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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-18

Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey is in New
York, the guest of her daughter, Miss
Della Mussey, at her apartment on
Washington Heights. Mrs. Mussey
will return to the city the latter part
of the month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-18

Mrs. Cover Stradley and her little
daughter, Elizabeth. of Allentown.
Pa, are here for a few days as the
guests of Col. and Mrs. ]. S.. Easily
Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-18

Mrs. William e. Jessup. Of Guate-
mala is visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Bell, at "a Seaton place
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-18
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Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
A leacue Of Churches

There is so much talk about a League of Nations that it suggested that there be League of Churches Surely it should be easy bring into on es sentia points the churches whose differences at the widest really petty and but for the fact that they have always existed would seem to us ridiculous The differences often nothing than of forms which men of a bygone age have decreed, something in the dress or in the service for which there scrptural sanction These differences are no more weighty than those of the Big Endians the Little Endians, who fought fierce polemic wars because the adherents entertained diverse views whether the egg should be cracked the little end or the big end. Such religious differences it would seem might easily be adjusted in League of Churches by per hitting the cracking of the at either end, ing to the taste of the cracker.
 Hall Caine recently wrote a letter to the Christian Herald this subject in which he stated the view that the future of the churches the same as the future of the nations. We want League Nations he wrote, flor the protection of the worlds peace and we want a League of Churches for the protection of the worlds faith. But let not ask too much lest we end by getting nothing Let leave each church sovereign within itself and sole authority on otles- tions of dogma. but let call for universal council of all the churches yearly in one or the other of the great cities and intervals say of ten years in another of the great countries fight the host of evils which constantly arise and to aid the League of Nations in preserving the worlds peace by uplifting the standard the general conscience of mankind That will be the true and perhaps the only possible reformation.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
MAINTAIN A STRONG ARMY
member.

Only d few weeks the opinion commonly expressed in this country that the United States should again be caught unprepared to defend itself adequately against any possible enemy. Yet at this in the enthusiasm the defeat of the Germans there is tendency to throw overheard without further ado all the organization of the United States. Men in high places talk of peace as though it had been fully achieved and settled beyond the possibility of fracture, and they eager to de- mobilize the army. rush the boys back from Europe quit the production of materials and abolish all war rules affecting manufacture, food, agriculture and commerce. The government agencies have yielded this tendency to considerable extent without waiting for the outcome of the war.
 Why is it assumed that the world has entered upon universal and blssfu peace and broherly love? What warrant is there for that assumption? Why do so many Americans jump to the conclusion that the sation of shooting is the thing the per manent settlement of the worlds troubles? If they would contemplate the situation little they would perhaps admit that the suspension of hostities does not by means guarantee the complete and per manent settlement of thte questions that have Europe to pieces and inflicted well nigh blows upon many nations.
 War is effort to attain q political object by the of force The political object is the thing desired the fighting. Is the political object of this at tained? Not yet It must be pursued by mixed methods of force and negotiation. Negotiation will become important and force will play a minor role if all goes we'll But what if all does go well? Who guarantee that all the nations of the world will lay aside their passions and cheerfuy sacrifice tther interests upon demand for the sake of the gen. era welfare? Is not that proposition just little too heavenly for this wicked world?-Washngton Post.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
SERVANTS IN JAPAN
 COMFORT TO GUESTS

We had our bath, and we had dinner from lacquer bowls and porcelain dishes. Our satisfaction proved again that the joy of finding is not always less than the joy of pursuit. The maid who has been assigned to minister to our comfort accepted her duty as a trust.
 She was unbelievably short and very sturdy. Her broad face and the strength of her round shapeless limbs proclaimed the hardy bloom of the peasantry. The physical, mental and emotional unity which comes as the heritage of such unmixed rustic blood is in itself a prepossessing charmk Our daughter of Mother Earth was as ma
 terial as she was diminutive.
 She might think of a thousand serv-
 ices, her bare feet might start of an in stant across the mats to respond to any request. but never did she sur render one iota of her instructive be- lief that we, merely being men, were only luxurious accessories for the world to possess. She was so primordially l feminine that she inspired a terrifying 1 thought of the possibility of society 1 queendom of the bees.
 l She had never seen a foreigner, but l she had heard much gossip of our GUS i toms. Her inquiripg mind was intent 1 upon verifying this gossip as far as 1 possible, and she was also very curious l about our possessions. She taught Il: 1 how to hold our chopsticks and how tt drink our soup. A little more nois'
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
The Fires of Russia

