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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-02-21
THE AMERICAN ISSUE

larry, rape murder and the like. A person of uncon-
troled passion is a social menace.
1t is weascertained fact, capable of the most
abundant verihcation, that each indulgence in aco-
holic liquors weakens self-contro and renders more
and more probable further indulgence This result is
due to the narcotic action of the drug the nhibtory
centers Of the BRAIN This furnishes valid explana-
ton OF the frequency of saloon brawls the practically
universal of spirituous liquors by the inmates of
bagnios and the great multiplicity of crimes in saloon
infested districts
The liquor traffic stands squarely opposed to the
work of the schools and the best interests of the state
Destroying the civic virtues of the citizen strikes at
the very foundation stone of government and all social
order
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-02-21
The Ci0ic Value of Self Control

The individual citizen is valuable to the state just
in proportion to his power his emotions.
The states wealth is in the character of its citi-
zens Sefcontro is of the direct results of edit
cation.
To inculcate this civic virtue in its citizens, the
state has evolved extensive system of public in
structon, and at vast expense supports adequate
teaching force Broadened knowledge of the condi-
tons, forces and facts in given instance, generally
du11s poignancy and thus prevents commission of
crime.
Lack of self-control explains theft, arson, burg
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-02-21
Concerning "Bv-ProductS"

Concerning 'BV-PrOduCfS
John D. Rockefeller began pumping oil out of the
ground and selling it.
By and by he began refining it and getting all
sorts of byproducts out Of it -parafhn lubricating
oils and the like. Something like two hundred valu-
able chemical factors gotten out OF the stuff
The by-products are worth than the oil
itself The Standard Oil Company could pour all of
it's oil into the and still pay dividends on its
stock.
The people used to throw bran from the mill into
the river Now bran worth more per pound than the
flour itself
Cotton seeds used to be regarded as nuisance
Now from them come OIL fertilizer cottolene for cook
ing and meal for cattle.
ust So the saloon lives largely upon its
"by-products," without which few saloons could live
It is the rendezvous of the gunmen the burglars
the chop pedders the white slavers, the fence for
thieves 1t is in the shelter of the saloon that they
come to divide the spoil and from which the saloon
exacts toll.
It is in the back room that lumber Jacks" and
Indians "roed" to the saloon mans benefit 1t is
upstairs that the gamblers fleece their victims "a
, blind waiter running down to the bar from which
the material is obtained for the work
1t is in an adjoining room that the young girl is
lured and misunderstanding another by-product of
profit.
The saloon is the agency where voters colo
nized; where elections bought and sold; where
all sorts of crooked schemes plotted and from
which they carried out and from which the saloon
man exacts toll.
Few saloons could exist their sale of liquor
alone-it is from the by-products that much of their
revenue is derived
And the licensing of the saloon is, in effect, the
licensing Of the "by-products."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
A Wireless Triumph
By DIR. CHARLES H. PARKHURsT.

from all quarters of the sea
congregation OF vessels bent on a
message CT deliverance.
1t is q revelation to us of the
majesty Of human thought. II
gives US a new suspicion of the
magnificence inherent In the hu-
man mind. 1t widens for us the
chasm that divides between flesh
and humaness.
We may not all of us have the
genius Of Marconi, but he was
man and so are we. so that In a
way his triumph is the triumph Of
the race and reflects a dignity l.:
which we are all of US sharers.
And then the other feature, too
subtle to be expressed by any
painters brush, is the splendid
humanity evinced by the scene.
The steamer which at the time Of
the Titanic disaster ignored its
humanitarian opportunity has
been the object of the righteous
indignation Of the entire world.
Around the Volturno, on the
contrary, were gathered ten
steamers, representing different
nationalities and varying inter
ests, who suspended temporarily
their individual purposes. and. out
of the humanness of their sym
pathy, which everywhere Is grow
ing warmer and sweeter with the
years, surrendered themselves TO
the relief of the threatened VIC
tins of horrible disaster.
1t is beautiful commentary on
the widening sense Of human
brotherhood, and makes the fu-
ture look brighter by indicating
that we are all of us outgrowing
ourselves and broadening into an
international and universal fel-
lowship,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

