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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
The Radio Rescuers.
(New York World. ]

Had the Vestris listed and sunk in pre-wireess days her passengers and crew would have had the slender hope of reaching in their little boats III an angry sea a shore more than 200 miles away or Of being sighted by chance from some passing craft Probably the boats would have become separated in succeeding nights of striving ana suffering. Very likely nobody would have survived exposure and the storm, and the fate oi the snip would have been added to the long list of mysteries of the sea
 very different was what happened Summoned py the radio, fleet of rescue ships convarged rom every direction. At first the Hfeboats ra manned uhsghted; the location of the snkino shp given by wireless before she sank did not agree With that worked out by direction finders anu trlanguation; and there was the drift d,,r ihs many hours to eomplicate still further tbo ieohohlhs Bnt after anxious hours of swaenirg ene .uipuleht waves with searehlghts tba boots one py one were traced and their peon1e takon on os one or another of the attendant shins and other reseues were made from rafts and v'raaI' age ~ anu wreck
 lhquiry into the causes of the dsastor .h .onouc, or passengers and crew during tho to,sas noufs oi waiting for suecor the manner of 1o,t ing ilepoats from listing ship tho nod s ,a al.neI precautions to safeguard lives will bo piohipt anu should be searching But ii s mot 70. ~ .o speak In terms of the highest nraioa s
 e shiii energy and devotion of tbe soan.s a % 'ne rescue fleet And the impersonal baro s " uas IS that boon to mankind the radio rt
 ne'.inaoie service irradiates with glow of ,;,s the latest tragedy of the sea- '
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
The Home Port of Bad Luck.
Seattle Times.

Wrangel Island. that bleak outpost in the Arctic Ocean, continues sustain it's eyill repu- tation. Two years ago the Russian Government.
 in an effort to forestall other countries dispatched colony consisting of five Russians and ffty-fve Eskimos to the island. Recently a steamer carry ing supplies to the little colony was turned back by the ice foes. An attempt to reach the hard pressed adventurers by airplane failed. There is grave possibility that Wrangel Island will be the scene of another grim tragedy.
 Only bad luck has attended mans efforts to settle on Wrangell Island. It has seemed that the guardian spirits of the icy waste have re- sented human encroachmen and have contrived to bring every enterprise to disaster. Three of Stefansson's 1914 expedition buried on the sland. Seven years later three men lost their lives in an attempted retreat to the mainland leaving an Eskimo woman to nurse a dying com rade The Noice party taken off by Soviet snip four years ago. glad of the opportunity to es- cape from Wrangells sinister atmosphere
 The various attempts to settle the island nave given Russia the idea that it possesses some value, The Soviet flag was planted there four years ago and notice served on the world to keep off. No country wishes to dispute Rus sias claim The only use that the world might have for Wrangell would be a landing place for transpolar ayiators and there is at present no great demand for such an airport Russia may get what satisfaction it can from holding IL and trying to colonize it. For the rest of the world, the island has too many tragic memories 10 be attractive. If there isn't hoodoo on if then there Is something that amounts to tbe same thing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
THE PETITION FOR FREE RURAL MAIL
 DELIVERY.

The circumstance that 162 residents along the Glacier Highway have petitioned for free rural mail delivery is testimony of the benefits that are being derived from that thoroughfare Roads leading out from the important towns of Alaska are among the most helpful agencies in the development of the Territory that we have Every mile of such construction, adds to the ca pacity of Alaska to absorb needed population. These roads add to the opportunities of resi- dents of the Territory, Those along the roads in the vicinity of Juneau would make good sized town if they were all in place As it is they contribute immensely to the business and life or thls Glty-and. thereby, to the Territory. Not only do they add to the volume of Juneaus business and make the town larger and more prosperous, but they, due to the character of the roads on which they live, have easy access to a good town and the advantages that go with that
 The petition for a free rural mail delivery ought to be granted without undue delay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
THE SOLID SOUTH AND DEMOCRACY.

