Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1921, Page 8

~ JOROSLAVIANOW " LANDOFPLENTY “Serblans Have 17 Cent But- } ter, 10 Cent Eggs and 3 F Cent Bread. By the Asmociated Press. AGRAM, Jugoslavia, December 2.— Ougoslavia, for the first time in years, is exporting foodstuffs. Of the three great household staples, butter, cheese and eggs, she is exporting im- mensc quantities, as well as hogs. Her abundance of food may be judged by the fact that the current price of butter Is 17 cents a pound; of cheese, 13 cents a pound, and of eggs, 10 cents a dozen. Bereft of horses and live stock dur- Ing the war, the Serbians now are| actually exporting animals by the thousands. They recently sold 20,000 horses to the Greeks. The country- side is swarming with sheep and goats, for which it is difficult to find & market. But pigs are the prize product of the kingdom. Every farm- ®tead has hundreds of them. A young'| suckling can be purchased here for the price of @ rabbit in the United States. AlL through the war Serbia had to Jean on other countries for its “staff of life"—bread. But today her stocks of wheat are so great that she could return her war-time favors by feeding other countries. Her last crops have been among her greatest. A pound Joaf of bread in any part of the king- dom costs 3 cen bread that during t Years held the nation together, only a memory. White bread and cake are the daily ration even of the orest. The little Slav state has made a truly remarkable recovery from the war. Everywhere one sees great abundance in all the necessaries of life, happiness and health among the people and a definite effort at recon- structing the country. ‘The country’s marvelous rehabilita- tion may be set down as due princi- pally to the industry, common sense and determination of her thrifty men and women; secondly, to the absence of bolshevism: thirdly, to the immense moral impetus given the population by America and other generous neighbors in the days when the coun- try was destitute and totter The aid given by such organizations as the American Relief Commission was especlally timely and effective. Rifles and_swords of the sanguinary days of 1914-1917 are now replaced by the seythe and plowshare. As an earnest of her desire for pedce, she has today in uniform only 175.000 sol- er: a relatively small number for nation of 16,000,000 people. L e e REVOLUTIONISTS IN U. S. SEEK PARTY UNIFICATION 1 1 Various Elements Meet in New York to Organize Struggle for “Workers' Republic.” )y fated Press NEW YORK, December 21.—Unifica- tlon of all revolutionary elements in the ranks of America’s workers was ted by radical delegates gathered here today for a convention called for the announced purpose of | organizing “The Worke rty of Amer It was semi-officially de- clared these elements might be de- fined as “those accepting the leader- ship of the third (communist) inter- nationale in the struggle to establish en America’s workers' republic.” It was expected that representativ of the following organization be present during the convention, which_will close Monday. The Amer- fcan Labor Alliance, the Workers' Council of the United States of Amer- jca, the Jewish Socialist Federation, the German Workers' Educational S ciety, the Finnish Socialist Federa- tion, the Jewish Workers' Federation, the Scandinavian Socialist Federation, the Greek Socialist Union, the Irish American Labor league, the Hun- Farian Workers' Federation and the Italian Workers' Federation Invitations to appoint delegates to the convention were sent to the pro-, letarian party. having headquarters at Detroit; the Bohemian Socialist cederation, Chicago: the left Wing lements of the Italian Socialist Federation, the Socialist Labor party and the Jugoslav Socialist Federation. ROADS ADDED TO NUMBER AFFECTED BY U. S. DECREE Labor Board Extends Rules and Working Conditions for Main- tenance of Way. CHICAGO, December 24.—The Unit- ed States Railroad Labor Board last night announced the following rail- | roads have been added to the list of | roads affected by decision 501, relat- ing to rules and working conditions for maintenance of way employes, in an addendum to the decision handed down yesterday: Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh: Chicago and Eastern i Illinois; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; Chicago, Milwaukees and St. Paul; Chicago, Milwaukee and Ga Chicago, Kalamazoo Cumberland and Pen ware and Hudson; Elgin, Jolict and Eastern; Florida kast Coast; grand trunk lines in the United States; I1li- nois Central: Chi . Memphis and Gulf; Ya and Mississippi ksonville Terminal outhern; New York, N Hartford: Pennsylvani; cific lines in Texas and Louisiana; Alabama and Vicksburg; Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific. It was also announced that the Youisville and Nashville railroad and the Pittsburgh and Shawmut railroad | have been added to the lines included in the decision relating to shop crafts rules and working conditions. MAY VISIT ESTHONIA. Emma Goldman and Berkman Get Five-Day Permit. RIGA, December 22.