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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
A PROFITABLE POLICY

That another very profitable meeting of the
business of Juneau which was held yesterday
the sem-monhly MONDAY luncheon in the ban
quet room of the Alaska Grill There spirit of
optimism, a disposition to cooperate and to perform
earnestly for Juneau that cannot fail to bear fruit
There is nothing that will aid in the task of
celebrating fractional wrangling and discord and
crossing of purposes more than for men to get tc-
gcther and work together in common cause. That
is particularly true when the cause is good one
and there is better in any community than
promoting the welfare and prosperity of the com
munity and the well being of its members
The Juneau Commercial Association has been wise
in having the semm monthly club luncheons. Not
only will things that good for the community be
suggested and worked out, but spirit of commun-
ity interest will developed that will further the
ability of those who attend to work in cooperation
and harmony.
The Empires advice to all the business OF
tie city is to join the Commercial Association, and
attend its meetings the Alaska Grill twice each
month
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
The New Syria
(Toledo Blade)

(Toedo Blade)
1t remains to be whether the new state of
Syria which has been proclaimed will be able to
survive and grow great and strong, whether seven
centuries of Turkish supremacy have destroyed all
power of self-gOvernment.
The attitude of the allied nations remains to be
defined, but the principle of sef-determination can
be depended upon to allay French British anti
pathy provided the Syrians able to display the
qualities necessary for sef-rule.
The world will eagerly await authentic news,
for the state proclaimed in Damascus, the
Oldest city in the world and there will be curiosity
concerning the government formed in the very cradle
of civilization. Damascus noted place in the
time of Abraham David conquered it, but it slipped
from the hands of Solomon to become the capital
of the Kingdom Syria, the constant rival and
enemy of Israel Since those far off days this garden
spot of the desert has been the prize for eternal
conflict. Anthony gave the city love gift to
Cleopatra. Tiberius conferred it upon Herod. Pom
pey lived and ruled in its palaces and there
Paul announced his conversion. Mohammed found
the city beautiful that he refused to enter it's
gates, lest it should tempt him with its beauties
to renounce the glories of Paradise.
In the centuries of it's existence it's peoples have
seen many, many governments wax and wane, tyrants
and conquerers have ruled it, armies have contended
for it. The state born out of the may go
the way of the others, but if nationalism and the
spirit of democracy its guides Syria may at last
redeem the glories of the past.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
MINGLING MERCY WITH MASS MURDER

Even before the archconsprtors of the German
military caba been summoned before the }judg-
ment seat of the world to answer for the atrocities
they heapcd upon humanity the professional sol
diers are saying that poison has come to stay
as a weapon of the battle field The staggering
question is asked by them why there should be
objection to a of death that acts p3fnessy
and is therefore more than explpsfYe shfils
tearing bullets. -
If there must be common sense dictates
that the least brutal of methods should be employed
Primeval man fought with fist and tooth, and his
immediate successors took up the club and stone
In their order the spear, the the arrow
and the sword the age of iron succeeded the
ages of stone and bronze. Then came the catapult
and the sling in their various FORMS until the age
of gunpowder ushered in and produced new
means of ending human life abruptly. Improved
artillery and explosives have driven the battle lines
farther farther apart from that originally drawn
when men met each other breast to breast and toe
and fought with sword and dagger 1t is
row possible fire shell 100 miles, and airplancs
will transport of SCATTERING nitric acid expof
i've compounds for immeasureable distances, re2-
lively speaking.
Stress of war has produced the invention and
development of dozen forms of capable of
disabling and killing human beings. The assertion
is gravely made that had not the armstice come the
population of large German cities would have been
skies by the newest of these
whose Initiation meant certain death. IT, assert
ed for them, these agencies can be made to operate
without inflictng the slightest pain the victims
there is and cannot be tne slightest objection
their substitution for shot and shell. 1t is not
peasant contemplate. the wholesale extinguish-
ment people, but if it must take place mercy
should be mixed with it.
1t is useless to talk about in terms of life
saving AS the great Stonewall Jackson said
to a critic who chded him because of the great num-
Der of deaths in his corps, Madam, don't to
wal save when try to save life we stay
at home" War death. and death to the
enemy just quickly and often as it can be in
flicted.
The only way life is to stay at home.
Therefore, why discuss means of warfare that will
make difficult to kill? Those who would save
life had be aiding in the development of plans
that will prevent
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

