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Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
A Premature Appointment

According to the dispatches the mandatories for the former Turkish empire have been named and the United States has been designated for Armenia and Constantinople. These appointments, we suppose have been made League of Nations If so it may be asked whether the action of the Council of Four has not been premature.
 The senate is yet to pass upon the League of Nations and it is by means sure that it will be approved that this nation will enter it at all It is not even certain that the senate will rafy the peace treaty. In the nature of things it is an agreement which will not necessarily require our assent. We not materially affected by This nation has so far as can be judged approved the terms imposed upon Germany but to the of the treaty. in the mass we almost indifferent The treaty as agreed upon will be executed with or without ouy cooperation
 We have interest in the League of Nations section of the treaty than have any other part of it. So far as can be ascertaned we favor it. But there is very large section of the which does not favor it and will oppose it with vgor.
 On leaving the country the last time the president sent message of defiance to the opponents It would come back, he said. ntertwined with the peace treaty that it could be separated The senators would have to take it and would be made to like it. That seemed bad political strategy.
 Later the president weakened and consented to modification or the covenant Of the league meet the violent objections but they have not all been met and We do not know whether half dozen of the thirty nine senators signed the round robin have been converted Certainly this premature set ting of the League of Nations into operation is not going to pacate dissenting senators. If the presi- dent expected that it would bind them he is much more likely than not to be doomed disappointment
 There was more less general understanding that our mandatory authority would be confined to our own hemisphere That presumably inclined some Americans to the league who would otherwise have been against it. So the that we have already been assigned to duty on the other side of the world may disturb the position of many with respect to the league. Altogether as a matter of expedency the president could have done better to await the action of the senate.
 We consider the contingency of the defeat of the League of Nations in the senate. We would then have cast off the obligations which tho president has undertaken The allies of course, un- derstand that the president without power to bind the United States in this arrangement yet if We should withdraw it would provoke certain hostility to us which would produce had effect in many ways
 If the exercise of mandatory power in Turkey had been immediately necessity it would have been better and certainly polite to entrust it to Great Britain France and Italy until the authority of the senate had been given for participation.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
HOW ID FRIEND LUXURY TAX AND Y0U GET ALONG?
It's Been With Us Nearly Three Weeks Now And Everybody Has Found Out It's Here

After two and half weeks of the new luxury tax, how does 1t affect the people? How much chance have they of evading it?
 A man can wear good suits, for there are no new taxes placed on them. But he must watch carefully the prices of his other garments. When he buys a hat, it must not cost over 8, or a cap $2. If they do, he must pay the gov ernment 10 per cent on the excess. Tor his shoes or slippers Sl0 is the max mum price, while S2 must be enough for him to pay for q necktie. His hose must not cost more than ST. his shirt l $3 and his pajamas and underwear not more than 8.
 Now 8 man can dress comfortably within these prices and still look well. But that is where his comfort ends, fl 1 he is trying to escape paying the tax. ! Such a man can wear no Jewelry, no ring on his finger, no watch in his pocket or on his wrist. and he must not even put a clock on the wall. The tax vii! touch him when 1t comes to furnishing his home. He can buy nc sculptures, paintings, art porcelains or statuary, unless from the artist who did them, without paying a tax of 10 per cent on their selling price. The car pets and rugs on his floor must not cost more than s a square yard or they cannot escape the 10 per cent tax on the price exceeding s5. And he must purchase no costly picture frames, sl( being his limit.
 This modest person cannot buy aT electric fan, for the tax is per cent nor can he get a thermos bottle, for tho same tax is placed.
 It's Tough In Hot Weather
 It's tough down in this warm countr, not to be able to buy an electric fa1 without paying tax of per cent, no a thermos bottle, for the same tax T placed on that convenience. If he buy a trunk, it must not cost more thai $50; a valise or travelling bag, S25; O purse. s7.50.
 2 There is a , per cent tax on the tire
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
The Boy Scouts

