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PHOENIX #| mYBtJNE
VOLUME I. NUMBER 38
NEARLY 350.000 DEATHS CAUSED BY FLU
Japan Says Race Discrimination Must Cease
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WIST CEASE IF PEACE
IS TD IE PRESERVED
Japanese Paper Says Removal of Ra- j
cial Discrimination Is Important to
Avoidance of Wars in Future
TOYKO. —The Koumin Shimbun,
discussing President Wilson’s pro
posed league of nations, doubts wheth
er such a league will be able to main
tain the peace of the world against an
ambitious and mighty nation. It says
that while Mr. Wilson proposes the
removal of economic walls and restric
tions of armament as necessary fac
tors, according to a similar line of rea
soning it must be argued that the re
moval of racial discrimination is im
portant to the future preservation of
the world’s peace.
Mill VICTIMS
USIIAILT UIDER 30;
ACTUARY ASSERTS
Expert Wjth 86.820 Deaths Reported
Says t 3 Per Cent Died From In
fluenza and 87 Per Cent From
Pneumonia
PERSONS OVER 55 YEARS OLD
NEARLY IMMUNE
The Life Insurance Presidents Listen
To Facts Compiled From Forty-
Four Large Cities of the U. S.
New York, Dec. 10. —The Spanish ln
fluena epidemic which swept over
tills country during the autumn “stole’’
millions of the best years of life from
American manhood and womanhood,
Henry Molr, an Insurance authority
of this city, declared here today.
The average economic loss of active
life in each case of death from the
malady or its aftermath was at least
twenty-five years, said Mr. Moir, em
phasizing the peculiarity of the epi
demic, which found most of its vic
tims under 30 years of age, aB com
pared with the average life of 55 and
60 years of persons insured in well
establishd companies.
Addressing the Association of Life
Insurance Presidents, Mr. Moir. who
is president of the Acturial Society of
America, described how the epidemic
had dislocated the standard mortality
experience of the Insurance compan
ies in the past fifteen years. With no
pestilence taking toll of lives in the
United States and Canada, during that
period, he said, the standards of health
of persons under 60 were found to
be much better than at any recorded
time In the past. But the Influenza
epidemic, causing 86,838 deaths in
forty-four large cities in eight weeks,
or an average of four of every 1,000
of the population, he added, had
brought a new element into the situa
tion. Investigation of claims before
several large insurance companies, he
declared, showed that 13 per cent of
the deaths were due to influenza and
37 per cent to pneumonia following
influenza, while less than 2 per cent
were of persons over 65 years, as
agalnßt 80 per cent under 40 and 60
per cent under 35.
From these figures, the actuary said,
it was apparont that the age of maxi
mum virulence of the epidemic had
been under 30, taking the young and
vigorous—“those whom we expected
to undertake much of the world's
work.”
Mr. Moir warned the public that
there is no assurance that the danger
Is past. "We learn,” he said, “that in
fluenza is now revisiting Europe and
this time there are indications that it
may be more objectionable than the
milder form of midsummer. We
should therefore take warning from
this recurrence and observe watchful
care to prevent the further infection,
since the disease has distinctly de
creased and seems to be dying out in
this country."
“U. S.As She ■
Is Wrote”
(The following lines occurred in
[ letters received by the Army Intelli
gence Bureau from soldiers or their
families. They show that the “Melt
j ing Pot” boils linguistically as well as
i racially, and that the best humor is,
after all, the "unconscious” sort:
I ain’t got no book learnin’ and I
am writing for inflamatlon.
She is staying at a dissipated house.
Just a line to let you know that 1
am a widow and four children.
He was inducted into the serface.
I have a four months baby and she
is my only support.
A lone woman and parsely depend
ent.
I was discharged from the armory
for goitre which I se'ht home for.
I did not know my husmand had a
\ middle name and if he did I do not
think it was none.
As I needed his assistance to keep
me enclosed (in clothes).
Owing to my condition which 1
hasn’t walked in three months for
broke leg which is No. 75.
Kind sir or she. •
I enclose lovingly yours.
I am left with a child seven months
| old and she is a baby and can’t work,
j I received s6l. I certainly am pro
voked tonight.
Your relationship to him? Answer:
! Just a mere aunt and a few cousins.
In the service of the U. S. Armory.
And he was my best supporter.
I received my Insurance polish and
have since moved my poßt office.
1 I am his wife and only air (heir).
You ask for my allotment number.
I have four boys and three-girls.
