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Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-16
Merchant Lunch al steves AS

Merchant Lunch at Steves AN
Don't Miss the Knox entertain
ment at High School tonight ut
s 90 o clock. ADV.
Dong Deeble's Orchestra at Seelcy
Saturday Mite. Adv
Reservations for Club Bridge
Breakfast, call 30. Adv.
Meet Ne at Steves. Adv
Edde Batteries, rhe maximum
combination of Power and Long
Life. C. f. Coggins Battery Shop.
Adv
Mrs. T.. f.. Couch, who is eonval-
escing from an operation ut the FL
Centre hospital, is improving SO
rapidly that it is expected She will
be able to go home within three or
four days.
Table d'Hote Dinner, 81 per GOV
;r. Special T bone steak dinner, 90e
aotel Barbara Worth. Adv,
DR.. Harry Rooper, Dentist. s41
Main Street. Phone 3s2W. ADJ
Mrs. G. W. Wright went to San
Diego yesterday fer a week : visit
there with relatives and friends.
Natures Greatest Drink, it's
lemonade. Paul serves it fresh and
pure. United Stages Depot. Adv
Cal Mousseau and family spent !
SUNDAY in the mountains.
Don't Miss the Knox entertain !
ment ut High School tonight al |
s 90 o clock ADV. |
Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Wilhoit. |
former residents of This city, but /
nov living in Yuma, spent the week |
end here. where their new baby [
daughter was the center Of attract
n among admiring friends. /
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-16
Clara Phillips in
San Salvador?
Police Doubtful
BY United Press Leased Wire

BY United Press Leased Wire
Los ANGELES, April 16.-Clara
Phillips, escaped hammer murderess,
today was reported located in the
republic of San Salvador. Accord
ing to a story published here Sheriff
William /. Traeger had worked in
cooperation with q local newspaper
in tracing her to the Central Amer
lean republic.
Sheriff Traeger, however, deelar'
cd he knew nothing of ii and that
no enc had given him any definite
information on the subject.
According to the published story
Clara entered Guatemala early in
March, coming from Mexico City
after her precipi+"t- -.sht from
Juarez and chihuahua late in Janu-
airy. She left Guatmala two weeks
ago, according to the reports, going
to San Salvador.
IF officials Of San Salvador
have located Mrs. Phillips l know
nothing of it,, Sheriff Traeger said
today. D." No one has communicated
with me regarding her whereabouts
there. The only information that !
have concerning the case is the cab
lcgram this office received few
davs ago from Guatemala from a
man named Sharp, asking for Il des-
criptiOn of her. We have mailed it
T.. him.
Still Hunting
1--WE are sill running down every
possible clue in an effort 10 locate
her, but we Gye in possession of no
information which would definitely
establish where she is.
1t has been our belief right
along that she is either in Mexico
o. Central America. Although we
are still running down every clue
aud all information given us from
any source, so far we are in posses
sion Of nothing which would defin-
itely establish where she is. She
may be in San Salvador for all we
know, and she may also be in
China. One thing is certain, and
that il she hash t been arrested yet.
We shall, however, ask the San
Salvador police TO place her under
arrest if she is there.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-16
Pythian Sisters Plan
Big May Day Dance
Hy Press STAFF Correspondent


BRAWLEY, April l6.-Thc Py-
THAN Sisters are giving a dance on
the first of Msy at the De Lake
dancing hall. They are expecting u
crowd tc gather from all over the
valley and are promising good
time with the best of music and sew
eral extra features added.
Common : Orchestra of CalcXico
viii supply the music.
Mrs. Roy Sanders entertained the
Christian kuedavorers of the Chris
ton church at her apartment at the
Fairhaven Thursday night After
the business meeting was over 4 So
cial time WIS enjoyed.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-16

Bring Your Laundry to 239 4th
Street. Thor Laundry. Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-16

Home Made Pies al Steves. Adv
Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-16

Don't Miss the Knox entertain
ment at High School tonight at
s 100 o clock. ADV.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-16

Dong Deeble's Orchestra at Seelcy
Saturday Mite. Adv
Reservations for Club Bridge
Breakfast, call 30. Adv.
Evening star., 1923-07-27
The American Girl.

