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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
DEATH OF ASTOR GIVES MONEY TO
 BRITISH NATION

LONDON, Dec. Through the death of Lord William Waldorf As tor the British Exchequer will gain substantially. The death duties on estates of British subjects of over $5,OOO, 100000 are 20 per cent, wherever the property is situated. Most of the British millionaires pro- vide by insurance for the death du- ties. Lord Astor's British income tax during the last period of the war had been slightly more than 50 per cent. It is said his British and American taxes combined, during this period, exceeded his income. The total Astor property, of which William Waldorf was the chief leg atee, was estimated some years ago at $150,000,000. Lord Astor has increased his family holdings of real estate and improved that which he possessed. His real estate hold ings in New York City are estimat. ed in 1916 at approximately $60,- 000,000. Two months before his death he conveyed this property un- der a deed of trust to his two sons, Waldorf Astor and Captain John Jacob AstOr.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS

The last session Congress before the next Presi- dential election begins with campaigns for the nom- nations of the tM great parties fast gathering form
 Right how the Republican. situation would 1ndi- cate that tlIe fight is those supporting Gen Wood and, these who favor Gov. Lowden. However, Senator Harding is being very seriously considered Cen Wood ifs still far in the lead, but Gov, Lowden is gaining on him daily 1t s~fair to say that Sena- tor Harding also is gaining Senator Po1ndexter mas been conduc ing active campaign but his candi- dacy is not generally taken sNiousy California Re- pubcans will, of course, support Senator Johnson, and he will probably have some boosters elsewhere but it is not likely that he will get very far Gov Sprou and Gov Coolidge have supporters aplenty, but neither of them is making a campaign unless the situation changes the Republican fight is likely to narrow down to a between Gen. Wood and Gov Lowden, with Senator Harding in the reckon ing and a deadlock and dark horse among the pos sibiit4i. t.d fo 3e- ar
 The most active of those who are trying to pick the Dernocra nominee the supporters of At torney General Palmer, the Democratic leader Of Pennsylvania, though more or less active fight IS being made former Secretary McAdoo. very strong in favor of the nomination Of Her bert C. Hoover of California is developing in the Dem ochhtic party Democratic sentiment ise much slower in crysalizng than Republican because of the fact that Democrats generally had hoped that President Wilson would become candidate again, and 1t was not until he was stricken of the illness that still keeps him in bed that they began to feel that an- other candidate would have to be chosen AS IL IS now the great of the Presidents Democratic adAerents are waiting for some sign from him as to swhom he would like for before making thair choice.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
! Luke McLuke Says

What has bccome of the O. f wife who used to pay $10 for croy. m ep,srgement Of photo of her 10, cent husband?
 A corn fed never uses the buttons at the top of waist. She knows that tho top buttons on a waist are put there for girls who are not as we'll built as she is.
 Unless you are a good fighter or T good runner do not try to tell the truth all the time
 Every time we hear man sighin@ for good old days we think of modern plumbing aad we are quite satisfied with the nfesent century
 Every man has his own way in this world until he is oh enough to be weaned and fed withla spoon.
 About the only ressoa we are glad summer is over is Secsuse no corn fed every looked rarefni In ham, mock. and we alw4yt did love corn feds.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Misuse of Labor Organizations
(The Americas

The present critical state of industry compes careful examination of the leadership and objectives of the labor organizations These organizations are moro aggressive than in increasing their mem- bership and extending their influence. They are ap- pealing popular sympathy and support and it is fair question how they propose to use the new pow they seeking.
 the proprety of collective bargaining In the these not in dispute but after they are whther the ideas and leadership now dominant in organized labor are making for harmony and effic- question whether the public interest will be served at this time by having industry brought more com
 they showing the consideration for public interests and the understanding of economic principles which ought govern at all times and especially in this time of world emergency?
 The public should not take sides with capital or labor such. It should hold a dominating position both and require that in all efforts to promote their interests they confine themselves to poli- cies which not prejudicial to the general public interests. The chief public interest is in the pro- of industry constant improvement of the meth ods of production and an increasing output of all the people. That is the sure way and the only way of social progress.
 One may accept organized labor established factor in industry most employers do, whether
 they like it not, and even accept and approve la bor organizations necessary the equi- llibrium the industrial forces and still ton the advisibility of having these organizations , established in a more dominant position than they hold now strengthened by further legislative actments.
 dominating position social organization should be required to justify it's policies from day to day and show proper respect for public opinion For it's guidance and development so much of chal- enge and criticism is necessary and 1t is well-war- criticism say that in this epidemic of strikes which is raging, with general effort to shorten hours and curtail production at time when the in of the great body of require larger production, organized labor is not showing proper consideration for public opinion or the public well ! fare. | This is the fact which looms up at the present time above all the abstract and sentimental argu- ments for the right of collective bargaining. etc. In many instances, the regular union authorities have lost the control which belongs to them under the rules of the organizations In New York the press mems unions in rebellion against their supreme authority and practically all magazine and book pf1ntng is suspended. The dock workers of New York and other cities have out strike which their responsible officials acknowledged be in
 ation of their signed agreement. This that more radical leaders have seized control and ing the organizations
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
DIR. RUTHERFORD IS
 VETERAN OF WAR
 COMING ON EVANS

