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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-02-18
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
 No 1Q0G "A

In the District Court for the District of Alaska, Division Number One.
 at Juneau
 JENNY DUANE, Plaintiff.
 vS,
 JOHNNY DUHANE, Defendant. TO JOHNNY DUHANE, Defendant.
 Greeting:
 In the name of the United States ,f America, pursuant to an order made in the above entitled cause hy the above mentioned Court on January 13, 1920, authorizing ser ice of summons by publication, fou are hereby commanded to be and appear in the above entitled Court holden at Juneau, in said Di- vision of said District, and answer he complaint filed against you in he above entitled cause within thir- y (30) days after completion of he period of publication hereof, to- wit, within, thirty t30) days after February 25th., 1920, and if you
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-02-18
OR. BUTLER NOT TO
 SEEK NOMINATION

NEW YORK, Feb lS-Dr Nicholas Murray Butler. president of Column bia University, in a public statement today, declines to permit the intro- duction of resolutions instructing New York's Republican delegation to Chicago to support him for the pre- sidential nomination.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
his; his prosperity is theirs 4.
Quently he is NO an idle n svass
about agricultural conditions s'ls'
That Much in commop


La Crosse Tribune: Two :.
prising men took a movie eybs sa,es
outfit to the New Hebrides T. "
South Seas. Motion pictures ~. as
hibited in the far corners ~ ' q, "
world. But here they had mot !, y
shown before. icy
The two set up an iron housa !.
installed their machine with tba !, saa
of astonishing the natives at . aou ~
head. thereby making a fortnna l
What happened? Were the na.,.
astonished? Was they filled with :,
and fascinated? They were mot
The few who came the first n,.J
were not in the least impressed N.
looked at the pictures with . :.
calm, and sized the whole thirv y
concisely and disinterestedlv
something b1ong white men,s "a
month the promoters gave it up h.,|
rupt.
America still contains persons Va,
supernior according to their own Y
innate, who have no interest in :.
ton pictures. Their estimate If n
movies is something b'long NJ
brow!~ w
In their disdain for what Divers 4.
millions they have at least that NM
in common with the natives Of M
New Hebrides!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
ANOTHER FLOOD IoF NOTES.

The publication Of the presidential note re-
Igarding the Polish situation gives color, say
Washington newspaper correspondents, to the
lrumor that the administration will seek to make
political capital out of the bolsheviki advance
(which is looked to to create favorable reaction
Ito the administration plans as they develop at
the capital. Note writing for domestic con-
sumption is favorite device of the president
liz influence elections, although it has been i'll
labeyance for some time
It is believed that the note regarding Poland
us but the first of a number which will be flut-
tered by Mr.. Wilson between now and voting
iday. According to rumor, sharp note may
isoon go to Japan ordering that nation to haul
jim its horns with respect to further encroach-
lments in Russian territory This ought to win
ia emile of approval from voters In the Pacific
tcoast states where dissatisfaction with the ali
Iministration is rife and the temper toward
Japan is somewhat crotchety for good and sui
ifclent reason.
That correspondence may soon take place
between the white house and Great Britain,
marked by acrimony, and growing out of an
Expected rebuke to be administered that coun-
try, is predicted, and this may be designed to
win the applause of Americans Of Irish blood
who have been alenated by article ten of the
league covenant An effort may be made to
put Great Britain in the light of one seeking 70
iclip the Russian bear by dividing its territory,
ard it is to be admitted that the task will not
be difficult one. France is also expected 70
come in for curtain lecture of pedagogical
character as to how she should conduct her for
ieign relations. And of course something must
be done to sweeten the Italian vote. And so on
Ito November first.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
Fair Price for Coal

