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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
THE COBB DINNER

Few writers living or dead ever
have received a more flattering trib-
ute than the dinner of over 700 men
and women prominent in the news
paper editorial. political, business
and social worlds which was rendered
to Irwin S. cobb at the Waldorf
Astoria, New York, on the evening
of April %
1t was a tribute to him as a good
fellow, a good war correspondent, a
good man, and the author Of
Back Home" paths of Glory" "The
Escape of Mr.. Trimm'' and other
remarkable books The praise show
cred on him would have turned the
head of an ordinary man: the dinner
books. with its sketches by such men
as Gibson, Flagg Fisher, text by Ben
nett, Lormer and a dozen others,
would to an ordinary man have been
cause for buying a hat at least ten
sizes larger. but it is recorded by
every one that after the dinner Mr.
Cob put on the same sized hat as
before.
The regular orchestra of the hotel
was replaced by a special orchestra,
called from Mr.. Cobb's home town.
Paducah, KY. called Paduky. to
rhyme with Kentucky. This was the
Silver Clarinet band. composed of a
dozen negroes. They were assisted
by a quartet of negroes. who sang
coon songs" and airs familiar to the
Blue Grass folk.
In one of the boxes above the
large gathering of Mr.. Cobbs friends
sat his mother Mrs. Mamie Cobb,
who came from Paducah to attend
the love feast for her son. Other
relatives of the humOrist- war cor
respondent were in the box and sew
eral of his close friends.
A bllposter entered the hall and
posted up a 20x20 foot picture Of
the war correspondent in the centre
of a huge bull. On it were the words
Irwin S. Cobb, Throwing the Bull "
IL addition to these novelties. there
was another little souvenir of the
war correspondent little "monu
ment," some of them called it, of the
humorist.
At the guests table were ex-Gov-
ernor Martin H. Glynn. Martin w.
Littleton. Judge Hal Corbett of Pa
ducah, Captain Harry Blum, Wilton
Lackaye, Martin Breen. Job Hedges,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
WHEN THE MAN PAID

(Ry f. X. WOOey)
We hear he way woman
down and he moral
code" remarked the ray-hared whose
derful hands had been bringing divine harmonies
out of the old piano
'Yes-society. is harsh with the woman who
trips" he continued Perhaps society
hard with the And yet"-he paused remnis-
cently-'there seems to be higher power than
society.
To-day 1 met a dereIict Until he told me his
name could not remember him. He asked
1 could find him something he was al
one time the concertmeister of of greatest
orchestras in the world of genius. with every
promise of the worlds highest honors ,
him.
i took him home gave him 2 violin and asked
MN TO play for me- Ali wept. His soul
Fifteen he lived wife and
child and all We're happy. He made money-plenty.
He was respected by musicians. adored by the pub
lie The great director the orchestra called him
My boy. Everything in life liis-everythingi
Then came the other
She singer-tall blond. a daring
and a style that the little o a wife into
the black shadow.
hypnotized He haunted the singers hotel. He
was with her every moment that she would permit.
He was handsome. magnetic, and played with,
alVlne IRE. she too was smitten' and the trouble
began.
The man. who lac adored his child passion
atelr forgot that he had Christmas time
came. The did come home. He forgot
the day. For the first time in his little life the
son had no Christmas gift from his father
But rumor told the wife a magnificent
string of pearls-a Christmas gift singer
from her love-slaVe.
Injuries and insults herself the wife hac
overlooked But this affront Ter boy
forgivable
Taking her son by The hand, the wife went Ia
the singers hotel. She called singer into the
lobby of the great ho,e. and the singer
ing the pearls
The wife pointed to the pearls, then to her
Seet she cried. Here is his His father
forgot to give him Christmas present, while he
gave fortune in pearls Christmas morn
he
have them.
The singer screamed, but the wife had caught
at the pearls with her frantic hands, and the string
had broken and the pearls scattered the floor
of the hotel lobby. And the wife tramped them
under her feet.
That night the singer and the concermeister
left the city together He gave up all for her. For
time they Travelled together. Then she left him
There dreadful quarrels. heard.
He down--and down. None of the
chestras wanted him He played in restaurants In
beer gardens-wherever he could find place And
today hm-old beyond his years, his wonder
full wrist stiffened his fingers clumsyhis soul
What became of the woman / haven't heard.
But the mamie has paid
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10

