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Show ' L I THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH Society Awaits White House Program If the WASHINGTON. upnormal acceleration as the season advances, lb will be "going some by the first of December, when the official world considers Itself "all set for the winter. Miss Laura Harlan, who was Mrs. Hardings social secretary, and Is Mrs. Coolldges, has returned from Murray bay, whither she betook herself about the time that Mrs. Harding left town, for a belated vacation. She had just reached the Harlan familys summer quarters there when the news of the Presidents sudden passing brought her flying back to Washington to be of the greatest possible service In the emergency It precipitated. She stayed on, detailed by Mrs. Coolidge to do everything she could to aid and comfort Mrs. Harding up to the time of the latters departure for Marion. Now she Is back and It Is assumed that before very ldng the winters White House program will be announced. It is rather necessary to announce it early because social Washington never can make Its plans with any confidence of being able to carry them out until It knows what dates the White House has perempted. Miss Mary Randolph, who has been serving Mrs. Coolidge temporarily, has turned things over to Miss Harlan, probably with a sigh of relief. Miss Randolph is a Washington woman who had occasionally helped out when Mrs. Coolidge needed a social secretary during the two seasons she ha been in Washington. She was not In very good health and Mrs. Coolidge, regarding her as a personal friend,, was glad to accept her help when she volunteered immediately after the Coolidges hasty return last August She was Invaluable at that time and will probably since she lives In Washington be frequently at the White House. So far, whatever else may be fcaid of him, all Washington will tell you that Calvin Coolidge is the most domestic President who ever has occupied the White House. In the first three months of his presidency he has not attended a single movie or theater, not even a ball game; he has not accepted a single social Invitation, and has dined out only once at a small Informal dinner, not to be dignified by the term, party, with personal friends, . since he came to the White House. He Is up and ready for business at six oclock, and usually In bed by ten. Theres a fine example of the slmple life in high places for you! , Immigrants Send $400,000,000 Back Home in the United goods which figure in merchandise lm-- ( IMMIGRANTS their native lands in ports. Against It, too, would have to to approxi- be counted the cash brought into the I hfanwhimt fUto Gazns&zzD J&Y3 i&iBuivs ntrys cause. "Sleeping in these hallowed grounds are thousands of Americans who have given their blood for the baptism of freedom and Its maintenance, armed exponents of the nations conscience. It Is better and nobler for their deeds. Burial here Is rather more than a sign of the governments favor; it Is a suggestion of a tomb In the heart of the nation, sorrowing for Its noble dead. , "Today's ceremonies proclaim that the hero unknown is not unhonored. We gather him to the nations breast, within the shadow of the Capitol, of the towering shaft that honors Washington, the great father, and of the exquisite monument to Lincoln, the martyred savior. - Here the Inspirations of yesterday and the conscience of today forever unite to make the Republic worthy of his death for flag and country. "I speak not as a pacifist fearing war, but as one who loves Justice and hates war. speak as one who believes "the highest function of government is to give Its citizens the security of peace, the opportunity to achieve, and the pursuit of ; happiness. "As we return this poor clay to Its mother oil, garlanded by love and covered with the 'I ar . 1 Meuse-Argonn- e, Olse-Alsn- In spirit In June the disabled American veterans, through National Commander J. A. McFarland, placed a wreath on the tomb at Arlington. On the Fourth of July was unveiled In Paris a monument to the American volunteers who enThe statue listed In the French army In 1914-15- . which surmounts the monument strikingly suggests Alan Seeger, the soldier poet who wrote that immortal poem I Have a Rendezvous With Death. , In the spring at Selcheprey the First division, A. E. F., was honored by France by the dedication of a monument, a photograph of which. Is reproduced herewith. The First division fought battle of Selcheprey early in 1918. the ' Lion of the Argonne, Gen. Henri Gouraud, who lost his right arm in the service of hli country, was a visitor here In July and placed wreaths upon the Arlington tomb. Another photograph shows the crosses, row on row, which mark the graves of American soldiers In the national cemetery at Arlington. They died In France and were brought back by the American government. t American kindergarten leaders, visiting