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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant

OBSERVATIONS or OIdest InhabItant
 After listening to the modern jazz am not surprised that you never hear the young people of today sing ing that old hymn "For there's mu- sic in my soul today"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

Out in the districts whore life is raw fewer deals are.-(San Francisco Post.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

Some folks to learn that turbulence is mighty potent factor in bringing the am- bulance--t Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

Men creatures who down great trees to make room for city and then plant little saplings to beautify it.-(San Francisco Journal.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

London suspects diplomatic leak in Washington Doesn't London know that Washington is dry? ?- Detroit Free Press
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

In these days there is many slip 'twixt the shore and the ship.-(Cincinnat Enquirer.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
Harding and Labor.
(San Francisco Bulletin. )

In pledging himself to oppose organized efforts to cripple organized labor the President takes stand that will be indorsed by the majority of the American people The safety of the nation depends to very extent upon the cooperation of labor free to organize for its welfare. Where workers are denied the right to organize openly there is the pression that promotes radicalism and anarchy.
 Organized labor in America is the most powerful of all the forces working against radicasm. The law itself is not powerful Labor defeats radicalism by refusing to support it and by showing that gahization secures for the workers far than could he obtained by unlawful methods.
 The Communists of Russia starving; the law fully organized workres Unitde States are the highest paid and most prosperous in the world.
 At each and every convention of organized labor for several radicalism has been repudated by resolution
 If only for these President Harding Is justified in announcing that he will use his efforts to prevent any attempt to crush organized labor
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
Another Marvellous Invention

A wheelbarrow that climbs stairs Is in use in Shanghai, China. It is worked on a series of wheels. The wheelbarrow often carries as much as 400 pounds up steps. seesawing from wheel to wheel.-News Item.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

For the law, the whole law and nothing but the law, while it is the law, is the Harding slogan tSan Francisco Bulletn)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
Wisdom Acts As If 1t Had Ton.
 siIltis, Or Something

Wisdom Acts As 1f It Had ron
 siIitis. Or Something
 It is easier for a man to hide his wisdom than his foolishness. Sam Hill Foolishness announces itself with megaphone and is hard to suppress.-J. H. Reed
 if 1t Fits
 Our wages for today is that trou bles that come in disguise are more apt to get warm welcome than blessings that come that way
 The wind may be tempered to the shorn lamb but the girls who bobbed their hair last summer have looked in vain for some sort of consolation that will fit their case. Of course socks ought to be darned but we guess if us men would put ourselves in the woman's place we would rather play bridge than darn 'em, too.
 They wouldn't be wasting time try ing to invent new religions if peo- pie only were living up to the old one.
 Nobody ever gets worse fooled than the young man who thinks be cause his girl Is dieting she isn't going to eat much when he takes her to swell place for dinner after the show.
 All woman has to do to make her husband think she is an ideal
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

The President of China is missing Maybe some News.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

Reports from Russia now are to the effect that Premier Lenin rapidly recovering from his last death.-( Detroit News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
Daily Sentence Sermon

The foolkiller knows that sooner or later he'll have to attend to the case of the bird who always trusts to luck
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12
That'II Do 1t

Blinks: How come you don't own a car and ride around the way your friends do?"
 Jinks: 'Its having to foot so many bills that keeps me on foot"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

Claude Must Be Bird, All Right (Shiloh Cor. McCreary County
 Record) Claude Freeman winged Erah Wer ley home from church last Sunday
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-12

Jinks: ''Its having to foot so many bills that keeps me on foot"
 Firnrs Is Firms They say rolling stone gathers no moss. but did you know that
 MOSS AND MONEY keep store at Spencer, Ind.-Local Contrib.
 Friendly Philosophy Staying "In the Rut" Is a sure in dication of ones inability to climb out of the channel of negative thought. J. D. F.
 N Help!
 "They say xa doctor claims people get to look like what they are,'' re- marked Brown.
 "If that is true replied White, q hope I do. not meet a confidence man right now for we have been living on Spring greens for couple of weeks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
RECORD FOR HOLSTElNS
Average ,25O Pounds or Butter Per
 Year