1 Please correct my name as I could
not and would not go under a con
sumed name.
i I am pleating for a little more time.
| Please return my marriage certifi
, cate, baby hasn’t eaten In three days.
Now Mr. Wilson, i need help bad;
> see it the president can’t help me. 1
. need him to see after me. Both aides
of our parents are old and poor.
Extract from a letter from a boy
! to his mother: I am writing in the
> Y. M. C. A. with the piano playing in
t my uniform.
Please send me a wlfes form (ap
- plication form).
I have been in bed thirteen years
- with one doctor and intended to try
1 another.
1 Hell Mr. Wilson War Risk Insur
ance. How are you, I am well and hope
> you are the same.
> Dear Mr. Wilson I have already
t written to Mr. Headquarters and re
: ceived no reply.
If I don’t get one 1 am going to
■ write to Uncle Sam himself.
1 We have your letter lam hiß grand
-1 mother and grandfather and has
been kept and bred up in this house
i according to your instructions.
1 I aint received no pay since my
I husband has gone to nowhere.
1 You changed my little girl to a boy.
1 Will that make any difference.
Please let me know if John has put
• in an opplication for wife and child.
1 lam writing to ask you why I have
• not received my elopment (allotment).
9 His money is kept from the elope
-9 ment which I never received.
f You have taken my man to fight
1 and he was the best fighter I ever had.
I My boy has been put in charge of
1 a plattune will I receive more money
3 now?
) My son is In the 158th infancy (in
fantry). Please let me know is he
• living or dead and if so what is his
‘ address.
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: mill H UMTS
: RAISER 10CBHEMCI
J AMSTERDAM.—GeneraI von Elsa
» has announced that the German army
5 will never countenance a socialist re
, public, and wants the kaiser back, ac
j cording to a dispatch from Brunswick
received today.
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i The oftener a woman gets left, the
more she talks shout her rights.
Widespread Belief in Many Laws
Which Do Not Exist in Statutes
A foreign observer, commenting on
the fact that our rather complicated
double system of federal and state
laws works smoothly, concluded that
this was because Americans are a le
gal-minded people. This belief is con
firmed, after a fashion, by a western
lawyer, who asserts, that the rank and
file of our population have worked
out a code of what has been called
"curbstone” law. Many are convinced
that these are firmly established legal
principles, but, as a matter of fact,
they are not set forth in any of our
statutes or court decisions. Thousands
are amazed to find these “unwritten
taws” do not exist.
It is generally believed that there is
a special and very severe, penalty
for striking a man wearing eye
. glasses, and many a man who deserv
ed a thrashing has probably escaped
it for this reason. It 18 possible to
evade even this "law,” however, as is
, shown by the case of a bespectacled
boarder who had spoken harshly to
, his landlady. Just as her husband drew
back his trusty right, she cried: “Don’t
hit him He wears glasses!” Her
spouse paused, plucked the spectacles
from the nose of his opponent and
then proved to him that one shouldn’t
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COLOIEBIFFICU HtD
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. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 7. —Wednesday
evening At the Pennsylvania Union
station thfere was a great concourse of
people, anxiously awaiting the depar
ture of the trains hound for their anti
cipated destination, or gladly return
ing from thetr trips. In this great
crowd there were hundreds of soldiers
—white and colored —private and of
ficers. All of them appeared jovial and
happy and the crowd apparently was
a good-natured set. The eyes of this
great concourse, especially civilians,
scanned the soldiers delightfully as
they moved to and fro and seemed
ihe livllest hunch ever congregated
at any similar place on any like oc
casion. But the eyee of the crowd
ceased to Beane a certain soldier, —an
officer, returned from France —they
verily scrutinised him. for upon his
breast he wore a string of varied war
decorations Including the Croix de
Guerre, the British war decoration, the
American war medal, etc., which liter
ally extended from one side to the
1 other, and the officer who wore these
decorations was a Negro; and the dec
orations were a stern reminder to the
crowd which gazed on, that the Ne
' groes of America were on the firing
line and "made good” while there;
it also bore testimony in support of
the Negro troops of America were the
! closest troops on the heels of the kais
' er when the armistice was signed.
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To Keep Chickens at Home
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If Hens Develop Tendency to Fly Over
Fence, Flight Feathers Should
Be Clipped
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; (Prepared by the United States De
partment of Agriculture) -
A yard surrounded by a five-foot
fence will, under most conditions,
keep chickens at home. If the hens
show a tendency to fly over such a
fence, the flight feathers of one wing
should be clipped. A fence made of
' woven wire is preferable to a fence
made of board or other material. A
board should not be used at the top
' of a wire fence as this gives the hens
a visible place to alight and tendß to
teach them to fly over. The larger
the yard which can be provided the
more contented the hens will be. It
not only gives them greater opportun
ity to exercise, but often makes it pos
) sible to maintain a sod on the yard
which Is advisable.
