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Evening star., 1922-04-23

Department and the Navy Depart
ment.
SOUTH AND WEST BACK
OF SHIPPING PROGRAM.
Supporters of the pending merchant
marine bill are highly gratified at
the backing being given the bill in
the middle western states. long the
seat of active opposition to subsi-
dies. for a merchant marine. The
change in sentiment is due to the
increasing attention given the sub
ject Of water transportation all
through the country. The Mississippi
valley states and those nearby are
very much interested In water trans
portation and canals of all kinds.
The south is coming to the support
of the bill also. realizing the advan-
tages Of establishing freight t-carrying
lines from southern seaports. The
south wants to be sure that the lines
already established shall be safe
guarded by provisions in the bill and
that more shall be made practicable.
BITTER CONTEST AAuES
OVER SHIP CANAL.
Speaking Of waterways, the fight
between the state of New York and
the Mississippi valley and great lakes
states over the St. Lawrence river
ship canal is getting bitter, with
echoes OF it heard in the Senate. New
York Is opposing the project ag-
gressively. while in some of the
states political parties are making
demands for the canal in their state
platforms.
Another canal project is pending in
Congress- proposition to buy the
Cape Cod canal for the government
at price of S11.500,000. II this is
done, Secretary DENLY recommends
that the canal be deepened to forty
feet, so that 1t may be used by bat
ueships.
All the agitation for increased wa
tcr-carriage facilities is classed as
aiding the proposed upbuilding Of the
merchant marine.
PRESIDENT IS NEUTRAL
IN, PRIMARY CONTESTS.
President Harding is keeping hands
off the primary contests for the sena-
torial nominations in all states. In
Massachusetts, Ohio and Indiana the
struggle for the nomination is spirit
ed, but the President has adopted the
policy of neutrality among the
aspirants.
Representatives Fess Of Ohio. who
came out last week as candidate
for the senatorial nomination. felt
called upon to squelch a report that
the President is supporting his am
bition. He issued a statement. say
ing:
Il am too good a friend of the
President to seek his embarrassment
by attempting to involve him in
primary contest. and am certainly too
good a republican to invite adverse
as well as unwise criticism of his
administration. On the other hand,
any report by any friend OF any
candidate that President Harding is
backing or will back any candidate
Tor the SENATE Is CAu0AAS "ssAASee
foundation. and from whatever mo-
tive, it cannot be a friendly attitude
toward the administration or its head
The President is doing precisely what
1 have known from the beginning he
would do. remaining neutral in any
contest in the primary for the sena-
torship that may arise.
In Indiana, where the bitterest con-
test RACES, the agony will soon be
over. The primaries will be held May
2 to determine whether Senator New
or former Senator Beveridge Is the
candidate. Then the republicans will
begin to cast about to heal up the
factional wounds and close any pos
sible breach in the party through
which the democrats might march to
capture Senate seat.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
CHANCE OF BONUS VETO
REGARDED AS SLIGHT.

On Capitol Hill there is considera,
bic speculation as to what the Presi-
dent will do with the bonus bill. II 1t
does not conform to his ideas. and II
II should be nodded along lines to
which he has heretofore raised OBJ
iections. There has been a strong un-
dercurrent of rumor that he would
veto a measure which did not come
up to his specifications.
Senatorial callers at the White
! House last week. however. came
away with the impression that the
President is likely to sign any bill
for soldiers bonus which meets the
approval of the conference commit
tee of the House and Senate.
Many of the soldiers are said to
fear that somehow the bill may fall
between two stools. either because OF
failure of the House and Senate to
compose their conflicting views. or of
difference between the Legislative
and the executive branches.
The best judgment at the Capitol Is
that the movement for the bill has
gone so far the party in power can
not AFFORD to allow it to come to
naught. ..
GOVERNMENT FEARS Loss
OF ITS NAVAL OIL. as
4 lively row is impending in Con-
gress over the proposal of the gov
ernment to lease to large oil con-
Germ oil lands in Wyoming and Cali
fornia, lands owned by the govern
ment and held as the source of a
naval reserve of fuel. The charge Is
made that the government may be
exploited.
The position of the government is
this. IT is said that while the lands
are being held. the oil is being drained
off Private concerns which own
lands over the same pool or OIL that
the government depends upon for fu-
tu-e supplies are drilling wells and
tapping the pool. 3D..
The eovernemnt fears that in
abort time all the oil which the poor
contains will be drained away ana
tho Government will have nothing but
surface lands. The pending PROPOSE
,ion is to have the oil pumped from
the pool under the government-o"neo
lands, piped to large storage tanks.
n thousand miles or more away. ana
there stored until 1t is needed. 1t Is
EXPLAINED that immense capital Will
be required for the undertaking.
thorough investigation OF the
plan and all transactions concerning
it. talked of in Congress. is declared
by high government authority to be
entirely acceptable to the Interior
Evening star., 1922-04-23
BY n. o. MESSENGER.

