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The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-05-05

D. A. Rasmussen, president of the local bank and four other Alaskan banks, is visitor to Wrangell this week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-05-05

A Nash touring car arrived on the Border Queen last Week for l.. c. Scribner.
Evening star., 1927-12-13
Get Mems Ties Off Your Mind>~N0w
Mems Shirts
Of finely ropen Madras
and English BrO0dctOth
$1.95

Novelty colar-attached coil2r-to match
and neckband models. Made as He likes
them and in colorings that will appeal to
men Sizes li}s 10 Is.
Evening star., 1927-12-13

The Two Ar.
rows, 75c.
Boys Life of Bar
mum. S1.75.
The Pirate of
Barataria, $1.75.
Black Beauty, CSC.
Elsie Dinsmore,
CSC.
The w o n Il q r
Clock. s. 90.
Evening star., 1927-12-13
Miscellaneous
Books

Book of Indian
Bra YES. s. 90.
Guliiyer's s Ira veis,
$l.75.
Iyanhoe, $3.50.
Lives of the
Presidents, $2.5
Treasure Island,
CSC.
Pinnochio. Csc.
The Man Without
a Country, $l.00.
Evening star., 1927-12-13
Slipper Avenue
Second Floor

Choose the slippers on your gilt
list from among the many styles
shown along Slipper Ave. Really
selecting Gift Slippers along this
Ave. OF Slippers is a pleasure.
Evening star., 1927-12-13

Where countless gilt treasures
from all over the store are gathered
for your selection. Visit this booth.
You1l find many happy solutions to
Christmas worries
Evening star., 1927-12-13

A handsome gift-that
is truly useful. Hard
wood console tables with
high m a h ogany finish.
Turned legs, Trimmed
with attractive scroll
work. 50 inches high and
Is inches long. S4.9S to
$3.50.
Evening star., 1927-12-13
1000 Pairs Trim
Panels and Curtains

The true h o Ii d a y
spirit will prevail in the
home where these at
tractive panels and
curtains are hung. For
they give just that at
mosphere of cozy COM
fort that is so restful,
so altogether charming!
Irish point panels,
Evening star., 1927-12-13
Fifth Floor ,urgh 4 Bro.

Attractive bedspreads for
double and twin size beds.
OF crinkled cotton, in rose,
gold, blue, hello and green.
Wide and narrow stripes.
Easily laundered. Fast col
ors.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Court Rejects Plea
Asking Ban on Press
From the st. Paul Dispatch.

From the st. Paul Dispatch.
An echo of an attempt about a year
ago of a district court judge in Missis-
sippi to muZZle the press in reporting
testimony at q criminal trial is heard
in the attempt of a New Orleans at
torney to have the court forbid publ
cation in the newspapers Of certain
testimony at the custer trial Of a
prominent Louisiana officeholder. The
courts answer to the New Orleans at.
torney was prompt and to the point.
He said:
'I understand the newspapers have
the right to publish fair account Of
what happens here, and I am not
aware that [ can forbid them to report
on what happens here"
In the Mississippi case the Judge
threatened to impriSon for contempt
of court any newspaper man who pub
lished testimony in any newspaper
having circulation in the county. The
testimony was published. however, and
the threat was never carried out.
In both cases the purpose was to
avoid what it was deemed might be
predudicial to a fair trial. But, above
and beyond such contention was in
volVed the constitutional right of free
dom of the press. What the Mississippi
judge and the New Orleans attorney
sought was a kind of star chamber
session.
The retreat of the Mississippi jurist
and the prompt refusal of the New
Orleans judge to attempt to impose
unreasonable restrictions upon the
printing of legitimate news are sim
ply the recognition of the fundamental
principle of free speech as set forth in
the Constitution of the United States.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
The French Flyers.

