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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06

Former Lieutenant Colonel Harry D. Robinson, thirty-one years old. veteran of the world war. is back ags in as a mounted policeman of the New York Police Department. He was the youngest wearer of the silver maple leaf. and before his ap- pointment to the Police Department he was an expert horse breaker and cowboy He is great lover ot horses and owns horse that has taken many blue ribbons. His pay as n mounted policeman is $50 q month. while as a lieutenant colonel it was $29l 67. While overseas he was ip charge of the police de- Dartment of the A. E. F. In Paris.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
COLLEGE GIRLS
 FOE OF DIVORCE

Only small percentage of college girls ever figure in the divorce courts is the contention of Miss Angie c Chapin, acting dean of Wellesley College.
 "They get married iate in life their wants and do not marry rash ly." Most college women marry about the age of g or perhaps some what later than that The course al college carries girl rather well past the childish period the period when mere fascination might play a large part. Once this period is over the girl gains boise and sense; she becomes moro serious she loses that frlvolity that many young girls possess; she sees life in q soberer light.
 Tn the light of figures that the Smith College alumnae recently brought forth it seems plainly evi- dent that college training gives q girl a force of character and stabi!- ity Of temperament, which makes her look upon divorce as non-existent and undesirable, perhaps unneces. sary. at4
 "The woman of 9 who is married to a man of her own age will usually select one suited to her temperament, for at that age she will have dis covered just what her own nature is and what it requires. At 25. also, the girl will not be desirous of mak- ing vain conquests, nor will she be ever-extravagant in dress. nor will she be as frivolous as her younger sister"
 The evils of divorce are startingly shown in the William Fox picturiza- tion of "The Blindness of Divorce" which will be shown at the Palace theatre tonight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
"rne BEST EVER"

The very best eyer" That : is what everyone will exclaim who sees "A Soul Without Windows" the de- ll2htfuIly pleasing motion picture in which charming Ethel Clayton will be seen at the Palace theatre Thurs day night only. The attraction is al together different from the usual run of plays. It is grippingly interesting and it is thoroughly pleasing from start to finish. It Is not putting 1t
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
TOM F1NNEGAN OUT

Tom Finnegan. who has been at St. Ann Hospital for the past sev- eral weeks suffering from pneu- monia has recovered sufficient to leave that institution and is. now at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
APPEAL IS FILED

John Wagner. through his attor- ney John R. Vim, has filed motion of appeal from the Commissioners Court where he was found guilty of having liquor in his possession and fined s250.OO by Judge N. T., Bur ton.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
HE PLEAD GUILTY

Julian Noolaska plead guilty or assault and battery on the person of Frank Dominique last Friday i'll the Court Of Commissioner N l.. Burton and was sentenced to serve 90 days In the Federal jail.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
STORY OF THE NORTH

Hundreds of "Forty-niners' re vealed miraculous discoveries of gold in the days of California's great boom, but nothing so remarkable as the finding of pay dirt in a discarded doormat on an abandoned claim in the Yukon as shown in social Ambi- tion," a thrilling selexart drama which will be seen at the Palace Sut- urday night and Sunday matinee.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06

OLlSEuM-Wallace Reid in "Too Many Millions; it is comedy show, with another comedy and a weekly to open the show. PAlACE-"The Blindness of Divorce with an aiI-star cast with com edy and a weekly.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
MINE TENDER HERE

The Ambassador arrived from chichagof last Saturday night and will leave for that place again to- night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
DON'T MISS THE DANCE

to be given Tuesday evening in Par ish Hall by the Young Ladies' Sod ality. Best floor in Alaska.. Good music. Refreshments Bseryood1 welcome. Gchtlemen, $l.e0.s sax
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06

