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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
Given Up for Dead, Return From Alaska With Fortune

CUMBERLAND, Md. Adg. 30.-Dr Thomas McElfish, dentist, who lief; for Alaska twenty three years age and was given up for dead, surprised relatives by apeparing a vigorous wealthy man. Dr. McElfish went te Alaska with c. Gilpin Lashley bro ther Thomas E Lashley cashier oi | bank here, and Mrs. Lashley, i' search for gold The Lashleys re turned after a brief stay.
 Dr. McElfish prospered and ac cumulated wealth, which was lost ir an investment Since then he has acquired fortune in trapping. He $ so enamored of outdoor life that he has pitched a tent near Flintstonl where he will remain several weeks before returning to Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
GRAND BALL TO
 MARK CLOSE OF
 K. C. FESTIVITIES
Degrees Conferred on g New Members Banquet At-
 tended by Members.

Closing the festivities for the wis iting members of the Knights of Col umbus. the local council of the order will be hosts at their sixth annua 1 ball in the Parish Hall tonight. Fol Thane and Douglas, special ferry has been arranged.
 Twenty Three New Members Twenty three new members of the Knights of Columbus who had assem- bled in Juneau to become members of the lodge, received the Second and Third Degrees of the order in Hall yesterday afternoon. The First Degree was conferred upon them at the meeting of the lodge Saturday night.
 Banquet Last Night
 Following the lodge work yester- day afternoon, a banquet was served to about 135 members of the order and their ladies. Barney A. Rosselle Grand Knight of Seghers Council No. 1760, acted as toastmaster Ad- dresses were made by Father A. J. Roccati. chaplain of the local coun cil of the Knights of Columbus, who welcomed the visiting Knights to Juneau; Grover C. Desmond. District Deputy for Western Washington and Alaska, who talked upon civic duties; Tony Gracio, of Spokane; Charles P. Morarity one of the new Knights, who talked upon the "Fut- ure." and M. J. Luby, State Deputy of Washington and Alaska whose ad dress was upon Our Order"
 In addition, several songs were sung by Mrs. William Mulligan and Miss Bernedette Proulx of Spokane Father Costello of Portland, who has been in Juneau for the past week also addressed the guests at the ban quet
 The new members of the Order are: Peter J. F. Boivin, Charles J. Skuse. Edward T. Ryan, Albert T. Forrest, Edwin V. Beaudin, Wilfren Morin, John McCloskey, James F. 1 McCloskey. of Juneau; Eugene F. Lemieur, William Monagle, James ]. Clancy, of Thane; Thomas J But tle. of Perseverance; Martin Itjen Of Skagway; Owen McFadden of White horse, Y. T.: William Douglas, Nei' ' C. Gallagher of Hoonah; Harry P i Mccormack. Robert E. Mccormack of Wrangell; Thomas R. Curtiss, w T. Mahooney of Ketchikan; John C ' Allen of Petersburg. c. E. Morarity John Garvin, of Prince Rupert, B. C.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
DEPUTY LEAVES
 T0INVESTICATE BOAT DISASTER
Two Men Missing From Sea Breeze . Hardy Goes to
 Port Walter on Subchaser.

Latest reports received at the of fee of the t. S. marshal regarding the burning of the gasboat Sea Breeze off Yashi Island last Tues day state that two men are missing instead of one as first reported. In addition to Billy Woodwork who was reported to have burned, an other man named Ru1, whose given name is unknown, is said to have been member of the party.
 Telegrams received at the Mar shals office from Ketchikan state that E. C. Lilly, Billy Woodwork and Bud were aboard the boat Lilly is the only one of the trio to be re- ported as surviving the burning of the boat.
 Upon receiving this information last Saturday, Deputy U. s. Marshal N. o. Hardy of the local force was ordered to proceed to the scene anh make a thorough investigatio He arrived at Port Walter this morn ing on the Subchaser BIO. Lilly, who had been reported as leaving Port Walter for Petersburg last Fri day on the Americ, was detained just before he boarded the boat and held at Port Walter pending the result of the investigation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
JUDGMENT RETURNED TODAY
 IN STEAMER LIBEL HEARING