—Permission was given Alexander Berkman and Miss Emma Goldman to stay in Es- thonia for five days, according to the Esthonian consul here, on the assur- ance from the local soviet consulate that they had permission to go to Sweden. The consul added, however, that their passports lacked a Swedish ‘vise. Berkman, answering a question as to what his intentions were, said that the plans of himself and Miss Gold. man were indefinite. He excused hi self from answering further ques- tions. Berkman and Miss Goldman ar- rived at the station early this morn- ing and locked themselves in a com- partment sleeping car urtil a few minutes tefore the train wa:r due to depart, when Berkman came o it upon the platform to bid farewell to a numhber of Russlan friends at the station. Miss Goldman then rushed to the steps of the car and flung her arms | "~ * -nd kissed a chubby girl. Both Berkman and Miss Goldman evidently Were reneved oy the prospect of not baving to return to Russia. DROPS DAYLIGHT SAVING. PARIS, December 23.—The senate Roday passed a blll repealing the law setting forward the clocks one hour during summer time. Advocates of the repesl argued tt.ru.t the u.y‘“ght . saving srrangement was & great an- YAROw4e fRrSACA |-n i a NEW DRIVE TO MAKE w. By the Associated Press. 24—Falling short of making Queens- 30,000 votes in its first attempt three tion of America has begun a cam- paign in that province which, they declare, 1923 ther w. t prohibition forces in Minnesota and candidate for United States senator on two occasions, by the foundation to organize the dry forces In Queensland and to wage a ceaseless campaign there. remain in until when he will journey to India and China, where he also will engage in similar work. large as forces brought the liquor question to a vote there three years ago, the result that prohibition failed by some ber of the and Canada_have banned liquor, Mr. Wells stated, and in his opinion thi makes Queensland much brighter. eign flelds last July and will con- tinue in prohibition work for three years Foundation, PEASANTS REVIVE CRY Movement for Division of Large Es- By Oable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. of Italy is revealed in the virtual fail- into small farm would | ¥ Matthew A. Brady, district attorney signed for the entire period, leaving a. possible annual deficit of less t 254,000 to be made up by Chici citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Harold ¥, McCormick, who have made up the deflcits in large part in previous years, an- nounced a short time ago that they would not take the responsibility in the future. Mr. MoCormick this year offered to make good any deficit up to $600,000. —_— 9,000 GUNS CONFISCATED. Entente Disarmament Committee Seizes American’s Hunting Rifies. BERLIN, December 23.—Nine thou- sand hunting rifles valued at seven million marks, said to have been pur- chased by un Amecrican, were confis- cated at Munich by the entente dis- arament committec on the arrival of the rifles from Holland today. The rifies were shipped from Holland, al- though the sale was not consummated. It is stated that the American, period of five years against p whose name has not been given, in- deficits. Of this amount. the state- | tends to demand the property through ment said. $246,000 annuaily has beenthe American consular authorities, CHICAGO OPERA DEFICIT PLACED AT $500,000 Directors Seek Guaranty to Meet Annual Loss—$246,000 Al- ready Promised. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December —By HERBERT JOHNSON. han ago {FOREIGN CURRENCY HOLDERS IN PANIC Austrian Order for Registra- tion Brings Crowds to Ex- change Offices. BY A. R. DECKER. By Oablo to The Star and Chilcago Daily News, COopyright, 1f ¥ VIENNA, Austria, December 24.