! Rc;-no.d Wolf, George McAneny,
/ president Of the board of aldermen
Dudley Field Malone. collector of the
! port, and John r. Stanchfield
/ In the box with Mrs. Cobb We're
| Mrs. George II. Doran, Mrs. Irwin S
! Cobb and Miss Eliza beth cobb, his
daughter, Mrs. Harry Blum, a cous-
! in, Of savannah Margaret Wycher-
! ly, Dor othy Dix, Mrs. Richard L.
, Lineiey. Margaret Ellington, and Mrs.
/ Harry Thompson, also of Paducah.
Frank s. Cobb of the New York
! World who is not related to Irwin
! Cob, was Joastma ster. He explained
that the dinner was planned by re-
| porters in honor of man who had
! lived up to the opportunities of a
! reporter.
! Mr.. McAneny, who said he came
as the official representative of the
city to bid the war correspondent
Godspeed and wish him well. said
Dir. Cobb had enriched contemporary
literature on the war. He remarked
Now York was big place: that it
/ had the wealth of four or five Euro
pean kingdoms, and, finally. that the
wealth of the assemblage which did
honor 10 Cobb testified as to his
bigness.
Ex- Governor Glynn placed the name
Of MIR. Cobb beside that of Mark
Twain. and job Hedges proposed that
he be the national Fourth of July
orator Tributes to the writer and
correspondent We're paid also by
Judge Corbett from his home town,
and other speakers.
There was a moving picture his
tory of Cobb's career in which
Charles Somerville. of the World,
dressed in baby clothes, played the
inflnt cobb and could not he paci-
fled until his black nanny brought
him typewriter. Lindsay Dennison
of the Evening World. with a pillow
in his shirt. played the adult Cobb.
Mr.. Cobb himself made the closing
speech. following the presentation to
him of a portrait of himself. He
said there was a mistaken idea here
about the cause of the civil war.
This was caused by q Yankee com
ing to Kentucky and MASKING the
mint in a julep. The insult was add
ed to when another put ssugar in
cornbread, and then the sOutherners
began lynching them right and left.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
THE PERSONS OF THE
SILENT DRAMA
BY
Sallie Jacobs

Question-Which would you rather
be, beautiful or wealthy?
Answer-Both,
Well. little girls and big girls, you
are not as clever as you think you
are-for if YOU are the one thing you
are also the other, that is. if you are
a movie queen.
See how simple it is-just be beau
tiful and the unlimited income is
yours On the ether hand, if you
have but wealth are you sure of be-
coming fair of face and form, even
in this day and age of beauty spe-
cialists?
If you have any choice in the mat
ter play safe and take good looks.
become a film favorite, as such soon
acquire a fortune.
Look at Mary What's her name ev-
cry day the papers add thousand
week to her salary, and she isn't
such a ravishing beauty.
Artists disagree on what is real
beauty-the frail. delicate type ad-
mred by many is not sought after
by motion picture producers.
At his home in Romaineland. north
east of Phoenix. Romano Fielding,
manager of the Western Lubin COM
pany, yesterday discussed the ideal
reel heroine. He was seated in his
den. not a typical mans room, for
there is nothing in his house that
bears the stamp of any one save its
lord and master. 1t is distinctively
Fielding. 1t is work shop, an
artists gallery, a curio shop with an
tiques from foreign shores, club,
and a home Above all it is a living
thing that seems in harmony with
it's hosts slogan. hospitality"
And of women he said, THE
type of women best suited for motion
pictures, by that l mean the one
most popular with the audience, is
twenty years old She is five feet
five, weighs one hundred and thirty
pounds, is a blonde with big dark
eyes, small mouth, clean cut feat
urese round neck and entirely fem
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mime. And look" he added, appar-
emily becoming interested in the sub
| ject, ''She must be fearless, healthy
and lead a clean life mentally, NOR
ally and physically, and Lord love
you, don't forget the main requisite
common sense Character shows on
/ the screen, you know
There's a neat little order for you
to fill. you girls who are ambitious
to become a film star"
And of men he said: 1.-The man
that most appeals in silent drama is
five feet eleven (Mr. Fielding is five
feet ten and three quarters), weighs
one hundred and seventyfive pounds.
has curly dark hair, large dark eyes,
pleasing mouth. good teeth. and pro-
nOunced features. He must ride,
canoe fight, swim, dive, fence and
make love without seeming to do so
and should not be over twenty eight
years of age. He may be dissipated
as long as the dissipation does not
leave lines on his face nor change
his character"
You see you only have to be a
near-angel if you are a moVie-actor
And of men and women he said:
THE lure is here Just as much if
not more than on the stage and if
YOU take up the profession because
Of its fascination l say no. But
look. if you go in with the idea of
making good. with the clean intent
OF driving ahead, l say yes. To be
successful you must be a real stu
dent of acting, surface knowledge of
the art will not suffice; look" he
said, using his favorite word once
more. look at'-and he mentioned
favorite matinee idol of a few
weeks ago who was flat failure
in film dramatic was not a true
actor, it was just his pleasing voice
that covered a multitude of sins
'Who is he?"
ooh take away the gag thing" he
answered, as he saw the notebook
and pencil This is not for publi-
cation
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
PARDON BOARD TO
VOTE ON LIFE AND
DEATH THIS WEEK

