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Evening star., 1922-02-16

Ject that ought to be made clear. It
must be q source Of considerable NOR.
tiflcation and discomfort to the
ground hog to be called a ground hog.
He is not a ground hog or any other
kind of a hcg. The hog is q very
useful animai ana very much more
valuable than. some men, yet. a. .
general proposition, men and ground
hogs are apt to protest against being
called hogs. Arctomys monAx Is 4
ground squirrel. He In a squirrel with
terranean and subterranean instead Of
arboreal habits. He prefers to be
called woodchuck instead Of ground
hog. "1t is said" to quote phrase
that 10 sometimes used in the news
papers. that II the ground hog-wood.
chuck-Arctomys monax-is not set
right in the matter Of his name he
win shift his day from February to
the first Of January, and instead Of
predicting forty days Of bad weather
will predict seventy.
Evening star., 1922-02-16
A Marine National Convention.
This is a news note:


Plans Of the President for securing
aid through Congress for American
shipping will be the leading topic for
consideration at the annual conven-
tions Of the National Merchant Marine
Association to be held at the Wash
policies>to be adopted by the cQnven-
tion viii represent the opinion of
leading shipping and commercial in
terests of the nation.
These are the speakers announced:
A. D. Lasker. chairman Of the
Shipping Board; H. H. Raymond.
president of the American Steamship
ter. president of the United States
Ship Operators Association; Steven
son Taylor. president Of the American
Bureau OF Shipping: Prof. s. S. Hueb-
ner. E. A. Filene Of Boston, Malcolm
Stewart Commissioner Chamberlain
Fletcher. Senator Wesley L. Jones and
Representative Frank D. Scott of
Michigan.
As has come to be the fashion. this
matter has been put up to the Presi-
dent. Congress and the country are
looking to him for suggestions as to
desired legislation.
He has found time, pressed as he
is for time. to consult marine interests
and authorities and. It Is understood.
has arrived at conclusions about what
should be done.
That something should be done at
this session Of Congress to boost Amer.
ica's sea carrying power is general
opinion. 1t has been promised, and
the country awaits the fulfillment OF
the promise. We have the ships
have built them at an enormous cost
international trade IL showing signs
Of revival and now is the time to get
into the game.
Conditions on Capitol Hill are
crowded and, in a measure, confused.
A number of measures are being
marked must" and doubtless the Ma.
tional Merchant Marine Association at
its coming meeting will try so to
mark measure for the promotion Of
plans for establishing with govern.
ment aid our much-discussed merchant
marine.
Evening star., 1922-02-16
EDITORIAL DIGEST

principle" the Muncie Star (indepen-
dent republican, declares. sis force.
tho attempt ito get by coercion what
might not be obtainable in an appeal
to fairness: to take the public by the
throat and force it to submit to the
terms the miners and transportation
workers might demand"
In support of this Interpretation, a
number of writer's quote the resolu.
ton adopted by two important raj!
unions in New York city in support of
the plan," Of which the following Is
q part:
United States federated and amalga-
mated, the very power and function
of the government can be dictated by
the sovereignty of the nation-the
working class"
Carried out in such . spirit. the re-
suit Of this amalsamation. the Nor.
folk virginian Pilot dndependent
democratic) asserts. would be the
creation of a superdictatorial organ
ization that would, menace the nation
and reduce It to state OF
dependence. that would be intoier-
able" a ruthless and irresponsible
dictatorship" the Baltimore News
Independently adds, directed pri-
marily in the interest OF something
less than 100000 men,"
Evening star., 1922-02-16
A Dry Challenge.

Senator Willis, addressing the Ohio
state dry law convention at Columbus
Saturday. declared against lowering
the prohibition laws so as to admit
light wines and beer. and then said:
Is any one 30 feeble minded as to
suppose that the light wines and beer
simply become a cloak to hide the dis
pensing of hard liquor; it is a mere
subterfugs-the first step in the pro-
gram craftily formed and definitely
announced to break down the eight
eenth amendment and bring back the
saloon.
This is true. If the sale Of light
wines and beer is permitted. places
call them what you please-for con.
ducting the tratic must be allowed
and will be opened. and when opened
will be more or less secure from OH
cial inspection. As result, "the hard
stuff' will be secretly-and not very
secretly-on sale. too; and q wink and
the flip Of coin will be sunicient to
put the keeper of the place wise as to
what 10 wanted. In the shortest time
the saloon-almost in all the objection.
ableness of its original form-will be
in full operation again.
The Ohio senator concluded with
this pointed. logical. and reasonable
suggestion to the vets:
II the prohibition amendment ia
disliked there IL only one recourse.
obtain the consent Of two-thirds of
each house Of Congress and the rati-
hcation OF thirty-six states ON q pro-
posa1 to repeal IL.
The contention Of the vets In that
the eighteenth amendment vas adopt
ed under q wave of emotionalism; that
it cannot be enforced. and that the
people are tired of an irritating fu.
tility. Very well. II that Is true, why
not take the latest popular Judgment
on the question as a whole. and not
attempt to nulfffy the amendment by
this maneuver In behalf Of light wines
and beer? Why undertake to dispose
Of the amendment by q process Of
nibbling?
Evening star., 1922-02-16
Ground Hogs,

