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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
The Airman Conquers Alaska.
est. Paul Pioneer Press. )

NSt faul PlOneer PreSS.)
 When 61 years ago the United States Gov ernment, more or less favor to Russia. purchased Alaska for $7,200.00, many of the factors which have combind to give the Terri tory immense value not anticipated. One of them was the airplane. Aviation is hastening transformation of Alaska from impenehable re- Daily Alaska Empire, newspaper of Juneau, pub fishes account of recent tour of the Terri tory by Governor George A. Parks. In 29 hours of actual flying Governor Parks covered distances that would have required year of travel by dog sled or foot Taking month to have plenty of time to study conditions in each of the the West coast and Fort Yukon far toward towns visited, he able to make stops in Nome, the West coast and Fort Yukon, far toward the eastern boundary. He visited two villages north Of the Arctic Circle In all he stopped in more than score of scattered settlements Fair banks railroad in the interior of Alaska, the base.
 The people of Alaska making great and growing of aviation Within the past few years, villages in all parts of the Territory have been building landing fields. Forty-ive now have been completed nearing completion Air planes used to transport not only mail and passengers, but also heavier kinds of freight Much of the fur catch this year will be sent overland by plane. Much of the rough and un- explored interior has been mapped by aerial photography by airmen employed by the United States Geographical Survey.
 Flying sometimes is thought of a hazardous means of travel Aaskans familiar with the risks of the long trek through wild and rough country, laugh at that There has been fatal airplane accident in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Kindliness of the Police.
(New York World. )

Sometimes fiction stories come true. For ex- ample down at Atlantic City the other day. At Headquarters there the police were having little problem. They had locked the big safe contain ing bail money. records and everything needed for the opening of court the next morning, and they had the bad judgment to lock up the com bination too
 That was the state of affairs when shabbily dressed man appeared and asked for a place to sleep. Nobody paid much attention to him. But when he stepped up, after listening to the com motion while, and offered to open the safe he got attention aplenty He took a piece of sand paper, rubbed his finger tips with it to make them sensitive to the fall of tumblers and went to work. In few minutes he opened the safe
 It speaks volumes for the essential kindness of police it seems to us, that they bedded this man down in the best that they had fed him royalty went out and found him job pushing wheel-chair, and then-refused to give the reporters his name.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
DIR. VAN DYKE FOR SMITH.

Dr. Henry Van Dyke, perhaps the dean of the Presbyterian clergy, of our most efficient university professors, distinguished diplomat, the author of more than two score of books, the recipient of half dozen honorary college degrees from American and European universities and honored by many international literary, authors and other societies, is support ing Coy. Smith for the Presidency, and he gives an original reason for his action. He will sup port Gov Smith because he is Catholic. He declares that Gov. Smith has been attacked by
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
More or Less True

Unless he has an old-fashioned wife there's nothing more foolish for a man to do than work up a good. healthy appetite.
 The attitude of the girls seems to be that if they can show that much at the beach there isn't any reason why they shouldn't show it on the street car
 When some men order flowers | from the florist for their wives it simply means there is crepe on | the door.
 The only thing man hates worse than going shopping with his wife is having her tag along , to pick out things he doesn't like when he goes shopping for a lit tie new scenery for himself Nothing seems more like wasted space on the household page of a newspaper than articles on how to make a home attractive. Might as well be hints on how to in vent perpetual motion.
 Every girl dreams of marrying a man who will become so famous | his name will be constantly on the front page, and then gets a boob whose name never gets in the paper except when the delin- quent tax lists are published. In the good old days if it was a hen party they never had to get lout the ash trays.
 Another thing a flapper can do that nobody else can is see the Improvement in her makeup after she has spent five minutes on the
 corner primping.
 The trouble with the average l wife is she isn't dumb enough to
 think her disappointment is as
 great as he thinks he is.
 It is real love if husband does lnot hunt up a divorce lawyer af- ter his wife has ditched his com fortable old chair for one that | will give more class to the living
 room and no comfort to those who
 sit in it.
 There are two classes of people iwho ought to be able to be happy those so rich and those so old
 they don't care a hang what the
 neighbors have or haven't got.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
WHAT WILSON THOUGHT.