In the District Court this morning Judge Robert w. Jennings returned a verdict for Mrs. Britta Haho against the steamer Northwestern in libel proceedings recently heard be- fore him. The judgment awarded to the amount of $44600 and interest covers the amount expended in re- pairing the gasboat Pheasant follow ing a collision last September and for nine days which the boat was out of commission. The plaintiff sued for $1,245 as damages.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
Two Officers and Negro
 Slain in Moonshiner Fight

OKLAHOMA CITY Okla, Aug 30.-Deputy Sheriff Homer Adrean, Federal Prohibition Agent Stanley Weiss and a negro moonshiner were killed and another deputy wounded Saturday near Arcadia when the off cers attempted to raid still.
 The body of Claude Chandler, a negro who was taken from jail here last night by thirty or more masked men, was found Hanging from a tree today Chandler was arrested Saturday following the shooting of the officers
 Old papers fer sale, 25c. per bun
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30

Advertising makes 1t possible for merchants and manufacturers to tell you what they have to offer, with out waiting for the news to spread by word of mouth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
Troops Patroling Strike
 Zone in West Virginia

WILLIAMSON, w. Va, Aug. 30.-. A battalion of Federal troops brought from Camp Sherman, Ohio, has been apportioned among the coal mines af a 50-mile strike zone, following Sat urdays clash between striking miners and detectives.
 At the request of Gov. John j. Cornwell and the commander of the state police, the Willis Branch Coal Company has disarmed it's guards in Raleigh county and sent them away in the hope that this action will avert further clashes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
SPOKANE SAILS.

SEATTLE, Aug 30. The Spo- kane sailed for Alaska at 10 o'clock yesterday morning with 69 passen- gers Additional passengers for Jul neau are Blanche P Mashin, H. E. Thorpe, P. N. Ringdal. N. J. Mar shall and one steerage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Now Sound North

Now Bound North JEFFERSON scheduled to ar rive here Tuesday. ADMIRAL WATSON scheduled to arrive here D. m. tonight. PRINCESS MARY due here Tuesday night. SPOKANE scheduled to arrive here Thursday.
 Scheduled Sailings ALAMEDA scheduled to sail from Seattle Thursday. ADMIRAL EVANS scheduled to leave Seattle Friday.
 Southbound Sailings JEFFERSON scheduled to sail southhound Wednesday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30

Old papers fer sale, 25c. per bun. dle, at Empire office.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
Cloudburst Causes Heavy
 Damage Near Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Aug. 30-- A terrific rainstorm. attaining the proportions of near cloudburst, caused thousands of dollars damage here today Much wheat was ruined, roads were washed out and many small bridges wrecked.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
PIONEER DIES AFTER
 LONG ILLNESS; NC SURVIVOR!

James Duffy, pioneer carpenter il, Juneau, died at St. Ann Hospita yesterday morning as the result O cancer of the stomach from which ht He has no surviving relatives a far as is known.
 His body is at the c. w. Young Company undertaking parlors.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
Yacht in Distress Off
 Coast of North Carolina

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 30.-The steam yacht Kanawha. of the Black Star Line, today was in distress off Beaufort. N. C., and the Coast Guard Cutter Manning has left here to go to her assistance.
 The vessel reported herself com pletely disabled and all power gone
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
AMUNDSEN TAKING TRAIL OF HANSEN ON ARCTIC DRIFT
Norwegian Explorer Plans to Freeze in North of Si-
 beria for. Polar Trip.

