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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
WINTER MAKES DEBUT
ON MOUNTAINS TODAY

Old Man Winter made his first
noticeable appearance here today
when those portions of the sur
rounding mountains above timber
line were covered with a light
blanket of snow. According to the
records of last year he is ahead
of time, as last year the first
traces on Mount Juneau did not
appear until October 6, while
September this year saw the
first flakes fall there. although
that snow was extremely light
1t was just month after this
time last year that the first light
furry of wet snow fell in the city.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
DOUGLAS
NEWS
PLANNING TRI PsouTH

Mrs. M. Cottrell is making pre-
parations to leave in few days
for the States to visit her brother
and his family. 1t will be Mrs.
Cottrell's first trip outside of Al
aska in about twenty years. She
will be accompanied south by a
nephew who is visiting the terri
tory on a pleasure trip.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
NOTICE

The City Ordinance requiring
proper use of lights on automo-
biles will be strictly enforced on
and after this date. Many cars
have recently been running with
out tail lights and some without
turning on their headlights.
G. A. GETCHELL,
adv. Chief of Police.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14

security against aggression and
that 1t would be the height of
impoliey to underestimate the
strength of the Locarno agree
ments, the extension OF which to
other sections of the world he
advocated.
1T was great disappoint-
ment." sair Sir Austen. that this
recent Tripartite Conference fail
ed to reach any agreement. but
even that failure may have a
good result in a better under
standing of one another's needs.
So we are nearer in agree
ment."
Insisting that disarmament
could only be gradual, the Brit
ish Foreign Secretary predicted
that there must be many dis
armament conferences before the
powers can reach the measure of
disarmament he should like to see
and declared that he was against
that feverish demand that some
thing be done, without first de-
termining what the world wanted
and what is useful and possible
In the reduction of ornaments. :"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14

the world, are to be converted by
Soviet authorities into national
parks in order to save them from
complete destruction by the Cas-
plan railway, which is using the
trees as fuel. The preservation Of
these so-called forests of the de-
sert," the authorities believe to
be of great scientific importance.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14

Prince Rupert, Edmonton,
Francisco made and 4
p m Juneau time
the Alaska Peninsula
atey Columbia. rising rapidly southern
rapidly Kodiak. Light rain south
followed cloudy weather and
in extending souheasward.
Clear
this with minimum
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
LEFT FOR HOME

Miss Helen Cove left the first
of the week for her home in Aa.
burn, Wash. The young lady has
been visiting with her sister Mrs.
F. L. Race for the past year and
attended the Douglas school.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
OUT OF HOSPITAL

Mrs. Guy l.. Smith has suffi
GENTLY recovered from her recent
illness to be able to return to her
home again today after ten days
spent in the hospital. 1t will proc
able be some time before she can
do much walking however.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
TAku TENDER HERE

The John L. c., Capt. Long,
was in port from the Libby, Nc
Neil and Libby plant at Taku
Harbor for few hours this af-
ternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
coHoEs DISCHARGED

The Tillacum, Capt. Ernest Eel
ten, discharged $4,000 pounds of
cohoes at the e. M. Basse fish
house this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14

WOMEN OF M0OSEHEART
Legion will meet Thursday even
ing at o'clock. Large initia-
tion class followed by social. All
husbands invited.
AGNES GRIGG,
adv. Recorder.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14

A masquerade dance will be
given by the Women OF Moose
heart Legion on Halloween. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
FREE FACIAL

At Terrell's by BELCANO rep
resentative. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14

A masquerade dance will be
given by the Women of Moose
heart Legion on Halloween. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. 5.
Weather Bureau

Forecast for and vicinity beginning D. today
and Thursday; fresh southeasterly winds
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-14
Poland Desires to Present
Proposal for New Pact to
Preserve Peace, Announced

Continued from Page one.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
Should Congress Be Called
To Assist Flood Sufferers?