A clergyman is quoted as saying
that the American girl sis at the low
est ebb in her history" He also said
that the American girl and young
woman drink cocktails, smoke cigar.
cites, that their conduct is shocking,
that men despise them and that the
whole United States is very immoral
now. 1t is frightful indictment De-
spite this clerical indictment most peo-
pie believe that the American girl Is
still a peach, and there is no evidence
that men despise her. Quite the con-
trary. If the clergyman had said that
the American boy is disappointment,
and that he uses his college opportuni-
ties for perfecting himself in rah. rahs
and slang, the assault might pass un-
challenged, but to say that the Amer.
lean girl Is other than the sweetest
thing on earth transcends the limit to
which any gentleman should go. and
constitutes an attack on our fairest
and most beloved institution. 1t would
be interesting to know the age Of this
man.
There comes time in the lives Of a
Evening star., 1923-07-27
The Capitol Guides.

Yesterdays Star contained an article
about the system Of guides in the Capt.
tol which should have the result Of
putting an end to a practice that has
prevailed for nearly half a century
Back in 1876 provision was made for
the appointment or designation of per-
sons who were authorized to serve as
guides through the building and col
lect fees at a rate fixed by Capitol Of
ficials. Under this practice a vast
amount of money has been paid by the
American public for having the build
ing shown and explained. So re-
munerative are these positions as
guides that they are eagerly sought,
and the patronage" of their designa-
tion is one of the valuable prerogatives
at the Capitol.
OF course, anybody can go through
out paying a fee. There is no COM
pulsion whatever to engage the serv-
ices Of a guide. The only rule on the
subject Is that no more than 25 cents
may be charged. But there is no rule
against tips in excess Of the rate.
There is no sort of persuasion or pres
sure upon the visitors to join guided
parties. Yet the fact stands that in the
Capitol, perhaps the chief point of
tourist interest in Washington, the
government countenances and, in ef-
feet, maintains a system Of paid guild
| ance. whereas every visitor should be
| guided free.
In no other public building is the
paid guide system maintained. In some
of them official guides are provided,
| without fees. In the bureau Of engrav.
| ing and printing, for example, COM
petent young women escort parties
through the establishment and explain
| the process of money and stamp max
ing. These guides are paid by the gov.
ernment. and likewise in the Capitol
the explanatory escorts should be Of
fetal representatives of the govern
ment and not members Of what is virtu.
ally a syndicate.
This matter, it is indicated, will be
brought to the attention of Congress
at the next session and an effort will
be made to stop the practice of gov
| ernment-aided private guiding and to
establish the more dignified and suit
able practice of showing everybody
through the building free. 1t is de.
sirable that the people who come to
Washington to see how the United
States works should learn as much as
| possible about the organization and
equipment of the government, with
/ out cost. The outstretched palm Of the
Capitol guide is not calculated to make
the tourists happy, even though the
fee eXacted is only quarter.
Evening star., 1923-07-27
Cites Baptismal Modes.
Reader Says Immersion Not Only
Method in Early Church.

To the Editor of The Star:
In your issue of July IA the fol-
lowing question was asked; and the
answer to 1t given by Frederic J.
Haskin. as per extract:
q. When was immersion first
used as a symbol of baptism? NJ. H c.
A. The records of the earliest
Christian writer's seem to agree that
immersion was the mode of baptism
practiced not only by the entire body
to that time by the Jews, who i'm
mersed proselytes to their religious
faith"
Nothing further being said, that
answer excludes the weight of schol-
arly testimony that other modes of
baptism were practiced in the time
of the apostles of Jesus, and in the
case of heathens entering the Jewish
Church. McClintock & Strong in their
Biblical and Theological Encyclopa-
deia" state that as early as the second
century of the Christian era this
proselyte baptism was an established
rite among the Jews; but declares
that 1.-The claim of much greater an
tiquity for it is hardly tenable." And
Hodges in his treatise Baptism Test
ed by Scripture. and History" asserts
that proselyte heather children were
baptised among the Jews by af-
fusion.
This latter author in a great wealth
of testimony from the early fathers
of the Christian Church declares that
infant baptism was never called in
question during the earlier ages OF
Christianity" And Polycarp, who
was instructed by the apostles, and
commended In Revelations, chapter
2. verse s, was accustomed to the use
of such baptism. Origen. one of the
mightiest of all the intellects ever
lent in any age to Christianity, was
accustomed to infant baptism by his
own fathers practice, and said that
Its usage, had been handed down by
the apostles" He was born about
eighty-five years after the death OF
st. John.
No one disputes immersion as a
very ancient mode of baptism. But
the Didache. or Teaching of the
Twelve" Gle. the twelve apostles)-
a Greek Mss. lost for 500 years to the
scholarly world, and whose recovery
by Philotheos Bryennios created sc
tremendous a sensation--the Did
ache which fills the gap between the
apostolic age and the church of the
second century" furnishes proof OF
the matter Of "sprinklihg or pouring
as a legitimate mode of BAPTISM
while also testifying to the general
rule of immersion In Giving water
or water flowing freely Gin the open.)
s. REESE MURRAY
Evening star., 1923-07-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
LOthario,

