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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
THREATS NOT NEEDED.

In the pending renewal of wage agreements be tween the 200 railroads of the country and their maintenance of way employees the greatest difficulty to amicabe agreement is the determination of basic working day. The companies contending for a hour day while their employees insist upon writing into the agreements provisions for eght-hour day In no instance has there been between single roads and their employees, but by all are submitting the question to the Railway Labor Board
 The board is not expected to hand its decision down prior to September l. In the meantime unions of maintenance of way employees have expressed a determination to refuse to abide by decision which does not recognize basic eight-hour day. Recently G. H. Planten, vicepresdent of the United Brother hood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Shop Foremen told members of those unions if board did fail to recognize the eight-hour day, to go fishing trip"
 Mir. Planten's advice which is said to have been received with great applause, is bad. alter the boards decision after it has given nor is it likely to affect the boards action have any influence it's final determination of the matter.
 All the railway brotherhoods throughout the coun- try are negotiating with the companies through the board in efforts to settle troublesome ques- tions Of readjustment of working conditions. There has been very little criticism from these boards ruling so far given. For the maintenance of way
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
Horse Lovers Aroused
 In Los Angeles; Win Out

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 2O.-- Horses may be passing from the stage, but horse lovers are still numerous. The Los Angeles City Council is convinced of that.
 Recently the fire department re- leased eighteen old time steeds from service, motorizing the equipment having been finally completed The Council ordered the fire horses trans ferred to the Engineering Depart ment to haul garbage wagons.
 Then came a tempestuous howl of protest from press, pulpit and public that swept the Council from it's course and landed the horses in a safe haven.
 Fiery-eyed women and earnest voiced men descended on the Coun- ell in droves. They told that as founded body a few things. The garbage hauling order was rescind- ed and the steeds ordered turned over to the Park Department with instructions to work them enough to insure condition, and let them live out their days in ease.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
MISDIRECTED EDUCATIONAL WORK.

That missionary who has returned to this country from Japan and begun agitation in favor of Jap anese occupation of Manchuria and Siberia in the interest of friendly relations between the United States and the Nipponese Kingdom will not accom- plish what hs seeks. 4 Nor will Americans take favor ably to his plan to permit the naturalization of Jap in this country. 4.
 The contention that Japanese industry and trade find outlet on the Asiatic mainland is all well enough. but there is reason why naturalization should follow the expansion We all agree that Ameri- industry and trade must encompass the world, but that does mean that the United States should the world. Let Japan extend her trade but permit the countries with which she trades main- tain their integrity There time when Japanese trade and people welcomed in China, but that when Japan protesting against the southern extension of the Russian boundary. Japan became popular with the Chinese when she began doing just what she stopped Russia from doing.
 The proposal to permit the naturalization of Jap anese is not likely to far in this country. That come Americans account of racial differences We now permit Japanese who are born in this country to be citizens of the Nation But there is a wide difference between the Oriental Occidental civili- zations Those who are reared in Japan under Jap institutions not Western in their concepts. generation is short enough time in which to make Americana from the yellow material of Asia The mat ter had as well remain just where it is.
 Dr. Frank Heron Smith should remain in the United States few years and study the American attitude toward Japan and then he should return to the Far East and impart his observations the Jap anese If he would do that he would discover that there is nothing selfish in Americas Asiatic policy and that Americans have unworthy design on Japan or unworthy prejudice against the Japanese. He could do real service if he would educate the Japanese to understand that Dr. Smith is trying educate the wrong nation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
ADVANCE INFORMATION ON EARTHQUAKES URGED

