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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
BASKET BALL TONIGHT; TAKE YOUR PICK FOR
 GAME WILL BE CLOSE

Tonight is the night of the bas ketball game at the gymnasium of the Public School. The old rivals. Juneau High and the Douglas team will meet for the fourth and last time for this series. Both teams are fully determined to win tonight E game so there is a likelihood that there will he hard-fought close contest
 The officials or the lineup have not been officially announced, but if is thought they will be about the same as when these two teams me. here last time when the game was so close and exciting.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05

When a mans hair comes out in he comb, it is lost forever. But a girl can take her hair out of a comb md put it back on her head again.
 A fat woman can do it easily. But we'll bet ten dollars fat man couldn't put on a corset and sit down while he is wearing it.
 Of course we are all proud of the Land of the Free and we are all glad prohibition is with us. But our bet IS that there will be about 4,O0O,0OO Americans in Havana a year from now.
 Somehow or other you seldom see | fat couple trying to get by on light housekeeping.
 Many an old-time husband can tell you that his wife never seems to be happy unless she has something to be mad about
 Another Damli: Once upon a time here was man whose job was hard ,r than he thought it was.
 Funny that mans ideas of hay ng a good time are cothing like his yife's ideas as to what .onsti,u.es a ,ood time.
 A woman never has much to say nbout the relatives who live in the anne town with her. But she'll tell vou that all of her relatives who live ,n the other side of the continent ire society people.
 We often wish that founta.I. pen would feed as freely when you are rying at write with it as it does uhan If is in vnur vast nnclsnt
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
The Midnight Sun

fc, (Mrs L. T. Erwin in Nenana News) ision is around those three words.
 In fancy have stood with Paul Du Chaillu. the 'minent explorer and author, the shores of old Norway where he beheld that marvellous spectacle the broad expanse of the Arctic waters; all he passionatey ardent love of nature in his soul inded expressed in his descriptive lines of the ,we-inspiring a #.H
 But here in this wonderful Northand Alaska latures titanic picture gallery, where some of her choicest masterpieces hung, one may avail him. elf of that choice privilege. Fort Yukon, situated ust inside the Arctic Circle. the Yukon river s the best point of vantage: here from June twenty irst for two weeks the sinks below the lorizon. s
 At twelve o'clock "Od Sol' to pause in his ourney. through space suspended from out the rose inted heavens, deep red ball with pulsating lights scross it's face in biood-gold cloudy
 Iris midnight: all is hushed; all is peace; at the ,ther end of the river hung over-large moon like great dull pear the hills and river lay jewel rowned in exquisite pastee hues, and afar in the distance the eternal of the Canadian Rockies ;ould be glimpsed.
 At twelye-thirty, the Gates of Dawn began to pen silver shafts of light wreahed in the colors Of he rainbow pierced the melody of the spheres and ,et the morning stars a-trembc in a burst of fam ng glory.
 Another Day began it's triumpbal march across he heavens emerging from the regal glory of the midnight splcndor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
DESTROYER OF NENANA ROUNDHOUSE MAY BE
 LOCATED IN MEXICO

According to advices received last night by Engineer in Charge Fred brick D. Browne, from Governor Riggs. there is at present in Quay mas, Mexico, man named Edward Silvan, former resident of Nenana who is reported to have boosted that he set fire to q warehouse in Alaska
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05

position Of the Saar Valley coal deposits France the most impacable of all of Germany's enemies has al ready shown desire to treat it's former foe with more than fairness
 thoroughly convinced the world that her conduct makes her worthy of them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05

The news that the people freezing on the farms and in the villages of Nebraska is probably music to the of those who trying to change ,ur form of government through the power Of the ,trike rather than the of the ballot.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
BITS OF BY-PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
flaw. flaw!

flaw, flaw! You Americans are lacking in i'm agination, old chap" observed the Englishman.
 "Is that sol" replied the Ameri can. Why. if it wasn't for our won derful imaginations, the patent medi cine manufacturers would starve tc death"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05

The United States the last of the Great Powers 0 enter the against Germany, is the only one that is still at with her.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
Bless Her Heart!