THERE Is a picture that to
the end of life will linger in
the minds of those who,
with the power of a quickened
imagination, read the story OF the
recent burning OF the Volturno--
the picture, namely, of the doom
ed vessel wrapped In flames,
dashed by the storm apd sur
rounded by the ten steamers how
ering about her on their errand Of
mercy and Of saving. No paint
ing could do the scene justice, but
in tens OF thousands of hearts
the event is portrayed in colors
that are unfading.
1t can. not be adequately repre-
sented on canvas, for there are
two distinguished features that
no artists brush is sufficiently
delicate TO delineate: one is the
scientific genius that rendered
possible the gathering together Of
Such squadron OF relief.
That feature was the celebra-
ton, under most august circum-
stances, Of the triumph of wire
less telegraphy. 1t was a eulogy
pronounced in terms to which no
articulate speech could approx
mate upon the genius OF the great
discoverer. It was an instance,
almost unprecedented, OF the abil-
ity OF the human mind to assert
Its supremacy over nature and
to bend the energies OF nature to
the service and needs of man.
1t may be long time before
there will be a greater demon
stration of what is in man to dis
cover and to effect than was az
forded when the operator aboard
the Volturno, touching the KEYS
OF his instrument. could assemble
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
The Apparently Gay Life
Is Only a Bitter
Mockery.

1t is to throttle memory, and
dull thought, so that they NAV
forget for an hour what they
once were, and the sort of crea-
ture they are doomed to become.
1t is sadly true that there Is
nothing else in the world so lit
tie gay as what is termed the
gay life. Listen to its laughter.
1t is mere noise, the cracking
of thorns under pot, with no
ring Of merriment in it. The
women who lead it never smile,
Tor there is no happiness there.
You will see on their faces fear.
and bitter mockery, and bold in
science, and jealousy and rage,
and every evil passion that can
tear the human heart, but you
will never see that look of calm
peace and content that shows
that a woman has got for her
souls desire, and that all is we'll
with her.
If you take the primrose path,
little sister, you may get a few
fine clothes. a little rich food, a
little luxury, but do not forget
that you will get other things
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

also. Iod Win sc, tortured
conscience, and you will get
shame, you will get fear always
with you lest your beauty fade.
And also, little sister, you
shall know cruelty and abuse as
no other woman ever knows it,
Tor it Is the way of men TO break
their toys when they have wea-
ried of them. And you shall
have brief life span, for that
Is the motto of the primrose
path. "a short life and a merry
one"
And if the primrose path Is
not so alluring at short range as
it appears at a distance, neither
is the straight and narrow path
so hard and barren in reality as
1t looks in, prospect. The woman
who treads it may wear home
spun, but no other woman draws
her skirts away from her as if
she was a leper. She has the re-
spect and admiration of those
about her, and, believe me. little
sister, these are a better garment
in which to be clothed than the
silks and satins that a woman
has bought at the price of her
soul.
Above all, she has her own self
respect, and that is the one thing
that is absolutely necessary to
any real happiness. AS long as
We can look ourselves in the face
with a clean conscience none of
us can be utterly miserable.
The girl who chooses the bet
ter way may look forward TO the
supreme happiness of life, that
of being married to a good man
who loves and honors her, and to
having little children into whose
clear eyes she is not afraid to
look, and to establishing a home
over which no shadow of past"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
She Sees Herself Clad in
Clothes That Set Off
Her Beauty.

