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The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
38-Mile an Hour Gale
Does Damage, Seattle

SEATTLE, Nov. II. A Riding
Academy Pavilion collapsed here
yesterday afternoon during a 3S mile
gale. Telephone and telegraph
wires out of Seattle were paralyzed
for hours.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
Receives Title

Time scarcely had touched with
silver the thin locks of Joseph Cur
ney Cannon years ago, ere the nation
had rechristened him Uncle joe"
And under that title, confirmed by
millions who never saw him, yet
knew every line of his worn face and
every whimsical trait of his intense
personality, Uncle Joe" came at last
to end his career as eldest states
man of the nation; the man of long
est service in the Congress; the
object of honors among his col
leagues that took no thought of
party or political differences.
In the musty files of the Congress
sional Record there stands written a
moving tale of this mans great SER
vice. It begins back in 1873 when
first he came out of Illinois to take
his seat in the House, even then
picturesque, fireeating political glad
iator to whom the uproar of the de-
bate and the tense moments in
committee were the breath of life.
The Followed pages show day by day
him into every affray his tongue
lashing out at his opponents, his
quick mind formulating at call the
instant expedients that are the
weapons Of political combat. Month
by month he climbed toward leader
ship, growing more knowing as each
session brought it's new conflicts;
,stl, ;,,to t14
full, relentless champion of his party,
until that day when the gavel was
placed in his hands and he mounted
the Speakers rostrum as master OF
the House to rule alone for four
years as few men before him had
ruled that body,
Uncle joe was then a veteran
and in the heyday of his power
Around him had gathered lore Of
tales. some true, some false. but all
picturesque. and through the news
columns and cartoons his personality
had been stamped indelibly on the
minds of men all over the land.
Is Center Of Revolt
Yet great as his place and power
had grown, great too was his fall
when the House in 1910 revolted
against his Czar-like rule and
stripped him of his power through
combination of insurgents in his own
party with the Democratic minority.
Even then, however. when the battle
in the House reached pitch of
excitement that swept every other
\ happening in the world into the
background for all Americans, Uncle
Joe fighting with grim courage to
tho last, was to know something of
tho feeling men would have for him
later. The triumphant rebels of the
House refused to take the last step
and oust him from the speakership.
Content with stripping the post Of its
power. they voted to hold him still
in place.
In the political deluge that fell
upon his party two years later.
Uncle Joe" failed of reelection for
the second time in his national ca
reer. Once before he had practiced
law in Danville after his defeat for
Congress. When he came back again
at the next election, age had begun
to cool his ardor. He sat many days
without sharing in debate and it was
only in flashes that his old fire
showed when he took the floor.
But. never to the last was he in
doubt as to the hearing the House
would give him, never did he fail
of a full audience among his col.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-While Can
adian admirers of Ben Lyon, the
screen actor, await his photographs,
customs officials are refusing to re-
lease the pictures until duty and
sales tax payments are forthcoming.
Ben has protested against paying
the amount assessed against him,
particularly when he is complying
with the requests of movie fans
gratis
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
JOSEPH CANNON
DIES AT HOME,
DANv|LLE, ILL.
Former Speaker Of House,
Nationally Known Char
acter, Passes Away.

DANV1LLE, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-
After physicians announced the
patient was sinking and was
n : likely to be alive by next
Monday, Joseph G. (Uncle JOEY
Cannon, died at $40 o'clock
this morning.
Uncle Joe" Cannon passed
away in the rambling brick
mansion he built for his bride
many years ago.
His life ebbed away slowly.
He had been ill for a year
and was too weak to vote on
November 2, the first time he
failed since he first voted for
Abraham Lincoln for President
In 1860.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
Girl Is Mysteriously
Shot; Second Incident

CHICAGO, Nov. 12-Esther Hass,
aged 13 years, is the second girl to
be mysteriously shot. She was
wounded yesterday while working in
field with her twin sister. Dorothy
Delemata, aged Is, was killed near
her home Wednesday night,
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
Peace on Pacific
Discussed by
Ambassador, Japan

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1.-THE United
States and Japan will have import
ant roles to play in assuring lasting
peace on the Pacific" Thuned Mat
sudaira, Japanese Ambassador to the
United States, declared here yester-
day in an address to the students of
the Washington (St. Louis) Univer-
sity,
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
Will Claim Poison Was
Put in Body After Death

SEATTLE. Nov IL. 1t is an
nounced thai the defense of DR..
Moore, charged with the murder of
his wife at Port Angeles, will be
that poison found in her body was
placed there after her death. The
trial starts next Monday at Port
Angeles.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
Confidence Voted in
Poincare and Cabinet

PARIS, Noy. 12.-The Chamber
of Deputies today vo(ed confidence
365 to 207 and upheld the demand
for immediate discussion of the 1927
budget and postpOnement of inter-
pelations
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
Blood TRANSMISSION

JERSEY CITY, n. J., Nov. 12.-
Blood TRANSMISSION was ordered today
for Mrs. Jane Gibson, star witness
for the prosecution in the Hall-Mills
case. The doctor did not
indicate that she was in grave
Mrs. Gibson has pyle
itiu
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
Indiana Bank Robbed
By S Men Of $l40,0O0

LAPORTE. Ind, Nov. 12.-Five
men held-up the Peoples Trust and
Savings Bank this forenoon and
escaped with $4,000 in cash and
securities.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-11-12
HALIBUT PRICES

PRINCE RUPERT, B. c., Nov. IL
halibut sold here today
for s and 1870 cents. There were
100000 pounds, all American.
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The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18
Thanksgiving Dinner for PEG.

Mrs. L, A. Egger will be hostess for the mem
bers and friends of Chapter NJ r. Il. o.. at her
home E32S Nineteenth Avenue, Saturday evening
The annual Thanksgiving dinner is an outstanding
social feature of the Chapter calendar. when hus
bands, fathers and mothers honored guests
Mrs. William b. Wright is dinner chairman.
The program to follow the dinner will include a
talk by Miss Frances Stubblefied her visit to
the Sesqui Centennial at Philadelphia a talk by
Miss Fannie Schrock, who recently made a trip to
the Hawaiian Islands, China and Japan; a reading
by Miss Myrtle Baird, and several musical numbers
by Il. A. Eggers baritone accompanied by Miss
Daisy Turner. Officers of Chapter NJ this year
are Miss Mabel Reed, president; Miss Lena Gordon,
vice president; Miss Florence Coifeen recording
secretary; Miss Bess Toynton, corresponding secre
tary; Miss Carrie Lester. chaplain, and Miss Stub
blefieid guard.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18
ting, repairing, scrapine

The Kiwans Club has sponsored the Home
since January 1921 the mortgage being paid off
in November, 1922 improvements have been made
at intervals since and in July of 1926 the COM
mittee in charge secured emergency appropria
tion for needed repairs and they themselves went
out in relays to do the work of painting, kasomin
ing, and putting the big house in order generally
while the children were at the lakes. Forty men
took part in the repair work
The Ladies of the Blue Goose, who are wives of
fire insurance men of the city, spent Monday at the
Home, repairing the childrens clothing and other
wise helping make them presentable for the affair
of today. Officers of this organization are Mrs.
David G. w. Mckinley, president; Mrs. Chas Went
rotary treasurer.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18

A busy day is in progress at the Washington
Children's Home, the occasion being the annual
open House." sponsored by the Kiwanis Club
Mrs. Genevieve MacLaurin the matron, is being
assisted by a committee from the Ladies of Kiwanis
headed by Mrs. r. w. Tenant, who will welcome
the guests and tea during the afternoon. Pro-
grams will be presented both afternoon and eve
ming follows:
Afternoon-Vocal solo, Mrs. Herbert Swanson;
piano, Mrs. Edward Zebra; violin numbers, Mrs.
Sam Mitchell, with Les Taylor at the piano; read.
ing, Mrs. E. A. Swick vocal numbers, Mrs. Frank
Flood; violin solo, Miss Helen Victor DR.. Rolls
state president, will speak, The evening program
at eight o'clock will be presented by Mrs Swanson,
Harold Fraser, Jack Blount, and Mr. Taylor. Re-
freshments will be served.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18
Sen. Morgan Presents
NO for WOman'S Home

Mrs Ida Kluth will preside as program chairman
at the regular meeting of the Good Government
League Monday in the Crescent Auditorium when
the legislative department presents the program OF
the day Other members of her committee are DR..
Margaret Burgund chairman; Mrs Edith Doan
Riley and Mrs. NJ A. Klinesmith. Mrs A. p Fas-
sett will have the business session.
Discussion of pending Legislation will include
talk the Womens Home and Clinic, from the
favorable standpoint, by Mrs. Jay Fancy; against
the Home Senator Dan Morgan; and a statement
of the need of parental school for girls, by Mrs.
James NJ Simpson of the School Board
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18
North Hill Christian Church Dedicated

The new brick building just completed by the
North Hill Christian Church on the corner of Post
and Wellesley streets is being dedicated this week
with impressive ceremonies, the program including
daily services which will be concluded by the elab-
crate dedication ceremony Sunday Last Sun
day was "Home Coming Day." the allday service
including a sermon in the afternoon by Dr. T. w.
Jeffrey, Of the Central Methodist church, and an
evening of music arranged by Mrs +. Ben Johnson,
who has charge of the entire weeks program.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18

Mrs. T. w. Kelsey, 426 Shoshone Avenue, had
the Questers Club for one O'Clock luncheon Friday,
the members paying for the meal to add to their
Save Tree" fund The club has a novel roll
call custom called Table Talks most of the re-
sponses being educational subjects for the day.
Mrs E. J. Peterson presided over the business meet
ing, during which plans were made for handker-
chief shower for the Chdren's Home of the city,
with additional food supplies for the Washington
Childrens Home-Finding Society. committee is
working plans for the Christmas party al
ways enjoyed by club members
E. NJ Keyser talked on Weather Past, Present.
and Future" and Mrs. A. c. Baker had the paper
of the day, Essays of Yesterday and Today" Mrs.
+. r. Fursey was discussion leader and critic.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18

Mrs r. j. Zell will have the Observers Club at
her home, W1107 Maxwell Avenue for its Tuesday
meeting and program next week, with Mrs. E. J.
Riley in charge of the afternoon study. series of
papers and talks will be heard on the general topic,
Thought and writing of Young America con
trasted with England" Roll call will be answered
with the names Of authors of the two countries,
with comment their best work. Mrs George
Addleman will preside.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18
No Faith in History
Professor.--Stefansson
Believe Opposite If You Would
KnOy Arctic

Like the millions of boys who read Robinson Cru
and dream of exploring desert islands Vilhjal-
muir Stefansson dreamed. He differs from the
others in that he happened to be one of the few
who made his dream a reality That's how far
back his plans for exploration 60 Intensely prac-
teal. hero stuff makes no appeal to HMM fact
he classes as absurd the reasons why men alter
mated starving with eating their dogs-and even
human flesh always they were within five feet
of food in fact everything which will sustain human
life he said.
A seal will provide shelter clothing, food and
fuel, and suffers ill effects from eating meat,
he said. 81 have lived on diet of meat ard water
for practically nine years of my life, if you count
out the days of the time have spent in the Arctic.
And by the way, tell your women readers that it
is the best kind of diet for anyone wishing to get
rid of superfluous fat" You see, he has not been
far enough away to lose sight of the weghty
questions here. There is no such thing as fat
Esquimo woman until you come close to socaied
civilization and find them living on white mans
food, he continued.
81 have written recently an article for the Journal
of the American Medical Association in which l
am setting forth some observations | have made.
BY the way, too, before writing it was examined
by three physicians and found to be absolutely free
from high blood pressure, rheumatism, hardening
of the arteries and other ailments sometimes ac-
credited to meat diets. Most vegetariansm is emo
tiona1. have no bone to pick with emotionalists.
| am down on vegetarians-those who claim to have
scientific knowledge and try by repetition to make
You can get scurvy from overlooked foods and
cure it with raw meat You get scurvy from
hard-boiled eggs and cure it with raw eggs The
same rule applies to any article of food
about the Arctic?"
Take any professor of history, get him to write
answers to 20 questions about the Arctic Then
believe just the opposite and you will have an idea
of true conditions there People seem to want TO
believe the most absurd things and refuse to take
the trouble to find out truths for themselves"
Mr. Stefansson viii give the third of his series
of three lectures in Spokane Saturday evening when
he will talk on the "Northward Course of Empire"
under the auspices of the American Association of
University Women. He believes that 20 years will
see Borden Island in the throes of civic develop
ment.
"If ask you how long it takes to get to New
York what will you say? Suppose had been here
to ask that question of Meriweather Lewis, what
would he have said? Again recall that when the
West Virginia coal mines were discovered Virginia
papers commented on the fact that they were too
far away to be ever OF any use. l don't believe
that there is anything here that not for purpose
When you get too high the mountains to raise
crops you use the ground to build tourist hotel"
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18

Mrs Harold G. Ferris will preside at the monthly
luncheon of the Presidents Council today, at IL
o'clock in Culbertson's. Presidents of Parent
Teacher organizations are hostesses for the day.
including Mrs Fred Slice of North Central Mrs.
H. T. Anthony of Lewis and Clark, Mrs. w. b.
Wright of the Hutton, and Mrs James H. Robin
son of the Spokane Council
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18

The ways and means committee Of the Spokane
Womans Club is planning a rummage sale for De-
cember 3rd the proceeds to be added to the club
house fund This committee includes Mrs. w. G.
Nein, Mrs ]. d. Barton, Mrs. B. E. Templeton, Mrs.
Roy Acorn, and Mrs. s. ]. Ford. Merchandise is
being accumulated at the clubhouse, boxes and
bales filling up.
The philanthropic committee, of which Mrs. F. A.
Carr is chairman, is collecting worn silk hose, to
be made into quilts for the Spokane Children's
Home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20

was followed shortly in Richmond,
Norfolk and other large cities in the
State by adoption of municipal ordi-
nances which specified that all re-
wards so collected should not be re-
tanned by the individual, but should
be paid into police and retirement
funds. This put quite a damper on
the enthusiasm of reward hunters in
these localities. The Legislature a
few months ago, after a warm fight,
amended the law to require that all
arresting officers should wear uni
forms. Now the Virginia attorney
general issues a. ruling that all State
prohibition officers, special agents.
constables and others shall not be
eligible for any bonuses or rewards
unless they wear a uniform, which
is prescribed as oxford gray with an
insignia of red and yellow on the left
sleeve. But, alack and alas. there are
no State funds available with which
to provide uniforms!
The explanation of some Of the
stories about John Coolidge which oc-
casionally crop up in Washington
gossip and which those who know
him know cannot be true, has been
at last discovered. They have their
origin in the fact that John is fire.
quently impersonated - the college
boys idea of a joke. College glee
clubs. college orchestras, debating
teams and the like, appearing for
concerts in various cities of the coun-
try, are royalty entertained by local
society hostesses. These occasions
are seldom complete unless some of
the boys introduce some member Of
their party as John Coolidge, the
Presidents SON." If it is an Amherst
outfit the "hoax" is easy. but it has
been worked even by groups from
other colleges. by the simple expedient
or passing John off as accompany
ing them on their tour just for a
lark" His apparent absence from
college Is explained with the remark
that "he has just been suspended at
Amherst. And the real John gets
the credit or the discredit for what
ever stunts" his impersonator par
ticipates in.
| Senator Butler Of Massachusetts,
well in advance Of the November
elections, has announced that he pro-
poses on his own initiative, and paid
Ior out or his own pocket, to establish
and maintain a permanent bureau
in Washington to minister to the
needs of the citizens of Massachu-
sets who have business to transact
| with the Government. His idea is
to rent suitable Office space in the
Capitals downtown district, put a
high-grade secretary in charge with
plenty of clerical assistance to handle
correspondence, run errands and at
tend to business for the folks back
home. There will be no politics about
1t. Claims can be sent along for ad-
| justment. passport and immigration
difficulties and tax disputes ironed
out by mail. and information supplied
| to all corners gratis. 1t aims to save
business men from many personal
trips to Washington, but if they do
come on business or pleasure the bu-
| reau will be their headquarters and
will serve both their necessities and
their comforts. Mr. Butler seems to
have hit upon a unique idea which
other Senators, provided they are
blessed with long pocketbooks, may
perhaps copy.
tCopyriTht. i926.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20

riveter. Nerves have been shattered
by the machine-gun fire of the air
hammer. It's sharp staccato has
pounded upon sensitive brains to the
point Of causing nervous prostration.
Now IL these tests are accepted as
conclusive. building erection will be
effected In comparative silence.
Electric welding of buildings, how
ever, Will cause the passing of a prac-
tice that has always interested OBJ
servers-the tossing of red-hot rivets
from the forge man to the hammer
crew. The skill shown by these men
is remarkable. A rlvet-heater must
have perfect control" He could give
points to a first string base ball pitch
er. The catcher. with a bucket not
much larger than a ball catcher's
mitt, must be perfect in his receiving,
and the bucket man, moreover. Is
usually standing on a narrow plat
form of boards laid across the Orders,
many yards above the ground. He
has little range of action. Yet very
few hot rivets are ever missed. The
Fielding average" of these operatives
is remarkably high.
But the passing of the spectacular
tossing of hot rivets will not be pro-
foundly regretted If the erection of
steel buildings can be effected without
noise Truly then will be experienced
the silence of which oliver Wendell
Holmes wrote as coming ito heal the
blows Of sound "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
Swimming the Chesapeake.

A fourteen-year-o girl SWimS Chesa-
peake Bay from Annapolis to Kent
Island. and thoughts of her swimming
the English Channel are in the public
mind. Perhaps this Chesapeake mer-
maid may come to be known around
the world. She is very young. and
two. four or six years may add to
her strength and skill. She has
courage and hardihood and she swims
we'll. If she ever thinks it to be
her mission to swim the English
Channel her friends will wish her
success. Children have ambition.
Without ambition a girl or boy must
he drab and commonplace. The dis
lance from Ruth kitchin's take off
Mace at Annapolis and her landing
place on Kent Island is nine miles.
II is not one of the wide parts of the
BAY, but it is wide enough. The tides
cross that course with force. The
Girl did not pick the best weather for
the trial The accounts tell of
SQUALLS, wind big waves and rain, and
she swan more than fifteen miles to
get across. Her time was eight hours
and forty-five minutes.
1t may be that the Chesapeake is a
good old swimming hole for English
Channel contestants. Lillian Cannon
of Baltimore, who has tried the Chan
mel and is camped beside it ready to
try again. won her early swimming
honors and nursed her Channel ambi-
ton in the Chesapeake. She swan
from COLCHESTER to Bay Shore last
Summer in ten hours and forty-five
minutes. The line distance between
Rochester and Bay Shore is twelve
miles, but the report was that Miss
Cannon swan twenty-one miles in
crossing. She did not pick d favor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-20
Hollands Guest at Doom.

A dispatch from The Hague states
that the Netherlands government Is
very much concerned over the health
Of the former Kaiser of Germany. The
Dutch minister of home affairs Is
about to call at Doom, ostensibly to
pay his respects, but actually, 1t is
stated, to discuss with the not alto
gether welcome guest of Holland the
possibility Of his departure for coun-
try Of milder climate. Herr Hohen-
zollern is Just at present in a low state
of health due to violent attack of in
f1uenza. Doom Is a damp place. The
Amsterdam government Is afraid that
the once imperial lungs may become
affected and the suggestion of a re-
moval to a dryer region. it Is limited, is
to be tactfully made. But Doom Is
near Germany and with all its cli-
matte drawbacks it is just about what
Herr Hohenzollern wants in the way
of a temporary residence. OF course,
he really does not expect to stay at
Doom indefinitely He has his hopes
They point eastward and not south
ward to a warmer zone. So that it is
quite probable that If the minister Of
home affairs should suggest a change
Of domicile on the ground of health
the exile will express himself as per-
fectly satisfied and send his thanks to
the queen for her. solicitude and his
assurance of intention to remain
where he is regardless of conse-
quences.