LOthariO.
OF gay Lotharios I've heard
Whose tickle minds were lightly stirred
To court the winsome village belle
And city dowager as well.
I saw a gay Lothario once
He looked a rather silly Ounce
They read his billy docs out loud
In court before a tittering crowd.
In Jail some time he stayed
When alimony wasn't paid.
For relaxation now and then
Some wife would put him in the pen,
And every time he earned a cent
Straight after it a lawyer went.
A double life he deemed a hit,
Then tripled and quadrupled it,
With several families large and small
He really had no home at all.
Lothario! Lothario!
Your life is but a tale of woe,
In frankness all the world must say
Lotharios are never gay!
Evening star., 1923-07-27

few men when they appear for mo-
ment or so to be proof against the
charm Of the American girl or any
girl. Generally the disease does not
last long. But they feel that the only
girl worth loving was the girl they
knew fifty years ago. It Is possible
that fifty years ago this clergyman
was not only more interestediin girls
than he is now, but that he was more
interesting to girls. Perhaps he wore
'love-lock" siders and long dark hair.
,, There was not a wrinkle in his brow
nor a line above his eye. He could pay
those gentle compliments which caused
the lady to tap his coat lapel with her
fan coquettishly. Now, perhaps, he is
bald, wears specs and aalse teeth, and
feels that the American girl Is not so
sweet and precious and appreciative
as once upon time.
He holds the tenderest sentiment
for Molly and her captivating curls.
He thinks of the flowered isummer
frock all covered o'er with tlounces
mont. He remembers the tight-fitting
basque and trailing skirt she wore
when he hired a hack and took her to
Fords Opera House to hear Maggie
Mitchell. He feels sure that Molly
wore two petticoats and a balmoral
and hustle, in addition to much other
clothing. Perhaps he married Molly
and still thinks she was and is the
finest girl on earth.
We frequently hear attacks on the
American girl, but neither she nor the
American boy heeds them. One feels
sure that the American girl is the
brightest and most beautiful of girls.
The American girl Of 1928 does some
things which would have stunned the
American girl of 1878 or. 1898, but the
American girl in every generation is
a peach.
Evening star., 1923-07-27

Now we have July, with twelve killed
and many injured.
| There have been various changes in
| traffic regulations. Police are directing
| .raffic at important intersections and
exerting themselves to aid motorists
and protect pedestrians. The police
| force in general has shown an increase
in activity in arresting violators of
traffic rules, and the courts are i'm.
2 posing heavier penalties. 1t would
seem that there should be fewer ma.
chimes and pedestrians on the streets
in the midvacation season than at
other times of the year, yet, notwith-
standing all these factors, more peo.
pie are being killed or MANNED.
No doubt some of the pedestrians
killed would not have been struck had
they been cautious, and no doubt
some of the motorists would not have
been killed If they had been driving
carefully. Some persons killed and in.
jured by cars would not have been
struck If the drivers had had their cars
uIlueT control, tfldI IS, II tney mao nelu
themselves in readiness to make quick
stops.
How to compel all pedestrians and
drivers to practice caution, as caution
is understood by most persons. is a
problem which seems impossible of
solution. The reckless walker cannot
be kept under control, and the reckless
driver is always present in the streets.
The problem is to bring cars passing
through the streets down to such a
speed that more pedestrians can get
out of their way, and that more drivers
can stop on short notice.
There are regulations with regard to
turning corners, passing cars and
crossing intersections. but the ques-
tions which the local authorities will
be compelled to take up will deal with
speed and the ability of drivers not so
much to run" their cars as to stop
them. There is much driving on all
streets at all times which is too fast
for the safety Of pedestrians.
Evening star., 1923-07-27
senatorial Sightseeing.

Tine European pilgrimage of Sena-
tors of the United States has reached
unusual proportions in the last few
months. The latest to announce his
intention to go abroad is Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin. A complete list
of those senators who have already
made the trip since the adjournment
Of Congress, and those who are about
to sail, would constitute almost a
quorum of the upper house.
Many have returned. All of them.
after fixing their feet firmly on Ameri-
can soil once more, have expressed
their opinions about conditions in Eu-
rope, both political and economic. Ap-
parently they have found, each and
every one Of them, just what they set
out to find in Europe. We are still
waiting for a returned senator who
has changed his convictions as to
what ails Europe and as to the part
the United States should play in world
affairs. Preconceived ideas, particular
ly those of a United States senator,
are difficult to upset. And where is the
senator who, on March +, 1923, had
not his ideas regarding the European
situation?
The State Department seemingly
overlooked a bet. When, at the close
of the last Congress, senators We're
rushing about making their plans for
visiting Europe, the department might
have undertaken a summer school on
European politics in Europe with well
informed students of the problems to
much more advisable than to have
these "innocents abroad'-so-caIled by
one Of their own number-fall into the
hands Of the wicked propagandists of
soviet Russia, of imperial France, of
coldly selfish Britain and other ma.
tions,
Comes a note Of warning now from
practical Jim" Watson, senator from
Indiana, to his republican brethren
See America first" particularly your
own state, county and town, is his ad
vice. Senators of the United States
are not going to be elected in Europe
a year from now, but right here. Re
publicans have a big job ahead OF
them, with the democrats kicking them
on the shins and the farmer-laborites
pulling their hair. Get down to work
in your own home town and preach re
publicanism, he says. If you don't
you'll have plenty of time to travel
abroad in 1925.
Evening star., 1923-07-27
siddalrs Passing Leaves Wide
fam in the Magazine Field.

The "best friend the aspiring writer
had was John NJ. Siddall, editor Oh
the American Magazine, who has just
passed on, If the united voice OF 'he
editors of the nation Is TO De con-
sidered. "Sid" brought to the maga-
zine field the "nose for news, acquired
during his years of work as re-
nor,er and a desk man, and ne was
very quick to note the unusual, even
In crudely written manuscripts SUD
mitted to him. Work was his one
passion, work and his magazine, ana
when the doctors told him that ne
might prolong his life possible
twelve months by giving up mis-
editing he merely smiled and an
nounced he would die in the harness
"He was never afraid to print an
unusual story-in fact, he gloried In
the fact that this was exactly the
kind Of stories he wanted to print
saws the Dayton News. But In the
tremendous success which he achieved
he lost his health. He worked too
hard and too long. a common failure
among literary men and successful
writer's" In all essentials he was
"a pioneer" the Reading Tribune
holds "He INDUCED in nothing
recondite. as some of the 'highbrow'
magazines occasionally do. And he
iindulged in nothing salacious, as some
of the Iowbrow' magazines occa-
sionally do. What he did was to take
the conversation of the average So
nh,st,cated home and incorporate 1t
In a MAGAZINE" His record with the
American will stand for years to
come" insists the Canton News. as
che assumed the editorial direction of
this publication eight years ago, when
| IL had a circulation of 100000. Today
II boasts of five times that number
monthly" Thousands of readers who
| never saw him feel that they have
| lost a personal friend in him." the
Buffalo Times holds, 'for he possessed
a remarkable gift of making his in
dividuality palpable to those he ad-
dressed in print. His heroism In bear
| ing up against an illness he knew to
be mortal and keeping hard at work
( In the face Of suffering exemplif1ed In
| his own person his maxim Of victory.
"Not all the heroes die on the bat
tlefields amid the thunder of guns,
the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch points
out. 'Tn the face Of certain death
| death that was inevitable in few
weeks or months--he went quietly
about his work, irradiating the sun
shine Of his CHEEKY smile as IL all were
going well with his world. All honor
| to such a man. 1t Is his kind who are
the pioneers; to whom the call of duty
means more than life itself" He
leaves behind clean magazine as
an asset the Burlington Gazette
| points out, and preference was al
ways accorded to Wholesome tales
that carried no appeal to sex in
stincts. It Is easy to cater to the AMI.
Evening star., 1923-07-27
Magnus States His Views.

