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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
A RIVER OF ELECTRIC POWER

It must have been a poet, although he was d scientist who coined the phrase "A river of electric power" It's only lack is the capacity of sef-inter pretation. When explained it is as illuminate ing as it is beautiful.
 To its comprehension it is necessary only to mag- inc an enormous copper cable upon iron tow CTS one hundred feet height, extending from Bos ton through New York and Philadelphia to Wash ington across the greatest manufacturing section of the United states where far motive power is needed than can -snow be furnished. By building plants for generating electricity. beside waterfalls wheels of all the manufacturing plants in this vast like tributary through the channels of great sippi, for example.
 From this central river of power' the electric fluid be diverted in rivulets the innumerable shops and mills along it's
 In both the literary phrase and the scientific conception forced recognize the immeas urabe influence of the imaginative faculty, for in all invention and discovery that faculty is much, if not more the active and efficient agent the reason. Ey what a flight of the imagination must this conception of "a river of power" have sug gested to the mind of the great originator? The immortal phrase of Shakespeare must finally be banded to include another class "The lunatic. the lover and the poet (and the scientist) are of mag ination all compact.
 It is no doubt. consciousness that the most insistent dewand of the age in which we live is for more power" 10 turn the wheels of industry. which awakens an almost passionate admiration for his momeatous project. t is not only in the race
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Luke McIuke Says

When they get to the hugging stage of the courtship a girl can learn things from a man that he doesn't even know.
 There is only one way to end an argument with your wife. Agree with everything she says and she will soon quit arguing
 The morning that you have only 20 minutes in which to dress is the
 same morning your shoestring breaks
 and your collar button disappears. When woman discovers that it is useless to worry over being so fat
 she will worry over how terrible it
 would be if she kept on losing until
 she got too thin.
 Any Princess is killing to bet you
 that her seventeen-year-old beau has forgotten more than her thirty-seven- year-old father ever knew Men are just as foolish about about clothes as women. It has just about gotten so you can't tell a Tired
 Business Man from a High School Boy The best years of an Optimist's life are ahead of him. The best years
 of pessimist's life are behind him. After man has crossed a busy
 thoroughfare he is doggone glad that automobiles are not sold on the dol
 wn-and-dollar-a-week plan. Size isn't everything. The man from Rhode Island is prouder of his State than the man from Texas is of his.
 When you are squaring up with the fiddler you discover that there isn't such a heluva lot of fun in dancing as you thought there was. Ever notice that a smart girl who is wearing an ankle-length skirt can
 handle it so as to show you more
 than is displayed by the girl who is wearing a knee-length skirt?
 You may have noticed that the
 man who uses his fingers as a back
 stop when he is loading food onto
 knife never needs any tonic for his appetite.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Now, Indeed, Must We Think
(Cincinnati Enquirer)

Cincinnati Enquirer)
 There is hardly any need to call attention to the fact that the United States Senate has had high and important duty thrust upon it by the agreement of President Woodrow Wilson with the French and British to present to it the proposal 10 enter compact to the assistance of France in the event of her invasion by the German Army.
 Under the constitution the President, quite wisely cannot bind the United States to such allience When he has transmitted the message to the Sena- tors his connection with the affair ends and the be made by the representatives of the people sitting in the law making branch of the Gov ernment.
 The country will welcome from these men the acceptance of this mighty responsibility and delib confronted by the definite matter of entering into which Washington advised and because of which pol icy number of Senators smarty criticised the Chief Executive. It differs, the reading will show from general peace treaty which creates the League of Nations, and is what it purports to be on its face purely military allience against Germany in the interest of France.
 Warning will not be amiss against nasty action, of which there has been painful oversupply during the Paris negotiations If there time in history when the Senate needed the counsel of the people it is now.
 There exists occasion for summary action upon the submitted question. Meanwhile the public mind should be devoted to serious and solemn consdera- tion of the problem whether the departure, long feared, of taking part in European affairs shall be entered upon The test of community statesmanship is about to be applied to Nation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Lanes Plan