American kindergartens In France, decorated the grave of Frances "Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Trlomphe. Chateau Thierry recently unveiled monuments to the Americans who there gave their lives to block the German drive to Paris In 1918. Cantlgny has erected an elaborate fountain as a memorial to the Americans of the First division who captured the town from the Germans In May, 1918. .. . it iZAm&RJ rizZDd 9 "Belleau ' Wood, a corner of the forest preserve at Rand aqd Ballard roads, has been made Cook countys first living memorial to her World war soldiers of Cook county, Illinois. The area, In accordance with the plan of the county to name forest preserve tracts after battles of the World war, commemorates the deeds of the Second division at the famous wooded hill near Chateau Thierry. A 32,000,000 memorial, testifying to the regard of the people of Tennessee for her sons who gave their lives In the World war, soon will take Its place. among the most beautiful and elaborate buildings of ;the kind In this country. The state appropriated $1,000,000, the city of Nashville raised $600,000 and the county of Davidson put up $400,000. The General Federation of Womens Clubs, comprising the majority of the clubs of the entire . nation, has Indorsed and Its component clubs will take an active part In the campaign for bordering the Victory highway, national memorial transcontinental highway, with living monuments to the soldier dead of the United States, In the form of trees planted and cared for by the local clubs which are members of the general federation. Hattonchatel, the little village which was almost wiped out five years ago in the course of the hard, swift drive by which General Pershing's men cleared the St Mihiel salient of German troops, In September celebrated Its resurrection, thanks to American generosity, along with the fifth anniversary of the deliverance of the village from the Germans. Miss Belle Skinner of Holyoke, Mass., Is the wealthy American woman to whose generosity the village Is Indebted for . Its restoration. At Chaumont In June a monument was dedin Chaucated to friendship. mont was the headquarters of the American general staff. The French nation has begun the erection of a magnificent and colossal monument to the American soldiers. It will stand upon the Polnte de Grave, the lonely cape upon the stormy Bay of Biscay, where the American soldiers first landed In the great World war. The monument will rise to a height of 350 feet It will be by far the greatest monument of Its kind In the world. The principal sculptural feature of. the work will be a gigantic figure of France on the seaward side, gazing straight over the Atlantic In the ' direction of America. The foundation stone of the monument was laid with Imposing ceremony by Prime Minister Poincare In company with the American ambassador to France. The day chosen for the ceremony was the anniversary of the landing of the American troops, and happened also to be that of the arrival of Lafayette In America with French troops at the time of the Revolution, Belleau wood, which Marshal Foch called the cradle of victory, was consecrated in July to the memory of the Americans who died there. The French flag, at Fochs command, was hauled down to trumpeting by French buglers and the "Mart selllalse by the marine band from the U. S. S. Pittsburg, and the American flag was run up to the strains of the "Star Spangled Banner. A group of Americans from many states and relatives of the dead assembled Inside the ring of French villages, the homes of which the Americans saved.- - The wood was formally dedicated as a permanent memorial by the Belleau Wood Memorial association, represented by the president, Mrs. James Carroll Frazier, who directed the plan to buy the land and preserve the battlefields, with trenches and machine gun nests and erect a monument and place descriptive tablets. A demand for a congressional Investigation into the alleged deplorable condition of the American military cemetery at Belleau woods, France, was made In October by Edward E. Spafford, New York state commander of the American Legion. bid ' , By JOHN DICKIN80N 8HERMAN EADS bared I Faces to the Eastl .lt Is the eleventh hoar of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the fifth returning of the moment when silence fell upon the guns and the cheers of victory replaced the clamor of conflict ; when joy came once more upon the earth ; when hope, which springs eternal In the human breast, rose high ; when personal loss was swallowed up In thanksgiving. It Is a moment sacred beyond all telling. Let each good American Interpret Its silence according to his experience and capacity, with a prayer for better understanding. And may each recurring November 11 forever find the American people In reverent silence with heads bared and faces to the East May they In that sacred