She sees herself dressed in the
fine clothes that would set off her
youth and beauty as frame
does a pretty picture, the kind of
clothes that she's seen sold over
the counter to other women, but
has never had herself. She sees
herself wearing Creations" in
stead of hand me down suits,
sweeping into gilded restaurants
where there are shaded lights,
and music, and other gorgeously
dressed women eating dainty
food.
She sees herself rolling about
In automobiles instead of hang
Ing on to street car straps. She
sees herself eating her breakfast
in bed instead of punching the
time clock at S o'clock In some
store or office. She sees ease and
luxury, and all the things that her
ardent youth Graves so passion
ately, waiting for her to take if
only she chooses the primrose
path.
And when she looks down the
other bend of the road, the
strait and narrow road, she
sees nothing before her but hard
travelling She sees poverty, and
self-denial. and hard work She
sees herself growing old. and fad
ed, and gray like little Miss Smith
in the office where she works,
a woman whose meager pay en-
velope barely enables her to meet
the necessities of life and has
never given her any of it's frills.
or IL she marries she sees her
self following in her mothers
footsteps. the poor, tired, family
drudge, with always a baby In
one hand, and frying pan in
the other; the one of the house
hold who bears the heaviest bur
den, and wears the shabbiest
clothes, and works the longest
hours, and receives the least APP
probation.
And so the poor young girl,
With her pretty face. and the avid
desires of her youth for pleas
ure, stands at the cross roads
and asks herself which way he
shall go, and il it pays to be
goodg
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Stars and Stripes

Our Bluebeards are having q
hard time proving their crimes.
Fur-bearing fish have been dis
covered in the Arctic. Sad news
for husbands. If you don't be-
lieve it, look at the price of seal
skin.
About this time we get sugges-
tons on how not to catch cold"
Chief point of interest about them
is that they're always written by
a man with a cough.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

those treacherous boys, covered
with flowers that look bright and
beautiful to the eye, but into
which the traveller, who tries to
cross. sinks down into the slime
and perishes. If you could see
under the blooms you would find
that every crimson flower has its
roots in the dead heart of some
poor foolish young girl like you.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
WHICH,?

TIME picLule WnlCn e,l~vni-
panies this article shows
a young girl standing at
the cross roads of her life, try
ing to decide which turn she
shall take.
In one direction, for a little
way at least-and that is as
far as the eyes OF youth can
see--the path stretches alluringly
before her.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

TAKE the rIan, turn -, .A=
road, little sister. Look d little
closer at what is called the
primrose path, and you will see
that it is nothing but one OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Ancients Only Dreamed.
We Dreamed First.
Then Acted.

Here, there, anywhere on the
surface Of the earth other little
handmade demons seize upon the
speeding waves and change them
back again into tn, human voice.
Was anything equally marvellous
ever imagined about the powers
OF the magicians OF old? The
only difference is that the an
clients merely dreamed, and we
first dreamed and then acted.
The imagination is the prime mo-
tor for both, but they saw its pic
lures without an effort to trans
form them into realities. while we
have made them substantial by
the aid of science.
Many inventors are working
upon the problem of making
wireless telephony at great dis
tances commercially successful.
1t is probable that several differ,
ent systems will be perfected,
but the base of all is the same. !
1t is always the electric waves
that carry the impulses transmit
ted from the human organs Of
speech, ready to be retrans-
formed, when they reach their
The difficulties are purely mat
ters of detail. There are Ameri-
can systems, German systems,
French systems, italian systems,
and all of them are more or less
successful.
AS far as am aware. the record
of distance at present Is held by
Mr.. Vanni, the director of the tel
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
* MY BOOKS Il
BY CONSTANCE CLARK.

row of books upon shelf
My books-a little part of me.
Do they reveal my inner self,
My hidden personality?
A battered Logic, SCARED and old:
The Death of Arthur done in verse;
And then Zoology-all told,
l really can't say which is worse.
Turner book with gorgeous prints,
Jane Austen, Volumes One, Two, Three:
A Hedda Gabler's subtle hints,
Beside red Aurora Leigh.
The Blue Bird in its leather gown
Next to set of Bernard Shaw.
And then book of great renown
And much discussed-The Common Law.
Then Tennyson's immortal Maud,
And Kipling with my Browning next;
Rossettis poems done abroad
With quaint illuminated text.
And then q long and narrow book
keep II always within call.
Into its depths daily look
like my check book best of all.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Take the Right Turn of
the Road-It Pays To
Be Good.

That is denied the girl who
takes the wrong turn of the road.
No matter how she repents, or
how she tries to retrace her steps,
there Is always the haunting
ghost OF what she has been to
darken her life.
Take the right turn of the road,
little sister. IL pays to be good.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

= WY rs MOWERS are az
ways blood red.
Believe me, what is called
the easiest way" is the hardest
way on earth for a woman.
No other road is so stony, or
so cuts and bruises the feet of
women who tread il.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Eiffel Tower Signals Are
Received Far Out
at Sea.

