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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
NAMES LOGICAL MAN.

The Republican National Convention, in nom mating Secretary Herbert c, Hoover for the Presidency. undoubtedly picked one of the best qualified men in the country for that position trained engineer, rpened by years of service that has taken him into all the corners of the world given him contacts with many races of all classes from the rulers. the leading business men and executives to the masses of workers, eight years of Cabinet membership, in all of which he has demonstrated sound sense. splendid judg- ment capacity for work and ability to judge men and pick competent aides, he will bring to the Presidency should he be elected, qualfca- tions of an unusual nature He is exeellently fitted to render the nation the highest type of service and doubts that he will do so if his party succeeds in winning in the November battle of ballots.
 He is a highmnded honorable and upright American of the first water. At all times his American citizenship. matter in what land he has been employed. has been his most precious possession. Some of his jobs, such Food Ad- mnistrator of the United States during the World War, have been of disagreeabe nature Yet his capacity and ability for real service were and are such that through them all he has re- tained the confidence Of vast majority of his fellow Americans. He has never hesitated to do his full duty he saw it. It is said that he does not play politics political leaders understand that game. This will in no way detraet from his appeal to the public candidate except in far it handicaps him with the poli- ticians.
 His nomination for weeks has seemed a fore gone conclusion if the action of the convention should be based upon the popular will within it's own party. Even in those States from which unnstructed delegates were sent to Kansas City he the outstanding candidate for the honor It was, of oourse possible that he could have been defeated. To have done so might have aienated lot of support from the national ticket The leaders. most certainly realizing this, were wise in joining the Hoover camp. The Republ cans have not only honored Hoover but the, have honored themselves by naming him as theil standard bearer for 1928.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
Ida M. TarbelPs Conversion.
(NeW York World l


 The importance of Ida NJ Tarbelrs conversion fact that this noted historian of Standard Oil is facts from rubbish. It lies partly in the fact that she has been twice converted In this she is not inconsistent; the situation itself has changed. In the early days of the Volstead act she saw drunkenness for time diminished and was willing to accept the law for it's fruits while dsliking it's infraction of human freedom Now she sees drunkenness revived and breaking out in new places, and she is compelled to ask, like so many If there is not a better way
 In the Delineator Miss Tarbell tells what she has seen. As lecturer she travels much. Drunk enness has invaded the Pullman car It stages all-night revels in hotel rooms quiet enough a few years ago. It is evident in States formerly dry as in regions admitted to be wet Over sunday drinking parties in Western and Southern towns are sometimes of dreadful proportions D Boys are enlisted as bootleggers' runners. Drink Ing habits are being fastened upon the young. Dlsrespect for all is encouraged.
 As practical woman Miss Tarbell asks what can De done about 1t. There is no present chance oI repeating the Dry Amendment But "can we, D she asks, modify the Volstead act so as to de- crease the number of dssenters and restore to its old power the appeal to manhood?" That uues- ton IS all that there is in present day dispute lhe number constantly increases of those who who answer: At least it is worth trying. It is not physically possible' to keep liquor out of the country Should we not seek to recall "the degree of temperature from choice which the country had achieved before the Eighteenth Amendment adopted?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
Literary Standards.
(Vcitoria Colonist.)

