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Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
Waite Resigns Post AS Horticultural Commissioner
And Daniel Did
Not Get His
Kiss!

BY United Press Leased Wire
VANCOUVER, WASH, May %.
Daniel. P. Eoorn, 81, and his
bride, Mrs. Jennie Boone, ~,
both of whom have failed to
make a hit in two times at bat II
the matrimonial league seem to
have crossed their signals in
their third tine up.
When tie cel emony was COM
pletsd Daniel essayed to bestow a
nuptial kiss upon his bride, but
his conventional advarces were
repulsed with some sco1n. II am
surprised at a man of your age
doing such things said Mrs.
Boone, kissing is for foolish
yourg persons.
7 Caniel did not get the kiss.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
Semon Signs Up
3 Million Dollar
Movie COntr a c t
BY United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, May 22-Larry Semon,
motion picture comedian, signed n
three year contract at 100000 a
year with the Truart Film corpora
tion, New York, it was announced
here today by officials of the com
pany. The contract was declared to
be the largest individual agreement
ever negotiated in the movie world.
Semon agrees to make six super fea-
ture comedies in three years. Loca-
tion will be in Hollywood.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
S11,85O PRICE ON
OHIO MANS HEAD
by United Press Leased Wire

CLEVELAND, o., May %. -
"Eead or alive $4,000 reward.
That is the price set by Cleveland
city council ON John l.. Whitfield
indicted for the murder of Patrol
man .Dennis Griffin, which gave
new impetus to the search today.
Rewards for the capture of the
fugitive now totals 81 1850
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
Sinclair Urges
Maintain Strict
Order at Meet
by United Press Leased Wire

PASADENA, Cal, May %. -
Flushed with what he calls com
plete victory over the authorities of
Los Angeles in his campaign of de-
termination to speak freely at "A
public meeting in San Pedro, Upton
Sinclair, out on, bail on minor
charge, for attempting to address
the strikers there last week, issued
statement to the people of San
Pedro today. He urged that the
citizens there preserve order on the
occasion of the noted socialist s eff
fort to address them tomorrow
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
NAME BALDWIN PREMIER OF ENGLAN
u. s. Is PLEASED
OVER SELECTION
OF NEW PREMIER
Expect He viii See
That Debt is Paid
Promptly
By LAWRENCE MARTIN
U. z. Staff Correspor dent

WASHINGTON May %. Selec-
tioa CT Stanley Baldwin as prime
minister Of Great Britain means an
eerly final agreement between the
United tSatcs on the funding of
Britain S 4,000,000,00o war debt.
When it has been generally sup
posed this matter was all settled,
the fact is it has been hanging fire
and only today the British ambassa-
dor here sent to his government the
"'last word of the United States
on certain changes desired by the
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
GASOLINE GOING UP

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 22.--
Gasoline which has been retailing
here as low at l6h cents a gallon,
due to a price war, today advanced
two cents. 1t was the third in.
crease since May Is, when the gas
cline price war ended.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
Four Home Runs
ny United Press LEASED Wire

By United Press LEASED Wire
PHILADELPHIA, May %
Four home runs were made in the
fifth and sixth innings of today s
game between the Phillies and the
Pirates. Mokan and Williams hit
homers in the Phillie half of the
fifth. Russell and Traynor, in the
Pirates next time at bat, repeated
the Phillies fifth inning stunt. Cy
Williams homer was his fourteenth
of the season.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
u. S. PLANS TO
DEAL DIRECTLY
WITH BANDITS

It was indicated at the white
house that Mr.. Harding takes the
attitude that this government will
go so far as to pay the ransom de-
manded by the bandits and later
collect it from China.
The immediate object of the
United States is to obtain release
of the prisoners unframed.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
2 Women Claim
Dead Mans Body
By United Isress Leasea Wire

