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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-09
THE BEAUTIFUL BOBOLINK
Politics vs.. Birds

Are New Jersey State Senators
afraid to face vote on bobolink pro-
lection?
That is what the New Jersey Audu-
bon Society is asking, in view of the
significant fact that Assembly Bill 81,
the Audubon measure to restore pro-
lection to the bobolink has been re-
ferred to the Committee on Education
in the Senate, instead of to the Com
mittee on Game and Fisheries as it is
said had been promised, and which
tomary reference.
The significant point in connection
with the procedure to which the Au-
dubon Society takes exception is the.
fact that Senator Collins B. Allen, of
Salem County, uncompromising foe
of bobolink protection, is chairman Of
the Committee on Education. Tele
Allen and his fellow committee mem
bers asking their intentions as to re-
porting the bill remain unanswered,
which, it is pointed out, emphasizes
the significance of the referring of the
bill to Senator Aliens committee.
Freely conceding the chief credit for
this brand of legislative performance
to Senator Allen, the society, however,
from it's Newark headquarters holds
that the Senate as a whole will be
responsible if it acquiesces in this ap-
parent scheme to prevent a vote re-
cording the attitude of each Senator
on bobolink protection. The society
admits that it is entirely possible that
officially the bobolink protection mea-
sure will not be heard of again during
the brief remainder of the present leg
islative session, but it does not pro-
pose that the general public shall re-
main in ignorance of the methods re-
sorted to to defeat the will of a great
majority of the people of the state
and virtually to injure the best public
interests, in behalf of few Salem
County gunners.
According to the Audubon standard,
if it is the will of the Senate of New
Jersey that song bird and an in
sectivorous bird of the highest class
and marked value, so classed by all
reputable authorities, is to continue
to be called a game bird under the
laws of New Jersey, in order that
gunners of Salem County may con-
tinue to make hundreds of dollars by
violation of state and federal laws
which forbid and for years have for
hidden sale of bobolinks (as the editor
of the Penns Grove Record says the
gunners of Salem County did until the
enactment of the 1921 protection law,
now repealed), Senators should at
least be good enough sports to give
bobolink protection a chance on the
floor of the Senate, and men enough to
vote openly and frankly according to.
their inclinations
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-09
NOVELTY SHOWER FOR ROSE
GLOECKLER

On Easter day Rose Gloeck1er, who,
resides with her parents at Thekla
Hall, Wildwood Crest, is to be mar
ried to John O'Farrell, of Wildwood,
formerly of Ardmore, Pa. Anna Scully-
is to be bridesmaid. Consequently
upon her shoulders rested the de-
lightful task of taking the initiative
in engineering a surprise novelty
shower for the bride that is to be.
This was most adroitly planned and
carried out one day this week. Those
participating in this fete were Hulda
Delli-Paoli, Lncy Delli-Paoli, Harriet
Carroll, Leonora Gloeckler, Grace Nc
Cam, Mary Barker, Rose Gloeckler,
Anna Scully, Monica Scully, Betty
Demyan, Olive Eachus, Mrs. Joseph
Scully, Mrs. Alfred Jackson and John
O'Farrell, the prospective groom, who,
is employed by the West Jersey Elec-
trio Co.
Many amusing games were INDUCED
in, after which an appetizing supper
was served and greatly enjoyed by the
shower bearers and the guests of
honor who were almost overwhelmed
by the many useful and much appre-
ciated gifts. We must not forget to
say that this surprise party was ten
dered to Miss Gloeckler and her
fiance at the home of the bridesmaids
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Chris. j. Scully,
! 1T East Garfield avenue. 1t was an
event long to be remembered by all
/ of the participants.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-09

burg, Pa; A. ]. MacBride, Albert ].
Goodfarb, w. Millen, E. M. Mccoy, Ned
Goodman, John R. Cornwell, Stanley
Trego, H. L. Wagner, ]. c. Koenig.
William H. Shaw, c. R. Lake, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. F. Potts, Andy James, Jr.,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-09

Chas. C. Boyer and son, Charles E.
Boyer, H. E. Whitelen, DR.. Paul Pom
thus and daughter, ]. ]. Sheridan and
wife, J. w. Matthews, R. K. Clifton,
Philadelphia; j. F. Hall, c. K. Dren-
ming, Lancaster, Pa.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-09

