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Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
This Is Persecution

We never imagined that any occasion would arise
which might tempt us say word in favor of that
Stacker family. the Bergdolls The infamous son is
deserving of the punishment and the mother
Of punishment than she has so far suffered but
punishment should be inflicted in the form of
petty persecution.
At the instance of Society for Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals the mother and one of her sons
have each been fined SO for cruelty to animals the
cruelty consisting in having provided horses and
cattle with proper bedding.
We do not know but suppose there is no law
in Pennsylvania specifically requiring that animals
shall be "bedded." Anyhow we hardly think that it
would specifically distinguish between proper and
improper bedding. What constitutes cruelty to AMI
mails has never been defined with absolute clearness
there being many degrees of cruelty between tor
and kindness
There are probably domestic animals in
this country without bedding than with it, though
who intelligently cares for animals under his
charge finds it only comforting to his conscience
but financially profitable to provide them with bed
ding. If he neglects that the long run he is the
loser.
Our sympathes with dumb animals and children
lively We would always like TO see the severest
punishment meted out to them who actively or pas
siyely cause them needless pain or discomfort. we
would even favor law requiring bedding for horses
and cattle when possible. None of the present laws
for the protection OF animals seom US be quite
adequate and we know that their enforcement is not
nearly rigid enough
But in the absence of definite law with respect
to such offense that charged against the Berg
dolls their punishment looks like persecution and is
calculated to awaken sympathy with those slackers,
the last thing we should desire to be done
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
LARDNER WEEKLY LETTER
THE NEW ARCHITECTURE
BY RING w. LARDNER

down to the united charitys and tell
them to look into the situation UP to
Lardners And the same holds true
in most other homes, at least amongst
the familys which I have entry to
same, namely the liveing rn. is ver-
able palace vile the rest of the doni-
cile looks like the inmate was on
their uppers.
Yes you will say, but this is
like is should be because the liveing
rm. is the show off rm. where the
Co. is entertained"
Well brother that may of been true
enough or yrs. ago but how about
today 1t seems like everywheres ]
go we amt no sooner said good eve
ming and how do you do when mine
host pipes all masculine guests out in
the kitchen and though they amt
nothing out there for me. still and
all / am not the kind that relishs
being left alone amongst a beYy OF
the fair sex, besides which it amt
generally more than ) minutes after
the men folks has disappeared when
mine hostess or one of the other
ladies gets dry herself and says let's
go out there and see what them bad
boys is doing. Like it was a mystery.
The New Comfort
The next thing you know they's II
to 90 customers parked for the eve
ming in a room, which was built to
accommodate one medium size Swede
and you can't set down because they's
only one chair and that's greasy and
the quarters is so cramped that no.
body escapes without getting at least
one full drink spilled on them TO say
nothing about everybody stepping on
your It. and how good you feel after
or hrs. in that kind of atmosphere.
So Mr.. I4indsey's idear. which I am
glad to call to the tention of people
that is thinking of building their own
home is TO have the kitchen in the
front of the house and make it the
biggest rm. in the house and furnish
it. like il ought to be furnished. with
a couple chase lungs and a davenport
and Morris chairs and a piano and
esbestos rugs, and If YOU are expect
ing to invite me in for the evening
wished you would also provide a
nook where a person can settle them
self to read when the bibbers gets 20
the story telling stage.
Inregards TO the rest OF the house
the dining rm. can be about the
same size as in the old days but the
table should ought to be equipped
with drawers and compartments
where the cards aud chips can be
kept The living rm. can be about
the same size like the old time kitch-
en- and furnished with a chair and
a lamp so as the hired girl can have
a place to set evenings and read the
comics.
Finely. the modern house should
have a entrance hall with a built in
check rm. which you could lease the
checking privilege to some needy kid
and the arriveing guests could check
their raps and get numbers for same
and this way they wouldn't be nobody
wearing each others hat home and
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
DUNN AND DUMMER ON HAYS
AND THE MOVIES