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May %.
Two women claiming to be the
wives of Joseph T. Davis, today
attempted to obtain custody of his
body. Davis died late yesterday.
Mrs. Mabel Davis, with whom he
was living at the time, made pre-
parations for the funeral. / Mrs.
Dorothy Davis appeared and plead,
ed with the coroner for the privilege
of arranging the funeral of the
man she claimed as her husband.
For seven years the latter Mrs.
Davis said, she believed her hus-
band to be married to another wo-
man, but kept silence because she
loved him and their son, Joseph, Jr.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
FLEE $4,000 L. A.
BLAZE IN NIGHT
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, May 22.-Occu-
pants of the large James Apart,
ments We're forced into the street
early today by fire which totally
destroyed the Vanity Tea Shop next
door.
Police awakened sleeping guests
who hastened out in their night gar
ments. Damage is estimated at
$4,000. A passerby saw the glare
Of the flames and turned in an
alarm.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
GOVERNOR NAMES
TWO AS MEMBERS
IMPORTANT BOARD
ny United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 22.-
Governor Friend w. Richardson to-
day announced appointment of
John +. Chambers of Sacramento as
member of the state immigration
and housing commission, and of
Charles II. Spear, of Berkeley, as
member of the San Francisco
board of harbor commissioners.
Chambers was formerly state con
troller Spears is a well known
resident of Berkeley.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
FORMER ILLINOIS JUDGE
DIES IN LONG BEACH
by United Press Leased Wire

LONG BEACH, Cal, May %. =
Pryor Hand, for many years a mem
Ter Of the supreme court of Mi
nois, is dead here today at the age
of 70.
Judge Hand was born in Henry
eopnty, Illinois, November TO-
1850, and began the practice Of law
in Cambridge. He was judge of
the Henry county district from
1890 to 199t and was elected to the
supreme court in 1900. He was
chief Justice for two years.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
SAN DIEGO FERRY
BUMPS INTO DOCK

SAN DIEGO, May 22,-Damage
to the San Diego-Coronado ferry
Morena was being repaired today
after the boat ran full speed into
the landing dock when signals from
the bridge to the engine room fail
cd to function.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
HoLDUP SUSPECT DIES

SAN FRANCISCO, May e2-Johr
Davis, shot when he was alleged tn
have attempted to hold up a Wells
Fargo Nevada Nat;ona Bank treas
ure ear last night, died from his
wvands today.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
EXCHANGE LOWER
by United Press Leased wir

NEW YORK, May 22.--Foreign
exchange closed lower. Sterling
4.63h; francs .o6651a; lire .04s2R;
marks 81, ,443 to the dollar.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
SEEK WOMAN in
$4,000 BURGLARY
ny United Press Leased Wire

VENICE, Cal, May ga wo-
man burglar, who accompanied
male companion in the theft of
$4,000 in jewelry from two homes
here was the object of a widespread
search by local police today.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
Hail Storm Does
Heavy Damage in
Northern Colo.
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
DENVER, May 22.-Fruit ard
other crops in Northern Colorado
suffered heavy damage when q So
we're hail storm swept that section
of the state late Monday, according
to advices here today. A heavy
downpor Of rain which caused
many creeks to overflow inundated
lowland crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
FILM BEAUTY WEEDS

vENTOR, N. j., May 22.-Char-
les S. Johnson and Kathrinc Mac
Donald, film star, arc to be mar
ried late today.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
BALDWIN VISITED U. s.
IN WAR DEBT ISSUE

Stanley Baldwin is the least
known of the leaders of the con-
Servative party ard has establish
cd record in British politics by
his rapid rise. He has fewer ene-
mics than any of the other contest
ants for the premiership which fact
put him in the lead for the post of
Bonaf Law s successor.
Baldwin was president of the
board of trade in the Lloyd George
coalition ministry, position cor
responding to secretary of COM
meree at Washington. When the
conservative revolt against Lloyd
George occurred last year Baldwin
stuck by Bonar Law his political
seniors among the conservatives,
such as Austen Chamberlain and
Sir Robert Horne, remained with
the coalition. When Bonar Law
carried the general elections Bald
win was rewarded for his loyalty
by being made chancellor of the
eXchequer which is regarded as in
Guiding the vice premiership. He
showed great force of character by
handling the negotiations for re-
funding the British war debt to
America.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
Opposed By Law