Bless Her Heart! A corn fed girl, mere man observes Cant pitch ball, that's agreed; For, while she has a lot of curves, She hasn't any speed.
 Luke McLuke. Tho corn fed never packs her grip, q can't let this escape) And takes a six weeks southern triI To get herself iii shape.
 Detroit Free rPess.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
A Gnu Verse.

0Hu VeTSe' A Grome threw a gneiss at a gnu, Who was knowing at gnats and felt
 blue;
 He gnashed and he gnarred, And he took 1t quite hard, Naughty gnome should be nabbed! What think you? W. s. See.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05

stairway, bath complete, furnace, hot and cold water, full cellar
 DamIie. Some day. I swear, I'll take a trip And won't give
 A doggone tip. Luke McLuke. "Soma day I swear" Said Billy Bloke, 'T'll not laugh at
 The formcans joke"
 -Hasting, Neb.. Tribune. Some day, I vow. ".h I'll sure stand pat And tell those bores To can their chat.
 Canton, Ohio, News.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05

The Senate adjourned without ratiying the treaty and the Supreme Court did likewise without deciding the prohibition case Win somebody please call in an efficiency expert?--(St. Louis Republic)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
VISITING FRIENDS HERE

Charles F. Beresford. a merchant of Haines. is visiting old friends in town while on his way to Tenakee springs for vacation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
"shine!"

"shineW The Mudd-Lane Company deals in real estate in Wichita Falls, Texas. Said young Chauffeur Bright, To old MT. Hutch: Be sure you are right, Then let in the clutch"
 Luke McLuke. Said old Chapuffeur Long. To young Mir. flakes: Be sure you are wrong, Then put on the brakes"
 Hastings (Neb) Tribune.
 Thank! Dear Luke: After columns of news anent the unrest and dissatisfac- ton in the country 1t is welcome relief to turn to Bits Of Blplay and have our shadows changed to sun shine. sure do enjoy your column "A. R. Alderman. 924 Broad street Nashville. Tennessee.
 -
 Oh! What was the trouble with you and your friend Smith?" asked Jones.
 "Oh. he turned out to be cootie and I scratched him of my list" re- piled the former Dough Boy.-Hod Clark.
 Names Is Names. Pearl Buckle lives in Louisville, Ky.
 Another Jax. Some like chicken, it's mighty good pickin'; Some like turkey, too; Some have use for a nice, fat goose; Some say duck will do. Lot O folks boast bout quail on toast. But dere ain't no bird An see Like de good ol' Eagle on the silver coin;
 Oats dc bird fo' mo.
 -Old Do; The H. C. of l.. These are expensive days" said Barr.
 You can't make money las.; A dollar won't go half as far. Bu. it goes twice as fast"
 Luke McLuke. And when we with the dollar try lntently to keep pace. We apprehend that's what's meant by The we'll known human race"
 Newark Advocate.
 Aw. oui. Yer kiddin'! (Ad. in Canton. Ohio. News.) On Boylan avenue s. E.. 8 new five. room house with living room, open
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05

Christmas Gifts for all the family lt Cartwright's. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
Yum, Yum!

Yum, Yum!
 J. E. Douglas tells us that in At. lanta they haven't time to strain hair tonic through bread; they take fl neat He also tells us that, good hair tonic contains 76 per cent alcohol. not 60 per cent.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05

The Mudd-Lane Company deals in real estate in Wichita Falls. Texas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-05
Aw. oui. Yer kiddin'!