Report that an airplane was seen
bv fishermen in Nova Scotia on the
day on which Nungesser and Con
were due to reach these shores has
given rise to hope that these intrepid
Frenchmen may, after all, have landed
and may still live. 1t is possible that
they reached the coast at an mac
cessible place or perhaps descended to
the surface Of the sea at an unfre-
Guented point. The latter, however,
is not so likely as that they may have
flown inland in the fog and gone to
earth there. In that case, there Is
but slender chance of their being
found alive, for their plane had no
landing truck and II brought down TO
the earth would probably crash. 1t
would take the most remarkable skill
to alight without disaster. Neverthe-
less, the possibility that they may be
living calls for the most intensive
search, and until they are found 1t will
be necessary TO scour the entire re-
gion. This is a tremendous undertak.
Ing, for the space of possible laNling
~ vast. It Is largely wooded stsA Of
Evening star., 1927-05-13

satisfaction to questioners as to the
time of his hop-off for Paris, it is
apparent that he will take odds from
no one when he makes his start.
There is no question that his attempt
TO fly the Atlantic will be the most
dramatic of all. He will be pilot,
navigator and machinist of his small
plane, as all the extra room is taken
up by gasoline. He will sit in a tiny
inclosed cabin, able to see ahead only
through a small periscope. and there
will be no change from a cramped
position for about thirtyfive hours
He plans to carry n few sandwiches
and a couple of bottles of water, one
If which. will dangle from his instru-
ment board for ready use. He
scorns wireless because of its weight,
and for protection. in case he should
land in the sea, he will carry a small
rubber life raft.
Survivor of four parachute leaps
from disabled planes, Lindberg will
take off for his lonely and hazardous
trip without fuss or feathers. Go to
it, Lucky!
Evening star., 1927-05-13

many intelligent people in this coun.
try, to say nothing of Europe"
X X X x
The Syracuse Herald independently
is OF the opinion that "the Churchill
Mellon imbroglio will place a fresh
weapon in the hands Of the respectable
and imposing body of Americans who
believe and strenuously contend that
a wise American policy in the long
run would be the complete cancella-
tion of that part of the European debt
contracted for purposes Immediately
referable to the World War"
Uncle Sam can afford "in a way to
be icily dignified or sternly disapprov-
ing toward his Debtors" suggests the
Asheville Times independent Demo
cratic, "but it savorS very much of
the diplomacy that leads away from
international friendship This also is
the opinion of the Morgantown New
Dominion independently, while the
Worcester Telegram Republican), re-
calling Mr.. Mellon has repeatedly said
the settlements are based on Capacity
to pay" remarks; "Allied capacity to
pay depends in part on receipts from
Germany" This also is recognized by
the Buffalo Evening News (Republi
CAM
X X X X
"a profound conviction in Europe,
perhaps well founded, that ultimately
a revision of the debt agreements will
become feasible" is seen by the St,
Paul Pioneer Press independent Re
publican), and in this connection the
Columbus (Ohio) State Journal (Repub-
lican) asks: What do most of us
know nj nf
the present settlements or the proper
basis for future settlements?" The
Birmingham News Independent Demo
cratic) views the tremendous burden"
which British commercial integrity
has imposed upon the British people"
and continues: "AS the one nation on
earth that has an equally high stand
ard of financial rectitude, America
cannot reflect upon Britain's sacrifice
without being moved to devise some
means whereby that sacrifice will not
have disastrous effect, first upon the
British commonwealth and later upon
all English-speaking peoples"
OF the Mellon letter the Milwaukee
Journal independently says: I'VE I'M
dertook in q matter of domestic poll
tics to tell the world what the British
treasury was getting. 1t was a bed
LiI1tS STORY lOF AIilcTICdLIi COIA0ulilptACti'
but it involved the good faith of an
other government. To many Ameri-
cans our crude answer, That's our
business will be more humiliating
than an admission and apology would
have been" The Youngstown Vindl-
Gator Democratic) contends that lit
is not to be wondered at that the
proud and powerful nation should re-
sent such al imputation.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