should be no sectionalism in America
| today, if any has survived the War
| Between the States. But there is none
where calamity has smitten the land.
| The West and East as well as the
| North will unite in proving this"
plans for the rehabilitation of the
Hooded areas must receive vigorous
support" says the Fort Worth Star
| Telegram independent Democratic).
ct is not permitted to go to sleep yet
Seven hundred thousand Americans
are in need"
Hopes of the people of the flood re-
gions," in the judgment of tn Char
lotte Observer Democratic, ARE now
| made dependent upon a much stouter
reed than would be that handed them
by an extra session of Congress. The
dependence is upon the business people
of the Nation. Later on plans for
permanent protection of the valley
from repetition of the flood disaster
may be worked OF by Congress.
The situation has been met mag
nificently," according to the New
York Herald Tribune CRepublican).
which contends, THAT is whv there
has been no popular response to polit-
lcal clamor for an extra session of Con-
gress." Practical means to minimize
floods and flood losses in years to come
are Endorsed by the Minneapolis Trib-
une, with the remark, How the Con-
gress can be useful beyond that point
it is difficult to see." The Nashville
Banner independently feels that the
President may be relied upon to do
what he determines to be the best
Tor the situation and not be stampeded
into an act that may prove more dis
astrous than helpful"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! body by a ready agreement with what
the other says or does.
Usually he operates on just the op-
posite plan. Instead of agreeing, he
disagrees, even when he knows the
other to be right.
| The usual bunk and blahblah cur
rent at any given time and place IS
seen through readily by the mono"
| man, who makes heroic efforts to re-
sist the seduction that would engulf
him.
Hence he is not given to back
slapping, popular diversion of
shreWd young men who fondly i'm
agine that they have discovered the
sure way to crash the gates of fame
and fortune. The "glad-hander, the
! perfect "back-slapper," feels that his
system" is perfect, inasmuch as no
/ one else can see through what he is
up to.
The sublime innocence of the popu-
| lar "yes-yes" man is overwhelming.
Every one sees through him. but no
one wants to say anything, l-ence he
gets away with it," as the saying is
H. is, @perhaps, playing the game
with a more subtle understanding of
human weakness. But can q success
built upon taking advantag} of the
weaknesses of humanity be as solid
Z ma satisfying as the one UullL on
Lonor and manhood?
X X X II
Take our friend Bill.
We take off our hat to Bill. We
have known him for many years and
have never yet known him to truckle
to anybody.
Maybe he hasn't got as far as he
might wish land undoubtedly our an.
NY hJ1N hi 4
teri, but he is mans man, for all
that, and there isn't any one who
doesn't admire him for his best quail
ties.
Recently he came to us, in a mo-
ment of confessional, and spake in
this wise: We'll, I'm going to try it
myself! I see EN- getting away with
1t, slapping 'em on the back and
riding into positions of affluence.
Watch me from now on"
But he won't do it!
a man who walks under the
shadow of his own hat brim," as
Uncle Joe" Cannon phrased it, can't
suddenly execute an about-face. He
cannot emulate the miser of the old
French play, who. according to the
stage directions, LEANED against post
and became generous"
To be a faWner, one has to be born
that way.
Wallets and poets are born, not made.
THE soul of a kitchen maid shone
out of her green eyes," Maurice
MaeterlinCk says, in one of his plays.
The mono" man is the roaring lion
of society, the fellow who wins his
way by his work and his character.
Often his lot is not a happy one.
He is often misunderstood by those
who desire to misunderstood and even
by those who would like to do him
honor, but have never made enough
study of human character to appreci-
ate just what and who he is.
We sing the praises. then, of the
mono" man. whose bark is worse
than his bite. If he criticizes others,
he criticiZes himself first of all, and
worst of all. Without him the world
would shortly become a gathering of
masters and slaves, with the serfs
wonderfully in the majority.
Let us thank God for the brave mo
no" men, remembering that it is much
harder to say mo" than it is to say
eyes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
A Disgraceful Condition.