ONGRESSMEN experienced .hat
chilly feeling down the spine
when Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon announced that a
threatened deficit in revenues for the
fiscal year 1928. of $s50,U00. 900
which some fear may run to $780,
oo0.o0o-wili pecessitate additional
taxation.
More taxes. calculated the law
makers: and what Is there left to tax
now. and who ia going to pay .'em? ?
While the warning from the Treas
ury Department was still fresh In
their minds. the members Of the SEN
ate finance committee were puzzlins
their brains over how to raise the
money for the soldiers bonus.
The government HASN'T anything
TO SELL the Treasury Department
grimly announced. and it is either tax
or borrow for the bonus and the
threatened deficit. 1t seems assured
that the bonus bill will pass, the re-
publican senators IN caucus having
voted by IS to 9 in favor of having
the bill rep~'ted out of committee
within a reasonable time" That
means action at this session and. of
course, far in advance of the cleo
tionS
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29
Has Good Time Under Operation.

Two recent inventions, one surgical
and the other electrical, enabled a
girl at Samaritan Hospital in Phila-
delphia to undergo two dangerous
operations last week and remain smil-
ing throughout
One was method Of spinal anas-
thesia, which numbed the girls body
from her shoulders downward, making
her oblivious to physical agony. The
other was the radiophone, through which
she heard Mccormack, Paderewski and
other artists.
The experiment was conducted by DR..
John Howard Prick, in an effort to
alleviate the mental torture which his
patient, a naturally nervous person,
would ordinarily have had to endure
under the knife.
During the first operation for appen-
dicitis, the girl remained oblivious of
the surgeons The radio receiver
strapped over her ears, her only COM
ment was that she could "hear per-
fectly" the strains of music coming
through space.
The second operation was for the re-
moval of gall stones. Through it the
patient entertained the nurses with
laughing comment on the "good eXecu
ton" of the artist who was transmit
ting Chopin for her. She even offered
occasional criticism when, she said, the
pedaling was at fault.
She was on the operating table forty
five minutes. Her pulse remained
constant throughout, DR.. Prick asseT
ed Al the end of the experiment.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29
Doctors Puzzled.

To have his meek broken. vet TO
walk. drive 4 car, PLAY billiards and
take light exercise, is the unusual Con.
dition of Stewart Sigler. 10. former
star athlete of the Poplar Bluff mis-
sourD High School. The case has
oaftled the medical scientists.
Two years ago Sigler with a party NJ
friends was on an outing six miles
north of Poplar Bluffs. During the
outing number OF the party souph,
to refresh themselves with dip into
Black river.
Sigler made a dive of of high bank
into the depths of the river and struck
his head on the rocky bottom. When
he came up he felt dazed and made
his way out of the stream. Not real.
izihg the serious condition, which he
was in, he remained Il, home for sev.
eral days, his neck becoming paralyzeI
and stiff. He had no idea that the
trouble was more than the common all.
ment termed by laymen as "crick in
the neck" and not until his condition
had become alarming did he go to a
physician for treatment. As soon as
the exact cause of his condition was
learned, Sigler was hurried to ST
Louis and placed under the care of
specialists. An operation was perform
ed and it was found that the lieaments
holding the vertebre in the back part
of his neck had been broken and stood
fraction of an inch apart
Slgler was placed in bed, and in an
effort to force the two separated por-
tons together so that they might heal,
a 30-pound container of water was
suspended from his head as he lay in
the hospital. He remained in that con-
dition for five months.
Only recently did his physicians
feel safe in permitting him to leave
his bed, and then not until plaster
cast had been constructed about his
body and neck to hold the broken por-
tions together and eliminate any chance
of having his neck twisted. Sigler has
gone through the siege with a spirit
that is amazing. Not a time has he
complained of his troubles. When his
condition warrants the removal of the
cast, Sigler says, it will have to be cut
from his body with a chisel.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29
He Probably Got His Wish.

