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‘ THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE
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Phoenix, Arizona
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1919
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A LEGUMINOUS RESURRECTION
It is a far cry back to the days of the cliff-dwellers who, cen
turies ago inhabited America’s Southwest. They lived in rude stone
structures built on shelves in the sides of cliffs in different sections of
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, which today are mute remin
ders of this people that is gone. The communnal dwellings, fore
runners of the American apartment-house, as we know it in the
present, are in various stages of disintegration, having been long
untenanted—for centuries, it is thought, in every instance. Yet this
great gap of years seems to have been bridged by a bean-plant which,
until recently was climbing skyward in luxuriant growth at the San
Diego Standard Oil main station. The same bean is a live, direct
connection with bygone centuries.
Evidence found in the rooms of these cliff-dwellings, such as
stone implements of war and domestic use, earthenware pottery and
fragments of woven material, has enabled men with scientific minds
to reach conclusions regarding the former tenants, and afforded some
understanding of their ways of living.
But it was left for James Lay, who is no ethnologist or anthrop
ologist, but a carpenter at San Diego, to make a discovery that
should cause Boston folk to rejoice. Lay discovered the cliff-dwel
lers’ bean, and made it grow—brought it back to life and mankind
after it had lain dormant apparently for a century or more.
While on vacation two years ago, Lay visited the cliff-dwellings
in the Verde Valley, about twenty miles due east from Prescott,
Arizona. During the course of his explorations, according to his
account of the trip, he came across a cave sealed with rocks and adobe
mud. Curiosity prompted him to force an opening, by dislodging
some of the boulders, and investigate. Upon entering the cave, he
was confronted by three human skeletons, all in a sitting position.
This, however, did not deter him from making further examination of
his immediate surroundings, and his interesting discovery was made
when he pried off a slab of rock that sealed a pocket chiseled in the
solid rock wall. There he found a quantity of beans, which clung
together in a spherical mass, seemingly having once been placed in
a receptacle that subsequently decayed. When exposed to the air. the
mass fell apart, and all of the beans save two crumbled at the touch
of his fingers. The two that remained intact Lay planted, when he
returned to San Diego, and one grew. A very few beans were ob
tained from the original plant, but the second proved remarkably
prolific.
This cliff-dwellers’ bean which Lay had resurrected, is very
similar in appearance to the white bean that is familiar to every
American today, but is about twice as large. Those who have tasted
these beans, state that they cause one to want more. Os the several
seedsmen who have examined the bean, all pronounce it different
from any they have handled or are familiar with, and it seems to be
a new variety, despite its great age. Several have been sent to
Luther Burbank, who. in acknowledging them, stated that they
would be planted and the result watched for with great interest.
Whether or not Lav’s discovery is as important as it is interest
ing, or more so. remains to be seen. Out here in the West it is a
common saying that mines have been dug and railroads built on
beans. And we still have all of those varieties that were used. Yet
anything new in edible products, and particularly in beans, on ac
count of their food value, is a thing of promise.—Standard Oil Bul
letin.
PVT. EARL A. TURNER’S LETTER
TO HIS MOTHER
“Somewhere in France.
Nov. 1, 1918.
“My dear Mother: I suppose you have
been notified of my (over) safe arrival
in France, but I know that you have
been extremely anxious because of
not having had any word from me in
so long. I am perfectly well and try
ing to get all the benefits from this
experience of being in this army dur
ing this war. And I find many things
in France to be like so many things
I have read —also I am enjoying the
journeys through the country. Though
of course you know I would like far
better to be there with you. I have
not any of the actual fighting so far
and probably will not see any for
some time, but I feel as if I were
actually in it. I can not write any
more tonight but I hope you are get
ting along dandy and will write me
a long, long letter at once, because
you are all I have and all I care for
and the one light ahead of my ambi
tions. Remember now, mother, I am
in the best of health, getting along
fine and will write you again soon.
As ever, yours loving son,
EARL A. TURNER,
815 P. I. Co. M.
American Expeditionary Forces,
France.
o
Muggins—Familiarity breeds con
tempt.
Buggins—l don’t know about that..
When a girl begins to call a fellow
by his first name it generally means
that she has designs on his last. —
Philadelphia Record.
A SOLDIER'S LETTER TO HIS
MOTHER
Somewhere in France,
Dec. 1, 1918.
