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The St. Johns herald., 1919-05-01
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was in the city today.
 BORN-To Mr. and Mrs. G. c. Udall a baby girl, yesterday Eugene Waite and wife o1 . Springerville are in the city visiting relatives.
 Thomas Irwin of the beautiful city of Richville was a business visitor here Sunday.
 Mir. Peralta of Concho was a business visitor here Tuesday and Wednesday.
 A big baby girl was born to MT. and Mrs. Albert S. Waite, April 30.
 Ralph Whiting is down from the Whiting saw mill spending a few days attending to business.
 Maggie Dewitt of Snowflake a popular young lady is here visit ing among friends and relatives
 Francis McClaws of Snowflake is here taking in the sports of the academy during commence ment week.
 Jim Sorensen one of the Tue ker-Church cattlemen was in the city during the forepart of the week.
 Mr. and Mrs. Hebsr Connolly are down from the Whiting saw mill for afew days visit with home folia.
 J. w. Waite left for Ramah, New Mexico Tuesday where he will visit for . few days with cid friends aud relatives.
 A big baby girl was born to Mr. and Mira. James Nelson April 24th. It was sure a bouncer, weighing IA pounds,
 Joe Schultz and Benigno Lopez of CouchO were in the city last Saturday looking after business matters.
 Big celebration July 4th is con- templated and will last for three days. Watch for further parti- culars.
 Mildred Botting and her little son, Harry, left for their home in Holbrook Saturday after a short visit with MT. and Mrs. Parks.
 Benj. Richey and his son, Guy, who recently returned from France were business visitors here Tuesday and Wednesday.
 NOTICE:-If you want to rent a house or if you desire to obtain a pasture for cows or horses, call or write to J. o. Smith, St. Johns Arizona.
 Bpemenio Armijo returned from Magdalena. N. M., this week, where he has been for a short visit with his father-in-law, Jesus Garcia.
 The Coming of Kitty" pre- sented by the academy faculty and others at the academy build ing last Tuesday was one of the best plays of the season and drew a very large house.
 Misses Blanch and Dianna Baird of Snowflake are spending the week here visiting with friends and relatives and incl dentally taking in the festivities of commencement week at the academy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
%E4S
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION

Wonderful, inded, was the demonstration at the great Ameri-
canizadon mass meeting in Pulaski Hall, Tuesday night. If there
were any doubts IS to where the rank and file of the foreign born
peTed Tuesday night when something like 1000 men, representing
practically every race, creed and nationality on the face OF the
earth, stood up and cheered for America, for the Stars and Stripes
and for the glorious liberty that this country offers.
It was an inspiring sight and those who were present said they
had never seen its like before. 1t was the spirit of Perth Amboy
was a demonstration that means more for the future of the city
and for the country than anything that has taken place here m a
long time.
Perth Amboy has too long neglected this great foreign element
that makes up such a large part of her population. They have been
taken S a matter of course and allowed to shift for themselves, the
easy pre- of crooks and scoundrels who have taken advantage of
their unfamniarity with American rights and customs and ex-
plotted them to the limit, so that many of them were on the verge
of losing all faith in the American government.
If the war has done nothing else for America it has opened the
eyes of the people to the true condition of the country as far as the
foreigner is concerned. The great AUGMENTATION movement is the
direct outgrowth of the war and through it the man who has come
is made welcome; he is encouraged to become a citizen and he is
taught American customs and the American language. He is made
10 understand that once a citizen he has every privilege in the eyes
of the law that any other man enjoys and that he is free to decide Tor
himself what he considers best and to the greatest interest OF the
greatest number.
Perth Amboy has every reason to feel proud of the wonderful
demonstration at the mass meeting Tuesday night. 1t was a whole
hearted expression of appreciation of what America means and a
pledge of loyalty to her institutions, her laws and her customs that
clearly demonstrate the stability of this government at all time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
A TRUE PERTH AMBOYAN
Here's to John Pfeifferl