Dr. H. A. Garfield, Fuel Admin istrator, has issued formal ordsr establishing the priorities list foe the receipt of coal and named the Railroad Administration as the agency agency for carrying 1t out Walker D. Hines, the Director Gen erai of Railroads. has tssusd ordess to the regional dirsctor1 of roads to carry out its provisions. and he ' making every effort to help the United states avert . national calamity in the case of the miners strike.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
HANDLING BREAD

that is always fresh, delicious, de- pendable and satisfying is a real pleasure. A loaf of our bread will convert any one into big bread eater, and as bread is perfect food the more AMERICAN loaves you consume the better your health.
 You pay 10 cents loaf at the
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06

The Alaska Grill serves the bes, meal for the money in the city.-adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
OPEN EVENINGS

From . to g. Drs. White and Stewart. Dentists. Sew ard Building. Phone 469. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06

Read The Empire want ads.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06
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too forcefully to say that it really is
 the best ever"
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-06

Open all night. Alaska Grill. adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-21
OUR CUMBERSOME TAX SYSTEM

The executive branch OF the federal
government apparently has been max
ing an honest effort to reduce the cost
of living, but as is we'll known to
everybody it has failed to accomplish
anything in that direction. A partial
remedy is in the hands of congress,
which body could accomplish much
merely by revising the system OF levy
ing and collecting federal taxes.
The existing plan OF meeting the
governments financial needs thru sur
taxes and excess profits taxes is in
equitable, cumbersome, full OF posi-
bilities of evasion and should not have
been adopted.
I Since taxes, however levied, must be
paid. ultimately by the consumer. the
conclusion has been reached by many
Of the leading financiers of the coun-
try that a tax on sales would be a
vast Improvement over the existing
system of raising revenue.
The present system is based upon
profits or income which with the first
setback in the business affairs of the
people will very largely disappear for
the time being. 1t keeps the commu-
nifty all the time from three to fifteen
months in debt to the government,
with the government constantly Dor
rowing in anticipation of the collec-
ton of that debt. The possibility ex-
lists that time may come when indi-
vidual profits will for a time disap-
pear, business bankruptcies occur and
the government simultaneously "go
broke" because 1t has borrowed ahead
in anticipation of taxes based upon
profits or income which have never
been realized.
Our taxation system treats all but
the most moderate incomes as some
thing to be heavily taxed and so pre-
vents the accumulation of savings
which would be used in further expan-
sion of productive enterprises which,
by increased production. would tend to
lower costs to consumers. Great Brit
ain has already recognized this peril
and cut in half certain classes of in
come taxation. Our system is needlesly
complicated and expensive to collect,
expensive alike to the government and
to the taxpayer and withdraws from
productive employment tens of thou
sands OF clerks and accountants at a
cost of millions of dollars. 1t encour-
ages waste and extravaganza in bust
ness operations. leads to the paying
of large salaries. employment of un-
necessary persons and wasteful meth
DDS, all of which increase costs.
A sales tax could be collected merely
by reference to the books of the mer-
chant and manufacturer and by him
would be entered in his expense ac-
count.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-21
Dorothy Dix Talks

BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman writer.