The decision against military intervention in Russia appears to leave the great world unfinished-at least, little ragged edge. Yet there seems nothing else to do at this me-until after some plan for the peace of the world has been worked Then it may be decided by the powers that Russia must be pacified, for fire there left burning and un- watched, may easily spread There will be the finder box of the Balkans by.
 It would be rather difficult just now, if the allies were disposed to intervene, determine just where intervention should take place-on whose sde-so kaledoscopic have been the changes there. None of the parties have been helpful to the allies since the fall of the empire. The bolshevsts became the tool of the Germans but perhaps they could not have been otherwise.
 The course of the Russian people has released the allies from any obligations they might have been under, and there many more matters nearer home that them than the present unrest and uproar in Russia
 If later, it beco.es necessary to do so the whole world join in restoring quiet there trying make something of that great region which, though once called an empire was never in reality nation nothing more than aggomeratipn of tribes and breeds, ranging from savagery to civilization.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
The Copper Situation

Without good reason, alarm is felt by copper pro- ducers, that is, by of them, concerning the future of the industry. The government price of twenty-six cents will go off January l. and then copper will be worth what it will bring Some if not a the smeers have announced that they will settle for copper a fifteen-cent basis until some price has been fixed after this year. this time by demand for copper
 The action of the smeters does not mean that in their opinion copper will be quoted fifteen cents a pound it only means that the figures decided upon sufficiently below price likely be that the smeters will be safe It is an arbitrary figure and represents opinion at all the future of copper. It might well have been ten cents or twelve cents
 When the world gets into full swing again, there will be greater demand for copper than ever before in time of peace But this full swing will not be begun right away; it is the wrong season of the year for it, Construction and reconstruction will hardly be begun in midwinter; before the opening of spring. and then there will be call for American copper from all over the world.
 It is more than likely that the price of copper January l. for time will be about 23 cents the first price fixed by the government. from which it was afterward raised to twenty-six cents After that f may be expected to go higher.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
FOOD TRAFF|CKERS NJ LONGER ABLE ID
 PROVIDE DA|NT|ES

BERLIN, Wednesday, Dec. 25.-(By The Associated Press)-The Germans particularly those living in the larger cities, are today having lean fare for their Christmas dinners.
 So much has been said about the food situation, that it is understand able, if there is an impression in some quarters that the situation has been exaggerated. Here, however, there is one excellent barometer of the situ- ation, namely, "schlechthandel,' as il- 1 legitimate trafficking in foodstuffs is termed, and this is beginning to dimin- ish markedly.
 | A month ago it was possible to buy 1 butter, Sausages and some other ar | ticles from these surreptitious dealers at high prices. During the last fort night, however it has become increas- | ingly difficult to find these things, and even the best connections and more than occasional small portions at greatly increased prices
 1 When the crafty dealers in this busi- ness cannot longer secure articles there can hardly be a doubt that it is because they do not exist. Wealthy peo- | pie it is true, can still obtain limited quantities of what used to be consid- cred necessaries, but are now consid- cred luxuries, though at terrifying prices. In one particular case. a man in Berlin paid $40 marks for a ham, the eggs to go with it costing three marks apiece. A dinner recently purchased at an Unter den Linden restaurant, consisting of thin soup. fish, meat and a baked apple. cost 62 marks Coffee would have cost three marks addi- tional.
 What such prices mean can best be realized when it is considered that the highest daily wage of a skilled German mechanic rarely reaches twenty marks.
 Can't Exist on Rations
 Those in the poorer walks of life ail declare that it is absolutely impossible to keep body and soul together on the rations distributed on food cards. The correspondent can declare on personal knowledge that it was impossible, even in the winter of 1e15-17, to exist on the official ration. In other words nearly everyone was compelled to resort to "schlechthandel."
 Another factor in the food situation IS the lack of fat. Even after such a meal as cost sixty-two marks, one be- comes hungry, even ravenously hungry, within two or three hours.
 When l get my weekly allowance of fifty grammes of butter" said one woman in discussing the food question
 T spread it all on one slice of bread so as to have one real meal every week."
 1t IS the normal state of every Ger man, at least in the greater cities. to De continuously hungry A keen politi cal observer said to The Associated Press:
 IT had sixty thousand tons of fat l could everlastingly squelch bolshevik ism In Germany, and if I had some condensed milk. too. could set up al- most any kind of a government. except the one we used to have"
 It IS not only that food is so dear as to be out of reach of the poorer classes almost completely. but all articles ot clothing are correspondingly dear. Ths
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
The InqIulisi&i0n
TIME TO START A-DIARYING
By G. k., Jr-

