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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04
WHEN PLAQUES HATCH.

Since the BLACK death swept over
Europe in the fourteenth century, nc
world epidemic has taken so great a
toll of human life in so short time
as that which now goes under the
name of Spanish Influenza"
1t is estimated that six million per-
sons deed of it during the months OF
September October and November
The best judgment of scientists is that
the pandemic will recur in waves this
year and next, unless vaccination is
found to be effective as a preventive.
If we had not been made sensation
proof by the war; the world would
stand aghast at the deadliness of the
plague But had ii not been for the
war this plague might not have occur
red at all. War, famine and pestilence
are an unholy trinity. Famine follows
war, and pestilence follows both
From the earliest times plaques
have swept over the world. or parts of
it, To Europe, the epidemics and con-
tagions have usually come from the
southeast, where bad sanitation is the
rule, rather than the exception. The
centers of disease are found in Mes
opotamia, India and China. From
them commerce carries death around
the world.
The final federation of the world,
whenever that may come about, will
prescribe soap. clean water and fresh
air as necessities Of life that all must
use. whether they will or not.
The word has shrunken 30 under
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
.....JANUARY. A, 1919
MAKE HASTE. SLOWLY.

How TO form or whether to form n
league of nations for enforcement of
peace is the largest problem now be-
fore the world There are those so
anxious TO see such league formed
that they are willing to accept any
thing, just so long as it has the name,
League of Nations.
Human institutions are not d.scov-
cred or invented in a moment; they
are gradual growlhs. 1t is worth
while thinking about whether the best
possible league of nations at this time
would not be one that grew naturally
cut of the associations and relation
ships formed in fighting and winning
the war.
The entente powers and the United
States have given a practical demon
stration of how unified league of
diverse peoples is able to function in
a great military enterprise and in the
problems growing out of it.
The wide blockade that CONSTRUCTED
Germany with a slowly deadening grip
was possible only through the coop
GRAFTON of Great Britain. France, the
United States, Italy and Japan. 1t,
meant a practical notification not only
of their naval forces, but of their!
merchant marines. 1t meant a har-
monious dis ribution and division of
their food supplies and the keeping
of supplies frcm Germany and Aus
tria. Also from Turkey and Bulgaria,
Now that the war is over, these
functions continue to he discharged
liy this eminently practical league of
nations, so far as the European pow
e~s and America are concerned. Wei
are now seeing the flag of the league
"a distinct bit of bun.ins-raised ov
er captured enemy merchantmen. We
are seeing Herbert Hoover American,
m$issoned as the supreme agent
of f. league supervise the distribution
of The worlds food supply. we are
seeing this work participated in by
all the members of the great league.
While America furnishes the bulk |
of the food supply, she does not abuse
the advantages Of her position but !
shares the work and the glory of her
associates
Is it not practicable and wise to cor !
tinue the league formed for war, into
the activities of peace? Is there not
here the embryo of league that will
grow by natural accretions, assume
new functions as necessity and oppor
tunity arise, and eventually guard the
worlds peace without undermining
the sovereignty or freedom Of action
within proper limits of any nation?
We believe these questions can be
answered in the affirmative.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04


llhave tried to show In these papers
that the old system OF power ponies
was wrong, 1t would seem as though
there must be something the matter
with q system that could produce TINS
war. | have tried TO show that the
league of nations idea aiming at inter
national justice through internationa
control was the logical substitute for
the old system.
But we seldom adopt things simply
because they are logical As often as
net we accept thing because we are
driven into it, when we find the other
alternative intolerable. In a future
article ] want to show what the next
great war, if there is another great
war, is going TO be like. But today |
want to show why league of nations
Is necessary. shall quote from an eX-
president Of the United States, who is
of the opposite political faith to that
of President Wilson, who differs with
him on hundreds of questions, but who
nevertheless, is working with him
shoulder to shoulder for a league OF
nations 1t is splendid instance of
the way our great men can lay aside
their party politics in common effort
to serve their country. Since Mr.. Tafts
duties in connection with the Ameri-
can Red Cross and the War Labor
board have been less insistent aud
have allowed him more time, he has
been making speeches night and day
in behalf of the League to Enforce
Peace. Here are extracts from one
delivered at q dinner of editors and
publishers in New York on December
6, 1918:
NV feeling about the league of ma
tions to enforce peace is that the stars
in their courses are fighting to make
it inevitable Senator Borah can In
troduce n resolution referring to
Washington and .entangling alliances,
but what are we in now? You re-
member that Texan who in meeting
fhe argument agairs the Philippine
policy ana expansion. answered that
we are done expanded
"And that is where we ore now. We
are in a league Of nations to enforce
peace and we have been enforcing
neace and we are in n Mace where I'VE
cantt escane Il
"Tha Iear,e TO Enforce peace does
not claim any trade marx o,, natent
of the league of nations idea
"0ur theory is that nationalism is
Just as consistent with an effort to or
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