My dear Mother:
I have at last found opportunity to
write you a few lines again only to
let you know I am well. I wrote you
some time ago and will begin ex
pecting an answer from you soon. At
present we are camped amid the
trehches near the last fighting front
and are able to view the scenes of
some awful battles which have oc
curred. We are having some very cold
weather, but I stand it wel lenough.
I would like to write you pages and
pages, but it would weary our Captain
to read so much. So I must close, hop
ing that' you are well and not worry
ing about me. I wish you a very
Merry Christmas and fun enough for
both. I only wish I could enjoy Xmas
with you. I don’t know when I will
sail for home, but not very soon.
Lovingly your son,
EARL L. TURNER.
Co. M. 815 Pioneer Infantry,
American Expeditionary Forces,
France.
o
The fellow who fights for the right
will usually find himself standing
alone, that is, if he puts up a good
fight; for the othej fellows will take
to the tall timbers if you keep pouring
in hot lead. Try it and see..
o
A man has such a naive, irresponsi
ble nature that when you say, “It
takes two to make a happy home,"
he thinks you refer to his wife and
the cook.
; Army Captain Convicted
of Defrauding Negroes
WASHINGTON, Dec. Dismissal
from the army of Capt. Sam Buck- j
lew, convicted of having converted to
, his own use $1,500 contributed by
civilians a? Camp Funston, Kan., for
a colored soldiers’ community house
there, was announced today by the
1 War Department.
o
Famous “Wagers” of olden
days
To the betting giants of the “good
tld days” the wagers made by the
“pikers’ ’of today would seem trifling
and lacking in ingenuity. In former
, times freak wagers were much more
frequent than how, and often exhib
ited much more originality and imag
ination. The craze for betting in
England in former centuries was in
dulged in by the high and low, and
an account of the famous bets would
fill a volume.
Queen Elizabeth was an inveterate
' gambler, and the wagers she made
: covered a wide variety of subjects. On
one ocasion she made a bet with Sir
Waiter Raleigh on the question of
how much smoke is contained in a
' pound of tobacco. A pound of the
; weed was burned, and then the ashes
i weighed. The matter of the weight
of the smoke was held to be satis
| factorily determined by the test, al
though a schoolboy of today would
: laugh at such a method and point out
its fallacy.
( A classic example of old freak war
gers is afforded in the young man
who bet a considerable sum of money
* that he could stand for a whole day
: on London bridge offering sovereigns
fresh from the mint for a penny
apiece and find no buyers. He won
the wager.
The “sack” coat worn by men to
. day is said to have resulted from a
[ vager made by Lorn Spencer, an 18th
century fashion arbiter. He bet that
if he cut off his coat tails such a
1 mutilated style of garment would
. soon attain general poularity, and ho
! was right.
, In the middle part of the 18th ceh
, lury King George II of England had
as his master of the revels one Heid
-1 egger, whose ugliness was a by-word
, throughout the kingdom. The king
! himself, it is said, joined in a wager
, that an uglier human being than
Heidegger could not be found in all
London. Several weeks passed b*>-
' fore a candidate was found in the
i person of an old hag and a committee
. of artists were called upon to decide
the issue. Heidegger good naturedly
consented to the test. At first the
! Judges were inclined to awrad the
palm to the old woman, but one of
■ them suggested that it was her hid
eous bonnet which gave her the pre
eminence. The bonnet was then placed
on Heideggers’ head, and the result
was so ludicrous that he was immedi-
I ately declared to be the uglest person
[ in the kingdom.
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DR. PHILLIPS ELECTED DELE
GATE TO WORLD CONFERENCE
►
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 28. —A large
gathering of citizens were out Tues
day night, and in co-operation with
the members of Lane Tabernacle, C.
1 M. E., and other representatives of the
i C. M. E. church of Missouri, Dr. Chas.
; Henry Phillips, Jr., waa unanimously
elected a delegate to the World’s
Peace Congress that convenes in Eu
rope shortly. Dr. Phillips was not
present at the meeting, and when in
■ formed of his election he expressed
i the wish to go, as well as his gratitude
for the unique honor. Dr. N. .L.
Smith, the pastor, and the Rev. J. W.
Jacobs, presiding elder of the Missouri
district, were authorized to foster the
movement and interest the citizens
, generally. Word was immediately
, sent to the national headquarters at
, Washington, D. C.
The action of that enthusiastic gath
t ering was in keeping with organiza
, tions and people all over the country
[ who are selecting Negroes from varl
t ous sections to look after the inter
. ests of the American Negro and all
I African peoples at that monster as
semblage.
