Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1921, Page 12

r ARMAMENT A TO GERMANY Borah Says U. S. Expendi- . tures at Present Equal i Reparations. Reduction of the outlay for arma- ments and bringing of business taxes “within reason” are advocated by Senator Borah In an article in the current issue of the Nation's Business, made public today. While Germany, defeated and disarmed, is paying thir- ty-three billions in reparations for the wor, the United States will pay a greater sum for armament, Senator Borah says. He cites that fact as a threat of Germany’'s economic su- epremacy, unless olher nations curb 007 | Auto Thefts Total $2,500,000 in Gotham in Past Six Months By the Associuted Press. NEW YORK, August 15.—" Automoblle thefts in New York have almost doubled in the last aix months, according to police figures for the boroughs of Man- | hattan and the Bronx, mgde public todny. Since February 20, 2,401 cars, valued at $2,500,- 060, have been stolen. Many owners have refused to identify wmachines that the police recovered it was assert preferring to collect f at war time tions. allied and _associated powers are spending _their billions for . their armies and navies—we alone expend- ing as much for our Army and Navy as the - entire reparation claims against Germany. “The business men of this country must realize, more keenly, perhaps. |than any one else just mow, wha these armament expenditures and the taxes thereby imposed mean to busi- ness of the future. There is little tkeir enormous expenditures for mili-{encouragement for men of business tary parade on land and sea. “Despite her military defeat, Ger- many, by reason of the shortsighted and blundering policies of the allied and associated powers, may yet se-| cure economic dominance of Europe,” Senator Borah says. “Defeat has re- sulted in Germany's being deprived of her army and her navy. The burden capacity to plan and strive for suc- cess when they realize, as they must, that their profits are to be taken for taxes, and that those taxes, when col- llected, are to be expended, not for ithings which make for wealth and development, but for sheer waste and lslerili!y, ¢ “All that is being done and said just ~ MUTT AND JEFF—A Pushcart Would Beat This Lay-out Forty Ways. ' WHO SAYS I AIN'T GOT A BUSINESS. BRAIN" T BOUGHT THIS HoRTE AND CART FiR TEN BUCKS AND I'Mm GONNA cLEAN-UP BIG SELLING WATER MELONS FRoM DooR T® DooR* WATERMELONS:! GRAB €M WHWE THEY LASY, FOLKS, ONLY Two BITS — A GRAB!. NINE ARRESTS FOLLOW is alleged to have “shown the way" to an agent desiring to make a pur- 32,735,937 NEWSPAPER of armaments has been forced fromin,yw about reducing the expenses of ari the the backs of the German people.i ha government in other departments ;‘;‘:_'lfl"“?i‘“'“,fe°§l§g§"}h‘l‘;‘;‘*‘§h‘i£‘§yp‘;3§!nml along other lines will amount to duce something, which make for con-| Jer¥ little so far as lifting the bur- Lentment and prosperity to the peo. |den of the taxpayer is concerned, un- ple, which insure greater pm-s.cm[“‘“ W Alnd cut mpst vy G 3 xpenditures for prowess and a higher brain power. | {¥ AR Carrying Vast Burdens. i money goes.” “On_the other hand, the allied and| 3 associated powers are carrying a vasti burden because of their sreat armics: AGKS TARIFF ON WALNUTS and navies. The allied and associated | powers are burying their people under/ i intolerable taxes. discouraging indus-:Growers’ Association Submits Brief try, sterilizing human energy, and; breeding discontent through their| to Senate Committee. everlasting plans for increased arma- ! : : S i A protective tariff of 4 cents a many is expetted to pay an|Pound on unshelled walnuts is wanted annuity of $300,000.000 plus 26 per | by the California Walnut Growers As- cent of the actual value of her. ex- |Sociation, C. Thorpe, general manager ports. As matters now stand, the|Of the organization. pointed out in a German foreign trade would make brief submitted today to the Senate this export charge amount to about ; finance committee. $260,000,000, which would make her | r. Thorpe that there are now annual payment about $760,000,000.(in California $4.700 acres devoted to TR S er | the production af walnuts and repre- e noctsiwilliiicr et that at the | S€nting an investment of over $110.- A of Torty is estimated | 000:000. The cost of producing wai- that Germa I have paid $33.- | nut America at the present time, 000.000,000. "~ lexclusive of interest on invested cap- “We expended for military and|ilal. he assertéd, is 15 cents a pound. 