Here's to John Pfefferl
For real, downright optimism, love of country and pride IN his
home city it would be hard to find his peer.
At the Board of Trade Forum last night Mr.. Pfelffer delivered
an Grafton on Perth Amboy, its past and its future that could not
help but stir with enthusiasm every man who heard him. Il was an
inspiration in itself f
4 Here is a man who has spent practically every day of his life
right here in Perth Amboy and he's proud of it lie has literally
grown u D with the community and today he is not only fully abreast
with it, but with his sangune imagination and unboundmg talth nc
stands ever in the vanguard of progress looking always toward that
biooer and greater city that Perth Amboy is destined to be.
John Pfeiffer is a man of vision. The old bogy about beng
called a dreamer has no terror for him.
With fond memories of the past, joy in the present and with
s,es utmost confidence in the future, he is ever ready and Wiling TO
hand ND and talk about and work enthusiastically for the great
metropolis that broad minded men realize Perth Amboy IS destined
10 become once she is aroused to exert herself and make the most OF
the opportunities that lie at her door.
A half dozen men like John Pfeffer, all working with a com
purpose in view and with the interests of Perth Amboy only al
heart. would accomplish wonders for this city.
Here's to you, John Pfeiffer, may your kind ever lnereasel
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
Public Opinion
THE HOUSING PROBLEM.

EVENING NEWS:
Much time is given to the landlord
and ena problem of today by the
press, but dealing chiefly with the
high rents of the profiteering land
lords. The question of housing q
family with children seems to be en-
tirely forgotten. and this Is where
the tenant needs the support of the
press and in fact the support of every
person with human intelligence.
When inquiring for rooms today,
the first question asked by the land
lord or landlady lie "Have you any
children" and if the person looking
for a home is guilty of having such,
he is told in q very polite way to go
live in a tent. The home seeker Is
seldom asked If he has any parrots,
birds, cats or dogs, because they are
permitted to have any kind and al
most any number of animal pets, but
the children are forbidden because
they might mark up the walls or
| scratch the door knobs.
Why do not these stupid landlords
who forbid children stop and con-
slider what would become of us all IL
their attitude was assumed by every
body? Must we be without children
to have q decent home?
1t Is now quite time for the press
and public together to get action on
this question as 1t Is getting more Sc
rious every day and is sure a good en-
couragement for 'Bolshevism." When
a person is told he car not live In a
| certain place because ne has children
he naturally would think tina there
is something radically wrong with the
| Jaws by which he is governed and any
| thing that suggested a remedy would
| be appealing to him.
1t seems that the state legislature
] could do away with this mean condi-
| ton and in doing so they would not
| only benefit the home seeker on the
| children question, but would also ben
| eft on the high rent problem, because
if they should pass some legislation
| to prevent a person being refused
rooms because Of having children. 1t
| would keep a large number of flats
| and apartments from being vacant
| any length of time, thereby giving
more homes which would naturally
tend to bring down the prices m
| what.
M M.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
A R T INSTITUTION

The graduation of three more nurses from the City Hospital once
more brings that noble institution prominently before the public.
Few people, probably, realize what the City Hospital is today. Dur
ing the first few years after it was started it was kept prominently
before the public because, in the first place, it was something new
and there was grave doubts as to its success. With that grim deter
mination which is the Characteristic of the Perth Amboy spirit, the
people were bound to make it succeed-and they did.
Again, in those days there were not so many diversified interests
to occupy the minds of the people and divide their labors for civic
betterment. The hospital was the one big thing and everybody
worked for it.
1t is not that the people are any less interested in the institution
tocay, but once assured that the hospital was firmly established and
no longer in need of the careful murturing, attention was turned to
other things and thus while the hospital has gone on growing and
developing the people have not kept informed as to it's progress.
Today the Perth Amboy City Hosital ranks with the best insti-
buttons in the state. 1t has a wonderful equipment and with the adj
ditions and new buildings that have been added, it is truly an In
sttution of which the city may well feel proud.
The interesting and delightful exercises at the graduation Tues
day night only emphasize the important place that the hospital has
come to fill in this community. Not only are the graduates to be
congratulated upon the completion of their course in one of the
greatest professions in the world, but the management are deserving
of the utmost praise for the flourishing condition of the hospital as
it is found today,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
THE AUTHORS
THE PURPOSE
ARTICLES ", vi and VII
Voting Rules