Since the clash at the Houston convention between Senator Tydings and Josephus Daniels about the attitude of President Wilson toward Pro- hibition good deal has been said and written pro and con on the subject. Norman Hapgood famous editor, publicist and author, biographer of Wash ington, Webster, Lincoln and others friend anc supporter of President Wilson who appointed him Minister to Denmark, now strong supporter of Gov Smith, has undertaken to shed some ligh on the question. In a recently signed state ment Mr Hapgood said:
 What Woodrow Wilson thought about the present liquor situation would in terest many persons, were 1t known It is of course, familiar fact that he vetoed the Volstead Act, and it has been confidently stated that he prepared a light wine and beer plank for the con vention of 1916, which not pre- sented. Be that if may, he wrote out carefully, in 1924 his views of what ought to be done, in the predcament as it was then and is now; and l have just been reading his statement. It was written, he said in passing, after he had been over the matter with high judicial authority there is in the country.
 He points out that when the amend ment gives concurrent jurisdiction it invites both the Federal Government and the States to accept responsibility for carrying out the amendment He then raises the question of what part of it the Federal Government ought to take for itself and argues emphatcally that it ought to undertake than the prevention of importation from abroad and of transmission from one State to another. So much, as he points out, will call for more money than is likely to be appropriated if it is done we'll
 Moreover. he gives that goes further He declares that it is unwhole- some for the Federal Government to take away the responsibility placed on the States by the amendment and urges that the whole health of our system of government is bound up with the sys- tm of divided responsibility. On that principle, he goes on the only sound course is to leave the situation inside of a State to the inhabitants of that State, to carry out or neglect as they may please, the mandate given to them by the amendment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Natures Beauty.
Olympia Olympian.) ]

Are you of those who, when motoring strip the countryside of flowers on Sunday morning only to toss them in the garbage can on Tuesday morning?
 If you are the American Nurse Association wants word with you It invites you to join the Outdoor Good Manners Club. It asks you to clean up your picnic place and behave in the open as it hopes you behave at home
 Many of wild flowers are vanishing be- cause roadside vandals are pulling these things out by the roots. Thus, as Arthur Newton Pack President of the American Nature Association. points out, nature cannot reproduce in kind The beautiful dogwood lasts but few hours when stripped from the spots where Nature so carefully puts it.
 This outdoor good manners idea is a good one Everybody should set good example
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
TAKING IN TOO MUCH TERRITORY

The leaders of Middle Western agri-
 culture have told the world who is the
 friend of the American farmer and who
 are his enemies Meeting at Des Mones
 on August 31, the Corn Belt Committed
 speaking for a million and half Mid
 dle Western farmers. indorsed Governor
 Smith, Democrat candidate for Pres-
 dent, and condemned Herbert Hoover
 This committee is composed of the lead
 CTS of 32 farm organizations in IA Mid
 de Western States News Item)
 It is taking in lot of territory to say that the Corn Belt Committee spoke for million and half" farmers It is much like those church people at Houston who spoke for millions of Methodists and millions of Baptists It is possible they thought when they were down there in the middle of the fight But the num- Der of Methodists and Baptsts that refused to break with their party and have fallen into line behind Smith and Robinson makes it plain that they were mistaken.
 It always turns out that way. One woman as brilliant speaker she is beautiful who spoke for the mothers and Methodists of the South and who approved the sentiment of a speak. CT that had preceded her and claimed to speak for twelve million Christian mothers, is one oi the leaders in organizing Dixie women for Smith and Robinson
 So it will probably be when the Corn Bell Committee gets back home. It is likely to dis cover lot of those million and half farmers tc be Republicans still and supporting MT. Hoover If the Corn Belt Committee were certainly correct in its estimate then there would be no need fol Gov. Smith to go to Omaha He would need only to wait at Albany for the counting of the votes
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

so many Protestant. bigots Oh account of his religion that the most effective way to rebuke them and to demonstrate that religious tolerance prevails in this eountry-that church affiliations are no bar to preferment here-is to vote for him for President. He said. of course, that he would not support him if it not that he is in every way fit, worthy and splendidly qualified for the Presidency.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Which Explains That

