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Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

increase in the last two of the number im- portant crimes. We mentioned at that time that the men who commit such crmes-bank burglaries great hod-ups. gigantic forgeries and who conduct swindling operations necessarily sober men. Our belief that such crimes as these could not have been affected by prohibition
 But Mr. Grey points out that though prohibition cannot be charged with having inspired crimes of class, it facilitated such crimes and placed bar temporarily in the way of tracing the criminals. In the past says Grey. many a pro- jected crime failed because expert either in the course of preparation, or commission, yielding to temptation, had become muddled and bungled In the old days of the problems of bandit leaders was to keep their followers at all times sober.
 And after the crime criminal. his tongue loos- by liquor. apt to drop word which was all a detective needed to set him trail There were then in all large cities hang-out criminals of various classes. There no secret as to the ex- istence of these "hang-outs Policemen detect ives knew them, knew the men who frequented them and knew them to be "yeggs" criminals in other lines The criminals also knew the detectives and sometimes there was understanding that the former would not be disturbed they refraned from criminal activity in the particular city where the hang-out located.
 With the abolition of the saloons the crim- nals scattered from their old so that revi- sion of police methods has become necessary and the revision has not yet been effected.
 General criminal statistics, it is true show a decrease in the number of crimes, but for the most part trivial ones misdemeanors. wife beating petty thievery, and homicdes the result of impulse. is agreed though the article "The Sober Crook that if prohibition be made to prohibit it will be worth all it has cost in the increased great crimes involving only financial loss to the public in the greater of affording protection society. The lessened heart burning and misery which liquor causes will be sufficient recompense for these losses.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
C HI N A
BY pR. FRANK CRANE tCopyright, 1921, by Frank Craney

"A Chinese friend" writes John Dewey in an ar ticle that appeared in Asia American magazine dealing with things Oriental "A Chinese friend to whom I owe so much that he would be justified in arresting for intellectual theft has summarized for the stages of foreign influence in China"
 Since Dewey stole the points from Chinaman am going to steal them from him; and he translated them from Chinese to Columbia University lingo, will translate them more into common garden English so that the elevator boy get them.
 At first the Chinese very naturally supposed that Western nations stronger than Eastern because of military devices They said in their startngy nude way "Christ was riding cannon ball' to China. It did not take long however for the quick Chinese mind to chamber out of this bog of delusion bog, by the way in which multitudes of Europeans and Amer jeans still waow.
 Then they attributed China's backwardness to her form of government So they made Republic, instead of navy. And that great shakes.
 Third, they sought to catch up with the roaring West by cutivating applied science, engineering and the like So they feverishly went to building railways, factories, and steam and electric devices But here again they disappointed for the footsteps of pro- gress still fingered
 Next came wave of moral reform. There of all sorts of movements such antifootbnd- ing societies, anti-opum crusades, ant-gambling cam paigns and on But they discovered that supremacy did not seem to come via the methods of Pussyfoot Johnson and w. F. Crafts.
 Then, boring still deeper, they to another thing, which expressed in the formula: China could not be changed without change in fundamental ideas and beliefs.
 This is pretty the bottom of the well where, as everybody knows, truth is to be found.
 In nutshell it means that the West does not excel the East by some superior quality of Western blood, by any lucky chance but by the discovery and use of truth that is universal and like all truth, the want of anybody who will use it. That truth is this: That the object of human life, and the purpose of all it's endowmens talents and dis coveries, is not Enjoyment but Achievement
 In other words, Truth itself is of no particular sl advantage except 1t is used. q Science does not help unless it is Applied. fo no something
 y Religion grows stale and noxious unless 1t is d- : rectly applied to human betterment. And Literature as with all these other goods, be- comes Tree of Lfe whose leaves for the healing of the people only when it grows big and its branches overhang that River of God, which is running black e with
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
A BISHOPS JOKE

