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she stood In the center of the sitting
room and scowled at the Immaculate
and primly arranged furnishings. For
q moment the temptation seized her
to call the janitor and have him
scatter newspapers ons the moor ana
tables and cigaret ashes on every
thing else.
All evening a feeling Of emptiness
gnawed at her thoughts. Elise re-
marked that the two men were COM
ing back q few nights later to play
bridge, and unconsciously she wrink-
led her nose and frowned.
What's the matter?" Elise asked.
Il thought you liked them"
They're just q couple of suits of
clothes stuffed with sawdust."
Elise arched her eyebrows. She re-
membered some of the complaints
Florence had made against Elmer.
''It's too bad they don't put their
feet on the chairs" she replied.
Florence shrugged her shoulders
and did not answer. There wasn't
any sense in quarreling with Elise.
she told herself, II wasn't her fault
that she felt irritable. Probably just
a spell of restlessness. anyway. 1t
would pass over in a day or so.
But somehow the passing over
didn't occur. The primness OF the
apartment became exaggerated in her
mind. 1t seemed empty, lacking in
something important, just like the
men that Elise brought to play bridge.
Even the dainty breakfasts grew dis
tasteful. She began to hate cinna-
mon toast and cantaloupe. and coffee
in fragile cups. 1t all seemed to rep
resent something that was alien to
her. something she wasn't used to
and never could be.
Suddenly, one morning, she discov-
cred that she was hungry for bacon
and eggs.
why couldn't we have them for
a changer" she asked.
Elise frowned.
"Oh, I just can't stand the smell of
them." she answered.
VERY WE'LL" Florence retorted. her
temper flaring. She pulled on her
hat. I'm go to a restaurant and get
them"
A half block down the street, she
entered a lunchroom, and. sitting
down at table. ordered the entire
menu that she had once run away
from: Grapefruit, bacon and eggs. but
tered toast and coffee.
The waiter brought two portions of
Evening star., 1927-10-23

