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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
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 DR. ELLIS iM TOWN

DOUGLAS, Sept 1S.--Doctor. R. V
 Ellis, surgeon for the ,Chichagof Min ing Company. arrived in from the mine yesterday enroute to. San Fran cisco where he twill attend a clinic
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
SILVER TEA FRIDAY

DOUGLAS, Sept. 1S-The ladies of the St. Luke's Guild will give a silver tea at ? o'clock tomorrow af- ternoon at the home of Mrs. John Richards at Treadwell. All those in terested are cordially invited to at tend.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
LEAVING ON PRINCESS ALICE

DOUGLAS, Sept. 1S.-The follow ing list of passengers from Douglas embarked for the south on the Prin- cess Alice this morning: Mrs. E. Hail, w. D. Huson. Herman Guis, Chas. Grassel and Edw Armstrong.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
RESUMES WORK

DOUGLAS, Sept. 18.-Wm. Jarman, who has been laid up for the past two months with an uncerated foot Is about we'll again, and returned to his post of duty on the Estebeth which leaves tonight for Sitka.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
LEAVES FOR SPOKANE

DOUGLAS, Sept. 18.-W. E. Huson, who came north about month ago for his health left on the Alice this morning for his home in Spokane, feeling much improved.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
RETURNING TO STATES

DOUGLAS, Sept 1S-After a visit of over three months with her bro ther, Wm Kilburn, Mrs. E. Hall re turned to her home in the States oE the Princess Alice this morning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
FUNERAL SERVICES

' DOUGLAS, Sept. 1S.-The funeral services for Fred Higgins will be held in the Congregational church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, Rever- end Bruce officiating,
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-18
he performed a tonsillectomy opera tion on Maurice Johnson.
HOP ENJOYED

DOUGLAS, Sept 1S.-The dance given by the young people in the Labor Union hall last night was thoroughly enjoyed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18

a mans greatness lies in his ability 10 hold the serious interest of the public after retirement from office, but MT. McAdoo is now spoken of chiefly with a laugh"
 While it is unquestionably true that ridicule is fatal to political ambition, and history offers many examples to prove it, Mir. McAdoo's alliance with a motion picture corporation is report ed to pay him a salary of S100,00O a year, an income that cautious man would hesitate to give up in order to re-embark on the stormy seas of pol itics. When MT. McAdoo severed his official connection with the govern ment he talked as if he had had enough office holding to last him for the rest of his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
WHY DOES SHE STA, r:

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 Sued by a dancer for $500 for breach of contract, one Lady Duff Gordon, who has been posing as an arbiter of fashion
 in New York and in various Sunday newspapers. appears to have been goaded into extraordinary candor dur
 ing an inquiry into her ability tospay the judgment. She informed the exam
 iner that she pays $3S5 a month for New York apartment and $13O a week for chauffeur and car, and that she re-
 ceives $365 a week from a fashion con-
 cern and $1oo a week from newspaper
 syndicate. Asked what she did for the
 s1oo she replied, Nothing" Wearing
 many thousand dollars worth of jewels, including a pearl necklace estimated at
 s50o0,to an inquiry if she had bought any Liberty bonds that might be avail
 able for the payment, she is said to have retorted: "Why should I buy any? This country means nothing to me. l
 have had nothing but trouble over here It is an awful country
 To which the examiner pithily re- piteu. EeOple WHO pay liCii oiilS oOi have trouble here. Do you mean to say that you have been living here and
 earning your livelihood and yet you
 didn't buy a Liberty bond?" Upon re- nection her ladyship suggested she
 might have one her maid bought for her.
 Nothing but trouble over here-$465
 a week, $3S5 apartment and $1s0 chauffeur and car? On the contrary it looks as though this country meant
 everything to the Lady Duff. else why
 does sheG eary herself and good Amer jeans by prolonging her stay. Even in the old country her ladyship would find the law as insistent on payment of judgments, perhaps even more pressing while the greater competition among titled persons Gin trade," might ma | terially reduce her income. After this l blurting out of her sentiments towards l those who furnish her with her liveli- hood on this side and her contempt for | the cause in which her own country | as well as that in which she gets her living fought and suffered-the most
 becoming thing she can do is to take
 the first boat to some less awful coun-
 try even if the natives there should not | be so easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
ONE PRICE FOR EVERYBODY