— The government's attempt to con- trol money ‘exchange has caused a panlc amosg possessors of forelgn currency, who fear that the order to register thelr holdings means re- quisition. The exchange offices are being besleged by crowds anxlous to disposa of their bank notes, but the majority of the holders are hiding their dollars, francs and pounds or are preparing to smuggle them out- side of Austria. The abrupt regis- tration order caused a heavy fall in ‘tjhe value of foreign money the first ay. Those “in on the deal” are reap- ing large profits because dollal which were quoted at 9,000 crowns each a month ago, now bring less than 5,000 crowns. It is suggested that government agents are buying forelgn money. During th years the printing prease. creased the output of pap from a few million a week to the present rate of more than one billion crowns a day. For the present the presses ‘are stopped and it is hoped to give inflation a three-week’'s re- spite. Depreclation caused the Au- siriuns to invest in forelgn exchange and now the scare produced by the government taboo brought heavy losses to the Investors. The action of. the government is said to have been due to despair at not receiving the promised entente credits, which are withheld, although the reparations commission bound over Autsria’s resources to the league of nations. GIVEN BIG ENDOWMENT. Johns Hopkins Profits by $110,000 Donation. BALTIMORE, December 24.—The president of the Johns Hopkins Ui versity announces that an anony- mous donor has turned over to the university a fund sufficient to pro- vide a perpetual endowment for the department of art as applied to medicine. The amount of the endow- ment is $110,000: This department was established in 1911 and its head is Max Brodel. ch year since 1911 the same anony- mo! donor has provided funds for the upkeep of the departmeént. It is a valuable work accomplished in these ten vears, say officials, that induced him to make his gift per- manent. Begin Married Life Amid Christmas Cheer By the Assoctated Press. A. Burnes, by Rev. at the First M. E. Church. 24.—Grand a statement ing manager, said, fol- eting of the board of d rectors of the Chicago Opera Assocla- tion. “The future of grand opera in Chi- cago rests with its citizens,” the state- ment said, and announced that the exacutive committee will proceed with the completion of a five-year guaran- tee project launched some time ago. This plan includes the signing of $500,000 in annual guarantees QUEENSLAND BONE DRY S. Calderwood, Prohibition ‘Worker, to Direct Vigorous Campaign in Australia. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, December and, Australia, bone dry by but ‘ears ago, the Prohibition Founda- will terminate when the iquor question is again voted om In e. . Calderwood, five for the past ears a leader of the went: has been chosen The Life of a Home cannot be reckoned by years—it is a matter of generations. Once built, that home should become a lasting thing of beauty and satisfaction and economy. If you contemplate build- ing a home, by all means consider polished plate glass for beauty, sat- isfaction and economy. Worite for Bulletin No. 3 Founded 1864 HIRES TURNER GLASS COMPANY He will the Australian province the question is voted uponm, Queensland is about one-fourth as the United States. Dry with 000 votes. according to Wells of this city, a mem- foundation. Subsequently. the United States ieorge the ospect for bringing into the dry column Mr. Calderwood departed for for- in behalf of the Prohibition Mr. Wells stated. PAY’S usuAL NIGHTMARE ABOVUT TS TimE oF YEAR — FOR FARMS IN ITALY tates Started During War Again Gains Force. BY EDGAR ANSELL MOWRER. i BANK ROBBED OF $12,000. AST ST. LOUIS, IIl.. December 24. —The State Bank of Dupo, at Dupo, near here, was robbed of $12,000 by five bandits. George C. Lindeman, president, and several employes and customers, were compelled to lay face downward on the floor while the rob- bers scooped up the money. The rol bers escaped in an automobile AN RO Sales of Alarm Clocks Mean Increased Number at Work We hear talk that pay bonuses Copyrigh ROME. Italy, December 24.—The fundamentally agricultural character ure of most of the largest steel indus- tries and the revival of the agitation for division of large landed estates The phrase “The land to the peasants,” was frequently heard during the war. It was on the 1ips of both conservatives and liberal statesmen and was repeated in the trenches and the villages. Attempts by the peasants to carry the proposal into effect were confirm- cd by two government decrees in 1919 and 1920. Temporarily abated by the fascisti violence, it i3 now being re- vived on all sides., Recently the cham- r of deputies approved a motlon to BY HERBERT COREY. Here 13 the true sign of the times— the real straw showing which