Therefore, resolved, That we hum
bly, bow to the mandate of Almighty
God. who doeth all things well, yet
we deeply mourn the loss of him who,
by his simplicity of manner and low
ing kindness, has endeared himself
to every true American heart, and
who, after he had guided the Ship of
State through four long years of ter
rible storm. was suddenly struck down
before he could enjoy the fruits Of
his enduring patience and lasting
fidelity to the truest principles of
human liberty:
Resolved, That in Abraham Lincoln
we recognize Gods noblest work-an
honest man;
Resolved, That we tender our
sincere sympathy to the family of
the illuStriOus dead, and of the
wounded who yet survive in their
deep affliction."
These resolutions were drawn up
and submitted by committee which
had been appointed April II, 1865,
and whose members were ]. s. Martin,
worthy banker; Thomas w. Cook.
new member: John w. Cross. vice
chancellor; Joseph H. Lawrence, past
vice chancellor, and Clarence M. Bar.
ton. past worthy chancellor.
The present grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias of the domain of
the District of Columbia, often called
the mother domain" is Edgar C.
Snyder. marshal of the District of Co
lumhia. He has been a member of
Rathbone-Superior Lodge, No. 90. for
more than % years, has held the office
of chancellor commander and has been
representative from his lodge to the
Grand Lodge of the District. He is
also a thirty-third degree Mason and
Il member of the Elks. Associated
with Grand Chancellor Snyder as OFF,
GERS of the Grand Lodge are A. Lacy
Embrey. grand vice chancellor: Israel
Sommers, grand prelate; w. A. Kim
mel, grand keeper of records and seal;
William Baldwin Hardy. grand mas.
ter of exchequer; A. Herman Woody.
grand master-at-arms: Ralph B. Ford,
grand inner guard; Jared r. Skidmore,
grand outer guard; Cleveland Kenni-
cut. grand lecturer: Dent Freeman.
James Edward Wilson and Jacob
Nussbaum, Grand Lodge trustees; H.
M. Vandervort and Ellery w. Heiss.
supreme representatives. The grand
chancellor and the Grand Lodge off,
GERS are now making their official
visitations to the various lodges in the
District, these visitations taking place
in October, November and December,
preparatory to the Grand Lodge con-
vention, which will be held February
20. 1929, at 1880 pm.
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grapefruit. one for Florence and the
other for a man sitting at the next
table. AS she plunged her spoon
eagerly into the juicy pulp Florence
glanced up. She started, gulped and
dropped her spoon. The man at the
other table was rubbing his eye with
the back of his left hand!
Elmer all over! He had squirted
some of the juice into his eye, just as
Elmer always did! And he was rub.
bing it with his hand just like Elmer.
Spellbound, she stared. Her bacon
and eggs arrived and SO did the
mans.
When he dipped his toast into the
yolk. two big tears suddenly welled
up In Florence's eyes and dropped Off
her cheeks. A dizziness seized her.
For moment she fought to recover
her poise, and failed. Now--now she
knew what 1t was she had been miss
ing. That feeling of emptiness. That
lost something. Elmer's habits. His
impossible-r1o. his adorable habits.
She had grown so used to them that
she couldn't live without them. They
had become part of her. They had
but she couldn't think any more.
Fumbling blindly I'm her purse. she
dropped a dollar bill on the table and
rushed into the street.
X II II y
THE taxicab driver had difficulty
- understanding the address she
sobhed out to him. When he finally
nodded his head, she tumbled into the
tonneau and glanced eagerly at her
wrist watch. Ten minutes to g.
Ii he made good time, she could still
get to the apartment before Elmer
left. Speed! Speed!
Stumbling up the stairs. she rushed
to the door and reached out bent
knuckles to knock. Rut with her
hand almost touching the panel. she
suddenly drew back. Her face paled
as the realization struck her that in
her blind haste she had overlooked
entirely the possibility that Elmer
| might not take her back, that this
door before which she stood might b.
closed to her forever. What If he had
made up his mind during her absence
to cut her out Of his life. never to for
give her? Elmer could do things like
that. she Knew. But would he? Oh
would he be glad to see her. overjoyed
as she was, franttcally happy?
! 1t was f1addening problem tC
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ever enjoyed playing hockey TO 60
swimming. The coffee and hot wafnes
in a small restaurant afterward were
another adventure. Elmer, she re-
membered as she gave her order, never
approved of lunching just before bed
time.
The next night Elise had caller.
She had him bring along friend, and
they played bridge. Florence couldn't
help admiring the two men. Both
we're rather good looking. but 1t wasn't
that that aroused her interest. They
seemed to be everything that Elmer
was not, She marveled at the fact
that neither of them once during the
entire evening dropped his cigarette
ashes anywhere but In the ash tray.
And. although they were in evening
clothes, their high wing collars didn't
appear to annoy them in the least.
she couldn't help remembering how
Elmer always pulled at the corners of
his.
1--WE just had loads of fun" she
told Elise after they had left, and she
meant 1t.
1t was a relief mornings not to smell
bacon and eggs frying. Elise, she
was glad to discover, didn't like them.
an abomination. Elise's breakfasts
were dainty affairs-coffee in fragile
Haviland cups, cinnamon toast. Dan
ish pastry, a small dish of preserved
fruit or half cantaloupe.
The week passed in parade of busy
days. and so did the next. She was
delighted to discover that her seven
years as a housewife had not really
dulled her efficiency as a business
woman in the least. After few days
practice the typewriter hummed as of
old. And her shorthand came back
with bound. She seldom thought OF
Elmer, and then only to wonder, with
an indulgent smile, II he still put his
feet on the piano stool and rubbed his
eye with the back of his hand each
morning when he squirted grapefruit
into 1t. The bathroom light, she felt
confident, had never been turned out.
\ n n n
TT was all so different living with
Elise. The dainty breakfasts typi-
fed her. The apartment was never
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"tyrant," was so impressed by this
noble example of friendship on the
part of both these friends. that at the
last moment he pardoned Pythias and
asked to be admitted into their
sacred fellowship"
So II was that Justus Henry Rath-
bone. founder of the order. selected.
as the name best suited to typify the
spirit he wished to see exemplified
In its ritual and activities. the name
knights of Pythias," which was
adopted at the organization meeting,
February 10, 1864. This meeting was
held in what was then known as
Temperance Hall, 914 + street north
west, building later used for time
by the United States Census Bureau.
The first officers elected were
JustuS III. Rathbone, worthy chancel-
lor; Joel r. Woodruff, worthy vice
chancellor; Joseph T. X. Plant, ven-
cradle patriach; d. l.. Burnett, worthy
scribe: A. D. Vanderveer, worthy
banker; Robert A. Champion. worthy
assistant banker; George B. Covert,
worthy assistant scribe: Matthew
Henry Vanderveer, worthy guide:
| Aristide Roderique, inside steward.
John M. Kline Of this city. the old
est Pythian in point of service, and
who has filled many of the most i'm.
portant Offices, has in his possession
list of the charter members in hand
writing, which has come down from
the days of the founding of the order.
| On this list. in addition to the officers
| named. were. William Henry Burnett.
Edward Sullivan Kimball, Charles H.
Roberts and George Driver.
Justus Henry Rathbone, founder OF
the order, and in whose honor a
handsome monument was erected in
| Utica, n. Y, and dedicated In July,
1899. was born in Deerfeld. Oneida
| County, New York State, on October
20, 1889. His father, Justus Hull
Evening star., 1927-10-23
BACON AND EGGS
By Leonard FaIkner
The Stars First.Run Fiction.

