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The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
MORE LAbORERS
ARE REQUIRED
ON GOVT. R. R.
Major Dole at Seattle An
nounces Extra Force
Needed for Work.

SEATTI ~, May 30-Between 200
and $50 more laborers are required
by the Alaska Railroad for construc-
ton work This was the announce
mort made here today by Major c.
e. Dole. purchasing agent OF the AL
askan Engineering Commission
Major Dole said the men were
needed at various points between
Seward and Fairbanks. Already there
are 1900 men employed. but an ad-
GJr .onal force Is needed for the work
Under way this year.
Major Dole announced that con-
'ract has been awarded to the Ameri-
can Bridge Company. Ambridgs.
Penn. for the 3000-ton bridge to be
Nr''t across the Tanana River at
Nerana
Two tourists sleeping cars are be-
ing loaded on the Admiral Sebree
for delivery at Anchor age. The
freighter Latouche. sailing the latter
part cf this week. will have a full
cargo of freight for the Alaska Rail-
road.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
HONOR IS PAID
C0UNTRY'S DEAD
IN OBSERVANCE
Memorial Day Observance
Here General Many At
tend Legion Exercises.

Juneau to-day f1t.ingly observed
Memorial Day, joining in the exer-
cises held at Elks' Hall under the
auspices OF the Afford John Bradford
Post az the American Legion. Elks
Hall was filled with an appreciative
audience paying honor to the ma
tion's war de1d. Throughout the
town all business ceased stores and
offices closing in observance of the
day.
Shortly after 100 p. m. the Lee
gions services were begun in Elks'
Hail. opening with appropriate music
BY brakes Orthes'ra. Two mem
bers CT the G. A. r. occupied places
of honor on the platform with veter-
ans of other wars. American Legion
members and of he Legion's Auxil-
iary. The r''rqlistic form of the
Legion was used. Post Commander C.
A. Fisher. acting as chairman.
Short Program Held
The program was short and suit
abb - the occasion Opening with
prayer. it included vocal solo by
Miss C7n-fe Martin, reading by
Ms "r~rlcr''e Bore and the princi-
pal address by Col. James G. Steese.
II was expected that the parade from
the hell to I'he cemetery by the
way cs rhe Admiral Line dock would
be -~'o Of the largest on record. Per
fec w~~.h0r conditions made it pos
sifle ,eor everyone to attend. The
l'rr ,1f -nirch IS planned included
st~''. 300 school pupils, Camp Fire
Gir's. Boy Scouts. good delegations
from the American Legion, the LIE
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30

WASHINGTON, May 80. - The
Nations tribute to it's glorious dead
reached a climax at the dedication
today of the Lincoln Memorial err
ected by the side of the Potomac by
grateful countrymen.
Foremost among the thousands
who gathered at this eliminating
ceremony of Decoration Day were
the aged veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Those who
wore the Confederate Grey also came
to pay homage to the memory of the
charitable Lincoln who maintained
the union and nationality rather
then emancipation President Hard
ing declared in accepting the me-
mortal for the American people.
Washington, the founder, and
Lincoln. the savior, offer outstanding
proof that a representative popular
government, constitutionally found
ed, can find its way to salvation
and accomplishment"
The Lincoln Memorial was presen
ted to President Harding for the
American people by William Howard
Taft, as the Shrine where all can
worship at the altar upon which the
supreme sacrifice was made for lib
erty, a sacred religious refuge in
which those who love their country
and their God can find inspiration
, and repose"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
UNUSUAL CASE

WASHINGTON, May 30. Baseball
IS something that thrives on contests
but not often have the disputes Of
the diamond reached the Supreme
Court of the United States as in the
Baltimore Federal League baseball
ease. Although the case was I'M
usual in the history of the nation =
highest tribunal those present in
court during arguments recall that
several OF the Justices displayed sur
nrising familiarity with the more
Intricate features OF the nltional
game.
Tho case was a civil proceeding
under the Sherman Antitrust law
brought by stockholders in the Balti-
more club Of the defunct Federal
League 70 recover alleged damag y
suffered by the disbanding of the
league after "a stormy life The dis
banding occurred under what is gen
orally known as the peace agree
mott" The proceedings were in
stituted in the District Of Columbia
Supreme Court September 90. 1917,
after a similar action brought In
ph'ladclrhia had been dismissed on
r"'ion OF counsel for the Baltimore
club
Charges In Case
O'Tganized baseball operating I'M
DR. the commonly termed national
acrccmnnt was charged by the Balti-
more club in its suit asking dam
ages amounting to 100000 with
maintenance of a MONOPOLY of the
baseball business in restraint OF
-~~ DO he.weon the various states The
p"'-im"re club alleged that II had
h"n1 d7maged to the extent Of
s21a 200 n annpunt of the failure of
no F71e'rl League The district
SUPREME Court upheld the Baltimore
eh'b's contentious in the main and
returned verdict of damages
CONTINUED on Page seven,
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Case of Extreme Cruelty
Discovered By Authorities

