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Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
SENATE CONFIRMS WALLACE

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2s.-Nomina- ton of Hugh c. Wallace of Tacoma, Washington, to be ambassador to France. was confirmed early this morn ing by the senate, sitting in executive session. At the same time nominations of a number of postmasters and offi- cers of the army to higher grades were confirmed
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
EARLY PROHIBITION IN ENGLAND
(Ionden Chronicle)

Prohibition under stress of necessity does not first make it's appearance in America. England before now has sub mitted to it. ID the years of murTain and famine, during the reign of Edward III, when the poor stole 'fatte dogges to eat?" when "theeves that were in prison did pluck in pieces those that were newly brought amongst them, and greedily devoured them halfe alive" then we had prohibition. The king forbade all malting of corn for ale making, and so, We are told, greatly re- lieved the national distress
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Arizona republican., 1919-02-28

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's Lead ing Advertising Medium.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
Jake Thoman soon to Arrive Hor

Jake Thoman soon to Arrive Home
 Word has reached Tempe of the ex- peeted arrival in March of Jake Tho man, one of the popular young men of Tempe. Mir. Theman left with the Camp Cody contingent the last of May and was soon sent overseas. Mrs. Thoman is at present teaching school in Jerome.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
Mr. and Mrs. Pafford Entertain

MT. and Mrs. Lee Pafford enter tained at dinner Tuesday evening in honor of MT. and Mrs. Price Jones of Bloomington. III. MT. and Mrs. Jones are guests of Mir. and Mrs. Grant Jones and are the recipients of many social affairs. The guests at the din- ner were; MT. and Mrs. Price Jones, Mir. and Mrs. Grant Jones, Miss Frank enberg, MT. Frankenberg, pr. and Mrs. DeNore, MT. and Mrs. w. A. Meeur, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Moeur.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
TEXAS STORM pLAye HAVOC

fL PASO. Tex0s. Feb. e7.-A wind storm hlew out the front of store building on Texas street today. dashed Mexican woman against the side of iho Fisher hotel cutting her head badly. unroofcd buildings in the suhur- ban disrrict aud blew down many teuls and tCnt hou<es al Fort Bliss.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
TWO MOTOR CARS
 CRASH IN TEMPE.

TEMPE, Feb. 2&-A fortunate &C., eiaent in that no one was injured, oc- cured yesterday afternoon at the in terseetion of Mill avenue and Fifth street, when a Kissel ear driven by Miss Ada Turner and 8 Ford truck loaded with furniture and driven by a Phoenix man, collided. The running beard of the Kissel car was smashed and the Ford sustained a broken wheel.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28

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Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
MatIey's Store Employs Soldiers

The Matley store has two new em- pioyes, both of whom are returned sol dier boys.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28

C. M. Mullen Family Has the Flu"
 C. N. Mullen and family who were recent visitors to Tempe, on their re- turn to their home near Skull Valley, were all seized with influenza, Miss Lenore Gibson is also a sufferer with the disease.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
E. Olson in Town

E. Olson m Town l.. Olson is here from his cattle ranch near Florence.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
Christian Church Will He Dedicated

Christian Church Will Be Dedicated
 The dedicatory service for the new Christian church will be held Sunday, March g. At the evening service on March g. a two weeks revival service will be commenced. The program of services are not complete but the pas tor together with l.. c. Austin and S. P. Davis are q committee to arrange for the dedicatory services as we'll as the revival.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-28

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
The Usefulness of the Utilities
COrnT1ission.