Elise and Florence had been chums in
the days bsfore Florence had become
housewife and Elise a prominent
business woman. Occasional lunch
cons together and an annual exchange
of Christmas cards had kept their
friendship alive during the past years,
a fact which stood Florence in good
stead now, since a letter to Elise had
resulted in the luncheon invitation
and an offer Of position.
Its really not much more than
stenographic work." Elise explained
between sips of tea. "but I've tried to
make the salary large enough to keep
you fairly comfortable until some
thing better shows up"
Florence chuckled.
Anything" she answered, would
be- better than frying eggs seven
mornings a week."
Elise poised a fork daintily over her
eclair.
Found a room yet?"
Haven't bothered to look" Florence
answered, "There're nine hours before
bedtime"
well. suppose you come and live
with me. I'm all alone In little
three.room apartment over in Brook.
lyn Heights. It's rather cute and aw-
fully comfortable"
Florence agreed. Brooklyn Heights.
Elmer would never think to look for
her there, she felt certain. New York
was too big a city to hunt people in
and find them. anyway. But the truth
was, she didn't expect Elmer to do
very much hunting. He wasn't that
kind. Even after reading the note she
had left on the dining room table, tell.
in h M h al
do anything at all about 1t. He'd
probably just sit down, light ciga.
rette. and say, "Well!'
X
THAT evening they went to a movie,
and Florence enjoyed 1t the same
way and as much as any Tom Sawyer
Evening star., 1927-10-23
WEIGHING CARGO.

chamber Is placed in the center of the
veccei In vertical line with the keel.
AS the vessel rises o. sinks into the
water according as to whether the
cargo IS removed or. taken on board,
the level of the water In the float
chamber consequently rises or falls.
an the float itself Is accordingly im-
mersed to lesser or greater depth in
she liquid This brings about an ap-
parent alteration In it's weight, orr
this alt ration is read on the steel
yard. Consequently it is possible to
determine with very great precision
the weight of the cargo removed az
loaded into a vessel. and the masyse
can at any moment he SO desires ss- 1
certain the weight of the load he IL
carrying. So sensitive is the ap
paratus reported TO be that II will
even record the weight of person
stepping onto the vessel The inven
tion can, 1t is declared, be applied
with equal facility to the 'argcst liner.
a lighter or a yacht with the self
same results. &
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poRHYDRoMETER is the name

pORHYDROMETE is the name of
apparatus, the invention CT n
Italian, which determines the weight
of ships cargo in the hold whils
the vessel is lying at her moorings
The instrument in application con.
rts the vessel for the time being
into a huge weighbridge and it's re.
suits are such as to be within one
one-hundredth of per cent of alb.
solute accuracy.
The devic, is based upon the prin
ciple that a body floating in a liquid
irrespective of the density of the lat
ter, will displace a quantity of that
liquid exactly equal to it's own weight
The reading" mart of the apparatus
Is connected with a float which Is
immersed in a chamber or cylindrical
receptacle filled with water. this
chamber being in communication with
the outside Of the ship by means OF
a small tube extending through the
bottom of the ship. The aerometer
Evening star., 1927-10-23

- FFORTS of the Knights of
L. Pythias to reduce the debt of
$4,000 now remaining on the
IL Pythian Temple, headquarters
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
WITNESS DRUNK;
COURT ADJ0URNS
a.
Star Witness in Harris Muir.
der Case intoxicated
Adjudged in Contempt.

EVERETT. Wash, Jan 19.-Tht
Charles II. Harris murder trial was
abruptly halted late yesterday after
noon when Presiding Judge Guy e
Aston ordered Richard Mccoy from
the witness stand and he was ad-
judged in contempt of cour for be-
ing intoxicated.
Mccoy is regarded as the ehiel
witness for the prosecution.
After Mccoy had given allegedly
incoherent answers to questions pro
pounded by the prosecution which
accused Ed Fasick and his Wifi
Esther. and Frank Ryan. with mur-
dering Harris, Judge Alston asked
Have you been drinking"
Mccoy replied: Yes. | had a few
shots at noon
Judge Alston ordered the Sheriff
ito lock this man up until to-
morrow andas that he gets no
more liquor
The court then adjourned.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
TORTURE USED
BY Government
IN CONFESSIONS
Coast Guardsmen Charge
Crew of Boat Chained at
Sea Until Confessed.

