificial To regard our work in life,
the profession or occupation in which
we are engaged, as the means by which
we express the finer and deeper con-
victions of our character, means to in
vest it with dignity and Importance
and to lend to it Zest and enthusiasm
that render it both fascinating and
splendidly effective. Work rightly con-
ceived is not drugery, nor is Its value
to be measured by its emoluments. Too
many of us look down upon our occu-
pational life as something wholly unre-
lated to our religious principles and
convictions "You cannot mix business
and religion" says the cynic. If this
be true, then both are in a bad way.
That there is an intimate and essential
relation between what we are in our
religious practice and what we are in
our daily service is conspicuously true.
This is where practice must square
with precept Emerson had this in
mind when he said, What you are
speaks so loud I cannot hear what you
say" The value of what we do on
Sunday, or what we express in the
way of religious convictions must affect
what we - on week days, and in no
place shou his be more evident than
in our occupational service.
The wide breach between religious
profession and daily practice in our
dealings one with another constitutes
the greatest hindrance to the progress
of Christianity. Jesus ever and again
insisted that, religious conviction must
disclose itself in the practical concerns
Of everyday living. by their fruits We
Shall know them" Preaching has its
place, religious services and devotions
have their place, but their place is not
restricted nor circumscribed. Their
largest and finest expression must be
disclosed in the common concerns of
life. We affirm or deny what we be-
lieve more largely in our workaday life
than in any other place. "The place
wherein thou standest is holy ground
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Business and Religion.


"The place iUhereOn thou StdndeSt
iS.Issly ground" Exodus, ttt.5).
Nothing more largely affects our out
look upon life than our daily occupa-
ton. Once young man has de-
termined for himself what his work
In the world Is to be, he has largely
fixed not only his relation to men and
things, but his philosophy of life itself.
1t has been said. not without reason,
that We come to look like the thing
we do Some one once said of a great
leader, he bore his, great commission
in his look" The doctor, the lawyer,
the clergyman, the teacher come at
length to- bear in their person the
marks of their pursuit The habits of
our occupational life affect very largely
the habits Of our social and domestic
life. This is particularly true concern
ing the latter. We reflect in our homes
and in our relation to the members OF
our household our successes or our
failures. our disappointments or our
achievements. We literally carry our
work with us wherever we so, hence
the Importance. of a right conception
of it. It is not question OF the OBJ
security or conspicuousness of the serv-
ice we render, 1t is a question of a
right understanding of its significance.
The above text comprises message
addressed to a. lowly shepherd. He
was pursuing the ordinary tasks of his
daily occupation. He had come to a
crisis, to q place where he was to enter
upon an entirely new field of service
and one to which he did not believe
himself fitted The words addressed to
him have a strange significance, THE
place wherein thou standest Is holy
ground" BY implication at least they
suggest that work rightly conceived
and rightly discharged is of high
character. We use so much the terms
secular" and sacred that We come to
segregate the habits and practices of
life and to regard them largely as un-
related. Our offices, our workshops,
our homes-all these belong in the
classification of things secular. Sun
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Kemal's Kindergarten.

President Mustapha Renal Pasha of
Turkey has very Sensibly informed his
fellow-citizens that the old Arabic
alphabet characters of the Turkish Ian
guage must go and must be replaced by
the ever more prevalent Roman letters.
When Renal issues an order it is not
usual for him to emphasize it by add
ing, And hurry up about it." That
goes without saying. Therefore, re-
ports from Constantinople state that
the whole Of the Anatolia section of the
capital on the Bosphorus is hard at the
new task; that public squares have been
turned into outdoor classrooms equipped
with gigantic blackboards whereby
business and professional men and
other literates may get intensive train
ing In their A, B, C's.
Perhaps Americans are getting a
laugh out of a situation in which al
ages must, for the time being, revert
to school days. The old Turkish script
dear to the hearts of the conservative
element, resembles somewhat the ef'
fects obtained by happy child equipped
with a tablespoon and a can of mo-
lasses; it is complicated and unsuitec
to the printing art, like the German
type, which is gradually being replaced
by Roman. The change just had t
be, at one time or another. Americans
and some other nationalities, however
must not let their merriment be un'
diluted with serious thought, for some
day they will face a similar situation
not as regards letters, but as regards
numbers and quantities.
Just as certain as the sun rises ant
GETS is the fact that some day tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
Business Doctors TO X.Ray
An Important Patient
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