 CHICAGO. March 24.-The 1922 leaders in the seven classes of dlf1er- ent ages of re-bred HoStein cows produced an average of 29,ooo pounds of milk and 1,250 pounds of butter In one year. In the full age and senior 4-year classes previous records were broken. according to & report Of tho national headquarters of the Hoi- stein- Friesian association.
 During the year 1S,000 cows were tested for production and since the establishment of the official test so'- 900 cows have passed the productlon required for their age, the report stated All tests are supervlsed oy state colleges of agriculture. Last year 1i3.772 Holsteins were regis tered with the association.
 In the full age class. May Walker Ollie Homestead, owned by the Min nesota Holstein company at Austin displaced Duchess Skylark Ormsby, a Washington state COW. with pro- duction of S1,61o pounds mix ana 1928 pounds butter. Grahamholm Co., lantha Pauline Segis. Minnesota COW, displaced another Minnesota COW in the senior four-year class with record of 54.291 pounds milk and 1.426 pounds butter.
 In the junior 4year class, Mamsell Johanna, owned by c. l.. Spaulding Ot w Narren. Mlnll., SlOcu HiSHest iol the year with a record of S1.o13 pounds of milk and 1.S17 pounds but ter Countess Mattador Segis. the senior 3-year champion from Wash ington, produced 25,S17 pounds milk and 1.159 pounds butter. Junior g. year champion, Princess Maida Nee- man, owned by Earl Graham Of Compton. California. produced 29629 pounds milk and 1,154 pounds butter. Colony Grehebbag Valdessa, senior 2 year champion, produced 2S.S11 pounds milk and 1895 pounds butter. She is owned by Colony farm, E.son- dale. B. c. In the junior 2-year class. Daisy Agg.e Ormsby. owned by John Erickson 1i Waupaca. Wis, was high COW for rie year. She produced 22,- 1o1 pounds milk and 1,0SS pounds hut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
Presidential Campaign Is Launched On
AMERICAN WILL HEAD INTERNATIONAL BODY;; CONFERENCE IS URGED Business Men Point Way to
 Solution of Pressing
 Problems
ROME. March 24.-Leading finan-

ROME, March 24.-Leading finan- ciers of the world, having zone on record as favoring a world confer- ence of business men to thresh out the reparation and interallied debt problems, closed their conference here today.
 The delegates to the intern,. .ionai Chambers of Commerce convention are committed to the. policy of urg- ing their governments to accept the plan of settling the worlds finan cial difficulties offered by the Amer, ican delegation, headed by Willis H. Booth, vice president of the uar. anty Trust company of New York.
 The convention decided that rep arations and interallied debts should be set according to the ability of the various nations to pay. Booth and other Americans informed the delegates that they believed the American people could be educated to the point of accepting a reduc- ton of interallied debts if 1t was proved to them that such a course would stimulate business.
 Booth was elected president of the International Chamber of Commerce just before adjournment. Paul Car roll invited the delegates to meet at promising to charter a steamer and carry all representatives free from European ports. The next meeting place will be decided later.
 The leading finanders and busi- ness men of nearly every nation in the world attended the convention, which lasted week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
SOVIETS START COURT SYSTEM OF THEIR OWN IN BOLSHEWST RUSSIA
Political PIums Falling to Lot of Favorites of Con-
 muniStS

MOSCOW, March 24.-The resolu- tionary tribunals which, along with the dreaded "Cheka." were instru- ments of red terror during the worst period of the Bolshevist revolution, passed into history the other day when new and permanent court system was inaugurated throughout Russia. While founded upon lines rot unlike the court systems of some other European countries, the new Russian courts have some particu- larly communistic features all their own.
 The supreme court of Russia, three branches. One will be for criminal cases, one for civil, and the other court of appeal. There will be also district courts to try cases of local importance, and the "Peo- ples" Courts, corresponding to po- lice magistrates, will operate in each village and city district to try minor offenses.
 Peter Stuchka, Lettish lawyer who gained fame as the Bolshevist dicta- tor of Latvia when Riga was in the hands of the communists, has been named as chairman of the supreme court. Another Lett, M. karklin. N iral. civil and appeal branches, however, the supreme court judges are mostly men who served in re- sronsible positions on the revolu- tionary tribunals. all communists tried and true. Jacob Peters. who headed the "Cheka" at Petrograd during the red terror is one of the judges of the criminal department.
 M. Kursky, commissioner of jus tice. will be chief procurator or attorney general in the new court system, but the active prosecutor will be Vladimir Krylenko, former ly chairman of the revolutionary tribunals.
 peculiar feature of the new system is that a species of juror" is introduced. There will be two of them in each case, sitting beside the judge and having full powers to question witnesses and attorneys. decide upon the guilt or innocence of the accused, a majority vote Of the three serving to convict or free the prisoner. Panels Of these pros pective jurymen are now being se- lected throughout Russia. The va rious trade unions and professlonal organizations select them from their own numbers, and they must be ready to go into court at any time they are called upon. The Moscow quota of jurors is 1000. When they sit in trials the jurymen are paid, not by the government. but by their cmplovers, receiving their regular days wages for the time spent in court.
 When the new court system is in full swing, 1t Is expected that most of the lawyers appearing will be n.en trained in the law courts or the old regime. Professional unions of Lawyers are being organized subject to the approval of the Soviet authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
b|G SUGAR PROBE
 |S NOW UNDER WAY ID LOWER PRICES
All Government Departments Are Called Upon to Aid in
 Securing Statistics