Rev. J. E. Freeman. D.. D.. rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church. Washington, a lifelong friend of the late David H. Greer, bishop of New York who dearly loved after-dinner cigar On one occasion Dr. Freeman visited Bishop Greer at Bar Harbor' and during the visit the bishop asked him to walk down to the express office where he expected con- sgnment of cigars Inquiry the office brought the information that nothing had arrived for Bishop Greer, though he had order from the bishops house in New York for their dispatch As he was turning away, the clerk said:
 By the way. Bishop Greer. do you know where l could find Bishop Potter?"
 Now Bishop Potter had been dead then, almost a year. In surprise his successor turned back and asked:
 Why do you ask?"
 Well" said the clerk "here is package for him"
 Examining the package, Bishop Greer discovered that it contained the cigars he had ordered.
 There has been a mistake he said. These are the cigars I ordered.'
 But where is Bishop Potter?" urged the clerk
 well" replied Bishop Greer, with twinkling eye T can't with any definteness tell you where he is but wherever he is I certain that he is not smoking"
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
CLIMBING THE ENCHANTED MESA

which must be sealed. This singular rock stands out of the desert like a great ship from the sea, out-top- ping everything for miles around.
 But the thing which awakens most interest in it is the existence of the traditions, supported by bits of pot tery, ax heads and other remains found on and about the mesa, that many years ago before white men came to America, there was a prim- itive city of Pueblo Indians on the top of it. This desolate rock was once the Gibraltar of the Southwest. It was an impregnable stronghold from which the sedentary Indians. who were on the way to civilization of their own, the ancestors of the present Pueblos, defied the Navajos, Apaches ana other nomads. In the primitive warfare of that day, the Enchanted Mesa was probably a fort which never could be taken except by starving the inhabitants out.
 A Laborious Life
 They paid heavy price In labor
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
A Lesson Never to Be Forgotten

After what happened to the Chicago baseball players who yielded to the temptation of the gam blers think that the suspicion that some coast players being tempered with is not we'll founded We do not believe any man who has sense enough to play baseball will again sell out; that is. good effective player will, and the gamblers would have no incentive to approach any other kind.
 It Is true that the Chicago players escaped pun ishment under the law. They acquitted by a jury the jury proved the worthessness of their verdict by going out and banqueting with the de- fendants after the trial. But there was verdict by the American people that carried with it pun ishment severer than any the court could have im- posed effect will more deterrent than any judgment of the court could have been.
 The defendants all out of the game perma- nently. There is league bush otherwise. which Probably cicotte and Jackson and none of them gone through In that respect they are more pregnable than they have been.
 But the public will not stand for them. Even the lower classes of movie picture makers, who have seemed to hesitate at nothing have made bid for their Several towns in Oklahoma and Texas have recently forbidden aggregation of players including the members of the "Black Sox' to play games in them. We do not think there is sporting community in the country which would receive these discredited though acquitted players.
 This verdict of the people may be unjusty harsh. Though some of the players undoubtedly guilty, others may not have been. but in acquitting those known to be guilty, the jury convicted all of them in the eyes of the people; deprived the possibly innocent ones of vindcating themselves.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
THE LAYERS LAMENT

(Article in Arizona Republican says every Uni- versty of Arizona stundent must sign a pledge not to engage in hazng) Galants attend and hear friend
 Tril forth harmonious dtty; Sad things I'll tell which late befell
 In Old Pueblo ctiy. Tho strange 1t seems, with trutlsit beams. And is vouched for fact, sir, The sophs last met the Frosh dear With tomahawk and sir. They attacked pell- -mel on the Frosh they fell To slaughter them like cattle The Frosh neer dallied but quickly rallied.
 And fought terrible battle. With shrieks and groans. with screams and moans. They loudly pierced the air, sir. And the ground for miles around
 Were pools of gore and hair, sir. The conflict o'er and the battles roar
 Finally stilled dawn. sir, The freshmen dazed each other gazed
 And found their scalps were gone sir. The freshman rants "Tho vengeance Be denied this year, We'll take revenge next years men,
 Revenge both sweet and dear" Then later on the junior throng
 Their play sign they did light, sir. And Napoleons Waterloo
 Neer saw fierce fight, sir. I now must tell who sorrow befell:
 Proxy thus demands eternal peace, sir, "The glorious life of gay class strife
 Must now forever cease, sir. "The freshman sect we will protect
 From the vengeful sophomore, He must not wreck their self respect
 His hazing days oer." So the sweet little dears no harm should fear;
 Treat them like hothouse plants, sir; You must not dock their golden locks
 Or take away their pants, sir. The sophomores tame gnash teeth in vain
 And with curses fill the air, sir, With the No Hazing" law scalps they draw
 This they hardly bear, sir. And freshman pets this law will bless
 For saving the dears from harm, sir; And profs will boast eternally toast This glorious, great reform, sir. CWith apology to Francis Hopknson) Il. O., Phoenix, Ariz.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
ABOUT THE STATE

