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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
THE PARDONING OF DEBS.

The communication of the ntence of Eugene V. Debs bringing about his release from the pententiary cn Christmas Day, was a very appropriate thing. It many of his supporters had preached but because he had aoned for his crime.
 Debs was convicted by jury after a fair trial of crime against his country while it was at He represented by able counsel and took ad- vantage of legal technicalty that available The conviction sustained by the highest court in the land The President, therefore, fully justified in refusing the asked for pardon the ground that the convicted wrongfully held in prison There justification however, for grant ing the pardon the ground that punishment had been adequate He has served two years and eight months in the pententiary. He is 66 years of Under the circumstance it is reasonable to believe that he has learned his lesson that he will again preach defiance to the country, and his punishment has been sufficient to serve warning to others that matter how high his standing, with impunity obstruct the administration of the laws of the United States regulating the conduct of war for her defense and expect to escape punishment
 iThere is little doubt but that Debs would have been pardoned earlier if it had not been that he fused to accept freedom any other basis than that he had done wrong. His supporters had fused to ask for it for him except the ground that he had been the victim of militaristc and autocratc government. President Harding and At torney-Genera Daugherty, just as had President Will and his Department of Justice, refused recog nize that claim. The pardon finally a Christmas gift, act of mercy, to old who had paid the penalty for crime against his country
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
THE FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC.

One of the important delegations at the Wash ington Conference is that representing the Far East ern Republic, which embraces the eastern Pacific Slope province of Siberia, with the seat govern ment Chita and with Vadivostok the principal city and seaport This delegation is seeking the recognition of their Government and country to place among the governments and nations of t.e world.
 While the Far Eastern Republic has had a tempestous career, there is feeling the Pac lc phase of the Far Eastern situation. Eastern Siber a is Pacific country. and it's development must be as such. Russia is a~European country It's great er interest is that continent and in it's affairs pol = ica commercial and industrial belong there Furthe~ the outlook for Russia is not one that speaks fdencc in her efficiency colony controlling pow Y for long time to The separation of inere s Is clearly evident. The development of Eastern $ : keria must be along different lines from that of Ru sia in Europe, and if they to have self-govern ment there 1t would that it could be better dcDe under separate governments.
 Of there ties of blood and langua @ between Siberia and Russia, but there betwecn the United States and Great Britain. and question that American development has been fac = tated by the separation of this country from th } motherland.
 Of course, the Far Eastern Republic would be t the mercy of Japan and. perhaps other dangers less the Washington Conference the League of = tions, other authority, should provide ? necessary guarantees protect her governmental territorial integrity.
 The Washington Conference should give ve-Y serious consideration the claims of the deegatcl from Chita and Vladiyostok. They should not be d : missed lightly. and they probably will Wh Q the country they represent has had many struggl } 1t has held together with this Government and~t Q that preceded it for year. and the situation n Eastern Siberia has been much better than it would have been had the people acted they di in setting up Housekeeping for themselves.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
SALTS FINE FOR
 ACHING KIDNEYS
We Eat Too Much Meat Which Clogs Kidneys, Then the Back Hurts

Most folks forget that the kid neys, like the bowels, get sluggish and clogged and need flushing occasionally, else we have back ache and dull misery in the kidney region, severe headaches, rheuma- tic twinges, torpid liver, acid stom- ach, sleeplessness and all sorts oi bladder disorders.
 You simply must keep your kid neys active and clean and the mo- ment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney region, get about four ounces of lad Salts from any good drug store here, take tablespoon full in a glass of water before break fast for few days and your kid neys will then act fine. This ia nous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice. combined with lithia, and is harmless to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity. It also neutral izes the acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus en9ing blad- der disorders.
 lad Salts is harmless; inexpen- sive; makes a delightful efferves- cent Whitewater drink which ev- erybody should take now and then to keep their kidneys clean. thus avoiding serious complications.
 A well-known local druggist says he sells lots of lad Salts to folks who believe in overcoming kidney trouble while 1t is only trouble.
 -(Advertisement'
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
President Must Visit Alaska to Plan Its Future
Seattle Times.)

