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Arizona republican., 1921-05-06

trips in wild country and carry side arms with them.
 How 1t Would Work
 Not more than three, probably, of this 100 men are criminals. Now the effect of the law like the Shields bill say it's opponents. is to disarm this entire 100 men in the hope of disarm- ing the three criminal members. The 30 who would otherwise buy revol- vers for elf-defense will be discour- aged from doing so by the expense and risk of prosecution. Then men who use their weapons as means Of recreation. and who are valuable for their sRill in case of war, will be more relunctant to give up. but they too are law abiding men and do not like to follow a hobby which involve contempt of the law.
 The only men of the 100 who will completely and gladly disregard the law are the three criminals. Thss habitually disregard law anyway. They are experts in breaking 1t Their lives depend upon the ownership of guns. It is almost certain that they will succeed in obtaining them. And they will be the bolder in the use Of them by reason of knowing that their intended victims have been disarmed
 These men argue that the way to pItNtHI lDt aoQSS Ol ot right is not to take it away from ev- erybody, but to take 1t away from the man who abuses it-not to de prive the 97 law abiding citizens ol their rights, but to make it hot fol the three crooks
 This is not being done. they say Our police systems have come in foi | so much criticism lately that it il
 hardly necessary to repeat any O | it. Unsolved murder and theft mys teries are the order of the day. ou 1 criminal law is a notorious farce. Th' statement is made by authorities tha | a man is seldom convicted of murde
 in this country if he has plenty ) money or a political pull. The wa. | to stop murder is to catch and pun | ish the murderers. and the way t ! disarm criminals is to catch then and take their arms away from them argue these opponents of the prohib itory principle.
 If there is to be any federal leg | islation bearing on the crime wave
 these men say. it should have for it ] purpose the creation of a federal DO l lice bureau. This is badly needed L
 act as a clearing house for informa [ ton about criminals, to raise tn ] standards of police work in Americi
 and 10 study European police meth ods with a view to introducing then | in this country.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
The Passing of the BeredoH Buck

Tte 'quiry into the circumstances of the escape Bergdoll the rich draft dodger has far thrown light upon Bergdolrs flight, and has cuipated no one who was supposed in the begin ming be to blame. If the investigation should go on for a thousand years it would produce other result than that fixing the blame upon all who have already mentioned in connection with the affair. It might eventually show that Bergdoll gold actually in hand paid and not merely lying cached in the West Virginia mountains figured in the escape.
 The attorneys for Bergdon and the military authorities who in charge of the draft dodger may pass the back and forth but it not be pushed aside clarifcatiou of the character of either of them.
 It was of course inexcusable the part of the authorities to permit Bergdon out such patent wild goose chase. We do not know if were one of the authorities whether would rather the rnputation should rest against of having ceed money to contribute the escape of the draft aodser Most people would rather be considered dishonest than idouc
 The attorneys for Bergdou who guaranteed his re+urn will always rest under the suspicion of hay ing contrived his escape and of having conniyed in f- and yye think that for their reputation lawyers
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
Of Course You Must Have Your :
 White Carnation For Mother

wall where every man who entered had no choice but to read it, if he could read at all
 HOW LONG SINCE YOU WROTE TO MOTHER?
 He said that question did as much good as any verse of Scripture on the walls, and that he never found any man beyond hope who still loved the memory of his mother.
 Of all people who are shaping this worlds tomorrow its statesmen, teachers, preachers. editors and all the rest. no group is so potent as the mothers of the race Henry Drummond. in his lectures on '-The Ascent of Man pointed out the moral significance of the su- premacy of the Mammals in the world of living things. and said. Gods crowning achievement as judged by the ascent of life. is the evolution of motherhood"
 White carnations will come high. but we must have them.
 And please remember the youns mothers, who were schoolgirls a few years ago, and who have entered fnta the wonderful experience of mater nifty that has transformd them into women. White carnations for them, alsol
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
ABOUT THE STATE