Ohio State Journal: Soft Goa, n
being sold to the state of Indiana n
use in the state institutions at sssJ
for slack and $3.50 for lump ~,
These figures are most interesting n
this time. They show what coal ma,
be sold for and a reasonable proa,
secured for the producer. They nj
the stamp of unreasonableness N
many prices that have been qpta
in other states.
Private consumers win not be AHA
ito secure such low figures becau,.
they do not take SO much as the stat,
requires, and their contracts would
mot be continuous as is that of In
state. But what shall be said 4
prices UP to SIS per ton for soft coal
that have been quoted? If coal NAV
be sold at profit TO the state h
Indiana for $3.50. what is it ha
shameless profiteering when consur
ers are facing prices four times thu.
figure? There is no possible justis
cation for some OF the coal price.
that are being quoted in the market
Unreasonable profits are being sough.
somewhere alone the line from 10.
mine to the consumer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
CHE RoARED SOFTLY"

New Orleans Times Picayune: In
the course of some Personal Recollec-
Itions of Henry James," published by
Scribner's magazine, e. S. Nadal re-
lates that ile once said to James, you
never make fool of yourself, do
you?" The prompt relpy was, 'Ney-
er by any chance"
The avowal is Illuminating and ac-
counts for some of the elements lack
ing in James fiction.
In one of Henry James earlier stor-
les there is a sentence that seems
symbolical of his literary manner:
Man! mani he roared SOFTLY
James was forever trying to be inn
pressive and stupendous in an under
tone. 1t is really odd to compare the
feeble action of his fiction with the
superlatiyes he scatters about SO Law
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
EQUAL SUFFRAGE WINS AYR LAST.

Equal suffragists the land over Will voice
their praise of thanksgiving now that the nine
teenth amendment to the constitution has been
ratified by the required number of state legisla-
lures. It has been long struggle, at times
given over to acrimonious argument on both
Sides the most disagreeable feature OF the CAM
faign being the activities OF the nilltants whose
procedure doubtless, delayed the adoption OF
the amendment beyond time that would not
otherwise have interviewed. Although the last
state, Tennessee, to give adherence to the new
order is politically democrat, very great ma
jority Of the states that voted, through their
for the amendment are republican.
Now that the women have the vote it may be
left to their good sense and normal view OF pub
lie affairs to assume that they will exhibit those
attributes in no small degree in exercising citi
zenship powers. The Gate City has steadily up
held their position in demand for equal political
privilege and now that the nationwide fight has
been won it trusts that the result will be steady
in government.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
When we are most generous to our friends
and to the world we are most generous TO
ourselves Drler.
FAIR TREATMENT, THAT'S ALL.

Those provisions of the merchant marine act
passed by congress, designed to meet dlscrlrni-
nations against American shipping resorted 10
by foreign competitors, are relied upon by the
shipping board to protect our maritime inter-
ests Threats are heard in various foreign
quarters, notably Japan and England, to retail
ate upon American ocean commerce because OIL
the restrictions in the shipping act preventing
them from exploiting the American market II
discriminatory rates are resorted to by them the
shipping board may, under the new law, adopt
preferential tidewater rail rates that Will IN
sure cargoes for American ships Ii japan, Tor
instance, makes special regulations covering
freight to American ports, which she does not
arply also to the ports of other nations, the
shipping board has the right to inquire into the
action before permitting the japanese ship TO
dock The discriminatory features were not
written into the law to be held as club to pre-
vent foreign competition, but were intended
only to compel fair treatment for American
ocean commerce. They will not be resorted to
unless it becomes apparent that American ships
are made special targets by foreign competl-
tors. but it is conceded that the congress has
provided adequate protection for our merchant
m9rine when occasion ar ses for It's USE
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
LOVE STORY OF ANNIE LAURIE.