President Harding still contemplates a visit to Alaska during the coming year.
 No jaunt he could make would be productive of good for the Territory for his Administration or for his fame in history.
 Some Presidents name will De linked with the great achievement of opening the last American Vest to development and settlement.
 The times believes that President will be Warren G. Harding.
 It knows he will be remembered in history if he will but visit the Northland and see for himself what has to be done.
 Nothing stands between Alaska and a period of tremendous development the unfriendly att- tude of the Federal Government.
 There are so many bureaus which exist only be- cause they conserve regulate control something in the Territory. that there is nothing metal mining and fisheries that be carried cessfully fl
 There is enough wood suitable for paper making there to keep dozen-a score-of mills working for a century to come. Alaska has small paper mill
 Alaska should supply all it's coal and export to the United States and foreign countries Its total production last year 61,111 tons.
 Alaska grow wheat. other grains, small fruits and favors dairying. During the fiscal year 1921 it raised but 5000 bushels of wheat.
 During the decade from 1910 to 1920, its white population decreased 10 900.
 The fault is not with Alaska It could support population of half million, perhaps more in comfort
 It could supply materials in quantity for its industries and for export.
 It could develop manufactures of various kinds it's population could consume. $ The President needs but visit Alaska to preceive all these facts
 He will know the truth unless he does visit it.
 The Times for one. is convinced that if he does journey to the Northland early in 1922, that year will witness the opening of its greatest of de- velopment. ing the door to opportunity for Americas Hast West"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
If 1t Fits

And we hazard the guess that more truths have been spoken in anger than in jest.
 Women are very susceptible to flattery Men are not-so very much more so.
 A lot of people who banker for the Bohemian life never get the oppor. tunity to go in for it, but they find other just as satisfactory ways of making fools of themselves
 Sometimes we rather surmise it is easier for US to forgive our enemies than it is for us to get them to for give us. Especially when he have been in the wrong
 The difference between luxuries and necessities is we can always charge the necessities, but we al- ways have to pay cash for the lux urieS.
 Whenever a husband begins tu show signs of being hard to manage all his wife has to do to bring him to time is to threaten to invite her mother for a few weeks visit
 You can talk about tragedies, but our idea of real one is for a girl to have a perfect form and face that would stop a clock.
 We have had many foolish ambl. tions in our day, but being a Com munity Husband" has never been one of them-not on our salary and with the present high prices
 It takes a lot of diplomacy to make marriage a success, says a woman writer. Yes, lot of dollar diploms cy.
 If it took as long to change ones mind as it does the tires on the car there would be less of it done.
 When the wife has the floor it ,s never proper for a husband to offer motion to adjourn
 Modern medical science to the col trary notwithstanding, we don't be- lieve you will find any germs on a girls lips. No germ that ever liye l could withstand the constant applca- tion of the lipstick.
 AS we understand it, when a man gets divorce he never asks his wife for recommendation to offci the next woman to whom he will ap- ply for the job of being husband.
 The girls may use vanishing cream, but that is not the kind of paint they use
 The man who wants neither pover- ty nor riches is usually the kind of a guy who just wants the earth with a fence around it.
 Still lot of the people who are forever numbering, the Kings Eng fish are so tender-hearted they would not even hurt flea
 A lot of folks never dread the long, cold winters as much as they do now, when it means park the old
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27

car in the garage and spend so much time at home.
 What a man is making depends en- tirely upon whether he is trying to impress a friend or a creditor
 The girls who grab the first man they can get often have better luck than those who insist upon waiting for their ideal to show up.
 Many a man who is not afraid of the dark has hesitated about marry ing a brunette.
 It is hard to convince young man in love that his dear little sweetie Is ever going to look like her mother when she gets that old.
 Try, try again is good dope in it's way, but when woman wants some thing she just changes it to cry, cry again and then she knows she will succeed
 The poor boob who lies awake nights worrying over whether his girl would marry him or not now has in somnia because she did.
 We never have seen anything at q circus half so funny as watching a little man trying to stand on his dignity.
 Now and then woman may make man knows wives just keep the mon from showing what big fools they really are. ..4..a
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
"GETS" OR ACCEPTS"