The ground hog finds vindication in
this weather. Perhaps, resting In his
underground chamber on a bed Of dry
leaves, he turns over, yawns and says.
II told you so!''
Men in making prophecies generally
try to predict something that will
probably happen. or that will be more
than likely to happen. and sometimes
they make their predictions so full of
loopholes. provisos and uncertainties
that, no matter what happens. it will
verify the prediction.
The ground hog is also shrewd
prophet. There are few days in the
year in Washington during which there
is not a single moment Of sunshine
strong enough to cast the shadow of
a ground hog. The chances are also
very much in favor Of disagreeable
weather during February and early
March. No. safer season could be
picked for predicting bad weather. The
ground hog in his present way of
making predictions takes about the
same chances as though he were to
say, ".If I see my shadow on the 4th
Of July there will be forty days Of
warm weather. with an occasional
thunderstorm and sunstroke."
The ground hog likes to play safe.
That is the art Of prophecy, and the
people Of Washington are ready to
admit. that our Washington ground
hogs and those that burrow in the
nearby fields and woods Of, the Poto-
mac states are good and careful
prophets.
There is one thing about this sub
Evening star., 1922-02-16
Not a Flyless Ointment.

WORKING out OF the program FOR the
limitation Of ornaments is proving
mighty rough on individuals, however
beneficent it may be to society as a
whole. At the Washington and other
denly out of employment in the mid
die Of winter and during a period of
depression when jobs are scarce and
hard to get. Now 1t is proposed in
Congress that the class Of midshipmen
: ito be graduated from the Naval Acad.
!. envy next June shall be turned hack
to civil life, denied the hope Of ever
going to sea in the uniforms of Of
fcers Of the Navy.
These are things which probably
cannot be helped. Society in its
= progress upward never has taken
much heed Of the fortunes of indi-
: viduals, holding that the well.being OF
a few scores or q few hundreds Of
persons cannot be permitted to inter
fere with the we!lIbeing of the people
as a whole. These victims probably
would be the last to ask that progress
) should be halted because it was hurt
full to them personally, and fer that
very reason they are entitled to every
consideration which 1t is possible to
give them. Not only should the gov.
ernment use every means 1t has at
hand to mitigate the hardships its
policy has inflicted. but employers of
labor have az opportunity to do both
Americanism and themselves a good
turn.
The men released from the navy
yards are among the finest and Most
highly skilled machinists in the world.
valuable additions to any manufac.
turing plant where such labor is re-
quired. Places should be made for
them in private industry. even If only
for part-time work. And their fellow
craftsmen who have jobs ought to be
willing to share employment with
them. Union labor has been a con.
sistent advocate Of armament linnita-
ton. Here is an opportunity to share
benefits involved.
If the midshipmen are denied COM
" missions, their sacrifices will be more
sentimental than material. 1t will be
disappointment to have closed to
them the careers for which they have
prepared themselves, but they will not
lack opportunity for useful and prob.
ably more remunerative employment.
The business world will not overlook
the chance to avail itself of the serv-
: ices Of these finely trained and edu-
Gated young men, the very cream of
= the youth of their generation.
Evening star., 1922-02-16
An 'Entangling' Alliance at Homei :