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The de- partment of justice today called upon all government departments to fur supplies and recent market manipu- lations.
 A. T. Seymour, acting Attorney General, said the department was usinf every power at its command in the inquiry in the hope that an ef- fective way will be found tc force down sugar prices and to prosecute jumps in price. He declined to re- veal the governments program for action in the event evidence is found to warrant prosecutions.
 Senator Ladd. North Dakota, Sen ate progressive, today joined in the demand for prompt government ac- ton against the alleged sugar gougers.
 Robbed of sl,ooo, ,Soo. 2 .Soo. %
 If sugar goes to 20 cents a pound, as some dealers predict, he said, the American housewives and their families would be robbed at tho rate of $l.ooo.ooo,0o a year for the bene- fit of bunch of spectators, sam- blers and grafters, some of whom are evidently not only in high society, but, if we believe the rumors, are holding responsible positions at the will of the people.
 There has been too much of this in the past eight years and the com mon people are losing confidence in those whom they have honored, and old party lines are crumbling until, as shown in the last election, paorty labels no longer insure election when there are good primary laws so that the will of the people may be freely recorded.'
 Unless something is done to curb "big business" Ladd predicted that there would be some startling sur prises for the old line political par ties in the next election.
 Suggests Untermcycr.
 Basil M. Manly, director of the peo- ple's legislative service, who was mainly responsible for government officials starting the sugar inquiry, suggested that the department of justice appoint Samuel Untermyer, New York attorney, as a special As- sistant Attorney General to investi- gate and prosecute the alleged sugar gamblers responsible for the recent price increase.
 This 3 cents a pound excess profit in sugar prices is due to an orgy of speculative manipulation on the New York Sugar exchange, and to noth- ing else" Manly said.
 The department of commerce added another chapter today to its side of the case when Julius Klein, head of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, issued statement again denying that Secretary Hoover or the department had ever stated the na- tion faces a sugar shortage this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
HOTEL, LANDMARK OF [ PHILADELPHIA, GIVES WAY TO GREAT HOTEL
Noted Guests Have Been Housed in Old
 Structure

PHILADELPHIA. March 24.-The old Continental hotel, landmark in Philadelphia. which has sheltered presidents, emperors, princes, gen. to say nothing of others of promin- ence in the heyday of it's activity, will soon be razed. Comfortable but old fashioned, the famous place will give way to modern 1,200-r room hotel to be known as the Benjamin Franklin.
 The Continental, built in 1860, was a show place in the east when erected. Guests marveled at its grand staircase of polished Italian marble and it's spacious, art-enriched dining hall. It was\one of the first hotels to be equipped with an elevator.
 King Edward VII. as the Prince of Wales, occupied the presidential suite, the hospitality of which was subsequently, accorded Dom Pedro, emperor of Brazil. when he visited the centennial exposition in Phila- delphia in 1876. Charles Dickens also occupied the suite.
 The Continental was freQuented by republican leaders of Civil war days, and the republican national commit tee used its rooms as a headquar- ters in the campaign for President Abraham Lincoln's reelection. Gem eral Grant was an occasional visitor after the Civil war.
 J. B. Kingsley, a manager of the Continental, once averted situation that might have proved embarrassing for President Andrew Johnson. The mayor of Philadelphia had refused to receive the nations chief executive, and MT. Johnson was welcomed p Parlor c cs the hotel through the courtesy Of the manager com mittee of citizens extended the citys hospitality.
 In Parclor c important meetings and conventions were later held. These included the Pan-American congress of 30 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
SCOTTISH SHIPYARDS REPORT BIG DEMAND
Many Orders Received By Large
 British Firms