OOfs i'o'h LILO Ny ] uc IitSS uDllsl
Many gifts have We received but
there is one gift that shineth as "a star
amongst tinsel and tiufoil, as a dia :
mond amidst paste, as "a good deed in
u naughty world"
Verify, verify, my son, and my
daughter. many gifts have We receiv-
ed from them that love you, and many
burnt offerings have been paid upon
thine altar of friendship.
Even now thv mantelmece and thy
library table are heaped with the
fruits of the bargain sale, and the
plumber of the curio-shops, and the
atrocities committed in the name of
art"
The lover hath come unto thee bear
Ing frankincense and myrrh, and or
chids ana violets and pearls of great
price.
The wise men have approached thee
with books lcttered in gold, and bound
in purple; the rich have sent thee sill
yer and gold, and gifts of precious
stones.
Yet, of them all, there is one gift
that shineth as a star amongst tinsel
and tinfoil, as a diamond amidst paste
AS a good deed in naughty world!'
Who is this that boarded her pen
MES that she may lavish her shekels
upon. thee at the appointed hour?
Who is this that knoweth thy desires
and seeketh them out, even unto thy
most secret wishes?
Who is this that worketh with her
own hands, by daylight and by candle
light, with untiring fingers and un-
w or t1nt .,tA ln1, 3
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

the hand of science, that far-off lands
have moved into our immediate neigh
borhood. 1t concerns us vitality, there
fore. whether the unsanitary nations
of Asia send us their germs or not.
We have police duty TO perform in
Persia and China and Mexico.
The doctrine of self determination
of peoples is fine in theory. but, frs
of all, we have to know that those
peoples are not going to destroy us
with disease, bad politics and the like.
Self-protection is the first law of ma
turc.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

ferry boats nose escapes getting where
it belongs in the slip. 1t hits first
one side and then the other, and fin
ally it gets in.
THE Lord has delivered the oppon-
ents of the league into our hands. The
war is failure if we don't have it. /.
Il say this with Difference, but if
there is not a league of nations cre-
ated in Paris the whole thing is fail
ure-and l don't think they are going
to make failure Therefore l think
the people at Washington had better
get on the band wagon.
"The treaty itself provides for the
reduction of ornaments. l assume
that will be gradual You have always
got to maintain police force. You
can't get along without it.
80 far as the Monroe Doctrine is
concerned, this league of nations in
stead of interfering with it, would fur
nish additional force to maintain it,
because a violation of the Monroe Doc
trine is, of necessity, violation of
the rules that ought to obtain in the
league of nations.
What seems to me important is to
get nations into the habit of settling
their differences otherwise than by
war. You can't get rid of war until
some other substitute is offered to pre-
vent injustice and to enable you to get
justice.
I'VE are not idealists. am trying
to make it appear that we are Just as
practical as possible and everybody
else who wants TO make treaty such
as is now contemplated will have to
come to our view of it. | don't care
what you call it. you have got to have
a court. you have got to have n COM
mittee of Cancellation, you have got
to have force, You have got to fix rules
for decision of international law. You
can't get away from It,"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04
LITTLE STUMBLING BLOCKS.

