Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1926, Page 17

PROSPERTYFOUND SHALLOW INFRANCE Tourists’ Impressions Not Accurate Index to Real Sufferiqgs of People. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL Oorrespondence of The Star and Chicago DAly News. Taking leave ce after sound- ing the best informec versive minds, one h: carry awav, as the essential result of one's questioning and thought, a pro- found sense of the suffering of the French people, of their economic and financial difficulties (notwithstanding a skin.deep glow of prosperity), of thelr vast and brilliant post-war re. constructive work, of the high-grade thinking of their economists and of the ardent national desire for a peaceful and honorable issue from all the coun. try's perplexities, domestic and for- eign. Any real understanding of the gen- eral French point of view is out of the question unless the student take account of the sufferings of the French people in the war. These suf- ferings quicken and color the whole of French sentiment and though. It is the French conviction that France suffered, not for herself alone, but for all the peoples who were in either military or merely moral array against the Hohenzollern idea and the mighty machine which strove to effectuate this idea France asks its allies and associates in the war not to forget these suf- ferings and not to deny them sub- stantially in any question affecting the position or duty of France relative to post-war oversies or problems. “Remembe torn land and our torn heart the typical French THE SUNDAY |JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS TOMORROW NIGHT Children and Adults Will Be Guests at Ormond Beach, Fla., Home. Organ Music and Yuletide | Hymns Will Feature Gift- Giving Ceremony. By the Associated Press. ORMOND BEACH, —John D. Roc Santa Claus to his friends—children | and adults—at Ormond Ieach | home Monday night | In the full dress he wears for such | occasions, Mr. .Rockefeller will dis. | iribute presents taken from a huge | Yule tree brought from his Pocantico | Hills (N. Y.) estate. Members of Mr. | Rockefelles household, however, appear in and space provided tfro h attache 30 in number, may watch the tion of gif: Music From Organ. Music will be furnished by an or- ! gan, and Christmas hymns will be <ung, Mr. Rockefeller participating. Adults will be served a buffet lunch but the children will be served ic cream and simple refreshments at a table decorated with bright color The gifts to be distributed ar cording to Mr. Rockefeller's cus 3 simple things that carry with them kindly sentiments. At 10 o'clock the party will break up with the singing of “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” which Mr. Rockefeller will Fla., eller December is to play his Among those Invited are Rev. J. M Richmond of Daytona Beach, Mr. Rockefeller's former pastor; Mrs ROCKEFELLER. Longest Surveyed Line. The longest surveyed straight line in the world is believed to be the 700- mile boundary between Alberta and s chewan, in Canala STAR, WASHINGTON, CHICAGO'S SANTA HAS HEAVY PACK 0Old-Fashioned Christmas Is Observed—Rail Traffic Greatest on Record. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 25.—Chicago shopped madly until it had burdened Santa Claus with a pack valued at more than $100, 000 and then pro- ceeded to spend an old-fashioned Cnristmas today. The feast that is nearly 2,000 years old was celebrated here with an un- | usual blending of old and the new, Lut | the spirig of the day had not changed. | Christmas carols were sung in hotel lobbies and other publi places and | the fourteenth centu songs of | Christmas were sent soaring into ace on that modern contribution to s, the radio, while the same Claus, who used to go down mney, seemed to negotiate hot- | water pipes and steam radiators with | equal ease. Unfortunates Join In Merriment. Holiday programs were heard in the | churches, but except for this, Chicago | for the most part made a family affair |of the day More than Cook County 15,000 unfortunates in tions participated in special programs followed by Christmas dinners and entertainment. Rallroad traffic out of Chicago for the holiday has been the heaviest ever recorded, officials said, and at- tributed the Increased traffic to the double holiday, giving travelers more time to Vvisit esident Charles G. Dawes D. C., DECEMBER spent an_ oldfashoined Christmas