Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1922, Page 36

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each T - ° Those who love comfortable leisure at sea will be attracted by the new Cunard Fleet com| of steady, spacious, lmu;;‘o::;i 20,000 tomers. A new service offering maxi- mum Cunard comfort at mod- erate rates. There are the new Cunardoil burners, SCYTHIA, SAMARIA,LACONIA; thees- tablished favorites, CARONIA andCARMANIA; and the new Anchor Line oil burners, CAMERONIA and TUSCA- NIA (16,700 tons). * For these to whom every hourcounts, Cunard offers the fastess Arlmmc service. MAURL‘I‘“;KA‘ “BEREN. GARIA, AQUITANIA. SAMARIAsailsfrom Boston. Other ships from New York. CUNARD and ANCHOR STEAM SHIP LINES 517 14th St. N.W. ‘Washington Housewives ‘You can make over $25.00 RESINOI. Soothing and Healing the home remedy for skinills Speedily allaysthe smart and stm of minor skin h ahipep s Tobathe the affected use mild cleansin, Arteries!” NEWRUSSARERS " SUBDUED BY REDS {Women Spies in “Cheka” i Keep Enemies of Soviet Sov- ereignty Under Foot. | BY the Assoclated Press. | unrest which followed the annexation | of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia |to Russia has subsided and the Red army of soviet Russia has the situs- tion well at hand. The principal event {of importance in Batum, at the mo- ment, is the mobilization of all the male population between the ages of jsixteen and twenty-one without dis- | tinction of race or -reHg!on. The cheka (chereswechaika) has <uppressed at Batum. On its activities have in- 1e is a vast esplonage 2 in the town. notorious are all the | BATUM, Armenia, Apsil 15—T7He ||l woman membsrs. nearly all of whom [ [fi 00d family, speaking French &lish. They are all demi- ines and their methods are to 1l and spend money with both hands. : Pald Well for Service. The espionage institutions pay them extremely, well ang they have orders is doubted, to whom they s innocent victims of the bol- conversations’ | f] tarn on politics. the victim expresses his dislike of the soviets and their methods, arrest follows the next day and. if the unfortunate individual 1s a Russian or Georgian, he is prompt- 1y shot—if a foreigner he is sent to Moscow for trial. The army in the Caucasus area is almost entirely composed of Russidns. The armies of the Caucasus democ- racies have all been disbanded and | (il their officers exiled to Russia for a |l training in the soviet military schools. Fetes and parades are organized fre- quently in order to keep up the morale of the army and the popula- tion. Ranks are suppressed. Officers are known as regimental or company commanders. Foreign Curremcles Lacking. Commerce is free, but there ta lack | | of foreign currencies and therefore trade is almost at a standstill. Ex- ports are limited to carpets, furs, ||l kerosene and manganese. Imports consist solely of flour and sugar. The export of manganese from Uoti is in the hands of an institution called the Dutch v from The Hague.| tocks of manganese which'| before the war, but when The production of ofl is in the han of a committee called the “neftecom, the president of which is Gamarof of the eshtorg,” which sells oil against goods. Although traveling is free, it is ex- government officials. Be- re exposed to attacks of ob the passengers of 1921 RUSSIAN IMPORTS . VALUED AT $124,000,000 Second in Supplying Soviets With Goods. By the Associated Press MOSCOW, Apri] tal re- ports of development 8f trade be- tween Russia and the outside world since the beginning of 1920 have been ing the period since Russla’s peace treaty was concluded with -E: thonia, when the blockade again: Russia was brought to an end. Chiefly due to lack of system and the chaotic | [l I conditions which existed during 1920, time, the imports, however, being valued at 50,000,000 gold rubles. But as soon as trade agencies and representations had gained a firm footing in London, Berlin, Stockholm and other industrial centers an ac- tual system became apparent in the foreign trade of soviet Russia. all{ Uil business being carried on under su- pervision of the people’s commissar for foreign trade, L. B. Krassin In 1921 Russia imported goods val $124,000,000, chemical and metal goods, foodstuffs and textiles. In the same year Rus- sia exported goods valued at 20,- 000,000 gold rubles, chiefly flax and other raw materials. England took the lead in supplying Russia with its needs last year, with Germany second. The dellveries con- sisted chiefly of agricultural requi- sites. America took third place. have ing supplied 16 per cent of im. port goods, exclusive of relief sup- lies. "Tha soviet press concludes. that, owing to the exhausted condition of the country, it is scarcely considered possible_to increase the 3"0" b\u ness during the next few years, al though, says one paper, &n Improve- “Chemo," h is managed by aflff re exhausted export will cease. | i The export of kerosene is in the hands | England Leads and Germany Is ||| published in the soviet press. caver- | M | il il il ment in the quality of the goods may | |} well be expected. —_— MERCHANTS IN SESSION. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., May 1’——8{.