We do everything now by periods; have weeks for this other weeks for that thing That induces concentration of effort and is therefore the way get something done whose doing requires cooperation We have approaching Boy Scout Week, under a proclamation by the president. The period is June S-14 for which countrywide observance is called. The president in his proclamation speaks we'll Of the Boy Scouts and what he has to say will receive the. endorsement of every good citizen.
 The Boy Scout movement has had wonderful effect upon the boys who have come under it's in- Guence. They have been advanced more rapidly toward manhood without robbing of all that is best healthfu clean boyhood The president in the proclamation hopes that the movement may be more widely extended until it shall touch all of the 1o0O0 O0O boys in the land eligible to membership.
 The Boy Scouts had shown their worth in the world war. but in the last they have demon strated with telling force the valuable place they occupy in the social scheme for the worlds we'll being They have done great service in the loan and savings campaigns they have been willing and efficient couriers in aid of work directed by their elders they have made themselves worthy exemplsrs of patriotism and have done than they them selves imagine, raise the genuine level of Ameri eanism.
 Democratic comradeshp has been promoted by the Boy Scouts. The organization is a good iustra- ton of what be done by the banding together of American youth for a good cause in which kindly service for others is outstanding feature
 It happens, though the president did take cognizance of it and could not perhaps have been induced to do so, that some of the strongest argu- ments in favor of the Boy Scout movement are properly applicable to the movement for universal military training and service It may be mentioned distinction that boy scouts all volunteers while military training would be compulsory. That is true but the people of the United States do not hesitate to compel boys to go to school That pulsion is not are apt to think. exercised for the good of the boy but for the good of the state If it made difference to the state whether the boy should grow up to be good citizen, the state would not care whether he went to school not whether e ever learned read not. But the school is part of the boys training for service and citizenship and he must take it. Popular education does not thrive as ought when it is based voluntary attendance school
 Rut tie business of the immediate futsre is that
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

and tubes he buys for his motor car. On a piano or photograph. the tax Is the same. Everything in sport is in cluded in the luxury tax list. He can not buy any of the equipment witi which 10 engage in tennis. siatineS skiing. canoeing, polo. baseball, foot ball. golf. lacrosse, billiards. pool fish ing. chess. dice, without ccnuributin2 10 the government. He can buy playins cards and he can play with toys. Nei
 ther is taxed.
 He cannot own q camera. nor can he borrow one and buy films without pay
 ing the luxury tax. For an umbrella costing more than s4. he contributes ! If he chews gum, he pays a tax of 2 ] per cent; if he munches candy, ) per cent.
 At the soda fountain, the people al ready have learned. he is faced with e. 1 tax on everything eatable or drinkable. 1 If he drags his weary way homeward and takes a bath, he finds there Is 8 | tax on toilet soap and toilet powder Of per cent. He cannot wash his hair or l treat it without paying to the govern ment one cent on each 9 cents of the purchase price. He cannot buy a den ! trifice to use in washing his teeth without contributing.
 And with medicine, he Is faced with
 a tax, one cent on each 25 cents of the purchase price. He cannot even com
 init suicide respectfully without being taxed for the privilege. Rifles, reY0 vers and ammunition are taxed 70 peI cent. while for a dirk. knife or stiliettC
 he must pay 100 per cent tax.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
m. Frtraordinary Session

