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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-03
By COLEMAN B. JONES

Associated Press Science Edito~)
 NASHVILLE. Tenn. Jan. B The possibility of Mississippi floods even greater than the one which swept down the river this year was explained at a joint meeting of the American Meteor olOgical Society, the American As sociation of Geographers and the American Association for the Ad. vancement of Science section on geology and geography
 Dr. Harry F. Frankenfield, se nior meteorologist of the United States Weather Bureau at Wash ington, asserted however, that "the probability is extremely re mote and the. possibility hardly less so."
 Yet" he added, granted a lit. tie more favorable association an,l synchronization of the necessary causative factors, one can con ceiye of a future flood from Cairo to the Passes with crests fronl two to four feet higher than those attained in 1927"
 Although the 1927 flood was the greatest in history, it's crest was reduced by levee crevasses to ar extent ranging from less than q foot at Paducah, Ky, to eight oi more feet at Natchez, Miss.
 Combination of Factors
 "In a very general way Dr Frankenfield said, "a study of the precipitation data for the floods of 1882, 1903, 1912, 1913, 1922 and 1927 appears to indicate that 2 water cover of about ten inches in three or four months from Jann ary to April will probably result in a great flood from Cairo south ward"
 Other elements, however, enter into determination of the magni tude of the floods in the lowei Mississippi, he explained.
 Comparison of the precipita tion data as whole does not dis close any particular reason 'whs the flood of 1927 should have 30 far exceeded that of 1922" he de clared.- "The total water cover Gin the Mississippi basin) in 1927 from January to April. inclusive was 10.79 inches, whereas in l92- it was 10.5S or only 0.21 inch less than in 1927.
 "The behavior in both year was much the same. Both Janr ary and February were deficien' and differed but little. March was in excess tor normaD in bosl 1922 and 1927, but more so n 1922, and the maximum flood oc cured during that month. Aprl was in excess in both 1922 an1 1927. not so much so in 1922 as in March. while in 1927 the Apri excess was much greater, and tne maximum flood occurred durins that month.
 "A1l of which appears to maze it obvious that the distribution ol precipitation as to time, intensr, and locality is almost as impor tant as the amount thereof. Ohio System important The Missouri river above ths mouth of the Platte and the Mis- sissippi above the mouth of ths Wisconsin, he said. do not con tribute materially to the lows'
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ArtEis 11oM

If you need good carpenton Dhone 49S. Handy Andy's ah0e. 4. P. LAGERGREN.. Prop. a1e.
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JACK OF ALL TRADE The Shop of Odd Jobs

If your pipes freeze up, or for any odd jobs Phone 473, John Holler. adv
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PARTY FOR MISS FEusl

Complimentary to Miss Mamie Feusi. who has been away for ths past four years. delightful part, was given last evening at the Ecu. si home. Guests included twelva young ladies. Various games wera played for pastime, Miss Helen Hewitt winning first prize aud Miss Elizabeth Fraser consola ton. Delicious refreshments were served by the Misses Feusi.
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NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 5 Happy-go-lucky roustabouts of the river front and gay personalities who under other circumstances are identified as the social elite. Judy O'Grady and the Colonels Lady"--doff the habiliments of reality and don the regalia of a world of make-believe as New Or. leans swings into Mardi Gras os 1928.
 From January 6 to February 2l Rex, king of carnival, holds his court. From the snow-bound re- gions of the far north, the plains zof the west, the east and as far south as Latin America, visitors swarm into the city with hand bags and trunks burdened with raiment suitable to the festivities.
 To be in style one must forget at times the dictates of Paris and Fashion Park and join in the fun. Clowns, Indians. Pierrots and Pierrettes, knights, ladies and a thousand other characters make up a celebration which has come down through the long, romantic history of New Orleans.
 Mardi Gras primarily is an oc- casion for street festivities, but not to the exclusion of beauty or the grace and pomp of numerous magnificent balls and wonderfully executed floats.
 Highly skilled craftsmen, train ed through generations in no oth- CT work, are engaged the year around constructing floats to pa~- ticipate in carnival processions. This year there will be three torch light processions and the great parade when Rex greets his uueen in ancient Canal street.
 The seasons debutantes and beautiful women from everywhere make a dazzling display of fem mine finery at the balls. From them. on the basis of personal popularity and standing in the community, is chosen the carnival queen.
 Mantles are presented Rex and lfls queen. Crown jewels, con slsting of scepter and a neck- lace stomacher for the queen, likewise are given. They are ere ations, from the finest jewellers of Paris, although the gems are but rh.nestenes.
 All the balls, IS in number, are exclusive with the exception or Rex, which attracts an average Attendance of 10000 persons. They are sumptuous affairs, all in masque and with their courts Of royalty and beauty. Ball rooms ne decorated in accord with some fantasy the harmony of which is t.arried out in the costumes or members of the sponsoring organ isation. Each has membership of approximately 400 persons, each of whom pays $100 to defray the cost of the balls and pageants.
 The gayety reaches it's height <n Thursday, February 16, when the brilliant street pageant of-tne Krewe of Momus is. held and the high revelry lasts until midnight of Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras Day when the chimes of old St. Louis Cathedral announce the arrival of Ash Wednesday and Lent, calling the faithful to 40 days and nights Of prayer.
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NELS kNUDSoN DIED
 AT SITkA SATURDAY