Mayor Harry N. Schriver took a hard crack
at the Illinois public utilities commission in
the course Of his address at the Woodmen
county picnic at the Watch Tower Wednesday
afternoon. Mayor Schriver has seen enough
Of the operations of the utilities body in con-
nection with local affairs, to convince him that
it is not what it is cracked up to be, not what
It was designed to be in the minds of the peo-
pie, at least. The mayor wants no more of it.
He wants it abolished-as pernicious-to apply
his own word. The performances of the Cen
trail Union Telephone company in Rock Island
and Moline, where the representatives of that
exclusive corporation have openly and defantly
boosted in the presence of the mayor that the
company is out Of the control Of the city, and
entirely under the operation of the public utili-
ties commission, may have had something to
do with the hardening Of the mayors feelings.
1t was known when this commission was
first agitated to succeed the railroad and ware
house commission Of Illinois, that the teIe-
phone corporation was one of the chief advo-
Gates OF the measure, along with other quasi
public institutions Of the state and it is also
a matter of fact that in the state of Iowa,
where effort has been made before every Iegis-
lature since 1909 to get a public utilities bill
passed by the general assembly, the PROPOSE
tons so presented have been stamped as Bell
telephone measures. So, maybe the represen-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
Strike Reaches the Nobility.

The strike has reached the nobility The
II ladies in waiting to Queen Mary of England
have won one for a 100 per cent increase in
their costume allowance
They didn't call it a strike. Not at all. They
resigned, and the queen had to coax them back
by raising their appropriation for court cloth
ing from $500 to $4,000 year.
What a lady in waiting does, besides wear
impressive garments and waiting, we cannot
say. But she is important, and it would be
hard to go out and hire strikebreakers when
ladies in waiting walk out Only countesses
and other titled persons may fill the job.
An additional burden of $4,000 a year has
been added to the kings private purse, which,
Of course, the king doesn't earn by any toll.
The purse is his regard for being a king, and,
sizilg the whole thing up, he has it coming
No sensible man would aspire to be king of
England, or king of any place, for the fun of it.
Royalty in England is safe from the periIs
which have made monarchies nervous of late.
a king and queen and ladies in waiting are
merely historical luxuries of a form OF
democracy.
For the most part they are taken seriously,
but our British cousins will no doubt try to
get $4,000 worth of fun out of the costume
strike right at the doors of royalty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
Is the Producer Really to Blame?

Rock Island man bought a basket of
peaches at the corner grocery one day this
week, for which he paid $780, He took them
home and his wife put them up When she
reached the bottom of the basket, she found
note which was from the man who grew the
peaches It read: 4 produced these peaches
and sold this basket full for so cents, which I
considered good price. For curiosity sake,
I would like you to write and tell me what you
paid for the basket full"
The producer signed his name and address,
and the customer in Rock Island wrote him,
and told him what the peaches retaiIed here
for 1t was understood that the same peaches
would be selling here in a day or two, if not
already, for 81 basket-owing to the high
cost of producing"
Yet they say that the soaring prices of the
necessities of life are due absolutely to the
producer, farmer fruit grower and gardener
If the farmer, producer, fruit grower and
gardener should in time learn or have already
learned to hold up prices, who taught them,
and where is it all going to end?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
Brsd'sBitO Verse
THE WORK CURE.

Hard work is what you need to
drive the doldrums out" Thus
wise ones preach the manly creed
the while they loaf about. Work
rests the weary brain and gives
you comely grace; it puts a curb
on antics vain; it's bully for the
race" SO classic is their style, so
sound appears their sense. that |
resolve a shippers mile to beat all
working gents. odds fish," tell
myself; 1.-The doctrine seemeth
good; I'll lay my tonics on the
shelf and saw eight cords of wood;
I'll build a dozen barns and dig 10
miles of ditch; III heW the brush
from feIls and tarns and shame the
idle rich" l hired to Farmer Jay,
and, OH my weary bOnesi The
ceased from stacking
hay to listen to my groans. The
village doctor came and swabbed
my burning head and patched my
weary. webbing frame and felt
my pulse and said: You're crazy
With the heat, you're lacking in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29

tatives of the telephone branch of the giant wire
monopoly that has this country by the throat,
knew exactly whereof they spoke in their ut
terances in connection with the local situa-
ton. They may have spoken with real sig
nifcance.
Rock Island has for its own part not been
privileged to see much of the exalted body that
holds sway in Illinois. Its sessions hereabouts
have invariably been held in Moline, and there
fore we should not be too premature in our
judgment, perhaps-at least not to the extent
Of narrow prejudice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
Today's Anniversaries

