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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
COUNCIL OF
 BIG LEAGUE
 IS APPROVED
Viscount IshI Upbraids Coun- try for Apathy Towards
 League of Nations.

TOXIC, Feb S.-yiscount Ishli, Ambassador to France. who Is home on fnrloueh. has been taking his own government. the press and the people to task for their lack of in- terest in the doings of the Council of the League of Nations. He com plains that the foreign office ignored his request when attending the ses- sions of the council, for information as to press and public opinion of the League, giving the Council "an unpleasant impression of lack of in terest in the council in this country
 He added that the European na- tions, which at first attached little interest to the council because of it's weakness. had awakened to Its usefulness after the settlement of the Upper Silesian question. "I do not hesitate to say" he concluded, that the present condition of the council is much more ilopefhl than is generally believed in Japan.4
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
1.-THE WALL FLOWER" AT
 PALACE SUNDAY MATINEE

Nobody minds taking pills if they are sugared. In "The Wall Flower, :" a Goldwyn picture. Rupert Hughes, who wrote the story. dispenses men tai pills with a free hand for the mistaken little miss who believes sha must be a Wall Flower" because she hasn't grown out of the awkward age. He makes one of his characters say to Colleen Moore, who plays the title role:
 ''It isn't that you are not pretty; it's your hopeless expression!' It was a bitter dose for the little wall flower when she realized it was all her own fault, after all-but there was plenty of sugar in the dose. as will be seen when this delightful comedy comes to the Palace Theater fsr two days, commencing Sunday matinee.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
SIXTH GRADE

The book reviews of the books thai the children chose to read during the month of January are due next week.
 In arithmetic drills in which q certain number of problems are to be accurately performed in 10 min utes, Nuda Biclich had the best rec ord. She completed the entire ses accurately in IA minutes James Orme and Ina StrOm finished ia four minutes, and Harold Peterson Arthur Judson, Olga Strom, Gladys Naghel. Gencvieve Saloum and Rob ert Waggoner all finished in less than six minutes.
 Several of the boys and girls in this room took part in the program at the Parent-Telcher Association last Tuesday in ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin" A number of boys were also in the calisthenic drills and pyramid building.
 The following are the 100 per cent
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
THIRD GRADE
Miss .Mear hamA

(Nliss Meaoham)
 The children in this room have made their new poster on bathing this week.
 The pupils have been studying about Robert Louis Stevenson and his boyhood days during the past two weeks. Ten of the boys and girls used what they have learned as part of the Pr. A. program las. Tuesday.
 All of the children Of the second grade in this room received loo per cent in their spelling for this week.
 In the third grade those neceiying 100 per cent were, Renee Guenin. Mac B.elich. Vora fsayer3. Helen Ro. coy.ch. Juanta Miehaletta, Dorothy Bakkc, Wilma Wallstedt. Winfield Pullen, Billy Nicklch. Lucille Brown, Phyllis Friend Alvin Bloomquist.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
FOURTH GRADE

A new "honor roll' for arithmetic has been started in this room. Betty Barragar and Ellot Robertson have their names on the roll so far.
 This afternoon the children. began some of their work in making their valentines during the art period
 In history the boys ard girls are finding much pleasure studying about Abraham Lincoln.
 The Following are the 100 per cent spoilers in this room: Evelyn Jacobson, Jessie Mill, Mitchell Roco. yich, Rosetta Femmer, Francis Lass. Mary Peterson, Nellie Hanson, Elliot Robertson, Donald Williams. Lena Jackson, Lconord Carter. Jeanette Stewart. Charles Whyte, Lena Bardi. Lucille Ericson, Thomas Kirk. Ma belle Afford.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
SCHOOL GIVES
 P.-T.l, PROGRAM