Almost $2.5O0,OOO worth of cab bage is made into saurkraut in this country every year.-News Item.
 No wonder some gink fwho evil dently loaded up on it) started the myth that it is the grandest thing for curing colds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

The Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tribune, Democratic, re- gently announced that it would support Herbert Hoover for President account of the Pro- hibition question. Then the Tulsa World, Re- publican, with a circulation 10000 larger than the Tribune switched to the support of Gov. Smith. This switching seems to be, as the New York Times said, sort of ffty-ffty proposition all along the line.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Safety First

Blinks: Whats the idea of the suitcase, going away?"
 Jinks: No, 1 heard the church was giving a rummage sale and Pm taking all my clothes down to the office until it's over.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

cruise to Alaska with its fjords and glaciers and superb sport, is an experience never to be forgotten. The great inland of Puget Sound and the Inside Passage to Alaska are unuues- tonably the very finest cruising waters in the world Seward Gateway)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
lnnuirinu To Know

Says Jack Warwick: We pre- dict that the loudspeakers will out number the whisperers in the forthcoming campaign" r
 ''Is this meant for a slam on the women, Jack?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 By SAM HILL.

Will Get Answer in November The burning question that Is now before this grand old
 nation, Is whether to bring back The other kind of filling station.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
4 Rare One

Mrs. Brown Your husband has remarkable control of his temper. hasn't he?"
 Mrs. Black: "Why. he can come out of the bathroom after shaving with a dull razor in as good a humor as if he'd just seen the home team win a double header"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Mother TranedN

Sad is the fate
 Of Mary Lizzie Kepler. For she was born
 To be her mothers helper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
A Wise Guy

Didn't you ever fall in love?" asked the Old Maid.
 "Oh, yes," admitted the Bache- Tor, but l managed to get out without getting married"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Passing Observation

Another liar is the man who claims to have found a cure for hay fever.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

ATS we'll in Ohio and Indiana says Campaign Manager Work. AIS well in Indiana and Ohio says campaign Manager Raskob. This being so the proverbial goose must be maintaining it's traditional altitude Cincinnati Enquirer,1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

However it might work out there is little political profit in always losing the Solid North in order to hold the Solid South.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
eyrd,s Welcome To vislt Her

I like most of my relatives,
 But l have always thought I'd draw the line at Ant Arctic
 I know she's not so hot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

few of the big corporations of the country appear to be determined to have a friend at Court, no matter how the Presidential election goes Cincinnati EnqurerD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Victim of The Times

Tramp: "Yes'm, lady, women was the cause of me present con- dition.
 The Lady: Just in what way?'
 Tramp: Well, va see, ma'am, l used to earn a good living selling hairpins, and when the danes took to bobbing their hair me business dwindled down to nothing and had to take to the road
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

Gov Pinchot is supporting Hoover but his talented actress niece is for Gov Smith.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

Then, how do you explain the fact that the manufacturer of soft drinks are all millionaires?
 Oh, Boy If hoop skirts ever should come back
 (And bring them back, course fashion cam, They'll have to build the pleasure car
 Bout the size of a moving van.
 Add Definitions Crocodile Tears-The kind fliyver owner sheds when a truck is wrecked
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
RECORDS

Closing out all 1U Inch Columbia and Okeh Records at 50c each. Open evenings. Radio Electric Co.,. Martin Lynch. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

The attitude of the farmer begins to imply thai unless he gets relief some of the politicians will need it, Washington Star)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Useless Informs atlon

Life Insurance companies do not consider Chicago gangsters good risks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

Leads Em Into Temptation A born leader of men The blonde vamp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