(Farabnks Citizen)
 The first official details Secretary Lanes home stead plan for returned soldiers sailors and marines appears in the columns of the Citizen this morning. It is very comprehensive scheme and one that should do much to furthering the backto- the-land movement
 Forty thousand former soldiers have made in queries of the Department of the about program. Many others undoubtedly interested and the passage of legislation embodying the fea- lures of the plan will create greater interest
 It is practically assured that Alaska will be included in the provisions of the measure. It is time to begin to plan to have least such set clement as Mir. Lane established in this tion. The land is right at hand. It is productive There is Government farming station here to CO., operate in the matter, almost if made for that especial purpose The market is here for all that can be produced by at least 500 farmers ac- cording to leading members of the local agricultural association. These facts should be placed before the Secretary of the Interior in order that the Panama Valley be given serious consideration in the es- tabshment of any farming community under the Government plan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
ARTIFICIAL MOTHER
 OF PEARL WAS MADE
 BY GERMAN FACTORIES

LONDON, June 19.-The secret of another German key industry has been discovered, the manufacture of artificial mother-of-pearl. J. w. .rI. Dew, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, found the process ! liter much patient experimenting. Dr. Dew was engaged during the whole period of the war in recon structing, step by step, the method of manufacture.
 Artificial mother-of-pearl is used for making fancy buttons, dress trimmings and many other articles. Before the war most of it came from Germany.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

for industrial supremacy that we are conscious ol the need of motive power We must nave IL U minister to the elemental necessities Of the human race With the increase in population ana or cui- ture the needs of always oVertaklns ana ofton transcendinp his capacity to supply them To keep the supply of power beyond the point or ade- quacy the supreme, the constant, the lnslsteh,' the mperous obligation of the race Forever ana forever doomed to meet the needed demands oi our bodies and spirits
 Our deposits of coal and oil are proving made ouate and we are turning the waterfalls or rivers. When both insufficient we must turn to the tides or the sunlight to other natural energies now unknown
 Undoubtedly Emerson was right in saying: Life is search after power" And this is an element with which the word is saturated There is no chinK or crevace which it is not lodged and no honest seeker goes unrewarded.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

As usual under the conditions the returns of Tues days election still far from complete, but there is no question to the election of the Democratic candi- date George B. Grigsby The Citizen believes that MT Grigsby will make efficient representative and one who will be wholly loyal the best interests of Alas ka.- Fairbanks Citizen
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Wrangell wants Dry Strait dredged and Petersburg wants Wrangell Narrows deepened and there seems to be disposition to make the proposals matters Of com munity rivalry. Why not both? It would serve com merce to have waterways improved and then both towns the other sections of Alaska could De happy
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

"Only an idiot would sign such peace! shouts a Prussan Assembly member. We'll If 1t hadnt been for whole lot consummate Prussian idiocy there would have been no war and need for signing peace.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Ouch!'

Dr. Bradley and Dr. Dye, physi- clans in Springfield, Tenn; have formed medical partnership. Now when you get sick in that town
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Under the Constitution every mans cellar is his Verdun, and the linte of the entrance should be written: Thou shalt not pass."-( Cincinnati EnQuirer)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

If the United States to take the care of the sick of Europe it is to be hoped that the first step will be to make him take his medicne.- Baltimore American)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Proposal is made that league of small nations be formed. To be known, possibly, as "the bushes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

How would it do for educational genius to invent school house whose sweet girl graduates stay that way?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Headq quarters for Ladysmith coal Juneau Transfer Co.,. phone AS.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
BITS OF BY. PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer

Three Days. When mere man takes railroad trip, He likes a few small snorts;- That's why he carries in his grip About dozen quarts,
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

And a general thing. when the wife carries tn powder rag.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Ho, Huml
Oh, Very We'll!

(From Louisville Contemporary
 Horace l.. Uuham, of Fiskdale, has a flock of three white Plymouth Rock hens and rooster. May they laid women in England.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Probably the best thing about a one-story house that the aroma of boiled cabbage is confined tn ground floor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Cheer up! Pancho Villa is bigger nuisance to Carranza that he is to s.--(Washington Post)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Oh, Sludue!