1920, | While the cost of labor in producing ‘he | the nuts is over 65 per cent of the naval purposes from Ju 0, 1921, o June 30, 1921. $8 5 4 o nd Nave pills o83 | The | total producetion cost,, or nearly 10 T A e ituns Just passed Will | cents a pound. On the bther hand, he $530.000.000 — perhaps more. - This|Pointed out. the cost in France is 2 ${cents a pound. in Italy 1 cent a pound ®land in China less than 1 cent. These Y larc the principal countries with which the American growers are brought tirto competition. B far as the industries of Califor- nia are concerned.” said Mr. Thorpe. “tariff_protecti question: it is out it disaster whelm the stat, sahorigy I A Frenchman who has invented a special method of natural breathing, recently ate cherries and laughed un- der water. would cqual. in forty vea over $33,000,000,000. for our Army and our X present rate an amount equal to the vast reparation bill which has been assessed against Germany. $00,000 in French Army. rance has an army of $00,090 men. exact cost for maintainihg this great army 1 do not know, but one can imagine how stupendous it is. ‘The British army and navy combined call for an expenditure much larger than our own. Thus, while Germany billions of reparation, the c: ital polioy and with- uld certainly over- Tomorrovs George Will Put On Sale 742 Pairs of TROUSERS That Would Cost Elsewhere as High as $3.50 At $7.00 3 Leg D B Seats Free ! . Dark Stripe Worsted o [ d Finish When you dissect a pair of trousers and figure out the actual cost, this offer will certainly appeal to you as the biggest bargain in years. These trousers are beauti- fully tailored and the neat, dark stripe material goes well with any coat. The sizes run from 31 to 42. At $1 a leg, or $2 a pair, they're the biggest trouser bargain Washington has seen for years. 910 Seventh St, We Request the Return of Anything that Can be Bought for Less Elsewhere chase of intoxicants, at 9th street DRIVE ON BOOTLEGGERS Police point, Confiscate Autos Used in Aiding Liquor Sales. Nine arrests were the net result of an | early Sunday morning drive against al- leged “floating” bootleggers and accom- plices in the first precinct yesterday. In the net, which was spread by Pre- cinct Detectives Salkeld and Fowler, were two cases of violation of section 23 of the Volstead act, prohibiting the | ¢ aiding and _abetting of liquor sales. These are the first cases of this kind recorded by the police, it was said. Two automobiles were confiscated in the Idrl\'e. Albert H. streets, cn $1,500 bond. Oliver C. bond. E Drew#Thompson was one of the men | SSth 52, arrested on a charge of violation of sec- tion 23 at 13th street and Pennsylvania avenue, when he was alleged to have piloted ‘a_prohibition enforcement agent to the automobile occupied by William R. Wilkinson and Wilmer E. Wilkinson, both of 827 C street, for the purpose of making a liquor purchase. Both the occupants of the car, which was at 13th street and Pennsylvania avenue, were | arrested, and released under $1,500 bond 1to await hearing. Thompson was re- leased under $500 bond. The automobile was conflscated. Joseph Leon Harvey, 131 B street southeast, also was arrested charge of violating section 23. today. on bond. Thrift This nationally known 5165 washing machine $89.50 SERVICE This is a naticnally known, time-tried washing machine, with standardized parts, any of which we can replace should they become 'worn with use. Buy as safely as you would an automobile. ‘ I First they said “a first-class machine couldn’t be sold for | $89.50”; then, “that it i wouldn’t stand up under the work;” now, “that parts can’t be replaced.” And- not one - statement is true. This electric washing ma- chine is nationally known; it is one of the best—if not the best —in the market. It has been working here steadily since the sale opened; i identical machines have been ¢ washing for hundreds of satis- fied Washington women; ‘and ‘we shall be glad to REFER you to the WOMEN WHO USE 1—fully guaranteed 2—8-sheet capdcity 3—swinging wringer and New York avenue, of 429 M street was arrested at that charged with Nicholas Keart of 929 H street_was taken on the same charge. was released on $1,000 bond. Crane of 605 Sth street moutheast was arrested at 9th and E | charged with iransporting intoxicants, and released Pullman of street had an expensive automobile confiscated when th sellirg und transporting intexi- 3. He was later released on $1,500 arrested Henry T. Miller was released on $50 collateral when arrested in a near beer saloon on 9th street northwest and F streets, charged with transperting liquor. All cases were continued in the as- sistant United States attorney's office The defendants were released THRIFT GRIPS U. S. is gradually taking hold of | 20,431 newspa, America, according to Ol acting director of the division of ings of the Treasury Department. made public figures to show that the | weekly, 1 per capita holdings of outstanding war | and all other newspapers and periodi- on | savings securities amounts to $6.40 for He continental United States. Let us demonstrate to you in detail all these features of this machine. > : 4—concealed motor 5—one-way cylinder 6—centralized control Special Stoze at 1229 G St. Also see ! Special display In women's shoe section—FIRST FLOOR, MAIN STORE _ | The Hecht ‘ : Seventh at F. . . Joseph Simon selling, and Keart| of United. States Po Censusv Figures S| selling and More than eleven and a lion copies of daily n printed annually in the 1111 10th | charged tistics of the bureau of show. Circulation of daily newspapers aggreg: The circulation of the Sunday during 1919, an 14.9 per cent. daily and Sund: fore, was 11.270, per capita for the year. Total circulation of th rs and pe: .