Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1921, Page 6

1 .,'* m mme STAR, 'nn and Ohio will gain 2 each, lnd:lrlel_ld.s are shortly to meet at Kansas With Sund Morning Connecticut, New Jersey, North Caro-;City, Mo.. for that purpose, they have This is a WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIDAY.......Janusry 1921 |vent congestion in the Hall of Rep-{ He is not going to Europe. His/ i e e e e e e e A need | THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor members would not have added to the{an ocean voyage. T |eficiency of the House. By the plan, He has not begun to think about Yhe Evening Star Newspaper Company | now favored there will be a shifting {next fall's mayoralty race. It is t00. Il Business Office. nn Bl..ndl’elwhlnll Ave. | of political power somewhat, as the |early. o e D silging. | size of the House is reflected in the| He has mo intention of resigning Eaglesd. [ gize of the electoral votes of thethe leadership of Tammany Hall. He ‘The Evening Star, vllh the Sunday merning | States. It remains for actuaries to|is still on ‘the job, and expects to re-| elitisn, {s deliversd I ;:f{;’:,;"}',}“,,‘{';_‘,‘;{ work out the net result as it affects |main so. Tammany's interests are| uppermost in his thoughts. We have then, by his own admis- lina, Texas .and Washington 1 each.|Mr. Murphy's permission. The plan now adopted will surely pre-|free country. 20 cents per month. Or-| party prospects. tel o arlen end of each montd. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Naval Holiday and Economy. One of the difficulties in the matter of general naval disarmament, or rather a naval holiday on the part of the three chief maritime powers— Great Britain, Japan and the United States—appears in the statement of Marquis Okuma, former premier of ——|Japan, to the effect that this coun- try’s proposal is intended more to help America than to contribute to marine | the peace of the world. The United States, he says, is fabulously wealthy and wishes to curtail national ex- penditures. Judging the disarmament | " 4o " rpere is little in the - proposition solely from that point of{, s 414 the braves must be nour- toms are in being, the expectation is |view, Marquis Okuma can see no rea-|, .- that America will figure with her |son for Japan taking any step until products prominently and profitably [the United States has persuaded Great in foreign markets. Britain to join in a naval holiday. In order for this expectation to be| This illustrates the tendency of realized, however, it will be neces-{each nation to look with suspicion sary for those bottoms to be operated {upon the motives of all others. Mar- in a' thoroughly businesslike way.|quis Okuma does not speak officially The bare possession of the bottoms |for Japan, but his view may be that ‘will not suffice. of the people generally. Unfortu- It is our own fault that the sea|nately it'seems impossible to disso- carrying business is new to us. We|ciate any motive of economy from a are beginners in a field where we |disarmament scheme. Of course, one should now be veterans. But better [of the principal considerations in any late than never. And having begun, | plan for lessening the great fixed war we should explore the field, and learn, {equipments is economic. If the im- and apply, the rules of cultivation. |mense burden of naval and military We need to know as much as can |cost now resting upon the people of be learned. Our leading competitors |the major nations could be lightened —Great Britain and Japan—are pow-|the money now spent upon those ob- erful nations and accomplished traders. | jects could be devoted to other and Their merchant marines are entirely | more permanently helpful means of fit and up to date, and operated with | development. Japan is assuredly ‘in great ‘success. In order to compete |a position to appreciate the possibili- with them successfully we shall have | ties of curtafiment. to hustle. Japan's case for reluctance could Both the English and the Japanese |be stated in more convincing terms are justified in looking out diligently {than those employed by the former for their own interests. ~We must|premier. That country has, in ef- copy them in that. We must look out | fect, committed itself by adoption of at all times and n all things for our {a five-year program to & policy of interests, and never forget that “there | naval enlargement. It could, how- is no altruism in trade.” As a sea|ver, readily accede to any proposal carrier we are in fast company, and | that would by immediate or eventual must show our speed. adoption leave Japan with its rela- st ———————— tive naval strength contemplated by Marion Drops Out. that program. After a sway of seven months, Japan._can have no ground for sus- Marion, Ohio, loses its place in the | Picion of American motives regard- news columnsa of the daily press, With | ("8 her as respects her rights in Asta. the departure of its most distinguish- | I'® Only possible cause of reasonable ed citizen, it resumes the even tenor | (Fiction between the two countries is of its modest way. A good town, the m.l}er of the treatment of Jap- with its name now fixed permanently | 20$% migrants now dwelling in the in history. United Btates. ~The government at The fromt porch feature of Mr.|Tokio fully undefstinds the peculiar Harding’s campalgn was weil con.|Situation in which the state of Cali- ducted, and some notable addresses|fornia is emabled to impose restric- By the candidate were delivered un. |!ions' upon alien residents. This is a der his own vine and fig tree. Prob. |Perennisl source of embarrassment to ably, too, the resuit at the polls would the United States government, but it have beeri in his favor if he had not | '8 susceptible of adjustment. - The stirred beyond the town limits. The | United- Statea sincerely: desires har. country, almost unsolicited, was with | Oious relations with Japan and has him." officially no suspicion of her good But pressure changed his program. | Bith- ¢ trade may reveal Lenin as more of He could not resist the appeals from In the matter of naval economy}an expert in salesmanship than in the outside; and so he went on jour- | this Sovernment can well afford to de- | statesmanship. | Tammany's interests, and ready to take up the mayoralty proposition when the time comes. The New York mayoralty contest will be the most interesting contest of this year. Tammany's fortunes are at a low ebb. The republicans not} only swept the big town in November, but they have the enrollment for next fall’s race in their favor. They! are in full control in state affairs, | and Mayor Hylan is under.a heavy | fire. And yet Tammany must make Daily and Sunday . Daily only . 1 Sunday only . Our Merchant Marine. An American merchant means ‘increased American foreign trade. The absence of American bot- toms has explained the small volume of that trade. But now that such bot- ——————— For Sale, a Jail! Notwithstanding the large amount ! of liquor consumed in some cities and sections and the extent to which the prohibition amendment and the en- forcement act are violated, the fact remains that in some parts of the mistakable. The truth is that drink- ing is on the decrease, although .in some places the number of hospital cases and arrests for intoxication may have increased. Every little while an evidence appears. The other day the town jail at Wausaukee, Wis., having fallen into disuse, was put up for auction, and Joseph Jejois bought ;i it for $30 and will use it for a wood- | shed. This jail has been in use for) thirty vears, but since the advent of | prohibition it has been without ten- worth maintaining. Judging from | Jejois’ price it was evidently not muth | I of a jail, but. like the grave in “Ham- ceased to serve for lack of use it shed than a prison. Wausaukee at- tributes this decadence of its fail | strictly to the dry law. And there are many other communities in this country that have had the-same ex- perience, although they may not have S0l their jails. i : i | The Navy has emphasized the fact | that there is glory enough to goj round, but it has created doubts as to whether there is money enough. Nothing that has yet occurred is sufficient to discredit the weather |} prophets who staked their reputa- tions on predictions of a mild winter. The league \of, namms is rentded by some mmen as havln‘ a bet- ter chance if it will adopt another name and travel incognfto. b His solicitude concerning Russian neys and