Dr. Rutherford. the new physician for the Alaska Treadwell Gold Min ing Company, will arrive at Tread well on the Admiral Evans that left Seattle on last Saturday.
 Dr. Rutherford is from San Fran. cisco where he has been connected with some of the large hospitals late ly. He has had great deal of ex- perience for man of his age. he be- ing 4l years old. s
 At one time he was mine physician fin Mexico. He left that position in 1916 to join the English forces in the war and served up until the end of hostilities. He has also taken post graduate work in New York hos pitals.
 Dr. Rutherford will be accompanied to Treadwell by his wife and seven year-old son,
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
DOCTRINE OF "CLAss CONSCIOUSNESS

Inveighing against the preaching of class ( iousness, the Ketchikan Times of which H. V. H ckson. formerly Secretary of the Ketchikan Ala lbor Union, is. editor. says:
 The children of the laborer, who preach es this dangerous doctrine build into their
 minds and very being the idea that they
 are downtrodden, oppressed inferior; the :, children of the wealthy built ideas of pomp. ] arrogance. superiority to all fellow crea- l tures.. @~ Y ~t-4t
 The thought becomes aV fact. a reality 1 in the characters of both, and these chill { dren grow into manhood and wOmanhood nursing this cancerouss growth of class hat red. What al fearfilc cheritage what tre mendous handicap in the peace and har- l mony of the next generation. Parents look we'll to the quality of the seed you select 1 for sowing in this fertile field for this seed { shall yield bountiful crops of the exact variety of the thought which is sown. ] 'You rich man or poor man who teach 1 the doctrine of class consciousness are but sowing the seed of anarchy and Boshevism.
 "Al Americans laborers whether
 we work at mahogany desk with pick % and shovel We all members of the
 asme class-Americans.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

advocacy of the recall of judicial decisions If either action taken had well abolish our writ ten Constitutions That would make the personal liberty and rights of all individuals subject to the caprice or passion of the hour As it is no great constitutional wrong can continue for long against the will of the people, because they can change the Constitutions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
What'Il Va Have?

Digestion and fermentation are one and the same process.
 Nature demands certain percent age of alcohol so that the organs of the body will functuate properly
 To help nature you must either drink beer or eat sugar.
 You can't get beer, and it is almo impossible to get sugar.
 What are you gonnado?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

One third of the gold supply of the world is now locked in the vaults of the United States Govern ment Also the circulating medium of the country has increased to $64.63 per capta-the largest any country has had in the history of the world. Further evidence doubtless, of the incompetency of the Wilson administration.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
ESTEBETH IN PORT

The Estebeth arrived from Sitka and way points at shortly after o'clock this morning and will leave on her regular trip to Skagway to- night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Would Help Some.

Here is quip that isn't bad"
 Remarked the wise old editor; "It says: We wish a debtor had A memory like creditor"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

According to recent reports from Ketchikan our ord friend Berney" Stone has sold his interests in the Chronicle to his associate, Edward M. Morrssey. Mir Stone is valuable man to the territory and The Times hopes he will continue in the Alaska news. paper field.-( Anchorage Times
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

The rebellion of Gen. Obregon, candidate for President of Mexico, recalls that it to be out the question for anybody to become President of Mexico without licking his predecessor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

With the ratio of silver gold actually about 14h the famous 16 to 1 campaign does not seem as foolish people have thought it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

The radicals have started another movement to take away the right of court to declare law un- constitutional This recalls President Roosevelts
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
BITS OF BY-PLAY By Luke McLuke
 -:- Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Her Thoughts

"A girl will think lot," said Ben,
 She's thoughtful, goodness knows When she's not thinking about men
 She's thinking about clothes"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
He Missed somethino.