tabshed by Henry l.. Pittock, and it is very APP
proprate, But there should go with it some tr-
butte to the memory of that other great newspaper
man who associated with Mr.. Pittock for moro
than third of a century part owner and as
editor-Harvey w. Scott AS editor of the Oregon
ian and controller of the papers policies for
more than forty years, Harvey Scott earned the
right to be classcd. he invariably is at the very
crest Pacific Coast editors and newspaper men
That was his position when he died, and had been
for many years before The Oregonian which owes
so much of its reputation and standing at the fore
front among newspapers to Harvey Scott should
place mis- alongside of that of the man along
side of whom he worked long and in such com
plee harmony. Harvey Scott and Henry Pittock
were always associated in the public mind and the
association should be continued.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
THE CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

Fire losses in America greatly in Of
those of other nations. They impose dsmaying
Financial burdens, not only through the destruction
of property alone. but also through the imperative
necessity of maintaining great armies of fire fight
and the premiums for insurance, which five
times as great those in Europe.
These heavy losses in small part caused
by negligence Chief among the is tho
thoughtess habit of allowing rubbish accumulate
abou. shops and in the Easements of dwelling
A match or a burning end a cigarette thrown
into heap of such inflammable material has started
fires that have laid entire cities ashes.
The careessness also is a menace to public
health. 1t is easy to realize that piles refuse
breeding places of germs of all infectious
disease. Self-nterest il nothing else should
the people of Juneau to get behind Mayor Robertson
and work with him make clean up day next
Monday what it is designed to be-a day clean
Juneau up
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
A SUGGESTION TO THE OREGONIAN

Any layman tell any editor how
a newspaper. That goes matter of course,
and many laymen have persisteny followed the
practice of youchsafing the information to editors
and managers that it is not often that a newspaper
has the temerity to suggest to other news
paperman how they should run their papers. And
IL takes particular amount of hardihood make
any suggestions to the Oregonian The Oregonian
has been managed and edited with such signal abil-
ty and such high regard for the ncetes of the
paper making profession that il has for itself
q place at the very top
However, we have suggestion TO make to the
great Portland morning newspaper. At the top of
its editorial page il carries line which says Es
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
BITS OF BY : PLAY
By Luke McLuke "a
=
Copyright by CINCINNATI
Enquirer



We have been made the referee
in the great Corn Beef controversy
now being waged in Cincinnati, buj
we are gonna pass the buck up to
some scientist. The Question is
Why is there an alternate streak o!
fat and lean in Corn Beef? Cal
O'Neil holds, as an expert, that the
hard fat like suet lis caused by
the curing and picking process,
Mike Gavin, the noted Cornbeefol
ogst, dublin University maintains
that the fat in Corn Beef is the Trof-
kin and the lean is the Goyngyn
Hon Bert Likins holds that there
amt no SIGH animals as Trofkin
and Goyngyn, and that they are
the inventions of silly epicurean
Anyway, we will pass it up to the
Lungview Commission for d decision
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
The MayflOwer's Flag
Manchester, England, Guardian.

tMancheSter England, Guardian.)
The proposed celebration in Manchester of the
tcrcentenary of the sailing of the Mayflower may
render 1t of interest direct attention to a curious
anachronism In the magnificent fresco in the Pal
ace Westminster, in which the departure of the
Pilgrim Fathers is depicted the Mayflower is flying
a Union Jack The Union Jack as every knows,
did into existence till the passing of the
first Act Union in 1800-1S0 years after the de-
parture of the Pilgrim Fathers One of the formali-
ties connected with the Irish Union a stand
ard combining the three orders of st. George, st.
Andrew and st. Patrick, which hosted in the
capitals OF England, Scotland and Ireland.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
PiSc atoriaI

sweet Spring is here, the warm sun
shines,
For shady streams. fellow pines
rms time of year it is his wish.
10 tlsh, and fish, and fish and fish.
anu when he's fished the whole day
through,
And caught a sun perch. maybe two;
sack to the town he'll gladly HE.
And lie, and lie, and lie, and lie.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

If Ambassador Mexico escapes kid
mapping he may be able to advise other Americans
how to do it Philadelphia Press
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
EooeY!