Business doctors are about to X-ray
Old Man Credit to determine whether
he has dangerous cancer or whether
his occasional groans are due merely
to healthy growing pains, and they are
going to use Uncle Sans laboratory
for the examination.
About $200000,000 worth of mer-
chandise is sold in the United States
every day, including wholesale as well
as retail transactions, and more than
IS per cent of this is transferred on some
form of credit. Old as business credit
is, very little is known about 1t IN the
aggregate; the individual dealer knows
his own accounts receivable, and what
he himself owes, but he knows very
little of the experience of others. In
particular, remarkably little is known
of inStallment sales, which form of
credit has climbed to dizzy heights in
the last few years.
Acting under special appropriation
from Congress for the purpose, the
Department of Commerce today began
sending out the first of some half
million copies of credit QUESTIONABLE
addressed to retail dealers of the coun-
try. Cooperating with the depart-
to follow up the system to assist in
it's functioning, Is the National Retail
Credit Association. whose members in
duced Congress to have this survey
undertaken. Later, several hundred
thousand of forms will be sent for dis
tribution to consumers, to get both
sides Of the story.
These questionnaires to retailers seek
information on the total amount OF
sales by cash, open account credit
and deferred payments; what method
is followed in determining the amount
of credit to be extended an individual;
whether deferred payment selling Is
financed through a separate finance
company: whether definite limits to
credit for an individual are established;
whether a distinction is made in credit
examinations between applicants for
open accounts and those for INSTALL
ment accounts, etc. Also, data are re-
queSted on returns and allowances on
the different plans of sales, and re-
possessions and salvage involved in de-
ferred payment sales. AS the replies ara
to be treated in confidence in the in
dividuai cases, and we'll protected to
that end, heavy percentage of re-
turns from the QUESTIONABLE is eX-
pected.
Bad debts cause many business cas-
ualties every year. ranking we'll up with
insufficient capital as the cause of
bankruptcies and other failures. The
effects of these failures are felt by the
entire public, consumers as we'll as
manufacturers and distributors. Also,
excessive credit. with subsequent heavy
interest charges against the business
make for higher prices than otherwise
would have to be named to the con-
SumerS.
X X X X
What the merchants seek is stabil-
ization of credit: some definite unit of
measurement by -7hich the individual
dealer may gauge mis- own affairs and
avoid danger. Behind this there is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

With radio communication, airship
transportation and other methods OF
swift observation, It is not SO easy to
make surprise gesture as it was when
plans could be perfected before news
of them could make itself felt. Diplo-
macy lives in a glass house and will
not be inclined to encourage reckless
stone throwing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
Political Economy.

Are you student of polical econ
omy?"
Il am" answered Senator Sorghum.
There is nothing more important in
politics than economy. One sure way
of getting prominence is to devise some
new means of compelling Government
workers to economize"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

Rumors assign to Mrs. Willebrandt
an intention to devote herself even
tually to the practice of the law. There
is always temptation for an able
Government servant to forSake the
small salary and take the personal bene-
fit of a reputation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

November will terminate the dis
cussion of interesting topics after the
manner of the campaign stump. There
will be a sense of regret at finding so
much oratory. brilliant or erudite. COM
PEELED to enfold itself in the sedate
silenceS
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A Terrible Blow.

From the Hamilton Spectator.
From New Orleans comes word Of the
death of the inventor of gin fizZ." He
lived to see the day when the chief
ingredient was made of potato peel
ings-and probably died Of a broken
heAxA
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Big Story

The Big Story.
A tale of laughter, love and tears,
The oldest records will recall
If each could live a thousand years
He might contrive to learn it ALL
So let us count that time ill spent
Which turns to ages far away
Upon Tomorrow still intent
We learn the story of today!
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purr so. His song of content is done
on inspiring and exhaling, whereas
most cats purr continuously, seemingly
independent of their breathing.
When the furnace Is started, Jack
Spratts affectionate demonstration will
stop. There will be no need of his
seeking extraneous warmth then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

Embezzlement on a large scale is
frequently brought to attention. No
amount of legitimate national prosperity
can head off the natural impetuosity of
the get-rich-quick man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

Fortunately there is no limit to the
time available for debate on matters
pertaining to peace. And there must
be peace so long as there is CONVERSE
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

Enthusiasm with which a Zeppelin
may be greeted shows how a decorous
career may eventually live down even
the most evil fame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

Much protest follows fear that as
a campaign issue the empty hip flask
may go too far in trying to supersede
the full dinner pail
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The purse Of an airship explorer
needs liberal access to the largest pos
sible financial filing station.
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The Grand Holiday.

Election days pleasant date.
Folks always welcome it because
More sanity seems the candidate
And promising. than Santa Claus.
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Practical Test.
"You are urging your friends to vote
for prohibition"
mot exactly" said Miss Cayenne.
Il am only trying to persuade them to
try it out personally to see whether
they sincerely like it,"
Poverty is not sure sign of hon.
esty," said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town. 1T may be only an indication
of bad judgment"
The Humble M0torist.
My eagerness I can't conceal,
AS to the Powers I appeal.
l ask for no official place.
I merely want some parking space.
de man dat hates dogs" said Uncle
Eben, lis de kind dat can't appreciate
an unselfish friend"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

Jud Tunkins says the only chance
of whispering campaign is a grip
epidemic that will give all the speakers
laryngitis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

What the merchants seek is a stabil-
ization of credit: some definite unit of
measurement by ''hich the individual
dealer may gauge mis- own affairs and
avoid danger. Behind this there is the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-26

Fox corporation it gave it represen-
tation in the theater districts Of the
outstanding centers from the Atlantic
to the Pacific coast
He pointed out that todays deal
was consuinmated almost exactly 25
years from the day that William Fox
paid $1,666.15 for his one third in
terest in a makeShift 146 seat theater
in Brooklyn, N Y.
The theaters of the West Coast and
Wesco companies combined seat
$4,000 persons and last year their
reports showed paid admissions OF
iO5,000,000 people These averaged 81
cents apiece. CT Total annual reve-
nue. of $34.650000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-26
FOX FILM co.
BUYS I HEATERS
OF WESCO CHAIN

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Jan. 25 ,QE9--.
Winfield Sheehan announced tonight
that the Fox Film corporation, of
which he is vice president, had pUr-
chased outright all the theaters owned.
by West Coast Theasers, Inc, and
the ''Wesco" chain covering the states
Of California, Nevada, Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Iowa
The deal by which the film cor
poration acquired complete ownership
and control of tie $50 theaters in
the two chains involved approximately
100000, 900.
Sheehan declared that with the 100
theaters already controlled by the