What do you make out OF Will
Hays. the postmaster general, going
over to the moving picture interests2'
asked senator DUNN as he leaned
against a swinging door in the cor
ner drug store and fell into the
street.
II think It means the Republican
party is thinking OF saying il with
celluloid in the next campaign" re-
turned Representative Dummer,
rushing out and sitting down In the
gutter beside him.
That's one of the few bright
things you ever sald,' returned Sem
ator DUNN. Association with me is
sharpening your wits. You've got 1t
doped out exactly. The time when a
party could win an election by de-
pending upon a flock OF long -winded
speakers, few catchy billboard
slogans. and few hundred thousand
banners with oil paintings of the cam
didates under the words: The Peo-
pies Choice has passed. Both par
ties found out in the last campaign
that no silver tongued orator could
get an audience in any community
where there was good Charlie
Chaplin film on the same night"
''And I'll tell the world" put in
Dummer, that when It came down
to two rival billboards. one showing
a picture of Pola Negri and the other
showing a bust of Warren Harding
or Jim Cox. it was no contest"
o o o
"The movies have come TO be the
biggest advertising medium. next to
the newspapers, in the country" re-
sumed DUNN. "And the political
party that rules the camera will rock
the election results"
I'm not so sure" argued Dunn
mer. Certainly the Democrats had
better representation in the movies
during the war than the C. o. p.
Every / time went into a movie house
/ was sure to see Newt Baker and
Joe Daniels grinning at me from ear
to ear wig -wagging me with high
silk hats. | think Daniels and Baker
consumed more miles of film in the
aggregate during 1913, 1919. andl920
than Douglas Fairbanks. | got so
sick of seeing 'em reviewing the
home guard and various wildcat di-
visions that / used TO wear binders
whenever the news revue came on.
Yet the Democrats lost the election"
Sure they lost IT," returned DUNN.
"Joe Daniels and Newt Baker amt
no Mack Scnnctt beauties, YOU know
All the good looking politicians are
i'm the Republican party But even
the best of 'em won't stand too
many Ciose-upS, Harding takes
particularly good picture, particularly
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
DOES POVERTY CAUSE CRIME?
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1921. by Frank CTane)

Crime" says a recent apostle of unrest sis the
product of poverty"
He reiterates what has become a we'll estab-
l1shed article OF faith among red propagandStS.
1t sounds we'll Many people steal because they are
hungry and commit burglary because they need the
money.
But poverty is merely accident. 1t is in no
sense cause of crime
All that is necessary to see this is to look at Une
facts, which is the last thing in the world heated
agitator thinks of doing.
And one fact is that rule poor folks are as
moral and as law abiding rich foks-and more so.
For most poor people have to work for living,
and better than work for preventing crime has
not been discovered up to date 1t is efficacous
practically than religion education. The only thing
that may be more effectual is jail.
1t is quite the fashion these days for the gentle
man who assassnates prime minister kills his uncle
and packs him in trunk, robs railway train or
touches off bomb in crowded street. to alege that
1T is socletys fault and if he does not think of this
some parlor Bolshevik will think of it for him.
The business of laying the blame on others for ones
misdeeds is old as Adam, who tried to lay it on his
wife And any topofty theory Of economics politics
that takes its creed the doctrine that society is to
blame, or heredity, environment the law or any
other existing institution is very acceptable to them
that have mind to guile or violence.
But it is ninety-nine hundre6ths bosh with Just a
little onehundredth of truth in it, perhaps enough to
make it plausible.
Nobody has to commit a crime He may be strongly
tempted urged and influenced but power in heaven
earth hell compel him to do evil And he never
does it until his will has consented.
One may feel like beating up an insolent clerk or
taking other peoples money wherewith to have good
time, or striking his mother-i-aw, taking an axe
and smashing the piano when he runs into it in the
dark but he does not have to-
No man lies, steals, assaults or murders without
the matter being first put to vote in his inner paria
ment and decision rendered to do the wrong.
Mitigating circumstances only mitigate, they do
not excupate.
The fabric of business, of society and of cviliza-
ton would not survive very long if the principle were
abandoned that "every is to give an account for
the deeds done in the body"
Crime is the result of moral slump.
The central citadel of every mans or woman's life
is the will to be decent to bear the responsibilities of
existence and to play the game of lfe's competitive
struggle according to the rules When that citadel gives
way any crime is possible and crime is probable
Poverty does not cause crime nor does wealth. or
passion temptation, any other external force
internal fire.
The cause of crime is the soul that commits it.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
MIR. MeAdoo's Statement