NEW YORK. Jan. 19.-After the
crew of the coast guard boat CG-l26
had been detected fraternizing with
and aiding liquor runners whom they
had been assigned to watch, they
were taken to sea in cutter and
kept in solitary confinement, chain
ed hand and foot, and fed on tainted
meat, until they confessed, their Cap
tain testified under cross-examina-
ton today.
Nicholas Brown, of Boston, for
mer skipper of the CG-126 and Gov
ernment witness in the trial of Is
tello International liquor ring. WAY
taken over by the defense this af-
ternoon Questions concerning the
treatment accorded to him ami his
crew after their disloyalty was foun
out, brought forth answers scoreh-
ing with bitterness.
"We were taken aboard The Coast
Guard cutter Seneca" he said. and
taken to sea. We were chained with
leg irons and manacles to stanchons
in the musty, forecastle. not all to-
gether, but each one separated from
the others in solitary confinement
We were fed rotten meat"
Brown said he did not know whe.h
er 1t was six or seven days they
were kept there. 1T was madhouse
and | was nearly out of my head,
added
When he finally came through
and confessed, Brown said he waa
taken ashore and to the office OF
A. Bruce Bielaski, under cover pro
hibition chief, where he made {
signed confession. He then was ad
mitted to bail and permitted to gt
home.
Before he was turned over to thf
defense Brown told the friendly ra;a
tions which existed between his mer
and the runners. The CG-126 wa
assigned to Liquor Row to enforce
the law. but temptation in the form
OF bribes and plenty Of liquor caused
his crew to cast their lot with tii,
runners
The CG-126 acted as convoy go
fishing boats taking liquor ashore
and even carried loads of .lqro
| ashore, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
Great Hordes of Mice Reported Zuvauimg Bakersfield
s@Mad Empress" Charlotte Is
Dead; Life was Full of Pathos,
Romance; Historical Character

ther and as a girl was not only note
for her beauty but for her rare
gifts, being possessed of quite re
markablc artistic and literary talent.
In her seventeenth year she married
the archduke MaXimillan of Haps
burg, brother of the Emperor Fran
els Joseph and her early married
life gave promise Of much happiness
MaXimiian was then chief of the
Austrian navy and soon afterward
as governor of Milan, took up his
residence at the charming castle OF
young couple for a time led an al.
most ideal existence. The archduke
was a man of liberal views and at.
tracted the Italian people to him bu,
the bureaucracy managed TO undo
the good Impression which he creat-
ed. During the negotiations at Villa
franca Napoleon III. offered to create
the Kingdom of Nenetia for the
archduke but Francis Joseph refused.
A voyage to Brazil in 1860 shat.
ttItu tHt dItUuukt ntdIlH DuI ldIt'
when the great Mexican plot" to
overthrow the republic and place a
European prince on the throne was
hatched by Napoleon. Maximiliau was
approached. The city of Mexico had
already fallen to the French troops
An assembly of mobiles offered him
the throne. After long hesitation
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
ALASKA PACKERS.
SHOW PROFIT ON.
1926 OPERATIONS.
Favorable Markets Result in
Profits Despite Decreas-
ed Pack Figures.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.-The
Alaska Packers Association is now
distributing what financiers term
a surprising report of the statement
of profits of S54S,4S3 in 1926 from
cannery operations against de-
felt of $175,026 for the preceding
year.
The good showing is attributed
to exceptionally favorable markets
The Association has resumed the
50 extra dividend additional to the
regular 50 quarterly dividend. Both
are payable on February 10
The surplus is increased from
1924 .769 at the close of 1925 tC
$1,OS4,S23.
The plants, terminals and fleet
are valued at $6,747, 900.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
WARLikE MOVE
IS ANNOUNCE
BY GOVERNMENT
Discrepancies in Policy and
Preparations Causes
Much Perplexity.