(Ad. in Canton. Ohio. News.l
 On Boylan avenue s. E.. 8 new five room house with living room, open
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Ludendorf Compared To
Xerxes In Bitter Attack

Berlin. Germany. Dec 20.-Iheodore
Wolff writing in the Tageblatt. COM
pares Gen Ludendorff. formerly chief
Of the German general staff. with
XerNes, who, after the destruction OF
his fleet. ordered the sea 70 be
whipped"
1T does not indicate much strength
OF soul" he continues. when Luden-
dorff repeatedly seeks 10 make the
people responsible for the revolution.
which was occasioned only by military
failures He is considerably more I'M
just than XerEes.
The Americans whom he had ridi-
culed came. and the tanks that he had
made fun Of arrived also. on June 8
the announcement was made to the
German people that the proud ma
newer army OF the entente as such
exists no longer and five days later
came the dissolution and complete
destruction Of the Foch maneuver
army
yet. all Of a sudden. as four years
before. the German army had ven
tured too far, the maneuver army was
there. The German troops had TO
give, and in the deception which fol-
lowed so many lying claims, IN the
bitterness at the murderous mistakes
and fn the recognition that with the
ridiculed entry Of America Germany's
fate was sealed, four year old cour-
age collapsed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
!. P. Morgan Praised For
Work Done During War,
On ReceiUing Degree

London, Eng, Dec 20.-The Specta-
tor points out TO Englishmen that the
honorary degree Of doctor OF laws
conferred by Cambridge university on
J. p. Morgan. OF New York. was "eL-
traordinarily well deserved"
mr.. Morgan has always been fast
friend Of this country and a hard
worker for closer Angl0-American IN
derstandiuE.~ the Spectator continues.
Early in 1915 his firm was selected
TO act as commercial agent for the
British government IN the United
States II was he who concentrate ted
and coOrdinated the enormous orders
for war materials He also acted as
agent for the French government and,
by eliminating competition In prices
and deliveries. he probably saved the
allies hundreds OF millions OF pounds.
1T was Hr. Morgan again who took
the chief part in placing on the Amer
lean market the Anglo-French loan
for E100o0o,000. q loan unprecedented
in the history OF external loans BY any
government He refused to accept any
remuneration for placing this loan
His work in using British securities
to stabilize the exchange was also in
valuable.
lie has done more than risk his
fortune in the cause OF the allies; he
has also risked his life. HIS escape
from the German assassin who twice
wounded him was a narrow one
Englishmen may well rejoice IN any
honor which can give some satisfac-
ton 20 Mr. Morgan"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
FAKE VETERANS
To De BANI5HED
Wounded" Soldiers Garry
On Large Begging Bust
ness In Germany.

Berlin. Germany. Dec 2o.-Au the
organizations for alleviatinE the lot
OF the war wounded have Joined with
the ministry Of labor 10 put an end
finally 10 the begging by the pre-
tended wounded soldiers who clutter
the principal streets OF Berlin.
On all sides one sees men whose
arms have been severed" by strap
ping them to their bodies. or VINO
feigu to be suffering from she'll
shock and shake pitifully. after
learning in a Berlin school the AZ
proved methods OF shaking. Investi-
cation has shown that these people
collect up TO 500 marks daily from
their taking
The government has been carving
on investigations for weeks in Berlin,
Essen. Hamburg. and other large
cities. and has established the fact
that hardly 3 percent OF the wounded"
soldiers who are begging are gen.
ufne. one shaker" was trailed 10
saloon where he ceased shaking and
drank cognac literally while he
counted up over 800 marks. his days
receipts Another zone armed" man
collected so marks in two hours In
Taueutzien street and then was seen
70 slip round a corner and unblnd his
missing arm which was belted 10 his
body. In Hamburg. Of IS men ar
rested. only one proved to have been
wounded in the war.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