“{!:?!!, “A Man is as Old as his|in = 'downpour of rain, is entertain- ing the Retail Merchants’ Assocla- tion of Virginia, the occasion be- ing the seventeenth annual conven- This statement is literally true be- | 08 T8 T onistion. The full esuse the arteries are the eha ele | e eation of members was slow in o Thich Mouriskment reaches!grriving, many having started to oty I o e o a2 the|Staunton by motor and having en- Fom, e Vi, vigor Sy | oqgniered Jpotimbie e re =| Matters of organ! ey g oo TiEht at yeur|communities so as to include every ha led | T0tall merchant in the state were the ker that Dr. principal subjects of discussion at ver 50 years age. Thia vege. und the opening sessions. Last night the i Eetive restl ok | ol assoclation tendered a banquet every Plerce’s Golden Medical Dis as Dr. in the auditorium. The in tablots or liquid. You feel its rou ‘“""‘""" "’“k" Dednanatar v C 0O’Connor Goolrick of Fredericksburg, A feature for today was a motor influence—poiso: -y out of the blood stream and you feel | WO SPOke on “Some State Problema. Plerce, Semd 10e to Dr. ekage. | trip ;to the caverns known as the Grottoes of the Shenandoah. Officers will also be elected for next year and s place of meeting selected. It prob- ably will be Lymonbure____ - INI NS NINININS IS~ - ¢ u‘lmerwas yex \? The Star's News-gathermg Organization “Keeps Its Ear to the Ground” _There’s a correspondent of The Star stationed at the important stra- tegic points all over the country taking note of the trend of the pulmcal currents so that you will be closely in touch with the progre:s of the in- teresting campaigns that are waging. ' The Whirl of Politics o o, v tosins " o The Sunday Magazine “What Does Beveridge Say?” A Weekly Feature That Entertams Every Reader of The Sunday Star Read the “Literary Menu” for next Sunday. “The Feminine Slant.” Everything that’s happening the world over is promptly reported for the information of Star readers. Always authentic news---devoid of sensational inflation, but unmarred by arbitrary abridgment." Cen- sored only that its presentation may be clean and wholesome---observ- ing -the standard which has made The Star the reliable, responsible, respected newspaper that it has been ---and is---and will continue unre- servedly to be. : of Gripping Interest The Editerial Section Nethine quite to compare with Contributors to The Star’s Editorial Section each week are men and women well known in the lines of public endeavor, so that their expressions of opinion become not only intensely interesting but authoritative. “Getting Fed Up On Keys.” Read this remarkable interview. with the nominec A love story by Fannie Kilbourne—a story which Of course, this story is by Sewell Ford—another *for the Senate in Indiana, written by— is just a bit different from the usual run, Inez and Trilby May adventure. CHARLE W, DUKE “WashingtonLadWounded133 Times.” ‘A Search for Washington’s Bohemia.” “How Mrs. Bent Made Her Millions.” Sarah MacDougall tells of the striking individual- and the boy laughs when he tells of it. ity of a woman speculator in steel and copper. special interest. It happened-in the recent disturbance in France The reporter and the artist go in search of the An article of local “Greenwich leage." The story and sketches of what they found. Other Fiction and Features by Sterling Heilig, Ring W. Lardner, Wllllun Le Quex and Ryley Cooper. . S S Truly a Hand-book for the The Pink Sports Section Tril7,.» Handbook for the Trained men are assigned to follow closely the games and those who play, so that each Sunday you have before you all the news of all the sports. Whatever your personal hobby, you'll find it completely “covered” by the Pink Section. can A New Feature of The Sunday Star . - The Glrh’ Own Page that’s of Interest to Young Miss Washington. Father, mother and brother have their special department in Sunday’s Star—but until now the young ladies have had no section deveted to their personal and particular interest. The girls will find “their page” most en~ tertaining. teresting comment by this competent observer. PhoneMa,m5000 Anne thtenllouse s Letter T,,';; gfi-'f_{’gw of P-mn;yl;;-h- Every woman in, iWashmgton eagerly Jooks for ‘the Anne Rittenhouse Fashion Letter every Sunday in The Star. She sees in the making what the world will soon accept as authentic fashion. Fashion in its' highest expression—forecasted with in- ° . Latest N i ishi Pointers for Fishermen {2t Nows from the Fishing Each Friday and Saturday during the season The Star will print the latest reports from the favorite fishing points along the river—giving re- ports of the condition of the water, about the bait and the boats, so you plan your week end fishing trip accordingly. The Rotogravure Section ?2l, photosraphs of real W'!h this process of reproduction no detail is lost and the “catch of the era” is faithfully printed. Literally “pictured news,” while it is news, feature of The Sunday Star. And there’s a page of black and white glctum of current happenings and the participants in them every day in Evening Star. / Let The Star Carners Serve You —andthenyou’llbemofrewymcvcyme—Dadyand&mday / Clrculahon Department.

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