The extraordinary session of congress which will begin today will afford the republican party an oppor- unity so to solidfy itself in the estimation of the people that it cannot be displaced in a quarter of century Whether it will embrace the opportunity remains to be seen.
 There has long been impression and we have heard it expressed by democrats themselves that there is something in democratic leadership that is inadequate for job running the federal gov ernment with success. It may be nothing more than an impression but the impression remains. The eff feiency of republican congresses and administrations on the contrary generally admitted though some times efficiency has not saved the republican party from rebuke it's misuse of power and it's arrogance at various periods between the end of the civil war and 1912 Though efficient, it and then allowed itself to get hopeessy out of touch with the people.
 The people have turned to it for relief from the incompetence of the last years, the cowardiee and spieessness of democratic congress, it's shittI- ness and at times, it's transparent dishonesty.
 We have often heard that we have come through the war to a new heaven and new earth" That is true if we understand what it We al ways coming to a new heaven and new earth. Every day brings US in some measure to them Tha civil war brought us to stranger new heaven and a new earth than we could have come to through our part in the world war.
 The new heaven and the new earth are only new manner of thinking. The dreamers have made the mistake of thinking that are seeing miracle at least a phenomenon They think that nature has changed for the better that the structure of our government should be changed just how, they do not know but changed and radically
 The people We think awakening from what ever dreams they have had, and want to return; To the old of thinking wholly to the old manner of doing. But they want to see the land marks again, they to return to Americanism; they want a restoration of business methods. They can have these things only through the republican party
 It is now the partys opportunity to make sure of the confidence of the people which rendered last fall not because that confidence was surely felt but because it had been withdrawn from the democratic party and must be reposed somewhere. If the re- publican party does not show itself to be worthy of if, popular confidence must continue it's wandering
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
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As Certeis had hinted, I f ound the files were all in tumble.
 Before I had completed my first day's work I concluded that pr. Ger teis must be making a special study of Rolshevism The files held an endless number of pamphlets, leaflets, clip pings. typed manuscripts and letters in foreign languages. They handled every phase of the red war upon civilization, but rarely was the word "bolshevism" used.
 Tt certainly is awful queer" was my inward comment, that a government secret service man like Dr. Certeis should have to collect such oodles of l this crazy stuff. All written by rioters and Hun plotters for people who think they think but never do" ! Suddenly I remembered that there 1 had just been some bOlsheVist excite ment in Q western city and that it had 1 been abruptly ended by the mayor and a certain newspaper of that town
 1t must be that Cefteis went out there to collect more samples of this rotten stuff" I told myself, ''or perhaps 1 he is after evidence which will help tc identify conspirators in other places
 Scattered through the files were ad- dresses of men, some of whom were famous and some infamous. I recog- nized among them the names Of per sons who had been tried under the espionage act and of some who had been interned as dangerous aliens.
 Of course, it was evident that a SC eret service man would have to keeI such records. l could see, also, why Certeis depended upon me to destroy his papers if he met with an accident The material in his office would cer tainly work an awful mischief were i to fall into the hands of traitors O spies,
 That last word fixed itself very dis agreeably in my mind. It suggested Eloise and her unbelievable claim tha she recognized Certeis as an interna tional spy.
 I had to acknowledge to myself tha the poor girl doubtless was q little in sane on that score.
 Gro Be Continued.)
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
Where The People
 May Have a Hearing
Bathing in the Canals

To the Editor of The Republican,:
 In a climate like this it is gres thing to have plenty Of running vater 10 bathe and swim in. On the out skirts of the town and outside the city limits very many people, both male and female make the most of bathing in the canals. And it would be a grea pity if it were stopped by those in authority.
 Unfortunately there are boys, old enough to know better who are a per feet nuisance. They swear. quarrel engage in sham fights with mud as mis- siles, splash water over one another and passers by and sometimes inde- gently expose themselves. 1 am refer ring to a party which often infests the bridge on North Fourteenth street.
 Complaint has been made to the sheriff's office and it is threatened tc put a stop to bathing in the csns L That would be a pity and I am writing to The Republican asking it to put II up to the boys to behave themselves and allow others 10 enjoy the delights of bathing, as well as themselves. ARTHUR PRITCHARD-
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
find Evidence that pr. certeis is In.
 vestigating CD RoIshevism

vestigating CD RoIshevism
 And you will be waiting fep me when I come back? You Will meat me here-and look very glad to see me9 Say yes Jeanne! Humor mel" After Certeis had gone 1 stool trifling with the keys he had given me, thinkin. hard about his parting words. Then I glanced down the long vista of charm ing rooms. In spite of myself | was in fact, if not in name, the mistress of Certeis' splendid home, In three weeks I would welcome it's master back-as a wife might welcome her husband = minus the endearments.
 Jane Lorimeri" scolded myself q should think that any girl as dead as you are might at least manage to keen herself out of such sentimental situa- tions. I should think you ought to nut all your feverish, restless ways bebind you, now you have a chance fo keen still for while. You tried in the asv- lum-and failed. Now you have all oi three weeks to yourself. and if YOU have got it in you to work out a sane plan of living-go to it-and see where it will lead youlp
 Bat an opportunity to fix upon a sensible scheme to live by didn't ceme
  immediately. I suppose that it isn't until one finds oneself suddenly at tn, edge of the grave that one ever hit: upon the best way to live.
 Or else l must be a weakling-fel my life kept on shaping itself. What, ever did in Certeis' home was prompt ed by events outside of both my wisI and my will.
 Certeis' stenographer failed to re port the day after he left. But sh, sent me the keys of the office desk | with the message that her gentleman i friend had come home from Franc, and she would take a few days off. | After that I went around carryinj l tge punches of keys. I felt weighte, down with my responsibilities just a. | if I actually were Mrs, Hamilton Ger 1 teis
 I decided to go on with the offic work. didn't know which keys fitte i the drawers, so had to test them al
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