1832-The first temperance society
in India was organized at
Fort William, Calcutta.
1S35-George w. McCrary. father
of the electoral commission
that decided the Hayes-Til-
den controversy, born at
Evansville, Ind Died at St.
Joseph, Mo, June 25, 1880.
1842-Queen Victoria left London
for her first trip to Scotland.
1S53-Sir Charles James Napier.
the conqueror of Scinde.
died at Portsmouth. Eng
land. Born Aug. 10, 1882.
1SSS-Duke of Edinburgh, second
son of Queen Victoria, was
received with high honors at
Constantinople.
made a decIara-
ton of war against Belgium.
1915-Allies opened bombardment
of German lines on western
front, in preparation for
great offensive of Sept 25.
1916-Field Marshal Won linden
burg became chief of staff
of the German armies.
1917-Italians began the final as
sault of Monte San Gabriele.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29

was not inclined to favor his suit.
Had it been otherwise, he reason
ed, she surely would have found
some way of communicating with
him. He made up his mind to go
TO the city, immense himself in bus
mess and forget his misery and
disappointment. He was seated de-
jectedly on a garden seat when his
little brother Willis came I'D to
him.
'Oh, Waldroni" he hailed, won't
you make me bow to shoot with?
See, l found a beautiful arrow right
under the window of your room"
As Waldron casually took the
arrow, he aroused to sudden ami
nation. A folded compact frag-
ment of paper was discernible.
wedged into the cleft of the featb-
err guide. He opened it and a wild
joy sprang to his eyes, it read.
This is my only way of telling
you that Tuesday I shall be on the
train bound for my guardian at
Brocton. If you will also be a
1 will tell you what I
think of your cherished note"
And the train in question bore
Isabel Vane not to her guardian at
BroctOn. but into the lasting charge
of a loving husband.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
The New Romanv Rye.

Still in garments that present riot of color
still roaming as few tribes have in all the
worlds history, the gypsy has nevertheless
adapted the new pace with the rest Of the
world. He rides in an automobile now, please
understand.
For thousand years or more, the gypsy has
wandered over the face of the earth in horse
drawn wagon. He has tented outside the gates
of the city. traded in horses and robbed and
have added color to the landscape by their
swarthy skin and their colorful raiment. Ro-
nance has pictured them as few tribes have
been pictured The world has changed but the
gypsy has remained gypsy in all but one thing
>at last discovered.
A patrolman lined 10 gyspies up before a
squire at Bryn Mawr, Pa. the other day on
charge Of speeding. He said they came kiting
down the Lancaster pike at 35 miles an hour
in their highpowered cars. The squire
couldn't believe it and had to go out and see
the autos before he was convinced
There was not a horse or a dog with the
outfit. Never has Bryn Mawr seen such
gypsy party.
Hurry it up, we want to be our way"
said the queen of the tribe, attired in raiment
that would have put Soloman to shame.
The squire fined them SO and added $500
for costs. Whats the 20 cents for, war taxi"
inquired the queen. She paid the $500 and
asked the court where there was gasoline
station.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
HQart, 1oHO1n0
44,91DTOHpO111cC
V e MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: To say one
has a mother whom she has never
| understood seems impossible, yet
am sure / can say those words and
be justified. l am a girl of 10. l
have had very little chance in life.
Having only a three-room home,
there has never been one spare
room which could be fixed neatly
for a room in which to entertain
my young men friends. Really
there has never been a room neat
enough for me to entertain my few
and special girl friends.
My mother thinks / should go
with the boys whom she selects
and only when she makes the dates.
Also she believes l should bring
them into the home when it is IN
tidy and the family there to tell all
the family affairs, of which my
southern pride prevents.
But did take her advice because
she knew more than /. About the
time l had fallen in love with the
young man, or thought l had, my
younger sister of II caused a quar-
rel between us and he went away.
For a while l missed him, but fin
alyy got over my youthful fancy.
He writes often and long ago
patched up the quarrel. l knew it
to be my sisters fault in the be-
ginning. l only consider his let
tiers as the letters of a friend.
If your mother and father held
all of life's joys from you, what
would you do? More than that, they
take two-thirds of my pay for the
hoU sehold expenses, and l never
complain. NJ. R. B.
II you know your parents are
not fair to you, and if your father
takes your money and does not
work as hard as he might TO earn
money himself, you are justified in
leaving home and rooming where
conditions would be more bearable.
1t did not seem wise to print the
last part of your letter, but ! Will
answer it. You must absolutely re-
fuse to go with the men where you
work. Your reputation and happi-
ness in the future depends upon
this.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
mother of 10 children. We are very
Door. My husband works,
bur refused to give me any
money except enough to keep US
alive. My oldest child is u and |
am Obliged to do all my own house
work. My husband is very cruel
and often gets fits of temper so bad
that he cannot sleep. He often
strikes at me and beats the chill
dren cruelty.
l have done everything I can,
but nothing helps. cannot stand
it any longer. Shall l get di-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
TlHtlE DAILY SHORT STORY