PASADENA. Cal, Aug 20.-An in. formation service on earthquakes, similar to the weather bureaus work in it's field, is being considered by scientists. engineers and busi- ness men in California.
 The undertaking aims at perfect ing an instrument sensitive enough to record the slightest tremors of the earth and so make possible the prediction. ... of u approaching move ments of its surface.
 The men in charge of the project are students of vibrations, who as sisted in the development of sub marine detectors and other similar instruments fused during, the war. They have the cooperation of local educational institutions, the, United States Geodetic Survey and the United States Geological Survey. Re sponsibility has been assumed by ton 't t{ seFt
 Direction of the work is in the hands of an advisory committee con- sisting of Dr. Arthur L. Day, direc- tor of the Carnegie Geophysical La boratory, Washington, D. C., chair man; Dr. John A. Anderson of the Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory; Dr. Robert A. Millikan, physicist, of the California Institute of Technology; Dr. Harry Fielding Reid, professor of geology at Johns Hopkins Universi- ty; Dr. Bailey Willis, professor of geology at Leland Stanford, Jr., University; Dr. Ralph Arnold, geol- ogist and petroleum engineer, of Los Angeles. and Dr. Andrew c. Lawson, professor of geology at the University of California. Ri ft
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
WOULD MAKE CONGRESSMEN WORK.

bill has been introduced in Congress raising the pay of members of the Senate and House of Rep resenatves from $7.500 to $15,000 year, but pro- yidng that it shall be the duty of each member be present and answer to every roll call It order force the latter provision it is stated that member of the Senate House who shall be absent for more than one whole day in any week. unless excused by the unanimous action of the body of which he is member shall not receive pay for the week Pro- vision is made for two roll calls of each house each day at the opening and one at the closing of the daiy session. Under circumstance shall member receive pay for the days session unless he answers both roll calls It is provided, further. that if member Is absent for thirty consecutive roll calls. except by unanimous consent, his office shall be de- clared vacant.
 It is believed by those who advocate the measure that it will Congressmen to work harder and shorten the length of Congressional sessions. It is not likely however that the bill will pass though 1t is receiving serious consideration by many Con- gressmen.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
Watchdog of the Treasury. :
(New York Post. ].

% *'4 F [ (New York Post J. "A tF
 Al It has been good while since body bore this title, but 1t has been fairly earned by Secre- tary Mellon. This is almost unprecedented achievement. Uusually the phrase is applied some member of the House Senate who s the watch for expenditures which the country get along without and who persuades his colleagues to kill the unnecessary appropriations Congress is apt regard a Secretary of the Treasury as an official whose duty is merely to collect and spend it directs. But MT Mellon has changed all that. Taking advan- tage of circumstances, he has made himself the lead ing advocate of sound financial policy. It is his adyice his recommendations and particularly his warnings which impressng the public. The reason for this extraordinary development does not lie simply in Secretary Mellon's qualifications. It goes straight back to the failure of Congress to meet financial situation which amounts to an emergency. In spite of chorus of admonitons, both houses passed a series of Appropriation bills which based on the principle of living beyond your in come It has required MT. Melons douche of cold water to give Congress realization of what it has done.
 The only way to save the situation is by undoing some of what has been unwisely done. It is not a question of pairing estimates and voting apprOpria- tions accordingly The appropriation bills have all been passed It is therefore, matter of passing new appropriation legislation reducing the sums already voted. Here is call for deficiency appro priation bills of new kind. It is drastic remedy but less will suffice. MT, Mondell, Republican floor leader in the House. thinks it entirely practi cal' reduce taxes by $500 900 900 and still meet all necessary expenses. The country will be glad to learn just how he proposes to do this. There must De no Sucn SnOrtSlghted financing as IS embodied the proposal fund this that. the other obli- gaton and thus to pile up the burden for future day of reckoning. Deep cuts must be made. The huge army and navy appropriations must be recon sdered.
 It is time that people ceased talking about saving hundreds of millions by dschargng hundreds of thou sands of superuous employees All the clerks who can be spared will not make more than scratch the surface. Nor will the budget system governmental do more than make beginning of the economy which is required. We make up our n;nla tnar especially in the way of military and naval
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
Sad Fate
Jars, JoIts and Groans

