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Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
DANGEROUS PROPAGANDA.

Germany is now engaged in one OF her great
est propagandas. 1t is all the more menachg
because OF its insidious nature.
The plot is directed against America ana
seeks to reach this nation through the Amer
can army of occupation along the Rhine. There
is every indication that the German government
and people have set about deliberately to make
our soldiers unconscious German agentS-catS
raws to pull Germany's cheStnuts out OF the hre
Of war.
We read nearly every day of the fine treat
1nent our boys are receiving in Germany, OF lhe
good-natured tolerance OF thse Germans whose
C,tjes and hours they occupy, of the friendness
of the men and women and the appeal of the
German children The natives OBVIOUSLY go out
OF their way to make the intruders feel at home.
They do their best TO make the soldiers comfort
able Ana the average American. cemg not only
good natured and forgivng but strangely un-
suspicious takes all this fine conduct at Its lace
value and frankly says he feels at nome IN
Germany and likes the Germans. He yleid> a
the more readily to the seduction because Ger,
many. not devastated by war like France and
Belgium is able to give him far more comforts
than he had in those countries.
The rest is easy. Clever Germans slip sug-
oestions into his mind The Germans them
selves were never to blame. 1t was all the kals
er and his crowd. Germany is a republic now.
1t is not fair that present-day Germany should
suffer for the sins OF the old les..-.
these are sneaking lies told 10 turn the Yankee
against his Allied friends and comrades.
So the soldier writes home, giving pleasant
and reconcilirg pictures OF Germany. mat Is
iust what the Germans want And some OF
those letters get into print, making the finest
kind of pro German publicity.
It is all calculated to persuade the American
people to use their ln4luclee . save Germany
ION the duty of righting the wrongs she mas
done. Every American snould oe or his guard
against it.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
X L n n ING THE
BORDER BY AIR
NEW DIVERSION

Los Angeles, March 13.-Numerous
smuggling excursions from Mexico,
by the air route, have already been
safely negotiated, it was revealed
yesterday by Collector of Customs
Elliott, who stated that he will urge
upon the government, at the Gus
toms collectors meeting to be held
in New York soon, that the border
be patroled by airplanes and diri-
gibles.
If the Illegal entry of opium. jew
elry and other valuable goods is to
be prevented, in the judgment of the
collector an aerial patrol is prime
necessity, and a recommendation to
that end has already been sent to
the secretary of the treasury, to be
taken up and discussed at the COM
ing New York meeting.
Years ago a patrol on foot es
sayed to cover the hundreds of
miles embraced in what is known as
the Mexican border. These later on
gave way to mounted men, and these
in turn to the use of the automobile
to cover the wide stretches of terri
tory involved in the border line. With
the improvements in airplanes, the
collector stated yesterday, it is now
possible for violators of the law to
use this means cf communication to
get across the line with contraband
, stuff, and if the testimony of many
individuals along the line is to be
believed they are already doing so.
1t is now possible for an expert user
of an air machine to get so high that
he cannot he seen, and the purr of
the engine be unheard to those be-
low.
Not only is it possible to bring in
dutiable goods without the payment
Of the tariff, but aliens could be
safely landed on this side of the line
without creating any suspicion. A
machine carrying several hundred
pounds of dead weight could laugh
at every tariff, embargo and immi-
grafton law on our statute books,
the collector pointed out.
At the present time the machines
in Mexico are of the most rudimen-
tary type, but the profits of SNUG
Cling are large, especially in the
opium line, and it will not belong un-
til they will have high-powered ma
chimes to be used in the traffic, the
collector declares.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
FRENCH RAILS
LOSS IN WAR
MOUNTS HIGH
(Ry Assoriaied Press)


Paris, Feb. II (By maiD-A ball
ance sheet drawn up from official
data by the Paris Information shows
tie state of account on February l
between France and Germany for de-
struction and damage to railway
plant.
On the debit side, destroyed by the
Germans:
French northern railway system, 2O63
miles of track.
French eastern railway system, 1887
miles of track
Bridges, aqueducts and culverts de-
stroyed, 1910.
Tunnels destroyed, Z.
Telegraph and telephone lines de-
stroyed, 1887 miles.
Railway buildings destroyed, $50.
Food depots destroyed, 165.
Metal tubing and pipe lines de-
stroyed, 10000 tons.
twenty-five great machinery re-
pairing centers have been entirely
wrecked or seriously damaged, in
Guiding those of Lille, Douai, Arras,
Ealenciennes, Cambria, Rheims and
NerdLn.
On the credit side:
1885 engines and 34,971 cars sur
rendered by Germany to France out
of the 1900 engines and 10000 cars
stipulated by the terms Of the armis-
tice
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
INSURANCE SPECULATIONS.