DR.. ]. IL. Jowett in Christian Herald
Now it is usually little things that
cause us to stumble. do not fall over
beer barrel. but ! slip over a piece
of orange peel. have never stumbled
over bale of cotton, but If one flag
in the pavement projects third of
an inch, l may be brought to grief. I
can avoid the bigger things; | am
careless about the trifles The little
things cause me to stumble Look
carefully how We walk" Recollect the
Of details Life is made IN
of steps and incidents and trifles.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04
Cured al a Cost Of es Cents.

Eight years ago when we first
moved to Nation. was a great suf-
ferer from indigestion and constipa-
tion," writes Mrs. Robert Allison
Nation, Ill. II had frequent head
aches and dizzy spells, and there was
a feeling like a heavy weight pressing
on my stomach and chest all the time.
! felt miserable. Every ruorsel of
food distressed me. could not rest
at night and felt tired and worn out
all theNtime. One. bottle OF Chamber
aims Tablets cured me ana / nave
since felt like different person."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04
FROM "THE NEW WORLD

The old world breaks
Its mould. and life runs fierce and
fluid, stream
That floods, dissolves. remakes,
Each pregnant moment, charged to
its extreme,
Quickens unending future, and ais
vain
But the onward mind, that dares the
oncoring years
And takes their storm, a master
Life shall then
Transfignre Time with yet more mar
velous men.
Hail to the sunr Sc, Hail to the Pr
soneers!
-IaWrence ,Pinyon.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

The goose that laid the golden egg
cultural college that are laying the
golden butter at the rate of thousand
pounds a year.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

The old-fashioned divinity that
used to hedge kings about is off the
job. The emperor of Austria is re-
ported down with influenza.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

New Mexico is having touch of the
north pole breezes just now. Every
thing comes to him who waits long
enough.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

Liquor improves with age" re-
marks the connoisseur. Eyes, the long
er you keep it the better it is for YOU
replied the passenger on the water wa
gon --Philadelphia Record.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04
ENVY OF GREATNESS.

Ye gods, it doth amaze me.
A man Of such feeble temper should
SO get the start Of the majestic world.
And bear the palm alone.
--Shakespear re
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

'Beauty is only skin deep" quoted
the wise guy. Don't try to rub it on
n woman cautioned the simple mug.
Philadelphia Record.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

The children will remember 1918
as the year of peace and vaccination.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

No one wants this war to result in
making the world safe for anarchy.
That is why our boys must stay over
there q while.---Philadelph Inquirer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

It's all right to be prepared for the
worst, but many a woman Is recon-
ciled to her loss long before her hus-
band croaks.-Philadelph Record
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

Uneasy lies the head that used to
wear a crowd.-Philadelph Inquirer
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

King George has been eating with
the sailors; wonder if he "rattles his
gear" and shouts Bring on the
chow!"-Memphis Appeal.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

Copyright, 1919
by The Press Publishing Co.
(The New York Evening World).
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

If advice turns out to have been
coed, the giver is soon forgotten; If
it proves to have been bad, he never
hears the last of it.-Albany Journal
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

Sometimes fools rush in where wise
men fear to tread, and grab a lot of
money,-Albany Journal.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04
HITS FROM SHARP WITS

MISUNDERSTANDING breeds con-
tempt.
Buggins-T don't know about that.
When girl begins to cali a fellow
by his first name it generally means
that she has designs on his last
Philadelphia Record.
Lots of those returning soldiers will
not need anybody to hunt them jobs;
they cinched them before leaving
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The average mans earning capacity
is generally outstripped by his yearn-
ing capacity.-philadelphia Record.
The reluctance to use fresh air as q
preventive of influenza would suggest
that n shortage exist d-Indlanapols
News
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are, ii might have been.
Yet we can qualify this verse
And add it might have been--much
worse.
Philadelphia Record.
Determination moves onward; stub
bornnoss stands still.--Albany Jour
nal.
How times have changed! The
kings, princes and duchesses over
there are all on tiptoe to see the AM
erican boys.-Baltmore American
Sometimes fools rush in where wise
mon fear 10 trpn6 and ora n lot IF
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

Lots of those re urning soldiers will
not need anybody to hunt them jobs;
they cinched them before leaving
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-04