inal manifest as the true state of the divine Mind. Instead of seeming dis ease Principle produces spiritual ease of action; instead of deceit, openess of intelligence; instead of human hat red, the love of God; intead of self pity, rejoicing in the true self; in stead of revenge, the fulfillment of Truth. and so on. Every right quality belong to man. who is the idea of God, unfolding infinitely. The belief of chance or fate is but counterfeit Of the sure goodness of the divine Life. Every sense of limitation is but a spurious concept that would try to re- verse the unlimited. Glorious indeed is the fact that divine Principle is eter- nally pouring forth the true in spite of any such supposition of reversal. So the work of the one turning to Christian Science is always to discern in the words of Mrs, Eeddy's poem al- ready quoted, the 'seed-in thought and deed" in place of what may have seemed a stone or tyrant's throne. No 1 state of thought is beyond redemption. { The work of redemption, however, is not an attempt to see a human being | or a human condition as the idea in Mind. The right way is to know that | divine intelligence and it's expression is all there is to true being with all it's ! conditions Though the two state ments may seem similar, the one is the opposite of the other, since the former starts with the false material supposi- 1 tion of being and it's conditions and tries to lift them into reality, whereas the latter actually begins with God and His idea.
 As the true idea of Principle, alto gether separate from any false human concept, the child of God rejoices in unassailable health. Refusing to sub init to any despotic suggestion, a man | IS free, continuously whole. To know this is to prove that any seemingly un- toward circumstances are merely op- portunities for turning to the complete activity of the divine consciousness
 This right activity is perfectly formed and sustained by infinite Spirit. Mrs
 Eddy shows what really is forever en-
 throned in Gods kingdom when she
 says on page 306 of Science anC
 Health: "The myriad forms of morta thought, made manifest as matter, art
 not more distinct nor real to the ma.
 terial senses than are the Soul-createt
 forms to spiritual sense, which cog.
 nizeS Life as permanent. UudisturbeC
 amid the jarring testimony of the ma
 terial senses, Science, still enthroned
 is unfolding to mortals the immuta ble
 harmonious, divine Principle,-is un
 folding Life and the universe eve
 present and eternal"
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

It makes no difference what your wants may be you can have them sup piled by using and reading The Repub- lican Classified Pages.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

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 housekeeper, with one or two small
 children for refined farmer with pleas ant personality and one farm hand; 6 desirable home for the right party. Give street number. Address Box 53D ReDub dS
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

Use The Republican Classified Page for results-read for profit.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

WANTED-Board and care for lady bed patient in city or close to city, at once. Box 454D Republican. ds
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

of boosting the membership of the Boy Scouts It is movement in which every good citizen of the land should engage.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

FOR RENT-3 room house, free water, electric lights, yard fenced, ? blocks from Washington street car line. Phone 4S3S db
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

WANTED Elderly lady to assist with light housekeeping, board and room, with small salary. Will be con- sidered one of family. Address Box 52D Repub. al
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-To buy a few choice Holstein COWS. Must be fresh or soon fresh. See A. s. Boothe, O. K. Corrals, Five Points. 3t
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19

Mir. Colpays, Washington labor leader. has been elected delegate of the Central Labor Union to the con- vention of the American Federation of Labor which will be held in At lantic City in June
Arizona republican., 1919-05-19
MONDAY MORNING. MAY 1s, 1919

Resolve to be myself and know that he Who finds himself loses his misery.
 Matthew Arnold.
The Washington times., 1919-04-03
GRANT FURLOUGHS
FOR PASSOVER

Furloughs for soldiers, sailors and
marines are being granted for the
Jewish Passover holidays, from noon,
April IA, to midnight, April Is.
Jewish welfare boards in all parts
OF the country are planning enter
tainmeuts for the men in uniform
during the holiday period.
In this city Seder suppers will be
given at the Eighth Street Temple
and the Sixth Street Synagogue. All
men Of the Jewish faith in uniform
are requested to communicate with
the local Jewish Welfare Board,
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, for further de-
tails.
~ShuIamis," a well-known Yiddish
opera, will be given at T:45 o'clock
Sunday evening at the Carroll lnsti-
fute, s1S Tenth street northwest. The
singers are from a professional Yid-
dish opera company. The entertain.
Ynsnt is under the auspices Of the
Jewish Welfare Board. The public is
invited to attend.
The Washington times., 1919-04-03
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