The Solid South between Reconstruction and Bryan, consisted of sixteen States = Delaware Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina, South Carolina. Geor- gia, Florida Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. Bryan managed to discard Delaware, Maryland West Virginia. kentucky and Missouri. In the meantime Okla homa was admitted and held membership for a short time, and then sloughed With her went Tennessee, and there were only ten States that could always be counted upon to give elec- toral votes to the Democrats Now Virginia North Carolina, Florida and Texas have joined the exodus. leaving the formidable array of States that gave the Democrats thirty-odd Sen ators and large group of Representatives. and all their electoral votes every four years. con stituting the Solid South have been reduced to six States-South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas
 This is what is left of the wreck that fol- lowed Democratic repudiation of Cleveland and acceptance of Bryan. Wilson brought them all back into the fold in 1912 and held them all except Delaware and West Virginia in 191s hut the disintegration began again The Ku Klux Klan became active and began systematic undermining. Bryan renewed his battle to have the country from Washington throuy1b,' the Anti-Saloon League, the w C. T. T. and Q bunch of fundamentalist preachers with himself the spokesman. Disaster followed as disaster always followed Bryan
 The question is whether or not there are enough Jeffeson. Jackson, Cleveland and Wil son Democrats left in the South and elsewhere to form democratic Democratic Party The cir cumstanee that Gov Smith received nearly Is 100000 votes makes the effort to do worth
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

can't powder her nose while she is.
 Now that friend wife has to have hubs razor used on the back oi her neck she probably has learned to quit using it as a corn knife and pencil sharpener.
 You can tell by meeting the wife whether the money the hus- band regrets having spent most was for a marriage license.
 The reason a bridegroom is an optimist Is because he doesn't yet know women well enough to real ize she never is satisfied with a thing after she gets t home, no matter how enthusiastic she is about getting it.
 The ideally married man is one who can come home and ask if supper is ready and not get bawl- ed out even if his wife is just starting to get it.
 A eornfed is a lass who thinks there ought to be law against styles for slender silhouettes.
 Now and then we see flapper who looks like it's trial to her not to be able to even go around with her skin off too.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

while. If those who bolted the party and fol- lowed the anti-demoeratie Ku Klux Klan. Anti Saloon League. Bishop Cannon. Dr. Barton and the others into the Republican camp do not corrupt the politicians with promises of temporary success. in this State and that through un- democratic alliances there is hope that we might again have Democratic Party of the sort that served the country well through victory and defeat from Jefferson to Cleveland and which again rendered extraordinary services under Will son. Otherwise, the historic party that was ors ganized by Jefferson century and a third ago might well disband and let individual Demo- erats fight for principle from within the Repub- liean Party. If that should prove to be the course, they will not be without company. There are millions of democrats in the Republican Party
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
More Or Less True

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 The reason some men are disap- pointed in marriage is because they expected to be treated like a king and are being treated like a board CT who is six weeks in arrears. The difference between the kiss an old married woman gets and the one a movie heroine gets is about 40 seconds. The only thing funnier than what girls order for meals is what they marry for meal tickets. The reason a man thinks his wife hasn't any sense of humor is because she doesn't laugh herself into Mysteries over a joke he's told at every company dinner they've had since they have been mar ried.
 Evidently modern girls aren't afraid of getting burned, for you never hear of one taking a fire extinguisher along when she is going out with flaming youth.
 If the furniture looks shabby it is a pretty sure sign that dads salary is too weak to carry install- ments on anything more than a car and radio.
 It's barely possible some girls consent to companionate marri- age because a daughter now is as free to bawl out her parents be- fore marriage as she is her hus band afterwards.
 Now and then we see a girl who gives us the impression she must hate to go to sleep because she
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
FANCY WORK AND G00DIF SALE

The Lutheran Ladies Aid will hold q Fancy Work and Goodie Sale at the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company's headquart- CTS on Saturday, December 1st. Luncheon will be served from II a. m. till D. m Everyone well come. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

The old married man who once. seeing a woman setting ahead of him with a couple of buttons at the back overlooked, had an impulse to lean forward and attend to them. now is so busy noticing what she hasn't got on he doesn' t see anything that's wrong with what she has.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