The government guarantees the price of wheat to the producer, and all consumers are supposed to be treated alike. The government is an enormous consumer of wheat in behalf of for eign governments. Yet it pays the same price that is paid by other con- sumers. If the government should duced price for foreign account, i. stands to reason that domestic co1- sumers would be asked to make up the difference by paying higher price.
 The government cannot logically command the coal producers to sell to individuals at certain figure and to the government itself at cut-rais figure No prices can be fixed at all unless they are just and uniform. It IS desirable that prices be fiXed-that Is, stabilized-for a time, so that industry may safely go forward and employ la
 bor in new enterprises
 The general welfare is paramount to the welfare of the railroads or any other branch of the government. The government policy is to promote the general welfare by the expenditure Of money for increasing the wheat crop, building roads and keeping down un- employment among returning soldiers and others. Why shouldn't this policy extend throughout the government il IL is good policy? Why shouldn't rail road administration get coal or steel cheaper than John Doe or Richard Roe?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
FACTS ABOUT AMERICA

there whole families, instead of single individuals. win fame and fortune. Notable examples are the Seven South erlands the Smith Brothers, the Dolly Sisters, the galaxy of Ringlings, the Siamese Twins and the Katzenjammers.
 America is divided politically be- tween the states that voted for the prohibition amendment and Connecti- cut,
 The study of distinctions in methods of travelling is edifying. In America you get frst-class ticket and ride on any car you want, whereas in France you get third-class ticket and ride in any car you get.
 Americans usually go through their own pricate delousing plants every Sat urday night.
 It will be useless to clutter up your barracks bag with German helmets. as the same things of superior quality are being turned out in large numbers by factories in Grand Rapids, Glens Falls and Jersey City.
 Don't try to firt with the made moiselle behind the bar in the cafe hack home. Her name is almost invariably Steve or Gus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18

From the Washington Post. 6ClHE statement is made in behalf
 k of the railroad administration
 S that if it should pay as much for soft coal as is proposed by the indus trial board the producers would re- ceive "abnormal profits" The railroad administration purchases about 30 per cent of the total output, and it can force prices down by reason of it's enormous purchasing power.
 Superficially it seems proper that the railroads should get coal as cheap ly as possible and should refuse to join in general arrangement to pay fixed price higher than they would otherwise be compelled to pay. But this is hardly a sound view when ne welfare of the whole people is con- sidered.
 The people are in control of the rail- roads. The railroads are operated by the government. Why should this sir gle agency of the governmental is, the people-get coal at a price cheaper than that obtainable by the remainder of the people?
 If the railroads, consuming 30 per cent, can screw prices down, will not the producer turn around and screw prices up again against the other con- sumer?
 That is what will happen unless the government and industry agree upon a just price applicable to everybody, 4ba o,o1-ernoen+ as well as the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
County Elevators
 and Corn Acreage

A LAB AMA's corn acreage should 3A be largely increased this year. A hundred million -bushel production is not too much to expect.
 The breeding of hogs on an exten- Isive commercial scale has been made highly profitable by improved mar keting col onditions and one way to ad- vance the value of corn is to convert it into hog meat. Another way is through the operation of the grain elevator.
 As was pointed out the other day, the county with an elevator has cash market for it's corn the year round. In Houston county, with an elevator at Dothan, the farmers have been get ting from $1.45 to $1.S0 bushel for
 their corn, while the farmers of near by Dale county, without an elevator, have traded their corn for merchan-
 disc on a basis of only 70 or 90 cents a bushel.
 The conclusion is obvious. An ele- lvator is needed in every county. As
 the cost of construction is not excess
 sive-not more than $15,OOO, perhaps it should be easy to raise ample local
 capital for the purpose of building and
 operating. Enterprise of this sort
 would be a dividend payer from the
 start.
 When county elevators become the lrule instead of the exception, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
A SAVANT