Men and Women and Money!.
Why are men less honest and hon
orable in their dealings with women
than they are in their dealings with
other men?
Men may deny that they are, and
talk of mans chivalry to woman, and
the way men protect women, and so
on, but the cold fact remains that
while men are often generous and
kind to women they have one code OF
fair dealing for men, and another
code for women.
Take the matter of lying. for in
stance. A man who tells another man
point blank lie, with intent to de-
ceive, is regarded as a rotter. The
epithet liar is a fighting word be-
tween men. A man has to sink to a
pretty low level before he is too cow
ardly to speak the truth to other men,
and he must be pretty crooked before
he condescends to make false state
ments about a matter to the other
men with whom he is doing business.
His word is as good as his bond" IL
the hall mark of the gentleman. II
is the gentleman's agreement.
But men have no shame in lying
to women, and no compunction about
it. Men do not feel that 1t smirches
the honor in the slightest degree TO
deceive women, and he who is Truth
full James with other men unblushing-
the minute he enters feminine society.
OF course, men excuse themselves
for this by saying that a mans guar
dian angel drops a tear that blots
them out on the lies that he tells
women that grease the social and do
nestle machinery, and make it run
with less friction. Also that the
things a woman doesn't know she
doesn't worry about. and that the only
way that you can keep woman nap
DIV is by telling her what she wants to
hear, whether it is true or not. so
the end justifies the means.
/ This, of course, Is a nice point IN
ethics. Possibly to camouflage the
truth in matrimony may be sin that
leans to virtues side. Anyway, nus
bands almost universally subscribe TO
this view of the subject, and many
man who would not deviate a hairs
breadth from strict veracity with an
other man is a cheerful liar to his
own wife.
And the most insulting part of this
mendac city is the peurile and chlldlsn
lies men tell women-stock lies that
are so old they have moss upon them
and that would not deceive even
girl baby in her cradle-lies about
missing trains, and sitting up with
sick friends, and having to work over
time, and being compelled TO stay
downtown against their will to enter
whether men are less honest IN
money matters with women than they
are with other men is because women
offer a shining mark to any one VINO
wishes to cheat them, and are less
ant to invoke the law against swim
diers than men are. or whether men
have a general idea that women
haven't any right to money. anyway
and it's no harm to take 1t away from
them, nobody can say.
The one thing that IS certain is
thet as soon as a woman has a little
money. she IS simply beset by men
who are trying to steal it from her.
She is bounded by men with PROPOSE
tons that are so transparency 1raud-
uIent that no man would have the
face to present them to any other
man who was not incarcerated in the
Home for the Incurably Feeble
Minded
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-21
FIRED!
CHAPTER &c

CHAPTER Sc.
whats the matter. Robert? You
look as if your best friend had passed
away. and you never expected to find
another. 1 never saw you look so de-
pressed. Didn't you have a pleasant
evening, and a good dinner?"
"Of course 1 had "a good dinner.
One never gets any other kind at Mar
ions. 1 didn't go for a good time, but
TO help her with something she did
not understand"
You might as well tell me what it ISL
If you want to know, I've been
sacked"
You've been WHAT"
Sacked, Bounced Given my walk
ing papers. L am now a gentleman
You mean-that you have been
discharged?" 1 questioned slowly, un-
believing.
you've guessed it"
1 was really so astonished 1 could
not speak. 1 never had thought of
the possibility of Roberts being dis
charged. 1 had believed him almost
indispensable to the firm-a thought
many other women have of their hus-
bands until they also have a rude
awakening. Even Carson Murphy and
Frank Weed had said he was liked.
should be advanced, had declared he
would be soon, and instead he had
been-discharged
We'll; why don't you say some
thing?" Robert asked impatiently.
Il can't understand. Why
what had you done?"
Nothing"
Then why did they discharge
you" The indignation 1 felt in my
Just for that Because did moth
ing-so they said"
Robert Meredith, will you tell me
what happened"
Il have been discharged. The boss
has been grouchy for a long time
grouchy with me. I told you about
that fellow who left the store because
he thought me inattentive. That
stuck in the old mans crop. He hasn't
been very pleasant to me since. Then
he grouched again when 1 asked to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-21
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