1t is interesting to speculate on what health
insurance would have cost California taxpayers
IN 1918 if the people had not voted it down.
According TO statistical authority, the in
fluenza epidemic which, it is estimated will
necesstate the paying out of more than $780,
600, 900 for death claims last year, was the
most severe test of the principle Of establishing
adequate reserves by insurance companies
State insurance propositions look very al
Turing on paper, but they fall exactly at the
point wher private insurance is most responsive
on sound reserves.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

l. il proposed that the Germans be aaddlcd
with no more debt than they could pay ~ ~
teen years. Then the average German VINO
helped start a war for aggrandizement would
be fixed about like the average American VINO
contributed TO relief funds made necessary by
the Germans started What would be the Jus
tice in that?
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
Attention, Dairymen.

Here is your opportunity to get
some of the best Young cows in the
Valley. You are invited to milk and
test them any day before the sale
March Is. We have also household
goods and implements. Two miles
north of Meloland store.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
MILITARY CLEMENCY.
(By Associated Press

Leavenworth, Kan, March ia
number of men confined in the fed
eral prison for violation of the es-
pionage act and for military often
ses, will receive ciemency from the
Department of Justice and the War
Department, it became known to-
day.
In some instances immediate dis
charges are being granted while in
the majority Of cases Communication
Of sentences are being ordered, the
acting warden said.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

On February % Washington's Farewell Ad-
dress was read in broth branches Of Congress,
and the Congressional Record for that date, Just
10 hand. prints that long document twice in the
same number. The managing editor Of any
Other journal who would do such thing az that
would be fired at sunrise.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

The pessmst finds that there time
when whole steer, dressed and ready to be bar
becued, could be bought for As cents in Merrie
England The optirnist reflects that nobody but
the nobility had as cents in that period, and that
the nobility usually stole the steer when II was
wanted and forced the commonwealth to skin
II and dig the trench over which TO barbecue it.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

Many senator and representative could sell
tie the Paris peace business in week Ihey
admit it Themselves. And il would stay settled
about five minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

See the largest assortment of mat
tiesses in Imperial Valley at Nc
Cune's; $3.50 to .00.--Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19