What's Prof. Diggs doing these days?''
 Hes writing a little article for one of the encyclopedias"
 "A little article, eh? That won't take him long"
 "Evidently you don't know Prof. Diggs very we'll. He has a reputation to sustain and if he gets through with out lamenting the fact that our public library contains only 100000 reference books he won't consider that he is do- ing himself justice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18

bama will be the leading corn-grow- ing state in the south. A few years hence, this state should be producing three hundred million bushels of corn annually, for the marketing problem will have been solved in large way.
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 German-Americans in wisconsin are reported to be still sullen. Might as well cheer up. They won't have to pay any of that war indemnity of oO.Ooo,- Ooo.ooO marks.
 Disgruntled senators who thought the league of nations was going to smash may console themselves by saying. Just another example of Wilson luckF'
 # x *
 Karl Rosner is missing a fine oppor- tunity to write sob story" of his former master saving wood in Holland and shaking hands with gardeners.
 * * #
 That transatlantic flight will depend more or less on weather q conditions. The skipper of an ocean liner merely snaps his fingers at the weather.
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 An old-fashioned person dot esn't have to see the "shimme" dance to be shocked. He knows it couldn't be any more disgraceful than it sounds.
 * * #
 The old reliable circus press agent is not the man to overlook moder ten dencies. He now descants on the won ders of the super circus"
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 We may be wrong, but we have an idea that a well-fed bolshevik is just about as dangerous as one who eats two or three times a week. # * * Birmingham. we are told, must con tinue to breathe sewer gas. It might be a good idea to send in a rush order for 250, 900 gas masks. # # # Jack Johnson had a New Orleans man arrested in Mexico City for insult ing him. Recalling the old wheeze, it's imposs
 # x + It's pity some of the correspond ents at Paris can't acquire the academic Tre Wilson.
 Safe predictions to make: The sun will rise tomorrow and Germ any will sign the treaty of peace. < s; # l So far, the imbattled refornlers have l not started drive against the pernici- ous habit of eating pork choPs x ;.. % | Sing Sing has a new warden. Seems i hard matter for Sing Sing to get warden who will stay put * # # 1 The Japs take the position that color like beauty, is only skin deep. 1 # T; #
 It is hard for the proud parents of "gob" to realize the dignity and im- 1 portance of an admiral of the navy. | x x * l It Is gratifying to see how few Amer ican soldiers back from France are 1 taking to the lecture platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
CRASHING THE LARVAE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks is fine poetical simile that continues to sur vive the ages. It hasn't the practical when swords and spears were the prin cipal weapons of offense. Swords have become largely decorative, and the use of the war-spear is confined very large ly to the mid-African fighting man. lsQl uo!sIsAuoo IeM-sQl- -LslJe uy seems really worth while is reported from Paris, where distinguished member of the Pasteur institute has told the French Academy of Sciences that poison gas-Iast word in wars atrocities-can be applied for the de- struction of caterpillars and all in furious larvae. He declares that he has found it especially serviceable in the treatment of affected trees.
 If science can turn the life destroy ing energies of these gases into use- full channels of the character reported the sooner the method of application is made known the better. If by one sweeping exhalation the potato bug and the tomato worm and the tree in- festing moth and all their kindred can be destroyed, what an amazing bless ing the holocaust would be.
 It has been reported that vast quan- titles of these noxious gases are in storage, stranded by the signing of the armistice their safe and economic dis posal being a serious problem. But if, as the French scientist asserts, the gases can be used for the destruction of injurious larvae the problem may be solved and priceless benefit con- ferred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
A PRAYER