spoke in a number of states. | €lare its preference for a smaller navy Everywhere the people turned out in|" it desires reduction, on the ground enormous numbers to hear him, and |°f & lowering of expense. But there afterward plumped for him at the|2r¢ two opinions respecting that mat- polls. jter in the United States. This coun- He visited states normally demo- |y has by no means decided upon a cratic, and swept them into his sack. |"2Val holiday, and before it does so Missouri gave him a hundred and |%i!! take into account all possible con- twenty thousand plurality; Tennessee, | *iderations, particularly that of the twelve thousand: Oklahoma, nearly |Poténtial’ devélopment’ of American ten thousand; Maryland, sixty thou-|!rade and merchant .marine. sand, while Kentucky lowered her democratic figure to less than four thousand. Immigration Commissioner Cami- By and large, it was a great cam-|netti, just returned from Europe, ex- paign, pitched by Mr. Harding in a|presses a fear that.in consequence of key of argument and conservatism.|the great project for migration to the He essayed no stunts. He attacked | United States this. country will be nobody. He promised no miracles, {soon affected by a serious influx of but kept his feet on the ground, and | typhus-infected aliens. One of the adjured, eyerybody else to do like-|results of war has been the breaking wise. ] down of European sanitary safe- e guards and In consequence much high-| For the plumber has informed mei England is complaining of money |{ly infectious disease prevails in those i that the water pipes are leaking, | wasting. 'The British aristocracy haslcenters from which large numbersThe paper in the dining room-grows il the opportunity to set an example |travel westward to find refuge in soluble and streaking. in economy that will be of benefit the | America. The commifssioner fears|So what's the use of going out and; world over. that our erdinary precautions against for excitement seeking, —————<=eee———— * |the importation of dangerous diseases| When you have moré In estimating the benefit of a ‘mark | will not suffice. In the case of typhus| Brought to your door! down of prices much depends on how | pargicular care is essential. This is i Various journeys are suggested for the Hohenzollerns, but no fitinerary now mentions Berlin as an objective. i ‘ 8enators Johnson and Borah have | lif the present time. SHOOTING STARS, { 7 NI NSON. i The Typhus Menace. L e e | Home, Sweet Home. 1 do not have to go where films w{ freely flash and flicker l To get a thrill, Bestowed with skill, i By players who show perils truwlngi every moment thicker. H Away from home ! 1 need not roam. ! high they were marked up in the|a "flth disease,” that thrives in con.|! 90 1Ot l'l‘“r“': ;;::r'" view & morbid first place. sested quarters among those poorly | -, % NEITE 3 ; S Inwrlflwd and living without- regara| That I SOVER b A highly simplified inayguration {to the rules of hyglene. It spreads, Am;‘ s:e theyvllluln ‘nit a wailing| does not prevent complex: problems | however, from such centers in a wide ol et trom_ following immediately:. radius. If it should find lodgment in | ety i e me——— New York, for example, in those sec~1 ;r: :::hz!':fn.n i No Apportionment Increase. . .|tions mostly occupied by the newly), M POY0 LN Ty icnen now is | Wednesday's action by the House in | 2" "\"8 ":‘""‘“m It might, reach brandishing a skillet, ! ithousands of people. Of course. the : . Mol o w;: g A S 101 ganger of ‘spread is not as great in a | AT ”"”",‘“ e e e Conmambers of the 1o¢ricity like -New. York. or any other thorits: S aal e raoonEers In (he fourteenth | smerfcan city for that matter, as in | 5° 0¥ ’h"“d. s census, reapportanment was 1ot the |, " gengely congested European cen.| | &4 undertake (o fil | i st time the: decenrial count hasiy,. espectally of . the south centrar| 'V i1 things more queer | failed to swell the membership. The I portion of the .coptinent, w il Than happen here? | fifth census put the Hot i e | FRi M‘I:‘:t QH“‘:" roll "‘uuon is normally ‘poor and since the A Bit of Scenery. | tion. The sixth placed it, however,| " 2% been lamentably neglected.