Dr. U. R. A. Darling is practicine medicine at Lake Geneva. Colo.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

What has become of the old-fashioned June bride who didn't start housekeeping with the understand ing that they would go down town for their Sunday dinners?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Our Daily Special.

The man who can take advice often knows more than the man who is giving it..
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

There is in daring Senator Reed to resign That Senatorial job is the only megaphone he has, Chicago News.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
TIPS FROM TEXAS
CDallas News)

Percy Noodles says that when he told the capi- talst's daughter he corresponding with some oil interests in West Texas she said she reckoned they would be slow about investing anything in surface indications.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
MAIL NOTICE

Hereafter all outgoing first class mall will close when a mail carrying vessels whistles into port whether 1t be day or night; Sunday or week days.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Personally don't to be gobe-trotter, but we would like travel enough to learn how to put on pants comfortably in Pullman car.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

The Very First. Dear Luke-I have a file of your Bits of Byplay for the past eight years, but I missed the first three or four months of your column Would you mind telling me what was the very first joke you had ir your column the first day you rar it ?-C.
 The very first joke Luke had in his column the first day he ran il was this one:
 PAW KNOWS EVERYTHING. Willie-Paw, what is sheet music Paw-Snoring, my son.
 Advice.
 Said old man Fay,
 To young man Mounts: "The less you say,
 The more it count"
 a Luke McLuke. Said old man Fink
 To old man Fay:
 ''The less you think,
 "The more you say"
 Newark Advocate. .
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
We'll. We'll!

We'll, We'll! And talking about Philadelphia re- minds us that there is A. Lawyer in that town who is not a lawyer. He is a dentist.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Mean Brute! "My. my!" exclaimed Mrs Gabb, as she looked up from the newspaper she was reading. Tt says here that a Wisconsin woman cut off her hair in her sleep. Isn't that terrible!" "Yes," agreed MT. Gabb. q sup pose she forgot to put it on the dresser before she went to bed"
 Fast. It sure seems mighty strange to me And it is not a pun; We call a color fast when we Know that it cannot run.
 Paw Knows Everything. Willie-Paw, what is the rule of three?
 Paw-Two's company, my son.
 The Umpire. The umpire has no friends at all; How can fellow like A man who calls each strike ball, ! And who call eaciq ball d strike? ssH -i7s
 The Wise dFooI. Tt is the unexpected that always happens" observed the Sage. "Yes," agreed the Fool Especial ly when you are expecting good luck"
 Ho, Huml This life is grindstone," said Bel
 lows, You'll find this is true, oh, my
 brothers; It sharpens the wits of some fellows, And sharpens the noses of others"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

E Orpheum Bootblack Stand. Ladies
 Shines a Speciality adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Form in Line, Girls, Don't Shovel Sign on Frankford avenue, Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania:
 Hug,
 The Plumber.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Aw, Gwan!

They tell us that a Cincinnati girl who was visiting in Wilmington. Ohio, wanted to know if someone would take her to the postoffice. And Guy Tooker. He is the Assistant Postmaster
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

they'll tell you to go and see Brad ley and Dye
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Yes, But Whaddy Va Mean? A Middletown, Ohio, store adver- tises thusly:
 eff you want to have a fit come in and see us
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Gosh, How the Money Rolls In!

Gosh, How the Money Rolls In!
 Uumpkin, Ga, Independent)
 Superintendent of water and lights Holder reported that he had con ferred with the Carter-Trotman Con- pany relative to the rate to be charged for current for their electric sausage grinder, and motion was passed that the charge be 65 cents per month except November, Decem- Der, January and February of each year, when it shall be $1.00 per month.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

It sure seems mighty strange to me And it is not pun; We call a color fast when we
 Know that it cannot run.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw, what is the rule O three?
 Paw-Two's company, my son.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-20