SAN FRANClSCO, Aug. 3O.- Trails blazed across the Arctic ice pack a quarter of a century ago by Fritjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, were expected to be followed, for a distance, by Nansen's fellow coun- tryman, Captain Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, when he left Nome, Alaska, recently on an attempt to drift across or near the North Pole.
 Nansen, in 1895, attempting the same drift. sailed around Russia and Siberia and locked his boat, the Fran, in the ice off the New Siber- ian Islands which lie in the Arctic north of Siberia. Amundsen, on leaving Nome, said he planned to sail to the same New Siberian Island, let his boat, the Maude, freeze in the ice and then allow the winds and currents to carry him where they wished.
 Arctic Current.
 Explorers theories that an Arctic Ocean current starts near the New Siberian Islands, runs through the Polar Sea, across or near the Pole, and finally ends at Greenland, in the Atlantic, were used by both Nansen and Amundsen as base upon which they made their plans.
 Existence of the current has been disputed by many Arctic authori- ties, who claimed the wind and not the current determined the route of the ever-drifting Polar ice. Nansen, one of the first advocates of the theory, pointed to the fact that wreckage from the exploring craft, the Jeanette. destroyed near the New Siberian Islands, was found two years after the wreck along the Greenland coast. A throwing stick used by Alaskan Eskimos was found, tt has been claimed, in driftwood on a Greenland beach. The wreck age and the stick, it was argued, lodged on an ice foe which carried them across the Polar wastes to Greenland.
 Drift Not Strong.
 -NuiIHSI lOHuu lllt LII It hCt of strong as he expected, mainly be- cause the Polar basin was much deeper than he had believed. He also discovered that the wind dtermined to great extent the route of the ice drifts. The Tram was carried to within 350 miles of the Pole and later cleared the ice near Greenland ! When the drifting Fran arrived al | the S2nd parallel, Nansen attempt ed to reach the Pole over the ice With one companion he left tho ! ship and, in what has been describ ed as the most daring sledge jour ney ever undertaken, proceeded. tC the S6th degree, at that time, the | farthest north ever reached by man | There he turned back.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-30
Motorist Disobevs Bandits
 Command to Halt, Is Killed

CHICAGO, Aug. 30. - H. E. Rhodes, dry goods merchant. was shot and killed by an unidentified bandit today while driving to his office. Rhodes refused to obey the bandits command to stop and the shooting followed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
To Refund Income Taxes.

State Auditor Hickman has notified
all the local collectors of revenue in
the state advising them to refund 40
per cent of the taxes they have col
lected under the income tax law for
the year 1919. He advises them to
make their own calculations, after
giving them the text of the recent
Supreme Court decision and q table
of figures showing the basis of re-
funding the part of the tax due those
that have paid their 1919 income
taxes. The table gives the proper
tion to be refunded as stated.
The auditor holds that the decision
of the court only applies to the rate
of levy and not to the exemptions for
the period between the first OF jan
uary, 1919, and August of the same
year. The court does not mention
the exemptions in it's ruling, but re-
fers directly to the tax rate. Under
the law of 1917 the tax rate was one
half of per cent on incomes of $4,-
600 and more for married persons and
5000 for single persons. The law OF
1919 reduces these exemptions to in
comes of $4,000 for married persons
and 81, 900 for single persons and in
creases the rate to 1 and one-half
per cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Illicit Still in Wayne County.
fareenyille Sun.l

A still hunt conducted by L. f. Far
ris and d. s. Baker, internal revenue
agents, resulted in the discovery OF q
still on Big Lake creek last Thursday.
1t has been rumored for some time
that there was something "brewing''
in this neck Of the woods, and doubt
less this rumor reached the federal
agents In some manner. Anyway
they came to Lake creek on Monday
OF last week and began search
which resulted in the arrest of Marion
ID. Hicks on the following Thursday
who was brought to Greenville and
lodged in the county jail to await the
action of the federal court on a charge
Of ssmoonshining."
Mr.. Hicks is a farmer who resides
on the Hiram Lane place on Big Lake
and In lean-to built against hii
house the federal agents found evi'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Use Ground Limestone.

That ground limestone does pay
and pay well is the opinion of Mr.. Cog
will Blair of Jasper County Missouri, AS
set forth in the following statement:
"My soil was found to be sour and I
applied two tons of ground limestone
per acre for alfalfa. I got fine re-
suits. The lined land produced 408S
pounds of alfalfa per acre, while the
unlimed produced only 1892 pou nds."
This report is only one of many re-
ports which have been received. In
view of these good results which are
being secured from this soil tire at
ment, it would seem wise for more
farmers 10 investigate this matter,
Just recently arrangements have been
completed whereby the Soils Depart
ment OF the College Of Agriculture,
Columbia, Mo-, can now test soil tc
see IL it needs lime, for any farmer In
the state, free of charge, providing
samples are taken according to the
following directions:
Clean off the surface organic mat
ter and dig hole to the depth of APP
proximately seven inches, leaving
one side with a vertical wall. Clean
out the loose dirt from the bottom o.
the hole. With spade cut off slice
having uniform thickness from toI
to bottom Of about one half inch anc
transfer this to clean paper. Re
peat this in number OF locations il
the field as suggested above, mix Of
q paper in the same way and place il
q box or can for chipping.
Samples should be sent by parce
post to the Soils Department, Colleg,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