There have been many ways of regarding religion and different persons today think of it differently IL is very common to speak of it as something whic one gets" accepts" He got religion" tn, neighbors say, or "he has always kept his religion through every trial.' It is not uncommon to think of it as statement of belief faith which person holds "I accept the doctrine of the Trinity, of the atonement. and of eternal life, and eternal punish ment therefore have religion" thus many person explains his religion. To such a it consists largely of correct definitions. Another class of per sons care nothing for definition; they consider lgion be a good life; they q do about right
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27

live up my light and I do not believe God will hard on me-"
 The Society of Friends (Quakers), of Philadephi has printed in eaflet form article by Rufus Jones, who commenting upon the definitions he given says:
 There is still another way of viewing religon. It is the power of God manifested in life. It does not begin with definitions, it does consist of living about right, it is not something one gets" It comes and gets the person. He does not keep his gon, but his religion keeps him. It is power, force, just real and just persistent that which call gravitation and its effects are just No definitions of electricity would light mans house, a trolley The first step is to let the current in and the house becomes light, the moves. Everything bases itself the ultimate invisible power, which is simply received That is true of religion it is of mechanics. There is religion apart from God and until comes to God and God gets him, the is not truly religious. It consists first and last of posses sion-Gods possession of us and our joy in the of His ownership. religion with out power would be like gravitation which did not draw anything like electricity that had no force. Religion is spiritual gravi- taton. It draws the soul away from every thing else to its true Central Sun. The first effect of it person is to beget love. Love is the unfailing sign of religion. loveless religion is as impossible a water less ocean, a treeless forest If mans ligiOn does not flood him with love, it is the wrong kind of re zion.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
A Modest Violet

"The trouble with you is you can not recognize your limitations" an- grily declared the Friend.
 "Of course 1 cannot recognize what I never have had" calmly replied the Egotist.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
And Where He Gets Is Usually Both Feet in the FubIic's Feeding Trough

c. H. Reed in Canton (Ohio) News.)
 In politics we have noticed a very weak man will often have a very strong pull.-Sam Hill. A weak man needs a strong pull to get anywhere in politics.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
Did You Ever Get Behind One of
 Them Thinqs?

Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" walled Mrs. Brown, That horrid policeman has cited me to appear in Police Court"
 What the dickens?" exclaimed Brown, 'it would be humanly impos- sible for you to break the speed laws with that darned old electric you drive"
 T know it, but he said I was ob- structing traffic with it." walled the missus.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
News of the Names Club

While they have plenty of men who are not lacking in courage, still a Cincinnati advertising firm has de- cided to add Louis Brayerman to it's staff of workers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
Huh, Who Don't!

The Arkansas Gazette asks ''Who remembers the father-and meet ings that were held in the wood shed?" Frank Stanton. of the Con stitution, comes back with the answer Our greatest men do." Yes, broth CT. and lot of us who are not great have vivid recollections of those sor- rowful little conferences with Dad.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
News of the Names Club

Rolla Pound lives at Pittsburg. His name sounds like a freak election bet.
 R. T.. sends word from Nitro that l. Lovejoy works at one of the plants up there and that he cer- tainly does, for he is no grouch.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
Shed a Tear, FelIers!