Leo Tolstoy missed something by not living in this country. He once described his ideal woman as one whose lips were covered with a sofI down."
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

Do hear offer for stock in Doc Cooks o lwells?-( Columbus Dispatch)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

Bone of contention seldom has any meat left 1t after the argument is over Columbus Record)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Helpl

George Ehil used, to have kali in Louisville, and many a time we felt like going to Ehll for drink.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Police !

PolIce! The tight wad placed his money under the mattress and then climed into bed
 "Ah!" said the tight wad, with a sigh of satisfaction Ut is nice to have some money to fall back on
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Ho. Hum !

And A. Buscr, of Brooksville. ky. is sure out of luck those days.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
OPEN EYENINGs

From to .. Dfs. White and
 Stewart. Dentists. Seward Building. ? Phone 4es. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Mercyi

The country editors won't stand for any bull these days. We notice that most of them refer to male COWS" in their columns.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Words of Wise Men

est. Louis Republic) It makes difference whose OK is gored
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Hooray!

Dear Luke: an proud man. To day I had the pleasure of shaking hands with a man who shook hand@ with no less a parsonage than Luke McLuke.-Dan D., Wilmaukee.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

As much you have much you worth (Don Quixote) s.s
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with fresh duties at its back
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Oh, Joy!

Oh, Joy! He jumped into real beer vat, And drank until he was out Of breath, They sank. But I imagine that Would be a pleasant death.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

While one may says of a thing: Tt is impOssi- ble." and contents himself with saying so, another passes him and does it. This has been the his tory of the worlds progress since time began. We say of anything that 1t is impossible in this marvellous world of invention and endeavor. We can only say: Ut has yet been done"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

Diplomatists are the Hebrews of politics. Bea )
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01

Our Daily Special. Some men do nothing but second the motion.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
WuH!

"In spite of steel cars, I notice that we continue to have railway disas. ters."
 Yes" commented the grouch. You can get rid of wooden cars, but 1t is hard to get rid of wooden heads"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-01
Gushing.

0uSOtH8s He loved her very much, and whe He thought that he could get her He bought tencent fountain per And wrote gushing letter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-07
TO TELL OF 18th
HOyes and WaldrOn Speakers at
Orpheum Theater Sunday.
HOyes Back Today-BOth
Worked With Kansas Troops.

George Hoyes, secretary of the To-
peka Central Y. NJ. C. A. who has
been in France with the Thirty fifth
division, re armed today at noon
HoyeS has been away on leave and
will probably resume his place at the
local association in short time.
Fresh from France and from the
boys in whom Topeka is most vitalIy
interested over there, Hoyes will have
a message that thousands in Topeka
will want to hear and in order that he
may deliver this message, arrange
ments have been made for him to ad-
dress a public meeting at the Orpheum
theater Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
DR.. E. J. Kulp is in charge of the
arrangements and in addition to the
message that Hoyes will bring there
will be an address by DIR. John Wal
dron, who succeeded Governor Allen
in his wor,s in France, and music will
be furnished by the Orpheum
orchestra.
G. L. Hooper, owner of the
Orpheum, stated today that special
seats would be reserved for the fami-
lies of the Topeka boys in the Thirty
fifth and that those who desire tickets
for these seats can get them by apply
ing at the ti~ket window of the theater
tomorrow. The meeting, however.
will be open to the public, and no ad-
mission of any kind will be charged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-07
Bill Would Make Legislator In
eligible for Appointiye Office.
Would Remove Senators. From
Administrative Positions.
MEASURE IS IN HOUSE HOPPER
Abolition of Trading Block
System Sought by Martin.
The Effort May Be Aimed at
Allen Patronage Plans.