It would indeed be a mistake to take too seriously a certain literary fashion which en- joys a considerable vogue today. Literary fash ions seem to run in cycles. Under all the circum- stances 1t would not be altogether surprising if the present age should be afflicted, for it's sins, with a recrudescence of the tiresome, cheap, and stupid rivoties and utilities of the Restora- tion age The fashion then was to practice the cult of outspoken 'frankness" in regard to topics upon which decent people prefer to maintain a certain reticence. It even became the custom to satirize and decry od-fashioned folk who insisted upon the sanctity of family life, the reality of moral distinctions and the tions of religion. to say nothing of the validity of the canons of taste. It was not the first time that fashion had tried to banish decency from literature.
 The attempt failed, as everyone knows and the very age which produced Congreve and Wycherley produced also that "mghtier spirit unsubdued by pain danger, poverty obloquy and blindness who meditated undisturbed by the ob- scene tumult which ragged all around him. song so sublime and so holy that it would not have msbecome the lips of those ethereal virtues whom he with that inner eye which no calamity could darken, fiinging down on the jasper pavement their crowns of amaranth and gold Conversation among high born ladies naturally intelligent and quick was, while the fashion lasted quite as smart and superficial and knowing anything that can be heard today The fashion, however changed ! new interest in scientific investigation sue ceeded. The age that produced Milton, greatst of English non-dramatic poets, produced also Newton greatest of mathematcians, one of the four greatest Englishmen in history Locke greatest Of English philosophers. was one of the four and belongs to the peEod, also made famous by the greatest of English architects and one or the greatest masters of allegory Newton S Principia, Locke's Essay, Lycidas, and Pilgrim S Progress still constitute permanent fashion of their own and will continue long after our present day best-sellers have gone to oblivion If history repeats itself we may even now be on the edge of real revival and refinement of fash lon Tn conversation and manners, and what is immensely more important, refinement of lit- erary and ethical standards
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
WARNING IS TIMELY.

The warning issued Thursday by United States Marshal Albert White to local motorists regarding reckless driving local roads is timely. While the big majority of local drivers exercise at all time due caution, comply with the regulations and drive with due regard for the safety of others we'll as themselves, there is minority, very small. that has not always followed that practice By ignoring it they have either deliberately or unthinkingly put in jeopardy the lives of fellow motorists and it has been an element of luck more than anything else that has prevented accidents of a serious nature. Un- less check is put that minority sooner or latter and probably sooner, fatalities certain to occur.
 The sentiment of the general public will be found squarely behind the officers in their eff forts to curb reckless driving and to put an end to the operation of automobiles by irrespon- sibe individuals. All right-thinking motorists will cooperate with them in this undertaking
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
LYING FOR PAY.

Recently it was established before a Senate committee that Senator Hefn had been receiv- ing pay from Ku Klux Klan organizations in various States for speeches delivered attacking the Catholic Church and Gov. Al Smith When called before the committee the senior Senator from Alabama admitted though with some an noyance and reluctance that he had been paid. Commenting the Senator's employment in this connection the New York World declared
 Now there are no standards of honor
 which bind Hefin He has shown con-
 clusively that consideration of truth,
 fair dealing of elementary justice has
 the slightest power to restrain him. He M bears false witness The fact that he
 takes pay for lying and bearing false K witness should not embarrass him. If he
 lied and bore false witness gratuitously
 he would be just complete a scoun-
 drel Any man who from his privileged
 position in the Senate of the United
 States will stand up and make charges
 which he can't prove, and knows he
 can't prove. and yet goes on repeating
 these charges day after day without
 enc shred of evidence to support them
 is beyond the pole cf ordinary human
 intercourse. His moral Responsibility is so extreme that it is serious ques-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
More or Less True

More or Less True
 A man wouldn't stop suddenly in the middle of the sidewalk to powder his nose-but he will to watch a flapper do it.
 The mother who is at least three sizer larger than her daugh- ter has one advantage-she knows her dainty garments are all still there after daughter has gone to a swell party.
 A cynic is guy who thinks learning to smoke doesn't do a modern girl any more harm than another squeak does flivver.
 When goodlooking man mar riess jealous woman the only one who is going to have an un- happier time than the wife is the husband.
 An old-fashioned man is one who doesn't believe in sex equali- ty because he can't get over the notion women ought to be a darn sight better than men.
 You can tell by merely looking at a mans wife whether he ex- claims under his breath lucky dog" every time he meets bach elor.
 The fellow who pays alimony has at least one advantage-he doesn't have to give an account of what he does with the rest his income.
 Having cook stove in some homes is about as useless as hay ing a whipstock on a motor car.
 Love has to be blind if it can stand for a homely girl in hik- ing costume.
 It takes all kinds of people to make a world. but darn if we can see much use of these jewel bedecked old hens whose purpose in life seems to be confined to showing off their husband s money.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
Sounded Cooley