in Tombstone either next Monday or Tuesday. was the word brought here today by representatives and mem bers of the company who were here today on location work preparatory to bringing the company of actors and equipment here.
 Grant Merrill, native Cochise county cowboy who has been play ing in pictures in Los Angeles for the past year, is the etar of the com pany. He appeared in number of pictures as double for William $. Hart, is an expert horseman as well as with the lariat. and is rated as one of the crack shots of the country Prospector
 Exports, Imports Decrease
 DOUGLAS-Both exports and inn ports through the port of Douglas fell off during the .ast month, ac- cording to a statement made public Saturday night. During April the to- tai imports were valued at S492.9I4 4 and the exports at $170,704. Con- sumption entries amounted to s31O. 0e3; constructive warehouse, Sls.49l
 in transit $3,390; domestic merchant disc in the export. sISs.o22: foreign
 merchandise, s1,5s4; and in transit
 S33, 33,101.-Dispatch.
 No R9rn1t NaFCS DOUGLAS+The Mexican consulate in Nogales is issuing border permit cards to Americans there, according to information reaching Douglas. lve' G. Lelevier. the con~ul here. received instructions some time ago not t' issue such permits here. IL coulC not be learned today what was thu reason for variance in the orders | Dispatch. To Resume Work on Boulevard FLAGSTAFF-J. W. Weatherford president of the San Francisco Noun 1 tain Boulevard, says work on th' road will be begun within the nex
 ten days. and from information VI have received the work will be kep
 going during the entire summer. This promises, when completed, t be the greatest attraction of the man. l in and around Flagstaff.-Leader- l Fields in Mexico
 It was reported nere this week | that T. R. Fields. late justice of tn peace. charged with the murder O | James R. Hannahs on April 20, wa | seen at Caborca, Sonora, Mexico l Copper News.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
Questions And.
 AnsIUers

(Any re3fler 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- ton. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial mat ters. IL roes not attempt to settle do- mestic troubles, nor to undertake ex- haustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.
 c. Please tell me the origin of Decoration day. J. H. A.
 A. The custom of decorating in memory of the dead is so ancient that it's origin is lost. Since May 5. 1868. certain states have obserced May 30 as the anniversary upon which the graves of war veterans should be decorated. This custom was inaugarted by General John A Logan. commander -in-chief of the G. A. R.. who on May :, 1868, issued an order appointing May 30 of that year as the day for decorating the graves of Civil war veterans. There is no national law on the subject, the states which observe the day having adopted the custom singly. It is prob able that May 30 was chosen to com memorate the date of the discharge of the last union volunteer of the Civil war
 o. How many bills will 1t take tc weigh as much as a silver dollar? H E. U.
 A. Twenty and one-half bills weigf practically the same as a silved dol lar.
 o. Which of the states of the un- ion are commonwealth w. Nj. A.
 A. Each of the states is a com monwealth. but Virginia. Massachu settes. Pennsylvania and Kentucky are officially designated as common wealths.
 c. Why is a receptacle for holdin! tea called a caddy? H. E. A. A Chinese "catty" is a specifi weight equal to one pound and a hal avoirdupois A "caddy" is a corrup 1 ton of the Chinese word catty. whicl | is also used to designate small pack l ages of fine tea made up for export. ! c. Which is the nruddiest river il ! the United States7 N. s. ! A The Geological Survey say ! that the Missouri river carries nor
 silt than any other in tse Unite
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
Revival of Prospecting