Major Guy M Kindersley, o. B. E.. in the Poetry Review. Nameless the things we have suffered. and shameless the rning we have
 wrought We have borrowed the devils weapons.
 we have used the guile that he
 taught. For the things that our souls have
 hated, and for lies that our lips ab-
 horred, For the blood, the lust and the passion,
 grant thy forgiveness, Lord. Yea, not by the things which we
 loathed, but by the cause which
 we loved, Not by our doubts of thy mercy, but
 by our. faith which we proved, Judge us. oh Lord, in thy pity, remem- x bering we are but dust And that though our ways be crooked,
 we have not broken our trust. ave
 For it seemed that thy cause was
 challenged, and we saw no better
 way
 Than the way of the brute to serve it to raven, to hate and to slay; So when Thou sittest in Judgment. on
 the things that our souls abhorreL, By thy prayer for those that knew not
 remember thy children, Lord
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
LUKE NPLUKE SAYS

Every man should -have a keen sense of humor so he will know when not to laugh.
 We can't understand why it is that a youth would rather have position pay ing $19 salary than have a job paying s29 wages.
 Some young fellows go to excess in everything. First they get the labit and then the habit gets them.
 Isn't it strange that it is the shoe that fits that hurts worst when you have to wear it?
 Another party we would like to locate
 is the old-fashioned dude who used to use hair oil. There wouldn't be so many black eyes if man would stop to figure on the re- coil before he shoots off his mouth. About this time year both the paint CTS and the tailorS are kept busy work ing on spring coats. A pessmist hates to carry any life in- surance because he knows that he will never live to enjoy it. Another Daml: Two men went into a
 kaif and had four drinks each. And neither man said a word about prohibi- tion.
 He who laughs last is likely to make the rest of the crowd imagine that he is an Englishman. l Our idea of a wide divergence is that between the pay man gets and the 1 pay he thinks he is worth. | Anyway, the hi cost of entertainment
 wasn't such a much in the old days when
 everybody laughed when the town was 1 said: If you can't succeed, suck eggs. l There is hope for any man who makes | a mistake. It shows that he is trying | But if he makes the same mistake four | times his case is hopeless. | Don't be inpatient corkscrew doesn't go straight to the point. But it gets l there just the same.
 1 You may be able to duck past the other laws. But when it comes to the laws ol health it pays to be law abiding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
< < # Oklahoma Indians Buy Victory Bonds

NT1HE American Indian is not satis-
 O fled with having played con- spicuous part in the war. Our "first American citizen" is setting a com mendable example of carrying on" in subscribing to the Victory Loan.
 According to a Washington dis patch, Indians in Oklahoma opened their Victory Loan campaign ahead of the formal date and by pledging more than $50, ,000 the Kiowa agency has won a German helmet as a prize, being the first of the 240 Indian agencies in the country to exceed its quota.
 The liberal way in which Indians have bought Liberty Bonds in the past and supported various war funds il- lustrates not only their fundamental patriotism, but shows that "Poor Lo' is enjoying deserved prosperity. The war record of American Indians is something that our aborigines may well be proud of. Statistics published sometime ago caused general aston ish1nent. Few people realized how much the Indian was doing for his country.
 Having passed through the anter- mediate stage from savagedom to civilization the American Indian has Host most of the picturesque qualities so well portrayed in Cooper's novels, but he has gained immeasurably in knowledge and wealth and thanks to his sacrifices in the war, has won the admiration of the American people,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
Can the Movies Blight A Political Career?