Whatever future political developments might be one thing seems reasonably certain, and that is the next Democratic National Convention will not be held in Texas It ought to go to a State that is hopelessly Republican under any circum- stances, where no disaster could possibly occur
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

Washington newspaper correspondents predict that MT. Hoover will name one and possibly two, Catholics to Cabinet positions It is gen orally believed that Assistant Attorney General William J. fWild BilD Donovan will be one of them' and that he will be named Attorney Gen
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
Nothinu In Names

It's a safe bet she isn't, but Miss T. Inspector, of Topeka, was married to a man named I. Press man last week. and we're dead certain it wasn't a man he pressed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
Lucky

Did he see the point of the joke when you put a tack in his chair?"
 "No, he missed the point, he sat down i'll another chair
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

It is said that it cost the Japanese s10 oO0. = 900 to induct their new ruler into his reign. Well, he will probably last long enough to wit ness half dozen American Presidential cam paigns that will cost that much each
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
Just As Scarce

Flush: Have you seer one of the rev S10,000 bills?"
 Hardupp: No, 1 haven't even seen one of the new S1 ones."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
Zero In Information

The girl who is fully dressed' now always looks like her dress was entirely too full
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

Doesn't Dress Up To Name Though Violet's her name,
 It's easy huff to see She wasn't so named because Of her great modesty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

|. used to be MT. Hoovers habit when .t .enulhs baseball game. to leave after tbe second inning. Maybe he will find ont that tho happy days Of doing as he pleases are over IF pe uoesh stay until the end of the game the i ."ii. .niihueo American public will call him . quitter' and the Democratic members of copgrass vii VIII propaply put the thing right up to Com. missioner Landis.-tNew York World
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

o,a Loiu ehesterfield could back to earth @ anu get an eyeful of how the office cbasos .sa hraa, ih the United States we believe he wonld hyena- Milwaukee Journal) ~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
ALONG LIFE'S
 DETOUR
Sex Grandad-
By SAM HILL

SeZ Grandad- Time was when a woman could keep nice and warm in s3 shawl and didn't need no $500 fur coat to prevent her from freezing to death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
SHOE, REPAIRING

All kinds of ladies, mems and ehiIdren's shoes repaired. Rubber heels put on while YOU WAIT. MICHAEL VAGGE'S Shoe Shop across the street from Goldstein's Emporium on Seward Street. adv.
 ~-&
 Prices right-Christmas cards, large selection, at Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

another thing that's getting to be sort o, un~ftlen law in this country is that no nrobibi tbinu nloieement agent can be guilty of any snot proves fatal--tohio State Journal1 'ne
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

Progress is the order of tbe d.v , sualiy We hope for the peace treaty that wi,, uo m away with the need of three more cnisars tst' Louis Post Dispatch
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

After the Tarheel State tnrned po,.,,, we uouo. II the Governor of South Carolina evan speaks s~, to the Governor of North craolin, - tclneinnati Enquirer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
Speakinn of Secrets-

The safest one to whisper in is the ear of corn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
Musings Of A Married Man

Every girl needs a mother until she gets married.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
Not In Cold Weather

We suffer from a good many things living in an apartment rpn by a janitor."
 "Yes?"
 But priekly heat isn't one of them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
But Blows Him Up. Eh7

He calls his wife elevator" Why
 Because she's always taking him down"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30

Made Her Forget The Election
 Blinks: "Boozer pulled a fast one"
 Jinks. "Howzat?"
 Blinks: His wife wouldn't vote his way, so he called her atten- ton 10 all the bargains being ad- vertised election day and gave her enough to keep her shopping until after the polls were closed"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-30
Rescued From The Almanac

Hescued From he Almanac My wife wants me satisfied, For when I start to kick" said
 he, Because the dinners cold. she
 starts
 Right in to make it hot for me-"
Evening star., 1928-10-28

There. Those may serve as a sam
piles of the kind of problems which the
enthusiast may multiply to any extent.
Let me turn to another point which
think is not found in any other guide
to the game:
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Furious Fluorin.