ARIZONA'S GREATEST WEEKLY
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1918
insult a wife when her husband Is
present.
“I can’t go on the stand,” said a po
liceman who had witnessed a lively
street battle; “I saw it through glass.”
He had been sitting behind a window
during the affray and believed that
even if he had seen a murder com
mitted from such a position his testi
mony would be valueless. Many a
man has tried to break a will, think
ing it void because at least a dollar
had not been bequeathed to each child
of the deceased.
To these may be added the follow
ing list of “curbstone” statutes. A re
ceipt given on Sunday or signed with
a lead pencil is worthless; if yon dun
a man on Sunday, you cancel your
bill; the same thing happens if you
ask him over the telephone to please!
remit, while there is widespread con
fusion to evictions and garnishees,
i Some believe that every man has a
i right to call on a public prosecutor to
handle any legal matter, such as col
i lecting a bill, which needs attention,
thereby saving a lawyer’s fee. There
is also a general conviction that a
■ woman’s word carries more weight
in court than a nuuYs. The effect of
a few tears on a male jury is, per
haps, responsible for this.
PAPER COFFINS USED 10
BURY DEAD IN VIENNA
London, Dec. 7. —Hundreds of per
sons are dying daiiy in Vienna of star
vation, according to a special dispatch
from that city to the Express dated
Monday and received today. The food
supply, it is estimated will not last
more than three weeks.
The residents of Vienna appear
like human wrecks with their bones
protruding and their eyes shrunken,
the dispatch says. Sixty thousand
stand in line every day at the ten pub
lic kitchens where each receive a pint
of soup made of rotten cabbake, boiled
in jvashtubs. The Sunday ration con
sists of soup and horseflesh.
The dead are buried in paper cof
fins. In addition to the food shortage
there is only enough coal to last a
fortnight.
The residents, are collecting arms
and violence is feared. They blame
the Hungarians, who are believed to
have plenty of food.
Enon Kisch, Jewish journalist and
commander of the Red Guard which
was originally 7,000 strong, but now
numbers only 800, says the worst fear
of the authorities is Bolshevism.
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Former Crown Princess
Reported Heart Broken
Amsterdam, Dec. 8. —Cecilie, the for
mer German Crown Princess, assem
bled her household attendants in the
throne room of her castle at Potsdam
Sunday according to advices received
here today and addressed them as fol
lows:
“You know how things have turned
out. The time to separate has now
come. I hope you will entertain pleas
ant remembrances of us. My heart
breaks. Farewell, my trusted friends.
May God bless you.”
The weeping princess shook hands
with each and presented them with
small gifts saying, "I can’t give more
for the present.”
Cecilie plans to visit her sister, the
Queen of Denmark, and will reslae
permanently with her children near
Copenhagen, close to her mother, the
grand duchess Anastasia.
The former kaiserin is said to be
so seriously ill that the doctors op
pose her journey to Join the former
kaiser who is telegraphing daily for
her to come.
IlDffiE IRSRRITE I
WIU HILDAIIUAL
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Large Attendance is Foreshadowed (
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Tuskegee Institute, Ala.,, Dec. 11. —
The Twenty-eighth Annual Tuskegee j
Negro Conference will be held at Tus
kegee Institute beginning Wednesday,
January 22, 1919, and concluded Thurs- ;
day, January 23. The conference op- |
ens with the annual conference of
Negro farmers, at which time the sub- (
ject: "Meeting the Needs of the far
mer in the After-War Situation” will ,
be discussed.
The Annual Workers’ Conference
on Thursday, January 23, will have
for the general topic: “Education and
Occupations in the After-War Situa
tion.”
In commenting on the conference,
Dr. R. R. Moton, Principal, said; "The
conclusion of the terrible war brings
the whole world face to face with the
problem of adjustment and recon
struction. It Is therefore fitting and
appropriate that the discussions of
the Conference this year should be
confined generally to the subjects
having a direct bearing on the present
situation, The history of the confer
ence, which was organized fey Tuske
gee’s founder and first principal, is
a definite and constructive contribu
tion to the material progress of the
Negro race in the South, and what
ever helps the Negro helps the South.