The stationers report that diaries are now being sold at a prodigious rate, which to our mind indicates that the new year is fast approaching.
 The man who begins a diary is usu- ally indisposed about January 3, and on January throws up the sponge. Only a few diligent persons manage to hang on until January :, and these by that time, are mentally exhausted and must seek sanctuary in some quite in- sane asylum.
 The primary fault with diary keep ing, we are told by an eminent psy- chologist, is the dairy made tor man) is exhausted with putting down the com monplace events, day after day, and is too much afraid of giving away her Cor his) innermost secrets to place them down in black and white, Cor blue and white, as it more often occurs)
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28

When completely exhausted the suzerain his ject arranged peace conference in the of which they discussed the of the conflict The suzerain said that in preparing his message he had interrupted He had intended to conclude it as follows: Or will be content with any other gift you may send me- The other king likewise had been interrupted in his reply in which he to say: 1 had I wouldn't think of sending your majesty such a trifling gift" The war the result of a misun- derstanding
 One excuse for this story is the foolishness going among some newspapers and some statesmen re- garding the part be taken by president in the peace conference Onone side the threats any agreement to which the president consents will be rejected by this country. On the other is deermi nation uphold presidents assent to the agree ment that will be reached.
 It is worth mentioning that the better newspapers and broader statesmen not taking part in this white pig and blue ribbon controversy. The versialiss unnfuential- partisan newspapers sma-bore politicians
 On the side there is a readiness to reject the treaty, however good it may be and on the other readiness accept it, however bad it may be- The present nobody knows whether it will be good bad. The president has, no doubt, clear idea of what wants though he has not definitely conveyed to his countrynen what that idea is. But he cannot to what extent that idea may be i'm pressed upon the conference. No will can until the final conference is concluded any rate until it is well under way.
 When the treaty is finally disposed of it will not have been rejected by the republican party, and it will not have ratified by the democratic party but it will have been disposed of according the will of a majority of the American people, far the United States senate can gauge that will There is nothing at present to quarrel about
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28

from our lips would show that we were appreciating the flavor, she admon- ished.
 When the beds were finally laid she brought 9 fresh brewing of tea and re- plenished the charcoal in the hibachi She lighted our ter-dinner cigarettes for us by pressing them against the embers. She sat waiting until we dropped the last stub into the ashes Then the guardian midget rolled back the quilts, ordere us to bed, tucked us in carefully. giving to each impartially a good night pat.
 Her days work finished, assuredly her efforts entitled her to a quiet en- joyment of one of the cigarettes. She sat down on the foot of my bed and deeply drawing in the smoke, blew it into the air with a sigh of content ment
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
BIG BARGAIN

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 what greater value for cents daily, Mail your check today, because you are entitled to the best. Arizona Re publican. Phoenix, Arizona. If
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
EMPLOYES TO MEET TAFT

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27-OfficiaIs of the street failway employees local union announced today the receipt of a telegram from w. D. Mahon, presi- dent of the International union, stating that William H. Taft of the federal war labor board, and Frank P. Walsh, formerly of the board, would hold a meeting in Chicago, January 4, at which the striking employees of the street railway company might present any complaints they desire to make.
 The men have named a. committee to attend the Chicago meeting, it was stated. Company officials said tonight they had received no notice of the meeting and added that they would not be represented.
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Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
Waiter. Another Chunk of lee!