How many times must the firemen
of Washington risk their lives in an
swering emergency calls before action
is taken by the Police Department
to enforce the fundamental right-of-
way rule? How many times must
there be accidents before the police
awaken to the fact that every fire
run, under the present conditions,
means potential death to citizens Of
the community? And just what steps
are necessary to impress upon the
public that fire engines have an alb
solute right of way and what outcry
of indignation is sufficient to compel
the police to enforce a regulation that
means life or death?
S,Early today striking example of
fhbtorists' stupidity and police indik
'1arence was given during fire run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Open break develops in Emergency
Fleet Corporation against Gen. Goe-
thals because of his rejection of
wooden ship program. Subordinates
say his judgment is wrong
French ministry of marine announces
arrival of American warships off coast
of France. American transport
I Jupiter, loaded with wheat for Ameri-
can troops soon to arrive in France.
reaches port. Campo ar al.
ready laid out for Infantry and Artil-
lery, and aviation park established in
readiness for coming of YankS.
Officlal draft registration figure salready
In from seven States satisfy Army of.
f1cials that final count will be close to
original estimate of 100000.
Due to determined opposition, Congress
will probably eliminate provision in
administrations food bill fixing maxi
mum prices. House passes es-
pionage bill with export embargo pro-
vision and drastic additions to laws
against spying, but shorn of it's news
paper censorship feature. Sem
ate committee fixes stamp taxes on
checks and drafts. Berlin Post
derldes Americas military efforts and
asserts we are niggardly in giving
financial aid to allies = En-
couraging Improvement reported in
RUSSIAN situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
Cross-Atlantic Air Service.

Contemplation Of the possibility of
regular cross-Atlantic flying for pas
senger service brings a thrill that is
not lessened by the realization of the
wonderful advances that have been
made during the past dozen or fifteen
years. The performances Of Lind
bergh and Chamberlin have brought
this achievement appreciably closer
and already there are discussions Of
ways and means Of safeguarding trav-
elers by air between the ocean coasts,
such as the establishing Of floating
landing stages.
It is now demonstrated that the At
lantic can be crossed by plane safely
within thirty hours, perhaps within
twenty-five hours. First one plane did
it with only its pilot aboard. Then
another plane did it with pilot and
a passenger. That others will make
the effort, with larger capacity planes
and perhaps with several persons
aboard, is we'll nigh assured. The two
feats just performed are merely the
beginning of a series of demonstra.
tions.
1t is evident from the experiences
OF Lindbergh and Chamberlin that
weather will play a vitality important
part in cross-Atlantic flying. Both air.
men found themselves handicapped
by sleet. 1t is believed that Nungesser
and Coli failed because of this ele
ment, which caused their plane to be-
come overweighted and to settle to sea
or land. There is no known provision
against such a factor of danger.
But when 1t is considered that the
airplane has advanced to it's present
point through severe limitations
which seemed at the outset to be un
conquerable. it is not too much to be
lieve that the plane Of tomorrow will
be superior to those handicaps which
now appear to be insuperable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. When was the portico on the
north front added to the White
House,. NJ. A.
A. The White House was burned
in 1914. When it was restored the
portico on the north front was added
tradition says at the suggestion of
Thomas Jefferson.
Q. How large vessel was Henry
Hudsons Half Moon?-T. M. P.
A. The Half Moon was a Vile boat
of 80 lasts burden. The last. like the
ton, has q somewhat flexible measure,
but it is safe to say that the vessel
in which Hudson sailed in 1909 was a
shallow little craft of not over 600
tons and probably less.
O. How much gauze and tape are
prize fighters allowed to use?-R. ].
A. According to the new rules Of
boxing, the size and amount of gauze
allowed is not more than six feet and
an average of two inches wide. There
are also allowed two feet of surgeons
adhesive tape.
Q. How fast should a minuet be
played?-D. K.
A When the music Is played as an
accompaniment for the dance. the time
is slow. When played as q musical
composition, the time should be faster.
@. Where is Ierne?-B. +.
A. Ierne is an ancient Greek name
for Ireland.
@. Who said, PUT none but Amer
leans on guard tonight"?- w. A.
A. The expression is attributed to
George Washington. The basis for
this order is to be found in Washing
tons circular letter to the regimental
commanders, dated April 80. 1777. re-
garding recruits for his body guard.
A few months before Thomas Hickey,
deserter from the British Army,
had tried to poison Washington.
@. Was William Howard Taft the
only Unitarian President we have
had?-B. L. c.
A. No. John Adams, John Quincy
Adams and Willard Fillmore were also
Unitarians.
@. How much of a grade is the
Thirteenth street hill by Central High
School?-A. s.
A. The grade between Florida ave-
nue. and Clifton street is a 10 per
cent one.
@. What colonies has Denmark
other than Greenland?-G. S. S.
A. Greenland is her only colony.
The greater part of the islar.1 is un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
Cutting the Public Debt.