Tommy, though very young-he is
only four-has a prccocious appreci-
alton of the pleasure of the table. His
sister, who is a few years older, has
recently been suffering from one of
the common malades OF childhood, and
as she became convalescent Tommy
frequently observed the most tempting
delicacies being carried into the sick
room, from which he was still eXclud-
ed. He decided TO put in a word for
himself The next time he saw his
mother bearing tray of especially
appetizing food to the invalid's door
he made his plea.
"Mother." he said, "may have the
measles when Violet's finished with
them ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29

DR.. Steinmetz, the great electrical
expert, has found way to create a
real bolt Of lightning in his laboratory.
He produced one the other day that
most realistically tore through a tree
that had been brought into the labora-
tory for the purpose. DR.. Steinmetz
says that his thunderbolt had an energy
Of million horse power, which is only
about one fve-hundredth part of the
energy Of real lightning. But the
lightning flash, whether natural or ar
tificial, is so soon over that its tre-
mendous energy cannot be employed
for any useful work. 1t lasts only a
hundredth- thousandth part Of a second.
The Steinmetz lightning generator con-
sists of a high-voltage condenser that
contains two hundred glass pates, ar
ranged in two rows and in groups Of
fifty. 1t can hold in storage one hum
dred and twenty thousand volts of
electricity. When the tension Of the
stored current becomes greater than
that the discharge passes from the pos
tive to the negative end of the con-
denser with all the noise and display
of the real thing
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29
a lesson In Confidence.


When Mark Twain WAS a bow he
wanted 10 learn to be pilot on the
Mississippi River. The task was BY no
means easy. for the pilot of 4 river
steamer had TO know Just where the
swallows were, just where the rocks
lay hidden, and Just where the chan
mel swerved. He had also to know
Just what each ripple and each eddy
Sgnifed.
After some time, so the story runs.
Mark Twain thought he had learned all
there was to learn He was sure that
ne knew where all the reefs and shall
lows were. But there was something
that he lid not know.
One day the pilot was watching him
as he was steering the course. Soon
Mark Twain began 10 sheer of TO one
side.
Where are YOU going?" cried the
pilot sharply.
81 am avoiding that reef" Mark
Twain pointed to an angry rufle of
water that stretched in front of them.
Never mind it," said the pilot.
Keep straight on"
The boy could hardly believe the
mans words. There was the sign of
reef as plain as could be! He fan
cied that he already heard the crash
of the boat, the screams of passengers
and the cries of the children. "Yet
the pilot cannot be wrong" Setting
his teeth, he drove the boat straight at
the angry streak of broken water.
AS the prov of the steamer touched
the edge of it he held his breath for
fear; but to his utter establishment
and delight the steamer rode on
smoothly.
The ripples had been caused, not by
a reef, but by the wind. II is true
that on either side we're rocks or shall
lows, but the rippleS were in deep, safe
water.
The Bible eXhorts us not to be afraid
of sudden fear. 1t is good advice. 81
have had many troubles, most of which
have never happened" says a certain
motto.
To steer straight on in simple obed-
fence to right is the crown of courage.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29
Kissing Traced TO Ancient Romans

1t comes as a shock to learn that
kissing is modern art; it is only
within recent years speaking geologi-
cally) that it has been practiced. There
were no kissing games in the days
of the Queen of Sheba, it is said: per
haps even Cleopatra knew nothing of
the art When it did come into ex-
istence as an all too human habit, it
seems that it came not as a sponta-
neous artistic expression but as part
of a system of shopping and spying,
something like a part of dry en-
forcment act.
In the early days of Rome wine was
offered as a sacrifice. 1t was improper
for the vestal virgins or any of the
matronS to appropriate any of the il
bration. To ascertain where guilt
lay when some Of the wine was miss
ing it became the custom for men to
smell their kinswomen's breaths. One
thing leads to another, and before
they knew il the Romans had invent
ed one of the most popular of human
institutions. There has never been
date fixed for the origin of this custom,
but il is first mentioned in the men,
oirs of Pomponious, who presented his
lips to be kissed by the deserving
mobiles, his hands to the less deserving
and least noble.
OF course, after its inception, one
understands why kissing should be-
come so popular. Erasmus notes that
on his visit to England it was used
everywhere as a form of greeting.
When visitor entered house he
kissed the father and mother, the sons
and daughters, the dog, the cat and
anything else that was kissable. This
was repeated when departing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29