PRESCOTT-Betw 50 and 75 new mining claims have been located in the Walnut Grove and Turkey Creek mining districts since the firsc of the year, according to County Re- corder E. A. McSwiggin, who sees in the increased recording of new claims a tendency toward a revival of pros pecting in general and an indication of the approaching revival of the min- ing game in particular Most of the claims located in the Turkey Creek district were silver prospects. Loca- ton work, Recorder McSwiggin stated yesterday, is increasing all over the country.-Journal Miner.
 Will Re- Open Camp
 MIAMI-Division Engineer James H. Parker of the state highway de- partment, announced to a Silver Belt reporter this morning that he intend ed to have the Geronimo road camp on the San Carlos reservation re-es- tablished by the end of this week. Mir. Parker says that of the some 50 men employed in this camp. most of them have been engaged except few for mer members of the crew who are requested to report to him at once.- Silver Belt.
 Fire Under Control
 TQCSON-Wlth the lire Tn the Mt Lennon district completely under control, and with bright prospects for its being entirely extinguished with in a few hours time, one of the worst forest fires that has ever occurred in this district has become practically an affair of the past. Word from Mt, Lennon this morning was to the eff feet that every fire had been headed off and that while there were a few flames still burning, it would be put short time before they would burn themselves out. A rigid patrol of the devastated area will be maintained by the forest service to prevent any latent sparks bursting into flames and starting another conflagration Every possible precaution will be taken to prevent a recurrence of the fire and the slowly dying flames vii be kept within the fire lines now built.--CitiZen.
 Movie Company at Work
 TOMRSTONE--That the Border Feature Film corporation, incorparat- ed, will start the shooting of picture:
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
AFTER NINETY YEARS

'Europe's totterng civilization" a stock phrase of current editorial discussion But it's not the first time that it has seemed o be tipping over while the mortified spectators look helplessly
 See what Thomas Carlyle wrote in 1881:
 Sad to look upon in the highest stage civiliza- ton nine tenths of mankind have struggle in the lowest battle of savage animal man. the bat tie against Famine
 Tn country have seen lava torrents of fever-frenzy envelope all things; government ceeds government like the phantasma a dying brain. In another country, in maddest alteration. the peasant governed by such guidance this; To labor earnestly month in raising wheat, and the labor earnestly burning it'
 Carlyle might have been describing Europe today, and the Europe he spoke of seemed whit less hopeless than the Europe that tottering
 Society, it by immortal, and its death birth, might appear. as does In the eyes of some, be sick dissolution, now writhing in it's last agony"
 The dying" Europe of Carly1e's time got lowered into civilization that made the nineteenth century the most progressive of the ages
 The lesson of history is the consolation of despair
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06

States. with the possible exceptions of the Rio Grande and the Colorado. Each year it carries 3S1 tons of dis solved and suspended matter for ev- cry square mile of country drained by it, or more than 123.000,0o0 tons most of which reaches the Gulf or Mexico.
 O. How can join the Royal Mounted Police? D. A. r.
 A. It would be necessary to apply to the office of the commissioner or the Royal Mounted Police at Ottawa. However, only British subjects are being engaged for this service;
 O. Where is the constellation known as the Little Dipper? c. B.
 A. The Little Dipper reVoives around the north star. this star be- ing in the end of it's handle.
 O. What does "Aix" mean in names such as "Aix-les ChapeIle?" R.k. G.
 A. Ak" Is from the Latin "aquas meaning springs" or waters.
 O. Of the soldiers who died over seas, how many are still unIdenti- fled? A. N. J.
 A. Of the 75.Ss2 dead overseas on- ly 1.24o remain unidentified:
 a Wbsn 2 recipe calls for tea spoonful of baking powder, should the spoon be filled level or heapine! M F. O.
 A. The spoon should be level full nr'ess the recipe says ''heaping-
 O. How many bills were presented to the last congress and how many were passed7 J. P. H.
 A. Nearly 16.000 bills were pre- sented to the s6th congress, of which 2so became laws.
 O. What percentage of the deso soldiers will be brought home! M E. M.
 A. Of the deceased soldiers about 40 per cent. it is estimated. will lie permanently overseas. and 50 per cent will he brought home at the reques of relatives c. Is tobacco good to keep moths awsy2 M. E. R. A Tobacco. camphor. nsphthalene cedar and tar are all repellants fol moths and are of value if the gar nents are put away entirely free from moths and moth eggs. ! o. What are the possibilities of ; person holding Marlborough? H ! E. T.
 A. 4 Marlborough Is a hand a whist which contains no card higher
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
DISARMING A NATION

