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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
ROOT DECLINES TO
JOIN HIGH COURT

A dispatch from Geneva, Switzer-
land. states that Elihu Root has
definitely declined to be considered
for election as judge of the inter-
national court of justice.
In cablegram to Dr. Manley Q.
Hudson, who is in Geneva in the
capacity of American observer, Mr.
Root declares he viii be unable t..
serve on the court because of his
age
The refusal of Mr.. Root is said to
increase the chance of either John
Bassett Moore or Prof. Roscoe
Pound, two other Americans, nomi-
mated for the court, to be elected.
Mr.. Roots cablegram was in re-
ply to a personal message of in
curry. He said he deeply regretted
he could not serve, but it was too
great responsibility for one to as
sumo at the age Of 76.
Some delegates to the assembly,
notably Gastora da Cunha, of Bra
zil, declared that they favored the
election of Mr.. Root, despite his
cablegram, as an honor.
The contents Of the cable from Mr..
Root were made known informally
to the delegates before the session
Of the assembly orened and there
were many expressions of keen re-
greet. A number Of delegations in
dicated they would substitute the
name of John Bassett Moore for
that of Mr.. Root when the election
takes place Wednesday.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
The FAMILY Eood.

TAKE one pound Of chopped round
! steak, form into cakes one inch
thick. Make a depression in the cen
ter Of each, remove to hot dish and
I'LL the centers with grated onion pulp.
Pour over and around the meat balls
the following sauce: Sift one quart Of
tomatoes, cook down until thick, add
salt to taste, four sweet, green pep
pers, steamed and cut into shreds.
Serve with a border of finely shredded
cabbage.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15

Cut small melons in halves after
scrubbing them well. Remove the
seeds and cut them into pointed petals
ten or a dozen. Arrange on a plate
and serve a small ball Of vanilla ice
cream in the center Of each. A melon
leaf or a small leaf from squash or
pumpkin vine viii make an appropri-
ate doiley. A sauce of canton ginger
syrup or a busting with cocoa may be
used over the cream If desired
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
Banana Cream.

Scald one pint of milk, add two we'll
beaten eggs, two cupfuls Of sugar and,
when cooked until smooth, one tea
spoonful of vanilla Add one pint Of
cream and partly freeze, then stir in
one pint Of banana pulp, the juice of
two oranges and one-half Of lemon.
Serve in glasses garnished with ba-
mana balls dipped in lemon juice and
rolled in powdered sugar.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15

Messrs. ]. D. Trenholm and 7. S.
Pierce, Of Nashville, representing
the Cumberland Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, are here this week
on official business.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
LYRICS
By DOUGLAS MAILoCH
LADY SEEKING BEAUTY.

r ADY seeking beauty, who
IL Beautiful would be,
Where is beauty? Near to you
Waiting quietly
If you will but see.
Nature is articulate;
Can't you hear her CALI
You need only initiate
Beauty by your wall,
Nature, that is all.
Here is beauty: 'Tis a rose,
It's d rose Of red;
Yet she does not all disclose
Beauty, be it said,
Shown too much is fed.
Only dignity may dare
Crimson harmOnies,
Only women wise may wear
COlors such as these,
Lady. if you please.
Here is beauty: Quietness,
MOdesty, repose;
Beauty is not fair unless
Dignity it knows
Lady, here's rose.
(Copyright)
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
5oRBook

Let the burrows be plowed deeply
enough while the brain cells are plastic,
then human energies will result In eff
be the right line.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15

Miss Nellie Hamilton will leave
next Saturday for Batesville, Miss,
where she viii be q member Of the
school faculty.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
unchanoinc Guatemala.

QHSHaHSHHH 0oahSmaNs
In a town in Guatemala many Of
the wares offered for sale are similar
to those sold 400 years ago before the
Spanish conquest, and where the mis-
called Indians" are clothed in the
gay, fantastic garments of pre-Colum-
bian days.
On Sunday, busiest shopping day,
hundreds Of Maya men, women and
children come into market from the
surrounding valleys and volcano
slopes, laden with country produce. A
ten-mile jog-trot, with a huge basket
upon her head and the latest baby
slung on her back, is nothing to one
of these swarthy, sturdy girls.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19
WHOM I MET
aY OR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright. 1921. by Frank Craue1