OF vastly more importance to tire
men concerned than any other meet
ing of any three men ever held in Ari-
iona will be the meeting of the board
of parGons and paroles at Florence next
Thursday, May 10, when the fate of the
five men sentenced to hang May %
will he definitely and finally determ-
incG.
Although they have been carefully
studying tie cases of the condemned
men, and have held several meetings
merely for the purpose of discussing
this important question, not one mem
Der of the board has ever limited what
will be the decision next Thursday. 1t
has been denied that any test votes on
the question have ever been taken and
while the board may be said to have
made its mind made up" the first
vote on the question which means life
or death 10 the five MeXicans will be
taken this week.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
TOBACCO TRUST BUSTED
CONTINUED from Page One)

greater than the combination or sue
cessor companies. One of the prin
cipal causes of this unfavorable profit
showing of smaller companies has
been a much higher ratio of manu-
featuring costs to sales. The chief
explanation is apparently found in
their small scale operations and less
efficient organization. The smaller
companies have been at a marked
disadvantage with respect to the cost
of distribution.
The decreasing rate of profit of the
Independents is ascribed to increases
in selling and advertising costs since
the dissolution. The general conclu-
sions of the investigation are thus
stated in the bureaus report:
In conclusion it may be stated that
the study of prices, costs and profits
in the tobacco industry, without TAX
ing into consideration other factors in
the competitive situation. indicates
that the decree of dissolution has re-
suited in the successor companies
competing with each other for bust
ness in most branches of the industry,
but has not affected wholesale or
retail prices. The successor companies
have also competed with the smaller
tobacco concerns and, collectively,
have won business from them in some
branches and lost to them in others
AS consequence of competition the
rate of profit of the successor com
panies has been reduced, although
their rate of profit is still high. In
general, this competition has seriously
reduced the profits of the other COM
panies.
This reduction in profits has not
been caused by increased cost of
manufacture, but by increased ex-
penses of distribution, and princi-
pally by the increase in expenditures
for advertising AS the sale of
tobacco products depends largely on
the advertisement of brands. COMPETE
ton in the tobacco business neces-
sarily increases advertising expendit-
ure. In other words, for tobacco
products. and it may be true also
for other brand articles, the social
cost of the system of competition
is largely found in extraordinary ad-
vertising expense, and this would seem
to be inevitable for brand articles so
long as they have proprietary
character"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
MODERN DISASTERS
Continued from Page One.)