Railroad men will not agree with all that Mr..
McAdoo told the interstate commerce commission on
Wednesday. Especially they will not confirm his
statement that the roads were returned to their
owners in better shape than they were when they
We're taken over by the railroad administration and
the public We think will hesitate at that statement
But when Mr.. McAdoo said that the credit Of
the railroads destroyed before the war he had
the authority of practically every railroad executive
of the country. We remember that for years the
roads were complaining as they are now, that so
hedged about they with restrictions that they
could no longer borrow money. That may not have
been true; hardly think it was We believe it was
part Of plea to the interstate commerce commits
sion and the public permission to increase rates
But whether it true not the roads are bound
to the statement Of Mr. McAdoo that the roads credit
was impaired by act of the railroad administra-
ton
But Mr. McAdoo is not quite accurate in his re-
lation Of the circumstances of wage increases The
wages of railroad workers not lower than those
Of other classes of labor before they were raised un
der the operation Of the Adamson act for then no
class Of labor except the most highly skilled was
drawing high wages. There was no danger then as
Mr. McAdoo asserts that the railroad workers would
be attracted to other fields. There was only the
threat of strike and the mirage of labor vote.
When the later increases were made there was
riot of wages in all classes of labor consequence
Of the withdrawal Of 100000 workers from produc-
tion, at time when there unprecedented de-
mand for production Even no one could believe
that the average railroad would have surren-
dered his job his seniority, the other advantages
of employment for condition which the densest saw
must be short-lived
II we are to accept the statement of Mr.. NcAdoo
in their entirety then the whole question of govern
ment ownership is settled There be no argu-
ment against it at time when public sentiment
against government ownership or government admin
istraton is stronger than 1t ever was in the history
of railroading in America.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04

TO the editor:
1t IS beginning TO look like they
would be a big boon in the building
line this spring as materials and
labor has come down so far that a
person can now build a $4,000 resi-
dence for $4,000 to $4,000 so every
body will be rushing to build their
own home and / DON'T know of no
more pleasant way to spend money
except getting your teeth fixed. Per-
sonally I am all through with home
bldg. as | can only afford one family
and have got them safely housed but
l won't never loose my interest in
other people that is building their
nest but will always feel a bound of
sympathy with them and wish them
luck which God knows they Will
need it.
Nobody can really say that they
have saw life till they have enjoyed
a business relationship with a archi-
tect and contractor which for the
benefit of the green horn | will ex-
claim that the last named is the man
that builds your home at Il big loss
to himself and the architect is the
man that told YOU it would only
cost $4,000. The architect gets 10
per cent Of what ever amt. it finely
does cost SO of course when the total
sum shoots up to 5000 giveing him
fee of $4,000 instead of 5000, why
he hollers murder and gets so sore
that he takes your money and slams
it in the safe.
But it is not my purpose in this
article to describe the throws OF home
bldg but to merely pass on a sug-
gestion from one Mr.. Lindsey of De-
troit who is in the shoe business but
has his social side like other people,
and for all | know enjoys a home life
of his own. | may say at this pit
that / am in accords with Mr.. Lind
sey's idear which is that the time
has came for a new style of resi-
dence architecture and that the fam
lily which now builds their home on
the same gen. scheme like homes has
been built for the past 100 yrs. will
find when they get their home COM
pleted that it is as far behind the
times as the phone book
Why Living Room?
The ground floor plan of the aver
age home is something like as follows,
namely a great big liveing rm. in
front and back of that q fair size
dining rin. and little bit of a kitch-
en-. The liveing rm. IS or times
the size Of the other rms. and is also
the rm. where the most money is
spent on rugs. furniture ct ALL
If a family have only got enough
money to make one rm. look decent
why the liveing rm. is the rm. that
gets pampered
Like for inst. you take our liveing
rm. right here in my home aud il you
was a stranger and walked into same
YOU would say TO yourself: "Well it
looks like these people was getting
along o. X. and the old man must be
a good provider"
But was you to strole into the din
ming rm. or kitchen or any other rm.
in the joint you would want to rush
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
THE ONCE OVER
By H. /. PHILLIPS