Procedure Inc the appointment oil
| committees in the Assembly and the
| Council are to be decided by a major
ity vote, almost all other matters re-
quire unanimity. The functions o.
4 these bodies being mainly discussion,
the requirement. of an unanimous vote
on questions of procedure would en-
able one member to prevent any sub
| Ject from being debated; and IL Il
l were required for the appointment
of committees one member could pre-
vent gathering the information need.
| ed for intelligent discussion.
The object of demanding unanimity
for other matters was really to still
the alarm of people who did not un
derstand that the organs of the Lea
que are given no substantial power to
direct the conduct OF the members.
But the provision is by nc means in.
consistent with the principle on which
the League Is based-that of auto
matte action by the members, spec
ideally set forth in the Covenant it,
self. and beyond this conferences with
a view to voluntary concerted action
by all the members. For the last pur-
pose an unanimous vote is not map
propriate.
The Automatic Principle
1T may be well to explain here more
precisely what Is meant by automatic
action on the part of a member of
the League. 1t denotes action that is
automatic so far as the League or its
organs are concerned, not in regard
to h constitutional branches of its
W government. Under Article XVI,
for example, y one nation resorts to
war against another in disregard of
its covenants the other members OF
the League agree Immediately to sub
Ject 1t to n severance of all trade
and financial relations, and to prohib-
1t an intercourse between their citi-
zens and its citizens. This Is automat-
ic In the sense that 1t is a direct and
immediate obligation, wholly indie
pendent of any action by any organ of
the League. 1t Is not automatic in
he sense that the severance Of rela-
tions takes place automatically with
out any action by the governments OF
the several members OF the League
Nor does 1t determine what branch of
a national government has power to
put 1t into effect. That depends upon
the constitution of the nation. With
us 1t would require legislation, and
therefore action by Congress-; but
Congress is under a moral obligation.
like that imposed by every treaty
EDITORIAL PAGE COvENANTER
which pledges the good faith Of the
nation. to enact the legislation re-
quired.
Permanent S~ecretariat
The League will obviously need a
considerable body of men to carry on
a voluminous correspondence among
the members, to record the proceed
ings of the different organs, to col
such information as they may re-
quire. and to assist the various com
mittees and standing commissions. In
fact the convenience of the represen-
tatives. and the ease of working the
organization will be greatly promoted
by the efficiency of such a s~ecretariat
n its chief. This is especially true
because In popular governments-and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19

/, no others are excepted to be members
: of the League-the men who hold the
high offices of state change frequent
! ly. and hence the representatives IN
the Council and Assembly are NOT
| likely 10 remain long enough TO De
thoroughly familiar with the details
! of previous transactions, but must de-
| pend for much information upon the
secretariat.
In order, therefore, to render eff
J Gent service the Secretary General
and his subordinates should De per-
manent, fully conversant with the MS
tory and conditions, but not them
selves political persons. Their duty Is
to serve the League, not to direct II;
| and in view of the large influence that
any permanent expert, with the details
of a matter at his fingers ends, can
exert over a changing body of pohtic-
al superiors, it is OF the utmost Inn
portance that the secretariat should
be as free from bias and from political
motives as possible: so that their oo-
ject may be the success of the League
as an Institution, not the special in
terest of any particular member. III
rightly administered the secretariat
may well become one of the most i'm
portant and beneficial organs of the
League.
Geneva Ideal Seat
Article VII needs nutle COMMENT
II confers upon the delegates to the
Council and Assembly. to their COM
missions, to the secretaries and to the
buildings they occupy, the freedom
from interference by local laws and
local officials conferred by universal
custom upon ambassadors and en-
bassies in foreign lands. In order to
ensure for the League complete In
dependence frem influence and pres
-.-- - -.Ao ra4fAn nnd CfiII
more from any suspicion of such in
fuence, 1t was wise to place the seat
of the League in a small and tradi-
tionally neutral country. No better
place could have been selected than
Geneva
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
= VOICE IN ~OPppOsTTToN.

EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
I have read your editorial of this
date. entitled ION It's Merits
I am of the conviction that your eff
fusion was sadly misnamed; or per-
haps you assume to be endowed with
a peculiar impression of meritorious-
ness. To say the least, you have
strayed far afield from your opening
paragraph, in which you advise the
consideration of the League ~of Ma
lions, ''solely on its merits"
Although I have perused your artt-
Gle very carefully several hines I was
unable to find a reference to a sole
advantage to be derived from the
adoption of this League" with the
single exception of your quotation. of
the opinion of Senator Lodge, which
In effect is hat the League of Ma
tons will establish the maintenance
of peace and international order
There shall be no more war! Utopia
has been foundI This argument is
so thin that to call II hot air" Gas it
Is said in the v~ernacular) would be
over-estimating its density.
Inasmuch as you saw fit to. quote
one Of our senator's I shall answer
your argument in point by quoting
Senator, the Hon. Philander Chase
Knox. on page 20 OF his speech on
the League of Nations delivered on
the floor OF the United States Senate
upon the first day OF March of this
year. after an analysis Of the League,
in detail, the Senator enters into a
consideration of the application OF
the rules by which. in his judgment,
this proposal must be tested:
First. Do its provisions abolish
| war and make it hereafter impossi-
BILE? There Is not an important ar
ticle in the document which does not
specifically answer that question No
| And, further, the scheme provided
therein holds out a higher promise
| nay. aSsurance-of a future world
| wide war, greater han any which has
gone before. than any other doeu-
| ment in the history OF recorded time"
So you see that different Senators
entertain different opinions.
If, as you say. o are endeavoring
10 help your readers consider this
| matter, why not place before them
the views of men other than h Sc
lect crowd you lave referred to, /. e.,
| Taft, Wickersham and Lowell, the
president of Harvard University: for
instance. why not disclose to your
| readers the argument of and the light
in which Senator, the o Joseph
S. Frelinghuysen. sees this project.
! In a court of justice, before the
| Judge or jury can have an intelligent
| idea of what It is all about. the plain
! tiff and defendant must both have
| their say; both sides of the case must
be in before a proper consideration
| can be attempted.
In this question. the same principle
| applies: the people OF this country,
II
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
DIR. STEELE SAYS:

How arc prophets made? Are they SUDDENLY inspiredt to proclaim a
startling message which thrills the world because of its depth and power,
without ever having given previous thought 20 tbs content of h message?
No-prophets aren't produced that way, n nor a doctors or
lawyers OIL engineers or carpenters are made at a moments notice.
There never "a a prophet who did % struggle painfully through
experiences which grpped his souL-untl h 70 cred u in despair: "Woc
is m e if 1 preach this gospel"-whether that gospel had to do with politics
or economics or religion.
prophets unless they wholly surrender themselves to h u which
they proclaim.
And they must actually have felt h burden of their w message
they can make others see its Significance
hi was decidedly true of the prophets of III old testamen
For example: Amos was a shepherd, who, a he tended his flock. thought
and seriously O. HI sal moral condition of his people. And h e be-
came s. burdened With the ense # their sin that lie was compelled to
leave his sheep in tn wnderness-caled by God-and made his wy To- the
city. where, in plain and simple but picturesque language h e de-
When Goo. find a mar who as so agonzed that h e has ron down to
the depths OF he'll a s vel a. assembled to the heights of heaven, He calls
tat IA n inspire him Ito become a prophet-proVded h a h has
som other qualities Ia equip him % be he bearer Il a great mesuee
The call % b e a prophet doesn't sound like thu O ar o thunderUit is
like "a STILL, small voice." which al be heard MI il b watches
IF the night
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
Walt Mason's Ripping Rhymes
IN OF S

Oh. joyous month of roses, 1 wish you'd last a year! Your
scents enchant u noses, your sounds impress the ear. 1 have ten
million roses they never stale or cloy, and every n discloses the
fact that Junes a joy. / love the humble radish, appreciate the
prune, and cabbage makes a glad dsh-but oh, the rose of June!
We do no boil or bake it, II slice it into slaw, but to u noses take
it, at Eel breath e draw. It has a rich aroma that simply can't
be beat; from Taunton to Takoma there's nothing smells 81 sweet
And often twill remind us of scenes of long ago. of gardens left be-
hind is, where roses used to grow; of old accustomed places, and
vines above the door; o. old familiar faces that smile N IS n 10 more.
A roses scent will carry u back to childhoods hours, when we were
wont to tarry among the homety flowers; when life wa all Elysfan.
and we had buoyant tread, and knew n backward vision, but all
ways looked ahead. And 81 1 sit here dreaming-and dreams N
quite a boon-the sunlight o. me streaming, among the scents OF
June, and as I view the roses it Seems to me a sin that I've not forty
noses. to take the scent all in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19