CURIOUSLY enough, although that
~ fury of the chemical world, fiuorin,
"raises the deuce" generally speaking,
it exists peacefully in company with
calcium in fluospar and in few other
compounds.
Although f1uorin was known good
forts of chemists to isolate it-that Is,
chemically with other subStances-for
the instant the compound containing 1t
was torn apart the free f1uorin attacked
and combined with whatever substance
composed the vessel containing 1t.
Fluorin Is rabid gas that nothing
can resist. 1t combines with all metals,
exploSively with some; or, If they are
already combined with some other nom
metallic element, it mercileSSly tears
them away from it and takes them to
itself,
In uniting with potassium, calcium,
magnesium and aluminium the metals
become heated, even to rednesS, by the
fervor of fluorin's embrace. Iron filings,
slightly warm, burst into brilliant Scin-
tillations when exposed to f1uor1n.
Manganese does the same. Even the
noble metals which at melting point
proudly resist the destinations of oXy-
gen, Succumb to the chemical fury,
fluOrin, at moderate temperature.
Glass is devoured at once, and water
ceases to be water by contact with this
gas, which, combined with its hydrogen
at the same moment forms the acrid
glass-dissolving hydroApoEtc ACID apq
ltherates ozoaes
Evening star., 1928-10-28

was rather ashamed of having exchang-
ed his eye for wisdom, for he is gen.
orally represented as wearing a broad
brimmed hat, drawn down low over his
forehead to conceal the fact that he had
but one eye. The god was also repre-
Sented as carrying the infallible spear,
Gungnir, which was so sacred that an
oath sworn upon its point could never
be broken.
The chief enemies of the Saxons were
the cold wind and ice, which these peo-
pie believed to be due to the wrath of
the frost giants, with whom the gods
were constantly waging war. Wooden,
being the god of victory, always led
his fellow gods in these struggles against
the frost giants, and, as the story goes,
the latter were finally overthrown and
Wooden, with the help of the other gods
fashioned the world from the body of
the chief of the giants. From the flesh
he made the earth and from his hair
the trees. The giants skull was then
fixed over the earth to form the vault
of the sky and was held in place at
the four corners by four dwarfs, Nor
dri, Sourdri, Austri, and Westri, from
whom was obtained the names north,
south, east and west.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

tionize current types of building design.
After the detailed testing program
now in progress at Uncle Sans glass
house is completed, other extraordinary
experiments will be inaugurated. Our
knowledge of the most efficient use of
skylightS has been born of practical eX
perience. The fundamentals Of skylight
use are not founded upon scientific rea-
soning. The United States Public
Health Service, by modifying the roof
of its test building, may perform i'm
portant skylight research of commercial
value to architects, builders and the oc-
cupants of lofts and top-hoor quarters,
where skylights are usually essential
prerequisites.
It is at present impossible to predict
the future miracles which may be work.
ed In providing more healthful condi-
tions for Sedentary workers by the use
of special glass which viii admit the
ultraviolet rays of light and which will
perhaps exclude the other less beneficial
forms. Here is another field Of un-
plumbed investigation open to our ma
tional physicists and illumination en-
gineers after they have completed the
existent cycle Of experimentation at the
glass house.
Successful experiments which feature
the housing Of poultry In buildings
equipped with glass windows that admit
the beneficial ultraviolet rays to the
fockS have demonstrated that hens and
pullets Of greater egg-laying capacity
result. Furthermore, young poultry de-
veloped under such conditions may at
tain maturity much earlier and grow to
greater size and weight than when
raised In ordinary henhouses. The
scientific evidences are that mankind
will be benefited during his indoor life
by similar exposure. Uncle Sam has in
mind the accurate solution Of all such
possibilities.
The house Of many windows at Ar
lngton Farm, Virginia, may be the po-
tential site and scene Of such research.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