Mir. Cook told of a. year spent by him in the East for the purpose of studying the meat marketing prob lems. He learned, he said. that while the large packers are supposed to have a monopoly on the meat industry, that this was not a fact, and that in all communities he wis tied he found independent packing concerns doing thriving business Star.
 Drilling for Oil
 TOMBSTONE-S. N. Gordon and daughter report that L. H. Klanken- ship, independent oil driller, has ar rived in Nogales and has advertised for bids for the hauling of his well rig to the site of the proposed test well to be put down on recently leased land from Harkey Brothers, T. G. Mathes and the Gordons. Nogales papers have been erroneously pub fishing the fact, MT. Gordon said, that the test we'll is to be put down in Santa Cruz county. when as matter of fact it is a recognized fact that all the land is located in Cochise county on which it is claimed there is a possibility to find oil. The oil rig has capacity of 1000 feet. and drilling is expected to be started within 30 or | 40 days, the contract calling for 9C | days in which to start the drilling The exact location of the we'll has not yet been made public.-Prospector.
 Booster for Ajo AJO-That A1o is destined to be one of the largest mining camps ir 1 the Southwest is the opinion of 2 | Tucson booster for the camp, w. F Schoonmaker. And the building oi the proposed railroad to the Gulf o California would greatly help ana hasten the expected growth, h. | thinks.
 MT. Schoonmaker has just returned l from Fl Paso. He reports one stacl | in operation at the shelter there anS that another will be added next Mon day, according to reports. It wal only a short time ago that the smel' ter was closed entirely.-Coppel | News.
 Woman Holds Court
 PRESCOTT-Brief holding of tn September session of the United States district court here yesterda. was in the hands of the only gir deputy United States marshal in tn United States. Miss Minnie Seaman former Prescott girl. opened an closed the court yesterday mornin for the purpose of complying wit l the ldW anu AAC POSNRNA%N session for October 3.
 Miss Seamans came to Prescott
 from her office in Phoenix Saturda night Yesterday morning she for
 mally opened and closed court wit
 the courtroom empty and entered o record the proceedings thereof. Deputy United States Marsha Minnie Seaman is the daughter
 Mrs. NJ. J. Seaman and the sistt
 of Dan Seamon of this city.-JouI
 nall Miner.
 Labor Day Parade i. TUCSON-A celebration commend n ing with a parade at 10 o'clock an = concluding with a dance in the Labe | Temple Monday night was partic Q pated in by organized labor in Tux
 son. on the occasion of Labor day. Q Citizen.
 7, Dining Cars to Mexico v Dinirg car service ( d Southern Pacific de Mexico trains f' s the first time in history between Nc d gales, Hermosilo and Mazatlan, is l. be inauguarted next Tuesday, Sept
 Herald.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
Questions And
 Ansuers