who are the sole judges of whether or
not we will enter into this League
must be presented with both sides Of
the case.
In the series of articles to which
you refer, by which you will endeavor
to enlighten the public, I anticipate
that n side of the question will be
conspicuous by its absence.
/ shall conclude by calling you at
tention to the immortal words OF Abe
Lincoln: you can fool some of the
people all of the time, all of the peo-
pie some of the time. but you a not
fool all Of the people all of the time.
Yours truly,
PAUL C. KEMENY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
Sun Nearest Earth.

The sun is nearest the earth-oE
perihelion-at the beginning of tho
year, or when the northern hemisphere
has winter. 1t Is at its greatest dis
lance, or aphellon, about the middle
of the year, or during the summer OF
the northern hemisphere. The least
distance of the sun from the earth Is
more than 81, 100000 miles. and the
greatest more than 94.O00,000. The
mean distance is commonly stated as
92,900,O00.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
BEGAN the BastIIIe.

April q is the anniversary Of the
beginning of the building Of the bas-
tile in 1870 by Charles V, who erected
1t as q protection against the English.
The prison became famous In French
history and was finally destroyed by
the people in 17S9. The key was sent
by Thomas Paine to George Washing
ton. -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
The Wise Deaceu.

The short-haired women and long
haired men in Nodaway County, Mo-.
have taken UP the Demon Tobacco as
the next victim of ~prihibition. One
of the sisters approached Elder John
son, a pillar of the church, and asked
his support in the fight against to-
bacco. And this was Elder Johnson's
reply, as printed in the Nodaway
County Democrat-Forum:
"A man can smoke and still be a
good Christian. Universal smoking
would do more toward bringing about
universal brotherhood of man and the
Fatherhood cd God era on earth than
all the spasms of short-haired women
and long-haired men reformers in the
world Do I believe In somking?
Most assuredly! Let US pray!"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19

Luke McLuke says: THE new hob
bles are so tight that we'll bet they'll
get shiny in the rear before long"
Yes, Luke. but they won't rip; they
can't bend forward far enough to
tie a dangling shoestring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
Gosh!

We eve saw a man who was
grouchy and g~ood-natured al the
same time. And we never met one
who was grumpy and smiling at the
| same time. But what we started to
say was hat Rufin Pleasant Is Gov
ernor of louisiana
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19


Copyright. 1919. the Cincinnati
Inquirer.
Getting on the Earth.
A dirty man was Ignatz Dearth,
But he proposed to Rosey Rath;
She told him to get Off the earth,
So he went home and took a bath.
Paw Knows Everything.
Willie-Paw. what is the difference
between outspoken and out-talked?
Paw-Well, when a married man is
down town, he is outspoken, my son.
But when he gets back home he Is
out-talked.
Maw-wiliie, If you open your
mouth again, I'll slap 1t!
Advice.
Don't think that you are better than
Your neighbor whom you like to pam;
The blindest man on earth is he
Who has nc faults that he a see.
OF Course.
what is a logical result, anyway"
asked the Old Fogy. !
THE one you expect, of course"
replied the Crouch
Strange.
All men will argue as they throng,
And the result may be q fight;
But just admit that you are wrong.
And they'll admit that you are right
Oil
lis your new stenographer fast?"
asked Smith.
the next victim of prohibition. One
say that. But she is quick"
Correct
A fellow ought to use forethought.
II he'd avoid a lot of sorrow:
It doesn't pay to do today
The things we must undo tomorrow.
Huhs They Can Hardly Sit Down.
(ColdEater (0hiol Chronicle-l
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19
PLOYE


LIABILITY
The laws OF this State pro-
vide that every employer Of
labor shall indemnify his en-
ployees in case they r In
1ured. insurance Of this char
acter is mandatory Our poll
cies fulfill every Requirements
of the law. Let US secure you
protection in this important
matter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19

He Is an aucttoneer. is Bray,
You'd know 1t at one glance:
For you can see that he has q
Forbidding countenance.
Luke McLuke.