Nels Knudson, 72 years of age. died December 31 at Sitka, ac- cording to advices received today at the office of U. s. Marsh Il Albert A. White. It is thought he has relatives in Hood Bay.
 Knudson was discharged from the St. Ann's hospital recently and left on the mailboat Marg- nta last week for Sitka. He had
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DOUGLAS NEVIS
P. T. A. MEETING TONIGHT

Two new numbers will feature the program of the Parent Teach CT Association meeting this eve ming, an address by U. S. Dis trict Attorney Justin Harding If Juneau, and moving pictures by Ed Andrews, which will no dpuJt be highly interesting and attract q large crowd
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|s W n REoUEsTEp THAT

m 6lllD for or against the Old V v Lunch Room be presented
 by the 10th q January. adv.
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------->-- NEW OFFICERS A. N. B.

At a recen; meeting of thg Douglas camp. Alaska Native Bro therhood. the following officers were chosen: President, Willie Jackson; Vice-Presideht, s. How ard; Recording Secretary. James Stevens: Corresponding Secretary Joseph Stevens; Financial Secre tary, Joseph Brady; Treasures Charles Williams; Sergeant-at Arms, Charlie Anderson.
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D. !. w. c. TO MEET

Four members of the faculty will be hostesses to the Douglas Island Women's Club for it's Tegu. lar meeting Wednesday evening Jan. 4th, at the Cashel residence.
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been taken under observation by officials at Sitka on account of his peculiar actions, advices stated. and 1t was discovered he
 was i'll, dying shortly after.
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COUNCIL MEETING

Tonight the City Dads will gan CT in the Council chambers 10 transact the regular monthly busi- ness of the city.
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A flood even greater than that of 1927 is possible in the Mis- sissippi Valley (above), says Dr. Harry c. Frankenfel1 (right), Senior Meteorologist, US. Weath- CT Bureau, Washington. Factors causing these floods, grouped in certain time order, he explains, might cause a record overflow.
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MEETING HOUR ADVANCE Q