quietly at his home in Evanston. He arrived from Washington vesterday, and at the Dawes' home today were his adopted son and daughter, Dana and Virginia, who are home from school, and his married daughter, Mrs. Melville Erickson and her hus- band. Santa Claus and death came side by side to one Chicago apartment building today. Nelghbors who arose early to watch their children open the presents found Mrs. Bessle Gins- berg, 27, dead in her bed, the bed clothing having ignited from a cigar- ette. FEDERAL 10BS OPEN. Stockmen-Checkers ~ Needed Navy Yard and Proving Grounds. The United States Clvil Service Commission announces an open com- petitive examination for stockman- checker to fill a vacancy at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahigren, Va., at $4.48 a day. and a vacancy in the Supply Department at the navy yard, Washington, at $5.36 a day, and vacancies which may occur in posi- tions of checker or stockman. The duties of a checker are to check bills of lading, invoices, way bills, express receipts, shipping memoranda, ete., and to do necessary manual labor in connection with the delivery and shipment of freight The duties of a stockman are to be responsible for the upkeep of the stock, a particular section of the supply department, dealing with a specific class or classes of stores; to fill requisitions calling for the stores under his charge, and to perform manual labor in the handling of such stores. . Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the office of the United States Civil Serv- ice Commission, 1724 F street. P It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are obtained through them. for 26, 1926—PART 1. CLEVELAND POLICE * 39 Felonies Over Week End Bring Shoot-to-Kill Orders to Halt Crime Wave. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 25.— Thirty-nine felonies in Cleveland over the Christmas week end resulted to- day in organization of a ‘“shot-gun drive” by Police Chief Jacob Graul and issuance of a “shoot-to-kill” order to stem a holiday crime wave. Holman Miller, 37, was charged with murder of Florentine di Bartolo- meo, 19, shot at Miller's door during an argument, and police armed with sawed-off shotguns sought eight ban- dits who obtained $5,000 in money and $3,500 in jewelry in a holdup Friday. Two shootings, one stabbing, two charges of manslaughter in automo- bile fatalitids and 15 robberies were included in the charges at police headquarters. 27 e Clergymen’s Ranks Thinner. England has a shortage of clergy- men which promises to grow more acute. Reports just issued show that there are only 16,500 clergy in the Church of England compaged with 21,000 25 years ago, despite that the population has increased one-fifth in that time. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge formerly supplied hun- dreds of candidates, but today less than 3 per cent of the graduates are interested in the church as a profes- sion. Low compensation, poor pros- pects of advancement and too hard work are some of the reasons given by those who decline to enlist. A wireless transmitter in Great Britain starts and stops the fog sig- nals in the Firth of Clyde, more than a mile away. MOST OF TEXAS COVERED OPEN SHOTGUN DRIVE| W!TH MANTLE OF SNOW Dallas Has 6.3 Inches, While Pan- handle Has 1 Inch—Sleet in Some Sections. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., December 25— Most of Texas celebrated Christmas under a heavy mantle of snow. The storm last night in Texas, which included thunder and lightning, passed today, leaving the ground cov- ered with an inch of snow in the Pan- handle, and gradually increasing far south as Dallas, where the offici measurement was 6.3 inches. It was the first snowfall in many sections of the State on Christmas since the establishment of the Dallas Weather Bureau, in 1913. The previous record Chestnut $14.30 in depth here was 7.1 inches on Jan- uary 4, 1917. The ' snow extended eastward to Texarkana and southward a short distance beyond Dallas. An inch of sleet was recorded at Waco and Temple. g Campaign to Save Girl Babies. Efforts to stop the abandonment of girl bables in China ars being made by the officlals of the public health demonstration station which was es- tablished in Peking a little more than a year ago. The doctors say that the greater part of the high death rate, which is three times that of the aver- age city, is due to the traditiongl prej- udice in the country against females, and that when a family is poor parents usually abandon girl bables. It is hoped to establish free clinics which will help to educate the poor against the practice. 