moment say, each to himself: I will remember while the light lasts and In the darkness I shall not forget At Arlington Americas tribute to her "Unknown Soldier will be paid by the highest officials of the government. Two years ago President Harding's address was the feature of the elaborate burial services. Last year President Harding, accompanied by Secretaries Weeks and Denby of the War and Navy departments, placed a wreath of red, white and blue blossoms on this national shrine. Then the president saluted and turned away. Not a word was spoken. The silence was broken only by the clatter of the hoofs of the cavalry escort and the booming of distant guns In the national salute. This year another hand must place that wreath. And when America stands with bared head and face to the East there will be remembrance of the kindly gentleman and true patriot, unspoiled by pride of place, who has Gone West to Join the boys "Over There. For Warren G. Harding was a good American and had understanding witness these words of his at Arlington, which should never be forgotten:1 We do not know the eminence of his birth, but we do know the glory of his death. He died for his country, and greater devotion hath no man than this. He died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in his heart and hope on his lips, that his country should triumph and its civilization survive. As a typical soldier of this representative democracy, he fought and died, believing in the indisputable Justice of his cou- decorations that only nations can bestow, I can sense the prayers of our people, of all peoples, that this Armistice day shall mark the beginning of a new and lasting era of peace on earth, good will among men. Let me join In that prayer. Our Father who art In heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as It is In heaven. Give us this day our dally bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not Into temptation, but deliver us from evQ, for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. And what of the Intervening years Since November 11, 1918? David Lloyd George puts Europes condition thus: "Fifteen million picked men killed, twenty million crippled for life, tens of billions of wealth, gathered through the centuries, squandered In a moment, commerce destroyed, nothing left except hate. But not so In America. We have no hate. Per contra, we have fed starving Europe without thought of payment or reward. And America emerges from the World war the wealthiest and most powerful nation of earth. Food for thought in the sacred moment of. silence! , And what of Germany? It begins to look as If she were on her knees at last Apparently it is not safe to put It more strongly the truth has at last been forced upon the German consciousness that in the great four-yestruggle which convulsed the world and Impoverished it In life and treasure Germany was decisively and conclusively beaten. Never, until the official and public and unconditional abandonment of passive resistance In the Ruhr, has Germany given acknowledgment that the victory In the test of war was absolute. So 1923 sees a second surrender by Germany, of hardly less Importance than that of Armistice day of 1918. Another thought for the moment of silence November 11 at the eight American cemeteries in France, Belgium and England, there remain the bodies of 30,363 soldiers, sailors and marines who gave their lives during the war. At each Alsne-Marnof these, from the e In Suresnes, St. Mlhlel, the Somme, France, In Flanders field In Belgium and at Brookwood In England, appropriate services were held thoughout the day with American diplomatic or military and naval officials paying tribute. , , November 11 Is not the only "Armistice day. The year Is full of days that are Armistice days . Franco-Amerlea- ' mately $400,000,000, according to a survey recently completed and made public by the United States Department of Commerce. The immigrants aggregate remittances In 1922 show a falling off of approximately $200,000,-00- 0 from 1919, when the funds sent home, due to war relief, reached Remittances now are $600,000,000. twice as large as before the war. "There are In this country some persons of foreign birth, a large proportion of whom regularly send money to their friends abroad, either In drafts or currency or postal orders, says the survey. The foreign recipients are thus enabled to buy American goods without giving their own products In exchange, or else to buy foreign goods and pay for them with drafts on America. "In 1922 the amount of such remittances is estimated to have been someA portion of what over $400,000,000. this money was probably sent to Europe in payment for small parcels of country by newly arriving Immigrants, though this would be more than offset by cash carried out of the country by emigrants and currency sent by mall. . Figures compiled by the commissioner of immigration