a bridge has been designed TO span
the Hudson river at New York which
will be the most important gateway
TO the West. Its lower deck will carry
II railroad tracks, its upper deck
roadway, two and half times as wide
as Fifth Avenue, will take care of 10
streams Of vehicles. There will still
be room on the upper deck for four
surface car lines and two sidewalks.
Although the bridge will cost Sl30,OOO,-
600 it is believed it will pay for itself
by cutting the cost of bringing goods
across the Hudson from S2.2S to so
cents a ton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29

A rich man, lying on his death bed,
called his chauffeur who had been in his
service for years, and said:
"Ah, Sykes. am going on long
and rugged journey, worse than ever
you drove me-"
"Well, sir" consoled the chauffeur
"There's one comfort. It's all down
hill"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29
Hardware Department.

Bar Iron, Nails, Horse Shoes, Largs
Iron Wash Kettles, Brass, Copre:
and Porcelain Kettles, SkiIlets, Wafie
Irons, Trace, Butt, Cow and Halter
Chains, Farm Bells Screen Doors
and Windows, American Fence Wire.
Barbed Wire, Saws, Black Hawk
Corn Shelters, Lawn Mowers, Files.
All Sizes Bolts, Lcaoed Shells, Pow.
der and Shot.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29
Longer Life To Stockings.

There will be less darning and a
80, life 10 stockings if you buy them
.,.T,. large enough. This gives space
g. =. he foo. to slide and saves much
wear.
SIX stockings will wear much long
4, they are laundered every day, for
,e,s,;ration left in the silk rots it.
g.. warm mot hot) suds fromsa mild
"a, or soap flakes. Squeeze the suds
,5-lv.h the stockings, rubbing as lit
80 ,s POSSIBLE. Then turn the stock
;,cs inside out to make sure they are
,-orruch'y clean. Wiring gently. When
limos, iry. iron with a warm mot
hot, iron.
Use two cups of salt to gallon of
--,4 water to set the color in black
..,,.a~cs that have a tendency TO run
This NAV have to be used before
ever washing for stockings of this
kind
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29

IN the old days of the draft-stories
are ro7ring up about them even at
t-.. ,sme-an examiner was putting
Ssmho through the usual course of
questions.
ANY previous military experience ?"
he asked.
Lord. yes. boss!" replied Sambo,
use an old-timer. Use been shot at
three times befo' they ever was a
war"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29

scrotua. Cc;;s,Euring skin erup.ions.
TO imrgr , oFitmples, rashes, etc, are due
. ,sfs as cleansi BuTdp pSSo Blood Bit
''Tmended. SI.25 at all stores
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29

Try the Register Want Ads.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-07-13
Daily Health Hint
MAD DOG: WHAT TO DO.
BY DR.. p H. BISHOP.

BY DR.. p, H. BISHOP.
Mad Dog! Perhaps you will hear
that terrible cry once or twice this
summer. 1t is a signal to scurry for
shelter.
During the "dog( days" of summer,
everybody fears a "mad dog" Yet
rabies or hydrophobia, which often
follows the bite of mad" or rabid
dog is just as dangerous in win
ter as during the hot season. For
rabies, contrary to popular opinion, is
an all-the-year-rou disease.
The germ that causes rabies is pres
ent in the saliva Of rabid animal and
enters the body of another animal or
human being through bite or break
in the skin.
Generally the disease develops with
in from Is to 80 days in man, though
it has been known to develop as early
as 10 days and as late as a year or
more after the injecting bite.
To guard against the danger of
rabies, everyone should know the
symptoms.
There are nine which may easily be
recognized by the layman. They are
1) sudden change in disposition; (2)
unusual nervousness or irritability;
(3) tendency to leave home; az
change in voice to hoarse bark or
husky growl; 90 difficulty in swal-
lowing, particularly fluid food; (6)
tendency to snap or bite without pro-
vocation; CD weakness or paralysis of
the legs or lower jaw; (8) an increased
flow of saliva; CO. the desire to swal-
low abnormal substances such as wood,
stones, etc.
If dog has bitten anyone, don't
hasten to shoot the offending animal,
but lock 1t up in order that diagnosis
may be made. AS the first stage of
the disease progresses a dog will
scarcely touch its favorite food or will
refuse to swallow it even after having
it in the mouth. Later it will reject
all food, but chew objects within it's
reach and swallow them if possible.
Cauterization of the wound and the
Pasteur treatment are measures de-
signed to prevent the development Of
the disease after being bitten, but
should be undertaken only under the
supervision of a competent physician.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-07-13
Happenings
Is Years Ago
July II, 1897.