BUCYRUS. Ohio. May 30-Irene
Mep ges, rs years old, was taken to
the SlIlte Hospital at Toledo after
being adjudged to be insane by DR..
JOIN A. Rebel. Columbus, specialist,
ca.,ed here by Chester A. Neck.
Prosecuting Attorney, to examine
the FRI, who, two weeks ago, was
taken. half nude, from building on
the rm O. her father. j. F. Menges.
south Of CresAine. where it is stated.
. she had been prisoner for two
years.
What effect commitment to the
state institution will have. upon the
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30

cruelty cases which. II is said, were
to be filed against the parents, is not
known here. as the county prosecutor
is attending Appellate Court in Lima.
Miss Menges was committed to To.
ledo by George w. Sheets. Probate
Judge She was taken to Toledo
by John Clessner and his wife. Mrs.
CIessner, Deputy Sheriff. The girl
was a charge in the same institution
six years ago
Miss Mcnges during her stay in
Crawford county jail never spoke
more than one of two syllables. and
only in direct answer to direct ques-
tiOns
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
SLAIN BY CLUB
FOR M00NSH|NE
Railroad Brakeman Confesses
to Murder of Seattle
Travelling Salesman.

EVERETT, Wash, May 30.-Donald
E. Stevenson railway brakeman. con
fessed today that he killed A. A.
Amour. of Seattle, travelling sales
man, whose body WIS found last
Friday in the woods near Stanwood.
According to the authorities Stew
enson said he killed Amour in a
fight over whether they should rob a
farmer in the vicinity in order to got
money Ito purchase mocnshine.
The officials claim they believe
Stevenson's story to be true. Stcv-
enson said he killed Amour with a
club
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
Lincoln Memorial
Dedicated; Fitting
Climax of Big Day

| New York sculptor, placed in the
central hall where, by virtue of its
imposing position in the place of
honor, it predominates all else. The
statue is colossal in size and yet
distintively personal. 1t represents
Lincoln, seated, in a thoughtful
mood and is the first thing that
meets the eye as one passes through
the immense colonnaded entrance
Smaller halls, one at either side of
The central hall, contain monumental
tablet in which deeply inciscd let
ters reproduce word for word, Lin
coins Gettyburg address on the left
wall and the address made by him at
his second Inauguration on the right
wall Above these are two large
mural paintings by Jules Guerin,
New York artist, one typifying
Emancipation and the other typi-
Tying Reunion" Their production
occupied three years time
More than dozen years ago Pc
tomac Park, one of the most import
ant uflltS Oh w dSHlHS ION great park
system, and which lies along the Po-
tomac River, was first suggested as
the site for a memorial to Lincoln.
The late John Hay, one of Lincoln's
secretaries and biographers, and
later Secretary of the United States,
favored it's selection.
By means of terraces the grounds
around the site are raised until the
floor of the memorial itself is As
feet higher than the grade of Po-
tomoc Park, A circular terrace,
1000 feet in diameter, first rises
above the park On it's outer edge
stand four coneentric rows of trees.
leaving a plateau in the center 755
feet in diameter In the center of
this plateau, surrounded by wide
roadways and walks, rises an emin-
ence supporting rectangular stone
terrace wall IA feet high, 25G feet
long and 1876 feet wide. On this
rectangular terrace rises the white
marble memorial. All the founda-
tions of the steps, terraces and mem
orial are built on concrete piling
which extends down to solid rock.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
ORGANIZED BASEBALL IS NOT
TRUST;DECISI0N IS RENDERED
IN CASE BY SUPREME court