| I undesstand there is an old moon- i | t 232, Nevertheless, it {s undesirable that a | shipe still in your place.” o :3‘ ',,‘“;;:,’L::h.:: ‘::;:;:lmm case of thiy disease should en-| “Yes,” replied Farmer Corntossel.| Jump of € after the eighth census, iter. Mr. Caminetti's warning should | “Tourists come for milgs to see it. | When the ratio gave a House of 243, |C°U"¢ 2 immediate strengthening of | It makes more money as an exhibi- { or only 1 more than it had held 30 the barriers at all immigration pnlntl[uon than it ever made operatin’ as a years before. With the ninth census, :-nllm ;:’1: : well -:u:n (:;:er dis- ) gigtillery.” ! P " | eases. a consideration to be zkf:e':u':‘?,"‘f:';::; "::n";':‘;‘: taken into account in connection with| ‘Jud Tunkifs saya he's gotting dis-| - {the immigration bill now pending in | couraged. The more money he pays | O (oS Teet rumMS to 8- o o enate ® | for clothes, the less mother and the | nr'e'm::" ;ri.em:'er:::n ""u“’ ‘:: the B girls seem.to have on when they go - wi pro- v, 1% Deportation of aliens shows to & party. Pposed by the bill as drawn to increase | S5n0 10 483. Against this plan many pm‘;"” Olll:“’;:;m'r 1:! any appreciable In the En of Billions! tests were heard from all over the|9°57°¢ the tde of immigration. i How oft economy grows gay country. It was felt generally that P the House had grown already too| 1P¢ trial of the ex-kaiser is an|when it has merely stopped the pay' large. Only the special mumuonl""" that may be regarded as hav- of preventing actual losses in any|!D& been indefinitely postponed. Of some two-thousand-dollar clerk! “I have heard men,” said Senator Sorghum, “discoursing most eloquent- ly on the American eagle, when what their minds were really on was quail {on toast.” < 4 ———— the change to the higher figure. -Ac-| Mr. Murphy Imparts Information. Charles F. Murphy, just back from House yesterday, which it is not like- |a visit to French Lick Springs, Ind., ly the Senate will change, the mem- limperts some information in an in- she bership will remain intact as to total, | terview. Recognizing the Inevitable. but there will be a shifting of 12| He did not meet during his Al’nwnre' “The landiord says we will have to . | Thomas Taggart, George Brennan of ; pay more rent.” Thus, Missouri will ldse 2 and Call-|Chicago and Mr. Moore, the Cox man-| *“Did you give him-an argument?” Indiana, Jows,|ager at San Francleco, and discuss| “Certainly not. Whas the use of Ksnms, Kentucky, Loulsiana, Maine, [the reorganization of the democratic | wasting ime in conversation that sion, Mr. Murphy in health, at the! I head of Tammany, devoted atill to |l ants, and the town thought it was not . u‘ i let,” it served. And now that it had |fil i was an incumbrance..a better wood- ” evaded all the cabinet rumors up u it country the drought is real and un- il And boasts of its efficient work, I | | mu:bedavoudmnmmgmm i ; THE. EVENING STXR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 191 Pennsylvania Avenue Suks & Comprany Winding Up the Round-Up With a Batch of Big Bargains Tomorrow will end this celebrated semi-annual merchandise event. spicuous success—leading every one of its predecessors. But the big day of all is tomorrow. It has been a con- 256 Grade E.&W., Corliss Coon, Arrow Collars 10| Just think of Saks Suits and Overcoats that have sold up to $55—now $2 3.75 Tue identifying word is Saks. sures quality; insures fashion; insures integ- rity of reduction—insures SATISFACTION —with the garments you’ll choose and the saving you’ll make. . The assortment incliedes both the Young Men’s and Conservative styles—in all ex- clusive models. All-Leather Coats: short and three-quarter length; Cloth or Gabardine lined; some with fur collars—Tan, Brown and Mahogany—the majority are reversible. All sizes up to 46. $32.50 Coats. .$16.25 $75.00 Coats. .$37.50 $50.00 Coats. .$25.00 $100.00 Coats.$50.00 Men’s Full Dress Vests that show slight soiling from stock handling; correct models— Reduced From = ; $3.50 and $5 to = 5195 ‘- Reduced Flfom, $6.50 and $10:00 to 53.95 7 Boys’ Clothing Remarkable Values—even for a Round-up Sale Right-Posture S!.{its~in good assort- 4 ment of patterns—and all with the Right-Posture athletic features. Sizes up s = .75 to 17 years. 