He was making his first ocean voy.
age and was in his cabin grooming
with NAL de mer
Shall | send you some dinner
sr?" asked the Steward.
NO was the reply. Just throw
BILE
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

TIC OHUUTIdNtT
He dassent look so glad,
Whatever his mood;
And has to look sad
When business is good.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

Woods Hole Be Summer Capital" Isn't it
strange how the of Wood is being constantly
linked up with capital?-( Philadelphia Record)
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
Noticei

If you want little inside infor-
nation before the Kentucky tracks
Wilmington, Ohio Her first name
is Alice
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

Only with a great deal of spare time and
Indifference to what he does with it should
attempt to organize a third party washington
Starr
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

One by the papers that Constantinopie is
going to have a system, it must be that
the Turks going out, after all
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
Friend Wife

You'll never get married woman
to believe that what she doesn't
know, won't hurt her.-Luke McLuke.
1t is usually the things that a woman
suspects that makes the most
trouble.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

With cherries starting Is contract
at Che Dalles there is chance in sight for cheap
cherries this year. Portland Oregonian.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

Possibly. after sizing the situation. Mr.. Hoover
decided it a Republican year, Pittsburgh Dis
patch)
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
QUAKER QUIPS

philadelphia Record.)
il is also true that the love of money is the
Of many a family tree
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
Hooray!

TIUUT dy
The frost is fleeting.
'Tis good dope.
Well soon be eating
Canteloupei
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

Cable reports that Germany is rushing to her
ruin, do not at all premature to people who
think she has already arrived Philadelphia Press
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

1t would probably be difficult to convince kins
Christian that there is anything rotten in Denmark
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

Nothing is SO contagious knocking Even
when fortune knocks. many man gets out his own
hammer
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

Man is a gregarious animal. The way of the
Fnsgressor is hard, but is lonesome
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
OooH

Art Hirsch states that inasmuch as
me man in charge of lighthouse
does his own housekeeping he should
be called ighthousekeeper.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

The who banks the future should hesitate
about drawing checks against it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

Many who has never even had warts will
allow bad habits to grow him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

From the pessimists point of view it's ill wind
that shows which way the straws blow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

It's poor rule that won't work both ways bu
it's poorer one that won't work all
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30

The overalls had to quit, Probably. if the truth
were known, their wives objected.-(Portland Ore
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-30
The Undertaken

Canton (Ohio) News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17
DIED..

ANDERSON. Departed this life Tuesday. An
gust IT, 1920. at $50 a M. at her residence,
1908 s st. n W., Mrs. MARY VIRGINIA AN
DERSON, wife Of the late Gillespie y. An
derson and mother of Horace q. and Thorn
ton L. Anderson and sister Of Miss Sophia
Thornton and Mrs. Celestine Loving, grand
mother Of Lena and Louise Anderson. Notice
of funeral later. Is
BURK. Monday, August 16. 1920 ROSA.
wife of the late John Burk. Funeral from
" L. Speare Company's chapel, $40 + st.
NV. Wednesday. August IS. at pm.
CARTER. Departed this life Tuesday morn
ing August II. 1920 at 7:45. FLoR!NE NJ.
beloved daughter of Grace Colbert Plummer.
Funeral from the residence of grandmother.
day. August 10. at = o'clock Friends and
relatives invited.
CORVETTE. Monday, August 1s. 1920 at
pm. at Columbia Hospital. KATHARINE.
wife OF Thomas Corvette. Funeral services
Wednesday. August IS. at pm. at the
parIors of Wise undertaking establish
ment. 900 NJ st. Relatives and friends re-
spectfully invited Inferment private.
BUTTON. August 10. 1920. at the residence
Of his daughter, Mr.. r. F. Wainwris s
from Good Hope Baptist Church. Charles
county. Nd. Thursday August 10. IL
am. Relatives and friends invited. is"
ELDRIDGE. Departed this life Sunday, Au-
gust Is, 1920. at 4:25 p. M. ERNEST1NE F..
beloved daughter Of Robert A. and Mary +.
Eldridge. aged years. Funeral Wednesday.
August IS, at pm. from their residence.
600 Fairmont st. NV. Friends and relatives
invited.
FREEMAN. Tuesday morning, August IL.
1920. EVELYN ELIZABETH. daughter Sey-
more and Eva Lena Freeman tnee Williams).
aged 10 months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17
$4,000 GOAL FOR POLICE
RELIEF BENEFIT TICKETS
Objects of Organization Described
in Bul1etin-Campaign of Men
So Far Encouraging.