DIARBEKIR, Turkey, Dec zo.-Fear
u OF the further masszeres Is eaus-
ing thousands Of Christians in this
region 20 abandon their homes and
seek safety IN the territory occupied
by the British. whose nearest post
is at Ourfa-
For days there has been steady
procession OF carriages, containing
families with all their possessions. on
the road 70 the southwark. Many Of
them ara headed for Aleppo, which
means a hot. dusty journey OF several
hundred miles across the plain
Resflessnea1 Apparent
The immediate cause OF this exodus
OF Christians IS the attitude o. their
afoslem neiEh5ors. coupled with the
notorious reputation that Dlarbezlr
won for itself In the massacres and
deportations a few years ago, but
back OF 10 Is a feeling OF restlessness
because OF the fact that months have
passed since the armistice, and as yet
nothing has been done 20 guarantee
the security 81 the non-Moslem popu-
lation-
The near east relief the American
organization which IS distributing aid
10 The survivors % the massacres
through a station In Diar1eker. has
succeeded IN obtaining assurance
from the authorities that the Chris
tlans VIII not be mclested BY the gov
eminent. and that they may resume
their occupations. This assurance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
IE0tSkJ, Heads
SOUiet Arn1ieS
Newspapers Sa1
Lately Seen With Fourth
and Seventh Divisions,
According to Reports.

Copenhagen. Denmark. Dec. 60
Soviet newspapers declare that
Trotsky IS now acting as a military
The Pravda states that when
Trotsky was present lately with the
fourth and seventh armies he took
part in all the staff discussions and
sometimes enforced his Judgment
against opposition with success"
No strateEiczI decisions by Tcher-
emisoff. the present bolshevik com
mander in the north. are valid. adds
the Pravda. unless countsrsigned by
Trotsky.
The ,Pravda's local correspondent
writes: Impressive Il IS 70 see our
sreat leader still in the modest shiny
blue trousers which he brought hack
from his American exile. his peasant
sheepskin coat and with no sign Of
the warrior about him except his high
boots. riding down the lines welcom-
ing the proletariat defenders with the
old cry Hall. childrenl" and getting
their enthusiastic response. Hail,
comrade Irotslys we are glad 20 do
our best"
An anti bolshevik paper. the OBJ
novlenie. spells this idyu by declar-
ing that Col Pashutin. a former
Czarist officer, was so incensed BY
Trotsky's ineIpert criticism that he
knocked him off his horse Pashutin
was Immediately shot dead by
Trotsky's Bashkir bodyguard-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

ohWeFer. apples only 20 the a1tnorl-
ties, and means that the Christians
are only 20 consider that II disorders
begin, they VIII not, at least be al
the open instigadon OF the govern
ment- Il does not entirely promise
protection and therefore The Chris
tians, afraid that the Moslems may
turn against them at any moment.
are eiectinC 70 seek safety in flight
situation TrnEie.
The situation is having its effect
on the work OF the relief organiza-
tion in recovering the Christian girls
who were carried off. during the
deportationE. TO harems- This work
has been going on for weeks. the re-
lief workers being undisuayed BY the
thought OF personal peril Now, how
ever, the Loslems are threatening tie
girls with death n they permit them
selves 70 be rescued ana many OF
them are afraid 70 leave their masters
Large numbers o. these girls re-
main 70 be recovered u the early
months OF 1918 about 68. 600 Christians
their ranks were taken hundreds Of
the pretrlest young women Even
some o. those who ESCAPED. and re-
NAMED hidden IN the vicinity through
out the deportations. later sold them
selves 20 the Turks. confronted as
they were with the alternative Of
doing this or OF starving 10 death.
The Condition OF these Christian girls
is one OF the most tragic problems
that confront the relief workers. who
state that many Of the girls. in their
shame. have killed the children o.
their McElem fathers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Expect Ne00 Oil
Burning Engine
To Be Success
Railway Transport Revolu-
ton IN London Is Pre-
dicted by Engineers.