It is easy enough to lose good name, but it is mighty hard Eto get rid of bad one. politics and woman's to get into SO ciety.
 The glory of woman MAY. HAVE BEEN her hair; meaning before she had it bobbed
 An automobile engine has about $500 explosions a minute and we have seen some ill-tempered man who ought to make good automobile engines.
 A man may be down and not out, but if he's down in the cellar he's very liable to become all in.
 Dancing keeps him young, says a headline in contemporary. It's pay ing the piper that brings the gray hairs.
 People who ask you for your can did opinion usually desire your can died opinion.
 Nobody enjoys game of freeze out even in the hottest weather.
 Whenever we see two women (pretty ones, of course) kissing each other, we cannot help but feel de pressed at such useless waste
 We always have thought the ex- pression Comparisons are odious" was originated by some man after listening to his wife telling all about the good qualities her first husband had.
 The girl who used to blush easily now has daughter who easily can get all the bushes she needs at any drugstore or beauty parlor.
 Possibly the reason the ladies in sist on men wearing their coats is they feel somebody in this old world should be wearing clothes.
 Some men always are seeking political pull while others are seek ing pull at well-filled flask.
 We know man who doesn't seem to care rap about kissing his wife, but appears to enjoy kissing his money good-by.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

to take the position that unless the board favors them they will quit work is to utter threat which is wholly unjustifed. '~----- --..
 The Labor Board up to the present time is the only channel through which practicable adjustment of differences between the companies and their employees can be effected by arbitration True the board is not infable and there may be times when it's methods of settling points issue unsatisfactory to some of the parties concerned. However, as the sole arbitration agency for such disputes it has the support of public opinion If either party to the dispute therefore, is inclined to refuse recognize the rulings of the board whether it be the companies or the unions, that party is almost find is action met with condemnation by the general public
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
Same Old Story
Come Across With 'Em

Says F, H. Collier: ,-seyen words in the right place will convince a man more certainly than TOO in the wrong place. We'll, let's have the seven, F., H., and we'll publish them in the interest of humanity. Just think of the wear and tear you will save on the ladies' vocal chords and mems ears by revealing them mystic seven. Shoot, Bo, we're waiting!
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

With another transatlantic aerial flight scheduled for next week. nonstop flight from Seattle to Juneau in the cards and the establishment a regu- lar air passenger line between and Vancouver scheduled the last half of 1921 should be well up the average in air navigation development.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

The announcement that shipping at Hamburg has reached 50 per cent the volume that prevail ed in 1913, notwithstanding the loss of the German merchant marine indicates that German is catching her stride The July shipping record at Hamburg ex- ceeded that of June by about 25 per cent Mt
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
Dads Idea Of 1t

Dad" said inquisitive Willie, this poem speaks of 'mournful numbers, what are they?:
 Most any number after three," answered Dad, who never could pick horse that came in the money.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
That's Free

Gimme two bits so I kin get a bed for tonight" pleaded the beggar
 Use the bed of the river" replied the heartless man.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
What Every Married Man Knows

Says Adam BFeede: When a woman really has control of her chil- dren a look is more effective than a word" And that goes for husbands, too, Adam, Old Top.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
You've Met This Bird

He's a tiresome talker, I mean that fellow Quinn; His skulls as free of brains AS the head of a pin.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

Observations Of Oldest lnhabitant
 l kin remember when man could buy a cake of xeast at the grocery, for his wifef without being looked upon with suspicion E
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

The Thames is running dry from unbroken drought but far no Briton has succeeded in set ting 1t ahre.--l Boston Herald.) .... .-. j.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
Or Being Green With Envy, EhG

or Being yreenI WIth EhVy, Eh! (Jack Warwick in the Toledo Blade.) Being color blind does not pre- vent a man from seeing red.
 Sam Hill, Cincinnati Enquirer. Neither does it keep him from feel ing blue.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

The man who rocked the boat may have learned better, but people who walk around in canoe are still in need of education.-( Boston Transcript)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

Decreasing the number in the House of Repre- sentatives would be better-but they'd likely just split the pot fewer ways.-( Nashville Tennes- sean) .-u .f re-e.e 'a'~'
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

Tt would not be Summer" says the Boston Eyen- ing Transcript If hot weather did come occas- ionally," Will the Transcript kindly prove it?2- Providence Journal) ttf0
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
News of the Names Club

Any one who knows the value of his paintings and sketches will tell Iva Whistler. who is visiting at Leip- sic, Ohio. she is lucky.
 The Lynnbark correspondent writes to the Martin County (KyD Adver. tiser that Mrs. Edna Cornett was a guest of friends there. He fails to state, however, whether she played for them or not.
 A sign on an Erie (Penn.) store has this one: Libel, Tailor. We'll, we won't because we may need an- other suit and we do not care to get in bad with our tailor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
You Never Can Tell