Entered as second class matter November 191z, at postoice at Juneau. Alaska, under the Act or March 3, 1879
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-23
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, Oct. 23.-The foreign ex =
change market opened weak with a
further break in Italian exchange. In
ternational bankers commented unfav-
orably upon the failure of sterling to
hold up on the new credits. Italian
exchange made further decline, even
under the weeks preliminary figures.
Quotations were:
Demand sterling 4.15A, cables 4.16;
franc cables SO. checks $40; lire
cables 1923. checks 1910; Swiss ca
bles 5.62, checks 5.64; guilder cables
37%, checks 373s; pesetas cables 10. 20
checks 1912; Stockholm cables "a IL
checks "a; Christiania cables 22.S0
checks %. 2.65: Copenhagen cables 21 90
checks u 40; Belgian cables S65
checks S.67; mark cables 3.57, checks
3.55. Austrian kronen, 01.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-23
MoNEY.LENplNG RATES

NEW YORK-Money on call, botl,
mixed collateral and all industrial col
lateral, opened today at & per cent for
lending and renewing.
The relatively easier conditions in
time money continued today and money
was available for present day periods
at Z per cent. Money brokers express
ed the opinion that there was no Ger
tainty of the present ease obtained
lasting for any length of time.
Prime mercantile raper moved mar
rowly on account of the limited of
ferings. Rates are 512 per cent fol
the very best quality, with occasiona
transactions under that rate for espe
cially attractive material.
Business in prime bank acceptance.
is still only moderate and rates arc un
changed.
Call loans on acceptances remainct
at Az per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-23
BANK CLEARlNGS
CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS

Chicago. Oct. 2s.-BUTTER--Rec receipts
1924 tubs. Firm. Extras. 65c; frsts. SEQ
63c. seconds, 50@52c.
EGGS-Rcceipts 336s cases. Easy. Firsts
55h d57c; ordinary frsts. 50Q5lc; mlscel
laneous. 49G 55c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-23
COTTON OPENS LOWER
ON GINNERS' REPORT
Spot Houses and the Trade
Take All offerings-Market
Rallies Later
COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIONS

COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIONS
New York. oct. 29.--The following tenn.
Til this morning: Macon, e2; Abilene, okla.
GH plttIe osk ROCK fqri nnd Memphis' ] S Vicksbups
Chattanooga. Knoxville and Atlanta. ss
T]homasviie, ] % savannah and TAMPA, -;
San Antonio; New orleans and Jackson;
vile "a Pssssacols, coyvT wilm'9gSgIH TSrI. and and
Gaiveston. D Is. There was % inch Of
precipitation at Abilene; 10 inch at Little
Memphis, MSridian ii and Savannah; III" 60
inch at Macon; 80 at New orleans; q at
Nashville; 90 at Vicksburg; "A at Chat.
tanooga and SO at Pensacola.
New York, Oct. 23.-The cotton mar
ket had rather a weak opening today
at 40 to 80 points net decline, due to
weak cables and the national gnners'
report, estimating the crop at 10,Go0. -
900 to 1O.7OO,0 900 bales. The report
also made condition 50 and the ginning
81 900 900 bales. against SSH Dol for
the same period last year
There was considerable unloading by
local holders and selling by brokers who
frequently trade for japanese interests.
Spot houses and the trade bought the
cotton, and shortly after the opening
the market rallied about - to - points
from the lowest with the market steady
at about 30 points net decline.
The early selling was absorbed by
continued trade buying and the market
turned firmer after the first few min
utes on the unfavorable weather. out
look and bullish southern spot and cror
advices.
BY the end of the first hour price
had nearly recovered the early losses
with December selling up from 35.51
I'm n 50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-23
CORN PIT ACTS WELL
DESPITE BEAR NEWS
Buying on Resting Orders
Causes Movement to Cover
Shorts and Tone Holds Steady

Chicago, Oct. 23.-Weakness in the
market for hogs, favorable weather for
the movement from the country, reports
that farmers show willingness to sell
and the disruption of the industrial con :
ference at Washington were bearish in =
fiuences in the corn market today. But
despite these factors the market acted
fairly well.
There were declines at the opening
on selling pressure from local operators,
but buying on resting orders by COM
mission houses caused later general
movement to cover shorts, which held
the tone steady. Some observers said
the market disclosed indications, on the
part of those committed on the bear
side, to force prices downward, and
during the greater part of the session
there appeared to be disposition to
wait for further development. Some
made the point that sharp rally would
occur on any favorable factor.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
I.It. y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-23
PHuADELPHIA-Call. 5& q