The odd Fellows will meet promptly at 2 o'clock tomorrow evening instead of s, the usual time.
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When it's winter throughout the United States it's Madi Gas time in New Orleans and many Louisiana belle shares with Rex King of Carnival the msrriment from January to February 21 Some them shown abovMiss Leda vegne upper e Queen of the Prophets of Persia the Queen ower ef of the Ahenns and the right of the Perrettes who throng the city during the festival.
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has pursued you since-all, l might
say, with your encouragement and
approval.
But you can rest assured. Marye,
that if either of you had been
seriously hurt, his identity would
have been revealed. And had he
turned out to be an imposter-as
many foreigners are that would
have reflected no credit on your or
Alan.
l think, as I have told you be-
fore, that you take long chances,
and that you should consider the
consequences, not only of your acts,
but of your chance acquaintance J..
Certainly I disapprove most highly
of your being in the company of
men that are not friends Of Alan.
am sending you a homemade
cake and some cookies, and some of
the raspberry and pineapple jam
made last year that you like so
much. hope they reach you in
splendid shape, and that they re-
mind you Of the home that has been
lonesome for you ever since you left.
All my love,
MON.
NEXT: The scene.
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Senator Smoot. who is to rough-hew the Republican
PLATFORM is said to be suffering from hay fever at
Kansas City. He may run temperature for other
reasons before he gets through Especially is the
drafting Of the farm plank likely to nfame the tissues
Of all concerned The exasperating thing is that Prcsi
dent Coolidge desires to get not only general we'll
DONE good and faithful servant from the National
Convention, but specific approval of his veto of the
McNary-Haugen bill. And he wants his party
to be honest and courageous enough to condemn out
right the equalization fee, which Governor Lowden said
was of the very of the McNary-Haugen bill
and essential to any effective plan Of farm relief Sec
rotary Jardne is said to be his way to Kansas
City for the express purpose of demanding this ex-
plicit statement in the platform.
The effect is already to throw the cOmpromsers and
trimmers into state of nervous excitement. They
had thought it would be easy to please both sides
Just have farm plank headed northeast by south
west and the trick would be done. Praise the Presi-
dent, but also laud the farmers. Give Mr.. Coolidge
a blanket endorsement. but leave room under it for
the professional friends of the farmer to cuddle De-
clare that the past is secure but don't forget to have
an eye to the future. These the customary neat
little prescriptions to who write party platforms
but they in danger Of being thrown out Of the
window if President Coolidge has his way He actually
wishes to be straightforward and consistent with both
his party and the country There couldn't be anything
more trying than that to platform maker, Sena-
tor Smoot will soon be in position to admit with
sorrow.
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THE PRESIDENT PLAYS FAVORITES
lNo,v Vnrl. Wor1d\

In vetong the McNary- Haugen bill for farm relief
and approving the Jones-White bill for ship sub
sidy on the day President Coolidge has true
to form. There is inconsistency in his favorine
government aid to shipping and opposing it for agr
| culture. This is wholly in keeping with his genera
policy of backing up the large scale industry with al
the power Of the government while leaving the
of small producers to shift for themselves.
The Presidents action of yesterday is forcefu
reminder Of like performance last year. In the
same week in which he vetoed the farm relief bill
at the last session of congress he increased the duty
on pig iron by so per cent under the flexible pro.
visions of the tariff law. Both then and he
has shown that his sympathes wholly with the
industrial east.
The two measures to which the President yester.
day accorded such unequal treatment in many
respects similar. The shipping bill provided a re-
voving fund of $2500000O0 to be lent at low interest
for long terms to shpbuilders. The McNary- Haugen
bill set aside revolving fund of S4OO,OOOOOO for
the aid of agriculture. Like the shipbuilders, the
beneficares of the farm relief re.
quired to repay the advances made in their behalf
and in this case by means of tax, equalization
fee. levied their products
We have no fault to find with the Presidents dis.
approval of the farm relief BILL The objections which
ne raises-that it involved government price. fixing
and the bureaucratic control OF agriculture and would
against the all well taken. Even con
siderable portion of the farming population we be-
eve, has little liking for the McNary- Haugen scheme
This however does not the administration fol
its wholly negative attitude toward the agriculture
problem, as contrasted with it's positive program Of
government aid in practicable form for big bust
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DR.. Mccoy Suggests
Menus For a Week