"No secondhand car for me-" Declared Gay Roland Thie.
 "Nor secondhand wife for mine" Observed Wise Guy DeVine. They both show excellent sense, Though they may be just dense, For they can be stung, my land! By things they get first hand.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

French scientist predicts a race of bearded women. The safety probably invented with this contingency in view.-( Buffalo Express
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

There said to be S000O poets in Japan. DAnnunzio in the wrong pew when he in Fiume.-l Minneapolis Morning Tribune.) sr..s aAssz
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

John Barleycorn may not be dead but Congress gives the country to understand that it has taken a last look at his beer-( Detroit News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
Fool Question 7114S

VUI 0USStIUH Tfo v J. M. B. desires to know what size shoe the foot of a mountain takes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
Daily Sentence Sermon

You cannot get something for nothing. but make sure you do not pay a lot of something for nothing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
But it's a Drain on Your Nerve.

You may not have any stocks and bonds or houses and lands for them to tax, but they still can tax your pa tience.-Cincinnati Enquirer. It may be annoying. but it does not take any
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20
ALONG LEES DETOUR
By Sam Hill. In Cincinnati Enquirer.
No Joke

No Joke A banker Is the only man Who can Make life success By loafing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-20

money to pay the tax on your pa News.
 Same Old Story Her bathing suits Now trimmed with fur, But still we can see The most of her.
 -E. M. Mum's the Word, FelIers l envy that man Brink, He's all he wants to drink, And gets it at his will For he has little still.
 Van
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-05-02
AUTO REPAns SHOI

AUTO REPAIR SHOf
Having completed my new auto
mobile repair shop, which adjofns my
garage on High street, am now
ready for all kinds OF work. Mr..
Edward L. Meredith, one of the best
automobile. machinists who has ever
worked at the business will be in
charge. Give me trial.
Phone 562 IONIE SE.ACUM
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-05-02
KNOX PEACE FACE PLAN
ADOPTED BY SENATE
Resolution Ending War With
Germany Semi TO House,

Washington. Iay THE admins
tration'S first sep toward placing tie
United States ON il technical legal ba
sis of peace was taken by the senate
in adopting The l>noE peace resolution
The vote was - to %. The resolution
now goes to the house.
Before preparation for Il vote on the
resolution an amendment was intrn
duced by Senator Townsend, ItepubIi
can, Michigan. proposing to substitute
for the provision repeating the declara
ton of war. simple clause declaring
peace.
Substitutes for the Knox resolution
prepared by Senator King, Democrat
Utah, were not offered. Mr.. Kline
said tl.st the Republican majority ap
peared determined to support the Knox
resolution as offered Senator France
Republican,, Maryland, also did not
offer his plan for Il general world con.
ference to consider various questions
affecting rehabilitation. He PROMISE
10 offer his measure later.
The Republicans lined up almost
solidly behind the measure and all but
five of the Democrats voted or WERE
paired against it.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-05-02
SAYS RETAIL PRICES
DELAY REAOJUSTM ENT
Cost to Consumer RetardS Re-
turn TO Normal Business.

Washington, May 2.-Retan prices
apDear to be the sticking" point III
the country's REIMBURSEMENT process tn,
federal reserve board said in general
review of business and financial con
ditionS for April.
Other factors retarding REIMBURSEMENT
were said to be high transportation
charges, wages and coal and steel
prices.
Increasing appreciation of the na
ture of the REIMBURSEMENT process III
business circles and the community al
large however. the board said, Is 10
cusing attention upon the factors tina;
are delaying business recovery and is
promoting discussion with view t"
removins, Obstacles and eNpcditing re-
coverY.
Complete business recovery, the
board continued, has been slower than
was predicted generally at the clost
of the past year, and expectations that
this spring would see economic and
business reimbursement fairly completed
have not. been realized. Nevertheless,
it added the month of April has Civ
en- evidence of an improved feeling de-
veloping with regard to business and
the outlook generally.
Prices, the review continued, has
been the pivotal point in the business
situation since the recession movement
began last autumn. The fall in whole
sale prices. which has been continuous
and at times precipitate, it declared.
appears to be in Il process of arrest.
they having shown Il greater degree
Of etahi!itv AnriGw Anril
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-05-02
CAT ADOPTS ORPHAN FOXES
Mothers Rare Animals and Saves
Their Owner Some $2500.