"I wonder what kind of boob that hick took me for" growled the city man who had been over asking a neighbor for some advice on how to run the farm he'd bought.
 Why, what did he tell you|' asked his wife.
 He told me to SOW my lettuce seed in a cold frame" was the disgusted reply.
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tion whether he is able to distinguish between right and wrong and is account

ton whether he is able to distinguish
 between right and wrong and is account
 able for his acts.
 Many of the extreme assertions Hefin thund- CTS forth in his speeches in the Senate and else where are palpaby false, obviously untrue that only the partisany blinded and narrowly preju- diced place confidence in anything he has to say But his pay is not generous-from $15O to $250 per speech in addition to such expenses he may incur in travelling between the cities in which he appears for the Klan. For such small remuneration he probably feels it is not necessary to lie skilfnlly and with that approach to the truth which in itself carries conviction when practieed by the polished and eru5ite liar It may be that his clumsiness is the result of a feeling he is underpaid. Or possibly the Klan proceeds the theory that the laborer is worthy of his hire-and no more. In which instance both the Klan and Hefln stand con- victed of cheating and themselves both cheated-the one by the other.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
ALONG LIFE'S
 DETOUR
By SAM HILL.

And Poverty Gets Crowded Into
 the Ditch Though poverty is no disgrace. Great. wealth, you bet, I'd never duck; It makes one independent as The driver of a ten-ton truck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

Any Flapper Knows That Answer How to Have Soft, Pretty, White Hands. From an Ad That's easy-leave all the disn washing and scrubbing to mother. Knows Her Onions and Boy
 Friends Dear mother thinks he's simply fine,
 And father says he's every inch man; What brother thinks it matters not, But daughter swears she'll wed no such oil can.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

Anyway the Anti-saloon League should be grateful to Gov. AT Smith. The spectre of his candidacy and not Senator Borah wrote the Prohibition Plank into the party platform.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
Acid Test For Them

q see you advertise you move anything" remarked the timid man.
 We sure do," said the head of the Van and Storage Company.
 Well" said the timid man, I would like to have you move my wife from some of the stands she has taken"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

In this period of national history pro- hlDltlon party, with candidates and al looks llke hand fire engine.- Boston Heradl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

The Bremen flyers are being worn out by American enthusiasm. Pretty they'll be saying that it isn't the flight, but the reception that's dangerous-( Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

Willie, come run down to the grocery for me- called mother from the kitchen. q can't now; I'm in confer ence," was the witty kids retort.
 $ Hard Life
 It's easy huff to guess
 Why he's so blue;
 His wife is on a diet
 So he is too.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
lotta Energy Goinq to Waste

NOBODY LOVES A SKINNY WOM AN. ."-Headline
 Then, girls, why the heck waste any more time trying to reduce? Better be cornfed and be loved than a friendless skeleton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

Fada kanIo c,ers and accessor- les, Columbia Monographs and records. Radio Electric Co.,. Mar tin Lynch. Phone 429. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

The only real fight at Kansas City has not been Hoover but on the platform. And the same condition probably will be found at Houston when the Democrats nominate Smith
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

It wouldn't surprise us in the least to see the Anti-Saoon League trying to get in on some of that appropriation for flood control.-( (Phila- delphia Inquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

One of the most valuable qualities which the average man possesses is the belief that he is above the average-(Ottawa Citzen)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

It aint any trouble for Democrats to see who IS leading now but what want to know is where are gong.-( (Dallas News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

As far the embattled farmers are concerned the Republicans will continue to Hooverize.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