Kansas City Star: To most folks
Annie Laurie has been nothing more
than an ideal, and Lady Douglass
song only a poetic rhapsody. But
within the time-begrimmed walls OF
the old Maxwelton house on the river
Cairn, in Dumfriesshire, hangs the
portrait Of a woman about whose
charms the world has been singing
for three-quarters of century. Those
unfamiliar with the story OF the pic
ture would not recognize the delicate
features of Annie Laurie. which has
been hanging in the house of her
father for 200 pears, and which In
spired William Douglas to write the
original poem of annie Laurie
But William was soldier rather than
singer of sweet words, and he was
accused Of being wee bit indicate,
and because girls of other days were
not accustomed to even the barest
hint of familiarity history says Annie
Laurie Tilted him and wed another.
However, century and quarter
after Williams time, Alicia Ann Spot
tiswoode saw the poem he had written
and which had been given by Annie
Laurie herself to Charles Kirkpatrick
Sharpe, who placed it in his collection
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
IT'S ALL WRONG.

Burlington Gazette: The Other
day the Gazette received an inquiry
from a newspaper man in Waterloo,
concerning the prospects OF taking a
trip up or down the. river. He had
a two weeks vacation staring him in
the face and desired to spend it rid
ing on the Mississippi He had often
heard of the beauties of the river, Of
the restfulness of ride from Burning
ton to st. Paul and return and felt
that he was in aposition to undertake
this outing.
We were reluctantly compelled to
inform our friend that there was no
such thing any more as through
packet on the river, such as existed
in the days of the old Diamond 10
line. The packets have been scrap
ped or rebuilt into jazz excursion
boats and the name and fame OF the
scenic beauties of the father OF waters
is but a memory.
Thousands of people from all parts
of the country have made the delight
full trip on the upper. river from st.
Louis and points north to st. Paui
and they still talk Of it. With the
re.installation of fleet of passenger
boats. the popularity of the river could
soon be revived, and the Gazette is
convinced that the project would be
a financial success. People these
DAYS are demanding better accomoda-
lions and better meals and they are
willing to pay, but these vacations
could be planned for less money than
ocean voyages, lake trips or transcon-
tinental jaunts.
It's a shame that the beauties OF the
river are going to waste for lack or
a method to view them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
READING THE HIDDEN.

The peculiar type of mind which takes 2
pleasure in searching out obscure passages from
sacred writings on which to base prophecies
about modern happenings is having very en-
Joyable inning over the Turk and his quandary-
Not only the destruction Of the moslem empire
In Europe but the acutal millennium is predict
e9 by several of these interpreters. Their Sc
luton of cryptic utterances Guido the Bacon
SShakespeareans, but the ''sick man of the east
h:s not yet been considerable enough to justify
their reading of the book of Daniel. 1t is easy
enough for delivers after the obscure to be wise
after an event and to array triumphant proofs
Of a biblical prophecy when an occurrence stir
ring enough to startle the world has really hap
pened, but the prophet who confidently pre-
diets that such and such thing will come to
Pass on a certain day is phenomenon hard to
explain. The systems upon which their an
nouncements are based usually seem to the un
sophisticated childish and silly, and the critics
never slow to unsheath their swords; but
the prophets go ahead and by attaching mum
rcrs to the hoofs, tail and horns Of apochrypha
beasts convince themselves, If not the rest OF
mankind, that dread things will happen before
We are ali too dead 70 be interested in them
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
Wallace and Harding.

Sioux City Journal: The visit OF
Harry C. Wallace. publisher of Wal
lace's Farmer, to Senator Harding
and his statement that the farmers
of the corn belt are favorably i'm
pressed with the sentiments contained
in the senator's speech of acceptance
means more than a political pro
nouncement. Mr.. Wallace is quail
fed to speak for the farmers of the
corn belt state. He knows their
needs and their sentiments. He is
not a radical playing the politician
for personal profits and ends by win
ming and then abusing the confidence
of the farmers But he is one of those
whose prosperity is woven into the
warp and wool of the prosperity OF
the farmers Their prosperity is
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
STORY OF MARY'S LITTLE LAMB