so the Foyer dos Alliees, which means
in English Hearthstone OF the Allies,
became known as 1.-The house with
the light" for inside II was cheerful
and II was bringing happiness back
into the griefcrazed eyes OF these un-
fortunate victims OF the war.
Inside the Foyer during the two hour
luncheon period there is always an en-
tertalnment by the girls themselves or
by professionals. There Is always mu-
sic and always Blue Triangle letter
paper, magazines and books, and at
night the women may play games,
sing. write letters. read. sew, wash or
iron their clothes. for electric Irons.
boards. washtubs and sewing ma
chimes are an Indispensable part Of
every Foyer equipment.
French employers began soon 70
realize the financial value Of keeping
women workers az comfortable and
happy as possible and seeing thnt they
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group Of French women to go TO
France and begin industrial work.
Large Foyers des Alliees were es-
tablished as soon as Investigation
showed 10 Miss Dingman. the pioneer
OF the work. that what the women
needed was a place for recreation.
Moral conditions were serious be-
cause Of the utter hopelessness Of the
women-nany OF them refugees, 9TH
ers repatries-and because OF the
male labor employed. Chinese, Cinga-
lese and Moroccan. The government
furnished necessities In the way Of
food and lodging, bu. at most living
conditions were hard.
Foyers we're opened in sixteen fac
tories. A new secretary. stumbling
along the road In the pitch darkness
Of cantonment near the front one
night. stopped a woman worker to In.
dulre the way. "Oh." she brea thed
ITS the house with the lighr!" And
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had proper recreation. Andre Citreon,
the big French munitions manufactur-
err. was soon convinced OF the prnc-
ticability OF the work and built or
turned over a part OF some building in
each of his factories for a Foyer deS
Alliees. eQupping each completely
with anything which Miss bingham
felt was necessary. He has commend.
ed the work highly and advised that It
be continued.
Recently NJ. Loucher, the French
minister Of arms and munitions manu-.
facture, wrote Miss Dlngmnn as fol-
lows:
II must express TO you the very
great satisfaction and most sincere
gratitude Of the French government,
for the service rendered TO the women
working In government factories
through the establishment OF T. W. c.
A. Foyers des Allieex.
"These Foyers hive been an excel
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parable 10 your work. Consequently
II Is absolutely necessary that our NO.
men enjoy the benefit OF social WORK
such rs yours. All those who hay,,
seen your. Foyers think as do AMI
very much hope that the Y. w. C. a.
Will leave some Of Its members herr,
now that wnr Is over 30 that their Ok.
ample may be followed in France"
Such tributes are typical and cx.
plain why four departments OF liza
French vernment-Finance. Co:m-
mercc, War and Labor-requested Tie,
7. w. G. A. to>do social and recreation.
al work for the girls and women EN-.
ployed by them and why they assist ell
the women ut Y. w. G. A. headquarters;
In Paris in getting buIldinGssfor Foyer..
and parks. such as the island In tie
Loire Mt Tours, for recreation centers
Inst summer.
The needs OF the reconstruction Pc
riod-while these French I, women are
readJustIng their lives 10 a new order
OF thinss-nre greater even thnn dur
lng war. While they are learning 10
begin lifelong work In factory or Of
fce such as was unknown TO women
In France FIVE years ago, II is more
necessary that American women stand
by them and help them thnn II has
been during these eighteen months
past, says Miss Henrietta Roelofs. di-
rector OF Y. W. c. A. in France. II is
because OF this that Miss Dingman In
returning to France ut once to develop
the work which she began md TO tell
these women that the women Of Amer
lea are stretching forth their hands In
sympathy and encouragement to tho
women oe France.
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4, lent means for lettering the physIca,
conditions and the morale OF our work.
ers. They have been constantly used
blythe women workers who have found
there new elements Of dignity and SO.
clal education.
II must thank you for bringing this
to pass. and l. hope that Y. w. G. A.
work will not disappear with the war,
but will be carried on In order 10 de-
velop the principles OF social solidarity
which IT has inspired"
And from NJ. FIrmin Roz of the Com.
missary Generals Office: After visit.
ing two OF your Foyers dcs Alliees al.
low me to tell you how much I admire
your excellent organization and the
happy results which II produces. ]
have never seen brighter faces than
those OF the young French women to
whom you extend such beneficial. cor.
dial and gracious hospitality.
II was particularly struck by the
singing and dancing clnsses The
young girls who were seated quietly
at their needie-work also seemed "a
| satisfied at being there, that I under.
stood, merely on looking nj them. how
you Ind changed the ordinary course
OF their days In nffordIng them Sc
agreeable q rest during their hours OF
recreation.
1T would. indeed. be unfortunate u
such an organization were 10 stop with
the war. am quite sure you can find
French ladies who arc competent tc
continue your work II Sou will stay
long enough with us TO train them and
inculcate them with the spirit Of tn.
Y. W. G. A. \
.We hnre IN France nothing com
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I0W al Nc Nh WOnous udVc uhNet
l} gone stupendous suffering
~ because Of the war. True.
LR But picture to yourself. II
you can, their suffer'u e
row that peace has come SD labor Is
alta siRndstil.
Over a million French women were
employed In munitions factories during
the war, and already they are being
oispia ced, not because men will take
the work over, but because OF tenn
porav clogginE of the wheels OF IN
dastry. according to Miss Mary Ding
nsn, director OF Y. ". c. A. work for
French industrial, women. who Is in
this country or short fur!ough.
The barren. cherries factory Govrni-
tory has been home to these women 70.
The past two years The enrichment
compound, devoid OF trees or grass a
sea OF mud In rainy weather and 8
sheet Of burning clay, piteousy
scorching every one who crossed II
during summer. has been their recres-
,,ion ground. and the! were thankful
for even that
The women who worked In NUM-
tions were mostly refugees. Now that
war ID over and the factories are clos
Ing down-for France was far ahead
with Its munitions program due to the
ireless efforts OF these women-wo-
: men couvicts, women from the Oldest
and most aristocratic families Of
France and peasant women are alike
being turned out into world which
holds nothing for them-neither hap
plncss, homes or loved ones. They
were bound together by bonds Of dull
: dAxed suffering before. A new sort OF
Democracy holds them together now,
They have no place to 90. Their
homes were destroyed. Houses may
be- rebuilt. but without money. without
family. without worldly goods. with 8
memory which Is scared by four years
Of suffering, what hope Is there 70,
these women unless American womer
reach forth and prove to them the sis
terhood Of the world7
Factories. after the temporary iul
IN labor. will be reconstructed to pro
Once che things which we're considere,
necessary to comfort before the wn
swept all before II and munitions be
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came more Important, than silks and
Velyets. Undoubtedly women will OPP
crate d great deal of ;he machinery in
these new factories The return OF
men will displace certain amount Of
woman labor. The return OF men
will. on the other hand, relieve a Ger.
tain percentage or women from tie
necessity OF supporting themselves aud
their children. Blu, IN the meantime
something must be done to help these
women keep their poise. 10 help them
bridge The difficulties which confront
them and 70 take care OF them.
While The world rcioiced nj the
news Of peace. while men and women
OF all ages and all faiths. checrci.
sang, embraced and danced I'D ans.
down Fifth Avenue. Piccadii!y, the
Champs Eiysees and other streets W
the worlds three larges; cities snd
up and down Msin street OF every
town IN the United States, these wo-
men went TO the Y. W. c. A. secreta-
ries, and, wringins their hands, cried !:
The wor-it is over-but we do not
know where 10 go next! What Is To
become Of us?"
Thousands OF women are being re-
leased from war jobs every day, Miss
Dingman says, and they literally do
not know where to go next Because
Of this Miss Dingman prophecies that
the 7. W. G. A. will continue it's work
In France, though the matter Is not
definitely decided. French officials are
requesting that the Y. W. G. A. con.
tinue to develop industrial welfn re
work for women-the first ever known
in France.
The problem Is one which has new er
been faced before In France. Women
did not work In factories and an op-
portunity for social welfare work
among women had not come as II had
In England and America previous 10
the war. When women went into IN.
dustry they were unused to It md
forced 10 II. Employers were unaccus
toned TO II and therefore not able &c
cope with the rituntion. 1t was thu.
that the T. w. G. A. was requested by
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XW.C A SECRE EARY HOLDS
HAZE HOUR SINGING GLASS Fer
CHILDREN
sy sgRhIcE eRlswoLp.