Maj Gessford, superintendent of po-
lice. has suggested to. members of the
department to boost the sales of tick
cts for the police relief benefit base
ball game to 5000 this year.
Tickets for the game were on sale
this morning. and early reports from
men in the precincts were encourag-
ing. In order that policemen might
inteligently respond to Questions
"It is an association in which every
member of the department should
have a personal interest.
1T is a cooperative benefit organ
iZation conducted by members of the
police department.
to give Immediate financial relief to
the widows and orphans of policemen
who die either from natural causes or
from accident while in active service
or after retirement.
This association is not an expert
ment; is is one of the oldest organ
izations of the kind in the United
States. organized by compittee rep
resenting the members of the police
department on November Is. 1869, all
most fifty years ago.
I TT has always paid its obligations.
department having ever lost dollar
in the association, and every benefit
payment has been made.
There are no paid officers. From
the first the relief association has
been conducted without one dollar of
overhead expense, such as Office ex-
penses and salaries.
"Such an organization is necessary
because many men fail to accumulate
much money. and without a relief as
ISOLATION it would be necessary on the
occasion of many deaths of policemen
for members of the department to go
down in their pockets and make con-
tributions to save a patrolman's loved
ones from actual want and destitu-
ton.
THE relief fund is for the purpose
of meeting debts of a deceased po-
liceman Immediately. and is not to be
COMPOUNDED with the official police de-
partment pension fund, which pro-
vides month-to-month payments to a
deceased policeman's family"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17

Flares and Rocks Hurled by
Canadians at Town Hall.
Child SIayinq CHARGE.

THOROLD, Ontario, August II (by
the Associated Press).-The mob that
had been besieging the town han here
late last night reached the police and
their prisoner, David McNeal, who had
| been committed for trial for the alleged
| murder of Margaret Boucock, four years
old.
Lynching had been threatened, but the
prisoner told the crowd that he was not
guilty and begged for a fair trial.
Cooler heads secured control and the
mob allowed the two policemen to take
their prisoner to Wellang Jail in mo-
tor car.
Several Thousand in Mob.
ST. GATHERINGS, Ontario, August
1.-THE mob which clamored for pos
session Of the prisoner in Thorold num-
bered several thousand persons, who set
fire to the town Jail after the prisoner
town hall, which the mob had set on
fire also.
When darkness had set in the crowd
! which had grown to large proportions,
began to storm the town hall with
bricks and stones: Before ' long every
been shattered and then the mob az
tackled the doors. McNeal and the 90
lice saved their lives by crouching in
corners and holding chairs in front OF
them as volleys of rocks swept the
building.
At first several shots were fired
from the upper windows to brighten
the crowd, but it did not hinder them
The flares were thrown through the
shattered windows and a couple of
men rushed a bundle of hay saturated
with gasoline into the ground floor
ES1ov, Inv ~ ,f,,u h.
smoke and fire drove the men who
had been besieged since early after
noon down the stairs and out.
McNeaI Surrenders.
I'VE surrender" yelled McNeal as
he came down the stairs, with Chief
Frank collins. of Thorold- hanging
to his steel wristlet. McNeal was
seized and taken in an automobile in
front of the town hall A rope from
the town fagpole was run u a pole
and preparations were made to hang
him. He screamed for mercy while
the mob howled.
Give him chance called some
one. and that met with popular ap-
prevail.
Men. if you are men. give me a
chance to make a statement" McNeal
shouted. 1T may be my last words on
earth"
McNea1 and the crowd moved to
the public library steps on account
of the excessive heat caused by the
burning of the town hall.
McNeal spoke for half an hour be-
fore hushed crowd. He swore he
had not killed Margaret Boucock. "Only
a degenerate could do such thing" he
said
From one section of the great audi
ence came insistent apeals. Give the
man a chance; hand him over to the
police"
When McNeal ceased speaking there
was no further talk of lynching The
crowd was almost jovial. No one
touched McNeal as Chief Mains and
his men supported the prisoner to an
automobile, and he was rushed off
to Welland before there was time for
the crowd to change it's mind.
Searching parties have secured the
countryside looking for six-year-old
Kathleen Beechman, who disappeared
with the little Boucock girl more
than a month ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the health department in the last twenty-four
hours:
Agnes J. Williamson, 50, 81 street south
east.
William F. Qucksall, II, Georgetown Uni
versty Hospital.
Sara Dove Todd. 40. 2Os1 street.
Jane r. Settle, "A. 1743 9Th street.
Annie NJ. Edwards, so. 113 18th street south
east.
Jacob I. Allen, ~. Hotel Harris.
Washington c. Hurdle. ~, Georgetown Uni
Martha T. King IS, 1852 18th street.
Mary ]. Dorsey, l. 54 street southeast.
Sarah E. Thorn. 63, 1405 Crittenden street.
Dwight J. Particle, 10. 1919 ! street.
Lena Hartsali. 81 1885 Pennsylvania avenue.
Ellen E. Halliday, 10, 321 18th street south
west.
John T. Dutton, 10. All 9th street southeast.
Alicia Gallardo, months, 427 18th street
southeast. ....
Andrew ". CoIeback. 1 month. 1910 soth
street. ~
Irene E. Coleback. month, 1910 30th tsreet.
Ester White, As. Home for Aged and Infrm.
Robert Spriggs 6s. Emergency Hospital.
Mcclellan Dabney, "a. Walter Reed Hospital.
John A. Brogsdale, 10 months, 1903 street
southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17
CARDS OF THANKS.