DR.. McCoy's menus suggested for
the week beginning Sunday, June
10th:
Sunday
Breakfast: Coddled eggs, Melba
toast, stewed prunes.
Lunch-Cornmeal mullins, string
beans. raw celery, ripe olives.
Dinner-Roast veal, zuchini, spin
ach, salad of head lettuce, ice cream.
Monday
Breakfast - French omelet
toasted triscuit, stewed apples.
Lunch-8-ounce glass of orange
juice.
Dinner-Vegetable soup, Sails
bury steak, baked egg plant, salad
OF tomatoes and celery, jello, with
cream.
Tuesday
Wholewheat mullins.
peanut butter, stewed raisins.
Lunch-Boiled new potatoes. with
chopped parsley, cooked asparagus,
raw carrots.
Dinner-Roast mutton, sbaked
ground beets, cooked celery, shred
ded lettuce, raspberry whip.
Wednesday
Breakfast-Baked eggs, Melba
toast, stewed figs.
Lunch-Pint Of buttermilk, 10 or
IL dates.
Dinner-Baked white fish, cooked
spinach and parsley, salad of sliced
tomatoes and cucumbers, no des.
sert.
Thursday
Breakfast-Waffle bro wn d
through, crisp bacon, applesauce.
UNDERSIGNED corn, cooked let
tuce, salad Of raw grated beets.
Dinner-Tomato jelly served in
cubes, roast pork, mashed turnips.
string beans, salad Of chopped raw
cabbage, stewed apricots.
Friday
Breakfast-Poached egg on shred.
ded wheat biscuit, dish of berries
(canned).
Lunch-s-ounce glass Of orange
milk.
Dinner-Broiled filet Of sole.
cooked asparagus, salad Of raw
celery, pineapple gelatin, no cream.
Saturday
Ereakfast-Cottage cheese, baked
apple.
Lunch-Dish Of fresh green peas.
nodded salad Of celery, cucumbers.
cooked beets.
Dinner-Broiled lamb chops.
baked egg plant, greens, cauliflow-
er salad, junket.
Baked ground beets: Cut into
pieces without peeling, small tender
beets and run through food chop
per. Place in a dry flat bakin-.
pan to a depth Of one or two inches
and bake in a moderate oven for is
or 70 minutes. Brown slightly on
top if desired, and season with but
ter and a little salt as served. An
agreeable change may be made by
mixing raw turnips or carrots with
the beets in about half and half pro-
portion.
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RADIO IN THE CAMPAIGN


In 1924 the radio enabled thousands to sense the
4utlity of the wrangling at Madison Square Garden
Through it many felt the spirit Of harmony that pre-
vailed in Cleveland In that presidential campaign
Calvin Coolidge and John w. Davis addressed unseen
audiences that numbered into the millions. The
privilege Of seeing the rival candidates was denied
to many, but all could hear their voices.
Eight years ago the radio first used in a
presidential election when Pittsburgh station broad
cast the results of the Harding election That was
pioneering event. This year radio will play an ex-
tremely important part in the campaign.
The conventions in Kansas City and Houston and
subsequently the campaigners will reach many millions
by radio. One hundred radio stations will be linked
in broadcasting networks that will carry the proceed
ings in the convention cities to every state and
nnunity in the United States In addition two high
powered shortwave stations will keep South America
Europe Asia, Australia and New Zealand in touch with
the conventions. It will require than $4,000 miles
Of telephone wires to effect this vast radio hookup
There will be battery Of microphones the speak
ers' platform and others the bands that will en-.
1iven the dull sessions Of the conventions More
microphones will pick up the cheers and jeers, the
and the whispers Of the party hosts. And
announcers will tell the story it is enacted before
their eyes,
Millions will attend" the conventions and 60 cam
paisnng with the nominees The inevitable result must
be : more intelligent and better informed voter in
November. The voter who is easily swayed when he
il part Of = crowd under the voice of q seasoned
spellbnder may be baffngly calm he listens in
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lights a couple Of season: ago, due
to . particularly fine performance
in an Ibsen Revival. It seemed
that she would attain certain star
dom and a great many roles were
hustled out of the old manuscript
trunks for her. She received good
notices in the papers and had one
or two chances to shine again
but she never quite reached her
first heights.
And al the time the mother
brooded in the offing. guarding the
young actress 90 carefully that she
remained perhaps the most unworld-
lywise In or out Of the theatre in
New York.
Someone, ! am told, whispered to
the youngster that she should read
more and learn about life. At any
rate, - goes the tale, the mother
came hack stage the other week and
found the daughter engrossed in the
biography Of Isadora Duncan-one
| q the 3faukest love-life revelations
70 b printed In . season. What
was more, the young actress was
going In Tor th1 revealing Grecian
6rapes for the Duncan clan. A
tovosish scene between mother and
denehtsr was staged and found II
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Dear Marye:
What will you do next, Marye
I'm ever so sorry about your ac-
cident which both you and Alan
have assured me is slight, but I dc
hope that you have not suffered
in another way-for I am sure you
have hurt Alan keenly by persisting
in going about with this "Pede,'
of whom he disapproves SO keenly.
In the same mail bringing your
letter, ! received one from Alan
Fortunately yours was the first one
l opened, and after your rathe,
light account, could lot believe
you had been seriously injured.
Alan's treasured me. It was
really a very thoughtful gesture or
his part. He said your injuries were
mere scratches, and that he woult
take good care Of you. It was con.
siderate of him, I thought, not tt
mention the fact that you had beer
injured in another mans car.
Just think how humiliating this
would be, Marye, if you had really
been hurt-or suppose Pede hac
been injured, or even killed. Think
what a scandal might have de.
veloped from just this innocent little
ride.
You know nothing about Pede ex.
cept that he is q foreigner with nice
manners who flirted with you anc
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~
LETTER &M