RXW RENCH vomens have under
1874 gone stupendous suffering
1881 because Of the war. True.
L$4 But picture to yourself. II
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GRAN MERE E
a RE FlS WHO
HAS WON THE he ARTS
OF ALL AT THE T.wC.S
Evening star., 1919-09-03
SMALLER PACKERS
AGAINST LICENSING
Tell Senators Bills Being
Considered Would Demor-
aIize Their Business.

Independent packers assailing the
Kenyon and Kendrick bills before the
Senate agriculture committee today
declared that federal regulation
through licensing system would ut
| terly demoralize their business.
Patrick Brennan. president of the
| Independent Packing Company Of Chi
cago, said his company. established in
| 1905, had built up it's business in COM
| petition with the big packers, and
! that it's business volume in 1918 was
| $27, 100000
''These bills are aimed at the large
packers" he said, "and I assume it
| is the desire OF Congress to encourage
competition and keep the smaller
work toward an opposite effect
Points Out Alleged Faults.
First, it gives the Secretary of Ag-
riculture power to suspend the license
| of any concern to do business, to pun
| ish it for infractions of any regula-
| tions he may make. The only appeal
from this suspension is to the circuit
plain English that if the court finds
any evidence to sustain the Secre-
tary's decision it must stand. All
packers do business on borrowed
money. This feature of the law alone
would make the small packer a bad
financial risk. that would eventually
result in leaving the business to the
largest and strongest companies"
Discussing the refrigerator car stu
alton. Brennan said his company
owned 100.
There is an impression that taking
away the cars would cure all the diff
hculties," he said. There are not
enough of them now to handle all the
| business"
James F. Cochran, president of a
| Kansas City Independent concern,
told the committee his experience in
doing business under license during
the war had not made him like it,
Most of the government regula-
tions," he said. turn out with the big
| houses getting bigger and the little
houses getting smaller"
Evening star., 1919-09-03
THE OTHER ANGLE
League Of Clocks.
BY KIRK MILLER.