give money brought in by Immigrants In 1922 as $30,000,000. This, however, is an understatement, since the Immigrant Is not required to state the amount In his possession in excess of $50. Immigrants remittances have declined for many reasons. Many have brought their families over; others The. have themselves gone home. new Immigration law has reduced the number of men who come here to work for a brief period only, leaving their families behind. Moreover, the need for relief In Europe Is not so great. Nevertheless, the amount of Immigrants remittances Is still twice as large as In the period before the war. ' America Can Now Make. Optical Glass largest lenses so far made American optical glass just been completed at the United States bureau of standards, the Department of Commerce announces. The difficulties of securing a good enough piece of glass Increases greatly as the size increases, the government experts say, and the lenses having a production of combined focal length of 12 feet 8 inches represents a marked advance over what was possible In America a few years ago. It is considered only a question of time, however, before much larger lenses can be made at the bureau of standards, according to experts. In discussing the significance of the Dr. G. K. Burgess, accomplishment, director of the bureau, of standards, stated that until the beginning of the war In 1914 the art of making optical glass was unknown in this country, all glass used here being Imported from Europe. . When the European supply was cut off, the bureau of standards began research looking toward the development of the Industry In America. By the end of the war the plant built at the bureau of standards In Washington was able to turn out THE 12-in- large quantities of excellent glass and several of the large optical manufacturers had built plants of their own. But no lenses much over 5 inches could then be made here for the production of large lenses is a branch by itself, requiring special care. Optical glass Is made in pots holding a thousand pounds each, and If the pot Is. cooled to room temperature within a few days the glass will break Into many small pieces. These cannot be welded together, so the lens cannot be larger than the largest piece. If several weeks are taken for the cooling of the pot the glass may come out In one big piece, but great care Is required in the making in order that this large piece may be sufficiently free from defects to be used as a single lens. The lens is molded to nearly the proper form and is ground to the correct shape as exactly as Is possible with the best of measuring instruments. But the final finishing must be done by hand and all errors of as much as a millionth of an inch corrected. The surface Is carefully polished with rouge, a little here and a nttle there, until tests show It to be correct Panama Canal Traffic Grows Steadily CANAL, which nine years of August 14, has shown a steady Increase in tonnage handled, ship transits, and tolls in that time. The last year has been marked by an almost uninterrupted succession of record months, where the shipping of practically all of the routed leading maritime nations through the canal has shown a healthy increase. In the nine years of operation, 20,474 commercial vessels passed through the canaL They bore 84,284,-47- 4 tons of cargo. Commenting on the first years of operation, the Canal Record says: The canal was opened to commercial traffic shortly after the beginning of the war In Europe. The war and the interruptions of traffic due to slides, the last serious one of which came to an rsd on April 15, 1916, Interfered with the normal use of the canal In earlier years. These years were followed by a period of scarcity of tonnage, high freights and financial and Industrial uncertainties, which In turn commerd led to a period of cial stagnation wherein cargo offer Panama ' wide-sprea- Inga reached a low ebb and a large proportion of the tonnage of all maritime nations was withdrawn from service. In all this period, however, except for temporary depression, traffic through the canal has shown a consistent Increase. The largest Increase has been In vessels of United States registry, resulting from the Increase In the Intercoastal trade. The Increased intercoastal trade in turn Is, largely due to thq development of the California oil fields and the consequent heavy movement of tanker tonnage through the canal, which only during fhe past year has become an Important factor In canal traffic. Irrespective of tanker tonnage, however, there has been a gratifying Increase of traffic through the canal, particularly In cargo carried. Here are sample figures on commercial vessels : 1914-1- 5 Vessels, 1311; cargo tonnage, 5,861,786; tolls, $5,171,757. : 1919-2- 0 Vessels, 2,580; cargo tonnage, 9,839,918; tolls, $8,965,342. 1922-2- 3 Vessels, 4,272; cargo tonnage, 21,210,962; tolls, $18,975,189i ' |