How ere the Smiths going to
vote?
There are more than a million
persons named Smith in the Unit
ed States; no Smith has ever been
honored with a presidential nomi-
nation before. Because there are
more voters named Smith than
anything else they might, if they
voted practically as a unit, be an
important force. OF course they
won't, but they might theoretical
~ some time decide an election.
In the Washington city direc-
tory, one observes, there are Is
pages of Smiths, with less than one
page of Hoovers. Will the Smiths,
filled with a UNCONVENTIONAL pride
in this most prominent of all
Smiths, vote the Democratic ticket :?
And how would you yourself vote
if the family name headed one Of
the national tickets?
And how will the Schmidts,
Smithers, Smithsons, Smyths and
Smythes feel about it?
Mrs. Leona Curtis knight, daugh-
ter of Senator Charles Curtis, is
on the Rhode Island delegation at
Kansas City. Except for Mrs.
Knight, it's a Hoover delegation. An
interesting story lies behind Mrs.
knights selection, according to
what one hears in Washington. The
Rhode Island Republicans, needing
some money, are reported to have
persuaded Webster knight, Leona's
wealthy husband, that it would be
a grand thing to have q son-in-law
in the White House. Knight saw
the point and, it is said, did his
stuff. Then the Hoover wave struck
Rhode Island and pressure of cir
cumstances put the Republican lead
ers in the Hoover column. Some
thing had to be done for the Knights
50 Mrs. Knight went on the delega-
ton. Anyway, it's q good story.
According to some who went
along with President Coolidge on
the occasion of his speech at Gettys-
burg, the president was little en-
barrassed b. failure of his audience
to applaud at the right time. It
was noticeably necessary for the Of
ficial group on the platform to
lead off the hand-clapping. Either
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way into the pages of a theatrical
newspaper.
The aftermath lme the other day
when the mother suddenly an
nounced that she was taking the
daughter aw.y from the theatre and
heading for Hollywood.
Oh, yes, these Broadway mothers
really do protect their brood.
Edna Ferber's story, Mother
Knows Best" is said to be based on
the life of one of the stages best
known mimics. The Ferber tale
revealed chat the mother had been
practically denied a chance for ro-
nance and had given practically all
Of her life an her time t. her work
and her mother. Once {. romance
almost crept in while the mother lay
i'll in the hospital. But the mother,
sensing danger. left her bed and
hurried down to the theatre in time
to interfere.
So accurately was the character
sketched that, for q .irle, 4 dam
| age suit was limited.
There ara plenty of mother
tales to be found on Broadway!
= GILBERT SWAN.