The public debt of the United States
which is to all practical intents and
purposes the debt due to the World
War, will have been reduced another
$1,000, 100000 during the fiscal year
which ends June 80. Secretary Mellon,
who has handled the finances of the
country since 1921, is authority for
this estimate. The surplus revenues
of the Government over expenditures
on that date are estimated at $500, O00,-
600 by the Secretary Of the Treasury
and even as high as $685. 900 by
others.
The rapid reduction of the public
debt is Of enormous Importance to the
American people. The saving in inter-
est charges to the taxpayers on each
1000, 100000 paid off amounts to $4O,-
100000 at 4 per cent. The payment
OF this interest is an annual charge
upon the people, through the collec-
ton Of Federal taxes, until the debt
IS paid. The public debt at its peak
on August 81, 1919, was $26, 1885, FOL GAS.
The total reduction in the debt since
that date on June 80 will have been
approximately ,196,O00,O00. Had
there been no reduction of the debt,
the country would still be paying ap-
proximately $320,OOO,O0O annually in
interest, of which it is now free.
The reduction in the public debt
during the fiscal year now closing is
the greatest in any year. In 1920, fol-
lowing the sale of huge war supplies
and canceling Of contracts, the reduc-
ton of the debt totaled $1,1S5, 900, 900.
Moreover, the country is closing the
present fiscal year with the largest
budget surplus on hand of any year
since the war ended. The nearest ap-
proach to this surplus was in 1924,
when the surplus stood at $500, 600, 900
on June 80 Of that year.
Paying debts is necessary though
burdensome. Every American will
take pride in the prompt liquidation Of
the war debt which is going forward.
Prosperity in this country and able
Government financing, together with
a program of strict economy under the
Coolidge administration, have made
this liquidation possible. At the same
time, the Federal tax rates have been
reduced several times, relieving the
actual tax burden upon the people. 1t
is estimated conservatively that the
surplus at the end Of the fiscal year,
June 80, 1928, will be $500, 900, 900.
With this surplus in view, it is ex-
pected that the President will recon-
mend and the next Congress will en-.
act a, further reduction in the tax
rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07