An Industrial alliance which the
press considers quite as "entangling"
and as dangerous" to public welfare
rs political alliances has been pro-
posed to the organized railroad work.
ers by the organized mine workers.
"The practically unanimous accept
ance by thes representatives of the
railroad organizations" Of President
Lewis invitation to a conference
leads the mine leader to the belief
that "the organized railroad workers
have q profound appreciation of the
necessity for closer cooperation. and
a determination to utilize every prop
or means Of protecting the interests
of the men employed in these basic
industries"
But the movement toward a "defen-
sive alliance" of mine and rail work.
ers in. the protection Of their inter-
ests" is certainly not being encour-
aged by newspaper opinion. Its dan
ger to the public is evident" the
Oklahoma City Oklahoman demo-
cratic) finds. and the Sioux City Jour-
will meet "stiff opposition in the form
Record (republican) analyses the
danger thus:
"What Mr.. Lewis intends is that If
employers insist on reductions the
railroad men and the miners shall go
out on strike together. A strike by
either the miners or the railroad men
would cause appalling suffering; e
strike by both would be a calamity. 1t
would mean the stoppage of practi-
cally all industry for lack of fuel; IT
would moan that in a few weeks the
food supplies Of large centers of pop
ulation would run out and more food'
could not be brought to them3'
Certainly such IAN unholy alliance"
II consummated. would have the
country by the throat" the Buffalo
Express independent republican,
agrees, but it finds encouragement IN
the implication that the mine work
ers are SO fearful Of defeat in their
projected strike In the spring that
they are seeking reinforcement.
proposal goes deeper than a play for
support in the coming crisis in the
mining industry. 1t is, in fact, but
modification of the I. W.. w. idea,
the Hartford Times (democratic)
thinks. the theory of "the one big
union" which. by force, would cx-
tract from the people what 1t demand
ed" and while President Lewis
'.makes no open threat Of force, the
threat Is there. nevertheless. The
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (repub-
lican) also interprets this ~ step
toward the zone big union"
.However deftly 1t may be 'camou-
tagged by soft words, the underlying
Evening star., 1922-02-16
Movies as Newspapers.

Does the constitutional guaranty Of
the freedom OF the press apply only
to the impress of metal on newsprint
paper? That 1t is in no sense so re-
stricted il the contention OF Pathe
Exchange, Inc, in an action, brought
wiEh full consent of the Attorney
Generals once, to determine whether
the New York state censor board has
the right to pass upon Its moving pic
ture news reels.
The contention, which seems to have
some logic In 1t, is that the news reels
are as much news Of the day as the
printed columns Of the newspapers.
and that Irrespective Of the legal
right of New York state to censor the
moving picture plays, which are fic-
tion. it has not the power to abridge
the form Of truthful pictures Of ac-
tual events and actual things taken on
the ground as they exist or occur" and
not merely re-enacted or staged. The
pfinciple involved is highly important,
because 1t would affect all state CEN
sorships and even the proposed ma
tional censorships.-Newark News
Qndependent).
There seems always to be a tempest
in the China teapot.-Arkansas Ca
zette. .
The twenty-eisht Princeton fresh
men who say they have never kissed
a girl don't say what girl.-The Pied
mont.
Henry's purchase Of the Lincoln
Motors means merely that he has dis
covered that he can't Ford all the
people all the time.--The Columbia
Record.
Evening star., 1922-02-16
While disaster has drawn especis

- While disaster has drawn especial
: attention to thesters as possibly un-
&. safe, inspection should include all
kinds of construction subject to de.
terioration, or open to the slightest
doubt with reference to original work.
;rinship. A passing furry OF spe :;al.
lied solicitude too frequently takes
the place Of orderly and thorough con-
eideration.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

japanese statesmen say that their
country lost nothing at the Washing
ton conference. They might go fur
ther and say that II peace has been
assured to the world their country and
: every other country has gained a
great deal.
Evening star., 1922-02-16
Mr., Bryan,

In the matter Of the Florida seha-
torship Mr.. Bryan's letter Is cleverly
drawn. II drafted, he win serve. II
not, he Will continue his activities in
politics A. q private citizen.
Il would probably be unfair to
say that Mr.. Bryan invites q
draft. Why should he? He is en-
ployed very much to his liking. He
speaks his own mind. He goes his
Evening star., 1922-02-16

Uncle Joe Cannon says he will not
ask anybody to vote for him again,
but some Of his constituents win prob
ably be unable to overcome the habit
Of q lifetime.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

Discussion Of taxes makes it clear
that the days are past when billion
dollars was regarded as a mere baga-
telle.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

Lenin and Trotsky continue to share
the glory with a thought, no doubt, of
times that may come when 1t will be
desirable to distribute the blame.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

Ali occupations are now open to
women. Yet it Is q disappointment to
find that Massachusetts, has discov-
cred the lady bootlegser.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

Smuggling, in one form or another,
appears to be the prevailing vice of
the age.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

The snow shovel il still available as
a weapon against unemployment il
this immediate vicinity.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

A ten-week holiday for the snow
shovel would be welcomed by . large
section Of humanity.
Evening star., 1922-02-16
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHIL.ANDER JOHNSON.