his son had met sufficient num-
Der of times to cement an acquaint-
ance that had very nearly culmin-
ated in unexpressed, but mutual
love. John Wayland had seen to
it that the young people did not
meet. He denied Isabel no ration
al pleasure that money could buy,
but at once set about arranging to
remove her to her other guardian,
many miles away from Earlville.
Just one letter Waldron had man
aged through craft and caution to
get to Isabel. In it he had impet-
uously confessed his sentiments to-
ward her He entreated a reply.
encouraging, if it could be so, and
then limited at a campaign where
love laughed at locksmiths. A day
passed by, two days, but he re-
ceived no reply, and he was at a
point of desperation. He did not
make allowance for the fact that
the watch and word of John Way :
land had been set to a method
where every move of Isabel was
under the closest cynosure. 1t was
torture complete to sit at the open
window of his room and take with
in the range of his vision so dis
family a sight of the dainty, fitting
form of his inamorata. Archery
was about the sole recreation of
Isabel, and as he noted her in its
pursuit he likened the punctured
targets to the poignant wounds
separation occasioned to his own
longing and lacerated heart.
At the end of the third day OF
anxious, woeful waiting. Waldron
made up his mind that Miss Vane
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29

the garden of the Wayland place, as
it is called, is a favOrite spot with
q most graceful and prettily dress
ed young lady. l rallied WaldrOn,
basing the action on my suspicious,
and in his always frank and truth
full way he admitted the soft i'm
parchment of an unusual interest
in the young lady in question. He
deliberately stole a march on US.
It seems that when he first came
here and noticed the rent sign, he
went to the Wayland place to in
quire something about it. AS it
might not happen again in a year,
Miss Isabel Vane was alone in her
garden. All the folks were away
except one servant. She probably
was lonesome and she and Waldron
were mutually attracted to one an
other. Anyhow, he remained there
a whole forenoon and he has man
aged to meet her away from her
home several times since then"
why not at her homer asked
Mrs. Lynne.
"Ah! there is the crux of the
whole affair. Miss Isabel Vane is
an orphan and an heiress with two
guardians, one at Brocton, the 9TH
er here. She equally divides the
year between the two. John Way
land, who lives yonder, is a crotch
ETY., stern, suspicious old bear who
is so afraid that his lovely ward
will fall a prey to some scheming
fortune hunter, that he watches her
as a cat does a mouse.
poor boy!" said Mrs. Lynne.
Mr.. Lynne had outlined condi-
tons correctly. Isabel Vane and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
Hereditary Syphilis %