WHEN MT. McAdoo resigned
 WV from his numerous positions in Washington he was regarded as possible candidate for the Presidency. Stating that he was unable to make both ends meet as a cabinet officer, MT. McAdoo, being an observant per son, turned to a lucrative field and allied himself with the movies. Now it is seriously questioned whether or not, in case he should run for Presi- dent, MT. McAdoo could overcome the political handicap of being mentioned in the same breath with such sterling entertainers as Mary and Charley and "Doug'
 6ags Leslie's Weekly: "The test of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
Has Tonsils Removed

'.The next time you meet a man who tells you that removing the tonsils from fellow who has passed the age of 40 is a light matter" said Sam Blake, tell him he does not know what he is talking about, for I had mine cut out, and after two weeks I still find it hard to pick up my strength. I am willing, however, to have undergone the opera tion if the doctors prediction about the come true'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
Enjoys Cartoonist,s Work

While I always put Walter Black man way up at the head of the list as cartoonist, said H. Key Milner, II have been greatly interested in the fine work being done in The Age Her aid by Harper. I am glad to know that his drawings are attracting notice in the big league for it is no little com pliment for papers like the New 4orK Herald and the Brooklyn Eagle to re- produce specimens which his facile pen have made"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
NOT TO BE BORNE

she is going to get new electric runabout."
 That's good Maybe she'll take you out for little ride.'
 "Oh dear. Oh, dear"
 What's the matter now?"
 You can sit there and calmly talk about your wife being subjected to pub lie humiliation!" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
"HEARD IN A DAY"

From the New York Telegram.
 Wont you please get off the wire? You've had it three hours now"
 Send me out spool of No. $ black cotton thread this afternoon, sure"
 "'N' he sez, sezze; 'n' then l sez"- "Guess who this is."
 "Tell 'em to wait.
 'Lines busy."-Clipped from the Tele- phone Review.
 Ha! ha, Good! Only trouble is the type can't reproduce the aristocratic nasal information of that 'b-u-s-y."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
OUT OF DATE

OUT OF DATE "I see where a movie magnate ad- vertises a lot of German officers uni forms for sale at a sacrifice. What's the idea?" screen melodramas showing how easy it is for a New York cabaret queen to play fast and loose with the Prussian spy system"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
From the Stars and Stripes.

From the stars and Stripes
 @ NE of the principal sights in U America which no one should ',l
 " miss is the bridge across the Missouri river between Schenectady, the capital city of Indianapolis, and Seattle the birthplace of Christopher Columbus.
 Names for American cities and states have been chosen only after much de- liberation. Buffalo. N Y, is so called because of the scarcity of buffalo there; Indiana on account of it's lack of Indians; Los Angeles is famed because of it's paucity of angels, and so on.
 Do not leave your army socks lying around loose. Someone might step on them and break them.
 Among the principal boroughs of New York city are Manhattan, Bronx and Martini.
 In the interval between the spending of your last army pay and the receipt of your first civilian wages, don't waste time going through the financial dis trct to visit the so-called trust com panies. They won't, in your case, for a nickel.
 few sartorial hints may not come around your neck just above where you had the itch. Underclothes are not usually cut out with cross saw and modelled to fit the basement furnace, as in the army. Caps are made of cloth and worn on the head, but otherwise have no relation to the army idea Of the article by the same name. Garters are A survival of the prehistoric foot ball shin guard and are held in position by the socks
 If YOU ever become homesick for q French "express" train try New York !! surface car
 Contrary to general opinion, there are other industries in the United States besides the canning and exporting oi 1 salmon. The chief of these is the can ming and exporting of corned beef. The
 other is the canning and exporting of hash.
 | American policemen are not French, | but Irish.
 If possessed of sufficient funds, you
 can buy more than two packages Of
 ciearettes or two cakes of chocolate in
 American stores.
 If your former captain turns up in civil life as your adding machine op-
 orator, it might be we'll to get per mission to speak to him from your top Ibookkeeper before bawling him out. That America is the land of oppor- tunities is witnessed by the fact that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
SUBSTITUTES 1N>NoRwAY

From the Baltimore American.
 In Norway, where there is absolute prohibition, the people are taking to coacine, morphine and other drugs and are making drinks from hair tonic, par affin and wood alcohol They are using substitutes not just as good'' but a great deal worse. That is what is going to happen here, and the last state of the average man will be worse than the first