The program elyon at the Juneau ParentsTeacher Association last Tues day evening was eNtirely. a produc. ton of the work of several of the departments of the public school The crowd in the auditorium was the largest of the present year and one Of the largest in the history of the local Association
 The numbers representing tho va rions departments were given in q ereditable manner and showed that much time and care had been given 10 the planning and preparing for the program.
 One Of tho features of the evening wss the count of the parents of chil- dren in the various rooms. Miss Nohl's room had a decided majority. This Is the third time in succession this year that this room has won the prize and they arc now entitled to receive a permanent prize from the Association. Miss Kohl room is the first in the history of the lo- cal organization to win a permanent rriza from the PIT X.
 The program was as follows
 Selaetion-J. II. s. Orchestra.
 Selections from Stevcns0n-Mi Meaeham's pupils.
 Selectons-J. II. s. Girls Giee Club.
 "The Pied Piper of Tamelin''- Pupils from Miss Gazzolo's and Miss Kehlis rooms.
 Calisthenics and folk dances-Miss Ueland's gym girls.
 Selection--J. II. S. Orchestra.
 Calisthenies and pyramids Mr. Hughes gym boys.
 Selcctioa-J. II. s. Orchestra.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
PALACE TONIGHT, "DESTINY'S ISLE"

Give her little caye-man sui, and if she don't fall into your arms, look to see whats holding her up. This is the advice given by an old judge whom one would suppose should be an experienced student Of human nature, to his nephew in sDest!ny's Isle." Wm. P. s. Earle production, coming to the Palace I'heatsr tonight.
 The advice was as good, no doubt as it was well meant and the young chap to whom it was given promptly set cut to act on the suggestion. He was very much in love with the girl And the uncle who so freely gave the advice also assured him that the girl was in love with him. and was even then in the garden hoping he would seek her there. With all the confidence in the world he sallied forth to sweep her off her feet.
 And then stopped short in his tracks.
 There is much to hold ones in- terest in this situation and it's SC. quel. It marked turn in the tide of three lives, strewing it's path with beartaches, finally bringing happi. ness to two of them and eternal re. morse to a third.
 ''Destiny's Isle' is society TO- nance set in the tropical splendor of Miami, and enacted by a splen- did cast, including Virginia Lee, Ward Crane, Florence Billings, George Fawcett. Arthur Housman and Mario !Maieroni.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09

high record of having completed ac- enrately the entire set in three and one-half minutes.
 On Wednesday afternoon the boys of the flf'h and sixth grades played q game of basketball The fifth grade won by the close score of To.
 In English the bays are dramatiz- ing the stone Cutter" Edward Powers is taking the leading part.
 Several boys and girls from this room took part in the PIT. A. pao. gram last Tuesday evening in the recitation of ''The Pied Piper of Hamoln.p The boys ware also in the ealisthenics and pyramid building.
 The Life of Abraham Lincoln was portion of this weeks work in this room in commemoration of his birthday, February 12. q
 This room won for the third time in succession tho picture awarded by the Pr. A. to the room having the most number of parents present at the regular monthly meetings. This room is now entitled to d per manont prize from the organization. The boys and girls are anxiously awaiting it's arrival
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
JUNEAU SCHOOL NEWS

[ expecting to see thea spront in I short time.
 In word study the pupils Of the first and second grades had race this week which resulted in score of SS.
 In number work tha bays and girls had rVce. The score here was also a Le.
 Barbara Vim bropeh' one of her birthday presents to school | is the story Of "Orphaa Annie" and each day in their s.ny hauf tha children are having l read to than.
 Looking forward to Lineolns birth day which comes neSs Monday. tae children have began thafr Lincoln stories.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
An! Ladies, Beauty of
 Kimono to Be Explained

TOXIC. rep. s.-iae Home b. partment is sending abroad Madame iIisaye Yamamata. an expert in fash. ions and dress. 9o study Western modes and fashions to adapt them afterwards to modern Japanese life. She also will introduce to foreign lands the genuine Japancse kimona. which foreigners kiow as a dressing gown or the attire Of the geishl. bu. whose trne artistic beauty they have rot yet eomprehended.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
NORMA TALMADGE AT COLISEUM ON SUNDAY

Indians used to believe that if they could model a likeness of an enemy Tn clay, any torture they would in- flict upon the image would be felt by the enemy. In such a manner were the weak able to avcnge themselves upon the strong. with the strong none the worse for the experience, and the spirit of vengeance is satisfied.
 Robert~,Milton, young artist. suf- fers the need of a similar revenge in The Woman Gives" starring Norma Talmadse, who plays the part of Inga Sonderson. when Inga calmly agrees that it will be better if they never see each other again. The way he satisfies his craving is one of the many dramatic scenes in the produc- ton which will be the attraction at the Coliseum Thcater on Sunday and Monday nights.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
GARTEN