1t is no longer believed, as in
the past, that a woman free from
syphilis can bear a syphilitic child
by a syphilitic husband. The
blood test of such a mother. though
she be apparently a healthy wom-
an, nevertheless Shows that she
harbors the germ of syphilis in her
system.
If either mother or father has
syphilis acquired within four or
five years there is a tendency to-
ward death of the unborn Off
spring prematurely; or a smaller
prematurely, the child surviving
chance of the birth of living child
only short time, or a still small
err chance of the birth of a child
fully developed but showing signs
of syphilis, or a very small chance
that a normal, healthy child may
be born and survive.
The child with inherited syphi-
lis is unlikely to survive to adult
age, though if the disease is frank
ly recognized and perseveringly
treated by the family physician
throughout childhood there is at
least an even chance that it may
be arrested before serious degen-
erative changes have occurred.
There are various stigmata or
signs by which a physician may
pretty accurately recognize in
child or adult changes wrought by
hereditary syphilis. 1 see no ad-
vantage in describing these signs
for the lay reader. There is al
ready far too much unjust sus-
picion cast upon innocent persons
who happen to have simple crop
of pimples or some similar inno-
cent blemish. Syphilis is a very
common disease, far more COM
no respecter of probability. 1t
is certainly as common among our
best families as it is among the
poor in the free clinics. A prac-
ticing physician is never surprised
when syphilis crops out in inheri-
lance.
The one pleasant thought re-
garding inherited syphilis is that
the disease in the child is rather
more amenable to proper treat
ment than is acquired syphilis in
adults.
What is proper treatment for
syphilis?
There is no specific treatment
suitable fer all cases of the dis
eases. No set formula or program
of treatment can be inteIligently
adopted for discriminating use.
Above all, there is no treatment
which would be advisable or even
safe for a syphilitic individual to
take without regular supervision
and direction by a competent ply
stefan. If 1 had syphilis ' should
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29

and red spots appear, they should
be rubbed with ammonia or a
strong solution of cooking soda. If
suffering is severe, the spots should
be brushed lightly with iodine.
@. Did Presidents Fillmore, Ty-
Ter or Arthur have vice presidents?
W. C. n.
A. None of these presidents had
vice presidents during their ad-
minisUation. In each case these
men succeeded to the presidency
upon the removal by death of the
presidents in office.
O. Why is the heir to the British
crown called the Prince of Wales?
F. F.
A The title was first conferred
on Prince Edward, afterward King
Edward II Of England, in 1901. He
was born at Carnarvon, Wales, and
the story goes that the king pre-
scented the new born child to the
Welsh as their native prince who
could speak no word of English.
The idea of using the title for the
heir apparent to the British throne
was introduced by Edward HI, who
in 1S43 invested his son, the Black
Prince, with the principally. From
that time the title has been borne
by the eldest son of the reigning
king.
Q. Are West Point cadets eligible
for insurance under the war risk
insurance act? S. S.
A. Cadets at West Point who are
not assigned to active service are
not included in the list of those
eligible for the government insur-
ance.
Q. What language is spoken in
Brazil? b. X.
A. Portuguese is spoken by the
majority of people in Brazil. Span
ish is spoken to some extent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-29
4 TIMELY MESSAGE.
BY Ralph Hamilton.

Newspaper UniOn).
When the parents of Waldron
Lynne asked him to go down to
Earlville and look up a house they
could rent from May to November,
that enterprising young man must
have acted with extreme diligence
and care, for when he returned he
made the announcement with en-
thusiasm:
i've found you Just what you
want, all ready to move into, love
ly garden, nice neighbOrs-in fact,
a perfect jewel of a place"
a few days later when Mr.. and
Mrs. Lynne accompanied him to
Earlville, there were selected
places they liked much better than
the one Waldron had selected. He
seemed so greatly taken with the
latter, however, that they decided
TO indulge his choice.
There was a method to the pro-
cess of our young man in influence
Ing us to move into this especial
neighborhood, it seems" remarked
Mr.. Lynne to his wife a week later.
Have you noticed the large house
On the rise in ground in line with
this one, about a square distant?"
Not particularly" replied Mrs.
Lynne ''Why?'
"Waldron has, and continues to
do so. I remarked how absorbed
he was in studying its architecture
al beauties and general environ
ment through an opera glass and
back look myself It appears that