high, and only yesterday put out real
leaves.
If one could see their root sys-
TENS in comparison with their leaves,
he might think the plant inverted.
The roots, heavy and thick, smell like
potatoes and extend for several feet
through the ground All that Will be
changed however, under the benetl-
cent action of the hot sun. Soon
, the branch and leaf system will catch
up with the underground growth, ana
in time will far surpass it.
The hibiscus is q rank grower, a
member of the mallow family, pro-
ducing flowers from 8 inches to a
foot or even more in diameter, when
properly grown. Although essentially
marsh plants. they seem TO do well
enough in the average yard, if care is
| taken to water them thoroughly in
times of drought.
They are easily ruined by one Of
Summers high winds, accompanying
n thunderstorm, SO the grower will
find it advantageous to stake them
by placing a slender reed perhaps four
feet high, in the center of the group
Of canes, and tying a circle of ratfia
loosely around the group, attached to
the stake. Another method is to
the string around the bunch. This
| support will be sufficient to hold the
| plant during a windstorm, allowing
| it to sway, yet not to be broken off.
Il X # *
| Rosy Morn petunias, a favorite of
| ours, are springing up Of their own
accord i'll the rustic flower box (or
whatever you call it, on legs.
This hot weather (perhaps warm
weather" would be a more temperate
expression is bringing the plantlets
| right along. Seeds from the old plants
are doing it. This is something pleas.
ing to the home gardener, to have his
| flower boxes take care of themselves
in this manner. This is better than
a "sef-watering" box; this is a self
seeding one. Nothing could be more
| self" than that.
BY the gate a small plantation of
iris is doing very well. Neither cold
| nor heat seems to bother these sturdy
plants as much as it does some more
temperamental flowers. Surely the
growth and color of the iris leaves is
beautiful, to say nothing of the un-
| usual grace and form Of the bios
SONS, and to leave out Of considera-
tion entirely, for the moment, the col
orings.
There is a fashion nowadays to
speak Of the iris in terms of the
orchid, as if the latter, which very
few persons ever see, is infinitely su-
perior to the former. Yet we have
suspicion that the iris today is en-
titled to stand on its own roots and
speak for itself in the glory of it's
fine blossoms, without suffering a sort
OF "holierthan-thou" attitude from
the rare orchid. Some day we are
going to look into this orchid bust.
ness, just to satisfy ourselves upon
this matter. For the present, it must
pe admitted, we speak from ignorance.
but we have never noticed that this
ever kept any one from expressing
an opinion, and we believe we err in
this way rather less than the aver
age.
Elsewhere in the garden the effect
of plenty of rain and warmth is no.
tlceable. lily planted in the Fall
is through the ground, several inches
high, it's stiff leaves striking, in a
small way, an unusual note. It is
the touch of difference which means
so much to q garden.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Futuristic Music.

New York responded with boos and
cat-calls to the rendition of George
Antheil's Ballet Mecanique" when
performed at Carnegie Hall recently
with two large pieces Of tin, a sewing
machine motor, a wooden propeller
and half a dozen electric bells aug
menting the orchestra.
In Europe, according to the Asso-
ciated Press. it's rendition caused
riots" Such Is the disagreeable fate
of musical pioneers. When the works
of the great Richard Wagner were
first introduced into America, musical
lovers did not understand" them.
The foreign conductor who came to
the United States to play them was
told this. Then let them hear them
till they do understand them," he re-
piled.
Today it may safely be said that
America understands Wagner. Wheth-
er Antheil, the twenty-seven-year-old
Polish-American composer, will ever
time will tell. After all, the sort Of
music the civilized world enjoys to-
day has very short history, only
four or five centuries, in a sense.
Progress" in musical art conceivably
might give the world new values. And
again, it might not.
Whether it will be done with "a
small battery of xylophones and bass
drums" such as supported the half
dozen pianos and the mechanical ef
fects used in the Ballet Mecanique"
Is another matter. Certainly, modern
American industry is full of noises,
even uproar. 1t is interesting to see,
if not hear, composer try to put
them on record. Judging from the
New York premiere, some think the
composer had better have let his notes
remain on paper. Mr.. Antheil, how
ever, no doubt quotes feelingly, LET
them hear it until they do like itn'
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Go to It. "LuckY"!