ly medicated port wine containing IS per cent of alcohol at many small stores, and he can buy all the ma terials for making home brew at sev- eral places, together with all direc- tions for the making. The effect of this law, they contend, has been to restrict the consumption by making 1t inconvenient to obtain alcoholic beverages but it has not made it i'm possible for the man with an abnor nal alcoholic thirst to satisfy it.
 Will Not Affect Criminals
 In like manner, they say, the gun prohibition law will greatly reduce the number of persons owning weap ons by making it difficult to obtain them, but it will never prevent the man who really needs one from get ting it. There will inevitably be bootlegging in guns, just as there is now hootlegging in whisky. A whole new class of criminals who engage in this traffic will be created. just as liquor prohibition has created a class of criminals. And the taXpaye will be saddled with another burden of expense in the effort to enforce this law. It will disarn the peaceable cit izen. but it will never prevent the criminal, who needs the gun in his DuSlneSS. rom getting one. fte IS used to getting things by theft and craft. He is well acquainted in the underworld. He will get a gun under gun prohibition just as easily as he | gets liquor under liquor prohibition. ! The law abiding citizen will he dis armed by such legislation, but not the | professional gunman.
 Take for example, they say. a 1 group of 100 citizens. Perhaps 50 or more of these never thought of own | ing a gun. Perhaps about 30 Ot them ! have purchased guns which they keeI
 in bureau drawers for personal pro
 lection Many a burglar and high l wayman has been foiled by armed | citizen The keeping of arms in the house for self protection is a recog- 1 nized and valuable aid in the sup pression of crime. If there were a ] loaded revolver in every bedroom ir the country. with a person who hat
 been properly trained in the use oi it. burglary would be greatly discour
 aged.
 In this 100 men there are perhap. 10 who own revolvers as means O
 protection. They arc members Q
 target shooting clubs which encour age civilian practice with small arm,
 or they are men who make campiu!
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
By WILLIAM E. BARTON

The price of white carnations may go up on the eve of Mothers Day, but we can afford for one apiece. Motherhood itself is expensive. That is one reason why it is so precious.
 Three years ago. General Pershing, who, as you may happen to remem- Der. was in France and did not come back until it was over. over there, issued this proclamation:
 ITO all Commanding Officers:
 T wish every officer and soldier in the American expeditionary forces would write a letter home on Moth er's Day. This is little thing for each one to do, but these letters will carry back our courage and our af- lection to the patriotic women whose love and prayers inspire us and cheer us on to victory.
 "PERSHING."
 Reams and reams of letter paper were used up on that day. and who can doubt that every soldier was better man for the hour he spent in writing home to mother?
 In the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago, Harry Monroe, himself man who had been a drunkard and pugilist, kept a great fresco on the
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
By Frederic J. Haskin

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 5.-A measure which would make it diff cult for any citizen of the United States to obtain a revolver or pistol without breaking the law is now pro- posed by Senator Shields of Tennes- see as a remedy for the crime wave.
 It is agreed by all that something must be done. The country is over run by armed thugs who shoot down a few hundred citizens every day, take their cash and jewelry. and es- cape in $40O0 cars, which they have stolen from other citizens without much trouble.
 Senator Shields believes that the way to remedy this situation is to make it as difficult as possible for any one to obtain a revolver. pistol or other firearms small enough to be concealed about the person. and he has introduced a bill which is to ac- complish this by barring such arms from interstate commerce. The stat ed purpose of the bill is to suppress the sale of pistols, revolvers. etc. that is, to make it as difficult as possible for any one criminal or oth- erwise-to obtain such an arm.
 This bill has provoked sharp dis cussion Many legislators favor it. On the other hand students of the crime problem say that IS will be wholly ineffective. Some critics of the measure say that it is typical of a whole school of legislation in this country, designed to suppress vice and crime, and which has the oppo- site effect.
 Senator Shields says that this measure is modeled after the prohi- bition law. Prohibition, he says. was ineffective as a state or local meas ure as long as liouor could be man ufactured in neighhoring states and shipped into dry territory. Tn like manner, he says. the efforts of police to control the sale of firearms In 6 given city are futile a long as any criminal can send away and get z revolver by mail or express.
 His opponents say that this whol' theory is unsound. They agree witl him that his law is exactly the sam' type of the prohibition law, and the! assert that, while prohibition has re duced the consumption of alcohol which may be good thing, it ha not prevented any man who reall, wants alcohol from getting it. He cal get il from hootleggers. Furthermore here in Washington one of the mos orderly of cities. he can buy slight
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06