WASHINGTON, May 30-In a de
cisi0n handed down the Supreme
Court decided that organized base
bali under the national agreement
is not Interstate Commerce and clubs
are not liable to prosecution under
the Sherman law
The decision is a victory for or
ganiznd baseball against the claims
Of the Baltimore club of the defunct
Federal League.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
Hail and Rain Storm
Strikes in Colorado

GREELEY. Colo, May 30.-One of
the worst rain and hail storms in
the history of this section struck
here today. causing damage estimated
at $3.50. 900
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
Slayer Of II
Will Face
Firing Squad

SHANGHAI, May 30.-WOng
Siau Di, aged % years, leader
of one of the worst gangs of
criminals ever uncovered by
the police here, has been SEN
fenced to be shot. He confessed
to 81 murders. Three confed-
crates will also face firing
squad with Wong Siau Di. The
police claim the victims includ-
ed men, women and children.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
A New Bride Is Selected
BY Dead Wife's Spirit

AURORA. ILL.,. May 30.-Vincenzo
he was directed to marry woman
chosen for him after death, "by the
companion OF my most thrilling
hours, my departed wife" today an
nounced he would wed Miss Helene
Rogers, a Batavia, H., school teach
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
OLD TRUST CASE

WASHINGTON, May 30-The
Southern Pacific case brought to the
attention Of the Supreme Court the
control by Kentucky corporation
of the Central Pacific and Southern
Pacific railroad companies in alleged
violation of the Pacific Railroads and
Sherman antitrust laws.
The government declared in argu-
ment it presented zone of the dark
est pages in American railroad his
tory" although the oldest consolida.
ton was the last of the railroad
merger cases to be decided by the
Supreme Court Originating in 1885
when the Southern Pacific. five years
before the enactment of the Sherman
law in 1890, it is alleged to have
been brought under the prohibitions
Of that law when in 1893 a new lease
was made. which was converted into
stock-ownership in 1899
The cases presented many unique
and interesting features, and during
oral agreement counsel refreshed the
memory of the court of the heydey OF
American railroad reorganization and
financing. when in fhe late sos and
early COS the "big four" consisting
Of Leland Stanford. Coils p. Hunt
irgton. Mark Hopkins and Charles
Crocker and other railroad builders
who had girded the middle and Pa
oific west with iron bands. contested
with Edward H. Hartman and other
railroad "Napoleons'' in reGrranglng
the railroad maps.
The Northern Securities, Union Pa
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30

err in the autumn. His wife also
was a Batavia girl.
Thought guided Gullota in the new
coirrtship. he said.
'In the night | could sense her
presence" he said. land she nodded
my thoughts. followed her guild
apce implicitly and always things
turned out or the best"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
California Flood Is
Reported Doing Damage

FRESNO. CD, May 3O-Flood
water from Kings River is flowing
into Tulare Lake basin and has in
undated 90 sections OF grain land
valued at 100000. Forty thousand
acres are in The path of the rising
water. Heavy damage is expected.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
GERMAN BANKS STILL OWE
PRE-WAR BALANCES TO U. S

NEW YORK May 80 German
banks still owe American banks pre-
war balances to the amount of So
275.OO gold marks according to the
Wall Street Journal.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
Railroad Merger Declared
Illegal; Dissolution Case

WASHINGTON, May 30.--The gov
Crnmcnt has won the suit in the Su-
Ireme Court to have the Southern
Pacific ownership in the Central Pa
cific Railway declared unlawful.
This was the last of the great
trust dissolution cases brought be-
fore the court.
The decision means that the South
ern Pacific must divest itself of all
stock ownership in the Central Pa
cifc which it has held since 1885.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
Wind Changes in Nick Of
Time = Goddard Sanitar-
ium Saved from Flames.
FOREST FIRE FOLLOWS
EXTREME HOT WEATHER
Fierce Forest Fires Sighted in
Washington = Smoke
Indicates Intensity.


SITKA. May 30-A sudden change
Of the wind yesterday saved the Cod
dard Sanitarium from destruction
from a fierce forest and brush fire.
The fire burned over an area be-
tween the Goddard tSanitarium and
Redoutt Lake.
Ashes from the fire fell in Sitka
and a smoke screen covered the sur
founding country. :.
A forest ranger returned from the
scene last night and reported adj
danger over.
The fire followed two days of hot
weather, the temperature here hav-
ing reached "a degrees in the shade
on Sunday
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
Movement for Memorial.