inhabited. 1t has a population of 1.409
natives and 274 Europeans, practically
all Danes. The estimated area of
Greenland is $4,000 square miles.
only $40 square miles of which has
inhabitants.
@. What business street has the
brightest lights?-L. S.
A. Lights have been installed on
State street, Chicago, that make it
the worlds brightest business thor
oughfare. Two 2,000-watt lamps are
used on two-light standards spaced 90
feet apart and opposite. A lighting
value of about 10000 lumens per
standard is produced, the light falling
on the street surface being over twice
as much per lineal foot as on that of
the most intensively lighted street
previously equipped.
O. How does the Conowingo project
compare with other dams and power
plants?-F. A.
A. The hydroelectric plant will be
second only to that of Niagara Falls
Power Co. The initial installation will
give the Conowingo station $50 900
horsepower the Niagara Falls Power
Co. development produces 452,500
horsepower, and Muscle Shoals. 260,-
900 horsepower. Construction of the
S,100-acre reservoir means that the
town of Conowingo, with 200 inhab-
tants, will have to be abandoned. l.
miles of the Pennsylvania Railroad
moved, and 5 miles of the main high
way be built with a bridge over the
dam.
@. Does England ever have earth
quakes?-C. d.
A. 1t has them occasionally. On
August Is, 1926, series of shocks
was felt throughout the midland
counties of England.
O. Where was the first law in the
United States passed Furnishing drunk
enness?-L. b. n.
A. The colony of Maryland passed a
law in 1912 Furnishing drunkenness by
a fine of 100 pounds of tobacco.
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formation Bureau Can't 1Ce be Of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07

From the engine house on D street
roared the two unwieldy pieces Of ap
paratus in answer to an alarm. With
sirens shrieking, and gaining speed al
every minute, the two red monsters
shot into Pennsylvania avenue. But
here they were forced to come to an
almost complete stop. Motorists, ap
parently wishing to play the popular
game of idiocy. hemmed in the two
fire engines. BY dint of skillful driv.
ing, the chauffeurs managed to get
their vehicles around the jam and
were again on their way, but this
time the drivers Of a passenger auto
mobile and a small truck decided to
see what it was all about and zig
aged on the street directly in front
of the fast-running engines, imperil-
ing not only their own lives, but those
of the f1remen.
When is this sort Of thing going to
be stopped? Is Washington, the Ma
tional Capital, to be allowed to stay
forever shackled by the bonds of po-
lice Indifference? Is the public willing
to tolerate such an attitude on the
part of it's Police Department? Is
there no way at all that action can
be had?
There is entirely too much inclina-
ton to regard fragrant violations of
important regulations as too trivial
to bother much about. Wise judg-
ment should be expended on the ques-
ton of just what involves a major
infraction of the rules. AS long, how
ever, as a motorist driving with a
burnt-out tail light is to be regarded
in the same category as one who
drives past red automatic stop light,
or the ten-minute overtime parker is
placed in the same rank as the man
who deliberately gets in the way Of a
fire engine, nothing at all can be &C.
complished
1t Is time to separate the kind of
violation that involves damage to
property or loss of life from that
which involves no possibility Of re-
suits of this kind. The police and the
courts can do no more important
work for the welfare of Washington
than to put an immediate end to the
conditions which disgrace the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07

New York recently within three days
and seven hours Of the time he left
the California city. Averaging forty
two miles an hour, for the entire dis
lance, Miller literally annihilated time
on his spectacular dash. Not content
with a record that is faster than the
best train time, he turned his car
around in New York and started on
his return, with the object of driving
$40 miles over all kinds Of roads,
across the continent and back in less
than a week.
Of course, few people are likely to
attempt to duplicate such a perform
ance, but the demonstration is clearly
given that the development of trans
continental roads has reached the
point that permits and encourages ex-
tended trips with present-day motor
cars. There are still parts Of the Mid
die West and the Far West where
travel in wet weather is almost i'm
possible, but these same roads during
dry periods are firSt-class boulevards.
With fair luck as to weather condi-
tons, the average motorist can aver
age two hundred to two hundred
and fifty miles a day without the
slightest difficulty. Some of the hotels
are naturally not Of the finest type,
but in most cases provide decent &C.
commodations. So that although the
three-day transcontinental motorist
will remain a rarity for many years
to come there appears to be no reason
to believe that ten-day or two-week
trips will not multiply. 1t Is great
country, this United States, and there
is no better way to see 1t than
through the medium Of the trusty
motor car.