Out where the candidates apply the soft soap that's where the West begins. Washington Post)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21
Up To Date

Bob: Where's your radiator cap?"
 Jack. My flivv has gone in for this hatless fad"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

No Answer to This Do you think this is an age of intelligence?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

The Wolverine editors heart seems right but his arithmetic is sadly defective Our system of figuring makes the unit cost slightly less than $539.57.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

Today's problem in arthmetic If it cost s75 900, or about S43.23 unit to get evidence against 139 night clubs in New York what will be the total expense of rounding up all the home brewers in the United States?" Milwaukee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-21

Bout the size of a moving van.
Evening star., 1928-06-16
The Districts Plank.

Ws1ias the Daslr4cts plank sor national
YepgesenBatsgn cic Eot fBd q place Ia
fi2e Republican platform. ADOPTED At
Ksnsz' City, the attention given ~ II
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p3lttee engaged In tae formulation 0f,
tils platform YsE limited II was beset
by Baasy applicants for hearing and
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ciffeDlt task, ana while tas DISTRICTS
plank YVES ~ q flogg g~cyntfoyerSiai mature
T. gae regarded a. possibly calculated
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the way 10 fsnaj action gs& likely 70 be
Dlocked ny comparatively secondary
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The StaFe reports from the c0nyen'
ton city on tDig subject showed thai
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cssf eaFg, III all Likelihood II the mat
teF hsd gore 10 the Deint " yesA IN
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nslt1ss the plank would haze bssp ~.
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Evening star., 1928-06-16
Vesuvius Sprinkles
Mountain With Acid
BY e. 3. FREE, PH. ID,

For the first time In over 90 years the
slopes or VeSuvius. the active volcano On
the shore of the Bay OF Naples, were
visited recently by the remarkable dis
aSter OF a rain OF corrosive acid from
the skies. Vegetation was killed, Metal
objects exposed TO the rain we're ruined.
and the population not only experienced
some bodily discomfort, but lost hum
dredS OF thousands OF dollars worth of
orchards, vineyards and other property
As has happened ON previous occasions,
the acid rain Is reported ty scientific
observers To have contained two Of the
strongest acids known 20 chemists
hydrochloric acid and sulphuric acid.
Suiphuric acid popularity known az "cil
or Nltriof' and once much used by
criminal "vitrtOl throwerS," Is formed
whenever the vapors of sulphur emitted
py the volcano catch iire and burn In
the air.
HydIochloric acid. compound Of
hydrogen with the corrosive war gas
chlorine, Is emitted hv the volcano In
gaseous form, after which Il diSsolves In
raindropS To make the acid rain. Sew
eral other acids. Including some rare.
even IN chemical laboratories. are
emitted frequently from vents in the
crater OF Vesuvius. The presence of
these gaseous acids lsNthe ehfef danger
preventing too close yisit to the active
crater, Usually, however. these corro-
slve gases are carried away hy the wind
ana mixed harmlesSly With air.
Evening star., 1928-06-16