London. Eng. Dec. ga rsvolu-
ton IN railway transportation is ez-
pectsd 70 be effected by the invention
and practical demonstration OF an In
tsrnaI combustion oii-burninE engine
Sir Vincent L Haven. chief mechan-
ical engineer OF the Northeastern
railway. has designed. had built and
himself operated in the initial test
such an engine. Because they can be
operated at half the cost OF coal
burning locomotives the Northeastern
has ordered fifty such engines as q
starter.
The engine built at EIswick Is an
0.s superheated type Intended for
heavy freight" said Sir vincent
with a heavy freight made So
miles an hour. but the engine can ln
so miles per hour with a passenger
train The engine has a 20-inch cyl
inder. a Z5-inch stroke and 1000 horse
power"
Albert Lidgett, editor OF the Petro-
leum Times says
such an engine can be operated ar
half the cost o. coal burners The
ciple 20 the railways Is a triumph Tor
British engineering We have been
searching for the secret OF she
Philosopher Stone Of the transport
world for many years
More than 15.0O0,0o0 tons CT coal
were consumed by British railways
last year. II the oil-nurniug engine
has come % stay. as appears certain.
this VIII be saved for general uses
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
TRAGIC MISTAKE
MADE YSIGNER5
Of MANIFEST
Fhirty-nine Men Who Made
German Document Re
greet Action.
CANVASS PRODUCES
ASTOUNDING FACTS

DERLIN. Germany, Dec 20.-Thirty-
D nine OF the s. German savants and
professors who signed on october IL,
1919. the famous manifesto attempt
ing to justify Germany's course in
the war. now realize that they made
a "tragie mistake" Sixteen, however,
adhere 10 their belief that the mani
festo was drawn up IN accordance
with facts.
This has been disclosed By a can
vass OF the Is living opponents OF
German culture who signed the mani
festo made By DR.. Hans weinberg.
DR.. weinberg reports that 50 OF the
signers Of the celebrated document
have admitted to him that today BY
no means all Of the assertions therein
made could be maintained. Many OF
them. he says. Insist that they did not
correctly read or understand the pa
per when they affixed their sigma
lures 20 10 or allowed them 70 De al
tached. Some Of these 80 already eT-
pressed their regret that they signed
the statement and eight Of them
have Withdrawn their signatures
since Dr. weinberg began his lnves-
LEGATION These eight are Lu5o Bren-
tano, Felix Won Weingaertner. Her
Eaulbach and the theologians
Schmidlfn. Hermann and Mausbach-
Writing TO DR.. weinberg, Herbert
EulenberE said that the 90 men who
signed the manifesto at the beginning
81 the war then believed that Ger
many had been attacked underhand-
edly and that the country merely
awaited itself Of its right Of self
defence.
Professor Brentano has declared
that he was urged BY telegraph 70 al
low his signature TO be appended tnat
he assented only 70 regret II bitterly
after he saw the text OF the paper
Felix Weingaertner writes in sim
liar vein
Of the IS living scientists and pro-
fessors. DIT. weinberg received replies
from s. Sixteen who stood BY their
guns and declared their adherence 70
their original standpoint include
Siegfried wagner, Eduard Meyer
Doerfeld and LEM.
one % the Is replies that he had
read the manifesto again. sentence ~
sentence, and had not found single
one which; aceording 70 rs AaeN =.
edge. Of the situation. could not pc
signed today Twenty-three OF the
signers did not reply 20 Dr. Wen
berE's in1ulry-
The manifesto was originated as
serts Dr. weinberg. by small group
Of professors and artists inclnains
Emil Fischer. Fulda Harnack. Hum
uerdiuck. Max Liebermanns Won
Liszt. ReIke. Riehl and SCHNEIDER
They obtained the signatures Of the
others chiefly BY telegraph
The issuance Of the manifesto IS
characterized by DR.. Wehberg IS
etragfc mistake which has brought
harm 10 Germany" AFTER the Irsl
excitement OF the war. he adds. the
better part OF the savants genuine
~ regretted the signing but many
were restrained by false pride from
publicly admitting their error OF
Judgment"
He quotes Carl Hauptmann as say
ing that the manifesto 'tllls the sign
ers with horror and that they VIII ne
warned for the rest OF their hVes
AGAINST the fnpetuous greEariousness
which has crazed humanity FOR cen
turtles"