| gregated 15,4 | year, an incr sue in_five in O. Le; ars, He Sunday, weekly aily, cals. 35 MONTHLY ; T he best way to judge ‘ this eleetric washing machine is through the women who use them and net through the statements of competing salesmen who are interested only in the sale of their particular machine. THEM IN YOUR NEIGHBOR- HOOD. ‘We have—and will continue to have—duplicate parts of the machine for ‘years to come, should such parts be needed. The machines are part of a 54,000 order made by the Poole Mfg. Co.,-ef Baltimore for the —————Co., who were unable to go through with their contract. For that reason alone the price today is $89.50, instead of $165. : - Don’t be misled what com- petitors say about the machine —ask the woman who owns one —or, better still, come and see for yourself. \ 7—automatic oiling system 8—-ball bearing 9—automatic safety release the nation's That tri-weekly, monthly, “quarterly COPIES PRINTED DAILY |One for Every Three and One-Fifth pulation, how. quarter bil- vspapers are nited States, averaging one copy a day for every three and one-fifth -persons of the country’s total population, latest sta- the census 2,433 ated 32,735,- 937 ‘copies a day, an increase of 13.8 per cent in the five years since 1914. 592 Sunday newspapers was 19,929,834 copies each increase of The aggregate circulation of these newspapers, there- 316 or 106.6 copies he country's riodicals ag- 145,102 copies for the of 7 per cent per includes The printing and publishing indus- semi- Come o, HoRSIE G&T UP! BE A nice HoRSI@ AND WHEN WE QUIT TONIGHT TLL GWWE You A SweLL Feed! try’s products were valued in 1919 at | $1,528,856,503, and periodicals contributed $808.066 035, and newspapers alone, $612.7 515, an five years. | Newspaper subscriptions and sales | aggregated $204,958,214, an increase | of 105.9 Advertising totaled $407,760,301, an || increase of 121.5 per cent. | MR. HAYS FAVORS PRESS.| Postmaster General Hays, in a state- || ment issued last night, reiterated his | pledge to American publishers that he and will not allow himself to| be made, “a censor of the press.” is not called attention, however, to certain statutes one can the importance of upholding the free- || dom of the press, remembering that 1 must uphold the specific statutes,” he | said. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., MONDAY, AUGUST 15 1921. (Copyright, 1921, by H. C. Fisher. Trade mark registered U. 8. Pat. OT.) WELL, WHAT TH'-? of which newspapers increaseof 116 per cent il [ per cent. | —_— | e ||]| cents which must be upheld. *No feel stronger than we do on GET uP You ouD Eool' GET UP, I sAY, oR I'tt DRIVE RIGHY OVER YOU' The Star delivered by regular carrier to vour | home every evening and Sunday morning for 60 | cents a month costs you about 134 cents a day and 5 Sundays. Telephone Mzin 5000 and Delivery Will St:* at Once e FROM THE AVENUE AT NINTH ° ‘Save on Your Fall Suit The P-B Semi-Annual Clear- ance Sale offers just what you need—at clearance prices that are bound to be higher later. winter suit now. $29.50 Suits............ SASISuItse oo $50 and $55 Suits ...... $60, $65 and $75 Suits. . . PRI Babson, the world-famed statis- tician, recently said: “Buy your Never mind if it’s the hottest day of the year.” We climax this sound advice with excellent suit selections at clearance prices that will most likely stand as low-water-mark prices of the year. Men’s Wool Suits .Now $19.75 .Now $28.50 .Now $32.50 .Now $42.50 . .Now $47.50 Included in this group is our entire stock of Herring- bones, Plaids, Pencil Stripes, Oxfords and Plain Shades. Many are silk trimmed and hand tailored. Sizes for Reg- ulars, Shorts, Stouts, Longs, in Single and Double Breasted Models. All-year-’round-3-piece Suits. Blue Serge Suits $55iSuits i e (A . .Now $27.50 ..Now $32.50 ..Now $43.50 ..Now $47.50 .Now $52.50 Some are silk trimmed throughout; many are hand All-year-round 3-piece Suits. Sizes for Regulars, Shorts, Stouts and Longs. tailored.” All styles—all sizes. Nal'ionally Known Store fol: Men and Boys THE AVENUE AT NINTH Closed Saturday During August