A trolley car and Latimer's bakery
wagon driven by Lee Goodman col
lided in the North Wildwood section
on Friday of last week, and the trolley
car had to be taken to the barn for
repairs.
Evening star., 1923-03-15

there has been no increase in wages
paid to the men who dig the coal.
The statement that coal consumers
are being "gouged" Will not astonish
the consumers. They have suspected
it for some time. In fact, 1t has been
more than a suspicion with them. 1t
has been a conviction. They do not
know who the "gouger' is, but they
have suspected everybody engaged In
the coal mining and coal distributing
industry. The operator pleads inno-
cence, and says his hands are clean
and that it Is all the miners fault.
The union miner says his conscience
is as pure as new fallen snow and
that the operator is the fellow the con-
sumner should get. Sometimes miner
and operator will stand together and
point their accusing fingers at the
railroad. Again, miner. operator and
railroad will confer and point out the
coal dealer as the African in the coal
pile. Then the coal dealer comes for
ward with a statement of income and
expenditures anu VIII sdS liidl He 10
just able to keep the wolf from the
door and settle with the grocer at the
end of the month. And so it goes.
Some time. perhaps. the coal consum-
ers. all of them quite mad because Of
Imposition. will get together and find
out who the gouger is or who the
gougers are. Then there will be a
new deal with a clean deck.
Evening star., 1923-03-15

good feeling which has followed recent
acts of the Toxic government will be
dissipated.
1t would seem that the Peking gov
ernment was not well advised in press
ing for abrogation of the treaty at
this time. 1t is true that the twenty
one demands were obnoxious to JUS
tice and fair dealing and that the
Sino-Japanese treaty was pressed upon
China, if not at the point of the bay
oIet, at least at the point Of an ulti-
matum. But time and an aroused
sense Of international righteousness
were working on the side of China,
and the great lethargic republic,
which has SO prolonged a record Of
patient waiting. might better have
jeopardize its prospects by trying to
make too rapid progress.
At the time the "twenty-one de-
mands" We're presented American
opinion was almost solidly on the side
of China and this government did not
hesitate to manifest it's disapproval.
But China yielded. signed the treaty,
and the demands" including an e1-
tension for fifty years Of the Japanese
lease on the kwangtung peninsula.
became an accomplished fact. In
pressing these demands and coercing
China into accepting them, Japan did
only what other nations at that time
were doing whenever opportunity Of
fered; she looked after her national
interests. without regard to the rights
of others.
But since that day there has come
into the world a new conception of
national morality, even if ii is not
apparent always in the conduct Of
some Of the nations. That Japan has
been touched 10y the new spirit and
is responsive TO il was evidenced by
the agreements she entered into at
the Washington conference and by
the scrupulous good faith with which
she has kept her promises, involving
sacrifice of material interests which
she had obtained under a color of
legal right. Had China waited this
wrongs Of the "twenty-one demands"
1t is to be hoped that this still may
be brought about, but Japan has re-
acted as any other self-respecting ma
ton would react when 1t felt that too
much pressure was being applied.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
Liquor and Legislation.

Several developments yesterday were
noted in the nationwide wet" and
dry" field. In the Pennsylvania legis-
new prohibition enforcement act. won
the first round In what was predicted
to be a losing contest with the vets.
The state senate passed his bill by a
vote OF 80 TO 10. to the signal dis
comfiture OF those prophets. When
the governor made his inaugural ad
dress ne announced he was going to
clean up Pennsylvania. notorious for
being not only wet" in spots. but
thoroughly drenched. Which state,
ment brought forth loud jeers from
the vets. The bill passed the upper
house Of the legislature. after long
debate" the dispatches say, by two
to.one vote.
So it goes from time to time; they
do not always vote as they talk when
it comes to the roll-call test. They
talk wet and vote dry. Whether ones
personal predictions arc for q modi-
cum of moisture or complete prohibi-
ton, facts cannot be overlooked. To
be sure. there are encouraging de-
velopments on the side of the vets,
such as the New York legislature Pc
titioning Congress for light wine and
beer. and New Jersey still boasting of
being las wet as the Atlantic ocean.
In New York counsel for the Anti
Saloon League gave notice that they
would appeal from the decision Of the
state supreme court that the Anti
Saloon League is a political organiZa-
ton and must account for its receipts
and expenditures the same as any
party campaign committee. This de-
cision gave great comfort TO the vets,
who are now engaged in a vigorous
attack upon the league in several
states, seeking to dry up the sources
Of it's funds.
The league contends that it is not
q sporadic political organization. but
IAN educational institution. function
ing twelve months in the year with
a specific moral purpose in view" A
very pretty point of distinction. which
eventually the United States Supreme
Court may be called upon to decide.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
Income Taxes and Prosperity.