I The National Negro Race Congress
, Is responsible for this advanced step
. and has at its head the well known
. Dr. W. H. Jemigan, president, and Dr.
r N. J. Collis, secretary.
r The following telegram has been re
-5 ceived by Dr. Phillips, which is self
( explanatory:
Washington, D. C., Dec. 18, 1918.
Dr. Chas. Henry, Phillips, Sr. Ltfbls,
Missouri:
Delegates to France expect to leave
about January 2. Will be glad to have
you associate them. Cost of trip sl,-
000. Write Dr. Jernigan for informa
. tion in regard to passport, etc.
H. J. COLLIS, Secretary.
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i PRESIDENT SCARBOROUGH
WAS DENIED PULLMAN
WILBERFORCE, 0., Dec. 31—Presi
■ debt W. S. Scarborough of Wilber
force University has made a strong
protest to the Railroad Administration
against the abomination of the “Jim
Crow” car system. The administra
THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE—ALWAYS IMPROVING
tion takes refuge in a general way be
hind the state statutes, that provide
for separate cars, but at the same
time pronounces in favor of “adequate
accommodation for both white and
Colored passengers.”
Not long ago, while in Nashville,
Dr. Scarborough tried to get a berth
jto Cincinnati, but failed on account of
his color, and yet at the same time
this man was doing all in his power
to help the War Department get the
best in his race for the officers’ train
ing camps and for service overseas.
He was humiliated and greatly em
barrassed. Others holding similar po
sitions, and who represent the best
in our life, have been likewise humili
ated. Dr. .Scarborough writes Mr. Mc-
Adoo, begging for relief from such
embarrassment, and believes that he
as railroad director will lend a hand
to change conditions.
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LYNCHING BEE IN VIRGINIA
(Special to The Tribune)
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. News
has been received here of a lynching
‘in Culpepper county, the first to oc
cur there for forty years. It occurred
last Sunday night. Allie Thompson,
a Negro, was in jail on the charge of
assaulting Mrs. Lelia Sisk of that
county.
Two men went to the jail and car
ried a man bound in ropes. Jailors
Tipton and Herndon believed the story
that they had a man to be jailed. They
opened the jail door, and just then
fifteen masked men stepped in and
overpowered the jailors, took their
keys, located Thompson in a cell and
quietly carried him off.
There was no disturbance, but at
sunrise the body of Thompson was
found dangling to a tree on the Cul
pepper. Coroher Chapman summoned
a jury and held an inquest, but there
was no evidence on which to base the
identity of the men composing the
lynching party.
o
BOYS DODGE SCHOOL
FOR SHIPYARD WAGES
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 31.—50
many boys under 16 years of age have
been kept out of school by parents to
work in the shipyards here at big
wages that the shipyards themselves
have taken up the problem.
On one day 115 parents were in the
Magistrate’s Court charged with al
lowing their boys to work in the ship
yards in violation of the law.
“I should worry,” said one parent.
“I was fined sl4 and costs, and Johnny
made SSO the last week he worked.”
The decrease in overtime and Sun
day work since the armistice was
signed is already helping to abate the
evil.
o
PRETTY GIRL ACCUSED
OF POISONING, BIGAMY
T
ROME, Ga., Dec. 31. —Pretty Mrs.
Pearl Russell’s affairs are in a decid
edly tangled condition. Following a
grand jury investigation of the poison
ing of her grandfather, she is held
pending action of the grand jury. Fur
ther investigation indicates she may
be a bigamist. Her first husband en
listed and is in Trance. His name is
Jerry Hughes. After his departure
she married Chester Russell after a
three days’ acquaintance. They soon
quarreled. Russell was first arrested
in connection with the poisoning, but
it is now believed he will be released.
o
Advertising is the life-blood of the
comercial world. The more the ad
vertisement, the mose the pulsation.
o
Sometimes a woman never realizes
how much she has suffered until she
hears a good divorce lawyer tell the
judge about it.
o
The trouble with many a girl who
goes to New York to “fight her way”
is that she can’t find any glittering
temptations to “struggle against.”
o
It Is not the “third party” who sep
arates husband and wife half so often
as it is the “ stag party” and the
“hen party.”
o
How times have changed! The
kings, princes and duchesses over
there are all on tiptoe to see the
American boys.—Baltimore American..