1863 at Cincinnati, and was register
ed at about 1900 tons. The regis
tered tonnage of the Titanic was
AZ, 900. The Sultana was a regular
packet running between New orleans
and ST. Louis. She carried mostly
government troops and supplies dur
ing her early days. On her Inflated
trip. she left New Orleans on April
81, arriving at Vicksburg on the oath.
Here 1866 soldiers and 80 officers
from confederate prisons at Ander-
sonVille, Macon and Cahaba were TAX
en- aboard. There were also two com
panies of infantry aboard, according
10 survivors Of the wreck. That
there were at least 200 persons
aboard the little steamer was conced-
ed at the time. Every available bit
Of space was occupied. The soldiers
law on the deck and in the hold.
Everybody wanted to get home to
rejoin their families Arriving at
Memphis on the 10Th, the boat tied
up while a large cargo of sugar was
removed. Early in the morning of
the 27th the Sultana again steamed
up the river.
1t was about four o'clock in the
morning when the explosion occurred
on the crowded ship. One of her
boilers had exploded with terrific
crash. There were four boilers on
the boat, one of which had just been
repaired Under a big head of steam
the repairs parted and steam and fire
burst forth into the holds and
through the saloons of the vessel.
where the crowded passengers wers
Lii Inh
Immediately in the stampede and by
the force OF the explosion and escap-
ing steam Many hundreds dived
headlong into the black waters of
the river, without knowing where
they were going. While the panic
ragged at it's height. the fire which
broke out spread through the wooden
ship, and within an hour she shank.
The river was about twenty feet
out of it's banks at the point where
the accident occurred. The majority
of those who jumped into the water
were drowned, but some managed to
secure pieces of lumber or driftwood
to make RATS. Others swan for
miles in the hope that some aid
would them. Some managed to reach
the banks of the river through the
, SWlIt cuITen. Wneit liIty huHS "
roots and branches unable to lift
themselves clear of the water.
Rescue boats from Memphis rescued
these survivors, who numbered less
than 300 They were taken to Cairo.
Memphis and ST. Louis and many of
them never regained their normal
health.
1t is a significant fact that out of
fifteen women OF board the vessel,
not one escaped to tell the story of
that awful night. They were men,
bers of the Christian Commission.
Cross of today. and had been doing
valiant service in the war hospitals.
One survivor told of the heroism of
one of these women. who stood on
deck cautioning the panic stricken
men not to overload the fimsy i'm
provided RATS which were made.
She declined to take a raft declar-
ing her weight would send the doZ-
en- occupants to death.
This heroine went down with the
boat, with her sister nurses. and her
name is unknown.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
The Openinq of Alaska

The development of Alaska is coming after
long period o. waiting, rather. after period of
hating. begun and took the form
Of exploitation rather than o development. That
many men who had entered into the country in
good faith and had invested their money and years
of valuable time suffered when the halt is
and it is equally that they believed they
were victims of injustice. conservation
plans of the government could distinguish be
honest development and selfish exploitation.
may be said that the plans of the government
were then definite. The prime thing 10
arrest the exploitation and the country until
development plans could be evolved Certain prn
ciples were laid by President Roosevelt and
these wilfully interpreted by those who had
been interfered with that Alaska well
as national resources within the boundary of
the contiguous United be held for
posterity.
The president his advisors. of course. had
no such idea. Their only purpose prevent
these resources from becoming the property of the
great interests and prevent waste of the
national resources until such time plans could
he formed a diffusion of the benefits
Ever then this plan has been in process OF
evolution. and now, under the authority of the
Alaskan railroad bill. the arrangements be-
ing penetrate the heart of Alaska rich in
other minerals and great in agricultural
possibilities
points that this government would perhaps
been embodened undertake this
successful experience in Panama
Philippines. We may add that but for the
conservation policy inaugurated by President Roose-
Welt, there would be little work for the gov
eminent to 10 in Alaska.
Even the development of Alaska by the
government was looked forward by the presi-
dent but a proposal then undertake would
have opposed runously radical. Yet as
Review Reviews says. we have decided.
spend s35OOOOOO upon government railroad
the wilds of Alaskan, the route has been chosen
and will go forward. The plan has
been entered upon under the leadership of Secre-
tarv Lane without harsh criticism from influ-
entail quarter. 1t is a radical policy. yet it is
supported by conservative statesmen and is not OPP
posed by leading an the fields of trans
portation general business
This railroad enterprise is only the skeleton of
ing with the great forests and bringing to
Alaska population and a diffused pros
perity"
the intervention of the government ten
years ago in the operations of gigantic capital in
Alaska, it's hold would have been established long
before this upon every great coal every
forest and every possible right of way. That
called development, but outside
the great mining camps and lumber camps. the
properties OF exploiters the land would be
and would forever be. bowling waste.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
The Observation-Disclosures OF Ships