into the house, wrapped it up.
laid it in warm place and fed
it carefully with warm milk. All
day she watched over 1t and by
special permission she watched 1t
through the night, too. In the
morning her father said that the
lamb would live.
It was, then, no wonder that
the pet lamb loved Mary and
wanted to go everywhere with
her. The day that it went to
school and was turned out it hap
pened that young man was
there who saw the whole thing,
and wrote out the story in the
verses which we all know SO
we'll.
The lamb lived and thrived and
had lambs of its own; 1T ran
into the pasture with the cattle,
till one day a COW with sharp
horne. while playing, tossed 1T
into the air, and it fell bleeding
at the feet of Mary, who CHANGED
to be in the field. With deep
grief she watched its little life
go out.
From the lambs fleece a guam
tity of yarn was spun and Mrs.
Tyler brought some of it to Aunt
Tabitha's "bee" and sold it at
25 cents for each piece. In this
way she secured $50, which she
gave to the fund for the purpose
of paying for the Old South
church in Boston.
And this is the true story OF
Mary's Little Lamb, as given in
an early issue of one OF Boston's
oldest newspapers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
Boston Globe:

.
Mary had little lamb.
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
Probably everyone of the
present generation knows the
above lines and the entire story
of Mary's lamb, but do they also
recall the fact that the MARY
of the verses was a real person,
well known about Boston, and
that the incident about her lamb
actually occurred?
The MARY" of the poem was
Miss Mary Sawyer. of Sterling.
Mass, who afterward became
Mrs. Mary Tyler. of Somerville.
At 10 years OF age she was a
vigorous lady, with her mind I'M
impaired. 1t was during her
SEVENTEEN year that she one day
during visit to the Old South
meeting house was prevailed upon
to tell the story of the lamb. Her
story was substantially as fol
lows:
One morning she went out to
the barn and found there two
little lambs, which had been born
during the night. One was so
weak and puny that her father de-
clared it would be no use to try
to raise it. Mary's tender heart
pitied the tiny creature and she
begged her father to let her try
to save it. He gave it into her
care, promising that If it lived 1t
should be her lamb.
Little Mary took the creature
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Marshalltown Times-Republican !:
Speaking of suffrage to negro women
in the south, does anyone imagine
that a negro woman'S vote Will be
counted where a negro mans isn't?
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Socrates,
Scion and Solomon couldn't be
elected to the legislature. and yet we
wonder why our politicians are not
statesmen.
Atlantic News-Telegraph The best
service the republican party, returned
to power, can render the people OF
the nation, will be to revise the tax
laws and lessen the burden on the
people.
Corning Free Press: Since the pro-
hibition law is now in effect it is up
to congress to make any change.
Sioux City Tribune: Possibly Chi
cago's mayor winks at the wide open
saloons because they are run by
directors"
Cedar Rapids Republican: The
Washington sIeuths are boasting that
they captured 100000 worth of
whisky enroute from Kentucky to
Montreal. What is there to boast 0i
about that? Nothing that we can see.
yinton Times: If the people OF
America were allowed to vote on the
liquor question today, there seems to
be little room for doubt that the drys
would carry the referendum by an
Overwhelming majority. The mass of
American people want the country
dry
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
I'M A RooksHoP.

y shabby woman with slow weary gait,
Searches through piles of marked down volumes WHARF,
Amid old favorites, she finds Jane Eyre -
An old man passing by, with out OF date
And threadbare garments, turns surprised why Kate
It's years And she: Do your reinelaoei'
Tim
When we read this together?" Eyes grow DIM
They bend above the tale Of stormtossed rate
And time and trouble swiftly fade away
Until beneath the apple tree once more,
Hand clasped in hand, ambitious young and gay,
II Ger Rochester St John and Jane they pore.
Then waken wit a start to each grim self
Old Tim old Kate beside bookshop Shelf
1si' - Charlotte Becker.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
A SUBSTITUTE FOR DRIVES. .