Way down in the Gulf of Mexico, There lived on a coral isle. A dusky and beauteous Indian maid, Who capered around in smile. She married wall-eyed ace of spades,
 Who couldn't endure her larks, So he carried her won to the island s edge,
 And fed his wife to the sharks.
 Anonymous.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
We Guess His Friends Greet This

Bird With a Sneeze (From the Philadelphia Commercial
 Museums Weekly Bulletin.)
 Isidor Gesundheit, Pronzna 12, Warsaw, Poland, advises he is en- gagged in the representation business. The lines he is at present working are chemical products, horn combs, typewriters, oils and wool Core spondence in German.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
More Personal Liberty

The hunter now is far afield, A-chasing frightened rabbits. But even there the Volstead law Keeps tab upon his habits.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
a!S!HsTSSf&s: !s :! VEVUUK ~@ By ~s
 SAM iii-A.

Been Living Too Fast, Eh? I see Jones has been pinched.' By the traffic cop?" No, by poverty"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27
Daily Sentence Sermon

You never will be arrested for hit ting your stride.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27

Observations of Oldest nhabitant
 l kin remember when folks could get quite a thrill by attending a Magic Lantern" show.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-27

day it happens" in the Alaska Daily Empire.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-17
The Parable of the Roll With the
Strange Name

|
THERE came unto our home. GU.
little Grandson. And he be
sought his Grandmother, even Ketu-
rah, that she would give unto him a
Roll.
And she would have understood
him plainly, but he said that he
wanted Pyonder Roll
Now kctuTah can make Pocket
book Rolls, and Parker House Rolls,
and Hot Biscuits, and if there be
any kind of Rolls that arc good,
them also can she make. And when
she serveth them with Golden But
ter and Maple Sirup or Honey or
Preserves, then would she cause the
mouth of a Craven image to water.
But she did not know about any
Pyonder Roll.
And the little lad said want the
Roll that's called Pyonder.
Then did a Great White Light be-
gin to dawn upon the mind Of Kc-
turah, and she said, Tell me the
rest of it, my dear.
And he said:
When the Trumpet of the Lord shall
sound and
Time shall be no more,
And the Roll is called Pyonder III
be there.
And she gave unto him a Roll. and
he was There.
Now | bethQught myself of the
Strange Mental pictures which our
Grown-up words bring unto the
mind of children And | consider
ed that our Heavenly Father know
eth that our, minds also are but the
minds of Little Children, and all our
Mental Pictures of Celestial Things
are limited. and that much which we
learn Of Divine Truth is even as the
Pyonder ROlk
And l am thankful that We have
our Pyonder Rolls, even our Daily
Bread, and that the way Of essen
tial righteousness is so plain that &
little child may learn it. And it is
my earnest hone that when the Roll
is called un Yonder, I'll be there.
WILLIAM f. BARTON.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-17

clerical or stenographic work that
nimble-fingered girls do everywhere
else, passionate oratory in the coun-
ell meeting, legal red tape, refer
ences to the corporation counsel,
Influence" supreme over simple
rights, officials who politely pass
the buck
The place simply does not feel
like any business office that you
ever got into,
When city-manager government
comes in, it inherits the cumbersome
architecture and soied corridors OF
that same city hall, to be sure, but
the spirit of the place alters. Office
hours are longer and the city man
agcr frequently works nights.
The council is no longer a dcbat-
ing society. Typcwrters and comp
tometers are at full speed.
Fact tabulations and daily reports
on the managers desk replace thun-
derous accusations and countcr-acCu
sations in the council, Your com
plant is attended to by phone be
fore you leave.
The difference issues from ony
fact I'm the old government the
chief administrator WAS political
mayor who only gave the city part
Of his time, kept 10 office hours.
never tried 10 learn the technical
problems of a modern municipal
government.
In the new government tho chief
administrator either is an expert OF
IS learning to be one as fast az he
ran.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-17
Confessions OF q Bride
THE BAG is MISSING
I'D AGSI ~ ~ @NDN REp ONcEa