Senator.elect Magnus Johnson of
Minnesota-not Hiram of California
has no reticence regarding his views
on public matters. But he has his
limits which call for admiration. In a
statement given to the Associated
Press he covers a lot of ground in sur
prisingly few words. For instance, he
declares he is for the bonus for for
mer soldiers, payable out of taxation
on excess profits; he wishes to change
the federal reserve system and curb
the power of the United States Su-
preme Court, to do away with five-to-
four decisions and perhaps call for
unanimous decisions"
Note the perhaps There is con-
servatism. Magnus has been called a
radical, but there stands the qualify
ing word He is following along well
blazed trail in his criticism of five-to-
four decisions. A good many more ex-
perienced statesmen than he have
tackled that subject and proposed
remedies. But Magnus-he likes to be
called by his first name-will not quite
go 80 far now as to demand unanimity
on the highest bench.
This dirt farmer from Minnesota
will never be President of the United
States. The Constitution prohibits
that, inasmuch as he was born abroad.
But he Is at least going to be heard,
and for a while he will be an interest
ing figure in the Senate. where he will
sit by virtue of his recent election until
the 4th Of March, 1925. Doubtless af-
ter he has been in Washington for a
while he will modify his views some
what. He may quite completely change
his point of view. Sometimes it hap
pens that way, and then, again, ii
happens the other way, when a man
Of conservative spirit gets off on a
tangent and goes more and more radi
cal. But there is something about
Magnus that suggests moderating
rather than an aggravating disposi
ton. It is to be remarked that. this
latest announcement of his view OF
things takes the form Of prepared
statement, which bears marks of some
body's supervision. That is an indica
tion of wisdom, and may be taken as
a hopeful sign.
Evening star., 1923-07-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin

Q. How many men are on the
eligible lists or the police and fire
departments? L. B.
A. The police department says
that 1t has not maintained an eligible
list for seven or eight years. At the
present time there are fifty vacancies
in the police department. These va
cancies are usually filled by advertis-
ing for policemen. In order to obtain
Ia position with the fire department
an examination under the Civil Ser
vice Commission must be taken.
There are nineteen vacancies in the
nre department and between fifteen
and twenty men have recently taken
the civil service examination.
@. Are there any battlefelds in
the District Of Columbia? A. F. NJ.
A. The only battlefield in the
District is at Fort Stevens. beyond
Brightwood. 1t was the scene of an
engagement on July IL, 1854. during
Gen. Early's attempt on Washing
ton.
Q. Where was the first telegraph
office? NJ. T. p.
A On the west side of 7th street
between f and T, near the center of
the square occupied by the land
office. 1t was opened and operated
by Samuel F. B. Morse in 1874.
Q. How does 1T happen that the
son Of Aguinaldo is going to West
Point? NJ. E.
A. Emilio Aguinaldo was appoint7
ed to the United States Military
Academy by the governor. general
of the Philippine Islands. The Secre-
tary of War is authorized to permit
| four Flipinos to be designated, one
for each class by the governor gen.
eral of the Philippines.
Q. When was the first automobile
| race run? H. r.
A. The first record of an automo-
tbile race is the one from Paris to
Rouen which took place in June 1894.
distance of seventy-five miles was
accomplished at a speed OF almost
fifteen miles an hour
Q. How can opals be cured SO that
they will not check? ]. B. O.
A. The Geological Survey says
that the checking Of opals can be
prevented by putting them in a bottle
containing a solution of one-half
glycerin and one-half water. There
is no way known of preventing check
ling If the opalS are taken out OF the
solution and exposed to the air.
Q. How old can boys be and still
| be eligible to the national marbles
| championship? H. L.
A. Boys Of fourteen years or
younger are eligible to the marble
games. They enter from any one of
the Fairgrounds OF their particular
neighborhood. A winner of each
playground competes with other
winners and the elimination contin-
| ues until the champion is decided on
The champion of that city then
goes to Atlantic City for the final
game: The winner. Of the last cham; ai
pionship game. which was completed
about four weeks ago. was Harlan
Mccoy, Of Cincinnati. Ohio.
O. How many vessels pass through
| the Panama canal each day?-J. w. G
A. Based on the number of vessels
passing through the canal for the
| year 1922. the average per day is
about seven.
| O. How long have there been gyp'
! sizes in this country?-F. S.
| A. While the exact date does not ap'