Melville Davison Post writer of detective and mys- tery stories You have read them in the Saturday Evs- ming Post, the Pictorial Review, the Red Book, and elsewhere.
 books made out recently grading them solely from the point of view of being Interesting placed Posts Uncle Abner stories first.
 Besides these he has written the Randolph Mason series, the Seuth of St. James series and others.
 I met him aboard the Steamer Zealand bound from New York to Antwerp.
 He said he going to France More he told not of his plans Some people expansvely expose their whole
 life and affairs the first hour you meet them But not Post
 He is of medium height, with something of scholars stoop grayng hair strong yet shrewd face and looks if he might be district attorney at Oshkosh Cedar Rapids.
 "To make an interesting story, he said, syou must begin with arrestng incident. You must arouse the readers desire to know the explanation, and you must not gratify this until the very end. When the readers curiosity is sated your storys All writ ing after that is waste
 ssI have all my stories worked out before attempt to write them. The plot and incidents all well in mind then it is very little trouble to put them down.
 Every story ought to have central idea. For in- stance the Randolph Mason stories were built up on the fact that Crime is certain definitely described thing by law and if you committed crime that did not up to this description the law could not you must find the body and if you confessed and the body could not be produced you could not be I victed."
 l We talked an hour. He was interesting. As any man is interesting who has found his work He used prac tse law and retains much of the lawyers concinny of l expression
 He seems to have dread of the superfuous in writ ing "No conversation in story he said, fought to contain anything that does not have some bearing on the plot"
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19
(By Frederic J. Haskin)


 WASHINGTON. D. C., July 1S.- The American governments first great move for economy in adminis- tration, already under way in the inauguration of the budget system, is to be aided materially by the re- organization of the executive depart ments of the government. For some time the congressional joint commit tee on reorganization has been quiet ly at work. It is composed of three senators. three representatives and Mir. Walter r. Brown, of Toledo, Ohio, chairman.
 MT. Brown is devoting all of his time to the business of mapping out a new working plan for the govern ment departments which will enable the executive branches of the gov- ernment to operate more smoothly and effectively, and at the same time at considerable saving in money. MT. Browns task is noth- ing more nor less than to put the greatest piece of business machinery in the world. the government of the United States, on an economical footing.
 It is no secret that government machinery now is anything but the smooth running organization that such big corpora tions as the United States Steel company and the Stand ard Oil companies have built up. It is old fas ashioned and clogged with dead wood, hampered by countless Implications of effort on the part of the many branches of the executive end of government, bound down with red tape. loaded with usesless papers and records, and hide-bound in many instances by out-worn traditions
 MT. Brown is not going al the task like the ordinary efficiency expert He is not figuring out some way ir which a clerk can rubber stamp SC additional letters each day by adopt ing some curious twist of the wrist in using the stamp. He is going al it along very broad and general lines He aims to save hundreds of million. of dollars.
 It is fully realized by the member. of the joint committee that myriat clements must be considered in thei task, and that great harm instead O the hoped for great good might eas fly come out of their efforts unlesi they are guided by real wisdom. is realized that the system in vogu, now has grown up with the natiol for nearly a century and a half, an, taken apart boldly and put togethe again haphazard with any expecta tion that it would run easily and eco nomiGally.
 Method Employed
 Broadly, the committee has lai out the executive work of the gov
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19

conceived it. What a wonderful thtns 1t would be, she thought. if che couie preserve the beauty of the gardenorf fairest flower % that it would live for centuries instead of merely a few days.
 Using several other ingredienfs- the character of which. of course ehe keeps secret--she works the rose petals into apiastfc composition which she moulds to suit her fancy. Then the piece is put aside to harden. Every day Mrs. Jones goes over the mould. working on it 60 that it will retain it's original lines throutheus the hardening process.
 At the end of three weeks the zen, is hard as flint-and then Mrs. Jo1es puts on the finishing touches with her chiseL
 The carving is unlike anything else in the world. Tn some inexplicabie manner it seems to retain all the fresh beauty of the rose. to which if added the artistry of the maker.
 Rose ebony" will never be drug on the market The process has been known to Mrs. Jones for eight yeore and in all that time only 50 or % gems have been made Even if Mrs Jones were to devote all her time te the work she couldn't possibly make more than six a month-which would only mean a few hundred in the course of her lifetime.-Vernon Lgeaa in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19
Questions And
 Ansuers

(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Repub- ncan Information Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director. Washington. D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical, and finan- cia1 matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles. nor to un- dertake exhaustive research on any subject Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and ad- dress and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All re- plies are sent direct to the fnquirer-l c. What are the qualifications for entry in the United States Open Golf tournament? P. L. C.
 A. This tournament is open to professional golf players throughout the world, and to amateurs. who are handicapped at five or less by the United States Golf association. or those having a corresponding rating given by the official golf association in the country from which they enter. The tournament will be played begin ming July 19, over the golf course ot the Columbia Country club at Chevy Chase, Maryland.
 c. What state has the most silk mills? R. F.
 A. New jersey EdS Ine HlcSt SIN mills, but the 1920 census shows that Pennsylvania produced 33.6 per cent of the total value of silk produced in the United States and New Jersey | SIP per cent.
 c. What did the bicycle policeman 1 of Brooklyn do to get the name "Mile- l. minute Murphy7" H. w. s. A. "Mile-a- minute Murphy" was s member of the motorcycle corps in Brooklyn. who was so named because ! he was paced by railroad train, rid | ing a mile in so seconds. O. Is there anything to put on tools that will keep the rust off? 1 w. B.
 A. Dissolve F OF. of camphor in 1 ID. of melted lard; remove scum; add enough fine black lead (graphite) to give an iron color. Clean the tools and smear with his mixture 1 After 24 hours rub clean with soft linen cloth. In ordinary circum stances the tools will not rust for months.
 O. Why does snake after it is killed. wigsle till the sun goes down F. H. c.
 A. The biological survey says that in lower animals such as the snake and the frog, the spinal cord is of more importance than the spina. cords in the higher orders of animal life. since in the former it influences the body motions more than the brain does. It is because of this fact that
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19