in golf pants. He's pleasing TO the
eye. Hughes looks neat and dignified.
Secretary DENLY is one of the few
hairless men l ever saw on the screen
who made q good impression"
Just how do you think a party can
use the movies in a campaign effec-
tively?" asked Dummer
"All you've got to do is TO see that
the candidate Is literally photo-
graphed skiing with the boarding
school girls at Lake Placid, patting
little children on the head, romping
with en- airedale on the White House
lawn, playing golf with a butcher.
and congratulating Mrs. Obldiah
Digby or Lincoln, Neb., upon raising
family OF eighteen children" re-
piled DUNN. "And if the Republicans
can get a picture of the Democratic
candidate in some such unpopular
act as throwing an old shoe at cat
or claiming up a dog, there viii be
nothing to IT,"
You seem to talk sense" asserted
Dummer.
"Righto," declared DUNN. MARK
my words. the next campaign will see
a well-dlrected movie campaign. And
If was running for any office within
the gift of the American people III
tell you how I'd want TO be photo
graphed."
"How?" asked Dummer.
"rd get on 70 broncho, tear up a
soft drink emporium"
YOU'D get every vote" assented
Dummer. "But do you know what
you ought to do to make 1t clean
sweep"
"What?"
"Get William s. Hart to run with
you for the vice presidency replied
Duumpr
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04

Though the Newberry supposed to be
disposed Of by the adoption of the resolution seating
the junior senator from Michigan dismissing the
contest OF Henry Ford the controversy is still raging
furiousy between the senators from the sovereign
state Of Missouri, who consuming much valuable
time in the senate by their purposeless discussion
the architecture Of last years birds nest Inasmuch
the senate itself disposed of this affair with view
to proceeding to the next order OF business we
suggest that the Missouri senators postpone their
beated deliberaton of it to the vacation and
it their return their constituents are
presumably yet divided as to the claims Of Messrs
Newberry and Ford, and who regard the contest as
yet living issue
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
WAN TED Flu RT n e
INSTRUCTION

A man was arrested on q charge
of robbing another of his watch II
was said that he had thrown a bag
over his victims head. strangled ana
robbed him. There was so little evi-
dence. however, that the judge
quickly said:
Discharged"
The prisoner stood still in the dock.
amazed at being given his freedom
so soon.
"You are discharged" repeated tho
judge. You can Eo.'
Don't YOU understand? You have
been acquitted. You arc free. Get
OUT" shouted the Judge
Wen" stammcrcd the Wgu edo
have to give him back his watch ~
Harper's Magazine,
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
WANTS nMlRAcLEsu no 60

Rabbi Nathan Krass wants to eliminate all sci
entific doctrine from the Bible and publish sepa-
rately folklore. He believes that thus the mod
erns who have been alenated from religion because
they cannot swallow the miracles and other events
conradicted by scientific Investigators teachers
can be brought back to religion.
DIR. Krass asserted that he believed many of those
closely related to the irreligious," who now find
their Bibles irreconcable with Huxley Spencer and
Darwin would come back gladly to a religious life
II the things which could not be accepted as scence
were offered frankly ancient myths-New York
Times.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04

doubt conributory but the basic is lack of
home discipline and blind confidence.
There is also said to be alarming growth
the among the young OF narcotics. The federal
officers are doing what they to suppress this in
creasing evil and doing good work against the
odds they find in the facility distribution and
campaign of the narcotic peddlers for new victims.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04

vice versa That is If the check rm.
boy didn't also get stewed.
But if you amt got no check rm.
they's libel to be all kinds of mix ups
and l know of one case where 2 fam
ilys that use to be good friends is
now bitter enemies because they was
out on a party together one night
and when 1t come time to go home
the husband of one of the ladies put
on a new velvet evening cape that
belonged to the other lady and not
only wore it home but slept in It.
RING w. LARDNER
Great Neck, Feb. 3.
Copyright The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
19921
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
SUPREME UTILITY

You are going to make your wife a Christmas
present of a set of furs she doesn't really need?"
IT am" replied Mr. Meekton.
Il thought you strict advocate of useful
giving"
i am. new set of furs will put Henrietta in
q perfectly angelic frame of mind Nothing could be
more useful'-Washngton Star.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
SILL A NAVAL MYSTERY