cent; time, 5A @6 per cent; CONNER
cial paper, three to six months, 5A "a
5A per cent, and six months, 6 per
cent.
per cent. Discount rates. short bills.
43s per cent; three months bills, 4Hs
per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-23
Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, Oct. 23.-There was
good demand for spot cotton today, with
prices steady on the basis of an ad-
vance Of 16 points for middling at
22.79d. The sales were 1000 bales,
including 6000 bales American. The
receipts were 1000 bales, of which 600
bales were American. Futures were
steady in the carly dealings. Spot
prices were American, middling fair,
&c. sod; good middlng, 24.10d fully
middling. % sod; middling. - 2.T0d
low middling, 20.o4d; good ordinary
Is. 0od and ordinary. II 90d.
Evening star., 1919-04-13
UNITARIAN LAYMEN'S
LEAGUE PLANS GROWTH
sos, 500 Pledged at Convention
Toward Putting Organization
on Sound Financial Basis.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April H.
Delegates to the convention of Uni
tartan Laymen at their final session
today. pledged s63,5OO toward a
fund to establish the new Unitarian
Laymen's League on a sound f1nan-
cial basis. Organization of the league
was completed with the election Of
twenty-one members of the govern
ing council and the decision to have a
tartan Church throughout the coun-
try.
The convention voted to instruct
the council TO provide for the ap-
pointment of competent staff Of
secretaries to insure the success of
the league and the securing of 10000
members before January, 1920. Not
withstanding an effort made to re-
duce the function of the league to
a purely religious basis. the majority
of the delegates went strongly in
favor of including social and pa
triI8tic work.
Former President William Howard
Taft, Hugh Mex. Landon of Indiana
polls, John Mccarthy of Evanston,
H.; Elmer Scott of Dallas, Tex, and
George II. Shallenberger of Los
Angeles. Calf.
1t was stated that 100000 will be
needed to place the league on a
sound working basis. The question of
dues was referred to the council with
of 81 annually. Life
memberships of $50 Were provided
for, the money to be used to estab-
lish a permanent fund. The seven
teen purposes of the league recon-
m ended by the eXecutiye committee
were unanimously adopted.
Evening star., 1919-04-13
CIVILIAN
TEACHERS GRADED
Average rs Per Cent In
crease in Pay Granted
Certain Classes.
LONG coNTENDED FOR

ANNAPOLIS. Md, April IA sys-
tenn of grading the members Of the
civilian teaching force. for which
those interested have been contending
for years, is now in force at the
Naval Academy. An increase in pay
averaging 25 per cent, has been es-
tablished for the grades of profess
sor. associate professor, assistant pro-
fessor and instructor. 1t is thought
that the improved status and in
creased salaries of these teachers
will result in the maintenance of
higher standards at the Institution.
The designations for the different
grades have been made as follows in
the departments:
Marine engineering and naval con-
Struction-ASSistan professor. Will
liam e. Farrell; four instructors.
Mathematics - Professors, Angelo
Hall, Charles L. Leiper and Paul Cap
ron; associate professors, William j.
King, James B. Eppes; assistant pro-
fessors, James A. Bullard, John Tyler.
Arthur Kiernan. James N. Galloway,
Alexander Dillingham; and Guy R.
Clements; nineteen instructors.
Electrical engineering and physics
Assistant professor, John Gray; three
instructors.
English-Professors, c. Alphonso
Smith (head of Department., William
O. Stevens and Carroll S. Alden, asso-
ciate professors. Horace J. Fenton,
Harold c. Washburn, Carol H. Foster,
Allan F. Westcott; assistant profess
sors, Walter B. Norris, Herman F.
Kraft. Howard Mccormick and Sidney
A. Gum: thirteen instructors.
Modern languages-Profess p
Jean des Garennes. Paul E. Voinot
and Arturo Fernandez; associate pro-
fessors, William E. Olfvet; Motion "A.
Cotton and Jose Martel; assistant pro-
fessors, Lucien L. r. Fournon, Julian
NJ. Lacalle. Philip E. Douglass. Gin
cinnati: G. B. Laguardia and James F..
Broussard; fifteen instructors.