My sister Gladdis was out last mite
on account of Mr.. Parkins< taking her
to the theater to selebrate her berth
day, and my cuzzin Artie was GROUND,
and I sed, I wish I had sumthing to
give Gladdis for her BIRTHDAY, be-
cause then Id have more rite to ask
her to give me sumthing for mine the
next time I have one, and Artie sed,
Wy don't you do sumthing to serpriZe
her, wy don't you change the ferniture
GROUND in her room so it will look
like a new room?
Being a pritty good of ideer, and
me and Artie wentin GladdisSes room
and started to do it, pushing the bed
ware the bewro was and the bewro
the chairs and picktures, being a lot
| of werk but making a big change in
the looks of the room.
G, 1 bet she wont reckoniZe 1t sed
Artie. and I sed, It'll be a serprize
all rite, And we went back to my
room rite next dore to GladdiSses and
played lotto till Artie went home on
account of having to, and 1 went to
bed and wondered how mulch Glad
dis would injoy her berthday serprize
and the ferst thing 1 new 1 was asleep
and the End thing 1 knew weak up
sul0thing in the next room and say
ing, Owtch, owtch, watts this thing
doing over on this side?
Being Gladdis and jest then she
bumped into sumthing elts, saying,
Owtch, for goadniss sake, is the room
termed GROUND, or Is it me?- ware
in the world is the lite ?-every thing
seems to be in the rong place
hevvins. I hope I dideat get into the
rong house.
And she bumped into 8 more
things before she lit the lite. .say wing
Well. of all things, wat on erth.
Merry BIRTHDAY, Gladdis, serprize.
serprize, 1 yelled frum my bed, and
Gladdis came running in and grab
bed the covers off of me and picked
up my Boy Scouts book and started
to hit me all over with it on ac-
count of me not keeping still enuff
for her to aim at eny one place, and
I yelled like enything and pop came
up in his pidjammers, saying. Wat
the mischiff, wat the doose? and
Gladdis sed, He moved all the fer
niture in my room to make me bump
into it and if I'm not all black and
blue it's not his fault. "
did not, pop, 1 did not, I moved
it for a berthday serprize. l can't
help it if she wunted to bump into
1t, sed. and pop sed, The way of
the bennyfactor is hard. And he gave
me krack some place with his hand
for good mcclure and went down
stairs agen saying, Go to sleep.
WITCH l did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-21

A Middle Glass union has been or
eanized in England for the purpose OF
resisting the encroachments of both
capital and labor upon the rights OF
the general public. Already it has
more than 100 locals. The union does
not claim to be a strike-breaker, but
seems determined so to organize its
forces as to make its weight felt when
ever issues arise in which its interests
are involved. 1t is pledged, according
10 a recent resolution, to develop the
organization Of its members $50 as to
render effective help in the mainte-
nance OF essential public services dur
ing any emergency; to prevent light
ming strikes and to demand the rep
resentation of the middle classes upon
anv commission, conference or council
appointed by the government" 1t
points out that, while organized labor
can count on approximately 1o,6oo,ooO
votes. the middle classes can count on
something like 25,OOO,00O. But the
union utters no threats. 1t simply de-
clares its intention of cooperating
with the lawful authorities, and of
proving, when necessary, that the
people as a whole are greater and
more powerful than even the most
thoroIy organized minority"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-21

Thirteen teachers in the Pittsburgh
public schools have asked the board OF
education of that municipality to place
them on the war wage basis of the pri-
waite soldier in the United States army.
They are all veterans of the world war
and would like to go back in civil life
TO the war time wage of $S3 per
month, with board clothes and lodging
furnished them free. They contend
that under this arrangement they
would clear more money at the end of
the year than they now do on their
present salaries ranging from 1920 to
S217 per month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-21
THE PROP UNDER PRICES.

Probably nothing but a sustained
and strenuous effort on the part OF
manufacturers and spectators can
much longer prevent the start OF de-
cline in prices.
France has quit buying American
pork. England began a wholesale can
collation. of American pork orders re-
Gently, and has bought no pork of US
since. Germany wants to buy our
pork, but cannot do so because of the
worthlessness of the German mark.
Weeks ago, New York banks began
refusing to cash European bills of ex-
change. Europe has long been without
gold to pay her trade balances, and
has been buying of US on credit. With
her credit here stopped, our export
trade with Europe IS nearing an end
until Europe can emerge from her
bankruptcy. That is why the French
and Britons and Germans have can
celled their pork orders.
Goods cannot go from America to
Europe when the various methods by
which they can be paid for have
broken down. They cannot so over
the Atlantic II there is no way OF real
izing on their value. Export of them
is blocked at the oceap's edge. they
fall back on the homo market, and
must be sold here at whatever prices
can be got.
Stoppage of exports makes accumu-
lation Of SURPRISES here. Money to
carry these stocks at home increases
the money demand and that increases
interest rates.
The labor market is expanding and
production is increasing. The primary
markets are loaded UP with many
classics OF goods produced from high
priced materials. These soon must be
unloaded to make room for goods to
be produced from lower cost materials,
which are certain to come. Slowly
but surely the high cost of living prob
lem IS working itself out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-21