kdences that still had once been
operated there, although when the
officers searched the place they found
that the furnace, which had been
built of stones and clay, had been
torn down and the stones piled in a
heap outside the building. Not far
from the house they found an old
boiler which looked like it had been
made out of two zinc tubs soldered
together, and with a dish-pan turned
upside down soldered to the top. A
worm was also found in that vicinity
which was made out of piece of zinc
pipe. In further search of the
premises a half gallon bottle about
half full of the corn juice was found
in the barn loft, and under some
brush, not far from the house, two
gallon jug containing about a gallon
and half of the liquor was found.
Those who were SO fortunate as to
get to smell of the jug said 1t seemed
to be "White Mulen with a hundred
per cent kick.
Hicks came to this county from
Tennessee some three or four years
ago. He has wife and four child
rem. His neighbors say he is an in
dustrious man, and this is the first
time he has been charged with a
crime of any kind since he came to
this county. He will be taken before
Commissioner Pickett at Poplar
Bluff today, we are told, where he
will make an effort to arrange bail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Why The Wild Cat is Wild.

In spite of many academic discus
sions, nobody really cares what makes
the wild cat wild because the wild cat
is no good even when ne is tame. But
it makes all the difference in the world
whether useful livestock is trained or
wild. The finest cot in the world,
product of the best draft stock, is of
little use to farmer unless he has
been broken to harness, is bride wise
and tractable.
A COW may be champion milk pro-
ducer but she is comparatively of lit
tie value If nobody can milk her. A
setter may carry the blue blood of
Count Gladstone and have nose for
birds that is unequalled but nobody
wants to hunt behind him unless he
has felt the jerk of the trainers choke
line and learned not only to find birds
but give his owner an opportunity to
bag them.
1t is exactly the same way with dol
lars. The country to-day is overrun
with wild collars. They are as nu-
merous as the herds of wild horses
and buffalo that used to roam the
plains of the west, and just about as
useful. II you capture them, all you
can do with them is lock them up in a
cage to keep them from getting out,
destroying your financial fences and
trampling your garden plots. You
canot even handle them without their
getting away or doing you some harm.
But if you tame them and train
them by continued and patient and
regular investment in safe securities
such ss Government Saving Stamps,
Treasury Certificates or Liberty Bonds
at present advantsgeou market pri-
ces you can make them work for you
faithfully and we'll. Investment is the
only known method of subduing wild
dollars, but it must be safe invest
ment. Like every other animal train
er you must have patience and the les
son must be repeated until it is thor
oughly learned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

TINE HOME is located on the grounds
/ recently purchased from the es-
tate OF the late r. d. Lewis. The ele-
vation on which the projected building
will stand commands inspiring views
of our beautiful Valley to the north,
east and west. For the purpose in
tended it is an ideal location.
A picture merely shows you in p
general way the outside appearance
of the house, and that, too, froms only
one angle. We believe our new
building will be a model of utility and
convenience, as we'll as a thing of
beauty. 1t is to be 175 feet front by
40 feet deep, with an ell 30 by 36 feet,
three stories, with basement and at
tic, faced with red granite. The en-
tire building will be fire. proof. The
front porch, supported by large col
umns, lis 4s "a feet. To the right
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
A Shifty Platform.
New York Times.)

Only one thing really mattered in
the Republican platform this year. 1t
was the plank dealing with the Treaty
and League of Nations. The other
planks might be excellent, mediocre,
commital, or positively bad, and
the country would not greatly care.
All eyes were fixed ON the single is-
sue. What would be said about peace?
What attitude would be taken about
our international obligations, toward
the age-long hope for society of ma
tions that would put an end to all
great wars, bring about gradual dis
armament, and release human ener-
gies for lthe peaceful building up OF
civilization? These questions were
felt to be not only of supreme i'm
portance in themselves but absolutely
critical for the Republican party. For
the time had come for it to show the
nation whether it had simply been
playing politics with the treaty or
whether the professions Of its leaders
in and out Of the Senate had been sim
cere. They affirmed that they were
anxious to ratify the Treaty and enter
the League provided their conditions
were met. Men looked to Chicago to
see II this were to be proved true or
false. They also looked to discover
whether the majority in the party wal
to allow litsels to be overcome by :
threatening and terrorizlng minority
The final compromise patched up Ia
said to a'splease everybody Tha
means inevitably that it can please
nobody who believes in honest though
and plain speech. When plank de
lights Hiram Johnson, on the ont
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