(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Repub- lican Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director. Washington. D. C. This offer applies strictly to informa- uon- The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial mat ters- It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles. nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose 2 cents in stamps for re- turn postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.)
 O. Do aviators get news of fly ing conditions from the weather bu- reau?-A. G. N.
 A. The weather bureau issues fore casts twice a day regarding flying weather in the 13 aviation zones of the United States These give visi- bility. kind and height of clouds. wind at various elevations, and other information that might be helpful to aviators in laying their courses and choosing their elevations. O. How should . tennis racket be taken care off,. w. A. The most important thing is to keep a tennis racket dry. After be- ing used. it should be wiped with a cover and a press.
 O. Are not most diamonds found in volcanic districts7 Would tt be a waste of time to investigate a very old volcanic district7-W. L. M. A. The United States geological survey says that most diamonds are not found in volcanic districts It would not be advisable to spend a great deal of time in investigating an old volcanic district to determine whether diamonds are there. O. Which of the states bought another state?-k. N. |. | A. Massachusetts bought the claims of the Gorges heirs to the state of Maine in 1877 for about 1850 English pounds.
 | O. When and where was John Mccormick born?-N. M. A. A John Mccormick was born In Athlone. Ireland. on July 14th. 1884. O. When were horses first shod? I-J. A. C.
 A. It is impossible to state def initely when horseshoes were first used. A coin in the British Museum. from Tarentum, made about 50G B. | c. is supposed to represent horse be- ing shod. It is not likely. however.
 that shoeing with iron was at all
 common in the early part O. the
 Middle Ages. William the Conquer
 or is believed to have introduced the art into Britain. For centuries the art of the shoesmith ranked with
 that of the scholar and bard in Eng
 land and France. and even kings practiced the craft.
 O. How many postofficss were there in 17eo and how many miles CT
 postal routes?-M. G. T. A. In 1790 there were 75 post
 offices and 1875 miles Of postal
 routes. In the 13O years sirce. the service has grown to the proportion of 52.63S postoffices and 435,3i2 miles
 of postal routes.
 c. What is eoPra used for?-S.
 M. c.
 l A. Copra is the dried kernel of the cocoanut- It Is valuable for the ] oil which is extracted from it.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
Siren Breaks Up Concert

StfG0 6FCdNS V SShNSie NOGALES-F'ire of unknown orf- gin completely destroyed a small shack at S:30 o'clock last night The city siren, giving the alarm. blew for about 15 minutes following dis covery of the blaze. A girl in the telephone office pushed plug down, and it wouldn't release for Is min utes. during which time the siren kept up one continual howl.
 Later, when city employees went up on top of the city hall to repair the siren, it started again. The fire de- partment thinking another fire had broken out, and having the shack fire under control left a string of hose at the scene, and made a quick run pack to the city hall
 Refusal of the siren to behave broke up the band concert. the musicians returning to Camp Stephen D. Little before the program was completed.
 People living in the outskirts of the city, hearing the siren for so long thought the entire city was burning up.-Herald.
 Tsacher From Belgium
 PRESCOTT-St Joseph's Acad- emy classes were resumed this morn ing at g o'clock. Notable and val uable additions have been made to
 
 Mile Julie Bots, a graduate of Bruges, Belgium, and teacher of languages in the Academy Ruysse- lede. Nile Bots will be at the head of the French department in the academy Arrangements may be made for private coaching and for children and adult classes.-Journal- Miner.
 To Honor Dead Soldier
 rf~N. Swa skegame, hero of the World War. has arrived at Hoboken. and will be shipped in the near future to the Swaskegame Post No. II. at King man his former home.
 The Swaskegame post. named after this Wallapai boy who was killed while performing daring scout servic. on the Marne, will hold military ser vices here on some Sunday following the arrival of the body here. These services, it is understood will surpass anything of their kind ever held here -Mchave Miner.
 Call Off Northern Fair
 RESCOTT-After serious consid- eration and due discussion, President He0rick Aitken of the Northern Ari- zoua state fair. yesterday announced that this years fair would be can celled. This step was taken aftei ende1voring to nave some authenti, information at hand regarding tn, state appropriation. The state fail | has been cancelled and it is not tn, | policy of the state department tt authorize the holding of fairs thi l year. Apache and Navajo counties each voluntarily cancelled their fair | Journal Miner.
 Eat More Meat | TUCSON-Strong pleas were mad for the "eat more meat and deman home grown meats" campaign by ( S. Brown, president of the state farr l bureau, and William NJ. Cook direc tor of the agricultural extension serv ice, at the chamber of commerc luncheon yesterday.
 "No one, no matter how far h lives from the center of activit, should be dependent upon the dail markets for his meat supply" sai | Director Cook. There are mean by which meats may be preserve today that should make us all inde
 pendent"
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
By Frederic J. Haskin