Earl Beatty is said to have denied the report Of
his having told American journalists that he wears
his hat on one side because it hurts him 10 it
straight This leaves us where with regard
TO mystery that has long baffed the naval experts
Punch. London.
Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 4, 1922

1t is the odnirer of himself and
not the ddnaire1 of Virtue, that thinks
himself superior to others.
-Plutarch.
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Monograph paper at the News
Budget office.
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HOOSIER CORNER

George Holt is hauling cordwOOd to
n. H. Spooner.
y. Fl. Spooner shipped a car of bass
wood bolts Thursday.
Joe Udell sawed wood for Charles
and Frank Conrath this week.
Joe Udell and Carl Sheen were La
dysmith visitors Wednesday.
George Woodward and Adolph Con
sic are busy putting up ice this week
Ted Gruenwald, who has been sick
the past two weeks, is able to be out
again.
Zephry Henry and Jack Eastwood
went to Ladysmith on business Tues
day.
Charles Jenkins and son left on
Wednesday for visit with relatives
at Cornell
Lawrence McCabe and George Holt
are out of school this week on account
of sickness.
Mrs Clay Wallace. who cut her hand
Dee. 10Th, is able to do the most OF
her work again.
We have word from Indiana. that
they have zero weather and snow down
there. SO we are not alone.
Michael Thurier, who has been visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. George Holt,
left Wednesday for his home in the
southern part of the state.
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overcome the overwhelming attack
any longer.
His eyes were half closed as he
lapsed into Inconsistencies, while
the terrible mastery which pneumonia
had won over the. holy fathers logged
resistance, resistance which stag
gered the members Of the pontifical
household and made them marvel at
the popes nerve stamina, now began
its rapid, memorable extinction of his
slender hold on life.
His heart rapidly weakened, and at
S A. NJ it was certain that the end
was a matter of moments Accord
ingN, Cardinal Gasparri and Mon
signors Sampler and PizZardO, and
all the pontificial household were no.
titled that the end was rapidly ap-
preaching Cardinal Gasparri enter
ed the bed chamber at $3.50, passing
through the ante-chamber, wearing
deep burrows on the brow Of his
bowed head and walking with short
rapid steps to the bedside of the
dying pontiff. He had been there only
ten minutes before the pope breathed
his last.
Cardinal Gasparri, surrounded by
the cardinals, then proceeded to veri-
fy the death Of Benedict, extending
over the lifeless form silver wand
and crying out ''giacomo: giacomo;
giacomo."
He opened the certificate of death
and declared:
"Dominus papa noster mortuus est"
thus announcing officially the pope's
death.
Cardinal Giorgi, grand penitentiary
attended the pope throughout the
whole night, saying first mass for his
holiness shortly after midnight. He
was assisted by Monsignor Respighe,
project OF ceremonies, and by Mon
signori Testani, Piermotti and Mag
smenti
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Holy Father of Catholic Church
Passes Away After 4 Days
of intense Suffering.
END CAME PEACEFULLY
Formal Announcement of Passing
Was Occasion for Scenes Of Deep
Emotion--Gasparr Takes
Charge Of Holy See.

Rome Pope Benedict died here at
s O'Clock Sunday morning.
The end came after a long night OF
intense agony and suffering, the pom
tiff now and then lapsing into de
lirium. Shortly before midnight he
took little nourishment, which
seemed momentarily to revive his
spirits, but within an hour afterwards
he began to sink rapidly AT lis A
NJ. DR.. Battistini, emerging from the
pontificial chamber into the ante-room
told the Associated Press cOrrespon
dent the end was approaching, that
already his hands and nose felt cold
He will live only three Or four
hours at the maximum" said the
physician.
Lapses into Inconsistencies.
From that period on the pope near
ed the end of his life. Breathing be
came tragical agonizing task, as
the supreme pontiff, who had resist
ed the severe lung and throat con
gestion, was now finally too weak to
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\ four-ycar-oid daughter of d, Mil
Ter Corbett-av. was badly scalded on
the hips and limbs when She tipped
a kettle of water over herself Wednes-
day