sels shall be barred from entering port in the United States
 It will be observed that it was the old shipping board that submitted that bid which nominally is about s2so bale instead of $1.05 against s104o bale freight rate from Phoenix to Boston. It has been explained in behalf of the board that 1t was necessary to make bid in order get the busi- ness Yet it hardly seems necessary for the board have beaten the British bid by fifty per cent. The British bid was more favorable to American grow CTS of long staple cotton and more reasonable bid. It was based doubt the expectation of reasonable profit The shipping board bid based on the desires of American manufacturers. leaving it to American taxpayers to make up such losses as might be incurred
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19

The flood of form letters to members of congress ceased, which was taken as evidence that those conducting the propaganda were men interested solely in holding their own jobs.
 There is propaganda of othea sorts at work, of course.
 Prominent among the active groups is the educational group. which is striving hard for the in clusion of a department of education instead of a department of public welfare in the reorganized govern ment machine. For a great many years the educational forces have made this demand, and strong pres sure is brought to bear on congress right along for this purpose. This Is offset to some extent. though. be- cause the educational forces have brought certain religious forces into | their fight, and the old Catholic and
 Protestant question has arisen in the matter of the proposed creation Of a department of education The Cath olic group wants the government to l take little hand in the direction of | educational matters.
 The proposal to amalgamate the
 war and navy departments is certain
 to meet bitter and determined oppo- sition. The combination of the de- l partments naturally would eliminate
 many of the posts held by high rank | ing army and navy officers. and these officers and their probable l successors, with their friends and followers. are expected to f,<it hard against the move suggested as an l economy measure
 I If congress adopts the plan beins worked out by Mir. Brown and the other members of the committee, Il is going to mean a tremendous cut in the federal payroll. It is estimated | that not less than 3o.000 names will be cut off, and the number may gc as high as 5o,000. The bulk of these
 clerks would be those employed IT Washington, but federal offices maintained elsewhere would be af' fected. too.
 Experts estimate that the average
 government clerk costs about $2s00' a year. The average pay is in th'
 neighborhood of sl.200 annually. th'
 balance of the s2.o0o being made uI in the cost to the government O
 providing place for the clerk tt
 work, office supplies, and the like Taking this figure as fact, the dis charge of 30 900 clerks would mear a saving of sso.o0o. .o00. and an ever
 s10o 1000 900 of governmental expens' would be cut off if the government
 got rid of 500o0 clerks. which soms
 regard as highly probable.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19
ABOUT THE STATE

for Maud Moore, alias Maud Wright,
 alias Billie Hunter. who. according to
 posters, is wanted in Knoxville,
 Tenn, on charge of murder in con- nection with the death of Leroy D. Hart, automobile salesman. The woman was sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary, but was released on $10,000 when the case was appealed, according to information. She is said to have fled toward the border International.
 BSTONE-Sheriff J. k. Hood this morning sent letter to the su- perintendent of the state asylum re- questing the parole of Dewey Camp bell, Tombstone youth being held here after his recapture following his es- cape from the asylum guard last week. MT. Hood in his letter advised | the asylum authorities that in his judgment Campbell can be cured by 2 l long rest. and as John Gleeson. well known pioneer cattle man of Cochise l county. has declared himself to be
 more than pleased to take the youth | out on his ranch and do all in his power to help the boy, MT. Hood be- l lieves this should be done. Should z 1 petition be necessary, MT. Hood has advised the asylum superintendent I he will be in a position to furnish { long one, as many Tombstone people l have approached him. asking to b.
 able to sign a parole for his release l I--Prospector.
 | MIAMI-The Old Dominion com | pany has received an offer from out, side interests to purchase at par s2l T per share any upsold balance of tn new stock recently offered to share
 holders at this price.
 | tAf q f,ff ct Il holders was 52.s29 shares and tn | privilege of subscribing expires July 12
 After this date any and all of tn unsold stock was to be purchase from the company at s25 per share
 cleaning up the entire offering o
 52.929 shares
 No underwriting commissions, bo nuses or salesmen's expenses hay been attached to this financing, tn
 company receiving the full par value S25, for each share of stock
 Sale of this new stock means s1. ? 323, ,225 in new money for the Old Do [ minion ompany.-Bulletin.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19
Scientific Economy In Government