LONDON, Jan. 19.-Public per-
pieAity over the seeming discrepancy
OF extens We naval preparations and
Inc Government announced policy
or conciilatlon towards China Is in
creased by the announcement that
.ooo marines will sail for China
at the end of this month from
Southampton.
Official quarters offer assurance
nothing warlike is in these move
ments but the public is apprehen-
slve at the revelation
iiankow press dispatches are Sc
verely censored, adding To the feel
ing Of uneaSineSs
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
JAIL BREAKER
DEF|ES POSSES

TULSA. Okla. Jan. 19.-Armed
with a machine gun and four pls-
tolls which hetook from the County
JAN from which he escaped Sunday
night, John Mayo. bank robber, con
tinued to terrorize Oklahomans
with his unexpected appearances
and defyihg heavily-armed posses
Mayo was to have been pardoneo
within week when he broke jail
Sunday night owing to reports re-
ceived by him that his wife had
been unfaithful. He chased one
man from Tulsa. saying he would
give him a chance to get away but
if found in the city again he would
be shot.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
breaches Pan-Europe
After Touring u. S.

artists ability to help save ciyiliza-
ton
Huberman visited the United States
for the first time in 1920. Following
his second trip, after a concert sea
son IN Europe during which he had
occasion to observe and compare.
Hubern.dn declared:
81 am convinced that the secret of
Americas well-being lies in the fact
that its component states are not
separated by artificial barriers. but
constitute one unified whole. Since
then | have been preaching Pan
Europe for our continent"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
RODENTS MASS
AND MARCH ON
ONE OIL CITY
Migration Looks Like Nov
ing Carpet-Auto Traf-
hc Is Stopped.

BAKERSFIELD. Cal, Jan.
19.-City officials today decid-
ed that nearby cites are in no
danger from the invasion of
rodents which are migrating
in masses from the lowlands of
Kern County.
A great flock OF sheep have
been turned into the lands and
they are destroying the rodents
by tramping upon them. Thou
sands of dead Mice are found in
the paths in the oil fields.
One oil worker said he awoke
one morning to find mice hal
eaten practically alE Of his
clothes.
The migration CT the mice
looks like moving carpet and
sometimes. automobile travel is
impossible.
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borhood of the price of illegal wet
goods in America. Consequently, the
Japanese moonshiner and bootlegger.
The authorities state that almost
every popular foreign brand OF
Scotch. rye and gin is initiated in
Japan Many of the bogus brands
are deadly poison owing to the ign
the difference between grain acd
wood alcohol. Few foreigners Eave
become victims OF the deadly con,
ccctlols because they patrOnize the
highesl class bars and retail liquor
fin its way to the cheap bars aud
ten houses and the japanese are the
sufferers.
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BERLIN, Jan. 1.-TWO concert
tours through the United States have
convinced Bronislaw Huberman, Pol
ish viOlinist, that the only salvation
for Europe lies in the creation of "a
Pan European federation.
You may wonder how a musician
and artist can have the nerve to dab
BILE in world politics" he said We'll,
look at the mess which the profess
sional diplomats and politicians have
llade. When see this record OF
failure, l am less diffident about an
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The life of the mad Empress"
Charlotte was filled both with rom-
ance and pathos. For more than aif
Il century. after she fell in a faint
Ut the feet of Napoleon Ill at the
court of st. Cloud when he refused
the aid of France for her hGsDaa |.
she was considered by many Il have
been insane but whether she was
really mentally unbalanced has le-
mained a mystery for all lha. me.
While she lived in the utmoo GIN
plicity at little Belgian 5la-ean.
her fortune grew throughout the half
century until il was estimated 20
have amounted to 6Oo00.000 - lnO,-
900 900 francs.
Charlotte was the daughter of Leo.
poud l. of Belgium. the sister OF
Leopold IL. and the wife of Maxim
iliap, arehduke of Austria. VIII was
shot at Queretaro. June 10, 1267 ut
the end of his ill-starred Mexican ad-
venture. She was born at Laeken,
Belgium. in 1910 and baptised MARI
Charlotte Amelie Augustine Victoila
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
Japan Acts to Curb
Poison Liquor Sales

TOKYO, Jan. 10 A campaign
against moonshiners and bootleggers
in Japan, whose product sometimes
has fatal effects. has been started
by the metropolitan police bureau Of
Tokyo. The report of the municipal
health section discloses that 62 per-
sons died from drinking poisonous
alcohol in the Japanese capital last
year.
While there Is no prohibition III
japan. there is duty of 100 per
cent on all imported whiskcys and
other spurious liquors. The duty
with the retail profits added, brings
drinking costs here within the neigh.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-01-19
kRBIIRAT|0NIS IS
CONTEMPLATED IN
MEXICAN TROUBLE
Secretary Kellogg Approves
Of Proposal Made by
|. S. Senate.

WASIIINGTON. Jan. 19-Secre-
tary Of State Kellogg has approved
OF the Sepates proposal to arbi-
trate tie Mexican land and oil cen
troversy. The Secretary made this
iormal statement after S~nafor X ID
inson made the proposal. The Sec
rotary said he w coined such an
eXpreasioa and declared that he was
giving careful consideration to the
question Of arbitration.