Modernized Proverbs As a barbecue sand wich is to a dyspeptic so is a boy friend who breaks a date to his sweetie.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
Memory est

Was the shimmy a dance before it was a garment-or vice versa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
They All Do

They AT Do Finding the campaign inter- esting?" we asked the presidential candidate.
 We'll he replied, T certainly am learning a lot about my past never knew before" Y
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
 It is getting so the black sheep of the family looks as white as any of the rest of them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15

Be Settled For Good Fore Long We'll soon know if ''I do not choose" Is just the same
 As "I refuse"
The Washington times., 1928-05-17
On WAY
|, To KINGS BAY

LONDON, May 17.-Barring acct
dent the italian North Polar ex-
ploration balloon Italia, commanded
by Gen. Umberto Mobile. should
reach Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, to-
night, said a Central News dispatch
from SpitZbergen this afternoon.
A radiogram was received at
Kings Bay from the Italia at II
o'clock today. giving the balloons
post on as south of Franz Joseph
Land.
Mobile reported that bad weather
had developed and that poor visi-
bility was encountered over Nicholas
III Land U-enin Land.
Mobile reported that although he
had covered great area of pre-,
viouslv 49, ~plored Arctic s. re he
had 500 no st~~ of tabled ellis
Land which many explorers had
believed to exist. Mobile is of the
opinion that ellis Land is a myth
At the time the wireless message
was sent from the Italia 1T had
been aloft approximately "a hours
General Mobile said he had not
discovered any new land.
The weather was very cold. the
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ND Jury FREES
MRS. HARTLEY
IN DEATH

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May II.
Mrs. Sarah Marie Hartley, of
Bladensburg, charged with kill
ing her husband, walked from
ehe Circuit Courtroom here to-
day, a free woman.
After. an all-night elaboration
The jury reported to the court TO.
day that it found the woman not
guilty.
at was a righteous verdict"
fudge Robert Moss told the jury.
Mrs. Hartley, pale and haggard
after night of suspense, seemed
on the verge Of breaking down,
but she did not. She was en-
circled by friends after the verdict
was given, congratulated and led
put of the court.
Liquor Gets Blame
The tragedy was caused by boot.
leg liquor, 1t was testified in court.
Al series of domestic disputes be.
between the Hartleys reached a
climax in their home on the night
OF November 3, last, it is said
According to testimony intro,
duced at the trial. Hartley had
gone TO Washington. Returning
for supper, he carried with him.
said Mrs. Hartley, a pistol. a flash
light, and q pint of whiskey. He
drank the liquor.
After a violent arguement. Hart
lev IL said to have reached for mis-
revolver. Mrs Hartley was faster
she shot her husband in the back
according to testimony at the
trial
While Hartley was dying. ac
cOrding TO the accused woman, III
said. SAL, don't worry so much
Won aFe not to blame. It was my
fault.
This testimony was corroboratet
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Pay Increase legislation for
$4,000 f e d eral workers
$4,000 of whom are in the
Washington departments-soon
will be written upon the statute
books.
The Senate last night passed
better bill than the House measure
"a bin which adds at least $20,101.-
$50 to the present salaries OF Gov
eminent employees, and potentially
may be much more liberal than
this,
The vote in it's favor was 4S to 0.
Senator Smoot, it's avOwed opponent,
did not attend the night session of
the Senate, and Senator King, who
had frequently threatened opposi-
ton, absented himself from the
chamber when the vote was cost.
New Goes To Conference
The WEIGH Brookhart bill now
goes to conference with the House.
There remains the big hurdle to be
jumped: Will the House accept the
Senate bill. or will it be the other
way around?
There is no way of forecasting
what the conferees will do, and
much will depend upon administra-
ton influence. II President Cool
idge sends down word to the Cap
itol that he is opposed to the Sen
ate bill. fatty and definitely, that
will end the struggle. There will
be no disposition on the part of
either group OF conferees to
jeopardize the passage of pay leg
islation by a deadlock over details.
The policy of President Coolidge
under normal conditions would be
determined by Gen. H. Fl. Lord,
director of the budget, and the
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ATTACKED
IN LONELY HUT