Frank L. Martin of Reno county has
started war on the legislative pie
counter. In bill in the house today,
ineligible for administrative state jobs
for a period of two years after their
tenure of legislative service. He pro-
poses to Immediately legislate out of
Office some three or four state sena-
tors now holding state jobs. By the
same token he blocks patronage dis
tribution by Governor Allen.
Martins bill is an effective bar to
an ancient system of using the legis-
lature as a trading block. In almost
every session there has been a charge
that soft jobs were being doled out to
members who directed the affairs of
the administration in power. These
charges were made away back in the
Hoch administration, when Stubs
reigned supreme, when he was suc3
ceeded by Hodges and repeated when
Governor Capper was in control of
the state house appointments. Always
and ever some one of half dozen
legislators somehow landed appoint
mentS.
Remove Senators at Once.
Now Martin wants the system abol-
ishsd. But his bill doesn't stop with
a mere abolition of the system. He
wants at least three-possibly four
from the state pay roll. After provid-
ing that no legislator shall be eligible
to an administrative state office other
than constitutional elective state Of
fees for period of at least two years
after legislative service, Martin seeks
to remove such officials now in service.
No appointment of a legislator to
an administrative state job may be
made while the member is in legis-
lative service, the bill stipulates. Pas
1NTIl +.aIx-
feet Senator Walter E. Wilson. state
bank commissioner; Senator Ben S.
Paulen, state oil inspector; Senator
Henry NJ. Laing. state tax commits
sioner; and possibly Senator c. E.
Carroll. an employe of the state insur-
ance department.
Blocks Allen Plans?
Nor does the measure stop there Tt
locks the door against Governor Al
lens administration for the ddstribu-
ton of any patronage which might go
to 1913 law makers for faithful
service.
Maybe that is the bug under the
chip. In legislative Iobbies there is
no reason why Martin should seek to
legislate Senators Wilson. Paulen.
/ Laing and Carroll out of office. But
there is a perfectly good and water
proof reason why he, might close the
! doors against any patronage distribu-
| tion by the Allen administration.
In the recent fight against the con-
| stitutional convention, Martin was the
| center of attack by administration
| forces. The present bill would, block
! the way against any efforts of 1egisla-
| tors to curry state administration favor
| and win appointments Direct effect
, of the bill would be to block admin
istration influence in the legislature
at least so far as the present or sue
ceeding administration might win sup
port thru the distribution of patron
! age
Want Cooperative Banks.
| Representative Lauver today intro
| (COnUinneG on Page TwoO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-07
NAME NEW TERMS
Allied Premiers Meet To Tell
Hun "What Is What
Germany Has Resorted to OBJ
Observation-Disclosures.

Paris, Feb. 7.-The allied premiers
who will meet this afternoon at the
supreme inter-allied war council
probably will fix new terms to be i'm
posed upon Germany, whose tactics of
obstruction and recrimination are said
to have reached climax in threat
made at Weimar by Chancellor Ebert
that Germany would break off nego-
tiations with the allies.
Huns Forget Position.
The fe: ling in peace conference cir
cles is that the Germans are more and
more forgetting their position and it
is expected that the supreme war
council will take measures to bring
them to a sense of the realities. Mar
shall Foch will go to Treves, February
IL to fix the conditions for a third re-
newal of the armistice and the dis
cussion of the conditions to be i'm
posed probably will take up most of
the time of the supreme war council
session today. 1t is understood that
the council will fix brief time within
which the Germans must carry out the
conditions they have only fulfilled in
part. In this respect it is noted that
none of the German merchant ships
which were to have been sent to GER
tain ALI I'd ports has yet been handed
over.
French opinion considers that the
occupa ton of Essen is of first necess-
ity if the allies are to control Ger
many's principal war factories. Pub
lie opinion in France also is asking il
the supreme war council is going to
allow Field Marshal Won Hindenbure
to establish himself in Bromberg and
prepare a campaign against Poland
which can only be supplied thru Dan
zig.
The supreme war council also viii
fix the size of the contingent o1
French, Great Britain, the United
States and the allied nations in the
armies of occupation both in Europe
and Asia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-07
WILSON NOW PACKING
At Murat Palace President Gets Ready
for the Trip Back Home.

Paris. Feb. They were packing
up at the Murat palace today. Whfle
President Wilson is not scheduled to
sail before next Wednesday. his ana
Mrs. Wilson'S gifts and souvenirs were
being .oxed, preparatory to Shipment
The pounding of hammers echoed
merriiy thru the ancient house as
rare paintings, books, statues. iewelry
and cigarette cases were slowed In
wooden cases. They weigh hundreds
of pounds avo:rdupois. and are worth
hundreds of pounds sterling.
It has not been definitely de-
terrnined whether the president VIII
return to France. yet the Wilson's are
cleaning house" as tho they had no
intention of coming back, despite the
fact that they would i-lmost certaiuIs
occupy the Murat palace again on =
second trip.
| The president, despite the long
| hours he devotes to peace work. finds
time to read interesting letters from
all parts of the world. many of which
| he answers personally. One arrived
/ today from Harold II. Rucker. seven
years old, of Wichita. Kan. who said.
| II am studying as hard as / can in
| school so / will be able to do some-
thing important when / am man.
The president replied: II am glad
you are beginning early to have an
ambition, and 1 hope you will grow mp
! to think of the country you love before
you think Of yourself, .-----~---s--s--I