4 = Valuesup to $25 ............... Boys’ Corduroy Suits—the wanted shade, made with belt all around; cut large and full; seams securely sewed. Sizes 7 to 16 years. . Brown Cheviot Suits—in several desir- able shades—belted model, with patch pockets —sizes 7 to 16 years. p 5 s '9—5 $12.50 value. Reduced to......:........... -Boys’ Fancy Cheviot Two-pants Suits in Norfolk m(‘)del; both pants fulklined. Also All-wool Blue Serge and Crompton’s All-weather Corduroy s 75 Suits—broken’ sizes up to 17 years. fidhiterd Reduced to.......... Boys’ Novelty Overcoats—Double-breasted button to neck; cloth lined. These Overcoats are made up from ends of Men’s Overcoatings. Sizes 3, s 75 4 and 5 only. Tl Reduced to .......... B O S Boys’ Chinchilla Overcoats, blue, brown, green and gray : button to neck belt all around —sizes 4 to 10 years. Reduced t0..........ccieeiieeacnnnnnn.. i 845 $4.75 95¢ 95¢ Boys” Mackinaws, Brown, Blue and Green Piaids ; broken sizes. Reduceditos o e s et Keep Neat Play Suits, Gray and Green Mixtures—sizes 214 to 7 years. Reduced from $2.75 and $3.75 to............ Straight Knee Pants, neat mixtures; sizes 4 to 8 years. . Reduced from $1.90 t0. ............uurn..... Boys’ Notaseme Stockings—Black, Tan » and White—in all sizes 6 to 11. Reduceditol S e 3 for $1.10 Boys’“Domet Sleepers, some with the feet attached. Sizes 2 to 14 years. 95c Reduced from $1.50 and $1.95to............. Boys' Two-piece Pajamas; Domet and $l 29 . fancy Cotton; stripes and plain colors. Reduced from $1.75 and $1.95t0. ............. Boys’ Shirts—Madras and Percale—in sassortment of good patterns—sizes 12/; to 14 neck. Rounded -up ai That in- - The Big Shirt Offering The more closely you examine these Shirts—the niore convinced you'll be with their superior quality of material and designs. Choice of many patterns—good tolorings— c and sizes up to. 17—Woven Mad- ras and Percale. The values are $2.00 ..coecovoacecc comueaccccen Silk Neckwear—our select patterns; our popular shapes3 and made with our service bands. .50 31 and $1.50 (sizndec....... 95c Grades.. ..... 35c Peerless Union Suits—all wool; and in all sizes— $5.50, $6 and $7 grades. Reduced to......$4.15 $7.50 and $8.50 grades. Reduced to.......$5.15 $10 grades. Reduced to.................$645 Men’s Gloves—Tan Outseam—English make. All sizes. sl .95 $3.50 grade. Reducedto............., Notaseme Hose—fine Lisle; in wanted colors and sizes. 35c 65c grade. Reducedto.............. Notaseme Silk Hose—fine grade—all col- ors'and all sizes. 75c $1.25 grade. Reduced to............ Reefers—in Accordion Knitted and other 5 Vwcaves—assorted CO]DTS. s4:§_ $10.00 grade. Reducedto............. Outmg Flannel Pajamas; cut large and roomy ;-good patterns. All sizes. s 1 Shapes are what they should be—and proportions that are most becoming. $5 grade 35 $9 grade reduced to s3 reduced to 54-95 rnel\sltci[‘l sG%lnfghCS;p:i?aag; Children’s Velour and shapes and exclusive pat- Velvet Hats—wanted col- terns. ors and popular shapes. $3 and $4 $8 and 310 oo Keiaed$] 95 g Reied$3.95 0 ceerceesntene “Junior High” Suit Boys’ Long Pants Suits—Single and Double Breasted; plain and fancy colors. s .00 Sizes 32 to 35 (15 to 20 years). — Values up to $35.00. Reducedto .......... Boys’ Long Pants Suits, with TWO PAIRS OF PANTS —Single and Double Breasted; Gray and s 75 Brown mixtures. Sizes 35 to 36. 22' Reduced from $3500t0 ................... Men’s and Children’s Shoes For the men—Shell Cordovan—English and new “French” Toe models; Brown and Mahogany— Goodyear sewed soles ; some with rubber heels—and in all sizes and widths—made by one of Brockton’s best factories. s .95 Former price would have beén $15..... Boys’ and Girls’ Lace Shoes—about 500 pairs—Brown and Mahogany—made on the “Foot Form” last, with sewed stout leather soles. Sizes 8% to 11 and 1115 to 2... $139 On the Economy Floor (Fourth Floor) Men’s Suits, Single and Double s Breasted ; plain colors and fancy patterns. l 9.75 Some quarter self lined. Sizes 34 to 40. = Reduced to Men’s Oxford Gray Overcoats— Single-breasted ; medium fitted back; cloth -body lining; Venetian yoke and sleeve linings. Sizes 34 to 38 only. $11.5 Reduced from $19.75to........... 11= Men’s Striped Worsted and Fancy Cheviot 33.95 Pants; splchdid patterns; excellent values .... iy — Seventh 7§ Street J