July IL, 1897.
The fourth biennial reunion of the
Kenosha high school alumni associa-
tion begins today. An elaborate pro-
gram of events has been prepared for
the graduates. The former high school
students have been coming in from
far and wide all day and great many
of them arrived yesterday. Those
from out town, who had registered
up to noon today were as follows: Mrs.
Rebecca Jones Apologize, '64, Tacoma,
Washington; Mrs. Fannie Petit Wells,
Denver; Mrs. MARITIME Gonzalez, Grand
Rapids, Michigan; George H. Francis,
Bradley, illinois,; Mrs. Amelia Merrill
Reeder, Richmond, Illinois; Mrs. S. C.
johnson, Racine; Charles H. Hackley,
Muskegon, Michigan; Mrs. D. F. Coe,
Elkhart, Ind; Mrs. Francis Ehle Lake,
Winona, Mimi; Mrs. Madeira Dodge
Cannon, Ripon; L. W. Briggs, Osh-.
kosh; Mrs. Anna Hyde Merrill, Spring
Valley, ILL.,; Mrs. Harriet Northway
Burgess, Salem; Miss M. Luella Dodge,
Eau Claire; J. V. Quarles, Milwaukee;
Miss Jane E. Dale, Winnetka, ILL.,; Mrs.
Susan Veazie Wakeman and Mrs. Ella
Veazie Fitch, Oak Park; John G. Nc
Mynn, Madison; Glenn Jones, Hastings,
Iowa; and Mrs. Anna Jordan Cheet-
ham, Julius G. McIntyere, Mrs. Libbie
Tymeson Woodbury., j. H Windsor, c.
C. Curtis, George w. Warvelle, Mrs.
Ida Stryker Downs, Misses Margaret
H and Joanna S. Peters, Messrs. and
Mesdames J. E. Petit, H. B. Briggs,
Mesdames Flora Parish Tobin, Lee
Fellows, Anna Ely Nelson, Celia Eng
lish Bailey, Charles Deming, Frances
Willis Jones, Sarah Bayliss Radcliffe,
Alice English Ryan, Rosa Reed Shib-
ley, Misses Ella Stanton, Emma Akin
son, Jennie Bayliss, Messrs. D. ].
Hynes, James Hannah, Charles Parish,
Walter Stebbins and Fred Tracy, all
of Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-07-13
Radio Life-Sayers.

Stationed at isolated points along
the United States coast line are small
huts to which may be credited the saw
ing of many lives and vessels.
These huts inclose a radio instru-
ment that has made coast navigation
safer and surer. 1t is called the radio
compass.
The operation of this instrument is
such that a ship that has lost its bear
ings at sea could easily learn its po-
sition by aid of the radio compass.
In heavy fog and dangerous waters,
along rocky shores, the compasses are
Of especial value.
Many of these compass stations
have been erected. Their range is
over 200 miles. They are situated at
the most dangerous points along the
coast, desolate locations where it has
been found necessary to protect ship
ping from destruction.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-07-13
WIRE AND RADIO CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN AMERICA AND EUROPE.

this work. The electron tube-vacuum
tube--has been developed to the point
where one unit will develop as much
as rs horsepower of radio energy. The
present installation contemplates the
use of four of these tubes.
At the present time it is possible
for any telephone subscriber in the
land to telephone to Catalina Island,
off the coast of California. You mere
~ ask for the toll operator and give
your number. When the connection
is made you cannot know that the
most western As miles of your CON
nection is without wires. The gap is
bridged by radio.
So, within a. few months this same
will be true of the gap between New
York and Europe. Many business men
will avail themselves of this service.
Such link should also have the effect
of fastening the perfection of Eu-
ropean telephone systems. Telephone
service in Europe is VIGOROUSLY be-