While congressional committees are
going into eleven-inning tantrums
over the price Of fur coats in the
Souse Sea Islands and the cost Of
straw hats in Sitka, Alaska, we need
Washington to make our national
works hop along on a 2.75 schedule
like the lexington cars.
While we are untangling the po-
lice spaghetti and giving the f1remen
the raise in wages, which at best
won't be like the straw which busted
the camers suspender buttons. we
ought to ask the anti-democratc
Congress to slip US an oflciai CLOCK
winder for local sundials which can't
seem to agree.
Passing the audience of clocks en-
route to the Washington Terminal
the cuckoos tell more lies about the
time of day than we knew were Of
ficially recorred in the latest uneX-
purgated edition of the Switching
, almanac. When you finally smirk up
to Union station you are sore all
because you find that none of the
lies you decoded on the clocks on
the way out were the truth. What
chance has a suburbanite got when
he sticks his fist in a bag of false
hoods to pick out one truthful false
hood and finds that it's false alarm?
Starting from the financial district
on Union station bound car at noon
| the clockpiece at 14th street and New
York avenue will chirp II o'clock
fiat. AS you round the bend at 14th
and F streets you lamp cuckoo up
toward the Treasury building which
;; indicates that the sun is just at me,
| ridian. Flat-wheeling it down F
street on a 18th and D street nat
wheeler, the Big Ben at 9Th and F
streets has both of its paws pointing
straight up and the one-armed lunch
| room cash registers are playing The
Chimes of Normandy"
Mopfng out G street toward the
Plaza when he busts into Massa-
| chusetts avenue, John Suburbanite
gets a squint at the St A1oysius bel
his zenith, plumb! Dashing torpidly
| into Union station to get the 1920
local. the g-pedestrian finds that
he is just twenty minutes ahead OF
time. He has come from downtown
| in one whisper less than nothing,
even. Left the Treasury exit at IL
o'clock sharp and arrived at the con-
course at noon sharp. feeling very
dull and dumb.
IL
a league of clocks in the city factory
so we can get the full benefit Of the
hour of daylight which is soon to be
amputated from the domestic cur
riculum. What's the use Of grab
bing off those sixty extra tickers a
day when you've got to spend twenty
of 'em in public depot listening to
| the train announcer mispronounce
the names of all the way stations
between here and Prague?
If you are at the war risk building and
want to gyrate out to catch the 5:15
start twenty minutes late by the nearest
street chronometer and you'll get there
Just on time. The Union station bound
cars are plainly marked, if that is where
| you want to get bound. but any Of them
will be sure to get bound before you get
where you are going.
Have your fare ready-plenty OF room
up front!
Evening star., 1919-09-03
SALMON TREATY SIGNED
BY ITS NEGOTlATORS

In the presence Of Secretary Red
field Of the Department Of Commerce,
the treaty between the United States.
Great Britain and Canada for tho
protection Of sock-eyed salmon fish
cries on the Frazer river and contigu-
GUS waters in British Columbia and
the state Of Washington was signed
at the State Department yesterday by
Secretary Lansing for the United States
Ronald Lindsay, charge of the British
embassy, for his government. and Sir
Douglas Hazen, chairman Of the Ca
madam international fisheries COM
mission. for the Canadian government.
Evening star., 1919-09-03
COURT GRANTS INJUNCTION.
Administrative Forbidden to Re-
move Securities From Safe Deposit.

The United States Fidelity and
Guaranty Company of Baltimore.
surety on the bond of Mrs. Pearl
Goldsmith. adminixtrat2ix of the es-
tate of her husband. Israel S. Gold
smith, yesterday obtained from Justice
Hitz an injunction against Mrs. Cold
smith to prevent her from opening a
safe deposit box and removing securi-
ties of the estate.
The court also ordered the admin
istratrix to show cause next Monday
why she should not be required to
give counter security.
Evening star., 1919-09-03
Qip This Coupo,,

Send this coupon for a 10
Day Tube. Use like any tooth
paste. Note how clean the
teeth feel after using. Mark
the absence of the Shiny film.
See how the teeth whiten as
the fixed film disappears.
This test is most important
toyou. Cut tthe couponuow.
Evening star., 1919-09-03

While we are untangling the po-
lice spaghetti and giving the firemen
the raise in wages, which at best
won't be like the straw which busted
ought to ask the anti-democratic
Congress to slip US an official clock
winder for local sundials which can't
seem to agree.