than a nine-spot. The odds againa one holding this hand are 1927 to l.
 O. How many motor cars are lis oensed yearly in the United States! A. A.
 A. A total of s.211,2 ,2s5 motor cars were registered last year in this country. The fees collected for reg istration and licenses for cars. chauf- feurs, operators and dealers amount cd to more than s100,ooo.ooo.
 o. Why are turkeys so eaIIed7 And how did guinea fowls get their name? T. H. H.
 1t was believed that they were native to Turkey Their original home was North America. The guinea fowl was a native of the west coast of Africa, as it's name implies.
 O. How does the number of imr,i- grants admitted in 1914 compare with the figures of 1920? B. s. K.
 A. There were in 1914. 1.21s,4so immigrants admitted to the United States. and in 1920 there were 10000 immigrants admitted.
 c. Of the boys and girls of col. Iege age, how many attend college? w. E. p.
 A. According to the latest statis- tics available. which are for 1918. there are s.29S,397 boys ands girls O: college age (1e-2S), and 375,oofA0cf these attend college
 O. What is the price of radiur7 What are it's principal uses? F. 4. c.
 A The price of radium is about ss0. 900 to s10o.000 gram. Radium is employed successfully for the re- moval and prevention of certain forms of cicatrices. removal of hairy and augmented moles, corns, warts rodent ulcer, and some forms of soi- ter and of cancer.
 c. How many stars can be seen by the naked eye? A. M. p.
 A It has been estimated that tis number of stars which can be seen by a person of average eyesight is 1000. The number visible through the telescope has been estimated by J =. Cove at 70, ,0000oO and by Prot Lors Sewcomb and Young at 10O.000,0Su
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
A Misleading Phrase

One always get kick" and food for thought out of the Congressional Record We notice that week and half ago Senator John Sharp Wi7 Hams of Mississippi arose said President
 Senator Reed Missouri speaking and, following the usual courteous custom of that body, and others, ce-president asked Senator Reed if he would yield the Senator from Mississippi, and Senator Reed said, T
 Then Senator Williams began, but again got further than Mir, Pres dent' for Reed in terposed, T yielded for a question. Does the Sem to a question:" It seemed the senator in question did not, Senator Reed said: "oh. we'll I shall be through in a moment" To this Senator Williams replied that he thought the senator had quit, and Senator Reed replied that he was, truth about to sit down but, fact. had not yet sat down. Upon this Senator Williams remarked that he thought Reed had quit because he had said in conclusion"
 Perhaps the senator from Mississippi spoke in jest. Unless he did his observation of men and events has strangely different from that of It does not take attendance many ban quets or other functions where not prevented from arising to their feet and addressing their fel- low to know that the words: "in conclusion would say" just word more." "a final re- mark and I done usually nothing all and but the preface added string of pati- tudes and bombast quite lengthy and dull what has been said up until that
 Perhaps at the first public dinner held stone gratified cheer when the after dinner speaker-the visiting statesman,-the great savant from abroad local celebrityuttered those splendid words Perhaps then, that being the stone when apt if H. c. Wells aright give fuller emotions, the speaker the wisdom of sticking literal in depreciation of his remarks. Stones were plentiful and practice had made the aim of the thrower more or less
 But since that day such epilogues but and delusions, forming, usually, what Andre Ire dieu other psychoanaists termed the begin ming of the second wind.
 And strangely enough, although the Congress siona Records report of Mr. Reeds speech disclosed the fact that he said T do not intend delay the vote except minute" and T desire say just few words" he did not in the of his 500 and brief words say at any time in conclusion.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-06
ALL UNRELIABLE NOW

There gentlemen" said the host with a smile, lis the first non-refillabe whiskey bottles that have seen"
 But that's just ordinary bottle" said of his guests Tt easily be re-filled."
 Gan it?7 retorted the host. Then, my friend take and when you have succeeded in getting it re-fied with liquor bring it back and shall reward YOU handsom eIv. Iv.'-Dctrot Free Press