nStT O"tlCI OOIIlC PzOOO.
Warren. Pa. May An unassum-
ing but faithful house cat has saved
the day for l.. W. Archibald. super
intendent of the Warren black fox
ranch. by adopting five orphaned
foxes. \ week ago one of the foxes
on the ranch gave birth TO five cubs,
but soon afterWard she died. The
tiny foxes, worth $500 each, seemed
doomed, for there was no other moth
err fox on tie ranch nursing young of
her own and who might be prevailed
upon to adopt the orphans.
But Il cat in the Archibald home
had lust become mother and this
gave the superintendent an idea
which he decided was worth trying.
He removed the kittens from their
mother and put the little foxes in
their place. The~7eat.-eyed the new
ccmers with suspicion for a few min
utes and then apparently deciding
that all was for the best took the or
phans as her own and mOthered them
as tenderly as if they had been the
kittens.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-05-02
Smother Man in Bed.

New York, May 2.-Burglars s'notl
cred Paul Ludwig to death in his hC
and escaped with a large sum of mos
ey. Ludwig, who was the lessee G
three apartment houses here, wa
found in his bed, with blankets III
hedclothes piled over his head. IL
bed clothing was strapped down b.
his own suspoEd~?s His wrists Ia
been bound anG dashed to his nee:
The police said the money stolen /
resented his weekly rent rollection>
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-05-02
D 5.l; PHI flj0
Troops On RHINE
u. 5. I'd Lisut9nsnt's Equals
That Of Marshal FOCh,
DUE TO EXCHANGE GATES
American Soldiers Can Afford Many
Luxuries and German Gogerni.:o'.:
Pays Piper.

Coblrnz. May 1.-The lay oi q Sc
ond lieutenant in the American arm
on the Rhine is equivalent to that "
Marshal i'och.
This may explain in part why III
American army OF $1,000 men cG:,.
Germany more than 10000 Frrn'
troops in the Mayence zone. 1t ..
counts Il ii for the exaggerated &.@ts
ment from German sources rlIat Amer
ica's fighting force cost Germany ln0r,
than al the allied armies of occup;:-
ton.
Marshal FoclI'S salary is % ~
francs. \ second lieutenant in III
American forces in Germany r"crfN'
$2f20 Il year. W'i;-h extra allntile; n
bring up to about $1,000 At tLr Ta:g
of exchange Of 141. francs To the dol
lar, the >;econ,' lieutenant draws about
1880 francs Il year.
The buck private receives @.hi Il
month: corporal. $3.50; Il sergeant
1858. and a technical sergeant. S74.2D
The French roliu at NJ .yence has Il
be content with - centimeS Il day: 4
corporal receives; 80 ccntimeS ana Il
sergeant Two fr"n>
With the rate of exchange about 81
to Go marks to the dollar. the Am2ri
con so1dio,. IN Germany draws = lorn,,
S,Ia,, than n,n, ot tho bioh Germ,r
civ. ot,icio1.
The American soldier in the COblen
.roo ,i,,os bottor th,n rho aver,r.
honraooi,, family If either Froncn q,
C,o,,,,,nr q oo,b ,f tho ron hints
r.nomad nv the Young Mems Chris.
tom Association in Cohlenz the sol.
dior can ch4,in hettar and chsoner
food th,n in 1ha aynraue GOOD restau.
rants Of Paris or C,hlenz,
Hora i tho ,onnu for ono Sunday
dinner a. thn r.,,ohof Hotel condnct.
cd nv. rho :. II ~ which tho sol.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-05-02
Educating Alien Girls.

Rome, May 2.-The twenty-five nuns
who sailed from Naples on April "a
for New York on the way to Trenton
n. J., to establish a new religious
house, are bearing an autographed let
ter from Pope Benedict ordering that
the new institution in Trenton shall
be the mother house to similar in
situations, it was learned The chief
aim of the new religious house will
be to educate the daughters of immi-
grants