TWO COUNTRIES
TRY TO CURB
ILLICIT TRADE
THE HAGUE, Aug. 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—Troops have been sent
by both the German and the- Dutch
^governments to the little village of
jSffxperloo, which is situated partly
on Dutch and partly on German ter
ritory, in order to put an end to the
clandestine trade thriving there
which, in the past few weeks, had as
sumed such proportions that the local
authorities were unable to prevent
violation of the import and export
duty regulations.
No less than 300,000 Germans—
men, women and Children—had come
to Dinxperioo with the view of buy
ing food and other articles there
which they could only get at home
^at higher prices than the exorbitant
one charged by the Dutch sellers.
Trains coming from the Ruhr and
Rhine districts were so full that it
was impossible for the railway offi
cials to examine all the tickets and
many persons had free rides.
The principal street of Dinxperioo,
which is about three miles long, and
of which one side is Dutch while the
other is German, was crowded. Soon
the throngs got beyond the control of
the customhouse officers. One Ger
man clerk was tied to a tree for try
ing to enforce the law. Trade con
sisted chiefly in coffee, tea, oil, cocoa
and bicycle tires, tobacco, and cig
arettes and for sometime was most
brisk.
As soon as the troops arrived,
however, order was restored and the
Dutch commander issuer a manifes
to saying that nobody at Dinxperlo
would be allowed to have more pro
visions in store than needed for his
private use. The shops were also
put under strict control.
NO PRECEDENT
FOLLOWED BY
IRISH COURTS
DUBLIN, Aug. 30 (by Association
Prfife).—Some of the decisions re
cently organized Sinn Fein courts dis
regard all precedent of court proce
dure and reflect much of the imagin
ation of a highly tempermental race.
They must resort to subterfuges in
criminal sentences because they have
no prisons but their findings in civil
cases sometimes are most unusual.
A will case was recently tried in
a district court. Two brothers
were to operate their father’s farm
jointly after his death until one of
them should decide to marry. Then
it was to be divided between them.
wC)ne of the brothers became engaged
maintained that as he was the
first to set up a new home of his
own he should divide the estate to
suit himself. The other objected.
The Sinn Fein jury decided that the
engaged man should be allowed to
divide the farm but that his brother
should have the right to select the
division he wanted.
A man who stole something from a
farmer was sentenced to work 30 days
for the farmer and return the article.
Another who stole a set of harness
was paraded through the village
streets with the harness tied about
him then taken to the owner and
made to apologize as he returned the
harness.
- CANNOT EXIST ON
PRE-WAR SALARY
BERLIN, Aug. 23 (by Associated
Press).—More than 90 per cent of the
people of Germany are trying to exist,
according to a Berlin statistician, on
incomes which do not equal the pres
ent minimum cost of living. The
mark today, he reckons, has a pur
chasing value equal to only about one
twelfth that of pre-war times. He
shows that in 1914 the minimum cost
of rental, food, clothing and other
necessaries for a man, wife and two
children was 1,500 marks a year. Now
this minimum cost is estimated at
19,300 marks.
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PEYSER’S TAILOR SHOP
DISAPPEARING
BEDS SCARCE
IN MANHATTAN
NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—Residents of Manhat
tan island, in their eternal fight for
space, have perked up their ears at
the announcement by a New York
realty syndicate that it will build a
$450,000 apartment house, whose dis
tinguishing features will be “disap
pearing beds.” Officials of the syndi
cate are silent as to what form the
“disappearing beds” will take during
the day time. They dismiss the mat
ter by saying that “disappearing
beds” and many other labor saving
devices will be installed.”
Architects, however, have given
their opinion on the proposed innova
tion.
The beauty of “disappearing beds,”
the architect say, is that the bed can
not disappear while the occupant is
lying in it on his back, with his
knees up and his mouth open. This
was the chief drawback to the old
fashioned folding bed. The archi
tects made this statement to quiet
the fears of many New York resi
dents who had inquired as to whether
the “disappearing beds” were similar
to the old-fashioned folding bed or
contained any of the latter’s cranky
and uncertain tendencies.
The architects say that a “disap
pearing bed” is a bed at night and an
oil painting of a Gordon setter or
something like that in the day time;
that it can be slipped under the bath
room floor or tucked away behind
the acquarium; or that it may be sunk
into a trap door in the floor and an
Oriental rug placed over it, so that
the tell-tale cracks may not be
seen.
The apartment house of the “disap
pearing beds,” the syndicate an
nounces, is to be built on West End
avenue, Manhattan.
IJAP LABORERS
ENTER PROTEST
AGAINST BILL
TOOKIO, Aug. 23 (by Associated
Press).—Japanese labor is expressing
opposition to a proposed measure
authorizing labor unions which the
government says will be introduced
into the diet. At present labor
unions as known in other countries
are not permitted by law.
Representatives of different labor
.associations in Tokio have adopted
a resolution declaring that the bill,
as they interpret it, is so framed as
to frustrate the real development of
labor. The memorial adds that the
law that would really satisfy the
workers and that is really in great
need must recognize the right of ne
gotiating in a body and the right of
going on a strike whenever occa
sion requires.
The government bill in question
completely ignored these rights and
according to the memorial was there
fore calculated to encourage a com
plication of the labor problems.
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TOKIO, Aqg. 23 (by Associated
Press).—Of the Nippon Yusen Ivai
sha’s new shipbuilding program for a
fleet aggregating 500,000 tons, an
nounced some time ago, 13 vessels
with a combined tonnage of over 110.
000 tons have been already ordered
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