The little tots have been very busy this week in the.r paper cutting work, making soldiers and Uacle Sans for their border. They are very proud to see them on the wall.
 This week q now patriotic song has been learned. It is called "The Three Little Sisters" (Red, White and Blue)
 Much interest was aroused this week in telling the story of Abraham Lincoln.
 On Wednesday afternoon the ch.l- dren were taken by their teacher on an excursion to see soma rabbits.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
Copper Market of
 Japan Is Improving

TOKYO Feb. S.-The copper mar ket which had long been suffering from depression. shows signs of inn proyemenf The recovery is partly due to the raising of the tariff on the import Of copper which wen, into force earlier in the year Formerly duty on copper was 1.20 yen per loo kin and was raised to zen p5l loo kin.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
Just Keep A Smiling SATURDAY-A. B. HALL JITNEY DANCE

gives a fine performance as the young Lord Glenayr. Lille Leslie is the scheming Lady Westamere, who connives with LanZana, played by Fred Malatesta, to outwit the heroine.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09

"TO LET" PLACARDS are "ad- Ycrtising, ' of course, in a foolishly limited sense. If you want to adver- tise your property To all who might be interested in il. use the classified columns of Tho Empire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
FIFTH GRADE

Much time is being spent in speed drills in arithmetic in this orom The contests so far. These drills consist of certain number of problems which are to be completed in 10 min utcs. Gertrude Wallstedt holds the
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09

spoilers: Billy Paul. Brian Harland,
 Arthur Judson. Enar Jackson. Grace Davis, Nida Bfeleh. Michael Saloum, Olga Strom, James Orme, Otto Wick lander. Maftha Orson. Thomas Math-I ews. Virginia Afford. Wnhelmina Lar. son, Edward Sparks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
SECOND GRADE

The pupils in this room planted some bulbs in their window boxes this week. With the nice warm sun shine of the past few days they are
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
COMING, ATTRACTIONS

coLIsEUM-"The Bootleeoers' and Jack Dempsey in Daredevil Jack PAIACE-Coileen Moore in I'll he Wall Flower"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09
Attractions 0t Teafyes

ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT COLlSEUM-Jack Holt in "The Best of Luck" 'PALACE-"Destiny's Isle"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09

Old bundles of newspapers at the EmDire. 25 cents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-09

Advertisement )
Evening star., 1923-03-18
Pearls of Great Price.

MOST persons have placed the lus-
trous white pearl above all
others. The Chinese, however, to-
gether with other eastern peoples,
prefer the yellow pearl. believing that
it preserves both luster and color
longer than the white.
This pearl Is said to owe its yellow
to the fact that the oysters have been
allowed to die and putrefy in their
shells, the shells opening of them
selves on the death Of the oyster.
This custom has been ascribed t.
the fact that the pearl generally lies
close to the edge of the shell, and 1t
is feared that many fine pearls would
be spoiled If the process of opening
the shell with a knife were prac-
ticed.
Black pearls are very much valued.
The famous necklace of black pearls
belonging to the late Empress Eu-
genie was sold for $4,000.
Pink pearls are much desired
among the Buddhists, who employ
them profusely in the adorning Of
their temples. The inhabitants Of
Chipanga are said to place a pink
pearl in the mouth of a dead relative
or friend before cremation Of the
body
Evening star., 1923-03-18
Sound Vibrations.

TT is said that certain experiments
= have shown that a vibration of
sound having an amplitude of less
than one-twelve-millionth of a cent?
meter could still affect the sense eS
hearing. Such a vibration would be
so short that it would have to be en-
larged 100 times before the most
powerful microscope could render it
visible, supposins- that it were capable
of being seep at all. Old persons. it
is said, do not hear high notes which
are audible to young persons and
there is reason to believe that babies
hear notes that are inaudible to their
elders.
Evening star., 1923-03-18

had had the conditions of Germany.
each of those pensioners would have
got on an average of less than y
cent month. Suppose the bonus bill
should pass, and each of our soldiers
be awarded $500. and before the
money could be paid. out of the f1nan-
cial sky should come a fash like that
which has cut the German republic
wide open. Then the doughboy's $500
ditions of living would be such that
he would be glad to walk five miles
to get 1t.
Carpenters World Travels. Copyrighted, 1923,
by Frank q. Carpenterl
Evening star., 1923-03-18