to that used in the wonderful television
tests which recently have added another
remarkable conquest to the attainments
OF practical experimentation. This
portable photo-electric cell replaces the
protometer formerly used in light
studies, in which the eye was used in
taking few readings from time to
time
This marvellous photo-electric cell re-
cords the intensity of illumination me-
chanically at a given point under GER
tain conditions. The electric current,
amplif1ed by means of radio tubes, reg
listers on the recorder the amount and
intensity of the daylight. The photo
electric cell is connected with the re-
corder by an eXtendable cable. The
recorder inscribeS on a continuous chart
In black and white the authentic results
OF each and every test made in the
glass house. This faithful bookkeeper
of scientific records is more reliable
than human being.
Suppose, for example, that the shut
ter of one central window on the north
side of the building is removed tempo
rarily. During the experiment 1t is the
sole source of daylight illumination in
the glass house. for all other windows
are kept covered. The portable photo
electric cell is moved from one to an
other of the SO stations, recording the
daylight values at each point. These
data demonstrate the efficiency of that
amount of glass surface on the north
ern exposure as source of natural IL
Elimination throughout the large room.
The height of the ceiling is also
changed in subsequent tests with the
same exposure to determine its effect
on illumination and at what elevation
the most satisfactory results obtain.
In subsequent tests, the window ex-
posure on the north may be doubled
or one window on the north and an
other on the west may be exposed. The
tests are continued until all possible
combinations of light exposure have
been covered-and recorded
The research program was begun last
Spring and will be continued for many
months before the United States Pub
lie Health Service will publish the facts
and conclusions obtained. The policy
of the Government is to make haste
slowly when 1t comes to circulating the
data gained from such important tests.
Experiments are performed and re-
peatedly checked and re|checked to
Evening star., 1928-10-28
The Day of Wooden

WODEN was the highest in rank and
" the holiest in character of all the
NEUROLOGICAL deities known to the Sax
ons. He was the all-pervading spirit of
the universe, the personification of the
air and the god of universal wisdom
and victory. The middle day of the
seven was held sacred to the divinity of
this god and was known as Woden's-
Doeg, or Wednesday.
Wooden was worshiped throughout
Northern Europe, but he was especially
deif1ed in the great temple erected to
him at UpSala, Sweden, where the most
solemn festivals were held. 1t was the
custom to make Sacrificial offerings to
the god, the victim usually being horse,
but in time of pressing need. human
sacrifices were made. Even the King,
according to the myth, was once offered
up to avert a famine. Another of the
more important fetes in honor of this
god was the annual Mayday festival
continued until recently in Sweden,
when a grand procession known as the
May Ride was held, in which an image
of Wooden, the f1ower-decked May king
was carried through the streets in great
pomp. In addition to the Mayday cele-
bration, feasting and merry-making
took place on the fourth day of each
nesday for Wooden. Temples or fanes,
as they are called by the Saxons, were
erected to this god in every important
city, where it was the custom for large
crowds to assemble on festive occasions
to hear songs by the scalds, or trouba-
dours, who were rewarded for their
services by the gift of golden bracelets
or armlets, which curled up at the ends
and were called Woden's serpent
Wooden was believed to be the inventor
of Runes, the first alphabet of the
Mortimer. The letters consisted almost
entirSly of straight lines placed in diff
ferent groups and positions and at one
time were thought to have a magical
meaning. He also gave his people code
of laws whereby to govern their conduct,
urging courage, temperance, independ-
ence and truthfulness.
In addition to being the wisest of the
gods. the inventor of the Runes and the
pod of eloquence, Wooden was also the
9od of poetry. It is said he acquired
much of his wisdom by personal inves-
tipations, travelling through many lands.
In order to gain further knowledge, he
<enE two pet ravens which were sent
o11t into the world every morning, re-
turning at nightfall with news OF all
thev had seen and heard, thus keeping
the ood informed about everything that
hann9ened' TlaT 9 It is the belief of some
r,.iteTs that the NEUROLOGICAL associa-
ton ton Of the raven with knowledge Is Is
accountable. in part at least, fof the
high mentality accredited this bird.
So anxious was Wooden to increase his
knowledge that he pledged one OF his
eyes to Obtain a drink from Mimlr,s Wen
of wisdom. In the. few surviving &c Sa@oH o1
drawings il is Antiuaatsd that the goo