ernment along 23 distinct branches. These branches are fiscal affairs, scriminal Investigations, administra- tive vice, national defense. defense and prosecution of suits, territorial and colonial affairs, communications, including the postal service, com merce regulation, foreign relations, regulation of banking, assistance to navigation, trade promotion, indus try promotion. agricultural develop- ment. public education, public health. pull ! : works, conservation of natu- ral resources, labor problems. admin istration of the public domain, pri- mary statistics, rehabilitation of war veterans, and immigration, including naturaliza ton.
 Charts have been made for each of these subjects. Then investigation has been made to see how many de- partments, bureaus, and commissions of the government have been dupli- eating each others work. The result of this has been the discovery of scores and scores of overlapping ef- forts. evidence that widely separated departments have been spending valuable time and effort doing the same work and getting the same re- suits, duplicating not only the work. but it's cost as well.
 Tho joint committee has as it's general goal rebuilding the govern . mental departments so that each will have a great major purpose. and the activities which naturally fsll within the scope of that department will be assigned to it.
 Probable Saving
 When the committee began its work it was hoped that not less thar | $500. 100000 might be Topped off the l yearly bills of the government, but as the work has progressed new pos abilities have been shown and it is now more likely that a saving oi half billion a year can he worked out. One reason for boosting thi: estimated saving is the suggestion | that the present war s@d navy de partments be amalgamated into on' department of war, with army an, navy branches.
 When the plan on which Mir. Browr | and his committee are al work il completed and ready to go into effect | there is sure to he tremendous op. position from many quarters. Ever, man and woman who would be af fected is going to fight against it 1 As congress must, of course, approv of the Brown plan before it goes int, effect. the pressure will L brough to bear on congress. A tot of pro lpaganda has already been afoot f
 ditch the scheme of saving. hu
 President Earding's ultinatum tha
 any government clerk attempting f hamper the work of recrSa niZatio would be dismissed has had it's effec'
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19

BISBEE-The abstract of the as- sessment roll of Cochise county had not been completed last night by Louis Kuckenbecker. clerk of the board of supervisors, but totals on some of the items were available.
 The abstract will show that there is reduction in the assessed valua- tion of the county of about S20,000.- 900. This is due to the falling off Of the valuation placed on the producing mines. The total valuation last year was $175,075. s59.17, while the esti- mated valuation this year will be slightly over $155. 100000. The valua- ton on the mines last year was s113,- 13S,9S8 while this year 1t reaches $s3.o11.5S7. showing a loss of $2o,- 127, ,401.
 According to the abstract there are four less automobiles on the assess ment rolls this year than there were last. There were 3,954 last year and 3,950. this year, while the valuation placed on these for this year is $S3,- sos above that of last year.
 Range cattle show a decrease Of 4.669 head from last year. There Were 107,574 assessed last year a-zd this year 103.905. The decrease in the valuation is sf03.2S5. There was an increase in the number of sheep
  705. Somebody got some of the goats as there were only 17.325 on the rolls this year while last year there were 22, ,001-Review
 BISBEE-W. P. Craig, justice of the peace. says that he really is not bit supefstitious but that things have come to such a pass that he cannot perform wedding ceremony in the evening without cold shivers running up his back. The judge has noticed that every time he performs a wedding ceremony in the evening he is called on later in the evening to hold an inquest in the case oi some violent death.
 This has happened for each of the last five of six times that Judge Craig has performed a wedding cere- mony in the evening. He said tha1 next time he is called upon to tis the wedding knot in the evening hs will not go to bed afterward but vii sit up and wait until he is called fol the inquest.-Review.
 DOUGLAS-Mexica police hav' been notified to be on the lookou
Arizona republican., 1921-07-19
Ruinou. American competition

Further the subject of the report of the offer of the United States Shipping board to carry Egyp- tion cotton from Alexandria to Boston s1.o5 bale, confirmation of the ground work of the report in letter from Alexandria to the Daily News of New York This offer though the figures men toned quite accurate, was made in a bid last May to the Alexandria Produce Association in which the shipping boards figures 25s a ton cotton to the United Kingdom and 4os ton to the United States. The Liverpool Conference Liners bid respectively 4os and sos.
 deadlock to the acceptance of the lowest bid ensued in the committee of the association and in order to break it the shipping board proposed compromise by which it would withdraw it's bid for United Kingdom business if it given the United States business
 This offer rejected whereupon the board threatened to invoke against the vessels of the Liverpool Conference Line the Jones act which pro- vides vessels owned operated directly or indirectly by companies which have employed un- fir methods of competition against American ves-