Several of the large breweries will turn to making artificial ice.'-No- gales Daily Herald
 Why not make real ice. while you are about it. The only place where ar tificial ice is any good is in the ice- bix of a Christian Ccientist or in the property room of a movng picture studio.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28

A distinction was made at local coroners inquest the other day between two toddies and a drunk There is sometimes a distinction and sometimes a difference That depends in part upon the strength the toddes and in upon the carrying power of the consignee A disposition of the question without the proper consideration of these factors would be equivalent the solution of the problem, How old is Ann?"
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
Bill Collectors, Attention

The fact that the first class mail postage rate will be reduced to two cents per ounce after July 1 is suffi- cient to cause at least a week of sleep- less nights to many persons. Creditors will be sending their duns more reg ularly when they are required to pay only two cents for postage.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
The White Pig and the Blue Ribbon

A king, exercising claiming suzerainty over an- other monarch, once sent word to him as follows: Send me white pig with blue ribbon or will"- The addressed monarch replied by the messenger: 'I have white pig with blue ribbon, and if 1ad wouldnt-
 Here were apparently threat and a defiance from which 5 long, bloody and indecsive var ensued
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
Charles Pergler.

Charles Pergler was accredited as the Czechoslovak diplomatic repre- sentative in the U. s. following the departure of Thomas G. Masaryk to Europe. For the past several months he has acted as Dr. Masaryk's sec retary and for four years previously had been the most noted worker for his people in this country. Pergler was educated in the U. S., but spent much of his youth in Prague. He was later engaged in newspaper work in Chicago and then became . lawyer, practicing in Iowa
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
Curh ic Marlestv

The Bisbee Daily Review publishes story of a woman so modest that she refers to illicit whiskey dealers as bootlimbers.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28

The battleship Arizona very naturally led the pro cesson. Any other arrangement would have been in appropriate. It across her nose that bottle of Roosevelt dam water was broken, you may member.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
Is He. Ihouuh '?

After all the setbacks he has experi- enced Count HohenZollern should be only too glad to find even q nice quiet place in the shade when der tag rolls around.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
Have You One in Your Home?

Several of the youngsters who are attending the raining schools make an excellent appearance. '-Nogales Daily Herald.
 We wonder if showing and thunder ing are also taught in this school.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
We'd ike to Know. Too

IT. D. o. ". writes: What has be- come of the man who used to borrow baby's nipple to use for smoking ci- gars?'
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28

correspondent was offered six hundred marks for an overcoat, which was pur- chased in Berlin in 1916 for IFS marks.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28

The education of the American la boring man must be to have him real ize that his permanency and success, and the success of the nation, will de- pend upon labor conditions and capi- tai conditions that are founded on economic principles first of all.
 Charles NJ. Schwab.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
IF YOU MISS YOUR PAPER

IF YOU MISS YOUR PAPER
 City subscribers who do not re- ceive The Arizona Republican promptly should telephone the eir- culation department, phone 433t, before 8 o'clock in the morning and a copy will be immediately sent them.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
MARRIED MEN To
De DRAF TED TOO
Baker Says no General Ex-
emption Will be Allowed
Them In New Selection
By Associated Press.
"AduTNNnON


WASHINGTON, Aug. 1e:-No gem
eral exemption of married men simply
because of their married status Is con-
templated by the War Department in
preparing for the proposed extension
Of draft ages, Secretary Baker declared
today in a statement before the HOUSE
Military Committee in the new admin
istraAion manpower bill.
Mr.. Baker said his previous re-
marks on this subject had been mis-.
construed and that married men who
do not support their families and who
are not engaged in useful occupations
will continue to be called.
There are many marTded men In
the country who ought to go and fght
as freely as Single men," he said.
The war secretary, with General
March and Provost Marshal General
Crowder, appeared before the House
Committee at an open hearing TO re-
itterate their explanations given the
the manpower bill is imperative In
order TO carry out the enlarged war
program.
There are two ways OF prosecuting
this war" Mr.. Baker said. zone way
is to make every possible EFFORT to do
II now and the other Is 20 proceed
somewhat more leisurely and do Il
later. The obvious advantage from
every standpoint. social. military. in
dustrial and economic is 70 put forth
every effort in this country and win
the war as soon as possible"
Leaving an explanation OF the man.
power situation TO General Crowder,
the secretary announced that because
Of objections TO calling boys OF eigh-
teen he had planned 70 defer their
call as long as possible and would not
object to placing a provision IN the bill
making a separate class Of men be-
tween eighteen and nineteen years and
for deferTing calling them ''as far as
practicable" until after others in class
one had been exhausted.
Consideration Of the new manpower
bill extending the draft ages will be-
gin IN the senate next Thursday. With
a quorum present today the senate
set aside the agreement for vacation
receAses until August "a and cleared
the way for taking up the draft meas.
ure without further delay.