way the wind blows—the wooden finger point- ing ahead to prosperity. Jewelers out in the west are doing a heavy business in alarm clocks. hard. Th No blueprint is needed with that| One began to fumble unfamilisrly story. It means smoke in the sky,|amons such reasons why, as the low meat in the pot, and chicken on Sun-)Brice of oil and the troubles in lurope days. A Kansas City jeweler pointed and still a-coming. the big companies will again. Tulsa has the same story. is on the way back. It is just around the corner. You can almost hear it “Our oil men had to stop boring summer,” says Tulsa. “Hit us preuty hard. They're fine spenders, the oii The Best Results are ‘Obtained by Using Baker’s” Chocolate (Blue Wrapper, Yellow Label) | | P'rosperity i R R IWHm}\I‘!N“U!flmmmm|\‘ Turkey for Dinner WALLIS Style ' examine the conditions under wh Shucks.” says Tulsa, colloquially. | ¢ 3 B ; ] he diviston of the latkeSatates Inio [out 1 significance. 1 hnd called to gt | “Tho reason nhy we it not bore lusl In makln§ Cakes, Pies, Pudding, Frosting, Ice i a new strap for my watch. He had = [ 3 > . in. Y t boil hout run out of straps, he said. He would | water and vou can't. haul water thirty HRISTMAS at WALLIS’ means Cream, Sauces, Fudges, Hot and Cold Drinks motion were nd ex-premier Salandra, the conserv- ative leader, who, during the war, was loud in his promises of support. Nevertheless, it seems likely that the Italian peasants will weigh more and more in the scale of national pol- itics and will succeed in getting indi idual ownership of small tracts of land in all the regions where it is practicable. — ARBUCKLE CASE DELAY. SAN FRANCISCO, December 24.— agrarians a Turkey Dinner unequaled. The traditional excellence of et these holiday feasts is an old story to most of Washington. §The Christmas at hand, and Monday that con- tinues its gayety, are red-lettered with TURKEY served special for your holiday enjoyment, at Wallis 12th and G Sts. N. W, miles to keep a Loiler going, even if you could get the water, and the only water in most of our oil ficlds comes from rainwater pools. Last season there was almost no rain and so there was water for boilers, and so there was no drilling. But now the water is coming and the rigs are beginning to start up. Watch our smoke." Prosperity on Its Way. It was the same story everywhere during a brief trip into what is now the middle and used to be the far west. Prosperity has not yet come back, but it is on the way. The train rattled through one town, the name of which escaped the mnotebook. Men carrying dinner pails walked along the track. A local resident told the story. “The car shops are starting up again.” he said. “That means prosperity again. You folks in the east think of freight cars in_terms of wheat and coal and beef. We think of them out here more intimately. For two years the side- tracks in this town have been crowded with ramshackle, shabby, flat-wheeled old cars. Most of them are gone now. They have been moved into the shop: and rebuilt and repainted. The shops are not working full time, but the xars are getting out on the track and the grocers' bills are being paid and that overdue rent is not quite so overdue. A little while ago you couldn't have borrowed a thin dime on the future of the country in our town. Today it is the best country in the world. Experience in Indianapolis. There was a somewhat different but equally pleasing story in Indianapo- lis. 1t had never been very hard hit by hard times—not so terribly hard hit, you'll understand. Reason why? Most folks are home owners. Instead of living in flats they live in houses with kids and gardens and dogs about them. Also they are paying for those homes on the §40-a-month plan, and that means industry and economy. The industries are fairly well diversi- fled, too, so that some shops have been open all the time, no matter how dark was the day. “Our total savings deposits here were about $25,000,000. and they are only $850,000 below that now.” said a banker. “What's more, the dead ac- counts are being reopened. People are starting accounts now with $1 and $2. A little while ago they felt they must have a hundred or the banker wouldn't look at ‘em.” The Indianapolis bankers think they had something to do with prosperity, too. When the pinch began to be felt they called in the merchants who were their customers. “Storm ahead,” they said. “Shorten sail. Cut down your lines to the last inch.” The merchants did not want to sell goods over the counter for about half what they paid for them wholesale. But the