will SEQ this total rise to over 50,-
900, 900. To put in envelopes, seal and
deliver for mailing this number re-
auires that the members of the office
force of the folding room must be on
their toes. all of the time. for each
member of Congress wants to get out
his sayings to the country at as
early a date as possible.
If one can visualize the amount of
paper that Is used he will see that
enormous forests have been neces-
sary to furnish the paper for this
work during the past forty years, and
III one will stop to consider the
amount of paste that has been used
in sealing these various documents
he will realize that it would make a
pudding large enough to give all the
children in the United States a gen
erous helping and then there would
be enough for a second portion for
an additional number.
If you go up to the office where Nc
Kee sits day after day, with not bit
of natural light, and follow him
through the paSSageWayS, you Will
have twisted and turned many times
before you have come to the end OF
your journey. OF late years it has
been necessary to expand this depart
ment and there is an annex in the
house office building. In the Capitol
portion Of the folding room there is a
total Of 10000 cubic feet of storage
room and passageways while the
House affords storing facilities to the
extent of 10000 feet. In order te
handle this vast volume of business
there arc thirty-five men on the pay
roll Of the folding room.
Before the House ONCE building
Yas pempletsA n Xas AecsssarY a
Evening star., 1923-03-18
schans Dance Of Death Under Way Nation Is Pauperizec

was coin the size of our silver 25-
cent piece and it was worth almost
as much. If you will take a silver
quarter and grind it up into star
dust, each dust grain would have
about the value represented by the
paper mark of today. There would
be over 1880 grains, each SO small
that you would have to take a micro
scope to separate 1t from the others,
and 1t would, venture, take at least
fifty of these bits of silver just to
make one of the stars that encircle
the head of the Goddess Of Liberty
under the motto, I'm God We Trust"
Take a red cent and divide it into
500 pieces and every piece will rep
resent as much value as the mark /
am using.
This gives some idea of the enor-
nous decline of the currency Of Ger
many. 1t shows also the shrinkage
of every gilt-edge security, Of every
bond and mortgage, and of almost
all accumulated savings these people
had piled up before and during the
war. In other words, to get the gold
value of any security in the Germany
of today you must divide it's face
value by $4,000 or more, and all
wages and incomes must be figured
out the same way.
x x = *
T CAN explain the situation best by
supposing the fate of Germany
to come to the United States One
of you, for instance. has been saving
for years to have comfortable sum
for your old age. You have skimped
yourself and your family and now at
sixty have accumulated $4,000 in
good government bonds or other gilt
edge securities. We shall say that
the interest on your savings at 6
per cent gives YOU an income of
$4,000 a year, which is enough to
keep the wolf from the door for a
man of small family. Then out of
the clear sky comes such a calamity
as has fallen on Germany within less
than two years. You awake to find
your $4,000 shrunken to a gold pur-
chasing value Of less than SIS. You
still have the same figures on your
notes or your bank book, but the
actual value is only $3.50 instead of
$4,000. Perhaps you hold on to your
investments and draw only the in
terest. You will still get $4,000
year but it will be worth only 25
cents. Instead of having about $50
week to spend, your income will be
less than l cent per month. That
would be yoLT condition if you lived
here and had such an investment in
the Germany of today.
Or your money may be in a savings
bank. The United States has 100
such banks with more than 100000
depositors, and the total amount of
their savings averages just about
5000 per head. If those banks were
Evening star., 1923-03-18