The National Security League is in the mar
ket for good substitute for the word drive. >
1t has in preparation number of enterprises
of public sort and of nationwide ambitions, but
1T does not want to call these moves drives. =
There is good understanding of the public
temper here. People are very tired Of drives;
very tired of being driven; in fact, til public is
in a way to become baulky if driving goes on.
\ while ago the Security League announced
that it was out to start "drive'' for one mil
lion members and it is at work to enormously
increase its membership. But evidently not this
people, and for the matter of that no people,
can be driven into willing membership in enter
prise. Sweet reasonabeness and perhaps very
little of that is what the people want now.
There is plain evidence that the public is cor
tent at the present time to be let alone.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

We are practical beings each of with limited func
hons and duties perform Each is bound to feel in-
kensey the importance of his duties and the ssnI-
rance of the that call these forth But this reel
lno is in each vital secret, for sympathy WITHIN
which we vainy others The others are too ao-
their vital secrets to take an interest," "a
ours Hence stupidity and injustice OF our opinions
as far as they with the significance Of alien ives
Hence the fasity of Judgments far they pre-
sumo decide absolute on the value OF otnsF
persons conditions ideals-WilIiaH James
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
hospitable," "colos.

ishly: highly hospitable,' "colos-
sally vulgar" immensely sympathet.
ic'' enormously intuitive. Another
deficiency was the "halfness" Goeth
abhorred, James shrank from climax
les and loved the incomplete. One OF
his favorite SITUATIONS" is that involv-
ing persons who strive and plan or
scheme long to attain some much
wished for aim; then, at the moment
OF realization, they are tardily halted
by some cobwebby scruple or over
strained admonition Of conscience, and
thereupon relinquish all that for which
they have striven. The narrative
is thus left at loose end. Nothing
happens" might be the motto or most
of his stories. The characters talk
and discuss endlessly the principal
point of interest-in fact, ii it would
not make the defunct author turn in
his grave to use such vulgarism, we
might say they actually seem to
smack their lips over it
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

The skill acquired by searchers for cryptic
grams, strange to say, proved OF great service
i, the world war, and the results in reading
enemy ciphers were astounding enough to make
the more prosaic man look with greater toler-
ance on this peculiar avocation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

Even the styles in geniuses chang
The genius who used to wear seyel
teen dollar suit and string tie no
can't find a tailor to suit him and ca
ries cane.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
Buttons.

l
The Rotarian: We read and talk OF
great inventors, yet who knows the
name Of that sublime benefactor OF
humanity who invented buttons? Up
until about two and half centuries
Iago men had to lace up their clothes:
lit was impossible to rush out of bed
lin the morning. shave, dive into a
cold bath or under colder shower
land then fling on ones clothes, and
go out into the bright sunshine 1t
took time to lace up ones doublet
and to fix the points of ones hose.
1T was leisurely age and leisurely
ibid mankind dress in it. Today. what
with the button, the automobile, the
locomotive, the telephone, the tele-
graph and the wireless. life moves
rapidly to material accomplishments
i'm a week as it did in several months
Tor even years centruies ago. Crown
Bell and Ford with laurel and heap
medals upon the breast of Marconi:
but keep q gillifower for the unknown
genius who made 1t possible to dress
in hurry-the man who invented
buttons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

The mounting cost of gasoline is not laying
any emphasis the ''joy' in joy-riding.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

, of verses. In 1884 Miss Spottiswoode
saw the verse, changed several lines
and wrote the music.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

The Italian-Albanian treaty gives Avlona TO
Albania, and permits Italy to retain the island
of Saseno. The league of nations appears to
have been ignored in the treaty, and the parties
TO the treaty are apparently satisfied with the
outcome So far as is known the white house
publicity agents have issued nothing to indicate
that Mr.. Wilson was consulted before this
treaty was signed. The impression has been
created by these publicity men that nothing
could be done in Europe without the consent of
Mr. Wilson. But something is being done just
the same.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

Worry uselessly wastes time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

Mr.. Bryan's silence is almost deafening
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19

Sioux City Tribune: Possibly Chi
cago's mayor winks at the wide opeI
saloons because they are run b,
directors"