bankers made them. “The women of this country are not as anxious to buy $18 kid shoes with doodads on them as they are to be sure the icebox will be well filled, said the bankers. “Get rid of that or- namental junk you have been carry: ing. Clean house. Take your loss and take it now.” ‘The merchants did, said the bank- ers, and the customers benefited. So did’ the merchants, for they are sound now. get some more in by and by, but just now he was pushing another line. “I'm doing a whale of & business in alarm clocks,” he said_happily. He probably makes 15 cents on an alarm clock and $7 on a watch, but no matter. That means that pros- perity Is coming back. In Wichita the business men said that there isn't a doubt that business is on the up- turn. For more than 140 years this chocolate has been the standard for purity, delicacy of flavor, and uniform quality. . IT IS THOROUGHLY RELIABLE 57 Highest Awards in Europe and America The trade-mark “La Belle Chocolatiere” on every genuine package WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD. DORCHESTER - Iml“(ASSACHUSE'I'I‘S Booklet of Choice Receipts sent free { A Common Statement. | Here I began to hear a statement: that is more or less common alll through the west. One began to think s esmrom that hard times are like the milk sickness—always in the next county. “Did the -h:me hit you very hard e has announced that the police court hearing of the perjury charge against Mrs. Minnie Neighbors of Los Angeles growing out of the first Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle trial might necessi- tate postponing the opening of the second trial of Arbuckle on a charge of manslaughter from January 9, al- though he was ready to proceed on that date if necessary. vin McNab, chief counsel for Ar- he did not wish an; the merchant sald. cheer- i hard as it hit other 5 we _are not solely | dependent on oil here. This is a wheat- producing center and—' I El Dorado will say Wichita is not ‘aolcl}' dependent on ofl. Listen to EI H R I AT Dorado and you would think that i Wichita never had any ofl at all. Dorado is openly sore about Wichita’s offort to “steal our oil field” That pool of oil on top of which both towns seem to have been located is, El Do- rado says, El Dorado's property and none other than El Dorado is genuine. y. The charge against Mrs. Neighbors resulted from contradictions by other witnesses of her testimony that Miss Virginia Rappe, whose death Ar- buckle is accused of having caused, visited Wheeler Hot Springs in Ven- tura county, Calif., in August, 1921. ‘Rebuttal testimony by the prosecu- tion in the Neighbors' hearing will be resumed after the holidays. “We had a sort of a slump here, sald El Dorade, “because the price of ofl went down 'below the cost of pro- duction. But it's part way back now Hudson Super Six Reduces Prices Effective December 24th Prices of Hudson models are reduced as fol- lows: Hudson Spd‘tfl' > ol ras DSty it Phaeton -........... Cabiolelis v i i iiicsivesd ' Keeping in Touch With the Capital 1f you want the folks back home to be fully in- formed on the vital events which are on the program in Washington this winter—history-making events— Foening Fap The Sunday Stae Mailed to them regularly The special staff of correspondents, together with a corps of writers of international feputation, will make the current issues of The Star intensely interesting and reliably informative with their reports and expert opin- ions, to those who want to keep in close touch with the happenings in the Nation’s Capital—and the world. $1,695 et W e et slee S etvte e General Draft Hopeful. That there may be no In a seven-day tour it is not possi- S, interruption in th ble to sound business conditions ex- o> f07 1E PN PTG DT S TS 2 e e haustively, but it is possible to get 5 ceipt of the papers the the general 51!![{[. a{i‘; m; drift every- : where was distinctly up. Two trav- el en al date of expiration of eling salesmen in the smoker in Mis- e e e TR e o = souri told each other the story. “They're buying again,’ they sald happily. *“Not big bil Short orders, caretully selected, priced close to the bone. But they're buying. Theye’ meny a merchant will be all the bet + ter for his little spell of fihancial drunkenness. He will be a better business man and serve his communi- ty better.” A Chicago merchant put it some- subscription is stamped in the upper left-hand corner; and the date of original subscription in the right-hand corner, of the label on the wrapper in which the . 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