Supposing they were in Germany,
they could be paid off for $333,00O.
New England owes more than, $780,
600, 600 on her farms She could clear
every one of them for the lump sum
of $500. The Massachusetts farmers
owe, altogether, s24.000,0oo. 1t would
take only $4,000 to clear them, and
the total amount of interest they
wo&d annually pay would fall from
more than $1,300,00o to s112 all told.
Pennsylvania owes sSs,0o0,000 in
such mortgages. Less than $4,000
would make every farm clear, and as
to Ohio, its great farm Indebtedness
would drop to the pitiful sum of s10.-
900, in comparison with the $780,
100000 which it is today.
A striking example of what would
take place is shown by the farms of
Missouri In 1920 the average value
of each farm was $1,000, the average
mortgage was $4,000. and the rate of
interest was per cent. If that land
and it's indebtedness could be slid
over to Germany, the land would still
hold a great part of it's value, but
every mortgage would require only
25 gold cents to pay it off, while the
farmers interest charge of $3.50 would
be reduced to 1 Y cents per annum.
x x x !:
DUT how about the capitalist, the
- owner of the mortgage? He suf-
fers, of course, and he has no means
of helping himself. He may have a
thousand dollar note paid today, and
the money received would not get
him a haircut in any barber shop in
the United States. He might have a
twenty-thousand-d dollar note, made
before the imitation. paid. and the sum
would be barely enough to give him
one nights lodging in a second-class
hotel in New York
In this way have disappeared the
accumulated fortunes of the thrifty
German investors of before and dur
ing the war. You see here riding in
the motor busses and walking the
streets men and women who used to
have their automobiles, and who now
have not enough for a new suit of
clothes. All of the saving people of
the past have suffered, and all in
centive to save for the future seems
to have gone. One spends ali he
makes. and gets his money as quickly
as possible into concrete things which
are sure to have some value to-
morrow.
Just one more example to show how
the fall of the mark affects such
things as pensions and government
awards In 1921 we paid out about
$25o. 100000 in pensions to more than
100000 widows and invalids. If we
Evening star., 1923-03-18
Red=Striped Goats.

DISCOVERY of species of noun
- tain goat with red stripes on the
backs and with straight horns has
disclosed the fact that Indians living
in Musroikak, Alaska, still regard
Queen Victoria as their ruler. They
planned to send their specimens to
the Anglican bishop of Yukon, and
when informed that the Right Rev.
Peter II. DOVE, Bishop of Alaska. in
the United States church. was their
ecclesiastical head, they decided to
send goats to both prelates.
Evening star., 1923-03-18
Growth of Whales.

THE study of fossils and embryos
has succeeded in proving, IN the
opinion of many scientists. that
whales are descended from ancient
land beasts of prey-the creodonts.
In the long process of development
changes have been wrought that en-
able these monsters to handle them
selves in the water with as much ease
as if they were veritable fishes
The embryo in it's first development
is built after the type of land NAM
NAL; the head is clearly separated
from the body by a neck, the jaws
are equipped with a full set of teeth,
what would be the limbs are clearly
indicated, and there Is reason to be
lieve that at one stage the embryo
was covered with a coat Of fur.
Life in the water at first caused
slow decrease OF specific weight, CIV
ing the whale gradually the ability
to foat on the surface. This was
brought about principally by the ac-
cumulation of a thick layer of fat
under the skin, and the growth OF
air-spaces In the enormous skull,
which in some whales measures a
third Of the entire body.
The incredible speed that the de-
velopment of the powerful tail-fn
made possible, caused the elimination
of all projecting organs that might
increase friction. Thus the spindle
shaped body is perfectly smooth: only
on its back is generally a narrow
projection, which acts as keel.
Diving also has had It's influence
times, as in the case OF the large
toothed whales that feed on cutie
fish, they go to q depth Of a thousand
yards or more. The openings of the
body then close tight, to resist in~
creasing pressure. Nature has pro-
vided the nose with a curious valve
arrangement, the little eye is sur
rounded by a covering as hard as
iron and fortified by powerful mus
cles, and the whole body is protected
by a tremendous covering of fat.
With these curious changes has
come an enormous increase in size,
until tho whale, which descended
from a comparatively small ami
NAL, Is now the largest that lives,
for It's weight not uncommonly
reaches sixty OF seventy tons.
1t would seem impossible for the
mother to provide the young whale
with unwatered milk, but nature has
solved the problem in this wise: The
milk is first collected in container
in the mothers body, and then by g.
specially adapted muscle 1t is squirt
ed directly into the baby's mouth
without coming in contact with the
sea water.
Evening star., 1923-03-18

in Germany the average $500 deposit
would be worth just exactly cents.
You might go to the savings bank
and draw out your money. The
banker would pay you your $500, but
the gold value of the notes would be
only a nickel, or less than you are
paying today for ride on the street
car.
How would you like to pay $4,000
for pound of butter? That is prob
ably what you would have to do IL
the fate Of Germany came to the
United States. We will suppose that
you have now $4,000 in a building as
ISOLATION or in Liberty bonds or a
gilt-edge mortgage worth several
times the amount of the loan. and
tonight, like a lightning flash out OF
the darkness, our credit and securi-
ties are changed to tho condition Of
those of the Germany Of today. To-
morrow morning you decide to draw