A Discouragement.
The snow came drifting from the sky.
We thought the snow was finished.
Another came: and the supply
OF snow seemed undiminished.
A little thaw and next q rain,
Accompanied by thunder
And then the storm drew near again
And showed the whole works under.
Again q warm and sunny day
Came forth with Joyous greeting
Again the sky was chill and gray
And took turn at sieeting.
Out yonder stands, with dropping
wing,
A solitary snowbird.
They say the robin soon will sing
But he's q mighty slow bird!
Evening star., 1922-02-16

"Too many Of US sit around tellin'
bout how much we'd do foh humanity
il dey was rich, instid O. gittin' out
an dom whut dey kin Wit . snow
shovel" -
Evening star., 1922-02-16

Ireland is free. but is fighting in
stead Of celebrating.
Evening star., 1922-02-16
Entirely Deficient.

"You disapprove of valentines?"
Rather replied Miss CAYENNE.
Most of them are neither truth nor
poetry
Evening star., 1922-02-16
Retirement.

Retirement.
do you not sometimes dream" said
the sympathetic friend. "of Diminishing
all official cares and leading your life
your own way?" =
"That isn't q Dream" said Senator
Sorghum, little irascibly. That's a
Jud Tunlkins says when he was mar.
ried his wife made him promise to quit
smoking, but he forgot to make her
promise never to begin. q.
inexpensive Speed.
He is a merry little chap
Who goes a-coasting. all serene,
And doesn't have to care rap
About the price Of gasoline.
Evening star., 1922-02-16

The twenty-eight Princeton fresh
men who say they have never kissed
girl don't say what girl.-The Pied
mont.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05
WilSonSchoolNoteS
(Written by the Pupils of the
Wilson SchooN

The following sixty-three pupils of
Wilson school have been neither tardy
nor absent during the third quarter
lending March 81, 1922:
s-A Hazel Cassatt, Nellie Delaney,
Vernon Decker, Lena Bird Hobby, Van
Howell. Edith Mckinney, Molly Mintz,
Eta Mintz, Edgar Starr, Warren Stone,
Alfred Thomas, Earl Willoughby.
s-B Eloise Aten, Mary Louis Cough,
Fanita Kuykendall, Maggie Sue Marsh,
Georgia Smith
IA Edward Davis, Fred Knapp, Yer
Gil Lewis, Kay Richmond, Arthur
Schultz. j. r. Toller, John Wells, Lii
liam Burden.
7-B Altheria Benn, Leland Collom,
Richard Cohen, Chester Collins, Clar-
encc Fairchild, Winifred House, Quincy
Hunt, Rob Phipps, Virginia Ritz, Thel-
ma Noyce, Grace Young.
GA Evarie Collins, Flora La frankie,
Valda Lake, Ellen Maupin, Mildred
Pollard, Vivian Pollard, Charlotte
Stuart, Mary Lea Stuart, Mildred
Record, Charles White.
6-B Reid Cunningham, Margaret Car
michael. Lee Willoughby.
5-A Alvessa Wilson, Bernard Hyink
Arnold Mattson, Robert Collin, William
De Nore, Theodore La Brucherie, Ruth
Terry, J. r. Wade.
5-B Otis Bashaw, Richard Tigner,
Clarence Weber, Opal Hunt, Wayne
Kessler. Pauline Vovcc.
Honor Pupils-The pupils who re-
ceive 'honorablc mention for having
done excellent work are: Marjorie
Helms, Fanita kuykendall, Eleanor
Hobby, j. r. Toller, Annie Harrell,
Ladean Hurst, Helen Mack, George
Yamanaka, Margaret Carmichael, Paul
inc Broekett, Fay Earl, Bernard Hy-
jink, Agnes Hagerty, Jean Meyer, Ruth
Terry, Keester Sweeney, James Berry,
Walter Bromley, Earl Edgar and
Dorothy Bird.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05
HIGH SCHOOL CLUB
PLANS FIRST
EXHIBIT