leather luggage restored Bob to his
usual composure
My DEAR" he drawled, somebody
has m5laid those diamonds"
1t was good to be alone, with m.
husband | prolonged the moment.
sat down on the stairs.
Probably the bag was left in the
car" ! suggested. Phone Etienne"
|. "Can't-the wires are clipped
Morrison and Spence and | will run
down to the garage and get it!'
you mean you'll leave US girls
with Daddy, who is helpless-and
Mother and Chrys in bed--and bur
glars glaring into every window
maybe?"
Jane, what's the matter with
your" There wasn't hint of sym
pathy in my husbands voice Plainly
he was irritated you usually have
so much sandn'
Then, from the upper landing came
Katherne's glorious contralto;
Honestly, Bobbie, Pm scared hRIf
TO death, too!'
Habit prevailed in my husband.
Katherine had been a 'cry-baby" as a
little girl and he had comforted her
i knew all the family legends. Al
most mechanically, he left me, mount
ed the stairs-and became sympa-
thetiC:
"Kath it will take only 10 min
utes to rush down to the garage and
back. Don't worry"
| was furious. Because was
strong, | could stand alone! | need
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-17

JAMES BOOKLCHAPTER q.
DADDY LORlMER let us .nt5 the
- big house by the side door We
had to wait upon ourselves for the
servants. except those WIG attended
a wedding.
Chrys had not been wounded; she
had tainted. Her nervous tension had
snapped when the detectives fired IN
TO the thicket,
left Katherine and DR.. Spence to
take care Of her and hurried down
stairs TO report to her father and
brother
net Bob tearing up the steps.
Where's my bag, Jane?"
How should | know" asked,
and | wanted to add, why should |
care?" / didn't care for anything
in the world since never, never
could care for my husband again.
My bag is gone"
you mean lost-or stolen?'
Don't know! We've just found
out that in the excitement created by
those loiterers at the bend of the
road, and by Chrys collapse, nobody
Thought about the jewels"
Maybe Spence took the bag W
stairsr'
How could he? He was helping
me carry Chrysw
Morrison, them
He was directing his men"
do you mean to tell me that your
lovely English bag has been lost?"
Nv sudden irritation about his
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-17

He is on the job full-timc, he il
ambitious to show economies, for
he is under a council Tor commits.
slon) of important local people who
come down to the city hall every
week to hear his reports and explain.
auons with power to fire him if he
is not ma'Eng good.
Such an atmosphere may not de
velop efficiency, but it is apt to dc
so, In most cases it has, and it is
the only one that will.
For instance, last year, when
Watertown, N. Y, sent for Mr.. c. A
Bingham, who had made a record a,
city manager of Waltham and Nor.
wood, Mass, he found this state OF
things when he began to gather W
the loose ends at the Watertown city
hall: $4,000 of unpaid accounts
some of them five years old; 3,000,-
600 gallons of water being wasted
daily, enough to supply the city
decentralized and questionable pur.
chasing and bookkeeping; police de,
partment so percent undermanned
fire department costly.
Nv" IudI 10 SCtIlhS uo"i W VI dos
tacks as only an experienced city
manager can.
Norfolk, Va. (pop. 100000 hired
as city manager Mr.. c. f. Ashburn.
er. who had previously been man.
ager of Springfield, O., and Staun.
ton, Va, and, with him in charge, re
duced the inherited deficit by So,
600, 900, added S1500,000 of public
improvements, established the first
city hospital, opened IA new play
grounds, established free clinics and
visiting nursing and reduced radj
cally the baby death rate.
Dubuque, Ia, (pop. 10000 elect
ed it's first council under the man
agcr charter in 1920 and the council
hired Mr.. o. +. Carr as manager
Mr. Carr began his career in this
field as manager of the little town
Of Cadillac, Mich.
From there he was called to the
managership Of Niagara Falls until
Springfield, O., lost Manager Ash
burner to Norfolk and called Carr
there, where he stayed until he won
promotion tn Dubuque, his fourth
town and his sixth increase of sal.
airy. Within 10 days, he clininat.
cd enough needless positions at Du.
huquc TO permit raising the pay oil
the police and save 100000 year
act besides.
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