When a man gets in bad grace with
his wife his first thought is to re
lieve the situation by rushing out and
taking so manuy libations that he
will get into disgrace with her.
o
How did Germany expect to succeed
at the game of war when she has no
national, no sense of. humor, and
therefore, no sporting blood?”
o
Oh, yes, Bertram, a girl can have
a “good mind” without having a bad
figure, a strong chin and a number
seven foot—but no one expects a man
to believe it.
o
Lots of those returning soldiers will
not need anybody to hunt them jobs;
they cinched them before leaving.—
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
■ o
No one wants this war to result in
making the world safe for anarchy.
That is why our boys must stay over
there for a while. —Philadelphia In
quirer.
: Japan Happy to Work
; For Good of Mankind
V
’ Head of Japanese Peace Mission Ar
f rives in San Francisco Enroute
, to His Duties at Versailles Con
' ference.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 25.
Nobuaki Makino, head of the Japanese
- delegation, en route to the Versailles
- peace conference, arrived here today
t from Japan on the 1 steamer Tenyo
- Maru. The party, which includes
- several high government officials of
i Japan, will depart tomorrow for New
; York.
I Marquis Salonji, ranking ambassa
dor of the Japanese peace mission,
will leave Japan by the short Suez
route and will be joined in Paris by
Baron Makino and the delegates ac
companying him.
, Baron Makino said he was not au
, thorized to discuss any possible poll
. cies of the mission. He added that no
I plans could be piade for action at the
peace conference until after the arri
f val of the mission at Paris and con
t sultation there.
Baron Makino first came here forty
. seven years ago, accompanying his
5 father with the mission sent abroad
, by Japan to proclaim to the world
p that the nation’s determination was
i to follow the "open door” policy in
[ the Orient.
Statement Issued
[ In a formal statement upon his ar
rival, Baron Makino said:
t “The terrible world war is over and
. the victors will now take council to
. gether to make plans for and lay a
I new, firm and permanent foundation
, on which civilization and progress,
> stayed for a time, may resume their
s upward and onward course. Japan
will join the councils of the wise and
brave men who have won this war
and will contribute her share of the
. labor which must be furnished for the
achievement of this glorious task.
“Fifty years ago Japan entered the
1 family of nations. Today Japan is
! proud to associate herself with those
> nations in their work for humanity.
: Fifty years ago the mission from Ja
-1 pan set foot first on the soil of Cali
fornia and now again from here a
! Japanese delegation will start on its
way eastward, proud of the right to
stand as comrade and partner among
those who have given and are giving
■ so much for us all.
' “We had only a few days’ prepara
tion for the journey half way around
the world, and consequently In the
5 hurry of arrangements to leave busi
-5 necc and families we have had but lit
tile time to give to the consideration
of the many and perplexing proble_ms
that must come before the conference
' at Versailles. Indeed, for the last
seventeen days we have been without
. connected news, so it would be im
- proper, obviously, for any member of
i this party to discuss questions either
• iminently or remoltely scheduled for
i discussion at Versailles.
New Era Has Dawned
r “The all engrosing topic occupying
- the public mind and attention here
3 today is the peace conference and, in
i no less a degree it is of importance iu
i the extreme Orient.
i “A new era has dawned for you and
1 for us. A great light is seen upon the
t world horizon. All of us most sin
. cerely and earnestly hope that within
its broadening sphere and larger
> scope, higher ideals will be conceived
. and, being carired out, the whole hu
man race will live and breathe more
freely.”
3 The delegation was welcomed by
3 representatives of the state and navy
» departments and the Japanese con
sul. Baron Makino had requested
that there be no formal reception.
3 The Japanese delegates will leave
•’ here tomorrow on a special train for
» New York. They will sail on the
Carmania January 4.
o
i- To a widower, getting maried is a
i matter of precedent—to a bachelor,
ea matter of accident.
o
The average man’s earning capacity
e is generally outstripped by his yearn
r ing capacity.—Philadelphia Record.
e o
.. Os all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are, it might have been,
ti Yet we can qualify this verse
>- And add, it might have been—much
i ■worse.
a —Philadelphia Record.
o
When Adam insisted on kissing Eve
i she said, “I don’t care A-dam if you
a do.’
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Sometimes fools rush in where
wise men fear to tread, and grab a
a lot of money.—Albany Journal.
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r It’s all right to be prepared for the
a worst, but a woman is recon
ciled to her loss long before her hus
band croaks. —Philadelphia Record.
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; Uneasy lies that head that used to
- wear a crown.
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l using large shears that have been in
. vented.
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