We shall put forth every effort to
secure If possible some reductions in
railroad rateß for tbs accomodation
of the delegates and every indication
points to a large attendance In Janu
ary.”
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| FLAGSTAFF (
(By Reginald Jackson)
(Crowded out last week)
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fields enter
tained Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Boyler on
Thanksgiving day at a swell turkey
dinner. After dinner the party at
tended the movies and enjoyed a fine,
picture.
Now that the “flu" ban will be lifted
Sunday, Dec. 8, we shall be privileged
to attend church services.
The readers of the Tribune are truly
glad to know that the staff has recov
ered from the 'flu.” Every one gave
the Tribune a hearty welcome.
A delightful Thanksgiving dinner
was greatly enjoyed at Sheppard’s
Case by a jolly party of seven. The
dinner consisted of turkey with oyster
dressing, fruit salad, mince pie, carrael
cake and egg float and good old home
made wine. Those present were; Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Davis, Mr. George
Cowdon, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davis and
son and daughter. The guests were
delightfully entertained with music
from the Yictrola, Miss Mary Shep
pard manipulating the machine. “Why
We Observe the Day” was interesting
ly explained by Mr. M. E. Sheppard,
a noted historian. Afternoon callers
were Miss Alberta Thornton, a charm
ing young lady of Kansas City, Mo.,
and Andrew Fuller.
The sportsmen of Flagstaff, you may
guess, were out on a rabbit hunt
Thanksgiving day and their wives
went on a man hunt the next day.
The men, having a break-down or
freeze-out, were forced to spend the
night in the forest. The women be
came alarmed, hired a car and went
out to find their husbands. After go
ing a few miles they came upon the
abandoned car with twenty rabbits in
it, but no men. The ladies returned
home feeling very sad and blue and
they were nearly frozen, too.
Mrs. Walter Davis was confined to
her bed a few days last week, but Is
now able to be out again.
Word received from Albuquerque,
N. M„ Informs us of the death of Miss
Williams In that city. She was at
tacked with Influenza and succumbed
to the ravages of that disease. Miss
• Williams was well and favorably
■ known in Flagstaff. Shs was the sec
ond woman to care tor Mr. G. J. Ful-
Effects of Fear
In Children
i
Condemnation administered by the
parent to the child, is nothing more
nor lesß than FEAR ADMINISTERED
IN HOMEOPATHIC DOSES; and ev
erybody knows that fear will not only
paralyze the mind, but the body also;
that It will make the hair stand on
end, will send the blood back on the
heart,' turn the face pale, and even
kill.
The only difference between the
fear that kills the body and the fear
that kills or dims the child’s free flow
of LOVING KINDNESS is the differ
ence between a big dose and a little
dose of the same DRUG.
Little condemnation often enough
repeated will in time equal one big
dose of condemnation.
A tiny dose of fear—fear that the
little one may offend mother or father,
or that the little one may be slapped,
for following the impulse of the mo
ment, fear that it will fall, fear that
the policeman will get him, or that the
bogie man will catch him If he don’t
watch him—little doses of fear, re
peated often enough, will eventually
equal the big dose of fear that kills
mind, or body, or both. —Elizabeth
Towne, in December Nautilus.
ler’s family. All Flagstaff mourns tho
loss of this valuable lady.
Mrs. Lizzie Buckner returned home
last week after a short stay In Santa
Barbara, Cal. Mrs. Buckner said,
“Arizona for mine.”
Will Celebrate Emancipation Day
The people of Flagstaff will endeav
or to celebrate January 1, 1919, our
real emancipation day with a program
at St. John’s Baptist church at 8 p. tn.
Through the prayers of our forefath
ers and mothers we were liberated
from slavery some fifty-six years ago.
The same God who heard their crips!
then will hear our cry now. The Ne
gro shed his blood in the Civil War
and he shed his blood In the world,
war which has Just ended. He stands
ready to shed his blood for any cause;
that will hasten world democracy.
With prayer and thanksgiving to the
Ruler of the universe, we await our:
reward.
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| WINSLOW
(By Emma Llndell)
Mr. J. N. Burkhardt left the 4th
instant for Normal, 111., to be at the
beside of his brother, Frank, who Is
reported seriously ill.
Mr. Gibson left Friday for Houston,
Texas, to Join his wife.
The younger set of Winslow have
recently organized a whist club. Mr.
Blolce is president, Mr. McCool is sec
retary and treasurer. We certainly
welcome this organization because so
cial life in Winslow has been quite
dull.