Capt. Charles Lindberg's remark
able dash from San Diego to New
York in a little more than twenty -one
hours flying time has awakened the
public to the fact that he is an
actual and serious competitor for
transatlantic honors. With the spot
light on Nungesser and Coils tragic
failure and the preparations Of
the Chamberlin- -Bertaud team, Lind
berg, by his sensational one-stop
coast-to- coast hop, has burst into
the stirring news of the day. And, as
matter of fact, his accomplishment
has brought out the point that he is
the only flyer regularly entered for
the Raymond Orteig prize of 5000
for the first to make the New York
to-Paris trip.
twenty-five years old and former
chief pilot of the Air Mail Service,
Lucky" Lindberg has been awaiting
the completion of his small single
scatter plane in California. He did
not get much publicity and ap-
parently he sought none. When his
plane was completed, however, his ac-
tions Immediately drew public atten-
ton. Filling the new machine with
gas, he calmly opened the throttle of
his single motor, to close 1t again
fourteen hours later when he landed
at st. Louis. With a few hours of
sleep and the addition Of little gaso-
line and oil, he set out yesterday for
New York, arriving seven hours later
at Roosevelt Field.
Although Lindberg would give no
Evening star., 1927-05-13
SAYS Neither Smith
Nor McAdOO Can Win
From the Charlotte observer.