sress, asking for such and such vege-
table seeds. The season really opens
before Christmas when the southern
members begin receiving appeals from
their constituents in the far south,
and does not end until the latter part
of April when the last package Of
seed is finally shipped out of the
house and senate office buildings.
The individual distribution of the
seed is not, however, the only means
by which the members increase the
food production, and incidentally
their own popularity. Thousands OF
packages arc sent to newspapers in
stores in small communities, with the
invitation to help themselves, with
Mr.. Senator's or Mr.. Congressman's
compliments"
This latter practice came in for a
special attack by Mr.. Blanton, who
charged that the seed was being used
for campaign purposes by the mem
bers, and not going into the hands of
persons who really need them.
He referred caustically to the well
known practice Of shipping the seed
to political leaders in various COM
munities, and demanded that the gov
eminent, If the seed distribution was
to remain, take the politics out of it,
and let the department of agriculture
uenGie II.
Already the department receives
thousands of requests for seeds which
1t has no authority to fill, and can
only refer the writer to his senator
or congressman. Practically the en-
tire output is distributed thru the
house and senate office buildings, or
franked out from the big warehouse
where they are stored waiting for the
congressional order for their distribu-
ton.
The department of agriculture
which handles, the seed business of
congress, and which is likewise the
governn entail agency which devotes it.
self assiduously to a study of the i'm
provement of the output OF the soil,
is strongly opposed to this congress
sional distribution of seed. 1t con-
siders the appropriation for the pur-
pose almost wholly wasted. 1t states
that the constituent would be better
served IL he were given a quarters
worth OF sugar or flour. 1t lamants
the fact that. while congress is MAIN
tanning the fairness of its seed appro-
priations. those for the continuance of
experimental work that would event.
ually put tens OF millions of dollars
into the national treasury are being
eliminated or cut to the bone.
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The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned 4 Modem sto:y q Home and Business
BIZ JANE PHELPS
BIZ JANE PHELPS

go to Mr.. Hovey's funeral. And"
why didn't he tell you he woulo
discharge you if you went?" 1 inter-
rupted.
He didn't do it for that-it helped
along, that was all. I was thinking
of something today when he spoke TO
me. He says he asked me a question
twice before 1 paid the slightest at
tention. Then he informed me that
was too much wrapped up in my
thoughts to be of any use to him, and
SO gave me my walking papers" The
bitterness in Roberts tone was indie
scribable."
Never mind. dear. you'll get an
other position soon, and we'll manage
until you dove may have to ask
your aunt to CO." l added as an after
thought, IT don't think we can afford
her expenses now"
You can manage to support me
tho"
why Of coursel don't be silly. Bob.
you will not be out long. Then when
you do find another position. for
heavens sake pay attention to your
long would 1 be where 1 am if l didn't
keep my mind on selling hats, I'd like
to know? You can't sell things and
let your wits go wool gathering"
PLEASE stop preaching. I might
have known you'd side with the boss
L gu re 100 VI d bdoiiiOSo
to sympathize with me. I'm the un-
der dog-Oho, it's my own fault! !
know that as we'll as you do. But
that doesn't make it any easier to
bear. 1t may make it harder
was silent for a moment. l had
not meant to preach, but l was. as
Robert had said, a business woman
and I realized just what inattentior
meant. When I spoke, it was rather
beside the question.
Did you tell Marion, and what did
she say?"
Yes, 1 told her.
"What did she say?"
To my surprise Robert hesitated
and a dark flush crept over his face
| He looked almost embarrassed. VIVA
| in the world had Marion Hovey saio
to make him look like that. He mus
tell me. All my jealousy was once
again aroused.
! ITO Be Continued)