Mr. J. N. Burkhardt received a let
ter from Fred Jones, who left here
last spring and is now with the Amer
ican expeditionary forces in France.
His letter, in part, was as follows;
“Do you remember our last Thanks
giving at the Grand Canyon? I be
lieve that we Just had crackers and
bacon to eat. Well, old boy, when I
see yo*j again we shall talk over old
times, but as this Is my wish day and
I can’t spare any more time, I will
close. As ever, your friend, Pvt. Fred
Jones, Co. L, 805th Pioneer Infantry,
A. E. F„ via New York.”
Oh, Freddy, don’t say: “Just crack
ers and bacon,” we poor ones can
hardly get that over here; its seventy
five cents a pound.”
The Colored church of Winslow had
a meeting Sunday for the first time
since the flu ban has been lifted. Miss
Cleo Wilson presided over the Sunday
school. v i -
Mr. William Reynolds left Sunday
for Houston, Texas, where he will
spend Xmas with friends. After the
holidays he will proceed to Altoona,
Penn.
Mrs! Annette Burkhardt has been
111 for the past week with pneumonia.
Her mother. Mrs. E. W. Forrest of
Phoenix, and her grandmother, Mrs.
Annie Roberts of Prescott,' spent Sun
day with her. She is much Improved
and getting along nicely.
5 Cents a Copy; $2 a Year
300,000 DEAIHSWERE
CAUSED BY INFLUENZA
HEALTH REPORTS SHOW
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Between
300,000 and 350,000 deaths from Influ
enza and pneumonia have occurred
among the civilian population of the
United States'since September 15, ac
cording to estimates today of the puh
lic health service. These calculations
were based on reports from cities and
states keeping accurate records and
public health officials believe they are
conservative.
The epidemic still persists, but
deaths are much less numerous, ac
cording to reports reaching here.
Insurance companies have been hard
hit by the epidemic, government re
ports indicate, although there are no
figures available here to show total
losses sustained by the companies.
The government incurred liabilities 61
more than $170,000,000 in connection
with life Insurance carried by soldiers
in army camps, not Including those in
Europe. About 20,000 deaths occurred
in the camps in the United States war
department records show.
PRAYSIiiIIWILL
DARN GERMAN PEOPLE
CLEVELAND. Not irreverently,
but with much feeling, Dr.' W. ij.
Crawford, president of Allegheny col
lege, brought “Ameni” from file
' throats of 2,000 Methodist divines in
thip city wheh he prayed fervently f»r
"God to damn the German empire.”
1 ’ He had just returned from a year and
a half of service with the Y. it. C. 1 A.
i on the western front.
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MEAT FOR PEACE DELEQATEB
COST $2.50 A POUND
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~ President Poincare to Entertain Dale
agtee with Chicago Meat
CHICAGO. Dec. 10—Chicago meat
at $2.50 A pound will grace the table
at President Poincare’s dinner to the
peace delegates in Paris. Thomas E.
Wilson, president of Wilson & Co.,
i packers, announced today that he had
, bought Fyfie Knight, grand champion
, yearling steer, for $3,350 and will ship
the beef to President 'Poincare with
his compliments.
The steer was raised at Purdue Unl
, verslty, Lafayette, Ind,
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THE DENTIST’S DREAM
r —————
The dentist hae his troubles,
j After working on a woman who hid
an extravagant coiffure to Impede'his
. progress and handicap his manlpula
; tions. Dr. Pullen (right name withheld
. by advertising department), sighed his
. relief and motioned for her to arise.
The woman pulled herself together,-
. looked Into a mirror and then again
. seated herself in the chair.
I “I am all through with your teeth,”
[ the dentist told her.
I “I know,” the woman answered,
1 “but aren’t you going to fix up my
1 hair?”—Youngstown Telegram.
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IT LOOKED BUBPICIOUB
- (Winnipeg Telegram
i JOld Jenkins was mad with rage. For
. twelve months he had taken the plate
round at the local church every Sum
1 day. Now someone else had been
3 asked to perform the duty,
i “I consider I have been grossly In
r suited,” he said to a friend.
“But,” said the latter, ”1 don’t think
r there is any bad feeling toward you.”
1 “I don’t know about that,” roared
3 Jenkins, “but It looks very suspicious.
, The fellow they have asked to do the
Job has only got one arm.”
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Bill had a billboard. Bill also had
f a board bill. The board bill bored
. BUI so that BUI sold the billboard to
- pay his board bill. So, after Bill sold
i his billboard to pay his board bill, the
board bill no longer bored Bill.