Quoting Southern sentiment as re-
fected in an Observe editorial on
Smiths religious deliverance and the
Southern sentiment on prohibition as
reflected in an editorial in the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal, the New
York Times is moved to doubt IL the
South wants to win The answer
to that suggestion is easy. The South
ern Democracy does want to win, and
1t wants more than all other things
a candidate with which it, with the
help of the other lrtS of the country,
can win. 1t can be said in exact truth
that among a large clement of South
ern voters admiration for the person
ality of Al Smith amounts to actual
love. The same is to be said for VIII
liam 3fcAdoo. Both Smith and Nc
Adoo are set for renewing the disaS-
Smith has basis on the accepted fact
Of his candidacy. McAdoo brands as
absurd any report that he will not
be q candidate. This means that in
case of nomination of either the Demo
cratic party would r0 into the cam
paign with ranks divided into two
warning factional camps. That would
prove the great cleaVage-the Smith
following would not vote for McAdoo
and the McAdoo following would not
vote for Smith. A further guarantee
that neither could win is found in the
proposition that the dry Democrats
would not vote for wet Smith, nor
would the wet Democrats vote for dry
McAdoo. In this determination the
right of both the drys and the vets
must be conceded Nor would a
Protestant Nation be any more liable
to criticism because elevation to the
head of the Nation of q Catholic is an
Objectionable proposition than a Cath
olic country could be criticized for OBJ
lection to elevation over it of a
Protestant head. That is not 'intoler.
ance"; it is fixed law Of human
nature.
Yes, the South wants to win" but
it wants a man to win with, and 1t Is
faced with this problem: Will Smith
and McAdoo be allowed to again wreck
the party hopes, or will the national
convention be inclined to wreck the
political ambitions of Smith and Nc
Adco for the good of the party? II
the Democratic party is SO poverty
stricken in leadership as to be unable
to produce more than two possibilities
for the Presidency, then it might as
wei put up the shutters.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
Wrong Word Upsets
New Jersey Project
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Evening bulletin.
Biennial and biannual sound nearly
alike and etyrnologically they ought to
mean the same thing, for they have a
common root and an identical prefix.
But usage, which, as Horace remarks,
makes the law and sets the standard
for speech, has differentiated them.
New Jersey Republicans, unluckily for
themselves, didn't know the difference,
and thereby hangs a tale of a carefully
laid political project blocked if not en-
tirely thwarted.
The Republican leaders had planned
to extend the life of Legislatures to
two years and increase the guberna-
torial term from three to four years.
Two Legislatures had approved the
change, which was to be submitted in
the form of a constitutional amend
ment to the voters this Fall. 1t has
now been discovered that the amend
ment in form provides for biannual,
not for biennial, sessions. Any die
tionary will tell you that means the
Legislature is to meet twice a year.
The Republicans have taken until
Thursday to decide what to do about
1t. If the amendment can be passed
in time to make it effective in 1928,
it will cause governors and Presidents
to be elected at the same time, no in
considerable advantage to the party
in a State given of late to choosing
Democratic executives. Some favor
allowing the resolution to stand in the
form it was passed in 1927 and at the
regular session this year.
No sane American would want a
Legislature to meet twice year; most
Of the States long ago decided once a
year was too often. 1t is therefore
argued that the courts would construe
biannual as meaning not what it does,
but what the trainers of the resolution
thought it did. Others insist that the
resolution should be passed afresh
now and again in the 1928 session. 1t
could then be voted on in the Fall of
next year and become effective as to
the governor and Legislature elected
in November.
A committee on bills on third read
ing, equipped with dictionary and
the calendar of religious feasts and
fasts, together with similar other odd
bits of information, seems to be need
ed adjunct of the New Jersey law
making body.
Evening star., 1927-05-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Did the United States Marines
&c. G.. NJ.
A. There was no standard Marine
uniform before the year 1880.
@. What is meant by a Chinese
tong"?---A. d.
A. The word 'tong" as used by
the Chinese is practically the equiva-
lent of our word CLUB" or 'organiza-
ton" Feuds exist between the mem
bers of the respective tongs-feuds
which assume sometimes national
proportions.
@. What is meant by remote con-
troll" in connection with radloF-
A. T.. S.
A. The radio division of the De-
partment Of Commerce says that the
term remote control" is used at a
broadcasting station where the broad
casting transmitter is in one location
and the operator by means OF electric
switches operates from another loca-
ton.
@. What is the significance in the
groom's breaking glass during jew
ish wedding ceremony?-A. NJ.
A. The executive director or the
Jewish Community Center. Washlng..
ton, D. c., says: 1.-The breaking OF
a glass at a. wedding ceremony is a
symbol, reminding us OF the break
ing of the Temple at Jerusalem 1,SO0
wears ago. We are urged by our
sages not to forget the destruction
of the temple, even at the moment
of our greatest joy. Therefore, at a
wedding ceremony, which is consid-
cred the highest occa sion Of joy, we
have the groom break the glass to
bring to his attention and to others
the destruction of our temple"
@. Do plants have brains?-B.
R. o.
A. Plants do not have brains, but
we find that an Indian botanist has
recently put forth the theory that
plants do have nervous systems.
@. What is the population of Eng
land and of Ireland?-P. II. 7.
A. The population of England and
Wales is 37,SS5,242. The population
of Ireland is 4,390,219.
O. How may aluminium be polished
as is done in the manufactured ar.
ticles?-P. e. G.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that the two most important types
Of finish of aluminium are the polished
and the satin finish. The former is
obtained in the usual manner by
buffing with rouge. The satin finish
is obtained by cleaning in benzine,
dipping in boiling concentrated caustic
soda, washing, dipping in hot strong
nitric acid, washing in boiling water,
and then drying very quickly.
@. What is gum tragacanth, where
is it produced, and what are its prin'
cipal uses?-C. A. L.
A. Gum tragacanth Is a special
kind of gum obtained from various
Asiatic or East Indian species of
Astragalus, especially Acacia gum
mifer The pure commercial varieties
come in thin white translucent pieces
of horny texture. 1t is used as sub
stitute for gum arabic in medicine
and the arts.
Q. Why is a newspaper called the
Fourth Estate? Are there any
more estates" and what are they?-
NJ. C.
A. The expression, Fourth Es-
tate" was first used by Edmund
Burke in a celebrated address in the
British Parliament, in which he refer.
red to the press gallery of the Com.
mons as representing the Fourth Es-
tate" The Three Estates" are the
clergy, mobiles and commons. Science
Evening star., 1927-05-13
New Orleans Called
Silk Stocking Town

From the New Orleans Morning Tribune.
New Orleans is "silk stocking
town.
Most American cities are. But New
Orleans is a leader. The proportion
of silk stockings to cotton stockings
sold here is greater than in any other
city in the United States. 1t is about
two to one, according to a mill repre-.
sentative who made a thorough sur
vey of the city's trade. More than
that, he adds, "Girls and women of
New Orleans constitute the most ex-
acting trade in the United States.
They are more particular"
Perhaps the Orleans men can take
a little credit for both of these dis
tinctions. They pay the bills. And
it may be that their discriminating
taste inspires the ladies to be so par
tieular in their choice of hosiery.
Mrs. and Miss New Orleans annual
stocking bill is more than $2.500.000.