Already the time signals from
the Eiffel Tower are received by
ships far out on the ocean. But
these communications which en-
able the navigator to determine
his longitude with hitherto unat-
tainable accuracy, will surely
seem far more wonderful when.
instead, of mere Geographic dots
and dashes, the captain of ship
in mid-Atlantic hears a voice from
Paris, dropping down out of the
blue. and saying as If the speak
er were close by his ear: Twelve
o'clock at the Eiffel Tower!"
But we quickly become accus-
toned to marvels when they are
of everyday occurrence. If we did
not, we should be wondering at
ourselves all the while. Our bod
les are as amazing as wireless tel
ephony, and our minds infinitely
more amazing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

THERE is no longer the
slightest doubt that the
time is coming. and per-
haps close at hand, when we shall
habitually talk to one another at
distances of hundreds, or even
thousands, of miles without the
Intervention of any wires con-
meeting the speaker with the
nearer. Wireless telephony is an
established fact. but the appa-
ratus still needs development be-
fore it can come into general,
everyday use and displace the ex-
listing telephone system.
There Is something weirdly i'm
pressive in the thought of trans
ferring the feeble human voice
over mountains and seas, and
making it virtually .encircle the
earth. Man speaks and his PLAN
ct hears! At his command a
little electric demon transforms
his voice into waves that traverse
the ether with the speed of light.
carrying the voice with them,
locked up in their undulations.,
In less than one second and a
third they could bear it to the
moon. In about three minutes
they could carry it to the Dlanet
Mars.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Carries Voice Infinitely
Quicker Than Sound
Could Do It..

One curious fact about wireless
telephony is that it carries the
voice almost infinitely quicker
than 1T could be transmitted by
sound, provided that sound could
be heard so far. A sound wave
would require more than three
quarters of an hour to go 600
miles through the air; an electric
wave goes that distance in one
three hundredth of q second!
Practically we may say that the
transmission is instantaneous.
>The same thing is, of course.
true Of simple signals transmitted
by wireless telegraphy. They
could go round the earth in about
ne-seventh of a second. This fact
is about to be taken advantage of
in order to ascertain more accu-
rately than it is known at present
the longitude Of Washington. Be
ginning in winter this year, and
continuing until April next, sig
nails are to be exchanged for this
purpose between the Eiffel Tower
in Paris and the Naval Radio Sta
ton at Arlington near Washing
ton. These signals will probably
traverse the Atlantic in about
one iftieth of a second.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Garrett F. SerViss
writes on
Mysteries of Science
and Nature

Wireless Telephony, Now an
Established Fact, Will Make
1t Possible for the Human
Voice Soon to Travel Around
the World.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
By GARRETT. P. SERVISS

. egraphic institute of Rome. He
has transmitted human speech by
electric waves from Rome to Sic
lily, from Rome to Tripoli, across
the Mediterranean Sea. The great
est distance yet attained by. him
is a thousand kilometers-about
$40 miles. For shorter distances
the transmission is easy not only
by his apparatus. but by others.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09
WEBB BILL PASSES
AFTER STUBBORN
BATTLE
WOULD PREVENT INTERSTATE
SHIPMENT OF LIQUOR INTO
"DRY" STATES.