ELLIOTT. / wish to express my sincere ap-
probation to relatives and friends for their
expressions Of sympathy and beautiful floral
tributes sent at the death Of my beloved
husband. MRS. KATHRYN G. ELLIOTT. is
HUTCHINSON. We wish to express our sim
cere thanks to relatives and many friends
and neighbors for their kindness and sym
pathy shown during the illness and for the
beautiful floral tributes given at the death OF
our beloved sister. ELNoRA DOUGLAS. We
also wish to thank beloved pastor for
his magnificent sermon and choir for its
grand singing.
BY THE FAMILY.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to relatives, many friends and neigh
bors for their kindness during the illness and
Tor the beautiful floral tributes given al the
death OF our beloved son. husband and
brother. HOWARD o. JEFFERSON We
also wish to thank our beloved pastor for his
most beautiful sermon and the choir for its
grand singing. THE FAMILY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17
Between the
Waist and Corset
Age Of Girls

The Lazell Junior Waist
is designed especially for
girls of the adolescent
age-or between the time
when the typical child's
waist has been outgrown
and the figure is not
ready for corsets.
Every health consider
alton has been conserved
in the design. 1t prevents
the pressure of bands on
the soft tissues of the
body and front, and there
is no weight dragging on
the outer tip of the shout
ders.
The Lazell Junior Waist
is made in the following
styles:
Tailored Girl - Muslin,
plain.
Athletic Girl - Indian
Head, embroidery trim
med.
School Girl - Batiste,
fancy trim.
Any Giri-Khaki, plain.
Sizes from 8 to Is years
of age. Priced at $3.50
and 81 each.
Corset Section. Third Floor.
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Fine French Dresses

Greatly REDUCED to $3.50 and s35o-Tucked Feather
Nansook Dresses, neatly lace
tailored finished with calopng months year sizes
Reduced $500 and $5.O0-Fine French Nansook
with embroidered yoke and others
tucks embroidery sprays feather stitch
ng prely designed and trimmed; months wears
Greatly Reduced to $3.50 and Entirely Handmade
with plain hem and with hand
rue-hand-run Misunderstanding and en-
broidery
Fourth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17
MCCALL RULING AFFIRMED
Raise in Street Car Fare on Late
JuriSt'S Opinion.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. August 17.-An
opinion relative to higher street car
fares in Memphis which was rendered
affirmatively by the late United States
Judge John E. Mccall was affirmed and
signed by United States Judge Coch-
ran for the eastern district of Ken
lucky. Judge Mccall died suddenly on
August 9.
His decision approving a 7-cent fare
for Memphis was in the mails, but did
not reach the district court clerk before
the jurst's death. Senior Judge KNAPP
pen of the United States circuit court
then assigned Judge Cochran to make
anal disposition of the case