BY the stroke Of IL tonight, If you
have not filed your income tax return,
stand by for penalization for your
neglect. Uncle Sam has an avaricious
gleam in his eye and will let no guilty
man escape; your Uncle will be glad
to squeeze a little more out Of you
by way Of fine. Hundreds are to-
day paying the penalty of procrastina-
ton in discomfort as they stand in
The "bread-lines' before the several
receiving stations established for ex-
pedtting the filing of returns. A sec
ton OF the belated public acknowl-
edges gratefully the locating Of eight
ternal revenue Office in downtown
banks and the Treasury Department
building. Each return must be &C.
companied with at least one-fourth the
amount of tax involved.
Internal revenue officials, estimating
upon the returns already received, CAL
culate that the taxes collected this
year will exceed those for the previous
year. Officials in the New York field,
press dispatches say, predict the ex-
cess will be considerable, with fewer
financial losses shown and more sub.
stantial profits
That sounds good, indicative Of bet
ter and sounder business. About all
the comfort the citizen gets out Of
the income tax, considered as q per-
sonal infliction. is the assurance Of the
increased receipts that times really
are better. Figures do not lie" and
somebody must be prospering.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
The Amaryllis Show.

The annual Amaryllis show staged
by the Department of Agriculture is
on and blooming. 1t is the tenth of
these exhibitions and the news writer's
say ii is the largest display ever held
il this country Nearly every sue
cessive exhibition of everything Is the
largest ever, but the present show is
big and brilliant. The Department of
Agriculture knows how to do such
things and does them well. This exhi-
bition is one Of the many features Of
Washington which make it a great
city, and perhaps the greatest home
city. Washingtonians believe that they
have the greatest home city and there
is warrant for that belief. There is
always something going on. interest
ing, enlightening, educational and free
10 the public. There are free lectures.
free concerts. free flower shows and
other good things without number TO
be enjoyed by the public.
The amaryllis show is interesting
and the flowers should not wilt with
out being seen by everybody inter
ested in the things of nature. Let
one not become superenthusiastic nor
get expectation too high. The amaryl-
lis is a snowy flower. but in beauty
perfume. variety and all the graces
and virtues of a flower il is not in
the class with the rose. There are
persons who will vote that a dahlia
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anlarylliS show. and friends OF the
gentle violet, lovely pansy and spicy
carnation need have no fear that the
anaryilis will dispiace those flowers
In mems love.
There is something in the name that
calls to one. It is so old shioned
that it is classic. There was a Grecian
shepherdess of that name who was
loved by the young shepherd Tityrus,
and Virgil wrote Of her. Why the
name Of a lovely shepherdess was
given to this flower is for some man
of great curiosity and full leisure TO
work out. 1t even may not be so. for
the name may have been taken from
a Greek word meaning the sparkle or
bright glance of an eye.
Though the amaryllis, enlarged and
made more brilliant by hybridization
by government botanists, is de-
scendant from flowers of the American
tropics, the family is not a stranger
70 US. That ancient red flower. the
Bella Donna lily, or beautiful lady
lily, which grew in grandmas garden
and which was descended from an
African wild flower. was a near relation
of the amarylis. Our own atamasco
flower, sometimes called the atamasco
lily, which grows near Washington, is
a relation of the amaryllis. And
-.atamasco' is an American classic
word. 1t is Algonquin and was the
name by which the Indians called the
flower.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
Savings.

The Postmaster General is advertis-
ing the postal savings system. With
other things, he has ordered the dis
tribution OF $4,000 letters in Italian
among the East Side population Of
New York. These are intended for
the education Of people who seem to
be "easy marks for swindlers. who
promise remarkable interest return on
money left with them. The postal
savings system is good and advantage
ought to be taken Of it by the people.
Savings banks run in accordance with
the law are also highly beneficial.
The Postmaster Generals aim is
good. Anything that will direct peo-
ple's minds to saving part Of their
earnings is to be commended and sup
ported. The thrift habit is one Of the
highly valuable habits, and the man
or woman without this habit is in
danger Of being a candidate for the
poorhouse when years weaken the
arms and back and bring on other
troubles that often come with age.
Evening star., 1923-03-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

of the Moose order, recently estab-
lished at Orange Park, Fla The
home is on the Indian. river, some
is to serve the same purpose for the
old folks of the Moose that Moose
heart in Illinois serves for it's or
phans. Secretary Davis is chieftain
of the order. which in sixteen years.
under his director generalship, has
grown from a membership OF 257 to
more than 100000.
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Politicians Of both parties are anx-
ious to corral the state vote" domi-
ciled in the disfranchised District Of
Columbia. They estimate the 'po-
tential total at $4,000, representing.
of course. all parties and every state
In the Union. Efforts are being made,
ganization. to have such states as
do not possess absent-voter laws
enact them and also to have such
statutes made uniform.
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Before he returns to Washington to
become third assistant secretary Of
state J. Butler Wright, now on spe-
cial duty at Rio de Janeiro. will
function as secretary Of the Ameri-
can delegation to the pan American
conference in Santiago He is one
Of our diplomatic specialists in Latin
American affairs, having served at
both Central and South American
I:osts and also as chief Of the Latin
American division Of the State De-
partment.
There'll soon be no incentive TO
would-be American trust maGnates to
fee to Canada to launch trade-re-
straining monopolies w. Mackenzie
King, premier of the Dominion. has
just proposed TO the Canadian parlia-
ment stringent trust-busting laws,
Henceforward any one who is a party
to, or privy to, or knowingly assists
in. the formation of a combine in Cam
ada will be guilty OF an indicta bile
ofYenSe. If convicted he may be fined
up to $4,000 and sent TO prison for
term not exceeding two years Cor
porations may be fined $4,000.
The Coolidges. Washington's most
breakfasted. lunched and dined fam
lily. can't even slip into town on a
visit without being invited out. AS
they fitted across the District this
week from Virginia to Massa "husctts
they were captured by Bostonian
admircr and beguiled into taking
dinner at the very hotel which is
their Washington home. Incret / bl e
$ IL may seem. the digestions Of the
Vice President and his delightful
consort have weathered the late
prandial season unshattered Their
hardy Pilgrim ancestry is standing
them in good stead.
UCopyrlehf lN"3N
Evening star., 1923-03-15
The Coal Gouger.

The United Nine Workers Of Amer
lea, the principal trade union in the
coal mining industry, has filed a state
ment with the Federal Coal Commits.
sion in which the charge Is made that
operators OF non-union bituminous
coal mines in West Virginia are
"gouging' coal consumers. 1t IL al
legged that the prices set by those
operators are too high and are not
warranted by the cost Of getting out
the coal. Those filing the charges
say that the operators in question
have greatly advanced the price Of
coal during the year. that there has
been no increase IN The cost o3 PRO-
Suction during chat time and that
Evening star., 1923-03-15

Miles Poindexter. newly-appointed
American ambassador to Peru. will
sail for Lima on April .. Word
reaches Washington from South
America that the former senator's
nomination for the Peruvian mission
causes lively satisfaction in that
country. 1t is being said at Lima
that the United States has never
sent a more eminent American to a
South American diplomatic post-a
man who was a leader in the Senate.
who once was presidential timber"
and who latterly was mentioned for
cabinet rank. Ambassador Poindex-
ter will find considerable group Of
fellow Americans at work in Peru.
For nearly two years a United States
naval m, ,sion has been there. and
since 1881 DIR. w. W. Cumberland.
State De partment economic expert,
has beer administrator of Peruvian
customs Latterly 'he has takeif
charge Oh the Peruvian Reserve Bank:
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Harry. 5. New might have had a
good job from William NJ Calder Of
New York, a brother lame duck" If
President Harding hadn't made his
Hoosier comrade Postmaster General.
a week or two before Congress ad-'
journed. Calder said to New: Sen
ator. on the morning of March ,.
I'll be back at my business of build
lnG contracting. II you're Il carpen-
ter or brick!ayer I'll give you S12
a day. II you can carry hod. YOU
car earn $50 day. II you're just
common labor and can swing a
shovel. you can have $3.50" New is
using Calder'S offer OF remuneratlve
work in the building trades as an ad-
vertisement of the high wages prev
alent under the Harding administra-
tion.
Rear Admiral William S. Sims. L.
S. y. (retired), is leaving for the
Pacific coast this week. to be the
guest of the University of California
at Berkeley. He will address the
faculty and 1887 students of that
institution on national issues asso-
ciated with preparedness. In the
realm Of naval preparedness Sims is
4 partisan of aircraft California
university claims the biggest enroll
ment of any in the country. The
College of the City Of New York is
ncAt with 13,744 and then comes
Chicago. with 1855. Admiral Sims
has speaking itinerary that will
take him up and down the whole
Pacific coast during the rest of March
and III April.
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Before President Harding leaves
Florida James J. Davis, Secretary of
La Dor. hopes to induce him TO visit
Moosehaven. the home for the aged
Evening star., 1923-03-15
Record of Sixty-Seventh Con-
gress Viewed Through Editorial

The Sixty-seventh Congress admit
had a hard task TO handle Now
that it's record is history editors sum
up the merits or defects chiefly from
partisan angles. The newspapers
which insist on their Independence of
political thought very generally
agree that much was left undone
that should have been executed. while
there also is wide difference of
opinion as TO how the country will
take the completed tale Of achieve
ment
Tire administration viewpoint.
which naturally holds much of in
terest, is voiced by President Hard
ing's own Marion star, which sees the
work as we'll done. There is only
one regret echoed and that is eX-
pressed in the statement 'if the
measure for the reorganization of
the merchant marine had been enact
ed the Sixty-seventh Congress would
have rounded out splendid record
of achievement" Then. after review
admitted pride, the Star suggested
"the blame for money and time lost
through failure to enact shipping
legislation does not lie with the party
in power in Congress. II lies with
the minority in the Senate-princi-
pally tS-which seized the
opportunity to defeat the shipping
bill by misusing the rules OF the
Senate"
cr,n,,, ari,ed tha general CONNIE nj
as reflected by selections from ma
ton wide editorial pages. is as fol-
lows: Except for the bill creating
the budget bureau not a single out
standing piece of constructive legts-
lation is to be found among the
measures enacted. d.''-Chdcago News dn-
session Of Congress that has had less
to show for its labors, s,"-Baltimore
Sun (democratic). "Congress worked
overtime and contributed its share to
reconstruction. A tribute to the COM
p-ehensiveness of its labors may be
found in the fact that for the first
look forward with serenity to a full
nine months legislative recess. =
New York Tribune Crepublican). ut
is not a Congress to which we can
point with pride. though it has done
some excellent work."-St. Louis
GLOBE democrat tlHOtpeIueit)- Hbo-
gether the record Of the administra-
ton and Congress is something which
no American can-or at least ought
to-contemplate without mortifica-
tion n'-Philadelphia Record demo
cratic). "As the public sees it the
less the law-making the better the
law-enforcement." - Richmond News
Leader (democratic).
"Its record is a story OF opportun-
ity wasted. 1t was an anti-personal
liberty Congress and it was against
personal liberty at time when per-
sonal liberty has become the slogan
and shibboIeth of the American peo-
pie Buffalo Times (democraticl. }.
"Small wonder that the Sixty-seventh
Congress takes its place in legislative
history under the shadow Of smash
ing personal rebuke,"-Lynohourg
News (democratic). "It is a good rid
dance Many as were its sins Of
omission and commission. its beset-
ting sin was a wanton disregard of
the general welfare in order to
serve the local pork barrel. AS
a result of the usurpation OF
Evening star., 1923-03-15
IN A FEW WORDS

The men who discovered a oure for
the hookworm by so doing were
learning the will Of God more effec-
lively than drowsy church members
dimly attentive to ritual
DIR. PERCY STICKNEY GRANT.
Women have to do things better
than men to prove their right to do
them at all.
ROSE ROTHENBERG assistant Dis
trict Attorney. New York City,.
Lent. intended for a time OF fasting
and praying. has become little more
than social period for moral mani
curing.
REV. JOSEPH NEWTON.
The coal proiteers should be put
where they belong-behind the bars.
s-DR. JOHN W. PURCNxx
Evening star., 1923-03-15
China and Japan.

Controversy between China and
Japan resulting from the formers
efforts to abrogate the Sino-Japanese
treaty Of 1915, embodying the tween.
ty-one demands" brings a discordant
note into the harmonious progress of
far eastern relationships, which have
seen such a remarkable betterment
since the Washington conference on
the limitation of ornaments. It is
not to be apprehended that the affair
win lead to an open rupture between
the nations primarily Interested. but
st u TO be feared that much Of the