The movement IOr the conSsruc-
ton of the memorial was begun in
1902 and in 1910 the late Senator
Shelby NJ. Cullom of Illinois. 3
friend of Lincoln, introduced in the
Senate the bill for its erection. The
bill was approved by Congress Feb.
8, 1911. The law created a com
mission and named as it's members
William II. Taft, Shelby M. Cullum,
Joseph G. Cannon, George Peabody
Wetmore, Samuel Walker Mccall,
fernando d. Money and Champ
Clark
The commission was authorized to
procure and determine upon a lOca-
ton, plan and design for monu-
ment or memorial in Washington
The aid of the government commits
sion of Fine Arts was invoked in the
selection of the site and plans. On
the 105th anniversary of Lincoln S
birth, Feb IL. 1913, the late for
mer Senator Joseph c. S. Blackburn,
then resident commissioner of the
memorial commission and who was a
Southern officer during the Civil
War, broke ground for the memoir
ial saying as he did so:
"This memorial will show that
Lincoln is now regarded as the
greatest of all Americans and that
he is so held by the South as well as
the North.
Cornerstone Laid
The cornerstone was laid on Lin
coins birthday in 1915 without
ceremonies. Among the articles
placed within the stone was his
tory Of Lincoln, signed by his living
son, Robert T. Lincoln. The build
ing of the memorial was somewhat
delayed during the world war and
its construction, which was expected
to be completed in three years time,
has taken about six years.
A memorial bridge across the Po-
tomac River from point nearby the
Lincoln Memorial and extending to
the Arlington National Cemetery is
contemplated in the plans as well as
a boatlanding on the river directly
east of the memorial.
Temporary buildings erected in
Potomac Park for war purposes and
occupied by the Navy Department
have encroached upon the memorial
grounds as planned by the commits
sion of fine arts, which declares:
Until the buildings are removed
the memorial will be dwarfed and
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
BIG STORE THREATENED

MEMPHIS, May 30.4--Damage esti
mated at more than half a million
dollars. largely from smoke and wa
ter. was caused here last night by
fire. the origin of which is yet I'M
determined. quitting two upper stor-
res of the Bry Block Mercantile
Company. one of the largest depart
ment stores in the South
Several girls employed in night
work were overcome by smoke and
were only rescued lin time to save
their lives.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30
FOREST FIRES

HOOD RIVER, Ore, May 30.-The
seasons first forest fires are re-
ported.
One is high in the range north
east of White Salmon, Wash, and
the other is west of Underwood,
Wash. These fires were sighted
here early this morning. Huge vol
umes of smoke are rising from both,
indicating the fires are burning
fiercely s4---A Is
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-30

Confined IN raze Two;
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-14
E. E. Neese
ELECTRICIAN & PLUMBER
Phone Red 904

We are prepared to make parts
for your machine to order. Gen
eral lathe work in metal or wood.
We've made parts for the News
Records printing press. We can
make them for your auto, sewing
machine, typewriter, and adding
machine and will. not use sub
tracing machine on your purse
for the work done.
At the shop ON Saturdays and
Mondays. Office over Petersen S
store. We have been doing ma
chine shop work on automobiles
here for the past three years. We
can solder your radiator, turn
commutators and timers. We VIII
tell you before we begin if we are
not equipped to do your particu-
lar job. Batteries charged, and
you will not be charged for the
charging while our shop is run
ming out your other work. The
rest of the time we are taking
orders for the Washington Muir
sery Co. If you need some iron
shavings for your cherry trees,
come and help yourselves on Sat
urday.-A. N. Sanford.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-14
FOOLISH WIVES OF HISTORY
MEL Gwyn"

Nell Gwyn was moek-wifc Of
Charles the twice, or as called
AZ home, Charles the Second
Nell was the daughter Of poor
but proud family, had ambitions
to 90 on the stage, once saw II
show from an orchestra seat and
worked in the poor quarter Of
London az a girl.
Nell was IN expert on the
quality Of lemons, was very fond
OF lemons, so took fancy to
King Charles. LATER she sourcd
on him, but until then, she and
the King did a lot Of fancy step.
ping around the Soho district.
Nell seemed to like Charles for
himself and often told him she'd
like him just is well if he
were a chambcrmaid in garage.
Charles loved Nell also, and often
claimed that she of all his fcmi-
nine acquaintance, was the most
constant, but that she was awful.
ly cranky-too frank and hurt
his kingly feelings, often treated
him like deuce.
King Charles died before Nell
which in those days was I'M
usual for kings had a habit Of
disposing Of their queens via the
poison ivy route when new
queen doomed on the horizon.
That Charles was fond of Nell
was shown by his last speech
when he said-'Don't let Nell
Starve." But he took good care
not to bequeath her anything but
a questionabl" past.
After Charles death, Nell went
back to lemon peddling and often
went cuddling a citron, her mind
would wander back to Charles"
the biggest lemon she ever
handled.
H. Il. Rcichenbach.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-14
Didn't Need To