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Also with each suite you get absolutely free—a Chinese red lacquer decerated End Table, Junior Lamp with French gold plated effect base and tailored silk shade, a handsome etched Venetian Mirror with gilt cord, a velour Table Scarf, gilt easel swinging Picture Holder, wrought iron Smoking Stand, two velour sunburst Pillows and a handsome glass- Y 7, ment.” It is this state of mind which - s S e Boyer chil offers the key to the general post-war :,"’;n“\';: ',f'";‘i"‘;[;‘_‘d(-‘,{,‘j,.., Bostrum standpoint of France. and their children, L. R. Johnston An Imprint of War. I&L;:m‘fvrroglthe“}hfipl{fl(‘;mo{?:‘{ . To a greater or less extent the same | frend of ME RACKe Mayor thing is true of all the allies. Their | Yrs: Miss Dl%?;;)s gehustony MESE: feelings are bruised and tender. None [ SFOTEC o RS0 04 their “son of them likes to talk about the mal-| ;o on'and Mrs. Joseph Downing Price ter to0 much, some of them not at all. | T8 BN F DO But the sensitiveness, always there, s Mr. Rockefeller, whose familiar (éne ?‘5 (h:hgmm reaflmss of Europe. | . coat has been seen frequently onsider the case of a certain well | i g . known Englich father who had four [ ST UL et sons killed in the war. (There were e scores of thousands of English, as of [French, Ttalian and other European, ASSOCIATION TO RECEIVE athers who had several sons s6 killed. “This man v staray of vods. moraie| DATA ON CEREBELLUM and mind. = His first son killed, he R T grieved, but was soon himself again. vestigations of This His second son killed, he grieved more | ~P*" > g and ;Tlcln(\i'ex;:d hlens quickly. His third| Portion of Brain to Be Received son killed, he became a recluse,-silent and haggard. His fourth son killed, Stiew N ork MSstioe. he walked abroad and gibbered in the | Special Diepatch to The Star "g;‘-'si‘ NEW YORK, December 25.—An I _hl e psychology thus illustrated | entire year of investigation by various farovho would know or be just to Eng- | neurologists of one portion of the and, France, Italy or any other of the | prain—the _cerebellum—will be re- allied powers must take due note. Peo- | viewed at the seventh annual meeting Ples bereaved as these peoples have[of the Association for Research in on eannot look at war or post-war | Nervous and Mental Diseases, to be subjects non-sentimentally. To them | held at the Hotel Commodore, Decem- no monetary sacrifice appears of great | per 28 and 29. No other schedule will moment and they are incapable of re- | e considered. ::é:'"!l repulsion at the thought of | “Since several of the most distin- - ds‘ ncurred in the common defense quished men of present times have e establish the common victory, | jied from tumors in the cerebellum, e afi\}“fi:";} one mrbe assignable, | the new researches concerning this R R e human emo- | grgan are most timely,” said Dr. Fred- commercial debta. ¢ pile category of | erick Tilney, president of the associa- fonoial debts, to be collected upon tion. “It {8 expected that the results Upon By e City to pay or “charge [ of this work will yvield a marked i & v e rightly or | increase o our knowledge of this wrongly, hate won mo respect in Eu. | POrtant part of the brain. ;?I;;ele?her smlongbthe allies or among 5 Iy ate enemies by their recourse in the matter of the war debts to the BARRICADED MAN TAKEN. principle of capacity to pay or “charge- T ing what the traffic will bear.” In the | Police Force Office Door Open to first place, this principle to the war- wounded sense of Europeans has an Arrest Introder. offensively commercial connotation. | police 3 pushed in a barricaded door :nn ;:; !e;ond_ place it is regarded as |a¢ room 410 Mills Building, 17th street & ety principle upon which to found |and Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday - nes lement lasting over two genera- |afternoon and arrested a man Who 3 had locked himself in the room. Future Payments Puzzling. The man, who was taken to Gallin- Who, ask Europeans, really can|ger Hospital for mental observation, measure a nation's capacity to described himself as Benton Chamber- in this very year of 1926, let along |lain of Mississippi, and papers found 1940 or 1960 or 19807 : That this |in his pockets bore the name of a query is not without pertinence shows | Miss Johnson, addressed to a post in the fact of the complete change |office box at Meridian, Miss. reconstructively of the economic and| Trafic Policeman Birch was sum- 5) 2 72, @ financial outlook of Germany, for ex.