The average mans earning capacity
is generally outstripped by his yearn-
ing capacity Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
D. c. OFFICER BACK
FROM PRISON CAMP

Lieut. James G. Graham, twenty
eight years of age, son Of the late DR..
James w. Graham, of 1922 Twelfth
street northwest, has returned TO the
United States after spending more
than five months in German prison
camps. He arrived on the transport
Maui, which docked at Hoboken.
Lieutenant Graham is a graduate OF
the Mckinley Manual Training School
and was a commissioned officer in
the high school cadets before he en-
listed in the District National Guard
He was made a first lieutenant in the
10th Infantry, Company B. when he
was graduated from the officers
training school at Madison Barracks,
n. Y.
Lieutenant Graham was taken pris-
oner after being severely wounded
while fighting on the Marine, July 10.
He was hit in three places by eXplo-
sive shell fragments, which lodged in
his head, left arm, and left foot. He
lay on No Mans Land allof the next
day, in the midst OF shot and she'll.
Then he found himself in the hands
Of the enemy, being carried by two
burly Germans on a stretcher, impro-
vised from his coat and two guns. He
was taken to the German field hospi-
tai at Mt, Notre Dame. His wounds
were treated by Americans who had
also fallen into the hands Of the
Boche. While at Mt. Notre Dame an
allied airman bombed the hospital,
killing many allied and German
patients. Graham was then sent to
Hirson, from there to Trelon, and
then to Polish Russia Here, Gra-
ham says, the allied prisoners were
forced to work, and many starved to
death because they were to weak TO
do So
Graham then was sent to Karls-
ruhe, when he could walk. From there
he went to the allied officer prison.
ers' camp al Villingen, in the Black
forest, where he stayed until the sign
ing of the armistice. An escape was
to have been carried out on the night
Of the signing Of the armistice, he
says, but then they were given lib
eTty.
Lieutenant Graham still carries
fragments Of shell in his head. He is
now undergoing treatment which will
make him well again
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
MEAT INJURIOUS
TO THE KIDNEYS
Take a tablespoonful of Salts
if Back hurts or Bladder
botherS.

We are a nation Of meat eaters
and our blood is filled with uric
acid, says a well-knoWn authority,
who warns US to be constantly on
guard against kidney trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost 20
free the blood of this irritating
acid, but become weak from the
overwork; they get sluggish the
eliminative tissues clog and thus
the waste is retained in the blood
to poison the entire system
When your kidneys ache and feel
like Jumps Of lead, and you have
singing pains in the back or the
urine is cloudy, full Of sediment, or
the bladder is irritable, obligIng
you to seek relief during the night;
when you have severe headaches,
nervous and dizzy spells, sleepless-
in bad weather, get from your phar-
macist about four ounces Of Jad
Salts; take a tablespoonful in a
glass of water before breakfast
each morning and in a few days
your kidneys Will act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice, Combin-
ed with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush and stimu-
late clogged kidneys, TO neutraliZe
the acids in urine so il is no longer
a source Of irritation, thus ending
urinary and bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes a delightful ef-
fervescent lithia-water drink, and
nobody can make a mistake by
taking a little occasionally to keep
the kidneys clean and active.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
INCOME TAX FORMS
TO Be SENT BY MAIL
S SATURDAY STORENEws sOFLANSBURGHGBRo

Copies OF Form 1o4o-A. for filing
returns of income of less than $4,000,
are being mailed by collectors Of in
ternal revenue to taxpayers who last
year filed a return within this
amount. The plan Of mailing return
forms was adopted because Of its
greater convenience to taxpayers.
Heretofore the taxpayer has had to
ask for blanks, which were distrib-
uted through the offices OF collectors
Of internal revenue, branch othces'
and banks.
On each blank forwarded by mail
is inscribed the name and serial num-
Der of the person who last year filed
a return. Failure to receive the
blank. however, does not relieve the
taxpayer Of his obligation to file his
return within the time prescribed by
law, on or before March 10. Copies
OF Form 1o40-A may be obtained i'm
mediately upon application. at the
offices Of collectors, whether or not
a form is expected by mail Persons
who this year file a return for the
first time should obtain a blank form
from collectors, there being no MALL
ing list for this class of taxpayers.
a similar plan will be followed in
the distribution Of Form 1040, for f1l-
ing returns Of income Of more than
$1,000. Corporation blanks also will
be mailed to corporations which fled
returns last year.
Washington taxpayers may obtain
copies Of Form 1040-A at the office Of
Deputy Collector OF Internal Revenue
T. H. Aud. Legal Building, Eighth
and G streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
GUNST0N HALL TO TAKE
WATERS NEXT THURSDAY