sent something against the first which
| the second was wholly unaware Of
until the craftsman deftly put 1t into
| his mindl
What defense has the victim against
| this sort Of thing?
| The truth is that he has very little,
only the rectitude OF his own life. and
the hopeful faith that In the end the
truth will prevail.
The truth Is the anchor.
| He knows that the second man has
been injured almost as much as him.
! self, since he, too, has been the VIC
| tim OF crafty. deceitful cunning.
| He has fallen for trick or stratagem
| intended to insnare or deceive. Both of
them In reality are brothers in arms
| against the common enemy, the base
ness of some human natures.
st. Paul realized this. when. In his
| Epistle to the Ephesians, he wrote those
classic words:
Put on the whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to stand against
| the wiles of the devil"
| Does any one think that the devil
was just an old party alive in the days
| OF Christ, but somehow miraculously
missing from modern life?
| The devil lives in the evil impulses of
the human heart, as much so today as
ever, and perhaps even more so. in
some respects. since life may be said
to have broadened out for the average
man, to present more opportunities for
| personal gain, and thus to create more
reasons for the use of craftiness, for
perhaps there Is no reason like that of
getting ahead" for bringing out the
| good and the evil in human character.
X X X
The man who is inherently unable to
| understand the inherent astuteness of
his neighbors s"--what an admirably as
tute way of putting it!--finds himself
taken by surprise by attacks against
which he is almost, if not quite, help
less.
How can a gentleman defend himself
against certain things? Was not this
all the late Woodrow Wilson meant
when he uttered his famous slogan,
Too proud TO fight?
Such a man acts always, or nearly
always, in good faith He is not in
fallible, so at rare intervals is able to
act. in bashful and Juvenile fashion,
in the manner of the duplicity hounds,
but he is always ashamed OF himself
afterward and promises himself never
to do 1t again.
He would rather get nowhere, and be
nothing, than besmirch his own soul
Generally he Is an old-fashioned per-
son. who childishly believes in his per-
sonal possession of something which
mankind has universally attempted to
describe by the word soul"
A soul, however, Is not exactly a
something, nor can word describe it.
A soul is state Of mind. or Of being,
which some wise men have said that
| certain persons create for themselves,
and only such as do will enjoy eternal
salvation.
The man who has built up a certain
amount OF this soul of himself will con-
tinue throughout his life to fail TO be
sufficiently on his guard against hidden
motives, secret actions. He Is incurable.
He will continue to believe that. by
looking straight before him as he pro-
ceeds, ne will create for himself an at
mosphere OF honesty and decency which
will be appreciated in the end. He will
continue to hope that his words and
his deeds be taken at their face value.
Evening star., 1928-06-16
Dr.. SEE to Remain in Washington.

Washington is greatly pleased at the
announcement that DR.. Sao-ke Alfred
SEE is to remain at this Capital as min
lister for the new nationalist government
in China, which has now established its
authority at Peking in succession to the
former administration of North China
This is a compliment to his ability
which is highly gratifying to his many
friends in America, a recognition of his
exceptional qualities as diplomat and of
the fairness and skill with which he has
represented China during its troubled
period Of factional conflict. DR.. Sze is
personally esteemed in Washington,
where his parents were stationed in the
diplomatic service during his boyhood
He attended school here in preparation
for college. Upon his return TO his ma
tive land he was successfully named TO
increasingly important posts of duty and
demonstrated exceptional capacity in
administrative and diplomatic service.
During the Great War he was minister
db AtJlkAOA aiAA ubbEHAGN VAC REiSA4A1G2
peace conference as one of the delegates
of China. For more than seven years
he has been minister to the United
States. During the latter part Of his
assignment at this Capital he has had a
most difficult diplomatic task Though
formally the representative Of the Pc
king government he has faithfully dis
charged his duty for all China during
the revolution, enjoying the confidence
Of the leaders of various factions--a con-
fidence which is now specifically made
manifest by his selection AS the minister
Of the newly established nationalist gov
ernment. This is an enviable record
DR.. Sze's personal friends here feel
grateful to the now dominant authori-
ties In China for their recognition of his
merits and the assurance which their
action gives that he will remain here in
the service In which he has been 50 COM
petent and successful.
Evening star., 1928-06-16
Sign Posting Washington,

A notable civic service is being per-
formed by the American Automobile
Association In ITS offer 10 install three
hundred and torty-eigft directfoaaI sign
posts t0r motorists in The National Cap
ital at cost Of one cent sign, some
time ago the Commissioners called for
bids for directtonsi markers, Yester~
day the association submitted jts pro-
Dossl ef three dollars end f9rty-eight
cents. The next lowest bid TO that Of
the motoring organization Was seven
hundred and fSftgssik dollars,
Washington Is one of The few cities of
any siz which iack proper signs direct
ing the moteglst n has come ~ be no.
tofioua IN this respect because of the
large yelQms ot tourist uAysl g4 ssaEa