|moned by an attendant in the build- ample, within' the last 12 months. ing to investigate the conduct of the As to the “skin-deep glow of pros. |man, who had been seen to enter the perity” in France, Frenchmen are not | room and who had failed after a con- alone in calling the glory only skin |8iderable period to come out again. deep. Experts of every nationality, | With Policeman Lunsden of the Third and particularly American experts in | Precinct, Birch pushed back the door France, so far as I have talked to |and obstructing furniture, finding the 4 them, agree upon the point, They|man in a corner of the room. The agree that inflation — forced upon |door had been unlocked by an attend- France by the tempestuous and ap. |ant in the building. palling burdens of the war and its after effects—first lifts economically and then drops 1t gy | tional loan. Its essential creation is and hard. Capital, in other words— |that of a debt which finally must be capital, the life current of all indus |P2id. In these economic things. the try and all trade—slowly but surely | SCOROMISts assure one, there is no dries up, leaving the machinery of | Successful hocus:pocus. It is an in production and distributi . | exorable case of gold for gold. Tock. on n dead- | **\fijiarism and imperialism often have been attributed to France, and especially to the short, rough-bearded. strong-willed man now in first place at the Quai d'Orsay—Poincare. Some have suspected French politicians of motives not too noble in respect of France's forelgn borrowings for the | war. I should call France as free is any nation in the world of mili taristic or imperialistic 2 2 should say her opposition to the re payment of the British and American war debts arises solely from her rea soned judgment that they lack all moral compulsion, that they are eco nomically impracticable and that their indefinite continuance will militate against the political and social har mony_of nations. &Y 77227227 7 % €3y -4 (el D277 7 Buy Now for Future Delivery % 72 H % This threatened economic . paralysis is France's supreme danger and prob- lem at present. Poincare is fighting for capital. He is fighting the great Dattle of thrift, of economy in France. as Mussolini is fighting it in Italy and as the Reich is fighting it in Ger. many. Poincare desires not only to end inflation, but so far as possible to Tepair the ravages, material and moral (and the moral ravages of in- flation are perhaps the worst of its evils), which already have eroded more or less deeply wide areas of French life. The great premier by a Judicious appreciation of the franc and by powerfully supporting processes of capital renewal through labor and saving, hopes to put his country back upon the gold standard with either no ¢ resort, or the smallest practicable re. sort, to foreign credit. Poincare Dramatic Figure, Poincare, in this struggle, is a dra. matic figure—a true Gaul, yet dour as any Scot He reminds one of a stout skipper in a nor'wester, his hands firmly upon the wheel, his lips tight, his eyes never shifting from the sea. Words aln ail those who would express their astonishment at and their admiration of France's gigantic repair job in her 10 northeastern provinces, where the blast of invasion destroyed everything before it. Farms, roads and bridges have been restored. Cities and villiges are up { again and throbbing with energy. In the Lens coal region, on Armistice day an indescribable ruin, science and resolution have erected an in- dustrial marvel Lens, at the out- break of the war, was antiquated, smoky, ugly; today it is modern, smokeless, touched with beauty, com. | pletely electrified. Collieries are light- ! ed and run by electricity. Every miner's cottage has electric light. Electric lights illumine the towns and villages and even the rural areas be- tween. In her large power stations France is bidding for release from the necessity of buying foreign coal, and she has achieved at Lens what technicians pronounce a feat unparal- leled in the history of coal mining. 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