The first ocean-goin steel cargo
ship to be launched by the Virginia
Shipbuilding Corporation will take
the waves" Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock when the Gunston Hail leaves
the ways Of the ship yard at Alex
sndria-
Officials are hopeful that Pycsi-
dent Wilson, who drove the aTst
rivet in the GUnston Halls keel, and
Mrs. Wilson, who named the ship,
Will attend the launching.
Mrs. 3. w. Morse, wife Of the vice
president and general manager of the
Virginia ShipbUilding Corporation.
will give the GUnston Hall her bap-
tismal splash OF wine. Luncheon will
be served for 500 guests in the ship
yards commissary.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
Veilings

Chenille dots on hlet and hexagon mesh.
A much desired design. Per yard,
S1.00 and S1.50.
Heavy designs in veiIngs, so much IN
vogue. Black, taupe, brown or purple
included in the assortment. Per yard,
soc, 75c, S1.0O and $50.
First FIoor-Lansburgh & Bro.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
DON'T LET COLD
GATHER HEADWAY
nick it right at start with Dr.,
Kings New Discovery

Go after IL hard. Relieve II or a
cough or a mild attack Of grippe or
bronchitis promptly, pleasantly, effec-
lively, economically. Loosen the
stuffness, check the sniffies. the tight
feeling, the irritation. the watery, in
famed eyes.
It takes only a little Of Or. King :
New Discovery TO help the usual cold
and cough discemfoTts if taken &C.
Eording to directions. A large bottle
lasts long and is pleasant for young
and old Keep IL handy-colds and
coughs come Unexpectedly, suddenly.
6ec and S1.2O.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
ANSELL
WILL QUIT ARMY

That Brig. Gen. Samuel AuselI, act
ing judge advocate general during
the war, is planning 10 retire from
the service was the belief of fellow
officers today.
They expressed doubt that he could
remain in his present post comfort
ably after having disclosed that he
went outside prescribed military
channels TO get before the President
his recommendations for cIemency in
four cases Of soldiers sentenced to
death.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
WINS ESSAY CONTEST.

Willis Ballinger, Of Central High
School, is the holder Of the gold medal
given by the Sons of the Revolution,
District Chapter. for writing the best
essay on Anthony Wayne's CAPTURE
Of Stony Point" The medal viii be
presented tomorrow morning at a
joint meeting OF the National Society,
D. A r, and the Sons Of the Revolu.
ton in Memorial Continental Hall
Mrs. George Barnett will present the
first continental flag OF the United
States navy to the society Of Sons
Of the Revolution.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21
Stir Those Torpid {

Enjoy the freedom Of the regularity
made possible by mild yet positive
acting, natural, pleasant comforta BILE
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Not habit
forming, but a system cleanser that
promotes healthfUl results. All drug
gists, 25c-
The Washington times., 1919-02-21

Put Old Sol to work in your
back yard this year and keep
him at it from sun-up to sun.
down. Make him earn his
right to rule the universe.
Start him on his job as soon as
the frost is out of the
ground.
Work him in gradually. Give
him a few lettuce and radish
and onion seed to sprout and
to grow to maturity.
Then add corn, tomatoes, beans,
peas and other seed until he
has a load that will make the
perspiration roll off his brow.
What little help you give him
by removing weeds, etc, will
add to your health and
wealth.
Plan your Victory Garden
NOW. Hold a conference
with mother and the kids.
The Washington times., 1919-02-21

Don't stop buying War Savings
stamps until you have purchased all
you can