Friday, April 81 will be n red letter
day at the FL Centre G. L. high school
when boys and girls from all the gram
mar schools of the FL Centre high school
district will meet for the first annual
exhibit of the Pig Calf Chicken club,
according to the announcement of X.
II. Clark, president of the high school
board.
A program has been outlined by mem,
bers of the committee in charge of the
occasion and promises to eclipse all
other affairs held at the local school in
recent years.
Livestock Exhibit
The program for the day will start
early in the morning with an exhibit
of pure bred live stock followed by the
awarding of prizes and Il sale of hogs
and calves at auction. The members of
the eighth grade classes will be invited
to visit the high school cl lsses in the
morning in order that they may obtain
first hand information and advanced
instruction as to their locations when
they enter the institution Us freshmen
next fall
The most important part of the day s
festivities will occur at the noon hour
when the dinner bell is sounded for
lunch. Every member will bring n
lunch and it will be spread under the
shade trees on the campus Each teach
er will have charge of her respective
class.
In the auditorinnl at / clock the
guests will be given a rousing recep-
tion by FL Centre folks. Plans and
suggestions will be Offered for the
boys and girls part in the Imperial
county fair next fall. Each school will
contribute two numbers for the remain
der of the program.
Clark To Speak
Il. II. Clark of the high school board
will address the visitors concerning
next year S round up. 1t is believed
that a much larger exhibit of pure
bred live stock will be given in 1929.
Money for the purchase of pigs aud
calves will be guaranteed by parties
vitally interested in pure bred develop
ment.
An athletic program including track
and field events is slated for the after
noon. The visiting club members arc
urged to start practicing for the sports.
Some lively competition is expected by
those IN charge. A ball game between
Il team representing the city boys and
a nine composed of out of town boys
will complete the fun for the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05
MARY LANDON BAKER
SAYS SHE'LL MARRY
United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, April MARY Landon
Baker reiterated today her intention of
sailing for Europe Saturday to marry
Allister Mccormick, whom she left wait
ing at the church last January on their
scheduled wedding day.
But society gossip declared she would
never marry the millionaire.
They pointed to the fact that on
Mary's return from California, where
she spent the last two months, she was
met at the train by Barry Baxter, Eng
lish actor Baxter's name was men
toned in connection with Miss Baker 3
when she failed to keep the wedding
date.
Miss Baker also spent the afternoon
and evening with Baxter, after escap-
ing from the crowd of reporters.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05
Table d'Hote Dinner 81 per Cover
Hotel Barbara Worth. Special Tbone
Steak Dinner 90c.-Adv.

Prize Winners il Holtville Fair
Superintendent II. S. Coe, Prof. G. B.
Collins of Imperial and Prof. Tanning
Of Calexico judged the school exhibit
ut the Holtvlie fair Saturday award
ing the first prize TO Eastside Sunset
school; Verde district got the second
prize and Highline came third in the
opinion of the judges. The exhibit
was given under the auspices of the
Holtville Union high school, the dis
triets in the union, competing for the
prizes. In making the awards, 90 pen
cent was allowed for quantity, 20 per
cent for variety and 20 per cent for
arrangement. Central District gave as
distinctive feature of their exhibit
q pageant in which appeared children
wearing costumes of the japanese, In
dian and Spanish peoples. 1t was very
spectacular and attracted considerable
attention.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05
Mr.. Todd's Music Studios
Are at 624 Olive. Phone 466-W.-Adv.
Increased Lettuce-with the prcsen

Increased Lettuce-With the present
lettuce season not yet completed, plans
are going forward now for a greater
acreage than ever, il was learned to-
day. f. w. Eseh, Los Angeles apart
ment house operator, was in the valley
this afternoon with a party Of men 10
arrange for acreage leases which they
intend to plant to lettuce. They are
contemplating securing not less than
320 acres be divided into 40 acres
lettuce tracts, each forty operated by
one man on a competitive basis, with
an equal pool for profits save to the
man whose forty shows the greatest
gain. He will be given a commission
rs an .award. -
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05
WAGES REDUCED

REDDING, Calf, April 5.-Wages
of common laborers in the construction
camps of the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company today were reduced from
1926 day TO $500. Camp board rate
however continues at $1.25 a day.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05
MRS. SWIFT DEAD

CHICAGO, April 5.--Mrs. Ida Butler
Swift, wife Of Lois Swift, millionaire
president of the packing company, died
today. She recently returned home
from California because of i'll health.
Her husband raced home when he
heard her condition was serious, but
did not arrive until several hours after
her death.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05
STRIKE VICTIM DIES

SCRANTON, Pa, April 5.-Dominic
died here today. Perlano, a miner, was
shot from ambush Saturday night. His
slayer has not been captured.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-05

Moreno On Trial-Thc trial of L. Mo
reno, facing jury for the second time
on n charge of numbering John +. Ho-
gan, was proceeding slowly this after
noon. A jury has been chosen and
evidence was being introduced. The
ease is expected to go to the jury Fri,
day Attorney Joe Seymour is defend
ing Moreno. Deputy District Attorney
Scott is prosecuting.