Congresswomm Robertson, Of
Oklahoma, was talking about
women in politics.
"Woman lacks political train
ing as yet" she said, "but there's
no reason why, in time, she
chouldn't do as well in politics
as man does.
Certainly in replying to heck
lers she will do well. remem
Der stopping one still October
evening to listen to woman
preaching some new creed tc
others from a soap box.
"Say?' a rough shouted tc
her, Say, you look cold, baby !!
Why don't you turn your collar
up, like meQ'
" We'll, you see,' baby ans
wered sweetly from her soap box
well, you see, I've got a clean
neck. Los Angeles Times.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-14
Washington Coast Utilities
Talks to Our Vashon-Maury Patrons:

ri Vashon- Naury islands is connected with the main
land by two cables One conducts the current Of
~ electricity used the two islands for light and
power, the other supplies telephone communca
ton with the outside world.
GT The former is three strand wire cable laid from
Des MONIES to Maury island, and is secured on the
- island only few feet from the Maury dock. The
latter, the cable through which telephone con-
nection is made starts from the mainland at Pt
Defiance and reaches Vashon island just this side,
or east Of the landing at Tahlcquah
[T There have been four other cable connections
" made with Vashon- Maury island in days gone by,
- but all of these were for telephone communication
only. There from Faunteroy Park to
the north end of the island, known Dolphin
Point; another from Indian Point, south end Of is
land, to Tacoma; one from rahlequah, then known
as Clam Cove, to PIT. Defiance, and fourth from
Lisabeula to Olalla. These have all given way
der the action Of tide and wind and water, and the
only two connecting lines now the two above
mentioned The Telephone cable is owned by the
Pacific Telephone Company, but the Washington
Coast Utilities company the cable from Des
Moines to Malry dock.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-14
SENSE AND NONSENSE
Rolshed By tho Best of Men,

lhcy take II Tor granted That
everybody knows they have them,
The pretty girl who il n good
dancer attracts n lot OF admira.
ton, but unless she develops into
a wife Of average looks who Is
n good cook, she is going to be
mighty lonesome some day.
Greatness is wholly compare.
tive. Probably n cockronch ap.
pears great TO an ant.
It isn't much use to be going
pr you never arrive.
A chronic loafer never seems
to know that he is. He'll tell
you either that he's sick or in
hard luck
A widow gets lots Of sympathy,
but did you ever notice, TINT is
II she is not toe badly hampcrcd,
she generally has more money and
better clothes after her loss than
before?
Advice is about the only thing
you can give away and still have
as much left. That's the reason
we are so generous with il.
Marriage gets to be an old
story about the time the husband
runs out Of new stories to tell
her about himself.
Poets never have been able to
pen cncomiums worthy Of woman
whose life is given to her chill,
drcn's welfare above all else, nor
critics to find sufficient mathema
for women who place themselves
and any imagined "art' or "tal,
cnt" above motherhood.
Any doctor knows that it ism 7
hard to prescribe for a sick man
but that it is impossible to pre-
scribe for a woman who only
thinks she is sick.
If Old Ultimate Consumer and
Taxpayer and Vox Populi were
ever to form a club and forget
about everything else except tax.
paying and consuming, nobody
ever would have to write to his
Congressman about legislation.
Talent never is smothcred if
there is practicability behind it.
The only thing that can happen
to it is to be Unsecured temper
arily if it's genuine.
A poor man likes to think that
the rich have more troubles than
he has.
Who Remembers
When about half the men in the
audience went out between acts
q,
and came back looking bright and
cheerful and chewing gum9
and
The old-timer who boosted that
he shaved every week whether
he needed it or not?
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-14
MINOR MUSINGS
BY Wilbur n. Sutton
A Beautiful Thought

Some try to do those about
them good and others to "do"
them good.