sion, is the lounging room with q
large fireplace, This room will
answer also for an assembly room.
Another attractive feature of the
building is the sun parlors, facing
south. The building is provided with
service rooms of such number and
dimensions that if in the future it be-
comes necessary to increase the bed
room capacity so as to accommodate
more old people, it will not be neces-
sary to increase the general service
rooms, such as dining room, kitchen,
assembly room, and so forth. The
heating plant, with laundry above, is
located away from the main building.
With the completion of the pro-
posed plant we shall be able to take
care of four times as many people as
we can in our present quarters, and
do it with many times the convenience
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Republican Expediency That Failed.
(Missouri State Journal.)


If the words of Polite Elvins, can
didate for the Republican nomination
for lieutenant governor, are to be be-
believed, the "white- washing" of ia
cob L. Babler, National Republican
Committeeman from Missouri, by del
egates to the Chicago convention was
superficial. According to Mr.. Elvins,
Babler agreed to plan whereby he
was to be upheld by the delegates, it
not being expedient "to wash out
dirty linen in the caucus" but was to
resign after the movement to nnseat
him had been defeated and he had
been "vindicated." Thereupon Ell
wins jammed through a motion which
shut off debate at the caucus; Babler
was "vindicated" and the delegates
went home and waited for their
"white- washed" chairman to resign.
But Babler had other ideas. Why
should he resign? Had not the dele
gates to the Chicago convention,
themselves, stamped the seal of purity
on him despite his trifing connection
with the Lowden slush fund? Were
not the honors, to say nothing OF the
emoluments of his Office of high
political trust, worthy of his talents?
"Yon tell 'em once for all that am
not going to resign" was the word he
sent to the anxious delegates primed
for his resignation. And what could
the delegates do? They had "white-
washed" him. They had given testi-
monial to his high fitness for holding
office. Certainly it would be most
unbecoming to flip flop. Finally the
patience of Elvins gave way aud he
made public a letter to Babler de-
manding that he keep his alleged
promise to resign if "vindicated." But
Babler still stands pat Why should
MT he? He has been "vindicated."
Even less astute politicians than Po-
lite EIvins could have devised way
to have avoided this embarrassing
situation. If the delegates had ousted
Babler at the Chicago convention all
the hue and cry would have been for
ffotten by now. But certain Republic
licans thought it expedient to double
cross the public. They took the view
point that it would be better politics
to "white wash" Babler on the front
porch and then kick him out the back
door. Unfortunately for him, expe-
diency didn't work.
The expedient move seldom is the
best move unless right is coupled with
it. Republicans are having a hard
time learning this, however. With
them expediency has triumphed over
principle and because of expediency,
the party totters toward fall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Dalton Adding Machine Company.
Poplar Bluff Republican,

(POpldr Bluu hepuDllCdh'J
M. @. Horton, president OF the
Bank of Poplar Bluff, and E. w.
Graves, vice president, have return
ed from Cincinnati where they went
last week to attend annual stockhold-
ers meeting of the Dalton Adding
Machine Company and express them
selves as well pleased with the pro-
gress which has been made in the last
few years by the industrial institution
which once claimed Poplar Bluff as
it's home.
AS an indication of the manner In
which the corporation is going for
ward, it is state d that at the meeting
Just held it was voted to increase the
capital stock to 100000. 1t was
also voted that not to exceed $780, 900
of the common stock should be sold
annually.
It was voted at the meeting that
the salary of President Dalton of the
Adding Machine Company bearing
his name. be handsomely increased.
Mr.. Horton states that the COM
pany has some very fine buildings
and grounds; that they are equipped
with the finest machinery and that OF
most importance is the fact that with
the improved methods now in vogue
it would cost much less to produce
the machines than formerly were II
not for the high cost of labor and
material.