Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
BIG THRIFT DRIVE HERE
 IS SUCCESS
Nationalism is Keynote of Combined Celebration of Admission Day and Great
 Thrift Stamp Bond Drive

Thrift Stamp Bond Drive
 Arizona Intentionally substituted sphlt or Americanism and nationalism Tn lieu of an individual observation or It's sixth Admission Day yesterday, by turning February If into gerat patriotic Thrift Stamp an dBaby bond dIlNe. The words of Lamar Cobb, who voiced the wish that state border lines, like party lines, should fall be- fore the bigger issue of nationalism. were embodied in the spirit of the day.
 Selling of thrift stamps was fin terrupted'' at intervals yesterday and last night by programs of various sorts. There were such negligible lhlngs as speeches by prominent men. Dand concerts. parades, and the like. It Is true that all were excellent. | ne paraues Were not parades at all. but mammoth pageants; the speeches. principal of which were those of Aaek Lamar Cobb of Fl Paso. stirred thousands of listeners to the vel,- depths of their patriotic souls; the very alr was eXhilerating from the sIans of martial music which permc- ated Il. But all of this was sub servient to the main issue-the sell ing of Thrift Stamps and Baby Bonds. which resulted in grand aggregate of approximately S16,000, according to cecil Boyce, chairman of all the com mlttees, which under the Auspices of the Elks' lodge, undertook the actual work of selling.
 Lid Tilted Yesterday
 The lid Was off last night and m fact all day yesterday. Hotel lobbies everywhere brought back rememb- rances of frontier days In the Hotel Adams roulette wheel actually op- erated before the very eyes of the preservers of law and order Dice games were everywhere. Eddie Doyle's cigar stand was a mecca for gamblers who hadn't rolled the worries" for years.
 Unable 10 fully comprehend th.,t the leash had been cut vestcrdav. there were some, in charge of tle thrift stamp booths. who demurrel at the thought of actually shaking dice. With a bang the spirit started last night, after the parade. and iu the twinkling of an eyre the dice boards appeared. The lure of chaut., contributed to the popularity or the Idea and ordinary ~peddlers" and Nehders of stamps with nothing better than a loud voice and a mega phone to attract attention, foGnd themselves abondoned. It didn't i Ie long for the dice games tu lccorn. ! universal mediums for the sale af ! stamps. and it was obvious. yvhcr .t.i approximation of the total was taI-a, i that the plan had stimulated fAe transfer of the little plaSters as l.a1 ho1ning else during the entire day and evening
 Parade Duly Staged
 In accordance with the plan a1- nounced yesterday morning. the mann moth parade was staged berinrtas T. l0.45 o'clock The line of usr..5 ended at the Central school erer7,-.. where the patriotic addresses t.e.a made Last night at o'clock. fi.. I second parade took place R., er3erat- 1 Ing inionations emanatine from some where beneath the ''aImorAU -shen l the british tank, which occupied porminent position in the para dreW the Ieople out of the.r bom ] until a huge crowd gathered at Gen. i trai and Adams From autlmob.tr.. on all four corners. .plelers " shouting thei~ wares
 When th Indian school and p-r- ' neer banSs entered the lobby o- i.- 1 Hotel Adams. the crowd followed ' and Zack Lamar Cobb. of ll F
 was introduced by chairman Of the state campaign Harry Tritic, amid s i shout of applause In an addrc-s 3nlmated with patriotic fervor. ir. Cobb made an eloquent appeal 10 tl.. people of Phoenix 10 support mo thrift campaign
 The issues of this war are not new began Mr. Cobb. They are rha exact issues which arose 2.O00 years ago in Rome, under the ruler Nero. who possessed the greatest military machine known at that time in the worlds history. the greatest system Of cast and aristocracy proving on the multitude and imbued with force as it's all powerful factor
 Cites Christianity's Orioin
 "A small band of people brouait into Ronf the news of the Cbri--
 They were tortured at the stake. bnt rather than let the word be unknown. they suffered. Rather than let it be known, Ne.o took from them their lives.
 At the time they died at the stake. and Nero survived. Soon Nero passed and as his power was forgotten the
 truth lived on. Civilization is the re-
 suit of the suffering of this little band of truth bringersr
 The speaker declared that he did
 not speak of Christianity in the sense of the Catholic or the Protestant. nor
 the Jew or the gentle but of Chris
 tianity in the sense of civilization.
 These people died so that truth could live, to benefit of the world. '' said the speaker.
 After nearly 2.000 years. a second
 Nero has come to the world. A sec
 ond Nero. possessed of another great military machine. flattered by his l satellites and sitting drunken with
 power on his throne Nero died 2O00 years ago to give way 10 civilization
 The issue today is whether civilization shall go back 1000 years, whether the F kaiser shall fetter human liberty
 freedom and progress, or whether civ ilization shall triumph"
 NIT. Cobb declared that his com parison of the Kaiser to the Nero of Rome. was taken advisedly He point
 ed out the atrocities of the Teuton
 and held the Ruman punishment |, f be more merciful.
 < T ask you" he queried. what il
 was that Nero did. which was worse | than what the Germans have done u = Belgium
 f 'If i. were your daughter or your
 sister who was outraged in Belgium
 if it were one whom you had seen
 grow from babyhood to girlhood in | your home. would you rather see hei | burned at the stake. as was the way F of Nero. or would you have her made f the involuntary mother of a German s child. whose father was brute oi