Washington, Feb. S.-The Webb bill
to prohibit the interstate shipment of
liquor into dry" states for purposes
of sale cor in any manner used in
violation of the state laws was passed
by the house late today, 24O to 65
The passing of the bill ended one of
the most stubbornly- fought all day
contests of this congress. Senator
Kenyon, of Iowa, author of a senate
measure of the same general purport,
sat in the house most of the day
watching the fight, which opened with
contest over the rule to bring up
the Webb bill Representatives, of
organized anti-saloon advocates sat
in the members galleries and kept
tally on the roll calls. Representa- =
tive Fitzgerald of New York criti-
cized his fellow democratic leaders for
not deFoting more time to the essen
tial appropriation bills. Representa-
tive Dalzell Of Pennsylvania (repub-
lican), said this democratic house
would go down in history as one of
''masterly inactiVity' Representa-
Mann characterized as "flim-fla
the bringing up Of the bill at this
time.
Former Speaker Cannon declared
that the states should regulate traffic
themselves. Representative Berger
of Wisconsin, socialist, contended that
| all great men from julius Caesar
down to Cannon were temperate
drinkers. Representative Sherley OF
Kentucky attacked the validity of tho
| bill and Representative Rucker o
| Missouri said he represented numer.
! Gus constituents whose homes haC
| been wrecked by liquor.
| All amendments offered to the bill
! were rejected. One of these woult
| have substituted tho bill alread,
| passed by the senate and anothe
would have added a penalizing claus
with fine and imprisonment provjs
| ions, which some of the members de
clared unconstitutional The bill nov
| goes to the senate.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09
DEMOCRATS BOOST
FOR THE THIRD
JUDGE
OPINION THAT CHARLES n. HALL
WILL BE NAMED BY THE
GOVERNOR.

Helena, Feb. S.-(SpcciHl) West
ern- Montana democrats have been
much in evidence here this week
They have been doing something more
than merely visiting, too. They have
been exceedingly busy. Their activ-
ity has ccntcred in the nomination of
a judge for the new position which
has been created In the Fourth Judi
Cial district, When the week opened,
there were at least six candidates
and each had friends seeking to i'm
press Governor Stewart that there
was but one appointment which should
be made. The governor has passed
through trying week; he has cX-
tended his personal acquaintance
with western -Montana folks consid-
crably; he knows the pcdigrcrs OF
some western Montana men whom he
knew but casually before. Today
the Wcstcrn-M0ntAna visitors have
nearly AL loft the capital and it is UNI
derstood that the list Of eleihles has
dWindlcd to three. Those who should
know say tonight that the governor
will probably namo the new judge
Monday. 1t is further given out here
that Charles II. Hall of Missuula will
receive the honor of the now position
on the district bench lie was here
during the week but it is understood
around the capitol that his visit was
in the interest Of another man. 1t
was after his departure for home that
Mr.. Han was seriously considered
But the talk here today is that he will
be the man.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09
Turks Repulsed.

Sofia, Feb. S.-All attempts on the
part of the Turks to assume the often
slve at the Tchatalja lines have been
repulsed. A semi-official dispatch,
giving details of yesterdays fighting,
says the Turks advanced in three
columns.
The first consisting of six bat
talions, supported by the guns of Fort
Gjaurtabia and the Warships moored
in Biyuk Chemedje bay, attacked the
Bulgarian position at Arnoutkeui, but
were driven back by counter attack.
The second column of two battalons
was forced to retire beyond the Karak
river The third column of one regi-
ment was routed with great slaughter
by bayonet charges.
In the Derkos district the attempts
of the Turks We're also repulsed, and
they withdrew to their original posi-
tions.
The bombardment of Adrianople con =
tinues.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09
CORRECT
WAS M|SS0UL|AN
STATEMENT
CRITICISM OF DEMOCRATIC REAC-
TlONARIES WAS FOUNDED
ON THE TRUTH.

About a week ago The Missoulian
published q letter from its staff cor
respondent in Helena, in which
democratic senator's written statement
was embraced that statement being
critical Of the attitude of a wing of
his party in the senate. The name of
that senator is signed to the original
copy Of that statement; the name was
known at the time of the publication
of the letter to the editor of The
Missoulan. Since last Sunday there
has been some criticism of The Mis-
Soulian by rcaCliOnary newspapers for
having published anonymously so i'm
portant q communication as that was.
The MisSOuian will not divulge the
name of this senator without his vol
untary permission: perhaps the name
will not be given out even with his
permission. The facts which he set
forth in his letter are yet facts; they
constituted a correct statement OF
conditions in the state senate. Last
night The Missoulian received the fol-
lowing communication from its staff
correspondent in Helena, the senti-
ment Of which Is cordially indorsed ir
the editorial office: