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Q. Has a change been made in the
regulations about taking cars into
Canada IN. M.
A. The American Automobile AS
ISOLATION says that, beginning on Au-
gust l, 1927. a tourist is allowed so
days without charge. Members of
bona fide automobile clubs who pre-
sent letters to the Canadian Automo-
bile Association or it's branches are
permitted an additional 80 days stay.
Those desiring to stay longer than 90
days must take out regular six
months bond, which generally costs
about $40.
Q. Why are schoolhouses so often
used for community activities?-
A. S. 7.
A. School buildings erected at q
heavy cost which are in idleness dur
ing six-seyenthS of the hours of the
year means waste of investment and
are contrary to the principle of full
utilization of plant. Thirty-two States
have definitely provided by law for
use of schoolhouses for social, rec
reational and community purposes.
@. Which railroad takes in more
money for freight and passengers, the
Pennsylvania Railroad or the New
York Central?-C. v.
According to 1926 reports, the
Pennsylvania Railroad revenue ton
miles, $40, 302 1855 ,456; passenger miles,
S6,561 1876 ,033. New York Central.
revenue ton miles, $23,634 ,238, 1924; pas
senger miles, $3,279, 968.062.
@. How many persons have been
killed in fireworks accidents in the
~
A. The National Museum Of Safety
says that $500 persons have been
killed in the last SO years in fireworks
accidents. This is more than the
total list of those killed in the Revo-
lutionary War.
Q. How long could whisky lie in
wooden barrels under water without
leaking?-E. NJ.
A. The Forest Products Laboratory
says: 1--WE have no information Of any
kind which would enable us to give
you an estimate. The pressure of
the water upon the barrels would
tend to prevent the whisky from leak
ing out, but 1t would not prevent an
interchange between the alcohol in
side the barrel and the water on the
outside"
@. Who chose the name Of Mary
Pickford for the actress Of that
name?-C. E. M.
A. The name Mary Pickford was
chosen for Gladys Smith by David
Belasco.
Q. Which nation was first to pay
off its war debt to this country?-
H. A. o.
A. Cuba. Liberia is the second.
Q. What was the Colossus of
Rhodes?-W. o. B.
A. The Colossus of Rhodes was d
huge statue Of Apollo, the Sun God,
erected by Charles Of Indus, a dis
ciple of Lysippus, 200 or 2SS BIC. 1t
was destroyed by an earthquake in
224 BIC. The statue is said to have
been over 100 feet high. The statue
lay in ruins until $50 AID. When
the Arabs captured the city they sold
the metal to a Jewish merchant. 1t
was carried away by 900 camels.
@. Was canned horse meat eaten in
Germany during the war?-C. F.
A. Horse meat was an article of
food in Germany during the war. 1t
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Stock Market Spasms.

When the STOCK market Is on the
BOOM" with prices rising steadily.
sometimes spasmodically, as result
of general prosperity, there is always
| danger of a sudden downward turn
due to some untoward happening.
usually arising from overeXtension OF
| credit though often the result OF some
disaster or unfavorable turn in the
tide of affairs. During the past two
| days Wall Street has witnessed such
a phenomenon, which has swept away
large paper profits" and has caused
some real and substantial losses. This
latest spasm Of recession. however, Is
| due to a particular financial cause and
not to any general condition affecting
the actual values of securities.
The first influence that sent the
market off was the discovery of an
artificial or technical corner in GER
tain stock that had been sent sky
rocketing in a rise of more than a
hundred per cent Naturally there
had been much specializing in that Sc.
curity. When the technical corner
was discovered the officials of the Ex-
change acted to prevent further ad-
vances, which would have dislocated
the entire structure Of stock values.
This action shook the market list, and
many recessions were recorded in
stocks that were not even remotely
connected with that which was being
manipulated. REIMBURSEMENT, however,
followed soon, but on the next day,
yesterday, it was disclosed that one of
the firms of brokers had been dealing
extensively in puts" on the stock in
question, and its suspension followed,
with the result Of another break in
the market.
A put" is a contract for future de.
livery. 1t Is speculative transaction.
In simple terms, it is an option, or in
still simpler terms 1t is bet that the
market will change favorably to the
one who makes 1t. 1t has its legiti-
mate uses, but in practice 1t is risk
that, if carried out on a large scale,
may mean disaster to the maker.
Despite the immediate results of
these spasmodic movements, they
have their value in effecting readjust-
ments of prices. They make for
equalization in the long run. Real
values are not destroyed, though
spectators may suffer severely in the
process. The occasional bear" raids
are factors for the checking Of i'm.
moderate price advances. They must
be expected to occur occasionally, and
they are to be welcomed by those who
are Gin the market" as investors
rather than as gamblers on the fluc-
tuations of the price list.
When President Coolidge a few days
ago announced that he did mot choose
to run for President in 1928" there
was a brief downward movement in
the stock market. Recovery was i'm
mediate, however. When later the
Sacco-Vanzetti decision was rendered
by Gov. Fuller and there was an out
break Of bombing attributed to radi
Gals, the market fluttered briefly, but
quickly recovered poise. Neither of
these happenings shook the securities
list as severely as did the discovery of
the corner in the unduly doomed
stock or the subsequent failure of
firm Of brokers. Their recovery from
this latest break Is likely, inasmuch as
nothing has happened to affect the
fundamental prosperity Of the coun-
try, upon which stock prices are
based
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13
La Toilette Scents a Mouse.

Pleasing insurgent Republicans of
the La Toilette type seems an impos-
sibility. When it was generally sup
posed that President Coolidge would
be a candidate to succeed himself
they frothed at the mouth in verbal
rage. Now that the President has de-
clared he does not choose to run Tor
President in 1928 they continue TO
froth. Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette,
1r., of Wisconsin, in signed article in
La Follette's Magazine, complains
that the Presidents statement is
mere trick to avoid frontal attack
upon the Presidents denomination.
Senator La Toilette does not credit
the President with sincerity in his an.
nouncement that he will not run for
Office next year. He sees political
subterfuge, designed to give the Presi-
dent the nomination while apparently
he shrinks from any infringement of
the socalled third-term tradition. Per
haps the Wisconsin Senator is merely
engaging in a show of bad temper.
He was the author of resolution in
troduced at the last session of Con-
gress expressing it as the sense OF
the Senate that no man should serve
in the White House more than two
terms, or more than eight years. 1t
was his purpose to reintroduce the
resolution at the next session, in his
frontal" attack upon the President.
But with Coolidge out Of the race,
what becomes of his resolution? VIII
it not be considered a mere idle ges-
ture. aimed at a shadow? Perhaps
this is where the shoe pinches. But
doubtless the resolution will be rein
troduced in any case, since the Wis
consln Senator apparently believes
that the plans have all been laid to
renominate the President notwith-
standing his announced determination
not to run.
The article in La Follette's Maya
zine makes it clear that the insurgent
group is to fight on, seeking to ham,
string the administrators legislative
program during the coming session OF
Congress. Never, it appears, will these
progressives permit the President the
satisfaction Of obtaining legislation
from Congress which will ameliorate
the condition of the farmer or solve
any other problem. That, in their
code, would be playing into the hands
of the President and might strengthen
the demand for his return to office.
In the next Congress, with the Senate
almost evenly divided politically, a
few insurgent Republicans, voting
with the Democrats, can effectually
defeat any administration measure
they desire. The outlook for effective
action by Congress under such condi-
tons is not hopeful.
For weeks Senator La Toilette and
others have clamored for a special
session Of Congress. They have felt
themselves deprived Of a forum in
which to conduct their frontal" at
tack upon Mr.. Coolidge. The futility
of a special session is clearly apparent
now. The country may be sick of
windjamming political discussions in
the Senate and prefer the quiet of a
Washington Summer without Con-
gress. But this probably would be the
last thing to occur to the insurgents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

Discussing the statement attributed
to Tardieu that it is inconceivable to
him that any French government
would even undertake to bind France
Tor a period Of SO years. in payment
OF the debt, the Lexington Leader
voices the opinion that "all this should
nave been thought Of before author
lzlng the duly accredited and special
envoy of France to sign an undertake
ing which calls for the payment of
only one-half of the debt to America
only that part of it, in fact, which
was contracted after the armistice,
and Is based upon the admitted ca.
pacity Of France to pay"
1t is the belief of the Louisville
Courier-Journal that, with greater
economic recovery, France will no
doubt regard the question Of it's debt
TO the United States in much the same
light that America does. Explaining
the obligation away only increases
the misunderstanding between the two
nations" AYERS this paper.
X **
THE French may very properlv
ratify, for the terms NJ. Berenger got
are more than likely the best terms
OF Coolidge, Mellon & Co." SAYS the
davenport Democrat Leader, which,
however, sees the "for 62 years" SIM
ply as phrase ''for home consump-
ton, as is Tardieu's talk about what
the French people will not stand for"
The Bangor Daily Commercial,
while it states editorially, 1--WE have
little doubt that there will be a final
adjustment that will bear less heavily
upon the French" still thinks that
such unfair criticism as that Of NJ.
Tardieu will not serve to hasten such
adjustment. Americans can be per-
suaded. but they are very difficult to
drive"
The Springfield Republican. declar-
ing that the American people, having
been so long lambasted by such writ
ers as Sinclair Lewis and II. L. Menck-
en- that the criticism supposedly
voiced by NJ. Tardieu will find them
shockproof, remarks, eff a European
wishes to make an impression by his
criticism Of America, he must join
the heavyweight division and strike
knockout blows"
1.-THE gist of the situation, in short,
as viewed through French eyes" &C.
cording to the Chicago Tribune,
seems to be that we are an uncom-
monty disagreeable people, who are
asking for repayment of a loan which
ought to be cancelled, or, at worst,
reduced to terms which the French
will find it agreeable to pay in a con-
venient space of time" The Nashville
Banner characterizes the interview as
mot creditable to either it's author
or to the French people. 1t was rather
insulting" concludes the Banner, "cer-
tainly in bad form, lacking in tact
and assertive of national dishonor."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

Vanzetti is said to be disappointed
because his name is not headlined as
frequently as that Of Sacco. The in.
huence of the spotlight in the criminal
world has often been the subject of
erudite psychological comment,
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Swift Pace.
Travelling down the highway!
Rolling with the rest.
Wishing for the byway
OF lettering and rest!
LIES no longer lazy
AS the crowds rush by.
Fogs are often hazy
Here-or in the sky.
Travelling as you're waiting
What's beyond the curve.
Courage ne'er abating.
Steer; and keep your nerve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

A New York editor insists on print.
Ing only what he likes, and his col
umnist" insists on writing what he
chooses. A "columnist" is supposed to
be light Of mood and genial in express.
sion. 1t is misfortune for him to be
taken too seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

Lindbergh needs a rest. There is a
limit to the amount of chicken salad
and adulation that the human system
can endure.
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RevisiOns.
do you think the Senate rules
ought to be revised?"
or course" answered Senator
Sorghum. "All the other laws of
human conduct are regarded as in
need Of revision. Why should the
Senate rules be an exception"
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The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited To it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication
Of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

Some of the doubt regarding politi-
cal possibilities may be eliminated If
Tex Richard can be persuaded to post
odds.
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From the Los Angeles Times.
Uncle Sam and John Bull may not
be able to walk on their hands, but
they certainly can take a Arm stand
on their Arms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

A private yacht is used by Fl. H.
Rogers as a ferryboat to business. 1t
is, of course, an oil burner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

1t is but natural for an aviator to
regard a controversy about relative
strength Of seagoing battlecraft in a.
large degree as "old stuff"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

Present modes of publicity would in.
dictate that a candidates availability
depends largely on the kind of a photo.
graph he takes.
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Business Office:

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A Challenge.

Il haye nothing to wear" said the
exacting woman.
"All right" answered the brute Of
man. Get yourself bathing suit and
win a prize in a beauty contest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

de man who said, Wealth don't
bring happiness" said Uncle Eben,
never enjoyed de sensation Of a big
winnin' streak in a crap game"
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The Object Of SOlicitude.

The Object Of Solicitude.
When a hero arrives at a city
The welcoming throng does its best.
The reception committee
Is not due for pity.
The hero's the one who needs rest.
Jud Tunkins says Philadelphia is
the city OF brotherly love. Pennsyl-
vania politics cannot guarantee the
good old town against a family
quarrel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

Maud and the Judge.
Maud Muller on q Summer day
Raked the meadow, sweet with hay.
The judge who passed, exclaimed
What fun!
Think what that hay is worth per
TONI
Children who disregard their par
ents," said Hi Ho, the sage Of China.
town, find retribution when they
have children
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Making No Claims.

Making No Claims.
did you ever dance with the Prince
of Wales?"
NO" answered Miss Cayenne. "I
prefer to be unique"
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WAS GToN, D. c.
SATURDAY. -. August 10, 1927
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" tio pHySlCldnS, ne says earnestly
70 MS cousin: Hans. come down soon. !"
Only 10 days after the United States
entered the World War the Emergency
Fleet Corporation opened its offices in
three small rented rooms, with six
employees. In six months there were
1000 employees and 16 offices in differ.
ent parts OF the country. The story
OF the war work Of the corporation is
told In 1.-THE Bridge to France" bv
Edward N. Hurley, wartime chair
man OF the United States Shipping
Board. The Importance of the work Of
the board can be realized only when
1t Is known that "our War DEPART
ment would have refused to send them
Jour armies) to France unless the
Shipping Board would guarantee suffi.
cient cargo ships to keep them sur.
piled with food and munitions of war"
After Field Marshal Haig's "back-to.
the-wall" dispatch and Lloyd Georges
appeal to the United States Govern.
ment for haste in sending men and
ships, Mr.. Hurley promised Gen.
March. chief of staff, transport for
$4,000 men month, with necessary
food, equipment and munitions. This
was not enough. The Shipping Board
speeded up and combed every resource,
with the result that in six months
$500, 900 Americans soldiers arrived in
France.
"Black April" the first novel Of Mrs.
Julia Peterkin, is a study Of life and
character on lonely mart of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

"Black April" the first novel Of Mrs.
Julia Peterkin, is a study Of life and
character on lonely part of the
South Carolina coast, where dwell the
"blue.gum negroes" who work on rice
plantations. Black April, the foreman
of a plantation, Is man Of heroic
traits, whose life is tragically
thwarted. The novel il a story Of
primitive religion, elemental emotions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-31
TIDES TOMORROW
AT THE HOTELS
Gastineau

Gasrineau J. Hill, Benjamin Island; A. c. Williams, Petersburg; ]. c. Car. son, Inian Island; Ernest Swan. son, Port Althorp; Fred Schrey, Sitka; Clarence LeMaster, Sitka :. R. II. Chadwick, II. s. Rubber Co.,; B. K. Sasoff; MT. and Mrs. J. H. Cam, Lisianski; MT. and Mrs. L. H. Swanson. city; Mrs. Herbert Kettelsby, city.
 Alaskan
 Peter Layton, city; c. R. Dob bins, Wrangell; B. Brown, city; Charles w. Johnson. Petersburg; George Baroumis, city: A. Schae. fer, Seattle; H. A. Duhrman, city, w w. Kentzell and wife, Seattle: Carl Sater Ketchikan: John Klcpp, city: Kenneth Murdock Tenakee; Jack Quick. Killisnoo. Mrs. P. Shelley, Seattle; c. II. ; Paul, city.
 Zynda
 William J. Ryan, Ketchikan; A M. McLane, Portland. Ore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-31
NOTICE TO MARINERS

Clarence Strait Lake Bay Float Light. 1. discontinued for winter October 2S. 1927 and re, placed by 2nd class black can buoy similarly numbered.
 Stephens Passage Windham Bay Entrance Light, established October "A, on southernmost small islet, east side Of Point WindhaEs is flashing white of about 13s candlepower showing a flash ol one second duration every T. seconds, 35 it. above high water.
 Stephens Passage - Windhan Bay Narrows Ledge Buoy, 1. re ported missing Sept. Is, was re placed in position Oct. 24th.
 Copper Harbor, Hetta Inlet Simmons Point Light was ex tinguished for winter. Oct. 13 1927.
 Stikine Strait-Oil Dock Rea Buoy, 1. reported missing Sept
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-31
QUART OF WATER CLEANS KIDNEYS
Take a Little Salts if Your Back Hurts, or Bladder
 Is Troubling You

No man or woman can make mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says well-knOwn authority Eating too much rich food creates acids, which excite the kidneys. They become over worked from the strain, get slug gish and fail to filter the waste and poisons from the blood. Then we get sick. Rheumatism. head aches, liver trouble, nervousness, dizziness. sleeplessness and urin- ary disorders often come from sluggish kidneys.
 The moment you feel dull ache in the kidneys, or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy offensive. full of sediment, irregu' lar of passage or attended by Q sensation of scalding, begin drink. ing a quart of water each day also get about four ounces of lad Salts from any pharmacy; take tablespoonful in glass of watel before breakfast, and in few days yollr kidneys may act fine.
 This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemor juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for years to nush and stimulate the kidneys: alst to help neutralize the acids ir the system, so they no longer cause irritation, thus often re lieving bladder weakness.
 lad Salts is in expensive; makes a delightful effervescen1 Whitewater drink which every' one should take now and then C help keep the kidneys clean and active and the blood pure. there' by often avoiding serious tidney complications. cy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-31
Steamer Movements NORTHBOUND

Aleutian due about 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Has ? days mail.
 SCHEDULED SAiLINGs Admiral Rogers scheduled to sail from Seattle Nov. 2 at 10 a. m.
 Yukon scheduled to sail from Seattle Nov. 5 at 9 a. m.
 SoUTHBouND SAlLlNGS Princess Alice southbound at 3 a. m. tomorrow. Alaska due southbound at midnight tomorrow night. Admiral Watson southbound about Nov. 12. LOCAL oAiLINGS Margnita scheduled to leave | for Sitka and way ports at 8 o'clock Wednesday night. Sails for Skagway every Monday at II D. m. Virginia w sails for Chicbegof and way ports at 6 o'c' ,ck every Wednesday night. For Chatham Straits route a. 10 o'clock every Saturday night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-31
MAILBOAT IN PORT;
 GOES NORTH TONIGHT

The Margnita, Capt. Larry Parks, arrived in port from Sitka and wayports at o'clock yester. day morning after a calm trip. An inch of snow was on tho ground at Warm Springs Bay while the boat was in port there. News of an accident, the sink ing of a trolling boat, was brought here by members of the boat crew Three boats were towing a raft of logs across Chatham Straits from Kootznahoo to Kosnyku Bay to Maurstad and Carlson camp during a recent storm. One of the tugs was sove in by the logs and sank, the owner losing everything he had, although no lives were lost. The names of the boat and its owner were not given.
 Passengers arriving on the Margnita were: Albert Vile, Henry Meters, Fred Schrey and c. A. LeMasters from Sitka; Jack Quick and Mrs Eddy Jack from Killlsnoo; L. Nyland, John c. Klepp, Grant Murdoek and An drew Christman from Tenakeo: Carl Swanson from Hoonah.
 The Margnita will sail for Skagway and wayports at II o'clock tonight. Her sailing date for Skagway has been changed from Sunday night to Monday night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-31
WATSON HERE
 BOUND WEST
Steamer Has Twenty-Five Passengers and Freight
 Cargo for Channel

Steamer Admiral Watson, Capt. s. Glass, arrived in port from the south at 3 a. m. yesterday with four days mail, 475 tons Of freight and the following passen- gers for Juneau: Mrs. E. F. Wat kins, Harry F. Watkins, MT. and Mrs. w. H. Kentzell, E. B. Dud- den, A. McLane, II. A. Dickman, A. Van Mavern, B. K. Saskoff, Carl Sater, R. il. Chadwick, Aron Mckinley, Mrs. M. Johnson, H. B. LeFevre. A. G. Williams. Mrs. R c. Turner, A. Schaefer, Charles Johnson, Miss R. White. H. L. Faulkner and five steerage.
 Two hundred tons of coal and 175 tons Of merchandise were un- loaded here by the steamer which then went to Douglas to discharge 100 tons of coal. She returned here early this morning, took on 2500 ties for the Alaska Railroad at Seward and small shipmen. of lumber for Yakutat, all from the Juneau lumber mills.
 Those sailing for the westward at 2 o'clock this morning were: for Yakutat: John Ellis, Annie James. Eugene George, Sheldon James, Andrew Charlie and wife, Aleck James, Mike Konisses, Ed Herman, William Frank, Nick Milton, Miss Louise Kadeetoo, Long Gee, George Marks, J. Nil. ton, Mary Hennger and two steer age; for Seward William Sledge and A. M. Hon; for Latouche--L. l.. Trimble.