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 3-The Enchanted Mesa, out in New Mexico. was recently climbed for the third time, so far as the records show, and for the first time without any other apparatus than rope
 The Enchanted Mesa is one of the many mysteries of the Southwest. It stands a few miles from the pu- eblo of Acoma in a vast stretch of semi-arid wilderness - a country of gently rolling hills timbered with pinon and cedar Many mesas. that is, plateaus, rise above the level of this country, but the Enchanted Mesa is different from the others. It is, in fact, a thing unique. It rises to a height of 430 feet above the surrounding country, and has a per fectly flat top about the size of a large farm. The walls are so steep that there is only one place where an ascent has ever been attempted, and there is a sheer cliff 40 feet high
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
Crime and Prohibition
by money.

Not as an argument against prohibition but as - .dr,onition to the friends of prohibition to mod .rate their claims that prohibition has diminished -ir,e the current Golfers prints an article by ,zdward H. smith and John A. Grey. The latter neaks from the inside, having been leader Of a harl bandit gang whose operation extended over many years
 There is brought out fact to which The Repub- lican called attention many months ago. lhe great
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

To the Editor of the Daily Repub-
 lican:
 On the front page of this mornings s issue of The Republican Bishop Gail CT of Tennessee is quoted as saying. The writing into our constitution of the eighteenth amendment was un- pardonable."
 The original constitution adopted under the presidency Of George Washington by the national consti- tutional convention in Philadelphia, provided method for making amendments to that constitution as conditions might require.
 If any proposed amendment is put into the constitution by any other rrocess than that prescribed by the constitution itself the supreme court will declare 1t null and void.
 But any amendment that has been put into the constitution by the or derly and authoritative method has the force and dignity of the constitu- ton itself.
 The bishop Is quoted as saying. 'It was nothing short of hysteria that put over a restriction which could not hope to suppress the evil The bishop had just been quoted as de- claring "the church was making headway against what evil there was in liquor.
 If it had been done by popular vote of the people, hysteria could be charged, but when it was done in the orderly process required by the con- stitution, by the two houses of con- gress and a majority vote of three fourths of the state legislatures, both l houses of each legislature concurring no fair minded man will designate l the method as hysterical.
 The prime object of the Eighteenth amendment is to suppress the oper saloon The open saloon Is SUD- pressed. and the bishop is talking un- | advisedly.
 The church was making headway | against the evil there was in slavery as the bishop says of liquor, but i i was up to congress of the United | States and the legislatures of th' | several states to suppress forever slavery in this republic by the writ | ing into the constitution of the thir' | teenth amendment in 1865.
 The church was really trying t' 1 deal with slavery, just as the churcl | was later trying to deal with tn l question of liquor. Does the bishol declare it was nothing short of hys teria that put the thirteenth amend | ment into the constitution Doe l not good citizenship require ever. man to accept what has been regu larly and authoritaively put into tn l constitution?
 J. E. HARRISON. Presiding Elder of the Methods
 church. 5O4 East Roosevelt street Phoenix.
 September [, 1921.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

Life is always worth living in Phoenix but have now to these September days the begin ming of nine months of the finest climate in the world. when cling more tenaciously than to existence.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

Gardner may be train bandit but the authorities of McNei Island must concede that he's liar and a fairly reliable prophet.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

It is up to Kiwanis club to demand change of name of the mutiny ship, the Chester Kiwanis which belied the purposes of the organization, which are far from mutinous.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

Women arrested in England for anti-tax agita- ton! Did England learn nothing century and a half ago about taxation without representation?
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

The British territory of Alden on the Arabian coast is an important coaling station on the route to the east
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

Mexico is divided into 2s states. the federal district and two territories.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

The Methodist Episcopal church in the United States has a membership of nearly 4,50o,000.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-08

 Presiding Elder of the Methodist church. 5O4 East Roosevelt street, Phoenix. September :, 1921.