1t is almost unbelievable that several hundred
first-class passengers of the Lusitania remained
seated luncheon after the vessel had been struck
bV a torpedo confidence that the boat
was unsuitable They must have heard of the
Titanic, built years after the Lustania and
for safety. believed to be the last word in marine
architecture. The passengers of the Titanic had
good reason believe-they had the word of
rerts-that that ship unsuitable Even after
tie impact when the bow and the forward COM
partments crushed and hundreds of tons OF
ice had crashed upon the decks. the passengers
the unsinkableness of the Titanic was
justified. after the ship had sunk, there
no reason to believe that any vessel could not be
While is that the popular notion of the
destructive torpedo has been rather
vague recently. the passengers could not have
forgotten description of the sudden sinking of
the AbOul<ir, the Cressy. and the Hogue, all ar
mored vessels. within the space of half hour.
That should have shown them that the damaging
of single torpedo is much greater than that
q any possible collision with iceberg. A Tor
Iedo amidships the very vitals of the
vessel
Even the knowledge that the periscope of
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
MANY PROMINENT
Continued from Page One)

death roll is estimated here as well
up To 1900
Among other prominent persons
lost are Charles Klein and Justus
M. Forman, 3laywrights: Ebert
Hubbard the writer, and wife; C. S
Campbell johnson, d scion of a veal
thy Scotch family, of Pasadena, and
Herbert Stone. the son of Melville
E. Stone of the Associated Press.
The bodies of Charles Frohman
the theatrical masnate, and DR.. F. S.
Person, of New York. were recovered
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
About Markets

The Republican has lately printed two stories
relating the finding markets for the products
of the farm, the garden and the orchard Both
stories assume, in the first place cooperation
among the growers. Without that of course
plan suggested for finding a market could not be
into effect. The plan involves the bringing
here of agents of the commission firms which will
handle the products and the sale of the products
here payment to be made in advance The plan
of sending IA representative make to the
commission houses has proved unsatisfactory,
it is doubtful whether it could be satisfactory
The representative whatever his experience, is
naturally helpless at the mercy of the dealers
But in order bring agents here, the Salt
River valley must have attracted the favorable at
tention of the eastern markets. has already
been given much favorable attention 1t must re-
tain its reputation to it, That can be
done only by thorough organization
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION

He was and of somewhat critical turn of
mind-also analytic. He left at home with the
maid. Just after he became hungry in the
ing, his mother called by telephone. He answered
the phone, but didn't understand the CONVERSE
ton Before he had opportunity to ask that
the instructions be repeated his mother insisted
that he tell her whom he loved. He thinking
only of dinner however, and nothing else Thus it
that he interrupted the string endearing in
quries in a loud
Il don't know who / love. l know
where goin eat."-Indianapolis News
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FIELDING BUYS MORE
Continued from Page One)

which will be utilized not only in the
production of night pictures en- route,
but in furnishing light and heat for
camp purposes.
Fielding now has tWenty-nine mem
bers of his company. They are just
now engaged in completing "A Desert
Honeymoon which Fielding believes
will rank as one of his masterpieces
Mr.. Carson of Arizona the first
of the Phoenix produced pictures has
just been released and will be shown
in this city in the near future.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
EARLY MORNING FIRE-The fire

department was called out at one
O'Clock this morning by telephone
alarm from Eleventh avenue and Mad
ison. The blaze was outside the city
limits and ut some distance southwest
of the city.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10
Arizona Republicans Editorial Page

submarine had been a distance of 1000
yards should have taken away the appetite of an
ordinarily cautious diner. 1t may be set down as
something indisputabe that there is vessel afloat
that withstand the shock the modern tor
pedo, if struck point approximately near amid
ships. 1t is very doubtful whether it would be pos
sible construct such a vessel
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10

Now that the house has practically agreed upon
the items of the appropriation bill. the thing
Is an adding machine intended hard usage
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-10

Until the excitement over the loss of the Lusi-
tania subsidies, operations the east and
west fronts obscured