When Baldwin returned to Lon
don from his visit to Washington
last January with the debt agree
ment in his pocket, he was opposed
at first by Bonar Law himself. But
Baldwin finally won over his chief
and the settlement was accomplish
ed by the British cabinet,
He is progressive and very dem
oeratic. He receives visitors in u
flannel shirt and puffs his pipe dur
ing the conversation as if he were
a laborite instead Of a eonserva-
tive leader.
The most dangerous rival for
Baldwin's premiership has been
Lord Curzon. But Curzon S place
in the house of lords handicapped
him. Lord Curzon, too, has a more
aristocratic temper than Baldwin
and that is not an advantage with
the labor party pressing 50 hard for
power.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22
COTTON MARKET

NEW ORLEANS, May 22.-Cot-
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22

NEW YORK, May 29.-The cot
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-22

Bank Clearings
S81,o16.17
Evening star., 1923-12-18

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Evening star., 1923-12-18
Distorp of Dour Same.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
WRIGHT.
VaRIATION-ArkWright.
RACIAL ORIGIN-GngIish.
SOURCE-An occupation.

There are IA great many family
names which are compounded of the
word wright with others, but as
most of them are more easily group
ed with names embracing the other
various elements of the compounds.
the present article will be confined
to an explanation of the simple name
Wright, which is widespread. and the
compound Arkwright. which is less
often met with.
The wright" as denotlng an occu-
patton, has survived in our modern
speech only as an element in COM
pound words, probably the most
common instance of which is play
wright" A less common instance is
"shipwright."
In medieval England the wright"
was as common as the smith. HIS
occupation, or rather occupations. FOR
like smith" the word embraced
many occupations, were much the
same, only he worked in softer ma
terials, whereas the smith" worked
in metals. Carpenters. for instance,
were known as "wrights" in the pc
riod during which family names were
being formed.
The cartwright" was a builder of
what the more northern population
of England called "arks," and which
were in fact receptacles of about the
same shape as a toy Noah's Ark.
There were two kinds of them. One
was used as bin or box for holding
grain and meal. The other, more
elaborate. and usually opening by a
secret spring, was used to hold lin
ems and household valuables. In me-
dieyal times there were "botwrights"
(boatwrights) as well as shipwrights
wrights, and even 'breadwrights, !"
as bakers were som metimes called.
Evening star., 1923-12-18
Abbreviated Skirt for Little Girl
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

Coats for little girls-very little
elrls-are smart, but frocks must
De shorter. short enough so that not
even a line of the frock extends be-
10" the end of the coat. 1t is quite
AS much a variation from good style
al dressing the little girl to have
her trock show below her coat as to
nave her diminutive petticoat show
pelow her frock. And all this de-
mands painstaking precision. An
eienent that always adds to the
nltficulty is the fact that little girls
VIII grow. and grow most uuevenly
ana in most unexpected places.
Any mother will tell you that
mere Is no rhyme or reason In the
way children grow. For season
niue James feet have been hardly
Srowtng at all, and just when you
nave laid in a good supply of shoes
only half a size too large for her
present feet-that seemed quite ade-
quate--little Jane seemed to Concen-
trate all her energies to growing feet
until the whole set of shoes was
who seemingly had always grown
along in an even manner, suddenly
takes TO expanding in the region of
his precious ribs, getting fearfully
I'Iie W GiSlt'l, just Wien YOU Hdu
bought new suits that now refuse
quite hatly to come anywhere near
meeting his diminutive breeches--or
pants. as ii seems to be perfectly
permissible to call them nowadays.
Fine tuckS, they say. are coming
back into style as a means OF trim
ming lingerie. By all means use
horizontal tucks in the little girls
petttcoats, so that it will not be diff
hcult to let them out or take them
up as occasion may require. By all
means make wide hens in her
frocks. And if you wish to have the
coat do for two seasons, then by all
means have the length needed for
another year turned up and fastened
IN hem beneath the linins-father
than rob the coat of all smartneSs
by having it too long this season.
For 1t is distinctly smart for chill
drens frocks and coats to be very
short. The long skirt of women
seems to have had no effect what
ever on little girls fashions. In
Paris they are amazingly short. and
the longest part of any smartly
dressed little girl in Paris seems to
he the line between the top of her
socks and the hem of her coat.
The frock in the sketch is a smart
but simple one for the ix-year-old
It is made Of white crepe de chine,
cut on the simplest chemise-line pat
fern. The band of embroidery is of
French blue and pink, and the low
placed belt is of pink kid. 1t would
he an easy frock to copy and other
color schemes could be followed.
Evening star., 1923-12-18

and other ornaments that stay here
the year round. There isn't room for
everything, and in the Christmas
haste something is sure to be Lushed
aside and broken.
The wise housewife. therefore,
clears her decks week or SO before
hand. She carefully tucks away
upon closet shelf the breakable
treasures of china, glass: pottery and
plaster. On the mantel she leaves
only some brass or silver candle
sticks, and perhaps copper bowl
for Christmas greens. The tables are
cleared of all small objects and hold
only few books dn wooden or
lamps that cannot be tipped over and
some Christmas magazines. perhaps
Spaces on top of book shelves. or
dinarily occupied by swinging photo
graph frames, delicate blown glass
figures and the like, are swept clean
and filled with branches of pine.
sprays of bittersweet or clumps of
crimson berries, with some holly
added the day before Christmas. AS
holly dries out more quickly than
drop within a few days, it is best
not to bring the holly into the warm
house any earlier than necessary.
The dining room furnishings should
be given the same protective treat
ment. Delicate tea-sets, the fragile
after-dinner coffee service. even
breakable fruit bowls and the like
should be hidden away until after
the exciting morning when gifts are
opened at the breakfast table, per-
haps, and the buffet, sideboard. .serv-
ing table and mantel are hastily
crowded with half-wrapped gifts
The house will look furnished
enough. never fear; and you will
have the comfortable feeling that
none of your sreakable treasures are
in danger
Evening star., 1923-12-18
My Neighbor Says:

To make a bath tub that has
been neglected look like new
soak a flannel in kerosene and
rub well over the bath. In a
few minutes the crust of dirt
that has been left on from time
to time will disappear. This
method is specially good where
the water is hard. If this is
done each time after the bath
has been used, 1T will always
have a bright, new appearance,
and the enamel or paint will
not suffer.
Do not clean lacquered orna-
ments or fireirons with ordi-
nary brass polish. Dust the
article to be cleaned, take a
piece Of soft rag, dip into some
sweet oil poured into a. saucer,
and rub the lacquered part all
over with the oil, then rub 1t
Off with a dry soft cloth, be-
ginning at the place where the
oib was first put on. Rub un-
til the oil is quite dry. then
polish well with dry chamois
leather.
When making toast, it i'm
proves it both in taste and di-
gesttbility if the slices of bread
are laid in the open oven for
little whilo before toasting
them. They will toast better
and more evenly for this ad-
vance treatment.
When making q plum pud-
ding the cook should allow
three hours for boiling 1t, and
take great care that the water
In the pot never once oeaseS to
boil. .1 ~
Evening star., 1923-12-18

"Oh. you look like a piece of
candy" grinned Billy Cut-out, as
Rosalie slid out of her coat She
had come over to practice for the
TOY Shop" play the children in the
Cut-ou.s' school were going to give
on Christmas for the children in the
hospital Rosalie was to be a French
doll ard she was all dressed up for
her part.
Rosalie twisted her hands shyly.
She didn't know whether Billy was
teasing her or not.
In rushed Betty, Billy's sister.
oh" she walled, Nancy telephoned
that she has the measles and she
can't be Mrs. Santa Claus in the play.
Isn't that awful! Whatll we do
now?"
81 think I can help" smiled Ro-
sale. Il just thought Of something.
Don't worry about it until tomorrow,
Betty, please. I know somebody that
can take the part. So they started
practicing.
Pink, blue and white are the colors for a
French doll to wear-pink for the dress and
plumes, blue for tho sash and the ribbon on
the hat, and white for tho top of the dainty
bonnet.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-12-18
Great Lovers,

1t seems to me to stand to reason
that the same type cannot mean the
great lover to every one. We all have
varying and personal preferences, I
should think. I know that have.
Freud would probably say that it
all harks back to some fixation or
neurosis or some such thing of our
earliest youth. That is to say, if the
first man upon who you had gazed
with Il subconscious interest chanced
to be a blonde youth with blue eyes,
the chances are that Conrad Nagel
will be the one to appeal to you as
the desirable quintessence of ro-
mance.
1t probably comes down. in the end,
10 what each of US ladies" really
wants from life, from love. from ro-
tnance. If what we want is the un-
diluted essence Of romance and ex-
Gitemsnt. We would naturally turn to
Valentino.
II what we want is tho home
s<oornrlsxf substantialttx safstys We.
Evening star., 1923-12-18
BEDTIME STORIES
By Thornton
W. Burgess.

the safety Of that hole under the old
stump.
Mr.. Mockers song stopped abrupt
~. Well. well. WELL" exclaimed Mr..
MockeT .,'I thought you had gone
back to the great bird
II started to, but / got lost" re-
pied Danny. "oh. Mr. Mocker, you
don't know how good it is to hear
your voice, have been frightened
almost to DEATH"
Mocker. Couldn't you find a safe
hiding placs?"
Il found a hiding place. 1t is right
under this old stump, but don't
knoW i.t,W how safe IL is replied Danny.
somehow ] don't feel safe any
That is because you have not yet
become acquainted with the Sunny
South" replied Mr.. Mocker. +There
are just as many safe hiding places
here as up home where you came
from. In fact ] CUES there are more
But why aren't you in that hole un-
der the stump? What are you doing
out here?"
me out" replied Danny. "It was the
But tell me. Mr.. Mocker, what are
you doing awake in the night?"
"Oh." replied Mr.. Mocker, II often
sing in the moonlight II seems TO
me that moonlight was made to sing
in. / just can't help singing on q
night like this. ] often wake UP and
sing awhile. There is nothing more
lovely than moonlight in the Sunny
South"
Just then the air was shaken by
that terrible voice that had waken ed
Danny and. had so frightened him.
You should have seen him scamper
back under that old stump. He crept
just as far back in the hole rs h.
could. and shivered and shook. No
even when he heard Mr.. Mocker cal
ing did Danny move.
Copyright. 1923. by T. ". Burgess
The next story: Danny Finds o.
About the Terrible Voice"
Evening star., 1923-12-18

It's natural range is from the
mountains of West Virginia south to
northern Alabama and Florida, west
to Arkansas, reaching its best de-
velopment in the mountains of North
Carolina and Tennessee, eighty to
ninety feet high and with trunk
diameter of three feet.
The bark is red brown. with broad
ridges. The branchlets are slender.
The leaves are four to six inches
long, two TO three inches wide. oval.
taper pointed. rounded at the base.
slightly serrate. bright green above,
paler beneath, on short stems.
The little bell-shaped flowers are
about an inch long. hanging pendent
in clusters of two to six, on slender
stems about two inches long. They
are followed by curious four winged
seeds about an inch and one-half
long. which are ornamental through
out the season and remain on the
tree into the winter.
The tree illustrated is in Lafay-
ette Park, near the middle Of the
south border. opposite the White
House There are several in the
park around the Capitol.
Evening star., 1923-12-18

that dreadful voice will stop in the
daylight"
But it wasn't daylight. it was
moonlight. Danny discovered this
when he ventured TO peep outside
1t was wonderful moonlight. 1t made
his strange surroundings almost as
light as by day. And then as Danny
sat there peeplng out he heard an
other voice. 1t was a very lovely
voice. and it was singing.
Danny's heart gave a leap for JOY
He knew that voice. Yes, sir, he
knew that voice. II was the voice
of Mr.. Mocker the Mockingbird. and
Danny knew by the sound that he
must be in tree right above that
old stump. Danny dared to poke his
head out. Then as Mr. Mocker sang
again Danny ventured to crawl out
in the moonlight, but he took care
Evening star., 1923-12-18
BY II. A. ElIMONS.

The silver-bell tree, or snowdrop
tree as it is also called. is one of the
favorite small trees for the garden,
and it is, certainly one of our most
beautiful ornamentals. A native of
the mountainous regions of the
south, it is hardy north to Massa
chusetts and the great lakes, n it's
native home becoming a tall tree
eighty to ninety feet high. but when
cultivated in the north no more than
a stout, spreading shrub.
The bells appear in May with the
leaves, when clusters of dropping
cream white bells transform the tree
into one great White mass, of which
every branch, from highest TO lowest.
drips blossoms" AS Julia Rogers
happily expresses it: IF the snow
drops from the garden should sud
denly quit their sunny corner and
take to the woods and you went to
find them. you would be sure they
had climbed a tree and were looking
down at you with that same meek
expression, though you never looked
into their faces before"