LONDON, March 24.-Activity in the great shipyards of Scotland has increased since the first of the year. and Scottish builders have received orders for several thousand tons more of shipping than for the same period of 1922.
 Four of the largest companies are at present working on 4S5,000 tons of shipping. There has been a decrease in unemployment in the shipbuilding centers as a result of the increased building.
 Three new liners are being com pleted, the Doric of 16.300 tons. for the White Star line; the Veedam of 15,0o0 tons for the Holland America line, and the Oroya of 12.300 tons for the Pacific Steam Navigation com pany. These ships will be launched this summer. The Belgenland of 25,000 tons for the Red Star line. and the Asturias of 12,200 for the Royal Mail Steam Packet company also are under construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
ANGEL IF DEATH |S N | w RECKONING ID DIVINE SARAH.
Worlds Famous Tragedienne Is Believed to Be Enact
 ing Last Role
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fered a severe sinking spell. During the day physicians injected caffeine and camphor to prolong her life. h. asmuch as there is no hope for her re- covery while the uremia continues, it is believed that death is only a mat ter of 12 to IS hours.
 Although every one in Paris knows that Bernhardt is in the shadow. only one newspaper printed an ac- count of her condition, and that was just four lines. sf.s
 This was explained by Maurice, who stated that the physicians had requested the press not to print ac- counts of her illness in order to avoid exciting the actress. She insists on reading all the papers in moments H consciousness.
 mitted to enter her chamber, because she insists on chatting with them.
 Once during the afternoon Bern hardt's secretary came out Of the chamber weeping bitterly. Shes very bad. Poor. beloved madam. l cannot say niore."
 Pressed For Money.
 Bernhardt overstrained herself playing for American movies. She had the scenes taken in her own home because of her illness. The actress, who has spent several fortunes, is really hard pressed for money, and that Is the reason she turned to the movies, even while her condition was serious.
 She collapsed three months ago while rehearsing Sacha Guitry's new play, "Un Sujet de Roman," at the Edouard VII theatre. It was thought that she would die at the time, but her indomitable will pulled ,iher through the crisis. Despite the or ders of her physicians, she refused to remain confined to her chamber. On that occasion she informed corre- spondent of the United News:>
 "I will get well. And Then l am that message to my many friends in the United States"
 Bernhardt, 7S years old, was born in Paris October 23, 1S45, and chris tened Rosine Bernard. The father of the destined actress was a French man and her mother a Dutch Jewess.
 She was educated in a convent and at the age of 15 started to train for the stage.
 Her first appearance in "1phigenie" at the Comedie Franchise in 1862 brought her indifferent success. She worked on, however, and came into her own 10 years later when she be- came famous in "Ruy Blas," written by Victor Hugo.
 In 1862 she married a Greek actor, Jacques Damala, but their domestic life was unhappy and they soon sep arated.
 She had one son. Maurice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
,d On Its Merry Cureer Year Ahead or
AGEDGERM ANMAGNATE NEVER SHUNS LABOR
Thyssen, Steel Baron, At His Desk
 Early And Late

IIAMBORN. Germany, March 24.- Unemp ployment may rule in the Ruhr, miners be idle and railroad men on strike, bricklayers working half time ard jewellers not at all, but there IS one man who works on forever.
 His name is August Thyssen, aged Sl founder of the steel dynasty bear ing his name Promptly at the stroke of s the venerable old man is at his desk Eleven at night very often finds him still at work. This steel man is indeed a man of steel.
 Personally, twice a day, he visits one or the other of his large plants, either at Hamborn, Mulheim. DutS- burg, Dinslaken or Dusseldorf. Tall and gaunt, walking with brisk, springy step. in one so advanced m years, stopping here and there to exchange word with some of the veteran employees in his service, his progress through the works seems to assume the sacredness of rite.
 Frugal and modest, this million aire spends less for his personal up- keep than many of his yard bosses or section foremen.
 The correspondent met him the others@day at the conclusion of his toour around the Hamborn works.
 T don't know what I can tell you about the situation" he, said in re- sponse to query, "ask this man there, he is much more competent than I am," he said. pointing to one of his managers.
 Have you ever met Clemenceau? the correspondent asked apropos of nothing except the extraordinary similarity of expression of the upper part of the face of both men. Thys- sen b much taller than the Tiger"
 No, but I should very much like to-"
 Going to desk. the old man took from drawer what appeared to be a document and handed 1t to the cor respondent:
 "I.et me give you little souve- mir" he said.
 It was signed photograph of himself.
 Workers who have been in the service for 25 years receive this pho tograph," said the employe who es- corted the correspondent to the door. You have been here only 25 min- utes. It is now going 22 years since l began to work here. l will receive one of these photographs in 1926"
 Why did Herr Thyssen frown when I mentioned the kaiser?" the correspondent asked of the employe.
 Herr Thyssen has much cause to frown," replied the clerk, "the kais- CT treated him shabbily. He would accept drawings. plans. new inven- tions for guns. light and heavy artil- lery, drawn up and perfected by the chief, and then the War office would have the guns made in the krupp Works. It was quite wrong"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
BEER PLOT IS FOUND
Extensive Trade In. Pre-Volstead
 Liquor Now On

WASHINGTON, March 24.-An ex- tensive interstate business in pre- Volstead beer Is believed 10 have been uncovered in a recent raid on 20 retail stores in Hamilton, 0. Stats Prohibition Director Russell of Ohio reported to Commissioner Haynes to- day that the beer taken in the raids was brewed in Richmond. Va, and Detroit. That from Richmond was said to have been shipped to Chicago by rail and a driver caught unloading kegs, Director Russell reported. con- fessed receiving go per keg for mo-. tor truck delivery. In addition to the hamilton deliveries the driver was quoted as saying he also had de- livered kegs of beer at Dayton and Cincinnati.