Lured from her home at a. m.
today, by the report that a sick
friend needed her attentions, Eta
Louise White. 10, of the 1900 block
Of l. St, n W.. was driven to
lonely cabin in nearby Maryland, on
the banks of the Potomac, and there
assaulted she told police.
After the attack. Miss White made
her way into the city and told her
story to police of the Seventh pre-.
4 met
A few hours later. police arrested
Hubert Gordon McCauley. 81, of the
100 block OF Columbia Rd n. W.,
m automobile salesman. Miss White
Is said by noltce to have Identified
him as her s,hductor and assailant.
Suspect Being Held
McCauley was locked up at the
Seventh Precinct Station House
while police drove Miss White to
Rockville, Md. where she swore
out warrant against McCanley,
charging a statutory offense. JUS
tice of the Peace John Jones issued
the writ.
The Washington police were
asked to hold McCauley until Mary
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ASKS
HALT IN TRIAL
Times Staff Photo

Counsel for Col. Robert w. Stew
art. millionaire head of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, under indict-
ment for contempt of the Senate
for his alleged refusal to answer
questions as to the disposition of
the "slush fund" Liberty bonds
bought from the profits of the Con-
tinental fading Company, filed a
new plea in bar of trial today.
The plea, filed today by Attorney
Jesse Adkins, of Stewart counsel,
sets forth that Stewart cannot be
held in contempt because he an
swered all questions later and before
the Senate had adjourned and that
his first refusal to testify did not
hamper the investigation.
Trial Further Delayed
The matters set up in the present
plea were offered in arguments Tues
day, when the Governments de-
murrer TO the first special plea was
argued before Justice Frederick l..
Siddons in Division of the District
Supreme Court, but We're not in
corporated in the plea.
A furter delay in the trial. which
has been set for May 81, is made
probable by this new move of Stew
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ANNAPOLIS, Nd, May II.
Trapped while asleep in their
cabin when their slag-laden
barge SANK in so feet of water,
seven miles off Annapolis, a
family Of five Baltimoreans
was drowned today in Chesa-
peake Bay.
The victims of this tragedy were
Capt. Everett Insley, 35, master of
the barge Calvert; his wife and three
children. There was but one sur
vivor. a deckhand. He was in the
wheelhouse at the time the barge
sank.
Twenty feet down. the deckhand
forced his way out of the structure,
and with lungs near bursting, battled
to the surface. His name was not
learned, but it was said he was a
Washingtonian.
According TO accounts of the
tragedy, the barge sprang leak.
Laden with the crushed Stag, the
craft plunged like plummet to the
bottom Of the bay.
The captain and his family were
asleep in the cabin and were doomed
without chance of rescue.
The Calvert and another barge,
the r. w. Mcdonald, were proceed
ing from Baltimore to Urbana. Va,
under tow of the tug August M. Den
hart The vessels were owned by
the Eastern Transportation Company
of Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1928-05-17
Man and Child Hit
In Two Auto MishapS

Charles Weintraub. 80, Of the
$500 block of Georgia Ave. n. w,
was charged with reckless driving
after his automobile knocked down
George E. Praezo, 40, of the $500
block of Georgia Ave, N. w. The
accident occurred last night near
Praezo's home. PraeZo was given
first aid at Freedmen Hospital.
When she ran from behind
marked car Yesterday, Annie Brizzi,
S, of the 800 block of First ST.,
y. E., was struck by an automo-
bile driven by Russell c. Elliott, OF
the 100 block of Fourth St, N. f.
The child was playing in front OF
her home. The driver took her
to Casualty Hospital where she was
treated for minor bruises.
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